Reccing Thursday

I have some things to rec this week! A very mixed assortment, too.

Kinbaku by edenfalling (Daredevil, Elektra, AU, 750 wds)
I really enjoyed this look at an alternate Elektra who took Matt's path rather than Stick's.

Play To Your Strengths (Dark Matter, Three & Five, 1900 wds)
Cute surrogate-sibling-bonding post-ep for 1x11.

Also, I really enjoyed this article from Wired: The Mandalorian Is the Only Smart Soldier in the Star Wars Galaxy. (Written by someone with a grounding in military tactics - apparently the military strategy and tactics in the show is really good, an extreme rarity in Star Wars! Contains spoilers for the whole show.)

Exchanges! (by me)

Thing 1: ssrconfidential is back for Year 5! I've created the 2020 AO3 collection and updated the sticky post with this year's info. Schedule is the same as last year (signups in late March, assignments due in June). There are a couple of small rules changes this year, the most important of which is that I plan to experiment with keeping the tag nominations open through the signup period so people can make last-minute additions. Lowering the minimum word count to 500 last year seemed to work out well, so we'll keep that. If you'd like to weigh in on these or any other rules, you can comment at the announcement post (or comment here).

I can't believe I've been running this thing for five years.

Thing 2: I finally got my ducks in a row on a Defenders exchange! Defenders Relationship Exchange is a GO. It will be open to relationships of any kind (gen or ship) and also includes a workaround if you just want to request a character. It's for all six of the Netflix Marvel shows (including Punisher).

I don't have the AO3 collection or a nice link graphic yet, but it will use the same basic rules as SSR Confidential - fic, art, or vids; 500-word minimum on fic. Timeline: signups in late February (after Chocolate Box); assignments due in mid-May.

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