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Title: like a diamond
Fandom: no fandom
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of twinkle-y stars

( like a diamond )

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If you love talking about your favourite ships or are currently on the hunt to become obsessive about something new, this is a great post for you! Some of the rare ships in the tagset belong to rare canons, so this is a great place to promote canons for others to get into. (This is also a great place to give additional ways to consume the canon for potential pinch hitters and treaters.)

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Canon:

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A summary of the canon:

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You can also use this post to ask for canon recs. We recommend advising what you're looking for (a particular medium or a canon that's so many hours long?)—and it wouldn't hurt to mention what kind of ship dynamics/tropes you're into since that's why we're here!

This post won't be moderated closely. Please email rarepairexmod@gmail.com if you feel something is getting out of hand or isn't appropriate.

Thanks to

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Title: Her First Choice
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Author:

the_paradigm
Characters/Pairing: Penelo, Tomaj, and an absent third party.
Rating: M
Warnings: Non-descriptive/implicit sexual content; semi-realistic first-times; age gap fantasies.
Word Count: 983
Spoilers/Setting: Post-Canon OGC and Revenant Wings, but no real spoilers.
Summary: Some girls viewed their first time as something to cherish.
Disclaimer: I do not own FFXII or its characters.

Challenge: #488 - Twinkle

( Her First Choice )

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Name: Lost in Time
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Dogwood Rose #2: burgundy: unconscious beauty, Techelet #3: Teshuvah (repentance), Warm Heart #12: Belief
Styles and Supplies: Sihouette, Life Drawing, Chiaroscuro, Charcoal, Tempera (these cards with the spread: Problem / Solution), Modeling Clay (the prompt: discovery), Stain ("Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death." - Harold Wilson), Novelty Bead (this image, given here)
Word Count: 3051
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy Drug (Ab)use
Characters: Qhoroali, Setsiana
In-Universe Date: (approximately) -9500, 1912.3.1.2
Summary: Qhoroali decides to trust.

( Lost in Time )

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Fatal Frame/Project Zero
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Title: Happy News
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff
Summary: Molly loved the twinkle in his eyes.
Word Count: 1,877

( Happy News )

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It's my monthly update on

periru3 and my vid album Jagged Little Slayer, a mashup of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alanis Morissette. Here are the two we've posted since last time:

Title: Head Over Feet
Character/Pairing: Willow/Oz
Summary: Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are

AO3 | DW | Tumblr

Title: Right Through You
Character/Pairing: Buffy and other Slayers v. The Watchers' Council
Summary: You took me for a joke — you took me for a child

AO3 | DW | Tumblr

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A typo crept into the prompts for September 3rd - it should be 3 & 5, not 2 & 5. Sorry about that! Grab the prompts again if you need them.

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100 icons of superman 2025 trailer
75 | clark kent/superman + lois lane
05 | krypto the superdog
13 | lex luthor
07 | justice gang (working name)

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We have now closed signups! Below is the expected timeline for the next couple days:

Like always, for the next 12 hours, people can contact us to add to their signups. This is intended for people who may have run into the character tagset bug when signing up close to the deadline, or whose nominations were approved late. However, anyone may ask to have characters/fandoms added to their requests or offers. If you would like us to add to your signup, please post on the screened mod contact post or email us at seasonsofdrabbles@gmail.com. Please make sure to include your AO3 username.

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As you wait for assignments to go out, please feel free to check out the app to browse requests and start writing!

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Here are the prompts for

no_true_pair's 2025 Eight-Character Challenge, along with the dates for posting!

If you haven't signed up yet, SIGN UP BEFORE LOOKING AT THE PROMPTS. If you accidentally looked, please forget what you saw and go sign up!

The prompts use numbers so that you can find/replace from your list(s).

Fixed a typo so please grab the prompts again if you snagged them earlier.

( 2025 Eight-Character Challenge Prompts! )

Feel free to share your favorite combos in the comments!

There are no set minimums for works, and while

no_true_pair has traditionally been fic/art, if you're inspired to work in another medium, go ahead! Works can be romantic or platonic or the space in-between. The prompts are for inspiration; you don't need to justify how you got from the prompt to the finished product and interpretation is up to you. You are welcome to swap numbers around on the "1 asks 2 about"-style prompts if it works better, etc. ^_^

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36 icons from the movie Sinners here at

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examples:

mintsnow

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geckoholic

delacourtings

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This palette was suggested by

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-create 1-3 icons using the colors in the palettes.
-you do not have to use the exact colors, you can use similar colors, but using the exact shades makes it more fun/challenging.
-any and all fandoms are allowed (this includes stock).
-icons should be 100x100, 60kb or less.
-post your icons to the community as a new post. tag with round: ##, maker: username. an example post can be found here in the rules post.
-have fun!

Your icons are due by 11:59 p.m. EDT/EST on Sunday August 24! (countdown)

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