(this beautiful poster is the handiwork of our wonderful host @sazanes!)
Welcome to our third edition of Sloane Washington Appreciation Week!! This gorgeous, adorable, kick-ass, incredibly relatable woman with her love for science, her admiration for ambitious, knowledgeable women and her endless capacity for bravery - she's been such an integral part of the Perfect Match story 💜
Every year, we try to celebrate her around Feb 11th, which is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This year's themes are a mix of some of the previous years, along with some exciting new ones! We hope you're inspired by them.
This event will be held from February 11th to 15th. Any content is welcome, as long as it is Sloane-focused and shows a positive depiction! Fanfic, fanart, meta, edits, moodboards, playlists, headcanons, interactive media - even simple appreciation posts and screenshots of fave scenes will be great!
Here's a list of the themes we have for SWAW 2024:
Day 1 (Feb 11th) - Women in STEM/Girl Power
Day 2 (Feb 12th) - Written in the Stars
Day 3 (Feb 13th) - Throwback/Character Appreciation/Friendships
Day 4 (Feb 14th) - Happy Valentines Day!
Day 5 (Feb 15th) - Hobbies/Pets
It isn't absolutely necessary to post content only on the day of the theme! We often accept pieces even when sent on a later date, and also keep a bonus week in case you couldn't finish your pieces during the week. We also don't mind WIPs, so if you have one that is Sloane-centric... we'd LOVE to see it!! We also love throwback pieces, so if you have any that you made previously, do reblog them and tag us!
We also will be accepting pieces after the event is over, and all year round until the next SWAW! So even if you have your post ready much later, please don't hesitate to tag us! 🤗
Blogs to Tag: @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek, and hosts @lizzybeth1986 and @sazanes
Tags to Use: #SWAW, #sloanewashigtonappreciation, #SWAW 2024.
There are some incredible fan-community blogs that work tirelessly both to promote creative fandom works and make the experience fun for their writers! Do check them out!!
If you know any others who would like to be tagged, please let me know! Here are the amazing works sent in for 2023 and '22 if you'd like to get more inspired!
SWAW 2022 | SWAW 2023
See you all next month, and we hope to see some amazing Sloane content from all of you!! 🤗🤗
(this gorgeous poster is the handiwork of our wonderful host @sazanes! Also, check out our thank you video for the week!!)
DAY 1 - WOMEN IN STEM/GIRL POWER
Women in STEM
Art
Sloane Washington by @lilyoffandoms
Workplace Safety by @sazanes
Character Appreciation
"Or, as my mom later explained... Sciiiiiiience!" by @lizzybeth1986
Edit
SpreadJoy Quote: Sloane Washington by @storyofmychoices
Moodboard
Confectionery Chemistry (Fic WIP) by @lizzybeth1986
Women in STEM Moodboard and Sloane Edit by @masked-alien-lesbian
Girl Power
Art
Sloane, the MoTY MC and her Daughter by @cassiopeiacorvus
DAY 2 - WRITTEN IN THE STARS
Art
Sailor Moon Sloane by @cassiopeiacorvus
Queen Star by @sazanes
Character Appreciation
Constellation Stories by @lizzybeth1986
Headcanon
Sloane's Children: Hamza, Artemis, Orion and Zohreh! by @lizzybeth1986
Moodboard
A Starry Moodboard for Sloane! by @lorirwritesfanfic
The Constellation in Your Eyes by @masked-alien-lesbian
Playlist
A Space Exploration Playlist for Sloane by @inlocusmads
DAY 3 - THROWBACK/CHARACTER APPRECIATION/FRIENDSHIP
Throwback
Art
Sloane and Hayden singing "You Are My Sunshine" by @sazanes
Fanfic
Family by @lorirwritesfanfic
Character Appreciation
Edit
Style Swap with Shannon Fox (WTD) by @masked-alien-lesbian
Meta
Rebel Goddess: An Appreciation of Sloane Washington by @lizzybeth1986
DAY 4 - HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!
Art
On a Date by @lilyoffandoms
Heart by @sazanes
Hamza Gets A Brother by @sapphicspaceart
Moodboard
Beach Love: "Glasses and Missy" at Komodo Island by @lizzybeth1986
DAY 5 - HOBBIES/PETS
Hobbies
Headcanon
Sloane as a Writer of Children's Books by @lizzybeth1986
Edit
Sloane's Hobbies and Pets by @masked-alien-lesbian
Pets
Art
Sloane's Adorable Penguin Pajamas by @sazanes
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Thank you all so much for all the love, dedication and creative genius you have shown for Sloane on this lovely week!! It's been an incredible experience, and we can't wait for everyone to see the wonderful work you all have done ❤️❤️❤️
For those who wanted to participate but couldn't during the week, worry not! We will be accepting pieces throughout the year till the next SWAW. So whenever you do finish off something that you think would work for the week, don't hesitate to tag this blog, or the hosts @lizzybeth1986 and @sazanes!
(this amazing video is the handiwork of our delightful host @sazanes!)
Sorry for the delay in getting this ready, everyone, I hadn't been keeping well for the past 2 weeks.
But we are immensely proud of the amazing work done by all our contributors and signal boosters for SWAW 2024!! We saw some exciting new work on her, and even some new faces!! It's been such an incredible experience 😍😍
First of all, so much love to EVERY CONTRIBUTOR who sent in a piece for her week. We got so much art and such magnificent edits and headcanons this time...even a playlist! I can't wait to show off your work to the fandom - all of it was so good:
FAN-COMMUNITY BLOGS have been essential in encouraging and promoting creativity within the fandom! Our immense gratitude to all those blogs that run events and helped us promote ours!! You all have been incredible!!
And of course, our wonderful SIGNAL BOOSTERS!! You all have been such an integral part of making this week a success. Spreading the word ensured that we reached people who hadn't heard of the week before and gave us a chance to see newer talent ❤️❤️❤️ Your contributions mean more to us than you know.
Before we end this goodbye note to you all, we just wanted to say that if you still have a piece of work you weren't able to send and were intending to, you can still send it to @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek and tag hosts @sazanes and @lizzybeth1986 so we can put it up on the masterlist!! We're open all year round (until the next February, that is...and only because we will be hosting a new Sloane week by then 😄)
We will be putting up the masterlist soon! In the meantime, have a happy March, and @sazanes and @lizzybeth1986 hope to see you with a new week soon! (Head's up for Hana fans - her week is on April 21st-24th this year 😃)
Happy Sloane Washington Appreciation Week, everyone!!
Headcanon: Sloane as an Author of Children's Books
• Sloane's interest in writing stories began a little late, at around 10 years of age. The thing about the way Sloane holds interest in a hobby is that she tends to hyperfocus on one or two and won't leave that till another one captures her interest enough. And for little Trudy, that initial interest was and is always going to be in science, coding and hands-on experimenting.
• Sloane has always had a bit of a fertile imagination, that she supplemented with things she read about, esp related to science and fantasy.
• Part of her inspiration came from her English teacher at the time, Jessica Bass, who felt Sloane's fertile imagination could be put into great use in fictional writing if she nurtured that talent enough. Mrs. Bass would often suggest a few assignments to Kim, Trudy's mother, who also taught at the same school.
• It also helped to a great extent that Trudy was best friends with Mrs. Bass' son Isiah, who loved writing! The two teamed up on storytelling and writing exercises together. A story on space explorers that they co-wrote featured in a science digest for kids when they were 12!
• Unfortunately, Mrs Bass and Isiah had shifted to another state when the two kids were 15, and a lot of Sloane's momentum, and drive to write fizzled out without someone to bounce her ideas off of.
• The last thing she'd tried to write at the time was a space odyssey called Across the Void. Very impressive and detailed for her age, but she still felt like she wasn't fully into writing it. She had to force herself to complete the whole thing, and often couldn't bring herself to read that draft again.
• Cut to two decades later, when Sloane is still in NY, living her best life and now the CEO of Eros. As things begin to stabilize at the company, with relations between the organisation and the Unity for Matches (Psyche) in a good place and the surviving Matches feeling comfortable enough to live functional, independent lives - Sloane gets a bit more time to pursue old interests that she'd thought she was no longer any good at.
• Like her Momma Kim, she does want to encourage more children to see science as fun. She begins to get in touch with schools and educators, eventually starting a STEM-based summer camp for kids and pre teens. As she starts caring for Hamza and then having her own children, she visits kids' libraries more, and starts getting interested in writing for children.
• A STEM-based Book Festival is planned in the upcoming year for kids in NYC, and a popular kids' publishing house comes up with a pitch for Sloane (a very famous scientist and science educator by then) to co-write a set of books in time for release at the festival. The person she is meant to partner with is her old friend from Queens - famed children's book author and illustrator, Isiah Bass.
• The two had kept in touch off and on through letters and email all through their late teens, before losing touch eventually once university and work took over. This reunion was a pleasant surprise to both of them, even though they'd kept tabs on each other from time to time.
• Sloane was understandably nervous when the offer came up, but Isiah was super proactive and helped her out with resources, writing exercises and prompts just to build her confidence in her ability to write a compelling story. He showed her what his writing process looked like, gave her a view of his concepts moodboard. Isiah told her that exercise was particularly useful in getting him to keep track of his ideas and maintain flow.
• Even after this particular project is over, Sloane is determined not to lose touch with her writing, and at least tries to participate in ChiBoWriMo* with her friends in the children's author community every November.
• She keeps a specific room in her home decorated and ready for just writing practice. Files and folders full of notes and ideas, moodboards on the wall for her writing projects, her favourite music, scented candles to keep her calm. It even has a calm down corner whenever she feels a bit stuck and needs to get out of a rut.
• Sloane and Isiah's first collaboration, a book named A Slice of Pii, was an instant hit. It was a fun math-based book, and followed by books on the chemistry of baking and physics-themed books as well. They got a LOT of publicity at the festival and Sloane shot to fame as an aspiring children's book author overnight. She became very in demand for more projects, but always maintained that it was a side hustle, with her main job still being science-specific education and heading Eros with Khaan.
• One of Sloane's greatest achievements as a writer is her collection of books on galaxies and constellations, which released around Oct (World Space Week), four years after her debut. The books were informative, but in a way that was fun and approachable. The series won her the Orbis Pictus award that year.
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Faceclaims:
(Sloane Washington: Nelly Muse/Muses Uniform
Isiah Bass (OC): Dimitri Abold)
Tagging @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek, and host @sazanes for SWAW Day 5: Hobbies!
- Featuring - Sloane, Alana and Momma Kim's world famous macarons!!
- Lots of baking
- Lots of science
- Inspired by this scene!
- Childhood stories
- and some Indonesian flavour!! 🌿🌿🌿
Tagging @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek for SWAW: Day 1 (Women in STEM). I have only the moodboard ready rn, but will put the fic up when it's done!!
(this amazing video is the handiwork of our delightful host @sazanes!)
Sorry for the delay in getting this ready, everyone, I hadn't been keeping well for the past 2 weeks.
But we are immensely proud of the amazing work done by all our contributors and signal boosters for SWAW 2024!! We saw some exciting new work on her, and even some new faces!! It's been such an incredible experience 😍😍
First of all, so much love to EVERY CONTRIBUTOR who sent in a piece for her week. We got so much art and such magnificent edits and headcanons this time...even a playlist! I can't wait to show off your work to the fandom - all of it was so good:
FAN-COMMUNITY BLOGS have been essential in encouraging and promoting creativity within the fandom! Our immense gratitude to all those blogs that run events and helped us promote ours!! You all have been incredible!!
And of course, our wonderful SIGNAL BOOSTERS!! You all have been such an integral part of making this week a success. Spreading the word ensured that we reached people who hadn't heard of the week before and gave us a chance to see newer talent ❤️❤️❤️ Your contributions mean more to us than you know.
Before we end this goodbye note to you all, we just wanted to say that if you still have a piece of work you weren't able to send and were intending to, you can still send it to @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek and tag hosts @sazanes and @lizzybeth1986 so we can put it up on the masterlist!! We're open all year round (until the next February, that is...and only because we will be hosting a new Sloane week by then 😄)
We will be putting up the masterlist soon! In the meantime, have a happy March, and @sazanes and @lizzybeth1986 hope to see you with a new week soon! (Head's up for Hana fans - her week is on April 21st-24th this year 😃)
Happy Sloane Washington Appreciation Week, everyone!!
Headcanon: Sloane's Kids - Hamza, Artemis, Orion and Zohreh
(FC: Sloane Washington (center) - Nelly Muse)
Everyone who has read my fics kinda knows I have three separate universes for PM, with some commonalities. One in which my MC dates only Hayden, and two in which they date all the LIs. Hayden and Sloane in two of these universes also actively date other people. So in all universes, Khaan is someone Sloane has a relationship with, as well as Alana. I do plan to develop a "childhood sweetheart"-like character for her sometime in the future as well. So Hamza definitely is like a firstborn child to her, even though Khaan and Sloane don't exactly marry.
Sloane has three other children, twins from a fertility treatment as well as one daughter with Khaan many years later.
I see Sloane starting out trying to emulate Kim because she's such a fantastic role model, but she eventually gets her own groove and realizes she will be a different kind of parent and that's okay. Where Kim was more intuitive, Sloane is a consummate planner and she does bring that kind of energy into her parenting.
Tagging @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek and @sazanes for SWAW Day 2: Written in the Stars (since all Sloane's kids are named after certain celestial bodies).
Hamza Mousavi
(FC: Anthony Cyrus Keyvan)
• Born to an Iranian father and a Filipino mother, Hamza spent his first five years constantly moving house because his father Khaan constantly feared that Hamza would be targeted by Eros. Most of those early years feel like a bit of a blur in later life, because once the group entered their lives, things became far more settled for them.
• Hamza took an instant liking to Sloane the moment he saw her. She was shy and smart, was always sweet to him and tried to make healthy treats he would like, and clearly adored his dad. He definitely encouraged Khaan a bit to ask her out (in all universes).
• Hamza obviously is the oldest of the kids that came from the group, and revels in that fact. He is quite fond of bossing the kids around a little 😄
• His dinosaur-love eventually becomes a fascination for mythical beasts in general in later years. Unsurprisingly, his favourite genre for books is fantasy.
• At some point, Sloane revives her writing hobby, and starts writing books for children. Largely with Nadia's encouragement (she promises to do illustrations if Sloane completes a manuscript). Hamza very enthusiastically becomes the test audience for her first book before she sends it to publishers!
• Hamza got his love for healthy treats and a balanced diet from his father Khaan. It's an interest he grows up with. As an adult, he becomes a very sought-after nutritionist (to the initial chagrin of his siblings and cousins 😂)
Artemis Washington
(FC - Arsema Thomas)
• Artemis and her twin brother Orion were born around 3 and a half years after the events of the second book. Like her mother Kim, Sloane did want to have kids at that point, but wasn't ready to have a kid with the people she was dating. She did talk it over with them tho and got support from everyone before she took the plunge.
• The names were of course a suggestion from all the Hayden's in all my universes 😄 Mostly coz Sloane had always loved that story, even before they came along.
• Arty loved to mix and match different pieces in her outfits from the time she was a kid, including a phase where she wanted to wear colourful underwear over her onesies at home coz it made her look like Superman. She was also known for layering different clothes over each other - there was a point at age 4 where she wore a onesie, wore a T-shirt over that, wore bright rainbow leggings over THAT, and completed that look with unicorn-printed shorts. In summer.
• She gets into haircare and makeup as an adult. Loves testing out different products and inventing new looks. I think she builds a brand of her own much later in her late 20s, when she is more confident of her expertise in the business.
• Her favourite film is the animated beauty "Hair Love".
Orion Washington
(FC - Kelvin Harrison Jr)
• Sloane always feels that Ori took after his Nana Kim in a lot of ways
• He loves cooking, and when he gets older loves experimenting with teas!
• Like Sloane, his favourite meal is also a DC Smoke.
• He loved being in the kitchen, loved mixing and matching things there. Sloane, Khaan and Alana would often find grapes in their cups of tea/coffee, an innovation 4 year old Ori would take pride in 😂
• Cooking is really this guy's love language. He does grow up to become a chef later on, joining culinary school early on.
• At some point both he and Hamza teamed up for a "Hello Fresh"-like initiative, where Orion would devise affordable and healthy meal kits, while Hamza assisted with consulting for meal plans!
Zohreh Washington-Mousavi
(FC- Yara Shahidi)
• Zo is five years younger than Artemis and Orion, and fourteen years Hamza's junior. The three of them did spoil their baby sister quite a bit in the early years 😂 She could bat her eyelashes and get away with practically anything - that was also a perk of being the youngest among the entire group of kids!
• Like her twin siblings, Zo's name was also astronomy-based. Both she and Arty share similar name-origins - Artemis was the Greek name for Venus, and Zohreh is the Persian name for the same planet.
• The kids of the group (Hayden x MC's kids, Nadia and Steve's kids and Sloane and Khaan's kids) do have their own stargazing parties! All of them love looking out for rare astronomical finds, and have their fave constellations. Zo, tho, has a more scientific interest and cultivates it from an early age.
• Zohreh has her mother's interest in Astrophysics and both her parents' interest in tech, so she does actually enroll into NASA as an adult. She takes on a paid internship through the Pathways program after graduating, and that transitions into a full job there.
• Her favourite planetarium is the Hayden Planetarium in NY.
• Arty did plenty of hairstyling experiments on her baby sister as she reached her teens. That still doesn't change when they're adults and Zo has had a number of her friends vie and pay anything for her older sister's services after seeing her amazing hairstyles.
• Zo's fave dish that Orion has made is a Persian fusion dish - saffron chicken wings.
Family HCs:
• Sloane never actually marries, but she's pretty happy with the life she gets to live with the MC (in my poly universes), Khaan and regular visits from Alana.
• All my Haydens, and Sloane, are still close, and they're in fact is Orion's godmother/father in every universe. The MC is the same for Artemis. Nadia and Alana become Zo's godma's years later.
• As a kid Sloane always kept a stress corner for herself with things that would both calm her down and help her with stimming. She does keep one in the house for her kids and it really works for them.
• Hayden(s) kids, MC's kids, Sloane's kids and Nadia's kids all love to form their own group in every universe. Initially inspired by Hamza's stories about their parents, they also band together and envision scenarios where they can save the world 😁 Hamza is undoubtedly the leader haha, he keeps things from getting too out of hand.
• Sloane already looks up to Kim, but she does so even more after becoming a mother. She definitely does come to her for advice and suggestions from time to time.
I can see Sloane being into PC gaming and Dungeons and Dragons, so I made a gaming mood board to highlight that.
Lol I had to! I put Sloane in the most scientific looking Pretty Panda Princess costume from the Bachelorette Party, the Keynesian Princess Economist Panda costume that Diana wore. I don't think Sloane would be a die hard fan of the show, but she would definitely think all the Pretty Panda Princesses were cute. Steve would be the die hard "fanda" lol
Pets:
Milo Rufus
I think Sloane would be a cat person. So she would end up adopting 2 so they wouldn't be lonely. They both require more attention than she expected and even though they loved to interrupt her work, she wouldn't trade them in for anything!
SWAW may be officially over with today, but our bonus week is currently on! If you have pieces you want to contribute, pls do not hesitate to post them and tag us!!
We got a lot of wonderful work this time and can't wait to show it off soon! But we also know that irl can be hard and make it tougher for you to finish things you wanted to get done.
So worry not - we have kept a deadline of 24th Feb, just so we can prepare the video for the week...AND we will be keeping it largely open for any entries all through the year until the next SWAW 💜💜
If you'd like to check the themes for the week, you'll find them on the pinned post here!!
We're on our very final day of Sloane Washington Appreciation Week!! It's been amazing, especially since we've seen quite a few new faces this year contributing and giving Sloane lots of love. We can't wait to see what more you all have in store for us!! 💞💞💞
Tomorrow is Day 5 - our last day - and we have two themes!!
Our first theme is about Hobbies. Think about things Sloane would like outside of her job and her special interest in science. What would she do for fun? Are there things that the MC or Hayden or the group introduce her to, that she begins to enjoy? Are there things she introduces them to??
Our second is, of course, PETS! We know she loves cats, and in time she warms up to Dipper too. So this is where you can explore what kind of pets you'd like Sloane to have, if any, and how she takes care of them 😍
As always, any form of appreciation is welcome! Fanfic, fanart, meta, edits, moodboards, playlists, headcanons, interactive media, even screenshots of favourite scenes or simple posts about your love for her!! Our only requirement is that you center Sloane in your work, and that the depiction is positive!
We also accept WIPs - we know irl can be hard and you may not always get the time to finish off stuff, so do show us a WIP of what you're working on if you're comfortable! We keep our event open even after the deadline (the deadline is mostly for our thank you video!) so you can send in your work anytime as well.
A friendly reminder that these are merely themes for you to use. It isn't completely necessary for your content for a particular day to be posted on that day only. You can post something you intended for Day 2 when Day 5 is on, as long as you tag the post for the day you meant it for.
Be sure to follow these rules when you make your posts:
1. Use the tags #sloanewashingtonappreciationweek and #SWAW so we can find your posts on the tags, along with the day you intend the post for (#SWAW Day 1, #SWAW Day 2).
2. Tag @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek and hosts @sazanes and @lizzybeth1986 in your work so we don't miss any pieces!
Fan content blogs have been a great resource in terms of showcasing fan content, so we'd definitely like to explore some of them and see if you'd like to send your content to any of them. A number of them are also running some amazing Valentine's Day events, which I urge you to take a look at:
@choicesficwriterscreations - Both fic and art welcome! Check out their rules and weekly roster here!
@choicesmonthlychallenge and @choicesfebruary2024 - All types of creative stuff welcome. This month, they're doing an awesome event with the Seven Types of Love in Greek mythology as prompts!
@choicespride - All content related to LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes welcome! Check out their awesome Valentine's Day event here!
@choicesflashfics - Fics under 2500 words welcome! Find this week's prompt list here!!
@choicesholidays - Both fic and art welcome!! Check out their Valentine's Day event!!
@choicesprompts - Mostly fic-centric!! Currently they're running a round robin, for which the deadline to enter is Feb 15th!
As many of you know by now, we always keep a bonus week after the AW is done, for anyone who couldn't complete their pieces at the time. We'll be keeping SWAW open for all till 24th Feb, after which we will need to start working on our SWAW 2024 video! And don't worry if you weren't able to finish even after that deadline - we will be accepting pieces all year round! Just send it to us and we'll put it up on the final masterlist.
Can't wait to celebrate Sloane for one last day with all of you!!!
Happy Sloane Washington Appreciation Week, everyone!!
So I've always had it in my mind that in both my poly!MCs-verses esp, Sloane and Alana begin to date at some point. I really liked the vibes I got from them in canon, so it's always been on my mind to pair them up. I feel like Sloane would get together with Khaan and Alana at least in every universe of mine, but at different times and with a different set of circumstances (in two of those universes Alana is involved with my polyam!MCs - Basil and Hawthorne - as well)
I envision that for their fifth year as a couple, Alana takes Sloane to Indonesia for a holiday. It's actually part of a group trip, but Alana wanted to treat her to something special and brought her there early.
Alana's not very keen on stuff that seems to indicate commitment tbh, so her doing this for Sloane is a pretty big deal. A few small hcs I have about this holiday:
• They binge out on bakso (meatballs!) and grilled corn
• Both love collecting seashells. Alana likes the worm snail and conch type, Sloane loves the scallop style and horse conch. Also colourful helmet shells.
• Sloane has gone snorkeling with the MC before (Basil gets her a pearl, Hawthorne gets her a seashell), but this time Alana and Sloane go river rafting. It's terrifying and exhilarating at the same time - but Sloane can always trust Alana to get her to push herself without feeling unsafe.
• They love watching the sunset together.
• Sloane has phases where she loves the beach, and where she isn't at all into it (sensory issues), but this holiday fortunately happens at a point when she's absolutely down for it.
• Sloane develops a taste for Arak Bali during her stay. She takes a bottle home.
• Did they do any skinny dipping? Yes they did, though Sloane did think a thousand times before taking that plunge. Nadia was so proud 😄
Tagging @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek and @sazanes for SWAW Day 4: Happy Valentine's Day!
Tagging @choicespride for the Valentine's Day event:
Book: Perfect Match
Pairing: Sloane Washington (bi) x Alana Kusuma (pan)
Sloane Washington style swap with Shannon Fox in Wake the Dead
Sloane would totally have gotten along with Shannon and probably help find a cure for zombieism. I hc she created Hayden, not as a matchmaking android but as a way to help gather materials and survive the outbreak. (Also she was lonely and wanted a friend). It was just fate when they stumbled across MC, Damien, Nadia and Steve. I feel like the PM friend group would have survived the outbreak and still found some humor in it all.
I just appreciate how smart and resourceful Sloane is. No matter how bad it gets, she thrives to overcome it all. And as a woc in the STEM field, she more than likely ran into some hurdles and still she persevered.
We're on our very final day of Sloane Washington Appreciation Week!! It's been amazing, especially since we've seen quite a few new faces this year contributing and giving Sloane lots of love. We can't wait to see what more you all have in store for us!! 💞💞💞
Tomorrow is Day 5 - our last day - and we have two themes!!
Our first theme is about Hobbies. Think about things Sloane would like outside of her job and her special interest in science. What would she do for fun? Are there things that the MC or Hayden or the group introduce her to, that she begins to enjoy? Are there things she introduces them to??
Our second is, of course, PETS! We know she loves cats, and in time she warms up to Dipper too. So this is where you can explore what kind of pets you'd like Sloane to have, if any, and how she takes care of them 😍
As always, any form of appreciation is welcome! Fanfic, fanart, meta, edits, moodboards, playlists, headcanons, interactive media, even screenshots of favourite scenes or simple posts about your love for her!! Our only requirement is that you center Sloane in your work, and that the depiction is positive!
We also accept WIPs - we know irl can be hard and you may not always get the time to finish off stuff, so do show us a WIP of what you're working on if you're comfortable! We keep our event open even after the deadline (the deadline is mostly for our thank you video!) so you can send in your work anytime as well.
A friendly reminder that these are merely themes for you to use. It isn't completely necessary for your content for a particular day to be posted on that day only. You can post something you intended for Day 2 when Day 5 is on, as long as you tag the post for the day you meant it for.
Be sure to follow these rules when you make your posts:
1. Use the tags #sloanewashingtonappreciationweek and #SWAW so we can find your posts on the tags, along with the day you intend the post for (#SWAW Day 1, #SWAW Day 2).
2. Tag @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek and hosts @sazanes and @lizzybeth1986 in your work so we don't miss any pieces!
Fan content blogs have been a great resource in terms of showcasing fan content, so we'd definitely like to explore some of them and see if you'd like to send your content to any of them. A number of them are also running some amazing Valentine's Day events, which I urge you to take a look at:
@choicesficwriterscreations - Both fic and art welcome! Check out their rules and weekly roster here!
@choicesmonthlychallenge and @choicesfebruary2024 - All types of creative stuff welcome. This month, they're doing an awesome event with the Seven Types of Love in Greek mythology as prompts!
@choicespride - All content related to LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes welcome! Check out their awesome Valentine's Day event here!
@choicesflashfics - Fics under 2500 words welcome! Find this week's prompt list here!!
@choicesholidays - Both fic and art welcome!! Check out their Valentine's Day event!!
@choicesprompts - Mostly fic-centric!! Currently they're running a round robin, for which the deadline to enter is Feb 15th!
As many of you know by now, we always keep a bonus week after the AW is done, for anyone who couldn't complete their pieces at the time. We'll be keeping SWAW open for all till 24th Feb, after which we will need to start working on our SWAW 2024 video! And don't worry if you weren't able to finish even after that deadline - we will be accepting pieces all year round! Just send it to us and we'll put it up on the final masterlist.
Can't wait to celebrate Sloane for one last day with all of you!!!
Happy Sloane Washington Appreciation Week, everyone!!
Author’s note: Hayden Young Appreciation Week is here! Thank you @lizzybeth1986 @sazanes and @nikkisha16 for hosting this event! Here’s a little something I wrote for Hayden and Sloane. [All characters are owned by Pixelberry Studios]
Book: Perfect Match
Characters: M!Hayden Young, Sloane Washington, F!MC (Natasha) [mentioned]
Rating: T
Word count: 739
Summary: Emotions come to surface as Sloane helps Hayden moving in to his new apartment.
“Last one!” Hayden beams as he walks into the living room of his new apartment carrying a large box of newly purchased wine glasses.
Sitting by the table in the kitchen area and surrounded by a sea of boxes, Sloane looks at her friend with a weak smile. “Great.”
My late submission for @sloanewashingtonappreciationweek Throwback is actually a piece written for HYAW. Of all my PM fics, this is one my favorites. I really love how Hayden and Sloane’s friendship and I wanted to talk about how she felt when he moved away.
