So a while back, I announced that I was likely going to be skipping the summer exchange this year. After reflecting upon the most recent exchange (UDSS2018), I have decided to step back from the winter exchange as well. In other words, I will no longer be running Until Dawn Secret Santas.
This isn’t necessarily the end of UDGE and UDSS, but for the time being, I will not be running them. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the event, we’ve had something like 50+ different participants over the course of three exchanges, which isn’t bad for a “dead” fandom. ;-)
Thank you, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for letting the Until Dawn Secret Santa/Gift Exchange be a reality for three full events!!
If you want more specific reasons behind why I’m stepping back, read below the cut.
I simply don’t have the time anymore. I didn’t have the time to keep UDSS2018 organized last year, and we ended up not having completed gifts for everyone. This had happened in the past, but this time had one major difference. I didn’t have the time to find everyone who didn’t complete a gift. As a result, I don’t feel like UDSS2018 was a success, and I feel like I broke my promise to everyone who participated, especially those who never received their gifts.
If I’m running the exchanges, I expect myself to run them to a certain standard. Not being able to reach that standard for the 2018 Until Dawn Secret Santa made me realize that I no longer have the time to provide you guys with a well-organized exchange. I only want you guys to have the very best, and since I can’t provide you with that, I’m taking this break.
Thank you guys for understanding! I’ll see you around!
Here’s my contribution to the Until Dawn Gift Exchange! @livinginadeadfandom, you totally opened my eyes to the fun BROTP that Ashley and Matt are, and I already have another drawing planned!
So here we have Matt and Ashley goofing off, probably at an unseen picnic that the gang is having! I took some artistic liberties with their outfits for a more summery feel. I hope you enjoy!
This was a ton of fun! A huge thanks to @untildawn-giftexchange aka @sam-giddings for organizing this! I hope we get to have another one sometime ^-^
Here is my contribution to the July @untildawn-giftexchange! My recipient was @oryaegano and I had a lot of fun making their gift. I wrote a quick Jessica/Emily fic for them titled “Jenny”, and also made a playlist for inspiration which can be found below. Participating in these exchanges is always a good time, if only because it forces me to get off my ass and create something. But it’s also nice to immerse myself in the good part of this fandom again! I hope Ryae and everyone else enjoys the present!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Rating: Teen and Up
Category: F/M
Fandom: Until Dawn (Video Game)
Relationships: Sam/Josh Washington, Chris & Sam
Characters: Sam Giddings, Chris Hartley, Josh Washington
Additional Tags: Everybody lives, Established Relationship, Fluff
Summary: When it comes to giving gifts, Sam and Josh's definitions of simple are very, very different.
Teaser:
At a loss, Sam took out her phone, sat down on the front step, and sent Josh a message.
Where are you?
A moment later, she received a text, just as cryptic as the last.
Come find me.
My gift for @moonwhy for the @untildawn-giftexchange. I couldn't decide between your fave character, brotp and otp choices, so I went for all three! I hope you enjoy it (◕‿◕)♡
Posting my gift for the @untildawn-giftexchange Summer 2018 UD Gift Exchange! I matched with @aroberuka and used one of their brotps, Jess and Matt. Many thanks to @sam-giddings for all their hard work setting up this exchange!
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The walk back to the lodge feels a thousand times longer than the journey to the cabin.
Maybe it’s because this time, Jess can’t feel her feet. Or much of anything, really. But considering the current state of her body, maybe that’s a blessing. Is it? Or is numbness the first sign of frostbite? Or hypothermia? She can’t remember.
She can’t stop. She knows that much. If she stops, she might sit down in the snow and never get up again. The Blackwood cops and their army of local volunteers will scour the woods again, but this time they won’t come up empty. They’ll find a statue made of a girl, of ice and dirt and scarlet-streaked skin.
Behind her, a slow but steady stream of blood is leaving a trail on the dull gray slush. Might as well be beacon-bright, like she’s blinking a flashlight behind her with every step, Morse code for ‘here I am, monster, come eat me at your leisure.’
A Turned-Perfect Summer Day -- Until Dawn Summer Gift Exchange 2018
Hey y’all! This is my gift for @sad-on-saturn for the Until Dawn Summer Gift Exchange of 2018. I used one of their OTPs, Jess/Emily.
Title: A Turned-Perfect Summer Day
Teaser: Emily had known for awhile -since high school graduation of last year- that she wanted to be with Jessica. She had just one problem: Matt, her boyfriend. She didn't want to hurt him, but they were delaying the inevitable. So, on a dreary, overcast, summer day, she ends it; hoping to find something -or someone- to make the day a little brighter.
