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The E33 Reading Challenge has now begun!

You can find full instructions here, an FAQ here, and a full list of the prompts here.

You have between now and the end of July to find and read as many E33 fanfics as you can, using the prompts from the list. Each week we'll be highlighting a few prompts as we go along.

Week 1 Prompts

This week your challenge is to find and read any of the below:

A fic that is less than 5000 words long

A fic you've had in your TBR for more than a month

A fic set on the Continent

“You seem a bit down,” Clea pointed out, looking away from her canvas to cast a glance over her shoulder. She’d moved her easel into Verso’s piano room to make the most of his brief time back at the manor, but her garrulous brother was uncharacteristically quiet now.

He was currently hunched over the keyboard of his piano without touching the keys. “Do I?” he mumbled, not even sparing a glance in her direction.

She dabbed the bristles of her brush in paint and deepened the shadows on her canvas. “Mm-hm. Nowhere near as annoying as usual.”

That got a snort out of him at least. “Why, thank you, sister dear. I shall endeavour to be more of a pain in the ass.” So saying, he hauled himself off his piano, then wandered over to swirl one fingertip in the paints on her palette and poke her cheek.

Clea clicked her tongue and swatted his hand, but it was half-hearted: she much preferred the obnoxious Verso to this strange, new, brooding Verso. “You can talk to me, you know,” she said softly, wiping the paint off her cheek with the cuff of her sleeve. An ultramarine streak joined the colourful stains on the ratty old shirt. “Do I need to punch some other pianist at the Conservatory?”

Verso chuckled again, which she took as a small victory, then rocked anxiously on the balls of his feet for a beat or two. “Promise you won’t tell Maman and Papa?”

repairing a little friend :)

details below ⬇️

A motherfucking DDR mat. Took many attempts, I purely lucked out with Maelle and Sciel (Verso as a gradient charger). I didn't have access to all attacks as I couldn't remap the keys (I'm still figuring that out) but I swear I can parry this mf with a dance moves.

Only proof I've got now, I'll record the whole thing once I've got conditions to do it, for now you have to take my word for it.

And after that someone from a discord server I'm in suggested the party just whooping into the Abyss with a DDR mat and Simon gets all confused so I had to give in:

Live Simon's reaction (even Clea got puzzled):

"Dans chaque éclat, son doux rire

Dans chaque couleur, son sourire"

Une vie à t'aimer.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Painted Verso Dessendre/Julie Characters: Painted Verso Dessendre, Julie (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) Additional Tags: Smut, Femdom, Light Bondage, Orgasm Edging, Roleplay, Safe Sane and Consensual, Sex Toys Series: Part 7 of Sonate pour un masque d’amour: Verso Dessendre and Julie Summary:

Welcome To The Expedition 33 Summer Reading Challenge

Do you have a backlog of fics you keep meaning to read? Is your To Be Read list out of control? Do you really, really, really like earning gold stars?

The Expedition 33 fandom is blessed with amazing writers and fantastic fics - and this challenge is dedicated to helping you read more of them.

How Does It Work?

Over summer, we will post a set of 33 prompts showing different types of fics to find: the prompts will range from "find a fic with less than 5000 words" to "find a fic with a French title" to "find a fic about the gestrals."

You can then comb through AO3 (or wherever you prefer to read your fic) and find a fic that matches that prompt: read it, enjoy it, comment on it, and then give yourself a big tick for meeting that challenge.

At the end of summer, you can collect a shiny gold star depending on how many prompts you managed to meet. We will have stars for managing to find and read:

1 fic

5 fics

11 fics

22 fics

33 fics

Special Stars

In addition to the above stars for meeting your reading goals, there are two other gold stars available at the end of the challenge:

Fic Recs: Because we want this challenge to be about shouting from the rooftops about how much we love all the talent in this fandom, there will also be a special gold star for anyone who shares Fic Recs of the lovely things they've read.

Commenter: If you leave a comment (big or small) on every single fic that you read for the challenge, there will be an extra gold star at the end for you too.

Timeline

20 May 2026: The full Reading Prompt List will be posted so that you can plan ahead.

1 June 2026 to 31 July 2026: Read, comment, & recommend as many fics as you'd like. We'll post weekly to highlight a different set of prompts from the Reading Prompt List every week.

August 2026: We'll post stars and will reblog anyone who posts under #e33readingchallenge confirming they've met their challenge

Questions?

If you have any questions, check out the Q&A on our tumblr, or jump in our Ask Box and ask!

What Should I Do Now?

Reblog this post and let us know underneath or in the tags what your reading goals are for this summer!