BtVS: Stalker [Challenge 499: Wake Up]
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drabble_zoneTitle: Stalker
Fandom: BtVS
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Buffy, Angelus.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 499: Wake Up.
Spoilers/Setting: Passion.
Summary: Angelus leaves a gift for Buffy.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
Stalker
bits and pieces of life
Apr. 29th, 2026 05:19 pmtielanA junior someone is having more or less a tantrum before they get into their parents car at pickup this afternoon. I have the window open and there's no avoiding the sound of someone small and grumpy.
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Tired today, and my mouth feels vaguely furry.
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( hockey 2026 )
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I got the flu vax last Friday. Will go back and get the most recent COVID one maybe next Friday.
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Phew, really tired. Might go have a lie-down before bible study group.
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Tired today, and my mouth feels vaguely furry.
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( hockey 2026 )
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I got the flu vax last Friday. Will go back and get the most recent COVID one maybe next Friday.
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Phew, really tired. Might go have a lie-down before bible study group.
Prompt: #492 - Replace
Apr. 28th, 2026 03:40 pmsweettartheart posting in 100wordsThis week's prompt is replace.
Your response should be exactly 100 words long. You do not have to include the prompt in your response -- it is meant as inspiration only.
Please use the tag "prompt: #492 - replace" with your response.
Please put your drabble under a cut tag if it contains potential triggers, mature or explicit content, or spoilers for media released in the last month.
If you would like a template for the header information you may use this:
Subject: Original - Title (or) Fandom - Title
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If you are a member of AO3 there is a 100 Words Collection!
Your response should be exactly 100 words long. You do not have to include the prompt in your response -- it is meant as inspiration only.
Please use the tag "prompt: #492 - replace" with your response.
Please put your drabble under a cut tag if it contains potential triggers, mature or explicit content, or spoilers for media released in the last month.
If you would like a template for the header information you may use this:
Subject: Original - Title (or) Fandom - Title
Post:
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Original (or) Fandom:
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Notes:
If you are a member of AO3 there is a 100 Words Collection!
Unsent Letters Post-Deadline Pinch Hits
Apr. 28th, 2026 10:42 amlettersmod posting in yuletideunsent_letters_exchange is an exchange for in-universe correspondence! We have some post-deadline pinch hits.Requirements: 1000 words of fic, of which at least 500 words should be in a requested epistolary format
Due date: May 8th, 11:59PM UTC
Requirements: 1000 words of fic, at least 500 of which must be in a requested epistolary format.
PH 2 - Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game) x2, The Protomen x2, Bionicle (Generation 1) x2
PH 8 - Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
PH 17 - Thoroughbreds (2017), Succession (TV 2018), The Secret History - Donna Tartt
PH 18 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003), Crossover Fandom, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), TMNT (2007)
For more details, or to claim: https://unsent-letters-exchange.dreamwidth.org/27840.html
Thank you for your consideration!
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Apr. 27th, 2026 02:36 pmseekingferretPreviously, I've had the theory that if I blogged every day of Daf Yomi I would put more pressure on myself to be consistent, and the exercise would be good for my retention. The latter is probably true, but recently the blogging hasn't seemed to help with consistency, so I didn't try to do any blogging as I studied Masechtos Zevachim and Menachos, the latter of which I am on pace to complete on Thursday. This not blogging approach seems to be working, I've been consistent with my learning since October.
Coming up next, oddly enough, is Chullin, which is placed ironically in Seder Kodashim because it covers the laws of shechittah that more or less apply equally to Kodashim and Chullin.
I learned Chullin last cycle and kept up with my blogging all the way through! So if anyone wants to refer back to all my old nonsense, they can do so. I'm fairly proud of this writing, I think it is funny and curious and smart and approaches the text with appropriate humility.
https://seekingferret.dreamwidth.org/tag/bt:+chullin
Coming up next, oddly enough, is Chullin, which is placed ironically in Seder Kodashim because it covers the laws of shechittah that more or less apply equally to Kodashim and Chullin.
I learned Chullin last cycle and kept up with my blogging all the way through! So if anyone wants to refer back to all my old nonsense, they can do so. I'm fairly proud of this writing, I think it is funny and curious and smart and approaches the text with appropriate humility.
https://seekingferret.dreamwidth.org/tag/bt:+chullin
The Fantastic Journey: Beautiful Morning [Challenge 499: Wake Up]
Apr. 27th, 2026 07:13 pmbadly_knitted posting in drabble_zoneTitle: Beautiful Morning
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Scott, Fred, Varian, Liana, Willaway.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 499: Wake Up.
Setting: After the series.
Summary: Camping out most nights can be hard, but on mornings like this, hardships are easy to ignore.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Quadruple drabble.
Beautiful Morning
2026 Sign-Ups Open
Apr. 27th, 2026 10:18 pmmorbane posting in jukebox_festHere is the sign-up form. Welcome to this year's challenge! Sign-ups will close at 11:59pm EDT, Saturday 9 May.
You can request 3-10 canons, and offer 3-10 canons. If a canon doesn't appear in the drop-down menu when you go to enter it, you can copy and paste it from the tag set and press enter.
Each of your requests and offers must be tagged with 1-3 of the labels "Fanfiction", "Podfic", and "Fanart".
Your requests have a space for optional details. Go ahead and use them to talk about how you understand the song and what kind of art/fic/podfic you might like. However, your gift creator doesn't have to follow your prompts. They do have to respect clear and specific Do-Not-Wants listed in the sign-up (like "no pregnancy" "no scat" "no rainbows").
If you are requesting Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, it's up to a podfic artist what work they choose to record, though you are welcome to include likes and DNWs to inspire their choice.
Your requests have a space for a letter link, if you want to provide one. This link must be included before sign-ups are closed. If you are writing a letter, please have it complete and unlocked by the end of 13 May.
Opting in to treats: Please state if your AO3 preferences are set to allow you to receive treats or if you have this setting disabled. Include a statement in your optional details like Treats welcome or I have opted in to treats (or Treats disabled if true).
If you are offering podfic in combination with "Podficcer's Choice of Fandom", you are pledging to create a recording of a pre-existing song/MV fanwork, using your recipient's DNWs and general likes as guidance for your choice of fanwork. If this is the only thing you wish to match on, please say so in the Notes to Mods field so we don't accidentally send you a request where you have to write a story as well. Please make sure we can get in contact with you - ie, do you use the email account associated with your AO3 account? If not, please email us directly (jukebox.mod@gmail.com).
In recent years, AO3 has implemented a blocking feature - see AO3 news posts here, here, and here. This does not affect challenge matching, ie, someone you've blocked can still match to you. So if you have another participant blocked or they have blocked you, please use your offers and requests, your notes to mods, or both, to help us help you avoid interactions with them.
You can comment here or contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com if you have any questions about signing up.
Again, welcome!!
NB: Normally, we get the reference tables of all songs & music videos & lyrics up just before sign-ups. Unfortunately, I'm a little behind this year, so that will go up during the sign-up period. If you nominated, your links are still very welcome at this post and will help us complete the tables.
You can request 3-10 canons, and offer 3-10 canons. If a canon doesn't appear in the drop-down menu when you go to enter it, you can copy and paste it from the tag set and press enter.
Each of your requests and offers must be tagged with 1-3 of the labels "Fanfiction", "Podfic", and "Fanart".
Your requests have a space for optional details. Go ahead and use them to talk about how you understand the song and what kind of art/fic/podfic you might like. However, your gift creator doesn't have to follow your prompts. They do have to respect clear and specific Do-Not-Wants listed in the sign-up (like "no pregnancy" "no scat" "no rainbows").
If you are requesting Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, it's up to a podfic artist what work they choose to record, though you are welcome to include likes and DNWs to inspire their choice.
Your requests have a space for a letter link, if you want to provide one. This link must be included before sign-ups are closed. If you are writing a letter, please have it complete and unlocked by the end of 13 May.
Opting in to treats: Please state if your AO3 preferences are set to allow you to receive treats or if you have this setting disabled. Include a statement in your optional details like Treats welcome or I have opted in to treats (or Treats disabled if true).
Podfic offering options
If you are offering podfic for a song or music video in the tag set, you are pledging to create both text and recording (500-5000 words). You are welcome to team up with a friend to create a work, whether you're the recording artist or the writer, but if that's what you intend, please contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com to let us know of the arrangement and to provide a contact email for your friend.If you are offering podfic in combination with "Podficcer's Choice of Fandom", you are pledging to create a recording of a pre-existing song/MV fanwork, using your recipient's DNWs and general likes as guidance for your choice of fanwork. If this is the only thing you wish to match on, please say so in the Notes to Mods field so we don't accidentally send you a request where you have to write a story as well. Please make sure we can get in contact with you - ie, do you use the email account associated with your AO3 account? If not, please email us directly (jukebox.mod@gmail.com).
Notes to Mod in Offers
These are confidential notes where you can tell the mods (Minutia_R and Morbane) if you want to match in specific ways - for example, if you want to match on one request more than the others, or want to be assigned a recipient who has a letter. If you are a podfic artist who has to offer 3 fandoms but only wants to match on Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, please use Notes to Mods to say so. (Please don't tell us things like "I will not create anything in my DNWs" - if required to closely compare your own preferences and your potential recipients' preferences, we may miss something. Specific names, or anything we can quickly check, are fine.)In recent years, AO3 has implemented a blocking feature - see AO3 news posts here, here, and here. This does not affect challenge matching, ie, someone you've blocked can still match to you. So if you have another participant blocked or they have blocked you, please use your offers and requests, your notes to mods, or both, to help us help you avoid interactions with them.
You can comment here or contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com if you have any questions about signing up.
Again, welcome!!
NB: Normally, we get the reference tables of all songs & music videos & lyrics up just before sign-ups. Unfortunately, I'm a little behind this year, so that will go up during the sign-up period. If you nominated, your links are still very welcome at this post and will help us complete the tables.
FAKE: Nocturnal Noises [Challenge 499: Wake Up]
Apr. 26th, 2026 07:27 pmbadly_knitted posting in drabble_zoneTitle: Nocturnal Noises
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 499: Wake Up
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Camping can get a bit eerie at night.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
Nocturnal Noises
Two new pinch hits!
Apr. 26th, 2026 08:48 amlongficmod posting in fandom5kThank you to all our volunteers! We have two new pinch hits (#29 and #30) as well as some existing ones.
If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.
Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 5 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 8-15 May.
You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit that you are asking to swap.
I'll be making a prompt post for pinch hitter treats soon!
( IPH 1 - Mononoke-hime | Princess Mononoke, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )
( IPH 2 - Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Star Wars Original Trilogy )
( IPH 10 - 杀破狼 | Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang - priest, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) )
( IPH 11 - The Pitt (TV), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom )
( CLAIMED - IPH 13 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The West Wing, 9-1-1 (TV) )
( IPH 15 - Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), 僕だけがいない街 | Boku dake ga Inai Machi | ERASED (Anime & Manga), 炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] | Honoo no Mirage | Mirage of Blaze, John Wick (Movies), Sneakers (1992), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Father Brown (2013), The Queen's Gambit (TV), Squid Game (TV 2021), Death Note (Movies 2006-2016) )
( IPH 18 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )
( IPH 19 - The Amazing World of Gumball, Osmosis Jones (2001), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Osmosis Jones (2001), The Amazing World of Gumball, The Amazing World of Gumball )
( IPH 22 - 獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )
( PH 25 - World Trigger (Anime & Manga), 京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga, Crossover Fandom, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Horizon (Video Games) )
( PH 26 - Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Dragon Age (Video Games), Doctor Who (1963) )
( PH 28 - Annihilation (2018 Garland), Crossover Fandom, Moon Knight (TV 2022) )
( PH 29 - 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed, 憂国のモリアーティ | Yuukoku no Moriarty | Moriarty the Patriot (Anime), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler, One Piece (Anime & Manga), Ready or Not (Movies), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), Doctor Who (2005), Original Work, DCU (Comics) )
( CLAIMED - PH 30 - Warhammer 40.000, Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Vampyr (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games), Original Work )
If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.
Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 5 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 8-15 May.
You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit that you are asking to swap.
I'll be making a prompt post for pinch hitter treats soon!
( IPH 1 - Mononoke-hime | Princess Mononoke, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )
( IPH 2 - Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Star Wars Original Trilogy )
( IPH 10 - 杀破狼 | Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang - priest, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) )
( IPH 11 - The Pitt (TV), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom )
( CLAIMED - IPH 13 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The West Wing, 9-1-1 (TV) )
( IPH 15 - Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), 僕だけがいない街 | Boku dake ga Inai Machi | ERASED (Anime & Manga), 炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] | Honoo no Mirage | Mirage of Blaze, John Wick (Movies), Sneakers (1992), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Father Brown (2013), The Queen's Gambit (TV), Squid Game (TV 2021), Death Note (Movies 2006-2016) )
( IPH 18 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )
( IPH 19 - The Amazing World of Gumball, Osmosis Jones (2001), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Osmosis Jones (2001), The Amazing World of Gumball, The Amazing World of Gumball )
( IPH 22 - 獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )
( PH 25 - World Trigger (Anime & Manga), 京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga, Crossover Fandom, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Horizon (Video Games) )
( PH 26 - Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Dragon Age (Video Games), Doctor Who (1963) )
( PH 28 - Annihilation (2018 Garland), Crossover Fandom, Moon Knight (TV 2022) )
( PH 29 - 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed, 憂国のモリアーティ | Yuukoku no Moriarty | Moriarty the Patriot (Anime), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler, One Piece (Anime & Manga), Ready or Not (Movies), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), Doctor Who (2005), Original Work, DCU (Comics) )
( CLAIMED - PH 30 - Warhammer 40.000, Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Vampyr (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games), Original Work )
Nominations closed
Apr. 26th, 2026 10:43 pmmorbane posting in jukebox_festWe've closed nominations! Thank you for all your submissions!
If you sent in nominations, we can still use links to your songs & music videos, and their lyrics, over on this post, so please add them if you can. (Translations and genre notes are extra bonuses - only include them if you want to.)
If you sent in nominations, we can still use links to your songs & music videos, and their lyrics, over on this post, so please add them if you can. (Translations and genre notes are extra bonuses - only include them if you want to.)