Happy new year, everyone! Even if a lot of things about the future are looking grim, there's lots to look forward to, including the good work we can do together.
We'll roll out this year's auction calendar and supported organizations in the next few days, along with some more information about and plans for @fthaction.
In the meantime, you can help us get ready in two ways:
1) Spread the word around your fandom! The more fanwork creators we have in a given fandom, the more fun the auction is for folks in that fandom.
2) Help us figure out what new fandoms to add to this year's list. As always, you can sign up to create fanworks for literally any fandom at all; still, it's easier for everyone if that fandom is included in our dropdown. So if you think something is going to be popular in the coming year, let us know in the notes!
We're looking forward to running the auction for again for our 9th year, to raise money for great causes via your fandom talents.
It’s been six years since Eleven vanquished Vecna once and for all. Everyone has moved on with their lives and moved out of Hawkins—well, everyone except Steve.
One day, Steve gets a phone call from Dustin—he’s getting married and he wants Steve to be his best man! Steve gladly accepts the role, only to discover that Eddie has also been asked to be best man. Steve’s competitive nature gets the better of him as he and Eddie compete to be the best of best men, with rather surprising results.
Fandom: Stranger Things
Pairing: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson (Steddie)
Rating: E
Word Count: 101,396
Written as part of the Fandom Trumps Hate auction.
No, wait. That's tomorrow. Today is Pi Day! Let us show you our donation pie chart!
With roughly 40% of donation proofs received, and about half of those processed (we're plowing through!) the donations to our various supported orgs looks like this:
Interestingly, although MECA is getting the lion's share, we've received heart-felt thank you notes from a handful of other orgs with much smaller slices of the pie who have noticed the uptick in donations and their attribution in honor of Fandom Trumps Hate. Our pooled donations to small orgs DO make a difference!
If you've not made your donations yet and wanted to select an org or two that wasn't getting as much attention as the others, our Environmental orgs are collectively only just receiving 10%, and our Voting/Democracy orgs just 8%. Remember that donations for your winning bids are due by March 19, and 2nd chance offers are due by March 24.
We blinked, and it's 2024, and our EIGHTH year of running this auction. 2024 has all the same problems as last year but more — but we also have a lot to be hopeful about, and a lot of good projects worth supporting and fighting for.
You can look at this page (also linked in our header) for the list of this year's supported nonprofit organizations. We'll be posting more detailed profiles of each of them in the coming weeks. Below is the full calendar for this year's auction.
February 5th: creator signups open
February 19th: creator signups close
February 29th: browsing period begins
March 5th: bidding opens
March 9th: bidding closes
March 16th: proof of high bid donations due
March 21st: proof of 2nd chance donations due
Back in 2021, as we were pulling together the fifth FTH auction, we joked together behind the scenes about how great it felt that the name of our auction was no longer quite as on-the-nose as it had been in our first few years. But it's 2024, and in all likelihood 45 will be back on the ballot: just one of the many sobering and scary things we're facing down this year.
But for the past seven years, we've had the privilege of watching thousands of fans -- yes, literally thousands -- dedicate their time and money and energy to the twin projects of sending support to some amazing organizations while building and strengthening community ties within fandom. Now, more than ever, that kind of community-building is essential.
We hope you'll join us, and join one another, in sending much-needed financial support to these amazing organizations and in putting more joy and beauty out into the world in the form of fanworks. These are dark times, but when we join together we can make them a little brighter.
(What is Fandom Trumps Hate anyway? Read our FAQ.)
We blinked, and it's 2024, and our EIGHTH year of running this auction. 2024 has all the same problems as last year but more — but we also have a lot to be hopeful about, and a lot of good projects worth supporting and fighting for.
You can look at this page (also linked in our header) for the list of this year's supported nonprofit organizations. We'll be posting more detailed profiles of each of them in the coming weeks. Below is the full calendar for this year's auction.
February 5th: creator signups open
February 19th: creator signups close
February 29th: browsing period begins
March 5th: bidding opens
March 9th: bidding closes
March 16th: proof of high bid donations due
March 21st: proof of 2nd chance donations due
Back in 2021, as we were pulling together the fifth FTH auction, we joked together behind the scenes about how great it felt that the name of our auction was no longer quite as on-the-nose as it had been in our first few years. But it's 2024, and in all likelihood 45 will be back on the ballot: just one of the many sobering and scary things we're facing down this year.
But for the past seven years, we've had the privilege of watching thousands of fans -- yes, literally thousands -- dedicate their time and money and energy to the twin projects of sending support to some amazing organizations while building and strengthening community ties within fandom. Now, more than ever, that kind of community-building is essential.
We hope you'll join us, and join one another, in sending much-needed financial support to these amazing organizations and in putting more joy and beauty out into the world in the form of fanworks. These are dark times, but when we join together we can make them a little brighter.
(What is Fandom Trumps Hate anyway? Read our FAQ.)
I just published a new Destiel fic to AO3 if anyone's interested in checking it out. Just a heads up, it gets spicy ;)
Title: Mail Order Boyfriend
Summary: After injuring himself in an unfortunate dodgeball accident, Dean is stuck at home on sick leave. Sam, being the good brother and goddamn busybody that he is, decides to help. A few days later, Dean receives an unexpected package in the mail from Cyberlife. Spoiler alert: it's not a smart fridge like Dean had hoped.
It only took three years but I have finally completed my geraskier fic, The Proposal. Link is shared below, feedback is welcome. Enjoy!
Title: The Proposal
Summary: Geralt is a pushy boss who forces his young assistant, Jaskier, to marry him in order to keep his visa status in Redania and avoid deportation to Rivia.
Prompt Posting for the HarryRonFest 2022 starts tomorrow, on July 18th.
Every day we'll reveal 4 prompts, consisting of a single word, a situation/quote/song, a location, and a trope. On August 1st you'll get a Masterlist with all 55 prompts + an open prompt option.
Please remember that we only reveal the prompts like that for visibility purposes. The idea is that you pick ONE out of the 55 prompts and then create something for it. You're absolutely allowed to combine prompts but you don't have to. You'll also get an open prompt option if none of the given prompts tickle your fancy.
This is a completely commitment free fest. Every creator can use every prompt, there will be no claiming.
The AO3 collection opens when the first prompts get reveleaed. Fanworks are due on 1 November 2022.
Please review our rules. Should you have any questions, check out the FAQs and/or send us an ask.
The beautiful art for our banner had been created by vdrawless.
The theme of the month is "April Showers"! For Week One, I present: rain & thunderstorms. You'll also find a guest rec from the one and only @the-starryknight, identified by the 💧 emoji!
Next week will be... showers! Have a rec you think belongs on this list? Send me a DM! Recs are Drarry unless otherwise noted.
☔️ Taking Chances by @gracerene // E // 135K // such a great fic about coming home and second chances. the scene below also includes some gorgeous artwork by @ano-ka-ba of drarry kissing in the rain. 10/10 would recommend.
"Over there!" Harry yelled over the cacophonous sound of the rain hitting cars and pavement, waving towards a small awning over the entrance to a closed café. He took off towards cover, half dragging Draco along with him as they picked their way over cobblestones and cracked sidewalks.
☔️ Little Compton Street (One Rainy Night in Soho) by @writcraft with artwork by @celilasart // E // 65K // the magical world of little compton street is so well-developed. writ had drafted this incredible history and soul of this forgotten corner of London. I was totally entranced by this fic, and have the others in the series lined up to read as well!
"I like it.” Harry tips his face up to the rain, ignoring the fact he’s one of Britain’s most powerful wizards in favour of having a moment in the storm. The rain tracks down his cheeks like tears, but his expression is one of pure, unadulterated happiness. A beautiful, messy boy full of contradictions and the fiercest desire to fight, fight, fight.
☔️ To Vanish Into Something Better by @m0srael // E // 35K // I know I've recommended this fic before but try and stop me. It's so good; I remember just feeling the humidity and warmth encompassing me while I read it.
Harry screams into the deafening roar of the rain. How dare the Minister and his DMLE lapdog try and keep Harry penned in and Draco barricaded out. How dare they use Draco like this; hurt him like this. How bloody dare they make Draco believe this was his only option, that he is sacrificing himself and the astounding, perfect world he’s built for the greater good.
☔️ Thunder by @keyflight790 // E // 21K // you'll spend this whole fic begging Draco to take care of himself, to let Harry in. featuring forgiveness and dragons.
"I've got you." Harry's voice filled Draco's ear, louder than thunder, than the rain. Louder than the pounding of the dragon's wings. Louder than Draco's beating heart. Harry's arms wrapped tight around Draco's waist.
More recs (including some art, podfics, & guest recs!) below the cut!
☔️ Saltwater Stain by @the-starryknight // E // 9K // starry's prose is simply poetic, here. you'll feel the rocking of the boat beneath your feet and smell the salt in the air - I got sucked in immediately and know you will too.
They were nearly finished when the rain took to torrent. Suddenly, the air was thick with it, water filling every space where oxygen was meant to land, thick drops choking out the last bit of breathing room. The sky hung even lower, clouds not much higher than the mast.
☔️ It's Raining Drarry by @keepcalmandexpectopatronum934 // E // 5K // a suspicious draco quizzes harry when he turns up naked on his doorstep in the middle of the night. turns into a catalogue of all these two know about each other, very endearing.
At that exact moment, lightning struck and both men broke the kiss, staring out at the rain in surprise as the darkness outside was momentarily illuminated by a blinding white light. Harry’s dreamy expression quickly morphed into one of horror and he stepped out into the rain.
☔️ 1:40AM by @softlystarstruck // T // 4K // perfectly sad with a sweet ending, a gift of a reconciliation textfic from bee.
Draco chokes on his inhale but manages to tell Harry his address, and just as he adjusts his wards there’s a loud pop and Harry is standing in the middle of his living room. Lightning flashes, lighting up his unruly curls, his flannel pajamas, his bare feet.
☔️ A Rainy Day in London by @amarillis39 // E // 2K // NottPott // compact rom-com, so sweet.
"Do you sometimes wonder if it happens in real life?” Potter asked suddenly and Theo turned, waiting for him to elaborate. “You know, like in the books or movies, when you say you’ll meet them on, I don’t know, Blackfriars Bridge, or somewhere. It starts raining, but you wait anyway, and then, just when you think they won’t show up, just when you think it’s over before it even started, deep into the night, you find them standing right behind you, soaked to the bone, with a smile on their face. You both laugh, and then you just kiss, no matter the passers by, no matter the rain.” Potter sounded wistful.
💧In My Solitude Comes Our Rain by @opalesqueopioid // G // 2K // "Opal's writing is always intense in the best of ways, composing unusual worlds and launching us body and mind into them. This fic is exactly that, set amid a rain-filled, lush Tokyo background, and full of intrigue and beautiful wordplay." - starry
The rain in Tokyo is never fresh, and Harry feels like an onsen egg in his Muggle three piece suit, in the heatwave, gently simmering—whereas the thunder rolls crisply down from the night sky, untouched by the sticky fingers of the typhoon.
Artwork & Podfics!
☔️ I plan on getting very wet by @awesomedig // M // art
☔️ Rainy Day by @danasauurrr // G // art
☔️ Under Cover by @shiftylinguini // T // Scorbus // art
☔️ You look at me and I can't breathe by @banana-ge-ge // G // Perciver // art
☔️ Swimming in the Rain by @julietsemophase, podfic by @peony-podfics // T // podfic, 13 minutes
Harry blinked, little rain droplets clinging to his eyelashes. Despite seeing him all the time, Harry wasn’t sure he and Draco had spoken since he and his mother had thanked him after speaking at their trails. “You don’t want to be alone?” he said, coming a little closer.
I’m offering to write a fanfic from the Harry Potter, Supernatural or MCU fandom. Bidding begins at $5 and all the details can be found here on my page on the auction site.
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