Torchwood: Fanfic: Spring Planting
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fan_flashworksTitle: Spring Planting
Fandom: Torchwood
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 767
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto and Jack are planting things in their garden.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 509: Nap.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
Poll: Opinions on clothes & other things
Mar. 17th, 2026 10:44 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianPoll #34373 Clothes
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13
How emphatic are your opinions on Shen Wei’s Haixing clothes?
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Not (clothes are clothes)
1 (7.7%)
Not with a few exceptions (accessories)
0 (0.0%)
Not with a few exceptions (outfits)
1 (7.7%)
Somewhat
2 (15.4%)
Very
6 (46.2%)
Extremely
3 (23.1%)
I will fight you!
1 (7.7%)
I didn't use to, but fandom has made me care
1 (7.7%)
How emphatic are your opinions on Zhao Yunlan's clothes?
View Answers
Not (clothes are clothes)
1 (7.7%)
Not with a few exceptions
1 (7.7%)
Somewhat
5 (38.5%)
Very
5 (38.5%)
Extremely
1 (7.7%)
I've papered my bedroom with screencaps of him in that grey sweater and distressed jeans
2 (15.4%)
What does Zhao Yunlan find sexiest about the Envoy? (check all that apply)
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mystery
9 (69.2%)
super-strength
5 (38.5%)
other powers
3 (23.1%)
authority
7 (53.8%)
mercy
8 (61.5%)
mouth
8 (61.5%)
eyelashes
7 (53.8%)
those slight, faint-hint-of-amusement smiles
10 (76.9%)
weapon
2 (15.4%)
the fact that Zhao Yunlan's father would strongly disapprove
5 (38.5%)
other (please specify in comments)
1 (7.7%)
Which of these best describes you?
View Answers
I speak/read Mandarin well / It's my first language
0 (0.0%)
I'm learning Mandarin
4 (30.8%)
I'm learning Mandarin because of Guardian
2 (15.4%)
I've picked up a few words
6 (46.2%)
I don't know any Mandarin but I'd like to learn
1 (7.7%)
Don’t know anything, languages are haaard
2 (15.4%)
No Mandarin, but I know (an)other Asian language(s)
2 (15.4%)
Other
1 (7.7%)
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Plant of First Beginnings
Mar. 16th, 2026 08:15 amdarkjediqueen posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Plant of First Beginnings
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Getting Together, Fluff
Summary: The plant was a mystery.
Word Count: 949
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Getting Together, Fluff
Summary: The plant was a mystery.
Word Count: 949
Harry Potter: Fanart: Mandrake Potting
Mar. 15th, 2026 06:30 pminfinitum_noctem posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Mandrake Potting
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: G
Summary: Drawing of a mandrake half out of a pot, wailing, with earmuffs behind the pot.
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Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: G
Summary: Drawing of a mandrake half out of a pot, wailing, with earmuffs behind the pot.
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520 Day Reverse Exchange 2026 Sign-Ups Part One: OFFERS!
Mar. 15th, 2026 08:03 pmtrobadora posting in sid_guardian
What is the 520 Day Reverse Exchange?
General info/rules/schedule post - please go there to ask questions if anything isn't clear.
If you're on Discord, Twitter, Bluesky, Tumblr or elsewhere for fandom, please help get the word out by promoting the exchange there. We have a tumblr post you can reblog, a promo graphic and text on the General info post, or you can make your own.
How do I sign up?
You will find the sign-up form below. Fill in something for each point, giving as much info as you like. All comments are screened so only mods (
china_shop and trobadora) can see them.Please read this post, including the 2026 sign-up form, fully before you sign up. You will need to check back at this community between Saturday 28 March and Friday 3 April to make your requests. This sign-up form is the first of two steps.
Sign-ups are open until 11:59pm UTC on Friday 27 March 2026. (What time is that for me?)
What happens next?
- On Saturday 28 March, mods post the info from the sign-up forms as anonymous participant ads on this comm.
- You choose 3 ads from the list and make a request for each. (We'll remove each ad from the list when we've received 3 requests for that offer.)
- Mods assign one of your requests to the relevant writer/artist/creator.
- You receive one request made for your offer. This is your assignment.
The sign-up form
( under the cut! )
All comments here are screened (i.e. only visible to mods). If there is a problem with your sign-up, for example if you've missed any important info, we will reply to your comment or email you to sort it out.
Go forth and sign up!
The Eighth Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange
Mar. 14th, 2026 10:00 pmtrobadora posting in sid_guardian520 Day Reverse Exchange General Concept
As the name says, this is a reverse exchange, also known as a Choose Your Writer/Artist/Fanwork Creator exchange. Instead of making your request and that request being assigned to a writer/artist/fanwork creator, here:
- You sign up with the kinds of things you enjoy creating - media, ships, tropes, etc.
- You choose three writers/artists/fanwork creators based on anonymised ads, and you make a request of each of them based on what they enjoy creating and what you want to receive.
- You are assigned one request to create for, based on your offers.
- You receive a gift from one of the creators you chose.
The 520 Day Reverse Exchange covers the Guardian drama, the novel, and real person fanworks about the actors. You can offer and/or request fanfic, fanart, icons, vids, podfic, meta, a remix of an existing fanwork, or fanart for an existing fanwork. Or any combination of the above! If there are other media you'd like to offer, please discuss with the mods by commenting on this post.
(Note that meta will need to be sufficiently transformative to meet AO3's rules, i.e. not simply a collection of canon facts.)
Hopefully this means you get an assignment that fits you like a glove, and just the gift fanwork you're looking for!
Participants who are under 18 must request and offer works rated General or Teen And Up only.
( How it all works )
( Schedule )
( Promotion )
Any questions? We're here to answer them. Ask in the comments to this post!
Performing some traffic maintenance today
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dw_maintenanceHappy Saturday!
I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!
If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.
Culture Club: Fanfic: Twice Over
Mar. 13th, 2026 10:51 pmmidnight_heavenly_bodies posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Twice Over
Fandom: Culture Club
Pairing: Boy George/Jon Moss
Rating: G
Length: 585 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: A smaller oneshot this time!
Written for: Challenge 509 - Plant
Summary: George is not, he would like it noted, a naturally nurturing person. Jon comes home to find the plant dying. This is not, strictly speaking, a surprise.
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Fandom: Culture Club
Pairing: Boy George/Jon Moss
Rating: G
Length: 585 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: A smaller oneshot this time!
Written for: Challenge 509 - Plant
Summary: George is not, he would like it noted, a naturally nurturing person. Jon comes home to find the plant dying. This is not, strictly speaking, a surprise.
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Plant: Collage: Original: House + Garden
Mar. 11th, 2026 05:09 pmsmallhobbit posting in fan_flashworksTitle: House + Garden
Fandom: Original
Rating: G
Length: Collage of 9 photos
Summary: Plants both within our house and in the back garden
Fandom: Original
Rating: G
Length: Collage of 9 photos
Summary: Plants both within our house and in the back garden
( Plants )
Challenge 509: Plant
Mar. 11th, 2026 04:44 pmchina_shop posting in fan_flashworksOur new challenge is:
As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.
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 Friday, 20th 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, as well.
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.
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 ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)
PLANT
As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.
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 Friday, 20th 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, as well.
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.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 ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)Admin: Challenge closed
Mar. 11th, 2026 04:39 pmchina_shop posting in fan_flashworksThe Anticipation challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
The Professionals: Fanfiction: Sexy Sunday bylucy_roman
FAKE: Fanfic: The Big Jump bybadly_knitted
Doctor Who: Fanfiction: Cloudbound Dreaming byinfinitum_noctem
Culture Club: Fanfic: Six Hats and a Suitcase bymidnight_heavenly_bodies
The Double: fanfic: some fences will forever stay unmended byteaotter
Viola come il mare: Fanfic: First Date byveronyxk84
Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: An Unexpected Situation bysmallhobbit
Torchwood: Fanfic: Desperate times bym_findlow
9-1-1: Fan Fiction: Worth It bydarkjediqueen
Crash Fever: Fanart: in the digital rain byx95
Ponies (TV 2026): Fanfic: waiting for someone else byalasse_irena
Marvel 1610 (comics): icons: Step into my Parlor byhighlander_ii
Fanservice Paradox: Fanfic: the rise of the wall (in the future, things will happen) bybluedreaming
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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.
Next challenge is on its way.
The Professionals: Fanfiction: Sexy Sunday by
lucy_romanFAKE: Fanfic: The Big Jump by
badly_knittedDoctor Who: Fanfiction: Cloudbound Dreaming by
infinitum_noctemCulture Club: Fanfic: Six Hats and a Suitcase by
midnight_heavenly_bodiesThe Double: fanfic: some fences will forever stay unmended by
teaotterViola come il mare: Fanfic: First Date by
veronyxk84Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: An Unexpected Situation by
smallhobbitTorchwood: Fanfic: Desperate times by
m_findlow9-1-1: Fan Fiction: Worth It by
darkjediqueenCrash Fever: Fanart: in the digital rain by
x95Ponies (TV 2026): Fanfic: waiting for someone else by
alasse_irenaMarvel 1610 (comics): icons: Step into my Parlor by
highlander_iiFanservice Paradox: Fanfic: the rise of the wall (in the future, things will happen) by
bluedreaming\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.
Next challenge is on its way.
Fanservice Paradox: Fanfic: the rise of the wall (in the future, things will happen)
Mar. 10th, 2026 08:43 ambluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksFandom: Fanservice Paradox
Mods please use the f: book (category) tag
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: The title is from What I Said to Myself by Han Dong, translated by Simon Patton, and Anticipation, aimless, hopeless by Sanjin Sorel, translated by Kim Burton.
Summary: It’s better to go together.
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Mods please use the f: book (category) tag
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: The title is from What I Said to Myself by Han Dong, translated by Simon Patton, and Anticipation, aimless, hopeless by Sanjin Sorel, translated by Kim Burton.
Summary: It’s better to go together.
( Read more... )
Marvel 1610 (comics) : icons : Step into my Parlor
Mar. 10th, 2026 04:25 amhighlander_ii posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Step into my Parlor
Fandom: Marvel 1610 (Ultimates)
Rating: PG-13
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of Ultimates Tony Stark in various states of anticipating his bedroom shenanigans
( Step into my Parlor )
Fandom: Marvel 1610 (Ultimates)
Rating: PG-13
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of Ultimates Tony Stark in various states of anticipating his bedroom shenanigans
( Step into my Parlor )
Ponies (TV 2026): Fanfic: waiting for someone else
Mar. 10th, 2026 02:27 pmalasse_irena posting in fan_flashworksTitle: waiting for someone else
Fandom: Ponies (TV 2026)
Rating: Mature
Length: 1031
Content notes: n/a
Author notes: I guess this is loosely about anticipating, in that it is about waiting? Anyway, my first fan_flashworks entry! And also the only fic I have ever written for this fandom. Is it the only fic I ever will write? Unclear
Summary: Ivanna and Twila understand each other, but they both know Twila would rather be with someone else. A specific someone else.
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Fandom: Ponies (TV 2026)
Rating: Mature
Length: 1031
Content notes: n/a
Author notes: I guess this is loosely about anticipating, in that it is about waiting? Anyway, my first fan_flashworks entry! And also the only fic I have ever written for this fandom. Is it the only fic I ever will write? Unclear
Summary: Ivanna and Twila understand each other, but they both know Twila would rather be with someone else. A specific someone else.
( Read more... )