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Challenges/Prompts:

The following is a roundup of open challenges/prompts. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

@callixton is hosting The West Wing Pride Week (@twwpride here on tumblr) September 17 - 23. More details here! 

Photos/Videos:

This was a huge week in TWW media. Before we get to the regular round-up, we’re going to start with a mini round up of all of the photos and videos from the August 22nd SAG-AFTRA picket line event: 

Amy Landecker posted an Insta reel of Bradley Whitford speaking.

Devika Parikh posted a slideshow of photos with the cast from the event. 

Janel Moloney posted a selfie with Bradley Whitford from the picket line. 

Josh Malina helped organize the TWW reunion aspect of the event and posted a number of videos and group photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Kathleen “Bird” York posted photos from the picket line: 1 | 2

Kim Webster posted a slideshow of photos from the picket line with throwback photos from the show’s glory days mixed in. 

Mary McCormack posted a group photo from the event. 

Peter James Smith posted a photo round-up from the picket line. 

Richard Schiff posted a video of himself and his son being picket line captains at the Paramount gate. 

Here’s the rest of what was posted from August 20 - 26:

Marlee Matlin posted a video on her birthday.

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of herself and her friend Liz Tannebaum in honor of Liz’s birthday. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of herself with her brother Eric and her sister-in-law Gloria in celebration of Gloria’s birthday. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted a photo of herself with her dog for National Dog Day. 

Donna Moss Daily: August 20 | August 21 | August 22 | August 23 | August 24 | August 25 | August 26

Daily Josh Lyman: August 20 | August 21 | August 22 | August 23 | August 24 | August 25 | August 26

No Context BWhit: August 20 | August 21 | August 22 | August 23 | August 24 | August 25 | August 26

@twwarchive: August 20 | August 21 | August 22 | August 23 | August 24 | August 25 | August 26

Editors’ Choice: 

This week's cast reunion has got us thinking present day/future fic thoughts! We already did a future fic roundup in a previous briefing, but here are a few more present day/future day fics to satisfy all your where-are-they-now cravings!

everything I need is right here by my side by WitchyPrentiss for flowersinapril  | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete |  Post series JoshDonna - wholesome married people who love and support each other.

dancing in a snowglobe ('round and 'round) by JessBakesCakes | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete |  Tonight, they’re celebrating the Inauguration of their dear friend Sam Seaborn, the newest President of the United States. They’ve been married for fifteen years, they have three daughters who are getting ready in their own bedrooms, and it’s just Josh with a pile of snowballs at his feet, standing on the sidewalk of their home.

//Snowballs, 20 years later

Heavy Days In June by Lily_Padd_23 for supernatural_mondler (starzinoureyes) | Not Rated | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete |  A glimpse at an alternate summer 2020 with President Seaborn in the White House.

Takes the Biscuit by Nemainofthewater | Rated G | No Pairings Listed (Gen Fic) | Complete |  Three times Josh is amused at the Leader of the Free World. And one time he wants to straight up murder him.

all i gotta do is say your sweet name by hufflepuffhermione for mikaylawrites | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete |  "You’re not going to come out and hear me speak?”

Josh kisses her cheek. “We’ll be waiting in the wings, and then I’m taking you home.”

“Home?”

“Well, to the hotel here. We have two rooms…” he says, wiggling an eyebrow.

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October 2022. While surprising Donna on the campaign trail, Josh reads an article and finds a new word to describe his wife.