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Hot take: Both 20–22 episode seasons and 6–10 episode seasons have their place; the trick is knowing what types of stories are best served by each format.

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OTPSOURCE’s Valentine’s Day Celebration Week ♡ DAY 1: Favorite OTP Carol x Daryl // The Walking Dead

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She’s Having His (?!?) Baby Challenge

Let’s give the end of season 9 a new twist, shall we?

Your challenge is to write us a story in which Mulder comes back during The Truth and discovers that she [pick a character from list a] is having his [pick a character from list b] baby. How things change when you’re gone a while, eh?

A.

Scully

Reyes

Marita

NotDead! Mrs. Mulder

NotDead!Samantha

NotDead!Melissa

NotDead!Fowley

Mrs. Scully

Phoebe Green

B.

Skinner

Doggett

NotDead!Krycek 

Frohike 

Langly

Byers

CSM

Now, just how Mulder feels about the impending X arrival largely depends on who you pair up… No “Newhart” endings, please. It’s really happening, no matter how freaked out Mulder is :D

Please submit your story or the link to it to nurseryfiles@mulderscreek.com or post here in on our submissions Tumblr - or send me a message with your fic on Tumblr to reblog.

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PSA for fanfic writers

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"The nonbinary afab who goes by she/her, dresses femininely, and uses a push-up bra when I—" when you what? What's wrong with her?

Is she not nonbinary enough for you? Is the way she experiences her queerness and how she presents not perfect enough for you? Nonbinary people don't owe you androgyny, right? So why is she the exception? Why does she have to hate herself to appeal to your standards? Why is she any less trans—any less worthy of respect—cause it's "not visible"? Queer solidarity my ass. Don't spout this bullshit on Pride, man.

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Since that dreaded day is coming up in week, for anyone who has started following me since I post this last, I'm reposting a link to my St. Valentine's Day fic (part of the Complimentary Mints series) on AO3 - 'Conversation Mints.'

It's music heavy and there's playlist out on YouTube (just haven't gotten back to creating one on Spotify...)

Summary:

Valentine’s Day in Washington D.C. at the FBI. Scully is looking forward to a fancy outing for once with a very prominent doctor, while Skinner has been roped into a mercy date by two longtime friends. Unknowingly, Skinner and Scully are attending the same the event, where each of their dates from hell unexpectedly ditch them and leads to unexpectedly sweet revelations about each other.

And some cover art that needs some updating, but I otherwise kind of like below the cut.

Enjoy! Comments and Kudos make my day.

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You can only wear the two randomly assigned colors* for the rest of your life, ( trying to wear any other colors the items will change to one of the two other colors) how do you feel?

*Different tones/shades of the randomly chosen colors are allowed. Pastel, neon, etc. will also fall under the base color and are therefore allowed.

Spin the wheel to find out which colors you must wear

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The piXel-files

Ko-fi | Shop

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If you’re reading this: this is your sign that your WIP is worth writing, is worth the effort, and that you are doing great. Keep going, take breaks, reflect. But do not lose sight of how far you’ve come on this project! You can do it!

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One just can't draw Ashford without drawing Drummer too, Sasa Ke ?

Am I sad af that they didn't get a happy ending just raising space goats on a quiet planet? Yes yes I am! But also I do live for the drama so.... They deserved to drink that bottle together T-T

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i needed a reminder i can actually draw, it's a bit of a struggle at the moment

nice to look at my more recent output and i feel like all together it says yes this is me, despite the various fandoms and styles :)

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Strawpage ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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[Image description: A polyam flag with the words “four or more Valentine's Flash Fiction Madness" in distorted letters on it.]

AO3 COLLECTION | SQUIDGEWORLD COLLECTION

Happy New Year! I'm already looking forward to creating about the complicated relationship dynamics that come up when you have four or more people in a polycule. What are you looking forward to this year?

Well, hopefully, you're looking forward this event.

Let me introduce to you: the 2025 Four or More Valentine's Flash Fiction Madness collection!

What's this? It's a writing-focused challenge, however all mediums are welcome in the collection. The idea is to purposefully create in smaller chunks for your favorite relationships with #fourormore people with the intent of promoting your favorite ships and populating those tags of polyamorous goodness.

This event will run from February 7th to February 21st.

This is a low-stakes, personal challenge. There's no penalty for going over the limit. In fact, if you manage multiple works that go over the limit, you have my admiration.

GUIDELINES

Any medium! Any rating! As long as your work focuses on a relationship with 4 or more people, it's allowed!

All works must be your own and not previously posted. AI generated works will be deleted from the collections.

You may combine these with other events, as long as the other event allows it (such as @polyamships PolyamShippingDay or @febuwhump)

Small fandoms and complicated relationships more than welcome!

Don't forget to comply with the community guidelines.

MEDIUM SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

Minimum wordcount for fics is 100 words. Maximum is 2000 words.

Minimum for art is a sketch (digitally or traditionally drawn. Figure sticks allowed!). There is no limit to the quality or effort you want to put in your fills.

Minimum for moodboards is a 2x3 grid (6 images individually or edited in one image). Maximum is a 3x 3 grid (9 images individually or edited in one image).

Minimum for podfic is a 100-word fic. Maximum is 2000 words. There is no restriction on length or special effects.

Minimum for fanvids is 30 seconds. Maximum is 1minute and 30seconds.

Other mediums don't have a minimum nor maximum. Do you want to make an in-universe magazine for your ship? A cross stich pattern? A sculpture? Go ahead and do it! I look forward to all the things you can create.

FAQ

Q: How much do I need to create? A: As much or as little as you want! Even one more work in your ship tag is better than none!

Q: Why isn't X allowed? A: Just because.

Q: I don’t have a Dreamwidth account. Can I join? A: Of course! You don’t even need an AO3 account if you wish to post only on tumblr.

Q: My work contains [INSERT WARNING HERE]. Can I still participate? A: Yes. This is a CNTW (Choose Not To Warn) space.

Q: I don’t want to see [X] content, can you please remove it? A: No. The only content that will be removed will be that that does not comply with the rules.

PROMO POSTS

Please promote your works! Create reading lists! Send us on a treasure hunt to unlock a secret fic! If you are posting on tumblr please @ us @fourormore and/or use the tag #fourormore, and your work will be archived to the blog.

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If you have any questions, send us a message!

Have fun and bon appetit!

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HAPPY 25 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIMS! February 4, 2000 — developed by Maxis

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WIP GAME

Thank you @ussjellyfish for tagging me!

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous and tag as many people as you have WIPs. People send an ask with the title that most intrigues them, then you post a snippet or tell them something about it!

(Im only listing the ones ive written scenes or a decent outline for)

Voyager

Prodigy

Sailor Moon

Agatha All Along

i have more wips than i have people to tag so i will tag as many people as i have categories.

Tagging: @curator-on-ao3 @timetravelbypen @divinemissem13 and @strkamand

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We've seen lots of polls around authors saying it's not at all weird to get comments on old fic (it is in fact a delight!), but I'm curious about the other direction.

Life happens, writers can be shy or just get busy or simply not have the spoons to always reply right away even if they want to, and eventually it starts to feel like it might be weird to reply after a certain point. So: