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my obsession is not so much with ACOTAR itself but with the potential of what ACOTAR could be.

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Tamlin Week 2024 Statistics

Hello all! I crunched some numbers on Tamlin Week 2024, which was way bigger and better than I ever could have dreamed! All together, there were 184 submissions by 48 different creators.

Day 1 had the most submissions, with 16.8% of the total (31 submissions). Day 6 had the least, with 12.5% (23 submissions). There was an average of 26.3 submissions each day, or 14.3% of the total.

The most popular prompt (excluding the Free Day) was Heir of Spring, a Day 1 prompt, with 11.4% (21 submissions). The least popular prompt on its own was the Day 2 prompt Warrior, with 2.7% (5 submissions). However, Day 2 had the most people incorporate both prompts into their works, with 5.4% of the submissions using both Poet and Warrior.

By far, the most popular type of submission for Tamlin Week was fanfiction, with 51.6% (95 submissions). We were pleasantly surprised by the amount of poetry submitted for the week, with 9.2% of the creations (17 submissions). I haven't seen a lot of other fandom events where so many people create poetry for them, and it was such an amazing tribute to our favorite poet High Lord!

Most of the submissions (40.9%, or 79 submissions) were General Tamlin content, without a focus on ships. Again, kind of rare to see in ACOTAR events, it's so cool that so many of the creators focused on Tamlin himself! Tamlin/Rhysand (11.9%, or 23 submissions) and Tamlin/Lucien (11.4%, or 22 submissions) are neck-and-neck for being the most popular Tamlin ship submitted. Tamlin/Feyre is the next most popular Tamlin ship, at 8.3% or 16 submissions. If a ship had fewer than 3 submissions, it was lumped in the "Other" category. Some of the Tamlin ships that squeaked by with 3-4 submissions are Tamlin/Nesta, Tamlin/Eris, Tamlin/Nyx, Tamlin/Amarantha, and ships where Tamlin is with 2 or more other partners. It was super interesting to see who made the cut onto the pie chart! Tamlin/Nyx gonna be the Tamlin ship of 2025, I can feel it.

The diversity of ships for this event really is so amazing. In a fandom that seems weirdly addicted to canon, it's cool that the Tamlin community is so creative and open with what they ship!! Especially because mlm Tamlin ships are dominating the shipping chart!

Lastly, I want to give a shoutout to the creators who went above and beyond to create content for this event. With 7 submissions (1 for every day), we have @duaghterofstories, @rin-u-pos, @shi-daisy, @songofthesibyl, @szalonykasztan00, and @taymartiart. With 8 submissions, we have @achaotichuman, @booksnwriting, and @copypastus. With 9 submissions, we have @lorcandidlucienwill. And our heavyweight Tamlin Week champions are @mathiwrites with 12 submissions, and @sonic-atelier with 14 submissions!!

You are all amazing, and I will never be done telling you all how much I love you!!!

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We're fanfic writers, we spend hours researching an incredibly niche topic we know nothing about so that we can have one sentence be factually correct

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@tamlinfairchild threatened my family if I didnt do Feylin. How could I not have done Feyling already? Too many choices probably:

The Attire: pretend they match, okay? That dress is 100 years old, pretend its whiter or his embroidery is gold.

Jewelry:

Stuff:

High Lady brooch:

Coronation Tiara bc why not: it has little beasties on it bc theyre the shifter court! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

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Tamlin Week 2024, Day 4: (a belated) Happily Ever After

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We stood atop the hill in silence, until the setting sun gilded the house and the hills and the world and Lucien called us to dinner. ~ A Court of Thorns and Roses, ch. 45

This was inspired by the meadow scene in Studio Ghibli's "Howl's Moving Castle", hence the Ghibli-esque illustration style I went for here.

Many pro-Tamlin fans prefer to think of ACOTAR as a standalone book, and I am no exception. So my contribution to the "Happily Ever After" theme is them walking off into the sunset at the end of book 1. I hope you like it.

I am the artist. Please do not repost without permission.

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Tamlin Week 2024, Day 4: (a belated) Happily Ever After

@tamlinweek

We stood atop the hill in silence, until the setting sun gilded the house and the hills and the world and Lucien called us to dinner. ~ A Court of Thorns and Roses, ch. 45

This was inspired by the meadow scene in Studio Ghibli's "Howl's Moving Castle", hence the Ghibli-esque illustration style I went for here.

Many pro-Tamlin fans prefer to think of ACOTAR as a standalone book, and I am no exception. So my contribution to the "Happily Ever After" theme is them walking off into the sunset at the end of book 1. I hope you like it.

I am the artist. Please do not repost without permission.

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Only five little days left! Five roses are meant to express how deeply you love and care for someone, and while roses themselves are a gift, everyone's love language differs. Today's poll is another two-parter so check the reblogs!

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My cartoon for this weekend’s @guardian books

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Fandom: God there’s like NO content anymore. I wish we could get more art and fanfics :(((

Someone: Hey, I can’t draw anything digitally, because I can’t afford a tablet, but here’s a pen on paper drawing that I spent a lot of time and hard work on. Also, I took a shot at my first fanfic and I’d really like some feedback or at least some kudos if you enjoyed it :)

Fandom: Oh... yeah sorry no... not you. We actually meant writers that are already well known and popular to produce MORE content... I mean, if a popular blog shares your work then maybe. And we don’t really like pen to paper art. We just don’t think it’s professional or even looks good :/

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Thank you for an amazing Tamlin Week!

The most blessed week of the year has come and gone. Tamlin Week is officially over.

Thank you all so, so much for making Tamlin Week amazing! There is no Tamlin Week without you, the Tamlin creators. Thanks to you guys, Tamlin Week received 182 submissions, in the form of fanfiction, fanart, poetry, moodboards, and memes. We are so proud to be part of such a creative, supportive community!

What next?

We're still working on the master lists for the last few days, as well as the MEGA MASTER LIST that will contain all the other master lists. If you do not end up on the correct master list or we still haven't reblogged your content yet, please let us know! We want to make sure that everyone who participated is included!

With this massive outpouring of creation in such a short amount of time, it sure is hard to keep up with it all! Take this time to go through our blog and the master lists and really enjoy all the new Tamlin content! Reblog, reply, kudos, and comment. Making fan content is an act of love, and we want to keep supporting each other! Also, the best way to ensure you get more of the stuff you want is to tell the creator how much you like their stuff!

Real life happens, we get it! If you have anything that you REALLY wanted to make for Tamlin Week that you couldn't finish in time, don't lose hope! As far as we're concerned, every week is Tamlin Week. If you finish your creations, please tag us! We'll be more than happy to reblog and add them to the master lists.

In the next week or so, we'll publish a post-event survey for you guys to fill out. It's a chance to anonymously let us know what worked, what didn't, and how we could improve Tamlin Week for next year.

Thank you all again, and happy spring!

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„So sometimes I dared to paint the High Lord, who rode at my side when we wandered his grounds on lazy days—the High Lord, whom I was happy to talk to or spend hours in comfortable silence with.”

Feyre and Tamlin just generally liked each other and I’m so bitter that it couldn’t stay that way.

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This is the anon from a few days ago confirming that I did indeed get married yesterday. It was the best day of my life and I'm so happy that I got to share a little of the love with my fellow Tamlin enthusiasts.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH OMG CONGRATS!!! Hooray for the Tamlin Week wedding!!!

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writers and artists will go "this isn't good enough." my brother in christ, you're creating something new out of nothing and expressing yourself creatively. your productivity and unrealistic standards of perfection do not define you or the worth of your art. you're doing great.

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Nine! Feylin Week moves ever closer and today's poll begs the question

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some people participate in ship wars, but after participating in @tamlinweek, me @ all the ship variations:

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Tamlin had ringlets as a child, prove me wrong

This is my contribution to Tamlin week

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