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Thematic multifandom recs made by the Fancake community on Dreamwidth with a new theme every month. https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/

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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.
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
fancake.bsky.social
Our #rec theme for November is Mystery & Suspense! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2422507.html
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.
November 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
October 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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
Photograph of the full moon encircled with added text: Uncommon Settings, at Fancake.
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
September 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
fancake.bsky.social
Our #rec theme for September is Food & Cooking! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2407347.html
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.
September 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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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.
August 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
August 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
fancake.bsky.social
Our #rec theme for August is Marriage of Convenience! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2398343.html
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.
August 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
July 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
fancake.bsky.social
Our #rec theme for July is Working Together! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2393865.html
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.
July 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
June 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
fancake.bsky.social
Our #rec theme for June is Female Relationships! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2387573.html
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.
June 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
May 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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
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.
May 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
April 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
fancake.bsky.social
Our #rec theme for April is Outsider POV! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2375192.html
Photograph of a white woman in a beret looking through a pair of tiny binoculars with an aghast expression. Text: Outsider POV, at Fancake.
April 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
March 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
fancake.bsky.social
Our #rec theme for March is Non-Sexual Intimacy! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2371266.html
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.
March 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
February 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
fancake.bsky.social
Our #rec theme for February is Ambiguous Relationships! #fandom fancake.dreamwidth.org/2366993.html
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.
February 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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
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.
January 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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
December 11, 2024 at 7:18 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
December 3, 2024 at 5:06 PM
fancake.bsky.social
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.
December 2, 2024 at 4:47 PM