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Pokéxchange 2025: Signups Open!

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Recs from Fandom Gift Basket and Trick or Treat Ex

I posted recs from my

fandomgiftbasket and from

trickortreatex at my journal here.

Fandoms are: 9-1-1 Lone Star, The Addams Family, Arthurian Mythology, DC Extended Universe, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pop Music RPF, Roswell New Mexico, and Stardew Valley.

Rec-Cember 2025

Hey all! The sign-up post for

rec_cember 2025 is up. We’re hoping to inspire more folks to share their recs this December. Hope to see some of you over there.

(posted with mod permission ❤️)

Current Mood: excited

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Yuleswaps 2025: MATCH-UPS COMING SOONER OR LATER

Here we go. Please watch this post! We will update here as each batch goes out:

Candy? COMING SOON (probably last)

Drinks? SENT (twice, lol) as of 6:51 PM PST!

Books? SENT as of 6:39 PM PST!

( INSTRUCTIONS & REMINDERS )

SENDING DEADLINE: Friday, November 21, 2025

Extensions/Defaulting: Pre-research your post office/courier service hours, and plan to send as early as you can! BUT if your best-laid plans fail, and you need an extension -- we get it! Please bypass the shame spiral and email us ASAP. We want to know what's going on but rarely hesitate to grant brief extensions, especially to historically reliable swappers.

And, of course, if you need to default for any reason, the above is doubly true!! Life happens, but if you let us know as soon as it does, we can help out your recipient AND probably have you back next year with minimal anxiety.

One More Time: don't forget to check in at Swaps Central! And a safe, merry Swapstide to all!

Current FAQ and very old resources post here, for anyone who needs them. Questions and comments here or via email, as always.

Kat & Livi & Helen

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WIPBB-Hope is The Thing With Feathers (The Owl House)

Project Title: Hope is The Thing With Feathers

Fandom: The Owl House

Link: here on AO3

Summary: It’s only been days since Belos was finally defeated. However, the now-what reconstruction of the Boiling Isles is every bit as terrifying as he and The Collector were, especially when there are those who want the Heroes of the Isles gone for good.

Warnings: canon-typical violence, references to canonical abuse, stabbings, child soldiers, violence against young teens, PSTD, hurt/comfort

Characters: Almost the entire Boiling Isles characters, highlighting Luz Noceda and Hunter

Pairings: Luz Noceda/Amity Blight, Hunter/Willow Park, Edalyn Clawthorne/Raine Whispers

When I Started: May of 2023 soon after the truncated third season aired

How I Lost My Shit: This is two fold. One, I didn’t want easy answers ‘oh hey we won and deposed the emperor and now it’s clear sailing’ but that lead to things getting long and complicated. Secondly, I discovered Hazbin Hotel and it ate my brain whole.

How I Finished My Shit: I determined I needed to finish it for this challenge (which is why it was one of the two I chose) and then I decided which of the plot threads I had to sew up (Hunter’s plight) and which to leave open ended (the fate of the Boiling Isles) figuring I can always write a sequel if I wanted to.

Author's Note: Thanks to AfterIwake for the upcoming cover/chapter art.

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Fancake Theme for November: Mystery & Suspense

Moody photograph of the ocean from an outlook. In the foreground, two dirty hands claw their way up over the edge toward the viewer. Text: Mystery & Suspense, at Fancake.

fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules.

This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!

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Rec-Cember

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Bandom/Fall Out Boy RPF: Fall Out Bang

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Current Mood: cheerful

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Detective Conan/Magic Kaito: Kink Meme

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Multifandom: First And Last - An Alpha/Omegaverse Exchange 2025/2026 LAST MINUTE SIGNUPS EXTENDED

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All Fandoms: Purimgifts

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Yugioh: YGO Rare Pairs Mini Bang - Sign ups open!

Links: | Mastodon | Bsky | AO3 |

ygorarepairs

Description: This event focuses on rare pair ships for all Yugioh series (including crossovers), open to writers, artists, and image & video editors. We use tiered rulings to determine rarity for this event based on ao3 statistics. See our FAQ for more info on rarity requirements.

For this year's mini bang, writers will draft a fic for their chosen rare pair, meeting the 4000 word minimum. Then artists will claim at least 1 fic to use as inspiration for their art. Partners will collaborate and share their fanworks together during the posting period for this event. Please read our specifications page for more details about expectations for event works.

Sign up to participate with this link: https://forms.gle/1gRezet2nT4j5oEP6

Dates (see Schedule for more info):

Signups: Nov 1-Nov 30 (writers may start immediately)
Check-in #1 (writers only): Dec 21-23
Check-in #2 (writers with claim pitch): Jan 30-Feb 1
Claims: Feb 2-6
Claims assigned: Feb 7/8
Artist WIP share: Feb 20-21
Check-in #3 (all participants): Mar 6-7
Posting prep: Mar 12-14
Posting: Mar 15-Apr 4

Collaborative banner by whimwitch, VioVayo, Meda Princess, lucienslab, and sturionic! Thanks for your help with this ❤️.

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fandom: oasis

beyond my wildest dreams

stripysock, in response to the photo below: This must surely be the most satisfying fandom you've ever been in, for real time live content

me: Yes. I will never have it this good again.

Black and white photo of Liam tenderly kissing the back of Noel's neck, while Noel smiles to himself, with evident laugh lines at the corner of his eye

This is from their official socials, by the way.

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel

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10/25,
dcu

still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest

Batfamily

Free Child (Adoption Not Included) by

raven_of_hydecastle
Bruce and Dick find a lost child and decide to take care of him while they look for his parents.

Stop looking at them like that, Alfred. It’s not kidnapping. Really. This is ridiculous and hilarious.

Home Is Where the Heart Is by

LittleLadybugs
the one where Slade steals Dick after his parents die and raises him as Renegade, but he escapes as an adult and is in Bludhaven when the family finds him. Highly enjoyable!

a hundred different ways to say the same thing by

a_alene
Dick and Jason are very normal people with a very normal sibling-ish relationship. A brief glimpse at how Dick and Jason communicate (or don't). <3

living ghost, forgotten memory (you are worth remembering) by

silver__butterflies
Tim Drake is cursed to be forgotten by everyone he meets, over and over again. Somehow, Jason Todd is the only one who can remember him. A little overwrought in spots but overall I enjoyed this, especially the Dick-and-Jason-ness of it all.

the witching hour by

merils
Kon, Tim, Cassie, and Bart end up in a house that's haunted, alright. And it's not inclined to let them go. A good Core Four adventure for Halloween.

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Current Mood: hungry
Current Music: The Sweetest Thing - u2

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I wanted to run but she made me crawl

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Heat, Wait, Steep, Repeat by

Haicrescendo
Zuko screws up his life and in the process of fixing it, figures out some tea wisdom along the way. <333 #i'm not crying you're crying

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

ERROR CODE: TERM NOT RECOGNIZED by

the_hemlocked
"As far as I can tell," you say, "there is currently one person in here that could hope to know what the fuck that feels like, even just a little. He also has very beautiful feet, and he's very good at killing things, which are like, my two biggest kinks."

(A System AI character study.) This is an excellent look at the system AI. Highly recommended!

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Current Mood: tired
Current Music: 5 Years Time - Noah & the Whale

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'cause it's what we needed to have a good time

Crossovers

The Pitt/ER

Like Brothers We Meet by

Siria
After a chance encounter, Robby finds out that he's got a half-brother he never knew about—an emergency physician from Chicago called John Carter. This is fun!

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2025,
reveals

Happy Halloween! Tricks and Treats are revealed!

Explore the collection here! Enjoy!

Works will remain anonymous until creator reveals on November 7, 16:59 UTC.

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My Holiday Academia 2025

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2025

On track for reveals!

All pinch hits are in, and we are on track for our regularly scheduled Halloween reveal! Work reveals will be October 31, 16:59 UTC (12:59 pm EDT).

In the meantime, we've completed the first tier of the community challenge! Here is the Treatless Spreadsheet to find more treatable treats to treat :)