m_findlow

Our new challenge is:

GARDEN

As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, 10th October. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.

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The Wrench challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: A Difficult Decision by

badly_knitted
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: From Worst To Better by

darkjediqueen
Discworld: Fanfiction: Ridcully and the Stuck Drawer by

smallhobbit
Terraria: Fanfiction: Flames of the Heart by

infinitum_noctem
Torchwood: Fanfic: Whodunnit by

m_findlow
Unchained Love: fanfic: an irresistible force by

teaotter
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Handyman by

veronyxk84
Greek Myth: Fanfic: Homeward Bound by

drabblewriter
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fan Fic: Two Ants by

apachefirecat
垂涎 (Desire): Fanfic: small with insipidity (dripping with—) by

bluedreaming
White Collar: fanfic: Thursday by

highlander_ii

Also, congratulations to those who earned badges and name tags this round:

china_shop earned 25 Challenge Streak (SILVER), The Map Maker, The Map Maker (SILVER), The Prognosticator (SILVER), The Prognosticator (GOLD), and The Time Turner.

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Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.

The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.

Next challenge coming right up.

enchanted_jae

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Title: Thursday
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Length: short
Content notes: none apply
Summary: Mozzie needs help again

( Thursday )

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Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.

This Week's Question (courtesy of

ysabetwordsmith): For those of us who do yarn crafts, what kinds of yarn do you prefer working with and why?

If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

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Title: Feeling Rough
Fandom: BtVS
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Buffy.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 469: Rough.
Spoilers/Setting: Killed By Death.
Summary: Buffy feels awful, but she’s on patrol anyway.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

Feeling Rough

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Title: Feeling Rough
Fandom: BtVS
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Buffy.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 469: Rough at

drabble_zone.
Spoilers/Setting: Killed By Death.
Summary: Buffy feels awful, but she’s on patrol anyway.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Feeling Rough... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Title: Burning Issue
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo, JJ.
Rating: PG-13
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: Overhearing Dee and Ryo’s conversation, JJ manages to get the wrong end of the stick.
Written For: Challenge 490: Issue at

fan_flashworks.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.

( Burning Issue... )

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torchwood100

Title: Unwanted Memories
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 885: Search.
Spoilers: Fragments.
Summary: Some memories never go away.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

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Title: Unwanted Memories
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 885: Search at

torchwood100.
Spoilers: Fragments.
Summary: Some memories never go away.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Unwanted Memories... )

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smallhobbit

And here are my final two things for the year. Both of which aren't unique to this year, but still count as things I shall be doing.

24 - Christmas cards

As usual, I shall be sending out Christmas cards, both physical cards and e-cards. Given the vagaries of the post, I shall be writing my main post later this month, but you are welcome to let me have your details sooner. Please note, comments on this post will not be screened, so it would be wiser to either wait for the next post, when they will be screened, or DM me.

25 - Twelve Days of Christmas

Every year I write twelve ficlets for friends which are posted daily from 26 December to 6 January. By tradition, my main post will go up on 1 December, but you are welcome to place an earlier request. However, they won't be written or posted sooner!

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Fandom: 垂涎 (Desire)
Mods please use the f: cdrama (category) tag
Rating: M
Length: 100 words
Content notes: blood, thoughts of injuring an antagonist physically, moderate(?) gore
Author notes: The title is from Amsterdam by Yao Feng, and EKELÖF'S DREAM by Peter Riley.
Summary: The episode 14 scene in the restaurant.

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enchanted_jae

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Current Music: "Don't Forget Me" ~ Glass Tiger

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Title: Two Ants
Fandom: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Casey/April
Rating: PG-13/T for implied sexual content
Summary: April remembers fondly.
Word Count: 614
Written For: Fan FlashWorks 492. Wrench. Also fulfills 100 Ships 83. Scarlet
Date Written: 29 September 2025
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.

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Title: Homeward Bound
Fandom: Greek Myth
Characters: Odysseus
Rating: G
Length: 62 words (3 sentences)
Summary: Odysseus has mixed feelings on leaving Troy.

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get_knitted

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Title: Getting Cosy
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: There’s nothing better than an oversized sweater on a chilly evening.
Written For: Weekend Challenge Prompt: Autumn at

1_million_words.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.

( Getting Cosy... )

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Title: Quality Clothing
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Eleventh Doctor, Amy, Rory.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 962: ‘Tweed’ at

dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Some people have no appreciation for classic attire.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.

( Quality Clothing... )

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torchwood100

Title: Search And Rescue
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 885: Search.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack and Ianto take on a rescue mission.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble. Set in my Ghost of a Chance ‘Verse.

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Title: Search And Rescue
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 885: Search at

torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack and Ianto take on a rescue mission.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble. Set in my Ghost of a Chance ‘Verse.

( Search And Rescue... )

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Title: Handyman
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:

veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S7, between eps. 7x12 “Potential” and 7x13 “The Killer in Me.”
Summary: Buffy fears another plumbing apocalypse, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Challenge: #492 - Wrench

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( READ: Handyman )

merrileemakes

I'm back colouring my Yggdrasil/cosmic tree of life. When I last showed this project I was deliberating over how to best colour the hills behind the tree.

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mxcatmoon

Are there any old Miami Vice fans on here who are up for some discussion?

It's all Olderthannetfic's fault. They posted some mentions of MV on Tumblr recently and it rekindled my interest. Now I'm writing a fanfic and contemplating another. The 80s TV show, not the movie.

My question is, what do you think happened to the characters after the end of the series? But before I get into that, just want to say a few things:

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Current Mood: contemplative

merrileemakes

I had a cone of yarn sitting on my craft room desk for weeks. Waiting.

I wanted to do a bleach test and burn test on it to try to identify its fibre content. Once I knew its content I could start thinking about what kind of weaving I wanted to use it for, and use the cones up. Which is definitely a goal for this year.

But for some reason it just wasn't happening. So I sat down for a moment and tried to work out why. I realised that it was the faff that was putting me off. Mucking about in the laundry with little glass jars of bleach and matches was messy and kinda fiddly. So I decided to just do it, but to grab all the other mystery cones of yarn I had and test all of them at once. I explain more about bleach and burn tests in my mystery yarn tour post.
( Burn baby burn )

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Title: 'Bombast'
Fandom: Original Poetry
Author:

but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 67
Characters/Pairings: Original
Warnings: None
Notes: Using Challenge #125: Phlegmatic, Challenge #159: Desultory, Challenge #164: Periphery, and Challenge #165: Bombast. Crossposted to

ficlet_zone.
Summary: I wish you were more the phlegmatic sort

( Bombast )

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fandomweekly

Here are the entries for this challenge:

( List of entries )

Please Note: Because we only have 3 entries this week, there is only a First Place and Runner Up to vote for!

In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (both spots) in order to be counted. Winner votes are worth 2 points, Runner Up votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.

When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:

First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Runner Up: 88. Another Fic Title

Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.

Voting closes Wednesday, October 1 at 9:00PM EST.

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Title: 'By Leaps and Bounds'
Fandom: Pokémon (Spoilers for Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)
Author:

but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 169
Characters/Pairings: Norman, Brendan
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to

ficlet_zone
Summary: Norman is having a difficult time looking his son in the eye.

( By Leaps and Bounds )

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Title: 'Pardon'
Fandom: Original Poetry
Author:

but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 108
Characters/Pairings: Original
Warnings: None
Notes: Using Challenge #7: Eschew, Challenge #99: Eclectic, Challenge #160: Athenaeum, Challenge #161: Taciturn, and Challenge #163: Conformist. Crossposted to

ficlet_zone.
Summary: So try to take it as a good sport

( Pardon )

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