Nice work everyone - it was a busy week! and Congratulations to winner f_belisarius! Judge gkunit20 said, "It was really tough to choose with all the great entries, but I've picked f_belisarius's "Insomnia: An alternative approach where pharmaceuticals contraindicated" as the winner. Absolutely loved the dynamic between Jeff and Annie in this one and as a whole, it was pretty ( Read more... )

Congratulations to gkunit20 ! In the words of judge genevieveisme, "It was really hard to choose a winner, because both fics this week were so great and fun to read, but when pressed I choose gkunit20's story "Date Night Obliviousness" because I think Chang is perfect in this. That, and I completely relate to the frustration of a date night going bad when you know you're not ( Read more... )

Congratulations to our winner genevieveisme! Judge _carly_ said, "I loved the vast range of hobbies everyone came up with, so high fives and turning it into a snake all around! For this prompt I chose Genevieve's fic 'Creative Studies in Modernist Literature' as the winner because A) secret fic writing, I feel those feels, and B) I love me some meta." Nice work ( Read more... )

Congratulations to our winner _carly_! and apologies to everyone for the delay.

_carly_'s prompt: Jeff or Annie has a weird/embarrassing/dorky hobby that the other finds out about.


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Congratulations to our winner, greta_garbo! Judge liz_marcs said, "In the end, I'm going with "Intermediate Modern Chivarly" by greta_garbo, because in a mere 500 words, greta_garbo managed to cover funny, sweet, and bittersweet. And although the characters she uses are the D&D alternates for the Greendale 7, in this one especially you can see the Greendale characters peeking through their ( Read more... )

Congratulations to winner liz_marcs! In the words of judge oneofthemuses,  "This round was such a tight pick but I ended up going with liz_marcs' "Small Mercies in an Unhappy Ending" because it packed such a visceral gut-punch for me. The entries certainly satisfied any desire for angst that I had! Thanks to everyone who made this such an amazing round!" Nice job everyone!

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Sorry for the delay and congratulations to the winner, oneofthemuses! In the words of judge greta_garbo, "I'm going with Heartfelt Confessions for the Seasoned Pro. They were all so good, and it was really close between this and another one, but this one was just so 'them'." Nice job!

oneofthemuses' prompt: Introduce a new love interest for Annie OR Jeff.


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Congratulations to the winner, greta_garbo! She got major points for using an entirely unexpected definition of pathological. You all wanted to keep these going, so starting this week, the battles will happen once a week. Also, in the future, posts will no longer be sticky. You will instead access them with the link on the left side of the M/M toolbar.

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Hi folks,

Just a quick reminder that this round of the comment fic battle ends tonight at midnight (EST). We are happy to retire the battles indefinitely if there is no interest, but we just wanted to make sure people know it was going on. Thanks!


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Oh hello there! You guys thought I was NEVER COMING BACK, didn't you? But I have returned and with me I bring the comment fic battles that you all know and love. This week we will be starting anew, and as of Monday these will become weekly battles, instead of biweekly. For updated rules, check out below.

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