Title: Spreading Festive Joy
Fandom: FAKE
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Mother.
Rating: PG
Setting: Before the manga.
Summary: Dee is doing his best to make sure Mother’s kids enjoy Christmas as much as he did when he was growing up.
Word Count: 400
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 465: Amnesty 77, using Challenge 464: Joy.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.



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The Joy challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

9-1-1: Fan Fiction: Finding Joy by darkjediqueen
Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: Nothing Says Joy Like A Ferret The Day Before Christmas by smallhobbit
Labyrinth: Fan Fic: (Not) Again This Year by apachefirecat
Torchwood: Fanfic: Christmas Joy by badly_knitted
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Role-playing by veronyxk84
Matilda: Fanfic: Joy to Have in Class by yoshishisha
Criminal Minds: Acrostic: Joy is Fleeting by infinitum_noctem
Star Trek Voyager: fic: the season of by lilly_c
House of Leaves: Fanfic: What Bliss by pastelpom
ASOIAF: Fanfic: Born to kill by m_findlow
Kingdom Hearts: Fanfic: Day 177 by ruxadye
Dresden Files: fic: The Christmas Tree by highlander_ii

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Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.

New Amnesty challenge is on its way.

Title: The Christmas Tree
Fandom: Dresden Files
Rating: PG
Length: short
Content notes: none apply
Summary: takes place in some nebulous time before "Changes"... Ramirez is being a good, festive friend.

( The Christmas Tree )

Title: Day 177
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Pairings: Axel/Roxas
Rating: Teen
Length: 6,280 words
Content notes: None
Summary:
Roxas has a lot to figure out, no idea how to talk about it, or if he even should. Maybe a day out of the ordinary like Axel's suggested might just be the thing he needs right now.

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Title: Born to kill
Author: m_findlow
Rating: M (language)
Length: 1,200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 464 - Joy
Summary: Jon Arryn and Robert Baratheon have very different ideas on the qualities of the man who should guard and protect the King’s firstborn son..

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Title: What Bliss
Fandom: House of Leaves
Rating: PG
Length: 859 words
Summary: Finally, after so long, the house on Ash Tree Lane is occupied again.
Content Notes: Generally unsettling, house-as-living-creature type stuff.
Author's Notes: Written for challenge 464: Joy

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Title: the season of
Fandom: Star Trek: Voyager
Rating: G
Length: 354 words
Content notes: also for the hope prompt on my newyearcntdown table
Author notes: sequel of sorts as it also loosely ties in with colours but you don’t need to read that first and the Catherine Pulsifer quote used is from here.
Summary: Looking at the crew who were currently assembling in the room for the first Christmas speech, Neelix whispered, “What do I say? It’s not a holiday from my culture either.”

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Title: Joy is Fleeting
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Characters: Emily Prentiss
Rating: G
Length: 18 words
Summary: Emily Prentiss will never be accepted by her mother.

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Title: Joy to Have in Class
Fandom: Matilda
Rating: G
Length: 469 words
Tags: introspection, kid fic, child pov, fluff
Author notes: Heard Mara Wilson on a podcast this weekend. Haven't seen the movie since I was a kid though, so here's a 15-min piece based entirely on vibes.
Summary: A joy to have in class, she’d been told. She was a joy to have in class. How unfortunate then that she wasn’t a joy to have anywhere else.

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Title: Role-playing
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Spuffy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 300 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in a post-series future and alternate reality where Buffy and Spike are an established couple.
Summary: Spike will be playing Santa for his and Buffy’s niece, but there might be something more in store for him.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Challenge: #464 - Joy

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Title: Christmas Joy
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Team.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2395
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack loves Christmas, but this year his Christmas joy has suffered an unexpected setback.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 464: Joy. Also for Weekend Challenge Christmas Song Lyrics at 1_million_words.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

Title: (Not) Again This Year
Fandom: Labyrinth
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Jareth/Sarah, Hoggle
Rating: G/K
Summary: In which Jareth catches Sarah red-handed.
Word Count: 500
Written For: LabyFic 187. Impressed and Fan FlashWorks 464. Joy
Warnings: Future AU
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.




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Title: Nothing Says Joy Like A Ferret The Day Before Christmas
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: 233 words
Summary: It's the day before Christmas and the Ferret is happy, very happy

Title: Finding Joy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: 9-1-1
Relationships: Evan Buckley/Tommy Kinard
Tags: Angst, Happy Ending, Getting Back Together
Summary: Tommy had to find his joy.
Word Count: 9,228

Our new challenge is:

JOY

As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, December 20th. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.

All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.

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