SamSteve Gift Exchange

New Year's Gift Exchange for SamSteve! Sign Ups: December 5 - 12, 2016 Giftees Mailed Out: December 13 - 14, 2016Gifts Due: January 11 - 14, 2017

[tibbsandbones]

Dream home! 🌈💕

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Latin phrases to use as incantations.

This is gonna be a long list.

ab intra - from within

ab origine - from the source

absit iniuria - “let insult be absent”

absit invidia - “let envy be absent”

absit omen - “let omens be absent”

ab uno disce omnes - from one, learn all.

abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calleth unto deep

a capite ad calcem - from head to heel

acta non verba - actions not words

ad altiora tendo - “I strive to higher things”

ad astra - to the stars

ad fontes - to the sources

ad meliora - towards better things

ad oculos - to the eyes

ad undas - to the waves

ad victoriam - to victory

adsum - I am here

a fortiori - from the stronger/from strength

a mari usque ad mare - from sea to sea

audeamus - let us dare

audentes fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the bold

audi, vide, tace - hear, see, be silent

beatae memoriae - of blessed memory

bona fide - in good faith

bono malum superate - overcome evil with good

capax infiniti - holding the infinite

carpe diem - seize the day

carpe noctem - seize the night

cave - beware

ceteris paribus - all other things being equal

circa - around

citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger

clavis aurea - golden key

cogito ergo sum - I think, therefor I am

compos mentis - in control of the mind

concilio et labore - by wisdom and effort

concordia cum veritate - in harmony with truth

concordia salus - well-being through harmony

coniunctis viribus - with connected strength

consummatum est - it is complete

corruptus in extremis - corrupt to the extreme

crescit eundo - it grows as it goes

de novo - from the new

de profundis - from the depths

dies irae - day of wrath

dona nobis pacem - give us peace

ego te provoco - I challenge you

esse est percipi - to be is to be perceived  

esse quam videri - to be, rather than to seem

esto quod es - be what you are

ex animo - from the soul

ex luna scientia - from the moon, knowledge

ex scientia tridens - from knowledge, sea power

ex silentio - from silence

ex undis - from the waves of the sea

experientia docet - experience teaches

fac et spera - do and hope

fac fortia et patere - do brave deed and endure

faciam quodlibet quod necesse est - I’ll do whatever it takes

faciam ut mei memineris - I’ll make you remember me

facta, non verba - deeds, not words

fortis et liber - strong and free

fortis in arduis - strong in difficulties

gloriosus et liber - glorious and free

hic abundant leones - here lions abound

hic et nunc - here and now

hic sunt dracones - here there are dragons

hinc illae lacrimae - hence those tears

hinc itur ad astra - from here the way leads to the stars

igni ferroque - with fire and iron

in memoriam - into the memory

in nocte consilium - advice comes over night

libra - balance

littera scripta manet - the written words endure

locus standi - a right to stand

luceo non uro - I shine, not burn

luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge

mare liberum - free sea

memento vivere - remember to live

more ferarum - like beasts

natura non contristatur - nature is not saddened

nec spe, nec metu - without hope, without fear

noli me tangere - do not touch me

ophidia in herba - a snake in the grass

pro se - for oneself

propria manu - by one’s own hand

quaere - to seek

quod abundat non obstat - what is abundant does not hinder

resurgam - I shall arise

semper ad meliora - always towards better things

semper anticus - always forward

semper apertus - always open

semper fortis - always brave

semper liber - always free

stet - let it stand

tuebor - I will protect

vera causa - true cause

[daisyridlay]

❝ My art is not how I heal But rather, How I find the bravery To stare at the wound. ❞

- Rafael Casal

[samwilsonbirthdaybang]

Welcome to Sam Wilson’s Birthday Bang!

Do you love Sam Wilson? Do you think that he’s an actual angel? Is he your Birb King? GREAT!

We’re looking for artists and authors alike to create some amazing Sam-centric content for this birthday!

Important Dates:

July 1st: Signups Open

July 31st: Signups Close

September 26th: Posting Begins

September 30th: Posting Ends

Important Info:

Fics should be no less than 2k words in length, with no maximum.

All content should be Sam-Centric, as this is to show him love!

We will be posting more details as they become available, so make sure you’re following @samwilsonbirthdaybang so you can stay up to date!

art by @yawpkatsi !!

[samstevegiftexchange]

What if Harmonic Convergence occurred while Sam was in the Raft? What if the Raft was near the North Pole during the Convergence?

For @steflovessamwilson – Darling, I hope you like it!! Many, many thanks to the understanding mods for letting me land this so late.

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My goals for this weekend:

collect the fics into a round-up post, so we have one easily rebloggable space to find everything

track down any loose ends or fics (either pitch hitters, or people who I just didn’t get on the blog the first time)

send out a thank you/follow up form to see what we can approve on for the next time, and to see if people want to do a next time and when that would be appropriate.

Again, you are all amazing, thank you so much, and you were the reason this was great, great exchange.

[the-omniscient-narrator]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary: With a little (unsolicited) help from his friends, Steve remembers that not everything has to be doom and gloom all the time.

For @dream-into-action for the SamSteve gift exchange. I’m terribly sorry for how late this is, but tada - I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks so much @samstevegiftexchange for organising and being so considerate about the reasons for my tardiness.

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Of Angels and Missed Dinner Reservations

For @falcondiment, who deserves everything good and who I not only got the pleasure of prompting, but coincidentally got assigned to when I offered to pinch hit for the Samsteve gift exchange.

This is all Bucky’s fault.

When it happens, for just a minute Steve wishes that he’d never met Bucky Barnes ever in his entire life, then he instantly remembers Hydra and trauma and pretty quickly he starts to feel pretty guilty about it.

“Why do we even HAVE that lever?” Bucky asks, still gaping.

The lever in question is a direct route to Avengers tower’s trash chute. When you pull it, their little table in the kitchen flips over itself and all your trash falls down below to be sucked up for forever and ever and probably compacted then reused blah blah blah.

The lever flips their kitchen table. The very same table that Steve had just set down Sam’s anniversary gifts.

Steve breathes out nice and slow, forcing himself to remember that punching his best friend in the face wouldn’t do much good for their situation.

“For trash.” He says calmly.

“Oh.” Bucky says. He screws his face up. “Well. Sam’s gifts are in the trash.”

“Sam’s gifts are in the trash.”

Read the rest on Ao3

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Pitch Hitters

Hey!

It’s been the 24 hour mark, so about half of the folks responded.  We need four pitch hitters, all for fiction.  I sent out an email about it!

(Also, I think I accidentally sent everyone a link to my web series, because the new signature decided to link it, idk, sorry about that, LOLOL)

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You folks are insane and amazing.  We already got everyone set up!  Assignments were mailed to the pitch hitters, and we should be good to go!!

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Pitch Hitters

Hey!

It’s been the 24 hour mark, so about half of the folks responded.  We need four pitch hitters, all for fiction.  I sent out an email about it!

(Also, I think I accidentally sent everyone a link to my web series, because the new signature decided to link it, idk, sorry about that, LOLOL)

[captainwondyful]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers Characters: Sam Wilson (Marvel), Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes, Peggy Carter Additional Tags: Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, steve being extra, Gift Exchange, Unrequited Love, Unrequited Crush, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied Relationships, i have not watched a single captain america movie tbh, all im in for is the characters, and samsteve, and sambuckysteve, and for sam Summary:

Steve wants to learn to get what he wants.

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How many gifts do you potentially need pinch hitters for?

Of the FORTY-NINE people who signed up for the exchange, THIRTY-EIGHT of the gifts have been posted.  Since I sent out the email, three have responded back that their gift is on the way.  So, I’m looking at maybe EIGHT.

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Late Comers and Pitch Hitters

Hey,

We still have a couple people who haven’t turned in their gifts yet.  I apologize.  I let things slide this week, because, frankly, the US Political Scene is INSANE and was pulling my focus.

I have emailed everyone who hasn’t turned in their gift yet.  I asked them to email me back within the next 24 hours.  If they don’t get back to me by tomorrow evening, I will email pitch hitters for the remaining gifts.

Again, I apologize.  I goofed.  And I hope we can get everyone their gift as soon as possible.

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For OriginalCeenote.

My exceptionally late entry for the SamSteve Gift Exchange. This is for Downwarddnaspiral on Tumblr and I really hope they can forgive me for being so behind. Grad School Applications got the better of me. Anyway, I hope you enjoy. It’s kind of rush job, self-beta’d (so all mistakes are mine) and as always, I’m not particularly happy with the end result.

[landsailorsky]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

For @shaosfantastic

“It’s our anniversary.” “Mmm,” Steve hummed. “And so for my gift, I want to spend it doing it what I love with the man I love.” Well. Sam could hardly deny him that, could he?

(PWP, bottom Sam)

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers Characters: Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers, Darlene Wilson, Sarah Rogers Additional Tags: Grief, Healing, coffee shop AU, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Mention of gun violence, mention of war Summary:

Sam and Steve recently lost their fathers. It is within the haven of a coffee shop that they begin to teach each other how to smile again.

Healing/coffee shop AU.