Bragging Rights: A Bond Stronger Than a String (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System)
Nov. 27th, 2025 10:12 pmProject Title: A Bond Stronger Than a String
Fandom: Scum Villain
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/74876726
Summary: Shen Jiu wakes up able to see a red string on his finger and memories of many lives which ended horribly. Now he needs to decide how he will live this life.
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Shen Jiu | Original Shen QingqiuTianlang-junOriginal Luo BingheYue Qingyuan
Pairings: Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu/Tianlang-jun
When I Started: Mid 2024.
How I Lost My Shit: Lots I wanted in the story and kept thinking rather than writing.
How I Finished My Shit: Deadline helped me.
Art for "With the Rest I Dispense" (not entirely SFW)
Nov. 28th, 2025 12:10 pmFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Mature
Warnings: none apply
Characters: Rodney McKay, Samantha Carter, John Sheppard
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Summary: When he’s seven years old, Rodney reads a short story in a pulp sci-fi magazine about a man who uploads his consciousness to a computer. When he’s thirty-eight, he very nearly lives it.
Notes: Art for spurious's amazing story for the WIP Big Bang. The artworks are embedded in the five chapters, and this is a link to the round-up post. It's been a blast!
Post-Deadline Pinch Hits: 12, 101, 129, 134, 138
Nov. 27th, 2025 01:00 amNavigation: Rules/General Info | AO3 Collection | Posting Guidelines | Medium Rulesets | Google Forms (Defaulting, Extensions, Assignment Summary Requests) | Mod Contact: ficinaboxmod@gmail.com OR Screened Mod Contact Post
Pinch hits are participants who are without creators; pinch hitting is the practice of volunteering to make a gift for a pinch hit. These pinch hits are all due on December 5th at 10:00 PM EST.
Fic In A Box has a very unusual set of assignment requirements: everyone is owed (and is asking for) 10k of fanfiction, which by default can be given as one 10k+ fic or several 1k+ fics. Participants have also had the option to opt-in to other minimum lengths or to other formats of fanwork. The other fanwork mediums are given word count equivalents, which you can view on the medium ruleset post.
Additionally:
- Fic In A Box creators may default after partially filling their assignment—say, if they discover that they can only write 9k of fic—and PHs can be picked up in 1k increments!
- You may always swap all or part of your assignment for a PH, just let us know that's what you're doing when you post to claim the PH.
In order to pick up a pinch hit you need to either email us or comment on this post (comments are screened) with:
- The amount of wordcount you would like to claim (even if you're going to do fanart or some other non-fic opt-in medium! If you aren't sure what the equivalent would be, we'd be happy to help you convert it!)
- The exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from (if you post from a different account from the one you give us, we won't be able to count the PH as filled unless you update us!)
- An email where we can reach you (you might not be getting the AO3 assignment when you pick up a PH, so we need to know where to send the assignment!)
1 Week Delay To December 6th
Nov. 27th, 2025 12:54 amNavigation: Rules/General Info | AO3 Collection | Posting Guidelines | Medium Rulesets | Google Forms (Defaulting, Extensions, Assignment Summary Requests) | Mod Contact: ficinaboxmod@gmail.com OR Screened Mod Contact Post
One Week Delay!
The reveals date is being delayed one week to December 6th at 10 PM EST (countdown) to allow time for pinch hits to be finished! Updates on the posted schedules and a new PH post will be put up shortly!
All currently assigned pinch hits have been updated to a due date of November 28th at 10 PM EST unless they were already due that day. You may ask for an additional extension to December 3rd!
Pinch Hits picked up from this point will have a due date of December 5th at 10 PM EST.
If at any point you don't believe you can complete a PH, please default immediately. If you do end up being able to complete the PH you can always pick it back up later!
If you're looking for people to treat, don't forget to check the comments of the pinch hitter post (link)! These are pinch hitters who aren't signed up to the exchange, and it would be lovely if some (or all!) of them got treats!
Fanfic, Sense8 (tv), Rajan/Wolfgang/Kala, Gifts
Nov. 26th, 2025 02:38 pmAuthor: MerricatB
Fandom: Sense8
Pairing/Characters: Rajan/Wolfgang/Kala
Rating/Category: Teen & Up
Prompt: Sense8, Writer's choice, Gifts
Spoilers: Whole series
Summary: Forbidden from doing the eccentric billionaire thing and buying Wolfgang a tiger, Rajan finds the next best gift to cheer him up.
Notes/Warnings: This fic is related to another one but can be read as a standalone.
Read on AO3
Fanfic, Doctor Who (comics), Eight Doctor & Kroton, When did the Doctor stop believing
Nov. 26th, 2025 08:39 amAuthor: melime
Fandom: Doctor Who (comics)
Pairing/Characters: Kroton the Cyberman & Eighth Doctor
Rating/Category: PG-13/Gen
Prompt: Doctor Who (comics), Eight Doctor & Kroton, When did the Doctor stop believing everyone could have good in them?
Spoilers: The Company of Thieves
Summary: The Doctor wants to be someone who believes that everyone is capable of good, of change, and still there are habitual enemies that he won’t extend this courtesy to. He would never believe that there could be a good Dalek, and a few hours ago he would never have believed that there could be a good Cyberman, or even just a Cyberman with his own personality.
Notes/Warnings: mentions of the Doctor having nearly killed Kroton
On AO3>
Fanfic, Trust Me (tv 2017), Cath & Molly, Lies
Nov. 26th, 2025 08:38 amAuthor: melime
Fandom: Trust Me (TV 2017)
Pairing/Characters: Cath Hardacre & Molly
Rating/Category: PG/Gen
Prompt: Trust Me (tv 2017), Cath & Molly, Lies
Spoilers: none
Summary: Cath practices the lie with Molly, knowing that her daughter is the person with the biggest risk of exposing her.
Notes/Warnings: none
On AO3
Fanfic, Black Mirror (tv), Dorothy/Brandy, Memory
Nov. 26th, 2025 08:38 amAuthor: melime
Fandom: Black Mirror (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Dorothy Chambers/Brandy Friday
Rating/Category: PG-13/Femslash
Prompt: Black Mirror (tv), Dorothy/Brandy, Memory
Spoilers: end of Hotel Reverie
Summary: All that exists of Dorothy is a memory, and that's all that the Dorothy she knew ever was, a memory, an echo in the machine, impossibly given life somewhere between the computers powering the simulation and Brandy's brain.
Notes/Warnings: grief, lost love, canon compliant
On AO3
Art for Untitled Bucky/Zemo Fic
Nov. 25th, 2025 08:18 pmFandom: MCU
Warnings: N/A
Bragging Rights: Unfortunately my author had to pull out of the Bang, but I was able to make this art for their fic. The story took place in 1700s France. A pivotal section of the story takes place at a masquerade ball thus all the costume and mask imagery chosen for the moodboard. I am very proud of the manips I did for Bucky and Zemo, I couldn't do much about the modern hairstyles, but was very happy with how I was able to make them both look like they were in more historical dress.

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