#FTH

[khorazir]

Yes, exactly. I posted this on Twitter as well: everybody who feels particularly vulnerable right now (and for good reason – it’s not just you in the US, we’re over here in Europe and the rest of the world are feeling your pain, because the election hurts us, too). Do not give up! It’s what they want.

Turn your despair into anger, and your anger into productivity. Help others who need it. Be kind and compassionate to those hurting (including yourself). Do not give up! Do not harm yourself!

Live! Live to spite the fascists and their enablers. Be the constant Lego brick under the foot of oppression, the constant itch they can’t scratch, the constant thorn in their side. If you have to be compliant to survive, be so maliciously. But you must survive. You must live. You are needed.

We're Still Here.

Eight years ago, when the results of the 2016 election became clear, a group of us pulled together what we thought would be a mid-sized fanworks auction as a way to throw some financial support to progressive organizations in need.

Since then, that circle has widened more than anyone could ever have anticipated. Our ever-growing community has done amazing things together, showing up for one another and for organizations on the ground all over the country doing vital, challenging work for vulnerable people.

We’ll still be here next year, but there’s another larger point to be made:

In this terrible time, it is still possible to build things together.

In fact, it is more urgent than ever that we build things together in order to bring the world a little closer to the world we want to live in.

There are people in your community online who need you. There are people in your neighborhood who need you, even if you haven’t met them yet — and if you haven’t, now is the time. We can and will survive, and help one another survive, by showing up for one another.

Take some time to mourn; we will be, too. And then let’s organize.

[worteltje7]

@fandomtrumpshate gift for @theriverbeyond!! no text version below the cut

[erisenyo]

FANDOM TRUMPS HATE: ATLA OFFERINGS ARE FINALLY HERE!

The listings are posted, ATLA made the top 10 most represented fandoms this year (lets gooo!) and the browsing period is Officially Open, with bidding begining Monday!! (March 5-9)

And there are some truly amazing offerings for this years @fandomtrumpshate charity auction. Click their names below to check them out!!

Offering fanfics, we have...

thesometimeswarrior (@runrundoyourstuff, and works here) offering a 5K word fic! (up to T)

urieskooki (works here) offering a 10-20K word fic! (up to E)

Emerald_Assterick (@emerald-asterisk, and works here) offering a 5K word fic (up to E)

achievingelysium (@queenangst, and works here) offering a 5K word fic (up to T)

bran4ever (@whatsitnot, and works here) is offering a 5K word fic (up to T) AND a 5-10K word ic (up to M)

dagmalafjall (works here) is offering a 5-10K (up to E)

Lillyanne4 (works here) is offering a 5K word fic (up to M)

blackat_t7t (works here) is offering a 5-10K word fic (up to E)

fancastical (works here) is offering 1K words per $5 bid (up to M)

QueenDollopHead (@queendollophead-ao3, works here and here) is offering a 5-10K word fic (up to E)

Erisenyo (@erisenyo, works here and here) offering a 10-20K word fic (up to E)

sulkybender (@sulkybender, works here) offering a 5K word fic (up to M)

MuffinLance (@muffinlance, works here) offering a 5K word fic (up to G)

Haicrescendo (@sword-and-stars, works here) offering a 5-10K word fic (up to E)

bisexuallsokka (@bisexuallsokka, works here) offering a 5-10K word fic (up to M)

Ariel (@edas-boytoy, works here) is offering a 5K word fic (up to E)

TheGayOnTheMoon (works here and here and here) is offering a 5-10K word fic (up to M)

robinwinged (works here and here) is offering a 5-10K word fic (up to M)

AzzaBynes (@azzabynes) offering fan poetry up to 5K words (rated up to M)

Allium-phyrzz (@allium-phyrzz, works here) offering a 5-10K word fic (up to M)

Alondradina (@alondradina, works here) offering a 5-10K word fic (up to T)

Bluestone_Dragon (@bluestone-dragon, works here) offering a 10-20K fic (up to M)

Luna_SelfIndulgentKitten (works here) offering 1K words for every $10 bid (up to E)

Museflight (works here) offering 1K for every $5 bid (up to M)

Nyxelestia (@nyxelestia, works here) offering a 5-10K word fic (up to E)

So many amazing creators and offerings, and just in time for a renaissance, right? :P Find the fanart listings here! And the fan labor ones here!

(And if you're not in the ATLA mood--there are SO many fandoms represented in the event, I bet your current hyperfixation is in there :))

[massivespacewren]

Stony 1872 AU or maybe just a random cowboy AU? I drew this for @puzzlebean for the @fandomtrumpshate charity auction, finished it, and then forgot that I could also put it here on social media. This was drawn with reference. Always fun to draw nice AUs! Thank you @puzzlebean!!

[bluebellofbakerstreet]

The redoubtable (and really rather lovely) @chriscalledmesweetie won me in the Fandom Trumps Hate Auction, and as a thank you I have created a cover for their fic The Murder of Emory J. Amat, which you can go read here.

[sunshine304]

FTH Fanbinding: "Concord" by Deastar

@youhideastar won my FTH auction and gave me a great gift: She wanted me to bind her CQL fic "Concord" including the thorough author's commentary she'd done. I was so happy when she chose this fic because I'd loved it so much and had pondered doing a fanbinding of it at some point anyway. 😄

Now that the book has finally arrived (spending two days in the air even, I guess, at least when one looks at the tracking info 😆), I can show it off here!

I tried some new stuff on this bind and also some things that I'd only done once before and that definitely need some, uh, perfecting. 😅 But overall, I'm very pleased with how this book turned out, as it's pretty close to what I'd imagined when I started it.

The fic is set in Cloud Recesses and Dea and I agreed that the colour blue should be prominent in the design, as it not only fits the setting, but also is of significance in the story itself. As the rules and traditions of the Lan sect also are quite important, I wanted a very clean, simple style for the case, a bit reminiscent of traditional Chinese bindings.

I did the title as a cut-out and used Japanese transparent paper for some extra flavour. The paper shows up inside the book as well early on and I liked the recurring motive of it. I'm also really pleased how well the hot foil came out on it! I was a bit scared that it might rip or something, but it's quite sturdy, after all.

I thought about doing a faux stab binding with red thread to get even more of a traditional feel, but then decided against it as I'd wanted to use two different blue book cloths and I felt that it might get too busy. Instead, I used the red ribbon as a nod to Wei Wuxian.

The little cloud illustration is used several times in the typeset and I like how it comes out in the title. I didn't even mess up this title, yay! (Mine's got a few tiny blotches but uh well, better mine than Dea's!)

I painted the edges with metallic watercolours - the second time I tried painting edges, but this time with several colours and trying to do a little illustration as well. Big thanks to @zhalfirin who quickly answered my question about how to get the paint to actually stick. 😆 I'd read several posts about how awesome water colours are for foreedge painting, but none mentioned that this kind of paint just rubs off again (I am no artist and have no knowledge of different kinds of paint). Zhalfirin told me to mix in glue and also wax the edges afterwards, which I both did and I think it's fine now. At least my fingers didn't turn blue. 😅

I really love how the shading came out on the head/tail; it could've been better on the foreedge and it looked great while the paint was still wet. Steep learning curve, this thing. I also died trying to sand the edges and I didn't get them completely smooth, but at least smooth enough to work with. That also needs some more work, I guess.

First time I sewed endbands with four different colours! I think they came out quite well! I also forgot the second row of dark blue on Dea's book and had to unravel half the endband again when I noticed at the very end... 🤦‍♀️

Nice marbled endpapers. For the title page spread, I used part a very famous Chinese painting, as it not only reminds me of the Gusu mountains but also, again, is very traditional. I played around with the colours to give the picture a bit of a bluer tinge.

The typeset itself was very straight-forward. There's the fic without commentary, and then the second part with it. I used a grey background for the comment parts to make it stand out from the actual story.

I had lots of printer issues with this fic (my copy actually had even more issues because the printer treated every page as an image for unknown reasons and therefore it not only took forever, it's also a tiny bit blurry. Hmpf.) and the greys tended to have a bit of a blue tinge, which was not my intention. But at least it works with the overall theme, I guess! 😅

I also did an extensive Appendix with all the meta links mentioned in the commentary as well as cut scenes and a little "praise for the author" section.

Last but not least, I decided to try making a slipcase for the first time! DAS_Bookbinding on youtube has good tutorials on that and I used one of them. It worked well on the first try. The second try, I used sturdier cardboard and should've added a few millimetres to the width, because the book didn't fit - the ribbon got stuck and I feared that it might get damaged. So I had to redo the case and then it was perfect.

I used wallpaper as cover material. 😄 The one you see on the outside? That's my living room wallpaper, a light blue with a lovely pattern and soft shimmer to it. My camera unfortunately is refusing to get the colour right.🤷‍♂️

The assembling process went well, for the most part. I'd forgotten to shorten the endpapers a bit which I only realised after I'd started casing in my copy. I carefully separated the textblock from the case again and then, in a moment of complete mental blackout, tried to cut the wet paper. 🤦‍♀️ That didn't go well. I managed to salvage it, mostly, and of course didn't repeat the mistake with Dea's copy, but ugh. 😆

This was a super fun project and I'm very happy with it! Thank you again, Dea, for your faith in me and your super generous donation! 💙

Materials used:

Printed on Clairefontaine DCP 100g

Case and endpapers:

booklinen Colibri cornflower

booklinen Paradise aqua

marbled paper 120g

transparent Japanese paper

Hot Foil (Memory Keepers)

Slipcase:

fleece wallpaper Newroom Nisa lightblue

fleece wallpaper grey glitter

[evieebun125]

Here is jaskier/letho for @ohwhoopsok for @fandomtrumpshate this year!

I had a lot of fun drawing them and i look forward to drawing more witcher art in the future!

[sunriseabram]

Fandom Trumps Hate 2024: AFTG

Take a look at all these amazing AFTG offers for @fandomtrumpshate 2024. For full details of all listings, click here. Browsing is open now, bidding begins 8 am EST, 5th March 2024, to 8pm EST, 9th March 2024. Come help us raise money for nonprofit organisations! Reblog to spread!

Written Fanwork:

Catasterisms (@catasterisms): 5 - 10k, Andreil, E. Special: ace characters.

LailisGrace (@lailisgrace): Less than 5k, E.

Jane (@billdenbrough): Less than 5k, Jerejean/Kevaaron, E. Special: ambiguous endings.

Ilgaksu (@ilgaksu): Less than 5k, E. Special: character study, kink.

Lacklusterlion (@lacklusterlion): Depends on donation, Andreil, E. Special: willing to address most topics.

Adverbialstarlight (@adverbialstarlight): 5 - 10k, Andreil / Renison, E. Special: nonwhite characters, f/f.

Foundinthedark (@sunriseabram): 10 - 20k, Andreil, E. Special: canon divergence, supernatural, hurt/comfort.

Astus (@thetamingofspike): Less than 5k, andreil, E.

Geneat (@aftg-ho): 5 - 10k, Kandreil / Ravens, E. Special: raven team, smut, poly, unhappy endings.

Six-of-snakes (@six-of-snakes): Less than 5k, Kandreil / Kevjean, M. Special: trans headcanons, f/f.

Yikesohdear (@livelikeheroes): 5 - 10k, Andreil, M. Special: trans characters, dark content.

Yourneighborhoodneighbor (@yourneighborhoodneighbor): Less than 5k, Andreil, Twinyards, E. Special: omegaverse, kink, trans characters.

Fanart:

Tidalst (@tidalst): Andreil/Kandreil/Kevneil, T, bid starts $10. Special: trans interpretations and poly.

Heartstringsduet (@heartstringsduet): M, bid starts $10.

Oddgreyhound (@oddgreyhound): T, bid starts $10. Special: trans characters.

Imico (@thisuserdead): M, bid starts $5. Special: f/f, poly, trans characters.

CavanCaptain (@captainroadkill): E, bid starts $10. Special: Riko, Renee, Gore

Fan labour:

RainScrawl: Podfic. 10 - 20k words, E. Special: vast interests.

CuriousEmWanders: Beta / sensitivity reading / specialist expertise. More than 50k, Andriel, E. Special: mental health, kink.

Storyofeden: Podfic. Depends on donation, E. Special: unhappy / ambiguous endings.

Sydinrealtime (syndinrealtime): Beta / sensitivity reading / specialist expertise. More than 50k, E. Special: Judaism, medical field, death.

Aliteralgarbageheap: Podfic. 20k Max, Andreil / Kandreil / Matt x Andreil, E. Special: soulmates, gender, poly, trans characters.

If I missed anyone's listing or @, please let me know and I will add you! Thank you to everyone who is offering their talent for free! You are amazing ♥

[franksfishies]

https://fth2024offerings.dreamwidth.org/319164.html

Yooo I'm participating in FTH 2024, I picked from the list of charities but also wrote in Water First, a Canadian charity focused on getting native communities access to clean and reliable water.

I offered for Malevolent, Hannibal and Dishonored but honestly whatever fandom you want is fine!

[summersofsalt]

A @fandomtrumpshate artwork for @alleyskywalker of Theon and Maron Greyjoy practicing archery on the beach! This art is a reference to a scene from one of their fics--go check it out!

[erisenyo]

FANDOM TRUMPS HATE: ATLA OFFERINGS ARE FINALLY HERE!

The listings are posted, ATLA made the top 10 most represented fandoms this year (lets gooo!) and the browsing period is Officially Open, with bidding begining Monday!! (March 5-9)

And there are some truly amazing offerings for this year's @fandomtrumpshate charity auction. Click their names below to check them out!!

Offering fanart, there's...

lilrobinbird (@lilrobinbird) offering drawing/painting and icons!

Eevylynn (@eevylynn, works here and here) offering THREE drawing/paintings! (rated up to E)

EvilReligion (@evilreligion, works here) offering 1 hour of drawing per $15 bid!

Arandin (@arandin-art, works here) offering drawing/painting or book cover!

3cosmicfrogs (@3cosmicfrogs, works here) offering 3 comic panels or a drawing/painting! (rated up to E)

Domoz (@domoz, works here) offering a banner, book cover, comic, or drawing/painting!

Dorli (@dorliart, works here) offering a banner, book cover, icon, or drawing/painting!

Find the fanfic listings here! And the fan labor ones here! We had so many offerings I had to break it into two posts! So many amazing creators and offerings, and just in time for a renaissance, right? :P

(And if you're not in the ATLA mood--there are SO many fandoms represented in the event, I bet your current hyperfixation is in there :))

[foxsoulcourt]

FandomTrumpsHate 2024 anyone?

Fandom Trumps Hate is a fanworks auction that has, in the past 7 years, collectively raised almost $200k for progressive nonprofits. Why stop now? It's time to continue into 2024! Here are the important dates. Go below for links

FEB 5-19th : CREATOR SIGNUPS

FEB 29th-MAR 5th : BROWSING

If you create content (fanfic, art, moodboards, podfics, etc):

You can contribute your skills to support these organizations! You get to decide what sort of piece you’re willing to create as a thank you to the bidder who makes the highest donation. This year, creator signups wrap up February 19th.

Are you saying to yourself, "But I'm not a creator?" GUESS WHAT?! There are other ways to offer your gifts: fan labor. What's that?

beta-reading

translation

britpicking

also: medical-picking or other kind of expert-knowledge-type reading for accuracy

other kinds of revision guidance that help a writer to revise or improve their story

What if you prefer to bid on a CUSTOM piece of fic or art?!

Starting on February 29th, you can browse the different contributors who are willing to make a James Bond or 00Q piece and reach out to them about what specific prompts/ideas you’d like to see come to life! If you win the highest bid (bidding opens Tuesday March 5th + ends Saturday March 9th), you make your promised donation to one of the organizations the creator has selected to receive your gift! 🎁

Of course, even if you don’t have the spare change to donate this year, signal-boosting auction posts is a huge help, especially for smaller fandoms.

You can check out @fandomtrumpshate for more information/updates and see the general FAQ here. There’s also a carrd if you’d like to share.

If you're sitting on the fence, here's a reminder why this project is even mOaR important this year:

Thank you for reblogging to share out with others.

However you participate in this project, thank you!

[bluebellofbakerstreet]

The very lovely 72reasons (@onesmallfamily ) has very generously bought me in the Fandom Trumps Hate auction, and as a thank you I have made a cover for their lovely modelSherlock/photographerJohn AU My Pictures of You, which you should probably go read!

[sunshine304]

FTH Fanbinding: "Kaleidoscope" by Silvergirl

Whew. This was quite the undertaking as I’d felt ambitious. @totallysilvergirl was the winner of my FTH fanbinding auction and chose one of her own fics, from a fandom I’m actually in (Sherlock). I’d skimmed her AO3 to see what fics might be her potential choice and had immediately zeroed in on “Kaleidoscope”. The title was evocative and the plot sounded intriguing, being a fix-it for the end of Season 3. Good-sized wordcount, too.

I was super happy when she actually chose this fic!

The typesetting took me a long time and I leaned very heavily into the whole kaleidoscope theme. I also decided to use different colours and fonts for the different PoVs.

This was also the first time I tried out a title page spreading over both pages – usually, I’ve only used the right page and the left one stayed blank, but I wanted to try spreading out the picture this time. It worked quite well, overall.

For endpapers, I chose this lovely purple Chiyogami paper. Purple has become Sherlock’s colour, in a way, and so it seemed quite fitting. I strengthened the crease with Schirting again.

Also, because the book had 8 signatures, I think, I sewed with tapes to make the spine more secure. It was the second time trying this and it worked really well!

Now to the case. Oh boy. XD

I had to think a bit about the cut-out design. I wanted it to yet again resemble a kaleidoscope, but it took me a while to wrap my head around how best to do it. I finally decided to make a stencil for the centrepiece and add some more elements without cut-outs.

I decided on the lovely shattered glass rainbow foil and am super in love with the effect, especially on the spine! I think it looks so cool!

I not only made SilverGirl’s copy but also one for myself. They’re very similar, just the endpapers and the foil on the cover are different.

I messed up on the spine title on my copy a bit. The fight with the foil is real. *sigh* But it’s not too bad.

A huge thank you again to Silvergirl for participating in FTH this year and for putting her trust in me!

Materials used:

Printed on Clairefontaine DCP 100g

Case + endpapers:

- English Buckram linen

- Chiyogami paper 60g (endpapers)

- hot foil (Decofoil)

The fic in question (go check it out, it's really great!):

[sterekbros]

"You need me to survive, which is why you're not letting me go." -Derek Hale (s2, ep4)

It's me, Liam, your Teen Wolf & Sterek Fandom Ambassador for @fandomtrumpshate!

It's the time of the year again! It's time to come together as a pack and support progressive non-profits through Fandom Trumps Hate donations!

Sign up to become a creator for Fandom Trumps Hate here! Sign ups are open until February 19th!

Let's Sterek this up and come together to knock Sterek works out of the park! Last year we had 27 Sterek offers from 24 contributors! Let's up that number!

A little bit about Fandom Trumps Hate

FTH is an online fanworks auction, designed to raise money for progressive nonprofit organizations that help and support marginalized people. In the past seven years, thousands of fans have joined forces to raise nearly $240,000 for a range of progressive organizations.

So, what are you willing to offer? If you are an author, artist, beta, or provide other services within fandom, all are welcome!

Check out the list below for different types of fanworks and fan labor to get an idea of what you may like to sign up for.

You can offer any type of fanwork that can be delivered digitally, including:

written fanworks (fic, poetry, remixes, etc.)

digital art, which includes but is not limited to gifsets, manips, mood boards, etc.

podfics

fanvids (including fancams)

fan labor, which includes but is not limited to betaing, brit/japan/America-picking, or offering specialist expertise.

Need more info before signing up? You can find our FAQs here, schedule here, and a list of organizations we are supporting this year here.

Sterek fandom unite! AWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[kbirbpods]

[Podfic Link] | Length: 24 minutes, 26 seconds

Original Work: Lights Up! by hoebiwan

Batfam: Jason Todd, Talia al Ghul, Ra's al Ghul, Damian Wayne

Rating: General Audiences

Summary: 

“For the last time, Jason,” Talia said, “I am not teaching you how to write about murder. I’m teaching you how to plot murder.” Jason turned a blank expression upon her, well-honed from dealing with Bruce whenever he said something incomprehensible. “I don’t get it,” Jason said. “It’s the same picture.” In which Jason uses his resurrection as an excuse to be the most annoying theatre kid ever.

Notes: recorded during Voiceteam 2024 but put on hold to perfect the editing as it was the @fandomtrumpshate request from hoebiwan! So proud to be able to participate in such an important fandom event and to be able to pod this wonderful fic for a wonderful friend of mine.