Purimgifts 2026: Banner Countdown
Dec. 27th, 2025 04:36 pm
Today's countdown banner comes to us from 2020, which, believe it or not, was almost six years ago! I have no idea where that time went, but it means we're only six days out from Purimgifts 2026 signups.
DEADLINE 23 Feb (anywhere in the world)
REVEALS 2-4 March
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reruns
Dec. 27th, 2025 03:50 pmI watched the new Knives Out movie, and I've seen a fair amount of good commentary on how the movie handles religion, but I haven't seen anybody talking about the obvious plothole of ( imagery-related spoilers )
I didn't come out of it wanting to read fic about it, either, which isn't too surprising, but what is surprising is that I came out of it wanting to reread the Donald Strachey mysteries, so that's what I've been rereading, alongside a bunch of old fic. There's still just no current fandoms that have got me wanting to write anything, so it's been Merlin, and Magnificent Seven and even Voyager and I've been desperate enough to drag out some old Torchwood wips -- one was about 95% complete, the other was barely-strung-together fragments that included Jack being stuck with an alien device that had him looking female without actually being a sex-swap fic. On top of it being a time travel fic. I have no idea if I had a reason for doing that, or where I was going with it. Unsurprising that that one never got finished, but the other one was so close to done, I don't know what it was missing that I didn't finish it off. Possibly just the fact that it was going to have to have a lackluster ending, being a fic centered on Tosh and Owen. They're legally obliged to not have a happy ending without a hell of a lot more work than 20k.
I probably won't have time to miss still not creating any fanworks, though. I'm heading up an exhibit the weaving guild is doing this summer, and work on that is going to ramp up in the next few months. I just got piece number one (point five, I have a backup-maybe-unfinished project I did last fall) on the loom right now, with a 70%-completed draft for a doubleweave scarf after that that's going to involve a heinous amount of pickup work, which is why it's piece number two. But if I do it right it'll be much prettier than plain old overshot, so. I expect that'll take up a lot of focus once March hits. Hopefully I'll post again before then.
2025 Movie Round-Up
Dec. 27th, 2025 04:24 pmThe Balloonatic: a remix of a Buster Keaton movie set to the music of… okay I should have taken notes, I can’t remember the band, suffice it to say that it was a recentish band to which you would perhaps not expect Buster Keaton to be set. Smashing Pumpkins maybe? Lots of interesting cutting of the film which I don’t really have the technical vocabulary to describe, but just like - cutting what was clearly once one long shot into multiple shots? Kind of synced to the music?
I dragged the Brunch Bunch along to this showing, and we agreed that we’d see another if another came to town. But as we were just about the only people in the theater it is perhaps unsurprising that the theater has not booked another. Even an arthouse cinema has to have an audience.
Interview with a Vampire: I posted a bit of comparison to the book, but did not take time to note that this movie is an A++ example of complete commitment to an aesthetic, the aesthetic in this case being “decadent opulence spattered in blood.” This is an occasional aesthetic for me rather than one I would like to live in, but I admire the commitment.
The Shape of Water: This was a big disappointment, to be honest. Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth is one of my all-time favorites, so I went into this movie with high hopes, but honestly it just draaaaaaagged for me. Also highly doubt the ability of the fish-man from the Amazon to survive in the icy coastal waters of the Atlantic.
Kiki’s Delivery Service. A rewatch! Still one of my favorite movies, probably my top two Studio Ghibli with My Neighbor Totoro (but now I feel bad leaving out Spirited Away...) Love Kiki, love Jiji, love the richly detailed setting (which we dubbed “Francemany,” as it is clearly a mash-up of various European localities), love Miyazaki’s love of flying machines. This is an aesthetic I WOULD like to live in.
Also a couple of documentaries. Take Joy! The Magical World of Tasha Tudor is about Tudor’s life at Corgi Cottage, built and largely run in the style of a 19th century farmhouse, where Tudor lives with her goats, her doves, her corgyn (Tudor’s plural of corgi), her one-eyed cat Minou, and seven looms. (These are not all Tudor’s looms. Sometimes she gives house-space to a friend’s loom, if the friend doesn’t have loom room, a loom being a large contraption.) An inspiring example of building your own little world and living in it.
This theme is further developed in Take Peace: A Corgi Cottage Christmas with Tasha Tudor, an enchanting documentary perfect for anyone who has ever enjoyed Tasha Tudor’s Christmas illustrations, as the illustrations apparently draw extensively on Tasha Tudor’s own Christmas traditions or possibly vice versa, in a virtuous cycle of candlelit charm.
If you can’t find the documentary, the photo book Forever Christmas appears to have been made in conjunction, and includes some material not included in the film. Can’t believe they left out the sleigh ride!
[Bingo 2025] X 2
Dec. 27th, 2025 04:22 pmTitle: Forget Our Memories, Forget Our Possibilities
Author:
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Angel Dust
Rating: teen
Warnings: references to sexual and physical abuse, drug use, angst
Artist: Linkin Park
Prompt: Lyric with "remember" or "forget"
Song: Come Don’t Say
Title: Someone in the Dark
Author:
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Angel Dusk/Husk
Rating: teen
Warnings: wounds, wound care, drugs and alcoholism
Artist: Michael Jackson
Prompt: a Lyric with "light" or "dark".
Song: Someone in the Dark
Title: Pushing Up the Ante
Author:
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Husk, Arackniss, Rosie
Rating: teen
Warnings: gambling with souls
Artist: Motorhead
Prompt: a fast song.
Song: Ace of Spades
Title: Can’t Fight This Feeling
Author:
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Husk/Angel Dust
Rating: teen
Warnings: injuries, blood, hurt/comfort
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Prompt: romantic song
Song: Can’t Fight This Feeling
Title: There'll Be a Hot Time in Old Town Tonight
Author:
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Angel Dust/Husk, Cherri Bomb/Sir Pentious
Rating: teen
Warnings: unwanted touching, someone getting punched in the face for it
Artist: Bessie Smith
Prompt: Pre-1900 song
Song: There'll Be a Hot Time in Old Town Tonight
N column Bingo
Title: Remnant of Hope
Author:
Fandom: The Amazing Digital Circus
Characters/Pairings: all the circus members
Rating: teen
Warnings: whump
Artist: Nox Arcana
Prompt: an instrumental song
Song: Remnant of Hope
Title: The Jealous Kind
Author:
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Vox/Valentino
Rating: teen
Warnings: canon level violence, beach day episodes
Artist: Joe Cocker
Prompt: a line from the chorus.
Song: The Jealous Kind
Free Space
Title: Red Rain Is Coming Down All Over Me
Author:
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Angel Dust/Valentino
Rating: mature
Warnings: mentions of BDSM, drug use, violence, mental breakdowns
Artist: Peter Gabriel.
Prompt: Lyric with "red" "green" or "blue".
Song: Red Rain
Title: Something to Make My Heart Beat the Faster
Author:
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Husk/Angel Dust
Rating: teen
Warnings: injuries, blood, hurt/comfort
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald.
Prompt: a pre-1950s song
Song: All the Things You Are, originally written for a 1939 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein and covered by many.
Find my card here.
Happy liminal spacemas, couches!
Dec. 27th, 2025 03:40 pmI don't think I'm doing Psychic Wolves this year.
On the other hand, Té suggested a fest of blorbos touching the Rockstar Lestat and now I want it.
...it's been a really long time since I was sexually attracted to Tom Cruise, but apparently
Also, I now want vampires:
+ the New Burbage Festival (OMG DARREN NICHOLS) (Slings & Arrows)
+ on G-ERTI (they can only fly at night) (Cabin Pressure)
+ working for Oracle (Birds of Prey and a half)
+ visiting Chicago in the era of the Mountie (experimental hair for all who will) (due South)
+ what-ho'ing Bertram Wilberforce Wooster
+ in the world of the Five Gods (hello, is this The Bastard, I have your king shit devoté on hold) (Chalion)
+ dealing with the Light and the Dark, and falling somewhere between (Dark is Rising)
+ being in the future and baffling Aral Vorkosigan with being a) not soldiers and b) hot AT THE SAME TIME (Vorkosigan Saga)
+ and Muppets (Lestat as lone "human"?)
+ in Narnia (Aslan would shit a lit. brick)
+ becoming Black Ribboners (time for a sing-song around the harmonium! NOT LIKE THAT, LESTAT) (Discworld)
+ in Night Vale (it's Tuesday)
+ mad, in a coma, AND back in time -- the Life on Mars trifecta -- let's see Lestat trying to eat Gene Hunt
+ calling Car Talk
+ hiring Neal Caffrey to do a spot of forgery (White Collar)
+ with war horses who correspond with Copenhagen and Marengo, gaily (Warhorses of Letters)
+ fit as a fiddle and ready for love (would they love or loathe Lockwood and Lamont?) (Singin' in the Rain)
+ come on Darth Vader gold glitter looks Great on you
+ choosing the lesser of two weevils (Aubreyad)
+ ...okay i just died a little over quentin coldwater fanboying the vampire lestat (The Magicians)
+ side-eyeing and being side-eyed by Magneto (X-Men)
+ and I had a good belly laugh at Lestat meeting Felix Harrowgate: battle of the asshole first-person narrators who think they are special
+ Zaphod! Beeblebrox! would so get it on with Lestat! (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
+ How do you reckon vampires get on with thalergy? Let's Find Out (The Locked Tomb)
+ How do you reckon vampires get on with constructs? Send Lestat to Preservation! (Murderbot)
+ okay hear me out Grantaire is weak for opinionated blonds but what if he met The Wrong One (Les Misérables)
+ it's already a doctor who episode innit but let's get some harkness up in this joint
+ Awful Sykes has a crush and so does Torquil (Archer's Goon)
+ RIVERS OF LONDON which body of water can we blame everyone on
+ Last Week Tonight: Our main story concerns The "Vampire" Lestat (of course John does quote fingers)
+ Jacky Faber met our hero at some point in her meanderings. I bet they shared a stage.
+ James Flint. BWAHAHAHA. WOULD HIT THAT. (Black Sails)
+ Falsettos: writes. itself. Louis IS the gay plague.
+ did you ever want to see Lestat fuck a muppet wearing leather? I DO I DO (Farscape)
+ truly Julian Bashir needs his not-boyfriend to run interference or he's gonna get eaten (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
+ and then I hit Battlestar Galactica (reboot) which seems like a Terrible place to be a vampire but they'd have fun eating Gaius
+ Pern! is in the future! it can have Vampires if it wants 'em! Weirdest Harper Ever.
+ What happens with MCU? I couldn't begin to tell you. But there must be a clever answer.
+ Community: the study group goes to a concert and they all crush, each in their own way. Annie gets... scary.
+ I very much want Ray Person singing The Vampire Lestat across Iraq, but given the givens it makes me want to cry right now. (Generation: Kill, RIP James Ransone)
+ Scott & Bailey -- the teenage girls and Aunt Rachel bond over their crushes
+ Pamela Dean's Tam Lin has immortals. I want to see them emoting at Rice's.
+ And our wailing wonder, Lestat de Lioncourt. // Why, thank you, Sandi. (QI, the other guests are Phill Jupitus and Sue Perkins, because it's a Musical Episode)
+ ST: TOS -- Chekov and Sulu both have posters.
+ Does Venom want one? And how!
Sign-Up to Be Included in an itch.io Bundle to Celebrate Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week!
Dec. 27th, 2025 04:10 pm
Are you a creator who sells works on itch.io? Have you created and now sell a work starring one or more characters on the aromantic spectrum?
Then we want YOU! to submit your works to a bundle of itch.io works (books! comics! games! zines!) starring aromantic spectrum characters that we will run during Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week in February, 2026! Duck Prints Press is run by an aroace agender person, unforth/Claire Houck, and we work with many aromantic creators and have published multiple works featuring aromantic characters. We’re looking to celebrate Aromantic Spectrum Awareness week by (among other things) organizing, running, and promoting a bundle of stories featuring aromantic characters on itch.io!
Sign-ups are open until either January 14th or until we hit 50 sign-ups, so check it out now if you’re interested and don’t wait! Visit our sign-up form to read all the details and rules.
We hope you’ll join the bundle and help us get lots of works starring aromantic characters into the hands of readers, players, and viewers!
Rules, for perusal by folks who don’t feel like clicking through:
- The bundle will run the duration of Arospec Week, from February 15th to the 21st.
- This bundle is open to books, stories, comics, graphic novels, games, art, and any other work on itch.io that meets the requirements that follow.
- Works must feature one or more aromantic main characters.
- Creators do not need to be aromantic, but it’s definitely be a plus!
- One work per creator, please (if, like me, you run a single itch.io account that includes the work of multiple creators, you may submit multiple works, but still only one per creator!).
- NSFW works welcome, as long as they are within itch.io’s Terms of Service.
- Absolutely no generative AI creations are allowed.
- The final cost of the bundle and the proceed share per creator will depend how many works are submitted; I will aim for a cost no lower than $1 per work in the bundle, with revenue shared equally per itch.io account (as in – even if someplace like Duck Prints Press submits multiple works, those places will not get a larger share). If shares cannot be divided evenly, I will use random.org to randomly select who will be at the higher share and who at the lower; all shares will be within 1% of each other.
- This sign-up form will be open either until January 14 2026 or until I hit 50 sign-ups, whichever comes first.
- All contributors must post at least one promotion post on their own social media account(s) during the week when the bundle is available. Anyone who doesn’t do so will be banned from joining into future itch.io bundles that Duck Prints Press makes.
- By joining, you consent to me using the e-mail address you provide to contact you on matters related to the bundle.
- We will put together and send out promotional graphics using covers that participants provide. You are also welcome and encouraged to make your own graphics.
2026 whine preview
Dec. 27th, 2025 12:58 pmBut, the big news is she said that John (her husband who can't turn on his computer) has ordered her a big cellphone. Probably a large size, off brand smart phone. "he got the big one so I can see the numbers". Hazel cannot work a traditional handset because she forgets how. There is no way in the world she will be able to operate a cellphone. She will be in here every time she tries to turn it on. John does not know how to operate a smart phone. He can barely manage his feature flip phone. This is going to get ugly fast. I think my game plan is to show her to to call our IT guys here at Timber Ridge.
Elbow Coffee was not as bad as it has been and not as good. But, it is over for another week.
I'm just tired of old people.
I did my Safeway run and it is really cold out. I have no reason to test it further. I might puzzle a bit and then settle in with some TV and knitting.
Finally saw Zootopia 2!
Dec. 27th, 2025 04:00 pmThey wouldn't shut up about it, so there we go. They're not wrong.
( Read more... )
Book #09 The Village Teacher by Liu Cixin [Graphic Novel by Zhang Xiaoyu]
Dec. 27th, 2025 10:02 pm
The Village Teacher by Liu Cixin [Graphic Novel by Zhang Xiaoyu]
Li Laoshi spends his whole life teaching and protecting the youth in a remote Chinese village. What for?
I read the German edition of the graphic novel version of Liu Cixin's novella. Same as last year, I needed to add a graphic novel to gain time for my challenge. It's cheating in a way, but just like last year, this graphic novel was a Christmas present that I would not otherwise have read, so it's predestined to be used for the Mount TBR challenge, and I don't feel very bad about it. (Not to mention that no amount of cheating will make me reach my goal of 12 books this year.)
some thoughts, spoilery
* The graphics style is very detailed and the aliens and starscapes especially are beautiful. The humans are a little ugly in comparison - but that's the point, I think.
* The whole point of the book is to show how much good teachers are worth. They'll save Earth from destruction.
* That the Earth is saved by a few youngsters spouting physical formulas (Kepler's laws) without understanding them is hilariously Chinese. (And maybe also the point.)
* The two things that stuck in my mind from this book:
** the idea that anyone could at any time be chosen by an alien race as a representative for Earth's population. This would not go well. (But hey, even choosing Chinese students from a backwater village seems to have been enough. Is there hope? :) )
** the fact that even with government support, the teacher wasn't able to pay for his cancer treatment
* It's, from what I've now seen, a pretty typical book for Liu Cixin. He puts his finger on systemic failures of Chinese society, and he invents fantastical alien races. Two for two.
* The moral of the story isn't even bad, knowledge is important, teachers are important. It's okay for a short story.
* I read the whole thing in under an hour, so I'm not surprised that the moral didn't leave a huge impression. It didn't have enough time to develop.
3 stars - very detailed artwork, the human faces a bit too (intentionally) ugly in places to really draw me in, but the novella plot was good

1 - 5 stars - Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky The Final Architecture #1 [DW link]
2 - 2 stars - Miss Merkel: Mord auf dem Friedhof by David Safier Miss Merkel #2 [DW link]
3 - 4 stars - Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire Toby Daye #10 [DW link]
4 - 1 star - Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin [DW link]
5 - 5 stars - Murderbot Diaries 1-4 by Martha Wells [DW link]
6 - 4 stars - Die Neuerfindung der Diktatur/We Have Been Harmonized by Kai Strittmatter [DW link]
7 - tbd
8 - 3 stars - Der Markisenmann by Jan Weiler [DW link]
9 - 3 stars - The Village Teacher by Liu Cixin [Graphic Novel by Zhang Xiaoyu] [DW link]
Guardian Meme
Dec. 28th, 2025 09:46 amIt includes questions such as "A fanwork you've read/looked at more than three times", "Ye Zun ships - yay or nay?", and "Did you make any Guardian fanworks in 2025? How many? What was your favourite?"
A Guardian Meme
Dec. 28th, 2025 09:41 am1. A fanwork you've read/looked at more than three times
- [Vid] Open Ocean by
- [Vid] Lost It All by
- [Art] Getting Comfortable [Explicit] by
2. A resource you've used lately (or "lately")
- Dramatis Personae (with cast list) by
- SID Timeline by
- Guardian timeline by
3. A rarepair you would read
I'm fairly easy for trying out rarepairs. There are some characters I generally avoid "/" pairings for (in particular, Da Qing, Zhu Jiu, and Ye Zun come to mind), but I did read some delightful Lin Jing/Ye Zun fics over
A rarepair that I'd actively like to read more of is Chu Shuzhi &/ Zhao Xinci.
( Continued behind the cut. )
not being extremely into D&D, I still stand by this *firm nod*
Dec. 27th, 2025 09:33 pmAlso, sitting on a shiny new icons that a) I can't upload because it's for an icontest, and b) I'll have to delete another before uploading, well. *sullenly kicks rocks*
7 Recs
Dec. 27th, 2025 01:04 pmI bring a quick 7 recs in 6 fandoms at my journal for
- The Bedlam Stacks (backstory! Keita! Merrick!)
- The Way of the Househusband (domesticity! But also porn!)
- Antique Bakery (Ono and Tachibana in the mountains!)
- Wimbledon (Peter is an idiot! But sort of okay at tennis!)
- Cthulhu Mythos (Dream Cycle Randolph brings horrors to the yard!)
- Snake Fight Portion of Your Thesis Defence/Rivers of London (no more need said!)
International Volunteer Day
Dec. 27th, 2025 07:59 pm
On December 5, people all over the world observed International Volunteer Day (IVD) to acknowledge the work of volunteer workers everywhere, and their efforts, dedication, and passion. Since its conception in 1985, IVD has invited us to recognize the ways in which volunteers contribute to communities and are at the forefront of many people-led initiatives.
Here at the Organisation of Transformative Works (OTW) we depend entirely on that drive, as our organization is 100% volunteer-run! Our volunteers handle our strategic planning, administration, infrastructure, development, any day-to-day tasks required in running a non-profit organization, and so on. Volunteers aren't just the backbone of the OTW, they are its whole skeleton!
Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of an OTW volunteer looks like? The answer is: It's hard to say! Depending on where in the OTW they are active, their tasks and responsibilities can look very different from those of the next volunteer. Volunteers also work a very wide range of weekly hours, depending on their position(s) and availability: anything from one hour to over twenty hours a week!
For this IVD, we wanted to give you a chance to get to know those volunteers behind the scenes of the OTW and its projects. That is why we sent out a call across our social media for you to send us your most burning questions.
Here are some of those questions with answers from our volunteers!
Questions for Specific Committees
- Question for the Policy & Abuse committee:
How often do you deal with people who want to censor something on AO3? Is it a common complaint?
Committee Answer:
AO3 frequently receives complaints about "offensive content", which includes suggesting that we should remove or censor content that is allowed on AO3. In the past five years, complaints about offensive content have consistently been one of the top three types of Policy & Abuse tickets, albeit not the largest. The Policy & Abuse committee regularly publishes a breakdown of the previous year's tickets, which for 2024 can be found here. Information about 2025's tickets will be available in a newsletter early next year. - Question for the Volunteers & Recruiting committee:
What types of things can be done by volunteers? I say this as someone who'd love to volunteer at some point in the future, but have no idea if I have any skill that would actually be helpful.
Committee answer:
The skill sets required from our volunteers depend a lot on the role: There are roles that require some kind of formal education or in-depth knowledge of a specific topic, such as being a lawyer or a financial analyst. Other roles, however, are teaching all required skills during the training period, so for those roles it mostly depends on being the "type" for the role. For us in VolCom (Volunteers & Recruiting Committee), it's more of the latter than the former; for example, our volunteers need to enjoy documentation work and ticking off tasks from to-do lists while being able to do work autonomously. There are many roles in the OTW that look for a specific type of person more than a person with a specific set of skills, or the skills are very transferable: Skills such as project management, navigating tricky interpersonal situations, dividing big-picture goals into actionable items, etc. If you keep an eye on our socials and the news posts, you will see us recruiting regularly. Each role comes with a position description that explains both what the volunteers in this role do, and what is required of applicants, so just watch out for a role that matches your skills and interests!
General Questions across Committees
- How many hours a week do you spend on your OTW volunteer work?
For myself on Systems, it varies. I usually spend at least an hour a day between checking in on alerts, tickets, and responding to any inquiries from other committees internally. It usually ends up being more, as some of those requests are more involved than others. Any time there's an outage or issue, the number of hours usually goes much higher. (FrostTheFox, Systems committee chair) - How do you manage your volunteer time, and do you do the same thing every day like with a day job?
What I do each day varies based on what events are coming up for Board and the OTW! We may be working on research projects, preparing for a public Board meeting, replying to questions from the public, or many other things. The variety is a huge part of why I enjoy what I do honestly. I wouldn't enjoy it as much if it was the same every day. Volunteering for the OTW is nice because by and large, you get to pick what ours and schedule you'd like to have. I personally try and block out sections of my time to work on OTW-related tasks and do occasional checking in outside of this time. (therealmorticia, Board Assistants Team committee chair) - What's your favorite part about volunteering at the OTW?
Assisting AO3 users, most notably Vietnamese and Chinese users, in my capacity as Support volunteer. Some weeks when the stress from my other OTW roles catches up to me, doing Support work and answering Support tickets remind me of the reason why I started this whole endeavour in the first place: I want to give back to fandom and help AO3 users navigate the Archive a little bit easier. (Anh Pham, Support committee) - What's the aspect of volunteer work with the OTW that you most wish more people knew about?
Sometimes the things you think will be simplest are the hardest, and vice versa. Personally, I've had to nix features I really wanted myself because they just wouldn't be practical given our volume of users and current resources. (Accessibility, Design, & Technology committee volunteer) - What does a typical day as an OTW volunteer looks like for you?
I volunteer as an Open Doors Administrative Volunteer and as an Open Doors Chair Assistant. Both are project management-oriented roles: I help manage archive imports and the committee itself! I start my volunteering time by checking on the status of my archives, answering questions as they arise, making sure archive import tasks are progressing along - it's always something different! I also work on various projects for committee management, such as documenting workflows and new procedures or running weekly working meetings. (Kayla, Open Doors committee) - What is your favorite animal? Alternatively, do you have a favorite breed of cat/dog?
Aside from cats & dogs, my favorite animal is a sloth. They’re mood and they sound really funny (look it up on youtube!). Favorite dog breed is airedale terrier, because my boyfriend has one and she’s hilarious. She lives with his mom now that he’s studying/working in my city, and I’ve only seen her a few times, so I’m convinced she thinks I’m some sort of weird extension of my bf that just randomly appears every 6 months or so. (kati, Translation committee) - Do you enjoy reading fanfic? If so, what's your favorite work on AO3?
I do! Finding a favorite was the hardest thing I've ever done and I had to dig through my bookmarks, anything by author hanville would make the cut, to be honest, but my absolute favorite is mosaic broken hearts with this is me trying as a really, really close second. (Camila Lopez, Tag Wrangling committee) - Do you write any fanfic yourself? What do you enjoy about it?
I write so many fics. @.@ It's a lot of fun to explore favourite characters in new ways, and to get to expand the worlds in which they live. I'm also cursed to have very few fandoms in which my favourite characters or ships have a lot of content, so I end up having to make it all myself. (Fun fact: I actually found my partner due to a rare pair!) (C, AO3 Documentation committee) - What fandoms are you (currently) in?
Well, Heated Rivalry obviously. I'm also really into Fallout, The Pitt, and Formula 1 RPF. (I'm not even a sports person. I don't know how I ended up in sports RPF, yet here I am.) (Whatsit, Policy & Abuse committee) - Do you feel glad or proud to see fanfiction in your mother tongue? I grew up in German fandom, and I owe some German fandom writers a lot when it comes to my own existence in fandom. I very much stay away from it now lmao. I can't handle anything remotely smutty written in German, and some peculiarities of fanfiction that I can tolerate in English are a dealbreaker in German, as well as grammar and punctuation. I do love that it exists - fanfiction and fandom in general is an amazing space that should not be limited by the language one speaks. (corr, Volunteers & Recruiting committee)
(For more answers from our volunteers, check out this work on AO3, where we'll post additional replies to each question!)
We are exceedingly grateful to all volunteers who have taken time out of their day to compose answers, and for the amazing work they do at the OTW on a daily basis! They are the lifeblood of the OTW, AO3, and our other projects!
If you too want to become part of the OTW and help out as a volunteer, keep an eye on our recruitment posts! And if you're afraid of missing a post, no worries: You can subscribe to our monthly OTW News by Email service for a neat summary of what's currently happening at the OTW!
The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, OTW Legal Advocacy, and Transformative Works and Cultures. We are a fan-run, donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

