Witcher Rarepair Comment Exchange June 2026: Three Days Until Signups Close
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Title: Live!
Fandom: Starsky & Hutch
Rating: Mature
Length: 150 words
Content notes: set during the season 3 episode The Plague
Summary: Starsky is watching Hutch
( Live! )
Fandom: Starsky & Hutch
Rating: Mature
Length: 150 words
Content notes: set during the season 3 episode The Plague
Summary: Starsky is watching Hutch
( Live! )
Hello longhaulers,
FFFX Round 6 ended last month! Sorry for the delay; this exchange is designed for a leisurely pace but that isn't meant to include informative updates.
I am very grateful for your participation and proud of what we all made.
Round 7 will run on a similar timetable but I expect to start nominations in July (yes - only 2 months away) with sign-ups in August.
Please comment on your gifts. If you liked your gift(s) and are pretty sure you commented, please go check right now, and hopefully it's no hardship to click on your gift(s) again. If you aren't sure, please go check. Comments or refusal are required in this exchange, to ensure either positive feedback for creators, or closure.
FFFX round 6 innovated by changing the letter completion requirement; if that affected you, let me know your thoughts! I'm inclined to keep the round 7 rules around letters the same. I'm also pondering how best to clarify my rules around minimum standards of completion in works.
Onwards!
FFFX Round 6 ended last month! Sorry for the delay; this exchange is designed for a leisurely pace but that isn't meant to include informative updates.
I am very grateful for your participation and proud of what we all made.
Round 7 will run on a similar timetable but I expect to start nominations in July (yes - only 2 months away) with sign-ups in August.
Please comment on your gifts. If you liked your gift(s) and are pretty sure you commented, please go check right now, and hopefully it's no hardship to click on your gift(s) again. If you aren't sure, please go check. Comments or refusal are required in this exchange, to ensure either positive feedback for creators, or closure.
FFFX round 6 innovated by changing the letter completion requirement; if that affected you, let me know your thoughts! I'm inclined to keep the round 7 rules around letters the same. I'm also pondering how best to clarify my rules around minimum standards of completion in works.
Onwards!
Here are the entries for this week's challenge:
( List of entries )
In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (all three spots) in order to be counted. First place votes are worth 3 points, second place votes are worth 2 points, and third place votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.
When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:
First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Second Place: 88. Another Fic Title
Third Place: 47. Finally a third fic title goes here
Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.
Voting closes Wednesday, May 13, at 9:00PM EST.
( List of entries )
In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (all three spots) in order to be counted. First place votes are worth 3 points, second place votes are worth 2 points, and third place votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.
When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:
First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Second Place: 88. Another Fic Title
Third Place: 47. Finally a third fic title goes here
Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.
Voting closes Wednesday, May 13, at 9:00PM EST.
Return Home to Vana'diel Campaign Happening Soon!
May. 11th, 2026 04:40 pmalthea_valara posting in finalfantasyIt's Final Fantasy XI's 24th anniversary soon, and to celebrate, they're having a variety of campaigns in game, including the Return Home to Vana'diel campaign! This one allows past subscribers to play FOR FREE for a period of ten days, from May 15th to May 25th. Details here: click me
Never played FFXI and thinking of trying? They're also discounting the game for a period, from May 15th to June 9th.
I was a big player of FFXI in its heyday, and returned to it about a year and a half ago, around the time the first Vana'diel raid happened in FFXIV. If anyone has any questions about the game, let me know! I'd be glad to answer. I did discover recently that they redid the Tutorial NPC quests to make them more in line with today's gameplay. You can get some really nice rewards from doing that questline, so I highly recommend it.
Never played FFXI and thinking of trying? They're also discounting the game for a period, from May 15th to June 9th.
I was a big player of FFXI in its heyday, and returned to it about a year and a half ago, around the time the first Vana'diel raid happened in FFXIV. If anyone has any questions about the game, let me know! I'd be glad to answer. I did discover recently that they redid the Tutorial NPC quests to make them more in line with today's gameplay. You can get some really nice rewards from doing that questline, so I highly recommend it.
Name: Confession Time
Story: Starfall
Colors: Warm Heart #30 (Love); Vert #17 (Sign of a ring)
Supplies and Styles: Silhouette
Word Count: 1180
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray/Leion Valerno, Ivina Gerro.
Summary: Leion comes to a decision.
( Confession Time )
Story: Starfall
Colors: Warm Heart #30 (Love); Vert #17 (Sign of a ring)
Supplies and Styles: Silhouette
Word Count: 1180
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray/Leion Valerno, Ivina Gerro.
Summary: Leion comes to a decision.
( Confession Time )
Theme Prompt: #300 - Ceremony
Title: Just reward
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto receives something unusual in the morning post.
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Title: Just reward
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto receives something unusual in the morning post.
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[#300] of old folktales and the future (Kirby Right Back At Ya!)
May. 11th, 2026 12:06 amecto_one_spengler posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #300 - Ceremony
Title: of old folktales and the future
Fandom: Kirby (particularly, Kirby Right Back At Ya (the anime) blended with Kirby's Nightmare in Dream Land)
Rating/Warnings: PG / Allusions to Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, takes place long prior to this but after this in the Mahoroa of the Stars AU.
Word Count: 1000 words
Bonus: Nah
Author's Note: This one's actually a very brief look into my weird Kirby AU's deeper lore, something I haven't yet explored in any posted public writing 'till this challenge inspired me. Also to a degree a lot of fatherly Meta Knight fics I've read recently led to... uh.. this lol.
Summary: While returning the Star Rod to the Fountain of Dreams a week after the fall of Nightmare Enterprises, Kirby decides to test out a ritual from a story of his newly minted dad's old culture. It ends up scaring him..
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( Off at the Fountain of Dreams.. )
Title: of old folktales and the future
Fandom: Kirby (particularly, Kirby Right Back At Ya (the anime) blended with Kirby's Nightmare in Dream Land)
Rating/Warnings: PG / Allusions to Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, takes place long prior to this but after this in the Mahoroa of the Stars AU.
Word Count: 1000 words
Bonus: Nah
Author's Note: This one's actually a very brief look into my weird Kirby AU's deeper lore, something I haven't yet explored in any posted public writing 'till this challenge inspired me. Also to a degree a lot of fatherly Meta Knight fics I've read recently led to... uh.. this lol.
Summary: While returning the Star Rod to the Fountain of Dreams a week after the fall of Nightmare Enterprises, Kirby decides to test out a ritual from a story of his newly minted dad's old culture. It ends up scaring him..
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( Off at the Fountain of Dreams.. )
Our new challenge is:
As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, May 20th. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work for fandom. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name, as well.
All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.
You can view stats forfan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.
Also, keep an eye out for the nextffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)
AVALANCHE
As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, May 20th. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work for fandom. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name, as well.
All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.
You can view stats for
fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.Also, keep an eye out for the next
ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)The Gentle challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
Queen Susan the Gentle: The Chronicles of Narnia: Icons: Gentle, byinnitmarvelous_og
Criminal Minds: Fanfiction: Close to You, byinfinitum_noctem
Inspector George Gently: Fanfiction: Gently in the Darkness, bylucy_roman
Miss Marple: Fanfic: Appearances Can Be Deceptive, bysmallhobbit
Heated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: Paying a Price, bydarkjediqueen
Gentle: Kirby/Project Hail Mary (2026): Fanfic: curious little pink thing, byecto_one_spengler
Torchwood: Fanfic: Parenting Problems, bybadly_knitted
Torchwood: Fanfic: Handle with care, bym_findlow
no fandom : icons : soap bubbles, byhighlander_ii
Viola come il mare: Fanfic: Change of Plans, byveronyxk84
Wiseguy: fanfic: where your worries go, byteaotter
Hyouka (Kotenbu): Fanfic: the distant hill comes over to us, bybluedreaming
Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.
The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.
New challenge coming right up!
Queen Susan the Gentle: The Chronicles of Narnia: Icons: Gentle, by
innitmarvelous_ogCriminal Minds: Fanfiction: Close to You, by
infinitum_noctemInspector George Gently: Fanfiction: Gently in the Darkness, by
lucy_romanMiss Marple: Fanfic: Appearances Can Be Deceptive, by
smallhobbitHeated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: Paying a Price, by
darkjediqueenGentle: Kirby/Project Hail Mary (2026): Fanfic: curious little pink thing, by
ecto_one_spenglerTorchwood: Fanfic: Parenting Problems, by
badly_knittedTorchwood: Fanfic: Handle with care, by
m_findlowno fandom : icons : soap bubbles, by
highlander_iiViola come il mare: Fanfic: Change of Plans, by
veronyxk84Wiseguy: fanfic: where your worries go, by
teaotterHyouka (Kotenbu): Fanfic: the distant hill comes over to us, by
bluedreamingThank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.
The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.
New challenge coming right up!
Hyouka (Kotenbu): Fanfic: the distant hill comes over to us
May. 10th, 2026 03:53 pmbluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksFandom: Hyouka (Kotenbu)
Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Content notes: canonically dead character
Author notes: The title is from Hallucinating in the Dark by Jin Haishu, translated by Simon Patton. In addition, REGISTER OF GHOSTS: HAI ZI gave me the idea to go in a ghosts direction, and Gentle Sentences on Winter’s “secret language” and CLOSING CREDITS’ musing on words/language made me think of Hyouka as a fandom due to Chitanda’s character.
Summary: What if Oreki could see ghosts? How would that (not) change anything?
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Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Content notes: canonically dead character
Author notes: The title is from Hallucinating in the Dark by Jin Haishu, translated by Simon Patton. In addition, REGISTER OF GHOSTS: HAI ZI gave me the idea to go in a ghosts direction, and Gentle Sentences on Winter’s “secret language” and CLOSING CREDITS’ musing on words/language made me think of Hyouka as a fandom due to Chitanda’s character.
Summary: What if Oreki could see ghosts? How would that (not) change anything?
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Title: where your worries go
Fandom: Wiseguy (tv)
Content notes: none
Challenge: Gentle
Length: 100 words
Summary: Carlotta Terranova, and the weight of a mother's concern.
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Fandom: Wiseguy (tv)
Content notes: none
Challenge: Gentle
Length: 100 words
Summary: Carlotta Terranova, and the weight of a mother's concern.
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