Check-In Post - Jan 9th 2026
Jan. 9th, 2026 06:28 pmHello 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: What are your crafting goals for 2026?
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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!
[Prompt #476] BtVS / Spuffy — Cold Shiver
Jan. 9th, 2026 06:13 pmTitle: Cold Shiver
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Setting/Spoilers: Set in S6, during ep. 6x16 “Hell’s Bells.”
Summary: Buffy’s inner realization about Spike.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Prompt: #476 - Regret
Crossposted:
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( READ: Cold Shiver )
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Setting/Spoilers: Set in S6, during ep. 6x16 “Hell’s Bells.”
Summary: Buffy’s inner realization about Spike.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Prompt: #476 - Regret
Crossposted:
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( READ: Cold Shiver )
Check-In Post - Jan 8th 2026
Jan. 8th, 2026 08:16 pmHello 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: What are your crafting goals for 2026?
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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!
[#286 | Working Together] Challenge Post
Jan. 7th, 2026 10:40 pm| Challenge 286: WORKING TOGETHER |
Some things can’t be done alone. Maybe it’s a project that needs multiple pairs of hands to make it work, maybe it’s a long-term quest to save the world that’s going to require a lot of people and a lot of skillsets, or maybe it’s as simple as a cat that needs at least two people to corral her into a carrier to go to the vet; whatever it is, it’s going to need some people to work together. How are your characters at working together? Does it come naturally to them, or do they struggle? What are they working together for? Write a story about working together. If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
| Challenge ends Monday, January 12 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 286 – working together • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here |
[#285 | Fresh Start] Results Post
Jan. 7th, 2026 10:29 pmHere are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #285 – Fresh Start!
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 2992
Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!
autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those next week.
You may now post your Challenge 285 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 2992
Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!
You may now post your Challenge 285 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!
#176 Verboten - Miami Vice poem - Hopeless Heart
Jan. 7th, 2026 05:25 pmTitle: Hopeless Heart
Fandom: Miami Vice (TV)
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: PG
Words: 65
POV: Sonny Crockett (Sonny/Rico)
Notes: About the ‘author’. With the few fandoms I’ve done poetry for in the past, I’ve used a special pseudonym for the specific character pov, just for fun. For Josef’s poems in Moonlight, I used JK Fitz, his initials and Fitz(gerald) the name he was using when he lived in NYC, just because it sounded cool. Sunshine Superman is Sonny’s, because I think it fits him both in terms of irony and his true nature.
( Hopeless Heart )
Fandom: Miami Vice (TV)
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: PG
Words: 65
POV: Sonny Crockett (Sonny/Rico)
Notes: About the ‘author’. With the few fandoms I’ve done poetry for in the past, I’ve used a special pseudonym for the specific character pov, just for fun. For Josef’s poems in Moonlight, I used JK Fitz, his initials and Fitz(gerald) the name he was using when he lived in NYC, just because it sounded cool. Sunshine Superman is Sonny’s, because I think it fits him both in terms of irony and his true nature.
( Hopeless Heart )
Check-In Post - Jan 7th 2026
Jan. 7th, 2026 07:39 pmHello 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: What are your crafting goals for 2026?
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!
BtVS: I Spy… [Challenge 483: Shiver]
Jan. 7th, 2026 05:51 pmTitle: I Spy…
Fandom: BtVS
Author:
Characters: Buffy, Angel, Drusilla.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 483: Shiver.
Spoilers/Setting: Lie To Me.
Summary: Buffy sees something she really wishes she hadn’t
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
I Spy…



















