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'Holloway' comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'hol weg', and refers to a sunken path that has been grooved into the earth over the centuries by the passage of feet, wheels and weather...

'The Old Ways' Robert Macfarlane

( West Dorset holloways. )

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Event: The Early Bird Gets The Word Exchange
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Pinch hit link: Initial Pinch Hits Here
Due date: Sunday, June 22nd 23:00 EDT

To claim, please comment on the IPH post linked above.

( PH 1 - Animal Control (TV 2023), Degrassi the Next Generation, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV) )

( PH 2 - Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Masters of the Universe: Revelations/Revolution (Netflix Miniseries), Crossover Fandom, Voltron: Lion Force (1984), Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe (Cartoon), She-Ra: Princess Of Power (1985) )

( PH 3 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher )

( PH 4 - ケイ×ヤク | KeixYaku (TV), 御赐小仵作 | The Imperial Coroner (TV), 作りたい女と食べたい女 | Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna | She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat (TV) )

( PH 5 - RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993), Thief (Video Game Original Series), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games) )

( PH 6 - Albion (Bluebyte Video Game), Are You Being Served?, Les fantômes du chapelier | The Hatter's Ghosts - Georges Simenon, Die Hölle von Manitoba | The Hell of Manitoba (1965) )

( PH 7 - Artemis - Andy Weir, Inception (2010), Losin' It (1983), Fargo (TV), Santa Clarita Diet (TV), Havoc (2025), This Means War (2012) )

( PH 8 - Tin Man (US TV 2007), Alice (TV 2009), Primeval (TV 2007), Sanctuary (Canada TV 2008) )

( PH 9 - True Detective (TV 2014), Vibes (1988), Wolfs (2024) )

( PH 10 - X -エックス- | X/1999, Shugo Chara!, Digimon Story Series | Digimon World Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, 十三機兵防衛圏 | 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Video Game) )

( PH 11 - Blue Period (Manga), Akatsuki no Yona | Yona of the Dawn, Advance Wars (Video Games 2001-2005; 2023), Tales of Berseria, K (Anime), Sengoku Basara, Tales of Legendia, Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games) )

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Mereth Aderthad 2025 Interview with Dr. Zara Ashkenazi-Khan by Saelind. "Exile, Ruin and Resistance: Beleriand as Postcolonial Palimpsest"

The third kinslaying at Sirion is one of the most controversial and discussed moments in The Silmarillion by its fandom. But what makes this moment stand apart in a novel that Dr. Zara Ashkenazi-Khan describes as one of "spectacular violence"?

Saelind interviewed Zara about her upcoming presentation for Mereth Aderthad 2025, "Exile, Ruin and Resistance: Beleriand as Postcolonial Palimpsest." They of course discussed the third kinslaying and why it is "a moment of rupture ... [exposing] a faultline in the narrative’s presumed moral and civilisational order," but they also discussed how The Silmarillion is a text full of such breaking points, moral ambiguities in Tolkien's work, and the role of fanworks and scholarship both in revealing and understanding these complexities.

You can read Saelind's interview with Dr. Zara Ashkenazi-Khan here.

senmut

1986, and warning this might be a little disjointed. Well. 26 tabs. And I am going to attempt to tackle them all to show why I call this year so disjointed. (My life literally was torn to hell and back in this year, and I buried myself in books and music more than usual)

( longer than usual )

So, anyone want to guess my fave? It's definitely the one of my icon for this post.

Current Music: "Dance into the Light" - Phil Collins

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Pinch hit link: Pinch Hit Claims
Due date: 11:59pm Central Time on Friday, May 23rd, 2025

~~PH # 1 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses; 殺し愛 | Koroshi Ai (Manga); Unwind Dystology - Neal Shusterman CLAIMED~~

PH # 6- Psychonauts (Video Games); Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry; Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry; Teen Titans (Animated Series)

PH # 10 - Dial M for Murder (1954), The Big Country (1958), Home Before Dark (1958), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The Mating of Millie (1948)

~~PH # 11 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Dragon Age (Video Games) CLAIMED~~

PH # 12 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)

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I am opening up requests for June.

Fandom / Character(s) / Prompt

caveat: Prompts or sets of characters need to lean into a QUEER theme.

Reminder that I am aro/ace friendly and if you think they don't belong under the flag, maybe you should not be subscribing to me.

An example: Elementary - Ace!Sherlock Holmes squashing the idea it's sexual with Joan Watson while making it clear she is his partner in all ways BUT sex.

Another example: MCU - Questioning!Kate asking Yelena for advice about figuring it out.

A third example: DragonRiders of Pern - Alemi/Elgion, second date

As long as I am familiar with canon and/or characters, you get at least a drabble.

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A rustle of silk, the song of a sword unsheathed, the rhythmic clop of hooves on cobblestones … Period dramas take us back in time—to the good times, that is, and an escape to a past where we aren't asked to endure the absence of antibiotics, electric lights, or basic rights for most of the population; when people and clothing were beautiful (and had all of their teeth), no one stunk, and toileting practices are left to the imagination.

This month's challenge is a Matryoshka challenge, where you will choose a prompt set based on a level of difficulty, revealing one prompt at a time as you move through your fanwork. Prompts are based around common tropes found in period dramas. It is important to note, however, that your fanwork does not need to be a period piece itself. Any genre, topic, and approach to the prompts is welcome!

How a Matryoshka Challenge Works

Matryoshka dolls are also known as Russian nesting dolls, with each doll containing a smaller doll inside. A Matryoshka challenge works similarly, requiring creators to fit their response to each prompt within a fanwork already underway for previous prompts.

You will use multiple prompts for a Matryoshka challenge. First, choose your difficulty level: Beginner (two prompts), Easy (three), Medium (five), or Difficult (seven … and good luck!) You will include each prompt in your story, opening them one at a time as you create your fanwork. (See below for how to use the prompts for formats other than fanfiction.) Prompts will include directions about when you can open the next prompt. Prompt sets can be found below.

If you want to create a fanwork other than fiction for a Matryoshka challenge, you can use any of the following approaches to your prompt set:

You can, of course, use the Matryoshka rules for fiction. For example, if you are making a fan vid, you could open each prompt one at a time to guide the storyline and selection of video clips.
You can use each prompt individually to create a series of flash fanworks using either the prompt title or the full prompt (or a mixture of both). For example, if you request a Medium prompt set and want to make fan art, you could do a series of five sketches that fit each of the five prompts.
You can open all of the prompts at once and make a fanwork that incorporates them all in some way, using either the prompt title or the full prompt (or a mixture of both).

This month there is a special stamp available for nonwritten fanworks made using the Matryoshka prompts! This would include artwork, audio, link collections, playlists, videos, and multimedia fanworks. Writing is allowed but should also include one of these other types.

Thank you to Zdenka for this month's banner and stamps!

In order to receive a stamp for your fanwork, your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 June 2025. For complete challenge guidelines, see the Challenges page on our website.

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A Bad Break (1800 words) by Sharpest_Asp
Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Forgotten Realms, The Legend of Drizzt Series - R. A. Salvatore
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Drizzt Do'Urden, Original Halfling Character(s), Original Half-Elf Character(s), Storm Silverhand
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Injury - Major
Summary:

Roddy McGristle shows up

Chapter Four

Drizzt had considered turning his steps back to Everlund, to keep Brathana company for the winter, but kept putting it off, as the papa dragon kept making certain he knew the babies were thriving now, that the entire winged population of Silverymoon was working to make certain of it. He'd heard the locals call a group made up of faerie dragons a 'rainbow' and thought that apt, given they had so many different hues as they aged. The tressym, if they deigned to congregate were called a 'cloud', while the pseudodragons were merely called a 'flight'.

Between learning more of each species, and the tales of Montolio, as well as various members of the Church of Mielikki sharing knowledge with him, he just didn't want to go, not yet. The road to Everlund was patrolled, so if he chose to go in winter, it wouldn't invite calamity on his head, and he thought Brathana would understand his need to know more. More, the citizens here were fast turning from him just being a curiosity to someone else that lived in their walls. The elves, by and large, avoided him, but the other races were letting his willingness to aid and the fact he was held in kind regard by Mielikki's people settle their nerves fully.

All in all, this was about to be the most comfortable and companionable winter he'd had in his life, he was certain.

Roddy McGristle was a man on a mission of — in his eyes — vindicated wrath. There'd been tales of that damned murdering drow in this region. Since he wasn't in Everlund any longer, it made sense to check Silverymoon. He'd move on to Nesme if this didn't pan out, preferring that kind of rugged town to these clean-living mixed species with all their strange ideas on proper behavior.

His dog growled at the winged cat sitting up on a retaining wall as they walked the bricked avenue, and McGristle gave a jerk of the leash to hush him. He didn't just start asking about the damned drow — that had got him some queer looks in Everlund — but was nosing around, trying to overhear someone talking about him or to find a tavern closer to what he expected out of life.

He didn't pay much mind to the small dragon-types flitting around, or notice that one stopped to keep that tressym company. He only cared about animals that brought him money, like his dogs, or strange-colored ones that usually netted treasure for their hides. He wasn't stupid enough to mess with any creature that might well have a wizard living in its mind.

It was that single-minded focus on his prey, the murdering drow, that kept the clouds, rainbows, and flights watching him, passing messages between themselves, with the pseudodragons handling communication for the tressym to the faerie dragons.

Methri listened to Beau's report of a new activity among the various flying creatures. There was a man who was fixated on one of the people favored by them all, and a watch was being kept.

"This doesn't sound like a peaceful start to the winter season," Methri told his familiar.

It's not, but we are watching. The one they all like will be safe.

"And the man?"

We will remember the rules.

Methri started to ask for more details, but then the Spellguard were calling for him, so they could finish refreshing the wards in their Tower, and Beau left him to go see how the watching was going.

Despite doing their best to keep an eye on the noxious man, the dog tipped the man off to their nice ranger's path. One of the older tressym, wise by decades of partnering a wizard, flew on ahead to try and get to the ranger. Beau was known to her, and she sang out the hunting cry, so that whichever pseudodragon could pas on the warning. Her warning set off the faerie dragons, more than any other population, given how the kind ranger had saved young ones of their kind.

McGristle, before he got fully in sight of his prey, was beset by the warnings of the rainbow, called out in Common and Sylvan alike, to turn away. The dog set to barking…

…and the kind ranger himself came back from his morning path to see why.

"Murderin' drow!" rang out in the early morning against the growling barks of the dog that was being confounded by the faerie dragons.

"McGristle," came in a very tired voice, as if their ranger was beyond exhausted by the loathsome man and dog. "I murdered no one. And tried to apologize for your other dog."

"Ain't about that anymore," McGristle said in a guttural voice that radiated hostility. He reached for the skinning knife on his belt —

— and that was all it took for the faerie dragons to shift most of their focus to the man, throwing confusion and illusions at him, disorienting the man. Several tressym had arrived in the meantime, taking over the dog duty, while a bold pseudodragon flew close to the kind ranger.

Do nothing. The Watch comes, that one told the ranger, getting a startled nod of agreement.

Lady Alustriel Silverhand read the report, then looked over to her seventh son who was trying to eat with assistance from his familiar.

"Methri. Beau. Do either of you know about a disturbance between a ranger of Mielikki and a man named McGristle?"

Methri looked at Beau, who did the most impressive lizard-style shrug. Finally Methri looked over at his mother, sighing. "There is a, as Beau put it, 'a kind person' that the various winged ones had taken a liking to, and someone obsessed with him.

"I didn't follow up when Beau first mentioned this, because I was actually working with the Spellguard that day. He says it was taken care of this morning, and that they did remember the rules."

Alustriel had to chuckle at that. "Confusion reigned, apparently, for the man and his dog. The dog has been confiscated and given over to the temple of Silvanus to see if it can be rehabilitated from a very abused life. The man is being held for attempting violence in one of the public areas. The ranger is staying at the Cloister, and will not be leaving until the dispute airing.

"The Ladyservant is asking that I preside over that day's grievances, due to the unusual nature of the ranger involved."

"This part I had not heard?" Methri invited.

"Then you have been working too hard, and should visit with your cousin here, as I am certain Kolarven has all of the gossip." Alustriel smiled. "It is the drow that Storm cautioned me to listen for, and I think I need to invite Dove to finally give me the full story behind her involvement in this ranger's life."

"Fill me in when you get it? I knew Calimac was telling tales about a drow ranger, but didn't know he was in our city." Methri looked at Beau intently. "You could have mentioned."

Alustriel had the impression of Beau's disdain, and Methri sighed even louder.

"What did he say?" she asked.

"That what a being looks like has no bearing here. Kindness is more important."

That, Alustriel thought, was quite the right way to look at it.

Drizzt was sitting with Leaf Grevaine, prepared to tell his version of the events near Maldobar, absolutely keeping his emotions calm by force of will alone.

The rainbow of faerie dragons present included the papa and two immature ones he'd rescued, which had him focusing on them frequently to keep his mouth closed against the villainous tale McGristle spun.

"I tell you all, he's a murderer," McGristle accused one more time, and that was when an elf in the spectators decided enough was enough.

"He was never a murderer, but you? You are — though 'were' might be appropriate now," the elf said as he stood and let his face be seen. "Begging your pardon, Lady and gentle beings, but my name is Kellindil, and this man is a liar."

Alustriel's lips thinned. "In interest of fairness, as you are a witness to events that have been aired, continue."

The crowd that had come to enjoy the spectacle of grievances being settled murmured as an elf spoke in defense of a drow. Others, though, noticed how chalky pale the man raising doubt on the ranger's nature had gone.

"My name is Kellindil, and I was the scout in Ranger Dove Falconhand's party during these events. I stayed to watch over the drow… and in time, had taken McGristle prisoner for inciting orcs to attack the grove of a blind ranger by name of Montolio DeBrouchee."

"Some creature possessed of magical speed freed the bounty hunter," Kellindil said. "And while it distracted me, McGristle tackled me, then strangled me to death. Fortunately," and he paused to actually look at the ranger, "Dove chose to come ask me about your first winter, and discovered my body's remains.

"She took pity on me, because I am on the younger side for a wood elf." He inclined his head to Drizzt who was stunned speechless, but very relieved.

"You've only his word!" McGristle finally managed to get out.

"No one invokes one of my family without being certain of the truth of the matter," Alustriel told the noisome man. "As my temperament toward lying about them is rather well-known.

"Silver Watch, take your orders from Leaf Grevaine, as I know DeBrouchee was one of Mielikki's," she said, "in regards to Roddy McGristle. Drizzt Do'Urden, do you feel a need to speak, given you were the one being maligned."

"I am relieved to know that Kellindil lives, and merely wish to never see the bounty hunter again."

Alustriel smiled at him for that, then nodded, waiting for Grevaine to move to the Silver Watch — who had quite handily boxed McGristle in and clapped irons on him after a small tussle — so that the next set of grievances could be heard.

Drizzt shifted out of the front spot with Grevaine gone, going to where the elf was moving to the back of the crowd in this open venue.

"I am glad you have a new chance to live," he said, once he'd managed to catch Kellindil's attention. "Thank you."

Kellindil tipped his chin up. "I was wrong then, about too much. But you are a good man, Drizzt Do'Urden, and I hope you fare well." He left it at that, continuing on his own way out, leaving Drizzt without words, even as the papa faerie dragon and the young fledglings came to roost on him.

Maybe… maybe he was finding his own place finally.

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We have 20 initial pinch hits! If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.

Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 28 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 7-14 June.

You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit if you are asking to swap.

( CLAIMED - PH 1 - Mononoke-hime | Princess Mononoke, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )

( PH 2 - Blue Lock (Manga), 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Fairy Tail )

( CLAIMED - PH 3 - Teen Wolf (TV), Willy's Wonderland (2021), Call of Duty (Video Games), The X-Files, Teen Wolf (TV), Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) )

( CLAIMED - PH 4 - 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | M�d�o Zǔshī - M�xiāng T�ngxi�, Blue Lock (Manga), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin )

( PH 5 - Temeraire - Naomi Novik, The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman )

( CLAIMED - PH 6 - Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV), Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Video Game), The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison, Battlestar Galactica (2003), Babylon 5 (TV 1993) )

( PH 7 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher )

( PH 8 - Path of Night (Podcast), Vampire: The Masquerade - Various Authors (Choice of Games), Vampire: The Masquerade Port Saga (Podcast) )

( PH 9 - 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Fairy Tail )

( PH 10 - Doctor Who (1963), Dragon Age (Video Games), This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone )

( CLAIMED - PH 11 - Kraven the Hunter (2024), Twister (Movies 1996 2024), The White Lotus (TV), The Accountant (Movies 2016 & 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe )

( CLAIMED - PH 12 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Crossover Fandom, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | M�d�o Zǔshī - M�xiāng T�ngxi� )

( PH 13 - The Elementalists (Visual Novel), Heart of Battle - Fay Ikin, Royal Affairs - Harris-Powell-Smith )

( CLAIMED - PH 14 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV), Zorro (TV 2024) )

( PH 15 - Code Vein (Video Game), 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 刀使ノ巫女 | Toji no Miko | Katana Maidens (Anime), よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games), Xenoblade Chronicles (Video Game) )

( CLAIMED - PH 16 - Archive 81 (Podcast), Mythic Quest (TV 2020), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Disco Elysium (Video Game) )

( PH 17 - Breaking Bad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), The Godfather (1972 1974 1990) )

( PH 18 - Ancient History RPF, Solstice (MoaCube Visual Novel), Crossover Fandom )

( PH 19 - Ace Combat (Video Games), Dishonored (Video Games), Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors )

( PH 20 - ATEEZ (Band), Blink-182 (Band), Men's Basketball RPF )

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I'll be posting pinch hits soon! As last year, I will offer the option for you to request a swap from your current assignment to any open pinch hit.

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