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this is making me cry laughing

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you have to outlive donald trump

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Creator Sign-Ups Are Open!!!

It's time to sign up for FTH 2025!

Before you sign up, some reading material (if you're a returning creator, please give them another look, as we have changed a few things!)

FTH FAQ

What to expect on the signup form

A brief overview of this year's changes

Which fandoms are on this year's list (but of course you can write in any fandoms you like)

FTH 2025 Calendar

List of Supported Nonprofits

We also wrote a little self-care reminder. The short version: we want to acknowledge that this year will be hard for many people for many reasons, and that stress can take a toll on creativity. Keep your own well-being in mind when planning your FTH offerings, and only offer what you really want and feel able to do. We'd truly rather have fewer sign-ups than have FTH deadlines cause you excessive stress at the end of the year.

The FTH Auction Sign-Up Form is here!

The Fan Crafts Bazaar Sign-Up Info is here!

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As we see a barrage of evil executive orders come in, they are not immediately enforceable and will takes months or years to implement.

That’s still not great, but don’t let these pile up to the point of hopelessness. Take a breath, and look community leaders who will fight it every step of the way.

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Welp. This fucking sucks. As we all knew it would.

I'll still be here, posting good news and only good news, no matter what.

The United States is going to be a much bleaker place for the next four years (and hopefully no longer than that).

But there's an entire world out there that's not the United States. And even in the United States, there are literally millions of people trying their best to do what's right and to protect everyone they can.

Hang in there. Find something you can do to help the world and the people around you - no matter what it is, no matter how small.

And whatever you do - whatever you have to do, emphatically including if you need to not look at the news ever for the next four years - keep yourself safe, and keep yourself alive.

This too shall pass. Literally everything does.

There is still a whole world out there. There are millions of people doing whatever they can to help. This situation is awful but it is not hopeless.

Whatever you have to do, keep yourself alive.

There will be a time when we're on the other side of this. There will be a time when this horror show is over, and we've made it out.

I am going to see you all there, or so help me fucking god.

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FLIP

The newest graphic novel from Ngozi Ukazu | Pre-order now! ✨🔄

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FTH Signup: Changes and what to expect

The FTH signup form is long and can be confusing, especially for newbies! We've put together a brief overview document so you know what information you'll be expected to provide for your auctions. Please note that there is no "acceptance" process! If you fill out the form, we will generate an auction for you.

Here is the full list of this year's listed fandoms, but remember you can write in any fandoms you want that aren't on the menu!

If this isn't your first rodeo, please note the following changes from previous years:

You can now set a requirement that you will only accept bidders age 18+. It is important to note that if you do this, we cannot actually prevent minors from bidding on you! However, it will be noted clearly on your auction post, and if you later learn that your high bidder is under the age of 18, you will be released from your obligation and they will be banned.

You can now offer multiple Written fanwork subtypes in one auction

Podfics now have shorter length options

We have split the content notes into four sections instead of three: Characters/pairings you are especially interested in, Subjects/tropes you're especially interested in, Anything you are NOT willing to address, and Other Notes. Each of these has a limit of 1500 characters. Note that you will need to fit your information for all chosen fandoms in this space.

Adding to the specialty tags Ace/aro characters, Gen/platonic works, and Rarepairs

Major changes to the fandom list:

Four new umbrella fandoms with subfandoms: MXTX works, HBO War, Minecraft Youtubers, and Thai BL. Note that MXTX's works will NOT be grouped together on the tag list on Dreamwidth, only for signup purposes, unlike most umbrella fandoms.

We are introducing a new "Any fandom I've created in before" option. This will take up one of your three fandom slots, but will NOT be tagged, therefore if you choose this option, we recommend you also choose your two most active fandoms to help bidders find you. Also be sure that the list of fandoms you've created in before is either in your auction text or easily found via your portfolio link.

One more big change that returning participants will notice: we are changing the listing format to have one auction per post, rather than combining all of a creator's auctions into one. We hope that this will make the auction simpler to navigate for everyone.

Signups open January 20 - take a moment now to read the full document to remind yourself what information you'll need, and reread our FAQ to make sure you understand our policies!

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The Sound of Music (1965) dir. Robert Wise

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Jean Moreau is definitely bi, as seen in his pov in the sunshine court, but Renee and Jean aren’t together, and I don’t think Renee’s sexuality has ever been explicitly said

Haven't gotten that far into TSC, so I knew that was at least fanon, but good to know it's canon.

I'm very happy to have all queer folks in straight-passing relationships in the queer community, even if they're fictional. But that doesn't mean that their relationship with cishet person is a queer relationship.

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Character, book, and author names under the cut

Simon Snow/Tyrannus Basilton (Baz) Grimm-Pitch- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Jean Moreau/Renee Walker- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

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got asked one a work call to share one of my hobbies, didn't know how to explain it's thinking about how to get fictional characters to kiss

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Its humbling to remember that I, too, can be the weirdo who misunderstood op and got too worked up about it. One only achieves Buddhahood when one realizes that anyone can be the weirdo who misunderstood op and got too worked up about it

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this tiktok comment 😵‍💫

and the reply

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Podficcers (and podfic-receivers): tell us about your FTH experience!

A few years ago, after we noticed that fan labor auctions weren't getting as much love as some other kinds of offers, we put out a call for fan labor testimonials, asking both fan laborers and FL-auction winners to share their stories -- and fan labor offers have had a lot more takers, ever since. (Don't worry, we'll be doing this again! we love hearing those stories.)

This year, we're hoping to do a mirror version of this for podfics. FTH bidders are already very enthusiastic about podfics; in fact, in two out of our eight years of running this auction, the highest-bid offers were for podfic, even though we only have a few dozen podfic offers out of several hundred total.

One of our goals this year is to recruit lots more podficcers to offer fanworks. If you are:

a podficcer who has had a good experience doing FTH

a bidder who has won a podfic auction (or even someone who has tried to!)

please tell us about it! Let's persuade the FTH-ambivalent podficcers out there that they will be loved and appreciated. Tag us in your post and we will reblog it!

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the fact there was big absurdly rich couple everyone either praised or hated and their names were elon musk and grimes is literally something out of a cartoon. the rich couple mr Nasty and ms Disgusting who everyone hates