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Ahoy, Terror fans! Have you been having fun trapping lieutenants in ice cubes? Do you long to do even more fun things to them? Then you might enjoy Lieutenantfest! A 7-day celebration of the 7 lieutenants from The Terror (2018), running from July 6th to July 12th.

Benjo Plans (About The Event)

Lieutenantfest is a fanwork event dedicated to Lts. Gore, Le Vesconte, Fairholme, Little, Hodgson, Irving, and Jopson from AMC's The Terror! This is a fun and casual celebration hosted on this blog and its accompanying AO3 collection. Stay tuned for a detailed schedule for the week, along with some optional prompts for each day!

The Articles (Event Guidelines)

Rules For Participating:

No AI-generated anything allowed.

With the above caveat, any fanwork medium is welcome! Fanart, fanfiction, fanvids, playlists, edits, GIFsets, moodboards, meta, memes, photosets, fiber arts, fansongs, a cake with Fairholme's face on it, anything. Especially the Fairholme cake.

No adult content restrictions! As long as everything is properly tagged, works of all ratings and topics are allowed.

Due to the rule above, all participants must be 18+. If you create or consume any fanworks for this event, you will be assumed to be following this rule.

Feel free to combine this event with any other concurrent fandom events, such as The Terror Whumpathon!

While this event is primarily geared towards the characters from The Terror (2018), fanworks for historical RPF or other fictional depictions of the Franklin Expedition lieutenants are also welcome! This event warmly accepts fans of William Malcolm, The Ministry of Time, and everything in between.

All event prompts are 100% optional. They're meant to be inspirations, not restrictions!

All fanworks must prominently feature at least one (1) of the lieuts, but to be clear, there is no requirement to feature their actual rank! Canon divergence, AUs, crossovers, etc. are all welcome. Draw Dundy as a midshipman a few years before canon, cosplay as Werewolf!Nedward, or write about Hodge captaining a trivia team in the 21st century. :3 Get creative!

How To Participate:

No sign up required! All you need in order to participate is a Tumblr and/or AO3 account.

In order for your fanworks to be reblogged here and included in our masterlist of works at the end of the event, make sure to use the tag #lieutenantfest and/or @ this blog in your post! (And if you believe your post was missed, shoot the blog an ask or message and that'll be rectified posthaste!) Posting dates for the event are July 6th through July 12th, but feel free to use the #lieutenantfest tag and/or @ the blog with your lieut-themed WIPs any time before that so we can all get super excited and build anticipation!

For fanworks posted to AO3, please add them to our AO3 collection!

If you don't finish your creation in time to post it during the event proper, no worries! Both the AO3 collection and this blog will remain active after the "official" event dates. Never too late to post more lieuts!

Most importantly of all, have fun!!! Don't let the epaulettes fool you; nobody is standing on ceremony here. This is a lighthearted celebration intended to inspire fan creations of all kinds!

Is there anything special you require, Sir? (Questions & Concerns)

Hey farmers, it's that time of year again. We're so excited to be bringing back Rarepair Week! Some of the pairings that qualified as rarepairs last year don't even qualify anymore which is so cool. People are really showing up for their OTPs and challenging themselves with wild possibilities for pairings. Why don't you join the fun? ;D

~ FAQ ~

Can my farmer be included as a background character in the fic? Yes, we just aren't allowing OCs to be a part of the main pairing since this event is focused on pairing NPCs together.

What do I use when checking to see if my pairing is a rarepair? Just the ship tag, eg Alex/Elliott. No other filters, just the ship.

What if there's no relationship tag on AO3? Then congratulations, you are first in the tag, and this would count as a rarepair, as long as it fits the character criteria mentioned above.

My ship is in over 100 fics, but most of those are just in the background, can they still count as a rarepair? First of all, this sucks. We really wish there was a way to differentiate between main and background ship on AO3. Unfortunately since they're all under the same stat and there is no way for us to easily check, they would not count for this event.

Do I have to have something for every day? No, you can pick and choose, write them out of order, put them all into one fic, whatever you want to do!

Is there a word count limit? Nope, your entries can be as long or as short as you wish!

Is art welcome? Hell yes!

Can I use background characters? Yes, definitely. Travelling Cart Lady, Mona, Clara, Welwick… all welcome.

Platonic pairings? Platonic love is love, and is valid and welcome.

Can I write the same pairing all week? Yup, go for it.

What if my rarepair is established in canon, but has fewer than 100 fics? For the purposes of this event, any canon couple like Pierre and Caroline would NOT be considered a rarepair regardless of how few fics they have. That being said, if you want to add a person to the pairing and make it poly, that WOULD be a rarepair. Just note that all members of the poly should have equal importance to the story.

Are the flower dance pairings considered established canon relationships? They are not! So knock yourself out, just make sure they have fewer than 100 fics posted, since a lot of them are popular.

Do I need to post on the relevant day? Post your fics at anytime and we are happy to reblog, however if you want your work showcased on the day in our roundup posts you will need to join the Discord (see the pinned post for more info) and send your fic in to the submissions channel.

Add your fic to the collection on AO3!

Feel free to use the hashtag #SDV rarepair week 2026 and tag this blog to have your posts reblogged :) Happy rarepair week, everyone!

After 4 years, the very missed Sangihun Week is finally here again! ♡

Join us on May 26 - June 1 this year. 💌

Please read over the rules and prompts before participating! We've laid out many prompts for this year's week.

Choose any prompt(s) you like — mix, match, or just use one! You don’t have to do all of them.

We are very excited to see all of your amazing works, full of tenderness and ruin! 💌

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>>> Sign Up Through Sunday, November 16th! <<<

We’re asking participants for 3-5 prompts for your Santa. Prompt guidelines are in the form. You’ll be able to edit your form through the 16th!