Because I am the kind and benevolent mod that I am... I'm going to change something with the FQF. Bear with me, I think you'll like it.

This afternoon, an updated claims list will be going up. After that point, claims are reopened but with a twist. (and here's the fun part!)

Claiming and writing and posting will be open until September 15th. In other words, you can claim something up until the 15th of September. The final and hard deadline for all fics and art is September 15th. With summer being the insanely crazy time that it can be for all of us, I think this will work better and help us to get a nice array of works in.

So those of you that have already signed up -- you're still a go. I also found a few claims that never reached my inbox as apparently gmail hates me and didn't forward on a few claims. So if you get an email from me shortly -- that's why. I wasn't ignoring you, I swear. Technology really, really hates me at times.

Any questions or comments, direct them here. Otherwise -- pimp it far and wide! ♥

Challenges are now posted! Go forth and claim.

Challenges Found Here!

Reminder that claims will be open through March 30th.

Claims Begins 17 March 2008 :: Posting Begins 1 July 2008
Official Site: moonstar.forgiving-eyes.net
celticmoonstar on LJ for more info!

Want to link back to here? (of course you do!) Put the banner on your own site!
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FYI: I should have the master-list of all four waves up later today, depending on if I get distracted by the folks. So if you get any errors in the actual site, it's because I'm in the process of moving pages around to their proper homes and so forth. Just hang tight and all will be straightened out!

ETA: The Wave 5 site is now live and so is the master-list!

The long-awaited update! Three computers and an external harddrive later and I cannot find the files for the third wave. And I've looked every possible place. Fear not -- I need an afternoon to actually sit down and put everything together (and as I just quit one of the three jobs I was working I now have several afternoons to myself thank god. but I digress).

I have all the fic files. that's not the issue and I'm in the middle of putting together a master list of all the fics from the past four waves.

Now -- here comes the question I have for you guys as well as asking about the next wave. I want you guys to have input as it's as much your fest as it is mine -- I'm just the facilitator. :D

Poll #1145062 Ideas for Wave Five of the FQF
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Would you be willing to participate if the fifth wave were a remix challenge?

Since I'm shooting for doing posting around May/June-ish, do you want it to be themed?

What would you like to see as a theme?

If we end up going challenge-based (either in full or in part) give us a challenge (max characters is 255. If it's longer, give ideas in comments!)

Another challenge idea? (again, max of 255 characters)

If you have other ideas or prompt ideas longer than 255 characters, feel free to post in the comments. I should, by tomorrow hopefully, have an archive listing of the four phases. And please, do pimp this around to get loverly feedback. ♥

ETA: What a remix is! *smacks self* Basically, a remix is taking a fic (or art) that was done and you get to re-write it. Just like cover artists re-do songs by the original artists and they put their own spin on it, so too is what a remix is all about. What we'd do for this is take all the fics written in the previous four fests and use those for the potential remixes. :D Hope that clears that up.

And as always -- ask questions. I don't bite -- save when asked to. ;o)

At long last, here's the rest of the fics from Wave 4. A massive, massive thank you to wook77 for coding for me. I thank you all for the delay.

And now-- couple adminny things before we get onto the posting. To keep everyone safe, I'm going to be marking this community as to having adult content since I do link to some pr0ny things. But I think it'll keep you guys safe. Which, really, is why things took so long to get up. I wanted to keep all the authors and artists (and myself as well) as safe as can be with this fest. So I hope you do understand how things went and the delays.

The next round, I promise -- will be much smoother.

( The Wave 4 update )

Also -- Waves 1 and 2 of previous fests are back online. Wave three... has corrupted files and I need to find which ones are actually dead and which ones are okay. I'll let you know when that's back up and running.

So -- watch here. First of the year will be Wave 5 and for this wave... let's simply say that everything old is new again.

Yes, there is still more fic to go and yes it is coming. The reason I haven't been posting updates is because of LJ itself. I am sure many of you are aware of the large kerfuffle that has been going on since August. While I was able to continue with hp_summersmut I was more leery about this fest for one specific reason.

All my updates link to adult material on an outside website. So I have been trying to figure out how to get around this and how to safely post things, as really -- anything happens and it's my ass on the line.

So what I will do is simple -- and the idea was given to me by wook77 this weekend -- and is one of those, this was so easy why didn't I think of it first. Basically, I will be setting up a mirror on IJ and all updates will link to that community. If anyone wants to set up an RSS feed, feel free to do so.

I really wanted to see what the climate in LJ-land was like before doing anything. So that's what's going on. So if you have a journal over on IJ, feel free to join the 'celticmoonstar' community over there. Otherwise, all updates will be posted there and linked here. It's the only way I can protect myself.

I'm sorry for the delay, I really am. And thank you guys for understanding. ♥

Hello all. As promised -- here's the first update. I wanted to do them in chunks so there wasn't a ton of fics to read in a single day.

Now -- here is the deal. Because I was teh suck in starting the posting -- I'm going to give all of you a break. If you have claimed a challenge, you have until August 31st to submit your work. No missed deadlines this time around! So if you'd still like to submit a work -- please feel free to.

And now -- the first update!

ETA: Links are fixed! I always forget to change 'em. *sigh*


Calico Jinx
One down, four thousand and eighty-four to go. - Challenge FM 15: An explanation for why you never say "If you can drink me under the table, you can do whatever you want to with my body" before a drinking competition. It could range from minor confessions of love to anything within reason. James gives a certain Werewolf a dare he's not sure how to complete.
Rated: NC-17


Kim Gray/Jade Maxwell
Truth or Dare - Challenge FM14:Seduction. One seduces the other: how, when, where and why? and Challenge FM 15: An explanation for why you never say "If you can drink me under the table, you can do whatever you want to with my body" before a drinking competition. It could range from minor confessions of love to anything within reason. James gives a certain Werewolf a dare he's not sure how to complete.
Rated: NC-17


Tressa Cho
12 - Challenge FM12: It's their first Christmas together at Twelve Grimmauld Place, and Sirius wants to give Remus something special. (Besides himself, that is.)
Rated: NC-17

Breakfast in Bed - Challenge FM19:Breakfast in Bed
Rated: R

You all have FULL permission to shoot me.

I've been working on the site to get ready for fics to be posted on August 1st -- fully forgetting that I had originally said August 1st.

I'm a complete and total dumbass and you all have permission to smack me upside the head. My most heartfelt apologies. Everything will be posted on the site on August 1st as I have a few last fics to edit for posting.

I am... I am so sorry and I cannot express how upset I am that I screwed up like this. :(

If anyone has sent in challenge requests in the last week, I do have them. I'm finally sitting upright after being knocked on my ass with a sinus infection. You'll hear back from me by this weekend for sure.

Thanks for your patience!

Hi everyone!

Peeking out from under my covers and my migraine *headdesk* but to let you all know that I"m working on updating the website. I'm thrilled to have 26 participants this year. Should be a great fest.

As a reminder, and as some of you pointed out -- I was a bit of a dumbass on the website proper. The fics are actually due by 30 June 2007, not like sometime in January as is on the website. That would be my mistake as I use the same coding from year to year to save me a headache. I just... forgot that I had to change dates. *headdesk*

Should have the list of participants up within the next couple of days! So everyone get to writing and can't wait to see those fics!

That's right! The challenges are now up so let the claiming begin!

And don't forget to pass the word! The more who sign up, the more fic and art we'll have!

It's back!!



After a year's hiatus, the Sirius/Remus FQF is back and with a vengence! Shortly following the release of Deathly Hallows, we will have the posting of fic from the FQF. Prove to the rest of fandom that canon cannot stop a ship! (hey, you know we love AU!) So pop on over to celticmoonstar to watch for updates.

The website will be updated 15 April with the claims finally open for grabbing!

You've been waiting all year for it -- and now the time has come!


And if you'd like to pass the word, here's a handy dandy advertisement for you!

<center><a href="http://moonstar.forgiving-eyes.net/"><img src="http://moonstar.forgiving-eyes.net/promoimage.jpg"></a></center> After a year's hiatus, the <a href="http://moonstar.forgiving-eyes.net">Sirius/Remus FQF</a> is back and with a vengence! Shortly following the release of Deathly Hallows, we will have the posting of fic from the FQF. Prove to the rest of fandom that canon cannot stop a ship! (hey, you know we love AU!) So pop on over to <lj comm="celticmoonstar"> to watch for updates. The website will be updated <b>15 April</b> with the claims finally open for grabbing! You've been waiting all year for it -- and now the time has come!

Hey all!

I'm looking for someone to do a little bit of helping around here -- mostly in the areas of pimping and helping with some of the code-work once the majority of the fest rolls around.

If this is something you'd be interested, please drop me an email: thescarletwoman [at] livejournal [dot] com.

Thanks!
-- Lia

Just a word of warning -- the website is going to be undergoing some updates as I prepare to unveil the new website for our fourth wave. It has been a long time in coming for which I do apologise for. However, RL becomes a pain in many more ways than one. And I truly apologise.

Expect the new website to be up sometime this weekend. Please, pass the word that we're starting up. Pimping, right now, would be very much appreciated!

Attention all:

Expect to see some changes around here, following the first of the year. Yes, you most likely have guessed right -- a new wave of the Fuh-Q-Fest will come following the first of the year.

Details are to come! But there's a wave coming.

RL just got in the way of starting the last one when I wanted to. A LOT of RL stuff. But we're back on track. New Year's Resolution and such. ;)


And ALSO -- this is partly my fault for being away for so long -- but a reminder that this is not a community to post fic. That's what places such as remusxsirius and justpuppylove are for. I won't delete what has been posted, as I missed these. However, in the future anything not dealing with the Fuh-Q-Fest will be deleted.


See you all in 2007!!

Title: The Mirror Never Lies (Chapter 3/3)

Author: Lady Remus

Pairings: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Length: 6.438 words (overall)

Summary: When Remus finds himself in a strange room, he finds himself confronting his anxieties…and his hidden desires. The sequel to my fic, "Second Time Round".

Rating: NC-17

Warnings: homosexual activity

Disclaimer: The original characters come from the mind of J K Rowling. I don’t own them and I’m certainly not making any profit from this.

Beta: emotionalwench (LJ), faith_in_stars (GJ)

Dedication: This goes out to my two beta readers.

Previous Chapters: Memories (Previous Chapters of “The Mirror Never Lies)

Review: Yes please. (You can also review it here: http://hp.adultfanfiction.net/authors.php?no=7751 and http://www.fanfiction.net/u/425745/ or via my fan fic journal lady_remus)


Chapter 3 via my fan fic journal

Title: The Mirror Never Lies (Chapter 2/3)

Author: Lady Remus

Pairings: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Length: Unknown at this point but word count will be allocated once Chapter 3 has been completed and beta read

Summary: When Remus finds himself in a strange room, he finds himself confronting his anxieties…and his hidden desires. The sequel to my fic, "Second Time Round".

Rating: NC-17

Warnings: homosexual activity

Disclaimer: The original characters come from the mind of J K Rowling. I don’t own them and I’m certainly not making any profit from this.

Beta: emotionalwench (LJ), faith_in_stars (GJ)

Notes: I don’t know about anywhere else in England or the world for the matter but “Leave it our” is a possible phrase instead of “Drop it” and “Let it go” There were also a few complications with beta reading and I ended up having two beta readers. So because I used only one reader for the first chapter, I re-edited the first chapter using ideas from both beta readers so you might want to read Chapter 1 again (if you haven’t read the re-write already).

Dedication: This goes out to my two beta readers. Having two betas was a mistake in my part. I sent it to faith_in_stars but he ended up being too busy and I eventually sent the story to emotionalwench. However, stupid me forgot to tell the first beta reader who sent me all three chapters edited by him (after I got the edited version from emotionalwench). So, eventually the problem was solved when I decided to merge the ideas of both readers which turned out to be a top idea in the end because I got the best of both worlds. So, cutting a long story short, this story is for them.

Previous Chapters: Memories (Previous Chapters of “The Mirror Never Lies)

Review: Yes please. (You can also review it here: http://hp.adultfanfiction.net/authors.php?no=7751 and http://www.fanfiction.net/u/425745/ or via my fan fic journal lady_remus)


Chapter 2 via my fan fic journal

Title: The Mirror Never Lies (Chapter 1/3)

Author: Lady Remus

Pairings: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Length: Unknown at this point but word count will be allocated once Chapter 3 has been completed and beta read

Summary: When Remus finds himself in a strange room, he finds himself confronting his anxieties…and his hidden desires. The sequel to my fic, "Second Time Round".

Rating: NC-17

Warnings: homosexual activity

Disclaimer: The original characters come from the mind of J K Rowling. I don’t own them and I’m certainly not making any profit from this.

Beta: emotionalwench (LJ), faith_in_stars (GJ)

Notes: After two reviewers on AFF (as well as some people on Live Journal) asked for a sequel, I knew that this was going to be a trilogy…with the second story having Sirius catching Remus in the act and having it end in some awkwardness. Whilst I was waiting for “Second Time Round” to come back from Joshua (faith_in_stars), I started writing on this. It has had several rewrites and many scenes have been changed or emphasised. The “play fight” scene was inspired by a small clip I saw on YouTube which showed two guys "fighting" and tickling before they kiss.

Dedication: This goes out to my two beta readers. Having two betas was a mistake in my part. I sent it to faith_in_stars but he ended up being too busy and I eventually sent the story to emotionalwench. However, stupid me forgot to tell the first beta reader who sent me all three chapters edited by him (after I got the edited version from emotionalwench). So, eventually the problem was solved when I decided to merge the ideas of both readers which turned out to be a top idea in the end because I got the best of both worlds. So, cutting a long story short, this story is for them.

Review: Yes please. (You can also review it here: http://hp.adultfanfiction.net/authors.php?no=7751 and http://www.fanfiction.net/u/425745/ or via my fan fic journal lady_remus)


Chapter 1 via my fan fic journal

Title: Never Wake A Sleeping Werewolf
Author: coldgrayday
Type: Slash
Genre: General, Humor, Romance
Pairings: Remus/Sirius
Characters: Remus Lupin, Sirius Black
Rating & Warnings: NC-17
Summary: Everyone knows that you should never wake a sleeping werewolf, as they aren't morning people. That is, everyone knows except Sirius Black.
Spoilers: None
Notes: Let me know what you think.

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