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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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in search of real happiness || happy birthday eito!!
Creators with multiple bids: check your emails!
As our second chance bid offer to creators has gone out a little later than usual this year, please check your email ASAP. Make sure to also check any additional tabs in your inbox, such as your social and promotional tabs (and of course, always check your spam folder if you are expecting an email and can't find it!). We have received some reports that the second chance bid offer email has been sorted into the "promotional" tab of some inboxes.
We will only process second chance bid offers that are submitted through the form included in the email. If you'd like to offer a fanwork to your second place bidder, don't delay! We need to hear from you by end-of-day on the 14th of March.
Bidders: here are some numbers to help you decide which org to support!
We've received many generous donations to all of our supported nonprofits. As always, some get a little more love than others. If you're looking to support an org that hasn't received as many donations so far, the orgs with the fewest donations are:
Madison Countians Allied Against Poverty (MadCAAP) St. Louis Park Emergency Program (STEP) Votebeat Peninsula Poverty Response
All of these orgs have received less than 500$ in donations.
The orgs with the most donations are:
Gaza Soup Kitchen (which has already received over $10,000!) National Immigrant Justice Center Advocates for Trans Equality
Lastly, remember: if you're donating on behalf of our Regiment of Fan Labourers (ROFL), you can make a donation to one of seven previously supported organisations, such as Sherlock's Homes or Hope for Ukraine.
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Aaaaand bidding is CLOSED!!
It will take a while to actually close all auction forms - bids that are registered after 8:00:05 EST WILL NOT BE COUNTED.
Bidders:
We will email you in the next day or two with a list of all of your winning bids and a link to submit your donation proof. Please do not make any donations until we have validated your bids and sent you this list.
Creators:
Please do not contact your bidders until you have heard from us! Once your high bidder has donated and we have processed the donation, we will email you to confirm and put you in touch with your bidder. Remember that bidders have until the 18th to make their donations, so this may take a while. We will also be contacting you soon about the possibility of making an offer to your second bidder - please do not contact anyone about this until you hear from us, either.
Everyone:
Although the main auction is closed, plenty of Craft Bazaar stalls are still taking bids/donations! Remember that donation proof for crafts goes directly to the crafter, it cannot be submitted along with your regular auction donations.
šŖ” The golden needle tag is now live!
We know how hard it is to browse EVERY auction, especially with over 1600 on offer this year. As we approach the final day of the auction, weāre opening up the āgolden needleā tag.
This features all auctions that are looking for their first bidder - that could be you!
So take a look at whatās on offer, and if you're still searching for something to bid on, now is the time to get some golden needles in our very large haystack.
Remember to combine the tag with your chosen fandom using our tag searching tips to find the golden needles in your fandoms.
Our Stance on GenAI (but more)
In 2025, we responded to the infuriating influx of AI-generated slop in creative spaces with the following policy: Our Stance on GenAI. Given the significant developments in GenAI since last spring, we thought it was important toĀ issue an updated statement and remind you where we stand. The TL;DR is that weāre more anti-GenAI than ever; please see below for our expanded policy for FTH 2026 and onward.
To start, let us firmly reiterate:
Generative AI has no place in FTH. It is not welcome here, under any circumstance.
Non-exhaustive list of unwelcome slop generators:
image generators like Imagen, Midjourney, and similar
video generators like Sora, Runway, and similar
LLMs like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and similar
vibecode generators like Copilot, Roo, Replit, and similar
audio generators like ElevenLabs, MusicLM, and similar
text editors like Grammarly that are known to be powered by LLMs
Starting this year, the following policies apply to all creators (including those in ROFL) and bidders, respectively:
For Creators
Participants found to have used generative AI to produce a fanwork, in part or in whole, for their bidder(s) will be permanently banned from participating in future iterations of Fandom Trumps Hate. This includes fan labor of all kinds.
We strongly advise (in FTH, but also more generally) that creators of all mediums keep some kind of work history, insofar as possible (we understand this may be more difficult for fan labor). You likely already do, intentionally or otherwise! Documenting your fanwork progress is one of the easiest ways to prove that your work is truly yours, should the need ever arise. To be clear, we don't require that you provide your bidder with intermediate stages of your fanworkāthat is entirely up to you.
For Bidders
Participants who deliberately introduce any AI-generated materials into the fanwork creation process (see below for concrete examples) will forfeit any unfinished portion of the won fanwork and will be permanently banned from participating in future iterations of Fandom Trumps Hate.
This includes (but is not limited to):
giving a creator an AI-generated prompt (of any medium) (e.g. requesting a fanfic based on an AI-generated image, generating a fanwork prompt using ChatGPT, etc.)
requesting fan labor be performed on AI-generated material (e.g. beta-reading a slopfic, getting help with a vibecoded workskin, etc.)
requesting a fanwork (of any medium) that is intended to accompany AI-generated material (e.g. cover art for a slopfic, photo manips of AI-generated images, podfics of slopfics, etc.)
feeding creators' fanwork(s) into a generative AI model
We are keenly aware that since last year, existing beloved tools and workflows have had unasked-for generative AI features forced into them, with varying degrees of transparency about whether or not they can be shut off or excluded. Our ask is that all participants make an effort to avoid using features known to rely on generative AI in anything even peripherally auction-related. Familiarize yourself with the tools you work with and use your best judgement; if a new feature would make your fanwork trivially easy for someone without your skill set to create, it may rely on generative AI.
A Reminder:
The more generative AI intrudes into creative spaces, the harder it becomes to distinguish between slop and human-made work, even to a trained eye/ear. We absolutely encourage everyone to educate themselves on how to get better at spotting it. That said, it can be very tempting to over-correct and default to the assumption that anything you come across with certain characteristics is AI-generated. We ask that everyone strive to assume that your fellow FTH participants are operating in good faith. Not every piece of text containing em dashes* was generated with ChatGPT; not every video with a cool, improbable-looking effect was generated with Sora; not every piece of audio with a noticeable skip or glitch was generated with ElevenLabs.
Please be kind to each other. If you suspect your fanwork or prompt contains AI-generated material, please reach out to the mods via email so we can address situations on a case-by-case basis.
We recognize this policy may seem unusually rigid in comparison to our others; most aspects of FTH operate on an honor system, and in general we try to be as flexible as we can in our policies to allow for the best experience possible for all FTH participants. This, however, is something we are not willing to be flexible on. We ask that you trust we have given this serious consideration and respect that while we are always willing to answer clarifying questions, we are not open to debate on this topic.
Why do we care about this?
Hi friends!! Happy to say I'm participating in FTH once again this year!!
I am offering for 3 fandoms this year - KNB, Hundred Line, and VS AMBIVALENZ!!
It would make me happy to see people participate (even if it's on another auction - go explore!!)! Bidding begins on March 3rd and ends on March 7th.
My FTH offerings can be viewed here!!
The 2026 Fan Crafts Bazaar is now open!
We donāt allow physical fanworks in the main auction for a variety of reasons, so to accommodate these we started the FTH Fan Crafts Bazaar.
This year's Bazaar is so far tying last year's record of 28 crafters offering a wide variety of crafts in dozens of fandoms (and many who will create for any fandom you like).
Every crafter has set up their own stall with their own policies - some are offering custom-made creations while some are ready to ship; some are holding their own auctions while some have items for a set donation. So be sure to read the details carefully!
The Bazaar will stay open until March 18, so if you donāt win the auctions you have your eye on in the main event, head back over there to find other places to direct your donations toward! (But some may be ending their auctions earlier than the 18th, while others may run out of ready-made stock before then, so check those details.)
Weāll also continue to add stalls as they come in over the next couple of days, so be sure to check again in a few days to see whatās been added - and if youāre a crafter who hasnāt had a chance to sign up, you still can!
Click here for the 2026 FTH Fan Crafts Bazaar!
Browsing is open!
Great news! We have gotten through (almost!!) all of the final details, and the 2026 Offerings Blog is now open for browsing. Creators, it's time to start promoting your auctions to your friends and followers! Bidders, it's time to peruse your fandoms and start getting excited!
When you get there, please see our post about our cool new navigation feature, creator directories! We will also soon be posting some tips about how to navigate using our tags.
Bidding opens at 8 AM on Tuesday, March 3rd
VS AMBIVALENZ 2nd ; EP.11.5 Nexus Drama [ENG Translation]
video form on youtube | official vsa channel's video
Craft Bazaar signups don't close until auctions open for bidding!
You have another full week to sign up!
Do you crochet amigurumi of your favorite characters? Bind physical copies of fic? Design and print fandom stickers? Make fandom-themed jewelry?
If you create anything that has to be physically shipped to the receiver, or a digital item that isn't custom-made to your bidder's preferences, you may not be able to enter it in the main auction but it's a perfect fit for the FTH Fan Crafts Bazaar! (We'll let you in on a secret: it doesn't even necessarily have to be fandom-themed, although most people are looking for stuff from their favorite fandoms.)
The Craft Bazaar is different from the main auction in a few key ways:
Crafters can offer either custom-made or pre-made items
Crafters can offer their items at auction or for a set donation (if you run an auction, you'll be responsible for it, but we'll provide a template)
It stays open after the main auction closes so that people who lost their bidding wars can check it out with their leftover donation budget
Crafters can charge shipping separately (to them, rather than as part of the donation) if they need to
If this sounds like your thing, read all the details here, then head over to the signup form!
The Craft Bazaar will go live when browsing opens Friday, Feb 27, but signups will continue until bidding starts for the main auction on Tuesday, March 3!
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Big tagging changes for 2026!
Browsing starts next Friday, February 27! And once you start browsing, tags are definitely the easiest way to find the auctions you're interested in.
We are always trying to improve our tagging system to help bidders find what they're looking for. This year we have a few major changes:
We no longer have tags for each individual username. We have replaced these with username directories.
The "fandom: any" tag has been broken up into several subtags.
New "country of origin" tags, so that you can view all auctions offered for, for example, Chinese fandoms or British fandoms.
Under the cut you will find explanations of why we made the changes we did and how these changes work - please read so that you can navigate this year's auction smoothly!
VS AMBIVALENZ Season 1 Translation Masterlist
youtube playlist [translations] | youtube playlist [original]
Episode 0: The Last Fort
Dawn's Kollision
Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3
Buds of Ernsthaft
Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6
Twilight's Motivation
Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9
Flower-Dancing Widmung
Episode 10, Episode 11, Episode 12
The Emotion of Silence
Episode 13, Episode 14, Episode 15
Innocent Sehnsucht
Episode 16, Episode 17, Episode 18
Everlasting Gefallen
Episode 19, Episode 20, Episode 21
Dawn's Harmonie
Episode 22, Episode 23, Episode 24
Episode 25: The First Fort
VS AMBIVALENZ 2nd ; EP.18.5 Nexus Drama [ENG Translation]
video form on youtubeĀ |Ā official vsa channelās video
VS AMBIVALENZ 2nd ; EP.18 Emerald Shadowās Wahrheit FINAL PART [ENG Translation]
video form on youtubeĀ |Ā official vsa channelās video
THUNDER Interview ; The Last One
original tweet | text under the cut