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WOOHOO! Wonderful to see. I've started working on my promised fic 🫡

FTH 2025 Donation Totals

Friends, this has been an extraordinary year for the auction. We know how and why this happened: like in early 2017, everyone is scared and upset and looking for a way to do something meaningful.

And—just like in 2017, and every year since—hundreds of us have stepped up to support our most vulnerable neighbors and the organizations working to protect them.

Except this year, we did it on a scale we've never done before.

Last year, our donation total was an incredible $67,776.28

This year's donation total...

are you ready for it....

(you're not ready for it. we weren't.)

This year's donation total is:

Yes, you're reading that right. $127,204.11

We're flummoxed too—and deeply grateful to everyone who has poured their time and effort and money and love into participating in the auction this year, and into the fanworks that will come from it.

If you're curious about how those donations were distributed across the different organizations, here is the breakdown (this breakdown doesn't include employer match donations, which is why the total is a little lower):

Bellingcat: $2,636.19

Congo Leadership Initiative: $2,842

Crips for esims for Gaza: $4,762.60

Disability Law United: $3,835.39

Environmental Integrity Project: $3,712

Fight for the Future Education Fund: $3,108

Freedom to Read Foundation: $7,139.50

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism: $6,473

Hope for Ukraine: $12,613.93

In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda: $3,626

Middle East Children's Alliance: $13,572.43

National Network to End Domestic Violence: $4,999.95

Never Again Action: $4,555

News Literacy Project: $3,745.16

Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights: $10,072.56

Umbrella: organizations serving vulnerable LGBTQ people

Brave Space Alliance: $2,558

Kentucky Health Justice Network Inc: $2,636

Sherlock's Homes: $7,780.77

TransFamily Support: $5,387.01

TransQueerPueblo: $2,949

Other local LGBT organizations: $10,696.71 Yes, you're reading that right again. Three orgs AND the cumulative Other local LGBT orgs broke five figures.

We're especially delighted because, for the first time, the umbrella category worked the way we've always hoped it would! As you can see above, significant numbers of people used the umbrella category as a way to connect to an organization local to them.

As we learned through people's comments on the donation form, some people donated to organizations they were already familiar with (and in some cases had already donated to, or even volunteered at); others used this as a reason to learn more about their local organization and support them.

We'll share more about the "other umbrella" donations over the next few weeks—some more detailed stats, as well as the names of some of the local orgs that people donated to—and we'll invite those of you who connected up with local orgs to share your stories. We love that so many people took this chance to support groups working in their own community, and we hope that we can keep that going next year and beyond!

And speaking of the future!

Now is a great time to follow @fth2025fanworks. We'll use that blog to share any auction fanwork that gets posted to tumblr.

We urge you to keep up with the organizations you supported this year (and the others on our list!) Follow them on social media, subscribe to their newsletters, whatever works best for you. It will enable you to keep an eye on the good work you've helped support, and to find out quickly when these orgs need some extra support, financial or otherwise.

And if you're looking out at the world and feeling the itch to do more, here are some possibilities:

Follow @fthaction, the meatspace activism wing of FTH. We relaunched this project in the weeks between the end of signups and the beginning of browsing period, sharing some reading lists, an individualized activism bingo card, and an AMA with activist and organizer Kat Calvin. (We also did a test-flight AMA with ourselves, talking about the auction.) We'll probably need some time to recover from this year's auction, but we'll be back soon with more resources to share, more AMAs, and more tools for exploring all the different forms that meaningful activism can take and for figuring out which ones are right for you.

Organize your own auction! We've put together a detailed playbook that contains that contains as much information and as many resources as we can provide for getting an auction off the ground, including detailed guides. Almost everything in the playbook is fully public; there are a few forms that are access-locked because google has stupid ideas about sharing forms, but we're happy to give you access to those, too: just drop us an email.

Over here at FTH headquarters we are all in need of a long nap. But we'll be back in a couple of weeks, as promised, to share more about the umbrella orgs and to dig back into @fthaction to see what's possible.

Looking forward to a whole bunch of new fanworks! <3 your FTH mods

[rubikanon]

We get it it's tumblr we don't like Harry Potter anymore can you shut up now?

Maybe you already get it, but a lot of people still don't understand why we're permanently boycotting JKR. I have 3 HP fanfictions out there in the world, so I feel a duty to make sure that my position is clear. But I rarely post, and last posted about HP almost a year ago, so this ask seems kind of out of the blue. Do you see a lot of anti JKR content on your dash? If so, for your peace of mind you can try blocking related tags. May your life be filled with things that bring you joy.

[rubikanon]

F/F ships for ATLA and LoK in Fandom Trumps Hate 2025

Bidding opens tomorrow for the @fandomtrumpshate charity auction, and I'm so excited to see what it's like. Here's a roundup of all of us specifically interested in creating fan work for F/F ships in the Avatar the Last Airbender universe, with Avatar-related excerpts:

LadyProphet

Type of Fanwork: Fan art Subtype(s): Comic, Drawing/painting/etc. Fandom(s): MXTX (works): Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed, The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, Tian Guan Ci Fu / Heaven Official's Blessing; Avatar The Last Airbender; Steven Universe

prongsprose

Type of fanwork: Written fanwork Subtype(s): fan fiction (new), other written fanwork Fandom(s): Harry Potter: Marauders Era, Original Series; Avatar The Last Airbender; Marvel: Avengers, Captain America, Falcon & Winter Soldier, Spider-Man (live action), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse Characters/pairings of interest: ... for ATLA, anything is great ...

K.I.N.G.

Type of fanwork: Written fanwork Subtype(s): fan fiction (new) Fandom(s): Avatar The Last Airbender; House MD; Supernatural Characters/pairings of interest: For Avatar, I usually like focusing on Zukka or Azula, Mai and Ty Lee (doesn't matter how they're shipped together or if they're platonic I like all instances of them!) ...

possiblyleft

Type of fanwork: Written fanwork Subtype(s): fan fiction (new), fan fiction (remix of an existing fic) Fandom(s): Good Omens; Avatar the Last Airbender; Any fandom I've created for before Characters/pairings of interest: ... ATLA - Toph, Toph/any especially any female character. ... Legend of Korra - Lin, Bei Fong family

Eevylynn

Type of fanwork: Fan art Fandom(s): Teen Wolf; Marvel: Daredevil, Deadpool, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man (live action), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse; Avatar The Last Airbender Characters/pairings of interest: ATLA: Kataang, Zaang, Zutaraang, and almost any other Atla/LoK pairing.

RuinQueenofOblivion

Type of fanwork: Written fanwork Subtype(s): fan fiction (new) Fandom(s): Dungeons & Dragons (TTRPG); Avatar The Last Airbender; Pokemon

Sooz

Type of fanwork: Fan art Subtype(s): Drawing/painting/etc. Fandom(s): Avatar The Last Airbender; Avatar Legend of Korra

mango

Type of fanwork: Written fanwork Subtype(s): fan fiction (new) Fandom(s): Avatar The Last Airbender; Harry Potter: Original Series; Captive Prince Characters/pairings of interest: A:TLA: I really enjoy Zuko, Sokka, and Suki, and I could write any romantic combo of those 3, from any POV. Could write from Toph or Azula's POV too, and could ship them with any of the aforementioned characters or OCs. These are the ONLY pairings, characters, and POVs that I can focus on / deliver on in this fandom. ...

appalesbian

Type of fanwork: Written fanwork Subtype(s): fan fiction (new) Fandom(s): Avatar The Last Airbender; Locked Tomb Trilogy Characters/pairings of interest: I’m most experienced with Korrasami and Griddlehark, but I’m willing to try my hand at other pairings as long as they’re F/F!

rubikanon

Type of fanwork: Written fanwork Subtype(s): fan fiction (new) Fandom(s): Avatar the Last Airbender; Person of Interest; Original Work Characters/pairings of interest: ... Avatar, Legend of Korra: only for the pairing Korra and Asami (Korrasami) ...

[rubikanon]

Calling all writers, artists, and others! I just signed up for this and so should you 😄

Fandom Trumps Hate 2025 Calendar

We're back, folks! FTH is back for be our ninth (!) auction, and there's lots of good work to be done. (What is Fandom Trumps Hate?)

In this post you'll find the calendar for the 2025 auction, along with links to some useful information, including this year's list of supported organizations. (All of these same links can be found in our masthead, but since that's not visible on mobile we wanted to make them easy to find elsewhere.) You'll also find dates for our Crafts Bazaar. (wait, the what? Read more at our 2024 Crafts Bazaar page.)

Here is this year's list of supported organizations. We'll be posting more detailed profiles of each of them over the coming weeks. We also encourage you to look at the Auction FAQ (which has lots of useful information for people thinking about signing up as creators, as well as dedicated sections on bidding and on nonprofit orgs.) If you're raring to go, you can look at our bidding policies.

Lastly, in a couple of weeks we'll be kicking off our newly-revived offscreen activism blog @fthaction. Why not give it a follow?

FTH2025 Auction Calendar

Monday, January 20th: creator signups open for both the auction and the crafts bazaar

Sunday, February 2nd: creator signups close

Friday, February 21st: browsing period begins, crafts bazaar announcement goes live

Tuesday, February 25th, 8am ET: bidding opens

Saturday, March 1st, 8pm ET: auction bidding closes

Monday, March 10th: craft stalls close

Wednesday, March 12th: proof of donations due

Wednesday, December 31st: fanworks due

...and if you're thinking the gap between the end of signups and the beginning of browsing period looks long: we have also noticed this! In order to accommodate some back-end changes that will help the auction run more smoothly, we've given ourselves an extra week to get ourselves set up. We've also got some stuff in the works to occupy that time -- we'll say more about that when the time arrives.

Together, we're going to make sure that there is at least one (1) good thing in the world with the number 2025 attached to it.

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[rubikanon]

We can finally exit the basement this fic has kept us in. God, it's so bright.

We finished our little story, the baby is fully grown and on its own. @rubikanon

[rubikanon]

here i thought we might delay the next chapter when my co-conspirator co-writer @allbutwrong suddenly had to go to the hospital but in fact she is braver than any U.S. marine and insisted on posting anyway

[rubikanon]

question , can we buy hp merch from resellers such as depop / mecari or is it best not to buy anything at all ?

just wondering where safe endulgance of childhood nostalgia ends and detrimental suffort of a horrible person begins !

I mean, I'm no expert, but if it helps, here's the consequences as I understand it:

If you buy secondhand stuff, like an HP shirt from a thrift store, at least JKR won't get any money for it. But if you wear it in public, be aware that it might also send a message you didn't intend. Pro-JKR people might think you're one of them, while some trans folks and allies might feel wary of you.

If you also have some clear sign of support like a trans flag tattoo, it might help, but then someone who's not super informed might think the controversy isn't so serious, because hey look there's a person who is pro trans rights and still bought HP stuff! (They won't know you didn't buy it new or how hard you thought about it.)

On the other hand, if it's something that will only ever be seen by people who already know you, like a pajama shirt, then it probably has a more neutral effect.

Does that make sense? Hope it helps you figure out where to draw the line to fit your values. If anyone else wants to weigh in please do.

[rubikanon]

Here's your periodic reminder of why it's so important not to buy any Harry Potter merch or watch anything JKR profits from.

It isn't about cancelling problematic media, idgaf. We're capable of reading books we already own with a critical eye.

It's about not giving more power to someone who is using it to materially harm our community.

I haven't purchased a HP item in close to a decade - I use the books I already had as doorstops or to prop a laptop up for meetings nowadays.

There is NO "death of the author" with JK Rowling - she controls and continues to profit from her IP, and uses that money to fund hate groups.

[rubikanon]

“You told me that it was never meant to be,” Hermione somehow managed to shout, even as her voice kept cracking, “That it could never work. Those were your words, Narcissa.”

Please, call me Cissa again. A simple plea from the depths of her heart her mouth couldn’t utter.

“So, no. You don’t get to say anything to me anymore,” Hermione added her eyes filled with tears, but also with unrelenting determination. That same determination Narcissa had been first captivated by, was now used to shatter her heart.

Please, smile at me once more. Oh, what she would not have given to see even a hint of softness in her now.

Hermione backed away from her, before tearing her eyes from Narcissa and storming out. Narcissa was left standing alone and her throat ached as she fought to keep at bay the tears her heart wanted to cry out.

Please, don’t leave me. She begged in her mind.

When a sob tried to escape she covered her mouth with her hand and only then realized how hard she was shaking. A sob, muffled by her palm, finally got out and she dropped on the couch as the tears came.

Please, come back to me. But as much as she hoped, it was never going to be.

After all, it was exactly what she deserved. Her stubbornness and arrogance had cost her the only person that could love her. For real. Not for her titles or for her social status. Just for her.

Please, let me try again.

She fell on her side, hugging a pillow and her heart ached. She closed her eyes and whispered her last plea -

“Please, Hermione. I love you.”

[rubikanon]

!!!!! Prada Kedavra update was not on my 2024 bingo card but I literally couldn’t be happier 😭💕

🙌 I'm happy you're happy!! Funnily enough, it is on my bingo card! @allbutwrong showed me this and nudged me just enough to start working on it again:

made by @itsfirecat (original post)

[rubikanon]

ahhhh nvm i found it! it’s ‘not all bad’ by naralanis, only posted on tumblr :3 💕

aha, glad you found it nonnie! i'll paste a link in case others want to read/reread it

[rubikanon]

was it you who wrote that cute one shot of narcissa and hermione together in hermiones apartment during the pandemic… i got super nostalgic today and wanted to read it again but i can’t find it anywhere

unfortunately i'm not familiar with it :( but that sounds like an adorable fic. good luck finding it again!

[rubikanon]

I miss them sm actually😭🥺

[rubikanon]

Hi :) I love your blog and the Cissamione fics you write :) Keep up the good work please :) and also maybe you know if there is a Cissamione discord? I know about Bellamione but i was wondering if maybe there is one for Cissamione too :) Thank you again for all fics <3 Please don't stop writing them <3 Lov u :)

Hi, I'm so happy you like them <3 And yes there totally is a Discord for us. A little quieter nowadays, but still folks around. The invite will be sent privately to prevent raids, but all Cissamione fans are welcome to join!

[rubikanon]

Good afternoon, do you mind translating your works in ao3 into other languages with an indication of the author of the work? I would like to do the translation of one of the works I liked.

Over the years, I've gotten several asks and messages about permission to translate my fics, and I always hesitated. Sometimes I didn't reply at all because I was so unsure. I love words and choose them carefully. Especially with Extinction, which is so close to my heart, I was afraid that too much might get lost in translation.

From now on, I'm saying yes. Yes, you can translate my fics! All I ask is that you:

Let me know what language you're working on

Send me a link when it's online, and

Credit my fic with a link back to it.

This way, others will know if a language is already in progress, and readers can easily find translations and the original English.

My perspective has changed because now I'm living in another country, surrounded every day by a language I'm still learning. Struggling to understand people, struggling to skim search results for things I need, struggling to read the news and library books.... It's hard, even in a country where people treat me well and try to help me. That moment of relief when we understand each other is everything. The important thing is communication. So translate anything you want! I'm not afraid anymore of how my story might change. I'm too busy being afraid of accidentally buying food with ingredients I can't eat, lol.

If you think the effort of translation is worth it to share my story with more people, I'm super humbled and grateful.

[rubikanon]

Cissamione and Christmas, because I love this trope