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Thank you all for an incredible Sparktober 2024!

What a wonderful festival this year!! It was wonderful to reunite with old friends and welcome some brand-new fans as well. The staying power of this ship and this fandom is amazing. Countdown to Sparktober 2025!

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Roll credits! Sparktober brought to you by: discord master of ceremonies and creative director of daily themes and questions @havocthecat, watch party captain @al-the-grammar-geek, bingomaster @mylittleredgirl, and @anretc who brought us the @swficathon twice this year! So much extra appreciation to Mod Al who kept us on track all month on tumblr and behind the scenes. 🏆 MVP!!

Special thank yous this year to @krisrussel for the always epic con pics, @nhawk-1 as chief researcher for prettyhellday (and bringing us stable friends in the pets channel), and what would Sparktober be without wonderful gifsets from @happycabbage, @samueltanders, and @sheppard-and-weir! (Also check out the #sparktober tag for some bingo fics that haven't made it to ao3...)

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What's next? Sparktober procrastination mascot @mylittleredgirl's invitation to...

Sparkvember!

All those creative ideas and WIPs you didn't quite finish? Just remembered that you pulled a bingo card on Oct 1 and haven't looked at since? Want to keep the party and creative encouragement going with new and old friends? Sparkvember may be for you!

The discord is quieter in the off-season but remains open year-round, and the question of the day will continue! In the off-season, track and post to #john x elizabeth on tumblr. Bingo card generator will stay up, and we'll update this tumblr with surprise events. You might want to follow @swficathon too in case there's a repeat of last year's off-season fic exchange.

discord invite | ao3 | bingo cards

Have an awesome year, everyone!

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Starting in a few minutes!

Sparktober Spooktacular! Oct 31, 2024

The votes are in! Between Discord and Tumblr, we have an even split between "The Real World" and "Hide and Seek," making this not just a Spooktober, but a Sparktober Spooktacular - we're watching both!

We'll be starting at 8pm US Central Time. Find out what time this is for you.

8:00pm - S3 E6 - The Real World - https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS3-TheRealWorld 9:00pm - S1 E3 - Hide and Seek - https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS1-HideAndSeek

If you don't have Hulu, Amazon Prime, or the DVDs, feel free to use the links above to stream or download. Links are good through 11/1. Pass is Sparktober

Use #ep-discussion for text-based reactions and chatting. We’ll do a countdown so we can all start at the same time.

Hope to see you there!

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Theme Day 31 - Spooky/dark Sparky Fic

The final Theme Day of Sparktober 2024, and in the spirit of Halloween, today's the day to share spooky/dark John/Elizabeth fics.

Thank you all for celebrating each day of Sparktober to the max!

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Theme Day 31 - Spooky/dark Sparky Fic

The final Theme Day of Sparktober 2024, and in the spirit of Halloween, today's the day to share spooky/dark John/Elizabeth fics.

Thank you all for celebrating each day of Sparktober to the max!

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Sparktober Spooktacular! Oct 31, 2024

The votes are in! Between Discord and Tumblr, we have an even split between "The Real World" and "Hide and Seek," making this not just a Spooktober, but a Sparktober Spooktacular - we're watching both!

We'll be starting at 8pm US Central Time. Find out what time this is for you.

8:00pm - S3 E6 - The Real World - https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS3-TheRealWorld 9:00pm - S1 E3 - Hide and Seek - https://uofi.box.com/v/sgaS1-HideAndSeek

If you don't have Hulu, Amazon Prime, or the DVDs, feel free to use the links above to stream or download. Links are good through 11/1. Pass is Sparktober

Use #ep-discussion for text-based reactions and chatting. We’ll do a countdown so we can all start at the same time.

Hope to see you there!

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Theme Day 30 - Filled Bingo Cards!

Did you get BINGO yet? No matter; the fun is in the attempt. Share your finished Bingo cards today, no matter how many or how few squares you filled in!

Coming up:

Oct 31: Spooky/dark Sparky Fic

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Theme Day 30 - Filled Bingo Cards!

Did you get BINGO yet? No matter; the fun is in the attempt. Share your finished Bingo cards today, no matter how many or how few squares you filled in!

Coming up:

Oct 31: Spooky/dark Sparky Fic

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Starting in a few minutes!

Pretty Hell Day Vid Party! Oct 29, 6pm CST

For those of you going to the Pretty Hell, hop over to the Discord RPF channel at the appointed hour for the Vid Party!

The festivities begin on Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024, at 6pm US Central Time. Find out what time that is for you.

See folks there!

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Theme Day 29 - Pretty Hell Day(tm) RPF

Sure, we might be going to hell, but it's such a pretty hell... Today's the one day of Sparktober when the Torri/Joe RPF shippers venture into the light.

Up next:

Oct 30: Filled Bingo Cards! Oct 31: Spooky/dark Sparky fics

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Theme Day 29 - Pretty Hell Day(tm) RPF

Sure, we might be going to hell, but it's such a pretty hell... Today's the one day of Sparktober when the Torri/Joe RPF shippers venture into the light.

Up next:

Oct 30: Filled Bingo Cards! Oct 31: Spooky/dark Sparky fics

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Pretty Hell Day Vid Party! Oct 29, 6pm CST

For those of you going to the Pretty Hell, hop over to the Discord RPF channel at the appointed hour for the Vid Party!

The festivities begin on Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024, at 6pm US Central Time. Find out what time that is for you.

See folks there!

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Spooktober Watch Party Poll

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Theme Day 28 - Laura Cadman Fanworks

She deserved better! Tell us how much! Share your favorite Cadman scenes, gifs, and fanworks today.

Up next:

Oct 29: Pretty Hell Day(tm) Oct 30: Filled Bingo Cards!

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"If you cut Dr. Weir out of the loop, you'll only alienate the people whose trust and respect she's earned. Including me."

What a difference a few weeks/months? in an isolated intergalactic outpost can make for our boy Johnny. ♥️

1x13 Hot Zone ---> 1x20 The Siege II

As requested by @mylittleredgirl ♥️

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Theme Day 28 - Laura Cadman Fanworks

She deserved better! Tell us how much! Share your favorite Cadman scenes, gifs, and fanworks today.

Up next:

Oct 29: Pretty Hell Day(tm) Oct 30: Filled Bingo Cards!

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this sparktober exchange brought us eight wonderful new fics! listed in order of appearance on the works page (and with #tropes, since that was the theme of the exchange):

Love Is Just a Dream Away by anr (T, #dreams #fix-it)

bad things (with you) by CoraClavia (M, #missing scene)

(Text Me) When You Get Home by sourfall (T, #epistolary, #didn't know they were dating)

I hold you tight like rain by starliteradio (G, #hurt/comfort #sickfic)

The strongest of all warriors by Oparu (USSJellyfish) (T, #pregnancy, #didn't know they were dating)

Placed Among the Stars by mylittleredgirl (G, #soulmarks)

Caught Red-Handed by human_dreamer_etcetera (G, #sickfic)

Achromatopsic Refraction by havocthecat (G, #soulmarks)

thank you to everyone who wrote for the exchange, and extra thank-you to the @swficathon exchange mods for all the decisions and details that go into making this happen for us!

Author reveals

Authors have been revealed! Read their works at the AO3 Collection now.

Thank you to everyone participated in this event (whether it was by writing, editing or reading). 💕

We'll be back again next year!

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Spooktober Watch Party Poll