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9 Meaningful Ways You Can Help Ukraine

MARCH 2022 PROMPT - HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION

POSTING DATES March 15th - 19th

As the winner of January’s challenge, @caffeinaships​ gets to choose the theme for March, and has chosen Hellfire and Damnation. Since Coldest Hits is creeping up on 666 posted works, Caffeina would like us to write stories set in Hell. Everything else is up to you, your story just has to primarily take place in Hell (and no, Needham Asylum where Crowley had his throne room is not Hell.)

There are no +/- points this month, so go wild!

*** Please make a list of all your promos and send them to @writergamermom by the end of the promo time! *** All you need to include is a list of what type of promo you put up, which fic it was for, and where you posted it. You don’t have to include links, but they’re helpful, and being helpful to the one who tallies your points will earn you a bonus.

@thayerkerbasy will work at getting everybody’s promos up on the various sites, so if you don’t want your posts mirrored on another site, please let him know. If you’re on PF, please feel free to post your own promos to the community.

All Times are GMT-7 Posting Dates March 15th at 12am through March 19th at 11:59pm Promo Date March 15th at 12am through March 23rd at 9:00pm Challenge Ends March 23rd at 9:00pm

HOW TO PLAY: Post a fic to AO3 (include it in the spncoldesthits collection on AO3) and reblog this post with an AO3 link to your fic. (Please include the link in your reblog. The point is so your followers can see the link to your fic when you reblog the post.)

FIC POINTS: hits +1 point  |  kudos = +10 points | comments = +20 points

PROMO POINTS: Fic reviews, liveblogging, banners/artwork, podfic/vlogging all earn you bonus negative points (please tag your posts with #spncoldesthitspromo).  You can earn a LOT of bonus negative points for making a masterpost of your promos and sending it to @writergamermom​ when you’re done. Additionally, each comment you leave on your competitors’ fics (up to a max of 5 per fic) earns you -10 points. Please keep all comments relevant to the fic, don’t spam the comments section with nonsense.

If we have reason to believe you’re commenting and promo’ing without having read the fics, you will receive a +1000 point penalty.

We reserve the right to award negative points on a whim for obvious time investment in promos and for general awesomeness. This is for fun and to help people feel better about their writing, so let’s be awesome to each other.

Tagged by: @evilwriter37

Rules: Post the last line you wrote.

From behind the camera, Lucifer said: "Meet my therapist!"

She reached for the phone.

"No."

“Who does he wish you to be?” Count on Cas to be overly literal.

“I don’t know. I guess…” A dozen answers flit through Sam’s mind. “I guess someone he can forgive.”

@pinbitch @gen-spn @spneveryseason @bradycore

Sam sighs, feeling the pit in his stomach reopen. “I had something he wanted.”

Dean is quiet for a moment. Sam can practically taste the self-recrimination. “The demon blood?”

“Nice to have a little luck on our side for once,” Dean mused.

“Yeah,” Sam said, smiling a secret smile.

Dean quirked his head in puzzlement, but he didn’t ask questions. Instead, he just said, “Grab me a beer when you get the ice, Sammy.”

“Mom–” he starts, and sees her cringe slightly, eyes so young and lost when she looks at him. “Mary,” he amends, reaching to unbuckle her seatbelt and pull her closer. Her arms are around herself protectively, but when she breathes him in she melts against him. He pulls her hair aside to rub her back and calm her with soothing pheromones the way the alpha of a family should. He takes a whiff of her, and panic surges through him at how faded her mated scent is already.

He doesn’t think it was ever that quick for him or Sammy.

Rules: Post the last line you wrote.

Sam and Dean have fought all their lives long. They have given more than they have taken and this is their reward. They earned it. They are living in peace, with love and happiness a constant part of their daily lives and it’s perfect. It’s all they wanted and now that they have it, they won’t ever let go of it.

Tagging: @agenthellcat @j2-are-eternal @jackandthesoulmates @compo67

Rules: Post the last line you wrote.

Dean glanced at his watch and was surprised to see that it was nearly eleven. Time to turn in for the night. He had an early class tomorrow. He quickly got ready for bed, slid under the covers and turned out the light. As he waited for sleep, his thoughts returned to what Gran had said about the Blackthorn Witch.

Beautiful smile. Tall, with broad shoulders. Dark hair. And eyes that shined like the sun. Sounds dreamy.

A shiver traveled down his spine. The guy was just Dean’s type. Too bad he was only a legend.

He had to laugh at himself. Getting a crush on a man who wasn’t even real? Probably not what Professor Singer had in mind when he told the class to show how a myth or legend had affected their lives.

Happy 44th Birthday 🎉

💝 Jensen Ackles 💝

Happy Birthday! (✿◠‿◠)

DEAN WINCHESTER BIG BANG SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN!

The newest round of the Big Bang Challenge for all Dean-lovers is here! Are you ready to celebrate Dean, our beloved, with us?

You can join here:

Author Sign-Up

Artist Sign-Up

Beta Sign-Up

You can find the schedule here, and make sure to read the rules, as well.

I've seen a number of accounts posting pro-Russian and anti-Ukraine disinformation during the ongoing war, but don't see any real way to report it. These posts would normally be disgusting, offensive, and some of them I've seen, anti-Semitic. But this is war.

Ways to support Ukraine 🇺🇦

More than 500,000 people have already left Ukraine due to the invasion by the Russian Federation. The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management estimates that roughly 18 million Ukrainians will be affected by the conflict in humanitarian terms, with 7 million internally displaced and 4 million seeking refuge elsewhere. To help those still in Ukraine, as well as Ukrainian refugees, we’ve compiled this list of resources.

HelpUkraineWin.org has a collection of vetted and trusted resources, charities, and organizations to help Ukraine.

Some additional ways to donate:

Vostok SOS provides immediate evacuation support.

Malteser International provides essentials for Ukrainian refugees.

Ukraine Crisis Media Center provides fundraising links and a list of tips for sharing information.

Misinformation spreads fast on social media. It is more important than ever to share accurate, verifiable news and information. Here are some resources to learn how to identify misinformation:

This video from the nonprofit WITNESS shares tips for identifying authentic sources (available in English, Spanish, Ukranian, Russian, and Arabic).

These visual verification tips, also from WITNESS, provide information on verifying images and videos (available in English and Spanish).

I have had several people, in person, tell me they are genuinely afraid of something like this for the first time in their lives. And I told them the same thing.

Putin wants you to be afraid. He wants you to be crippled with the thought of retaliation and doom occupying your mind and preventing you from doing the right thing, the just thing of supporting and defending Ukraine and its people.

These are empty threats. Putin has nothing to gain and everything to lose from their use. He will not deploy the most destructive force on this planet over involvement in what he sees to be an opportunistic land grab.

APRIL 2022 PROMPT - CREATURE COMPOSITE

POSTING DATES April 15th - 19th

As the winner of February’s challenge, @raidens-realm​ gets to choose the theme for April, and has chosen Creature Composite. Choose a couple of monsters and blend them together for a new composite creature (like our friend up there, the vampire/ghoul Nachzehrer)

You will earn a -50 point bonus for giving your new creature a Dean-style moniker (like the above ghoulpire)

*** Please make a list of all your promos and send them to @writergamermom by the end of the promo time! *** All you need to include is a list of what type of promo you put up, which fic it was for, and where you posted it. You don’t have to include links, but they’re helpful, and being helpful to the one who tallies your points will earn you a bonus.

@thayerkerbasy will work at getting everybody’s promos up on the various sites, so if you don’t want your posts mirrored on another site, please let him know. If you’re on PF, please feel free to post your own promos to the community.

All Times are GMT-7 Posting Dates April 15th at 12am through April 19th at 11:59pm Promo Dates April 15th at 12am through April 23rd at 9:00pm Challenge Ends April 23rd at 9:00pm

HOW TO PLAY: Post a fic to AO3 (include it in the spncoldesthits collection on AO3) and reblog this post with an AO3 link to your fic. (Please include the link in your reblog. The point is so your followers can see the link to your fic when you reblog the post.)

FIC POINTS: hits +1 point  |  kudos = +10 points | comments = +20 points

PROMO POINTS: Fic reviews, liveblogging, banners/artwork, podfic/vlogging all earn you bonus negative points (please tag your posts with #spncoldesthitspromo).  You can earn a LOT of bonus negative points for making a masterpost of your promos and sending it to @writergamermom​ when you’re done. Additionally, each comment you leave on your competitors’ fics (up to a max of 5 per fic) earns you -10 points. Please keep all comments relevant to the fic, don’t spam the comments section with nonsense.

If we have reason to believe you’re commenting and promo’ing without having read the fics, you will receive a +1000 point penalty.

We reserve the right to award negative points on a whim for obvious time investment in promos and for general awesomeness. This is for fun and to help people feel better about their writing, so let’s be awesome to each other.

Portraits by James Van Der Zee 

Women and children, Lenox (c. 1909)

Harlem (c. 1920)

Alpha Phi Alpha Basketball Team (1926)

Billy (1926)

Untitled (Portrait of a Boy in a Sailor Suit) (1927)

Couple (1930)

Couple in Raccoon Coats (1932)

Sunday Morning (c. 1932)

Her Best Friend (1940)

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Tagged by the lovely @chinabluee 😊

1. It's All So Incredibly Loud - Glass Animals

2. Do I wanna know? - Arctic Monkeys

3. Arsonist's Lullabye - Hozier

4. Broken Bones - Kaleo

5. Fire on the floor - Beth Hart

6. Fear and Delight - The Correspondents

7. Adieu Mon Homme - Pomme

8. Mama - My Chemical Romance

9. This Sea - Voltaire

10. Ciao Ciao - La Rappresentante Di Lista

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Tagging, with no obligation:

1. Hey Brother-Avicii

2. Gliserine- Bush

3. Beautiful Loser- Bob Seger

4. Blinded- The Weekend

5. Sounds of Someday- Jensen Ackles

6. Come a Little Bit Closer- Jay & the Americans

7. Change Gonna Come- Sam Cooke

8. Walking After Midnight- Patsy Cline

9. Boten Anna- Jonas Altberg(aka Basshunter)

10. God's Country- Blake Shelton