Hello sapphicnatural cule!! after some vibe checking, I thought we ought to celebrate Femslash February together ✨
This time, I'm proposing an event centered around fanfics, in order to celebrate all that's been written so far.
Instead of settling on one common reading challenge, I suggest we each pick our own reading challenge. That way, we'll all have our own goal and reading list, depending on our individual tastes in fics and how much we'd like to step out of our comfort zone.
To add more fun and some group activities, the event will kick off by sharing rec lists (≠ from the reading lists), and end up with taking inspiration from one (or more) of these fanfics to create!!
TLDR: #Sapphicnaturalreads is an event in three parts, taking place through the month of February:
we post rec lists of femslash fics
writers are welcome to share their own works
we set up our own reading challenge & to-read list
weeks two & three - READING
we live-read, we post quick reviews after finishing each fic, we discuss, we expand, we dig up old fanarts, ...
we don't forget to comment on ao3
we take inspiration from one (or more) fics we've read! you can go wherever your heart takes you:
make an edit about a fic you've read
draw a ship from a fic you've read
make an amv for a ship you've read
write a poem about a theme present in a fic you've read
write a one-shot about a fic you've discovered
I will try to rb everyone's lists and posts but can't assure I'll get them all. So please tag your posts with #SapphicnaturalReads so we can all find them and find each others! 💕
To help get started, here's some examples of challenges:
reading fics of a same pairing (a ship you've never read about / your favorite / ...)
reading fics with a tagged trope you like (sharing a bed / fake dating / enemies to lovers / ...)
reading ficlets of less than 1k
or longer fics, of more than 10k
reading fics from the so-called golden era (let's say, pre-2016)
or on the contrary, focusing on fics posted post-2020
handpicking specific fics you've been wanting to read for a long time - their time is now!
You can find femslash fics in the different ao3 collections: Sapphicnatural - Sapphicnatural Rare Pairs - Sapphicnatural One Hit Wonders - Sapphicnatural Poly Ships - Sapphicnatural Solo Works
or in the #fic tag of @sapphicnaturalrights for some tumblr-onlies made during the Sapphicnatural Weeks
my asks & dms are opened for any question!
