#sc passions and pastimes

[sc-passions-and-pastimes]

DAY 2 REVEALS

The Straight Man's Game

[Patrick Brewer/David Rose, Stevie Budd & David Rose - G - 11,138]

Patrick is a popular and successful professional hockey player. David, who has parlayed his presence on Alexis’s reality show into a successful acting career, has landed a coveted role in a movie. The role is a hockey player and David knows nothing about the sport. Patrick agrees to let David shadow him and learn from him.

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parallax

[Patrick Brewer/David Rose - T - 5,069]

Parallax (per-ə-ˌlaks) (n.) The effect by which the position of an object seems to change when it is looked at from different positions; a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight.

Patrick doesn't have an eye for art; he doesn't pay much attention to painting or sculptures. But he likes photography. Well, he likes a photographer in particular, anyway. The mysterious artist known only as D.R. — a black-and-white film photographer from New York — may have disappeared from the world years ago... but Patrick still treasures the one print he'd purchased during a business trip in the city. After all, it may have given him the courage to break his own heart, move to a city he'd never heard of, and meet the love of his life.

He hasn't thought about in years. That is, until he's picking up lunch at the café and something familiar catches his eye. The tone, the light — he'd know an original D.R. photo anywhere.

"Oh, this?" Twyla grinned, pointing to the frame on the restaurant wall. "David gave me that."

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Chef's Kiss

[Patrick Brewer & David Rose, Alexis Rose & David Rose, Patrick Brewer & Alexis Rose - T - 3,123 ]

Alexis wants to make dinner for Johnny's birthday, but does not know how to cook. Patrick offers to teach her (and David). After months of hiding their feelings for each other, could this cooking lesson possibly turn into something more?

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Angora Throws

Patrick Brewer/David RosePatrick Brewer & Ronnie - G - 808]

David starting a knitting group at the store is a development that Patrick wasn’t expecting.

NOTE TO CREATORS: If your work is part of today’s reveals, please update the posting date of the work to today’s date so it shows up fresh in the AO3 feed.

[tyfinn]

My contribution to the Passions & Pastimes Fest: Chef's Kiss

Alexis wants to make dinner for Johnny's birthday, but does not know how to cook.

Patrick offers to teach her (and David). After months of hiding their feelings for each other, could this cooking lesson possibly turn into something more?

[queenmabcreates]

Thank you! 💙🖤

Just wanted to say I appreciate you all so much! I know the fandom has slowed a bit but I always look forward to the weekly recs and it brings so much joy to the fandom.

Since it’s now March and almost Spring, do you have any faves that touch on gardening or springy themes???

Thank you, friend. We appreciate the kind words very much.

We do have some springy gardening fics for you:

The Blanket Burrito of Sadness - asoftplacetoland

The Dryads Dance At Night - AWorldOfDreams ( @a-noble-dragon)

Forever I'm Yours, Forever I Do - lucianowriter

go out with you in powder blue - @simplymarleycat

Grow As We Go - @neelyo67, @landofsonlali

Growing Pains - @sspaz1000

I'll Keep Your Brittle Heart Warm - @nontoxic-writes

in a green field in the sun - hudders-and-hiddles (@wild-aloof-rebel)

Plant Your Love and Let It Grow - AWorldOfDreams (@a-noble-dragon)

Putting Down Roots - @this-is-not-nothing

A Seed Once Sown - @jamilas-pen

Spring Forward, Fall Back - The_Same_But_Different

Take a Break - @treluna4

What more could he ask? - @queenmabcreates You Seem So Free - High-Seas-Swan (@noahreids)

[goodiecornbread]

This Passions & Pastimes fic used my prompt!

Patrick doesn't really have an eye for art; he doesn't pay much attention to painting or sculptures. But he likes photography. Particularly, a black-and-white film photographer from New York. He doesn't remember how or where he'd come across the prints, but Patrick had been captivated by the first one he laid eyes on. Can you see the artist through their art? Can you fall in love with the photographer by only knowing their photos? However, two or so years ago, the mysterious artist known only as D.R. [subject to change at author's discretion] disappeared from the world. The Instagram page left without update, the subreddit full of speculation and rumors. Patrick can't say he isn't more than disappointed. Until one day, when he's walking through his new town and something catches his eye. The tone, the light-- he'd know an original DR photo anywhere. "Oh, this?" Twyla grinned, pointing to the frame on the restaurant wall. "David gave me that."

It's sooo good, you guys. Go read it.

[stereopticons]

Fic Writing Review 2023

Thanks for the tag @hippolotamus!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Words and Fics

53,271 words published to ao3

an estimated 31,700 unpublished words in WIPs written this year

2 published fandoms (Schitt's Creek and RWRB) and one unpublished (911)

Most recent drop: currently two advent drabble collections: ribbons and bows (SC) and my only wish is one more year (and then i want them all) (RWRB)

Longest (published) fic: we were loud like love (david/patrick, E, 5.1k) (it was a rough year)

Caveat to that is that indie band patrick is currently ~26k and unpublished, all of that was written this year

Top Fics by Kudos

never knew a home until i found your hands (alex/henry, E, 1k)

paint me up (you're my favorite color) (david/patrick, E, 2.5k)

in the long tresses of your hair (i am a babbling brook) (david/patrick, T, 1.3k)

let my love fix you up (david/patrick, T, 1.7k)

tangle and stretch (david/patrick, T, 3.3k)

My fandom fic events in 2023

Raisins in Zhampagne New Years Exchange: the world would make sense again (if i held your hand) (twylexis, T, 2.7k)

Schitt's Creek Rare Fest: your secret's safe with me (stevie/ruth, M, 3.1k)

World BDSM Day Writing Challenge (yes, I'm counting events I made up): catch my breath to breathe your name (david/patrick, E, 300)

Schitt's Creek Passions and Pastimes Fest: crossed words and open hearts (david/patrick, E, 2.6k) and parallax (collab with @indestructibleheart, david/patrick, T, 5k)

Smutsgiving part one and part two

+1-2 fics for Schitt's Creek Frozen Over

Upcoming Events and Projects for 2024

to finish and publish:

certain songs (aka, indie band patrick): David, owner of the recently re-opened Perennial gallery in New York gets dragged by Stevie to a show where the indie band the Creek Waders are performing. He crosses paths with the frontman and guitarist, Patrick, and finds himself intrigued. Mutual pining, David being an idiot, discussions about queer art, Stevie ex machina, etc etc.

gather up the avenues: David and Patrick dated while in New York but broke up, now neither of them can stand to be in the city because of all the memories. Patrick drives back home to Canada, but ends up stopping in a small town with a ridiculous sign, while David flees to the place with the stupid name his dad bought him for his birthday when he was a kid. I think you can see where this is going.

come on, get higher, loosen my lips: five times alex and henry talk on the phone and one time they wake up together (workshopping this description lol). Actually hoping to finish and publish this in 2023 but we'll see how it goes.

I have a lot of other projects I'd like to finish but I'm not going to list them all here. We'll see how this year goes. I also love an event (clearly) so plan to participate in some of those as they come up (hopefully for both SC and RWRB).

Tagging @indestructibleheart @blackandwhiteandrose @kiwiana-writes @rosedavid @mostlyinthemorning @apothecarose @lizzie-bennetdarcy @smblmn @myheartalivewrites @missgeevious

[rmd-writes]

For today's 12 Days of Fandom shout out, I want to thank the people behind @farm-witches-fic-recs and the mods (past and present) of @scfrozenover and @sc-passions-and-pastimes as well as @mostlyinthemorning for the tireless work they do to keep this fandom going! From fic recs to fic writing fests which give us so much incredible fic so read, from Noah Reid: Fashion Icon to fandom surveys and smutsgiving, you all do so much to spread joy and I, for one, am very appreciative of your work 💖

Share your own fandom love with the 12 Days of Fandom. Details here.

[schittscreekficrec]

Back with an extra post for October because we wanted to mention some of our favourite fics from the @sc-passions-and-pastimes fest! It was great having so much new Schitt's Creek content to consume. Thank you to the fest mods and all the creators who participated!

Something Brewing by iola17 @beaiola [david/patrick, T, one shot]

Paper by OneForTheDame @one-for-the-dame [david/patrick, G, one shot]

We belong to the sound of the words we've both fallen under by lonely_ampersand @smblmn [david/patrick, T, one shot]

Pieced Together by sunnyfreeze [david/patrick, G, one shot]

TFTC by iola17 @beaiola [david/patrick, T, one shot]

Let me play among the stars @jamilas-pen [david/patrick, G, one shot]

The trail leads back to you by @lizzie-bennetdarcy [david/patrick, T, one shot]

One of us also participated in the fest! Check out:

parallax by @roseapothecary and @stereopticons [david/patrick, T, one shot]

crossed hearts and open words by @stereopticons [david/patrick, E, one shot]

Don't forget to leave kudos and comments if you enjoy their works!

[mostlyinthemorning]

For Day 2 of the 12 Days of Fandom, I want to give a shout-out to @sc-passions-and-pastimes and @scfrozenover for continuing to provide fests to inspire fic and fanart in the Schitt's Creek fandom!

It's a ton of work to put on these fests and I appreciate the commitment of the mods to put them on and to everyone who participates as a reader or a writer - thank you!

The Passions and Pastimes fics are here and the Frozenover fics will drop next week (find them here when they do).

Want to share the fandom love? Join the 12 Days of Fandom! Get all the details.

[l56895]

Fic Writing Review 2023

I was tagged by @ramonaflow

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

2023 has ended up being a massive writing year for me apparently…

Words and Fics

237,058 words published to AO3

6 fandoms

Most recent fic: Stuck

Longest fic: Wicked Game

Top fics by kudos

Wicked Game (386, Heartstopper, M)

You Brought Me Through This Darkness (315, The Rookie, unrated)

Behind Closed Doors (110, The Rookie, M)

Nothing’s Ever Made More Sense (101, Heartstopper, G)

Fandom Fic Events

@schittscreekdrabbleblog Drabble challenge here

@sc-passions-and-pastimes here and on AO3

Projects for 2024

Wips

Stuck (time loop Heartstopper AU)

Birds of a Feather (an Animal Ark story I’ve been writing on and off since 2018!)

If eyes could talk then yours would sing (slightly canon-divergent Heartstopper angst)

I tag anyone who wants to join in!

[sweatersinthesummer]

With this year's @sc-passions-and-pastimes fics being revealed, I want to share my entry from two years ago. It has a special place in my heart. There's also a podfic, done by some wonderful friends!

Do I have to spell it out for you? (T, 4228)

My entry for the @sc-passions-and-pastimes fest! I have received so many lovely comments on this one. I may have chosen this prompt out of bitterness for getting third place in the regional spelling bee in sixth grade. 

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Patrick withdrew his hand and pointed his thumb towards himself. “You’re looking at the West Canthor Adult Spelling Bee champion for the last five years.”

David raised his eyebrow and nodded. “Ah.” He really didn’t have interest in bonding over spelling, though he had to admit he was somewhat intrigued. And also glad that this guy was from the other side of the country, so not really a threat to his title. “So you’re just visiting the area?” He could work with a visitor. A one- or two-night stand was just what David could use right now.

[sc-passions-and-pastimes]

We are very excited to kick off year three of Passions and Pastimes reveals!

Before we jump into the reveals, we want to thank all of the creators who submitted works, and everyone else for the interest and excitement in allowing us to bring another year of Passions and Pastimes to life.

We’ll be posting over 5 days: Monday through Friday, each day at noon, eastern time. With the schedule as it is now, you can expect 4-5 works per day. And finally, we’ll reveal creators on Monday, October 2nd at noon Eastern time.

NOTE TO CREATORS: If your work is part of today’s reveals, please update the posting date of the work to today’s date so it shows up fresh in the AO3 feed.

DAY 1 REVEALS

Something Brewing

[Patrick Brewer/David Rose - T - 13,749]

When David stumbles across Marcy and Clint at the market in Elmdale, he instantly knows their cider would be a huge hit at the store. Wanting him to get a better sense of their business, they invite him along to an evening event at the cidery where he spots the man playing live music on the stage. Cute, good voice, but not what David's here for...

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What more could he ask?

[Patrick Brewer/David Rose - G - 4,246]

David Rose is avoiding him after their first meeting at Ray’s and he doesn’t know why. He hopes planting the new community garden next to his store will give him a second chance to make a better impression.

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crossed words and open hearts

[Patrick Brewer/David Rose, Stevie Budd/Ruth Clancy - E - 2,568]

Five times David needs help with a crossword puzzle and one time he doesn't.

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Be Not Afraid

[Patrick Brewer - G - 611]

Patrick has a favorite hymn which he turns to for comfort.

[tyfinn]

Comgrats on your P&P fic friend! 🥳

Thank you!! 🥰

[carolrain]

9 people you want to get to know better

Thanks for tagging me, @chelle-68 @a-noble-dragon and @mammameesh!

Favourite Colour:  Purple, but also big into turquoise at the moment.

Currently Reading:  I finished “maybe if by magic” by earlylight this morning, and then I read the latest houdini (Wanted: Birthday Clown)—yay, so good! This afternoon or evening, I’ll start “Practical Magic Below the Waist: How to Spark Joy, or, Five Easy Steps to Master Interspecies Relations,” which, fun fact, is the longest 5+1 in the SC tag.

Last Song:  “Flying Over Water” by Jason Isbell.

Last Series:  I’m just flailing about looking for something now that Ted Lasso and Shrinking have ended. I don’t need anything as good or thinky as either of those, but I need something to at least half-watch in an empty house. I tried Daisy Jones & the Six and Mad About You, but neither stuck.

Last Movie:  I think it was She Said, which I had on in the background a few weeks ago while I played on the computer. Planning on Barbie sometime this week, though.

Currently working on:  My attitude. Ugh. I have a brilliant idea for Passions and Pastimes, but I don’t know if I trust myself to commit to and finish anything.

I don’t know who’s done this or who’s been tagged, so forgive me, but @mostlyinthemorning @statueinthestone @wearpersistencewell @smblmn @jesuisici33 (happy birthday!) @dytzyone @obsessedwithdavrick?

[mammameesh]

Fanfiction Writers Bingo

Thank you @mallpretzles, @a-noble-dragon, @tyfinn, @lizzie-bennetdarcy , and @welcometololaland for the tags. I feel so much love <3

I do in fact have a Fanfiction account, and before there I have a livejournal account (most was scrubbed during Covid). I don't think I have a Wattpad account? I do in fact have an A03 and have had one for 10 years. I love writing (and reading) smut. I roleplayed here on tumblr 10 or so years ago and at that time met my comet. We've been long distance friends ever since.

I'm neurodivergent, so where I could probably flail over your WIP and tell you (maybe) what I loved about it, writing is actually hard. Editing is hard, and I'm still not sure the rules for Betaing or being betad? As such, all I do is publish un-betad fics. I am hopefully going to get through for upcoming Fic 5k fest. Also it would be cool to have one for Passions and Pastimes....just saying.

I think most of my fics are self indulgent. Maybe I'm not understanding this concept?

I love keysmashes so I do try to leave them when I cannot be coherent.

We should seriously be allowed to leave 2nd kudos, am I right? Typically I just type in 2nd Kudos during a read through.

I love fluff but I have started to read some angst and I do think angst has it's place too! I write both F/F and M/M though mostly M/M.

I write for Schitt's Creek, 911 OG, 911 Lone Star and Red White & Royal Blue currently HOWEVER I DID THE MATH IT'S LITERALLY RIGHT NOW 87% SC.

I only love researching if that means rewatching the shows are staring at the actors. I write a lot based on my own experiences, not based on research. I use research when I have to. It's necessary.

Probably for my next fic, I will actually write an outline....once I've learned how to write an outline.

Don't we all anxiously await feedback? Sometimes I have to you know go clean or something instead of waiting.

I'm totally counting the Rose I crocheted myself as commissioned fanart because it wouldn't exist without fanfiction.

So many WIPs my lovely mutals...so many!

Editing and formatting is hell and that's one of the reasons I feel like I'm running late this week.

I constantly get ideas in the middle of the night!

I don't drink alcohol, but I need my caffeine!

Again, I think we all have that one fic that lies on the bottom of your statistics page, that you just want to have more love! (actually despite it being my 'least popular' I'm proud of that one!)

I would like to be a professional writer someday. Maybe at least once.

Welcome to info dumping, mutuals.

Um @jesuisici33 or @apothecarose have you done this? Otherwise I think everyone else I know has?

[indestructibleheart]

Fic Writing Review 2023!

Tagged by: @lizzie-bennetdarcy, @kiwiana-writes, @rmd-writes, and @stereopticons — thank you, my loves! 🥰❤️

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

So, as some of you know... 2023 was extremely difficult for me. I only have 7,147 words on AO3 for the year, and that includes the drabble collection I just started for the month of December. I didn't realize until I did this that I only published one full-length fic in 2023. Oof!

As a result, I'll be skipping most of this exercise and just focusing on my current projects and the future. Here is the full review completed by someone who wrote multiple fics lol.

Words and fics:

7,147 words published to AO3

2 fandoms (Schitt's Creek and Red, White, and Royal Blue)

Most recent drop: keep my baby warm through the wintertime (RWRB winter drabble collection)

My fandom and fic events published (or to be published) in 2023:

parallax for @sc-passions-and-pastimes with my beloved @stereopticons (David/Patrick, 5K, Rated T)

WIP: A sexy drabble fail from my December drabble collection

WIP: A canon divergence inspired by 'A Christmas Carol' for RWRB because I have a brand — I'm expecting to publish this one around Christmas, if I can get it done

WIP: Another holiday AU that I will not name because I'm not confident in my ability to finish it on time, so I'm not jinxing it

Upcoming events and projects for 2024:

The Coma Fic, as I've been calling it

My AU based on 'The Magicians' (I wrote a lot of this in 2023, and will be finishing it in 2024)

A playwright/actor AU

An AU based on a popular tv show

An AU based on a Disney movie

An AU based on a song from a musical

And probably some other stuff, lol.

Tagging: @blackandwhiteandrose, @cha-melodius, @cricketnationrise, @inexplicablymine, @jettestar, @maxbegone, @myheartalivewrites, @nontoxic-writes, @rmd-writes, @rosedavid, @vanillahigh00, @welcometololaland, @orchidscript, @ships-to-sail, and anyone else who wants to do this!

[stereopticons]

2023 writing round-up

Rules: Share what you wrote this year! It can be works you posted to Ao3, Wattpad, Tumblr, or anywhere else! You can share everything you wrote or just the ones you're most excited about.

Thanks for the tags, @hippolotamus @rmd-writes @kiwiana-writes. This has been a rough year but hey, we've almost made it through.

January

we were loud like love [david/patrick, E, 5k]

David wears a collar. Tenderness and filth ensues.

the world would make sense again (if i held your hand) [twylexis, T, 2.7k]

Twyla finally tries to get over her fear of flying to go visit Alexis. Alexis tries to make it easier for her.

if you'll be my star, i'll be your sky [david/patrick, T, 1.2k]

A small, late-night moment of domestic bliss in the kitchen of the cottage.

puzzling it out [david/patrick, E, 1.9k, part of the wordplay series]

A wrong answer on a crossword puzzle prompts an interesting discovery for Patrick.

February

with a hand on your side of the bed [david/patrick, T, 2.3k]

Five times David falls asleep without Patrick, and one time they wake up together.

March

paint me up (you're my favorite color) for @blackandwhiteandrose [david/patrick, E, 2.5k]

David wears nail polish. Patrick has a lot of feelings about it.

let my love fix you up for @rosedavid [david/patrick, T, 1.7k]

After Patrick is injured while hiking, David takes care of him.

April

your secret's safe with me for @scrarefest [stevie/ruth, M, 3.1k]

Stevie enlists David's help to plan a surprise party for Ruth. It goes about as well as one would expect.

let our shadows fall away like dust for @hippolotamus [david/patrick, E, 3.2k]

David has a bad day. Patrick makes it better the best way he knows how.

May

tangle and stretch [david/patrick, T, 3.3k]

Patrick sees David on a magazine as a child, and David weaves his way into Patrick's life without either of them realizing it.

June

in the long tresses of your hair (i am a babbling brook) [david/patrick, T, 1.3k]

An airplane meet-cute-ish in which Patrick finds himself obsessed with David's hair.

July

(B)13 Reasons Why [david/patrick, T, 3.1k]

collab with @blackandwhiteandrose. Patrick gives David a gift for their 13th wedding monthiversary.

i'll miss you from this place that i stand [david/patrick, T, 1.4k]

After the wedding, all the Roses leave Schitt's Creek within a few weeks of one another. David doesn't handle it very well.

catch my breath to breathe your name [david/patrick, E, 358]

Patrick and David have explored a lot of things together. At the heart of it all is love.

August

never knew a home until i found your hands [alex/henry, E, 1.1k]

Henry and Alex get a little handsy (and have some feelings) at the lakehouse.

touch me [david/patrick, T, 546]

An incomplete list of the ways David and Patrick touch each other during the wedding.

September

knock on wood [david/patrick, E, 3.4k, part of the every year we get a bit closer series]

Five wood-related fifth anniversary gifts that Patrick gives to David, and one (or two) that David gives to Patrick.

you can tell everybody (that this is your song) [david/patrick, T, 1k]

A story of falling in love and David and Patrick trying to find their way to each other told through a series of drabbles inspired by song lyrics.

crossed words and open hearts for @sc-passions-and-pastimes [david/patrick, E, 2.6k, part of the wordplay series]

Five times David needs help with a crossword puzzle and one time he doesn't.

parallax for @sc-passions-and-pastimes [david/patrick, T, 5k]

collab with @indestructibleheart.

Patrick doesn't have an eye for art; he doesn't pay much attention to painting or sculptures. But he likes photography. Well, he likes a photographer in particular, anyway. The mysterious artist known only as D.R. — a black-and-white film photographer from New York — may have disappeared from the world years ago... but Patrick still treasures the one print he'd purchased during a business trip in the city. After all, it may have given him the courage to break his own heart, move to a city he'd never heard of, and meet the love of his life. He hasn't thought about in years. That is, until he's picking up lunch at the café and something familiar catches his eye. The tone, the light — he'd know an original D.R. photo anywhere. "Oh, this?" Twyla grinned, pointing to the frame on the restaurant wall. "David gave me that."

October

everybody's waiting for the next surprise [david/patrick, T, 1.4k]

Stevie drags David to a haunted house on Halloween. They run into a kind stranger in a blue button down in the group ahead of them. You know how this story goes.

November

my misspent youth and my slow decline [david/patrick, T, 800]

Four characters reflect on something that haunts them through four double drabbles. Or, the author projects feelings onto an unprecedented four characters at once.

December

ribbons and bows [david/patrick, E, 1.7k, WIP]

Daily advent calendar drabbles for Schitt's Creek

my only wish is one more year (and then i want them all) [alex/henry, E, 1.7k, WIP]

Daily advent calendar drabbles for RWRB

And, god willing, two Frozen Over fics and one RWRB 5+1 before the end of the year.

I haven't been tracking who's done this, so apologies for tagging you if you already have! @apothecarose @chelle-68 @lizzie-bennetdarcy @lilythesilly @nontoxic-writes @blackandwhiteandrose and anyone else who wants to share!