Weekly Press Briefing #90: March 10th - 16th
Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from March 10 - March 16, 2024. Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing!
Challenges/Prompts:
Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.
@thefinestmuffin and @JessBakesCakes are hosting the 3rd Annual Josh/Donna Rom-Com Fest. The fest revealed on February 14, but prompts and claims are still open and fics can still be added to the collection. Details here.
This Week in Canon:
Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.
Season 2, Episode 17: The Stackhouse Filibuster aired on March 14, 2001.
Season 6, Episode 19: Ninety Miles Away aired on March 16, 2005.
Season 7, Episode 13: The Cold aired on March 12, 2006.
Photos/Videos:
Here’s what was posted from March 10 – March 16:
Dule Hill posted a video in support of fundraising for Private School Axis in LA.
Dule Hill posted photos of himself and his family getting ready for and attending the NAACP Image Awards.
Marlee Matlin posted photos from her daughter’s baby shower.
Mary McCormack posted family photos in memory of her mother, who has passed away.
Peter James Smith posted a screenshot of his recent audition self-tapes.
Rob Lowe posted photos from Oscars night.
Rob Lowe posted a photo of himself and his sons next to a Lowe motorboat.
Donna Moss Daily: March 10 | March 11 | March 12 | March 13 | March 14 | March 15 | March 16
Daily Josh Lyman: March 10 | March 11 | March 12 | March 13 | March 14 | March 15 | March 16
No Context BWhit: March 10 | March 12 | March 14 | March 15 | March 16
@twwarchive: March 10 | March 11 | March 12 | March 13 | March 14 | March 15 | March 16
@janneyupdates: March 13 | March 14 | March 14 (2)
Editors’ Choice:
In honor of the anniversary of the premiere of 7.13 “The Cold”, have some of our favorite fics centered around or involving that episode! Be sure to share some of your favorites, too.
i’m all for you (body and soul) by hanyolo | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Josh sits back with a dejected sigh, can’t help but think that maybe this is just one of those things, yet another reminder from the universe that he and Donna aren’t meant to happen. But it doesn’t feel like that anymore. Not after this morning, not after the terrible year he spent without her. No, it feels like maybe the stars are finally aligning, like this might be their last chance, so he jumps to his feet, all but pushing Bram aside as he sidesteps the table and jogs the length of the terrace. “Josh, what —“ Ronna starts to ask him, but he ignores her, can feel both her and Bram watching him with a burning curiosity as he tries to stop her before it’s too late. // me watching the cold: i can fix that your heart on my mind by hufflepuffhermione | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | It's as if looking at her can trigger a memory, and any facts he’s supposed to be using to corral donors slip his mind when he looks at her and feels her lips on his again. I feel terrible, he had told her, but he might have been lying, because even some of the best polls he’s seen over the course of this brutal campaign don’t make him feel as good, as warm, as the memory of that morning last week. Josh can't stop thinking about the first time he and Donna kissed. the other side of the door by sam_writes_fics | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Donna wanders out of the bathroom, baffled by how late it is for the hundredth night in a row, and she drapes her coat over a chair before moving to plug in her cell phone. The blinking light catches her attention, and she flips it open. One missed call. From Josh. Perfect. // post-ep for 7x13: The Cold With One Hello, I’ll Never Be the Same by JessBakesCakes | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “Hi.” “Hi.” It's all he can say at the moment - they've always been able to say so much with just one word, and this moment is no different. Or: Josh and Donna and how 'hi' means so much more than 'hello'. cause you know that it’s delicate by pumpkinpatch95 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | "It was new, the two of them eating lunch together." 5 times Josh and Donna snuck in dates, starting when she joined the Santos campaign. 5 times they got caught.
Fics:
Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own.
Josh/Donna
Somebody Loved by JessBakesCakes | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete
Self-Evaluation by Telperien | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress
Abbey/Jed
The First Lady by unseenacademic | Rated T | | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | In Progress
We had a deal by Labda | Not Rated | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | In Progress
Other Pairings/Gen Fic
it started off with a kiss... now it ended up like this by imawkwardlysoc | Rated G | Sam Seaborn/Original Female Character | Complete
An Intriguing Variable by silasfinch for justdreaming88 | Rated T | Ellie Bartlet/Original Female Character(s) | In Progress
Multiple Pairings
Children of the Apocalypse by murph283031 | Rated T | Leo McGarry/Annabeth Schott, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Mallory O'Brien/Sam Seaborn, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | In Progress
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