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Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy

Rating: Teen & Up Audiences

Length: 1,779 words

Tags: POV Second Person, Mass Effect 3, Synthesis Ending (Mass Effect), Fix-It of Sorts, Eventual Happy Ending, Paragon Shepard (Mass Effect), Shepard lives, Reapers, Post-Mass Effect 3, Post-Synthesis Ending (Mass Effect), plot holes, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergenc, eCanon What Canon

Summary:

You chose Synthesis. In order to save them all, you chose to die. One cannot be true without the other.

Notes: I am 29 on April 11th, the same age as Shep when they started this whole thing. So I'm making content to celebrate that. I used 2nd Person POV so it could be anyone's Shep. I avoided mentions of who survived and any love interest for that as well. I know 2nd Person POV isn't everyone's jam but I hope you'll still give my first ever Mass Effect fic a chance!

#mass effect #mass effect 3 #me3 #mass effect legendary edition #commander shepard #catalyst mass effect #mass effect fanfiction #femshep #mshep #paragon shep #pov 2nd person #bioware #synthesis ending #mass effect synthesis #shepard lives #commander shepard lives #kaje writes #kbirb #kbirb writes

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The 2024 Fandom Trumps Hate Charity Auction is LIVE!!!

Bidding runs 5th March 8am EST to 9th March 8 pm EST!

@fandomtrumpshate is an online multi-fandom auction that benefits a lot of progressive non-profit organizations! Fans 'bid' to donate directly to a listed charity and the winning bidder receives a thank you gift for their donation in the form of the personalized fan work- You can read about exactly how it works HERE and see the FULL LIST OF NON-PROFITS!

Star Wars Fandom has a lot of really lovely works being offered this year - 34 creators are offering their time and talents as a big thank you to the winning bidders for their donations! Please, check them out!

And then...

Help out some wonderful progressive charities (and get a lovely custom fanwork as a thank you gift !

The following are brief summaries and not comprehensive. Please read the full offerings before bidding! The full Star Wars TAG contains all the following listings in their entirety!

Written Fanworks

@shadow-spires is offering a <5K piece for Prequel Trilogy or The Clone Wars! Loves working with Cody, clone culture, and fix-its, AUs, angst with happy endings, and more!

@marroniere is offering 20-50K for Andor, Thrawn Trilogy (new canon), Thrawn Ascendancy, or Ahsoka! Especially interested in anything Thrawn and Chiss, as well as Mon and Cassian from Andor! Versatile in genre and focussed on how characters relate to one another and heal!

finkpishnets is offering 5-10K for Prequel Trilogy or Clone Wars! Happy to work with Obi-Wan/Anakin or Obi-Wan/Cody in canon, diveregent, or AU settings! (also comfortably familiar with the Kenobi series canon)

@dirtbag-linecook-kyloren is offereing 5K per $10 donated! Sequel Trilogy Kylux author specializing in Modern AUs!

@captainlilja is offering 5-10K for Sequel Trilogy or Rebels! Especially interested in Finn/Poe, Finn/Poe/Rey, Zeb/Kallus, Hera/Kanan and happy to work with AroAce characters, AUs, fluff, and kinky-fluff where everybody is in love!

blackat_t7t is offering 5-10K for Book of Boba Fett, Clone Wars, or Mandalorian! Interested in M/M or Genfic, Angst, canon-divergent AUs, anything with a Clones focus or BobaDinn! Also appreciates rairpairs and characters!

Tathrin is offering 5-10K for any of the Trilogies and/or Legends/Extended Universe! Enthusiastic about world-building and plot and queering canon! Classic Legends stuff is a favorite, with a love for snubfighter pilots, YJKs, Leia, nb-Revan, and original flavor Boba Fett!

hoebiwan is offering 5-10K for Original and Prequel Trilogies or Legends/Extended Universe! Interested in crack, grief, recovery, anxiety, trans and queer themes!

@geekymoviemom is offering 5-10K for Prequel Trilogy, Clone Wars, Rebels, or Rogue One! Happy to write Anakin/Padme, Cassian/Jyn, Obi-wan & Anakin, Kanan & Ezra, and family stuff for Clone Wars and Rebels Fam! Canon-divergent or in-universe AUs please!

@treescape is offering <5K for any Star Wars! Familiar with all eras and happy to work with most characters or pairs!

@xenomorphic-warrior is offering 10-20K for Original or Prequel Trilogy, Andor, Clone Wars, Mandolorian, Kenobi, and Rogue One! Especially interested in Cody/Obi-wan, Bariss/Ahsoka, Din/Cobb, Lando/Han, Lando/Leia/Han, Cassian/Jyn, Cassian/Jyn/Bohdi, Cassian/Kino and are fond of speculative AUs like horror and sci-fi, mythology, and canon-divergence!

van1lla_v1lla1n is offering <5K for the Sequel Trilogy! Enthusiastic about Rey/Kylo (one or both of them queer) and will write in canonverse or modern AUs! Likes to work with erotic and heavier themes, ambiguous endings!

solas_oiche is offering 10-20K for any Star Wars! Enthusiastic about anything Ahsoka-centric and open to themes and tropes you may want to see!

Kartaylir is offering &lt;5K for Legends/Extended Universe and the Old Republic! Especially interested F/F, darker themes, world-building, and weird lore details! Familiar with Thrawn Trilogy, Shadows of the Empire, and Tales of the Jedi comics, KOTOR, and have written lots for SWTOR!

Ninja is offering 5-10K for Original or Prequel Trilogies, or Mandolorian! Especially interested in working with Fluff, H/C, happy endings, magic, plot twists, crack, and humor! Loves zany hijinks! Good at taking an initial prompt and running with it!

@s-c-g-s-c-g is offering <5K for Prequel Trilogy, Clone Wars, and Legends/Extended Universe! Especially interested in Jedi characters, pre-quel era fic, gen, bonding, H/C, canon-adjacent AUs, and found family! Primarily experienced writing Gen but open to some rairpairs!

Ternary is offering <5K for Prequel Trilogy and Clone Wars! Likes queer themes, ace&aro themes, and exploring disability themes, as well as trauma-recovery, and emotional H/C! Interested in Obi-Wan’s Legends padawanship, Obi-Wan/Quinlan, Obi-Wan/Cody, Quinlan/Fox!

geniecat2 is offering 5-10K words for the Prequel Trilogy, Book of Boba Fett, or Clone Wars! Especially interested in the AceAre spectrum, found family, platonic and romantic CodyWan, Jangobi, and lineage exploration, as well as Clone and Jedi appreciation, JediCorps too!

@musetotheworld is offering 5-10K for the Original and Prequel Trilogies, and Legends/Extended Universe! Loves Legends-inspired plots and has read most of the Legends books! Experience with writing F/F ships, M/F is fine too, also cool with AUs!

Stens_McHenry is offering 5-10K for All Trilogies, Book of Boba Fett, Mandolorian, and Kenobi! Prefers to write M/M ships and happy to work with AUs and canon-adjacent/divergent works!

MaudeZbornak is offering scaled-by-donation wordcount ($5 = minimum 5K) for All Trilogies, Book of Boba Fett, Mandolorian, and Kenobi! Happy to work with any pairing for Star Wars and welcomes detailed prompts!

thebeespatella is offering scaled-by-donation wordcount ($10 = 1K) for Andor, Clone Wars, and Rogue One! Especially interested in F/F, trans/gender and exploring corporate surveillance, identity and conformity, colonialism/diaspora, radicalization, trauma, moral injury, and interfacing with technology (cybogs)! Likes Clone troopers, clone culture and clone ships, Imperial/Rebellion era, and spy/thriller AUs! Experienced writer of Cody/Rex!

MayQueen517CactusDragon517 is offering <5K words for the Original and Sequel Trilogies, Rogue One, or Solo! Open to many ideas, smut included! Likes exploring alternative identities like a trans or non-binary or ace/aro interpretation of a character! Likes to communicate lots with their winning bidder, building ideas and sharing snippets!

@elthadriel is offering scaled-by-donation wordcount ($10 = 1K up to 10K) for Clone Wars! Especially interested in Clone troopers and their culture and ships, Imperial/rebellion era, missing war scenes, PWP, Cowboy AUs, bittersweet vibes, Cody/Rex, Echo/Fives/Fox, Thorn/Fox, Rex/Fives/Echo/Cody, Cody/Fox, Ahsoka/Bariss, Bly/Aayla, Cody/Maul!

@cabezadeperro is offering <5K for Prequel Trilogy, Clone Wars, Legends/Extended Universe! Interested in open endings, Imperial era, missing war scenes, cloneships, Jango Fett/Obi-Wan, canon divergence, complicated relationships, codex, Fives/Echo/Fox, Cody/Fox, rewalker, qi’rahsoka!

darktenshi17 is offering two auctions for 5-10K fics for the Sequel Trilogy as well as the Original Trilogy! Open to most ideas (with the exception of Kylo/Rey) and interested in working with F/F, polyships, genderswap, trans or nonbinary characters, unhappy or ambiguous endings!

commanderdameron is offering 10-20K for the Prequel or Sequel Trilogies or Kenobi! Loves character and relationship studies! Interested in exploring canon in more plot-centric ways and excited about world-building from a character-driven mindset! Obi-Wan, Poe, Leia, and Rey are favs, so things that focus on their relationships are welcome!

Visual Fanworks

c_art is offering a comic page (per $50 donation) for the Original and Prequel Trilogies! Enthusiastic about Gen and Femslash as well as rarepairs and unusual ideas! Fluff, angst, slice of life, and action all welcome! Black and white pages - will ask the winning bidder for a script or fic to adapt, higher donations = gets more pages!

@temporoyales is offering a drawing/painting for any Star Wars! Any pairings, genders, sexualities are welcome! Likes working with everyday interactions, environmental storytelling, symbolism, genderbending, and costume design! Starting bid gets a black and white portrait and larger bids increase up to fullbody/color!

@gingersnappish is offering a full color book cover/illustration/drawing/comic page/etc for any Star Wars! Specializes in Kylux but open to almost all characters, pairs, ideas! Happy to work with scifi-fantasy design, animals, detailed backgrounds and tech! Will make 2-4 small sketches for the recipient to choose from and then show a refined sketch before finishing the piece!

@nattyjae is offering a comic/drawing/painting/etc for any Star Wars! Scaled donations $5 = black and white, $15 black and white comic, $20 full color illustration, on up to a full color comic page! Loves Clone Wars, Rebels, and Bad Batch but will be happy drawing any Star Wars! Happy to design characters, redraw scenes or visualize AUs!

Beta Reading

@shadow-spires is offering to beta 10-20K for any of the Trilogies, Clone Wars, Rebels, Rogue One!

birbleafs is offering to beta for <5K for any of the Trilogies, Clone Wars, Legends/Extended Universe!

geniecat2 is offering to beta for 5-10K for the Original and Prequel Trilogies, Book of Boba Fett, Clone Wars, Legends/Extended Universe, Mandolorian, and Kenobi!

Podfic Recording

@shadow-spires is offering to record a <5K podfic for any of the Trilogies, Clone Wars, Rebels, or Rogue One: clones centric and Jedi-positive stuff always welcome, as well as OCs!

flowerparrish is offering to record <5K for any of the Trilogies, Book of Boba Fett, Clone Wars, Legends/Extended Universe, Mandalorian, Kenobi, Rebels, Rogue One! They are especially interested in canon-divergent AUs, fix-its, Poly ships, F/F, trans or nonbinary characters, rarepairs and crackships!

kbirb is offering to record fic with wordcount being contribution-based (Donations: First $10 = 2K, +$10 = Additional 1K)! Open to all three Trilogies, Andor, Clone Wars, Mandolorian, Rebels, Rogue One! Especially interested in found family, soulmate AUs, polyamory, trans clone troopers, neopronouns, Jon Antilles rarepairs, Hevy/Fives/Echo, Cody/Obi-Wan, and period pieces (Regency!) Loves recording for an author who wants to hear their fic aloud!

#oh hey that's me??? #fth #pls bid on me

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 1 minute, 14 seconds

Original Work: Balcony by @theredshirtsarecoming [ziazippy5379]

Star Wars: Padmé/Breha | Rating: G

Summary: 

Breha watches Padmé from above.

Notes: recorded for Femslash February Podfic Edition 2024

#padmé amidala #padme amidala #padme x breha #breha x padme #breha organa #femslash february #femslash #star wars femslash #femslashfeb2024 #femslash february podfic edition #podfic #sw podfic #femslash podfic #theredshirtsarecoming #ziazippy5379 #kbirb pods

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 1 minute, 5 seconds

Original Work: Whine & Dine by templefugate

DC: Harley/Ivy | Rating: T

Summary: 

Harley couldn't hold a tune in a bucket, but she could find one in the bottom of a glass.

Notes: recorded for Femslash February Podfic Edition 2024

#harley quinn #harleen quinzel #pamela isley #poison ivy #harlivy #edward nygma #dc podfic #podfic #femslash february #femslash #femslashfeb2024 #femslash february podfic edition #templefugate #harley x ivy #harley x poison ivy #harleen x pamela #kbirb pods

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 1 minute, 21 seconds

Original Work: Red by @theredshirtsarecoming [ziazippy5379]

DC/Danny Phantom: Jazz Fenton/Barbara Gordon | Rating: G

Summary: 

Jazz is on the hunt to find who is at the other end of her string

Notes: recorded for Femslash February Podfic Edition 2024

#red string of fate #red string au #soulmate au #dc crossover #danny phantom crossover #jazz fenton #barbara gordon #podfic #femslash february #femslash #femslash february podfic edition #femslashfeb2024 #dc podfic #danny phantom podfic #kbirb pods #theredshirtsarecoming #ziazippy5379

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 48 minutes, 47 seconds

Original Work: the care and keeping of your baby talon by quandaries_and_contradictions

Batfam: Age Reversed Robins | Rating: General Audiences

Summary: 

Bruce has not had a moment of peace and quiet since he brought home the boy who tried to steal his tires, his sons came in with a talon trailing after them, and the neighbor kid invited himself to the manor. So he is more than a little annoyed when his eldest barges into his office “Yes?” he asks. “You need to come downstairs,” Damian says. “It’s the talon.” In which everyone is more than a little cautious about the talon Duke brought home. Featuring chandelier swinging, Secret Garden reading, ill-advised sleuthing, and more.

Notes: all chapters (1-7) are in one audio file! each chapter is a different character POV. this is the 1st in the series not written by hoebiwan and I am so grateful that the author gave me the okay to record their works so I can complete all of it!

Part 3 of [podfics of] birds and brothers and other assorted synonyms

alternate cover that matches the two preceding fics under the cut:

#podfic #batfamily #batfam #batfam podfic #age reversed robins #age reversal #reverse robins #bruce wayne #alfred pennyworth #damian wayne #duke thomas #jason todd #tim drake #talon dick grayson #birds and bros

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 16 minutes, 9 seconds

Original Work: love: a knife and other soft and gentle things by hoebiwan

Batfam: Age Reversed Robins | Rating: General Audiences

Summary: 

“Am I bad?” Dick whispers. Damian’s heartbeat stutters. In which Damian tries his best to be a good big brother to the tiny deadly assassin with enough trauma responses to fill a bucket, even though he has no clue what he's doing.

Notes: every time I say I'm done with VTMB crossposting, I find another fic I forgot to share on here

Part 2 of [podfics of] birds and brothers and other assorted synonyms

#hoebiwan #podfic #batfamily #batfam #batfam podfic #age reversed robins #age reversal #reverse robins #damian wayne #talon dick grayson #duke thomas #birds and bros #voiceteam mystery box #voiceteam mystery box 2023 #vtmb

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 37 minutes, 39 seconds

Original Work: birds and brothers and other assorted synonyms by hoebiwan

Batfam: Age Reversed Robins | Rating: Teen & Up Audiences

Summary: 

Duke isn’t an idiot. He knows it’s a bad idea to go into the underground tunnels of Gotham where people disappear for years on end and occasionally (if they’re lucky) stumble out coated in cobwebs and madness and blood. So he takes a flashlight and a water bottle and a bag of trail mix and lots and lots of beef jerky whenever he goes. If he ends up trapped down there, wandering in hopeless circles (which Duke thinks is important to note having never happened), at least he’ll have food. Also, the weird little kid dressed up like a miniature Talon likes the M&M’s in Duke’s trail mix.

Notes: belated posting but... Part 1 of [podfics of] birds and brothers and other assorted synonyms

#hoebiwan #batfam #age reversal #reverse robins #age reversed robins #batfamily #batfam podfic #podfic #birds and bros #talon dick grayson #damian wayne #duke thomas #tim drake

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January 2024 Stats!

I thought it would be fun to do little updates throughout the year on stats. Will I keep up with it? Likely not. But since it's the first month of the year... lets see how 2024 is going, podfic-wise!

Audio Made: In January, I made 12 hours, 35 minutes, and 47 seconds of audio! Compared to January of 2023, that's almost 4 hours more! In January of 2023, I made 8 hours, 57 minutes, and 20 seconds.

Fandom Breakdown:

STAR WARS: In January, I made 19 Star Wars podfics. 15 were Clone Wars, one was The Bad Batch, and the other 3 were just general 'Star Wars'

DC: In January, I made 15 DC podfics. 8 of those were Batfam, one was Young Justice, one was Batman Beyond, 3 were from comics, and 2 were crossover fics (specifically MCU crossovers).

MISC: I also podded 2 Ted Lasso fics and 1 fic in the following fandoms: Supernatural, Venom, evermore by Taylor Swift, MCU, The Good Place, Kingdom Hearts, Jurassic Park, & Our Flag Means Death

Music Breakdown: My top used artist this year is Taylor Swift, who I used in 8 fics. She is followed by Bastille, in 5 fics. 4 of my fics did not include music, 3 of them utilized music from a soundtrack, and 2 featured Imagine Dragons.

My top podded author so far this year is @wanderingjedihistorian at 8 fics!

I made the most podfic for Voiceteam Mystery Box at 19, pretty closely followed by @polypodweek at 11! Coday netted 7 podfics from me.

I can't wait to see what February brings!

#podfic #kbirb pods #2024 #2024 updates #january 2024

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writers whenever they’re starting a new fic: I have these ✨ vibes ✨ now I’ll have to build an entire plot and write an entire fic about those vibes

#writing #qd

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*makes an original post and checks the notes every two minutes*

peer recognition? peer approval? peer recognition? peer approval? peer recognition? peer approval? peer recognition? peer approval? peer recognition? peer approval? peer recognition? peer approval? peer recognition? peer approval? peer recognition? peer approval? peer recognition? peer approval? peer recognition? peer approval?

#qd

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 8 minutes, 8 seconds | Major Character Death

Original Work: if you must mourn by @flowerparrish

Clone Wars: Fox & Rex, Fox/Fives/Echo | Rating: T

Summary: 

“Echo,” Rex says. There's nothing cruel in it; Rex doesn't even sound angry. He just sounds tired and devastated and too hollow even across the tinny speakers of Fox's shitty comm.

Notes: just discovered I forgot to post this podfic from @polypodweek 2024!! it's titled after my soul song and shred me to pieces so... I hope you enjoy ~

#if you must mourn #fox x fives x echo #captain rex #commander fox #rex and fox #fox and rex #flowerparrish #flowerparrish writes #polypodweek #polypod #polyam shipping #polyamourous #polypodweek2024

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no turning back (ready or not) - @clonebang 2023 Team 7 Authors: @flowerparrish & kbirb Artist: @PaxDuane Word Count: 10,310 Fandom: Clone Wars Rating: Teen & Up Audiences Relationships: Jon Antilles/CT-782 | Hevy, Cutup & Droidbait & Echo & Fives & Hevy (Star Wars), Jon Antilles & Fay, Fay & CT-782 | Hevy Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Immortal, Canon-Typical Violence, Temporary Character Death, Canonical Character Death, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Old Guard AU, Fix-It of Sorts, Mental Connection/Psychic Connection, psychic dreams, That's Not How The Force Works (Star Wars), Force Bond (Star Wars), Immortality, POV Alternating, Mentioned Quinlan Vos, Pre-Relationship, Developing Relationship, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Hopeful Ending Summary:

It is rare for the Force to create immortals. So rare that only those who remain know. When Jon Antilles dies, he wakes back up, but he is not alone. After the events of Rishi Moon, Hevy wakes up. Alone but dreaming. Dreaming of two Jedi he does not know, who dream of him too. Or, a Jon/Hevy Old Guard AU

featuring gorgeous artwork from PaxDuane:

#self rb #qd

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 4 minutes, 48 seconds | Original Work

Batfam: Tim Drake centric | Not Rated: 

Summary: the threequel to that trix yogurt fic

Notes: As stated in my podficcer's note, this is technically chapter 1 but our friend Anonymous here didn't update it and honestly it is hilarious on its own.

Part 3 of [podfics of] vox nihili et in gotham ego

#vox nihili et in gotham ego #tim drake podfic #tim drake #crack fic #batfam crack #batfamily #batfam #batfam podfic #podfic #kbirb pods

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 21 minutes, 35 seconds | Original Work

Batfam: Tim Drake centric | Not Rated 

Summary: the sequel to that one trix yogurt fic

Notes: technically recorded for voiceteam mystery box 2023's "music first" challenge because... killer cros, crocodile rock, yeah... it's pure chaos, no excuses

Part 2 of [podfics of] vox nihili et in gotham ego

#vox nihili et in gotham ego #tim drake podfic #tim drake #pov tim drake #killer croc #voiceteam mystery box 2023 #voiceteam #voiceteam mystery box #batfamily #batfam podfic #batfam #crack fic #batfam crack #kbirb pods #podfic

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 17 minutes, 14 seconds | Original Work

Batfam: Tim Drake centric | Not Rated

Summary: that one fic about the trix yogurt

Notes: i cannot explain this. it is pure chaos.

Part 1 of [podfics of] vox nihili et in gotham ego

#vox nihili et in gotham ego #tim drake podfic #tim drake #crack fic #batfam crack #batfamily #batfam podfic #batfam #podfic

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 19 minutes, 27 seconds

Original Work: Works Alone by @schrijverr

Batfam, Justice League | Rating: G

Summary: 

When trying to pull the team together, Bruce’s ideas are dismissed, because he 'works alone'. He goes home to his kids to pout about it.

#batfam #batfam fic #batfamily #justice league podfic #justice league #podfic #schrijverr #dc podfic #dcu podfic #batman podfic