You should now have received an assignment! Please contact me (mod.modzilla@gmail.com) if you have a problem with your assignment, or you got two assignments (!), or if you just have a question about your assignment, whether it's a question for me or a question for me to pass on to your recipient.

You are welcome to email me to ask to swap your assignment. Because assignments were out late, I'm extending the swaps deadline to September 25. I usually confirm swaps towards the end of that period, but may be able to confirm sooner.

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The following pinch hits are due at 11:59pm EST on Saturday January 24th 2026, and pinch hitters are also asked to check in in November 2025. To claim, please reply with your AO3 name, and let me know which recipient/PH number you want. You're also welcome to claim by emailing mod.modzilla@gmail.com.

If you already have an assignment and want to swap your assignment for a pinch hit, please say so - otherwise I'll assume you want both assignments.

I will reply to claims on this post after approximately a day - this is to give priority to people who are looking to swap.

Minimum requirements: An art gift must be a completed comic at least 10 pages or 40 panels long; a fic gift must be a story at least 10,000 words long. You can also fulfil a pinch hit by giving two complete half-length works, if your recipient has opted into that for the fandom(s) you are creating in. Any work must be for a fandom your recipient has requested and one character/relationship/worldbuilding tag requested in that fandom, and must avoid their DNWs.


( Pinch hit #1 - art, fic - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom [Star Wars Sequel Trilogy/Star Wars: Ahsoka] )

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( Pinch hit #2 - fic - Fright Night (2011), Our Flag Means Death (TV), Riptide (TV), Star Trek: The Price of the Phoenix - Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath, Strange Angel (TV), Evil (TV 2019) )

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( Pinch hit #4 - art, fic [varies by request] - 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, Natsume Yuujinchou | Natsume's Book of Friends, Thor (Movies), Hannibal (TV) )

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( Pinch hit #8 - fic - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Big Country (1958), Home Before Dark (1958) )

Canon promo post: Dial M for Murder

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( Pinch hit #11 - art, fic [varies by request] - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game), Original Work, Crossover Fandom [Brooklyn 99/Labyrinth], Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games) )

Canon promo post: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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( Pinch hit #12 - art, fic [varies by request] - One Piece (Live Action TV 2023), One Piece (Anime & Manga), Baldur's Gate (Video Games), 将进酒 - 唐酒卿 | Qiāng Jìn Jiǔ - Táng Jiǔ Qīng )

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( Pinch hit #13 - art, fic - World Wrestling Entertainment, The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (Video Game), はたらく細胞 | Hataraku Saibou | Cells at Work! (Anime), Original Work )

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( Pinch hit #18 - fic - Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling, Crossover Fandom x2 [Grimm TV/Guardian TV, Grimm TV/Christabel - Coleridge], 长公主在上 | Zhǎng Gōng Zhǔ Zài Shàng (Web Series), 绅探 | Detective L (TV) )

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( Pinch hit #20 - fic - Tales of Berseria, Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games), Kuroko no Basuke | Kuroko's Basketball, Bleach (Anime & Manga) )

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( Pinch hit #21 - art, fic [varies by request] - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, BCV: Battle Construction Vehicles (Video Game), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) )

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Click to see CLAIMED pinch hits

Pinch hit #3 - fic - Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Baldur's Gate (Video Games), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

Pinch hit #5 - art, fic - Bridgerton (TV), Don't Worry Darling (2022), Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Little Women (2019 Movie - Gerwig), Outlaw King (2018), The Princess Diaries (Movies), This Means War (2012)

Pinch hit #6 - fic - 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 화산귀환 | Return of the Blossoming Blade (Webcomic), 魔尊也想知道 - 青色羽翼 | Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know - Cyan Wings, 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed

Pinch hit #7 - art, fic - 奇蹟 | Kiseki: Dear to Me (TV), KinnPorsche: The Series (TV), We Are คือเรารักกัน | We Are (Thailand TV 2024), 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021), Star Trek: The Original Series

Pinch hit #9 - fic - Final Fantasy XII x4, Metaphor: ReFantazio (Video Game), Persona 5, Wolf's Rain (Anime), Final Fantasy XV

Pinch hit #10 - art, fic [varies by request] - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Superman (Movie 2025), The Orville (TV), Fire Emblem: Soen no Kiseki/Akatsuki no Megami | Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn

Canon promo post: The Orville

Pinch hit #14 - fic - Stargate Atlantis, Kolja | Kolya (1996), Cesta do pravěku | Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), Jurassic Park Original Trilogy (Movies)

Pinch hit #15 - fic - 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Octopath Traveler (Video Game), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 終末のイゼッタ | Shuumatsu no Izetta | Izetta: The Last Witch (Anime), よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games), Crossover Fandom [various]

Crossovers: Atelier Ryza/Märchen Forest, Octopath Traveller/Octopath Traveller II, Eva Evergreen/Sunday Without God

Canon promo posts: Sunday Without God, Atelier Ryza & Märchen Forest, Eva Evergreen, miscellaneous

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Pinch hit #16 - fic - Killjoys (TV), Ocean's 8 (2018), Elementary (TV), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Pinch hit #17 - art, fic [varies by request] - Men's Hockey RPF, Wednesday (TV 2022), Outlast (Video Games), Original Work, Glee (TV 2009)

Pinch hit #19 - fic - Severance (TV), Mission: Impossible (Movies), Doctor Who (2005), Succession (TV 2018)

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Thanks for your interest! Please also feel free to let me know of canon promo posts I've missed.

I have sent assignments. I hope you are pleased with what you find in your email, at the collection, or from your AO3 profile.

If there's a problem, please talk to me at mod.modzilla@gmail.com.

Good luck with your assignment! Please keep your assignment secret!


Assignment Swaps
Your assignment may be a poor fit for you, and if so, you can swap it. The initial swaps deadline (for swapping with more or less your choice of assignment) is end of September 10, EDT. Contact me at mod.modzilla@gmail.com and let me know your preferred choices. If you are swapping to a pinch hit, I'll confirm that pretty quickly; otherwise, I'll let you know just after the 10th.

Letters
If you linked to a letter and it's currently incomplete, it must be complete by the end of September 10th. For reassuring your creator, it may be handy to leave a note at the top such as 'Complete as of 28 August', etc.

Treats
The collection is open. Treats are welcome for any participant and every single person in this round of the exchange has their AO3 settings enabled to receive treats. Treats do not have to be above 5,000 words or 20 panels; however, please check with me if you want to give art to someone who has only requested fic, or fic to someone who has only requested art. To submit a treat, click 'Post to Collection' at the top right of the collection, and make sure you fill in your recipient's name in the New Work field that says 'Gift this work to...'

Canon promos
It is not too late to tell the world about your canons at the canon promo post - especially since a canon promo post can be re-used for multiple exchanges. Or maybe you've written a promo post for another exchange or in a previous year - go ahead and link it again! Please also consider checking out what people have already posted.

Pinch hits
Will be posted shortly. I may have to break them into two posts.

Assignments are out! Check your account on AO3!

If you have questions about your recipient's requests, please send them through me (gmail: mod.modzilla). Please be vague in public about what you're writing or drawing - this is an anonymous exchange.

Pinch hits will go up tomorrow. Beta post will go up maybe this weekend.


Assignment Swap
You can only swap your assignment immediately if there is a pinch hit you are able to take on instead.

Otherwise, you must let me know before September 14 if you would like to swap your assignment, and swaps will happen after that. You cannot swap to someone who already has two creators, so swapping is not guaranteed. Your chances go up if you have multiple preferred assignments.


Making two gifts
If your recipient has opted in to receiving two 5,000 word fics, or two 5-page comics, then you can fulfil your assignment by making them two things.

It might even be possible to give them one comic and one story - as long as your recipient is asking for both. Or, to give works in two different requested fandoms - as long as your recipient would like shorter gifts in both fandoms.


Treats
The collection is open. Treats are welcome for any participant, and do not have to be above 5,000 words. Click 'Post to Collection' at the top right of the collection, and make sure you fill in your recipient's name in the New Work field that says 'Gift this work to...'


Letters
If your letter's meant to be finished, please check that it's unlocked/accessible. If you're still working on your letter, please aim to finish it this weekend.

Yes, there is a deadline of September 14 for finishing your letter (with consequences). But please consider that the absolute nuclear option, the "You lose! Good day, sir!" of letters. Your letter is for your creator, who is excited to get started. Having it up soon could be the difference between someone getting inspired and even checking out more of your canons, or becoming discouraged and swapping their assignment for someone else whose full prompts they can see. Good luck finishing your letter!


Canon promo
Please consider checking out the canon promo post - especially if you're feeling uncertain about your current assignment and would like to swap it for another. There is a treasure box of canons to try.