#seblaine week 2023

[seblaineworld]

Hey, Seblainers! Hellooooo, everyone else!

It's that time of year again, and we're so excited to announce it's time to vote for when you'd like the very first Seblaine Week hosted by SeblaineWorld to be held.

Please bear in mind that voting is restricted to one vote per person for the duration of the poll. The poll will be open for voting until midnight GMT on Sunday May 7th 2023. You can however, vote for multiple dates, so just pick all the ones that work best for you!

Vote here, and please reblog and share this poll.

We'll be back in a few weeks with theme choices, etc. so get your thinking caps on now as to which themes you'd most like to see.

Our tiny (but always fierce!) Seblainer Fandom is chock-full of inclusive, friendly, and insanely talented people, so we can't wait to see what you all come up with this year.

P.S. please let us know if the poll doesn't work properly. Just send us a message or come off Anon and send us an Ask.

Ail 💜

[daisyishedwig]

I have 1 of 7 fics for Seblaine Week finished and most of the others are half-written and I'm both very excited and very anxious I won't finish them all in the next two weeks.

[lusthurts]

*spoilers for the "and that's what you really missed" episode with grant lol*

I have so many thoughts lmao

grant gustin describing sebastian as "wounded" and not a villain in his head is why grant is my favorite person ever

ALSO it is so validating to hear how upset he was about "I Want You Back" because that is my Roman Empire, I genuinely watch that performance once a week

I DID NOT EXPECT SWIFTGRON CONTENT IN THIS PODCAST WTF

them casually talking about Taylor being at a party at Dianna's house is CRAZY

they are so real for "why did Sebastian have sexual tension with every character on the show"

asserting that Sebastian is bi is WILD and goes against all of my Sebastian head canons but i will live (especially bc bi rep in this show is almost non-existent)

im crying because why did grant give crumbs to kurtbastian fans lmao (im not actually mad about this I just don't personally vibe with it lol)

grant describing the phone call with blaine before the lima bean in Michael as "steamy" actually made my life - this confirms so many head canons I have about that too lol

why were there almost no seblaine questions don't they know we are still here in 2023

I really like listening to grant talk so im 100% okay with this and I am not complaining but why did they barely talk about glee lol

I am so excited for water for elephants im about to dump so much money on these tickets to try to see him on my birthday

[seblainepolls]

Welcome to Seblaine Polls

Hello! I've been really enjoying the way Klainepolls has brought the fandom together and gotten everyone talking and theorizing about them and I really wanted to create a space for Seblainers to do the same.

Currently, the plan is to have two polls a week, posted on Monday and Friday. And after each poll ends, I will share my favorite comments and tags.

I have a number of poll ideas already, but I will gladly take suggestions for questions you'd like to see asked.

First poll will be posted tomorrow (12/1/2023)

This blog is run by @daisyishedwig

[jammie3132]

Fandom: Glee Pairing: Blaine Anderson & Sebastian Smythe Summary: How Sebastian and Blaine met their daughter 10 Days of Seblaine 2023 Day 5: Parent AU Part 1 of Poppy's Little Angel Dedicated to @seblaineaddict

Back during the Great Warbler-New Directions Show Choir Feud of 2011-2012, if you asked Sebastian Smythe if he hated Kurt Hummel, you’d never receive a straight answer. He’d say something about how dogs within a 10-mile radius of Hummel singing need noise cancelling earphones or it was animal cruelty.

Or, how Hummel constantly looked constipated.

Or, Hummel should learn to count to 8 so maybe, just maybe, he could pretend to know how to dance.

However, he’d never say he hated Kurt Hummel because he didn’t. The boy fascinated him. What the hell kind of voodoo fairy magic did the guy possess to get someone as amazing as Blaine Anderson fall for him? It was impossible to understand…much like Hummel’s wardrobe choices.

Then in 2013 Sebastian Smythe watched Blaine Anderson propose to Kurt Hummel. That’s when he began to hate Kurt Hummel.

But today, almost a decade later, Sebastian Anderson-Smythe hated Kurt Hummel more than he had ever hated anything, including his father when he threatened to disown him for dropping out of Columbia. The SOB (Hummel, not his father…this time) had Blaine in court with yet another frivolous attempt to get money…aka, make their lives miserable because they had the audacity to get married when Blaine was his soulmate.

Yet he, Blaine’s husband and true soulmate, wasn’t allowed to be in court to support him. So, what if the first time he saw the delusional asshole after reconnecting with Blaine, Blaine and Sam basically had to tackle him so he didn’t punch him and get arrested? Although, watching Brittany smack and then verbally humiliate Hummel in front of a nightclub full of onlookers with cellphones was almost as satisfying as if he’d done it himself.

Last he checked Beautiful Blonde tells off friend’s jealous Ex had almost 2 million views.

Sebastian walked to their bookcase and picked up their wedding photo. It was hard to believe it had only been 5 weeks. As he put it back on the shelf, for the first time he realized what Blaine else put on the shelf. The items told the story of how they got to this point.

Their wedding photo was front and center. Next to it was their Tonys for West Side Story along with a photo of the two of them looking dapper in their tuxedos.

It was unusual for an actor in revival to win Lead Actor in a Musical, but he’d known for years Blaine was the perfect Tony. There was never a doubt in anyone’s mind he would win.

His win was the polar opposite. An actor from a revival winning Featured Actor? You didn’t win unless you were a Hollywood actor slumming on Broadway. At least that’s what one of the guys he beat was screaming at his agent during the afterparty. Let’s just say those in the theater community didn’t take the term slumming well.

On the other side of the wedding photo were two others. One was from the first time they met. They looked so young…him in his Dalton uniform, Blaine in the infamous grey striped cardigan. Thad gave it to them as a wedding gift. He said he knew from that moment they’d wind up married someday.

The other photo was his favorite (except the wedding photo, of course). It was a picture from the first day for the entire cast. While they were mingling and introducing themselves, the director came to him and asked him to come with him. He wanted his Tony and Riff to begin working on their dynamic.

He hadn’t taken three steps when he heard You’ve got to be shitting me! followed by Blaine running across the stage, jumping into his arms and knocking them both to the ground.

The actual photo was the two of them sitting on the floor laughing. At some point they held it together long enough to tell the rest of the cast and crew they’d known each other back in Ohio. Also, that while Blaine was friendly (like a puppy), he wouldn’t be tackling anyone else…at least until he knew them better.

Instead of getting to know each other, the director sent them off to get reacquainted. There was a lot to talk about but he thought it best to get through the hard stuff first.

Blaine Anderson? Not Anderson-Hummel or worse, Hummel-Anderson?

Nope, Kurt always said hyphenating our names wouldn’t work for Broadway marquees.

I’ve got to ask. How freaked out is your hubby going to be about me being Riff to your Tony?

Sebastian, the universe has a wacky sense of timing but sometimes you have to trust everything will work out how it’s supposed to.

I don’t understand.

(Blaine pulls his phone out of his pocket and smiles) Today the universe decided to bring you back into my life at the exact same time

I had Kurt served with divorce papers.

No shit?

Oh, it gets better. Since Kurt was throwing one of his temper tantrums and wouldn’t speak to me unless I gave up Tony, which I obviously didn’t, my attorney suggested I wait 30 days to file so I could serve him with legal separation papers at the same time.

Did it work?

The text I received was from my attorney saying mission accomplished. That means Sam, Santana and Brittany are taking me out tonight to celebrate. Want to come?

As a date?

No, but not as a fuck you to Kurt either. We both know I did a shitty job hiding my attraction to you back in high school.

We both did, but it’s nice to hear you admit it.

Well, we’re about to spend A LOT of time together. If things work out in ways I hope they might, I don’t want you to believe you were a rebound or worse, I was using you to get back at Kurt.

Blaine

Yes, Sebastian

I would love to go out and celebrate with you and your friends tonight. But could you do me a favor?

What?

Warn Santana so I don’t get a drink thrown in my face.

I can try but she’s been plotting her revenge against you for years.

When he heard the key in the lock, Sebastian quickly straightened the shelf then hustled to the couch to make it seem like he hadn’t been waiting. Seeing the man he loves walk into the apartment looking completely exhausted but wearing a smile, allowed him to (somewhat) relax. “Everything went ok?”

Blaine took off his blazer and tie as he sat beside him. “As ok as things could go when dealing with Kurt. The judge threw out his claim for half my stake in the musical as well as his renewed claim for spousal support.”

“So, in other words, a colossal waste of time?”

“Yup. However, he will think twice before filing for another obvious cash grab, the judge’s words. Kurt was ordered to pay all my attorney’s fees.”

“About fucking time! Damn it B, you’ve been divorced from his sorry ass for a year, and you were legally separated from his gay face for 8 months prior to that!”

“Bas…”

“We’ve been married 5 weeks, 5 fucking weeks! We lost half our honeymoon because you had to come back for this bullshit!!”

Blaine kissed his love then went to their bedroom. Less than 15 minutes later he was back wearing lounge pants and an NYU t-shirt, while carrying two beers. “Feel better now that you got that off your chest?” he asked as he rejoined his husband.

“No…maybe a little. I, I just can’t stand the thought of you alone with that asshole, and I’m assuming Berry.”

“Don't pull the alone card. You know Santana was with me. Brittany would’ve come too, but you know, the restraining order.”

Nothing came from Brittany and Hummel's viral moment. It was months later when things went off the deep end.

Sebastian, Brittany, Sam and Santana all took the day off for Blaine's divorce hearing. They were there for support, but ready to be rebuttal witnesses if necessary. When Kurt took the stand, for reasons unknown to this day, he was stupid enough to go on a verbal diatribe on how he backed into a corner and forced into getting married in a tacky barn, in a tacky suit, with tacky guests he never would’ve invited. He wouldn't stop with the tacky-tacky-tacky…bitch-bitch-bitch…until Brittany ran to the witness box went all MMA before the bailiff could pull her off. Kurt refused to press charges but was awarded a restraining order.

“Did Santana have to take the stand?”

“No, but Benj made it back from LA in time to testify.”

“How did that happen?”

“One of the investors asked where I was and Benj told them in court because Kurt was going after half my stake. Long story short…meeting went from three days to one but the by time he and Justin made it to the airport it was past midnight here.”

“Is that why he didn’t call?”

“Pretty much. I would have won without him, but since Benj was part of Machiavelli the Musical from the beginning he could refute all Kurt's claims he contributed to songs I wrote. You should have seen Kurt's face when my attorney asked him to sing one of his contributions. He…” Blaine ended his explanation when Sebastian’s phone rang (and he ignored it) for the fourth time during their short conversation.

“Aren’t you going to get that? Someone seems awfully determined to speak with you.”

“It’s my Aunt Marie. As much as I love my cousin, I couldn’t deal with any of Penny’s drama. Today my focus was you and what was happening in court…which I wasn’t allowed to attend.”

Blaine rolled his eyes before pulling Sebastian down until his head was in his lap. In the 18 months they’d officially been together (he was legally separated!), he’d learned running his fingers through his (now) husband’s hair was the best trick to calm him down.

Their sex life was anything but calm.

“We already covered this…at nauseam. The reason you were asked not to attend is because you, my big…strong…incredibly sexy husband, cannot control your disdain for my former husband. Your protective nature is one of the many, many reasons I love you.”

“But…”

“A huge portion of our strategy was to demonstrate how irrational Kurt truly is. My attorney was able to get him to throw a tantrum on several occasions. He was even able to get Rachel to corroborate several points of Santana’s testimony on threat of perjury.”

“But…”

“Bas, my love, my day in court with Kurt went better than expected with him having to pay my attorney fees. The judge also laid into him on how a finalized divorce, unless it involves children or fraud, means final…closed…the end. Move on!” Sebastian’s phone rang again, but this time Blaine could reach it. “Talk to her. While you’re doing that, I’ll call for pizza. I’m starving.”

Blaine went to the kitchen to call their favorite pizzeria and then Sam to answer any questions he might have about what happened in court. He assumed Santana had already called him with her version (he was right). It was almost 45 minutes later until he rejoined Sebastian on the couch with their freshly delivered dinner. He was still on his phone and speaking in French, but not with his Aunt Marie.

“Grandmother, this is a lot to ask…But…But…Yes, Ma’am…Yes, Ma’am…No, Ma’am…I’ll talk to Blaine…Yes, immediately…I promise…Yes, I’ll call Aunt Marie…Grandmother, Blaine is here. I’ll call back soon. Bye.” Sebastian ended the call and asked “How much of that did you understand?”

“You really didn't say much. What I don’t understand is why you were talking with your grandmother.”

“Aunt Marie she thought Grandmother was the best person to tell me what’s going on.” Blaine reached for his hand to give him an anchor. “Whatever it is, I’m right here.”

Sebastian kissed him, hard, and then put their foreheads together. “I love you so much. I love the life we’re building so much. I…”

“Bas, you’re beginning to scare me.”

“Sorry, it’s…Penny had her baby this morning. She’s decided to put her up for adoption. Since this wasn’t her original plan, she hadn’t vetted any potential parents and she doesn’t want to hand over the baby to strangers. B, Penny wants us to adopt her.”

“The baby is a little girl?”

Sebastian pulled back and stared into Blaine’s eyes. He didn’t look confused...or crazy. “Yes, but you heard the part of how Penny wants us, you and me, to adopt her…right?”

“It’s not up to us.”

Huh? “Then who the hell is it up to?”

“The baby.” Blaine grabbed a piece of pizza before getting off the couch. “You start packing while I call Benj and Justin to tell them I’m going to Paris for a while. I’ll book plane tickets for first thing in the morning but could you pull our passports out so we don’t forget them? And call your Aunt Marie or Grandma to tell them we’re coming, but don’t want to see anyone until we’re settled. I’ll arrange…”

His husband kept rambling but Sebastian had stopped listening at The baby. “What the hell do you mean adopting a baby is not up to us, it’s up to the baby?! She’s not even a day old! Don’t you think this is something we should discuss?”

“That’s what the long-ass flight to Paris is for. And trust me on this…in the end, the decision of whether or not we’re about to become Daddies is up to that little girl.”

“Papas.” Sebastian’s response stopped both of them in their tracks. For the first time he didn’t sound like he was in freak-out mode. “She’s French. We’d be her Papas.”

“You’re right but let’s go ahead and put it on a list of things to discuss on the plane.”

Blaine turned to leave (again) but Sebastian stopped him (again). “You don’t think this is crazy? We’ve only been married 5 weeks!”

“Oh, I think this is completely insane, but what did I tell you the day we reconnected at West Side Story?”

Sebastian immediately knew what he meant. “The universe has a wacky sense of timing but sometimes you have to trust everything will work out how it’s supposed to.”

“Last time, the universe brought me you on the day I served Kurt with divorce papers. And I promise, I’m keeping an open mind on all this, but after what I went through in court today…”

“Maybe the universe decided to get a little more wacky to make up for your ex being delusional.”

Blaine took a bite of his pizza and then walked out of the room before Sebastian could interrupt him yet again. It was his turn to be overwhelmed.

Why the hell did he say It’s up to the baby to decide? He was barely into the process of developing Machiavelli the Musical into a full-blown Broadway production and for some unknown reason had agreed to star as Machiavelli. This was going to take a massive amount of his time for the foreseeable future. Sebastian was fully onboard but…

A baby?

Yes, his partners were ubertalented and more than capable of holding things down if he was in Paris for longer than he anticipated but…

A baby?

He took a few deep breaths, devoured his pizza, opened another beer and got to work on what needed to be done. As much they were still wears his heart on his sleeve Blaine Anderson and overly self-confident Sebastian Smythe, this time Blaine Anderson-Smythe had to be the levelheaded one.

A little over 36 hours later the potential fathers were in a private waiting room at the hospital. They had met the head of Child Services and the attorney Blaine’s father arranged for them. There was only one more person left to meet.

Blaine was sitting on a small loveseat while Sebastian was pacing the room, little pink blanket in hand.

They’d agreed not to get ahead of themselves by running out to a store and buy a bunch of baby stuff to take with them. When Blaine got back from meeting his partners, he found out he agreed.

Sebastian called Brittany and they bought out the baby girl section at Macy’s. After an hour of But Blaaaaaaine, he agreed to bringing two outfits and the little pink blanket but…

“I thought we agreed to leave the blanket in your suitcase for the time being?”

“Hospitals are so cold. What if she’s cold?”

Blaine sighed then stood and wrapped his arms around his husband. The pacing was getting annoying. “Bas…”

“B…”

They both froze then turned to face the door as the wails of a distraught baby filled the room. “Mr. and Mr. Anderson-Smythe, I’m Margot from Child Services. You spoke earlier with my supervisor. This is the child you’ve come all this way to meet. I’m sorry but the nurses report she’s been like this for as long as she’s been with them. The doctors insist she is perfectly healthy…”

Blaine let go of Sebastian and pushed him toward the transit crib. “Maybe she’s cold.”

He’d been holding it together for so long, it took Blaine everything within him not to burst with happiness as the man he loved wrapped the tiny girl in the little pink blanket then instinctively cradled her in his arms. “Are you cold, Angel? I brought you this blanket from NYC. My friend Brittany went to the store with me to find it. I’m glad she did because I wouldn’t have known to wash it first. Or that they make special detergents for babies. Or…”

“Bas” Sebastian reluctantly looked up to see Blaine holding his phone. After he took a picture, he asked “Do you realize she stopped crying the moment you wrapped her in the blanket?”

“She did?”

“The adoption lady was so shocked she left to talk to the nurses. We’ll probably see one of them soon with a bottle. Let’s go sit down. I’m kind of amazed you’re still standing.”

It was only a few moments after they were settled that the expected nurse and bottle appeared. She began a tutorial but, once again, Sebastian was a natural. “I take it you’ve done this before?”

“Never. She was just hungry. Were you hungry, Angel?”

“Alright, but when she’s finished…”

Sebastian handed the bottle to Blaine and began to gently rub the baby’s back, quickly earning him the desired results. “Are you ready for the rest of your bottle, Angel?”

Blaine gave the nurse a wink and promised if they needed anything they would use the call button. It wasn’t long before the bottle was discarded and the three of them were cuddled together on the love seat.

“I think she likes us B.”

“I think she likes you.”

It was only then Sebastian realized he hadn’t given Blaine a chance to hold the baby. “I’m sorry…I didn’t realize. Here you go, Angel. There’s someone else who really wants to meet you.”

They both quietly giggled after Blaine let out a sigh of relief. He’d been worried the once cranky baby wouldn’t take to him in the same way she did with Sebastian and start crying again. “Hello, little one. My name is Blaine.”

“But you can call him Daddy.”

Blaine kissed the baby’s forehead, then his husband. “Daddy? Not Papa?”

“If she calls us the same thing it would get confusing.” Sebastian leaned over and returned Blaine’s kiss. “You were right. She had to be the one to decide if she wanted to be our daughter. The fact she’s sleeping so peacefully must mean she knows she’s safe.”

“Safe?” Blaine questioned the wording because it wasn’t the one he expected.

“I thought you might get freaked out if I said love so soon.”

“Bas, new mothers talk about the overwhelming feeling of love they feel when they see their baby for the first time. I’m sure it’s natural for fathers too.”

Sebastian didn’t ask, just lifted the baby back into his arms. “Are you sure? Because I don’t know if I could let her go…”

Blaine answered him by beginning to sing to the baby.

One look at you My whole life falls in line I prayed for you Before I called you mine

Oh, I can't believe it's true sometimes Oh, I can't believe it's true

I get to love you It's the best thing that I'll ever do I get to love you It's a promise I'm making to you

Whatever may come, your heart I will choose Forever I'm yours, my forever is you

I get to love you I get to love you

By the time he finished, Sebastian was a blubbering mess. “That’s the song you wrote me for our wedding.”

“I remember. It was only 5 weeks ago” Blaine jokingly replied. “But seriously, are we really going to do this?” He held up his hand to stop an immediate response. “Getting the musical up and running on its own will be time consuming but I also agreed to play Mach for the first year. I mean, hopefully it’s a big enough hit we get to worry about my handing over the role. What I’m trying to say is, we agreed, if we do this, we don’t want her raised in daycare. That means for the next 18 months to 2 years, if not longer, you will be her primary parent…some days more like a single parent. Are you ready for that?”

“With the exception of you, I have never wanted anything more.” Sebastian looked down at the baby and asked “Angel, are you ready to go back to NYC and have fun with your Poppy while your brilliant Daddy works to win some more Tonys?”

He lifted the baby’s arm and began to lightly shake it while saying in a high-pitched voice “Yes, Poppy. As soon as the doctors say I can fly I want to go to NYC and have lots of fun with you and Auntie Tana and Auntie Britt and Uncle Sammy. Daddy will sing me songs and I will always know how much he loves me. And when Daddy’s new musical wins lots and lots of Tonys, everyone will cheer his talent and proclaim him to be the most talented Daddy in the whole wide world.”

It was Blaine’s turn to cry. “Then there is something the three of us better do soon so we can share our news.”

“What?”

“We have to help her choose her name.”

From Blaine: *attached photo* Sebastian and I are pleased to announce Miss Angelica Penelope Anderson-Smythe chose us to be her Poppy and Daddy. Of course, we emphatically agreed.

From Sebastian: *attached photo* Poppy’s Little Angel

NOTES:

The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli 1513. Original title: De Principatibus (Of Principalities). I see this parody along the lines of A Very Potter Musical.

I Get to Love You: Bronleewee, Matthew; Eckford, Margaret 2016

It might seem like there is a bunch of unnecessary backstory (especially the Kurt/court stuff), but it pays off in the final entry.

[seblaineaddict]

10 Days Of Seblaine 2023

Day 7: Dragons!

@seblaineworld

Here Be Dragons!

Summary: "Okay, Killer, so you know how I've repeatedly said we can't get a pet right now? Yeah..well..meet Buddy! Your baby pet Dragon!"

Sebastian Smythe is having a very bad day... It's been pouring with rain since he woke up..after just 3 hours of sleep because he wanted to be ready for today's big case. Then, on the way to the station, some asshole in a gas guzzler decided to drive through a huge puddle, splashing Sebastian in the process and pretty much ruining his pristine Armani suit. He arrived at his office (after being told at his favourite French Coffee Shop that his favourite French blend (the owner imports it from a tiny little Café near Bas' family home in Paris just for him), is sold out and won't be back in for a week), to discover that his big client has got cold feet and won't be appearing in court. So..so far his day is just freaking awesome..

But that's not the worst part...

He and Blaine had a huge fight this morning because Blaine wants a pet, and Bas doesn't feel either of them has time to take care of one. So they regularly now have ..heated .disagreements about this matter..

But...it's getting harder and harder to say no to Blaine, because the hurt in those fucking kaleidoscopic eyes of his, with their foot long eyeslashes, and the slight tremble in his pouty lower lip when his Fiancé tells him "No," yet again, tug at the very core of Bas.

So..he's wavering...

Motion picture depicting Buddy and his two new Dads. Full ficlet to accompany it going up later tonight. Buddy was named by my wonderful friend Shawna, and I think she chose the perfect name for him.

Music is "I Get To Love You" by the incomparable Ruelle because pretty much every song she has ever written is a perfect Seblaine song.

[klaine-a03-feed]

Hurts So Good

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/CHpILP5 by Merry_Mint In a world where soulmates can feel each other's pain, Blaine is oblivious, and Sebastian can't stop swearing. Words: 8113, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Glee Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Blaine Anderson, Sebastian Smythe, Nick the Warbler (Glee), Jeff (Glee) Relationships: Blaine Anderson/Sebastian Smythe, Past Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel - Relationship Additional Tags: Soulmates, Seblaine Week 2023, Sebastian swears a lot

[seblaineworld]

Hey, Seblainers! Hellooooo, everyone else!

We've finally managed to tally the votes submitted by you all (thank you to everyone who voted!) and have compiled a poll of the 60 most popular themes for Seblaine Week 2023, which will take place from Monday August 21st until Sunday 27th August.

You can vote for ONLY SIX themes of your choice here .

You can vote ONCE PER DAY, and the vote will reset at midnight UTC daily. The poll will remain open until Saturday 15th July.

Remember, you are voting for your top SIX themes, because there will also be a free day during Seblaine Week 2023. On the free day, you can write about/create for any theme you like.

WIPs / anything you have been working on prior to Seblaine Week 2023 can also be submitted - providing your work fits into one (or several!) of the final 6 themes.

With this being our first time hosting Seblaine Week, we're very excited to find out your top 6 themes!

Happy voting, and we'll be back very soon with full details of Seblaine Week 2023.

As usual, if you have any questions in the meantime - just drop us an Ask!

Ail 💜

Disclaimer: Since several of the themes are of a mature nature, if you are a minor under the age of 18, discretion is advised.

VOTE HERE!

[seblaineworld]

Just a quick heads-up, Seblainers! we've had a lot of messages asking if the time to submit your favourites from the (90!) themes we have offered for Seblaine Week 2023, can be extended, so the good news is - yes! You can now send ALL of the themes you want to see included in the poll right up until Friday 16th June! Hope that helps those of you who asked for more time.

For further details about Seblaine Week 2023, please see the previous posts.

Happy Pride Month, everyone! 💜🌈 🏳️‍🌈

[seblaineworld]

Hey, Seblainers! Hellooooo, everyone else!

Sooooo... As you can see above, the result is pretty definitive! We're having a 10 day Seblaine event running from Monday 6th November until Wednesday 15th November, that incorporates Seblaine Week 2023 AND Seblainiversary 2023.

Please remember you do not have to contribute something for every day. If you want to do so, of course, that's amazing, but you can work on as few or as many of the themes as you like, and if you want to cross-post - feel free!

We'll be back very soon to remind you of the rules, and in the meantime, I'd like to thank everyone who voted and all those sent me such lovely messages of support. I've been so touched by your kindness.

So, all that remains to be said for now, is - happy writing/creating! We're excited to host this bumper event and hopefully there's something for everyone!

Ail 💜

[seblaineworld]

Hey, Seblainers! Hellooooo, everyone else!

Here are the final 30 (of 90!) Seblaine Week 2023 theme choices. Just to recap what we said yesterday: send ALL the listed themes that you are interested in from this and the previous two posts to our Ask box by Wednesday 31st May. Please send them as one individual message.

Approximately one month later, there will be a Poll from which you will select your top 6 themes. During Seblaine Week 2023, there will also be a free day, during which you can write about/create for any theme you like.

[Note: putting Finish Your WIP as one of your choices would be pretty redundant, because we already allow you to submit anything you started to write/create prior to Seblaine Week 2023 - providing it fits into one of the 6 themes.]

Happy choosing!

For further information, please refer to the previous posts, and if you have any questions - just drop us an Ask!

Ail 💜

[seblaineworld]

Hey, Seblainers! Hellooooo, everyone else!

A month to go until Seblaine Week 2023, so without any further ado, here are the FAQs!

The Rules

When?

The event runs from midnight (of your own timezone) on Monday 21st August until 23:59 (of your own timezone) on Sunday August 27th 2023

Who can take part?

Anyone and everyone who shares our love of Seblaine!

What can we submit?

Anything, as long as it is Seblaine-related! Fics, Graphics, Gifs, Gifsets, Videos, Manips, Playlists, Lyrics - anything you like as long as it fits the themes! We're looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.

Please remember to use #seblaineworld and #seblaineweek2023 within the first five tags, and also put @seblaineworld in your posts, since we all know just how flaky Tumblr can be about tags!

Be sensible and considerate. We all know that not everyone shares our love of Seblaine, and even within our own tiny (but always fierce!) Seblainer Fandom, there are those who don't enjoy mature content, so please ensure you tag everything you submit, appropriately.

Can I cross-post/combine themes?

Yes! You can combine any of the themes that you want. And if your contribution does combine multiple themes, you can post on whichever day you prefer. Just remember, if your contribution covers one or more themes, then properly tag all days, regardless of which day you actually post on.

Do I need to submit something for every day?

Absolutely not. If you want to contribute something for every day, then of course you can, but it's not a requirement at all. We know everyone has busy lives, so just do what you can when you can.

Can I post a WIP or work if it fits the themes, even if I started it weeks/months/years before the Seblaine Week 2023 announcement?

Absolutely! Your Admins have both done this before and feel it's a great way to refresh creativity and blow the cobwebs off that piece you just KNOW you'll finish one day, but never quite seem to have the time. So feel free to post anything you've already started - providing it fits one of the themes!

On that note, do remember that the free day is exactly that. A day on which you can write about/create for, any theme you like! Did your favourite theme just narrowly miss out on being in the top six? If so, here's your chance to do something about it and make a submission using that theme!

When do we start posting?

As soon as it becomes Monday 21st August in your own timezone, post your work to your Tumblr blog, and as mentioned above, please tag it according to the theme or themes it covers, and make sure #seblaineworld and #seblaineweek2023 are in your first five tags. Please also put @seblaineworld somewhere in your post.

If you're going to be posting your work to another site like AO3 or ff.net, post a properly tagged link on your Tumblr.

A Seblaine Week 2023 collection will be added to AO3. More details nearer the time.

Can I post early?

Sorry, no. 🙃 In short, that would be a logistical nightmare for us! Tumblr, however, does let you schedule posts so you can schedule the post for the right theme day, even if you're not going to be around that day. Of course this gets a little harder to navigate if you’re also posting to another site like AO3/ff.net, so if this is going to be a problem, let us know and we'll figure it out.

Can I post late?

Now for the good news - yes! We know how time can occasionally run away from us all, so as long as everything is tagged properly you can post (for example) your day 3 piece on day 7 and that won't be a problem. Everything posted will be reblogged until Sunday September 3rd.

You haven't reblogged my work yet!

No problem! Again, because Tumblr can be (very!) erratic, just send us an Ask or message if we haven't reblogged your work within 24 hours of you posting it, and one of us will get onto it right away.

So, that's it for now! We're excited to see all your work, and hope you'll join us for our first time hosting Seblaine Week. Just drop us an Ask or message if you have a question that's not been covered here, and we'll see you all on Monday 21st August!

Ail 💜

[seblaineworld]

Here are the first 30 (of 90!) Seblaine Week 2023 theme choices. The remaining 60 will follow later today. As we said yesterday, send ALL of the listed themes that you are interested in to our Ask box by Wednesday 31st May. Please send them as one individual message.

[seblaineworld]

Hey, Seblainers! Hellooooo, everyone else!

It's official! Seblaine Week 2023 will take place from Monday 21st August until Sunday 27th August! Thank you to everyone who voted.

PLANNING IS THEREFORE NOW UNDERWAY!

Since this is our first time officially hosting Seblaine Week, we're doing things a bit differently: *dramatic pause followed by imaginary drumroll!*

NO PREVIOUS SEBLAINE WEEK THEMES ARE OFF THE TABLE!

Yes, you did read that correctly - we're allowing ALL previous themes!

For those new to the Fandom (hi, and welcome!), and also those OG and established Seblainers who just need a refresher, over the next week we'll be posting ALL previous themes used, so that you can make definitive and informed choices. We're also including an additional 23 themes that were narrow misses from the last 11 years of Seblaine Week voting polls. That will give you a total of 90 (Seblaine Week 2012 had no Free Day), themes to ponder over!

To this end, please DO NOT submit themes that are not posted over the next week! For a long time we mulled over the idea of allowing new theme ideas, but feel that the 67 previous themes plus the additional 23 that just narrowly missed being selected in their respective Seboaine Weeks, will give you plenty of scope to choose from and get the creative juices flowing. So get your thinking caps on, and start submitting!

You're free to submit as many of the previous themes as your hearts desire, but please send them in bulk in one message rather than individually. This will make it easier for us to compile the themes for voting at a later date - which will be in around a month's time. Please do not send themes via Tumblr message, however. At best, it's flaky, and at worst, it eats things up and spits them back out into some kind of Black Hole - never to be seen again!

Our askbox is now.....OPEN for this year’s theme submissions!

Asks can be submitted until midnight on Wednesday 31st May GMT.

We're aware that some people felt they didn’t have enough notice to work on anything for Seblainintine's Weekend 2023 and are very sorry about that. Since we don't want to make the same mistake again, we're giving you exactly three months' notice of the dates this time. Hopefully, that gives everyone adequate time to start planning.

To kick things off, the previous 13 themes used in Seblaine Week 2012 and Seblaine Week 2013 will be posted later today!

There's a very wide and eclectic choice of themes available, and we can't wait to see which of them prove to be the most popular. Have fun! 😊 Got questions? Just drop us an Ask.

Ail 💜

[seblaineworld]

Next 30 (of 90!) Seblaine Week 2023 theme choices.

Send all the listed themes that you are interested in to our Ask box by Wednesday 31st May. Please send them in one individual message.

Remember, you are ultimately going to choose your top 6 themes from a Poll that will be held in approximately one month.

[seblaineworld]

Hey, Seblainers! Hellooooo, everyone else!

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is the last day to vote for your top SIX themes for Seblaine Week 2023, which will be held from Monday 21st August - Sunday 27th August.

It's been really interesting to watch the top 6 each day so far, and while some have stayed very consistent, a couple have ricocheted back and forth, so we're excited to find out the final result.

Voting closes at 23:59 UTC on Saturday 15th July, and as we all know, the last few hours of the last day of any poll can dramatically alter the final tally, so if you want your favourites to be in with a chance - don't forget to vote!

We'll be back on Monday 17th July to announce the final six themes, and don't forget that there will also be a free day as part of Seblaine Week 2023, during which you can write about/create for any theme you like!

As always, if you have any questions, just drop us an Ask.

Ail 💜