#sparktober 2024

[sparktober]

Thank you all for an incredible Sparktober 2024!

What a wonderful festival this year!! It was wonderful to reunite with old friends and welcome some brand-new fans as well. The staying power of this ship and this fandom is amazing. Countdown to Sparktober 2025!

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Roll credits! Sparktober brought to you by: discord master of ceremonies and creative director of daily themes and questions @havocthecat, watch party captain @al-the-grammar-geek, bingomaster @mylittleredgirl, and @anretc who brought us the @swficathon twice this year! So much extra appreciation to Mod Al who kept us on track all month on tumblr and behind the scenes. 🏆 MVP!!

Special thank yous this year to @krisrussel for the always epic con pics, @nhawk-1 as chief researcher for prettyhellday (and bringing us stable friends in the pets channel), and what would Sparktober be without wonderful gifsets from @happycabbage, @samueltanders, and @sheppard-and-weir! (Also check out the #sparktober tag for some bingo fics that haven't made it to ao3...)

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What's next? Sparktober procrastination mascot @mylittleredgirl's invitation to...

Sparkvember!

All those creative ideas and WIPs you didn't quite finish? Just remembered that you pulled a bingo card on Oct 1 and haven't looked at since? Want to keep the party and creative encouragement going with new and old friends? Sparkvember may be for you!

The discord is quieter in the off-season but remains open year-round, and the question of the day will continue! In the off-season, track and post to #john x elizabeth on tumblr. Bingo card generator will stay up, and we'll update this tumblr with surprise events. You might want to follow @swficathon too in case there's a repeat of last year's off-season fic exchange.

discord invite | ao3 | bingo cards

Have an awesome year, everyone!

[fanwork-exchange-promos]

Sheppard/Weir Ficathon 2024: Sparktober

Posted by: anr Sign up's are now open for the 2024 "Sparktober" Sheppard/Weir ficathon! Work minimums are 350 words, and matching will run on common fic tropes (ie, Sharing a Bed, Canon Divergence AU, Huddling for Warmth, Roommates AU, etc). Sign ups Close: 31 Aug, 7:00 PM EDT Stories Due: 12 Oct, 7:00 PM EDT Collection Reveals: 19 Oct, 7:00 PM EDT Author Reveals: 26 Oct, 7:00 PM EDT 2024 AO3 Collection 2024 Info & Rules SIGN UP FORM comments via The Fandom Calendar https://ift.tt/IoOAzHE

[swficathon]

Sparktober sign up's open

Sign up's are now open for the 2024 "Sparktober" Sheppard/Weir ficathon!

2024 Schedule, Info & Rules

SIGN UP FORM

Sign up's will close on 31 Aug, 7:00 PM EDT (countdown here).

[mylittleredgirl]

my 2024 sparktober bingo card!! you can get your own card here: https://tinyurl.com/sparktoberbingo2024

(& the intro post on @sparktober is here)

this year i decided to hold myself to no rerolls and no fine-tuning! i always mess around with the list so much to get prompts i really want (or that match WIPs) and then don’t write them because the ideas are too big… so we’ll see if i make more progress this way. there are a few wips though that still match…

[stargatefests]

Sparktober - John/Elizabeth fest

Title: Sparktober

Theme/Prompt: John x Elizabeth - all the tropes

Type(s) of Work: Fic

Is this an Exchange?: YES

Where: Tumblr, AO3, Dreamwidth

Link to challenge community: https://swficathon.dreamwidth.org/46055.html

Franchises: SGA

Pairings: John/Elizabeth (romance preferred)

Sign Up: REQUIRED - by Aug 31, 2024

Work Due: October 12, 2024

Works Posted On: AO3 community (https://archiveofourown.org/collections/swficathon2024sparktober)

Contact: leave message on Dreamwidth post

Added/Updated: 8/22/2024

[airbear23]

5, 9, 19, 24, 30 for the fic asks 🙂

5. For 2023, I started a fic for Sparktober for Stargate Atlantis, but my brain froze up halfway through. I'm still picking at it a little at a time, so maybe it will be ready for Sparktober 2024.

9. So, I put my old fics up on Tumblr in 2023, so I'm going to include those in my 2023 list. My fic "Breaking Hearts" meant the most to me to write because I was devastated when Stargate SG-1 killed off Janet Frasier and ignored her daughter in the aftermath. Also, it was my first experiment with 2nd person POV.

19. "You wake up every morning, praying the last few weeks have only been a nightmare."

24. My story "Tackle Hugs and Farting Hippos" was a drabble (100 word) request back when Livejournal was around. I was surprised how easily it seemed to flow from my mind. I actually had to trim it down because for once, I wasn't struggling to meet a word minimum.

30. I have this idea bobbing around in my head for a SGA fic of Elizabeth/pairing to be decided, centering around Elizabeth starting to suffer from chronic, debilitating migraines because of the stupid whales. It would be the second person taking care of Elizabeth. Hopefully, I'll get it out of my head and onto paper this year.

[starliteradio]

On my Canva bs again!! I remembered how much fun these edits were last year and couldn't resist when some vague imagery popped into my head. So I made one for the fun little pinch hit I wrote for the Summer of Sparky. Managed to strike out one whole row of my bingo card with that fic!

Silver Screen for Lullabymoon

[sparktober]

It's just under two months to Sparktober, and we're starting to choose our theme days for this year, where we write or rec or discuss on our various themes. Do you have theme ideas? Let us know here. Join us on the Sparktober Discord and tell us on #suggestions.

Or just wait and see!

[sparktober]

Welcome one and all to this year’s Sparktober, the annual celebration of John Sheppard and Elizabeth Weir from Stargate Atlantis. Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or just discovered this ship yesterday, please join in!

discord invite | ao3 | bingo cards | theme days | watch parties

If you're participating in the Sparktober fic exchange, stories are due October 12 at 7 pm EDT. It's too late to sign up and request fics, but anyone can post prompt fills and gifts to the collection.

dreamwidth | ao3 collection | tag set | requests | @swficathon

We're updating the tag system on this blog and will update this post when finished!

Details and a calendar of theme days/events are below the readmore:

What's Sparktober?

Sparktober started on Livejournal as an unofficial lighthearted call for Sheppard/Weir fluff fics in 2007, quickly expanded to all genres of Sheppard/Weir fanfics and other fanworks, and was formalized in 2010 in this vintage lj community. It's now an annual celebration of this ship and a wonderful community of fans that are still making friends and creating fic and other fanworks after all these years.

Where to party:

Discord (invite code): Join the Sparktober server for conversation, events, fanworks, and watch parties. New participants welcome!

Ao3 (Sheppard/Weir tag). You can also add works to the Sparktober collection, or add/claim prompts in the ongoing drabble collection. In addition to new works, this is a great time of year to archive any pre-ao3 fanworks as well, or share a list of recs/bookmarks...

Tumblr: @sparktober. Post in/follow the #sparktober and #john x elizabeth tags.

Activities:

Bingo cards for fanwork inspiration are available for 2024! Info post on tumblr | Card generator

Theme days: New this year, we have theme days, with a topic for each day of the month to inspire discussion/fic recs/new work. (Theme days don't expire; feel free to reply to prompts on other days.)

Watch parties: Each weekend, we have watch-along parties with live chat in the discord. Announcements are tagged #Sparktober Watch Party. We watch two episodes, starting Saturdays at 22:00 UTC [which is 6 pm Eastern time; 5 pm Central time; midnight Sunday Belgian time; and 9 am Sydney time].

Fic Exchange: See the dreamwidth for more info.

Calendar:

Theme Days are in plain text and other events are in bold.

October 1 (Tue): Bingo Card Theme Day.

October 2 (Wed): Earth Setting Theme Day.

October 3 (Thu): Fix-it Fics Day.

October 4 (Fri): SGC Theme Day.

October 5 (Sat): Post a Sparktober bingo card fill (or excerpt). Watch Party (check posts or discord for episodes & times)!

October 6 (Sun): Angst Theme Day.

October 7 (Mon): Fluff Theme Day.

October 8 (Tue): Women of Atlantis Recs / Fanworks Theme Day.

October 9 (Wed): Post a Paragraph of Your WIP Day (as a little treat).

October 10 (Thu): Women of the SGC Recs / Fanworks Theme Day.

October 11 (Fri): Write a drabble from one of the prompts of 2022’s drabblefest.

October 12 (Sat): Post a Sparktober bingo card fill (or excerpt). Sparktober Fic Exchange fics due & Watch Party (check posts or discord for episodes & times).

October 13 (Sun): Elizabeth Weir’s Birthday Theme Day.

October 14 (Mon): Kate Heightmeyer Theme Day.

October 15 (Tue): Post recs or drabbles based on your favorite romance trope.

October 16 (Wed): Teyla Emmagan Theme Day.

October 17 (Thu): Hurt/Comfort Theme Day.

October 18 (Fri): Best Joe Flanigan / John Sheppard Picture Day.

October 19 (Sat): Post a Sparktober bingo card fill (or excerpt). Sparktober Fic Exchange fics revealed & Watch Party (check posts or discord for episodes & times)!

October 20 (Sun): Radek Zelenka Theme Day.

October 21 (Mon): Best Torri Higginson / Elizabeth Weir Picture Day.

October 22 (Tue): AU Theme Day.

October 23 (Wed): Evan Lorne Theme Day.

October 24 (Thu): Favorite Stargate Picture Day.

October 25 (Fri): Offworld Adventure Theme Day.

October 26 (Sat): Post a Sparktober bingo card fill (or excerpt). Sparktober Fic Exchange authors revealed & Watch Party!

October 27 (Sun): Favorite Sparky Fic Theme Day.

October 28 (Mon): Laura Cadman Theme Day.

October 29 (Tue): Pretty Hell Joe/Torri RPF Theme Day.

October 30 (Wed): Filled Bingo Card Theme Day (or however far you got!).

October 31 (Thu): Spooky / Dark Elizabeth/John fic.

[sparktober]

Sparktober Watch Party - Oct 5, 2024

We're kicking off the month with episodes that match two of this week's Themes - Earth Setting and the SGC! That's right, it's The Return Pt 1 & 2.

**Starting at 5:00pm Saturday, Oct 5, US Central Time (UTC-05) ** 12:00am Sunday Oct 6, Brussels, Belgium (UTC+2) 9:00am Sunday, Oct 6, Sydney, Australia (UTC+10)

5:00pm - S3 E10 - The Return Pt 1 - https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS3-ReturnPt1 6:00pm - S3 E11 - The Return Pt 2 - https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS3-ReturnPt2

If you don't have Hulu, Amazon Prime, or the DVDs, feel free to use the links above to stream or download. Links are good through 10/31, pwd is Sparktober

Use the #ep-discussion channel in the Discord for text-based reactions and chatting. We’ll do a countdown so we can all start at the same time.

Hope to see you there!

[sparktober]

Sparktober 2024 Watch Party Schedule

Join us in the Discord live-chat each weekend for two episodes of Stargate Atlantis! This year, the selected episodes are tied to specific Theme Days, for extra pizzazz.

The Watch Party runs every Saturday from 5-7pm US Central Time (DST). Find out what time that is for you.

Oct 5 - The Return Pt 1 & 2 Oct 12 - Common Ground, McKay and Mrs. Miller Oct 19 - Before I Sleep, The Gift Oct 26 - Vegas, Condemned

We have two bonus watch party days this month, as well!

Oct 29 - Pretty Hell Day (RPF OTP) - Vid Party! Convention videos, interviews, with some fan vids sprinkled in

Oct 31 - Halloween - Spooktober Episode TBD - we'll be polling the community for this one, both on Tumblr and in Discord!

[sparktober]

Sparktober Spooktacular! Oct 31, 2024

The votes are in! Between Discord and Tumblr, we have an even split between "The Real World" and "Hide and Seek," making this not just a Spooktober, but a Sparktober Spooktacular - we're watching both!

We'll be starting at 8pm US Central Time. Find out what time this is for you.

8:00pm - S3 E6 - The Real World - https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS3-TheRealWorld 9:00pm - S1 E3 - Hide and Seek - https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS1-HideAndSeek

If you don't have Hulu, Amazon Prime, or the DVDs, feel free to use the links above to stream or download. Links are good through 11/1. Pass is Sparktober

Use #ep-discussion for text-based reactions and chatting. We’ll do a countdown so we can all start at the same time.

Hope to see you there!

[sparktober]

Sparktober Watch Party - Oct 26, 2024

For the final Watch Party of Sparktober 2024, we're enjoying episodes tied to the themes “AU Day” and "Offworld Adventure." Yes, one where even Elizabeth Weir gets to leave the city!

**Starting at 5:00pm Saturday, Oct 26, US Central Time (UTC-05) ** Find out what time this is for you

5:00pm - S5 E19 - Vegas https://uofi.box.com/v/atlantisS5-Vegas

6:00pm - S2 E5 - Condemned https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS2-Condemned

If you don’t have Hulu, Amazon Prime, or the DVDs, feel free to use the links above to stream or download. Links are good through 10/31. Pass is Sparktober

Use #ep-discussion for text-based reactions and chatting. We’ll do a countdown so we can all start at the same time.

Hope to see you there!

[sparktober]

Sparktober Watch Party - Oct 12, 2024

Continuing our tour of select Theme Days, this week's Watch Party features "Common Ground" for angst and "McKay and Mrs. Miller" for fluff!

**Starting at 5:00pm Saturday, Oct 12, US Central Time (UTC-05) ** Find out what time this is for you

5:00pm - S3 E8 - Common Ground https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS3-CommonGround

6:00pm - S3 E9 - McKay and Mrs. Miller https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS3-MrsMiller

If you don't have Hulu, Amazon Prime, or the DVDs, feel free to use the links above to stream or download. Links are good through 10/31. Pass is Sparktober

Use #ep-discussion for text-based reactions and chatting. We’ll do a countdown so we can all start at the same time.

Hope to see you there!

[sparktober]

Sparktober Theme Days Schedule!

2024 Sparktober Theme Days Schedule below the cut. Join us in the Discord!

10/1/2024

Bingo Card Theme Day - Get a bingo card from @mylittleredgirl or resurrect an old bingo card

10/2/2024

Earth Setting Theme Day

10/3/2024

Fix-it Fics Day

10/4/2024

SGC Theme Day

10/5/2024

Post a Sparktober bingo card fill (or excerpt)

10/6/2024

Angst Theme Day

10/7/2024

Fluff Theme Day

10/8/2024

Women of Atlantis Recs / Fanworks Theme Day

10/9/2024

Post a Paragraph of Your WIP Day (as a little treat)

10/10/2024

Women of the SGC Recs / Fanworks Theme Day

10/11/2024

Write a drabble from one of the prompts of 2022’s drabblefest

10/12/2024

Post a Sparktober bingo card fill (or excerpt)

10/13/2024

Elizabeth Weir’s Birthday Theme Day

10/14/2024

Kate Heightmeyer Theme Day

10/15/2024

Post recs or drabbles based on your favorite romance trope

10/16/2024

Teyla Emmagan Theme Day

10/17/2024

Hurt/Comfort Theme Day

10/18/2024

Best Joe Flanigan / John Sheppard Picture Day

10/19/2024

Post a Sparktober bingo card fill (or excerpt)

10/20/2024

Radek Zelenka Theme Day

10/21/2024

Best Torri Higginson / Elizabeth Weir Picture Day

10/22/2024

AU Theme Day

10/23/2024

Evan Lorne Theme Day

10/24/2024

Favorite Stargate Picture Day

10/25/2024

Offworld Adventure Theme Day

10/26/2024

Post a Sparktober bingo card fill (or excerpt)

10/27/2024

Favorite Sparky Fic Theme Day

10/28/2024

Laura Cadman Theme Day

10/29/2024

Pretty Hell Joe/Torri RPF Theme Day

10/30/2024

Filled Bingo Card Theme Day (or however far you got!)

10/31/2024

Spooky / Dark Elizabeth/John fic

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Sparktober Watch Party - Oct 19, 2024

The Theme Days we're observing in this week's Sparktober Watch Party are "Elizabeth Weir's Birthday, i.e. 'Before I Sleep' etc.," "Kate Heightmeyer Focus," and "Teyla Emmagan Focus." The show gave us a pair of amazing women and a pair of amazing episodes!

**Starting at 5:00pm Saturday, Oct 19, US Central Time (UTC-05) ** Find out what time this is for you

5:00pm - S1 E15 - Before I Sleep https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS1-BeforeISleep

6:00pm - S1 E18 - The Gift https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS1-TheGift

If you don’t have Hulu, Amazon Prime, or the DVDs, feel free to use the links above to stream or download. Links are good through 10/31. Pass is Sparktober

Use #ep-discussion for text-based reactions and chatting. We’ll do a countdown so we can all start at the same time.

Hope to see you there!