Round 180: Mystery & Suspense
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Spooky season's not over yet because our theme for November is mystery & suspense!
The tag for this round is: theme: mystery & suspense
If you're just joining us, be sure to check out our policy on content notes. Content notes aren't required, but they're nice to include in your recs, especially if a fanwork has untagged content that readers may wish to know about in advance.
( Rules! )
( Posting Template! )
( Promote this round! )
bluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksTitle: making the obvious into riddles (I will always love you)
Fandom: Anne of Green Gables
Reader's name: bluedreaming
Author's name: bluedreaming
Link to text version of story: text here
Rating: G
Length/file size: 0:58 min, 0.46 mb
Content notes: none
Podficcer's notes: Got a new phone, so I had to try that out instead of my regular mic :D
Summary: Everything comes around the same again, even if it’s different. (A contemporary setting poke at Anne & Diana.)
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Fandom: Anne of Green Gables
Reader's name: bluedreaming
Author's name: bluedreaming
Link to text version of story: text here
Rating: G
Length/file size: 0:58 min, 0.46 mb
Content notes: none
Podficcer's notes: Got a new phone, so I had to try that out instead of my regular mic :D
Summary: Everything comes around the same again, even if it’s different. (A contemporary setting poke at Anne & Diana.)
( embedded streaming and direct-download links )
Yugioh: YGO Rare Pairs Mini Bang - Sign ups open!
Nov. 1st, 2025 09:10 ampendulumscale posting in fandomcalendar
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
Garden/Brilliant Challenge: X-Men/Avengers: Fan Fic: This Love
Nov. 1st, 2025 08:18 amapachefirecat posting in fan_flashworksTitle: This Love
Fandom: X-Men/Avengers
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Emma/Tony
Rating: PG-13/T
Summary: She never expected a love, or a man, like this.
Word Count: 1,433
Written For: Fan FlashWorks 495. Amnesty: 493. Gardens and 494. Brilliant
Date Written: October 2025
Warnings: Spoilers
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.
( Read more... )
Fandom: X-Men/Avengers
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Emma/Tony
Rating: PG-13/T
Summary: She never expected a love, or a man, like this.
Word Count: 1,433
Written For: Fan FlashWorks 495. Amnesty: 493. Gardens and 494. Brilliant
Date Written: October 2025
Warnings: Spoilers
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.
( Read more... )
One Night Only Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: For All Time
Nov. 1st, 2025 10:40 ambadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: For All Time
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Varian, Gwenith.
Rating: PG
Setting: An Act of Love.
Summary: They only had one night together, but Varian will never forget his wife.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 149: One Night Only.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( For All Time... )
Pimp your Small Fandom!!!
Nov. 1st, 2025 06:10 amspikedluv posting in smallfandomfestIt’s time for another new round of fandom pimpage! Remember, the pimp-your-fandom button is reset to zero, so every single small fandom is up for grabs. Even if someone else had previously signed up to pimp it and failed to deliver. *coff* Not me, of course. *g* *coff* Even if it’s already been pimped once before. Of course, we don’t want you to rehash everything the last pimper said, but we’d love to get your own unique take on the fandom.
( Pimping Rules )
So, if you’d like to pimp your favorite fandom, please sign up in a comment to this post with your name and the name of the fandom you’d like to pimp.
(If you’re wondering what people have included in their pimps in the past, check them out here.)
( List of Claimed Fandoms: )
Don’t forget to track our Missing: Have You Seen This Fandom? post! Any assistance you can offer your fellow small fandomites in their search for small fandoms will be appreciated.
( Pimping Rules )
So, if you’d like to pimp your favorite fandom, please sign up in a comment to this post with your name and the name of the fandom you’d like to pimp.
(If you’re wondering what people have included in their pimps in the past, check them out here.)
( List of Claimed Fandoms: )
Don’t forget to track our Missing: Have You Seen This Fandom? post! Any assistance you can offer your fellow small fandomites in their search for small fandoms will be appreciated.
SFFest38: Prompt Submission
Nov. 1st, 2025 06:05 amspikedluv posting in smallfandomfestIt's Nov 1st, which means it's time to welcome you all to our Thirty-Eighth Small Fandoms Fest! It also means that it’s time to submit those prompts!
Google Docs Spreadsheet:
The spreadsheet has been edited to remove filled prompts and prompts for fandoms that no longer qualify, but all other prompts will remain in the spreadsheet so you need not resubmit them.
Disqualified Fandoms: Please check the List of Disqualified Fandoms before submitting your prompts to make sure your fandom hasn’t previously been disqualified. as [several] a lot of fandoms have been disqualified for this round and removed from the spreadsheet, including: Final Fantasy XII (game), Prison Break (tv), Revolutionary Girl Utena | Shoujo Kakumei Utena (anime), and Thunderbolts (movie 2025). (More may be disqualified during the prompting period as they are brought to my attention, so please check back if you think your fandom might be too large, aka, 2,000 or more fanworks at AO3.)
Prompt submission: Input the required information into the form linked below (Your User Name (and platform), Fandom, Pairing/Character, and Prompt) and then hit submit! After your prompt has been submitted, you’ll receive a notification that your “response has been recorded” and will be asked if you’d like to return to the form. (Please submit the prompts in the same format as existing prompts wrt Fandom Name and Character/Pairing.) At any time you may check out the prompts that have already been submitted to the spreadsheet.
Filtering/Sorting: Google not-so-recently forced our spreadsheet into the new filtering process. If you’re not already familiar with it, please read the following so you can sort and filter the prompts. ( more about filtering and sorting back here )
Please read the rules below (especially those regarding the format of the prompts) before submitting your prompts.
Most importantly, have fun!
Fest Schedule/Important Dates
Nov 1 - Nov 21: Prompt Submission Period
Nov 23: Prompts Available for Claiming & Posting Period Opens
Nov 23 - Jan 31: Posting Period
Jan 31: Final Day of Posting Period
( Rules )
If you did not take a moment to read the submission rules, please do so now, before you submit your prompts. Thank you!
If you have any questions you may ask them in comments to this post.
Prompt Submission Form
Complete List of Prompts
Google Docs Spreadsheet:
The spreadsheet has been edited to remove filled prompts and prompts for fandoms that no longer qualify, but all other prompts will remain in the spreadsheet so you need not resubmit them.
Disqualified Fandoms: Please check the List of Disqualified Fandoms before submitting your prompts to make sure your fandom hasn’t previously been disqualified. as [several] a lot of fandoms have been disqualified for this round and removed from the spreadsheet, including: Final Fantasy XII (game), Prison Break (tv), Revolutionary Girl Utena | Shoujo Kakumei Utena (anime), and Thunderbolts (movie 2025). (More may be disqualified during the prompting period as they are brought to my attention, so please check back if you think your fandom might be too large, aka, 2,000 or more fanworks at AO3.)
Prompt submission: Input the required information into the form linked below (Your User Name (and platform), Fandom, Pairing/Character, and Prompt) and then hit submit! After your prompt has been submitted, you’ll receive a notification that your “response has been recorded” and will be asked if you’d like to return to the form. (Please submit the prompts in the same format as existing prompts wrt Fandom Name and Character/Pairing.) At any time you may check out the prompts that have already been submitted to the spreadsheet.
Filtering/Sorting: Google not-so-recently forced our spreadsheet into the new filtering process. If you’re not already familiar with it, please read the following so you can sort and filter the prompts. ( more about filtering and sorting back here )
Please read the rules below (especially those regarding the format of the prompts) before submitting your prompts.
Most importantly, have fun!
Fest Schedule/Important Dates
Nov 1 - Nov 21: Prompt Submission Period
Nov 23: Prompts Available for Claiming & Posting Period Opens
Nov 23 - Jan 31: Posting Period
Jan 31: Final Day of Posting Period
( Rules )
If you did not take a moment to read the submission rules, please do so now, before you submit your prompts. Thank you!
If you have any questions you may ask them in comments to this post.
Prompt Submission Form
Complete List of Prompts
Bruise + Healing: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Won’t Matter
Nov. 1st, 2025 10:44 amveronyxk84 posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Won’t Matter
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Spike & Dawn
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S5, shortly after ep. 5x18 “Intervention.”
Summary: Dawn stops by Spike’s crypt to thank him.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenges: #55 Bruise + #382 Healing [for challenge #495 - Amnesty 82]
Also for: #466 - Collection by100words
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( READ: Won’t Matter )
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:
veronyxk84Characters/Pairing: Spike & Dawn
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S5, shortly after ep. 5x18 “Intervention.”
Summary: Dawn stops by Spike’s crypt to thank him.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenges: #55 Bruise + #382 Healing [for challenge #495 - Amnesty 82]
Also for: #466 - Collection by
100words—
( READ: Won’t Matter )
Tree: Starsky & Hutch: Fanfiction: Glad to be Home
Nov. 1st, 2025 09:14 amlucy_roman posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Glad to be Home
Author:lucy_roman
Rating: Teen and up
Summary: Starsky comes home to find that Hutch is injured
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Word count: 368
( Glad to be Home )
Author:
lucy_romanRating: Teen and up
Summary: Starsky comes home to find that Hutch is injured
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Word count: 368
( Glad to be Home )
Sorry: Dragon Age: Fanfiction: Miserere Mei
Nov. 1st, 2025 06:42 pmthehungrycity posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Miserere mei
Fandom: Dragon Age
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Written for the 'sorry' challenge in fan-flashworks.
Summary: Fenris has regrets.
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Fandom: Dragon Age
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Written for the 'sorry' challenge in fan-flashworks.
Summary: Fenris has regrets.
( Read more... )
Dark Shadows: The Lunatic Yarn by Susan Rains/Carey Kasdot
Oct. 31st, 2025 10:51 pmpronker posting in fancakeFandom: Dark Shadows
Pairings/Characters: Barnabas Collins, Julia Hoffman, Elliot Stokes, David Collins, Elizabeth Collins, Roger Collins, Angelique Bouchard Collins, Harry Johnson, Willie Loomis, Maggie Evans
Rating: T
Length: 37,304
Creator Links: archiveofourown.org/users/SusanRains/pseuds/Carey%20Kasdot
Theme: Uncommon settings
Summary: A dumbwaiter system found in the house unleashes a baffling illness which turns pleasant friends into infatuated screwballs. Meanwhile, games with the dumbwaiter bring Hallie and David nights of terror. With the addition of an afghan that roams the house at will and a houseguest no one wants, Collinwood hits the height of mayhem.
Reccer's Notes: You'd be pretty hard put to discover a stranger, more unsettling setting than a dumbwaiter in which an intrepid soul or two ventures to travel. Add to this Halloween rec the inimitable spookiness of the great estate of Collinwood and you've discovered a delightful read with stellar characterizations and the usual undercurrent of Things Unseen in the fandom.
Fanwork Links: The Lunatic Yarn (Dark Shadows 1971) Book 2 - Carey Kasdot (SusanRains) - Dark Shadows (1966) [Archive of Our Own]
Pairings/Characters: Barnabas Collins, Julia Hoffman, Elliot Stokes, David Collins, Elizabeth Collins, Roger Collins, Angelique Bouchard Collins, Harry Johnson, Willie Loomis, Maggie Evans
Rating: T
Length: 37,304
Creator Links: archiveofourown.org/users/SusanRains/pseuds/Carey%20Kasdot
Theme: Uncommon settings
Summary: A dumbwaiter system found in the house unleashes a baffling illness which turns pleasant friends into infatuated screwballs. Meanwhile, games with the dumbwaiter bring Hallie and David nights of terror. With the addition of an afghan that roams the house at will and a houseguest no one wants, Collinwood hits the height of mayhem.
Reccer's Notes: You'd be pretty hard put to discover a stranger, more unsettling setting than a dumbwaiter in which an intrepid soul or two ventures to travel. Add to this Halloween rec the inimitable spookiness of the great estate of Collinwood and you've discovered a delightful read with stellar characterizations and the usual undercurrent of Things Unseen in the fandom.
Fanwork Links: The Lunatic Yarn (Dark Shadows 1971) Book 2 - Carey Kasdot (SusanRains) - Dark Shadows (1966) [Archive of Our Own]
Haunted (Amnesty): Mario & Luigi (series): fanart: sufficient imitation
Oct. 31st, 2025 08:09 pmecto_one_spengler posting in fan_flashworksTitle: sufficient imitation
Fandom: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (somewhat implied in the latter case)
Rating: PG
Content notes: References Cackletta's death from Superstar Saga and that Fawful was there for it, that's.. kinda it, really. Based on an AU where Fawful was a kid during the events of Superstar Saga and Bowser's Inside Story.
Artist notes: After some agonizing over the last couple days of how to go about this theme and characters, I opted not for writing but for art to really get what I feel across.
...Anyhow, this is for the theme of Haunted for the current ongoing Amnesty.
Summary: Fawful and the spirit of Cackletta unknowingly embrace - whilst Fawful wonders if his imitation of Cackletta's cloak will do, in a state of grief.
( sufficient imitation )
Fandom: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (somewhat implied in the latter case)
Rating: PG
Content notes: References Cackletta's death from Superstar Saga and that Fawful was there for it, that's.. kinda it, really. Based on an AU where Fawful was a kid during the events of Superstar Saga and Bowser's Inside Story.
Artist notes: After some agonizing over the last couple days of how to go about this theme and characters, I opted not for writing but for art to really get what I feel across.
...Anyhow, this is for the theme of Haunted for the current ongoing Amnesty.
Summary: Fawful and the spirit of Cackletta unknowingly embrace - whilst Fawful wonders if his imitation of Cackletta's cloak will do, in a state of grief.
( sufficient imitation )
Mo Dao Zu Shi, Chen Qing Ling: medium blues, by darkterrible; art by Mojoflower.
Oct. 31st, 2025 06:22 pmfull_metal_ox posting in fancakeFandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi
Pairings/Characters: M/M; Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian; Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji, Lan Sizhui, Jiang Yanli, Jiang Cheng, Jin Ling, Wen Qing, and others.
Rating: Explicit
Length: 193,252
Content Notes: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, animal death, body horror, bullying, conspiracy, domestic violence, Scenery Porn, Scenery Gorn, Smut
Creator Tags: Horror, Spooky, Opposites Attract, Fluff and Angst, Gore, Ghosts, Necromancy
Creator Links: (AO3)![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
darkterrible; (Threads) tucsonodd; (Twitter) ![[twitter.com profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
darkterrible666
Theme: Uncommon Settings, Casefic, Canon LGBTQ+ Characters, Cops & Crime, Fandom Classics, Hurt/Comfort, Mystery & Suspense, Novel-Length Fic, Psychic Powers, Uncommon Settings, Urban Fantasy, Worldbuilding
Summary: Wei Wuxian can see the dead. Weird happenings ensue.
Author’s Notes: I really struggled with putting this back up again (sorry I know I'm a flake) I have a love/hate relationship with it. But here it is.
This is a repost (it's all over the internet in various formats and languages) but it is mine.
I wrote this a looong time ago, before I really had a GREAT understanding of the naming conventions used in the untamed. Some of it might be incorrect.
Reccer's Notes:: Although November’s Mystery & Suspense theme would apply, I’m using Uncommon Settings to shoehorn in this beloved modern-with-magic paranoir fic in time for Halloween; the intrigue-haunted waterfront city of Lotus, patterned after Venice, is very much a character in its own right. (Note that, despite the geographical inspiration, nobody seems to have been whitewashed.)
medium blues has a history as cryptic and elusive as its subject matter: for various reasons (including having been targeted in the fandom’s 2020 cyberbullying scandal) the author—along with this fic—has periodically vanished and resurfaced under a succession of pseudonyms.
Here are the author’s original summary and tags:
( Continue. )
Fanwork Links: medium blues, bydarkterrible.
(Wayback Machine): https://web.archive.org/web/20220625040644/https://archiveofourown.org/works/39589791?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true
(Archive.today): https://archive.ph/cJARF
Frontispiece by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
mojoflower, from her review on wangxianficrecs: https://wangxianficrecs.tumblr.com/post/643044937390325760/medium-blues-by-darkandterrible-e
Pairings/Characters: M/M; Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian; Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji, Lan Sizhui, Jiang Yanli, Jiang Cheng, Jin Ling, Wen Qing, and others.
Rating: Explicit
Length: 193,252
Content Notes: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, animal death, body horror, bullying, conspiracy, domestic violence, Scenery Porn, Scenery Gorn, Smut
Creator Tags: Horror, Spooky, Opposites Attract, Fluff and Angst, Gore, Ghosts, Necromancy
Creator Links: (AO3)
Theme: Uncommon Settings, Casefic, Canon LGBTQ+ Characters, Cops & Crime, Fandom Classics, Hurt/Comfort, Mystery & Suspense, Novel-Length Fic, Psychic Powers, Uncommon Settings, Urban Fantasy, Worldbuilding
Summary: Wei Wuxian can see the dead. Weird happenings ensue.
Author’s Notes: I really struggled with putting this back up again (sorry I know I'm a flake) I have a love/hate relationship with it. But here it is.
This is a repost (it's all over the internet in various formats and languages) but it is mine.
I wrote this a looong time ago, before I really had a GREAT understanding of the naming conventions used in the untamed. Some of it might be incorrect.
Reccer's Notes:: Although November’s Mystery & Suspense theme would apply, I’m using Uncommon Settings to shoehorn in this beloved modern-with-magic paranoir fic in time for Halloween; the intrigue-haunted waterfront city of Lotus, patterned after Venice, is very much a character in its own right. (Note that, despite the geographical inspiration, nobody seems to have been whitewashed.)
medium blues has a history as cryptic and elusive as its subject matter: for various reasons (including having been targeted in the fandom’s 2020 cyberbullying scandal) the author—along with this fic—has periodically vanished and resurfaced under a succession of pseudonyms.
Here are the author’s original summary and tags:
( Continue. )
Fanwork Links: medium blues, by
(Wayback Machine): https://web.archive.org/web/20220625040644/https://archiveofourown.org/works/39589791?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true
(Archive.today): https://archive.ph/cJARF
Frontispiece by
Tags:
- fandom: chen qing ling (the untamed),
- fandom: mo dao zu shi,
- length: 80.000 & more words,
- theme: canon lgbtq+ characters,
- theme: casefic,
- theme: cops & crime,
- theme: fandom classics,
- theme: hurt/comfort,
- theme: mystery & suspense,
- theme: novel-length fic,
- theme: psychic powers,
- theme: uncommon settings,
- theme: urban fantasy,
- theme: worldbuilding
nightmare - Thunderbolts* - fanfic - everybody's looking for something
Oct. 31st, 2025 03:12 pmfadedwings posting in fan_flashworksTitle: everybody's looking for something
Fandom: Thunderbolts*
Ship: Robert “Bob” Reynolds/John Walker
Length: 100 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: swearing, nightmares (mentioned), insomnia
Notes: pre-relationship
Author Notes: title from the Eurythmics song - Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
Written for:fan_flashworks amnesty - challenge #314: “nightmare” and post-July Break Bingo “waking up for a midnight snack and bumping into each other”
Summary: This is the moment John realizes he might be having feelings for Bob.
( everybody's looking for something )
Fandom: Thunderbolts*
Ship: Robert “Bob” Reynolds/John Walker
Length: 100 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: swearing, nightmares (mentioned), insomnia
Notes: pre-relationship
Author Notes: title from the Eurythmics song - Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
Written for:
fan_flashworks amnesty - challenge #314: “nightmare” and post-July Break Bingo “waking up for a midnight snack and bumping into each other”Summary: This is the moment John realizes he might be having feelings for Bob.
( everybody's looking for something )
Goldenberry and Tom Bombadil by nimphelos (SFW)
Nov. 1st, 2025 02:43 ammific posting in fanart_recsFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Goldenberry/Tom Bombadil
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: nimphelos on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely tableau of Tom Bombadil with his great love, Goldenberry. I like the almost Klimtian art style, and the details.
Link: Goldenberry and Tom Bombadil
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Goldenberry/Tom Bombadil
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: nimphelos on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely tableau of Tom Bombadil with his great love, Goldenberry. I like the almost Klimtian art style, and the details.
Link: Goldenberry and Tom Bombadil
Gift Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Wedding Gift
Oct. 31st, 2025 01:20 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Wedding Gift
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Scott, Varian, Gwenith.
Rating: PG
Setting: An Act of Love.
Summary: Scott wants to give Varian something to remember him by.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 140: Gift.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( Wedding Gift... )
due South: Academic Punk by thehoyden
Nov. 1st, 2025 01:29 ammific posting in fancakeFandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalfe, original characters
Rating: Explicit
Length: 19,093
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings
Creator Links: thehoyden on AO3, luzula on the Audiofic Archive
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friends to lovers, First time, Working together, Complete AU: academia
Summary: "What the hell is this, an Austen novel?"
Reccer's Notes: Complete AUs are unusual in due South, and this is that rarity, a dS AU set in academia. Fraser is a new professor, looked down on by his colleagues as he's from the University of Guelph, and only Ray Kowalski, a punky, nonconformist professor, befriends him. They both have offices on the unpopular top floor (Fraser as he's bottom of the pecking order, and Ray as he likes to get away from the rest of the department), which helps kickstart their friendship. The story is about the highs and lows of academic life and there are some great sections showing Ray's unconventional teaching style which the students love, and Fraser's more traditional, but solid, approach. There's academic politics and also drama with the return of Victoria, Fraser's ex and his academic rival. It's about character development, and about Fraser and Ray's friendship which blossoms gradually into much, much more. The fic's beautifully written, and an extremely good read - highly recommended.
Fanwork Links: Academic Punk on AO3, and the excellent podfic by luzula is here
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalfe, original characters
Rating: Explicit
Length: 19,093
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings
Creator Links: thehoyden on AO3, luzula on the Audiofic Archive
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friends to lovers, First time, Working together, Complete AU: academia
Summary: "What the hell is this, an Austen novel?"
Reccer's Notes: Complete AUs are unusual in due South, and this is that rarity, a dS AU set in academia. Fraser is a new professor, looked down on by his colleagues as he's from the University of Guelph, and only Ray Kowalski, a punky, nonconformist professor, befriends him. They both have offices on the unpopular top floor (Fraser as he's bottom of the pecking order, and Ray as he likes to get away from the rest of the department), which helps kickstart their friendship. The story is about the highs and lows of academic life and there are some great sections showing Ray's unconventional teaching style which the students love, and Fraser's more traditional, but solid, approach. There's academic politics and also drama with the return of Victoria, Fraser's ex and his academic rival. It's about character development, and about Fraser and Ray's friendship which blossoms gradually into much, much more. The fic's beautifully written, and an extremely good read - highly recommended.
Fanwork Links: Academic Punk on AO3, and the excellent podfic by luzula is here
Follow Friday 10-31-25
Oct. 31st, 2025 12:23 amysabetwordsmith posting in followfridayGot any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).
Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
Season: Original: Poetry: Spring Pageant
Oct. 31st, 2025 01:00 pmmergatrude posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Spring Pageant
Fandom: Original
Rating: PG
Word Count: 21
Content Notes: Nature, and all that implies.
Written For: Season Challenge
A/N: ( rambling )
Fandom: Original
Rating: PG
Word Count: 21
Content Notes: Nature, and all that implies.
Written For: Season Challenge
A/N: ( rambling )