The Kuroneko graphic in our icon came from Tumblr @ Trigun-Manga-Overhaul’s translation. [Icon Image Description: Manga Kuroneko standing in front of the sapphic flag. End I.D.]
For us to see everyone’s wonderful pieces of work please use the tag #trigunsapphicweek and/or at us @trigunsapphicweek!
We will be doing a roundup post one week after the event. If you want to be included in the roundup then submit your piece(s) before April 5th. Depending on the amount of late submissions we receive, we might do a separate roundup for those. Either way, we will reblog everyone’s pieces as long as they use our tag or @ us.
The AO3 collection is open for anyone to submit their fanworks for the week (please wait until March 22nd). The collection will be open until the end of the year. We will keep an eye out for further late submissions throughout the year as well.
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it's sad that the poll tourney trend ended three years ago because a) i liked being so invested in absolute nonsense and b) i really want to do a "favorite victims of fandom misogyny" or "favorite hated female character" tournament. i'm just really in the mood to see people passionately defend unfairly maligned women (fictional) in my notes. would anyone be into this? i might try to do it anyway, but also it's kind of a bummer to run a poll where only like three people are participating.
okay, this post got like ten notes, that's enough for me to at least give it a try. if i actually decide to go forward with this, i'll probably post the submission form again when i create a victims of fandom misogyny tournament sideblog (also if anyone has a better name idea than that mouthful, please suggest it!) but in the meantime, let's start submissions here. here are some rules:
no real people (obviously there are lots of real life women who are victims of fandom misogyny, but i feel like having those women compete in a poll against each other and also against fictional characters would be kind of disrespectful to the actual real life shit they were put through)
no men!!!! idc if he's like a woman to you, this tournament isn't for him!!!!
obviously, misogyny does not have to be the only factor here, it just has to be one of the factors. if racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc. are also part of the problem, do not hesitate to bring that up in your submission! it's highly relevant! the last thing i want is a tournament consisting of only cis straight white women, especially because so many of the hated/mistreated women of fandom are also marginalized in other ways that the fandom hates them for.
idk if this is a rule exactly, but just to clarify, this tournament is about which one of these characters is your favorite. it is emphatically not about trying to quantify which character is the biggest victim of fandom misogyny. that seems like an utterly exhausting and pointless thing to argue about, please don't subject me to that. i just want to see people defend their favorite overly maligned or mistreated girlies in my notes, i cannot stress this enough
characters don't have to be overtly hated to be victims of fandom misogyny. they can also be perpetually ignored in favor of men, or constantly characterized as the wise mom friend who the fandom has apparently decided has no desires or goals or needs besides being a sounding board for their favorite white boy, etc.
there's no time limit on this thing. even if the hatred/fandom mistreatment has died down and the character in question has been re-examined since, if there was ever a period in which they were subjected to fandom misogyny en masse, they count.
that said, don't choose characters who are generally universally beloved and always have been but you saw one person shit on them one time in a misogynistic way and got annoyed. i hate when that happens too, but it's does have to be a trend, not just one annoying guy, even if the guy in question is really annoying.
Guess who's back with a brand new and admittedly chaotic edition of our Pride Month challenge!
For 2026, we present:
Summer of Pride - This or That Trope Edition!
That's right, we're going beyond Pride Month and creating all summer long!
For twelve weeks, beginning June 1st, we encourage you to create something, choosing this or that from our predetermined list.
Y'all, when we say these tropes battled it out to be featured, we mean it! We literally spent an evening coming up with our competitors and let them duke it out as either Yoshi or Kirby on Super Smash Brothers... so yes, when we said chaotic, we meant chaotic!
We hope you will join us (@queenofbaws, @unicornaffair, @jadedsunshine) in participating! Use the tag #SummerOfPride2026 so that we can find and share your posts.
As always, we're encouraging CREATIVITY! Doesn't matter if it's fanfic, art, a mood board, a list of headcanons, whatever... if you create it using one of the tropes as inspiration, we hope you'll share it!
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Sapphic summer 2026 is here and it's my second year running it! Come have fun with us. This runs from Jun 7-Sept 15, 2026.
Basic rules:
-Fic is limited to 100-250 words.
-For other mediums use your best judgment for equivalence. I suggest, but am happy to hear counterarguments for the following limits: podfic 100-250 words read, icons/graphics/gifs 1-3 images, art as a sketch.
-Any rating, including unrated, is acceptable.
-Any f/f(/f+) ship from any fandoms - more specifically, characters that canonically identify as female. While genderswap works are lovely, the goal of this event is to promote preexisting ladies.
-After filling one prompt, you may post up to three prompts. You may post three prompts for each fill you make, but prompts should always be in replies to prompt comments and contain a fill. See previous rounds for example. Prompts will be compiled on a prompts post for easy viewing; fills will be compiled on a post also!
There are collections on all OTW-Archive sites except FFLOL and Squidge (which I believe was down when I made this post).
Come check it out!
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Grab your passports to travel this July to Yuriful Week 2026! A multifandom week dedicated to expressing our appreciation to wlw ships and their fanworks. Inspired by the yearly fandom ao3 stats.
IT'S STILL TRIGUN SAPPHIC WEEK IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD *drops 3.5k words of Meryl and Zazie having weird alien sex (preceded by philosophical discussions, staring at each other with wonder, and bad flirting. of course)* Enjoy!!
(the prompt for day 7 is dealer's choice. So I went with the prompts rarepair and magic/fantasy from Day 5)
It is a Subcollection of its parent, Trigun Sapphic Week (trigunsapphicweek). Do not post your work to the parent collection.
Posting your fic
There are two ways that you can add your work to this year’s collection.
The first way:
Go to the Trigun Sapphic Week 2026 (trigunsapphicweek2026) collection.
Click on “Post to Collection”
A form titled “Post New Work” will show you. Fill it out accordingly.
At the bottom of the form, there is a button that says “Post.” Click that
Congrats your fic is now part of the collection!
Second Way:
Start the process of posting a new work.
Go to the “Associations” Category.
Type trigunsapphicweek2026 in the “Post to Collections/Challenges” prompt
The collection may not show up, but that’s okay. You can type in the name (trigunsapphicweek2026) and then hit enter
Post your piece
Now it’s part of the collection!
Note: It may take a moment for the work to show up in the collection so don’t worry if it doesn’t show up immediately.
Additionally, if you have already posted your fic then you can go in and edit the “Post to Collections/Challenges” prompt. Add the 2026 collection. If you originally added it to the parent collection, press the X beside its text to remove it from the parent collection.
Reminder that we do accept late submissions! We accept any quality or quantity!! You can participate beyond fic and fan art! You can create a mood board or simply share your head-canons. Feel free to share snippets of WIPs and abandoned works! Recommend your favorite fics! Reshare past works of yours! You could literally create a post that says, “I love millymeryl” and tag it as #trigunsapphicweek and we’ll share it!!
Additionally, please show your appreciation to everyone who has participated so far!! Like and comment on their fan-works!!
I’m not the best with interacting with others, so I apologize for the delay on direct interactions. Please do know that seeing everyone’s works and replies to my posts makes me so happy and excited! Y’all are amazing!! Thank you so much for making Trigun Sapphic Week a reality :,)
Day 7 of @trigunsapphicweek and the very last Stargaze Saturday! How are we feeling? I've had so much fun partaking in this prompt week and just want to say thank you to anyone who has been following along. If you haven't already, I highly recommend you check out the tag here on tumblr, as well as the AO3 collection. People have contributed so many amazing fanworks to this event, go give them some love! Anyway, today it was 'Dealer's Choice', so I went where my heart led me and wrote some wholesome Milly/Meryl smut to close out the week. They are just so adorable and in love omggggggg!!! I hope you enjoy, Love and Peace y'all 💖💖💖 🤞
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Reminder that we do accept late submissions! We accept any quality or quantity!! You can participate beyond fic and fan art! You can create a mood board or simply share your head-canons. Feel free to share snippets of WIPs and abandoned works! Recommend your favorite fics! Reshare past works of yours! You could literally create a post that says, “I love millymeryl” and tag it as #trigunsapphicweek and we’ll share it!!
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A Trigun OC x OC blurb for Day 7 of @trigunsapphicweek 2026!
Prompt: Dealer's Choice!
Summary: A performer and an Earthling journalist meet for the first time, brought together by a sandstorm.
Words: 1.7k
Contains: Trimax aftermath, sandstorms, drinking, first time meetings, 3 trigun OCs (Lex, Poppy, and Marigold)
Due to everything going on in my life, I was only able to do days 1, 2, and 7. But I enjoyed writing these blurbs, so I hope you enjoy reading!
Alexandria "Lex" Merevas was the first Earthling journalist to travel to No Man's Land, for two reasons; she was the best of the best at her job, and being an Independent Plant meant she got priority for the spaceship tickets. The running assumption from the Earth Federation was that she would help bridge the gap between the Independents of Earth and those of No Man's Land… but for better and for worse, that sorted itself out and No Man's Land proved to have a very… interesting view on Independents. So as soon as the civilian immigration ships landed on the desolate planet, she made herself scarce to the government with an excuse about needing to finish her documentary on No Man's Land. Naturally, she was taking her sweet, sweet time on that. She really did NOT want to be a sorry diplomat in whatever drama was going on with Independents here.
Unfortunately for Lex, for as much as she loved the humans, she was in a constant uphill battle with the elements of this planet. So here she was now, holding her cloak to her face for dear life while the wind and sand pelted her. Thankfully, one of the two suns had already set, and the other was quickly following. She had enough of overheating on top of being beaten down by the desert. Still, she was desperate to find shelter before she ended up with sandy hair, as inevitable as that was here.
After a few more iles of walking, she spotted a lit up building. It didn't look like the city of May that she was expecting, but she had also never visited the city at night yet. As she approached, she was able to decipher the word Beerhaus from one of the neon signs.
A tavern? Of German nomenclature? Interesting. I wonder if they even know about Germany as a concept, as distant as they are from history. And the beer… how do they get a variety in this climate?
♪ So come by darlin',
Lex practically hopped out of her boots in excitement. This was intriguing to her. This was why she came to No Man's Land! She simply had to interview the owner to find out, so she swung open the doors and stepped inside. The sound of music and merrymaking embraced her in full as she entered.
As Poppy Charlesson's voice decrescendo-ed, and her guitar rang out its last notes, the crowd of Beerhaus cheered, whistled, and clapped. The nervous energy that she had singing out to the strangers coming in from the incoming sandstorm had dissipated, and she smiled out to the room. After the lights died down, and the band tended to their instruments to prepare for the next set, Poppy stepped down from the stage. Some of the regulars came up and sang their praises, and she got back into her normal groove.
Until a cloaked woman walked in, and Poppy felt herself go back to a different time entirely. She was suddenly 17, just starting her performance career in this very tavern, clutching this same guitar, watching a similar figure walk through that same door. This time, she was a decade older, the guitar had some wear from being well-loved, the tavern had booming success, and the figure — to her knowledge — did not have the world's largest bounty on her head. But the way the woman carried herself was much the same. As her hood lowered, and her striking blue eyes met Poppy's green, she was convinced that she simply had to share something in common with Vash the Stampede. Something ethereal. Something higher than herself.
She had to know more.
So she waded through the crowd, her breaths thin as she sought out the woman. Similarly to her few interactions with Vash, she felt like a prey animal leaping into the jaws of a divine beast.
When she found herself in front of the woman, she straightened her back and presented herself with dignity. "I am Poppy Charlesson. Taking shelter from the storm?"
The woman blinked at her before smiling. "Um… yes." Despite her polite smile, her voice was awfully monotone. "I'm Lex. Do you happen to be the owner?"
Poppy's smile stiffened. Of course she was only interested in the owner. "Technically no, but my family owns it. My sis runs the place. Her name is Marigold Charlesson." Trying hard to keep Lex's attention, she took her by the wrist and gently dragged her to the bar. "But she is so terribly busy right now! Want a beer while you wait? It's our specialty!"
Lex chuckled as they both sat. "Sure. I'm not normally a big beer person, so I'll let you pick."
Poppy frantically gestured to her older sister, who was talking to one of the local drunks. "Sissy! Charlesson Brew please!"
Marigold walked over and poured a pint out for Lex, giving Poppy a knowing look. "On the house, Pop?" She was met with a nod.
Lex piped up, speaking to Marigold. "Hi, I'm Alexandria Merevas and I'm a journalist—"
"That's enough of that." Marigold roughly placed the mug on the counter in front of Lex. "Tonight's too busy for me to entertain the press. Ask my sister." And with that, she left to take more orders. Cold.
And so Lex turned to Poppy, who was beaming and gesturing for her to try the beer. As she lifted the mug to her mouth, she remembered the handful of times she'd tried beer prior. Hopefully this time she wouldn't spit it out….
"So are you related to Vash the Stampede?"
It took everything in Lex to not spit out the malty poison in her mouth. She swallowed it down hard and reached for her canteen to wash down the taste (and partially to stall a little). After a few gulps of water, she sighed.
"Distantly related, in a way." Lex normally tried to put as much distance between herself and her more combative brethren, especially those like Vash the Stampede and Millions Knives who had bounties on their heads. But this girl was sharp. Too sharp to fully lie to her.
Poppy's eyes were transfixed on her, peering into her soul like she could find something revolutionary in there. "So you're a plant?"
"Ah ah ah." Lex put a finger up to silence Poppy. "Give and take. I have some questions for your family, too." After an understanding nod from her, Lex continued. "So… how old is the Beerhaus?"
"That's a tough question… It's been passed down in my family since the Big Fall, but I've always been told that my great-great-grandma had the Beerhaus on Earth that she had to rebuild here. So maybe around 200 years old? A lot of our family history was lost in the travel from Earth to No Man's Land, so that's as far as I know." As Poppy concluded her answer she saw a spark in Lex's eyes, like someone coming across a precious treasure. It was almost predatory.
"Thank you for telling me this." Lex took her paper and pen from her pocket and quickly began to take notes. This was a cultural and historical goldmine, and a testament to how the people of No Man's Land preserved what little history they could bring!
"Um… no problem." Poppy shifted in her seat. "Now for my question. Give and take and all." With a nod from Lex, she continued. "Are you a Plant?"
Lex placed her pen back down onto her notepad. The silence between them sat for a moment, floating like oil in the stream of voices around them. Lex leaned close, her long silky hair falling from her cloak. "Can you keep a secret?"
Poppy frantically nodded. "Of course."
"I am. An Independent of course, but yes."
"Wow…" Poppy took the information in, almost not understanding that the beautiful woman sitting next to her… wasn't human.
But what makes a human? Why wouldn't she still be human?
Lex leaned away again, and busied herself by picking off some of the sand from her hair. "I understand that the people of No Man's Land… have not had the best experiences with Independents. So I keep that fact close."
Poppy tilted her head. "So why did you tell me?"
"I mean…" She shrugged. "I'm asking you about your family history. It's fair." Lex grabbed her pen again. "Speaking of, I have one more question for now; is your family German, or was the name of this business from a different influence?"
"What's German?"
Lex had to resist the urge to express her disappointment. As compelling as it was that a business named that way was a relic to a lost, unknown culture to this family, it did crush her hopes of preserved history a little. Instead, she just wrote a single sentence on her notepad before closing it. "An Earth culture. Anyways, thank you for answering my questions. Now, I should see about renting a room for the night. Do you rent out the rooms or is that up to your sister?"
"Sorry but I'm out of empty rooms tonight." Lex quickly whipped her head around to the sound of Marigold's voice next to her. "You'll either have to share a room with someone or you can sleep out here in the bar area. Given the weather, I don't mind." And just as quickly as she came, she was whisked away again by regulars.
"You can share my room!" Poppy covered her own mouth in shock.
I can't believe I said that! She's gonna think I'm a creep!
"Your room?" For the first time in their entire conversation, a light pink graced Lex's cheeks.
"You don't have to!" Poppy waved her hands around frantically. "Sorry for just saying that!"
"Got a room?" A gruff, tall man walked up to the bar, towering over Marigold as he dropped a wad of double dollars down in front of her.
"I mean…" Poppy's hands came to a stop, and Lex stared down at the wood of the bar. "That doesn't sound so bad."
[I.D.: A semi-realistic Trigun fan art of Meryl holding the side of Milly’s face. Milly looks at Meryl with a neutral yet longing expression. We cannot see Meryl’s face since her back is to us. They both have tan skin and dark hair. End I.D.]
I completely forgot I had this?? Anyways, I guess I’ll share it now for @trigunsapphicweek for day 6 - worship. lets go yuri
Since I did not get the chance to further work on my wips for Trigun Sapphic Week, I would like to share some of favorite femslash fics!
Putrescine by auroralights [Mature]
Meryl and Millie venture back to Millie's home during the Age of Chaos, looking for survivors
To One End by auroralights [Explicit]
Meryl proposes a new set of rules for her birthday sex.
Under the Midday Suns by deludedfantasy [Teen & Up]
In which Meryl contends with her huge crush on Milly over the course of a long, hot afternoon where Milly seems to be doing everything in her power to remind her just how attractive she is.
A Toast to Good and Evil by AquilaMeda [General]
Now, previously, were one to ask Stryfe if she would ever consider going on a date with a villain, her strong sense of morality would answer with "over my dead body." Seems she decided to put that voice in her head aside for the night, and accept a proposal. An insurance worker and an elite member of the Gung-ho Guns walk into a bar..
Erinyes by WateredMyCrops [Mature]
Milly and Meryl go full Mad Max through the desert and are weird about violence.

it's easy to jump into the suns (but your embrace's warmer) by seventhgiver [Teen & Up]
There has always been two suns in No Man's Land, but Meryl? Meryl thinks she wants to keep this particular sunshine close to her.

Most Powerful Forces by hypermoshi
Milly, her childhood friend, had confessed to her.
And now, Meryl had to leave for college. Milly always sent her home-cooked treats, to make sure she knew she was loved, and Meryl wanted to do something in return.
(Or the one in which Meryl and Vash try not to burn down their dorm making cookies for Milly.)
Mammatus by hypermoshi [Teen & Up]
The world hadn't ended, but as Elendira traveled with Tesla... Well, maybe occupying herself with other matters wasn't so bad.
the brownie brouhaha by haveloved [Teen & Up]
Meryl finds herself fighting a little petty jealousy when Milly makes brownies for the office.
This isn’t a long list 😅 but I still wanted to share these fics so they get the attention they deserve!! I will likely update this list once I find the time to read my pile of To Read fics lol
