Die Hard Movies: Pre-Existing Condition by Helenish
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fancakeFandom: Die Hard 4.0
Pairings/Characters: Matt Farrell/John McClane
Rating: Not Rated (I would say Gen or Teen at most)
Length: 13,139 words
Creator Links: Helenish at AO3
Theme: Marriage of Convenience
Summary:
“Anyway, he’s staying with me for a while,” John says.
“My place got firebombed,” Matt says, reflexively.
Reccer’s Notes: This fic is absolutely note perfect. The characters feel completely on point and the marriage of convenience trope feels totally natural. An exploration of how to be normal after something absolutely crazy has happened to you.
It feels very warm and true and absolutely delightfully done in Helenish’s brilliant way of writing.
Fanwork links: Pre-Existing Condition
Pairings/Characters: Matt Farrell/John McClane
Rating: Not Rated (I would say Gen or Teen at most)
Length: 13,139 words
Creator Links: Helenish at AO3
Theme: Marriage of Convenience
Summary:
“Anyway, he’s staying with me for a while,” John says.
“My place got firebombed,” Matt says, reflexively.
Reccer’s Notes: This fic is absolutely note perfect. The characters feel completely on point and the marriage of convenience trope feels totally natural. An exploration of how to be normal after something absolutely crazy has happened to you.
It feels very warm and true and absolutely delightfully done in Helenish’s brilliant way of writing.
Fanwork links: Pre-Existing Condition
Science Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: A Man Of Science
Aug. 23rd, 2025 01:36 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: A Man Of Science
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jonathan Willaway.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the series.
Summary: Jonathan isn’t sure whether he wants to return to the nineteen sixties.
Word Count: 200
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 489: Amnesty 81, using Challenge 484: Science.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Mods, please tag with f: tv (category)
Old Friends: Final Fantasy XII: Fanfic: (Re)United
Aug. 22nd, 2025 01:18 pmthe_paradigm posting in fan_flashworksTitle: (Re)United
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Characters/Pairings: Penelo/Basch
Rating: G
Challenge: Old Friends (Amnesty)
Spoilers/Warnings: Post-Canon, doesn’t particularly matter.
Word Count: 282
Summary: A short, abstracted view of a single decision.
Disclaimer: I do not own FFXII or the characters.
( “(Re)United” )
Crossposted:
sweetandshort - Aug Bingo: Hair, Luck, New, Candle
fandomweekly - #030- Moment of Truth (Amnesty 027)
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Characters/Pairings: Penelo/Basch
Rating: G
Challenge: Old Friends (Amnesty)
Spoilers/Warnings: Post-Canon, doesn’t particularly matter.
Word Count: 282
Summary: A short, abstracted view of a single decision.
Disclaimer: I do not own FFXII or the characters.
( “(Re)United” )
Crossposted:
sweetandshort - Aug Bingo: Hair, Luck, New, Candlefandomweekly - #030- Moment of Truth (Amnesty 027)Face: Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: At The Funeral
Aug. 22nd, 2025 05:13 pmsmallhobbit posting in fan_flashworksTitle: At The Funeral
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 579 words
Summary: Lucas is at a funeral
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 579 words
Summary: Lucas is at a funeral
Crowd Challenge: FAKE: Fanfic: Wait And Hope
Aug. 22nd, 2025 12:50 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Wait And Hope
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG-13
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: How can a violent assault take place in the middle of a crowd with nobody seeing anything?
Word Count: 200
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 489: Amnesty 81, using Challenge 487: Crowd.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Wait And Hope... )
Crush Challenge: S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Crushing On You
Aug. 21st, 2025 05:41 pmdarkjediqueen posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Crushing On You
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Getting Together, Fluff
Summary: It started as a crush years ago.
Word Count: 1,295
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Getting Together, Fluff
Summary: It started as a crush years ago.
Word Count: 1,295
( Crushing On You )
Revenge Challenge: FAKE: Fanfic: Revenge At Last
Aug. 21st, 2025 12:43 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Revenge At Last
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: OCs, Dee.
Rating: PG-13
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Murder most foul has been committed, but Dee and Ryo have caught the murderer.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 489: Amnesty 81, using Challenge 486: Revenge.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
Punch: due South: Fanfiction: Like a Punch to the Face
Aug. 21st, 2025 10:38 amlucy_roman posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Like a Punch to the Face
Author:lucy_roman
Rating: Teen and up
Summary: Ray has thrown a lot of punches. Set during the first part of Mountie on the Bounty
Pairing: Fraser & RayK
Word count: 100
( Like a Punch to the Face )
Author:
lucy_romanRating: Teen and up
Summary: Ray has thrown a lot of punches. Set during the first part of Mountie on the Bounty
Pairing: Fraser & RayK
Word count: 100
( Like a Punch to the Face )
Challenge 489: Amnesty
Aug. 20th, 2025 04:53 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksOur new challenge is our eighty-first:
During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: ( Complete list of prompts )
See this gdoc spreadsheet for a complete list of prompts (sheet 1 listed by date; sheet 2 alphabetical & linked)
Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!
In amnesty rounds, please include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Bright: The Untamed: Podfic: Bunnies!).
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 Monday, September 1st. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work with fandom, media 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 comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)
AMNESTY
During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: ( Complete list of prompts )
Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!
In amnesty rounds, please include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Bright: The Untamed: Podfic: Bunnies!).
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 Monday, September 1st. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work with fandom, media 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 comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)Admin: Challenge closed
Aug. 20th, 2025 04:49 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksThe Twinkle challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Happy News, bydarkjediqueen
Final Fantasy XII: Fanfic: Her First Choice, bythe_paradigm
no fandom : icons : like a diamond, byhighlander_ii
Greek Myth: Fanfic: How Can You Laugh?, bydrabblewriter
Twinkle: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Coming Home, byveronyxk84
Torchwood: Fanfic: A Twinkle In The Dark, bybadly_knitted
Terraria: Fanfiction: Starry Night, byinfinitum_noctem
Twinkle: Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, bysmallhobbit
Torchwood: Fanfic: When the lights go out, bym_findlow
Leverage: Fanfiction: too much twinkle, byfadedwings
Starsky & Hutch: Fanfiction: Twinkle Toes, bylucy_roman
Twinkle: PMD: Destruction Call x Cassette Beasts: Art: barkley under the stars, byhimejoshiheart
Twinkle: Hyouka (Kotenbu): Fanfic: stars align, bybluedreaming
Original: Poetry: Here We Be, byteaotter
Twinkle: Guardian: fic: Feathers and Stars, bychina_shop
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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!
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Happy News, by
darkjediqueenFinal Fantasy XII: Fanfic: Her First Choice, by
the_paradigmno fandom : icons : like a diamond, by
highlander_iiGreek Myth: Fanfic: How Can You Laugh?, by
drabblewriterTwinkle: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Coming Home, by
veronyxk84Torchwood: Fanfic: A Twinkle In The Dark, by
badly_knittedTerraria: Fanfiction: Starry Night, by
infinitum_noctemTwinkle: Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, by
smallhobbitTorchwood: Fanfic: When the lights go out, by
m_findlowLeverage: Fanfiction: too much twinkle, by
fadedwingsStarsky & Hutch: Fanfiction: Twinkle Toes, by
lucy_romanTwinkle: PMD: Destruction Call x Cassette Beasts: Art: barkley under the stars, by
himejoshiheartTwinkle: Hyouka (Kotenbu): Fanfic: stars align, by
bluedreamingOriginal: Poetry: Here We Be, by
teaotterTwinkle: Guardian: fic: Feathers and Stars, by
china_shop\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!
Twinkle: Guardian: fic: Feathers and Stars
Aug. 21st, 2025 10:13 amchina_shop posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Feathers and Stars
Fandom: Guardian (TV)
Rating: G-rated
Length: 747 words
Tags: Ya Qing & OFC, Backstory, Playing with narrative voice, Bedtime stories, Inconclusive ending
Summary: Dear one, settle down, and I’ll tell you a story.
( Feathers and Stars )
Fandom: Guardian (TV)
Rating: G-rated
Length: 747 words
Tags: Ya Qing & OFC, Backstory, Playing with narrative voice, Bedtime stories, Inconclusive ending
Summary: Dear one, settle down, and I’ll tell you a story.
( Feathers and Stars )
Original: Poetry: Here We Be
Aug. 20th, 2025 01:12 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Here We Be
Fandom: Original
Challenge: Twinkle
Author's note: When I was in high school, my choir sang a piece called "Stars," by Lloyd Pfautsch. The lyrics come from Baruch 3:34: The stars shine in their watches and rejoice. When he calleth them, they say Here we be! Here we be! Here we be!. The phrasing bounces back and forth among the vocal sections like twinkling stars. (I managed to find a recording of a different choir doing this song; it starts about 3:35 here at Youtube.)
( Read more... )
Fandom: Original
Challenge: Twinkle
Author's note: When I was in high school, my choir sang a piece called "Stars," by Lloyd Pfautsch. The lyrics come from Baruch 3:34: The stars shine in their watches and rejoice. When he calleth them, they say Here we be! Here we be! Here we be!. The phrasing bounces back and forth among the vocal sections like twinkling stars. (I managed to find a recording of a different choir doing this song; it starts about 3:35 here at Youtube.)
( Read more... )
Twinkle: Hyouka (Kotenbu): Fanfic: stars align
Aug. 20th, 2025 10:56 ambluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksFandom: Hyouka (Kotenbu)
Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: I always wondered why (Ibara) Mayaka couldn’t just publish manga in the Kotenbu anthology.
Summary: In which Oreki narrowly misses Chitanda’s curiosity.
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Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: I always wondered why (Ibara) Mayaka couldn’t just publish manga in the Kotenbu anthology.
Summary: In which Oreki narrowly misses Chitanda’s curiosity.
( Read more... )
SGA/SG1: So Good to You by busaikko
Aug. 20th, 2025 04:58 pmmific posting in fancakeFandom: Stargate Atlantis, SG1
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Vala Mal Doran, Cam Mitchell, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Rating: Teen
Length: 6000
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: busaikko on AO3
Themes: Marriage of Convenience, Teams, Ambiguous relationship, Humor, Friendship
Summary: Rodney had extorted a promise from John to not get recruited into SG-1 while he was on temporary re-assignment to the SGC. As John finished reciting his marriage vows from the crib-sheet Mitchell had handed him, he suspected Rodney would never let him live this down.
Reccer's Notes: With Atlantis stuck in San Francisco, John goes out with SG1 on a mission that needs his gene, but the local Ori-worshipers require those entering the sanctum (where there may be ZPMs) to be married. So John and Vala get hitched, and are able to trade for not one but three ZPMs, which is just as well as later in the story John desperately needs both Vala and the ZPM-power. The story focuses on John and Vala's friendship which develops after their marriage and despite John returning to Pegasus, then later deepens into something more. Cam is initially a dick due to jealousy as he and John had a past fling, but he gets his head out of his ass. The John/Vala relationship is wonderfully written and we're left in the end with it still being an little ambiguous (this is Vala, after all), but definitely hopeful. A lovely read.
Fanwork Links: So Good to You
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Vala Mal Doran, Cam Mitchell, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Rating: Teen
Length: 6000
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: busaikko on AO3
Themes: Marriage of Convenience, Teams, Ambiguous relationship, Humor, Friendship
Summary: Rodney had extorted a promise from John to not get recruited into SG-1 while he was on temporary re-assignment to the SGC. As John finished reciting his marriage vows from the crib-sheet Mitchell had handed him, he suspected Rodney would never let him live this down.
Reccer's Notes: With Atlantis stuck in San Francisco, John goes out with SG1 on a mission that needs his gene, but the local Ori-worshipers require those entering the sanctum (where there may be ZPMs) to be married. So John and Vala get hitched, and are able to trade for not one but three ZPMs, which is just as well as later in the story John desperately needs both Vala and the ZPM-power. The story focuses on John and Vala's friendship which develops after their marriage and despite John returning to Pegasus, then later deepens into something more. Cam is initially a dick due to jealousy as he and John had a past fling, but he gets his head out of his ass. The John/Vala relationship is wonderfully written and we're left in the end with it still being an little ambiguous (this is Vala, after all), but definitely hopeful. A lovely read.
Fanwork Links: So Good to You