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Theme Prompt: #283 – First Impressions
Title: Charade
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 1000
Summary: First impressions are not always accurate, sometimes people aren’t at all the way they first appear.

( Charade... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Challenge 283:
FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Whether it’s a job interview, your first day at a new school, or an audience with royalty, first impressions can be important. But they aren’t always easy! Sometimes everything works out, and it’s love (or job offer) at first sight; other times, you trip on a shoelace you could have sworn wasn’t untied five minutes ago, or stub your toe and say a word you shouldn’t say in front of your boss’s boss’s boss, or a supervolcano erupts and you have to immediately cut the interview short to go suit up and save the world.

What kind of first impressions do your characters make? Good ones? Bad ones? Memorable ones, for all the right or wrong reasons?

Write a story about first impressions.

BONUS GOAL: All Suited Up

If your submission features someone in a suit, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, December 15 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 283 – first impressions
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

Challenge 283:
FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Challenge ends Monday, December 15 at 9:00PM EST.

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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #282 – Catharsis!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 2533

Congratulations to both of you, 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 next week.

You may now post your Challenge 282 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!

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Here are the entries for this challenge:

( List of entries )

Please Note: Because we only have 3 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, December 10 at 9:00PM EST.

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Theme Prompt: #282 - Catharsis
Title: Necessary distraction
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: After a difficult day, each of them has their own way of dealing with it.

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Theme Prompt: #282 - Catharsis
Title: lines in the sand, language of eye contact
Fandom: House M.D.
Rating/Warnings: PG. Makes reference to somewhat outdated terms regarding the autism spectrum, but other than that, decently wholesome.
Word Count: 533 words
Author's Note: Another one of the times my brain has a sudden burst of motivation for something, this time regarding a curious episode of House in which there's one of the few times he manages to truly connect to a patient. Kind of a magical moment for me (an autistic doofus of a man with too many interests). Also yes this means I am kinda leaning towards a "House is actually somewhat in the spectrum someplace" headcanon, I do what I want.
Summary: The best approximation of how Dr. House is feeling during the events of the main case of "Lines in the Sand".

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( A case quietly ends.. )

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Location: My computer
Current Music: House M.D. episode clips

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Theme Prompt: #282 – Catharsis
Title: Rainsong
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: No.
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Healers have their own way of dealing with the stresses and burdens of their craft.

( Rainsong... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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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

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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!

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!

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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 )

Current Music: Years - Sierra Ferrel

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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.

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( At the start of the last life.. )

Current Mood: nervous
Current Location: My computer
Current Music: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish!!

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Hello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means

karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.

The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

( The fine print and much more behind this cut! )

Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.

On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.

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.

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[#283] Charade (The Fantastic Journey)

[#283 | First Impressions] Challenge Post

[#282 | Catharsis] Results Post

[#282 | Catharsis] Voting Post

[#282] NECESSARY DISTRACTION (TORCHWOOD)

[#282] lines in the sand, language of eye contact (House M.D.)

[#282] Rainsong (The Fantastic Journey)

[#282 | Catharsis] Challenge Post

[#281 | Mirage] Results Post

[#281 | Mirage] Voting Post

[#281] a man dreaming he was a mouse (Chainsaw Man)

[#281] recuerda tu muerte (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)

Look! I remembered to post before December started this year!

[#281] THE MEMORY IN MY MIND (TORCHWOOD)

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