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@rotg-halloween Day Eight: Talisman

A little late but 💃🏼

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Morning walk. I think I will laminate to keep them safe.

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Congratulations to all those who participated in the 2024 RISE OF THE GUARDIANS Halloween Challenge!

We had some wonderful entries this year, and our fandom is full of truly awesome and talented folks.

BUT WAIT! Halloween isn't over!

The deadline for submissions has been extended to 11:59PM Eastern US Time on Friday, November 15th.

The prompts, once again, are:

Creak - Darkness - Cabin - Castle - Apparition - Dystopia - Howl - Talisman - Changeling - Slasher - Transmogrify - Orbit - Slither

Let's keep on being spooky.

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Dear Fandom readers - an etiquette fail

AO3 is not goodreads. It is not the NYT bestseller list.

You paid no money to read these stories. They are, in fact, a labor of love, done on the off time in the off hours of people who are writing for the joy of writing and the joy of the story.

Your ratings are not appreciated. Not by other readers, who don't know you from adam. Not by fandom-savvy passerby.

And not, in fact, by the author. Who again: Wrote this for fun. In their spare time - around work, around family and friend commitments. Around the rest of their lives. Fandom clout almost never "pays off" in any monetary gains, in any form of physical or financial security.

So please stop "rating" us on something we do for joy.

Today, a fellow fanauthor shared this with me. It was not on any story of my own, but they understandably needed a moment to go "wtf" and process it all. With their permission, I now share this with you.

You won't find this comment on AO3 anymore, by the by.

I have... a lot of issues with this. First of all being something that would be a C-grade in any US school system is not a "Good Rating" for most folks, but many of my issues would be the same even in this commenter had rated this a 10/10.

It boils down to this:

Why are you grading us on something we all are here to do solely for fun and personal enjoyment? Why does it have to be good?

Why can't it just be a labor of love and of joy to be good enough for you, dear commenter?

Do I, as a fanauthor, want to write well? Sure! I do want to write good stories. But I didn't ask random readers to grade me on them. Not in bookmarks that I can easily check, and certainly not in my comments section. And I never will want them to. Every author I've talked to agrees. Is there someone out there who might want this? Sure. Most likely, even! The human experience and desires are broad and varied. But in my experience, if they do exist in Fandom, they're the vast minority. So please:

Don't.

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LET'S GOOOOOO

Sign Ups are Open for 2024!

Please read the FAQ to get started!

Please reblog so nobody misses it!

Sign ups close November 17!

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This year they traded costumes.

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Look who’s a few days late for the Ghost prompt for @huxloween 😅

I couldn’t decide which version I liked more so why not post both^^

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Slither

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Pitch gasped in shock.

Then moaned in bliss.

Jack pressed his hand harder into the small of Pitch’s back, right against his spine.

"I don't know how you get your freezing hand in there without me noticing," Pitch said, eyes closed, "but it feels so good."

Jack grinned. "You're welcome."

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You can spam boop me!

reblog if you let people spam boop you

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Orbit

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The battle was brief but fierce. They were retreating, but Jack didn’t feel defeated.

He felt alive. In a way he knew Manny wouldn't approve. So he kept quiet as they raced through space.

Until the darkness caught up to them.

And Jack was as afraid as he was excited.

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Transmogrify

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Pitch plucked with idle fingers at Jack’s hair. "So you used to look different?"

Jack leaned into it. "Yeah, I used to be cuter."

"Hard to imagine."

Jack smacked Pitch’s chest. "You flirt."

Pitch grinned, unrepentant. "You love it."

Jack settled cozily against Pitch, smiling to himself. "I love you."

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@rotg-halloween ! Finally, my entry for Creak!

Sort of a part 2 to my Lethal Company AU with Company slave employee!Jack and Bracken!Pitch. 😂 Now with Coilheads!

Transcript:

Jack: -Pant- -Pant- OhshitOhshitThisisitI'mdeadFuckthisjobFuckFu--

-quack

Jack: Omg this is actually the nicest thing that's happened to me since I started this stupid job...

Rubber Ducky. Value: 69 Nice.

Pitch: Rrrrr~

Jack: ...I'm into it.

Part 1

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Blackice week day 3: seduction I had no motivation and no idea what to draw so today it’s just a crappy doodle, here take it….