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After months of stalling, I finally posted the first chapter of my first multi-chaptered fic on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58798075/chapters/149844415 It's just my take how the story could have continued after season 2 (although it isn't completely canon-conform for the first two seasons either). It's actually a follow-up to this fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55527439 but the main focus is on Rin this time.

I can't make any promises on how fast I'll update, but chapter 2 is almost ready 💪

Feedback on AO3 is highly appreciated 😊

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Yes! Exactly! Sad thing is: my trans-daughter would never publicly wear a pride item. She is too afraid to attract attention, because she can never be sure the other person isn't transphobic 😭

Solidarity. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

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I will never understand how there are parents who don't see and love their children the way they are :-(

Trying to prove a point to my transphobic parents

Reblog if trans men are REAL, VALID AND HANDSOME MEN, NO MATTER HOW THEY CHOOSE TO PASS

Reblog if trans women are REAL, VALID, AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, NO MATTER HOW THEY CHOOSE TO PASS

And finally, because it's a part of my argument for this point, and also because they are,

Reblog if nonbinary and genderqueer people in general, are REAL, VALID, AND GORGEOUS PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW THEY PASS

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This will make you cry.

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Sakurathon 2024!

I posted it on time on AO3, really! Here my contribution to Sakurathon 2024: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55527439

It's only a short piece, but it was the first time I specifically wrote for an event. So I'm happy with it, and I'm looking forward to the next one 🌸

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From a reader's perspective this event was absolutely breathtaking! Thank you for organizing it! And all respect to all the participants, the results are amazing!

We're blown away by the fic and art created for our very first rinharu bang!

The TNP team needed to rest for a few days after all of that excitement. And now that we've all had a chance to catch up on sleep, it's time to dive into the submissions!

To our incredible participants, thank you for your creativity, your energy, and for such a successful event. See you next water time.

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Here's where you can find the MEDLEY! works:

All 31 team posts (with direct links to the fic + art)

the mini bang teams

the reverse bang teams

art submissions on tumblr

fic submissions on tumblr

the event tag on twitter

the event tag on bluesky

AO3 collection (contains all of the fics!)

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It's trans day of visibility today! Please, all of you non-cis-people, be visible! Let us boring cis-people (and yes, I'm one of them) see the wonderful variety humanity has to offer! No one should ever feel ashamed of who they are or how they feel! It's the unknown what evokes fears. I'm still hoping that one day everyone will accept that being trans, nonbinary, genderfluid etc. is just as normal as being cis. Until that day, stay safe and feel supported!

I recall saying this before, but it bears repeating:

There could be a billion trans people in the world and it still wouldn't be a bad thing because being trans is not a bad thing. Even if the rate of people discovering they are trans is "disproportionate" to trends from decades ago, that is not a bad thing. In fact, it's a natural consequence for there being more trans people being able to stay alive, and, overall, being able to live in a slightly more tolerant world. You'd only see that as a bad thing if you actively didn't want trans people to either live or live a life that facilitates wellness.

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if you're just joining us, george takei is having to educate jk rowling on holocaust denial

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That was a hard choice between #established relationship and #get together. My favorite is a combination of getting together and the following established relationship, I guess.

Hello, rinharu nation. We're back again this week with another poll focused on RH fanworks.

on today's agenda...

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As a straight cis person I really don't get why my identity should be more valid than other people's. Everyone, please stay safe and healthy the way that's right for you! Never ever listen to haters, they don't deserve even a second of your life!

Reblog if you respect trans identities. Reblog if trans women are women and trans men are men and non binary people are valid as fuck. Reblog if you support aroace, aroallo, alloace people regardless of their gender or gender expression. Reblog if the A in LGBTQIA is NOT for "ally". Reblog if being queer isn't determined by the oppression olympics.

Reblog if your account is a safe space for anyone and you're not a hateful, nasty, transphobic ass.

Reblog if that kind of hateful rhetoric will NEVER be seen on your blog

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Wow, what a year! Congratulations!

For me personally the it's first year I joined the fandom :-) Although I am not as active as others here, I really enjoy all the events! I admire all the submitted fics and artworks and the creativity put into them, and maybe, at some point, I will submit something myself...

rinharu wrapped 2023

We almost can't believe it's already time to bring out the kadomatsu again! 2023 just raced by, didn't it…?! Let's take a moment to look back on everything Rin & Haru (and their fans!) have achieved this year.

🌸 Archive of Our Own

The Matsuoka Rin/Nanase Haruka tag on AO3 now holds 3,674 works!

That means 173 new fics were posted this year. (There might've been more than that, but it's hard to keep track of creators privatising their older fics!)

And the Night Pool's AO3 collection is up to 90 works!

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🌸 The Night Pool

Here at TNP, we revived @sakurathon, a cherry blossom-centric event! This year, the event received 40 works by 19 lovely participants.

Since it was such a big success, we're bringing the event back on April 27th & 28th 2024.

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We also held the aquatic-themed Unleashed Blue, during which 20 participants created 51 (!!) otherworldly works for us.

With permission of the creators, we lovingly collected them in a 400+ page commemorative zine. You can download it on linktree

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Writers filled an impressive 35 prompts during our prompt meme Make a Splash! that we held in honor of Haru's birthday.

Read the fills on AO3

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Rin & Haru's Big Warm-Up, our monthly prompt event, received 16 new works on AO3 across the year & more on socials.

Check out our collection on AO3

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We also kicked off rinharu fandom's very first bang: MEDLEY!, a mini + reverse hybrid bang that will start posting in March!

(Psst. Sign ups are still open for a few roles!)

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We held 3 training camps – super fun writing retreat weekends – over on our Discord. We have 4 more retreats planned for 2024!

If you'd like to join us for the next one(s), here's the info

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We posted 33 new fanart translations!

Here's the link to our masterlist

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And finally, The Night Pool beat out Harurinralia to win our Ultimate Rinharu Moments Tournament that we held back in April on both Twitter and Tumblr!

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🌸 Other Fandom Events

It's been a busy year!

In July, @starstarfairy hosted Wave Of Memory (@rinharumemories) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Free! The event ran in two wave on tumblr and Twitter and combined polls, fan memories, and all types of fanworks.

@sweetheavenfics helped us run the RH-friendly @soumako-week in September!

@ryu-outsider hosted the month-long daily prompt event Free!cember here on Tumblr. It welcomed the entire fandom. The event was promoted by eleanorenchanted and run via hashtag.

And @rinharuweek ran for a full 10 days this year in celebration of the show's anniversary! They are just wrapping up.

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🌸 Official News

Free! turned 10 in 2023. Omedetou gozaimasu!

Free! The Final Stroke Part 2 broke all of the series' previous records in the box office, bringing in over 1 billion yen

It also finally made it to Crunchyroll.com for the US & select others

Miyano Mamoru & Shimazaki Nobunaga fed us (+ fanartists' inspiration) well by shouting "HARU!!" and "RIIIN!!" at each other before hugging passionately during the 10th anniversary event at the Saitama Super Arena

We got tons of amazing new art; including a cover illustration for Free! The Band Live's Ever Blue performance in Yokohama, Animedia's July W-cover, Sweets Paradise's promotional art, and Kyoani's 10th anniversary event's illustration

Rin's ripped jeans (+ THE ANKLETS) in the Matsukiyo & Cocokara's Top Of Summer collaboration launched a thousand fanworks

Matsuoka-senshu, Nanase-senshu, Kirishima-senshu & Yamazaki-senshu represented Mizuno at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka

Spoon2Di recently restocked volume 78 & 85 on their webshop, and Akiba Pass Shop opened pre-orders for some gorgeous tapestries featuring said art

Karatz, Bikkuriman Choco, Iwami & DECOL all bumped Rin up to 2nd place in character listings (where he belongs!!)

Last but not least, KyoaniShop bankrupted us all by releasing amazing new merchandise (and also did not try to hide that Rin is the Free! series' 2nd protagonist, either…)

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Thank you so much for being here with us in 2023. We hope it has been a wonderful & creative year for you. Here's wishing you an even more rinharu-filled 2024!

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Oh my god, such an amazing artwork for my favorite fic! I feel as if I got a Christmas present!

Day 10: Other Sports AU - @rinharuweek 2023 ❄️

How crazy to think such arrogance and judgment could lead to such understanding and love. What a life they would have missed, if they weren’t brought together by such a small thing.

Wanted to draw this scene from @sharkinlovewithadolphin's fic I’ll make that cold expression of yours heat up! Hockey player x figure skater is such a classic combo, it was definitely a fun read ⛸️ Give it a peek if that's your thing!