#there is no deadline to this fest

[change-is-perceivable]

Final reminder!

You have one last day to upload any last minute entries!

The collection will stay open until 10pm (CDT) September 5th, 2024

So in other words it will close in about 28 hours!

Remember the minimum word count is only 100 words and you are free to nab any of the 17 prompts you feel like.

With that

I'll be back again to announce when the collection closes and then I'll will be back again on the 6th with the final masterpost!

Be nice to each other! Leave Kudo's! Leave Comments! Share the Percy Love, have fun, and thank you so much at everyone who's participated.

[wisteriagoesvroom]

me: well maybe i will contemplate joining the @girlcharles-ficfest

also me: bashes out 1,200 words for a challenge prompt in an hour

[foxsoulcourt]

Snapshots from Foxy (not Harriet) on this last day of 007 Fest 2024

WHAT A MONTH!

Thanks to mods @castillon02 + @spiritofcamelot for designing a CoMpLeTeLy different framework for Fest this year! From my perspective your work behind the scenes helped support a lighthearted energy throughout the event, a gift I didn't know I needed until I experienced it. Loved how C A L M the event was 💜

While I didn't have the spoons to keep on top of what I felt like I was supposed to do in response to The Big Sleep, nor did my alter ego (Harriet the unassuming cheese-monger) make an appearance after her introduction, it didn't matter. Because you all made it fun to play along anyways! I had a GRAND time.

DEAR CREATIVE HUMANS, here's how I invested in Fest this year:

Thoroughly enjoyed reading and commenting on as many fics as I could read

Laughed, gasped, sighed at your many Tumblr posts and then reblogged them

Ditto for all the headcanons by new and familiar authors

GASPED, GahhHHhed, laughed, wept at all the song-related content from RADI00Q to others who did their own version of song + graphics

Admired all.the.posts with photo manips, moodboards and art and then reblogged those.

Watched Casino Royale and peeked in Discord + Slack occasionally

All y'all created a LOT of FABULOUS content! My heart has been stretched, broken, repaired, and more.

Thanks to all.of.you who participated this year for the first time! Enjoyed getting to get to know you a bit through your work.

Thanks to those of you who are long time Festies! It was a delight to see your work on my dash + in my inbox.

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During Fest in my corner of the world Life did a lot of Life-ing: went back to work after a nearly six year sabbatical, COVID round 2, family stuff, etc. Minus the COVID it's been great, but definitely a drain on the life force energy battery. I created nil original Fest content, but I took a lot of pictures, so here you go:

A song I heard today which immediately made me think of 00Q

Flowers and sights from around my fair city, including a shot of the cold box where --in my new cheese-monger and grocery job-- we store perishables, including the cheeses I get to order and sell to customers

Snaps from a L o V e L y visit to The Big Sky state where we visited friends, saw M A N Y birds, and got to spend a lot of time in, near, or on water

Signing off for a bit. However, we’re gonna keep fanperson-ing and reblogging each other’s post after Fest, amirite? 😉🤣🤭

[hl-obsessed]

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[yersina]

Is there anyone who’d be interested in beta-ing my sctir big bang fic when it’s done? Without giving away too many spoilers, it’s looking to be around 25k to 30k at my best estimate (currently abt half done), and I’m hoping for mostly pointers around plot/flow!

Edit: volunteer has been found!! :))

[4minutesficfest]

Approximately 4 hours remain until the deadline!

[queerofthedagger]

every single time. yes I did this instead of wrapping up the goddamn fic leave me be

[hd-wireless]

HD Wireless Submission

🎵 Are you ready? (Girl, there ain't a doubt) Are you ready? (What you talkin' about?) Are you ready? (You gon' figure it out) To submit, to submit.

Are you ready? (You deserve it now) 'Cause we want it (That's what we’re talkin' about) Are you ready? (You gon' figure it out) To submit, to submit 🎵

Dear participants,

Submission deadline is approaching! Lizzo and the mods hope you are busy putting the finishing touches on your creations ready to post them by 12th June! We are beyond excited to see them all!

If however, you feel you’ll struggle to post by that date, please reach out now by emailing us at hdwirelessmod@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to accommodate you! 

For all those submitting, check the Submission guidelines, and don’t forget to add the mod account (hd_wireless_mod) and complete the submission form. Best of luck!!

We are ready and waiting for all of your talent 2 Be Loved!! 

[allalrightagain]

Oh fuck it’s the first of the month

[enchantedlandcoffee]

tags

[nogenrealldrama]

Also everyone I'm actually alive, just flaky and also life keeps happening.

[persephoneflouwers]

So mh…

[forabeatofadrum]

What’s poppin’ LGBTs! Happy “we should totally stab Caesar day!” to all who celebrate, but most importantly happy 12 year anniversary to Kurt and Blaine 😌.

Back due to popular demand (jk?): more thesis talk! As promised, I discussed with my thesis supervisor whether or not I can share my thesis and the answer is yes! I, of course, didn’t mention to her that I am currently sharing my thesis through snippets on my fanfiction Tumblr blog, but alas, wat niet weet wat niet deert. But once I have the finished version (hopefully end June, for pride month, how appropriate!) I can send it to people if I want to. It will still be in Dutch but again ask me in 4 months what to do for my international audience (so weird to say about a thesis).

But yeah to celebrate the news 🥳, have some more of the thesis, aka my WIP for the next couple of months. On Sunday we talked about possible reasons why there are more queer men than women in media (I also added a third reason: Bury Your Gays). I described how heteroflexibility complicates what constitutes as queer representation, since women who have relations with other women aren’t always portrayed as queer, but there’s also a flip side to this:

In Russo's (2014) article on queer female fandom, a distinction is also made between subtext and maintext. The subtext consists of homoerotic elements and the discourse surrounding it. Maintext is the explicit queer representation. The boundary between subtext and main text is not always clear (Russo, 2014). Queer female fandom consists largely of queer women and these queer interpretations stem from a combination of personal and political wishes (Russo, 2014, 2017). This makes the questions surrounding the representation of queer women more complex. Heteroflexibility ensures that not all women who enter into relationships with other women are queer (Annati & Ramsey, 2022; DeCeuninck & Dhoest, 2016; Diamond, 2005; Jackson & Gilbertson, 2009), but on the other hand, queer subtext ensures that that “straight” women are perceived as queer and sometimes fans are more enthusiastic about those characters than explicit representation (Ng & Russo, 2017). Often these "straight" women are also seen as queer representation (McNicholas Smith, 2020a). This shows that queer representation is more complex than previously thought. 

(Dutch under the cut, together with the tags, for the few Dutchies who might prefer to read it in Dutch, since academics can be a bitch.)

Yes, this is technically about Faberry. Literally every paper on this phenomenon I’ve read mentions Faberry and a ship from Xena: Warrior Princess. It’s an interesting thing, because is a character like Quinn Fabray queer? (Fun fact, she also falls underneath the whole heteroflexibility mess after I Do.) I mean, I once had to write a paper on representation in Glee and it hurt me to call her straight (@blurglesmurfklaine remember the “Quinn is straight. Fans disagreed.” line?), but on the other hand it is questionable when straight characters sometimes get more love and recognition than actual on-screen canon representation. I also love pissing off straight people by claiming that Zuko is gay, but Korra is right there, amirite? I didn’t want to add too much text here in this post, but I did give a historical reasoning behind this phenomenon. This is just another interesting thing in a list of interesting things.

And now, the weather: @quizasvivamos​ @blurglesmurfklaine​ @coffeegleek​ @esperantoauthor​ @otherworldsivelivedin​ @caramelcoffeeaddict​ @sillyunicorn​ @bazzybelle​ @dragoneggos​ @raenestee​ @tectonicduck​ @nightimedreamersworld​ @urban-sith​ @thnxforknowingme​ @captain-aralias​ @you-remind-me-of-the-babe​ @takitalks​ @justgleekout​ @cerriddwenluna​ @tea-brigade​ @ivelovedhimthroughworse​ @moodandmist​ @whogaveyoupermission​ @bookish-bogwitch​ @confused-bi-queer​ @aroace-genderfluid-sheep​ @ionlydrinkhotwater​ @1908jmd​ @special-bc-ur-part-of-it​ @larkral​ @chen-chen-chen-again-chen​​ @cutestkilla​​ @nausikaaa​​/@wellbelesbian​​ @artsyunderstudy​​ @martsonmars​​ @facewithoutheart​​ @shrekgogurt​ @boyinjeans​

[elvendorx]

regulus being a bitch to james who's trying really hard to be friends with his boyfriend's brother just writes itself. james can tell regulus is being a dick but that just makes it funnier for him and means that he can say mean things back without looking like an arsehole. sirius tunes them both out but occasionally catches an insult and laughs regardless of who says it so neither of them feels left out (he lets james get away with more/worse tho)

[hp-lawofattraction-fest]

Hello beautiful loaves and buns and other forms of pastry! This is a reminder that LoAF submissions are due 31 July. Please have them uploaded to the AO3 collection by midnight GMT+1 on Monday 31 July! (Convert to your timezone here)

If you're worried about making the deadline, please be in touch about that as soon as possible! (If you've already talked to us about an extension, that's fine, you're doing great).

We can't wait to see what you've all been baking!

- your LoAF mods, @crazybutgood @fantalfart @honeybeet @goblinmatriarch

banner credit @fantalfart ; origami by @crazybutgood

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