seasonsofdrabbles | Entries tagged with 2025: 04

With the Spring 2025 round now at an end, we would love to get your feedback on a few things!

First: When would you prefer the next round take place (between June, July, and/or August)? We'll take this into account in combination with the mods' availabilities to create the next schedule.

Second: Off the heels of our largest round so far, it seems like a good opportunity to hear general feedback on what works and what could be better. Are there rules or expectations we could clarify? Suggested changes to the generative AI rule? Something else?

If you don't feel comfortable leaving a public comment with your feedback, you can also comment on the Mod Contact post (where everything is screened) or email us instead.

littlefics

Hi everyone, with all of the pinch hits in, we can confirm that the collection is on track to open on Saturday, May 17, 1:00pm Eastern Time (Countdown)!

Note: If you add a fic to the collection very close to work reveals, it may remain unrevealed even after the collection has opened. Please try re-posting it or re-adding it to the collection. If it is still stuck as unrevealed, get in touch with us ASAP via the comm or email.

littlefics

Hi all, we have one post-deadline pinch hit available! These are all due Friday, May 16, noon Eastern time (Countdown), though we can be flexible if needed.

If you would like to claim a pinch hit, please comment to this post with the name/number of the pinch hit you would like. Make sure to include your AO3 username! Comments are screened.

( CLAIMED PH 2 - Questionable Content (Webcomic), We Are Lady Parts (TV), Severance (TV) )

( CLAIMED PH 3 - 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Outlast (Video Games), Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Midnight Scenes: From the Woods (Video Game) )

( PH 6 - Succession (TV 2018), O Fantasma (2000), The Sergeant (1968), Fireworks (1947)/Succession (TV 2018) )

( CLAIMED PH 7 - Detroit: Become Human (Video Game), Lies of P (Video Game), Tokyo Ghoul )

( CLAIMED PH 9 - Blade Runner 2049 (2017), The Fall Guy (2024), Highlander: The Series, Kraven the Hunter (2024), Arrow (TV 2012)/Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Bullet Train (2022)/Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Drive (2011)/The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Fall Guy (2024)/The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Gray Man (2022)/The Vampire Diaries (TV), Kraven the Hunter (2024)/Marvel Cinematic Universe )

( CLAIMED PH 10 - Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Star Trek: Voyager, Ultraman Arc (TV), Kamen Rider Kuuga, Kamen Rider Ryuki, Stargate SG-1, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), 幽☆遊☆白書 | YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files (Anime & Manga), ナンバーワン戦隊ゴジュウジャー | No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger (TV) )

( CLAIMED PH 11 - ロマンティック・キラー | Romantic Killer (Anime), Café Enchanté (Visual Novel), Syberia (Video Game), Palia (Video Game), ヲタクに恋は難しい | Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Anime), 休日のわるものさん | Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san | Mr. Villain's Day Off (Anime), Doctor Who (2005), My Time At Portia (Video Game) )

( CLAIMED - PH 12 - Final Fantasy XV, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )

( CLAIMED PH 13 - Final Fantasy XII, Metaphor: ReFantazio (Video Game), Persona 5, Final Fantasy IX, SK8 the Infinity (Anime) )

( CLAIMED PH 16 - Invisible Inc. (Video Game), I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game), Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Original Work, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins, Stardew Valley (Video Game) )

( CLAIMED PH 17 - Final Fantasy XII, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, British Comedy RPF, Star Trek: The Original Series, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy XIV, Devil May Cry (Gameverse), The Silt Verses (Podcast), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Devil May Cry (Cartoon 2025) )

( CLAIMED PH 18 - 残疾暴君的掌心鱼宠[穿书] - 雪山肥狐 | The Disabled Tyrant's Pet Palm Fish [Transmigration] - Xuě Shān Féi Hú, 망나니 황자가 오메가인 걸 숨김 | The Rogue Prince is Secretly an Omega (Webcomic), 너의 스탯이 보여! | I Can See Your Stats! (Webcomic), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Clocktaur War Series - T. Kingfisher, The Elric Saga - Michael Moorcock, The Legend of Drizzt Series - R. A. Salvatore, Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey )

( CLAIMED PH 19 - ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Jaws (Movies) )

( CLAIMED PH 20 - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Persona 4, 美男高校地球防衛部LOVE! | Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), Dracula - Bram Stoker (Novel 1897), Fight Club (1999), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), The Beatles (Band), The Cat Returns/The Great Mouse Detective )

littlefics

The deadline for assignments has now passed! We've temporarily closed the collection to take stock, but it will be open for posting again soon. We expect to have the post-deadline pinch hits out approximately a day from now.

In the meantime, please check the email associated with your AO3 account if your assignment still hasn't been approved after a couple hours. We have some queries out.

1AM Eastern Time update: The collection is open for posting once more.

littlefics

Hi everyone, this is a reminder that assignments are due in under 24 hours on Saturday, May 10, 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown).

As we come up on the deadline, we will likely email out a few queries, so take a look in your inboxes when you get the chance!

Recall that all gifts and treats should be for a fandom and character the recipient requested, must be a length they requested, and must not include reasonable DNWs from their AO3 signup. Treats that do not fit any recipient's request may be posted to the collection without a recipient.

littlefics

We have 9 initial pinch hits, which are due at the assignment deadline, Saturday, May 10, 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown).

If you would like to claim a pinch hit, please comment on this post with the name/number of the pinch hit you would like. Make sure to include your AO3 username! Comments are screened.

( CLAIMED PH 1 - Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Movies), MonsterVerse (Legendary Pictures Movies), World Wrestling Entertainment )

( PH 2 - Questionable Content (Webcomic), We Are Lady Parts (TV), Severance (TV) )

( CLAIMED PH 3 - 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Outlast (Video Games), Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Midnight Scenes: From the Woods (Video Game) )

( CLAIMED PH 4 - 仮面ライダーガッチャード | Kamen Rider Gotchard (TV), Kamen Rider Ryuki, わが青春のアルカディア | Waga Seishun no Arcadia | Arcadia of My Youth (1982), Kamen Rider OOO, Kamen Rider Kuuga )

( CLAIMED PH 5 - How to Survive Camping - Fainting--Goat, Inside Out (Pixar Movies), Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! | Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!/Ouran High School Host Club, The Last Halloween (Webcomic), Slay the Princess (Visual Novel) )

( PH 6 - Succession (TV 2018), O Fantasma (2000), The Sergeant (1968), Fireworks (1947)/Succession (TV 2018) )

( CLAIMED PH 7 - Detroit: Become Human (Video Game), Lies of P (Video Game), Tokyo Ghoul )

( CLAIMED - PH 8 - Ender Series - Orson Scott Card, The Lesser Dead (Christopher Buehlman), Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker )

( PH 9 - Blade Runner 2049 (2017), The Fall Guy (2024), Highlander: The Series, Kraven the Hunter (2024), Arrow (TV 2012)/Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Bullet Train (2022)/Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Drive (2011)/The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Fall Guy (2024)/The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Gray Man (2022)/The Vampire Diaries (TV), Kraven the Hunter (2024)/Marvel Cinematic Universe )

littlefics

Assignments have now been sent out!

The deadline is Saturday, May 10, 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown>). If your assignment has not been submitted to AO3 by then, you will be defaulted.

If your recipient did not request a fandom, character, and drabble type you offered, please contact the mods at seasonsofdrabbles@gmail.com ASAP.

If you need to default, please do so via the button on AO3.

For the requirements your drabble must meet, please see our guidelines. The collection is moderated and we will be doing a brief check of submitted works before admitting them into the collection. If we see an issue, we will contact you through email.

If you write a drabble for a fandom in the tagset but it doesn't fit anyone's request, you may post it to the collection anyway, with no recipient.

We'll aim to post initial pinch hits later on Wednesday. Happy drabbling!

littlefics

Initial matching is complete. Please check the email associated with your AO3 account if your AO3 username starts with W, as we've reached out about your unmatchability. We will give 24 hours for a response before we proceed with the rest of matching.

littlefics

Signups for the current round are now closed, with amazing turnout! Below is the expected timeline for the next couple days:

Like always, for the next 12 hours, people can contact us to add to their signups. This is intended for people who may have run into the character tagset bug when signing up close to the deadline, or whose nominations were approved late. However, anyone may ask to have characters/fandoms added to their requests or offers. If you would like us to add to your signup, please post on the screened mod contact post or email us at seasonsofdrabbles@gmail.com. Please make sure to include your AO3 username.

After that window has closed, we will check the matching and send out emails to anyone who is unmatchable on offers. They will be given 24 hours to respond.

Barring unexpected delays, assignments will go out before the end of Wednesday, April 30.

As you wait for assignments to go out, please feel free to check out the app to browse requests and start writing!

littlefics

Just a reminder that you have a day and a half left before both signups and nominations close on Monday, April 28 @ 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown). See below for the handful of nominations queries remaining.

Here's the requests app that may be easier to browse than AO3. Regarding the tagset, remember to check out Uncategorized Fandoms for crossovers and other fandoms you might have missed!

As usual, there will be a 12-hour grace period after signups close during which you can ask us to add tags to your requests/offers.

Nominations queries:

呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime): The tag "Hoshi Kirara (Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime))" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character appears in the anime. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon, or whether they only appear in the manga?
The Boxcar Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner: Multiple tags that look like crossovers were nominated under this fandom. Please nominate them under a separate crossover fandom instead.
Little Shop of Horrors - Menken/Ashman: The tag "Chantel (Little Shop of Horrors)" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character exists. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon? Otherwise, we will reject the tag once nominations end.
Heartbeat (UK TV): The tag "Cup of Tea (Object and Concept Anthropomorphism)" was nominated, but we wanted to double-check if this is indeed a nomination for a cup of tea that appears in Heartbeat—in which case it should be disambiguated with the proper fandom—or if it was an error. Otherwise, we will reject the tag once nominations end

Thank you!

littlefics

Signups have just opened, and nominations are still ongoing!

We have ~~two~~ three nominations queries at this time. If you were one of the nominators of these tags, we would appreciate you helping us with clarifications:

Little Shop of Horrors - Menken/Ashman: The tag "Chantel (Little Shop of Horrors)" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character exists. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon?
Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! | Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!: The tag "Sheriff Dekastop (Eizouken)" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character exists. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon?
Heartbeat (UK TV): The tag "Cup of Tea (Object and Concept Anthropomorphism)" was nominated, but we wanted to double-check if this is indeed a nomination for a cup of tea that appears in Heartbeat—in which case it should be disambiguated with the proper fandom—or if it was an error.

Thank you!

littlefics

Signups are now open (a tiny bit early)! They will remain open until Monday, April 28 @ 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown). You can browse the requests in the app!

The tagset will remain open for nominations through the end of signups. Please disambiguate your nominations to make the approvals process faster. IMPORTANT NOTE! If AO3 won't let you signup for a character that you know is definitely in the tagset, please comment here or email us with the exact fandom and character(s) you were trying to request/offer. A mod will then batch load it for you on the backend, and you will be able to request it.

You must request 3-10 fandoms with 1-20 characters and 1-7 drabble types each. Fandoms in your requests must be unique, but may be related (e.g., three Star Wars requests would be fine, as long as it was three separate Star Wars fandoms).

If you wish, you may request Any for drabble type. This means you are open to receiving any of the 7 drabble types in the tagset.

If you wish, you may request Any character. This means any character in the canon (NOT just the tagset). Please do not request Any unless you really are open to receiving any character from that canon.

If you have character DNWs, requesting Any might not be the best idea, as this could end up with a bad match with someone who had only offered that character. We will be checking for this before we send assignments, but it's possible we could miss something, which would lead to us having to re-assign your writer and send you to pinch hit. (Note that the character DNW would still be upheld in this situation.) If you are requesting Any and do not wish to receive fic about objects, etc., you should DNW that as well.

Blank signups are allowed, but prompts, likes, and a list of DNWs are strongly encouraged.

Offers:

You must offer 3-10 fandoms with 1-20 characters and 1-7 drabble types each. Fandoms in your offers must be unique, but may be related (e.g., three Star Wars offers would be fine, as long as it was three separate Star Wars fandoms).

If you wish, you may offer Any for drabble type. This means you are open to writing any of the 7 drabble types in the tagset. (Note that unless your recipient has also requested Any, you must write one of the specific drabble types they requested.)

If you wish, you may offer Any character. This means any character in the tagset (i.e., if your recipient has requested specific characters, you must write one of them). Please do not offer Any unless you really are open to writing any character in the tagset for that fandom (including any last-minute additions to the tagset).

Do Not Wants:

Only reasonable DNWs in your AO3 signup will be enforced.

A reasonable DNW is a DNW that is clear and does not attempt to box your writer into writing just one thing.

Other:

Some tags may not appear in the drop-down menu, but can still be used by copy-pasting from the tagset itself. This is a known AO3 bug.

If you encounter any issues while signing up, please let us know ASAP, as AO3 bugs can sometimes hit exchanges.

If you need to let us know something about your signup (such as not wanting to be assigned to a specific other participant), please contact us via email (seasonsofdrabbles AT gmail) or the mod contact post.

littlefics

Nominations are now open for the spring 2025 round of Seasons of Drabbles! Nominations will remain open until signups close on Monday, April 28.

Important Reminders

We added a rule last round that we would not approve broad writer's-choice character nominations (e.g., "Creator's Choice of Demon" or "Any Star Trek Captain"). This is because it requires the mods to have fandom-specific knowledge when checking that gifts are for a requested character during approvals. Instead, please nominate specific characters.

For example, we would not approve "Creator's Choice of Jedi" under Star Wars because it'd require the mods to know/find out which individual characters in a gift are Jedi or not. Instead, we'd ask you to nominate specific Jedi characters. The only fandoms where such broad nominations are permitted are the "Creator's Choice" fandoms (e.g., "Female Character"), since by their nature, character nominations cannot be specific.

All character nominations should be disambiguated, for example: Steve Rogers (Captain America (Movies)). Not doing this slows the approval process significantly, so please disambiguate! Characters may be nominated in any/every fandom in which they appear.

General Guidelines

You may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 characters each.

With some exceptions, both umbrella fandoms and sub-fandoms are allowed. For instance, you may nominate under Marvel Cinematic Universe or Star Wars - All Media Types. You may also nominate under sub-fandoms such as Thor (Movies) or Star Wars Original Trilogy.

Please remember that if you request Any for an umbrella fandom, you will be requesting any character who appears in any of the fandoms below the umbrella - NOT just characters in the tagset. So if you plan to request Any, you may want to request under a specific sub-fandom rather than the umbrella.

RPF is allowed. Nominated RPF characters must be famous in their own right, and must be 18+ for modern RPF.

Crossovers are allowed. Crossover fandoms should be nominated as Fandom A/Fandom B. Character nominations for crossovers should be nominated as Character's Name (Fandom A/Fandom B). For example, if nominating Luke Skywalker for a Narnia/Star Wars crossover, the fandom would be nominated as Chronicles of Narnia/Star Wars, while the character would be nominated as Luke Skywalker (Narnia/Star Wars).

Recursive fandoms are allowed. The required format is Recursive: Fic/Series title - Creator. Recursive fandoms may be nominated under two circumstances: 1. the creator has posted a blanket permission statement, 2. you are the creator. In either case, please contact us when nominating so that we have the pertinent permissions. Characters nominated under recursive fandoms should be disambiguated with the title of the recursive fandom.

Since we will be re-using the tagset all year, recursive fandoms will be removed on an as-needed basis between rounds (only if a blanket permission statement comes down, or the creator asks for it to be removed).

Original Works are allowed. When nominating characters, please disambiguate with (Original Work). If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination. An example nomination: Original Nonbinary Character (Original Work)

Original characters may also be nominated in existing fandoms. When nominating an original character within an existing fandom, please disambiguate with the name of the fandom. If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination. An example nomination: Original Anbu Character (Naruto)

Objects/concepts/etc. may be nominated in the character slot for any canon in which they appear. For Original Works, you can make some up if you would like. Some example nominations: Cursed Hat (What We Do in the Shadows (TV)), Magic Mirror (Original Work)

littlefics

Seasons of Drabbles is an exchange for the creation of drabbles and drabble variants. It will run once per season*. The current round is for spring 2025.

We've included some clarifying information on drabble types in the Guidelines, so check them out if you're unsure of their definitions!

*4x per year, with each round taking place sometime within a three-month period (March-May, June-August, September-November, December-February). Each round will take about a month from nominations through author reveals.

Schedule:
Nominations open: Monday, April 14 (will remain open through signups)
Signups open: Monday, April 21
Signups close: Monday, April 28 @ 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown)
Assignments out by: Wednesday, April 30
Assignments due: Saturday, May 10 @ 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown)
Collection opens: Saturday, May 17 @ 1:00pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown)
Authors revealed: Monday, May 19 @ 1:00pm Eastern Daylight time

This round's AO3 Collection | Tagset | Nomination guidelines | Requests App | Mod email: seasonsofdrabbles@gmail.com

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