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[dramioneasks]

HP FESTS: The Dramione Archives (Part 1)

The Dramione Valentine's Collab Collection 2025:

Draco Malfoy and the Atrociously Mismanaged Valentine by Eclectic_fantasy, saintmlfy, Tippilo, Wrathful_Wrackspurt - E, WIP - When a singing goblin in a frilly pink dress delivered a Valentine to Draco Malfoy's office, Draco was convinced Hermione Granger had finally noticed his existence beyond their verbal sparring matches. His response? A perfectly reasonable campaign of gift-giving. What could possibly go wrong?

The Wrong Key by PandaPatronus, pensieve_podfics (hanzfeetz), Stephydfab, WillowingScribe - E, one-shot - Marrying Draco Malfoy was never the plan. Neither was accidentally bonding herself to him by consummating her marriage. That's why Hermione is determined to find a way to break the bond before their next wedding anniversary. The only problem? She needs Draco's help for that and he's one stubborn bastard. OR Draco plays the piano. A lot.

Will you be mine, Lupercalentine? by brittbaird_art, orphan_account, sarahdipity613, So_scarlett_maroon, thedramionearchives (dittanyanddreams) - E, 2 chapters - Hermione’s Valentine’s Day is off to a rough start. She forgot to wear red; Harry accidentally announced this fact to an entire lift at the ministry, and Draco Malfoy practically fell on top of her on her way to her office. But when that fall causes them to be magically bound to each other for the day, Hermione realizes things are going to get worse before they get better.

The Averse Veela by Beatificbean, faintlydisappointed, MissusB, yourstruly_quin - E, one-shot - Fate couldn’t have picked a worse match. Draco has gone above and beyond to deny the pull he has felt since his early adolescence. However, as his twenty-seventh birthday approaches some urges grow increasingly difficult to suppress. As if resisting his magical biology wasn’t difficult enough, Hermione Granger unknowingly tests his control every week. Her presence stirs something primal in him, not to mention the insistent itching on his back. When she triggers his Veela heritage, the fragile balance Draco has fought to maintain is threatened to unravel. --- Or The One Where Draco Denies (Unsuccessfully) His Veela Heritage to Avoid Any Connection with Hermione Granger.

How to Catch a Snitch by DarkCloud190, FanFixation (SequesteredAudio), Nusilverwolf, strandsofsaturn - E, 3 chapters - “Just think of the kids!” Hermione is told when she’s dragged to the ridiculous ‘headless’ auction co-hosted by St. Mungo’s Children’s Department and the International Quidditch Federation. Up for grabs? A Valentine’s date night with one of the strapping players standing on stage. So, when the Pansy-Ginny-Theo Chaos Trio™ tricks her into bidding for the contestant with an intriguing sprawl of runic tattoos, Hermione resigns herself to an evening surrounded by soppy, lovestruck couples. This’ll be painful – tattoos and broom thighs be damned! Once in a while, though, you get something much more valuable than you bid for, and you learn that, just maybe, love really is in the air. ✨🧹🪽

A Scar is Born by allofthelights11, OllivandersVoices, winterwells - E, one-shot - Draco had no inkling that today would change his entire life. Even as he fell towards the earth (a fall every Quidditch player made a half dozen times, at least), it didn’t feel out of the ordinary. A nasty fall, an unfortunate accident, but nothing unique. It was, though.

Afterglow by byanca_black, papercranesandapples, TimeWizardPodfics, volchitsa - E, 3 chapters - Two years after Voldemort’s victory, Draco Malfoy is a loyal Death Eater and skilled Legilimens, tasked with extracting secrets from captured Order members. But something is not quite right. Each night, he is plagued by vivid dreams—and a nagging feeling that he is forgetting something vital.

[greeninkredletters]

See you Saturday (3/9) with the first batch of anonymous reveals. Dramione readers, this is for you ❤️

[muldersfingers]

A Big Bang is a fic challenge where writers will produce a fic and artists will either 'claim' or be assigned a fic to collaborate with to produce art. More info on the Fanlore page here. Fics are intended to be on the longer side so it's custom to have minimum word counts of no less than 10,000 words.

[wwreversetropefest2024]

Happy Thanksgiving! Here's a lil tasty treat for you 🥧

Thinking by @my-castles-crumbling (T, 1/1)

➡️READ ON AO3

[delyth88]

Now that authors have been revealed, here's my fic for the Loki Gen Fic Fest!

It's for the prompt by @feltwrong "Loki and Dr. Strange have to work together and end up learning about each other's type of magic and the different pros and cons of each."

I had a lot of fun thinking about their different forms of magic, and planned put a much bigger story than I ended up having the time to write for this challenge, so I'm still working on that. But I took some of what I had and made this standalone story.

Loki drifted for a time, exhausted, hoping that unconsciousness would claim him again.

It didn’t.

He needed to let them know the spell wasn’t calibrated correctly, that if they would just tweak it slightly, it would work much more efficiently and without causing him such discomfort. Gathering himself, he gave it everything he had, but only managed to get a few words out before he slipped back into blessed unconsciousness.

“That’s not,” he said, every word an immense effort, “how you do this spell.”

Loki follows the Hulk to earth and finds himself in the care of one Doctor Strange.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Loki_Gen_Fic_Fest/works/65662837

Thanks to @feltwrong for a fun prompt, @scifikimmi for beta reading it for me, and to @cailjei for running this fic exchange. I hope there's another one next year!

[caffetteria-centrale]

Conclave Minor Characters Fest 2025 - For Lent We're Giving Up Main Characters

The Conclave Minor Characters Fest is now up and running on AO3!

Concept:

Roughly once every two weeks, a character/group of characters will be announced. You are encouraged to create fanwork that focusses on that character/some or all of the group of characters. Optional prompts to help you kickstart your work will also be provided, and there will be achievement badges for each challenge plus a special badge for those who complete all challenges.

Current Challenge:

Date: Mon Feb 24 - Sun Mar 9

Focus Character(s): Sister Agnes & The Daughters of Charity

Optional prompts

One Word: Bird

One Line: “No no no, sorry! I just-… I honestly didn’t think you even knew my name.”

Scenario: A scene involving a medicine cabinet.

Rules/Further information:

At the beginning of every challenge period (roughly once every two weeks from February 24 to April 20), a focus character or group of characters and some prompts will be announced. As soon as the announcement is live, you can begin creating and posting fanworks.

Fanworks must contain the current focus character or group of characters. You are welcome to incorporate the prompts into your work, but they are optional. Late submissions are not permitted.

Fanworks of any kind and with any rating are allowed and encouraged.

Please post your finished work to the collection.

Have fun!

There's also a Discord server for fanworks creators, please check out @caffetteria-centrale and leave an ask if you'd like to join.

[ardyforshort]

Conclave Minor Characters Fest 2025 - For Lent We're Giving Up Main Characters

The Conclave Minor Characters Fest is now up and running on AO3!

Concept:

Roughly once every two weeks, a character/group of characters will be announced. You are encouraged to create fanwork that focusses on that character/some or all of the group of characters. Optional prompts to help you kickstart your work will also be provided, and there will be achievement badges for each challenge plus a special badge for those who complete all challenges.

Current Challenge:

Date: Mon Feb 24 - Sun Mar 9

Focus Character(s): Sister Agnes & The Daughters of Charity

Optional prompts

One Word: Bird

One Line: “No no no, sorry! I just-… I honestly didn’t think you even knew my name.”

Scenario: A scene involving a medicine cabinet.

Rules/Further information:

At the beginning of every challenge period (roughly once every two weeks from February 24 to April 20), a focus character or group of characters and some prompts will be announced. As soon as the announcement is live, you can begin creating and posting fanworks.

Fanworks must contain the current focus character or group of characters. You are welcome to incorporate the prompts into your work, but they are optional. Late submissions are not permitted.

Fanworks of any kind and with any rating are allowed and encouraged.

Please post your finished work to the collection.

Have fun!

There's also a Discord server for fanworks creators! Please check out @caffetteria-centrale and leave an ask there or message me here if you'd like to join.

[medusapelagia]

Harringrove future events

I made one for Steddie events and it seems only fair to do one for Harringrove!

Harringrove Story Challenge @harringrovestorychallenge is looking for more writers! From the 16th of January to 31st of March each writer will write a different chapter for the same long story!

Harringrove Big Bang @bigbangharringrove season is almost here! We are going to star posting from the 1st of February!

Harringrove Love Fest @harringrovelovefest is going to keep us company from the 8th to the 14th of February and here are the prompts!

Harringrove Relay Race on the 12th of April @harringrove-relay-race is going to fill our dashboards with a lot of incredible Harringrove contents!

Harringrove Holiday Exchange Holidays are already gone but you can keep giving love to all the wonderful fics written for the @harringroveholidayexchange on the AO3 Collection

Feel free to reblog and add any other event you might know of!

[violsva]

Challenge and exchange and fest mods! Fandom events are great and they take unbelievable amounts of labour and I appreciate them so much.

as a subtitler im incredibly biased as i say this but. shoutout to forms of fan labor other than fanart and fanfiction. fanart and fanfiction are awesome, don't take this as a dig at those, but i have a big appreciation for fans who provide closed captioning/subtitles/translations of works out of love n passion; fans who recap and explain aspects of the original work; fucking SPEEDRUNNERS, holy shit, shoutout to speedrunners and challenge runners in video game communities. lots of things that fall outside the scope of what comes to mind when people think of fanart/fan labor are integral parts of a healthy fan ecosystem

[faiell]

HD Erised Art Claim - Stolen Glances 👀✨

It takes a while for their gazes to meet, but it doesn't mean they weren't always looking.

My giftee was @dodgerkedavra! It was very serendipitous, because dodger had written a fic earlier in the year based off of my prompt for the HD Hurt/Comfort fest. It felt like a good way that I could get her back, so... I tried my very best to!

She asked for: "kissing, intimate times, gorgeous light, when they’re looking at each other and so in love" and "intensity? of color" and "manbun", all of which I tried to deliver on. So yes, everyone thank her for the manbun.

A bit about it

I wanted to see if I could do the equivalent of a pining/slow-burn longfic with just a sequence of illustrations--and not even big, flashy ones with varying compositions--just relatively consistent shots that focus on them and the gradual shift in feelings towards one another.

The main concept was, as the title suggests, that they keep looking at each other when the other is not looking back. Visual yearning! In each illustration, the observer and observed swap. They seem to keep missing each other's glances, until the very last illustration, where they are gazing domestically at each other hahaha.

For each illustration I also tried to work with different color schemes, lighting, and moods, depending on what was happening. Draco's hair also goes on a bit of a journey, which was fun! It was my first time giving him long hair! My favorite length is just right before the manbun, when it's probably long enough to be annoying but not long enough to be put up.

The fest/exchange was all the right things for me - fun, inspiring, and challenging. Thanks to the lovely mods for all their hard work, and for making everything run so smoothly. And thanks to everyone who already left me really nice comments.

View on AO3

[dramioneasks]

HP FESTS: Wizarding World Reverse Trope Fest

Wizarding World Reverse Trope Fest 2024:

A Study of Muggle Tropes: One Bed by New_Ponyo - E, WIP - When Draco Malfoy discovers the muggle one bed trope during a Friday film night at Granger's flat, he realizes it is the perfect way to make his relationship with Hermione more than just a friendship. Diving head first into research, Draco tries to enact the one bed trope on several occasions. What Draco did not take into account and what the muggle films and books did not mention is magic.

Break Me In by allofthelights11 - E, one-shot - We all know why we're here. Forget the setup. Forget the preamble and a backstory. We're just here for the instant gratification. After being forced to admit they want to shag due to an accidental run-in with Veritaserum (there's your setup/preamble/backstory), Draco and Hermione make it as far as an empty conference room before getting right down to business.

The Anti-Marriage Law by Gr8t_78 - E, one-shot - Nobody is going to tell Hermione Granger she can't get married. And if playboy Auror Draco Malfoy is going to pretend to marry her, it'll just prove her point to the Minister of Magic. It's the principle of the thing!

Crash Into Me (Or, There Were No Beds!) by Gr8t_78 - E, one-shot - Draco watched her carefully from the corners of his eyes to gauge her reaction. She eyed the CD player rather nervously. When the third song began, the blush returned to her cheeks. This is the song, Draco thought with a wicked smirk. Let's just find out what gets Granger's knickers in a twist. You come crash, into me And I come into you And I come into you In a boys dream By the time the song, with all of its references to being tied up and hiking up skirts and wearing nothing was finished, Draco was finding the car rather stuffy and overly hot himself. Oh. Oh. “You know, I think I saw a Beatles CD–” Draco said, loosening his collar as Hermione cranked up the fan and blasted herself with the vents. “That would be perfect, thanks,” she said in a pitch at least one octave higher than her usual voice.

Perfect from Far Away by TheMaryScribbler - E, one-shot - It all started with the brush of Granger’s hand against his. The barest touch lit up every nerve in Draco’s palm as if she had burned her brand in him, the feeling lingering long after she was out of sight. … Malfoy’s hand clasped hers, ensuring bare flesh touched flesh and every plan that Hermione made for her life imploded with the force of a dying star. … When Draco and Hermione discover they are each other’s soulmate they only have one question: why can’t they ever manage to be in the same place?

Many Little Deaths by slytherindiaries - E, one-shot - Hermione Granger gets orders to train Draco Malfoy, to use him against Voldemort's regime. She thinks he's useless, he couldn't even kill Dumbledore knowing it would save his life. But Draco isn't who Hermione thinks he is. He's dangerous, cunning, brilliant; a Slytherin after all. And Hermione finds she may like this version of Draco...maybe a little too much.

Draco's Sugar Mommy by Dizzle00 - E, 3 chapters - “I can take are of you, you know,” she murmured, stroking her thumb across his slit, gathering the precum there and pressing on his frenulum. His hips jumped with the sudden need to fuck something. “I have both the desire and the means.” “Fuck,” he hissed. “Please, Hermione. Please please please.” She smiled, a cat-like smirk, her fingers opening his fly and pulling his cock out all the way. She licked her lips looking down at it, encircling it with her hand, gifting him with a long, tight stroke. Oh Merlin, he was going to come all over her, right here in Potter’s sitting room.

Top or Bottom? by havesomewords - E, 3 chapters - An overnight mission to nab a smuggler takes our reluctant Auror partners north to dreary York, where they encounter an endangered dragon egg, far too many Vikings, and absolutely excruciating sexual tension.

It Comes with Practice by MarinaJune - E, one-shot - Draco Malfoy has changed for the better. Hermione sees it. Feels it. Against all prior expectations, he likes her. A lot. She likes him, too. It's hard not to when he says and does almost all the right things. Almost. There are some areas where he falls a bit...short.

where wolves fear to prey by SultryNuns - E, one-shot - Hermione returned to her Eighth Year at Hogwarts changed, a newly made werewolf desperate to evade detection. The issue is, Draco Malfoy has changed too, and he's paying an unavoidable amount of attention. Some pushy prats just won’t let sleeping dogs lie.

UN/BOUND by Hanniesalwaysreading - E, WIP - “Hermione Granger, as I live and breathe.” The stranger's mild voice didn’t match the violence of his hands. “Who–what–” was all Hermione managed to choke out before he grabbed her by the roots of her hair, jerking her back towards him with enough force to tear strands from her scalp. “You went and put on the necklace, didn’t you? Stupid Mudblood. You’ve damned yourself straight to hell.” — Or, Hermione gets trapped in a soul bond, and Draco helps her break it. Written for the 2024 Wizarding World Reverse Trope Fest. [WARNINGS: RAPE/NON-CON]

i bloom, i grow (i glow) by B_LovedHunter - E, WIP - “I… Neville, I need flowers.” He frowned and dropped his hands. “Well, I can certainly help you with that. But your letter made it seem like you had a much more dire issue.” There was no point in keeping anything from Neville. “Something is wrong with me,” she whispered. “Neville. I wake up hungry and I want to eat flowers. I keep dreaming of being a tree, a flower— vines.” “...What?” or, Hermione's concept of love has always been twisted due to her experiences. When she confesses her love to Draco Malfoy, something inside her snaps and she develops an appetite for all the flowers.

The Fate of Our Circumstance by kaycares - E, WIP - Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy - This notice serves as a reminder that 26th September of this year begins the fifth year of your marriage. If a healthy child is not produced by the following 26th of September, your marriage will be dissolved, and new spouses will be assigned to each of you, per the agreement in the Repopulation Act. - The Ministry of Magic

Close Combat by morgan_magic - E, 4 chapters - Draco most certainly does not fancy Hermione, and to prove it, he's started a prank war. After he moves their dormitories opposite each other overnight, he not only begins a nasty game of one-upmanship, but the perfect close conditions to finally make their sexual tension snap.

She Will Be Loved by Midnight_shooting_Star - E, WIP - “I don’t think you're here for a fairy tale book, Mister Malfoy.” She started to sort through the stack of books. “I think it’s time you took your leave from my store.” “Miss Granger, I didn’t come all this way to be turned away.” “I will not be mocked like you did to me at Hogwarts,” She warned. “Yet you defended me in some ways during our sixth year.” He spoke calmly, tapping his fingers on the desk. Hermione glanced up to him looking at him through her dark rose-colored glasses. “You saved us at your parents' Manor so, call it even.” “And at the manor, I know something happened when my aunt carved into your arm. I’m right, aren't I?” He asked, waiting for her response. “Out now!” Hermione growled out under her breath. Draco waved his left finger, “Tsk, tsk, your fangs are showing.” Hermione covered her mouth, “I said get out now!” Her voice was muffled as she reached up and grabbed her wand from her bun with her right hand. Draco held up his hands in defeat. “I get it, but just so you know: I would watch how far you let things go. If you continue letting it fester without trying to control it you will lose yourself, little Bibliophile Princess.” [WARNINGS: VIOLENCE, CHARACTER DEATH]

Last, First by Sessediz - T, one-shot - Hermione Granger thinks that she's read up enough on proper etiquette and is eager to display her skills to her longtime crush, but there seems to be some key differences of proper decorum in the wizarding world from her Muggle comportment classes.

so hot you're hurting my feelings by cosmic_kate - E, one-shot - Draco knows following Granger is never a good idea, though it seems to be some kind of compulsive habit for him—one that pretty much always ends the same way. Him: fucked. He’d followed right behind her in marks years one through five—each failure resulting in a cane across his hands and a disappointed glare from his father. He’d followed her to Hagrid’s hut back in third year, which earned him her wicked right hook. And now, he’s followed her into the hollowed out and evidently possessed old charms classroom under the pretense of fixing it up. Draco Malfoy Tries A Good Deed. His punishment? Heatstroke.

This fest is ongoing.

[greeninkredletters]

Artwork by the amazingly talented, @boopsy

✨Introducing my latest long fic (yes, it will be over 70k words) and submission to the @hp-cry-me-a-river fest... ✨

IN THE LIBRARY WHERE HE KEPT HER

Draco wallows in the sudden passing of his wife Hermione Granger. By charming her favorite books, he's able to live vicariously watching their memories while succumbing to his grief. It will be up to him, the persistence of his friends, and the legacy of Hermione's love whether or not Draco chooses to continue living in the past, or to shut the doors of the library for good. Told through a combination of flashbacks and present-day scenes.

I've been working on this for months, I can't believe I'm finally posting about it...

➡️Updates Every Thursday

[greeninkredletters]

If you want a chance to write your own Soulmate fic!

Soulmates Secret Santa 2024 🥂🎇🎄🌿💏💕

We're happy to announce the HP Soulmates Secret Santa is returning for it's second year!! In association with the HP Soulmates Fest Discord Server, this is an anonymous fanfiction exchange focused on your favorite Harry Potter couples, whoever they may be --- as soulmates! We're a fun and friendly bunch, and we hope you'll join us this year 🥰

💝 2024 Schedule 💝

🧧 Sign-Ups: September 7-September 29 🧧 Works Due: December 1 🧧 Works Revealed: December 26-January 6

Rules, FAQ, and important links will be posted soon, but if you'd like to get a sneak peak, you can always check out our Ao3 Collection page. Follow our Tumblr or join the Discord for updates! We're so happy to have you here!

[mcytblraufest]

MCYTBLR AU Fest 2025: Battleship — General Rules and FAQ

TIMELINE (all times EST): 

May 1: Freeform tag nominations open at 0:00.

May 17: Discord opens at 0:00, Relationship tag nomination starts.

May 19: Freeform tag nominations close at 23:59.

May 24: Signups open at 0:00.

May 28: Relationship tag nominations closes at 23:59.

May 30: Signups close at 23:59.

May 31-June 1: Mods make teams. As soon as teams are complete: gameplay starts.

Aufest creation is expected to run for three weeks after gameplay starts, and will have a two week anonymous reading period after gameplay comes to an end. You can expect the discord to be closing down approximately one week into July.

ABOUT:

MCYTBLR AU Fest 2025: Battleship is a MCYT creation event inspired by the multi-fandom event Battleship where teams of artists, writers, podficcers and web weavers work together to clear game boards faster than the other teams. Each team's board will be made up of squares marked with tags, and a square will be cleared when enough works containing that tag have been posted by that team. Clear your team's board and find traps and treasure, beat word count bosses, and post works faster than the other teams!

AU Fest Battleship is based on the multifandom Battleship Exchange, originally created in 2020 by Soulstoned and Red Ranger, inspired by a community challenge in the Trick or Treat exchange. Without the generous use of the multifandom spreadsheets created by current Battleship mod Firebird, AU Fest Battleship would not be possible.

EXPECTATION: 

Artists can claim any tag clearly represented in their work, to a maximum of 100 tags per work.

Writers can claim any tag clearly represented in their work, with one tag per 100 words posted, a minimum of 300 words per work and a maximum of 100 tags claimed per work. (For example, a 3,200 word work could claim 32 tags, as long as each tag is clearly represented in the work.)

Podficcers can claim any tag clearly represented in the world they're podficcing, with one tag per 100 words of source material, a minimum of 300 words per work and a maximum of 100 tags claimed per work. (For example, a 700 word original source material could claim 7 tags, as long as each tag is clearly represented in the original work). Podficced works must have author permission.

Web weavers can claim any tag clearly represented in the work, with one tag per element of the weave, to a maximum of 100 tags per work, and a minimum of three elements per web weave. All elements must be clearly credited.

RULES:

You must be a member of the discord, for team communication.

Because of Tumblr, Ao3 and Discord TOS, you must be 13 to participate. You must be 18 to participate in an 18plus team.

Respect your fellow participants, even when you disagree on fandom matters

You agree to cooperate with your teammates to the best of your ability, even if you disagree about game tactics. Mods will discord jail people for extended arguing and asshole behaviour will get you kicked from the event.

All works must be mcyt-themed and set in an au— no canon-compliance.

The collection will be opened when at least one team has won the event and every participant has at least one gift.

All works must be complete and created for Aufest 2025.

All works must be gifted to a fellow participant in the event, respecting their DNWs and adhering to their requested ships and tags.

Dark or triggering topics or themes must be tagged for.

No AI-Generated content.

Don't be an asshole.

LINKS:

Discord: Here Ao3 relationship tags [here] Ao3 freeform tags [All Ages here] [18 Plus here] Ao3 Collection: [All Ages here] [18 Plus here] Overflow Prompt Collection: [All Ages here] [18 Plus here] Signup tutorial: Here

FAQ:

What is MCYTBLR AU Fest? MCYTBLR AU Fest 2025: Battleship is a collaborative gifting event where creators come together in teams to create fan works centred on MCYT and set in an alternate universe from canon.

How does it work? 

Nominations and Signups: The event starts with a ship nomination week, where participants nominate ship tags that they want to be available for the event. Mods release a list of event tags covering different aus, themes, or tropes that will be used in gameplay. Once signup opens participant sign up on Ao3 in either the 18-plus or the all-ages collection, using the ship tags nominated earlier, indicating which ships would make a good gift for them, and which event tags they opt into for each ship. For each request you can also fill out a DNW to list things that you do not want as part of a gift to you.

Gameplay: Mods will divide participants into separate teams, and each team will be issued a 10*10 bingo-style board with tags in each square. Participants mark "hits" by posting a work featuring that tag, and once a square is "hit" a certain number of times, mods will reveal if that square contained treasure or a trap. Teams will race to find all the traps on their board and move on to the next round.

Each posted work must be gifted to another participant, respecting their requested ships and Do Not Want, and featuring at least one tag that the person requested. Works should also feature one or more tags from your team’s board to accumulate “hits.” Gifts can be given to your own team members or members of the opposing team.

The rounds go 1) tag board, 2) word count boss, 3) a different tag board, 4) word count boss, 5) final round with every tag in play. Aufest gameplay is over when at least one team has cleared the final tag board, and every participant has at least one gift.

Reading Weeks: All the works are revealed once gameplay is over, and then we take two weeks to read and comment on everyone's works!

What type of MCYT is included? We welcome creations based on any SMP, whether or not they have a canon tag on Ao3. Mianite, DSMP, QSMP, Hermitcraft, 3rd Life, Lifesteal, Witchcraft SMP— it’s all welcome. Crossovers are also welcome.

Can I join if my Art is a Game/Fan Song/Bookbind? While we love seeing different types of art, for this round of aufest participation is restricted to the four types of creation mentioned above— art, fic, podfic, web weave— because of the difficulty of calculating points and processing works quickly during gameplay.

Is shipping allowed? Yes. Because there is no broad fandom-wide consensus about how Creator boundaries are to be enforced in specific cases (whether it's okay to write beeduo as /r or /p is an obvious one, or whether it’s permitted to ship Joel Smallishbeans) or between specific fandoms (Lifesteal approach to shipping and boundaries is different from HBG is different from DSMP), the mods will not be policing any specific understanding of boundaries across the event. The event's motivating ethos is Don't Like Don't Read, in that participants will be able to indicate through tags in signups if they are interested in a given relationship being interpreted as romantic or platonic, and what subject matter they're interested in, and this must be respected when gifts are given. NSFW will have to be opted into and is only able to be opted into if you are part of the 18plus collection.

Is NSFW allowed? Yes. NSFW works are allowed, but must be opted into, both in the signup and by being part of the 18-Plus collection. No one under 18 is permitted to join the 18-plus collection. For the comfort of the greatest number of participants, and to conform with Tumblr TOS, anything with the tags Underage Sex or Adult/Minor Relationship will not be permitted to be part of the event. 

How are Minors defined for the purposes of those warnings? We are primarily using the age within the work— so if the fic itself would require the tags. With recent server epilogues setting a "canon age" has become increasingly difficult across servers, and this is further complicated because of the fandom's tendency to both age up or age down their characters. It is no longer tenable to make a list of characters who are always minors (and by extension, those who are not), when we are taking about aus that frequently modify their ages anyways. As such, we are asking people to make sure that the work they create has all necessary characters being of-age in the work. In cases of ambiguity the mods will be interpreting with an attempt at good faith, but note that clear attempt to circumvent the content rules will fall under the "do not be an asshole" provision and could also result in a ban.

Note: the exception to this rule is if the streamer themselves is currently confirmed to be a minor. Even in an au, adult/minor relationships or Underage Sex would not be permitted in that case.

Are major archive warnings (noncon/graphic depictions of violence/MCD) allowed? Aside from content rules about underage, major archive warnings are allowed. Depictions of real life horrors such as genocide and slavery are not-uncommon motifs in MCYT fics, and the mod team is not interested in legislating which types of horrors, griefs or abuses are inherently worse than others and are therefore off-limits. Because holding writing to a quality standard or saying only survivors can write atrocities is unworkable from a moderation standpoint, the three mentioned major archive warnings (MCD, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Noncon), are permitted to be included.

However, Major Archive Warnings must be explicitly opted into during signups, and delivering un-asked for major archive warnings is grounds for a ban from the event. The major archive warning rape/non-con is only able to be opted into as part of the 18-plus collection.

What is a DNW? Participants will have the opportunity to fill out a DNW, which stands for Do Not Want. This is anything that has the potential to ruin a gift for you, and is where you opt out of content that would trigger, squick, or just render the gift unreadable for you. DNWs must be phrased politely, (so no "No foster aus because they suck and you suck if you like them"), and they must be reasonable, (so no "no blood/injury" if you also opted into graphic depictions of violence, and no attempting to box someone into a specific gift beyond what is depicted in the art, so no "dnw anything that isn't a modern au where scar is a theatre teacher and grian is a biology teacher and they live in a city named hermitopia and grian has a situationship with mumbo and scarian has a rivalry at a coffee shop for the half-price muffins and jellie has psychic powers she's manipulating the muffin market with"), and they must be specific and clear, (so no “no triggering content"). However, they can be as petty (disliking 1st person) or as broad-reaching (no modern aus, no specific ships not opted into, no crossovers with specific servers or fics) as you like. Deliberately breaking someone's DNW is grounds for a ban from the exchange. 

Is Dark/Violent content allowed? As long as it is something that the person has not DNWed, yes. For many of us, the source material that originally drew us to the fandom includes major character death, torture, murder-for-hire, death games, public executions, child death and more. The fanfiction that arose from the source material follows in that trend. We will allow dark content to be part of the event, but it must be tagged for. 

We also ask that participants use best judgement in delivering commonly triggering topics un-asked for. We reserve the right to ban people at mod's discretion for delivering unrequested triggering content, under the "do not be an asshole" rule.

Moreover, if your fic is rated E for any reason, (including violence or gore) it can only be delivered if you are on an 18-plus team, gifted to another 18-plus team member.

How can I get involved? You can participate in this event as a:

Author

Artist

Web Weaver

Podficcer

Mod

Can I participate as a pinch hitter? This event doesn't require pinch hitters in the normal way, because there are no assignments— everyone picks who they want to gift to, as many times as they want. However, the event doesn't end until everyone has a gift, so at the end of the event a list of everyone who doesn't have a gift yet will be posted, and it will be possible for anyone to make a gift for those people at that time. However, in the normal run of an exchange before 14% and 20% of an exchange is pinch-hit, with anywhere from a month to a day to make the gift, and in multifandom battleship the giftless list that gets released is closer to 2% to 3% of the event, with all gifts due ASAP. There are far fewer gifts due in this way, and the format and schedule is quite different. If you are planning to wait to pick up an assignment in this way, you should know that it doesn't work like traditional pinch hitting. If you know you want to participate in the event, you would do better to join a team (you can still pick your own assignment in a manner similar to pinch-hitting), or treat as a non-team-member during the event by picking from the giftless list.

Can I join as a Mod? This event is going to need a lot of modding, as the back end is intensive. We will need mods both to help moderate the discord and keep things collaborative and convivial, and we will need mods to do ao3 backend and spreadsheet work (the spreadsheets are extensive). Mod applications will go up in April. Because of the possibility of handling 18-plus material, all mods will need to be 18 or older.

You said spreadsheets? The spreadsheeting for this event is chiefly thanks to the ingenious Firebird, mod of the original battleship, who did things with spreadsheets we did not know were possible. This event would not work without her coding.

When do I have to join the discord? You have the option to join the discord as soon as it opens on May 17, and we ask that you join before signups close on May 30th.

How does team assignment/claims work? After you fill out your Ao3 signup, you will will out a google form that will ask you some questions that will allow us to balance teams (so that we don't have all the podficcers on one team, for example, or all the faster writers on a different team). Mods will balance the teams based on the google form. If you do not fill out the google form, you will be assigned a team at random.

I'm a slow writer, can I still be involved? Slow writers are an invaluable asset to any team, and are definitely still welcome. As long as you think you can get at least one work finished during the three weeks of the creation period, please, join us!

It sounds like you make works based on tags, but I'm a slow writer and I'm afraid my team is going to clear my board before I finish my work. Can I still help my team? Half the event tags will be on the first board and half on the second, so as soon as you see the first board, you'll know which ones will be on the second, and then you can aim for a work that hits tags from both boards. Let's say the first board is revealed and it has "storms" but not "rain". You start writing a work where rain storms are prominent. Possibilities:

you finish the work during the first board, and hit the "storms" tag.

you finish it during the first boss, and your wordcount goes to defeating the boss.

you finish it during the second board, and hit the "rain" tag.

you finish it during the second boss, and your wordcount goes to defeating the boss.

you finish it during the final board and both rain and storms are in play, and you hit both tags.

you finish it after the game ends and the recipient gets a treat.

The fic I'm writing is turning into a multi-chapter. Do I have to have it all written before I post? Mods will only process tags on works that have been marked as "complete", so yes, you do have to have it all written before you post. Remember, you can claim a maximum of 100 tags per work, so aiming for 10k there or thereabouts will allow you to be maximally efficient.

Can I post a comic? Comics are a great way to hit some more unusual tags! Comic away! However, substantially repeating material in an attempt to boost word count or length is not permitted, so comic panels copied with only minor variations may not be accepted.

What does AU mean in this context? AU stands for Alternate Universe and in this case means anything that would make the work not able to be tagged as canon compliant. Alternate endings, role reversals, complete setting or plot swaps, and crossovers all count. As this is a fest specifically to celebrate AUs, we ask that the AU be a significant and celebrated part of the work, not something that could be skipped if you aren’t paying attention. 

Can I look at the tags before creation period starts? The tag list will be released during nominations week, so everyone can get a look at it and consider which tags work best for their blorbos. We will be asking for community submissions in early May, so you might even get to help build the tag list yourself.

Can I create multiple fics? The spirit of battleship is all about creating multiple works, but we still want everyone to have a chance to contribute. Participants are capped at seven works per tag board or 50k per word count boss, to allow their other team members to contribute.

Can I use AI to help me with my piece? You must create your work yourself, as that is the spirit of the event. Works may not be wholly or partially created by generative text or art programs (so-called "AI") such as chatGPT or OpenArt.ai. Works may not be wholly or partially duplicated from other works, and may not contain substantial repeated material included in an effort to boost word count (such as paragraphs or comics panels that are copied with minor variations).

What if I need to drop out? We know that life is no respecter of event deadlines, so there's no hard feelings if something happens. However, if you are fully going to be unable to contribute for the rest of the event, please contact the mods, because boards may need to be re-balanced if your team is down a member.

I have a question not answered here? Send us an ask on tumblr, contact @antimony-medusa on tumblr or discord!

[wwreversetropefest2024]

Author Reveals are Here!

WW Reverse Trope Submissions:

A Good Boy by PeaceLilyWallArt (E, 11/11)

a memorable valentine's day by blue_violets (G, 1/1)

A Study of Muggle Tropes: One Bed by New_Ponyo (E, 3/5)

Across Enemy Lines, Before the War Begins by @midnightstargazer (T, 1/1)

Baby Carrot by @jelliewrites (E, 1/1)

Blood Traitor by @motherofdogs18 (E, 3/?)

Break Me In by @allofthelights11 (E, 1/1)

Bump, Set, Spike by @browneyesandhair (G, 1/1)

Cheers! once more, with indifference! by @romaniuca (T, 1/1)

Close Combat by @morgan-magic (E, 4/4)

Crash Into Me (Or, There Were No Beds!) by @Gr8t888 (E, 1/1)

Draco's Sugar Mommy by @dizzle0000 (E, 3/3)

Everyone deserves to be happy, except Pansy Parkinson by dearest_writer (T, 1/1)

Footsteps in the Night by @M1dn1ght_Star (G, 1/1)

i bloom, i grow (i glow) by @b-lovedhunter (E, 3/5) @

If History's Clear by @browneyesandhair (T, 1/1)

It Comes With Practice by @sailtomarina (E, 1/1)

Last Kiss by beanclip (M, 1/1)

Last, First by @sessediz (T, 1/1)

Many Little Deaths by Slytherindiaries (E, 1/1)

Miscellaneous Tasks by @moonriverfox (T, 1/1)

Perfect From Far Away by @themaryscribbler (E, 1/1)

private displays of affection by @mintyelbows (E, 1/1)

Red Heads & Herrings by @RatKingPoe (E, 9/9)

She Will Be Loved by Midnight_Shooting_Star (E, 3/?)

so hot you're hurting my feelings by @ktsaysthings (E, 1/1)

sweeter than being alone by @moonriverfox (E, 1/1)

The Anti-Marriage Law by @Gr8t888 (E, 1/1)

The Boy Who Cried 'Love' by @moonriverfox (T, 1/1)

The Boy Who Was Unaware by TheHeiressofDarkness (E, 1/1)

The Fate of Our Circumstances by @kaycares22 (E, 3/14)

The Space Between by @laserswordtraining (T, 3/3)

then, a memory by mintyelbows (G, 1/1)

Thinking by @my-castles-crumbling (T, 1/1)

Top or Bottom? by Trauma_Bingo_Board (E, 3/3)

UN/BOUND by @hanniesalwaysreading (E, 3/?)

What do you mean, we can't get married? by RavenclawViking (M, 1/1)

To be valued by beanclip (T, 2/2)

What's the opposite of love? by @browneyesandhair (T, 1/1)

where wolves fear to prey by @sultrynuns (E, 1/1)

Years to Come by @browneyesandhair (G, 1/1)

I'm so proud and amazed by all our hardworking participants! Thank you so much for sharing your works with us! 🔁

[mcytblrsource]

YEARLY MCYTBLR RECAP: 2024 EDITION

MCYTblr is a very large space if you see any missing events, exchange, or something else please send us an ask!

JANUARY

EVENTS:

FitPac Week Hermitcraft Rare Pair Week Wormman Week Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event MCYT T4T Week SpiderBit Week Treebark Title Swap MCYT Fanfiction Appreciation Week MCYT Physical Disability Week

ZINES AND MAPs:

Flamekeeper Zine Limited Life MAP Tribute to Jellie MAP

FEBRUARY

EVENTS:

MCYT Build Month Etoiles Week Fitpac Valentine's Drabble Fest Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Love Month Techza Week MCYT Yuri Week - Valentines Vylenix Week

GIFT EXCHANGES: (Based off of the beginning of posting period)

QSMP Secret Valentine QSMP Valentine's Gift Exchange MCYT Valentines MCYT Dead Dove Kink Meme Driving After Dark 2

ZINES AND MAPs:

Empires Rainbow Zine Convex Matryoshka MAP

MARCH

EVENTS:

QSMP Month Dream SMP Eras Event SMPLIVE Bingo Shubble Support Day QSMP Language Day Decked Out 2 Writing Challenge Week MCYT Aro Week Skizzleman Week SpiderBit Week Vitalasubzam Week Grumbo Week Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Themes Month MCYT Underdogs Event

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYT Recursive Dream SMP Rarepair Big Bang

ZINES AND MAPs:

Isla y Ovos Zine

APRIL

EVENTS:

Mumscarian Week The Bright Side of Life Series MCYT-Fem Slash Treebark Week Katecinda Week Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Angst Month

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYT Horror Gift Exchange

ZINES AND MAPs:

Hermitzine 8.5: April Fools edition The Minecraft Speedrunning Tarot Project Hermits Zine: Geminitay Edition Desert Duo Tongues and Teeth MAP

MAY

EVENTS:

Hermit-A-Day May HideDuo Kiss Week Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Duos Month! Fish Donna Week Hermitcraft Guess The Author QSMP AU Week

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYT Drabble Exchange

ZINES AND MAPs:

Hermit Coloring Book Mianite Zine

JUNE

EVENTS:

MCYT Omegaverse Month Voices For The Blade MCYT Trans Week Scarian Summer Smooch Fest MCYT Subversion Week Niki Nihachu Summer Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Pre-Canon Month

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYT Multilingual Big Bang

ZINES AND MAPs:

Boatem Village Zine Trafficzine Edition 5 Flowers in the Desert: A Desert Duo Zine

JULY

EVENTS:

MCYT Co-Create Event Gem Pearl Week MCYT Aspec Week Hot Scarian Summer RedScape Week Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Post-Canon Month fWhimmy Week HideDuo Week MCYTblr Fandom Crossover/AU event

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYTBLR AU Fest MCYT Fic Fight Driving After Dark 3 QSMP Big Bang

ZINES AND MAPs:

Petals of a Rose - Hideduo Zine Fairytales from the SMP: Volume II

AUGUST

EVENTS:

MCYT Musical Bingo Event QSMP Month(s) Hypnotizd ship week Skizz Week 2 FelPac week Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Crack Month

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYT Summer of Yuri MCYT RPF KinkMeme

ZINES AND MAPs:

Chronicles: a QSMP Egg Zine MCYT Sapphic Zine Empiropedia Hotguy Comics Zine Hermitzine 9: H is for Hermitcraft Bread Hermitcraft MAP

SEPTEMBER

EVENTS:

MCYT Non-POV Event Your Cubito, Your Culture Event Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Places Month Sausage September

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYTblr Fluff Gift Exchange MCYT Jukebox Bonanza Event

ZINES AND MAPs:

Hermitcraft Season 9 Zine The Hermit Arcana The QSMP Story- Animation Collab

OCTOBER

EVENTS:

MCYT Aro Week 2 Weekly Hermitober + Life Series Spiderbit/Guapoduo Fluff or Fright Scarian Autumn Smooch Fest fWhimmy Week QSMP Halloween Fanworks Event Hideduo Trick or Treat Week ImpSkizztober GTWScartober2024 Rats SMPtober Hermittober Team Ranchers Week Weekly Hermittober Pisstober MCYT Femslash: Vampires VS Werewolves Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Limbo Month 7 Holy Nights of Jeremy

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYT Horror Gift Exchange 2 MCYT Yaoi Exchange MCYT Trick-Or-Treat MCYT Halloween Gift Exchange

NOVEMBER

EVENTS:

DoubleHearted-vember Sixteenth Day Event: Memory Month MCYT Fan Fundraiser: Art Showcase

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYT Prompt Exchange

ZINES AND MAPs:

The Reason is You Zine [SpiderBit]

DECEMBER

EVENTS:

QPR Kersuma Week Dream SMP Sixteenth Day Event: Festive Month Bedrock Bros Prompt Months MCYT Christmas Prompt List Shadowrot Week Fuga4 Week Zedaph Week Felps Weekend Event MCYT Advent Solstice Social Collaborative Fanwork Event

GIFT EXCHANGES:

MCYTblr Holiday Exchange Rivals Duo Holiday Gift Exchange MCSR Mini Gift Exchange MCSR Winter Big Bang MCYT Playwriting Festival

ZINES AND MAPs:

Treebark Zine Coloring with Hermits The Heart of the Ouroboros - LifeSteal Zine Views of Hermitcraft 2025 Calendar Moonrot-Pearleo Zine Hermit Heartthrobs 2025 Calendar Morning Star Zine Double-Hearted : DDVAU Holiday Zine