Whedon Secret Santa

Alright guys, I am new to this, so please cut me some slack. I’m not 100% sure that all of the typeform submissions went through, if you got an assignment, then yay, yours went through! If you thought that you signed up, but DID NOT receive a Secret Santa Assignment, or see this and go hey that looks cool, I wanna do this... Please message the Wedonsecretsanta blog or myself, professore by FRIDAY DECEMBER 8TH . 

In your message, please include the following:

1) Your Tumblr User Name

2) Top 3 Fandom Requests

Please Note: Your assigned Secret Santa Submission Fanwork will be due December 21st!

Whedon Secret Santa 2017

What is Whedon Secret Santa?

Whedon Secret Santa is a fanworks exchange for the works of Joss Whedon. You give someone a gift and get one in return.

What kinds of fanworks and what fandoms are eligble?

Any kind of fanwork is great. Fanfic, fanmixes, graphics, gifs, art, videos, anything you want to make.

The eligible fandoms are Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible, Agents Of Shield, The Avengers, Cabin In The Woods, Fray, In Your Eyes, Much Ado About Nothing, and the Buffy and Angel comics.

I do ask if you request anything from the marvel universe, you keep it to the characters and ships that are in either The Avengers, Agents Of Shield, or The Avengers: Age Of Ultron.

How Do I Sign Up?

Signups are open until November 26th. Fill out this form to sign-up. You will be able to make three requests. Reblog this and spread the word.

please keep your requests fairly simple. For example, Spike/Buffy Star Trek AU, Jayne/Kaylee friendship, Fitz/Mack cuddling.

After signups close, I will be sending you your assignments with the url of your recipient and their three requests. I will be messaging you from the whedonsecretsanta blog. You must fill one request. If you want to fill more than one that’s fine, but at least fill one.

Important Dates

Signups close November 26th.

Entries are due December 21st. Please tell me as soon as possible if you must drop out, or need to post late. You can either post the entry on your own blog, or submit it to me, and I will publish it anonymously.

You can message your recipient on anon, but please don’t reveal yourself until December 21st.

Final Notes

If you change your url, after you sign up, please let me know.

Keep your ask open, it’s how I will communicate with you.

If you agree to be a pinch-hitter I will be making you either a fanmix or a graphic, so send me your favorite characters and ships.

Tag your entries with whedon secret santa, and track that tag. I will be posting mod posts and reminders in that tag.

Reblog this, spread the word. The more the merrier.

Hello Everyone! I am going to be taking up the mantle for this years Whedon Secret Santa :) I am hoping to have a signup form ready to go within the next couple of days. So please keep an eye out and let all of your friend’s know that the Whedon Secret Santa exchange is still on this year!

Due to recent events, I am uncomfortable running Whedon Secret Santa this year. 

However, I don’t want to cancel the exchange. I’ve had a lot of fun hosting it in the past, and I know people have enjoyed participating. If anyone wants to or is willing to run the exchange this year, please let me know. 

All the gifts are in. 

I would like to thank everyone who participated. All the fanworks were lovely. 

I would especially like to thank the pinch-hitters. You guys were amazing. 

Free Samples

It was a relatively legal mission for Serenity- transporting four crates of climbing harnesses, from a decent seller and everything (it was just the buyer who was missing some papers).  Because of that, it wasn’t really an emergency when the ship had trouble launching after they’d loaded up- it just made Mal snappy.  He’d barked at Kaylee to fix it, which was what led to her and Inara spending the afternoon in the engine room; Kaylee to do her job, and Inara because she was annoyed with Mal’s attitude.

“All the parts in this section are ancient,” Kaylee said crossly.  “I keep tellin’ the captain, and he still ain’t listening.  These all need replacin’.  Of course Serenity’s havin’ trouble, it ain’t her fault.”

“Of course.”

Inara watched the younger woman fiddling with the engine for a few minutes, speculating.

“Why don’t we head into town for a bit, see if there’s some place to buy what you need,” she suggested finally.

Kaylee looked up from her work, then, and grinned.  “That’s a great idea, ‘Nara.”

Ten minutes later, after Inara had curtly informed Mal that Serenity wasn’t going anywhere without Kaylee’s engine parts, the two women were well into the center of the bustling town they were marooned in.  Their mission quickly turned into an outing as they passed a line of shops and restaurants, all trying to catch the eyes of passerby.

“Free sample?” a woman in front of one of the restaurants offered, holding out a tray of green-ish crackers and a bright green paste.

“Ooh, wasabi,” Inara said, taking one of the crackers.

“Our custom recipe,” the woman replied, clearly pleased to have caught their attention.

“What’s wasabi?” Kaylee asked, interested.  The saleswoman eagerly placed a dollop of it on a cracker and offered it to her.  Kaylee took it.

“Ah, Kaylee, it’s a little-”

“Mmmph!” Kaylee choked, eyes starting to water before Inara could finish her warning.

“-spicy.”

Kaylee frantically waved her hand in front of her face, and Inara had to bite her lip to keep from giggling at her as she finally swallowed the bite she’d taken.

“Would you like some water?” the saleswoman offered, holding a paper cup out, clearly pre-prepared for such occurrences.

Kaylee grabbed it, then turned and stalked away.  Inara muttered a thank you to the woman and quickly followed.

“Mei-mei, don’t be upset,” she said placatingly.  “That’s what everyone does the first time they try wasabi, trust me.”

“You’re laughin’ at me!”

“Sorry.”

Happy Holidays, @hepalienvevo, and I hope you enjoy! Apologies for the delay

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It had been one year and nine months since Zoe Washburne lost her husband during the Miranda incident. Zoe had been devastated, and was reduced to a state of mourning afterwards that left her closed-off from the rest of the Serenity crew - the only people who might have been able to help her through those first few months. She sometimes wished that Book were alive, she would have been able to talk to him, but he was as gone as her Wash.

It had been one year and eight months since Zoe realized she was pregnant - a final gift from her husband. She was angry at first, not wanting the constant reminder of her dead husband that was the baby. But she kept it, and eventually she grew to care for the life forming inside of her.

By the time the bump was clearly visible through her clothes, Zoe was on her way to becoming the lively woman she had once been. She was also physically healthier, no longer accidentally fasting or going without sleep, because she now had an the child as a reason to care for herself.

It had been one year since Emma Washburne was born, a beautiful baby girl that had Zoe’s dark skin and Wash’s intense, determined eyes.

The birth was not without complications, however, and Zoe was left with internal bleeding and had to take a spell in a planetside hospital. She had survived worse, however, and it wasn’t too long before she was able to return to the Serenity. The crew welcomed her back with open arms, glad to see the fierce but loving warrior back with them in more ways than one.

Emma had been born one year ago, and the entire crew became her family in short order. Zoe could not have been more grateful, and the entire crew stepped up to help raise the young girl.

Zoe related this tale to the crew in the ship’s galley where the lot of them were gathered for Emma’s first birthday, a few tears in her eyes and a few servings of strong drink in her belly. She thanked them profusely for being there for her and Emma, and apologized for the time she had spent lost in her own head.

What followed was a lot of hugging and reassuring words as Zoe broke down a little, remembering Emma’s father and wishing that he could have been there for their little girl’s birthday. She recovered quickly, however - like she said before, she had been through worse. And it was time for cake and presents.

…Well, at least the closest approximation to a cake they could make and what presents they were able to scrounge up, for they hadn’t had shore leave in quite a while.

Emma seemed to like the ‘cake’ okay, and the presents went over well. The best present of all, though, was the gift from River - who was a little shaky on birthdays but got the idea of presents.

Zoe unwrapped the present for Emma, and choked back a sob when she saw what was enclosed in the paper.

It was Wash’s old set of dinosaur toys, which had rested on the pilot’s console for years, and had been unofficially been inherited by River when she became the Serenity’s pilot.