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#100 - May 11th, 2019 - The last one

Well, folks... this week marks our 100th Saturday celebrating Han and Leia’s love! 💖 And it is also the last time, at least for now. This is a decision I’ve contemplated several times, but I finally decided on it when we hit the 90th edition. Believe me, it wasn’t easy!

When I began, I did so for “selfish” reasons: I wanted to see new Han/Leia content regularly and to make content-makers feel encouraged to create more of it. I also wanted something that would hold me accountable to create every week. Unfortunately, although there were many Han/Leia content-creators on Tumblr after TFA was released, the fandom slowly petered out. If it wasn’t for the amazing @lajulie24, our masterlist would have been empty several times. Even though this was supposed to be for fun, that situation was stressful to me, since every week I thought “I need to do something in case nobody else posts!”, and that was either not always possible or I ended up posting something I wasn’t happy with. I know it sounds silly, but it’s the way my brain works.

Ending Scoundress Saturdays is a selfish choice, too: I want to be able to focus on the projects I actually want to write instead of hurrying out stuff that I’m not feeling and that I won’t finish in time anyway. I also realized that soon it just might not be possible for me to juggle work with making these posts, promote them and make the masterlists.

I am sad because... it’s the end of an era! Many people have told me how much Scoundress Saturdays means to them, and they didn’t know this but it was what kept me going. Many writers have taken the plunge and shared their fics because of our little weekly event. Scoundress Saturdays was a welcome distraction in my gloomy days and I hope it was the same for you, too. I am also relieved, though, and excited to finally let myself approach writing differently. I hate to think of taking Scoundress Saturdays away from you all, but I need to think of myself now.

HOWEVER, I want to keep nurturing the Han/Leia Tumblr fandom. Maybe I can’t do something every single week anymore, but we could come up with a monthly event or maybe short challenges a few times a year... what do you guys think? My inbox is open now and always for ideas! You’re also more than welcome to keep using the #scoundressaturdays tag. Sorry this got so long, and thank you all so much for joining me in this journey 😊✨

How does this work?

- You can see the original post here. Basically, this is your weekly chance to produce Han/Leia content, post the latest chapter of your fic, finish that WIP you’ve had lying around for a while, or show some love to creators by making a rec list.

- There are no rules and no requirements other than to have fun and create something positive for the ship. You can write fic, make edits, make art, share meta; any type of Han/Leia content is welcome.

- Since you will be posting your works on your own blogs, you need to include #scoundressaturdays (copy/paste to avoid typos or the post will show up in a different tag) within the first five tags so people can track the tag and see all the posts there.

- If you aren’t a creator or you can’t work on anything this week, you can still join in the fun by reblogging your favourite posts or making rec lists!

- I do ask that since my intention is to make this a fun, positive event for Han/Leia fans, please don’t use the tag for ship/character hate, tragic or messed up content, content that includes Kylo Ren or R/eylo, or personal/unrelated posts.

Will there be prompts?

If you don’t have any works in progress, I will post at least one prompt every week for inspiration. You’re welcome to use them for fic, edits, meta, fanart and interpret them however you want. You can also check and use old prompts!

This week’s prompts are…

- “Even when I’m not thinking about you, I’m still kinda thinking about you.”

- Denouement: the resolution of a narrative

Happy Scoundress Saturday!!