Challenge 513: Amnesty
20 Apr 2026 16:22![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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fan_flashworksOur new challenge is our eighty-fifth:
During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: ( Complete list of prompts )
See the Community Report for a sortable list of prompts.
Both reports have a random "Any Challenge" button, and the Creator Report also has a random "Unfilled Challenge" button.
Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!
In amnesty rounds, include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Blanket: Heated Rivalry: Fanart: If on a winter's night).
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 Friday, May 1st. 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.
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. Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the reports.
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 comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)
AMNESTY
During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: ( Complete list of prompts )
Both reports have a random "Any Challenge" button, and the Creator Report also has a random "Unfilled Challenge" button.
Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!
In amnesty rounds, include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Blanket: Heated Rivalry: Fanart: If on a winter's night).
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 Friday, May 1st. 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.
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. Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the reports.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 comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)boost: Hand-drawn Digital Artwork
20 Apr 2026 17:50jesse_the_kMy favorite Apple-oriented publication celebrates 36 years and 1800 issues this month. Their well-moderated forum talk.tidbits.com provides excellent tech support for thorny issues. This week I learned about a super-cool article for us old graphic geeks:
How a poster that morphed Hokusai’s Great Wave into The Wave of the Future, showing its original woodblock changing into bitmaps then raytracing was actually created by hand, because in 1981 it would have been too expensive to do it digitally.
Admin: Challenge closed
20 Apr 2026 16:20teaotter posting in fan_flashworksThe Obstacle challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
Marvel's Midnight Suns : icons : Robo-Man, byhighlander_ii
Heated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: First Hurdle, bydarkjediqueen
Obstacle: Miss Marple: Fanfic: The Obstacle in the Case, bysmallhobbit
Criminal Minds: Fanfiction: Joke's on You, byinfinitum_noctem
Inspector George Gently: Fanfiction: Perfect, bylucy_roman
The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Another Challenge, bybadly_knitted
Viola come il mare: Fanfic: The Wall Between Us, byveronyxk84
Torchwood: Fanfic: Bump in the road, bym_findlow
Mysterious Transfer Student: Fanfic: as if water could explain my crying, bybluedreaming
\o/ \o/ \o/
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!
Marvel's Midnight Suns : icons : Robo-Man, by
highlander_iiHeated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: First Hurdle, by
darkjediqueenObstacle: Miss Marple: Fanfic: The Obstacle in the Case, by
smallhobbitCriminal Minds: Fanfiction: Joke's on You, by
infinitum_noctemInspector George Gently: Fanfiction: Perfect, by
lucy_romanThe Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Another Challenge, by
badly_knittedViola come il mare: Fanfic: The Wall Between Us, by
veronyxk84Torchwood: Fanfic: Bump in the road, by
m_findlowMysterious Transfer Student: Fanfic: as if water could explain my crying, by
bluedreaming\o/ \o/ \o/
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!
[ SECRET POST #7045 ]
20 Apr 2026 18:11case posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #7045 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 27 secrets from Secret Submission Post #1006.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
serial
20 Apr 2026 19:07myveryown_nemesisHaiku Horror Writing Prompt #1730: #scarlet
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
serial
you've done this before
another scarlet woman
dying on the floor
04-20-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
serial
you've done this before
another scarlet woman
dying on the floor
04-20-2026
第五年第一百天
21 Apr 2026 07:52nnozomi posting in guardian_learning部首
水 part 30
漂, to float; 漆, paint/lacquer; 漏, to leak ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=85
语法
3.25 又 X 又 Y, both X and Y
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-3-grammar
词汇
本科, undergraduate program; 本来, originally; 基本, basic; 基本上, basically ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
不要漏掉任何的细节, don't leave out any details
咱们特调处又破又旧, our SID is old and beat-up
本来工资就不高，再扣就没啦, my salary isn't high to begin with, it'll be gone altogether if you penalize me again
Me:
夜晚漆黑。
这种内容本科生应该还不懂。
水 part 30
漂, to float; 漆, paint/lacquer; 漏, to leak ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=85
语法
3.25 又 X 又 Y, both X and Y
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-3-grammar
词汇
本科, undergraduate program; 本来, originally; 基本, basic; 基本上, basically ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
不要漏掉任何的细节, don't leave out any details
咱们特调处又破又旧, our SID is old and beat-up
本来工资就不高，再扣就没啦, my salary isn't high to begin with, it'll be gone altogether if you penalize me again
Me:
夜晚漆黑。
这种内容本科生应该还不懂。
ish
20 Apr 2026 21:51![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
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Much heard on Language Log.
Selected readings
- "Slang affixation: it's all mystery-y-ish-y" (6/25/09)
- "ish and moreish", Separated by a Common Language (9/6/07)
wychwoodI've been sort of meaning to make a gaming post for a while, but also: I have not been playing games really at all, unless you count 2025 (obsessively and continuously). However, Terra Nil just turned up 60% off (for another four days! there's time!) and I bought it on Saturday and have already played over seven hours of it - I'm playing on the easy mode, and find it intensely soothing. I have restored four or five ecosystems, taken photographs of numerous wild animals, sworn at the annoying recycling system as I build numerous extra buildings in order to remove all the buildings from the map, and generally enjoyed myself thoroughly.
Other things I have played, mostly extremely briefly, since my last real gaming post in (*gulp*) July: ( actually quite a long list, but average playtime of about half-an-hour )
Feel free to ask if you're interested in any of them! Most of them do look like things I could enjoy if I were in a game-playing space, but very clearly I have not been.
Other things I have played, mostly extremely briefly, since my last real gaming post in (*gulp*) July: ( actually quite a long list, but average playtime of about half-an-hour )
Feel free to ask if you're interested in any of them! Most of them do look like things I could enjoy if I were in a game-playing space, but very clearly I have not been.
Challenge 235: Special Challenge: B/W and Color
20 Apr 2026 21:51tinny posting in your_favouritesI'm not sure this counts, so I'm submitting early. Let me know if I need to change the colors. My favorite color is yellow. My favorite actor right now is Wu Lei. My favorite fashion era is the 80s, and so I picked Our Times which is set during that time. My favorite piece of clothing on that show is his red turtleneck knit sweater. It absolutely needs to be red, so I made those icons red (even though red is not per se my favorite color).
Here we go:
Our Times x2 | Wu Lei x2
https://tinpix.de/2026/our.times.105_33.35.png
https://tinpix.de/2026/our.times.106_02.19.png
https://tinpix.de/2026/wulei_ibh71tp2.png
https://tinpix.de/2026/wulei_9vzwin.png
( i have some more yellow ones if needed )
Here we go:
Our Times x2 | Wu Lei x2
https://tinpix.de/2026/our.times.105_33.35.png
https://tinpix.de/2026/our.times.106_02.19.png
https://tinpix.de/2026/wulei_ibh71tp2.png
https://tinpix.de/2026/wulei_9vzwin.png
( i have some more yellow ones if needed )
Suicide Run by Salchat (T)
20 Apr 2026 21:50cassiope25 posting in stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: friends to lovers, angst with a happy ending
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Words: 5,465
Author's Journal:salchat
Author's Website: Salchat on AO3
Link Fic: Suicide Run
Author's summary: John decides it's now or never - he has to confront Rodney about how he feels, before his friend leaves Atlantis to begin a new life with Jennifer. But his big confession is more disastrous than even John expected...
Why This Must Be Read: This fic by the awesome Salchat is beautifully written, with such an artist’s eye for detail and description. The way she shows the emotional turmoil of both, seen through each other’s eyes, is incredible—painful and glorious in equal measure. It’s an emotional masterpiece, a journey through hell and back for both Rodney and John, but with the best possible outcome: finding the love of their lives.
( snippet of fic )
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: friends to lovers, angst with a happy ending
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Words: 5,465
Author's Journal:
salchatAuthor's Website: Salchat on AO3
Link Fic: Suicide Run
Author's summary: John decides it's now or never - he has to confront Rodney about how he feels, before his friend leaves Atlantis to begin a new life with Jennifer. But his big confession is more disastrous than even John expected...
Why This Must Be Read: This fic by the awesome Salchat is beautifully written, with such an artist’s eye for detail and description. The way she shows the emotional turmoil of both, seen through each other’s eyes, is incredible—painful and glorious in equal measure. It’s an emotional masterpiece, a journey through hell and back for both Rodney and John, but with the best possible outcome: finding the love of their lives.
( snippet of fic )
Fitness Fellowship 2026: Check-in 16
20 Apr 2026 15:36sylvanwitchMy friends, the weather rollercoaster is starting to seriously mess with me. It was 70 and sunny on Saturday morning, and by yesterday (Sunday) morning there was hail and then snow. It snowed again today, too. I just want the spring to stay for a little while before the sweltering heat moves in.
How has your week been, weather-wise, fitness-wise or otherwise? Please do share, if you're feeling so inclined.
( My Week in Review )
May our week be the one we most need for where we are right now!
How has your week been, weather-wise, fitness-wise or otherwise? Please do share, if you're feeling so inclined.
( My Week in Review )
May our week be the one we most need for where we are right now!
bluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksFandom: Mysterious Transfer Student
Mods please use the f: tv (category) tag
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: canonical past character death
Author notes: The title is from The Sorrow Garden by Thomas McCarthy. The story is also inspired, in a small way, by Han Kang’s We Do Not Part and NCT Wish’s Ode to Love (which covers a sample of The Cranberries’ Ode to my Family).
Summary: Koichi dreams about his sister.
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Mods please use the f: tv (category) tag
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: canonical past character death
Author notes: The title is from The Sorrow Garden by Thomas McCarthy. The story is also inspired, in a small way, by Han Kang’s We Do Not Part and NCT Wish’s Ode to Love (which covers a sample of The Cranberries’ Ode to my Family).
Summary: Koichi dreams about his sister.
( Read more... )
🔗 Links of interest
20 Apr 2026 14:26bluapapilio
Youtuber: Chinese with Jessie - She does the best skits about Chinese and American culture.
[Fanfic] [Dragon Age | Cullrian]] Darkness Peering - AU where Cullen gets sent to the worst place possible, Tevinter, after Kinloch Hold and meets Dorian, who is struggling with the fact that he's a Dreamer. I love the fresh ideas in this and the pacing was just right.
A Reader’s Guide to the Omegaverse - Most people in fandom already know what they need to but this article does link to books I didn't know about in the genre.
A Guide to DYNAMIC CHORD: The Rise and Fall (and its Resurgence) - One I was always curious about and know I know. I didn't realize it was linked to otome games for one. It has the same art as A3! The Evolution of “Boys’ Love” Culture: Can BL Spark Social Change? (Drama)
2015-2019: A Fandom Culture Metamorphosis