The time has come to sign up for the secons round of UTS Mini Bang!
Here is the sign up up link: SIGN UP HERE
And as a reminder, here are the RULES!
Don't worry if you don't have any idea for a fic yet! There is a lot of time and you always have the option to drop out before claims in October!
So low pressure for the opportunity to get amazing art for your story!
In this bang you also have the option to sign up as cheerleader! Just spend some time with us and talk about our favourite characters from Under The Skin (猎罪图鉴)
I think I have a passion for character looking like they are going through an existential crisis xD
Its so fun to only give them those empty eyes staring far away xDDD
This was once again inspired by Wannings_wontons fic that you can read here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/84589796
Xiaoxuan is like "what is this hooman's problem ?"
Tyria Pride 2026 is celebrating our 10 year anniversary on June 27 and 28! 🎉
Hello everyone! This is the most exciting Tyria Pride announcement yet! Tyria Pride has turned 10, and we're preparing for the biggest pride season ever!
Join us for tons of amazing pre-events, organized by both the Tyria Pride team internally, and the many independent organizers, from now until the main event on Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28 on both EU & NA!
You can also join us on Discord, or watch the events on twitch, covered by a ton of streamers!
Check out the linktree at tyriapride.com!
More info below the cut
🌈What is Tyria Pride?
Tyria Pride is a two-day in-game pride march from one corner of (core) Tyria to the other to show support both LGBTQ players and devs, and a fundraiser for Rainbow Railroad, a non-profit organisation which helps queer people escape state-sponsored persecution and violence around the world.
It's tons of fun every year, a ton of streamers join in so there are many ways to follow along even if you're not in game, music guilds hold concerts, and we have some pretty legendary giveaways! It's always blast!
For more info, check out the post on the official forums at tyriapride.com/2026
🫶 Fundraiser
Rainbow Railroad is a non-profit that helps LGBTQ+ people get to safety from countries where their lives are at risk. They've done tons of work all over the world, working tirelessly in places like Afghanistan and Ukraine! Rainbow Railroad works year-round to save lives, and we're honored to support them in this cause!
To check out the fundraiser, go to tyriapride.com/donate
✊ How to get involved?
If you'd like to get involved beyond just participating, there's tons of ways to do it! On the discord, you'll find an entire "How to Help" section!
We're always looking for artists who are interested in donating a commission as a prize for our fundraiser raffle!
Another way you can help out is by donating in-game prizes! We incentivize donations to the fundraiser by raffling off legendaries, black lion skins, and more! If you can spare donations, both in-game or out, let me know! My in-game name is Lelling.6795
You can join us on the Tyria Pride discord for more resources and information: tyriapride.com/discord
Announcing the May Trope Mayhem Prompt List for 2026!
May Trope Mayhem is a multi-fandom/original creation event open to writers, artists, and creators of all kinds! Our creators have shared their favorite tropes, and we’ve put together a list of 31, one per day through the month of May. We encourage creators to join us for this month of fun tropey mayhem.
Our goal is to promote motivation and help with habit building, so we’re encouraging authors to keep their ficlets under 1,000 words, artists to stick to making just a sketch, gif makers to only do a single image, etc., as applicable to whatever you’re making.
This event is primarily held on Tumblr, but you’re welcome to participate anywhere Duck Prints Press has an account (you can see all our current platforms here) and we’ll keep our eyes on our tag everywhere!
How can you participate? It’s easy! There’s just a few simple rules:
write a ficlet or a poem, create art, make a gif, or create any other content that you want, aligned with the prompt for the day!
post your correctly tagged fills to Tumblr, and we’ll reblog them! We’ll reskeet works on Bluesky, retoot those on Mastodon, you get the idea. Note: we do not use Twitter.
you must tag warnings such as gore, MCD, sexual content, etc., so that people can make informed decisions!
please also tag fandom and ship, so people can find what interests them!
we ask that you put the tags at the top of your post, so they’re easy to find.
if you write more than 1k words and post the whole text on Tumblr or wherever, please use a read more if the platform allows.
if you create something with NSFW content or potentially triggering material, please put the entire work under a read more.
Ping us (duckprintspress) or tag your creations “#may trope mayhem” and so we can find them! We’ll reblog all fills that follow the above rules and are posted between May 1st and June 8th, 2026. Posting starts May 1st!
If you post to AO3, you can also add them to our collection there!
You don’t have to sign up for May Trope Mayhem, just post your fills. You don’t have to be a member of the Press nor do you have to be following us. You don’t have to be part of a specific fandom. We’re open to all ships, genres, formats, ratings, kinks, etc.! You can post whatever properly tagged content you want. You don’t have to post fills on the corresponding day, though we ask that if you’re creating for a day that hasn’t happened yet, please wait for that day to post.
Participating in May Trope Mayhem? Want to chat fandom, books, creation, and more? Join our Book Lover’s Discord Server!
This is a low-pressure event, held in good fun, and we look forward to seeing what you create!
If you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself and send this to the last 7 people in your notifs! Let’s get to know each other better! (Anon or not, it doesn’t matter)
Let's see...3 random facts about me...
I love chocolates
Water bodies scare me shitless
Pretty and bloody swords are my absolute fav (you can kidnap me with one)
- I love thunderstorms and meteorology. I can talk about tornados and the different kinds of clouds for hours. (On that note, I have been in both a hurricane and a tornado!)
- I can put both legs behind my head. One of my cool Ehlers Danlos party tricks.
• I like bones. Like. A lot. Both in a scientific way and also I would genuinely wear a necklace made of bones if my family would not fucking freak out about it
• I've been writing for twelve years, which is over half my life
💜 im a crazy green witch! Plants-plants-plants! I need them all!! I buy them every time, receive them as gifts, steal them (sometimes))0)), so I have a little botanic garden in my apartment
💜Always thirsty! I can drink 4-6 cups of coffee a day, 4L of water and a couple of cans of energy drinks
💜My best skills are being fool, making weird jokes and memes
1. I’m an avid baker, I like challenging baked goods to relax.
2. I’m a former catholic sunday school teacher who was once kicked out of church for keeping the girls from being stopped from taking part in service and teaching my students that god loved queer people. (This was before I came out).
3. I grew up with a very witchy grandmother I learned from. (I didn’t realize her notoriety in my city until I was much older 😂)
Answer with 3 random facts about yourself and send this to the last 7 people in your notifs! Let’s get to know each other better! (Anon or not, it doesn’t matter)
I was once escorted out of Red Square by the police
I am a traditionally and independently published author
I think that peri- and full-on menopause is liberating and revolutionary in its feralness. And yes, I speak from experience.
As a child my grandmother would take me to have breakfast with the local brothel workers.
I love horror in all its forms and media except for video games. I prefer cozy video games like Animal Crossing
I have seen The Mountain Goats perform five times and try to see them every time they come through town. They put on an amazing show.
Tagging: @whoipretended2b @imbiowaresbitch @nickelkeep @cr-noble-writes @blackhorsedances @zissie @eyesofatragedy67 @queerwolf79 @sam-wilsons-couch and anyone else who wants to play
Alright, since I like @bleuzombie so much, I'll play. Three random facts about me:
I have met a lot of famous people; Britney Spears, Snoop Dogg, and Hugh Jackman are some of the examples. I was pretty normal with all of them, because they're just people, right? But when I met the cast of Supernatural? I became so star struck I stammered, got real awkward, blacked out when Jared said something to me, and thoroughly embarrassed myself.
I was approached by a producer at The Voice many years ago and told I should audition when she heard me sing "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey at a karaoke bar in Palm Springs. I politely declined 🤣
I eat sandwiches/burgers upside down and in a circle. No I will not elaborate.
More fan art for "A Dog's Breakfast" by anyrei !!!
I really wanted to make a kind of phone WeChat app with the message exchange and I dit it !!
So I made the selfies and little quick profile picture to go with it hehe
Thank you to all our incredible creators this round for the Destiel AU Reverse Big Bang! We had an amazing number of teams successfully post this year, resulting in 2,455,203 words of Destiel fic in 74 stories & banners, 196 art pieces, and one video edit!
Below the cut you'll find the full list of this round's collaborations. And if you missed out participating, have no fear and stay tuned: sign-ups for the 26-27 edition of this bang will be opening later this month! So watch this space for announcements, tell your friends...and artists, start getting those AU ideas fired up!
Your mod team: @friendofcarlotta, @faren, @wanderingcas, @hawkland and @valdelion
“half a world away” - Author: LoversAntiquities / @tragidean, Artist: Witchy-Worm / @witchy-worm
