#springfest rote

[barnyardjester]

"After its first resounding scream, the ship surprised me by leaning into her, and whispering, beyond my hearing. At first, they exchanged whispers, every so often directing a glance my way."

Happy @springfest-rote! It's my first RotE fest. How lucky I was, to be paired with @willowjh, who has written something so achingly beautiful, so full of yearning. I have not felt inspired like this in a while.

Please read @willowjh 's incredible Springfest story, The Lame Stride, on AO3 + a bonus illustration there ;]

[smoky-solitude]

Chapter 2 of Dancing at the Edge of a Cliff, written by me and art by @riekesart , is posted! Our Fitzloved cowpokes made it to @springfest-rote at Buck Saloon. You can bet they’re going to have the rootin’ tootin’-est time!

Read it here!

If you haven’t checked out the rest of the Springfest fics, they are amazing! Give them some love here!

[springfest-rote]

It's that time of year! The event will kick off with sign-ups next week, but first I would like to gauge interest.

How will this go? Same as last year, except this time artists will prompt writers with an idea they'd like to draw. Here's the breakdown!

1) Sign-up phase (will be a google form)

2) Writers pick from prompts given by artists during sign-ups (will be a separate google form, the prompts will be anonymous)

3) Artist and Writers will be paired up based on preference of prompt.

4) You will have time to work together to create a collaborative project

5) Post your work on the reveal date!

Respond to show your interest, and share so others can check it out!Let me know if you have any questions!

--Foxy 🌷🌷🌷

[marsskaterboii]

Happy @springfest-rote everyone!! I absolutely adore how @feyweird's art turned out, and i'm so happy i was able to write the fic accompanying it! Hope you'll enjoy it, too!

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

"You are a poet, Tom! How hard could it have been to come up with a few words?"

Since the death of his wife Molly, the poet FitzChivalry Farseer has lived a quiet, reclusive life with his children. Content with his lot, Fitz doesn't anticipate any change until Amber, his childhood best friend, asks him the all important question: "Do you love me?"

[willowjh]

Happy Springfest 🌸

Finally I get to say this and share this work with the world! I am so excited to reveal I was partnered with the incredible @barnyardjester for this year's @springfest-rote (check into the fic to sneak a peek into her GORGEOUS work), and I can honestly say this fic is the one I am the proudest to have written, mostly due to my partner's incredible support.

Please check out The Lame Stride on AO3 and once again, happy Springfest 🌸🩷

A brief summary:

For a second, Althea seemed to reconsider her words, then directed Amber an inquiring glance. “You will travel with us to Bingtown, of course? Now that you’ve seen the blasted things, well, I can tell you there is not much else to be done in Cassarick.”

I expected the Fool to deflect, finding a polite but definite way to end this encounter and convince the woman we were quite determinately northward bound. He opened his mouth – or Amber did –, and I knew my expectation would be in vain while he searched his mind for words to say.

“I would love nothing more,” Amber said, in her dreamy, wistful tone. It was the honesty in her voice, perhaps, that drove the knife the deepest into me.'

OR

In spite of the Fool's protestations, FitzChivalry follows after the two Prophets as they depart from Aslevjal, headed to Clerres. Tension grows within the small company; separated from Prilkop and stranded in the Rain Wilds, the Fool runs into an unexpected friend, very conveniently captain to a nearby anchored liveship. Though still harboring hopes to bring Beloved safely back to the Six Duchies, Fitz is forced to confront hard truths about his friend and, most importantly, himself.

(more to come...)

[little-cute-pink-horrible-being]

Happy end of Spring and beginning of Summer!

☀️🌸

This is my fic for @springfest-rote! It was a lot of fun and stress at the same time to write. The wonderful @prophetandcatalyst drew an illustration for it, which you can see at the end of the work!

The prompt (be warned that the story doesn't follow it to the exact letter) was as follows:

A little after the events of Rain Wild Chronicles, Tats decides to surprise Thymara for her birthday - bring her parents to visit, unaware of the chaos it was going to bring. While Thymara's parents try to adapt and cope with how her daughter and the world has changed, Tats, Rapskal and Sintara react to getting to know Thymara's parents and especially her mother each in their own way. Everything results in a lot of people (and dragons), that have different views, being thrown into preparing for what seems to be one very chaotic birthday party.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66096418/chapters/170335684

[smoky-solitude]

ROTE Springfest in the Wild West

Happy Springfest folks! For @springfest-rote, the most excellent @riekesart and I have worked together to create a boot-stompin', tooth-rottin', card-flippin' Cowboy AU. Bottan not only created excellent tarot-card-themed art for each of the three chapters, but also fueled my fluffy fire and beta'd all chapters.

Suffice it to say when we reached a turning point in the plot, we brainstormed ideas (with a lot of cackling) and chose the fluffiest and/or silliest option we could think of.

Read Chapter 1 of Dancing on the Edge of a Cliff: the Moon (🌙 No. 18 of the Major Arcana in Tarot).

Chapter 2 (🌟) will be posted next Sunday (the 8th) and Chapter 3 (☀️) the Sunday after that (the 15th). The rating comes with the sunrise, but the fluff starts right away.

Summary:

"Do we have to go?” I asked at last, the words falling from my mouth like rocks. My spouse universally loved parties, and Springfest was her favorite. I knew I might enjoy myself once we arrived, but I dreaded going. My family would be there, and all Buckfort had been invited. We should go. Still, I did not want to. A Western AU where Fitz has to, horror of horrors, go to a Springfest party at the local saloon with his family. There will be complaining, dancing, cards of various types, coffee, and Fitz's silly opinions about beer. No real plot spoilers, but there are character spoilers through GF.

[springfest-rote]

Technically this day is almost over!! I have been busy working on my own contribution. Tomorrow I will begin sharing your work as you post it here, so please tag it with springfest 2026 and/or @springfest-rote so we can reblog it!