Challenge #11
In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your own post with the wishes you granted if you feel comfortable doing so.

I had already done this once here, and today I went through a few links and also did it in a few others (x, x, x, x, x). These are all recommendations, things I could fulfill quickly, ranging from music to books to TV shows, one recipe... Maybe there's something in one of them you'll enjoy :D

In my own wish list I asked for collaboration with a new community I created, dcfemslashevents, where I promote and organise events focused on femslash of the DC fandom. And I got that, with several people asking to be members! Now, as an extension of that, I would love if people could participate, or at least spread the word, of the first event: a comment fest where we'll encourage people to leave comments on DC f/f creations of all kinds during Femslash February.
 

 There's someone who is trying to raise funds for memorial services and to bury his brother who died of exposure last weekend.   I'll just say what I said on bluesky:



https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-harold-lightfeather-benny-boy

Thank you.
And thank you also for sharing the info elsewhere as well if you can.

Title: Knowing you did a good job is the best reward
Fandom: due South
Rating: Teen and up
Summary: Fraser doesn't expect rewards

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What are you thankful for this week?
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It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

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Hi, c'mon in and join us! :3 I hope you've brought a flashlight/torch with fresh batteries, or perhaps a sturdy padlock, and yes, you might even need a shovel, because...

Today's theme is secrets and mysteries. All prompts and fills must involve answers (are the characters searching for them? do they find them by accident?) and questions (is someone full of them? avoiding them?). Will what's hidden be revealed, or will it be safely secured and potentially forgotten?

Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get things started...
+ Leverage(/Redemption) or The Librarian(s), any +/ any, so that's what that [thing] does
+ any fandom besides spy and crime fandoms, any +/ any, using invisible ink or (deciphering) a coded message
+ author's choice, any (+/ any), a secret entrance

We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, the best way to search for a lonely prompt on DW is to search the community’s archive, which can be found [[HERE]].

While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.

As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!

If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word! comment_fic


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Hi, c'mon in and join us! :3 I hope you've brought a flashlight/torch with fresh batteries, or perhaps a sturdy padlock, and yes, you might even need a shovel, because...

Today's theme is secrets and mysteries. All prompts and fills must involve answers (are the characters searching for them? do they find them by accident?) and questions (is someone full of them? avoiding them?). Will what's hidden be revealed, or will it be safely secured and potentially forgotten?

Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get things started...
+ Leverage(/Redemption) or The Librarian(s), any +/ any, so that's what that [thing] does
+ any fandom besides spy and crime fandoms, any +/ any, using invisible ink or (deciphering) a coded message
+ author's choice, any (+/ any), a secret entrance

We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, the best way to search for a lonely prompt on DW is to search the community’s archive, which can be found [[HERE]].

While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.

As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!

If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word! comment_fic


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HOW TO RESTART WHEN YOU’VE FALLEN OFF YOUR GOALS

If you’ve fallen off your goals, welcome to being a real person.

It happens to everyone, including the women who look like they have it all together. The difference is not that they “never fall off.” The difference is that they restart faster.

Dear Annie: I'm just heartbroken. My son moved out last year, and he never talked to me about anything before he moved. We were so close, and we always talked. But all of a sudden, he packed up and moved out with no explanation. He had met someone a year prior to that. I met her for a second, and that was it. I do know where he is living but he doesn't know that I know. He has a new baby boy; I don't even know his name, yet he is my grandson. I know that he has two stepdaughters, but I don't know their names either.

I kept trying to call him but get no response. Now his phone is disconnected. I'm so lost and confused as well as upset. I miss him dearly.

He is my only child. He did a great job in school and had his own business after he graduated from high school. I am trying so hard to go on with my life, but it's so hard not knowing how he is, or whether he is safe, healthy and happy. He was a very good kid, and now he's a man. I just hope and pray that he will come around some day. -- Mom Is Lost

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Title: Retrograde
Fandom: 9-1-1
Warnings: none
Except: chapter 8
Words: ~300

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DEAR ABBY: Our 24-year-old daughter is getting married in 10 months. My wife is invited to the wedding, but I am not, and I am furious. The groom's family is paying for the trip, but they say I am not invited "for financial reasons."

I don't have a great relationship with my daughter. But that isn't the point. I told my wife that if the roles were reversed and she was excluded, I would not go. This may be a deal-breaker for me. It's apparent that our marriage doesn't mean as much to my wife as it does to me. What are your thoughts? -- ELIMINATED IN TEXAS

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Challenge #10: Big Mood (Board). Choose something you love and create a mini mood collection of three (or more) items that evoke your feelings about it. You don’t have to limit yourself to visual media, or collect the items into a special format like a square (though you can if you’d like).

I'm not really a moodboard kind of person, I think, but I am a gathering-images-from-a-single-thing-and-arranging-them kind of person. Here is a spooky moodboard(?) for the band Dreamcatcher made with screenshots from the music videos for Chase Me, Good Night, Fly High, You and I, and Piri. I learned how to step frame by frame in YouTube for this! (It's by using the comma and period keys while the playback controls are in focus.)



Challenge #11: In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5.

Thank you again to everyone who has granted my wishes :)

I had mostly decided not to keep track of these, but here goes I guess. Not all of these were accompanied by a journal comment.

wishes granted

• fic recs (epistolary POV outsider) for stardust_rifle


• gif icons for autumninpluto


• a suggestion for innitmarvellous


• sports anime talk for huxleyenne


• cat video games for catness


• exploration video games for independence1776


• a click for kingstoken


• website visit for mrsluigivargas


• non-photoshop icon tutorials for svgurl


• donation for dustbunny105


• another click for snowynight


• art comments for mekare


• manga recs for skytintedwater


• fic recs and fic-writing talk for axael


• Discord thoughts for thissugarcane


• Discord servers for bella_luugosi


• poll participation, rizz tip, funky phrases, and a family cat story for kiestan


• strength training channel and poem for stonepicnicking_okapi


• For pretty much anyone that asked for fic comments, either I've already commented or I still have a tab open to come back to. I've left about 12 comments?


• Maybe more! May or may not update this list.

Challenge 288: INCONVENIENCES

Sometimes it’s the little things that really get you. The potted plant you could have sworn was out of the cat’s reach – except apparently it wasn’t. The lunch you were definitely going to pack, until you ran out of time. Someone needs to put gas in the car, and you have a meeting all morning, and there’s a horde of alien locusts on Main Street again so you’re going to have to work around that, too. It may or may not be anybody’s fault, exactly – except the alien locusts – but it sure is inconvenient! Write a story about inconveniences. BONUS GOAL: Cat-astrophe If your submission features cats (alien cat-ish things count), it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, January 26 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 288 – inconveniences • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #287 – Hot Water!

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Total Challenge Words Written: 4165

Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes! autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those.

You may now post your Challenge 287 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there.

The big annoying annual work project did not start this week like I anticipated, which has given me more time to work on fic ideas instead of just being incredibly stressed about life 🥳 Fun, but I am always overloaded with fic ideas so it kinda feels like my brain's on fire haha

Anyway, figured maybe I would just talk about a bunch of things I am working on/wanna work on but haven't had a chance yet. Maybe y'all can provide some guidance on what to prioritize. Or cheer me on. Or just tell me I'm crazy 😂

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