Rain Challenge: Hercule Poirot: Fanfic: Well, it is Raining!
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fan_flashworksTitle: Well, it is Raining!
Fandom: Hercule Poirot
Rating: G
Length: 348 words
Summary: Hastings comes in very wet; Poirot does not approve.
Fandom: Hercule Poirot
Rating: G
Length: 348 words
Summary: Hastings comes in very wet; Poirot does not approve.
( But, ma fois... )
Gaming Questions
Feb. 22nd, 2026 11:35 amrynling(1) What’s the scariest moment you’ve experienced in a game?
(2) What’s your favorite urban legend about a secret area in a game?
(3) Do you play any collectible card games?
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(2) What’s your favorite urban legend about a secret area in a game?
(3) Do you play any collectible card games?
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Double Challenge: War of the Worlds (1988-90): Fanfic: Fallen In Battle
Feb. 22nd, 2026 10:43 ambadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Fallen In Battle
Fandom: War of the Worlds (1988-90)
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Harrison Blackwood, Paul Ironhorse.
Rating: PG
Setting: Seasons 2, Episode 1.
Summary: An alien clone of Colonel Ironhorse wreaks havoc on the Blackwood Project.
Word Count: 200
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 507: Amnesty 84, using Challenge 15: Double.
Disclaimer: I don’t own War of the Worlds, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
FIC: Meitantei Pretty Cure! - A Case of Identity
Feb. 22nd, 2026 08:39 amsonofgodzillaTitle: A Case of Identity
Universe: Meitantei Pretty Cure!
Character(s): OCs
Rating: U
Warnings: N/A
Summary: “No one’s interested in detectives, Raymond!” she shouted above the noise. “And if they are, well...”
Length: 476 words
Author's Notes: I'm sorry that the first Precure thing I write in ages is just OC nonsense. also: external link.
( A Case of Identity )
Universe: Meitantei Pretty Cure!
Character(s): OCs
Rating: U
Warnings: N/A
Summary: “No one’s interested in detectives, Raymond!” she shouted above the noise. “And if they are, well...”
Length: 476 words
Author's Notes: I'm sorry that the first Precure thing I write in ages is just OC nonsense. also: external link.
( A Case of Identity )
(no subject)
Feb. 21st, 2026 12:19 amkallowayOn Wednesday, my father pulled up a flyer on Facebook for a nerd-show next weekend and incredibly nearby. Even though I have a fairly strict no-winter-shows rule because, uh, weather, this is close enough and cheap enough that I figured if I get a table and nothing comes of it, I at least got to hang out with other nerds for a few hours. Anyway, got a table, lol, and will spend some of this weekend/coming week sorting out some stuff to take. This looks like it might become ~monthly and if it takes off and I can maintain a table, it'll really help the clear-out. (The only other table I have booked this year is Semmex and that's not a personal table. I also don't want to spend every weekend this year trying to sell my stuff but I really do need to do the cleanout. Blrgh. Blrrrrgh.)
Finished up the KO GM and it's... okay. Some parts sucked to build but overall it's fine. I was thinking he needed a friend and was looking up other GMs and then suddenly remembered maybe I had one in the back of a cabinet? Sure enough... It is a very old HGUC kit and the nubs have yellowed like I've seen on a lot of old Gundam Wing kits. Since this GM has probably been in the back of the cabinet since being built, I can only assume it's age + plastic quality. Anyway, the GMs can be slightly messy friends, lol.
Going to work on the Destiny Astray today and maybe get the body done this weekend? I'm hopeful. IDK what my next kit will be but it will be Bandai so it at least will go together without extensive modification and/or pain.
Finished up the KO GM and it's... okay. Some parts sucked to build but overall it's fine. I was thinking he needed a friend and was looking up other GMs and then suddenly remembered maybe I had one in the back of a cabinet? Sure enough... It is a very old HGUC kit and the nubs have yellowed like I've seen on a lot of old Gundam Wing kits. Since this GM has probably been in the back of the cabinet since being built, I can only assume it's age + plastic quality. Anyway, the GMs can be slightly messy friends, lol.
Going to work on the Destiny Astray today and maybe get the body done this weekend? I'm hopeful. IDK what my next kit will be but it will be Bandai so it at least will go together without extensive modification and/or pain.
Candy Hearts author reveals!
Feb. 22nd, 2026 06:26 amvriddycandyheartsex has revealed authors!! Another delightful round. Because the minimum requirements are so small (300 words for fic) and there are usually several hundreds participants, I decide to go mega self-indulgent and ask only for my rare polyships, in tiny (K-9) and larger (Wind Breaker) fandoms. And therefore I was SUPER DELIGHTED to get, guess what?? A gift for one of my beloved rare polyships :D :D :D :D 💖💖💖 *happy sigh* A delight, truly.pile of five by
Summary: Akihiko wakes up in the middle of their bed and tries his best to find a way out.
Read it on AO3
Meanwhile I wrote two things :D :D One for a beloved BNHA polyship, and the other for K-9... I was so glad to have an outlet for some of my feelings over the fact that OBORO CANONICALLY GETS A COLLAR lol. This is probably the FIRST EVER K-9 fanwork in an exchange, too? >:D Mwahahaha
hardly an abduction | Boku no Hero Academia | Miruko/Dabi/Hawks | ~800 words | rated T
Summary: Dabi is injured. Miruko and Hawks take a risk to help, hiding in an abandoned shelter in the mountains.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
tailor-made | K-9 | Ren/Oboro/Fujimaru/Kagari | ~400 words | rated M
Summary: Oboro pretends not to make a big deal out of it when Hidaka hands him a collar.
But it is.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
Yellow: fandom: Stock medium: Icons: Yellow
Feb. 21st, 2026 08:18 pminnitmarvelous_og posting in fan_flashworksCreator: innitmarvelous_og
Fandom: Stock
Characters/Pairings:
Prompt: Challenge 507: Amnesty using Yellow
Word Count/Medium: 6 icons
Rating: None
Warning: None
Summary: Six icons featuring yellow
Notes: Yay! This is #3 for me!
( Follow the yellow brick road! )
Fandom: Stock
Characters/Pairings:
Prompt: Challenge 507: Amnesty using Yellow
Word Count/Medium: 6 icons
Rating: None
Warning: None
Summary: Six icons featuring yellow
Notes: Yay! This is #3 for me!
( Follow the yellow brick road! )
Slice: xxxHoLiC: Fanfic: the landscape my wound reveals
Feb. 21st, 2026 09:53 ambluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksFandom: xxxHoLiC
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: eyelid injury
Author notes: The title is from The Sliced Eyelid by Yumi Fuzuki. (The translator is not credited.)
Summary: It’s the eye, after all.
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Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: eyelid injury
Author notes: The title is from The Sliced Eyelid by Yumi Fuzuki. (The translator is not credited.)
Summary: It’s the eye, after all.
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Performance Anxiety Challenge: For Self Defence: War of the Worlds (1988-90)
Feb. 21st, 2026 01:34 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: For Self Defence
Fandom: War of the Worlds (1988-90)
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Harrison Blackwood, Paul Ironhorse
Rating: PG
Setting: Between Seasons 1 & 2.
Summary: Harrison hates guns, but he’ll have to learn to use one at some point.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 507: Amnesty 84, using Challenge 14: Performance Anxiety.
Disclaimer: I don’t own War of the Worlds, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble
Apparently This Is What I Do When I Run Out Of Fic Ideas.
Feb. 21st, 2026 12:11 pmrionaleonhartIt can be a real challenge to characterise the fictional members of the Cornley Drama Society, given that they spend so much of Goes Wrong canon playing other characters. Therefore, I thought I'd see if I could put together a character profile of Robert Grove.
'Are you going to write characterisation guides for the entire drama society?' No. I'll be honest: I just wanted an excuse to talk at length about Robert Grove, because he's perfect.
( Robert Grove: a character summary. )
Robert's best quality as a friend: he will give generously of his time and effort to fix your problem, or at least to fix what he has decided is your problem. This... may not actually be helpful, but it will at least be well-intentioned.
Robert's worst quality as a friend: he will sleep with your mother, insult your acting and throw you under the bus to play the Dane, and he won't even understand why you're annoyed with him afterwards.
In short, Robert is an egotistic and outspoken man with a passion for theatre, an intense sincerity, a vast capacity for self-absorption, a need to be important, a desire for company and an absolute lack of self-awareness. He's relentlessly loud and dramatic. He will refuse to apologise if he doesn't think he's in the wrong, and he will never think he's in the wrong. He's a nightmare. I love him.
'Are you going to write characterisation guides for the entire drama society?' No. I'll be honest: I just wanted an excuse to talk at length about Robert Grove, because he's perfect.
( Robert Grove: a character summary. )
Robert's best quality as a friend: he will give generously of his time and effort to fix your problem, or at least to fix what he has decided is your problem. This... may not actually be helpful, but it will at least be well-intentioned.
Robert's worst quality as a friend: he will sleep with your mother, insult your acting and throw you under the bus to play the Dane, and he won't even understand why you're annoyed with him afterwards.
In short, Robert is an egotistic and outspoken man with a passion for theatre, an intense sincerity, a vast capacity for self-absorption, a need to be important, a desire for company and an absolute lack of self-awareness. He's relentlessly loud and dramatic. He will refuse to apologise if he doesn't think he's in the wrong, and he will never think he's in the wrong. He's a nightmare. I love him.
2026 Writing Log, Part Eight
Feb. 21st, 2026 06:36 amrynling( Read more... )
The theme of this week was executive function disorder. I tried every trick in my ADHD arsenal to overcome it, but alas. The only thing that will fix me is the end of this horrible winter.
The theme of this week was executive function disorder. I tried every trick in my ADHD arsenal to overcome it, but alas. The only thing that will fix me is the end of this horrible winter.
Challenge 507: Amnesty
Feb. 21st, 2026 03:35 pmchina_shop posting in fan_flashworksOur new challenge is our eighty-fourth:
During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: ( Complete list of prompts )
See the Community Report for a sortable list of prompts.
Both reports have a random "Any Challenge" button, and the Creator Report also has a random "Unfilled Challenge" button.
Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!
In amnesty rounds, include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Blanket: Heated Rivalry: Fanart: If on a winter's night).
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Sunday, 1 March. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work for fandom. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.
All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.
You can view stats forfan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details. Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the reports.
Also, keep an eye out for the nextffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)
AMNESTY
During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: ( Complete list of prompts )
Both reports have a random "Any Challenge" button, and the Creator Report also has a random "Unfilled Challenge" button.
Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!
In amnesty rounds, include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Blanket: Heated Rivalry: Fanart: If on a winter's night).
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Sunday, 1 March. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work for fandom. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.
All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.
You can view stats for
fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details. Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the reports.Also, keep an eye out for the next
ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)Admin: Challenge closed
Feb. 21st, 2026 03:31 pmchina_shop posting in fan_flashworksThe Melt challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
Icons for Melt: Stock and Terminator 2 byinnitmarvelous_og
FAKE: Fanfic: Bad Weather Blues bybadly_knitted
Mass Effect: Andromeda: Fanfiction: Ice Melts byinfinitum_noctem
Melt: Original: Baking: Melting Moments bysmallhobbit
Ace Attorney: Fanfic: The Snowflake byrefuse2shine
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Stuck bydarkjediqueen
The Professionals: Fanfiction: Feverish bylucy_roman
Viola come il mare: Fanfic: Far From Over byveronyxk84
art - Salvador Dalí: icons: Disintegration of Memory byhighlander_ii
Torchwood: Fanfic: The one that got away bym_findlow
Duang with You: Fanfic: the whole universe converges here bybluedreaming
The Story of Kunning Palace: fanfic: all claws and teeth byteaotter
\o/ \o/ \o/
Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.
The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.
Amnesty round coming right up.
Icons for Melt: Stock and Terminator 2 by
innitmarvelous_ogFAKE: Fanfic: Bad Weather Blues by
badly_knittedMass Effect: Andromeda: Fanfiction: Ice Melts by
infinitum_noctemMelt: Original: Baking: Melting Moments by
smallhobbitAce Attorney: Fanfic: The Snowflake by
refuse2shineS.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Stuck by
darkjediqueenThe Professionals: Fanfiction: Feverish by
lucy_romanViola come il mare: Fanfic: Far From Over by
veronyxk84art - Salvador Dalí: icons: Disintegration of Memory by
highlander_iiTorchwood: Fanfic: The one that got away by
m_findlowDuang with You: Fanfic: the whole universe converges here by
bluedreamingThe Story of Kunning Palace: fanfic: all claws and teeth by
teaotter\o/ \o/ \o/
Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.
The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.
Amnesty round coming right up.
Strangers Thing fic - plot beta/beta reader?
Feb. 20th, 2026 06:01 pmauthor_by_night posting in fictional_fansI don't know if this post is allowed, I just wasn't sure where else to ask.
I'm currently working on a Strangers Thing fic. I am very new to the fandom. I'd like someone I can bounce off of, and maybe a beta down the line? It's an AU with a better ending to El's story, giving her what I think she deserved. There might be some Canon Divergence for S4 as well. The fic is Byler, not Mileven, although she and Mike will remain good friends.
Any takers?
Again, Modly Beings, feel free to delete.
I'm currently working on a Strangers Thing fic. I am very new to the fandom. I'd like someone I can bounce off of, and maybe a beta down the line? It's an AU with a better ending to El's story, giving her what I think she deserved. There might be some Canon Divergence for S4 as well. The fic is Byler, not Mileven, although she and Mike will remain good friends.
Any takers?
Again, Modly Beings, feel free to delete.
