#ChoicesFanWorksDay

[choicesfandomappreciation]

ChoicesFandomAppreciation Celebrates: International Fanworks Day — February 15

For the past ten years, on February 15th, the Organization for Transformative Works has hosted International Fanworks Day to celebrate fanworks of all kinds: fics, art, videos, sines, meta, and more!

This year's theme is 10!

Some "10" prompts

10 fandom things that are meaningful to you

A fandom highlight from the past 10 years (even if ours isn't that old!)

10 funny, exciting or noteworthy moments that happened in our fandom

Your top 10 favorite works of all time

Your top 10 Choices Books

Your top 10 Choices LI

Your top 10 Choices MC

Your top 10 Choices Friends

Your top 10 Choices Villains

Your top 10 commissions

Your top 10 songs that remind you of your pairings

Any top 10 of your choosing related to Choices

Send a supportive message to the last 10 people in your notification

Shoutout 10 fandom friends

Comment on 10 fanworks (challenge: 10 a day for each day of the event)

Create a fanwork with 10 Choices characters (can be a crossover)

Your favorite work from the last 10 days, 10 weeks, 10 months, and/or 10 years.

10 years ago, did you think you'd be here in the Choices fandom. What would you tell yourself about it? Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? Still creating fanworks (even if it's for a different fandom).

What did your pairings do for their 10 year anniversary?

What about their 10th birthday? (for MCs, LIs, or their kids)

Counting to ten (for any reason)

Include the number 10 anywhere lol

Summarize your favorite Choices book in 10 words (or even 10 emojis) Can we guess it?

^^^ same but make it a Choices LI instead of book!

Make a 10 second video/reel of your highlights from your time in the fandom

Your characters through the decades: create fanworks that highlight your characters in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, etc.

10 x 10 (x10) : Write an exactly 100 word or 1,000 word story

10 colors that represent your character(s)/pairing(s)

If you made a fandom time capsule, what 10 items would you include?

10 wishes for the fandom (moving forward)

10 favorite Choices quotes

10 tropes you love

10 fanworks you recommend

10 word poem about a book/character

Rules/Guidelines

Tag @choicesfandomappreciation and #ChoicesFanworksDay

While the theme is "10", you do not have to include 10. I will share/promote any fanworks that tag me for this event.

Because I know me and I know I'm not alone, one day events are SO hard with our busy schedules so while the official day is February 15, I'm hosting our event through Sunday, the 18th.

Be Kind!

Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions to make it better! I look forward to a great event!

Shoutout to @peonyblossom for bringing the event to my attention!

[that-mr-e]

Fanart of 10 of my favourite characters from 10 9 of the fandoms i'm in

Cole (human au) - Lego ninjago

Amity (time skip) - The owl house

Henry (human au) - Thomas and friends

Sunbursts - My little pony

Logan - Sanders sides

Amethyst - Steven universe

Iono - Pokémon

Pidge - Voltron

Aziraphale and Crowley - Good omens

I couldn't choose between Aziraphale or Crowley so i drew both 😭

But to keep with the theme "10" i want to give an honourable mention to the show that currently takes up 90% of my thoughts,

BBC Ghost

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[peonierose]

For the @choicesfandomappreciation Top 10 Li for the Choices International Fanworks Day 🥰 This was insanely hard because there are so many hot guys as love interests 🤭😅

1. Bryce Lahela - Open Heart

2. Gabe Adalhard - Immortal Desires

3. Trystan Thorne - Crimes of Passion

4. Jaime Lewis - Wishful Thinking

5. Rafael Aveiro - Open Heart

6. Damien Nazario - Perfect Match

7. Julian Navarro - Slow Burn

8. Joaquín Morales - Laws of Attraction

9. Kenji Katsaros - Hero

10. Matt Rodriguez - Red Carpet Diaries

[ezekielbhandarivalleros]

7 of the Best of the Writers in the fandom (In no particular order)

@peonierose - I haven't read much of her stuff but what I have makes me want to recommend you to check them out.

@secretaryunpaid - She writes for TNA, her stories are the best out of all the writers for that story. Writing for that series takes skill you can't just plop them into any random plot and make it work.

@princess-geek - Check her Unspoken Desires series out (Desire and Decorum) a modern take on the series. It's also how we bonded and became good friends.

@aesthetic-aag - I'm biased, why wouldn't promote my best friends writing to you (Bloodbound). She can really write for Gaius pretty well.

@missameliep - No words, Just check out her writing especially her Blades writing.

@storyofmychoices - What happens when you mix Chibi art and fics together? That's right you get a whole bunch of wholesome stories.

@twinkleallnight - If you like The Royal Romance, you gotta check her stories out. I've read a handful (I don't remember which)

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[princess-geek]

10 (who is counting haha) writers I love and inspire me

Despite their different styles and stories, all of them have inspired me, made me dream and kept me on this hell of website 🤩To all writers (listed and not listed) thank you so much for sharing your work!

@missameliep

@storyofmychoices / @lovealexhunt

@regencylady1810

@noesapphic

@secretaryunpaid

@kinda-iconic

@eadanga

@ezekielbhandarivalleros

@lorirwritesfanfic

@peonierose

@twinkleallnight

@whenyourheartskipsabeat

@jamespotterthefirst

@takingcourage

@alj4890

@mrsnazariowrites

@the-writerly-night-owl

@boneandfur

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[lorirwritesfanfic]

Top 10 Choices Villains

1. Azura: pure evil in the form of woman. I will forever hate her for what she did to Leon;

2. Astrid + Vincent Wescott: creating a secret society, sacrificing tons of people and traumatizing their own daughter for power (that made them stop aging). Rich people be crazy... 😳

3. Jason Shaw: sneaky bastard pretending to be nice, corrupt cop, threatened a teenager, killed people. You're on top 3, jerk!

4. Rheya Apostholus: her ability to control almost all vampires still gives me the creeps. But I can't deny her backstory is compelling;

5. Marc Antony: because making people fight 'til death in the Coloseum was just a normal Tuesday for him (and I bet he did worse in real life), this asshole deserves to be on top 5;

6. Barthelemy Beaumont senior: this mf'er killed Liam's mother, took away the heir, usurped the throne, traumatized his own sons and for that I hope he burns in hell;

7. Silas Prescott: destroying an entire city + traumatizing his own son for power. Rich people be crazy - part two;

8. Trystan Richards: disgusting bastard thirsty for power that nearly assaulted MC and almost killed the chosen LI. I loathe him;

9. Guy Ledford: self-centered jerk who used his own daughter to sell coupons for his stupid app and wanted custody of a child when he spent years without paying child support;

10. Vanessa Blackwood: no, you don't deserve forgiveness after what you did, you rich snob!

Honorable mention: Countess Henrietta and Madeleine Amaranth (she's more an antagonist than a villain, but I like to hate her 😂)

Tagging @choicesfandomappreciation

[lilyoffandoms]

Share your Top 10 Favorite Fanworks You've Created for international fanwork day choices version hosted by @choicesfandomappreciation. I’m gonna cheat because I never was one for following to the letter hehe (as of today and in no particular order):

Top 10 Fics:

Twelfth Day of Christmas - Blades

Origami - Blades

The Greatest Gift (and Sic Semper Tyrannis), ACOR

Traditions (and Traditions II), Blades

One Bed, Blades

WtD Drabble

CoP Drabble

CoP Noir

Time & Again, Blades

And one that I’m not willing to admit to writing haha, Blades

Top 10 Arts:

Aerin x MC

Sebastyan Thorne Case File

Lilah Rose

Gabriel Rose

Kit x Jules

Daenarya x Maiele

Troy x Eva

Trystan x Gabriel

Dorian x Aerin

Mal x Daenarya

[korgbelmont]

Here are my top 11 Love Interests from Choices (I know it said 10, but I couldn't make a decision) for @choicesfandomappreciation

Special mentions for Love Interests who I like alongside the ones above

Ava Cunningham (It Lives In The Woods)

Daniela Asturias (It Lives Beneath)

Imtura Tal Kaelen (Blades of Light & Shadow)

Kieran (The Cursed Heart)

Ayna Seth (Foreign Affairs)

Bianca Sandoval (America's Most Eligible)

Cas Harlow (Immortal Desires)

Aislinn Tanaka (Laws of Attraction)

Stevie Sun (Murder at Homecoming)

Ava Lawrence (My Two First Loves)

Zoey Wade (Queen B)

Shannon Fox (Wake the Dead)

Naomi Silverhawk (Veil of Secrets)

Kate O'Malley (Veil of Secrets)

Hana Lee (The Royal Romance Series)

Aster D'Yew (The Elementalists)

Eris Huang (The Heist: Monaco)

Sonia Alves (The Heist: Monaco)

And I'm sure there others, however my brain cannot figure it out right now haha.

[storyofmychoices]

My top 10(kind of) favorite Choices Books for @choicesfandomappreciation

Okay so I can't figure out a top 10. I have a top 5 and then a bunch of books I really like but my preference for what order changes depending on my mood

Top Five:

Blades of Light & Shadow (all time fave)

Red Carpet Diaries 2 (the second half is everything)

Mother of the Year (3 amazing LI, and the worst choices villain)

Crimes of Passion (Trystan Thorne, that is all)

Open Heart (It started strong, and Bryce Lahela got me through the Covid years and I owe him so very much)

Other Books I love (in no particular order)

The Elementalists

The Crown and the Flame

Wake the Dead

A Courtesan of Rome

The Unexpected Heiress

Veil of Secret

#LoveHacks

Most Wanted

Red Carpet Diaries 3 (It's filled with flaws, but it's the only book where I can romance Thomas Hunt for the entire book)

[aria-ashryver]

on the one hand, I haven't technically even written ten fics yet -- on the other, Snow In Crimson, Starlight In Gold (Explicit) is already over 250k words. So... here's a weird and appropriately humungous list for Choices International Fanworks Day!!

Top Ten Times I Made My Characters Cry in Starlight (ID Longfic)

(Snippets below the cut are all SFW)

10. Clements Girls Night (bc Nicole's ex sucks)

Nicole hiccuped a laugh between her tears. ‘Okay, I have ice cream,’ Harrison said, shutting the door to Nicole’s bedroom with his hip as a cream-coated pug came barrelling past his feet. ‘I have tissues, I have chocolate, I have Teddy the Pug, I have a very expensive looking bottle of 1998 Sassicaia Bolgheri, and Jennifer’s Body on DVD.’ Harrison let the jumble of items fall out of his arms and onto the bedcovers, scooping up Nicole’s dog so he could come and snuffle at her outstretched fingers. ‘All the ingredients we need for a good night in. My suggestion is we sit here and don’t move for the next twenty-four to forty-eight hours.’

9. The Venandis grieving as Cas spraypaints a portrait of their late friend Rory on the water tower

He’d always been smiling. Even up until the end. It came together in small details, abstract, at first, until it snapped together and Delphine sank back against the railing with a quiet ‘oh’. ‘Cas,’ Delphine whispered, one hand to her mouth. ‘That’s really— fuck, dude.’ Sinking down against the railing, Delphine started crying in earnest.

8. Gabriel finds the strength to talk about his family with Luca

Gabriel felt warm hands cradling his face, Luca’s thumbs brushing away his tears. ‘Tell me about them, as they lived,’ they said. ‘I’d love to know about them, if you’ll let me. Do you think you can, Gabriel?’

7. Gabriel and Luca cry into their pizza post-Autumn Festival reveal

‘What would have happened to you, if you’d exposed yourself as a vampire and I couldn’t keep you safe? I —oh, fuck, cool— Margherita pizza tastes good with tears. Good to know. Probably all the salt.’ Luca scrubbed the back of his hand across his eyes, and Gabriel felt the periphery of his vision turn to static. He couldn’t have torn his eyes away if he’d tried, his gaze locked onto the tears spilling down Luca’s cheeks. Crying. Luca was crying, for him. Because they were worried about what it would have done to Gabriel if he’d hurt them. If his secret had been found out by the humans. Numbly, Gabriel handed them a napkin, his mind a screaming void of white noise.

6. Terri tries to sacrifice herself to save Luca

Snarling, suspicion in her eyes, Astoria shook Terri roughly, but she didn’t let up. She never had. No matter what she had faced, Terri O’Rinn had never once given up. A sob caught in Luca’s throat. ‘You run, Luca, and don’t look back. I’ll try and buy you as much time as I can. I love you, my darling. Never forget that. You are so loved. On my signal, be ready.’

5. Viktor is wasting away from a disgusting lack of attention

‘I’m calling from a payphone,’ Viktor sighed, his voice muffled as he rattled about in the booth. ‘I have lost both my cell phone and my will to live! Literally no one on the planet has suffered more than I am suffering at this very point in time! I am the Bezos of suffering. Except instead of odious amounts of money, I have tears.’ Luca bit down on a fond smile. ‘Did you actually lose your phone, or do you just like the aesthetic of being a drunk, broken-hearted musician crying on his own in a payphone booth at 2am?’ ‘Um, rude,’ Viktor scoffed, immediately sounding less watery.

4. Cas and Gabriel watch on as Luca dances through a breakdown

Luca was a ghost drifting quiet through a field of wildflowers, and a fury of lightning arcing over midnight sands, and every broken sob that ever choked up Cas’s throat at 3AM beneath the harsh, halogen glare of streetlights. Before he even really understood what was happening, Cas was blinking furiously. Blinking through wet, refracted shards of light as tears spilled down his cheeks. Luca took Cas’s pain and tore him apart with it. They gave him permission, they made him understand, in some deep part of himself that his conscious mind couldn’t reach. The way Luca moved gathered his soul together. They somehow found those scattered fragments and brought them home again.

3. The trio re-unite after the attack on the hunting party

‘Hold my hand,’ Luca sniffled, blotting at their tears with the heel of their hand. Cas chuckled. ‘I promise I’m not going anywhere, babe.’ ‘I know,’ Luca said, flailing their hand insistently. ‘Just hold my damn hand anyway!’ Cas stared at them, his face lit with something ageless. Eternal. ‘I’ll hold your hand every fucking day for the rest of my life.’

and

Cas tensed. ‘Why are you crying?’ ‘Because you won’t.’ Gabriel turned to face him, his thumb tracing tenderly over the inflamed skin at Cas’s neck. ‘So I’m doing it for you.’

Okay, just… *gestures broadly at all of Augury Pt II*, you know? Mmm, delicious near-death situations and characters being overwhelmed with how much they care about each other, my beloved.

2. (It's a tie!) The first "I love you" confessions

[Luca x Gabriel]

The starlight fractured him, cradled him, and reformed him whole. ‘I love you, too,’ Gabriel gasped, startled to feel the coolness of tears sticking to his eyelashes. ‘With all my heart Luca, I love you.’ ‘You don’t have to say it back just because I said it,’ Luca said, his fingers skating feather-light against the fullness of Gabriel’s bottom lip. ‘If you’re not ready—’ ‘No, I am! I do! I…’ An elated laugh burst from Gabriel’s lips.

[Luca x Cas]

Cas’s eyes were intent; he gazed up at Luca like they’d hung the moon for him. His fingers clutched at their thighs, as if the strength in his grip might hide the fact that his hands were shaking. ‘Please…’ Cas whispered. ‘Luca, tell me. I want to hear it again.’ Luca swiped a thumb across Cas’s cheekbone where a shimmering tear had slipped free from his eye, and fell in love with him all over again. ‘I love you, Cas Harlow.’ Cas surged up to meet them in a kiss.

Cas grieves finally his mother (with help from Terri)

(yes I'm dropping a 300 word "snippet", I freaking love this chapter lol. Cas Harlow + vulnerability? That's my JAM)

Cas took the brunt of those gentle words like a baseball bat to the ribs. The air heaved out of him, and quite suddenly, he couldn’t breathe. ‘What did you say?’ ‘It’s not your fault, sweetheart.’ ‘Sh— shut up…’ Terri’s voice grew firmer when he would have up and ran, broken leg or no. ‘Cas. None of it was ever your fault.’ ‘Shut the fuck up!’ His chest was nothing but acid and knives, burning silver wire coiling around him tight. ‘Don’t say that shit!’ ‘Cas…’ And it was just that one little thing, wasn’t it? Cas was almost mad at how easy it was. It was just that one little gesture, as Terri reached out to place her hand on his knee, that caused all the pain, all the misery festering inside of him to come unstuck. His eyes were wide open when the tears fell. He didn’t even have to fucking blink; one moment he was sucking in a sharp gasp, the next, his tears were overtaking him, cold on his skin as they spilled, the dammed-up weight of it all just too fucking heavy to hold in any more. He could feel it building as Terri shifted closer and folded him into a hug. The tremor in his chin. His lower lip quivering. The tight constriction as phantom hands squeezed his airways closed. One word tore past his lips. ‘Eomma…’ And then he was breaking. A howl of pure agony shredded through him as he curled into Terri’s shoulder and sobbed. His tears were so hot they were scalding; the weight of his anguish suffocating as it was crushed out of him; Luca’s mom’s hands so gentle as they stroked comforting circles on his back —Luca’s mom, their mom, he’d never had a fucking mother before, never known how it would feel to be held like this while he cried— ‘It wasn’t your fault.’ Cas hugged Terri back and cried even harder.

@choicesfandomappreciation

Happy International Fanworks Day!! (I say, as my characters are sobbing in the background lmao) 💛💛💛

[jerzwriter]

I'd like to thank @aria-ashryver for this idea; I got this from their post on the 10 times they made their characters cry! [This reminds me that I really need to get back to writing angst! lol]

This is in no order because it would take me 10 years to finish.lol

A Moment in Time - CoP AU - Trystan x Carolina (F!MC)

I love a good 'true love that's meant to be, but circumstances deem they can't be together' story. This was a very real possibility for them, and I needed to write an AU to explore it. (And yes, I know, I need to do the final part!)

Promises Made, Promises Kept - OH - Ethan x Kaycee (F!MC)

After a lifetime together, Ethan & Kaycee's daughter carries on a tradition for her father after he's gone.

Forever - OH AU - Ethan Ramsey x Kaycee (F!MC)

He let her go, except he never did, not even at the very end. This one was just cruel. I'm sorry. But I'm not.

See You Again - OH AU - Tobias x Casey (F!MC)

Tobias learns about the importance of friendship and how to move on after tragedy strikes. This one was just cruel, too. There is something wrong with me.

Unblemished & Unforgettable - OH AU - Tobias Carrick x Casey

Sometimes, walking away is the only way, no matter how much it hurts. These still makes me cry lol

In Another Time - OH - Tobias x Vincenza (F!OC) Ethan x Vincenza

Two friends in love with the same woman typically doesn't end well, but these two really mucked it up.

Delaying the Inevitable - OH AU - Ethan Ramsey x F!MC, Tobias Carrick x F!MC

This series had a lot of angst-filled moments. I think most would argue that Chapter 13 was the most tear-inducing. But here are some of my favorite tear-inducing parts... including Chapter 13. Ch. 6 Excerpt: Love for One - Tobias confesses his love for his best friend's girl, knowing it will never be more than a dream. (this is an excerpt from the full chapter.) Ch. 11: Shattered - When the past repeats itself, Ethan falls apart, and the fallout comes fast. Ch. 13: Break My Heart Again - Yeah, this is the one I'm hated for. lol Dark Ethan / broken Casey. Ch. 34: When Forever Falls Apart - Tragedy can change everything (and I fucked everyone up in this chapter! lol) Ch. 35: For Good - Reflection, change, and goodbyes.

Eli Sipes Prequel (Series) - WTD Prequel - Eli Sipes & Family

Honestly, I'm cheating here because this is a whole bunch of stories, but honestly, it's some of my favorite work that I've ever done. A zombie apocalypse lends itself to angst, and canon told us about The Sipes family's tragic end, but we didn't know their story. I wanted to tell it through the eyes of his mother in A Mother's Journal. Coming Up Blank is a companion series that tells the story of Eli and his brother, David, coming of age. Then, lastly, the last 2 days Eli has with his family - and yeah - "that" end is covered in The End of the World Part 1 and Part 2.

I struggled with the last 2, especially because I cheated. There are more than 10 up there, after all! lol Also, some of these are unfinished and I feel guilty... so here's a mish-mosh with no comments, but this is all angst: When the Bough Breaks Part 1 (OH-AU|Ethan x Kaycee); What's Forever For? (OH-AU|Tobias x Casey); Where it Goes From Here... (OH-AU|Tobias x Casey); What We Wish For (Series) (OH-AU| Tobias x Casey)

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[peonierose]

Top 10 works

For @choicesfandomappreciation Top 10 I’ve wanted to list my favorite Top 10 stories. I can’t believe I can even say I have written 10 stories and more to begin with 🥰 Who knew these stories and characters would become so important to me? But I’m glad I took the plunge, sat down and wrote some stories. I hope they can make people smile and make their better at least for a little while.

Thank you to anyone in this family fandom - as I like to call it - who is kind and supportive and gave me and my characters and stories a chance 🩷

1. Wildflower - Keiki Lahela (F!MC) x Koa Haulani (M!OC)

2. Go Blonder - Luna Auclair (F!OC) x Bryce Lahela (M!MC)

3. I‘m a Sucker for You - Luna Auclair (F!OC) x Bryce Lahela (M!MC)

4. Cinnamon Sugar - Maxine Moore (F!OC) x Adam Sinclair (M!OC)

5. Both are good - Bryce Lahela (M!MC) x Raleigh Carrera (M!MC) with @aallotarenunelma 🩷

6. ”How were we ever strangers…“ - Luna Auclair (F!OC) x Bryce Lahela (M!MC)

7. Cake by the Ocean - Luna Auclair (F!OC) x Bryce Lahela (M!MC)

8. Wake Up Little Susie - Chapter 1 - Gretel van Andresen (F!OC) and Hänsel van Andresen (M!OC)

9. Paint Wars - Luna Auclair (F!OC) x Bryce Lahela (M!MC)

10. Girls Night Out - Chapter 1 - What’s the secret password? - Characters involved: Jenny, Emma Anderson (F!MC), Addison Dalton, Sofia Russo, Sam Dalton, Robin Flores and Carter

[choicesfandomappreciation]

A big shout-out to @noesapphic and her incredible novel ‘The Cursed Heiress’! This series inspired on ‘Desire and Decorum’ plays with all our senses and spell us from the first to the last line.

Link: https://www.tumblr.com/noesapphic/620926546450038784/joanna-is-a-young-woman-who-has-grown-up-between

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[bri1234]

Here are my top 10 LIs for Choices International Fanworks Day @choicesfandomappreciation

I’ve had this list going for a while now and can finally share it!!!

1. Kieran - The Cursed Heart

2. Ernest Sinclaire - Desire and Decorum

3. Michael Harrison - High School Story

4. Tyler Woods - Murder at Homecoming

5. Prince Clarke - The Princess Swap

6. Thomas Mendez - Mother of the Year

7. Sawyer Oakley - Big Sky Country

8. Beckett Harrington - The Elementalists

9. Nate - Sunkissed

10. King Arthur - Guinevere

[princess-geek]

10 things I love in Choices Fandom

You must meet Elizabeth Foredale!

She's the MC\OC @missameliep created for 'Second Chances', her 'Desire & Decorum Modern AU'. Find more here.

[lorirwritesfanfic]

10 favorite Choices quotes

tagging @choicesfandomappreciation and splitting in two so tumblr doesn't tell me I'm posting too many screencaps in one single post

10. So painfully accurate - part I

9. Yes, well will LOL

8. Drunk in love Raleigh

7. Mood - part I

6. Competitive Liam is so hot