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Fandom: Star Wars
Pairings/Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Rating: Mature
Length: 11,604
Creator Links:

nevertheless_turtle
Theme: crack treated seriously

Summary: In Which Obi-Wan Kenobi is Shown Holofootage of His 12-Year Old Padawan in a Seedy Nightclub With The Chancellor of the Republic And Has A Proportionate Response.

Reccer's Notes: What I love about this fic is the way that Obi-Wan does put in a certain amount of forethought into his actions, but it just happens to be the wrong forethought. You can see where he's coming from and why it seems like the right idea at the time, and yet it still goes completely off the rails. :D Truly delightful.

Content warning for discussion of child sexual assault but no actual sexual assault.

Fanwork Links: Just Go Kill Palpatine

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10trueloves

Title: Warm Shivers
Fandom: Biggles Series - W. E. Johns
Character: Ginger Hebblethwaite
Relationship: James "Biggles" Bigglesworth &/ Ginger Hebblethwaite
Theme Set: #10
Prompt: 04. Shiver
Rating: G
Word Count: 656
Spoilers/Warnings: Book: Biggles Sweeps the Desert (minor spoilers for the book), Platonic Touches, Head Injuries, Bruises, Missing Scene

Read on AO3.

alchemicink

Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

Well, I don't have any pets (and don't plan to have any in the future), so here's a bit of rambling about various fictional pets and some headcanons about characters who need an animal companion.

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Fandom: Star Wars
Pairings/Characters: Darth Maul & Darth Plagueis, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Darth Maul
Rating: Mature
Length: 19,072 words
Creator Links:

zuzeca
Theme: crack treated seriously, enemies to lovers, angst with a happy ending

Summary: In which Darth Maul applies for a loan, discovers a forgotten heirloom, experiments with space drugs, complains about his nemesis to a captive audience, and learns the value of bank fraud. Also love and friendship, but mostly bank fraud.

Reccer's Notes: A delightful story that starts with a cracky premise and takes it in an interesting direction. There’s a lovely exploration of Maul’s character and his relationship with Obi-Wan. It’s very funny with a heartwarming ending <3

Fanwork Links: Will Save the Galaxy for Better Credit Ratings

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Photograph of a young Asian girl using a manual typewriter in an office and looking very serious as she stares straight into the camera. Her black hair is slicked into a low ponytail and her round glasses are so big they extend past her face. She's wearing a shirt and tie and an adult-sized yellow blazer that fits her like a dress, almost as if she has been shrunk. Text, in a typewriter font: Crack Treated Seriously, at Fancake.

fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules.

This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!

alchemicink

Since Zeztz and Ultraman Omega are still on break this week (well Zeztz is back tonight, but I won't review it until next Saturday), I decided to post the reviews for the last two episodes of my season 1 rewatch of Miss Scarlet and the Duke. (Just in time, since season 6 starts on Jan 11)

I chose the title quote because it was funny to me. But what's funnier now is that I can't remember if it was Eliza or William who said it. Could equally be either 😂 That's just the nature of their relationship.

Anyway, mild spoilers below (but nothing major)

Miss Scarlet and the Duke (season 1, episode 5)

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Miss Scarlet and the Duke (season 1, episode 6)

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Title: my baby here on earth
Fandom: Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus
Characters: Emily Zhang, Frank Zhang
Prompt: "Memory"
Rating: Teen
Spoilers/Warnings: N/A

Summary: These are the things you think about before you go up in flames.

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hey sweetheart multifandom valentines day fest

Hey, Sweetheart is back, the little event where we challenge you to use the pet name "sweetheart" in fic and art!

💖 February 13-15
💖 all fandoms & original fiction too!
💖 no minimums or content restrictions
💖 optional bonus prompts

IN FIC: Have a character call someone else “sweetheart” as a pet name! No sarcasm. It can be an accident or in anger, but they should mean it.

IN ART: Use the word “sweetheart” in a piece of art. You can stylize it as a design element, or it can appear as a pet name in a speech bubble.

Complete event info & FAQs »

Questions? Please drop them on this post! However, PLEASE double check the documentation & FAQs first. This event has run for several years, and the rules are pretty finely tuned by this point.

Promo posts on bluesky & tumblr

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fancake

Fandom: Disco Elysium, Death Note
Pairings/Characters: L/Yagami Light, Harry Du Bois & Kim Kitsuragi
Rating: Mature
Length: 36,039 words
Creator Links:

brawltogethernow
Theme: crack treated seriously, crossover, casefic, unconventional format

Summary: Harry hits Light Yagami with his car. (Based on a joke post, taken extremely seriously.)

Reccer's Notes: Murder mystery where Harry Du Bois investigates a murder he himself committed, putting him right in the middle of the Kira case. Very funny! The dialogue is perfectly in character, the art is fantastic, and I love how the entire fic is told in the style of the game.

Content Notes: major character death (Light Yagami is dead), graphic description of corpses similar to that of Disco Elysium canon

Fanwork Links: THE HIT AND RUN

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Title: Ask an Exec: How to Navigate Cultish Colleagues, Soul-Stealing Bosses, and the End of the World at Work
Fandom: The Magnus Archives
Pairings/Characters: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims; OC management advice blogger, OC internet commenters
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Length: 43626 words
Creator Links:

shinyopals
Theme: crack treated seriously, epistolary, no canon required, outsider pov

Summary:

I've recently been unexpectedly promoted to lead a department in my organisation, wrote the anonymous emailer.

As there was no one working here when I arrived, my manager, who is head of the organisation, had promised me the choice of my own assistants. However, without warning, he simply presented me with an additional assistant. This new assistant’s first act on his first day was to let a dog into the office. It took several hours to catch and clean up after this dog and it has only been downhill from there. I admit I'm not entirely sure what to do with this assistant now I'm stuck with him. I'm hoping you have some advice?

Kind regards,
New Manager

Abigail Bailey runs a successful management advice blog. One frequent contributor is from a workplace with some... issues.

Reccer's Notes:

The Magnus Archives is a horror audio drama in which the main character starts a new position as archivist in an organization named Magnus Institute that specializes on investigating strange/magical phenomena. Very soon, strange things start to happen to him too. Also, it turns out that his workplace itself is ... not what you could call safe.

This story starts with the idea that the main character writes to a management advice blog about the strange things about his workplace, and becomes a regular writer. The fanfic is told in the form of this advice blog as it could appear on the internet: We get the mails he writes in, and the bloggers answers, and also the comment section. It's hilarious, but also it's taken so seriously as the story progresses and gets darker.

As an outsider POV, it really brings out how horrible the whole Magnus Archives story really is. It also shows very well how the story starts so inconspicuous and then boils the characters in horror like a lobster it a pot - and in this fanfic, the character doesn't event write to the advice blog about what's actually happening (because of secrecy), only the workplace safety circumstances. It's such a fascinating outsider POV.

Since it doesn't expect any canon knowledge, it can be read fandom-blind. Even without fandom-knowledge it's a hilarious and tragic advice blog story and in my case, it was my intro to the story, which I listened to after finishing this fanfic, so it was great advertisement for The Magnus Archives. (Note that it contains out of context but significant spoilers if you're going in fandom blind. For me this added to the re-read factor of the fanfic.)

Content Notes:

depictions of outrageously bad workplace safety
(canon-typical) dysfunctional interpersonal relationships
lighter on the actual supernatural horror than the original canon
out of context (but significant) spoilers if read fandom blind

Fanwork Links: Ask an Exec: How to Navigate Cultish Colleagues, Soul-Stealing Bosses, and the End of the World at Work on ao3

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Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Pairings/Characters: Crew of the Revenge, Israel Hands/Roach (it's tagged this, but it's very blink and you miss it)
Rating: T
Length: 2182 words
Creator Links: sweatervest
Theme: crack treated seriously

Summary: A single artichoke appears onboard the Revenge, and Izzy Hands is nowhere to be found. Naturally, the crew draws the most logical conclusion.

Reccer's Notes: The crew finds a single artichoke on the Revenge and draw the very erroneous conclusion that Izzy has been turned into a vegetable by a sea-witch. This is delightfully funny, as the crew try to protect the artichoke from getting eaten, among other things. It very much fits in with the silliness of season 1 of the show.

Fanwork Links: AO3

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Description: A fest aimed to celebrate Getou Suguru's character from Jujutsu Kaisen. The fest allows all ships and headcanons and interpretations and is open for gen and platonic works too. The prompting period has been over already however the claiming period is open and we have crowdsourced 28 prompts to choose from. The claiming period has no deadline and it is open until the last day.
Schedule: Claiming open: 01/01/2026 | Works Due: 15/02/2026 | Work Reveals: 17/02/2026 | Creators Reveal: 24/02/2026
Links: Tumblr | AO3 Collection | Rules & FAQ

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rec_cember

Happy New Years!

I'll do the final count after folks have checked in, but y'all, we've recced A LOT 🥳

If you link your rec posts/fandoms in the comments, I can add the fandom tags :)

Current Music: Eye of the Tiger or something equally fitting?

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alchemicink

I'm doing the Snowflake Challenge again this year 😊

two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

Challenge #1

The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

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fancake

Happy New Year! Our theme for January is crack treated seriously!

It's time to put on your serious face because this round is for fanworks with ideas that are very, very bonkers, but approached with the utmost dedication to making it work within whatever passes for reality in that fandom. As with our crack round, I ask that you avoid using language associated with drug use and addiction in your recs, as this kind of language, even when used for fun, can be hurtful and alienating.

Now go bananas—but seriously.

The tag for this round is: theme: crack treated seriously

If you're just joining us, be sure to check out our policy on content notes. Content notes aren't required, but they're nice to include in your recs, especially if a fanwork has untagged content that readers may wish to know about in advance.

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marginaliana in fancake - Star Wars: Just Go Kill Palpatine by nevertheless_turtle
sweetsorcery in 10trueloves - FIC "Warm Shivers" (James "Biggles" Bigglesworth &/ Ginger Hebblethwaite, Biggles Series - WEJ)
alchemicink - Snowflake Challenge 2026 #2: animal friends
sasheneskywalker in fancake - Star Wars: Will Save the Galaxy for Better Credit Ratings by zuzeca
runpunkrun in fandomcalendar - Fancake Theme for January: Crack Treated Seriously
alchemicink - "you would try the patience of a saint" (Weekly TV reviews)
mdzsxchange in fandomcalendar - MDZS: Marriage Mayhem
valzhang in 10trueloves - Fic: "my baby here on earth" — Emily&Frank (HOO)
tellmewhatyousee in fandomcalendar - Multifandom: No Romo Fest
museaway in fandomcalendar - Multifandom: Hey, Sweetheart
museaway in ficwip - Hey, Sweetheart 2026
sasheneskywalker in fancake - Disco Elysium; Death Note: THE HIT AND RUN by brawltogethernow
birdylion in fancake - The Magnus Archives: Ask an Exec: How to Navigate Cultish Colleagues [...] by shinyopals
kingstoken in fancake - OFMD: Thistle Teach ‘Em by sweatervest
annadante in fandomcalendar - Jujutsu Kaisen: Love For The Strong: Getou Suguru Fest 2026
goodbyebird in rec_cember - Final check in for the 2025 Rec-Cember
attorneyassistant in fandomcalendar - Attorney/Assistant Exchange - sign ups open!
prisca in fandomcalendar - Fandom Empire - Monopoly 2026
alchemicink - Snowflake Challenge 2026 #1: connections
runpunkrun in fancake - Round 182: Crack Treated Seriously

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