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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Fluff!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Mentors & Protégés round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+m... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/mento...

Photograph of a young boy and an old man working together at a table; text: Mentors & Protégés, at Fancake. The boy, in a navy blazer, blue shirt, and bowtie, is writing in a notebook while the man, also in a navy blazer and blue shirt, watches thoughtfully. The table has a laptop, potted plant, lamp, stack of books, and a cup of pencils; the blackboard behind them is covered with chemical and mathematical equations.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our #rec theme for October is Fluff! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2479146.html

A black bunny and a buff-colored bunny touch noses through a round opening in a wooden hutch. Text: Fluff, at Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Mentors & Protégés!), but if you missed last month's #recs you can catch up on all the Pining at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+p... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/pining

Photograph of a person in complete darkness faintly illuminated in red by a glowing neon heart held against their chest. Text: Pining, at Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our #rec theme for September is Mentors & Protégés! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2474538.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Pining!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Unreliable Narrator theme at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+u... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/unrel...

"Unreliable Narrator, at Fancake" added to a collage made from the ripped up page of a book, the strips imperfectly pieced back together.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Our #rec theme for August is Pining! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2472085.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Unreliable Narrator!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Just Like Canon round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+j... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/just%...

Photograph of a mix tape. Just Like Canon, A Fancake Mix 2026 is written on the cassette's label alongside some heart doodles.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Our #rec theme for July is Unreliable Narrator! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2469404.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Just Like Canon!), but if you missed last month's #recs you can catch up on our Journey & Travel round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+j... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/journ...

Photograph of things you might take with you, or pick up, on a trip, with added text: Journey & Travel, at Fancake. Items are neatly arranged on a rustic wooden table or door and photographed from above: hat, knapsack, barn coat, worn boots, folding knife, sunglasses, bottle, magnifying glass, as well as various maps, notebooks, pine cones, cameras, lenses, and rolls of 35mm film.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Our #rec theme for June is Just Like Canon! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2464123.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Journey & Travel!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Arranged Marriage round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+a... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/arran...

Two gold rings photographed on top of a dictionary opened to the definition of marriage. Text: Arranged Marriage, at Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Our #rec theme for May is Journey & Travel! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2457678.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Arranged Marriage!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Siblings round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+s... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/sibli...

Photograph of two adorable Vietnamese toddlers in identical denim overalls and dinosaur sweaters, text: Siblings, at Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our #rec theme for April is Arranged Marriage! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2455032.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Siblings!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Inept In Love round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+i... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/inept...

Photograph of two kingfishers perched on a branch. One is surrounded by a cloud of pink love hearts and the other has a single question mark over its head. Text: Inept in Love, at Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Our #rec theme for March is Siblings—assigned and chosen! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2445469.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Inept in Love!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Crack Treated Seriously round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+c... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/crack...

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.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Bring out your failboats! Our #rec theme for February is Inept in Love! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2441555.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Crack Treated Seriously!), but if you missed December's Amnesty #recs, you can catch up at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+a... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/amnesty

Photograph of the aurora borealis taken in Norway, text: Amnesty, at Fancake. The northern lights are a bright green scribble that stretches over the horizon, along a snowy mountain ridge, and up into the starry night sky.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! Our #rec theme for January is Crack Treated Seriously. #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2434153.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

It's our birthday!! Fancake is fifteen years old today. Come join the celebration at Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/2427779.html

Photograph of a grinning Shiba Inu dog wearing a pink party hat with a 15 on it. Text: Happy Birthday, Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Fancake's Themes in 2025: fancake.dreamwidth.org/2425387.html

Thumbnails of the twelve theme banners from 2025: (Not Really) Unrequited Love, Ambiguous Relationships, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Outsider POV, Angst (With a Happy Ending), Female Relationships, Working Together, Marriage of Convenience, Food & Cooking, Uncommon Settings, Mystery & Suspense, Amnesty.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Amnesty!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Mystery & Suspense round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+m... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/myste...

Moody photograph of the ocean from an outlook. In the foreground, two dirty hands claw their way up over the edge toward the viewer. Text: Mystery & Suspense, at Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Our #rec theme for December is Amnesty! This month you can post recs for any of our past themes. #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2425269.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Mystery & Suspense!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Uncommon Settings round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+u... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/uncom...

Photograph of the full moon encircled with added text: Uncommon Settings, at Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Our #rec theme for November is Mystery & Suspense! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2422507.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Uncommon Settings!) but if you missed last month's #recs you can catch up on our Food & Cooking round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+f... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/food%...

Photograph of steel spoons and spices in a dramatic setting with added text that gives it the look of a gourmet magazine cover: September 2025. Food & Cooking, at Fancake. Steel teaspoons are arranged in an elogated oval to suggest a fish, with the bowls acting as scales and some of the handles left visible to create the fins and tail, giving the creature a spiky appearance. The concave bowls are dusted with a powdery orange spice for color and one spoon at the front of the fish is filled with a coarse black spice to create an eye. The fish is on a black surface with a rough texture and around it are three skinny green peppers, a mound of salt, a mound of orange spice, and a dipping bowl filled with a clear amber liquid.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Our #rec theme for October is Uncommon Settings! These are places you don't often see represented in fanworks. #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2417991.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Food & Cooking) but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Marriage of Convenience theme at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+m... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/marri...

Photograph of a young Vietnamese couple in a sunny urban environment, with added text: Marriage of Convenience, at Fancake. A bride in a white dress and sunglasses leaves her groom behind at a bus stop. The bride is smiling and carrying a bouquet of lilies as she hikes up the long skirt of her dress and walks away. The groom is in the background, wearing a dark grey suit and sitting on a bench. He's blurry, but it looks like he might be smiling at her.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Our #rec theme for September is Food & Cooking! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2407347.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Fancake requests the honor of your presence. #fandom #recs fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+m...

Graphic in the style of a wedding invitation with flowing script: You are cordially invited to a... Marriage of Convenience (at) fancake.dreamwidth.org, August 2025. The color palette is white with dusty rose and muted pinks, and there are flowers—what looks like dogwood and lenten rose—in the upper right and lower left corner.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new #rec theme (Marriage of Convenience!), but if you missed last month's Working Together round, you can catch up at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+w... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/worki...

Photograph with added text: Working Together, at Fancake. Workers in India use wide wooden paddles with long handles to shove a huge yard of drying grains into big piles. The grain, most likely rice, is a beautiful golden color, and there's a mix of western and traditional clothing among the seven men and women.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Our #rec theme for August is Marriage of Convenience! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2398343.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Working Together!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Female Relationships round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+f... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/femal...

Photograph with added text: Female Relationships, at Fancake. Four old Nepalese women sit together on a low brick wall, their feet dangling, most of them barefoot, their shoes kicked off below them. They're dressed in loose patterned fabrics in various shades of red and the mood is relaxed.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Our #rec theme for July is Working Together! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2393865.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new #rec theme (Female Relationships!) but if you missed May's Angst (With a Happy Ending) round, you can catch up at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+a... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/angst...

Photograph of a landscape with added text: Angst (with a happy ending), at Fancake. Sunlight radiates out from behind a mass of dark clouds, illuminating patches of blue sky and shining down on the forested shoreline of a placid lake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Our #rec theme for June is Female Relationships! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2387573.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Angst With a Happy Ending!), but if you missed last month's #recs you can catch up on our Outsider POV round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+o... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/outsi...

Photograph of a white woman in a beret looking through a pair of tiny binoculars with an aghast expression. Text: Outsider POV, at Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Our #rec theme for May is Angst (With a Happy Ending)! That's angst, but with a guaranteed happy ending. #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2384664.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Outsider POV!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Non-Sexual Intimacy round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+n... Pinboard: pinboard.in/u:fancake/t:... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/non-s...

Photo from a collection titled 'Romantic lesbian date in bathtub' with added text: 'Non-sexual intimacy, at Fancake.' A slim white woman wearing a thigh-length black silk robe with a tropical floral pattern sits on the edge of a bathtub, her bare legs inside the bath and splashed with bubbles. She's pouring a glass of red wine for her partner, a plump blonde, who's sitting sideways in the tub and is also covered in bubbles.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our #rec theme for April is Outsider POV! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2375192.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Non-Sexual Intimacy!), but if you missed last month's #recs you can catch up on our Ambiguous Relationships round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+a... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/ambig...

Black and white photograph of two dancers, blurry with motion. Text: Ambiguous Relationships, at Fancake. Like the dancers, the text has a doubled effect, creating ghostly shadows and the opportunity for alternate readings.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Our #rec theme for March is Non-Sexual Intimacy! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2371266.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Ambiguous Relationships!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our (Not Really) Unrequited Love round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+%... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/%28no...

An illustration of a heart-shaped tree silhouetted against a dawn sky. A stout figure leans against the trunk as if waiting for the viewer. Text: (Not Really) Unrequited Love, at Fancake.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Our #rec theme for February is Ambiguous Relationships! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2366993.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Our #rec theme for January is (Not Really) Unrequited Love! This round is for love—any kind of love—that seems unrequited, but isn't. #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2361675.html

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Happy Birthday to us! Fancake is fourteen years old this month. Come celebrate by leaving a #rec for a WIP in the comments of this post: fancake.dreamwidth.org/2355898.html

A photograph of a cake, text: Happy Birthday, Fancake. A round layer cake topped with whipped cream and maraschino cherries, decorated with pink frosting and an even pinker drizzle of icing dripping down the sides, splashed with pastel sprinkles, and sitting on a pink plate

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Fancake's themes for 2024: fancake.dreamwidth.org/2353467.html

Thumbnails of the twelve theme banners from 2024: Indigenous Characters; Trans & Non-Binary Characters; No Canon Required; Competence; Black Characters; Trauma & Recovery; Stranded; Trope Subversion & Inversion; Missing Scenes; Happy Endings; Magic; Amnesty.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

It's a new month and Fancake's got a new theme (Amnesty!), but if you missed last month's #recs, you can catch up on our Magic round at: Dreamwidth: fancake.dreamwidth.org/tag/theme:+m... Tumblr: fancakeofficial.tumblr.com/tagged/magic

Photograph with text: Magic, at Fancake. A brown-skinned man in a red turban with a neatly trimmed goatee and mustache holds a tangled ball of light in his cupped hands. It's very dark where he is, but his face is illuminated with a warm glow and he has a serious, yet serene expression as he looks down into his hands.

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fancake @fancake.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Our #rec theme for December is amnesty! For this round you can post recs for any of our past themes. #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2353234.html

A photograph of the ocean at sunset or sunrise with the text: Amnesty, at Fancake. The sky is a soft purple-pink with a scattering of small puffy clouds that are a darker purple than the sky around them. The sun is a white-orange dot hanging an inch above the horizon. The water is a deep purple, and then, in the foreground, a frothy periwinkle where its waves roll up onto the shore.

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