The Friday Five for 11 July 2025
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silent_r_infork.
1. What was the most sick that you've ever been?
2. What disease are you afraid of getting?
3. Are you a big baby when it comes to taking medicine/shots for your illnesses?
4. Is going to the doctor really THAT bad?
5. Would you have the flu twice a month if you were paid $1,000 for having it?
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silent_r_infork. 1. What was the most sick that you've ever been?
2. What disease are you afraid of getting?
3. Are you a big baby when it comes to taking medicine/shots for your illnesses?
4. Is going to the doctor really THAT bad?
5. Would you have the flu twice a month if you were paid $1,000 for having it?
Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.
If you'd like to suggest questions for a future Friday Five, then do so on DreamWidth or LiveJournal. Old sets that were used have been deleted, so we encourage you to suggest some more!
Admin: Poll: Challenge tags
Jul. 10th, 2025 04:33 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksBackground: Dreamwidth has a 1500-tag limit, and fan_flashworks is constantly bumping up against it. So we have an ongoing tag management project to try to gain ourselves some elbow room. You might have seen our periodic posts about merging old single-use fandom tags. Unfortunately, we are coming to the end of the easily-merged fandom tags, and so need to find another way to reduce our tag use.
Today's topic: We mods have been talking about the challenge tags (c: amnesty, c: science, etc.) These tags label an entry as responding to a particular prompt (or being part of an amnesty round).
We're not sure if anyone's actually using these! So we wanted to check in with you all before deciding between A) removing them entirely, or B) leaving only the ones from the last 12 months (and only tagging amnesty posts with the amnesty tag). Option A) would make our mod lives easier, but if they are serving a purpose for some of you, we definitely want to take that into account when making our decision. :-)
If we remove the challenge tags, we will change the standard subject-line format for all rounds to "[challenge]: [fandom]: [medium]: [title]", ie, the same as the current format for amnesty rounds. Community members are welcome to go back and add the challenge to the subject lines of previous entries, too (though we know that for some of you, that would be a Herculean task!).
Please take a moment to vote in this poll.
fan_flashworks is constantly bumping up against it. So we have an ongoing tag management project to try to gain ourselves some elbow room. You might have seen our periodic posts about merging old single-use fandom tags. Unfortunately, we are coming to the end of the easily-merged fandom tags, and so need to find another way to reduce our tag use.Today's topic: We mods have been talking about the challenge tags (c: amnesty, c: science, etc.) These tags label an entry as responding to a particular prompt (or being part of an amnesty round).
We're not sure if anyone's actually using these! So we wanted to check in with you all before deciding between A) removing them entirely, or B) leaving only the ones from the last 12 months (and only tagging amnesty posts with the amnesty tag). Option A) would make our mod lives easier, but if they are serving a purpose for some of you, we definitely want to take that into account when making our decision. :-)
If we remove the challenge tags, we will change the standard subject-line format for all rounds to "[challenge]: [fandom]: [medium]: [title]", ie, the same as the current format for amnesty rounds. Community members are welcome to go back and add the challenge to the subject lines of previous entries, too (though we know that for some of you, that would be a Herculean task!).
Please take a moment to vote in this poll.
Poll #33347 Challenge tags
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 21
How do you use the challenge tags here?
I don't use them.
13 (61.9%)
I use them to find new-to-me fanworks for a specific prompt.
2 (9.5%)
I use them to filter out fanworks that don’t interest me.
0 (0.0%)
I use them to find specific fanworks on the community that are already familiar to me.
1 (4.8%)
I use them (in addition to my maker tag) to find my own fanworks.
5 (23.8%)
I use them some other way. (Please elaborate in the comments.)
3 (14.3%)
So that's what those tags are! I never knew!
1 (4.8%)
Challenge 485: Face
Jul. 10th, 2025 04:21 pmteaotter 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 Sunday, July 20th. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. 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.
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.
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.)
FACE
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 Sunday, July 20th. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. 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.
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.
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
Jul. 10th, 2025 04:20 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksThe Science challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
Stoker: Fanfic: no longer human (the nothing that can’t hurt us), bybluedreaming
Torchwood: Fanfic: Impossible Science, bybadly_knitted
Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: Not Quite James Bond, bysmallhobbit
Kim Possible: Fanfiction: Speaker Phone, byinfinintum_noctem
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Auction Revelation, bydarkjediqueen
The Professionals: Fan Fiction: Torn in Two, bylucy_roman
Gundam: Fanfic: Study, bysamuraiter
Torchwood: Fanfic: SUV-mersible, bym_findlow
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Guilt and Pain, byveronyxk84
Guardian: fanfic: Winging It, bychina_shop
Greek Myth: Fanfic: In the Family, bydrabblewriter
Iron Man - Marvel 616 : icons : Do ALL the Science!, byhighlander_ii
Original Fiction: The Science Behind Shame, byanalogbasilisk
Science: City of Streamers: fanfic: by the fancy tie round your wicked throat, byteaotter
Congratulations tolucy_roman, who earned a name tag!
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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.
New challenge coming right up!
Stoker: Fanfic: no longer human (the nothing that can’t hurt us), by
bluedreamingTorchwood: Fanfic: Impossible Science, by
badly_knittedSpooks (MI5): Fanfic: Not Quite James Bond, by
smallhobbitKim Possible: Fanfiction: Speaker Phone, by
infinintum_noctemS.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Auction Revelation, by
darkjediqueenThe Professionals: Fan Fiction: Torn in Two, by
lucy_romanGundam: Fanfic: Study, by
samuraiterTorchwood: Fanfic: SUV-mersible, by
m_findlowBuffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Guilt and Pain, by
veronyxk84Guardian: fanfic: Winging It, by
china_shopGreek Myth: Fanfic: In the Family, by
drabblewriterIron Man - Marvel 616 : icons : Do ALL the Science!, by
highlander_iiOriginal Fiction: The Science Behind Shame, by
analogbasiliskScience: City of Streamers: fanfic: by the fancy tie round your wicked throat, by
teaotterCongratulations to
lucy_roman, who earned a name tag!\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.
New challenge coming right up!
Science: City of Streamers: fanfic: by the fancy tie round your wicked throat
Jul. 10th, 2025 01:53 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksTitle: by the fancy tie 'round your wicked throat
Fandom: City of Streamers (mods: you can use the Cdrama tag)
Pairing: Feng Shizhen/Rong Jiashang
Warnings: no spoilers past the first episode, spies and the way their relationships get complicated, manipulative romance between two adults (ages 26/20) but the older one has been hired as a tutor to help the younger get into a better university
Length: ~500 words
Summary: Flirting is part of the plan. Feelings are not.
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Fandom: City of Streamers (mods: you can use the Cdrama tag)
Pairing: Feng Shizhen/Rong Jiashang
Warnings: no spoilers past the first episode, spies and the way their relationships get complicated, manipulative romance between two adults (ages 26/20) but the older one has been hired as a tutor to help the younger get into a better university
Length: ~500 words
Summary: Flirting is part of the plan. Feelings are not.
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Original Fiction: The Science Behind Shame
Jul. 10th, 2025 11:09 amanalogbasilisk posting in fan_flashworksPrompt: 484. Science
Word count: 449
Rating: M
Summary: Cameron's therapist says it's normal, it's not her fault. Cameron's mind says she always had a choice.
Warnings: A/B/O, past child sexual abuse, mentioned sexual content, incest.
Note: I came across the term "arousal non-concordence", made the most basic research, and it seems to fit a couple of characters of mine. Since I've been working in writing about this one again, she's the chosen one to suffer.
I'm basically a high school dropout, I apologise for inaccuracies – you can blame them on the nature of omegaverse.
( Read more... )
Word count: 449
Rating: M
Summary: Cameron's therapist says it's normal, it's not her fault. Cameron's mind says she always had a choice.
Warnings: A/B/O, past child sexual abuse, mentioned sexual content, incest.
Note: I came across the term "arousal non-concordence", made the most basic research, and it seems to fit a couple of characters of mine. Since I've been working in writing about this one again, she's the chosen one to suffer.
I'm basically a high school dropout, I apologise for inaccuracies – you can blame them on the nature of omegaverse.
( Read more... )
Iron Man - Marvel 616 : icons : Do ALL the Science!
Jul. 10th, 2025 02:14 amhighlander_ii posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Do ALL the Science!
Fandom: Iron Man / Marvel 616
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of Tony Stark doing / using all of his cool science stuff.
( Do ALL the Science! )
Fandom: Iron Man / Marvel 616
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of Tony Stark doing / using all of his cool science stuff.
( Do ALL the Science! )
Greek Myth: Fanfic: In the Family
Jul. 9th, 2025 08:38 pmdrabblewriter posting in fan_flashworksTitle: In the Family
Fandom: Greek Myth
Characters: Apollo, Asclepius
Rating: G
Length: 265
Summary: Asclepius's hands part carefully, and Apollo sees what he's holding: a brown songbird, feathers ruffled and spotted with blood, an arrow protruding from one wing.
Guardian: fanfic: Winging It
Jul. 10th, 2025 10:29 amchina_shop posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Winging It
Fandom: Guardian (TV)
Rating: G-rated
Length: 600 words
Notes: Much thanks totrobadora for beta, including making me add the final section. <3
Tags: Gen, Post-Canon, Everyone Lives, Yashou Renewal, Education, A New Era for the SID, Original Crow Character, Drabble Sequence
Summary: The Crows need a science tutor.
( Winging It )
Fandom: Guardian (TV)
Rating: G-rated
Length: 600 words
Notes: Much thanks to
trobadora for beta, including making me add the final section. <3Tags: Gen, Post-Canon, Everyone Lives, Yashou Renewal, Education, A New Era for the SID, Original Crow Character, Drabble Sequence
Summary: The Crows need a science tutor.
( Winging It )
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Guilt and Pain
Jul. 9th, 2025 10:26 pmveronyxk84 posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Guilt and Pain
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 200 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S7, during ep. 7x13 “The Killer in Me.”
Summary: Buffy feels helpless when Spike’s chip misfires.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #484 Science
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( READ: Guilt and Pain/Double drabble )
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:
veronyxk84Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 200 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S7, during ep. 7x13 “The Killer in Me.”
Summary: Buffy feels helpless when Spike’s chip misfires.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #484 Science
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( READ: Guilt and Pain/Double drabble )
Torchwood: Fanfic: SUV-mersible
Jul. 9th, 2025 08:03 pmm_findlow posting in fan_flashworksTitle: SUV-mersible
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto, Jack
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 1,644 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 484 - Science
Summary: Jack has a surprise for Ianto.
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Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto, Jack
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 1,644 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 484 - Science
Summary: Jack has a surprise for Ianto.
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Gundam: Fanfic: Study
Jul. 8th, 2025 08:20 pmsamuraiter posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Study
Fandom: SD Gundam G Generation Eternal
Rating: PG
Length: 495 Words
Content Notes: None.
Author Notes: None.
Summary: Pilots can benefit from good science.
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( Study )
Fandom: SD Gundam G Generation Eternal
Rating: PG
Length: 495 Words
Content Notes: None.
Author Notes: None.
Summary: Pilots can benefit from good science.
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( Study )
The Professionals: Fan Fiction: Torn in Two
Jul. 8th, 2025 10:23 amlucy_roman posting in fan_flashworksTitle:Torn in Two
Author:lucy_roman
Rating:Mature
Summary:Doyle wants to look after Bodie but Cowley has other ideas
Pairing:Bodie/Doyle
Word Count:893
( Torn in Two )
Author:
lucy_romanRating:Mature
Summary:Doyle wants to look after Bodie but Cowley has other ideas
Pairing:Bodie/Doyle
Word Count:893
( Torn in Two )