Introducing the High Flier Exchange!

The High Flier Exchange will run in early 2025 (prompts out in January, deadline in March or April). It will be a multifandom exchange involving fanworks about anyone who can fly (in a plane, by themselves, via spiderwebs, in air or in space. You get the idea. Hey, don't knock our theme, we're trying our best here). You'll receive your prompts at least 2 months in advance to give you plenty of time to write/draw/create something your giftee will love.

Please fill out the survey if you are interested in participating! The main purpose of this survey is gauging how many people from each fandom want to participate and what types of works you all want to create.

This is a survey, not a signup -- it's non-binding. So if you aren't sure if you'll be able to take part, go ahead and fill it out anyway. If you have any questions, check out the FAQ below, then drop a line in our ask box or reach out via DM.

We're super excited about this and hope you are too!

FAQs

What kinds of works are included?

Currently, we have options for fanfic and fanart, but if you have other ideas, please write them in the "other" option! (Fanvids, anyone?)

What if I'm only interested in writing/drawing/making something for [Ship A] in [Fandom B]?

The exchange is multifandom, but your participation doesn’t have to be. You can absolutely select one fandom or ship and only write for that ship. You do NOT have to interact with other fandoms/ships, although you are obviously welcome to do so!

Are crossovers allowed?

If you are interested in creating or requesting crossover works, please select all fandoms involved in your potential crossover.

What's a fandom exchange?

A gift exchange (or just exchange) is a type of challenge in which participants create fanworks to give to one another. Check out the Fanlore page on gift exchanges for more info.

Remember the fic exchange idea I was talking about? It's here! And it's not just a fic exchange anymore -- we have options for fanart and other fanworks, too!

Please fill out the interest survey if you are considering participating!

(I wasn't sure whether today was a good day to release this but I figured we could use a distraction from *waves hand*)

Happy birthday to AO3 🎂🎉

"But 22 episodes is too much to binge in one session!"

Perhaps we should not consume our entertainment like an eating disorder.

Have something to look forward to every thurday for half a year. A week to build up excitement and theories between episodes (or to yk, be too busy to watch). Time to create art about it.

time to let things find their audience, time for fandoms to build up (time for fandoms to maintain their momentum)

My generations grew up watching the same TV show over the course of their entire school career. That's why Star Trek, for example, has such a large fanbase.

Seven seasons of Voyager means those characters accompanied me for seven years. That's why so many people are attached to shows and characters.

Bring back appointment television. Let people savor a show. Let people take their time to trip to figure out a plot spend a week discussing it in forums.

Writing fic, creating art, forming an actual fandom that will last longer than a month.

We need full seasons that last the year, with summer off. And season premieres that were special

Give us actual spoiler-free entertainment back.

And physical media. Give it to us. Stop. Supporting. The. Streaming. Model. It’s killing the entertainment business and it’s killing fandoms.

My favorite tags so far:

so this lead me down a fucking hour-long rabbit hole. i watched a video (linked on the radio station's wikipedia page) where some young guys walk through the radio tower property a week after it was allegedly stolen, and it's an overgrown jungle. looks like it's been abandoned for years. the door is hanging open and there is lichen growing on the linoleum floor inside. down in the comments there are locals saying the area is not exactly out in the boonies, either; there are people and businesses on that road. not to mention that a 200 foot radio tower is fucking gigantic. there is no crushed vegetation from dismantling the tower. no sign of any vehicles recently on the property other than the 1 set of tire tracks from the police vehicle which came to check it out when the report was received.

the tower wasn't stolen. it hadn't been there for years before the report was filed. google earth shows the tower up on site in 2022 and gone in 2023 so in all likelihood, it fell down sometime then. ALLEGEDLY, the fcc had been on them for an inspection of their am radio tower, and then a week before the fcc were scheduled to come out and inspect it, the station reported the tower missing. so. that's an hour of my life gone. you're welcome? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Then how… I believe you, but how…

how had they been broadcasting

had they been?

It's easy. They WEREN'T.

Hi, so admittedly I own one of the other radio stations in the same freaking town. And by own I mean it's in my name but I leave the technical stuff to my dad and pretty much absorb my information from being around him and the station all the time.

ANYWAYS!

The guy who runs WJLX isn't actually licensed to run an LPFM he is licensed to run an AM station. The AM station is supposed to be the one he plays his music on and he can run a translator to broadcast onto the FM frequencies as well. BUT! Only if his AM is still the main station. He can't do FM only.

That means two power bills basically. Those can be pretty hefty for a radio station.

And since no one really cares about AM these days he did the worst thing possible. He LET HIS AM STATION GO OFF THE AIR. His AM station has been off the air since as far back 2013. We have video of us testing his frequencies that far back. He's been running full time as an LPFM only for at least a decade now which in his case is illegal AF and is a $10,000 per day fine from the FCC if he's ever caught.

Well, low and behold he was caught and now he's trying to claim he didn't know because his tower was "obviously stolen".

For starters, it was eventually stolen. But only after it had already collapsed to the ground and rusted for several years. Metal scrappers will take nearly anything that looks to have been abandoned long enough.

TLDR; If he'd been running his station properly then he'd have known the exact moment his tower stopped broadcasting. He'd have known the moment it fell. There are these things called silence detectors (at least that's what we call them) and their whole job is to tell us we're not broadcasting anymore.

*slowly reaches for the popcorn*

Just saw someone say something like "proshippers stop inserting yourself into minor filled spaces" (referring to fandom), so daily reminder fandom was never made for or by kids. It has always been predominantly adults.

Kids are welcome in fandom, but they are the ones who must read the signs warning not to enter 18+ spaces

demon: YOU HAVE SUMMONED ME, MORTAL. WHAT DEAL DO YOU WISH TO STRIKE WITH THE POWERS OF HELL?

roomba: [is a roomba]

demon:

roomba:

demon:

roomba:

demon: man c’mon you gotta work with me here a little bit

roomba: *slowly spells on floor* K N I F E

demon: ahhhhh I see. You have heard the legend of Stabby.

roomba: *vibrates excitedly*

demon: *lovingly tapes a knife onto the roomba* no charge

Roomba: >:3

I love it when tumblr posts become so legendary they just get referenced in other tumblr posts

In these times, I think some of the fandom rules from the 90s still sound good:

-Never get a fandom tattoo

-Don’t engage with the creators, you’re going to be disappointed at best. At best.

-don't feed the trolls

-don't give out your personal info

-ship and let ship

-don’t be a jerk

Introducing the High Flier Exchange!

The High Flier Exchange will run in early 2025 (prompts out in January, deadline in March or April). It will be a multifandom exchange involving fanworks about anyone who can fly (in a plane, by themselves, via spiderwebs, in air or in space. You get the idea. Hey, don't knock our theme, we're trying our best here). You'll receive your prompts at least 2 months in advance to give you plenty of time to write/draw/create something your giftee will love.

Please fill out the survey if you are interested in participating! The main purpose of this survey is gauging how many people from each fandom want to participate and what types of works you all want to create.

This is a survey, not a signup -- it's non-binding. So if you aren't sure if you'll be able to take part, go ahead and fill it out anyway. If you have any questions, check out the FAQ below, then drop a line in our ask box or reach out via DM.

We're super excited about this and hope you are too!

FAQs

What kinds of works are included?

Currently, we have options for fanfic and fanart, but if you have other ideas, please write them in the "other" option! (Fanvids, anyone?)

What if I'm only interested in writing/drawing/making something for [Ship A] in [Fandom B]?

The exchange is multifandom, but your participation doesn’t have to be. You can absolutely select one fandom or ship and only write for that ship. You do NOT have to interact with other fandoms/ships, although you are obviously welcome to do so!

Are crossovers allowed?

If you are interested in creating or requesting crossover works, please select all fandoms involved in your potential crossover.

What's a fandom exchange?

A gift exchange (or just exchange) is a type of challenge in which participants create fanworks to give to one another. Check out the Fanlore page on gift exchanges for more info.

The survey will be closing tomorrow (in ~24 hours) so please fill out the form if you're interested! Thanks!

(After the form is closed, we'll start working on a real sign up for you all!)

@mrv3000 I'm really enjoying your tags XD

Another chapter of pennyfic (aka fem!Mav x Ice tropefic aka in for a penny, in for a pound) is up! I'm super excited to share this one with you all -- it's one of my favorite plotlines :)

me when feeling suspiciously relaxed: what responsibility have i forgotten

it might just be because im sleep deprived from jetlag rn but this r/relationship_advice post is making me cry actual tears of laughter. i read the post at first and was like yeah pretty standard whatever but im nosey so i clicked on the drawing op linked and i was not mentally prepared for it. putting it under a read more so you can get the same experience as i did

Biting wires in the walls for fun

I just realised I never posted the full picture ... Anyway. I think I'm slowly getting the hang of these pencils.

write unpublishable things. it's good for you.

TNG | 3.03 THE SURVIVORS