[#282 | Catharsis] Challenge Post

Dec. 4th, 2025 01:14 am
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Challenge 282:
CATHARSIS
n. purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art; a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension

Sometimes, you just need to feel things. A really good cry, a really good laugh, or a really good scream – whichever it is, it’s good for the soul. Sometimes you can get it through art, maybe a tragic play, or a comedy movie, or a romance novel; other times, you just need to confront your nemesis, or stand in the woods and scream, or laugh until you cry at something that isn’t actually funny.

How do your characters find catharsis? Do art or music work for them, or do they need something a little more concrete?

Write a story about catharsis.

BONUS GOAL: “Are you okay?”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!


Challenge ends Monday, December 8 at 9:00PM EST.
• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 282 – catharsis
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

[#281 | Mirage] Results Post

Dec. 4th, 2025 01:13 am
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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #281 – Mirage!

This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 3925

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

You may now post your Challenge 281 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!

[#281 | Mirage] Voting Post

Dec. 1st, 2025 10:24 pm
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Here are the entries for this week's challenge:

List of entries )

In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (all three spots) in order to be counted. First place votes are worth 3 points, second place votes are worth 2 points, and third place votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.

When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:

First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Second Place: 88. Another Fic Title
Third Place: 47. Finally a third fic title goes here

Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.



Voting closes Wednesday, December 3, at 9:00PM EST.
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Theme Prompt: 281 - Mirage
Title: a man dreaming he was a mouse
Fandom: Chainsaw Man
Rating/Warnings: N/A
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 913
Summary: Aki has professional boundaries that have been eroded and he isn’t sure he’s missing them at all when he’s on patrol with the Angel Devil

or a mouse dreaming he was a man )
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Theme Prompt: #281 -- Mirage
Title:  recuerda tu muerte (remember your death)
Fandom: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (ft. references to Puss in Boots 1 + Shrek Forever After's alt timeline)
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 (thanks, Death and Puss' canonically awful mental health)
Word Count:  813 words
Author's Note: Oops! All Emotions About Spanish Orange Cats! (aka I rewatched Last Wish last week and now I am thinking about Puss' wack ass relations to Death / Lobo lol)
Bonus: Yes (kind of)
Summary: 
Puss and the various times he has seen the bounty hunter so dead set on ending his last life.

--
At the start of the last life.. )


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Theme Prompt: #281 - Mirage
Title: The memory in my mind
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Jack is troubled by strange dreams of men who don’t exist.

Read more... )
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Theme Prompt: #281 - Mirage
Title: The Two Forests
Fandom: Hunger Games Series 
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Bonus: No
Word Count: 199
Summary: There are fleeting moments when Katniss could believe she was in a real forest.

Read more... )

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Theme Prompt: #2821 – Mirage
Title: Shattered Dream
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 1000
Summary: A dream had led Varian to Gwenith, but it was a dream that could never last.



[#281 | Mirage] Challenge Post

Nov. 26th, 2025 11:05 pm
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Challenge 281:
MIRAGE
n. an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror; something illusory or unattainable

Caused by the shimmer of reflected light over heated air, a mirage can be a dangerous thing in the desert, where it might trick unwary travelers into thinking they’re not so far from water. It can be beautiful – a little ripple of light in the distance, like sunlight dancing on water – but no matter how hard you try, you’ll never get close enough.

Write a story about a mirage (literal or figurative).

BONUS GOAL: “It’s just a dream.”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!


Challenge ends Monday, December 1 at 9:00PM EST.
• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 281 – mirage
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

[Amnesty #028] Roundup Post

Nov. 26th, 2025 11:04 pm
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Our twenty-eighth Amnesty Week gathered 5 entries across five themes. Well done, everybody!

See under the cut for a list of fics for Amnesty #028.

List of entries )

If you missed out on Amnesty this time, don’t worry! All of these prompts will be included for Amnesty Week #029 as well. (And thank you very much for your patience with the mod’s forgetfulness last week.)
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Theme Prompt: #006 - Unexpected Company (Amnesty 28).
Title: A Man In the Garden.
Fandom: Original.
Rating/Warnings: PG/Gen/None.
Word Count: 541.
Summary: Helike is the demigod of victory, daughter of Ynpharia, goddess of vengeance and justice. They are much protected and have spent their entire life in their mother's garden, shielded from the eyes of men—until now.

Enter the garden... )
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