some upcoming events/challenges

fandomtrees has delayed their opening till January 11th and still has some needy trees, in case you can spot something you can/would like to fill.

seasonsofdrabbles, a multi fandom drabble exchange, has opened nominations for their Winter round and it will be open through signups. The previous tagset has been saved so you can check it to make sure what you want is already there. Find out more details here.

worldbuildingex, an multi fandom fanworks exchange based on the theme of world building, is accepting nominations until Monday, January 10th. You can learn more about it this way.

purimgifts, an exchange with a "focus on characters who're at least one of women, jewish, or persecuted by evil viziers" has opened sign-ups until January 9th.

trope_bingo has opened sign-ups for Round 18. You can sign-up from now until April 10th. The last day to post bingos for this round is April 30th.

rthstewart has posted about the Three Sentence Ficathon. It is slated to start January 15th, in case you would like to start thinking about prompts.

space_swap has posted their 2022 schedule. Nominations will open on January 28th.

Fandom Specific:

The Pirates of the Caribbean fic exchange is open for sign-ups until March 2nd. All ships (gen and romantic) welcome. Rules and details can be found on the AO3 profile.

snowflake challenge #4

Challenge #4:

In your own space, make a list of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, and/or that you'd like someone to create or do for you. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

A machine that will write my fics for me! :D Oh, wait, this is not the impossible wish list? Okay, for real then:

Book recs: I really want to get back into reading but I don't know where to start. I really like mysteries (not thrillers though) and the Jane Austen-type books (I also loved North & South).

Comic book recs! I would like to start getting into DC Comics this year but I'm a little confused on where to start or if there are online resources on where to access them. Clark, Lois, and Clark/Lois are my favorites.

More fics, fic recs, fanart/icons, fanvids, and/or fanvid recs for my favorite ships, especially the rarepairs (listed below):
Smallville: Clark/Oliver, Clark/Lois/Oliver, Lois/Tess, Lois/Lana, Lana/Tess
Gilmore Girls: Lane/Dave
Ted Lasso: Sam/Jamie (though I would love Ted Lasso icons in general! Where do people get those?)
MCU: Sam/T'Challa, Sam/Erik Killmonger, Nebula/Rhodey

Better ways to interact with fandom people, especially to squee about ships and fic ideas together. Yes, I'm nostalgic for the peak LJ days. I do miss having a regular beta too. I like Tumblr, but it doesn't work that way, and I am not quite sure where the majority of people hang out on DW. Also, I have no idea how to use Discord. My fellow co-mods over at Rare Femslash Exchange probably know that by now.

Better tagging system on AO3. I wish people would learn that you don't have to tag every ship/character, especially the "past" relationships or ones that you're bashing. I wish we could get a primary and secondary ship filter. That would be cool but I'm not a coder so I have no idea how that would work.

More of a live and let live attitude. The block feature (something else I wished existed on AO3) exists. I wish people didn't feel the need to justify their ships. I hope people are writing what they like, even if it isn't the most popular thing. It is sad to see burn out over lack of interest.

In note to the above, more feedback! I know no one is "owed" comments, but if you like something, leave a quick note. The author will be grateful. And I do kinda wish comments were mandatory in exchanges, but that is a path I don't want to go down right now.

trope bingo card

Trying this again. Sign up for Round 18 here!

RARE PAIRS (Lois/Oliver, Smallville)	AU: BAND	ACCIDENTAL HERO	LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS	AU: ROMANCE NOVEL
CARPE DIEM	GETTING TOGETHER	SONG (INSPIRED) FIC	AU: INTERNET / SOCIAL MEDIA	PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
AU: NOIR	AU: ROBOTS / ANDROIDS / AI	FREE SPACE	AGE-UP / AGE REGRESSION	RITES OF PASSAGE / COMING OF AGE
EVERYONE THINKS WE'RE A COUPLE	DEAL WITH THE DEVIL	SECRET IDENTITIES	DIARY / JOURNAL	CASE FIC
RED HERRING	POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS	AU: ALTERNATE GENDER NORMS	WAKE UP CALL	ROLE REVERSAL