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The browsing period for the Fandom Trumps Hate 2026 charity auction (@fandomtrumpshate) is now open! We have 15 offerings for the Murderbot Diaries:

Wolfsbanesparks - fanfiction, 5-10k words Chaos_Monkey - fanfiction, <5k words Roscuro - fanfiction, 5-10k words Tom - other digital fanwork, filk song RainstormRadish - fanfiction, 5-10k words cheesecake3 - fanfiction, <5k words RJam9 - fanfiction, 5-10k words Iwantthatcoat - fanfiction, 5-10k words thewalrus-said - fanfiction, 5-10k words WanderingBarque - fanfiction, 5-10k words happydaiz - podfic, 15-20k words jupyt3r - fanfiction, <5k words v838monoceros - fanfiction, 1k words per $5 Griselda_Gimpel - fanfiction, <5k words ropememory - fanfiction, <5k words

Bidding will run from Tuesday, March 3rd to Saturday, March 7th.

If you're interested in donating to some great causes and getting some awesome fanworks, take a look!

Go forth and bid on your chosen creators! The offerings blog is here. A few notes:

Read the instructions at the bottom of the offering post for bidding instructions.

The top of the post has a list of what orgs each creator is supporting.

Do not make any donations until you receive an email from the FTH mods stating that you have won. We have no way to reimburse donations that are made in error.

Bidding closes at 8pm Eastern on Saturday, March 7.

Bidding is open for Fandom Trumps Hate!

To view all listings for Heated Rivalry, go here: https://fth2026offerings.dreamwidth.org/tag/fandom:%20heated%20rivalry

There are people offering fanfic, podfic, fanvids, fanart, as well as beta services, culture pickers, typesetters, and more! This is an easy and fun way to get a fanwork made while also supporting charity. Bidding ends March 7!

Not sure what any of this means?

You can look through all the auctions, view existing bids and place a bid using the spreadsheet and form linked in each individual auction post, and if you win, the creator will work with you to create a fanwork after you have donated to one of the charities they have specified!

Be sure to read each auction carefully to find the ones that align with what you're looking for. Closer to the end of bidding, there will be a searchable tag added to find auctions without bids!

For more links separated by type of auction, see under the cut!

The written fic (4 chapters, still in the works)

Do you create fanart, fanfic, podfics, videos, or any other kind of digital fanwork? Do you have services you can offer your fellow creators such as betaing, typesetting, research, or sensitivity reading? Do you want to use any of this to raise money for progressive causes?

If so, welcome to the 10th annual Fandom Trumps Hate auction!

Some light reading before you go straight to the signup form - even if you've participated before, please check these out!

FTH FAQ

What to expect on the signup form

Which fandoms are on this year’s list (but of course you can write in any fandoms you like)

FTH 2026 Calendar

List of Supported Nonprofits

One change to note: If you would like to offer your fanwork in "Any fandom," the options have changed. We have summarized those changes here.

If you've read all that and are ready to proceed, the 2026 signup form is here!

Much like Ilya and Shane creating their own charity, you too can support the causes you care about by doing what you love: creating fanworks! You can find a complete list of potential charities here; creators can choose which charities their bidders create for!

Creator sign ups are Jan 26-Feb 8. For a full schedule, see the below graphic.

More questions? Here is the FAQ, or feel free to DM me! Fandom Trumps Hate is a lovely event that brings fandom together, encourages creation, and has raised over $300k over 10 years!

this one is set in the canon era but with a twist - some people are able to manipulate the drawing of maps to create magical effects. I don't want to give too much else away but some of my inspiration was Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, A Very Short History of Life on Earth by Henry Gee, and Greek myth - and of course, the poem A Map to the Next World by Joy Harjo.

Written by: @solarmorrigan Read by: @steddiestories @n0connections patientanxiety @mystictrashmoon Cover art: @meggiejolly

LISTEN HERE

Steddie ⭐️ Rated: T ⭐️ Duration: 11 min Summary: Gladys isn't one to cast aspersions on other people's taste in movies (much), but she does think it's about time someone introduced Eddie (and by extension, Steve) to some good, classic horror

So I decided I wanted to write my SOAPBOX on one thing, after going off on a mini Soapbox the day before challenges dropped for Voiceteam and it gave me an excuse to do it. But then I spent a week thinking about where I wanted this to go, and came up with an adjacent-but-different direction to head it in, whoops?

That said, welcome to my Soapbox on Podfic as a Transformative Work. This will include some of my original ideas such as the inherent podficcer desire to embrace chaos that is evidenced by the way we on the whole flock toward things like texting / social media fics and non-traditional narrative formats, and our desire to embrace the challenge of finding a way to bring those stories to life in audio in a way that fully represents the way they appear on the screen, BUT. More than that, at the core, I really want to talk about WHY podfic is a transformative work, because a lot of people—particularly those who aren't familiar with podfic, and haven't listened to much if any of it—don't seem to understand that it is more than just reading aloud the words of a text.

I get it, I do. At its most basic level, that IS what podfic is, right? That's often how we start to explain podfic; my go-to definition is "you know audiobooks? you know fanfic? cool, imagine audiobooks of fanfic." I stand by that; at its most basic level, that IS what podfic is. And yet one of my favorite things to rant about is that podfic is so much MORE than just an audiobook of a fanfic, or at least DIFFERENT/DISTINCT, in the same way that fanfic as a genre is distinct from traditionally published works. Why? Because podficcers have the same freedom and flexibility, due to the nature of fanworks and the fact that they are created for love and joy, not for profit, to get really weird and experimental with what we're making. You don't have to, obviously; you can make a podfic that is more or less an audiobook of a fanfic and it's perfect valid as a podfic AND as a transformative work—I'll get to that more later. But I think the easiest way to see how transformative something like podfic can be is to listen to something absolutely WILD that a podficcer put their whole soul into, be it through ridiculous voicing or over the top effects, and understand that this is an art not bound by the chains of capitalism in its need to be something that will appeal to the largest possible audience. In fact, podficcers don't get very much interaction on our works, a couple of comments on a single pod is a raging hit as far as we're concerned. People have already done great meta on this point this week, so I won't go too far into it beyond saying—we're not in this for popularity, or even feedback (as nice as it can be to get it); we're doing it for fun and joy and community and, yeah, a little bit of chaos.

Sure, you say, that makes sense. And maybe I can see how a really weird podfic is transformative. But ALL podfic?

Yes. All podfic. Let me put it to you this way: have you ever been in a classroom with a teacher who is just the most boring human you have ever had the misfortune of being forced to learn from? I feel like chances are high most of us have, and if you haven't, you've probably at least witnessed it second-hand from some kind of media. Compare that experience with the joy of learning from someone who is really good at teaching—not just at knowing their subject matter, but at engaging their students in a way that makes learning actually enjoyable, whether or not you're equally invested in the subject.

Podfic is like that. You can have Text-to-Speech read something to you, sure, but comparing it to a real person is like… even if you don't like the real person's style, or the way their audio turned out, it's got LIFE in it. THAT'S what makes podfic transformative. A real person is VOICE-ACTING as they bring a text to life in audio, putting in expression and empathy, and THAT is what makes podfic a transformative form of art.

1) another way to illustrate that podfic is transformative (not just reading aloud) is to listen to the same fic podficced by two different people. Even apart from any extras the podficcers add on (music, cover art, effects) - the reading itself can be (and often is) WILDLY DIFFERENT. Different people bring different things to a text work and draw out different things. I had a really distinct experience making a multivoice with another podficcer. I proposed a fic and my friend said "I don't know, that one feels really dubcon, almost noncon to me" and I was shocked! I'd always read that fic in a very "Baby, It's Cold Outside" sort of way (in that "I want to but can't because of reasons so please get me over that and give me an excuse" way). If we'd each made a solo podfic of that fic, they would have been very different experiences. So yeah, to anyone who believes that podficcing (just the average, base level podfic - no experimental stuff) isn't transformative, please go listen to multiple people's podfics of the same fic.

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Samba Schutte; Andy Rydzewski & Andrew Deyoung; Rachel House; Tiny Crew Big Raffle; OFMD Craft Fair Creator Feed; Fandom Spotlight; Love Notes;

= David Jenkins =

David agreed, it's time to bask in moonglow!

Source: Davids bsky

= Rhys Darby =

There's just so much Rhys Darby news now a day it's hard to keep track! If you're in AoNZ between March 27 and April 4th he'll be in town! Check out his site for tickets!

Just some adorable improv he did recently!

Also they're doing new merch for the AoNZ tour!

Source: Rhys’ Bsky

= Taika Waititi =

If you're out in AoNZ, you can now watch 6 Disney films re-versioned into Te Reo Māori! While this isn't directly related to Taika, he did write the first draft of the Moana screenplay-- and he's spreading the love of Reo Māori!

Source: Taika Waititi’s IG

In direct Taika news, he'll be joining Ellen Burstyn for the Drama 'Place To Be'! Check out the article here!

Source: Disney Australia IG

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico was out at the Queerties with the Today In Gay Team!

Today in Gay was also featured in Teen Vogue! Article Here.

Source: Vico's IG Stories

= Samba Schutte =

The date and dish has been updated fo Samba's upcoming class!

EVENT DATE: May 10th EVENT TIME: 10AM PT/1PM ET EVENT LOCATION: ONLINE

Tickets for Samba's May 10th class go on sale in April!

Source: Stands Website

Samba's short, 'Best Life' premieres at the LA Film Festival on March 27! Check out the trailer below!

Source: Samba's IG

= Andy Rydzewski & Andrew Deyoung =

Some of our cinematographer's and director's new work, "Friendship" was featured as a Festival Favorite at the South By South West 2025 Film Festival!

Source: Andy and Andrew's IG

= Rachel House =

Our Mary Reed, Rachel House was featured at the "All About Women" festival about gender, justice and equality on March 8-9! More info here!

Source: Rachel's IG

Rachel was also out at a Tinā screening, supporting our dear Auntie, Anapela Polata'ivao!

Source: Rachel's IG

== Tiny Crew Big Raffle ==

Great news! Tiny Crew Big Raffle is back! This time with a super amazing prize made by the props team of OFMD! The baby monkey was behind the bar at Spanish Jackiez and helped to really build the ambiance of the place! The monkey was donated by our fabulous S2 Set Decorator Megan Vertelle! The Raffle begins March 29th! To learn more and keep up to date, remember to check out their socials! Linktr.ee / Instagram / Tumblr : @ofmd-buys-boats

Source: Tiny Crew Big Raffle's IG

== Craft Fair Creator Feed ==

Our friend Archem aka @yerbamansa over on BSKY is one of the OFMD craft fair team members, and they have put together a feed for creators that participated in the craft fair and have shops or do commissions! This feed is pretty great because it has all the creators info so you can easily check out what they have up for sale! Check the feed out here! (Right now it's open in general but may go back to bsky logged in only, just fyi)! I also wanted to share some of the gorgeous graphics Archem made for our dear creators-- and the first up is the one, the only Pogo!

Source: Archem's Bsky

= Pogo NR =

As it shows above, Pogo does a lot of fabulous work (one of my fave Vianton artists!) and for the craft fair she not only donated multiple sets of smoochie stickers, painting, and fanfiction tags, but an amazingly stunning Mermaid Skeletons Tufted Rug! As ArchEm mentioned above, you can check more of her work out on these socials! Bsky / Etsy / Ko-Fi

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

= Pirate Pam =

Another one of our fabulous crewmates, Pirate Pam, donated a Custom Book Binding! Talk about gorgeous! I'm so impressed by all the talent on this ship!

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

Wanna check out some of her book binding work? This is only one of so many awesome ones you can check out in her thread on bluesky!

Source: Pirate Pam's Bluesky

= Dimply Owl =

Another of our wonderful crewmates, Ally, aka Dimply Owl donated these insanely cute Crochet Dumbo Octopuses! She donated multiple of them and if you missed them and you'd like to, you can order some on her Ko-fi! Wanna follow Ally on her socials / check out her fics? Visit AO3 / Bluesky / Ko-fi !

Source: Dimplyowl

= Deanbird =

Another of our magnificent crewmates @deanbird, donated several different items to the OFMD Craft Fair! Seriously check out how many! Wanna check out more of her fabulous work? Visit: Bluesky / Instagram / Ko-fi

So many people have already received their Invitations to High Tea and 1/2 of a Pyramid! Even David's impressed!

Source: David's Bsky

== Love Notes ==

Hey there crew. It's been a while. I'm sorry this edition is so small after such a huge amount of time. Trying to keep them to 2-4 days, but we'll see how that goes with how behind I am. It's been a lot lately. Home, work, the world, the fandom, just a lot's been happening all at once. I've been trying to focus on a few things that I've had to work on outside the fandom as well as taking some mental health breaks and that's been keeping me busy.

So tonight, for the love notes, I just wanted to take a second to say thank you. So many of you have been so kind to me and so many others over this past year + that I've been here. Even if I just get to see your name pop up on my notifications for a like or a reblog, or if we chat, or I just get to catch glimpses of your works across the various platforms, it brings me a lot of joy.

Some of you, I only really know through tags. Others I know from discord, or bsky, or instagram. Some of you I've never spoken to outside of tumblr-- but I can honestly tell you, you have improved my life by being here.

Others of you, I consider you some of my closest friends. Friends I've never met, miles away around the world, and your influence on me is so incredibly profound -- and even if we never meet each other in person, I will never be the same because of you.

I'm so very blessed and lucky to have found this place-- to have found you all. I know a lot of you feel the same way about the people you interact with here on the day to day.

That being said, the world is a complicated place. Sometimes things don't go the way we planned, whether on a personal, fandom, or global level. Sometimes people disappoint us, and spaces we thought fit us shift in shape. No matter what changes for you in this world, I want you to know that your kindness, and your interactions with me and everyone else have made a positive difference. Thousands and millions of tiny interactions continue to happen within our fandom every day. Some of them don't go the way we hope they will-- but the majority of them, are beautiful. Sometimes we have to learn from them, and they help us grow, and sometimes they nourish us in hard times. We are a community of wonderfully kind people who were brought together by chance. Thank you for being here. Thank you for making my life better, and this world a better place.

Cut fast fashion - buy used, learn to mend and/or make your own clothes, buy fewer clothes less often so you can save up for ethically made quality

Cancel subscriptions - relearn how to pirate media, spend $10/month buying a digital album from a small artist instead of on Spotify, stream on free services since the paid ones make you watch ads anyway

Green your community - there's lots of ways to do this, like seedbombing or joining a community garden or organizing neighborhood trash pickups

Be kind - stop to give directions, check on stopped cars, smile at kids, let people cut you in line, offer to get stuff off the high shelf, hold the door, ask people if they're okay

Intervene - learn bystander intervention techniques and be prepared to use them, even if it feels awkward

Get closer to your food - grow it yourself, can and preserve it, buy from a farmstand, learn where it's from, go fishing, make it from scratch, learn a new ingredient

Use opensource software - try LibreOffice, try Reaper, learn Linux, use a free Photoshop clone. The next time an app tries to force you to pay, look to see if there's an opensource alternative

Make less trash - start a compost, be mindful of packaging, find another use for that plastic, make it a challenge for yourself!

Get involved in local politics - show up at meetings for city council, the zoning commission, the park district, school boards; fight the NIMBYs that always show up and force them to focus on the things impacting the most vulnerable folks in your community

DIY > fashion - shake off the obsession with pristine presentation that you've been taught! Cut your own hair, use homemade cosmetics, exchange mani/pedis with friends, make your own jewelry, duct tape those broken headphones!

Ditch Google - Chromium browsers (which is almost all of them) are now bloated spyware, and Google search sucks now, so why not finally make the jump to Firefox and another search like DuckDuckGo? Or put the Wikipedia app on your phone and look things up there?

Forage - learn about local edible plants and how to safely and sustainably harvest them or go find fruit trees and such accessible to the public.

Volunteer - every week tutoring at the library or once a month at the humane society or twice a year serving food at the soup kitchen, you can find something that matches your availability

Help your neighbors - which means you have to meet them first and find out how you can help (including your unhoused neighbors), like elderly or disabled folks that might need help with yardwork or who that escape artist dog belongs to or whether the police have been hassling people sleeping rough

Fix stuff - the next time something breaks (a small appliance, an electronic, a piece of furniture, etc.), see if you can figure out what's wrong with it, if there are tutorials on fixing it, or if you can order a replacement part from the manufacturer instead of trashing the whole thing

Mix up your transit - find out what's walkable, try biking instead of driving, try public transit and complain to the city if it sucks, take a train instead of a plane, start a carpool at work

Engage in the arts - go see a local play, check out an art gallery or a small museum, buy art from the farmer's market

Go to the library - to check out a book or a movie or a CD, to use the computers or the printer, to find out if they have other weird rentals like a seed library or luggage, to use meeting space, to file your taxes, to take a class, to ask question

Listen local - see what's happening at local music venues or other events where local musicians will be performing, stop for buskers, find a favorite artist, and support them

Buy local - it's less convenient than online shopping or going to a big box store that sells everything, but try buying what you can from small local shops in your area

Become unmarketable - there are a lot of ways you can disrupt your online marketing surveillance, including buying less, using decoy emails, deleting or removing permissions from apps that spy on you, checking your privacy settings, not clicking advertising links, and...

Use cash - go to the bank and take out cash instead of using your credit card or e-payment for everything! It's better on small businesses and it's untraceable

Give what you can - as capitalism churns on, normal shmucks have less and less, so think about what you can give (time, money, skills, space, stuff) and how it will make the most impact

Talk about wages - with your coworkers, with your friends, while unionizing! Stop thinking about wages as a measure of your worth and talk about whether or not the bosses are paying fairly for the labor they receive

I liked this post so much I'm making it into a series of zines.

DM me on bluesky or on here and i'll try to get to you asap