#fanwork charity auction

[fandomtrumpshate]

A Word About Write-In Orgs

Our FTH participants have shown us year after year that they are passionate about the causes we support. Your passion and care for those in need is truly inspiring!

In case our selected nonprofit organizations don't cover all the issues people care about, we also allow you to write in an organization of your choosing to support with your FTH auction. Your mods will research and vet these organizations before the auction goes live to make sure that they are real, reputable organizations, and that their mission is in line with our values. We use online research and tools like Charity Navigator to assess organizations. We don't allow write-ins for fundraising campaigns such as GoFundMe pages, where money is sent to private individuals with no accountability.

At this time, several people have written in Care for Gaza as the beneficiary of their auction. After doing our research, we have decided not to accept Care for Gaza as a write-in. We were unable to find any public information about how donations are spent. They may very well be doing good work, and relief for Gaza is certainly a cause we care about, but this group simply does not meet the threshold of accountability for us to officially support it.

We have selected Middle East Children's Alliance for an organization that is active on the ground in Gaza. You can read about their activities on their website. We chose them because they are well-regarded and proven effective, while also being small enough to feel the impact of our support.

As always, you are welcome to write in the organization of your choice, including other organizations giving aid and support to Gaza. We are delighted to support any progressive cause that is important to you, provided we can verify the organization.

[teamliftfest]

Announcing: Team Lift Fest 2024: A Charity Auction for Sports RPF Fandoms

What is Team Lift Fest?

Team Lift Fest is a charity auction for Sports RPF fandoms (any and all!) Inspired by @fandomtrumpshate, we’re here to utilize the energy, intensity, and competitiveness of Sports RPF fandoms to raise money for sports initiatives serving underrepresented and/or marginalized athletes.

How does Team Lift Fest work?

Creators and contributors sign up to create 1-2 digital fanworks for Sports RPF. Bidders then have 5 days to bid on the auctions. Once we confirm winning bids and contact winners, winners then donate money to one of our suggested charities, provide proof of their donation to the mods, then we’ll connect creators and bidders – and you’re off! Creators and contributors have approximately 8 months to create their work.

What charities do you support?

Supported charities can be found here!

What is the timeline of Team Lift Fest 2024?

Creator sign-ups: 9/22/24 - 10/3/24 Browsing period: 10/9-10/13 Bidding: 10/15-10/19 Proof of donations due: 11/2 Bidders and Creators make contact: 11/24 Creators have a workable prompt: 12/17 Final deadline for creators and contributors: 7/23/25

For further information, read this page on Tumblr or check out our carrd!

[gingersnappish]

The 2024 Fandom Trumps Hate Charity Auction is LIVE!!!

Bidding runs 5th March 8am EST to 9th March 8 pm EST!

@fandomtrumpshate is an online multi-fandom auction that benefits a lot of progressive non-profit organizations! Fans 'bid' to donate directly to a listed charity and the winning bidder receives a thank you gift for their donation in the form of the personalized fan work- You can read about exactly how it works HERE and see the FULL LIST OF NON-PROFITS!

Star Wars Fandom has a lot of really lovely works being offered this year - 34 creators are offering their time and talents as a big thank you to the winning bidders for their donations! Please, check them out!

And then...

Help out some wonderful progressive charities (and get a lovely custom fanwork as a thank you gift !

The following are brief summaries and not comprehensive. Please read the full offerings before bidding! The full Star Wars TAG contains all the following listings in their entirety!

Written Fanworks

@shadow-spires is offering a <5K piece for Prequel Trilogy or The Clone Wars! Loves working with Cody, clone culture, and fix-its, AUs, angst with happy endings, and more!

@marroniere is offering 20-50K for Andor, Thrawn Trilogy (new canon), Thrawn Ascendancy, or Ahsoka! Especially interested in anything Thrawn and Chiss, as well as Mon and Cassian from Andor! Versatile in genre and focussed on how characters relate to one another and heal!

finkpishnets is offering 5-10K for Prequel Trilogy or Clone Wars! Happy to work with Obi-Wan/Anakin or Obi-Wan/Cody in canon, diveregent, or AU settings! (also comfortably familiar with the Kenobi series canon)

@dirtbag-linecook-kyloren is offereing 5K per $10 donated! Sequel Trilogy Kylux author specializing in Modern AUs!

@captainlilja is offering 5-10K for Sequel Trilogy or Rebels! Especially interested in Finn/Poe, Finn/Poe/Rey, Zeb/Kallus, Hera/Kanan and happy to work with AroAce characters, AUs, fluff, and kinky-fluff where everybody is in love!

blackat_t7t is offering 5-10K for Book of Boba Fett, Clone Wars, or Mandalorian! Interested in M/M or Genfic, Angst, canon-divergent AUs, anything with a Clones focus or BobaDinn! Also appreciates rairpairs and characters!

Tathrin is offering 5-10K for any of the Trilogies and/or Legends/Extended Universe! Enthusiastic about world-building and plot and queering canon! Classic Legends stuff is a favorite, with a love for snubfighter pilots, YJKs, Leia, nb-Revan, and original flavor Boba Fett!

hoebiwan is offering 5-10K for Original and Prequel Trilogies or Legends/Extended Universe! Interested in crack, grief, recovery, anxiety, trans and queer themes!

@geekymoviemom is offering 5-10K for Prequel Trilogy, Clone Wars, Rebels, or Rogue One! Happy to write Anakin/Padme, Cassian/Jyn, Obi-wan & Anakin, Kanan & Ezra, and family stuff for Clone Wars and Rebels Fam! Canon-divergent or in-universe AUs please!

@treescape is offering <5K for any Star Wars! Familiar with all eras and happy to work with most characters or pairs!

@xenomorphic-warrior is offering 10-20K for Original or Prequel Trilogy, Andor, Clone Wars, Mandolorian, Kenobi, and Rogue One! Especially interested in Cody/Obi-wan, Bariss/Ahsoka, Din/Cobb, Lando/Han, Lando/Leia/Han, Cassian/Jyn, Cassian/Jyn/Bohdi, Cassian/Kino and are fond of speculative AUs like horror and sci-fi, mythology, and canon-divergence!

van1lla_v1lla1n is offering <5K for the Sequel Trilogy! Enthusiastic about Rey/Kylo (one or both of them queer) and will write in canonverse or modern AUs! Likes to work with erotic and heavier themes, ambiguous endings!

solas_oiche is offering 10-20K for any Star Wars! Enthusiastic about anything Ahsoka-centric and open to themes and tropes you may want to see!

Kartaylir is offering &lt;5K for Legends/Extended Universe and the Old Republic! Especially interested F/F, darker themes, world-building, and weird lore details! Familiar with Thrawn Trilogy, Shadows of the Empire, and Tales of the Jedi comics, KOTOR, and have written lots for SWTOR!

Ninja is offering 5-10K for Original or Prequel Trilogies, or Mandolorian! Especially interested in working with Fluff, H/C, happy endings, magic, plot twists, crack, and humor! Loves zany hijinks! Good at taking an initial prompt and running with it!

@s-c-g-s-c-g is offering <5K for Prequel Trilogy, Clone Wars, and Legends/Extended Universe! Especially interested in Jedi characters, pre-quel era fic, gen, bonding, H/C, canon-adjacent AUs, and found family! Primarily experienced writing Gen but open to some rairpairs!

Ternary is offering <5K for Prequel Trilogy and Clone Wars! Likes queer themes, ace&aro themes, and exploring disability themes, as well as trauma-recovery, and emotional H/C! Interested in Obi-Wan’s Legends padawanship, Obi-Wan/Quinlan, Obi-Wan/Cody, Quinlan/Fox!

geniecat2 is offering 5-10K words for the Prequel Trilogy, Book of Boba Fett, or Clone Wars! Especially interested in the AceAre spectrum, found family, platonic and romantic CodyWan, Jangobi, and lineage exploration, as well as Clone and Jedi appreciation, JediCorps too!

@musetotheworld is offering 5-10K for the Original and Prequel Trilogies, and Legends/Extended Universe! Loves Legends-inspired plots and has read most of the Legends books! Experience with writing F/F ships, M/F is fine too, also cool with AUs!

Stens_McHenry is offering 5-10K for All Trilogies, Book of Boba Fett, Mandolorian, and Kenobi! Prefers to write M/M ships and happy to work with AUs and canon-adjacent/divergent works!

MaudeZbornak is offering scaled-by-donation wordcount ($5 = minimum 5K) for All Trilogies, Book of Boba Fett, Mandolorian, and Kenobi! Happy to work with any pairing for Star Wars and welcomes detailed prompts!

thebeespatella is offering scaled-by-donation wordcount ($10 = 1K) for Andor, Clone Wars, and Rogue One! Especially interested in F/F, trans/gender and exploring corporate surveillance, identity and conformity, colonialism/diaspora, radicalization, trauma, moral injury, and interfacing with technology (cybogs)! Likes Clone troopers, clone culture and clone ships, Imperial/Rebellion era, and spy/thriller AUs! Experienced writer of Cody/Rex!

MayQueen517CactusDragon517 is offering <5K words for the Original and Sequel Trilogies, Rogue One, or Solo! Open to many ideas, smut included! Likes exploring alternative identities like a trans or non-binary or ace/aro interpretation of a character! Likes to communicate lots with their winning bidder, building ideas and sharing snippets!

@elthadriel is offering scaled-by-donation wordcount ($10 = 1K up to 10K) for Clone Wars! Especially interested in Clone troopers and their culture and ships, Imperial/rebellion era, missing war scenes, PWP, Cowboy AUs, bittersweet vibes, Cody/Rex, Echo/Fives/Fox, Thorn/Fox, Rex/Fives/Echo/Cody, Cody/Fox, Ahsoka/Bariss, Bly/Aayla, Cody/Maul!

@cabezadeperro is offering <5K for Prequel Trilogy, Clone Wars, Legends/Extended Universe! Interested in open endings, Imperial era, missing war scenes, cloneships, Jango Fett/Obi-Wan, canon divergence, complicated relationships, codex, Fives/Echo/Fox, Cody/Fox, rewalker, qi’rahsoka!

darktenshi17 is offering two auctions for 5-10K fics for the Sequel Trilogy as well as the Original Trilogy! Open to most ideas (with the exception of Kylo/Rey) and interested in working with F/F, polyships, genderswap, trans or nonbinary characters, unhappy or ambiguous endings!

commanderdameron is offering 10-20K for the Prequel or Sequel Trilogies or Kenobi! Loves character and relationship studies! Interested in exploring canon in more plot-centric ways and excited about world-building from a character-driven mindset! Obi-Wan, Poe, Leia, and Rey are favs, so things that focus on their relationships are welcome!

Visual Fanworks

c_art is offering a comic page (per $50 donation) for the Original and Prequel Trilogies! Enthusiastic about Gen and Femslash as well as rarepairs and unusual ideas! Fluff, angst, slice of life, and action all welcome! Black and white pages - will ask the winning bidder for a script or fic to adapt, higher donations = gets more pages!

@temporoyales is offering a drawing/painting for any Star Wars! Any pairings, genders, sexualities are welcome! Likes working with everyday interactions, environmental storytelling, symbolism, genderbending, and costume design! Starting bid gets a black and white portrait and larger bids increase up to fullbody/color!

@gingersnappish is offering a full color book cover/illustration/drawing/comic page/etc for any Star Wars! Specializes in Kylux but open to almost all characters, pairs, ideas! Happy to work with scifi-fantasy design, animals, detailed backgrounds and tech! Will make 2-4 small sketches for the recipient to choose from and then show a refined sketch before finishing the piece!

@nattyjae is offering a comic/drawing/painting/etc for any Star Wars! Scaled donations $5 = black and white, $15 black and white comic, $20 full color illustration, on up to a full color comic page! Loves Clone Wars, Rebels, and Bad Batch but will be happy drawing any Star Wars! Happy to design characters, redraw scenes or visualize AUs!

Beta Reading

@shadow-spires is offering to beta 10-20K for any of the Trilogies, Clone Wars, Rebels, Rogue One!

birbleafs is offering to beta for <5K for any of the Trilogies, Clone Wars, Legends/Extended Universe!

geniecat2 is offering to beta for 5-10K for the Original and Prequel Trilogies, Book of Boba Fett, Clone Wars, Legends/Extended Universe, Mandolorian, and Kenobi!

Podfic Recording

@shadow-spires is offering to record a <5K podfic for any of the Trilogies, Clone Wars, Rebels, or Rogue One: clones centric and Jedi-positive stuff always welcome, as well as OCs!

flowerparrish is offering to record <5K for any of the Trilogies, Book of Boba Fett, Clone Wars, Legends/Extended Universe, Mandalorian, Kenobi, Rebels, Rogue One! They are especially interested in canon-divergent AUs, fix-its, Poly ships, F/F, trans or nonbinary characters, rarepairs and crackships!

kbirb is offering to record fic with wordcount being contribution-based (Donations: First $10 = 2K, +$10 = Additional 1K)! Open to all three Trilogies, Andor, Clone Wars, Mandolorian, Rebels, Rogue One! Especially interested in found family, soulmate AUs, polyamory, trans clone troopers, neopronouns, Jon Antilles rarepairs, Hevy/Fives/Echo, Cody/Obi-Wan, and period pieces (Regency!) Loves recording for an author who wants to hear their fic aloud!

[wolfsbanesparks]

Bidding for Fandom Trumps Hate 2024 opens on Tuesday March 5th! Browsing is open now!

This year there are 39 creators offering DC fanworks! Check out the DC tag here! Bid on your favorites and help people in need!

And there are plenty more offering works for any fandom!

You can learn more about @fandomtrumpshate and the nonprofits they support here!

Links to individual auctions are under the cut!

Fanfic

RayByAnotherName

DogsAreTheBest321

Tevya

Demitimelord42

Wolfsbanesparks

GimmeMore14

Hkandi

Hoebiewan

Quackers

Trinipedia

Cephalogod

TheyReapWhatWeSow

One-Fandom-Became-All-Fandoms

Urieskooki

Wingdingery

Denois

FanficFanatic

Averita

SilverSkiesAtMidnight

All_InProcess

Clouds_of_Chamomiles

SomeSortofItalianRoast

Syruplime

Byrambles

Musetotheworld

AreWordsEnough

Zorilleerrant

TheGayontheMoon

Fanart

Blackbeanbao

C_art

Chezpillow

McBangle

Mrflay

TheGayontheMoon

Podfics

FlowerParrish

StormLeviosa

ChaosKiro

Kbirb

Fan Labor

ShadowSpires

Demitimelord42

Other

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[tiltedsyllogism]

For All Mankind fanwork offerings for FTH!

Y'all there are SEVEN (7) For All Mankind fanworks on offer in this year's @fandomtrumpshate auction! That means we are going to get up to seven (7) new FAM fanworks! (which is nothing to sneeze at in a tiny fandom like ours.)

The catch: most of these creators are offering to create for other fandoms, too. We've got to make sure to win these auctions ourselves!

wait, what is Fandom Trumps Hate?

FTH is a fanworks auction that raises money for progressive nonprofits (here's this year's list.) The folks listed below are offering to make a fanwork for their highest bidder, but the money doesn't go to the creator themselves: the winning bidder donates directly to the nonprofit and sends in proof of donation to the auction, and then creator and bidder are put in touch to start planning out a fanwork. You can read more about the auction here. Okay, onto the fanwork offerings!

themysterybox (aka @frankandpercy) is offering to write a fic of 10-20K in length, up to an E rating. They're particularly excited to take on alternate universes, and are also interested in writing poly fic, genderswap, trans characters/interpretations of characters, f/f, and ambiguous or unhappy endings.

els (aka @midnight-els) is offering a fic of 5-10K words, up to an E rating. els is especially interested in f/f ships, queer interpretations of characters, and happy or open endings.

naturaliseme (@naturaliseme) is offering a fic of up to 5K, up to an E rating, focusing either on Margo/Molly or Margo/Irina.

Avawtsn (@antaranya) has two FAM offers (#2 and #3). the first of which is for podfic (!!!!) She will produce an audio recording of your fic (or someone else's, if you get permission for it) of 5-10K words, up to a T rating.

Avawtsn's second FAM offer is an art offering (and you should take a look at those portfolio links, this is very exciting for us.)

I, @tiltedsyllogism, also have two offers! I will write you a fic of 5-10K, up to an E rating, and I'm pretty wide-open on who and what I'll write about. I like character studies and missing scenes, and I'm particularly interested in writing stories that capture the many different emotional layers of longstanding relationships.

I also have a fan labor offering: I will Yankpick or Russia-pick (or both!) a story of yours that is in process, and advise as best I can about everything from background culture to common turns of speech to local landmarks. I am also happy to do a more typical beta read in addition to/instead of language and culture-picking.

Bidding for the auction runs March 5th-9th, but you can read about these offerings in more detail now at the links above. You can also follow @fandomtrumpshate if you want reminders!

[guinevere01]

ID: two consecutive screenshots from Team Starkid's "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals" showing Paul and Emma. In the first Paul is standing with his back partially to the viewer, looking down at Emma. He says "Okay, Emma, I think the world is becoming..." In the second he finishes with "A musical." He has lowered to her height and is making a disgusted face and waving his hand. Emma looks confused in both. End ID

Are you confused and disgusted by the state of the world? Does it feel like the world is changing irreversibly, and for the worse, before your eyes and do you want to do something about it? Do you like musicals? Boy, have I got the thing for you!

There are 6 (4 seperate) offerings for musical-based fanwork in Fandom Trumps Hate, a fanworks auction for progressive charities (learn more right here on tumblr via @fandomtrumpshate), which means you can support some charities doing the good work while also getting awesome fanwork out of it! Browsing is open right now! Bidding begins on Monday March 5th.

The specific musical offerings are:

Written fanwork (<5k words) for Falsettos by Cr1ngeCulture, who is especially interested in "creating poetry and/or drabble collections, especially character studies". Find the full listing here (link to Cr1ngeCulture's offering).

Fanart for Cats by StatisticalCats (@statisticalcats2 here on tumblr), who is specifically creating gifsets or moodboards. Find the full listing here (link to StatisticalCats' offering).

A video edit for the Hatchetfield verse from Team Starkid by Ice_Wave (@eye-affiliated-podcast-character here on tumblr, who loves "dramatic music videos, crack videos, and crossovers". Find the full listing here (link to Ice_Wave's offering).

And finally, pixel art for either of the three following: Team Starkid, Tin Can Bros, or Starry Musical, offered by MxCaptain, aka yours truly, me! I'm interested in working on most of the shows by both Starkid and TCB though I have not fully watched Nerdy Prudes Must Die or the Solve It Squad sequels. Find the full listing here (link to MxCaptain's offering).

So? Are you ready to do your part and get some awesome fanwork in return?

ID: a screenshot from Team Starkid's Firebringer showing Zazzalil and Keeri leaning out from a tree that's out off frame, in similar poses with a smile and outstretched hand. Next to them is the text "What if I did something more? Than what my people bargained for?" End ID

[cookiesupplier]

CHARITY EVENTY! CHECK IT OUT!

It is @fandomtrumpshate! The browsing of the offerings has started, and the biddings run from 8:00AM EST, 5 March 2024, to 8:00PM EST, 9 March 2024. All the money goes to nonprofits!

I haven't seen anyone in the bandom involved in this, even though I've seen my past fandom spaces jumped right in, I wanted to offer bandom fics for this charity event this year!

I would absolutely suggest looking at the event and the charities/art/fanwork they support.

If you want to see what I'm offering directly, my page is here!

For the rest of the offerings for this year, check them out here!

[deehellcat]

The Fic Facers charity auction for Random Acts is going! I am offering one of my crocheted chibi dolls, so go bid if you want to support a great cause and get a cute new friend!

[supergeek21]

Fandom Trumps Hate Gifts!

Wondering what you can get if you bid on my @fandomtrumpshate auction this year? I’ve created a collection of past gifts I’ve made for fellow Good Omens fans during the auction. Check them out below, and if you like what you see, bidding is open through March 9!

[sunriseabram]

Interested in getting a personalised fic from me AND donating to charity simultaneously?

Bidding for @fandomtrumpshate is open now! All proceeds go towards non-profits.

I'm offering a personalised AFTG fanfic between 10k to 20k words, and up to an explicit rating.

Current Top Bid: $10.

To view my full listing, see Foundinthedark.

More Details Below:

Especially interested in: I'd prefer to write Andriel, but I am open to other ships as well. I love writing Canon Divergence.

My special subjects include the supernatural world (vampires/demons/superpowers etc.), secret agents/undercover work, canon divergence and hurt/comfort.

I am open to very specific prompts and am happy to tailor to your needs. I will also write about rarepairs, ocs, violence, gore, torture, Mild BDSM and dom/sub dynamics, NSFW, non-explicit rape/non-con, murder, canon character death. If it is not mentioned, please ask and we can discuss further.

Unwilling to address: Anything underage (unless it is references to canon trauma), Pedophilia, A/B/O, Explicit rape, Main Character Death, Suicide / Graphic self harm, Incest, Animal abuse/death, Kevaaron, Any Riko Ship, Complicated BDSM, Unhappy Endings, Male Preganancy. If it is not mentioned, please ask.

Other notes: The more specific your prompt is, the better I can tailor it to what you want. If you simply have a concept, that is also fine as well! I am happy to plan from scratch. How much of a say you want in the writing process is up to you, so be as little or as actively involved as you like.

I am quick to reply, and will be more than happy to discuss any concerns or sudden ideas with you. I will avoid anything that makes you uncomfortable to tailor this work especially for you.

My themes are ideas, not a guideline. If you have an idea completely outside of that, I will be more than willing to accommodate. If you have any questions at all about what I will/will not write, please dm me.

If you're interested in bidding, click here or visit my fth page here.

Any questions, please dm me!

[kedreeva]

You're sort of one of the kindest people i know on tumblr, so. um. i had a question.

how do i deal with it all?

right of the bat i will tell you i am a minor and my parents are zionists, so i have no income of my own or anything i could donate. everytime i post a single fundraiser that reaches my inbox and is vetted, i get 4-5 new fundraising asks for palestine.

most of them are unvetted, but i keep thinking that if i can't donate i should at least have faith in people and reblog the fundraisers even if they're unvetted, possibly that they're actually new and need as much help we can give, however, there's a possibility they are scams, and i don't want to draw away the attention vetted fundraisers might get.

how do you decide where to help out and how to live with your decision?

I have a policy that when it comes to asks (or messages) that solicit money or other actions (like boosting posts) I don't respond to or even publish asks that come from anyone that has never spoken to me before that moment, and that's a policy that has been in place for many years now, and is unlikely to change largely because the majority of asks/messages that are requesting money or to visit a blog post/their blog/their website are scams (or more often several years ago, led to virus infections on your computer!). My blog is, as it has stated at the top for over ten years now, a personal blog, not a fundraising/signal boosting/vetting blog for spreading donations- there ARE blogs like that, and people can choose to interact with those blogs or not, but my blog isn't the place for it and that's a hard boundary I enforce for my own well being. Tumblr is my place to rest and recover, however I see fit to do that.

A random ask to my inbox asking for money, regardless of what it is for, is (in my view) equivalent to a cold call from a stranger soliciting money. It's not about faith in people, it's not about right or wrong, it's not about can or can't. This is my home, and I don't answer the phone to unknown numbers. I will help friends/family/people I know personally (or parasocially, if I like them or recognize them), obviously, but that's a bit of a different horse.

As for how I decide where to help out, if I have the ability (funds, spoons, time etc), I will seek out information on the best place to donate that can do the most with the money to help the person/people/cause that I want to help. It's the Food Pantry Equation: I could spend $5 on groceries at retail price to donate, and maybe get enough for 1 meal for 1 person (though in this fuckoff capitalist hellscape, I'm not sure $5 would even buy a whole meal), or I could give $5 directly to a Food Pantry organization, who buys in bulk and knows where to get stuff cheap, so that my $5 can help five people or ten people or whatever. I also do my best to participate in fandom events that raise money for good causes; stuff like the fanworks charity auction I helped run to donate to a wolf sanctuary, or stuff like Fandom Trumps Hate (another charity fanworks auction event). Those kind of events are generally open about where the donations go to, and have done research into organizations to ensure the gathered money goes to good charities.

Like with the above, however, it's different if I know the person. If my neighbor comes and asks for a cup of sugar or my friend needs help moving or whatever, I'm gonna give them what they need without the middleman because we have that relationship already established. Donating $5 to a food pantry would probably help more people by numbers, but helping my neighbors and friends and family etc builds community in a way giving $5 to a random stranger on the phone soliciting money cannot, and even in a way donating $5 (or $5 worth of food) to a Food Pantry cannot. It's also usually a matter of one and done, as well as semi-transactional the way any relationship is a give and take; I can give my neighbor some sugar, and down the road they can return the favor the next time I'm in need of help. I help my friends move and I know whether or not I ever move, myself, that they would do the same for me if they're able. You can't say this about a random ask on the Internet and you likely won't ever be able to say it for most charities unless you somehow end up in their exact area of expertise. So it's different.

I feel like you should also learn about Tim Wong, the guy who basically single-handedly repopulated the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly out in California. The lesson his story can and should teach is that... sometimes it can do more good for the world to care Very Much about one specific thing, and put your heart and soul into it, than it does to spread a little bit of care over a lot of things.

So, I guess what I mean to say here is... don't feel guilty about what you cannot do. There's no guilt in that. When you are ready and able to help, you can always go and look for a good way to do so (and what you end up helping may not always be the thing you think it will be), but you don't need to feel pressured by telemarketers or charity donation calls from strangers while you're trying to eat dinner. Especially if they don't even know who you are, either.

[fandomtrumpshate]

FTH 2023 Nonprofits: a compilation of our write-ups

Every year, we put together a focused list of small, progressive nonprofits that are making the world a better place on a very small budget. When you participate in the auction, you have a chance to help those amazing organizations out while also enriching your fandom!

This year's list of supported organizations is permalinked at the top of our tumblr, but we have also made more in-depth introductions to each of them. This post contains links to all of those introductory posts, so you can find them easily.

We're posting this now so that bidders have an easy way to read about each organization and choose accordingly.

Citizens' Climate Education

DigDeep/Navajo Water Project

Life After Hate

National Network to End Domestic Violence

Never Again Action

Rainbow Railroad

Razom

Sherlock's Homes Foundation

The Appeal

Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund

Violence Policy Center

Xerces Society

Umbrella: Abortion Funds

Some creators have elected to add an outside organization in addition to the ones on our own list. You can read our policy on outside organizations here.

[marveltrumpshate]

The MTH mod team is proud to bring back Marvel Trumps Hate for a seventh run! Inspired by Stony Trumps Hate and Fandom Trumps Hate, our purpose is to encourage fandom unity while raising money for nonprofit organizations that work to protect civil rights, marginalized and oppressed communities, and the environment.

Our fandom-wide fundraiser auction raised $36,852.10 USD for charity with the help of 156 generous creators and hundreds of bidders last year (and we not only hit a massive milestone to celebrate half a decade of MTH ($200k!), but we also surpassed it with a grand total of $215,652.53 raised over the past five years). This year, we’re looking forward to raising just as much awareness and money for some Marvel-ous causes!

Creator sign-ups will open in one month’s time, on Sunday, September 15, 12 AM ET (Eastern Time). Creators may offer different types of works such as fics, art, edits, videos, beta services, crafts, and more for any character, ship, or universe in the Marvel multiverse.

Sign-ups will run until Saturday, September 28, 11:59 PM ET, which should give everyone plenty of time to think about what they’d like to offer, spread the word, and sign up as a creator!

There will be a preview week from October 13 to October 19, during which potential bidders can peruse all the auctions and start building their list of fanworks to bid on. We will also use this time to make corrections to auction pages before bidding begins.

The 2024 MTH Auction Week will then run from October 20 to October 26. All auction times are in ET. If you’re in a different time zone, you can convert times here.

Please follow us for updates and visit our About, How to Participate, Schedule, and FAQ pages for more information. If you have any questions after doing so, you can contact us here!

We believe our fandom is a caring community determined to help those in need just like the superheroes we love so much, so let’s unite, organize, and pay it forward. As the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes theme song goes, “assembled, we are strong!”

[beatleskinkmeme]

Summer of Love Fanworks-a-thon Master Post

Please check out these fanworks and leave a comment!

Grateful for him by @johangeorghohman

5 + 1 things, 5 times George wished that Paul never met John (because George has a big fat schoolboy crush on Paul) + 1 time he was grateful that they did met

everything to be discovered by @backbenttulips

John and Paul exploring a romantic relationship with each other during the 2000s-2010s, and navigating life as famous old people and grandparents.

the size of a loneliness by @backbenttulips

Brian survives his overdose in 1967. John and Paul come stay to make sure he gets better, taking care of him in their own emotionally inept way.

Knocking at Your Door by @eveepe

5+1 fic. When they’re kids George learns that an easy way to calm Paul down when he’s getting the horrors is to give him a quick little kiss on the mouth. It becomes his go to method to soothe Paul when he needs to.

I Fancy Me Chances With You by @hootiepgh

Paul participates in a charity auction during the 70s. “Bid on a date with Paul McCartney” John pays an absurd amount of money to win. Paul is shocked. They go on the date and they’re both very awkward, neither are sure why John paid so much and what it entails.

I'll Never Do You No Harm by @hootiepgh

Aftermath of the "I want a divorce meeting," when Mal drives Paul home. Paul is broken and crying. Mal calls John and tells him how upset Paul is. John comes over. All the angst please!

But as the words are leaving his lips, a noise comes from behind by @hootiepgh

Mid-1969, Allen Klein and the Beatles are having a private meeting with Allen still trying to convince them to have him be their manager. He gets really frustrated and lashes out at one or all of them, and in an act of self defense Paul, Ringo, George, and John end up accidentally killing him. Afraid of what might happen if anyone finds out, they all agree to cover up their involvement in the crime. Their personal lives/ marriages start to crumble as they're forced to rely on each other as the only people they trust. Would like the inclusion of McLennon and George X Ringo

If I Needed Someone by @hootiepgh

Paul gets shot during the 1966 Memphis concert. John (doesn't) deals with the angst and the guilt.

Taking Trophies by @m1ssunderstanding

AU where John and Paul see each other sooner, forced into confrontation around 1971 when things were at their worst with John spewing his anger to the public and Paul taken aback by it. Of course this leads to some post-breakup, angsty, possessive sex.

Everybody Loves Somebody by @bewareofdarkness

Soulmark AU, the four of them are soulmates

invisible string by @scurator

McHarrison boat vibes on the Queen Mary for the Venus and Mars release party. Um, bonus points for George showing off that he won Bob Dylan in the divorce

deeper than oceans you run by @timrothencrantz

AU where they went through with doing Beatle island and establish their commune (?) or whatever the plan was. Polyamory ensues. This either fixes everything or makes everything worse (or somehow both)

yellow, orange, and blue, i love you by @menlove

Soulmates au where one sees colour for the first time when you touch your soulmate. I believe it would be fun to see how this would play out. This one could be a fic, a comic page or even an illustration where the boys realise what happened when they introduce themselves, whatever the artist prefers!

take it away by @monkberryfields

Younger John meets an older Paul at a record shop. Paul offers to teach John how to tune his guitar and play a few chords but at a price...

Posy by @ohjohnnysblog

Mclennon does a roleplay where they pretend John is a shy virgin groupie. Bottom! John

Banana Milkshakes and Armpit Hair by @crepesuzette2023

Will someone finally come on Paul's eyelashes?

I ain't no fool, and I don't take what I don't want by @crepesuzette2023

Mal and Paul make love al fresco during one of their trips. Paul wears nothing but the flimsy scarf he's seen wearing here.

all by design by @forthlin

the classic “john and paul do increasingly sexual things with each other while coming up with increasingly elaborate justifications for why it’s not gay” scenario, except they both DO know that it’s gay, they just each think they’re pulling a fast one by convincing the other one that this is normal guys-being-dudes behavior.

I've Just Seen a Face by @javelinbk

when John met Paul

Meeting on the Turret Stairs by @sleeper9

a John/Paul moment backstage (Hamburg/touring years/rooftop/artist's choice) based on the piece, Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton.

Oh no, he's beautiful by @sleeper9

The first time John wears his glasses around Paul he finally gets to actually see Paul's face and oh no, he's beautiful

Run For Your Life by @pie-of-flames

A recut of any footage into some kind of Beatles horror movie trailer (maybe Paul is dead?)

**This will be updated as we get more fanworks!!

[wolfsbanesparks]

WOLF HOLY COW THINGS ARE POPPING OFF IN YOUR BOOKBINDING AUCTION

I know!!!!!

When I checked the spreadsheet this morning I could hardly believe it! I think I stared in shock for at least a full minute trying to comprehend the massive jump to $500!

I am immensely flattered and maybe a little nervous, but I really can't wait to see what's gonna happen!

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TEAM LIFT FEST CREATOR SIGN-UPS: OPEN 🧨

What is Team Lift Fest?

Team Lift Fest is a charity auction for Sports RPF fandoms (any and all!) Inspired by @fandomtrumpshate, we’re here to harness the energy, intensity, and competitiveness of Sports RPF fandoms to raise money for sports initiatives serving underrepresented and/or marginalized athletes.

Sign-ups:

You have from today, Sunday September 22 to until Thursday, October 3 to sign up. Sign up, share with your fandoms, and spread widely! We want to creators from all corners of the Sports RPF umbrella 🎉

Reminders:

All creators and contributors must be over the age of 13 as of September 1, 2024

Creators and contributors can offer 1-2 works

Fanworks or fanservices must be digitally deliverable, no physical handicrafts (this year!)

All works offered must be able to be categorized under the umbrella of Sports RPF.

Check this page for more information on Team Lift Fest, this page for our Supported Charities, or our carrd.

Other questions? Email! We are compiling a FAQ.

SIGN-UP HERE