Unsent Letter author reveals, plus little gifts everywhere
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unsent_letters_exchange author reveals are out, and my shockingly unsurprising entry is Eloquent (Biggles/EvS, 2100 words).In other recent exchange developments, I joined in the Mismatched Tropes flash exchange and got two lovely small gifts: A Safe Landing (Biggles wingfic) and Cuddly Circumstances (B5, Londo & Vir, literal cuddle pollen).
There is also this thoroughly satisfying snippet written by
philomytha for a prompt I left her: Any Biggles characters, revolutions.WIPBB Big Bang/Reverse Bang 2025 - Check-In #1 Is Live!
May. 22nd, 2025 05:13 pmpenaltywaltz posting in wipbigbangCheck-In #1 is now live! New to the form (and the ones after this) is an section for letting us know whether you're participating in the Big Bang or the Reverse Bang. Please fill out the form for each project you are doing, with one form response for each project. You have until June 5th to fill it out!
https://forms.gle/rbt8zKvBi1PNbict6
Pinch Hits (3 new)
May. 21st, 2025 10:00 pmlongficmod posting in fandom5kUpdated pinch hits here! Thanks very much to everyone who has claimed one. If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.
Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 28 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 7-14 June.
You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit if you are asking to swap.
( PH 2 - Blue Lock (Manga), 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Fairy Tail )
( PH 5 - Temeraire - Naomi Novik, The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman )
( PH 7 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher )
( PH 8 - Path of Night (Podcast), Vampire: The Masquerade - Various Authors (Choice of Games), Vampire: The Masquerade Port Saga (Podcast) )
( PH 9 - 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Fairy Tail )
( PH 10 - Doctor Who (1963), Dragon Age (Video Games), This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone )
( PH 13 - The Elementalists (Visual Novel), Heart of Battle - Fay Ikin, Royal Affairs - Harris-Powell-Smith )
( PH 15 - Code Vein (Video Game), 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 刀使ノ巫女 | Toji no Miko | Katana Maidens (Anime), よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games), Xenoblade Chronicles (Video Game) )
( PH 17 - Breaking Bad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), The Godfather (1972 1974 1990) )
( PH 18 - Ancient History RPF, Solstice (MoaCube Visual Novel), Crossover Fandom )
( PH 19 - Ace Combat (Video Games), Dishonored (Video Games), Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors )
( PH 20 - ATEEZ (Band), Blink-182 (Band), Men's Basketball RPF )
( CLAIMED - PH 21 - Ranma 1/2, Lost Girl (TV), Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon), Marvel (Comics), 超時空要塞マクロス | Super Dimension Fortress Macross )
( CLAIMED - PH 22 - Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Video Game), The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison, Battlestar Galactica (2003), Babylon 5 (TV 1993) )
( CLAIMED - PH 23 - Original Work, Crossover Fandom, BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games), The Wheel of Time (TV), Tenet (2020) )
Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 28 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 7-14 June.
You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit if you are asking to swap.
( PH 2 - Blue Lock (Manga), 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Fairy Tail )
( PH 5 - Temeraire - Naomi Novik, The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman )
( PH 7 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher )
( PH 8 - Path of Night (Podcast), Vampire: The Masquerade - Various Authors (Choice of Games), Vampire: The Masquerade Port Saga (Podcast) )
( PH 9 - 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Fairy Tail )
( PH 10 - Doctor Who (1963), Dragon Age (Video Games), This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone )
( PH 13 - The Elementalists (Visual Novel), Heart of Battle - Fay Ikin, Royal Affairs - Harris-Powell-Smith )
( PH 15 - Code Vein (Video Game), 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 刀使ノ巫女 | Toji no Miko | Katana Maidens (Anime), よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games), Xenoblade Chronicles (Video Game) )
( PH 17 - Breaking Bad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), The Godfather (1972 1974 1990) )
( PH 18 - Ancient History RPF, Solstice (MoaCube Visual Novel), Crossover Fandom )
( PH 19 - Ace Combat (Video Games), Dishonored (Video Games), Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors )
( PH 20 - ATEEZ (Band), Blink-182 (Band), Men's Basketball RPF )
( CLAIMED - PH 21 - Ranma 1/2, Lost Girl (TV), Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon), Marvel (Comics), 超時空要塞マクロス | Super Dimension Fortress Macross )
( CLAIMED - PH 22 - Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Video Game), The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison, Battlestar Galactica (2003), Babylon 5 (TV 1993) )
( CLAIMED - PH 23 - Original Work, Crossover Fandom, BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games), The Wheel of Time (TV), Tenet (2020) )
[ONLINE] Escapade 35.5 Panel Ballot Voting is OPEN!
May. 21st, 2025 07:56 pmescapade_team posting in escapade_con Only a few weeks away and we have great news! The panel ballot is open for voting! So, get your votes in now before we close the panel ballot on June 6th. And it’s not too late to submit panels! You have the opportunity to submit a write-in panel on the panel ballot. Voting will be open until June 6th.
Dates to remember:
Panel voting ends June 6th
Convention June 27th-29th
Panel Voting: https://escapadecon.net/virtual-con/panel-voting/
Registration: https://escapadecon.net/escapade-35-5-registration-online/
Scholarship: https://escapadecon.net/scholarship/
https://escapadecon.net/35-5-panel-ballot-voting-is-open/
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May. 21st, 2025 08:41 pmlakeeffectgirlI'm on VACATION, which feels like a good motive to post. I have been at my job for twenty years full-time so I get a whole lot of vacation hours (the only perk left, besides the pension) and last year we were so short-handed that I barely touched them so: it's May and I'm using last year's vacation time!!
I have gotten very into The Pitt. I waited to watch it until it was completely over and I have now written three fics and I want everyone to kiss in various configurations. Doctor Robby is so hot and so sad and so suffering a mental health crisis, and Doctor Langdon is so Needs Rehab and such an asshole and also so hot. SHAWN HATOSY from The Faculty, oh my fucking God I nearly cried laughing when I realized Doctor Hotness With One Foot was STAN. Amazing. And I love Samira and Dana and Mel and Collins and - well, everyone. Everyone!!!!!!!!!!! Now kiss.
Tomorrow is Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning!!!!!!!
I have gotten very into The Pitt. I waited to watch it until it was completely over and I have now written three fics and I want everyone to kiss in various configurations. Doctor Robby is so hot and so sad and so suffering a mental health crisis, and Doctor Langdon is so Needs Rehab and such an asshole and also so hot. SHAWN HATOSY from The Faculty, oh my fucking God I nearly cried laughing when I realized Doctor Hotness With One Foot was STAN. Amazing. And I love Samira and Dana and Mel and Collins and - well, everyone. Everyone!!!!!!!!!!! Now kiss.
Tomorrow is Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning!!!!!!!
Wednesday Reading Meme
May. 21st, 2025 05:31 pmsinealaWhat I Just Finished Reading
Nothing. My ability to finish reading books has declined a lot, I guess.
What I'm Reading Now
Comics Wednesday!
( Fantastic Four #32, Iron Man #8, Superior Avengers #2, Thunderbolts Doomstrike #5, Ultimates #12, Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1 )
What I'm Reading Next
Still very slowly reading a book about the World Series.
Nothing. My ability to finish reading books has declined a lot, I guess.
What I'm Reading Now
Comics Wednesday!
( Fantastic Four #32, Iron Man #8, Superior Avengers #2, Thunderbolts Doomstrike #5, Ultimates #12, Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1 )
What I'm Reading Next
Still very slowly reading a book about the World Series.
WIPBB Big Bang/Reverse Bang 2025 - Sign-Ups Extended For A Week!
May. 21st, 2025 11:47 ampenaltywaltz posting in wipbigbangSo it looks like, between the Tumblr and DW post, that extending the sign-ups would be something y'all want. So the sign-ups are now officially extended to **May 28th**! I'll still be posting the first check-in form tomorrow, and instead of staying open for one week it will stay open for two this round.
Cake!
May. 21st, 2025 11:52 amajI managed to get my birthday cake to work 97% undamaged. There was some question regarding the paper it was wrapped in (it had a sprinkle coating on the sides), but it's fine! People are eating it and I had a piece, so huzzah!
ANYWAY, I'll be 45 tomorrow. Let that sink in, friends of extended acquaintance.
ANYWAY, I'll be 45 tomorrow. Let that sink in, friends of extended acquaintance.
Sign-up Extension?
May. 20th, 2025 10:43 pmpenaltywaltz posting in wipbigbangSo I have been up for the last 34 hours working on advertisements on Tumblr and I have got to get some sleep. But I have about 11 fandoms that have writers/artists signed up already that I want to advertise to so we have potential partners already following when art claims/fic claims go up. So how would you all feel if I extended sign-ups to the 28th? The first check-in will still go live on the 22nd, but since they're voluntary you don't have to do it if you just signed up (we don't ask for proof of progress, BTW; it's just a checkbox to let us know you're still participating). Sound off in the comments!
Disney_20in20 - Round 11 - PotC
May. 19th, 2025 06:10 pmreeby1010 Jack Sparrow + 10 Jack Norrington from Pirates of the Caribbean icons for disney_20in20
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DEFEATED.
May. 19th, 2025 03:05 pmajTBF, I have not been to a con in the last ~6 years. I've never been to an anime con. SO. I return from the war (ACEN) defeated: zero dvds of the gay firefighter show have been obtained from sketchy bootleg guys.
Sadness.
I'm actually a little bummed at how few sketchy booths there were. I did meet some cool ass people with some great art tho. Detroit Leather Company and Art of Price being the stand-outs for me. I picked up a dice tray and some prints and am very cheerful with both.
That said, I was also a bit surprised at how little questionable My Hero Academia art was on display. I think I saw more Cowboy Bebop stuff than MHA, but eh. I did try and find an Endeavor t-shirt but came away with remaining $$ so I'm not all that pressed.
Also, for the love of fuck, if you go to a con, bring cash. The card fees are INSANE. I was so glad I hit up the bank because I followed Old Lady Convention Protocol. (Bring a bag, bring a drink, wear good walking shoes, bring a sweatshirt, wear a mask, bring hand sanitizer, bring a snack, be exceedingly polite to any and all con/site staff, and bring more cash than you think you'll need.)
In other news, I'm currently being victimized by barometric pressures. I did get good sleep because the temperature went down to 50F (beeeeeest sleeping weather), but this did not make up for the fact my building had the heat on during two ~90F days. Sigh.
Sadness.
I'm actually a little bummed at how few sketchy booths there were. I did meet some cool ass people with some great art tho. Detroit Leather Company and Art of Price being the stand-outs for me. I picked up a dice tray and some prints and am very cheerful with both.
That said, I was also a bit surprised at how little questionable My Hero Academia art was on display. I think I saw more Cowboy Bebop stuff than MHA, but eh. I did try and find an Endeavor t-shirt but came away with remaining $$ so I'm not all that pressed.
Also, for the love of fuck, if you go to a con, bring cash. The card fees are INSANE. I was so glad I hit up the bank because I followed Old Lady Convention Protocol. (Bring a bag, bring a drink, wear good walking shoes, bring a sweatshirt, wear a mask, bring hand sanitizer, bring a snack, be exceedingly polite to any and all con/site staff, and bring more cash than you think you'll need.)
In other news, I'm currently being victimized by barometric pressures. I did get good sleep because the temperature went down to 50F (beeeeeest sleeping weather), but this did not make up for the fact my building had the heat on during two ~90F days. Sigh.