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Theme Prompt: 262 - Soulmates
Title: winning the battle not the war
Fandom: Scum Villain Self Saving System
Rating/Warnings: T
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 970
Summary: Shen Yuan and Shen Qingqiu share one mind about soulmates, but Shen Yuan can't resist prodding at old wounds. [Note - continuation of an AU, Shen Qingqiu is displaced into reflections only with limited ability to interact with objects outside. Shen Yuan is displaced into Shen Qingqiu's body.]

( something something lyrical something )

windsnocturne

Title: Better Late than Never
Game: The Sacred Stones
Pairing: L'Arachel/Eirika
Rating: G
Prompt: Day 2 - Festival attire
Warnings: None

Summary: Eirika dons an older costume for an event, and L'Arachel is right by her side.

So hey we've yet to have a Magvel bridal banner even though Eirika brought us the bride class via the Awakening DLC and I can't be patient and wait for next spring, so here we go.

( Stunning, simply stunning! )

Current Mood: accomplished

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fan_flashworks

Fandom: Hyouka (Kotenbu)
Rating: G
Length: 300 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: The title is from A FEW PROPOSITIONS WITH BIRDS AND TREES THAT
THE POET CONCLUDES WITH A REFERENCE TO THE HEART by Ruy Belo, translated by Richard Zenith.
Summary: In which Oreki’s low-energy lifestyle is once again thwarted by Chitanda’s curiosity.

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agonyaunt

DEAR ABBY: My 40-year-old daughter is on weight-loss injections and a no-sugar diet. I offered to bake her a sugar-free cheesecake, and she agreed, but she asked me to make a "tester" cake three days before. I explained that the cake has a lengthy preparation process, involving a very slow bake in a water bath and 12 hours chill time. I suggested she wait, but she insisted, so I made it early. She cut a slice of it and exclaimed how great it tasted.

Three days later, I baked and decorated a carrot cake to use as her "official" birthday cake, since the sugar-free cake had been cut and wouldn't look nice in photos. (Carrot is her children's favorite.) I hosted everyone at an expensive restaurant, gave her French perfume and a weekend getaway.

When we returned from the dinner, my daughter angrily said, "Get in here so we can cut this stupid cake, which I can't eat!" I was shocked and confused. She said I shouldn't have made a cake of a flavor she dislikes, but I pointed out that she had the sugar-free cake, too. Apparently, she had expected me to bake a second sugar-free cheesecake. I chewed her out for being ungrateful. Was I wrong? -- UNAPPRECIATED IN CALIFORNIA

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agonyaunt

Dear Annie: I'm 63 years old, and I live alone in a quiet little house with my dog, Rosie. I like to sit on the porch in the evenings and watch the sun go down, but lately the silence feels heavier than it used to.

My daughter, who is in her 30s, moved to Texas with her husband about a year ago -- and since then, she hasn't spoken to me. Not a text, not a call, not even a holiday card. I send messages, reach out on birthdays, even mailed her a little photo of Rosie wearing a birthday hat.

I know there's something from her childhood that she's struggling with. Something painful that she believes I didn't protect her from. And the truth is, maybe I didn't. Her father died 26 years ago, and we were both trying to survive the grief in our own ways. I was overwhelmed and didn't always see what was right in front of me. I've tried to say I'm sorry, in words and gestures, but she's built a wall I haven't been able to get through.

Some days, I want to get in the car and drive the 800 miles just to knock on her door and see her face. Other days, I wonder if I should just give up and let her have the distance she clearly wants.

How does a mother keep loving her child from afar when the door has been shut so firmly? Is there anything I can do to open it again -- or do I have to learn to live with the silence? -- Grieving But Still Reaching Out

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pinchhits

Event: Fandom5K is a multi-fandom gift exchange for fic with a 5,000-word minimum and comics with a 5-page minimum.
Event link: @fandom5k
Pinch hit link: https://fandom5k.dreamwidth.org/tag/pinch+hits
Due date: 13 July

PH 1 - Blue Lock (Manga), 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Fairy Tail

PH 4 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agatha All Along (TV), Wicked (Movie 2024)

PH 5 - Hannibal (TV), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)

PH 7 - Path of Night (Podcast), Vampire: The Masquerade - Various Authors (Choice of Games), Vampire: The Masquerade Port Saga (Podcast)

PH 8 - 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Fairy Tail

PH 9 - 琅琊榜之风起长林 | Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Changlin (TV), Original Work, 永夜星河 | Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (TV)

PH 11 - The Fugitive (Movies), Crossover Fandom, Father Brown (2013), Forever Knight (TV 1992)

~~CLAIMED - PH 12 - Star Wars: The Acolyte (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon)~~

PH 13 - Code Vein (Video Game), 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 刀使ノ巫女 | Toji no Miko | Katana Maidens (Anime), よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games), Xenoblade Chronicles (Video Game)

PH 14 - Call of Duty (Video Games), 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), Teen Wolf (TV), 9-1-1 (TV)

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sweetandshort

For this challenge, you will have two options to participate.

You are a writer? Then the challenge Sentences might be for you.

I offer you two sentences:
1. The fact that there's a stairway to heaven and a highway to hell explains life well.
2. I wrote him a long letter, but he may not read it.

Your mission, if you want to accept the challenge, is to grab one of the sentences and use it as your story starter or your last line.
You are welcome to use both sentences in one story (as the starter and the last line).
Feel free to change personal pronouns.
Allowed are fics up to 500 words (+ the given sentence)

You are an icon lover? Then the challenge Themes might be for you.

I offer you two themes:
1. small border
2. opposite colors

Your mission, if you want to accept the challenge, is to grab one of the themes and create a minimum of four icons for it.
Icons should fit DW standard (100 x 100 px).

For both challenges: all fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome, as are original work and real-person work.

You want to mix up both challenges? Go ahead, but stay to the requirements of every challenge.

When posting directly to

sweetandshort, please use a header of your choice and put bigger works under a cut. You can also post your work at any other place, but please leave a header and a link here to keep the community running.

Please tag your work with any appropriate tag.

This challenge runs until June 30, midnight in your timezone.

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Challenge Reminder:
10 out of 20
Picture Prompt Fun

ysobel posting in

agonyaunt

Dear Miss Manners: After several decades of typing on keyboards, I have lost my ability to write nicely by hand. My solution is to send electronic notes — for expressing appreciation, recognizing significant events, etc.

There are several lovely e-card forms available. Using them results in more timely responses, as well as significant savings over printed cards and postage.

I feel it would be nice if Miss Manners would acknowledge that electronic thank-yous are as valid as handwritten in today’s communication environment. Any thank-you is better than no thank-you at all.

Sorry, but you will have to snatch the fountain pen out of Miss Manners’ cold, lifeless hand before she agrees that electronic messages are as meaningful as handwritten ones.

She will concede, however, that any response is better than no response (has it really come to this?) as long as the sentiment itself is not computer-generated. “Thank you for the (insert present) that you gave me. It was very special and/or significant” is not fooling anyone.

As for your argument about saving money? Miss Manners highly doubts that the dozen or so letters you write annually is anywhere near the equivalent cost of the computer that you no doubt replace every few years.

[WaPo link]

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fandomweekly

Theme Prompt: #262 - Soulmates
Title: A Change In A New World
Fandom: Original (based on 'Trucks' by Stephen King)
Rating/Warnings: PG | Mechanophilia
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 699
Summary: Can man and machine be friends ?

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lilly_c posting in

fan_flashworks

Title: meddling
Fandom: Star Trek: Voyager
Rating: G
Length: 119 words
Content notes: no leola root was harmed in writing this slightly over-drabble length fic😜
Author notes: A little off-screen shenanigans sometime around State Of Flux in season one.
Summary:

( Meddling )

windsnocturne

Title: little miss perfect (that's me)
Game: Genealogy of the Holy War
Pairing: Erinys/Silvia
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Day 1 - Repressed/Noisy
Warnings: Sexual themes, teenagers being raunchy/getting involved in raunchy shenanigans

Summary: Erinys is not a prude. She just doesn't like hearing other girls talk about sex, and it has nothing to do with thinking girls should be sweet and proper.

But is she ready to face the real reason?

Since

22degreehalo mentioned this pairing during the prompt discussion, this is dedicated to them. XD

This is going strictly by the game canon, much as I loved the Oosawa manga additions. Otherwise it'd get sad and I want this to be fluffy.

( And Erinys will privately admit some envy for the life of a traveler. )

Current Mood: accomplished

m_findlow posting in

fandomweekly

Theme Prompt: #262 - Soulmates
Title: Never tear us apart
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto was beginning to think that Jack was gone forever.

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conuly posting in

agonyaunt

Link

1. Dear Eric: I have three adult children. About three years ago there was an issue, and my oldest, Doug, and middle, Linda, disrespected each other. It wasn't a small issue, but (in my and my wife's opinion) it wasn't a huge offense.

Neither will apologize. They refuse to speak to each other.

We have tried many ways to try and bridge the gap, to no success. I'm not asking for them to kiss and make up. I'm just saying, "Be cordial, be humane to other people in our house."

We host holiday meals, and birthday parties at our house, and this animosity really hurts and makes the dynamics difficult. Even seating at the table needs to be arranged.

Recently, I told my wife, "Only people that are willing to be humane and cordial will be invited to family meals." My wife doesn't want to do that, in part she fears losing access to grandchildren. I said, "Fine, for Easter meals they can be jerks but for Christmas they have to be cordial. I'll just go upstairs because it's too painful to be there. And you can't holler at me for being a jerk, because you don't holler at them for being jerks."

Am I asking too much?

– Stressed Father

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2. Dear Eric: My fiancé and I had to move back into his parents due to the crippling economy. My problem lies with his father. He is fully disabled and stubborn. He has been getting up to use the bathroom, which would be OK if he could do it properly. He can't; he urinates all over the floor.

We have told him multiple times that, due to us having a child in the home, I always end up cleaning it, but I never get reimbursed. I'm seriously considering calling Adult Protective Services on grounds of self-neglect. He will not take showers as well and is a suicide risk. My issue is I want to call but I don't want to be a problem starter in a family that's already called Department of Children and Family Services on me out of pettiness. What would you do?

– In-Law Struggles

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but_can_i_be_trusted posting in

100words

Title: 'The Klutziest Waiter'
Fandom: Friends
Rating: PG (Warnings for a hint of innuendo)
Notes: Crossposted to

emotion100

( The Klutziest Waiter )

goddess47 posting in

sweetandshort

Title: Cool Decisions
Author:

goddess47
Fandom: 9-1-1
Challenge: 10 out of 20
Length: 496
Warnings: None

Notes:

For

sweetandshort June 2025 10 out of 20 challenge - number

For Fire Family Conflagration prompt #171 - anger

For Writer's Choice prompt #121 - havoc

Summary:

Anger led to bad decisions, ones that would come back to haunt him.

Cool Decisions on AO3

badly_knitted posting in

fandomweekly

Theme Prompt: #262 – Soulmates
Title: Forever And Always
Fandom: FAKE
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 681
Summary: It may not have been love at first sight, but something had pulled Dee and Ryo irresistibly together.

( Forever And Always... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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100words

Title: For Good
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:

veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Spike (implied Spuffy)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Some coarse language
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S5, toward the end of 5x07 “Fool For Love”
Summary: Spike is making his way to Buffy’s house.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Prompt: #446 - Dessert

Crossposted:

drabble_zone,

emotion100, My journal, Sunnydale After Dark

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( READ: For Good )

smallhobbit posting in

fan_flashworks

Title: Picking Blackberries
Fandom: Miss Marple
Rating: G
Length: 336 words
Summary: As usual Miss Marple has a suitable example to illustrate her point

( It's like this )

gerard_way_is_sexah posting in

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Description: Do you have a Naruto fanfiction you'd love to read, but just can't seem to find? A familiar trope, ship, or character you can't get enough of? A piece of fanart you want to see come to life? Are you a fan creator who wants fresh inspiration and a fun, low-stakes challenge? The r/NarutoFanfiction Discord server is hosting a fest/prompt meme for Naruto fanworks - and we would love for you to join! Naruto fans of all ages (13+) are welcome to cheerlead, submit ideas for fanworks they'd like to see, and create fanworks for others. Fic minimums for filling a prompt are 500 words and art minimums are a finished piece.

Prompting Period: Now-June 20

Works due & revealed: September 10

Creators revealed: September 17

An AO3 account is required for participation, and joining the r/NarutoFanfiction Discord server is highly recommended. By joining the server, you can participate in conversations about the event, make suggestions for this and future server events, and contact the moderators directly. For full event rules and for more information on how a fest/prompt meme works, please check the AO3 collection profile. If you don't wish to join the server, but still wish to participate and ask questions about the event, you may e-mail gerardwayissexah@gmail.com as well.

Links:
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