We have great nominations in our tagset already! If you're interested in nominating, please review our nomination guidelines. There's an opportunity to transfer accepted tags from the 2025 tagset to the 2026 tagset.

I'm seeking clarifications on the following nominations. If I could hear back about these in the next 24 hours, that would be appreciated so we can keep our nomination approvals moving.

All Media Types + Related Fandoms
Can the nominator(s) please amend their nominations? We do not accept "All Media Types" and "Related Fandoms" without a case being made.

Star Wars - All Media Types
Din Djarin/Luke Skywalker
Poe Dameron/Ben Solo
Poe Dameron/Din Djarin
Poe Dameron/Finn
Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren

How to nominate Star Wars canons is outlined in the nomination guidelines. Can the nominator(s) please amend their nominations? If Luke and Din don't exist in the same sub-fandom, please nominate them under "Crossover Fandom".

Midsomer Murders - All Media Types
Ben Jones/Jamie Winter

I'm happy to hear why this should be "All Media Types", otherwise please amend the canon and specify if it's the TV show or books. Sorted!

Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
Apollo/Hyacinthus (Percy Jackson)

Please amend your nomination to specify which PJO canon you're after, as we have books, TV show and movies. The fandom title will need to change. Please use one of these: "Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Rick Riordan" for books, "Percy Jackson (TV)" for the TV show, and "Percy Jackson (Movies)" for the movies. If the nominator has trouble with changing the fandom, please let me know.

Crossover Fandom

Crossover Fandom
Peter Parker (MCU) & Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson)

I wanted to flag with the nominator that this nomination is a bit too ambiguous, unless you're fine with receiving any version of these characters. If I accept this as is, I will not be enforcing any DNWs dictating which Peter Parker or Percy Jackson version you want.

If the nominator is after a specific version for Percy Jackson, please amend your disambiguation (i.e. "Percy Jackson (PJO Books)" for the book version). If you're happy to receive the book, TV show or movie version, please let me know and I will accept this as is.

And I apologise for being nitpicky, but as we've had three Peter Parkers in the MCU (Holland, Garfield and Maguire), please amend your nomination if you're after a specific version. "Peter Parker [Holland] (MCU)" is an acceptable way to format it. Sorted!

Fandom renaming/fixing

Ocean's movies
Danny Ocean & Debbie Ocean (Ocean's)
Danny Ocean & Ocean's 8 (Ocean's)
Lou Miller/Debbie Ocean (Ocean's)

Google tells me Ocean's 8 and Ocean's 11 exist in the same universe, so I wanted to amend the fandom title. Is the nominator against the fandom being renamed to "Ocean's 11 Movie Universe"? Happy for alternate suggestions. Sorted!

If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device (Web Series)
Captain-General | Kitten & Magnus the Red (Warhammer 40.000)

I'm canon blind to If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device and Warhammer 40.000, but I've done some Googling and found that these two characters exist in this web series (I believe!). Can the nominator please update the disambiguation to reflect the web series? The disambiguation is making me think this should be under "Warhammer 40.000" as a canon instead. Happy to hear otherwise.

Supergirl (TV 2015)
Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supergirl Arrowverse)

Please renominate under "DC's Arrowverse" as the canon as per the nomination guidelines.

Please let me know on any nominations post if you see any duplicates or errors in the tagset. Happy nominating!

threesentenceficathon has started! The first post is here.

I have written a little something! For the prompt any, any, defeated by a horde of small children - my fill is "Final Fantasy XI, G, nameless female adventurer and the Tarutaru trio from Chains of Promathia"

I would fill more but it's streaming night! In about an hour from this post, I'll be going live on Twitch with some Arcadion raids in Final Fantasy XIV (we're on the second tier) plus roulettes as Viper. I'm still learning Viper so don't expect wondrous DPS, but I should do decent, I think? You are welcome to come cheer me on! Or lurk, lurkers are always welcome.

January 17 - 'If you could wave a magic wand and get a new season of a show or new book (or movie) in a series, what would it be? And why would you pick it? (i.e. did it end on a cliffhanger, or you always wanted more, etc)' for donutsweeper

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(there are still slots open for the January Talking Meme here)

https://ao3org.tumblr.com/post/806026131795034112

transformativeworks:

IVD 2025 Volunteer Q&A—Tag Wrangling Spotlight

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As a follow-up from International Volunteer Day, today we’re spotlighting our Tag Wrangling volunteers as they answer questions you asked them! Read what they had to say at otw-news.org/yckk6tum

https://ao3org.tumblr.com/post/806026131795034112

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⌈ Secret Post #6952 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 39 secrets from Secret Submission Post #993.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 2 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Title: deep sea, baby
Rating: Explicit
Fandom: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy TV
Relationship(s): Nahla Ake/Caleb Mir
Word Count: 361
Summary: 

Caleb’s flesh carries callus and scar and blemish, but Nahla had kissed over every single tarnish, had worshiped him whole; she’s trying to make her penance.

Read on AO3.

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #994 ]




The first secret from this batch will be posted on January 24th.

RULES: 1. One secret link per comment. 2. 750x750 px or smaller. 3. Link directly to the image. More details on how to send a secret in! Optional: If you would like your secret's fandom to be noted in the main post along with the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. If your secret makes the fandom obvious, there's no need to do this. If your fandom is obscure, you should probably tell me what it is. Optional #2: If you would like WARNINGS (such as spoilers or common triggers -- list of some common ones here) to be noted in the main post before the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. Optional #3: If you would like a transcript to be posted along with your secret, put it along with the link in the comment!

Title: Put A Sock In It
Fandom: The Legend of Korra
Characters: Zaheer
Rating: G
Summary: Sticker/Button design of Zaheer with a sock in his mouth.

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So very true. Do not view with mouth full.

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Event: A Hand in the Hole Flash Exchange
Event link: A Hand in the Hole
Pinch hit link: Fandoms Requested: Creator's Choice of Fandoms
Due date: 6 PM CST, January 19th

If claiming, please email the mod at themonstersoflove@gmail.com.

9. What are your favorite tropes?

I have too many to list. Here are a few.

Friends to lovers. The reluctant hero. Someone in distress. Found family, race against time, rags to riches.

I live to read fantasy stories but don’t write them at all.

A new baihe live action drama, Candy (糖果, pinyin: tangguo), has started airing on GagaOOLala. Here's the official synopsis:

Top actress Lin Can plummets overnight after a devastating PR crisis. Wen Nuannuan—the girl she once left behind in her youth—reenters her life as an assistant. Under the pressure of fame and public scrutiny, the two escape the city to join a rural reality show. Meanwhile, veteran manager Si Han and superstar Jiang Wan are locked in a fierce game of love and power, entangled in workplace rivalry and unresolved past feelings. Between tenderness and cruelty, sincerity and calculation, two GL love stories unfold against the unforgiving reality of the entertainment industry.

And here's the trailer:


The main page for the drama is here. Each episode appears to be about 30 minutes long (judging by the first one), and I vaguely remembering on Chinese social media that there are eight episodes in total (but am not 100% sure). The first episode is free-to-view.

Also! Did you know that the city of Chicago named one of its new snowplows Abolish ICE?

I hope all the snowplows stay warm and get some refreshing terrarium time in between the good work they're doing this weekend. 🌿

Just my 5 favorite songs that I found this year or listened to this year! In no particular order. That's all :)

Challenge: 2025 in Review
Warnings: Nah

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Presenting my first lifer of 2026: Harlequin Duck!



They usually winter on the sea coast and are rare in landlocked Vermont, but occasionally one will stop off on Lake Champlain for a while and all the birders come running. The lake is at least an hour drive for me so I can't always just drop everything and go when there are interesting waterfowl, especially if it's off some remote point and you can barely see the bird through a scope anyway.

Then last year there were these two male Harlequins who decided it would be fun to hang out at a lakefront park in a little cove right by the parking area, posing and diving about ten feet away from people. Wonderful! Except! This happened immediately after I had major abdominal surgery and could not get out of bed, let alone drive to the lake. I did look for the ducks several times when I was recovered enough, but I never saw them.

But this week... guess who's back?? It's assumed that these are the same birds since they're so rare and even more notable to have a pair of males, right at the exact same spot.

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fandomtrees has revealed and I was gifted some great fic and art: Kevin Can F**k Himself moodboards from pattrose, a Hudson & Rex drabble from lomelinde_laurea, and a really fun Murder, She Wrote/Midsomer Murders crossover from cornerofmadness!!

Check them out at my tree and please tell them how wonderful they are!

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: What are your crafting goals for 2026?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!