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Hi there, and welcome to the lounge!

We use the lounge for games, discussion, challenges, Paint-by-Numbers lists, and so on. Members of

rainbowfic are encouraged to join, since we also post community announcements here. If you need a mod, posting here is probably the fastest way. There will regularly(-ish) be a post for questions and suggestions that can also be used for general discussion.

Recent mod challenges

Any member can post or start a discussion or game!

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We also have a Google Drive Folder full of resources. More information here.

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the mod squad

(edited: July 7, 2025 by silvercat17)

silvercat17

Do you want to do a collage, interactive art, paint-by-numbers, or mosaic? Want somebody to do a collage of your universe? This is the place to share details about your canon, ask permission, and set up collaborations.

You can comment here, link to details somewhere else, or answer questions.

bookblather

Hello, all!

Thanks for participating in the Art Movement: Arts and Crafts Challenge! If you finished your challenge, post here to claim your novelty beads.

Today also begins Amnesty Week. If you didn't finish your Art Movement goal, or if you didn't complete the TV Tropes Challenge, take this week to finish either one for full novelty bead credit. Post here to collect those beads as well.

Thank you, and keep an eye out for future challenges!

bookblather

Hi all!

It has been a LONG time since we did the TV Tropes Game, so let's go again!

Leave a comment on the post and I will leave you five random tropes from TV Tropes. Use two in a story and get five novelty beads. Of course, if you feel up to a challenge, you can use more than two. You'll get an extra novelty bead per trope used.

The game will run from today, March 1st, to Wednesday, April 1st. You can get a new set of tropes after you've posted the first story-- there's no limit to the number you can get except your own writing speed. You can also mulligan, but it's more fun if you give it a shot.

If you get a trope that is racist, sexist, ableist, whatever, and don't want to use it, let me know and I will redraw one for you (since a mulligan would be an entirely new draw of five tropes). If a trope would be triggery for you, same thing goes. This should be fun, not painful or hurty, so please don't hesitate to ask!

Mods are not liable for time lost to TV Tropes.

bookblather

Arts and Crafts

Set yourself a goal that you think you can complete between today, February 1st, and May 1st. This can be a number of colors completed, a certain palette, a number of styles or supplies used, a word count, a combination of these-- anything that you regard as a challenge. Comment on this post with your goal.

On May 1st, one of the mods will put up a post where you can comment reiterating your goal and whether or not you completed it. If you complete your goal, you get twenty Novelty Beads prompts. If you can sell your goal as being related to the Arts and Crafts movement, you'll get five prompts whether you completed it or not.

Goal-setting runs from today, February 1st, to February 15th. The challenge runs from today to May 1st. We will have an Amnesty Week immediately after.

Set your goals in this post, and happy writing!

silvercat17

(I keep forgetting to do these, so feel free to poke me via DM or on the discord. You can also keep posting to the most recent one.

This is the place for any questions or suggestions you have for

rainbowfic ,

rainbowlists , and

rainbowlounge . This includes 'how does this work?', 'does this supply or style count for this?' and 'what are the limits on this?'

There are a good amount of things that have fuzzy limits or definitions and that's okay. You're allowed to use your judgement of how to use a list, supply, style, etc. But I also want to acknowledge that not everyone is comfortable with ambiguity and that some people need more concrete answers. So this is where to get those (and then it'll be added to the appropriate page). But there are no tag/prompt/writing police here

Anyone can answer (please, if you've been here longer, jump in and help). Please take time to check what the different

rainbowlists pages say because they might have the answer, but don't be afraid to ask something that seems obvious: it may be that I need to clarify a description or q&a. Checking the tags on

rainbowfic to see how something has been used is also a good way to get answers, or at least precedent.

I'll be using these as a resource to find things that need to be added or improved in the q&as on Rainbowlist

bookblather

It's October! Let's get spooky!

This October, write a horror story. You'll get one novelty bead for every five hundred words or fraction thereof. If you'd like to add a bonus level of difficulty, comment here with a number from 1 to 25 and I'll give you a horror subgenre to write in. All stories for this challenge will count for both chiaroscuro and graffiti.

Spook it up, writers! Let's see what you got.

silvercat17

(I keep forgetting to do these, so feel free to poke me via DM or on the discord. You can also keep posting to the most recent one.

This is the place for any questions or suggestions you have for

rainbowfic ,

rainbowlists , and

rainbowlists pages say because they might have the answer, but don't be afraid to ask something that seems obvious: it may be that I need to clarify a description or q&a. Checking the tags on

bookblather

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our annual Lilith Faire challenge!

Every day, I will post links to three songs by female or nonbinary artists. Write a story based on one of those songs. You may write three stories every day, if all three songs catch your fancy or spark something. One to 500 words will get you one novelty bead, and so on for each additional 500 words. There may also be special bonus novelty beads for completing all three stories each day and for completing all stories.

Stories are due one week after the songs are posted, from whatever the timestamp on the post is. I'll try to get them up as close to midnight EST as possible.

Any questions? Ask them here!

Today's songs:

Main Stage: Stronger, Sugababes
Second Stage: Little Me, Little Mix
Village Stage: Downhearted Blues, Bessie Smith

bookblather

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our annual Lilith Faire challenge!

Every day, I will post links to three songs by female or nonbinary artists. Write a story based on one of those songs. You may write three stories every day, if all three songs catch your fancy or spark something. One to 500 words will get you one novelty bead, and so on for each additional 500 words. There may also be special bonus novelty beads for completing all three stories each day and for completing all stories.

Stories are due one week after the songs are posted, from whatever the timestamp on the post is. I'll try to get them up as close to midnight EST as possible.

Any questions? Ask them here!

Today's songs:

Main Stage: I'll Never Fall In Love Again, Dionne Warwick
Second Stage: Umbrella, Rihanna
Village Stage: In the Shadows, Amy Stroup

bookblather

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our annual Lilith Faire challenge!

Every day, I will post links to three songs by female or nonbinary artists. Write a story based on one of those songs. You may write three stories every day, if all three songs catch your fancy or spark something. One to 500 words will get you one novelty bead, and so on for each additional 500 words. There may also be special bonus novelty beads for completing all three stories each day and for completing all stories.

Stories are due one week after the songs are posted, from whatever the timestamp on the post is. I'll try to get them up as close to midnight EST as possible.

Any questions? Ask them here!

Today's songs:

Main Stage: Volcano Girls, Veruca Salt
Second Stage: This is How it Goes, Aimee Mann
Village Stage: Sway With Me, Saweetie and Galxara

bookblather

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our annual Lilith Faire challenge!

Every day, I will post links to three songs by female or nonbinary artists. Write a story based on one of those songs. You may write three stories every day, if all three songs catch your fancy or spark something. One to 500 words will get you one novelty bead, and so on for each additional 500 words. There may also be special bonus novelty beads for completing all three stories each day and for completing all stories.

Stories are due one week after the songs are posted, from whatever the timestamp on the post is. I'll try to get them up as close to midnight EST as possible.

Any questions? Ask them here!

Today's songs:

Main Stage: I Try, Macy Gray
Second Stage: Obsessed, Mariah Carey
Village Stage: Made It This Far, Katelyn Tarver

bookblather

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our annual Lilith Faire challenge!

Every day, I will post links to three songs by female or nonbinary artists. Write a story based on one of those songs. You may write three stories every day, if all three songs catch your fancy or spark something. One to 500 words will get you one novelty bead, and so on for each additional 500 words. There may also be special bonus novelty beads for completing all three stories each day and for completing all stories.

Stories are due one week after the songs are posted, from whatever the timestamp on the post is. I'll try to get them up as close to midnight EST as possible.

Any questions? Ask them here!

Today's songs:

Main Stage: Make Me Feel, Janelle Monae
Second Stage: Sidelines, Phoebe Bridgers
Village Stage: New Strings, Miranda Lambert

bookblather

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our annual Lilith Faire challenge!

Every day, I will post links to three songs by female or nonbinary artists. Write a story based on one of those songs. You may write three stories every day, if all three songs catch your fancy or spark something. One to 500 words will get you one novelty bead, and so on for each additional 500 words. There may also be special bonus novelty beads for completing all three stories each day and for completing all stories.

Stories are due one week after the songs are posted, from whatever the timestamp on the post is. I'll try to get them up as close to midnight EST as possible.

Any questions? Ask them here!

Today's songs:

Main Stage: Last Dance, Donna Summer
Second Stage: You Build a Wall, Grace Petrie
Village Stage: Heartstrings, Leighton Meester

bookblather

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our annual Lilith Faire challenge!

Every day, I will post links to three songs by female or nonbinary artists. Write a story based on one of those songs. You may write three stories every day, if all three songs catch your fancy or spark something. One to 500 words will get you one novelty bead, and so on for each additional 500 words. There may also be special bonus novelty beads for completing all three stories each day and for completing all stories.

Stories are due one week after the songs are posted, from whatever the timestamp on the post is. I'll try to get them up as close to midnight EST as possible.

Any questions? Ask them here!

Today's songs:

Main Stage: Arms, Christina Perri
Second Stage: Spinning Around the Sun, Martina Sorbara
Village Stage: Dandelion, Kacey Musgraves

bookblather

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our annual Lilith Faire challenge!

Lilith Faire begins today, Monday, August 18th, and runs through Monday, August 25th. Every day, I will post links to three songs by female or nonbinary artists. Write a story based on one of those songs. You may write three stories every day, if all three songs catch your fancy or spark something. One to 500 words will get you one novelty bead, and so on for each additional 500 words. There may also be special bonus novelty beads for completing all three stories each day and for completing all stories.

Stories are due one week after the songs are posted, from whatever the timestamp on the post is. I'll try to get them up as close to midnight EST as possible.

Any questions? Ask them here!

Today's songs:

Main Stage: Criminal, Fiona Apple
Second Stage: Most Girls, Hailee Steinfeld
Village Stage: Teach Me to Be Bad, Thea Gilmore

silvercat17

We have a new supply for divination methods like tarot, I Ching, runes, etc.

Because of the length, I put websites to get randomly selected ones in a comment. Thank you to

thisbluespirit for finding so many sources.

I'll be putting up posts that can be used for Tempera on the RainbowFic tumblr

The tag has been added to RainbowFic and the auto count list has been updated (you can just copy in that row in the supplies tab).

bookblather

Hello, everyone!

Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month in the United States? This month, write about a disabled character. These stories will count for life drawing. Earn 1 novelty bead per 500 words or fraction thereof.

Go forth and write! I look forward to seeing your works.

silvercat17

(I keep forgetting to do these, so feel free to poke me via DM or on the discord. You can also keep posting to the most recent one.

This is the place for any questions or suggestions you have for

rainbowfic ,

rainbowlists , and

rainbowlists pages say because they might have the answer, but don't be afraid to ask something that seems obvious: it may be that I need to clarify a description or q&a. Checking the tags on

silvercat17

I talked about it on the discord, but here's the "official" idea:

Description:
Use tarot, oracle cards, runes, I Ching, dice, or another divination method for inspiration. See Q&A below.

Q&A
- Can I use a horoscope? We have Glue already for looking up horoscopes, but if you create your own it would count for this.
- Minimum cards/runes/etc? At least one.
- Here are some online sources for randomly drawn things.

Proposed name:
- Tempera because it's one of the oldest types of paint
- Easel because you sort of prop your interpretations on the cards/etc
- Tape to pair with Glue (the horoscope of the day)

Comments? Objections? Suggestions?

silvercat17

I'm going to do a batch of banners this weekend, so if you've been procrastinating, now's the time. This is what you earn banners for:

Finishing a Color
Posting one hundred pieces or a multiple thereof
Completing ten, thirty, fifty, or any multiple of fifty of any Supply or Style
Finish a Bichromatic, Paint-by-Numbers, or Tapestry by completing that color or those colors
Finish a Saturation
Finish a Palette. A palette is completed when all the colors have been done; they do not have to be done at the same time or in a particular order
Finish any of the Masterpieces

Comment here to get your banners.

Not sure if you've earned something? Try out the auto count tracker. Here's how to use it. Feel free to ask me for help

silvercat17

3 Weeks for Dreamwidth 2025
Remember, anything you posted between April 25th and May 18th (tomorrow) will earn you novelty beads! But only if you comment with a link on the original post!

(If you've started Dreamwidth Red, you can keep using it until you complete it, no matter how long it takes)

And don't forget about Bookblather's May and June Challenge

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rainbowmods - Welcome!
silvercat17 - Collaboration Trade Post!
bookblather - Art Movement Finished/Amnesty Week Begins
bookblather - TV Tropes Game
bookblather - Art Movement: Arts and Crafts
silvercat17 - Question & Suggestion 2026 (1)
bookblather - Chiaroscuro Season
silvercat17 - Questions & Suggestions September & August
bookblather - Lilith Faire: Day 8
bookblather - Lilith Faire: Day 7
bookblather - Lilith Faire: Day 6
bookblather - Lilith Faire: Day 5
bookblather - Lilith Faire: Day 4
bookblather - Lilith Faire: Day 3
bookblather - Lilith Faire: Day 2
bookblather - Lilith Faire: Day 1
silvercat17 - New Supply - Tempera
bookblather - July Challenge
silvercat17 - Questions & Suggestions June & July
silvercat17 - Proposed Supply - Tarot/other divination
silvercat17 - Claim your banners!
silvercat17 - One More Day for 3 Weeks for DW 2025

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