#valenturnsday2023

[honorhearted]

[viola-ophelia]

💘💘 The Valen-TURNs Day Ship Bingo is here! 💘💘

a huge thank you to everyone who sent me prompt suggestions!! i incorporated as many as i could without having any repeats/too similar ones. 

i want this to be super flexible, so here are some of the options for how this can work. you can pick: 

a traditional “bingo” (row, column, or diagonal) of 4 prompts 

a square of 4 prompts right next to each other 

2 prompts next to each other, or even just one that stands out to you! 

once you’ve picked your prompts, get creating! the deadline is february 14th, valentine’s day. please tag your creations with #valenturnsday2023 so i can see them!

not to keep spamming these posts with gifs of jpeg making out, but, welllll, it IS a valentine’s day event so i’ll leave you all with that ;) 

[slopofpaws]

Happy Valenturn’s Day!!! Have some Washington (with a quote from the I Made America pickup lines video). 

I might make more, that was fun and quick. 

[musicboxmemories]

Valen-TURNs Day Ship Bingo hosted by @viola-ophelia! <3 Prompt: Men in uniform Title: At Your Service Summary: You've always loved a man in uniform. Ben x Reader (this ain't for kiddos) https://archiveofourown.org/works/44643181

[tallmadgeandtea]

Happy Valen-TURNs Day!

Hello, and Happy Valentine’s! (And happy birthday to me!) For today’s Turn event, here is a little Drabble that fits the “secret relationship” space- which, to be quite honest, is something Benjamin and Elizabeth are very good at. Sometimes. Only sometimes.

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“Major Tallmadge!” She shrieked, but it was already too late- the front door of Greene’s quarters shut, the slam seemingly shaking the entire valley, and he was grabbing her hand, pulling her with him like a relentless captor, but he wasn’t wicked. No, she saw it in his smile, in that charming, irreducible grin, in the shining, sky blue of his eyes, laughing when his mouth couldn’t. It was useless to try and dig her toes in, whirl her head around to see if anyone was watching.

He’d the won race before, so it was only fair to let him have this, right?

Don’t act like you don’t want it either, Elizabeth.

She learned it rather quickly in camp that-

God help her, she loved being reckless.

She closed her eyes for a few brief seconds, intently listening to the sounds in front of her, being her, surrounding them. Birds in the trees. The ever so faint, ever so distant sound of General Greene’s voice in the four walls. Benjamin’s helmet hitting the ground in a careless thud. The swish of her skirts as she flew through the air and landed in his grip- she was higher than the birds, higher than the trees, her heartbeat picking up and taking off like diving off a cliff and learning to fly.

Falling?

She couldn’t fall if he was holding her.

She kept her eyes closed for one more second- he kissed her, tilting her head up to meet his, his hands spread out against her back, pulling her cloak close. She caught his sharp intake, desire passing through all the joy, the laughter. Kissing him was never something she didn’t understand, something she had to learn.

She wanted him to go deeper, wanted him to take off her cloak and lay it on the ground-

Want to let him win, do you?

She opened her eyes.

They were outside Greene’s house, up against the stone wall, the window inches from them. If she moved her hand the wrong way, she’d bang on the glass, ruin everything.

“Benjamin,” she breathed.

“Yes, Elizabeth?” He said, sickeningly, dangerously innocent.

But she didn’t pull away. “We could’ve been seen!”

“Yes,” he answered, going in swiftly for another kiss, his lips on her neck.

She pushed him off, too little, too late. “We’ve got to stop meeting like this.”

He tilted his head, playing the role, practiced ease radiating off him. “How?”

“With you-“ she paused, breaking her stare. “With you flustering me!”

“I enjoy it too much, after a long day’s work.” He somehow stepped closer, his legs spread out to fit through her skirts. “As much as you enjoy being here.”

“That’s impossible,” she whispered. No one loved it here more than she did. “And it should be the other way around,” she added.

“Whatever do you mean, Miss Walker?”

Maybe she wouldn’t let him win.

Not completely.

She reached out, sliding a slim arm past the blue wool, her sleeve brushing his waistcoat until she found the back, the ties underneath her fingertips. “There was a time I was the one who left you flustered.”

Benjamin’s breath caught in his throat, crumbled up like a piece of paper in her fist. “I… I remember it.”

She pouted, blinking, “Do you, Major?”

“Yes.”

“Do you remember following me around like a lovesick boy? Saying my name softly? Escorting me home?”

He smiled. “When did I ever stop?”

She laughed, freeing her other hand, raising it until her grip was around his neck. “Good. I knew you had a perfect memory.”

“Like I could ever forget anything about you, Elizabeth.”

“Take me home, Benjamin.”

The sudden snap of thunder broke the birdsong, her moment of recklessness.

“Sooner rather than later,” she sighed.

[turnwashingtonsbaddies]

happy valenturnsday everyone!! I did NOT follow the bingo board very well, but I did write two fics for my two favorite ships (tallster and jpeg) and would be thrilled if you checked them out!!

tallster: Beside the Lighthouse

jpeg: Silk and Lace, Diamonds and Jewels

[honorhearted]

Valen-TURNS Ship Bingo hosted by @viola-ophelia Favorite non-canon pairing: Ben + Happiness

[viola-ophelia]

valenTURNs day is (almost) here!!! here, have these terrible valentines LOL

john andre is obviously the valenturns day mascot since he’s the true sexyman of turn <3 HAHA anyway, don’t forget to tag your creations as #valenturnsday2023 so i can see and reblog them! 

[viola-ophelia]

💘 TURN event announcement: Valen-TURNs Day 2023! 💘

hey turn fandom!! after how much fun i had running the TURNsgiving event a few months ago, i thought it might be fun to organize another small fandom event - this time, a TURN valentine’s day ship bingo! (shout out to @rhogeminid and @musicboxmemories​ for helping me come up with this idea haha.) 

i admittedly have never run or participated in a fandom bingo LOL, but i feel like it could be a super fun (and very lowkey) event. the way i’m thinking it could go is: i’ll open my ask box, and anyone who wants to can send in suggestions for the “squares” of a 4x4 bingo board. 

example suggestions could be tropes, settings, dialogue snippets, G/T/M/E ratings, more generic things like “favorite canon pairing”... basically anything that you think could make a good ship-related prompt! (bonus points for prompts that are amrev/18th-century specific, if you can think of any.) 

please send in as many prompt suggestions as you want! the deadline for sending in suggestions will be 💘 january 31st, one week from today. 💘 

on that day, i’ll make the bingo board and post it along with a more in-depth explanation of the different options (and there will be many, i want this to be a fun and flexible exercise for anyone who wants to participate!) for creating! once the bingo board is posted, you’ll have until valentine’s day to create, and then we’ll all share what we’ve made on the holiday. 

i’m thinking the tag for this event could be #valenturnsday2023 ! you can tag your creations with that so i can see it and share it :) 

i’ll leave you with this gif to get into the valentine’s day spirit LOLOL <3 (also please let me know in the comments of this post if you have any suggestions!!)

[musicboxmemories]

For @viola-ophelia‘s Valen-TURN’s Day Bingo (see her pinned post)! Prompt I chose: Eyes meeting across the room for Ben and Mary Floyd

[viola-ophelia]

💕💕💕 this semester has been crazy busy, but i obviously had to participate in my own valenTURNs day ship bingo, so here, have a few sets of drabbles! most of them are inexcusably angsty for valentine’s day, but ahh well hahaha. 💕💕💕

annlett

jpeg

abigail/akinbode and john andre/philomena (i posted them together since they’re only 100 words each lol)  

enjoy LOL! 

[honorhearted]

ValenTURN's Day Ship Bingo, hosted by: @viola-ophelia

Prompt: Letter-writing (obviously, I had to go with Ben's fake love letter to Anna, because they never showed it -- though T.witter DID share the letter and it was...definitely something lol.)

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Dearest Lady of My Sincerest Affections,

Our assignations over this past month have aided me unlike any other. While I witness such ugliness and bloodshed on a near-daily basis, one word from you alone reminds me that there is still beauty in this world; that there is still kindness and hope and faith and light. You are my North Star here to guide me – my Anna – shining and true. 

Perhaps I am weak of heart and soul, but I find myself in the throes of the most painful, splendid of all emotions; and yet suffer I do, quietly and at your service. Because of my torment, I feel compelled to inform you that we are to raid York City within a week. I will be away from you, and worse yet, you shall be away from me. Never before have I been uneasy over the prospect of departure, and yet I know it is because our parting, no matter how brief, is the most painful of all separations. Just the thought alone leaves me torn asunder…destroyed and sacrificed upon your altar. But I would sacrifice myself ten times over, should it mean I could bask within just one of your smiles. You are both the beginning and end of my days, and I hope to always be so helplessly entangled in your thrall.

Forever Yours,

Your Humble and Most Affectionate Friend,

Benj. Tallmadge

[viola-ophelia]

hey guys! shall i post the valenturn’s day bingo a few days early, or wait till the 31st to see if anyone has any last-minute prompt suggestions? i have it ready now, so maybe people wanna check it out and get started on their creations? 

[viola-ophelia]

hey guys, just a reminder to send in prompt suggestions for the turn valentine’s day ship bingo if you want to and you haven’t already! i have a good few, but i could use a few more before the 31st :) 

[amberlynnmurdock]

okay i picked my prompt for Valenturns Day 2023 omg !!!