[#262 | Soulmates] Challenge Post
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fandomweekly| Challenge 262: SOULMATES |
n. a close friend or romantic partner with whom one has a unique deep connection based on mutual understanding and acceptance Soulmates – a myth, a once-in-a-lifetime experience, or something a little more supernatural? Maybe soulmates are just someone you have a special connection with; maybe they’re something mystical, something predestined for you one way or another, a kind of magic found in special marks or mind-links. Or maybe they don’t exist at all. Do your characters believe in soulmates? Do they have one, or want one? Is it an option at all for them? Write a story about soulmates. If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
| Challenge ends Monday, June 16 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 262 – soulmates • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here |
[#261 | Schemes] Results Post
Jun. 11th, 2025 10:22 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweeklyHere are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #261 – Schemes!
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 3134
Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those next weekend.
You may now post your Challenge 261 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 3134
Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!
autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those next weekend.You may now post your Challenge 261 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!
PRIDE 6: Natasha/?
Jun. 11th, 2025 10:17 amsenmutFiling Flirtations (300 words) by Sharpest_Asp
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel's The Avengers [2012]
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Ensemble
Additional Tags: Avengers Tower, Flirting, Triple Drabble
Summary:
Nat just sat back and watched the beer-laden flirting going on, listening with half her mind as alcohol lubricated more honest impressions of one another. She didn't really get it sometimes — Tony wanted everyone but Pepper was being far choosier — yet it made for good intel on who she could push and manipulate that way should it be needed.
She got the impression Bruce was more like herself. Something in the total package had to be there for that kind of fireworks to happen. On cue, Betty warded off a very cute pass from Darcy, and settled more firmly in Bruce's space. Those two — they had that look of having a true orbital lock on each other.
She let her eyes shift briefly to Clint, who gave his tiny hitch of a shoulder, then raised an eyebrow before his eyes roved Thor's well-built form. Nat gave him a go-for-it nod with the nuance of 'not both of us'.
Thor didn't meet her particular points of interest enough to spark anything, but it was always fun to watch Clint does his mix of shy and blatant flirtation.
She wondered how Jane was going to handle it, but Jane moved closer to Bruce and Betty, talking science and leaving Thor on his own. Darcy nudged her once to look over. When Jane did, she rolled her eyes, and went back to the discussion at hand.
That nudged her up in Nat's books. They were all, now, part of a very intense way of life, and being weird about who slept with whom was going to make friction.
Tony dropped into her space, and she arched a look his way.
"Checking."
"No."
He grinned. "Her?"
"Maybe."
"I'll have her schedule a date to figure it out."
Nat smirked over at Pepper, who smiled.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel's The Avengers [2012]
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Ensemble
Additional Tags: Avengers Tower, Flirting, Triple Drabble
Summary:
It's a lazy day in the Tower and Nat's just taking it all in.
Filing Flirtations
Nat just sat back and watched the beer-laden flirting going on, listening with half her mind as alcohol lubricated more honest impressions of one another. She didn't really get it sometimes — Tony wanted everyone but Pepper was being far choosier — yet it made for good intel on who she could push and manipulate that way should it be needed.
She got the impression Bruce was more like herself. Something in the total package had to be there for that kind of fireworks to happen. On cue, Betty warded off a very cute pass from Darcy, and settled more firmly in Bruce's space. Those two — they had that look of having a true orbital lock on each other.
She let her eyes shift briefly to Clint, who gave his tiny hitch of a shoulder, then raised an eyebrow before his eyes roved Thor's well-built form. Nat gave him a go-for-it nod with the nuance of 'not both of us'.
Thor didn't meet her particular points of interest enough to spark anything, but it was always fun to watch Clint does his mix of shy and blatant flirtation.
She wondered how Jane was going to handle it, but Jane moved closer to Bruce and Betty, talking science and leaving Thor on his own. Darcy nudged her once to look over. When Jane did, she rolled her eyes, and went back to the discussion at hand.
That nudged her up in Nat's books. They were all, now, part of a very intense way of life, and being weird about who slept with whom was going to make friction.
Tony dropped into her space, and she arched a look his way.
"Checking."
"No."
He grinned. "Her?"
"Maybe."
"I'll have her schedule a date to figure it out."
Nat smirked over at Pepper, who smiled.
[#261 | Schemes] Voting Post
Jun. 9th, 2025 09:36 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweeklyHere are the entries for this challenge:
( List of entries )
Please Note: Because we only have 4 entries this week, there is only a First Place and Runner Up to vote for!
In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (both spots) in order to be counted. Winner votes are worth 2 points, Runner Up votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.
When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:
First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Runner Up: 88. Another Fic Title
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Voting closes Wednesday, June 11, at 9:00PM EST.
( List of entries )
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Ah Pern, My love, My loathed
Jun. 9th, 2025 07:30 pmsenmutStarted re-reading Red Star Rising also known as Dragonseye.
( The first three chapters, mostly negative reactions to the world building/culture )
( The first three chapters, mostly negative reactions to the world building/culture )
PRIDE 5: Bucky/Steve
Jun. 9th, 2025 07:02 pmsenmutExperiencing Pride (100 words) by Sharpest_Asp
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain America [Movies]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Rogers/James "Bucky" Barnes [MCU]
Characters: Steve Rogers, James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Additional Tags: Drabble, Pride Parades
Summary:
"I think you'd look good in that," Bucky murmured in Steve's ear, discreetly calling attention to some of the leather crowd.
Steve snorted. "Not really my style, but maybe for a night," he answered, still taking in the whole pageant of queer life on display, eyes roving over the ones that were shyly experiencing it, and those openly embracing it.
"D'you read the history?"
"Hell of a thing," Steve agreed with that respectful tone. "Still a long way to go," he added as he spotted the trouble spoiling for a fight. Bucky looked, and the pair made their way over.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain America [Movies]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Rogers/James "Bucky" Barnes [MCU]
Characters: Steve Rogers, James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Additional Tags: Drabble, Pride Parades
Summary:
Pride Parade for the reunited couple.
Experiencing Pride
"I think you'd look good in that," Bucky murmured in Steve's ear, discreetly calling attention to some of the leather crowd.
Steve snorted. "Not really my style, but maybe for a night," he answered, still taking in the whole pageant of queer life on display, eyes roving over the ones that were shyly experiencing it, and those openly embracing it.
"D'you read the history?"
"Hell of a thing," Steve agreed with that respectful tone. "Still a long way to go," he added as he spotted the trouble spoiling for a fight. Bucky looked, and the pair made their way over.
[#261] Broken Trust (QZGS)
Jun. 9th, 2025 07:09 pmyoshishisha posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: 261 - schemes
Title: Broken Trust
Fandom: Quánzhí Gāoshǒu|King's Avatar
Rating/Warnings: No
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 510
Summary: Su Mucheng has had enough of those schemes.
( 2nd person POV )
Title: Broken Trust
Fandom: Quánzhí Gāoshǒu|King's Avatar
Rating/Warnings: No
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 510
Summary: Su Mucheng has had enough of those schemes.
( 2nd person POV )
[#261] SOMETHING IN THE WATER (TORCHWOOD)
Jun. 9th, 2025 11:07 amm_findlow posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #261 - Schemes
Title: Something in the water
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Jack is having a hard time convincing the team of his plan to keep Cardiff’s alien problems under wraps.
( Read more... )
Title: Something in the water
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Jack is having a hard time convincing the team of his plan to keep Cardiff’s alien problems under wraps.
( Read more... )
New Comm
Jun. 8th, 2025 06:41 pmsenmutcommunityactionusa is set up now. As you can probably tell by the name, it's intended as a place to help guide action, and the sticky is referencing "Project Mailstorm". Go look, see if it's your cuppa.Various Links 6/2 - 6/8
Jun. 8th, 2025 03:16 pmsenmut13 links today
The Old Guard 2 Trailer
Rodimus Prime cross-stitch
Epistolary Avatar: the Last Airbender fic
Leverage Filk
Cat Dad update - mentions the passing of the mother cat, but the babies are thriving. 7 years of wholesome Cat Dad.
Very WOW but very dangerous standing swing stunt - if any of the more dangerous Cirque de Soleil stunts give you anxiety, skip this.
Seattle Mariners Pride vid
The Great Escape (performed by a cat)
Oslo Pride video
Skeletor and He-Man UK commercials for something - link opens on first vid, scroll down for second.
See Snoopy flying on his dog house
Great vid of a dust devil sans dust
Egyptian Blue pigment re-discovered? - caveat is that I did not research to see if this is a "Discovery" where the locals never lost it.
The Old Guard 2 Trailer
Rodimus Prime cross-stitch
Epistolary Avatar: the Last Airbender fic
Leverage Filk
Cat Dad update - mentions the passing of the mother cat, but the babies are thriving. 7 years of wholesome Cat Dad.
Very WOW but very dangerous standing swing stunt - if any of the more dangerous Cirque de Soleil stunts give you anxiety, skip this.
Seattle Mariners Pride vid
The Great Escape (performed by a cat)
Oslo Pride video
Skeletor and He-Man UK commercials for something - link opens on first vid, scroll down for second.
See Snoopy flying on his dog house
Great vid of a dust devil sans dust
Egyptian Blue pigment re-discovered? - caveat is that I did not research to see if this is a "Discovery" where the locals never lost it.
[#261] hunters and hunted (Wind Breaker)
Jun. 8th, 2025 02:18 pmquicksilverfox3 posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: 261 - Schemes
Title: hunters and hunted
Fandom: Wind Breaker
Rating/Warnings: Teen, themes of injury
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 868
Summary: Suo has a plan to help Sakura. Nirei also has a plan of his own.
( keep an eye on you )
Title: hunters and hunted
Fandom: Wind Breaker
Rating/Warnings: Teen, themes of injury
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 868
Summary: Suo has a plan to help Sakura. Nirei also has a plan of his own.
( keep an eye on you )
PRIDE 4: Hardison/Eliot/Parker
Jun. 7th, 2025 03:50 pmsenmutMarking Dates (531 words) by Sharpest_Asp
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eliot Spencer/Alec Hardison/Parker
Characters: Alec Hardison, Eliot Spencer, Parker [Leverage]
Additional Tags: Origami, Fluff
Summary:
The saying that money can't buy happiness had to have been thought up by a rich person, Hardison decided. He kept folding the non-sequential bills, setting up a menagerie of wild animals. After he had twenty-six of them, he put them in the box, closed it, and left it on his desk, just where the box had been for several days.
Parker had noticed it on the first day it was there, asked about it two days after that, then forgot it existed as it became part of her surroundings. It was the perfect place to hide something in plain sight — though he'd taken the precaution of spritzing it with his aftershave, to hide the money smell.
Parker was funny enough about money that she might have smelled it otherwise.
When Eliot came in that evening, Hardison caught his eyes, looked at the box, got the slow blink of agreement, and that was that.
Two days later, the box was gone, and Parker studied that space, making the cute frowny face she did while cataloguing where everything was supposed to be.
"Where'd the box go?" she asked.
"Have to find it," Eliot answered, before he and Hardison exchanged a grin. Her eyes lit up, so Hardison continued. "Scavenger hunt, in our building, out of the way spots… with things to find on the way to the box."
"What kind of things?" she asked, even as she was getting excited.
"The kind of things you like," Eliot said, and she did a tiny little clap and bounce before vanishing.
"And that, my friend, is how we say 'happy anniversary' to her," Hardison crooned, amused, and going to watch the spy-eyes through the building. Eliot joined him, putting him in a brief headlock playfully.
"Figuring out her love language wasn't so hard," Eliot said, but he was smiling when she found the first animal, right where he'd thought she would, an alligator. "How in the hell did you find an origami A to Z?"
"Man, everything is on the internet now," Hardison told him, still thrilled they'd found a gift that worked.
Parker found the last animal, cunningly folded so it appeared striped, making it a zebra, and the box was just ahead. She opened it, seeing cash — multiple currencies even! — and the note that said 'happy change together day'. Her chin wibbled, for just a moment, before she put all of her finds in the box. She'd had to back track for the otter and the shrew when she realized they were in alphabetical order, but now she had a full menagerie of money.
Her men — both of them were hers and theirs and ours — made fusses on days that weren't Christmas, but not in the way she saw other people do it. That, among many things, kept her falling in love with them every day, knowing neither one would ever push her in a path she couldn't handle.
She'd have to make a run on a store before she went back up to them; junk food for Hardison that had some pretzels in it, and she'd pick up that smelly cheese Eliot had insisted would make great brioche grilled cheese sandwiches.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eliot Spencer/Alec Hardison/Parker
Characters: Alec Hardison, Eliot Spencer, Parker [Leverage]
Additional Tags: Origami, Fluff
Summary:
Hardison and Eliot mark the date in a way that Parker will enjoy.
Marking Dates
The saying that money can't buy happiness had to have been thought up by a rich person, Hardison decided. He kept folding the non-sequential bills, setting up a menagerie of wild animals. After he had twenty-six of them, he put them in the box, closed it, and left it on his desk, just where the box had been for several days.
Parker had noticed it on the first day it was there, asked about it two days after that, then forgot it existed as it became part of her surroundings. It was the perfect place to hide something in plain sight — though he'd taken the precaution of spritzing it with his aftershave, to hide the money smell.
Parker was funny enough about money that she might have smelled it otherwise.
When Eliot came in that evening, Hardison caught his eyes, looked at the box, got the slow blink of agreement, and that was that.
Two days later, the box was gone, and Parker studied that space, making the cute frowny face she did while cataloguing where everything was supposed to be.
"Where'd the box go?" she asked.
"Have to find it," Eliot answered, before he and Hardison exchanged a grin. Her eyes lit up, so Hardison continued. "Scavenger hunt, in our building, out of the way spots… with things to find on the way to the box."
"What kind of things?" she asked, even as she was getting excited.
"The kind of things you like," Eliot said, and she did a tiny little clap and bounce before vanishing.
"And that, my friend, is how we say 'happy anniversary' to her," Hardison crooned, amused, and going to watch the spy-eyes through the building. Eliot joined him, putting him in a brief headlock playfully.
"Figuring out her love language wasn't so hard," Eliot said, but he was smiling when she found the first animal, right where he'd thought she would, an alligator. "How in the hell did you find an origami A to Z?"
"Man, everything is on the internet now," Hardison told him, still thrilled they'd found a gift that worked.
Parker found the last animal, cunningly folded so it appeared striped, making it a zebra, and the box was just ahead. She opened it, seeing cash — multiple currencies even! — and the note that said 'happy change together day'. Her chin wibbled, for just a moment, before she put all of her finds in the box. She'd had to back track for the otter and the shrew when she realized they were in alphabetical order, but now she had a full menagerie of money.
Her men — both of them were hers and theirs and ours — made fusses on days that weren't Christmas, but not in the way she saw other people do it. That, among many things, kept her falling in love with them every day, knowing neither one would ever push her in a path she couldn't handle.
She'd have to make a run on a store before she went back up to them; junk food for Hardison that had some pretzels in it, and she'd pick up that smelly cheese Eliot had insisted would make great brioche grilled cheese sandwiches.
[#261] Unholy Alliance (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Jun. 7th, 2025 12:49 pmbadly_knitted posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #261 - Schemes
Title: Unholy Alliance
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating/Warnings: PG / None
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 756
Summary: Spike is not a fan of Angelus’ scheme to suck the world into Hell, but to prevent it, he’ll need some help.
Fandom50: #15
Jun. 6th, 2025 07:46 pmsenmutAlmost the end of a decade in 1989. Revolutions, crackdowns, changes in power ... look, 1989 left a mark on my psyche. Evidently I was escaping into the cinema as much as I was to the roller rink, judging from me opening 20 tabs even with me being picky. Going to narrow that down some. Okay, 11 in the final cut.
( kinda grouped in genre broadly )
( kinda grouped in genre broadly )
PRIDE 3: Jareth/Nick Knight
Jun. 5th, 2025 11:18 amsenmutStranger to the Ball (498 words) by Sharpest_Asp
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Forever Knight, Labyrinth
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Nicholas "Nick" Knight, Jareth [Labyrinth]
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Attempted Seduction
Summary:
Jareth smiles as he sees the stranger. It's not often that one of them wanders into the spaces between worlds. Still, they can be interesting in their own ways, if they are not too lost in the ennui of living so long.
Living, for certain values thereof, Jareth amends in his mind.
He maneuvers his way in that direction, watching the stranger take in all of the oddities of the ball's participants. Masks that are cunningly crafted to deliver only a facet of the wearer's personality are works of art, some reeking of the arcane energies invested in them. Others do little to hide the person behind it, much as his own registers as regal and capricious.
A flick of his hand, and Jareth sees to the man's garb, turning it from passable nobility to proper formality and frivolity, the crimson threads shot through the dark cloth with sinister flair.
His guest doesn't notice at first, and Jareth is annoyed, wondering which of his court lured the man in. Yet then the change is appreciated, seen in the mirrored column betwixt dancers. His lovely red-headed courtier seems intent on interception, and he snaps a small stinging swat at her with his magic, forcing her to move on.
"And what, my lonesome wolf, brings such as you to my demesnes?" he asks as he steps into the man's field of vision, setting the mask on its baton to one side, smiling at his most charming.
"I… do not know. I followed a girl…" Already the effect of the court is pressing on the stranger, and Jareth feels a surge of giddy pleasure in the idea of keeping this one for a time.
"There are plenty of women present, but surely, having been led astray by the fairer sex, some time in more masculine company might be preferred?" Jareth invites. "Call me Jareth," he says easily, enjoying the way the man licks at his lips unconsciously.
"Nicki," the stranger gives. "Nicolas de Brabant."
Jareth felt the compulsion of his court pull the full name forth, sees the small frown for having given it, and he reaches with his free hand to stroke the cheek of his interesting distraction.
"This place is unlike any you have seen, and you may enjoy yourself… even to you nature, darling Nikki," Jareth croons at him, before vanishing his mask away, freeing his hands. "A night of dance among those who are not as the mortals you dally among, hmm? Perhaps… with more private dances after?"
His temptations linger, darkening the eyes, before the man tries to deny himself, to find a way out.
For now, Jareth lets him go, but he saw the desire, for that moment, and knows he will find his prey in time.
Perhaps he will deign to dally among mortals to find this Nicki, watching the vampire be caught in several dancers' hands on his way to finding the exit.
"Your hungers could match mine, if you freed them fully."
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Forever Knight, Labyrinth
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Nicholas "Nick" Knight, Jareth [Labyrinth]
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Attempted Seduction
Summary:
Jareth spots new prey
Stranger to the Ball
Jareth smiles as he sees the stranger. It's not often that one of them wanders into the spaces between worlds. Still, they can be interesting in their own ways, if they are not too lost in the ennui of living so long.
Living, for certain values thereof, Jareth amends in his mind.
He maneuvers his way in that direction, watching the stranger take in all of the oddities of the ball's participants. Masks that are cunningly crafted to deliver only a facet of the wearer's personality are works of art, some reeking of the arcane energies invested in them. Others do little to hide the person behind it, much as his own registers as regal and capricious.
A flick of his hand, and Jareth sees to the man's garb, turning it from passable nobility to proper formality and frivolity, the crimson threads shot through the dark cloth with sinister flair.
His guest doesn't notice at first, and Jareth is annoyed, wondering which of his court lured the man in. Yet then the change is appreciated, seen in the mirrored column betwixt dancers. His lovely red-headed courtier seems intent on interception, and he snaps a small stinging swat at her with his magic, forcing her to move on.
"And what, my lonesome wolf, brings such as you to my demesnes?" he asks as he steps into the man's field of vision, setting the mask on its baton to one side, smiling at his most charming.
"I… do not know. I followed a girl…" Already the effect of the court is pressing on the stranger, and Jareth feels a surge of giddy pleasure in the idea of keeping this one for a time.
"There are plenty of women present, but surely, having been led astray by the fairer sex, some time in more masculine company might be preferred?" Jareth invites. "Call me Jareth," he says easily, enjoying the way the man licks at his lips unconsciously.
"Nicki," the stranger gives. "Nicolas de Brabant."
Jareth felt the compulsion of his court pull the full name forth, sees the small frown for having given it, and he reaches with his free hand to stroke the cheek of his interesting distraction.
"This place is unlike any you have seen, and you may enjoy yourself… even to you nature, darling Nikki," Jareth croons at him, before vanishing his mask away, freeing his hands. "A night of dance among those who are not as the mortals you dally among, hmm? Perhaps… with more private dances after?"
His temptations linger, darkening the eyes, before the man tries to deny himself, to find a way out.
For now, Jareth lets him go, but he saw the desire, for that moment, and knows he will find his prey in time.
Perhaps he will deign to dally among mortals to find this Nicki, watching the vampire be caught in several dancers' hands on his way to finding the exit.
"Your hungers could match mine, if you freed them fully."
[#261 | Schemes] Challenge Post
Jun. 4th, 2025 09:05 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweekly| Challenge 261: SCHEMES |
Whether it’s planning a secret party, going on a forbidden quest, or overthrowing the government, there’s one thing you need to make it happen: a good scheme. An evil scheme, or just a scheme? Well, that’s up to the schemers in question; it’s certainly possible to scheme without malicious intent, though most people would call it a “plan” instead. But anybody can make a scheme. Whether or not they can carry it out...well, that’s a different question. What do your characters scheme about? Write a story about schemes. If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
| Challenge ends Monday, June 9 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 261 – schemes • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here |