To Touch The Star(s)

INFO & RULES - FLIGHT EDITION (January)

- Feel free to interpret the prompts however you wish - the world is your oyster! <3 - No restriction to one prompt per fic/chapter. - You can merge this event with others, so long as the other event permits this. - Please mark rating clearly, and use CW where applicable. Posts not adequately marked will not be reblogged. - Use the tag #FandomFreeBingo and tag @fandom-free-bingo on tumblr for a reblog - don't forget to also add in the pairing/characters, the fandom and the warnings in the tags please <3 - The second event (Flight Edition) will run until February 29th. Feel free to post after this date, however - works will be reblogged until January 31st, 2025, and the Ao3 collection will be open indefinitely. - Two cards (at most) of each size for each participant. - All media forms, fandoms and original works are welcome! - You can request square changes twice, for up to a week after the card is issued. - Be respectful to other participants. - Be kind to me!- Ao3 collection can be found here! - This season we are offering BOTH 5x5 and 3x3 cards - please let us know which you would like!

Sign up here! Sign ups will run until January 31st - you can post whenever you're ready!

Why Flight Edition? Well - January 5th is National Bird Day! Why? "National Bird Day is a celebration of the wonder of birds and a time to raise awareness about the many threats that bird species face on a daily basis. Birds have long captured the imagination of humans as they effortlessly soar through the skies. It is no wonder that so many people have become either professional or amateur ornithologists (people who study birds). While birds may seem to live carefree lives, many of their natural habitats are under attack. Additionally, poaching and the illegal wildlife trade threaten many bird species. With these factors in mind we need to do everything that we can to protect our birds and their environments." [1]

Basically.... Because they're beautiful and majestic creatures, and we didn't want to lean into the whole 'winter' theme again, because it's not winter everywhere! So... Take Flight! <3

My favourite bird (uh, today-) is below the cut... Look at this majestic boy-

The resplendent quetzal lives in tropical forests in southern Mexico and Central America - and their population is decreasing. They've been given 'Near Threatened' status. Look at that fuzzy little head, and that MAJESTIC tail!

I like birds.

Stucky AU: Spa Day

Moodboard created for @buckybarnesevents Hot Bucky Summer, Week 10: “Long day at work?” + massages + bath / @buckybarnesbingo fill: photo of younger Bucky

Steve was given a gift certificate for a spa day by Sam and Natasha (they regularly told him off for being a workaholic). It sat in a drawer, forgotten, until he had a particularly long week and decided to finally cash it in.

There he met Bucky, one of the massage therapists. Steve became a regular at the spa and would always request him.

Those around Steve started to notice how much happier he was and that he was taking better care of himself, not overworking so much. His friends gift had worked just not in the way they anticipated. It wasn’t because of his spa visits or even the massages he received.

It was getting to see Bucky.

Bucky looked forward to their sessions too and he couldn’t help feeling a little smug and proud that he could always feel Steve’s stress melt away under his fingertips.

And maybe it had something to do with how his heart pitter-pattered whenever he saw him.

My Masterlist

The Reporter and The Lawyer - The Devil and the Protector

Title: The Reporter and The Lawyer - The Devil and the Protector

Pairing: Matt Murdock/ Eddie Brock

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 2333

Warnings: Graphic Intimacy

Summary: Matt picks up a strange man in a bar. But when he takes him home, the evening turns even stranger.

Created for:

@slashmultiverse Daily Pride Prompts: 2: "Formal Wear", 3: Threesome/Moresome

@anyfandomgoesbingo / Square(s) Filled: "Threesome"

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47597293

Sound and Color - Masterlist

Sound and Color

The sound and the colors of Leaves : 2467 / General Audiences / Matt and Clint bond over their mutual love for fall and leaves and their disabilities

The sound and the colors of Snow : 3959 / General Audiences / Matt helps Clint get the support he needs and they take a walk through wintery NYC

The sound and colors of Flowers : 2531 / General Audiences / Matt and Clint are working together as the city warms up.

The sound and colors of Sunshine : 3570 / General Audiences / Matt and Clint suffer in the heat and talk about Family.

Stats Tag

Okay, we're on a roll here, apparently. Thanks to the wonderful @0nelittlebirdtoldme for tagging me <3

Rules: Give us the links to your fics with the most hits, most kudos, most comments, most bookmarks, most words, and least words.

Most hits: The sound and the colors of Leaves. Part one in my half finished Series following Matt and Clint through all four seasons and on Clint's journey to be accepted as a Deaf Team Member. Stats: Words: 2 467, Comments: 12, Kudos: 232, Bookmarks: 13, Hits: 1 930, Kudos/Hits: 12.02% (Followed by The Reporter and The Lawyer - The Devil and the Protector [Explicit] Stats: Words: 3 112, Chapters: 3/3, Comments: 6, Kudos: 111, Bookmarks: 2, Hits: 1 647, Kudos/Hits:6.74% )

Most kudos: Also Sound and Colors of Leaves (Followed by Couch already taken Stats: Words: 2 289, Comments: 2, Kudos: 167, Bookmarks: 10, Hits: 1 101, Kudos/Hits: 15.17% )

Most comments: Building a Relationship The main fic of my ongoing project that shows different way people can experince love. This follows Clint and Matt on their journey of Building a Relationship and all the obstacles they face on the way. Stats: Words: 24 965, Chapters: 11/?, Comments: 63, Kudos: 58, Bookmarks: 6, Hits: 1 201, Kudos/Hits: 4.83% (Followed by The quiet life Stats: Words: 17 941, Chapters: 8/8, Comments: 31, Kudos: 58, Bookmarks: 5, Hits: 970, Kudos/Hits: 5.98%)

Most bookmarks: Sound and Color of Leaves again. (Followed by Couch already taken)

Most words: Building a Relationship, unsurprisingly. (Followed by Safe Place Stats: Words: 20 522, Chapters: 9/9, Comments: 26, Kudos: 41, Bookmarks: 4, Hits: 567, Kudos/Hits: 7.23% )

Least words: Sweater A drabble and a Drawing of Charles stealing Eriks favourite Sweater (Stats: Words: 100, Comments: 5, Kudos: 20, Bookmarks: 1, Hits: 539, Kudos/Hits: 3.71%) and Sweet Pleasure [Explicit] a so far lonely drabble for Masturbation Midsummer (Stats: Words: 100, Comments: 2, Kudos: 3, Hits: 65, Kudos/Hits:4.62%)

Tagging, if you’re interested, @foxywrites @polizwrites @endlesstwanted @voiceoffenrisulfr and everyone else who wants to participate.

The 2025 Fanfic Reading Challenge

Welcome to another year of the Fanfic Reading Challenge (FRC)!

I won't bore you with the history of the challenge, this year, but I will welcome you to check out past posts that do explain some of it, as well as include a brief overview of what, exactly, this challenge is, though it does change year to year. (Essentially you read fics to complete goals and win bragging points and an artsy badge.)

This year is especially different, as I had the extreme pleasure of having @noxsoulmate as a partner in crime in keeping me hostage on track to completing this year's FRC. Another valued member of the mod team is @jandjsalmon and speaks for all of us if you need questions answered!

As for the challenge....

This is, indeed, a challenge. Of course.

First of all... you must obviously read fanfiction. As if you don't already!

You also need to download and make your own copy of the spreadsheet, which can be found here, as well as below in the important links section.

To participate in the challenge, you read fics that match the tasks in the challenge. An example of a task can be: "read a fic with a title containing the word purple in it." Should be easy! Of course, there are harder ones.

Which is why there are different modes of challenge to the FRC. These are as follows:

Participation (Complete 1 task)

Regular Mode (Complete 80 tasks)

Hard Mode (Complete 150 tasks)

Extreme Mode (Complete 220 tasks)

Complete (Complete 250 tasks)

The challenge lasts from January 1st, 2025, to December 31st, 2025.

There are badges that go with the modes completed, and even a secret 6th badge that will be fairly obvious if you look at the spreadsheet! Doesn't mean it'll be easy to complete though. *smirks* (Blame Noxy)

Most important of all: this challenge operates on the honour system. We don't check your work, or your reading logs (see below), so I mean, I guess if you want to be slippery with the rules, you do you, and that's on your conscience, but honestly it's so much fun to see how much you can get done by following the letter of the law/tasks! You can be slippery even with following the tasks fully. It's great fun. ;D

I think that's enough for an intro, really, maybe too much.

Important Links and Reading Logs/Trackers

As there is a component of the FRC that includes tracking numbers of words read, most of us use a reading log/tracker to keep count of how many fics we read, including data such as words, of course, chapters, month completed, ship, author, title, fandom, link to the fic, and such. It's a great place to mark what fics you want to read in the future as well!

This year we have FOUR trackers on offer, quite different from one another, so take a look, play around with them and check out their "intros", and choose according to what you think will work best for you!

Fic Tracking Sheets

Juulna's 2025 Reading Log

Noxy's 2025 Reading Log

2025 Jandy's Fic Tracker

Taru's Fic Tracker 2025

Discord

We have a blast on Discord. From general chatter to sharing pet pics to being there for each other during the tough times to forming lasting friendships and making friendships you’d never make in a ship- or fandom-specific Discord, to asking for help ‘rolling the dice’ (pick a number between 1-10!) to choose the next fic to read, to finding some of the really challenging task fills in fandoms people might not have ever read but are willing to try, or finding fandoms someone has never read and is very tentative about stepping out of their box, but they’re being 100% supported and know they don’t need to complete the fic for it to count for the task, stepping out of their comfort zone… we’ve formed a very odd group of, if not friends, then companions (but there are definite friendships that have formed!! Just ask the people who have started watching NHL and NFL together in our off topic channel!).

In any case, our Discord is not necessary, but it is a worthy and tactical element to completing many of the tasks of this challenge. 💙

And.... without further ado....!

The 2025 Fanfic Reading Challenge! (link)

There is an info/rules page as the first sheet on the spreadsheet that should fill in any further questions you have. It also has more contact info than just this page if you have any further questions and perhaps need a more immediate answer for your needs.

*Occasionally you will run into something that looks like an error, and it may in fact be one! Let us know if you see it. It's hard not to make a mistake on as large a spreadsheet as this.*

Please, first of all, have fun and just read fanfiction that you enjoy! I (Juulna) did that last year and didn't even come close to completing the entire challenge, and I still had a blast because I was enjoying what I was reading and rereading. Others took the challenge right to the completed end. Others forgot about it halfway through but still had fun, and some even went back and filled in the sheet for a really good showing! The challenge is what you make of it, what you want from it. So... just have fun. Read fic. Smile. Enjoy. :)

Second of all... well, we would love if you signal boost this post!!!!

Third of all, we do have our pinned post that includes a link to this page and that will include a link to our Discord and all our trackers as well, including past links for memento and informative purposes.

Thank you, and a blessed 2025 to all!

for those to whom the holidays mean conflict

for those who are forced to be mediators or passive observers

for those to whom gifts are an obligation and a chore

for those who feel alienated by christmas tradition

for those who feel forced to participate, and those who feel left out

and for those who are alone, by choice or circumstance

i wish you can have happy holidays

but more than that, i just wish you good luck and a big virtual hug

It's time for the Avocados server's WIP Warriors Challenge! For every vote, I will write 2 sentences. All are daredevil related unless specified.

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