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What do you think about mind-bending, experimental shows? What about eccentric, genius-type characters? Do they get too confusing or condescending, or do they ramp up your curiosity?

Which are examples for "weird done well"?

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Title: The Poet and the Pendulum
Character: Finnick Odair
Fandom: The Hunger Games
Music: The Poet and the Pendulum by Nightwish
Length: 3:24
Notes: Edited original song length of 13:55 to fit narrative.
Streaming/download at: DW | Tumblr

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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.

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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 ❤️)

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

Candy? SENT as of 6:47 PM PST 11/4!

Drinks? SENT (twice, lol) as of 6:51 PM PST 11/3!

Books? SENT as of 6:39 PM PST 11/3!

( 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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Title: Missing You Hours
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff
Summary: They missed each other.
Word Count: 1,177

( Missing You Hours )

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[5] Emilia Clarke
[5] Nina Dobrev
[5] Shailene Woodley

Find them all here.

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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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Fandom: Dark Shadows

Pairings/Characters: Barnabas Collins, Roger Collins, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Angelique Bouchard Collins, Elliot Stokes, Julia Hoffman, David Collins, Hallie Stokes, Maggie Evans, Willie Loomis

Rating: T

Length: 102,807

Creator Links: SusanRains | Archive of Our Own

Theme: Mystery & Suspense

Summary: Four strangers converge on Collinsport. But maybe one of them is coming home.

The vicious killing of two young boys has Barnabas convinced that a vampire preys upon Collinsport. His suspects are four newcomers: three strangers, and an enemy from his own past, long believed dead.

Reccer's Notes: Though it may be read separately without much fuss, this fic follows Lunatic Yarn, recc'd a few days ago. Blood Levy details the goings on of the ever-put-upon Collins family as they struggle to maintain their reputation while wringing a little love and enjoyment out of ~Life. It's a fine mystery using all the familiar TV show performers, the main ones in their regular roles, while various supporting performers Author has envisioned as original characters. Beginning with sudden action, continuing in an eerie atmosphere, well, could we expect anything else?

Fanwork Links:
Blood Levy (Dark Shadows 1971) Book 3 - Chapter 1 - Carey Kasdot (SusanRains) - Dark Shadows (1966) [Archive of Our Own]

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Current Location: comatose in bed
Current Music: birdsong

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periru3 and I have posted the final vid in our ongoing vid album, "Jagged Little Slayer"! You can watch the full, 49-minute vid album here on AO3.

These are the final two individual vids we posted:

Title: Mary Jane
Character/Pairing: Willow-centric, Willow/Tara, minor Willow/Kennedy
Summary: Well it's full speed, baby, in the wrong direction

AO3 | DW | Tumblr

Title: You Learn
Character/Pairing: ensemble, finale episodes
Summary: Wait until the dust settles

AO3 | DW | Tumblr

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Title: Solo tu
Author: harryschreine
Fandom: Mind Your Language
Pairing: Giovanni Capello/Maximilion Papandreou
Characters: Giovanni Capello, (implied) Maria Papandreou
Rating: PG-13
Length: 111 Words
Prompt: #496 Missing
Add. Notes: Set in Season 4 era, 1980s
Summary: "Max... where are you?"

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Current Mood: bored

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Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (tagged both books and Granada)
Pairings/Characters: Holmes/Watson
Rating: T
Length: 11,539 words
Creator Links: Unpainted Canvas (RatTale)
Theme: mystery & suspense, casefic

Summary: During a hard case Holmes and Watson part ways after an argument, and now Holmes suddenly has more to worry about than missing children.

Reccer's Notes: After they have a terrible row, Watson is kidnapped by bad guys to prevent Holmes from pursuing a case. The entire story is from Holmes POV, and there is a lot of worry and tension as Holmes tries to solve the disappearance of his friend. It's a good casefic, as well as the circumstances leading to realization of feelings by Holmes.

Fanwork Links: AO3

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Our new challenge is:

MISSING

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 Monday, November 10th. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. 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. (Three cheers for

treonb! *\o/*)

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.)

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The Amnesty challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Garden: Original: Collage: National Botanic Garden of Wales, by

smallhobbit
Triangle Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Out Of Their World, by

badly_knitted
Coinincidence Challenge: S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Once, Twice, Three Times, by

darkjediqueen
The Other Side Challenge: Babylon 5: In Opposition, by

badly_knitted
Solitary : Marvel Comics : icons : Foggy, by

highlander_ii
Purgatory Challenge: Babylon 5: Enduring, by

badly_knitted
Garden: Original: Collage: Aberglasney Gardens, by

smallhobbit
Technology Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Remarkable Device, by

badly_knitted
Kids Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Under Sentence, by

badly_knitted
Rain: Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: Like Rain at at Picnic, by

smallhobbit
Shot: Canaan: Fanfiction: Be Still My Heart, by

infinitum_noctem
Bruise Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Just A Bruise, by

badly_knitted
Photo Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: The Photograph, by

badly_knitted
Teaching: Bluey (TV), Original: art: Bingo and a kitten dragon, by

china_shop
Shinies Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: One Final Night, by

badly_knitted
Family Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Like Family, by

badly_knitted
Elusive or Ephemeral Challenge: Torchwood: Fanfic: Hard to spot, by

m_findlow
Punch Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Impulsive Act, by

badly_knitted
Did You Hear That?: My Journey to You: fanfic: how you ache for the fawn, by

teaotter
Season: Original: Poetry: Spring Pageant, by

mergatrude
Gift Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Wedding Gift, by

badly_knitted
nightmare - Thunderbolts* - fanfic - everybody's looking for something, by

fadedwings
Haunted (Amnesty): Mario & Luigi (series): fanart: sufficient imitation, by

ecto_one_spengler
Sorry: Dragon Age: Fanfiction: Miserere Mei, by

thehungrycity
Tree: Starsky & Hutch: Fanfiction: Glad to be Home, by

lucy_roman
Bruise + Healing: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Won’t Matter, by

veronyxk84
One Night Only Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: For All Time, by

badly_knitted
Garden/Brilliant Challenge: X-Men/Avengers: Fan Fic: This Love, by

apachefirecat
riddle: Anne of Green Gables: Podfic: making the obvious into riddles (I will always love you), by

bluedreaming
Negative Space Challenge: No Fandom: Junk Journal Page: Surviving is Succeeding, by

drabblewriter

Congratulations to

veronyxk84, who earned The Unbelievable (72 Challenge Streak) badge!

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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!