The Lima Bean

This is a long one, so apologies in advance! 

You may notice the Klaine Advent looking a little different this year! As noted in an earlier post, we’re rebranding to the December Klaine Fanworks Challenge!

There are a handful of reasons we’re doing this, but hopefully this little refresh will get people excited about participating all the way to the end. For consistency this year this event will remain attached to the Klaine Advent blog, and we’ll determine after the event whether we need to change that in the future.

So, how are things changing? 

There will be still be a daily word (yay!), these are chosen via a random word generator, and are NOT themed in any way. These words will post on this blog every day around 6 am Eastern Standard TIme.

That said! Since it is December, and Glee comes with a Christmas episode every year, and Klaine do have a Christmas duet tradition (more years than not anyway…) we will also be posting a weekly theme! These will be holiday flavored, and we are kicking off this inaugural event with the theme of Christmas Songs. Each weekly themed post will highlight a different song and some selected lyrics.

On to the details!

The Dates. December 1 - December 21 

The Words. Every day around 6am, US Eastern Standard Time, a fresh new word will pop out of the queue. This year the words are not alphabetical, and were chosen by a random word generator. The wonderful @caramelcoffeeaddict did all of the artwork again this year!

How to participate. Anyone can contribute, no need to sign up! There will be a single word prompt post each day for 21 days (December 1-21), and a holiday themed post every Friday beginning December 1, with the final themed post dropping December 22. You can write a drabble (or a sentence or a novel, if you like), create an art piece, make fresh gifs based on the prompt - whatever inspires you! This year the tag will be: “december klaine challenge 2023” and please tag with the word of the day so volunteers can ID the posts they need to reblog (please please please make sure all of your contributions are tagged so we can find them!). 

Contribute however works best for you. You can do something every day, every 4th day, once a week, altogether at the end, whatever works for you and your schedule. Use all the prompts or pick and choose what speaks to you. Set your own challenges. The only requirements for the Challenge are that it be Klaine centered, and that it references or uses one the word (or theme) prompt in some way.

Volunteers will be reblogging fics to the @todaydreambelieversfic blog, so you can always go scroll the blog to find the latest entries.  Of course everyone (especially the authors!) would be delighted if people reblogged to their own blog - the more people who reblog something the wider the potential viewing audience. We want to encourage everyone to reblog as many fics as they like all throughout the month!!

Partnership. This year again we’ll be partnering with @todaydreambelieversfic.  Authors and other creators for Klaine Advent who would like an additional place to promote their works are welcome to join as members. Just send a private message to @todaydreambelieversfic with your email address and they’ll add you to the blog membership.

Archive of Our Own. We have created a collection on AO3 for those people who don’t post to tumblr, and where those folks who do post to tumblr can share their advent works if you like! The collection will be up this weekend and I'll make another post when that's rolling.

Want to Volunteer? We can always use people to help with the daily reblogs!  If you can spare one or two days please signup here!! 

“But what if I don’t write or make art and don’t have time to volunteer?”  You are the most important person in the Advent!! Read the fics, look at the art, let the authors and artists know how much you appreciate their work by reblogging and commenting and liking and all those things creators like. Nothing helps a writer or artist losing steam get motivated more than a nice comment from someone. 

I think that covers everything, so if you have any questions or there’s something that’s not clear, please ask! 

Happy Writing!!

Klaine Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2023

Hey there, Creators for Klaine!

We're back for another (final) year of this super fun holiday event. Last year was wonderful, but there were a few issues that had arisen that we've worked to eliminate this time around. So, there have been some changes that I think everyone will find makes creating for each other much easier and more enjoyable! Please read the information about the event and how it works via the link below. If you would like to participate, then follow the link at the bottom of the document to sign up!

Hi there Klaine Adventers! (adventees? adventesers?)

We've been kicking around thoughts about the Klaine Advent, (should we still do it, should it still be the Advent, what should it be instead, etc...), and thought we'd use tumblr's handy poll function to get some feedback before making any decisions.

The poll will be open for one week and we'd really love your response, your signal boost, your favorite recipes, etc. What we really want to know is if YOU (yes you) will participate in any of the suggested options (or some other option). I know everyone loves the Advent (so do we!), but for the past few years it's been seriously dwindling in participation, and even though the first week sees an enthusiastic bunch of fic, by December 23 it's not quite so active.

So, if you want to participate in an Advent-like challenge for December 2023, please participate in this poll!! I urge you to pass on any messeges or thoughts about this in the tags, please go wild!

I do want to say that we will definitely be doing something for this year, but it's possible that this may be the last one, and if that's going to be the case I want everyone to know far in advance.

Thanks for reading, and on to the poll!!

Klaine Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2023

Hey there, Creators for Klaine!

We're back for another (final) year of this super fun holiday event. Last year was wonderful, but there were a few issues that had arisen that we've worked to eliminate this time around. So, there have been some changes that I think everyone will find makes creating for each other much easier and more enjoyable! Please read the information about the event and how it works via the link below. If you would like to participate, then follow the link at the bottom of the document to sign up!

Klaine Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2023

Hey there, Creators for Klaine!

We're back for another (final) year of this super fun holiday event. Last year was wonderful, but there were a few issues that had arisen that we've worked to eliminate this time around. So, there have been some changes that I think everyone will find makes creating for each other much easier and more enjoyable! Please read the information about the event and how it works via the link below. If you would like to participate, then follow the link at the bottom of the document to sign up!

hoping to have this fic done by the end of the month;;; thank you everyone who is reading along

chapter snippet:

On the Tuesday of the week of Blaine’s final performance, Kurt made chicken adobo. 

It took some planning. Kurt had to find an evening where he had time after work and Blaine got back late from his classes so it could be a proper surprise. With Blaine’s semester wrapping up, his work schedule was irregular, and, deep in rehearsal, he had elected to pause his busking. 

So, Blaine, more often than not, was studying and staying in, and his time indoors was largely spent at Kurt’s. 

Over the months, Blaine’s stuff had gradually accumulated at Kurt’s apartment, and now, Blaine had stopped leaving.

playlist

work summary: start from beginning

Kurt doesn’t do relationships. He had a terrible first boyfriend and the last thing he needs to do is to repeat history. Work is stressful and he just needs to get laid. Simple.

Then, he meets Blaine, and suddenly it's not simple because Kurt can’t seem to stop seeing him.

It doesn't make sense. Kurt shouldn’t be this attached. It’s not like they are dating.

Chapters: 8/? Fandom: Glee Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel Characters: Kurt Hummel, Burt Hummel, Carole Hudson-Hummel, Blaine Anderson Summary:

Image: https://www.redbubble.com/i/mug/Halloween-by-Riverance/28429380.V33QC Tumblr Art Post: https://riverance.tumblr.com/post/152292836373/if-you-happen-to-pass-by-our-lighted-windows-on This image by Riverance inspired me to write this story. I also can’t thank my beta reader, quizasvivamos, enough for taking my words and ideas and polishing them. You inspire me.

Chapters: 11/13 Fandom: Glee, young royals, Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV), The Amazing Race, Alex Rider (TV 2020) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kurt Hummel/Blaine Anderson, Quinn Fabray/Thad Harwood (Warbler), Nick Duval (Warbler)/Jeff Sterling (Warbler), Nicholas “Nick” Nelson/Charles “Charlie” Spring, Tara Jones/Darcy Olsson, Elle Argent/Tao Xu, Sara Eriksson & Simon Eriksson, Crown Prince Wilhelm (Wille) (Young Royals) & Malin the Bodyguard (Young Royals), Alex Rider & Tom Harris, Felice Ehrencrona & Madison McCoy, Crown Prince Wilhelm/Simon Eriksson Characters: Phil Keoghan, Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Quinn Fabray, Thad Harwood (Warbler), Nick Duval (Warbler), Jeff Sterling (Warbler), Crown Prince Wilhelm (Wille) (Young Royals), Sara Eriksson, Simon Eriksson, Felice Ehroncrona, Madison McCoy, Charles “Charlie” Spring (Heartstopper), Nicholas “Nick” Nelson, Elle Argent’, Tao Xu, Tara Jones, Darcy Olsson, Alex Rider, Tom Harris, OCs, Malin the Bodyguard (Young Royals) Additional Tags: shameless self insert, 100th Ao3 story, Unusual Pairings, the amazing race - Freeform, I hang out with my favorite characters Summary:

In honor of my 100th story on Ao3, I wanted to do something special, and after long deliberation, I decided I was going to write a story where I get to hang out with all my favorite characters, and be on my favorite reality competition show.

I feel like I need to hand out hugs and tissues to you readers after the last chapter. I love you for sticking through the angst!

To read Chapter 21, click here.

To read the story from the beginning, click here.

To subscribe to the fic’s YouTube playlist, click here.

To see the recipe/music posts for the fic, click below:

Chapters 1, 2 and 3, Chapters 4, 5 and 6, Chapters 7, 8 and 9 , Chapters 10, 11 and 12  ,  Chapters 13, 14 and 15 and Chapters 16, 17 and 18.

And to see all the basic info for the fic, check under the gorgeous cover art created by @datshitrandom .

Klaine Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2023

Hey there, Creators for Klaine!

We're back for another (final) year of this super fun holiday event. Last year was wonderful, but there were a few issues that had arisen that we've worked to eliminate this time around. So, there have been some changes that I think everyone will find makes creating for each other much easier and more enjoyable! Please read the information about the event and how it works via the link below. If you would like to participate, then follow the link at the bottom of the document to sign up!

Klaine Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2023

Hey there, Creators for Klaine!

We're back for another (final) year of this super fun holiday event. Last year was wonderful, but there were a few issues that had arisen that we've worked to eliminate this time around. So, there have been some changes that I think everyone will find makes creating for each other much easier and more enjoyable! Please read the information about the event and how it works via the link below. If you would like to participate, then follow the link at the bottom of the document to sign up!

Chapters: 12/14 Fandom: Glee Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel Characters: Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson Additional Tags: Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Angst, Happy Ending, daddy Blaine, Virgin Kurt, broadway kurt Summary: