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Happy Wednesday!

I'm taking search offline sometime today to upgrade the server to a new instance type. It should be down for a day or so -- sorry for the inconvenience. If you're curious, the existing search machine is over 10 years old and was starting to accumulate a decade of cruft...!

Also, apparently these older machines cost more than twice what the newer ones cost, on top of being slower. Trying to save a bit of maintenance and cost, and hopefully a Wednesday is okay!

Edited: The other cool thing is that this also means that the search index will be effectively realtime afterwards... no more waiting a few minutes for the indexer to catch new content.

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fandom5k

Thank you to all our volunteers! This is the list of still-open initial pinch hits, as well as five new pinch hits from swaps or defaults.

If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.

Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 5 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 8-15 May.

You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit that you are asking to swap.

( IPH 1 - Mononoke-hime | Princess Mononoke, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )

( IPH 2 - Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Star Wars Original Trilogy )

( CLAIMED - IPH 3 - Young Sherlock (TV 2026), Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse), Fallout (TV 2024), Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), Andor (TV) )

( CLAIMED - IPH 8 - Generation Kill (TV), Justified, SAS: Rogue Heroes (TV), The Pitt (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017) )

( IPH 10 - 杀破狼 | Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang - priest, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) )

( IPH 11 - The Pitt (TV), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom )

( IPH 13 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The West Wing, 9-1-1 (TV) )

( IPH 15 - Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), 僕だけがいない街 | Boku dake ga Inai Machi | ERASED (Anime & Manga), 炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] | Honoo no Mirage | Mirage of Blaze, John Wick (Movies), Sneakers (1992), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Father Brown (2013), The Queen's Gambit (TV), Squid Game (TV 2021), Death Note (Movies 2006-2016) )

( IPH 18 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )

( IPH 19 - The Amazing World of Gumball, Osmosis Jones (2001), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Osmosis Jones (2001), The Amazing World of Gumball, The Amazing World of Gumball )

( IPH 22 - 獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )

( PH 25 - World Trigger (Anime & Manga), 京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga, Crossover Fandom, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Horizon (Video Games) )

( PH 26 - Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Dragon Age (Video Games), Doctor Who (1963) )

( CLAIMED - PH 27 - The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen's Gambit (TV), Original Work, Temeraire - Naomi Novik )

( PH 28 - Annihilation (2018 Garland), Crossover Fandom, Moon Knight (TV 2022) )

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fandom5k

We have 23 initial pinch hits! This post is #11-23. #1-10 are here.

If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.

Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 5 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 8-15 May.

( PH 11 - The Pitt (TV), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom )

( CLAIMED - PH 12 - Royal Affairs - Harris-Powell-Smith, Crossover Fandom, Corruption of Champions 2, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Cartoon) )

( PH 13 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The West Wing, 9-1-1 (TV) )

( CLAIMED - PH 14 - MF Ghost (Anime), Psycho-Pass, Shin Sangokumusou | Dynasty Warriors, 機動戦士ガンダム閃光のハサウェイ | Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (Movies), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )

( PH 15 - Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), 僕だけがいない街 | Boku dake ga Inai Machi | ERASED (Anime & Manga), 炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] | Honoo no Mirage | Mirage of Blaze, John Wick (Movies), Sneakers (1992), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Father Brown (2013), The Queen's Gambit (TV), Squid Game (TV 2021), Death Note (Movies 2006-2016) )

( CLAIMED - PH 16 - Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Interstellar (2014), Cerulean Chronicles Series - TJ Klune )

( CLAIMED - PH 17 - ไหนใครว่าพวกมันไม่ถูกกัน | Head 2 Head (TV 2025), KinnPorsche: The Series (TV), เพื่อนายแค่หนึ่งเดียว | Never Let Me Go (TV 2022), ข้ามฟ้าเคียงเธอ | The Next Prince (TV 2025), บ้านหลอน ON SALE | Peaceful Property (TV), Thai Actor RPF, เธม-โป้ Heart That Skips a Beat | Thame-Po: Heart That Skips a Beat (TV), 천둥구름 비바람 | Thundercloud Rainstorm (TV) )

( PH 18 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )

( PH 19 - The Amazing World of Gumball, Osmosis Jones (2001), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Osmosis Jones (2001), The Amazing World of Gumball, The Amazing World of Gumball )

( PH 20 - Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game), Mass Effect Trilogy, Original Work )

( PH 21 - Political RPF - US 21st c., American Civil War RPF, 19th Century CE RPF )

( PH 22 - 獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )

( CLAIMED - PH 23 - New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Poppy Playtime (Video Game), Persona 5, The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series) )

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fandom5k

We have 23 initial pinch hits! This post is #1-10. If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.

Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 5 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 8-15 May.

You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit that you are asking to swap.

( PH 1 - Mononoke-hime | Princess Mononoke, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )

( PH 2 - Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Star Wars Original Trilogy )

( PH 3 - Young Sherlock (TV 2026), Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse), Fallout (TV 2024), Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), Andor (TV) )

( CLAIMED - PH 4 - 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed, 憂国のモリアーティ | Yuukoku no Moriarty | Moriarty the Patriot (Anime), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler, One Piece (Anime & Manga), Ready or Not (Movies), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), Doctor Who (2005), Original Work, DCU (Comics) )

( CLAIMED - PH 5 - Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Voltron: Lion Force (1984), Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon), G.I. Joe (Cartoon), Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mysteries - Franklin W. Dixon & Carolyn Keene, Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Thunderbirds (2004), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Masters of the Universe: Revelations/Revolution (Netflix), Crossover Fandom )

( PH 6 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Beware of Chicken - Casualfarmer, Dreaming of Sunshine (Fanfic Disambiguation), Crossover Fandom )

( CLAIMED - PH 7 - 你却爱着一个傻逼 - 水千丞 | In Love with an Idiot - Shui Qian Cheng, 小白杨 - 水千丞 | My Little Poplar - Shuǐ Qiān Ch�ng, 老婆孩子热炕头 - 水千丞 | Lǎo P� H�i Zi R� K�ng Tou - Shuǐ Qiān Ch�ng, 火焰戎装 - 水千丞 | Huǒ Y�n R�ng Zhuāng - Shuǐ Qiān Ch�ng, 附加遗产 - 水千丞 | F� Jiā Y� Chǎn - Shuǐ Qiān Ch�ng, 职业替身 - 水千丞 | Professional Body Double - Shuǐ Qiān Ch�ng, 我行让我来 - 酱子贝 | I Can Do It - Ji�ng Zǐ B�i, 秉性下等 - 回南雀 | Inferior By Nature - Hu� N�n Qu�, 江医生他怀了死对头的崽 - 葫芦酱 | Dr. Jiang is Pregnant with His Nemesis's Child - H� L� Ji�ng, Crossover Fandom )

( PH 8 - Generation Kill (TV), Justified, SAS: Rogue Heroes (TV), The Pitt (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017) )

( CLAIMED - PH 9 - The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood, The Hurricane Wars - Thea Guanzon, Deliver Me - Ashley Hawthorne )

( PH 10 - 杀破狼 | Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang - priest, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) )

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fandom5k

Matching is complete, and assignments have been sent!

I hit the button five minutes ago, but as far as I can tell, emails haven't been sent. Hopefully there's just a short delay. To see your assignment without the email, you can go to the collection profile on AO3, then click the My Assignments link.

I encourage you to get in touch at fandom5kmod@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns about your match.

If your recipient included a link to a letter but that letter is unfinished, please give it a couple of days before asking me to contact them--I was able to get assignments out early this year, and your recipient may have expected to have a little more time.

I'll be posting pinch hits soon! As last year, I will offer the option for you to request a swap from your current assignment to any open pinch hit.

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dw_maintenance

I keep forgetting to post about this: we've been troubleshooting the "missing notifications" problem for the past few days. (Well, I say "we", really I mean Mark and Robby; I'm just the amanuensis.) It's been one of those annoying loops of "find a logical explanation for what could be causing the problem, fix that thing, observe that the problem gets better for some people but doesn't go away completely, go back to step one and start again", sigh.

Mark is hauling out the heavy debugging ordinance to try to find the root cause. Once he's done building all the extra logging tools he needs, he'll comment to this entry. After he does, if you find a comment that should have gone to your inbox and sent an email notification but didn't, leave him a link to the comment that should have sent the notification, as long as the comment itself was made after Mark says he's collecting them. (I'd wait and post this after he gets the debug code in but I need to go to sleep and he's not sure how long it will take!)

We're sorry about the hassle! Irregular/sporadic issues like this are really hard to troubleshoot because it's impossible to know if they're fixed or if they're just not happening while you're looking. With luck, this will give us enough information to figure out the root cause for real this time.

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fandom5k

Signups are closed, and with 145 users, the final round of Fandom5K is shaping up to be our largest yet!

I'm running the matching logic and am checking signups to make sure everyone has 3 unique fandom tags in their requests and 4 unique fandom tags in their offers. We also have at least one person who has no possible recipients. Emails will go out to you soon if there's an issue with your signup, and you'll have 24 hours to reply.

In the meantime, feel free to look over the requests to see if something intriguing has shown up since you last checked! If you'd like to add any offers, or add tags to existing offers, send me an email with the details, and I'm happy to add those.

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fandom5k

We have a little under 23 hours to go for signups! Here's a countdown.

As a reminder, your signup requests must include at least 3 different unique fandom tags, and your offers must include at least 4 different unique fandom tags. You can repeat fandoms if you want to select different tag combinations in multiple signups slots, but you do still need to make that uniqueness minimum. I've reached out to a couple of people as a heads-up and will check again after signups close.

To help matching go smoothly, you might want to check the requests and see if your offers can match to at least one recipient.

Finally, I've approved all submitted tags to this point except for Twilight Series - All Media Types, as mentioned last post. Nominator, please specify whether you want the books or the movies. We do have some book relationships already in the tagset.

If you're still thinking of nominations, make sure you submit them right away! I'll be checking in occasionally until signups close, but I may not get to them in time for you to add to your signup.

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Consolidated IPHs & 5 New Pinch Hits

Initial Pinch Hits: #11-23

Initial Pinch Hits: #1-10 (of 23)

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