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Fancake Theme for September: Food & Cooking
fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules. This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!
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2025 Sign-Ups
I'm so glad we're here! I am very grateful to my tagmod helpers (who did a lot more work than me this time, honestly) and to everyone answering queries.
Sign-ups are open until 11:59pm EDT, September 11.
Basics
-Ask for 4-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your requests, tick at least one of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're interested in.
-Offer 1-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your offers, tick at least two of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're willing to create.
-In fffx's tagset, the "relationships" field covers characters, relationships, and worldbuilding. fffx uses OR matching - you will get, or create, a gift focusing on one of those tags. If you want specific characters to interact, select a single "relationship" tag that names all of them and uses & and / as appropriate.
-You can repeat fandoms in your requests - ie, you can ask for Original Work twice. You still need 4 unique fandom requests. Offers can be be as minimal as you like, but you will need someone to create for in order to receive an assignment.
-Please list dealbreaking Do-Not-Wants in your sign-ups. You must also put some other, positive information about your interests in each request - this can be a likes list, some prompts, or just talking about what you like about the canon & characters.
Please consider your DNWs carefully. "DNW: unrequested relationships" might suit a 1k relationship-based exchange that also matches on freeforms like "trapped together in an elevator", but may cause stress to someone considering a longer plot. DNWs should give guidance but not constrict your author to a plot that is dramatically narrower than the possibilities of the tag you requested.
-Participants must be aged 18 or over.
-Do not use "AI" generative tools for fic or art. Please reach out to me directly if you're not sure if your assistive tool counts.
-There is a space in Offers - Title - for "Notes to Mod". You can use this space to tell me more about your matching preferences, if you like. You can also leave it blank. If you have Do-Not-Match requests, I may follow up with you for more information - ie, how pinch hits will be handled.
-You are not eligible to sign up if you have not commented on previous gifts (check your name here) or discussed the situation with me. You are not eligible to sign up if you posted a placeholder for which I banned you, unless you've posted a make-up work.
-You are not eligible to sign up if you took part last year and either defaulted after check-in, didn't check in during check-in, or checked in then didn't post a work. However, if that happened to you in any of rounds 1-4, you're welcome to sign up again now.
How the Additional Tags Work
If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic, you will receive 1 gift that is a comic of at least 10 pages or at least 40 panels. (Ie, if there are 40 distinct panels, it can have 9 pages. If there are 10 full pages, it's okay if there are only 36 panels.)
If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a comic of 10 pages or at least 40 panels, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 comics that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)
If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic, you will receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words.
If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 fic that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)
It is possible that if you select both Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion AND Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may get two gifts, one of which is a 20-panel comic and 1 of which is a 5,000-word fic. It is possible that if you select "2 x 5" tags for more than one fandom, you will get half-length gifts from two different fandoms. This is up to your creators.
You have to offer two Additional Tags. If you are someone who creates only in 1 medium, you can select both the Fanart tags, or you can select both the Fanfic tags.
Groups
Groups & Creator's Choice tags works like this:
"Thop the Gribble & the Splonks"
This means a story focusing on Thop and his platonic relationship with two characters who fit into the category of Splonk. The characters chosen from the Splonks are up to the creator.
"Gribbles/Splonks"
This means a sexual or romantic relationship including at least two Gribbles and at least two Splonks.
"Gribbles & ALL: Splonks"
This means a story featuring platonic relationships between at least two Gribbles and all of the characters who can be defined as splonks.
"Creator's Choice of Gribble & Splonks"
This means a story featuring platonic relationships between ONE Gribble and at least two Splonks.
When ALL is part of the tag, all members of the group must play significant roles in the work. If it isn't, the creator gets to choose which character feature. Requesters may not select within the tag or DNW members of the group.
Groups that are nominated in this way should be discrete and clearly defined.
If an existing group or Creator's Choice tag doesn't work for you, please use your supplementary nominations slots to nominate a tag between specific characters.
If requesting a group, I recommend using your prompts to talk about who you see as part of the group, just in case your creator has a different idea.
Unusual Things fffx Is Doing
-Comments are really important. This exchange is scheduled to reveal on March 14 2026; I recommend thinking twice abut signing up if you think you'll struggle to comment during the anonymous period or soon after. It is a requirement of this exchange that you must comment on any gifts you receive or, if you cannot, refuse the gift.
-Please don't link to a letter (an external document containing prompts, general preferences, etc) unless you're confident you can complete it by September 21. I know you can't predict the future - please just plan in good faith. Letters, of course, are optional - you don't have to link one at all. If you do link to a letter, please consider keeping a status message at the top to let readers know whether it's complete or not and when it was last updated.
-This exchange requires you to put prompts, or general likes, or something you like about the canon, in the AO3 form. It doesn't have to be long or eloquent, but something other than your DNWs is required. Ie, Optional Details are only optional for creators - they are not completely optional for requesters.
-Please sign up with one account only.
-There are also extra deadlines - September 21 for asking to swap your assignment for any other assignment & for finishing your letter, and November 30 for confirming you're still committed to your assignment, as well as the posting deadline of January 24.
Welcome.
Sign-up instructions
You can sign up at the collection.Sign-ups are open until 11:59pm EDT, September 11.
Basics
-Ask for 4-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your requests, tick at least one of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're interested in.
-Offer 1-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your offers, tick at least two of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're willing to create.
-In fffx's tagset, the "relationships" field covers characters, relationships, and worldbuilding. fffx uses OR matching - you will get, or create, a gift focusing on one of those tags. If you want specific characters to interact, select a single "relationship" tag that names all of them and uses & and / as appropriate.
-You can repeat fandoms in your requests - ie, you can ask for Original Work twice. You still need 4 unique fandom requests. Offers can be be as minimal as you like, but you will need someone to create for in order to receive an assignment.
-Please list dealbreaking Do-Not-Wants in your sign-ups. You must also put some other, positive information about your interests in each request - this can be a likes list, some prompts, or just talking about what you like about the canon & characters.
Please consider your DNWs carefully. "DNW: unrequested relationships" might suit a 1k relationship-based exchange that also matches on freeforms like "trapped together in an elevator", but may cause stress to someone considering a longer plot. DNWs should give guidance but not constrict your author to a plot that is dramatically narrower than the possibilities of the tag you requested.
-Participants must be aged 18 or over.
-Do not use "AI" generative tools for fic or art. Please reach out to me directly if you're not sure if your assistive tool counts.
-There is a space in Offers - Title - for "Notes to Mod". You can use this space to tell me more about your matching preferences, if you like. You can also leave it blank. If you have Do-Not-Match requests, I may follow up with you for more information - ie, how pinch hits will be handled.
-You are not eligible to sign up if you have not commented on previous gifts (check your name here) or discussed the situation with me. You are not eligible to sign up if you posted a placeholder for which I banned you, unless you've posted a make-up work.
-You are not eligible to sign up if you took part last year and either defaulted after check-in, didn't check in during check-in, or checked in then didn't post a work. However, if that happened to you in any of rounds 1-4, you're welcome to sign up again now.
How the Additional Tags Work
If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic, you will receive 1 gift that is a comic of at least 10 pages or at least 40 panels. (Ie, if there are 40 distinct panels, it can have 9 pages. If there are 10 full pages, it's okay if there are only 36 panels.)
If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a comic of 10 pages or at least 40 panels, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 comics that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)
If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic, you will receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words.
If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 fic that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)
It is possible that if you select both Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion AND Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may get two gifts, one of which is a 20-panel comic and 1 of which is a 5,000-word fic. It is possible that if you select "2 x 5" tags for more than one fandom, you will get half-length gifts from two different fandoms. This is up to your creators.
You have to offer two Additional Tags. If you are someone who creates only in 1 medium, you can select both the Fanart tags, or you can select both the Fanfic tags.
Groups
Groups & Creator's Choice tags works like this:
"Thop the Gribble & the Splonks"
This means a story focusing on Thop and his platonic relationship with two characters who fit into the category of Splonk. The characters chosen from the Splonks are up to the creator.
"Gribbles/Splonks"
This means a sexual or romantic relationship including at least two Gribbles and at least two Splonks.
"Gribbles & ALL: Splonks"
This means a story featuring platonic relationships between at least two Gribbles and all of the characters who can be defined as splonks.
"Creator's Choice of Gribble & Splonks"
This means a story featuring platonic relationships between ONE Gribble and at least two Splonks.
When ALL is part of the tag, all members of the group must play significant roles in the work. If it isn't, the creator gets to choose which character feature. Requesters may not select within the tag or DNW members of the group.
Groups that are nominated in this way should be discrete and clearly defined.
If an existing group or Creator's Choice tag doesn't work for you, please use your supplementary nominations slots to nominate a tag between specific characters.
If requesting a group, I recommend using your prompts to talk about who you see as part of the group, just in case your creator has a different idea.
Unusual Things fffx Is Doing
-Comments are really important. This exchange is scheduled to reveal on March 14 2026; I recommend thinking twice abut signing up if you think you'll struggle to comment during the anonymous period or soon after. It is a requirement of this exchange that you must comment on any gifts you receive or, if you cannot, refuse the gift.
-Please don't link to a letter (an external document containing prompts, general preferences, etc) unless you're confident you can complete it by September 21. I know you can't predict the future - please just plan in good faith. Letters, of course, are optional - you don't have to link one at all. If you do link to a letter, please consider keeping a status message at the top to let readers know whether it's complete or not and when it was last updated.
-This exchange requires you to put prompts, or general likes, or something you like about the canon, in the AO3 form. It doesn't have to be long or eloquent, but something other than your DNWs is required. Ie, Optional Details are only optional for creators - they are not completely optional for requesters.
-Please sign up with one account only.
-There are also extra deadlines - September 21 for asking to swap your assignment for any other assignment & for finishing your letter, and November 30 for confirming you're still committed to your assignment, as well as the posting deadline of January 24.
Some previous nominations queries remain
Please see previous post.Additional nominations
Nominations will be re-opened tomorrow, for 3 fandoms/3 tags. If you care about recording what you've already nominated, please save that information now.Errors in tag set
There will inevitably be some. Feel free to let me know and I'll do what I can to sort them out (this may not be until sign-ups close). I mostly care about errors that could cause confusion or difficulty in matching.Welcome.
FandomWeekly Mod (fanweeklymod) wrote in fandomweekly2025-09-01 09:58 pm
fanweeklymod) wrote in fandomweekly2025-09-01 09:58 pmEntry tags:
[#271 | In the Nick of Time] Voting Post
Here are the entries for this challenge:
( List of entries )
Please Note: Because we only have 4 entries this week, there is only a First Place and Runner Up to vote for!
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 (both spots) in order to be counted. Winner votes are worth 2 points, Runner Up 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
Runner Up: 88. Another Fic Title
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, September 3 at 9:00PM EST.
( List of entries )
Please Note: Because we only have 4 entries this week, there is only a First Place and Runner Up to vote for!
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 (both spots) in order to be counted. Winner votes are worth 2 points, Runner Up 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
Runner Up: 88. Another Fic Title
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, September 3 at 9:00PM EST.
a_little_apocalypse (a_little_apocalypse) wrote in fandomweekly2025-09-01 08:49 pm
a_little_apocalypse) wrote in fandomweekly2025-09-01 08:49 pmEntry tags:
[#271] From One Moment To The Next (Control)
Theme Prompt: #271 - In The Nick Of Time
Title: From One Moment To The Next
Fandom: Control
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 | Spoilers
Bonus: No
Word Count: 986
Summary: Both Trench and Darling wonder if there was a moment in which there could have been a different outcome.
( From One Moment To The Next )
Title: From One Moment To The Next
Fandom: Control
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 | Spoilers
Bonus: No
Word Count: 986
Summary: Both Trench and Darling wonder if there was a moment in which there could have been a different outcome.
( From One Moment To The Next )
quicksilverfox3 (quicksilverfox3) wrote in fandomweekly2025-09-01 10:04 am
quicksilverfox3) wrote in fandomweekly2025-09-01 10:04 amEntry tags:
[#271] last possible moment (Date Everything)
Theme Prompt: 271 - In the Nick of Time
Title: last possible moment
Fandom: Date Everything (video game)
Rating/Warnings: None
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 961
Summary: A package arrives for you and something vital slips your mind.
( realisation blues )
Title: last possible moment
Fandom: Date Everything (video game)
Rating/Warnings: None
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 961
Summary: A package arrives for you and something vital slips your mind.
( realisation blues )
Entry tags:
Nominations Questions #2
Nomination queries
Thanks again for everyone's nominations so far, and also for answering queries, and for kind thoughts.Please let us know of errors you notice in the tag set! If we've corrected or rejected something wrongly, we can correct it back.
If it's helpful to you to keep track of what you have nominated, please check the tag set and note down "My Nominations". Nominations will be cleared, to allow for further nominations, soon after sign-ups begin.
Crossover Fandom
Kara Danvers/Diana (Wonder Woman)
Lara Croft/Diana (Wonder Woman)
Peggy Carter/Diana (Wonder Woman)
Please specify which canons you want both characters to come from.
Gachiakuta (Anime)
Arkha Corvus/Enjin (Gachiakuta Anime)
Could we get more information about Arkha Corvus please? This character doesn't seem to have appeared in the anime yet.
화산귀환 | Return of the Blossoming Blade (Webcomic)
Cheong Myeong & Mount Hua Disciples
Who is included in Mount Hua Disciples please?
Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
Miles "Tails" Prower/Shadow the Hedgehog
I'd really appreciate it if you'd pick a media type, please, or clarify why All Media Types is preferred.
Tetsuwan Atom | Astro Boy
Reno/Prince Zade (Astro Boy 2003)
We're having trouble finding Prince Zade - could we get more information about this character please? Since the nominated relationship involves the 2003 series, can we approve this canon as that specific series?
Transformers - All Media Types
Char: Perceptor (Transformers)
Char: Springer (Transformers)
Creator's Choice of Wreckers
Drift | Deadlock & Ratchet
Megatron (Transformers)/Original Character(s)
Please pick a media type, or clarify why All Media Types is preferred. Could you also please clarify who is included in the Wreckers? Also, I'm happy to approve Megatron/Original Character (but not Character(s)).
Resolved queries
Actor RPF
Jonathan Bailey/Matt Bomer/Simon Halls
It's not clear to me that Simon Halls is a celebrity. Could you please provide some more information? I am only approving RPF characters who are famous in their own right, not famous because of spouses or family members.
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Brian O'Conner/Roman Pearce (2 Fast 2 Furious)
Could you help me understand why this movie is nominated on its own? It's not clear to me how it and these characters stand alone.
Beware of Chicken - Casualfarmer
Rou Jin & Shen Qingyi (Beware of Chicken)
We're having trouble finding information about the character Shen Qingyi. Could anyone who knows please let us know who this is and where she (?) appears?
Brew Solves - Fandom
Brew Solves/Grill Burns
This fandom is a little confusing - could you please confirm what media it covers?
Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)
Cap!Peggy Carter/Original Female Character
What is meant by Cap!Peggy Carter here please - is this a canonical alternate universe depicted within the nominated movie set?
Crossover Fandom
Wanda Maximoff & William Kaplan | Billy Maximoff (Agatha All Along)
Please specify which canon Wanda should come from.
Dangan Ronpa Series & New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
The Series is nominated with:
Asahina Aoi/Togami Byakuya
Chabashira Tenko/Yonaga Angie (Dangan Ronpa Series)
Fukawa Toko/Togami Byakuya (Dangan Ronpa)
Hinata Hajime/Komaeda Nagito (Dangan Ronpa)
Hinata Hajime/Komaeda Nagito/Nanami Chiaki (Dangan Ronpa)
Komaeda Nagito/Nanami Chiaki (Dangan Ronpa)
Naegi Makoto/Togami Byakuya (Dangan Ronpa)
Shinguji Korekiyo/Yonaga Angie
Meanwhile, New Semester of Killing is nominated with:
Momota Kaito/Oma Kokichi
Oma Kokichi/Saihara Shuichi
Is it all right to fold the New Semester of Killing relationships into Dangan Ronpa Series? Or can the Dangan Ronpa Series nominations be coherently re-labeled in a way that excludes New Semester of Killing?
DC Extended Universe
It's not clear to us that Gotham should be approved as a character - let us know if we are mistaken, otherwise, we will reject.
魔尊也想知道 - 青色羽翼 | Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know - Cyan Wings
Wenren E/Yin Hanjiang & Xuanyuan Sect (DVAWTK)
Who is included in the Xuanyuan Sect please?
Fire Emblem: Soen no Kiseki/Akatsuki no Megami | Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn
Ike & the Greil Mercenaries (FE: PoR/RD)
Could we check who is included in the Greil Mercenaries please?
Labyrinth (1986)
It's not clear to us that the Labyrinth itself should be approved as a character - let us know if we are mistaken, otherwise, we will reject.
The Mandalorian (TV)
Who is included in Din's Covert, please?
Neverwinter Nights: MotB (Video Games)
Akachi/Safiya (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
All: Knight Captain and Companions (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
Char: Knight Captain (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
Gannayev/Female Knight Captain (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
Gannayev/Male Knight Captain (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
Knight Captain & One-of-Many (Neverwinter Nights: MotB)
Could I get more information, please, about the nomination of the expansion pack on its own rather than as Neverwinter Nights 2? Also, please help me out with any groups nominated in this set such as "Companions".
전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong
Kim Dokja/Secretive Plotter & Abyssal Black Flame Dragon & Sun Wukong & Uriel (ORV)
It seems like there are several Sun Wukongs. Could we get a bit more information about who is meant please?
Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
Guzma & Skull-dan | Team Skull
Is Team Skull a group with named characters as well as unnamed characters? Who is included please?
화산귀환 | Return of the Blossoming Blade (Webcomic)
Cheong Myeong & Mount Hua Disciples
Who is included in Mount Hua Disciples please?
내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo
Han Yoohyun/Han Yoojin & Guild Haeyeon (S-Classes that I Raised)
Who is included in Guild Haeyeon please?
Sense and Sensibility - All Media Types
Colonel Brandon/Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)
I'd really appreciate it if you'd pick a media type, please, or clarify why All Media Types is preferred.
Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
Miles "Tails" Prower/Shadow the Hedgehog
I'd really appreciate it if you'd pick a media type, please, or clarify why All Media Types is preferred.
Stardew Valley (Video Game)
Marlon/Trans Male Farmer (Stardew Valley)
Willy/Trans Male Farmer (Stardew Valley)
Sorry - while I'm happy to approve multiple different gender options for a player character, I'd rather not approve anything more specific than that. However I'm not familiar with Stardew Valley - is the player character situation unusual?
Tetsuwan Atom | Astro Boy
Reno/Prince Zade (Astro Boy 2003)
We're having trouble finding Prince Zade - could we get more information about this character please? Since the nominated relationship involves the 2003 series, can we approve this canon as that specific series?
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mark) wrote in dw_maintenance2025-08-31 07:37 pmCode deploy happening shortly
Per the dw_news post regarding the MS/TN blocks, we are doing a small code push shortly in order to get the code live. As per usual, please let us know if you see anything wonky.
There is some code cleanup we've been doing that is going out with this push but I don't think there is any new/reworked functionality, so it should be pretty invisible if all goes well.
Mississippi site block, plus a small restriction on Tennessee new accounts
A reminder to everyone that starting tomorrow, we are being forced to block access to any IP address that geolocates to the state of Mississippi for legal reasons while we and Netchoice continue fighting the law in court. People whose IP addresses geolocate to Mississippi will only be able to access a page that explains the issue and lets them know that we'll be back to offer them service as soon as the legal risk to us is less existential.
The block page will include the apology but I'll repeat it here: we don't do geolocation ourselves, so we're limited to the geolocation ability of our network provider. Our anti-spam geolocation blocks have shown us that their geolocation database has a number of mistakes in it. If one of your friends who doesn't live in Mississippi gets the block message, there is nothing we can do on our end to adjust the block, because we don't control it. The only way to fix a mistaken block is to change your IP address to one that doesn't register as being in Mississippi, either by disconnecting your internet connection and reconnecting it (if you don't have a static IP address) or using a VPN.
In related news, the judge in our challenge to Tennessee's social media age verification, parental consent, and parental surveillance law (which we are also part of the fight against!) ruled last month that we had not met the threshold for a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the law while the court case proceeds.
The Tennesee law is less onerous than the Mississippi law and the fines for violating it are slightly less ruinous (slightly), but it's still a risk to us. While the fight goes on, we've decided to prevent any new account signups from anyone under 18 in Tennessee to protect ourselves against risk. We do not need to block access from the whole state: this only applies to new account creation.
Because we don't do any geolocation on our users and our network provider's geolocation services only apply to blocking access to the site entirely, the way we're implementing this is a new mandatory question on the account creation form asking if you live in Tennessee. If you do, you'll be unable to register an account if you're under 18, not just the under 13 restriction mandated by COPPA. Like the restrictions on the state of Mississippi, we absolutely hate having to do this, we're sorry, and we hope we'll be able to undo it as soon as possible.
Finally, I'd like to thank every one of you who's commented with a message of support for this fight or who's bought paid time to help keep us running. The fact we're entirely user-supported and you all genuinely understand why this fight is so important for everyone is a huge part of why we can continue to do this work. I've also sent a lot of your comments to the lawyers who are fighting the actual battles in court, and they find your wholehearted support just as encouraging and motivating as I do. Thank you all once again for being the best users any social media site could ever hope for. You make me proud and even more determined to yell at state attorneys general on your behalf.
m_findlow (m_findlow) wrote in fandomweekly2025-08-31 11:47 am
m_findlow) wrote in fandomweekly2025-08-31 11:47 amEntry tags:
[#271] LIFELINE (TORCHWOOD)
Theme Prompt: #271 - In the nick of time
Title: Lifeline
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: M
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto is faced with the stark realisation that what he wanted most of all might cost him his life.
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Title: Lifeline
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: M
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto is faced with the stark realisation that what he wanted most of all might cost him his life.
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badly_knitted (badly_knitted) wrote in fandomweekly2025-08-29 07:02 pm
badly_knitted) wrote in fandomweekly2025-08-29 07:02 pm
Entry tags:
[#271] Perfect Timing (Torchwood)
Theme Prompt: #271 – In The Nick Of Time
Title: Perfect Timing
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Des Llewellyn, Intergalactic Man of Mystery, aka Ianto Jones, along with his faithful sidekick, take on a mission to rescue a kidnapped child.
Brief exchange delay
Hello all,
I'm really sorry, but a family emergency came up and the sign-ups will be at least one further day delayed.
Given there's a buffer between the proposed sign-ups close time (7 September) and the date assignments go out (13 September), my current plan is to close sign-ups later (somewhere between 9 and 11 September) and send assignments out more quickly. Let me know if that will be a problem for you. I think the gap between sign-ups and assignments can be a nice feature in this slow-paced exchange - it gives you some breathing room to finish a letter or decide if you want to ask for a particular assignment - but assignment swaps are still a thing!
A further query post will come soon, and then sign-ups. I'm regretful I've had to call on your patience a couple of times already this round, but I'm grateful for that patience! I hope this will be the last delay on my side.
I'm really sorry, but a family emergency came up and the sign-ups will be at least one further day delayed.
Given there's a buffer between the proposed sign-ups close time (7 September) and the date assignments go out (13 September), my current plan is to close sign-ups later (somewhere between 9 and 11 September) and send assignments out more quickly. Let me know if that will be a problem for you. I think the gap between sign-ups and assignments can be a nice feature in this slow-paced exchange - it gives you some breathing room to finish a letter or decide if you want to ask for a particular assignment - but assignment swaps are still a thing!
A further query post will come soon, and then sign-ups. I'm regretful I've had to call on your patience a couple of times already this round, but I'm grateful for that patience! I hope this will be the last delay on my side.