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Great news! We have gotten through (almost!!) all of the final details, and the 2026 Offerings Blog is now open for browsing. Creators, it's time to start promoting your auctions to your friends and followers! Bidders, it's time to peruse your fandoms and start getting excited!

When you get there, please see our post about our cool new navigation feature, creator directories! We will also soon be posting some tips about how to navigate using our tags.

General beta reading and/or Brit-picking for BBC Sherlock, Due South, or Cabin Pressure.

Happy Pride 2025. This post is 5 years old, and I’m in equal parts proud of it, and annoyed by how chaotic and tacky it is. So I’ve decided to make a new version: one where all the additions are in a single reblog, and with integrated image descriptions (thank you @oddler14 for providing most of these back then!). I would love it if people reblogged this version instead, even if I understand the previous version is much more widespread on Tumblr.

I am one of the people who, for a long time, didn’t feel queer enough. Specifically, as a nonbinary person, I struggled for a long time to believe I was trans enough to even deserve to label myself as trans. This post was the start of my journey unlearning that shame and guilt, which was caused in part by the gatekeepy rhetoric that was predominant in many online spaces. Today, I am confident and joyous in my trans, nonbinary, queer body and mind.

To my 20-year-old self, and to anyone else who might need to hear this: you are queer enough. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. And always, always remember:

Possible ideas:

Tickets for a concert that Sherlock Holmes is really excited about but cannot go to due to schedule stuff.

A dissatisfied client sending a large amount of food that both Sherlock, Watson, and Mrs. Hudson casually mentioned not liking at the beginning of the story.

Candy that’s given to the irregulars.

Chickens.

Something that not even Sherlock Holmes can figure out what it should be used for. (It’s given to Mycroft for help.)

Compost manure.

(Marilla Cuthburt from Anne of Green Gables voice) fifty pounds of brown sugar.

Immediatly, word goes around that "The nice Baker Street gentlemen truly go wild for this particular snack. No really, Mrs Hudson said they went through basketfuls of the stuff in like a week!"

Below you'll find the calendar for the tenth (!) FTH auction.

(What is FTH?)

Our list of supported organizations for 2026 is here. Over the next week, we'll be posting more in-depth profiles of each of these organizations so that creators and bidders can make thoughtful, informed decisions.

You can also look at the Auction FAQ (which has lots of useful information for people thinking about signing up as creators, as well as dedicated sections on bidding and on nonprofit orgs.) If you’re raring to go, you can also look at our bidding policies. You'll also find the dates for our 2026 Crafts Bazaar, if you're interested in creating or receiving physical fanworks.

FTH 2026 Calendar

Monday, Jan 26th: creator signups open for both the auction and the craft bazaar

Sunday, Feb 8th: creator signups close for the main auction; craft bazaar signups remain open!

Friday, Feb 27th: browsing period begins, craft bazaar opens

Tuesday, March 3rd, 8am ET: auction bidding opens; craft bazaar signups close

Saturday, March 7th, 8pm ET: auction bidding closes

Wednesday, Mar 18th: auction donations due; craft stalls close

Thursday, Dec 31st: fanworks due

"You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion."

[ID: Digital illustration of Granada Holmes and Watson lounging together on the sofa, each reading a book; Holmes is laid, head propped on a pillow resting upon Watson's lap, who is sitting upright and cross legged. Theres a variety of plows and blankets in different patterns on the sofa. Holmes is in his nightshirt, long grey robe and purple scarf while Watson is in his thick brown robe, white shirt and brown trousers. A table is in front of them, littered with clutter; papers, a teapot, Holme's pipe, a crystal vial of wine, a magnifying glass, Holme's deerstalker hat and two ashtrays with put out cigarettes among it. It's a very domestic scene. / end ID]

So, the secret is out: my Holmestice fic is revealed!

Connection Severed; Man Adrift

Summary: Sherlock wakes up in a hospital bed, Mycroft by his side. When the older Holmes brother realises that Sherlock recalls a limited amount of the last year's events, he is more than a little concerned. What shocks Mycroft beyond belief, though, is the fact that Sherlock has no memory of a certain flatmate and friend.

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“After all, it is the season for forgiveness.”

Sherlock being aroacespec and still loving John just as much and in the exact same way

John being allo and deeply in love with Sherlock in every way imaginable and still respecting his boundaries and decisions in ther relationship.