Community Recs Post!
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recthethingEvery Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool other kinds of fanworks/fics/fanart/fanvids/podfics/fancrafts/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool other kinds of fanworks/fics/fanart/fanvids/podfics/fancrafts/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
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3 Sentence Ficathon, part three (all B5 fixit edition)
Jan. 21st, 2026 11:44 pmsholio9. More scenes from a Babylon 5 fixit AU.
I ended up doing a number of additional prompt fills from the same universe as this fill (#4 in the previous post, major series spoilers).
( 1000 words or so of fixit snippets from the same post-canon AU )
10. And while I'm keeping the spoiler stuff confined to its own post, another B5 spoiler fixit AU based off "War Without End."
( Under this cut here )
I ended up doing a number of additional prompt fills from the same universe as this fill (#4 in the previous post, major series spoilers).
( 1000 words or so of fixit snippets from the same post-canon AU )
10. And while I'm keeping the spoiler stuff confined to its own post, another B5 spoiler fixit AU based off "War Without End."
( Under this cut here )
Community Thursdays
Jan. 22nd, 2026 12:15 amysabetwordsmithThis year I'm doing Community Thursdays. Some of my activity will involve maintaining communities I run, and my favorites. Some will involve checking my list of subscriptions and posting in lower-traffic ones. Today I have interacted with the following communities...
* Posted "How to Restart When You've Fallen Off Your Goals" ingoals_on_dw.
* Continued checking and responding to Wishlist posts insnowflake_challenge. See my Granting Wishes post.
* Made my 3 nominations for the Rose and Bay Awards: Other Project incrowdfunding. Nominations are still open through January, so if you haven't made yours yet, we could sure use more! Boost your favorite crowdfunded projects and patrons from 2025.
* Posted "How to Restart When You've Fallen Off Your Goals" in
goals_on_dw. * Continued checking and responding to Wishlist posts in
snowflake_challenge. See my Granting Wishes post.* Made my 3 nominations for the Rose and Bay Awards: Other Project in
crowdfunding. Nominations are still open through January, so if you haven't made yours yet, we could sure use more! Boost your favorite crowdfunded projects and patrons from 2025.
Links: Minnesota general strike, and how to help
Jan. 21st, 2026 10:04 pmsoniaThere is a general strike called for Friday January 23 in Minnesota. Stay home from work if it feels right, and definitely don't cross any picket lines, including the electronic ones of shopping at big corporations like Amazon, etc. (if you can avoid it).
From my union:
"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..."
https://workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/support-impacted-union-families
Here is how you can help:
Posts bynaomikritzer
How to help if you are outside Minnesota.
She covers a variety of topics, including how to start preparing for if and when this shit comes to your home state, and the suggestion to talk About immigration, and make it clear you think it’s GOOD.
If you are in Minnesota.
From my union:
"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..."
https://workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/support-impacted-union-families
Here is how you can help:
Posts by
naomikritzerHow to help if you are outside Minnesota.
She covers a variety of topics, including how to start preparing for if and when this shit comes to your home state, and the suggestion to talk About immigration, and make it clear you think it’s GOOD.
If you are in Minnesota.
Biggles Holiday Airdrop final announcement
Jan. 21st, 2026 08:44 pmsholio posting in biggleseventsJust as an update: everyone has a gift (pinch hitters included!), AO3 seems to be working smoothly (we hope), and we are on track to reveal at 20:00 UTC Thursday! Click here for Countdown Timer.
Get your last-minute treats and edits in!
Link to Holiday Airdrop 2025 Collection for your clicking convenience.
Note: Updated with correct time, apologies! (The countdown timer was right all along, though.)
Get your last-minute treats and edits in!
Link to Holiday Airdrop 2025 Collection for your clicking convenience.
Note: Updated with correct time, apologies! (The countdown timer was right all along, though.)
Superpowers
Jan. 21st, 2026 10:49 pmysabetwordsmithIn this case, gizmology and super-intellect. I went to high school with guys like this.
[#288 | Inconveniences] Challenge Post
Jan. 21st, 2026 11:48 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweekly| Challenge 288: INCONVENIENCES |
Sometimes it’s the little things that really get you. The potted plant you could have sworn was out of the cat’s reach – except apparently it wasn’t. The lunch you were definitely going to pack, until you ran out of time. Someone needs to put gas in the car, and you have a meeting all morning, and there’s a horde of alien locusts on Main Street again so you’re going to have to work around that, too. It may or may not be anybody’s fault, exactly – except the alien locusts – but it sure is inconvenient! Write a story about inconveniences. If your submission features cats (alien cat-ish things count), it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
| Challenge ends Monday, January 26 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 288 – inconveniences • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here |
[#287 | Hot Water] Results Post
Jan. 21st, 2026 11:47 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweeklyHere are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #287 – Hot Water!
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 4165
Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those.
You may now post your Challenge 287 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.
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 4165
Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!
autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those.You may now post your Challenge 287 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.
Poem: "A Scarf of Stars"
Jan. 21st, 2026 10:29 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills "The Milky Way" square in my 1-1-25 card for the Public Domain Day Bingo fest. It has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred.
"A Scarf of Stars"
In winter,
on a moonless night,
the Milky Way shimmers
like a scarf of stars
wound around
night's black neck.
fuzzyred."A Scarf of Stars"
In winter,
on a moonless night,
the Milky Way shimmers
like a scarf of stars
wound around
night's black neck.
Art
Jan. 21st, 2026 09:53 pmysabetwordsmithpattrose made fanart for Love Is For Children as part of the snowflake_challenge. :D ( Read more... )
3 Sentence Ficathon fill: Miami Vice
Jan. 21st, 2026 09:58 pmmxcatmoonHere is one of the fills I wrote for threesentenceficathon. It got such a lovely response, I decided to share it here first, although I'll be posting more later.
For the prompt: any, any, "Strange, the way it felt like home – to wander through the dark, alone."
DARK AND LIGHT
The night was a familiar companion, dark and comforting, like the only home he’d ever known, but at the same time empty and cold now that he’d let the only light in his life walk away.
Sleep was elusive as always, fractured by nightmares of the worst times and taunting visions of what might have been, still, the 3:00 am knock at the door was as startling as a gunshot… especially since he felt who was on the other side with every fiber of his being.
When Sonny opened the door, Rico stood there with a bag slung over one shoulder and a sheepish but hopeful expression on his face; underneath that, though, was the echo of the same desperation, loneliness, and love that had swamped Sonny ever since they’d said goodbye… he let the light in.
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threesentenceficathon. It got such a lovely response, I decided to share it here first, although I'll be posting more later. For the prompt: any, any, "Strange, the way it felt like home – to wander through the dark, alone."
DARK AND LIGHT
The night was a familiar companion, dark and comforting, like the only home he’d ever known, but at the same time empty and cold now that he’d let the only light in his life walk away.
Sleep was elusive as always, fractured by nightmares of the worst times and taunting visions of what might have been, still, the 3:00 am knock at the door was as startling as a gunshot… especially since he felt who was on the other side with every fiber of his being.
When Sonny opened the door, Rico stood there with a bag slung over one shoulder and a sheepish but hopeful expression on his face; underneath that, though, was the echo of the same desperation, loneliness, and love that had swamped Sonny ever since they’d said goodbye… he let the light in.
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Snow
Jan. 21st, 2026 08:11 pmysabetwordsmithmoonhare posted a lovely picture of snow, and a very amusing still life of "Snow Predicted." It got me thinking that occasions would make a great theme for still life in general.