Final Deadline Reminder
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bethefirstThe deadline is almost upon us, which means that there's now one day left to finish your fic(s)! Technically, that is, because I'll throw in the same "surprise" mini-extension as I always do, and keep the collection open for submissions until an hour before reveals (which will happen at 00.01 GMT on the 19th).
Good job to everyone who has already posted, and best of luck to those who are still writing!
Good job to everyone who has already posted, and best of luck to those who are still writing!
Moonday to Sunday
Sep. 16th, 2025 09:54 pmextrapenguinAs we all know, the ancient Greeks and Romans had a 7-day week, where they named the days Moonday, Marsday, Mercuryday, Jupiterday, Venusday, Saturnday, and Sunday. The Romance languages mostly preserve this (except they call Sunday Lordsday, dies Dominica), but turns out that the Germanic languages have the exact same paradigm (except for Saturday): Mániday, Týrsday, Óðinsday, Thorsday, Frīgsday, Washingday, Sonnaday. Máni is the personification of the Moon, Týr a god of combat (like Mars), Odin/Woden a psychopomp (like Mercury), Thor the god of thunder (like Jupiter), Frīg as Venus was known as Frīg's star, and the Sun is, well, the Sun. Though note that English has Saturday in a closer Romance loan, rather than a descendant of laugardagur (launderday?).
Anyway, that's neat, and you probably already knew that. However! I encountered the Japanese 月曜日, and saw the 月 and thought "Huh, Monday is Moonday in Japanese as well? What a coincidence."
Not a coincidence at all, actually! Turns out the Chinese discovered the planet-named 7-day week in the 4th century AD, whence it was transmitted to Japan before 1000 AD and used for astrological purposes before being promoted to the official week naming system as part of Westernization. Thus modern Japanese has 月曜日, 火曜日, 水曜日, 木曜日, 金曜日, 土曜日, 日曜日, where 月 and 日 are the Moon and the Sun, and the days between named for the planets, each of which is associated with a Chinese classical element: Mars with fire 火, Mercury with water 水, Jupiter with wood 木, Venus with gold 金, and Saturn with earth 土. Chinese has replaced them with numbered days, Week 1 Week 2 etc (though Sunday is still 周日), but in Japanese, they remain. So if you're ever going WTF at the Japanese (or Korean!) names of the week, just blame the Ancient Greeks!
Anyway, that's neat, and you probably already knew that. However! I encountered the Japanese 月曜日, and saw the 月 and thought "Huh, Monday is Moonday in Japanese as well? What a coincidence."
Not a coincidence at all, actually! Turns out the Chinese discovered the planet-named 7-day week in the 4th century AD, whence it was transmitted to Japan before 1000 AD and used for astrological purposes before being promoted to the official week naming system as part of Westernization. Thus modern Japanese has 月曜日, 火曜日, 水曜日, 木曜日, 金曜日, 土曜日, 日曜日, where 月 and 日 are the Moon and the Sun, and the days between named for the planets, each of which is associated with a Chinese classical element: Mars with fire 火, Mercury with water 水, Jupiter with wood 木, Venus with gold 金, and Saturn with earth 土. Chinese has replaced them with numbered days, Week 1 Week 2 etc (though Sunday is still 周日), but in Japanese, they remain. So if you're ever going WTF at the Japanese (or Korean!) names of the week, just blame the Ancient Greeks!
Bingo 03/25 - Week Two
Sep. 14th, 2025 08:40 pmprisca posting in fandom_empireThe second week of our Bingo Challenge is open now.
Try to fill at least one square every week to keep the challenge running. You can fill up to five squares (= one bingo) every week.
Your Bingo Card can be found here.
Short reminder of the rules
(for more information, visit the general BINGO post)
Possible Bingos:
General:
Row (example: B 1+2+3+4+5)
Column (example: 1 B I N G O)
Diagonal line (example: B 1 / I 2/ N 3 / G 4 / O 5)
Corner (possible in every corner - example: B 1+2+3 / I 1 / N 1)
Corner Squares + Middle (B 1+5 / O 1+5 / N 3)
Middle Cross (I 3 / G 3 / N 2+3+4)
Middle Diagonal Cross (I 2/4 / G 2/4 / N 3)
Specials:
Free Bingo = five squares of your choice
Blackout = all squares from the card
Let's play
You may create fandom works, original works, and real-person works.
Every square requires one complete work; single chapters are allowed as long as they can be read as stand-alone works.
Don't mix up two or more squares in one work.
Bingos can overlap, but if you re-use a prompt for a second bingo, you will have to create a new work for the square.
Fills Minimum
Every square comes with a minimum of:
100 words
1 haiku
2 icons (100x100)
1 graphic work bigger than an icon
Important: In case you have missed posting in week one, remember your wildcards.
Wildcards
At the beginning of the challenge, you will get five wildcards. You can use them in three different ways:
1. If you have missed a week, you can play a wildcard, and you are allowed to complete five extra squares in the following week(s).
2. Swap two prompts from your card (example: prompt N5 goes to I2)
3. Delete a prompt from your card and use one of your choice from the prompt list.
Team Challenge
If you have signed up, please visit your team Alpha or Omega to play.
Posting for week two officially ends Sunday, September 21 17.00 UTC. There is a grace period until the week is finally called 'closed'.
Try to fill at least one square every week to keep the challenge running. You can fill up to five squares (= one bingo) every week.
Your Bingo Card can be found here.
Short reminder of the rules
(for more information, visit the general BINGO post)
Possible Bingos:
General:
Row (example: B 1+2+3+4+5)
Column (example: 1 B I N G O)
Diagonal line (example: B 1 / I 2/ N 3 / G 4 / O 5)
Corner (possible in every corner - example: B 1+2+3 / I 1 / N 1)
Corner Squares + Middle (B 1+5 / O 1+5 / N 3)
Middle Cross (I 3 / G 3 / N 2+3+4)
Middle Diagonal Cross (I 2/4 / G 2/4 / N 3)
Specials:
Free Bingo = five squares of your choice
Blackout = all squares from the card
Let's play
You may create fandom works, original works, and real-person works.
Every square requires one complete work; single chapters are allowed as long as they can be read as stand-alone works.
Don't mix up two or more squares in one work.
Bingos can overlap, but if you re-use a prompt for a second bingo, you will have to create a new work for the square.
Fills Minimum
Every square comes with a minimum of:
100 words
1 haiku
2 icons (100x100)
1 graphic work bigger than an icon
Important: In case you have missed posting in week one, remember your wildcards.
Wildcards
At the beginning of the challenge, you will get five wildcards. You can use them in three different ways:
1. If you have missed a week, you can play a wildcard, and you are allowed to complete five extra squares in the following week(s).
2. Swap two prompts from your card (example: prompt N5 goes to I2)
3. Delete a prompt from your card and use one of your choice from the prompt list.
Team Challenge
If you have signed up, please visit your team Alpha or Omega to play.
Posting for week two officially ends Sunday, September 21 17.00 UTC. There is a grace period until the week is finally called 'closed'.
Bingo 03.25 - Weekly Score
Sep. 14th, 2025 08:24 pmprisca posting in fandom_empirePosting for week one is closed now. Thank you to everyone participating this week.
Regular Challenge
We have had a total of 19 participants this week.
Completed General Bingo Lines:
dianafortyseven
innitmarvelous_og
melime
mrs_leary
pattrose
peppermint_shamrock
suzy_queue
tarlanx
Team Challenge
This week, we have had 8 participants in the team challenge, four squares filled for each team. No bingo line is completed.
Team Alpha: 4 points in total
Team Omega: 4 points in total
To check out all scores, have a look at the Google Highscore Sheet. If you find an error or have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Hope to see all of you again next week! Have fun!
Regular Challenge
We have had a total of 19 participants this week.
Completed General Bingo Lines:
dianafortyseveninnitmarvelous_ogmelimemrs_learypattrosepeppermint_shamrocksuzy_queuetarlanxTeam Challenge
This week, we have had 8 participants in the team challenge, four squares filled for each team. No bingo line is completed.
Team Alpha: 4 points in total
Team Omega: 4 points in total
To check out all scores, have a look at the Google Highscore Sheet. If you find an error or have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Hope to see all of you again next week! Have fun!
The assignment deadline is a week away!
Sep. 14th, 2025 04:17 pmrarepairmod posting in rarepairexchangeHello Pears!
We have approximately one week before assignments are due on Sunday 21 September at 11:59pm EDT. [ In your timezone + Countdown. ]
Please email rarepairexmod@gmail.com if you have any questions.
See you next week! :)
We have approximately one week before assignments are due on Sunday 21 September at 11:59pm EDT. [ In your timezone + Countdown. ]
- If you know you cannot meet the deadline, please press the default button on your assignment before this date.
I will be mod-defaulting all no shows. Please default if you need to default. - Please ensure your work has been submitted and is not in draft form! Drafts are not considered complete gifts. You risk being mod-defaulted if your gift remains a draft by the deadline.
- If you need an extension, you must request it before the assignment deadline passes. I offer Sunday 28 September at 11:59pm EDT as the only extension available for participants. Please include your AO3 username and the AO3 username of your recipient in your request. [ In your timezone + Countdown. ]
If you request an extension, you are agreeing to: 1) requesting only if you are reasonably certain you will be able to finish in this additional time and 2) if you have requested an extension and default or are a no-show default, you will not be able to request an extension in 2026's round.
I do not need to know the reason why you need an extension. - There are works in the approval queue that I will work through — thank you for your patience!
- Once the deadline has passed, I will be publishing a fresh pinch hit post — so if you're waiting for an update on pinch hits, it'll come after Sunday 21 September.
Please email rarepairexmod@gmail.com if you have any questions.
See you next week! :)
Creators Revealed!
Sep. 13th, 2025 09:16 pmtentaclemod posting in raremaleslashexAll Creators have been revealed!
Thank you to all participants, and many many thanks to the pinch hitters for showing up again and again ❤︎ ❤︎ ❤︎ I hope you all had fun!
If you have urgent suggestions for improvement, feel free to comment on this post or write a mail to tentaclemod@gmail.com. Other questions and input are welcome as well!
Thank you to all participants, and many many thanks to the pinch hitters for showing up again and again ❤︎ ❤︎ ❤︎ I hope you all had fun!
If you have urgent suggestions for improvement, feel free to comment on this post or write a mail to tentaclemod@gmail.com. Other questions and input are welcome as well!
Nominations are Open!
Sep. 12th, 2025 08:03 pmsassysnowperson posting in swrarepairsIt begins!
• Every person may nominate up to 20 ships in up to 10 fandoms.
• Ships must have fewer than 250 works that are complete, over 1000 words, and in English on AO3.
Nomination Guidelines
• Read the Nomination Guidelines (you're doing it now!) and make sure you understand them — don't be afraid to ask any of your mods questions if you don't.
• Go to the tagset and make sure you're logged in to your AO3 account.
• Click the nominate button and fill in the nomination page with tags you want to request.
• Only nominate in the fandom categories listed in the Fandom Nomination Guidelines section below. We are not using Star Wars - All Media Types as a fandom. You can copy and paste from the fandoms list here.
• When the mods have time, we approve them... assuming you filled it out correctly and we understand your nomination.
• If there's any confusion, there will be a nominations clarification post on this Dreamwidth community. We can't see who's nominated what so we can't just ask you directly. You just have to comment on the post or email the exchange to clear things up!
• Incorrect nominations may be rejected, but we will be willing to add the correct versions in for you if you provide correctly formatted tags within the nomination period.
( Fandom Nomination Guidelines )
( Relationship Nomination Guidelines )
( Optional: Specific Fandom Names List )
Now, go forth and nominate!
• Every person may nominate up to 20 ships in up to 10 fandoms.
• Ships must have fewer than 250 works that are complete, over 1000 words, and in English on AO3.
To Nominate:
• Read the Nomination Guidelines (you're doing it now!) and make sure you understand them — don't be afraid to ask any of your mods questions if you don't.
• Go to the tagset and make sure you're logged in to your AO3 account.
• Click the nominate button and fill in the nomination page with tags you want to request.
• Only nominate in the fandom categories listed in the Fandom Nomination Guidelines section below. We are not using Star Wars - All Media Types as a fandom. You can copy and paste from the fandoms list here.
• When the mods have time, we approve them... assuming you filled it out correctly and we understand your nomination.
• If there's any confusion, there will be a nominations clarification post on this Dreamwidth community. We can't see who's nominated what so we can't just ask you directly. You just have to comment on the post or email the exchange to clear things up!
• Incorrect nominations may be rejected, but we will be willing to add the correct versions in for you if you provide correctly formatted tags within the nomination period.
( Fandom Nomination Guidelines )
( Relationship Nomination Guidelines )
( Optional: Specific Fandom Names List )
Now, go forth and nominate!
25 Hours Until Creator Reveals
Sep. 12th, 2025 09:01 pmtentaclemod posting in raremaleslashexMany thanks to all pinch hitter & treaters & creators! If there’s any last minute issues please don’t hesitate to let me know at tentaclemod@gmail.com or on this post.
Bingo 03.25 - Weekly Reminder Post
Sep. 12th, 2025 06:37 pmprisca posting in fandom_empireIt's Friday, and still about two days to go until the end of week 1. Posting for week one officially ends Sunday, September 14 17.00 UTC. There is a grace period until the week is finally called 'closed'.
We have six participants so far, and four completed bingo lines. In the team challenge, we already have two participants. Check out the Google Sheet Scores here, but remember that the final points will get counted on Sunday. If you find a mistake, don't hesitate to contact me.
We have six participants so far, and four completed bingo lines. In the team challenge, we already have two participants. Check out the Google Sheet Scores here, but remember that the final points will get counted on Sunday. If you find a mistake, don't hesitate to contact me.