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10 out of 20 - All for the Game - Neil Josten - Means to an End

Title: Means to an End
Fandom: All for the Game
Character: Neil Josten
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 179
Prompt: Practice
Summary: The Ravens practices were different

( Means to an End )

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10 out of 20 - OZ (HBO) - Augustus Hill - Good Behavior

Title: Good Behavior
Fandom: OZ
Character: Augustus Hill
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 191
Prompt: Behavior
Summary: An Augustus Hill monologue on good behavior

( Good Behavior )

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Multifandom: Sunshine Revival Challenge

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Sherlock Holmes: Watson Birthday Prompt Fest

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Countdown to Pinch hit Deadline

All pinch hits have been claimed! All assignments need to either be in or e-mail me by July 1st.

If everything goes according to plan, we will have reveals on July 4th!

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10 out of 20 - OZ (HBO) - Tobias Beecher

Title: Different Ways of Arriving at the Same Destination
Fandom: OZ (HBO)
Character: Tobias Beecher
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 178
Prompt: Arrested
Summary: The first time was easier

( Different Ways of Arriving at the Same Destination )

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10 out of 20 fills - June 2025

Title: A Happier Timeline
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating: G
Words: 200
Characters: Reva Sevander, Leia Organa, Yoda, OC Jedi
Relationships: Reva & Leia
Prompt: Family
Summary: In a timeline where the Jedi Order recovers from the war, Padawan Reva Sevander gets volunteered to entertain the younglings.
( A Happier Timeline )

Title: Waiting
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating: G
Words: 300
Characters: Darth Sidious
Relationships: N/A
Prompt: Power
Summary: Someday, Sidious will have everything, but for now, he is forced to wait.
( Waiting )

Title: Test me in these ways
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating: G
Words: 300
Characters: OC Jedi
Relationships: N/A
Prompt: Dangerous
Summary: A padawan has a vision, but runs off to act on it without telling his master.
( Test me in these ways )

Title: We're alone, underground, where we'll grown endlessly
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: G
Words: 100
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Adrien Agreste
Relationships: Ladrien
Prompt: Serious
Summary: Hiding their relationship was the only way to stay safe.
( We're alone... )

Title: Training
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating: G
Words: 200
Characters: OC Jedi
Relationships: N/A
Prompt: Practice
Summary: A group of Jedi initiates learn to use and trust the Force.
( Training )

Title: Relief
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating: G
Words: 200
Characters: OC Jedi
Relationships: OC Jedi & OC Jedi
Prompt: Number
Summary: A Jedi comes home a bit worse for wear.
( Relief )

Title: It's like war
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating: G
Words: 200
Characters: OC Jedi
Relationships: N/A
Prompt: Poison
Summary: Temptation.
( It's like war )

Title: Preparing for a Presentation
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating: G
Words: 100
Characters: OC Jedi
Relationships: N/A
Prompt: Hilarious
Summary: A padawan is preparing a presentation. Their master is less than impressed.
( Preparing for a Presentation )

Title: What Are Friends For?
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating: G
Words: 100
Characters: OC Jedi
Relationships: OC Jedi & OC Jedi
Prompt: Colorful
Summary: A group of Jedi get together to ~~embarrass~~ celebrate their friend's knighting.
( What Are Friends For? )

Title: Trapped in the Dark
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating: G
Words: 200
Characters: OC, OC Jedi
Relationships: N/A
Prompt: Arrested
Summary: The victim of an illicit arrest is saved by a Jedi.
( Trapped in the Dark )

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DC-Slash Con 2025

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Multi-fandom: 3-sentence stories

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2025

Tagset Cleanup Post!

Please leave a comment on this post if you see a tag that has escaped its fandom and has wandered into a new fandom.

(If the tag is just hanging out in unassociated, that's alright! We will be fixing that shortly with batch load and are aware of the issue. If the tag has a misspelling or duplicate tag we will not be correcting those.)

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2025,
pinch hits

Assignments Sent; Initial Pinch Hits Part 1 (#1-15)

*** Update: Participant who would like to claim PH #13, we need your AO3 name, please! Thank you.***

Assignments have been sent!

Creations due: August 17 (countdown)
Works revealed: August 24
Creators revealed: August 31

If your assignment does not match your offers or you see another problem with it, please email marriageex@gmail.com, comment on this post (all comments are screened), or PM the mod DW account

justmarriedmod as soon as possible.

( Requirements Overview )

Initial pinch hits are as follows, due August 17, 11:59PM UTC at the regular assignment deadline:

( PH 1 - Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Battlestar Galactica (2003), Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Babylon 5 (TV 1993), The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison )

~~( PH 2 - Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga )~~

( PH 3 - A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, クジラの子らは砂上に歌う | Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau | Children of the Whales (Anime & Manga), Blue Lock (Manga) )

( PH 4 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, 鸣潮 | Wuthering Waves (Video Game), Limbus Company (Video Game) )

( PH 5 - Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mysteries - Franklin W. Dixon & Carolyn Keene, Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins, Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Thunderbirds (2004), Original Work, Original Work )

( PH 6 - Brides of Chance Creek Series - Cora Seton, Tortall - Tamora Pierce, Tortall - Tamora Pierce, Stanton Wins - Eleanor M. Ingram, Don Estevan's Honor - Eleanor M. Ingram, Don Estevan's Honor - Eleanor M. Ingram, The Unafraid - Eleanor M. Ingram, His Neighbor's Son - Eleanor M. Ingram )

( PH 7 - Dragon Age (Video Games), Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), 괴물 | Beyond Evil (TV), Dragon Age (Video Games) )

( PH 8 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher )

( PH 9 - クジラの子らは砂上に歌う | Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau | Children of the Whales (Anime & Manga), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Akatsuki no Yona | Yona of the Dawn )

( PH 10 - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming), 陰陽師 | Onmyouji (Anime 2023), 밤에 피는 꽃 | Knight Flower (TV) )

~~( PH 11 - A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Akatsuki no Yona | Yona of the Dawn, Naruto (Anime & Manga) )~~

( PH 12 - 说英雄谁是英雄 | Heroes (TV 2022), 师兄请按剧本来 | Stick to the Script! (TV), 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù )

( PH 13 - 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Got Dropped into a Ghost Story Still Gotta Work - Baek Deoksoo, 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Got Dropped into a Ghost Story Still Gotta Work - Baek Deoksoo, 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Got Dropped into a Ghost Story Still Gotta Work - Baek Deoksoo, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo )

~~( PH 14 - Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson )~~

( PH 15 - Fire Emblem: Soen no Kiseki/Akatsuki no Megami | Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Crossover Fandom, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Naruto (Anime & Manga) )

Comments on this post are screened. To claim a PH, please comment here or email marriageex@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the number of the PH.

We may not be able to immediately respond to pinch hit claims, but will get to them as soon as we’re able.

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2025,
pinch hits

Initial Pinch Hits Part 2 (#16-21)

Initial pinch hits #16-21 are as follows, due August 17, 11:59PM UTC at the regular assignment deadline:

( PH 16 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Shoujo Kakumei Utena | Revolutionary Girl Utena, Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Gilded Age (TV 2022) )

( PH 17 - Doom (Video Games), Warframe, Warhammer 40.000, Warhammer 40.000, Warhammer 40.000 )

( PH 18 - Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), 너의 스탯이 보여! | Show Me Your Stats! (Webcomic), Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey )

~~( PH 19 - Yellowjackets (TV), Doctor Who (2005), Agatha All Along (TV), WandaVision (TV) )~~

~~( PH 20 - Oxventure (Web Series), The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes (Video Game), Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios Video Game), Band of Brothers (TV 2001) )~~

( PH 21 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) )

Comments on this post are screened. To claim a PH, please comment here or email marriageex@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the number of the PH.

We may not be able to immediately respond to pinch hit claims, but will get to them as soon as we’re able.

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[JUNE: BINGO] Various icons

June: BINGO - 4 ICONS

Crown	Artist

Favorite	Time

FANDOMS:
Crown: Snow White (2025), Evil Queen
Artist: Under the Skin (TV), Shen Yi
Favorite: The Heart (TV 2023), Zhou Xiaofeng
Time: L'Oreal Time Engraver Commercial, The Time Engraver

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2025,
rules

2025 Rules and Guidelines.

Please make sure you familiarise yourself with our rules, guidelines, and eligibility criteria. While Rare Pair shares a theme with a few exchanges on the circuit, we do have a few key differences in how we choose to run our exchange.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them on this post (anonymous commenting is on) or email rarepairexmod@gmail.com. (If you email us, please allow two business days for a response before following up.) We will not be responding to Discord messages.

( House Rules )

( Eligibility )

( Nominations )

( Sign-Ups )

( Assignments )

( Assignments: About Mediums )

( Posting )

( Extensions )

( Defaulting )

( Pinch Hits )

( Treats )

( Commenting )

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2025,
matching

Signups Are Closed

Matching has run!

There are currently 2 participants unmatchable on offers. If your username starts with B or N, please check the email associated with your AO3 account. Matching will be re-run as soon as these participants reply, or at 11:59pm UTC 23 June (~ 1 day from now), whichever is earlier.

If everyone is matchable after this, assignments will be sent out within several hours.

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(10 out of 20) The Search for Potter Manor - Harry Potter (PG)

Title: The Search for Potter Manor
Author:

goddess47
Character(s): Harry Potter, Severus Snape
Pairing(s): Harry/Severus
Rating: PG
Length: 500

Summary:

They stood on the grounds of what should be Potter Manor.

Notes:

For

harry100 prompt #520 - again

For

writer's choice prompt #120 - barrier

For Sweet and Short June 2025 prompt - power

The Search for Potter Manor on AO3

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June: Bingo

It's bingo time again. Let's have some fun with the following table:

Crown	Artist
Favorite	Time

To complete the challenge, grab all the prompts and blackout the card. You can do single works or combine the four prompts in one work.
No one will blame you when you decide to do only one or two prompts, though.

Allowed are fics up to 500 words, small poems like haiku or similar, icons (100x100 px), and small graphics up to 500 px width x height. Please stay to the maximum, even if you decide to use all prompts in one work.

All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome, as are original work and real-person work.

Please tag your work with all relevant tags.

This challenge runs until June 30, at midnight in your time zone.

:::

Challenge Reminder:
10 out of 20
Picture Prompt Fun
Only Two

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2025,
signups

Just Over 4 Hours To Sign Up

RSVPs to this year's weddings close in just over 4 hours! This is a good time to update any WIP requests, link your Dear Creator letters, or check that you are matchable on offers. All requests are visible at the Requests Summary page, or at the AutoAO3App.

Sign up here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/justmarried2025/signups/new

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[June 10 out of 20] BtVS: Fic: Caught Red-Pawed

Title: Caught Red-Pawed
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:

veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Spuffy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Some coarse language
Word count: 300 (Google Docs)
Summary: Set in S6, some time between eps. 6x05 “Life Serial” and 6x06 “All the Way.” | Buffy catches Spike in a compromising situation. Will he get away with it?
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Prompts [#7—#10]: behavior - exotic - hilarious - serious

Also on my journal

—
( READ: Caught Red-Pawed/Triple drabble )

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10 out of 20 - OZ (HBO) - Kareen Said - The Man with the Power

Title: The Man with the Power
Fandom: OZ (HBO)
Character: Kareem Said
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 141
Prompt: Power
Summary: For a riot to be successful, someone had to be in charge

( The Man with the Power )