I am Hope. I Believe. I am Alive. I am Everything.
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. GIL JUNGER
happy new year, y’all
The Landing - Peter Brown
British,b. 1967 -
Oil on canvas , 35 x 30 in. 89 x 76 cm.
Betty White as Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
SHORESY 2x04 | Players Only
Happy New Year, friends! I hope you’re able to take some time and enjoy some of the stories that kept me company this year. 🖤
As I’m sure all of you know, for the last several years, I’ve participated in the @fanfic-reading-challenge - and it’s brought me so much joy keeping track of what I’ve been reading. Thank you for being part of my accountability. This year, my dear friend Noxy and I wrote the 2026 task sheet to include more “comment” requirements, and I’m particularly excited for that. I hope it encourages more people to express their gratitude to our fanfiction writers.
I completed the challenge & the extra Category Challenge, so I got these super cute badges. There are badges every year, even if you finish just one task. So if you like reading fanfiction - and you love a challenge (and if you love spreadsheets) - you should come join us. And if you like to chat in Discords - you can join us there too!
I decided to do my wrap-up differently this year. I loved this little format made by @thunderstormsandhotcocoa - so here we go!
ballerina in the gun, killer in the heart by Sharrim (4/4 - E)
Eve Macarro/John Wick. This one was powerful. I loved it.
Summary: This is how it begins. John Wick meets a ballerina in a theater. She has hunger in her eyes.
An Equal Partnership by @justme–emily (44/44 - E)
Cooper Howard/Lucy McLean. The characters are spot on.
Summary: Lucy isn’t sure what exactly possessed her to take the Ghoul up on his offer to ‘meet her makers’ as he put it, but as they travel together, she realizes he might not be the monster he wants everyone to think he is. And she might not hate him quite as much as she used to.
Welcome to another year of the Fanfic Reading Challenge (FRC)!
Here's the gist of the challenge:
- The event runs for the whole year - Jan 01-Dec 31, 2026
- There is no official sign-up. You can make a copy of the challenge spreadsheet and track your fic reading however you want to. You can start at any time of the year.
- To participate in the challenge, you read fics that match the tasks in the challenge. Some are easy. Some are more difficult.
- This challenge is for any fandom, any ship(s), and you can use more than one fandom and/or ship to complete it.
- Fics can count towards more than one task (unless the task says otherwise). Podfics count too.
- This challenge operates on the honour system. If you said you completed a fic for a certain task, that's between you and whichever ghost/saint haunts/watches over you. No one is checking your work.
- Likewise, if you're unsure about whether a fic fits the task, you are welcome to discuss it with us on the Challenge Discord OR you can use your best judgment. Again, no one is checking your work.
- There are prizes! If you finish even one task, you'll be eligible for a fun badge to show off wherever you show off online badges. Here's a link to the 2025 badges to show you how cute they are!
- Participation (1 task completed)
- Regular Mode (80 tasks completed)
- Hard Mode (150 tasks completed)
- Extreme Mode (230 tasks completed)
- Complete (300 tasks completed)
- Category Challenge (extra challenge)
The 2026 Fanfic Reading Challenge! (link)
You will need to download and make your own copy of the above spreadsheet. There is an info page on the first sheet of the spreadsheet that may answer any additional questions. If you need to contact any of the Admin, please send us an ask, or join the Discord.
This year, there is a Virtual Book Club group of tasks, where you are required to ask others for suggestions for various task prompts. You can do this via Tumblr ask, in the specific Discord channel, on some other Discord you belong to, or even by asking your friend who lives next door. We've created a Discord channel to help people complete this, but it's not required to join us there; however we've really become a lovely community of vastly different people who are all joined together in our love of fanfiction, and you would definitely be welcome.
As there is a component of the FRC that includes tracking numbers of words read, most of us use a reading log/tracker to keep count of how many fics we read, including data such as words, of course, chapters, month completed, ship, author, title, fandom, link to the fic, and such. It’s a great place to mark what fics you want to read in the future as well!
We've got four suggested trackers linked below. All of them are quite different from one another - and you're welcome to make a copy of any of them if you'd like - and you can customize them for your personal preferences.
Optional Fic Tracking Sheets
Tarukryl's 2026 Tracking Sheet
Juulna's 2026 Tracking Sheet
Emmie's 2026 Tracking Sheet
Jandy's 2026 Tracking Sheet
Trinket's 2026 Tracking Sheet
We are so excited to have you join us for another year.
Hopefully, we'll all have a better 2026 - Happy Reading!
🖤Your FRC Admin
ALTnew year new mountain goats
I’ve been singing this all day…
Happy New Years Eve, friends.
I hope you have the best night and a very wonderful new year!
what are you doing new year’s eve? by @jandjsalmon
“Jughead was practically made for you, Betts. He likes all the same stuff you do. He’s tall. Reads all the time. Besides,” he added with a hopeful grin, “You promised me a double date with one of your super-fine Columbia friends and I won’t let you welch out.”
With a heavy sigh and a dramatic roll of her eyes, Betty finally acquiesced. “All right, all right, Arch. I may have mentioned you to a couple of my girlfriends and a few sounded interested in my layabout best friend. You’ve got yourself a double date.”
** Thank you dear @mothermaple for the prettiful graphic, for being the best beta in the fandom, and for being the most patient friend on the planet. 💗
- Summer Spring Winter or Fall (2024) dir. Tiffany Paulsen
Starring Jenna Ortega as Remi & Percy Hynes White as Barnes
What was the cause of the worst (physical) pain you’ve ever experienced?
chronic pain/chronic illness
break/sprain
kidney stone
labor
period cramp
an actual weapon
getting hit in the balls
something else
results
See ResultsAir Himbo
Water Himbo
Earth Himbo
Fire Himbo
@crvggio I’ve been laughing at this for 47 years
And the Avatar
Reblogging again because that last addition is IMPORTANT
But when the world needed him most, he pulled the wrong lever...
Why do they even have that lever?
Well done everyone, 10/10 post
