#admin Chie

[sesskag]

No more monthly prompts

I started doing the monthly prompts back when I inherited this blog.

In the past year and half, there has only been one fanwork done in response to the prompts.

So clearly, there no longer seems to be a need for them. And with the new year, we're tossing out the old that we no longer need. 🙂

I hope you all will have a healthy and gentle 2024 in store!

-- Admin Chie

[jpnnewmusicdaily]

カレイド・スコープ (Kaleidoscope) by Chie Sawa / 沢チエ

Album: 23 — Twenty-Three Years Old Year: 1974 Label: Canyon Lyrics: Kazumi Yasui / 安井かずみ Music: Osamu Shoji / 東海林修

[sesskag-week]

SessKag Week 2024 Masterlist

Day 1 - Canon Compliant vs Modern AU

Butterfly Kisses Chapter 1 by Flamethemightydragon

Teasing by thetroll

Sesskag week modern AU by @legofanguy1999

Day 2 - Canon divergence vs Historical AU

Butterfly Kisses Chapter 2 by Flamethemightydragon

Our Destiny by @golden-writes

The True Winner by thetroll

Sesskag week the girl from the future by @wowtalesofadventurers

Sesskag week Industrial Age by @legofanguy1999

Day 3 - Missing Episode vs Fusion AU

Butterfly Kisses Chapter 3 by Flamethemightydragon

Exodus by @golden-writes

Well Fed by thetroll

Day 4 - Pre-Canon vs Fantasy/Scifi AU

Butterfly Kisses Chapter 4 by Flamethemightydragon

Into Darkness by @golden-writes

Wishes by thetroll

Sesskag week 2024 space love by @legofanguy1999

Day 5 - Canon Reunion vs All human AU

Butterfly Kisses Chapter 5 by Flamethemightydragon

Stitch Me Up by @chierafied

Heart of Courage by @golden-writes

Dress by thetroll

Sesskag week meeting him again by @wowtalesofadventurers

Sesskag week 2024 college love by @legofanguy1999

Day 6 - Post Canon vs Royalty AU

Butterfly Kisses Chapter 6 by Flamethemightydragon

Promises by @golden-writes

Forward by thetroll

Sesskag week royal family by @legofanguy1999

Day 7 - Free Day

Butterfly Kisses Chapter 7 by Flamethemightydragon

Sesskag week 2024 shelter by @wowtalesofadventurers

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Thank you, everyone, who participated this year. I hope you all had a good time! 💗

-- Admin Chie

The fantastic banner features this artwork by the fabulous @valuvi

[sesskagevents]

June 2024 - SessKag Drabble month

For June, here's a summer themed bingo square for all of you, with 30 word prompts! One for every day of the month. Feel free to use them as inspiration! Though I've named this event the drabble month, drawings and longer works are also welcome!

You can use the prompts to write separate drabbles or one shots, or if ambition strikes, try to go for a serial.

When posting your works, feel free to tag this blog @sesskagevents You can also use the hashtag #Sesskagdrabblemonth24 Hope these prompts will speak to your muse, and happy creating! - Admin Chie

[katsona-the-katsequel]

At which age did they awaken their Personas?

Not the age they began fighting with them. Just the age of awakening. I'm trying to get an age range here. Shotout to Aigis for being the youngest user to awaken to her Persona, at the amazing age of "pre-installed upon activation".

So, from oldest to youngest:

Unknown. Adult

37 years old

Takashi Hanya

Takuto Maruki

Zenkichi Hasegawa

Junko Kurosu (assuming she had a Reverse Persona like the other admins)

33 years old

Ginji Sasaki

28 years old

Takahisa Kandori

27 years old

Baofu

Tohru Adachi

25 years old

Katsuya Suou

24 years old

Ulala Serizawa

Unknown. Could have been a teen or an adult

Tatsuya Sudou

18 years old

17 years old

Yasuo Inoe

Makoto Niijima

Naoya Toudou

Maki Sonomura

Masao Inaba

Kei Nanjo

Eriko Kirishima

Reiji Kido

Yukino Mayuzumi

Lisa Silverman

Jun Kurosu

Anna Yoshizaka

16 years old

Hiroki Sugimoto

Haru Okumura

Hidehiko Uesugi

Yuka Ayase

Minato Arisato/Kotone Shiomi

Junpei Iori

Yukari Takeba

Fuuka Yamagishi

Yu Narukami

Yosuke Hanamura

Chie Satonaka

Yukiko Amagi

Naoto Shirogane

15 years old

Rise Kujikawa

Akira Kurusu

Ryuji Sakamoto

Ann Takamaki

Yusuke Kitagawa

Unknown. Between Ages 16-18

Kanji Tatsumi

Goro Akechi

Futaba Sakura

Sumire Yoshizawa

Kenta Yokouchi

Tomomi Fujimori

Kumi Hirose

Michiko Matsudaira

Yuriko Yamamoto

Unknown. Could have been a child, a teen, or an adult

Takeda

Unknown. Could have been a child or a teen

Eikichi Mishina

Akihiko Sanada

Shinjiro Aragaki

Unknown. Could have been a child

Mitsuru Kirijo

Takaya Sakaki

Jin Shirato

Chidori Yoshino

13 years old

Maya Amano

Akari Hoshi

11 years old

Ken Amada

9 years old

Randolph Carter

8 years old

Tatsuya Suou

2 years old

Morgana

The moment she was born

Aigis

Koromaru

???

Teddie

Sophia

[sesskagarchive]

Fic search question + General PSA

@ladyheartblack :

Hello! I'm looking for docs I read long ago about sesskag but the second pair was inuyasha and Rin! I'm trying every where, please?

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Admin Chie:

We have a InuRin sidepairing list here.

In searching everywhere, please also check our Index to see if we might have a rec list that may feature the fic you are looking for.

If the fic you're looking for is not featured on this list, I'm not sure where to even begin to search for it with that little detail to go on.

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Also as a general PSA: our ask box is closed for a reason, and I would appreciate it if people would stop using the submission feature to circumvent it, as this is not the first time that's happened. If you have an urgent fic search question, please try making a post in the sesskag tag for everyone to see, or send an ask to @sesskag instead. Thank you.

[ransprang]

I just saw your post about Sendo’s s/o putting eyeliner on him and I loved it ❤️❤️ Could you do the same sort of prompt with Kimura, Miyata, and Takamura please? I’m so happy that someone is writing for Haiime no Ippo. It’s such an underrated anime

aww thank you <33 yess i got into HNI recently and was so surprised that there's basically no content out there?? if you have any other requests send them in! :)

HNI boys x s/o putting eyeliner on them HCS

Mamoru Takamura

takamura is hesitant, but mostly because he thinks makeup is something for girls and he is a "manly man" (his words)

you eventually manage to convince him by promising to do anything he wants afterwards, for which of course he only has one thing in mind

when he actually sees the final look in the mirror he quite likes it because he looks a bit more fierce. it gets him excited because he realises he can look scarier in his fights, "y/o can you make me look like a bear?? NO, A HAWK??"

he will actually let you do some makeup before his defense / title matches

he calls aoki and kimura (well mostly kimura) to annoy them through vague wording about what happened today "OI LOSER GUESS WHAT. Y/N AND I DID FACE STUFF TODAY HAHAHAHAHHA" (then you both may or may not proceed to do actual face stuff ahem)

takamura may even let you do more makeup on him like eyeshadoow as long as you can make him look scary

(Miyata & Kimura under cut)

Ichiro Miyata

miyata would initially be surprised by your actions, but then assume that he probably must have bored you to the point where you had to resort to such an idea

he is aware that people call him 'pretty boy', but that doesn't really affect his masculinity so he pretty easily let's you do his eyeliner

he'd sit down on a chair unsure of what to do so he just folds his arms and closes his eyes, "is this okay?"

he'd stiffen a bit when you sit on his lap, but still will do his best to remain still as he feels a strange sensation on his eyelids

when you're done, you follow behind him to a mirror. you swear you saw a small smile form on miyata's face, "this looks very interesting"

"i think you look pretty handsome actually" you say from behind him, giving him a hug. in a soft voice he replies, "thank you.."

Tatsuya Kimura

when you ask him if you can put eyeliner on him he immediately says yes. like he'd be so dumb to reject quality time together

the two of you sit on his bed as you lean over and do his eyeliner

kimura secretly enjoys having your attention on him even if it's just for a few minutes. having you so close to him also makes him feel very special

when you're done he reaches for a handheld mirror and looks shook by how talented you are

he tackles you onto the bed with a hug and murmurs about how lucky he is to have an artistically talented s/o

unfortunately he doesn't have the confidence to wear the eyeliner out in public mostly in fear of what takamura will say. he knows takamura will make fun of him hardcore and he doesn't need that to ruin this special thing between the two of you

(manga content) when chie is over at his house while you are also there, he asks you to put eyeliner on him. when the look is done she looks at him and tells him he looks pretty like a magical girl c:

yours liningly,

admin sar

[sesskag]

There is no tolerance in this fandom for bullies. Pushing other creators down and disparaging their work and their person behind their back does not make your own work rise above or be better than the rest.

Fandom is not a competition. Fandom is not a space that welcomes only those who are deemed "good enough" by some arbitary metric of one person's choosing. There are no entrance fees or membership forms you need to fill out and have accepted in order to join the fandom.

Fandom is a place where everyone is welcome. Where you can just wander in and stay however long or short as you like. Fandom is about the love we all share about this silly old show and comic. Fandom is the fondness we all feel towards these characters. Fandom is about all of us coming together and talking about this show and characters. Writing stories. Making art. Making friends. Supporting and encouraging one another. Watching silently from the sidelines but sharing in on the love. Because lurking is valid, too.

Fandom is a community, and a healthy community does not drive away talented creators like ours has in the recent years. A ship this small should not have such a ridiculous number of Discord servers.

At the end of the day, we're all just fans of this silly old anime. Of this little non-canon ship that other people will likely never understand.

But we do. And that's what we should focus on. On what has brought us here. On welcoming and respecting one another. On the history of our fandom and those who've helped build this space for us. On the lovely memories we carry in our hearts and the friendships we have forged here over the years. On the myriad of different and diverse fanworks that form the backbone of our fandom. On the wonderful and varied talents so many creators have shared with us. On the wonderful support we've received from one another. On the fact that as fans, we're all equal in this space; that just because someone's work has gained more popularity than usual does not raise that person above all other creators.

We need to focus on reclaiming and rebuilding our community and making it a safe space where everyone is welcome, just as they are.

-- Admin Chie

SessKag Fandom Chat

Before I write more, I want to first say that this is not a warm and fuzzy Tumblr post. There has been a lot going on in the SessKag fandom over the past couple years, and this post is going to be discussing what has happened and what is still happening behind the scenes there. If you are not in the mental or heart space to invest time in fandom drama, this post is not what you are looking for right now. If you want to preserve your peace or do not want to be made aware of the unsavory details of what has occurred, now would be the time to scroll.

If you are still here…

I want to start by saying that this post was not approached lightly. Myself and others have watched for a long time now (mostly) quietly as certain creators and participants in the SessKag fandom have incited discontentment and exclusivity under the pretense of “support” and “inclusion.”

At best, they have spread individual perspectives that they falsely attribute to the masses; at worst, they have been outright bullying.

I am going to attempt to be as non-confrontational as possible. What has been going on, however, makes this effort intrinsically limited. But due to the harm that has occurred, negative things will be discussed. It’s the nature of the beast. I’m not going to say the names of those involved in this negative behavior. Fandom being what it is, many have already noticed who’s doing what and have spoken of it in their own circles. So, while I am not saying names, many of you reading this will regardless know. I cannot help that.

To those who have been doing this, my first instinct was to show fandom in no uncertain terms what you have said and been orchestrating behind the scenes. There is plenty of screenshot evidence showing how you talk about creators, their works, and even your own supposed friends when you think no one is looking. But, as others in this fandom far wiser than me pointed out, too many would be unnecessarily hurt by this because they don’t know what you’re saying behind their backs while you smile to their faces and put up a false pretense of support. So, for the time being at least, those will not be shared.

It is hard to know what to share about everything that has happened, but a bit back, this post popped up on Tumblr, and the hashtags pretty much hit the nail on the head and described this situation within SessKag perfectly. So, I am going to piggyback off these hashtags to talk about the garbage this select group of people has been inciting. Hashtags are taken directly from the post previously linked.

#fandom is supposed to be a community#fandom is not a competition or popularity contest

Communities evolve, and fandom is no exception to this. What matters about fandom is that a group of people have come together to share a common interest. Sometimes, that interest leads to closer friendships that are long-lasting, and that’s  part of the magic of fandom. But in the last couple of years, for some reason some of you have taken the focus off the relationships and what brought everyone together to begin with. Instead, a higher value has been placed on “stats,” whose work is being talked about, shared, who’s winning fandom awards, etc. And when it wasn’t what you wanted to see, for some asinine reason, you took it personally and made it your mission to try and change it to what you wanted by tearing others down.

There’s nothing wrong with trying to promote works that may be falling under the radar; there is something wrong with the way you’ve gone about it.

There have been a few different distasteful tactics involved, which are discussed below. What I speak of here is stuff there is screenshot evidence for or other virtual evidence:

 “Squash” posting, where you intentionally try to push the content of others down feeds

Event mimicry

Post mimicry

Collection theft

Server poaching (There is nothing wrong with inviting people to Discord servers you create. There is, however, something wrong with staying in servers you bash behind the scenes for the sole purpose of trying to pad your own member list. This is especially true when you send “recruitment” messages that in any way disparage the efforts of the servers in which you disingenuously stay.)

Performance expectations (Behind the scenes, you have been hypercritical of people who are not as active in fandom as you deem required to be considered “valid.”)

Bashing authors behind the scenes (You can critique works you read; there is nothing wrong with that. But there is a difference between critique and bashing. And while no one can control what you choose to say and do, bashing is not okay. Making assumptions about authors’ personal lives and character based on their work is not okay.)

On the matter of mimicry, the behavior has been particularly appalling. SessKag does have some established fandom events and spaces that have been around for years. Certain people, who are sometimes also creators, are a part of keeping these things together. And they have done so consistently for years. This doesn’t mean that other people can’t make their own spaces or events—they absolutely can and should. But trying to reinvent the wheel and “takeover” what exists, is a different matter. Why do I say “takeover” in particular? Well, the server poaching mentioned above is one reason. But there has also been:

Name-calling and insults

Outright admissions that you are attempting to usurp these established efforts because yours are, quote, “better”

Expressions of violence when those running these established SessKag events and spaces say or do something you don’t like 

It should go without saying, but none of this is okay or appropriate. At all.

To the one spearheading this effort, I’m going to speak to you as a writer for a moment. There is this well-established fact in writing that it’s all been said and done, but it hasn’t necessarily been said and done by you before. So, if you have a creative idea, giving that an outlet is something you should do. But remember also that writers are warned that things can become predictable, redundant, or boring if all we do is approach it the same way. In the most extreme cases, it results in plagiarism and copyright violations. IP theft. Bringing something new to the table within a genre, subverting tropes—all this is important to making creations that share inherent characteristics with others  unique. It also serves to avoid outright copying.

Oscar Wilde said it best: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”

There is no room for copying and takeover attempts in any space. This does nothing more than destroy communities. If there is something more to add, add it. But adding to fandom means doing just that. It does not require the attempts there have been (and there absolutely have been) to destroy existing spaces and take someone’s idea and “do it better,” especially when your reasons to do so are nothing more than personal or straight up contrived.

#and no one is ‘higher’ than another because they write or draw or have a lot of followers #abolish this idea of hierarchy#we’re all here together and we’re equals

This one is especially interesting. Somewhere along the squall line of this drama, the concept of “pillars” came out. That is, this group of people inciting disquiet decided that certain authors were SessKag “pillars” because their work was popular, and these works were recognizable to a broad audience within our fandom. Others deemed “pillars” were involved in helping run different fandom circles they volunteer their time for. But for some reason, you all decided to paint these people as diabolical. As terrible people. As awful people. Other things I won’t waste time saying here.

And you do not know them.

I’m going to speak personally for a moment because I do know a lot of the “pillars” you’ve talked about and spread rumors about this way. They’re friends of mine, and they are some of the sweetest, most caring, honest, and heartfelt people out there. They do not call themselves “pillars” nor view themselves as such. And you’ve taken a steaming digital dump on them because, for some reason, them participating in fandom in the same manner that anyone else does has made you angry.

This is a you problem. And it is a big you problem.

“Pillars” do not control fandom audiences, and fandom audiences are allowed to consume whatever stories and art they wish. Just as we’ve seen within any genre of fictional works, some stories garner more attention and are more broadly read and discussed. That is literature. That is life.

No creator has done you wrong by writing/ drawing a well-loved work.

No member of the fandom audience has done you wrong liking any popular work.

For that matter, no one has done you wrong not consuming or commenting on your works. That is not owed—to any of us. Of course, we love feedback. But it is not required for anyone to leave feedback to be a good fandom member or a part of fandom.

There was no concept of hierarchy in SessKag until you all started this nonsense. You attributed a label, intent, and attitude to people you do not know that doesn’t even exist within them. But you committed to this garbage based on nothing but your own perceptions and false assumptions. This is not okay, and singling out people like this accomplishes the opposite of what community is supposed to do.

The only time there is a “hierarchical” structure, so to speak, is perhaps in fandom events or projects. And that’s because the whole world of fandom can’t manage a single event. It would be chaos. So, there’s an event runner who orchestrates things and sets up the rules, and if one chooses to participate in that event? Yes, there is a reasonable expectation that you go along with what the event coordinator has set up.

Fandom spaces like Discord servers, blogs, events, etc. are never without a need for help. Help has been asked for repeatedly in the past in SessKag spaces. What that help requirement is will vary by situation. But it’s not like there has never been an opportunity to step up and help in these roles. There has been. So we also cannot fairly say that certain people are just trying to control things in Sesskag, as you have also done. Participating in these broad fandom spaces has always been welcomed.

#and fic and art are not ‘content’#content just means stuff#what writers and artists make is more than just stuff

I touched on this briefly earlier, but we’re going to loop around back to it. Somewhere in the past couple of years, you’ve decided that people must actively create to “matter” in fandom. This is ludicrous. Fandom is a place to come as you are when you can come. Everything in fandom is done on a voluntary basis and is a labor of love. People have lives that take priority over fandom—as they should. Expecting that people constantly churn out fanworks to be considered relevant is unreasonable, and there's no place for this mentality in fandom. 

There is also plenty of screenshot evidence showing where you criticize what creators choose to produce, complaining about their works’ genres, tropes, etc. To add to the list, you are complaining behind the scenes about specific creators never reading nor commenting on your works or other works you think they should be doing so on.

So, to that, several things need to be said:

The only requirement in fandom is not being a jerk to others.

No creator owes a fandom stories.

No creator owes a fandom fanart.

No creator owes you fanworks that meet your preferred tropes, genres, categories, etc. rather than what they want to produce.

No creator/ reader owes you comments on your fics.

No creator/ reader is required to read your or any other creator’s fanworks.

No one is doing you or anyone else wrong by not doing these things.

Everything I said up above is true. 100%. Non-negotiable. Yes, it’s nice when we get comments or find works that fit our preferences. And, yes, creators and readers can have very valid frustrations on these matters. But you still don’t call the shots on what others do for fandom or what they consume. 

Fandom is no one’s personal playground where everyone must cater to your whims. You curate your own experience, and that’s it. But that’s not how you’ve chosen to act. Of course, you aren’t physically there to breathe down fandom members’ necks and try to make them do what you want. But when they don’t do these things that you’ve arbitrarily set up as “rules,” they are suddenly doing something wrong, and you put them on blast behind the scenes. 

This is where things begin to take a devious turn. In public fandom spaces, and we’ll include closed servers in this, you give lip service to the opposite. You express for people to do as they want when they can. But in the private conversations, you’re speaking out the other side of your mouth. You’re trashing people for violating your personal expectations on these matters.

Again, that is neither appropriate nor okay.

It also contributes to ableism in the fandom. That’s another topic in and of itself, but the bottom line is that not everyone can consume or produce content the way that your expectations demand–all for different and valid reasons. Whether or not that is understood by you doesn’t matter. It also doesn’t negate that it is ableist.

Following this, there has been this new idea perpetuated that “old works” or creators are out of touch or don’t matter anymore, but that is not how art nor literature works. Never has been. And significance and impact are not limited by a timeline that a handful of people arbitrarily decide. On top of this, it’s a massive lack of respect for the fans and creators that helped to build this fandom well before you ever dipped your toes into it. Disparaging old works in the manner you have does nothing more than poison the well, so to speak, because those works are either the whole reason people have a fandom to enjoy to begin with. Or, in the case of works created only a handful of years back, they’re a part of fond, meaningful fandom memories for SessKag fans.

Works stick in people’s minds based on that work’s own merit. This is why you have people who love maybe a single book by an author, but they don’t like any of their other stuff. It’s why you might enjoy one song by an artist and then none of their other music. You can’t make something suddenly more significant to people by telling them that something is more relevant or better just because it’s newer. That’s a single criterion in a long list of reasons on why works become loved by individuals, and the consumption of any art form is subjective to begin with. Trying to police how people perceive these fandom writings and artworks is an inappropriate and misplaced effort.

You have the same opportunity any other fandom creator does to create a fanwork with a long-lasting impact on the fandom. At the end of the day, it's the luck of the draw. Creators don't know what is going to stick with readers and become a broadly-loved fanwork. It just happens when it does.

The works and fandom members make that decision for all of us.

#let’s make fandom more of a community again and lift each other up and support each other and make friends again

Many of you have been in the SessKag fandom for a long time. Some of us have participated for a little bit now, and others are very new. No matter where you sit in terms of fandom longevity or how you contribute, you are a part of this fandom. You matter. Your thoughts, feelings, and opinions—as far as they do not harm nor attempt to control others—are valid. It doesn’t matter if your most recent fanwork share was yesterday or ten years ago. It doesn’t matter if you do nothing but lurk. There is no requirement to be a part of fandom except that you’re here for the subject matter and aren’t a jerk to others.

Fair is fair. As much as everything here in this post addresses a distasteful lack of judgment, humans are going to human. We all have moments where our asses show, and we all have moments we need to learn from. What we do when we realize that is what really matters because none of us are perfect. No one should expect perfection. Everyone, even friends we love and hold dear, will screw up at one time or another, and this is one reason why relationships take work.

I don’t want to step away from this without acknowledging positives to those people this post addresses. None of this means that, if you have been hurt by anyone in fandom, that you suddenly have to make nice and be buddy-buddy with them. No. You’re allowed to set and keep boundaries. But life is nuanced, so in light of that I do think it’s important to recognize more than just the bad that’s been thrown in our faces lately.

To those of you participating in everything discussed in this post, you guys are parents, spouses, friends—just like all of us. I know you have been there to support each other when that has been needed, and you all also contribute a whole lot of joy to fandom. People love the work you all put out there. Why? Because you are a talented group of people. I have seen art and moments in fanfiction you all have created that resonate with me and make me feel things. There is so much beauty in what you all contribute and can contribute to fandom. And really, moving forward, I hope that is what stands out and shines. Because that is the part of you people look at and are inspired by. These are the kinds of things that make fandom a better place and fosters an environment of friendship and a shared love for a niche thing that not everyone out there gets. But we do. We share that.

All this other stuff? It’s unnecessary. It doesn’t support fandom. It doesn’t support the people in it. It kills the spirit of fandom that has always made it the special thing it is. But it’s also something that can be left in the past. It doesn’t have to be how you choose to move forward.

All these people you have been talking about in the dark corners of Discord and the like? They’re people just like your friends. They’re people just like you. And again, I hope you take a moment to reflect on how you really do not know them well enough to be making the character accusations you have. A lot of assertions have been made in a way that acts like you know them better than you do. That is deeply inaccurate, and unfortunately because people’s names have been dragged through the mud, we have to point that out. Because at the end of the day, there are people you’ve said these falsehoods to who, until now, have heard nothing but your opinions on people you largely do not know.

As previously stated, humans will human. We will all mess up. But it’s how we choose to move forward after we’re aware of it that truly matters.

Here’s to choosing to do what is right. And here’s to SessKag reclaiming what it once was. 

[fyeahpersona]

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth feat. P4 Cast Pt. II

[sesskagficrecs]

Happy International Fanworks Day!

To celebrate, I’m launching a new blog. There can never be too many blogs or too many fic recs, right?

We already have @sesskagarchive that specialises on themed fic rec lists and which will accept fic rec requests. But I figured it would be nice to have a way to share fic recs in a more flexible and less time consuming manner.

This blog will be for individual fic recs (one rec per post) and for fic quotes.

And as the biggest difference to how SessKag Archive is run, I’d very much like YOU to join! If you read a lot of SessKag fics and feel up to sharing the ones you like with others, I’d love for you to come on board this blog!

DM me if you’re interested in joining this new fic reccing community!

- Admin Chie / @chierafied

[sesskag]

Hello, being following your blog for a long time now. Although I never had a tumblr account before. You are doing a great job of compiling snippets of the sesskag ship for me to explore. I remember reading about a new sesskag website plan back in like 2021/2022. PMO I think it was called. I even put a few bucks into the gofundme. Was it a failure? Cause the website doesn’t work. Any idea what happened? I don’t want to think it was a scam.

Hello, friend!

TL;DR : You have absolutely no need to worry about PMO. It was not a scam.

What I think, my dear, is that critical thinking skills are a very valuable asset in this day and age. Not taking everything you see on the internet at the face value is a healthy practice. But I also think that at the end of the day, you should still hold onto your faith in humanity.

I can't blame you for having doubts, especially when there was never too much information available on what happened with PMO, unfortunately. But fostering these kind of doubts against a fellow fan just really saddens me, because we do not need that kind of division or discord in a fandom as small as ours.

To combat the negativity of the world and the much too abundant cynicism, I prefer to err on the side of kindness and positivity. And kindness and positivity and support are definitely the kind of values we want to foster in the fandom, to keep it a safe space for everyone.

I personally donated more than a few bucks for the PMO, just as I have been donating funds for the upkeep of Dokuga multiple times over the years. SessKag fandom has been my home on the internet for a long time, and I'm happy that I'm financially secure enough to be able to help where I can. Poor Wiccan is currently paying for Dokuga's upkeep out of her own pockets. Who knows how much PMO's owner invested themselves.

You wouldn't think that Dokuga, the site that has been serving our fandom for the last 16 years, is a scam because it has had to rely on donations from the fans? Is AO3 a scam because they have annual fundraising drive? You know what what Dokuga and AO3 have in common? They're independent websites unpolluted by advertisements and third parties who want to get their hands on your personal data. How rare and amazing is that, in this day and age?

I have some idea, though certainly not all, about what happened to PMO, as I was only ever peripherally involved with the site. But as PMO themselves have not offered a full on explanation, it is not my place to make public the whole sorry saga. What I can say that there were technical issues with the site, and the party responsible for those was contracted and wholly outside our fandom.

I have nothing but compassion and admiration for PMO and what it stood for, for those several months that the site was operational. From personal experience of just hosting a few fandom blogs over here, I have some kind of a guess at how much time and energy such a huge undertaking as trying to put an entire website together for our fandom to use and then maintaining it would consume. And let's face it, most of us SessKag fans are well into our 30s or more by now. We're out here, living the busiest years of our lives and juggling to balance our love of SessKag with our other hobbies, our full time jobs, our friends and family, possibly children, possibly health issues, and with Naraku knows whatever bullshit life might deign to throw at us at any moment.

PMO's owner is a visionary, a friend, and a fellow fan I respect. They put in their best effort, and I appreciate the heck out of it. They had the best interests of our fandom

For the nearly 19 years I've been in the SessKag fandom, we have had a website of our own. First we had Single Spark, then we had Dokuga. For a brief while we had PMO. I think having our own safe corner of the internet has honestly made a real difference. We wouldn't have such a strong sense of community we do these days, if we hadn't had Dokuga forums and chatroom way before Discord or this Tumblr blog came to be. Having our own site is something I want to hold on to. And our SessKag community is something that I will always choose to believe in, 100%.

-- Admin Chie

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Announcing SessKag Week 2024!

SessKag week is back again! 😊

The event will be held from

Monday 29th of July till Sunday 4th of August

The week's theme will be CANON VS AU.

More information as well as the week's prompts will be posted on Wednesday, 3rd of July!! I'm hoping this will give all of you wishing to participate enough time to prepare! 😊

Follow our blog and keep your eyes peeled on our hashtags: skw2024 and sesskagweek2024!

Hope to see many of you creating! 💕

-- Admin Chie

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SessKag Mystery Author March Is Here!

It's March at last and our event begins!

We have 12 fic writers who signed up for the event and posted their work and now there are 12 new fics for all you guys to read at our

Mystery Author March AO3 collection!

So please head over there to read our fantastic stories and start guessing who penned them!

Each fic has an individualised poll link attached to it, which you can click to go submit your vote and choose one of the 12 authors you think wrote the fic. For funsies, you can also leave a line or two to tell us why you chose to vote for this writer for the fic, but that one is not obligatory!

For your convenience, I've also compiled each fic in our event here.

SessKag Myster Author March Masterlist:

Story 1: A Little Push [ Rated G. 1,179 words. ] by @kaoruhana08

Story 2: Ain't it exciting, the rumble where you lay? [ Rated E. 1,103 words. ] by @deadlyglacier

Story 3: Anthropological Purposes [ Not Rated. 1,017 words. ]

by @proudhanyou

Story 4: Hard Day's Night [ Rated E. 1,478 words. ] by @chierafied

Story 5: i got you (lightning from the start) [ Rated T. 1,460 words. ] by MiddaySuperH / @theturtleducks

Story 6: Live Today, Die Tomorrow [ Rated E. 1,499 words. ] by Walter205

Story 7: Lost and Found [ Rated G. 700 words. ] by @drosselmeyerwrites

Story 8: Of Vernal Winds and Second Chances [ Rated G. 1,395 words. ] by TenshiEren/@gingermintpepper

Story 9: Roadblock [ Rated G. 890 words. ] by @shortfry

Story 10: Start Again [ Rated M. 601 words. ] by the troll

Story 11: Unpredictable [ Rated M. 1,091 words. ] by Wicked

Story 12: Where Curiosity Leads [ Rated T. 1,500 words. ] by @kalira

Thank you so much for all our wonderful fic writers for taking part and blessing us with your fics! This event wouldn't have happened without you! 💙💙 I hope everyone will have fun reading and guessing! Stay tuned for the promotion posts for each fic and of course, for the big reveals on the final week of March when we'll finally get to see who wrote what! -- Admin Chie

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Hi guys! I made this collection today for any seasonal SessKag stories. There are sub-collections centred on particular holidays (New Year, Valentine's, Halloween & Christmas) and one for any other holiday.

You're welcome to add in your own stories, if you wish! 😊

And I hope this makes it easier for everyone to find seasonal fics to read when the mood strikes!

-- Admin Chie