A Ficathon Goes Into a Bar

Last Song

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:33:19 GMT

Posted by: choirwoman

Title: Last Song
Author: sinkauli
Prompt: Nyota Uhura goes into a bar and meets... Piglet!
Fandoms: Star Trek TOS, Winnie-the-Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Word count: 516
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences (for bar setting with alcohol and some unrequited leering)
Contents: No warnings needed

Last Song (sorry for the several unsuccessful attempts! it's 34 degrees Celsius here and I'm melting)

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Fic: you know together we're glowing (The Untamed/Kpop Demon Hunters)

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:03:47 GMT

Posted by: nagi_schwarz

Title: you know together we're glowing

Author: nagi_schwarz

Prompt: Wei Wuxian goes into a bar and meets...Zoey!

Fandoms: The Untamed/MDZS and Kpop Demon Hunters

Word count: ~6600

Rating: AO3-G

Contents: no warnings needed

Summary: Wei Wuxian ~~walks into~~ tumbles off the cliff during the battle in Nightless City and comes to standing outside ~~a bar~~ the Paradise Diner and meets Zoey ~~from the worldwide super-group Huntr/X~~ who is a demon hunter. They share food and music.

Link to fic: On AO3

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Fic: Odile's Discovery

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:24:02 GMT

Posted by: orbble

Title: Odile's Discovery
Author: orbble (orbble)
Prompt: Odile goes into a bar and meets... Mokey Fraggle (Fraggle Rock)!
Fandoms: In Stars and Time & Fraggle Rock (1983)
Word count: 866
Rating: General
Contents: Minor spoilers for In Stars and Time, no other warnings needed

Odile's Discovery on AO3

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Two Against One The Sentinel and Will Trent

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:23:22 GMT

Posted by: pattrose

Into a Bar
Title: Two Against One
Author: [Bad username or unknown identity: ”PattRose”]
Prompt: Detective Jim Ellison walks into a bar and meets Detective Franklin Wilks.
Fandoms: The Sentinel (tv) and Will Trent (tv)
Word count: 1278
Rating: T
Contents: They talk about gay people.
Summary: Detective Franklin Wilks walks into a bar, looking for someone who helped save a case for Wilks’ department.

AO3 Link https://archiveofourown.org/works/86740961
( ”Story” )

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Fic: Offering a Helping Hand

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:27:23 GMT

Posted by: blackrose_17

Title: Offering a Helping Hand

Author: blackrose_17

Prompt: Tim Drake goes into a bar and meets... Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)!

Fandoms: Batman/MCU

Word count: 3479

Rating: Teen and up

Contents: This is my first Wanda story. I had issues with MCU Wanda, so I hope I did her justice in this story. I love the idea of Tim seeing himself in her.

Read it here on ao3

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Fic: through the long horror of that piteous night (Lord Peter Wimsey/Romeo and Juliet)

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:32:53 GMT

Posted by: shewhostaples

Title: through the long horror of that piteous night
Author: shewhostaples / elstaplador
Prompt: Harriet Vane goes into a bar and meets... Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet)!
Fandoms: Lord Peter Wimsey books (Dorothy L. Sayers); Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Word count: 1,195
Rating: General audiences
Contents: Implied character death; reference to capital punishment (specifically to hanging, but not graphic); reference to miscarriage of justice; nightmares.
Summary: "This, madam, is the antechamber to Acheron; the hallway to Hades; I’d like to say, the prelude to Purgatory, but that seems presumptuous."

through the long horror of that piteous night - at AO3

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The Cart on the Bathhouse (Spirited Away/Avatar: The Legend of Korra)

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:31:25 GMT

Posted by: silveradept

Title: The Cart on the Bathhouse
Author: silveradept
Prompt: Iroh goes into a bar and meets Kamajii
Fandoms: 千と千尋の神隠し | Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away (2001), Avatar: Legend of Korra
Word count: 1,268
Rating: General Audiences
Contents: No Archive Warnings Apply (No Warnings Needed)

(Chihiro has tasked Uncle to keep Kamajii away from his boiler room long enough for her to do something for him. The two have a talk about work, the enjoyment thereof, and what they have done with their lives.)

The Cart on the Bathhouse at the Archive of Our Own

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Fic: The Problem of Nephews (Miss Marple/Agatha Gregson - Jeeves)

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:29:58 GMT

Posted by: smallhobbit

Title: The Problem of Nephews
Author: smallhobbit
Prompt: Miss Marple walks into a bar and meets... Aunt Agatha!
Fandoms: Miss Marple - Agatha Christie, Jeeves - P G Wodehouse
Word count: 714
Rating: G
Contents: No warnings needed
Summary: Both ladies are in the hotel due to actions by their nephews

AO3 Link - The Problem of Nephews

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Sidecar and Sympathy

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:52:07 GMT

Posted by: rhi

Title: Sidecar and Sympathy
Author: rhi /gryphonrhi on AO3
Prompt: Betty Ross walks into a bar and meets... Scooter (The Muppets)
Fandoms: MCU, The Muppet Show
Word count: 1,923
Rating: Gen
Contents: No warnings needed
Summary: Dealing with Thaddeus 'Thunderbutt' Ross would put anyone in a mood. What Betty didn't understand was why the person coming in the door looked like his morning had been just as bad.

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/86548611

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fic: my life's a mess, but i call it mine

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:08:20 GMT

Posted by: nautastellaris

title: my life's a mess, but i call it mine
author: nautastellaris
prompt: mike morton walks into a bar and meets... dimitri!
fandom: fire emblem: three houses, identity v
word count: 4,240
rating: T
content warnings: no archive warnings apply
summary:

“you should try something else. that hard stuff’ll knock you out harder than a concussion after a sixty-foot fall.”

“that's... oddly specific.”

“i speak from experience.”

dimitri has never had a night to himself, one that was free of the mess that is post-war politics and conflict. mike tries to make things interesting.

my life's a mess, but i call it mine on AO3

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Fic: Swimming Lessons (The Hunger Games/Final Fantasy XII)

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:28:26 GMT

Posted by: suzume

Title: Swimming Lessons
Author: suzume
Prompt: Mags goes into a bar and meets... Ashe (Final Fantasy XII)!
Fandoms: The Hunger Games and Final Fantasy XII
Word count: 561
Rating: PG
Contents: lots of discussion of death and war, but nothing gratuitous

( Swimming, swimming, swimming~ )

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Fic: New Friend, Old Friend, Best Friend: The Professionals/due South

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:27:05 GMT

Posted by: lucy_roman

Title: New Friend, Old Friend, Best Friend
Author: lucy_roman
Prompt: Bodie walks into a bar and meets Elaine Besbriss
Fandoms: The Professionals/due South
Word Count: 2,563
Rating: Teen and up
Contents: Mild threats of violence

Read on AO3

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Fic: A Friend of a Friend

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:45:50 GMT

Posted by: ereshai

Title: A Friend of a Friend
Author: ereshai
Prompt: Wei Wuxian goes into a bar and meets...Larissa "Lardo" Duan!
Fandoms: The Untamed/Check, Please!
Word count: 1032
Rating: Gen
Contents: No warnings needed.
Summary: Wei Wuxian has a very important commission for the right artist.

A Friend of a Friend on AO3

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Fic: How much can you win? How much can you lose? [Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves/Galavant]

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:54:32 GMT

Posted by: aerica13

Title: How much can you win? How much can you lose?
Author: aerica13
Prompt: Xenk Yendar goes into a bar and meets... Madalena!
Fandoms: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Galavant
Word count: 549
Rating: T
Contents: No warnings needed
Summary: Xenk and Madalena discuss power, and what it might cost to wield it.

How much can you win? How much can you lose? on AO3

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Fic: But Not For Me The Amazing Digital Circus/Hazbin Hotel

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:00:29 GMT

Posted by: cornerofmadness

Title: But Not For Me

author: cornerofmadness

Prompt: Kinger goes into a bar and meets... Niffty (Hazbin Hotel)!

Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus/Hazbin Hotel

Word count: 1941

Rating: teen

Summary: Caine once again sends Kinger and Pomni to hell but at least the hotel they find is full of friendly people.

Contents: People in hell but otherwise, no real warnings needed

Find the story here on AO3

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FIC: Out of Place, Out of Time (Detective L/Guardian)

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:20:29 GMT

Posted by: facethestrange

Title: Out of Place, Out of Time
Author: facethestrange | facethestrange
Prompt: Luo Fei goes into a bar and meets... Lin Jing!
Fandoms: Detective L & Guardian (TV)
Word Count: 562
Rating: G
Contents: No warnings needed.

Summary: "And you are?" he asks.

Lin Jing stammers for a moment, and then leans forward to give Chief Zhao a better view, pointing to himself with both hands. "I'm... me? Lin Jing."

He gets a curious stare in response. Maybe the time travel is affecting Chief Zhao's memory? He has never felt particularly well after interacting with the Hallows.

AO3 Link

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FIC: Searching for Guidance (The Sentinel/Numb3rs)

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:53:37 GMT

Posted by: brumeier

Title: Searching for Guidance
Author: brumeier
Prompt: Blair Sandburg walks into a bar and meets...David Sinclair!
Fandom(s): The Sentinel/Numb3rs
Pairing(s): Blair Sandburg/Jim Ellison
Wordcount: 2,355
Rating: Teen & Up
Warning(s): just some light angst and emotional h/c

Summary: Blair has no idea why FBI agent David Sinclair wants to meet with him, but he couldn't have anticipated the reason David has sought him out.

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Fic: Captain Rex walks into a bar and meets ... Alfred Bester (SW:TCW/Babylon 5)

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:24:31 GMT

Posted by: senmut

Title: Not In My Head
Author: senmut | Merfilly
Prompt: Captain Rex goes into a bar and meets... Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)!
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars & Babylon 5
Word count: 1,211
Rating: PG / General Audiences
Contents: Canon-typical attitudes, character death
Summary: Bester has been judged and sent to a Galaxy Far Far Away. Things are not looking up for him.

NB: I do not suggest reading this if you think Bester is the Guy You Really Like.

AO3 Link | SquidgeWorld Archive Link | My Dreamwidth

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Posting Guidelines: 2026

Wed, 20 May 2026 17:22:24 GMT

Posted by: dizmo

When you have finished your story, please post it to the community. Use the following template when posting your entry:

Title:
Author:
Prompt:
Fandoms:
Word count: (If it's not fic, put what kind of media it is here.)
Rating: (You must put something in this space. You must give a rating; you may use the AO3's ratings, Fanfiction.net's ratings, or any standardized movie rating system. Cutesy answers will not be accepted.)
Contents: (You must put something in this space. You must warn if your story contains major character death, graphic violence, and/or non-con. Blackout warnings are acceptable. If your story has no warnings, write "no warnings needed." Anything else is up to you.)

Optionally, you can also include author's notes, a disclaimer, characters/pairings, or a summary.

After your headers, you should either link to your creation on another site or paste it directly into the entry (if you do this, you must use a cut tag). If your story is too big to fit into one entry, do not post multiple entries to the community. Post elsewhere and link to the parts.

Do not tag your post. We will tag your post.

Your post should look something like this:

Title: Best of Intentions
Author: greencanary
Prompt: Ash Ketchum walks into a bar and meets... Jamie Tartt!
Fandoms: Pokemon, Ted Lasso
Word count: 820
Rating: T
Contents: No warnings needed
Summary: They both want to be the very best.

AO3 Link

This community is on moderated posting. Your entry will be checked over by a moderator before being posted. If there is a problem with your submission, we will reject it and give you an explanation. This does not mean we have kicked you out of the challenge. It means you should fix whatever's wrong and resubmit. (Doublecheck your headers! That's usually the source of any problems!)

In addition to (read: not in place of) posting your work to the community, we also strongly encourage you to add it to our collection at the AO3. To add your story to the collection, follow the steps in this tutorial. Our collection is here; the collection name is intoabar. The collection is also moderated. Any work produced for the ficathon will be approved when submitted.

You must post by 11:59PM EDT, Sunday, July 5.

If you do not post by the deadline, you may post in the late posting period, which begins as soon the masterlist goes up.

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SIGN UPS: 2026

Sun, 03 May 2026 16:19:24 GMT

Posted by: dizmo

PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE SIGNING UP. You are responsible for the information contained therein.

To sign up, please comment with the following information:

Username:
Who goes into the bar?:
What fandom are they from?:
What other fandoms can you write? (1-6):

An example:

Username: greencanary
Who goes into the bar?: Ash Ketchum
What fandom are they from?: Pokemon
What other fandoms can you write? (1-6): Ted Lasso, The Untamed (TV), New York Yankees RPF, Thunderbolts (2025), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), The Magicians - Lev Grossman

Do not use the comments to this post to ask questions of the mods or to notify us you are dropping out. In order to receive your assignment as quickly as possible, please refrain from editing your signup comment. If you want to make changes, post them as a reply to your original signup.

Sign ups will be open until 11:59PM EDT, Sunday May 17 (When is that for me?). Please check back around May 20 for your assignment. This post will be updated when all signups are distributed.

There may be character spoilers in the comments to this post. Proceed with caution.

If you have any problems, please contact a mod immediately!

ETA: SIGNUPS ARE NOW CLOSED!!
Assignments will be distributed within the next few days!

ETA 2: SIGNUPS ARE NOW DISTRIBUTED!! Contact a mod if there is a problem with your assignment.

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Rules Post: 2026

Sun, 03 May 2026 16:14:10 GMT

Posted by: dizmo

Signups: Sunday, May 3 to 11:59PM EDT, Sunday May 17 (When is that for me?)
Prompts Distributed: By Wednesday, May 20
Posting Opens: Once all signups are distributed.
Last Day to Post/Notify a Mod: Sunday, July 5
Masterlist Posted: By the end of July
Late Posting Period Starts: Once masterlist is posted.

FAQ
Even if you have read the rules before, please read them again, to refresh yourself. Minor alterations and clarifications are frequently made.

How does this work?

Here's what you do:

1. Pick a character, any character.
2. Pick one to six fandoms that you feel comfortable writing in. They cannot be the fandom that your character is from, or a fandom related to it. They can be related to one another if you choose, however.

That is all you need to do. What we will do, using highly scientific methods (and by that we mean the internet, our character lists, and a sizable bag of dice), is pick a character from one of those other fandoms to meet your character in a bar. You will then produce a fanwork from your prompt (see below for guidelines).

What?

Okay. Let's say you sign up. You choose Hamlet as your first character, and feel comfortable writing in the Iron Man movies, Boston Bruins RPF, the Stormlight Archive, Heated Rivalry, Stardew Valley, and the Disney+ Loki series.

I roll the dice, consult my lists, and determine that the other character will be Shane Hollander. So your prompt is "Hamlet goes into a bar and meets Shane Hollander," and you then produce a fanwork about it.

( Further Information Under the Cut! )

I am totally on board! Sign my ass up!

Hot damn! Go directly to this post and sign your ass up!

Please, pass it around! The more the merrier!

I have another question!

Please use the comments of this post to ask! You can also PM me for help. Please make sure your journal is set to accept private messages from outside your circles, or I may be unable to respond.

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Here we go again!

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:03:22 GMT

Posted by: dizmo

A Ficathon Goes Into a Bar 2026 is fast approaching!

Signups will commence on Sunday, May 3!

As always, going to have a good time! And a strange one!

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Amnesty: All in the Subtext (Miraculous Ladybug/Batman:TAS)

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:11:14 GMT

Posted by: graycardinal

One more step toward catching up with all my outstanding prompts....

Title: All in the Subtext
Author: graycardinal /Gray_Cardinal
Prompt: Gabriel Agreste ~~goes into a bar~~ visits a Gotham City bookstore…and meets Barbara Gordon!
Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug / Batman: TAS
Word count: ~1700
Rating: Suitable for all ages.
Warnings: None.

Ninety-five percent of the volumes on Codex Antiquaria's shelves were simply old, and little more than that, each waiting for one of the half-dozen people on Earth with a unique interest in the particular topic whose subject that work concerned.

Not surprisingly, the remaining five percent – the grimoires, the spell-books, the alchemical field guides, the encyclopediae of magical artifacts – drew most of the paying customers.

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Amnesty: Why Me? (Jacqueline Kirby / Nancy Drew)

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:34:59 GMT

Posted by: graycardinal

Two down and [mumble] to go on my outstanding prompts....

Title: Why Me?
Author: graycardinal / graycardinal
Prompt: Jacqueline Kirby ~~goes into a bar~~ visits a jail … and meets Ned Nickerson.
Fandoms: Jacqueline Kirby series (Elizabeth Peters) / Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene
Word count: ~1500
Relationship: Nancy Drew & Ned Nickerson
Rating: Suitable for all ages.
Warnings: None.

Jacqueline Kirby ~~goes into a bar~~ visits a jail … and meets Ned Nickerson.

[Aside to mods: and either my brain has melted or DW has updated its posting engine since the last time I looked, because I find I *can* regenerate the formatting after all. Therefore disregard the PM from five minutes ago....]

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Amnesty: Where You Need to Be (Power Rangers Dino Thunder; Gargoyles)

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:31:50 GMT

Posted by: graycardinal

Since we're theoretically into the amnesty zone, herewith a (phenomenally) late entry - hopefully the first of several, depending on how efficient my muse chooses to be.

Title: Where You Need to Be
Author: graycardinal / Gray_Cardinal
Prompt: Tommy Oliver ~~goes into a bar~~ washes ashore on an island and meets Princess Katharine (Gargoyles).
Fandoms: Power Rangers Dino Thunder; Gargoyles
Words: ~2800
Rating: Suitable for all ages.
Warnings: none

"Death by drowning, Tommy Oliver reflected, was totally unfair."

I'd always wondered how Tommy survived the aftermath of Dino Island blowing up (as we see in an early episode of Dino Thunder). And then the dice-rollers at the Ficathon That Goes Into A Bar handed me the answer....

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