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Eat, Drink, and Make Merry is a low-commitment multifandom exchange celebrating food and drink.
Food and/or drink must be one of the work's main themes. However, we take a broad approach and would encourage participants to get creative. If you're into your faves bringing the object of their affections soup, burning salad, plotting revolution over a roast, having a romantic cannibal dinner for two, or even ingesting their interesting finds from a dumpster dive, this is the exchange for you!
This exchange matches on fandom, relationship, medium (fic or art), and one of three genres: sweet, sour, or spicy.
All participants must be 18+.
The schedule for 2025 is as follows:
Nominations open: September 13
Nominations close: September 23
Signups open: September 25
Signups close: October 5
Assignments out by: October 7
Assignments due: November 16
Works revealed: November 23
Creators revealed: November 30
All times are 8:59pm PDT/PST.
Links:
2025 Tagset
2025 Collection
Automagic app
( Om-Nom-Nominations )
( Sign Ups )
( Assignments )
( Pinch Hits )
( Treats )
All Pinch Hits In! Reveals tonight
Dec. 7th, 2025 04:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eatdrinkmerrymodAll pinch hits are in! Thank you to everyone who helped with the pinch hitting effort <3
Reveals will happen tonight at 9pm PST, 4.5 hours from this post. If you have any last-minute edits to make, now is the time!
Reveals will happen tonight at 9pm PST, 4.5 hours from this post. If you have any last-minute edits to make, now is the time!
Second Delay
Nov. 28th, 2025 03:09 pmeatdrinkmerrymodHello all! We still have a few pinch hits in need and will be delaying another week, with reveals now slated for December 7. If you can take one of these pinch hits or pass the word along to friends in these fandoms, please do!
Below are the pinch hits still outstanding. All pinch hits with 3 or more fandoms must be filled before the collection can open (we would love to have pinch hits for the rest also, but will not delay collection opening for them). To claim a pinch hit, please comment to this post with your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you are taking.
These pinch hits will be due on December 5 at 9pm PST. Assignment minimums are 500 words for fic or a clean sketch not on lined paper for art. Freeforms "sweet," "sour," and "spicy" are guidelines for general mood: light/fluffy, dark/angsty, and sex/kink-focused.
IPH03 - https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2025/user/Audrelite
Depois do Universo | Beyond the Universe, Teen Titans (Animated Series), The World Ends With You, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Pokemon Main Video Game Series, Scribblenauts, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Original Work [fic] CLAIMED!
PDPH13 - https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2025/user/TechnicolorRevel
Yellowjackets (TV) [fic, art] CLAIMED!
PDPH15 - https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2025/user/kalika_999
Given (Anime), Wind Breaker (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime) [fic] CLAIMED!
Below are the pinch hits still outstanding. All pinch hits with 3 or more fandoms must be filled before the collection can open (we would love to have pinch hits for the rest also, but will not delay collection opening for them). To claim a pinch hit, please comment to this post with your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you are taking.
These pinch hits will be due on December 5 at 9pm PST. Assignment minimums are 500 words for fic or a clean sketch not on lined paper for art. Freeforms "sweet," "sour," and "spicy" are guidelines for general mood: light/fluffy, dark/angsty, and sex/kink-focused.
Depois do Universo | Beyond the Universe, Teen Titans (Animated Series), The World Ends With You, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Pokemon Main Video Game Series, Scribblenauts, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Original Work [fic]
Yellowjackets (TV) [fic, art]
Given (Anime), Wind Breaker (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime) [fic]
eatdrinkmerrymodWe still have several pinch hits in need of fills, so reveals will be delayed by one week, to November 30.
This post is out of date; please see the most recent post in the "pinch hits" tag.
This post is out of date; please see the most recent post in the "pinch hits" tag.
Deadline, Pinch Hits
Nov. 16th, 2025 09:09 pmeatdrinkmerrymodThe deadline has passed! Thank you to everyone who has turned in an assignment, and to everyone who has gotten in touch for an extension. If you have turned in a work but currently don't have a gift in the collection and are not listed as a pinch hit, do not worry! We had several extensions.
[see the most recent post tagged "pinch hits" for current needs]
[see the most recent post tagged "pinch hits" for current needs]
Deadline day!
Nov. 16th, 2025 09:25 ameatdrinkmerrymodAt the time of this post, we have a little less than 12 hours left until deadline (at 9pm PST)! Here's a countdown.
If you're running late and need an extension, please email edmmmod@gmail.com before the deadline hits.
If you've already posted and are thinking about something else to write, take a look at the outstanding pinch hits, and if none of those are in your wheelhouse, try browsing the app for treats.
If you're still working, good luck! See you at the banquet table.
If you're running late and need an extension, please email edmmmod@gmail.com before the deadline hits.
If you've already posted and are thinking about something else to write, take a look at the outstanding pinch hits, and if none of those are in your wheelhouse, try browsing the app for treats.
If you're still working, good luck! See you at the banquet table.
Pinch Hits 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, and new 11
Oct. 21st, 2025 12:43 pmeatdrinkmerrymodThis post is now out of date. Please see the latest post in the "pinch hits" tag for current needs.
2025 Initial Pinch Hits
Oct. 6th, 2025 08:44 ameatdrinkmerrymodThis post is now out of date. Please see the latest post in the "pinch hits" tag for current needs.
eatdrinkmerrymodSignups have closed and assignments are on the way!
We will have a batch of initial pinch hits posted tomorrow, so keep an eye out for those.
Good luck with your works!
We will have a batch of initial pinch hits posted tomorrow, so keep an eye out for those.
Good luck with your works!
2025 Signups open!
Sep. 25th, 2025 09:03 ameatdrinkmerrymodSignups for Eat, Drink, and Make Merry are open!
You must make at least 1 and up to 10 requests and offers, each featuring 1-20 relationships or solo characters. You may request a fandom more than once with different relationships and/or genre combinations, You may request and offer fic, art or both. You may request only 1 fandom; however, if you request fewer than 3 fandoms with distinct lore and go to pinch hit, the exchange will not be delayed to find a pinch hit for you. (You may contact the mods to add more fandoms to your signup in this case if you wish.)
If you are not matchable as a creator at the end of the signup period, a mod will contact you via the e-mail address associated with your AO3 account and ask you to add offers. You will be given 24 hours to do so; if you cannot or do not wish to add more offers, your signup will be deleted.
Please do not sign up for this exchange with more than one account.
In addition to ships and/or characters, this exchange matches on three "genres":
- Sweet (for works that tend towards fluff)
- Sour (works that are darker or more on the angsty side)
- Spicy (sex/kink-focused works).*
*Kinks do not have to be directly food focused, but a PWP piece with one line about a sandwich a character had at lunch would not be in the spirit of the exchange.
For requests that are more gen/worldbuilding-focused or generally don't fit these categories, please choose the genre(s) you feel are most relevant to your canon. The genres are mostly there to guide the tone of your gift and do not confine your creator to fluff, angst or kink.
When signing up, please put any DNWs (Do Not Wants) in the Optional Details box, otherwise they will not be enforced. DNWs are something that would ruin a gift for you. They should be specific and nonjudgmental, and should not be used to railroad your creator into creating a specific scenario, e.g. "DNW anything but Soulmate AU." If you have no DNWs, please put "No DNWs" in your details for clarity.
Tagset of fandoms and characters
Sign up here
Automagic app link to search requests
You must make at least 1 and up to 10 requests and offers, each featuring 1-20 relationships or solo characters. You may request a fandom more than once with different relationships and/or genre combinations, You may request and offer fic, art or both. You may request only 1 fandom; however, if you request fewer than 3 fandoms with distinct lore and go to pinch hit, the exchange will not be delayed to find a pinch hit for you. (You may contact the mods to add more fandoms to your signup in this case if you wish.)
If you are not matchable as a creator at the end of the signup period, a mod will contact you via the e-mail address associated with your AO3 account and ask you to add offers. You will be given 24 hours to do so; if you cannot or do not wish to add more offers, your signup will be deleted.
Please do not sign up for this exchange with more than one account.
In addition to ships and/or characters, this exchange matches on three "genres":
- Sweet (for works that tend towards fluff)
- Sour (works that are darker or more on the angsty side)
- Spicy (sex/kink-focused works).*
*Kinks do not have to be directly food focused, but a PWP piece with one line about a sandwich a character had at lunch would not be in the spirit of the exchange.
For requests that are more gen/worldbuilding-focused or generally don't fit these categories, please choose the genre(s) you feel are most relevant to your canon. The genres are mostly there to guide the tone of your gift and do not confine your creator to fluff, angst or kink.
When signing up, please put any DNWs (Do Not Wants) in the Optional Details box, otherwise they will not be enforced. DNWs are something that would ruin a gift for you. They should be specific and nonjudgmental, and should not be used to railroad your creator into creating a specific scenario, e.g. "DNW anything but Soulmate AU." If you have no DNWs, please put "No DNWs" in your details for clarity.
Tagset of fandoms and characters
Sign up here
Automagic app link to search requests
Nominations closed!
Sep. 23rd, 2025 09:50 pmeatdrinkmerrymodNominations are closed, with 240 fandoms and 1344 characters/relationships in the tagset!
Fire Emblem Series nominator: your nomination of Ashe from FE3H has been accepted into the broader series tag, as it was nominated. If you would like to have it moved to the more specific Three Houses tag, please comment and let me know.
Everyone, but especially people with large numbers of relationships in your fandoms: please take a look at your fandoms in the tagset and drop a comment here if you notice and duplicates under the same fandom tag. I'll be looking through the tagset tomorrow to try to weed these out, but more pairs of eyes always help at this stage.
The tagset is here for reviewing! Signups will open on the 25th, definitely by 9pm PDT and probably earlier.
Fire Emblem Series nominator: your nomination of Ashe from FE3H has been accepted into the broader series tag, as it was nominated. If you would like to have it moved to the more specific Three Houses tag, please comment and let me know.
Everyone, but especially people with large numbers of relationships in your fandoms: please take a look at your fandoms in the tagset and drop a comment here if you notice and duplicates under the same fandom tag. I'll be looking through the tagset tomorrow to try to weed these out, but more pairs of eyes always help at this stage.
The tagset is here for reviewing! Signups will open on the 25th, definitely by 9pm PDT and probably earlier.
Nominations clarifications
Sep. 18th, 2025 01:45 pmeatdrinkmerrymodA few clarification questions on tag nominations so far:
1) Chronicles of Narnia - All Media Types - we prefer not to use "All Media Types" fandoms as they increase the risk of mismatched expectations between creator and recipient. Please pick a Narnia fandom (the novels or a specific adaptation). We will accept the nominated ships under Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis if we don't hear back before the end of nominations.
2) Supernatural (TV 2005) - the nominated ships Castiel/Other(s) and Castiel & Other(s) are ambiguous. Nominator, if you had specific Other(s) in mind, please edit the tags or let us know who you intended. They will be changed to Castiel/Any Character and Castiel & Any Character if we don't hear from you before the end of nominations.
Nominations are ongoing until the 23rd! The tagset is here. Keep the delicious dishes coming!
1) Chronicles of Narnia - All Media Types - we prefer not to use "All Media Types" fandoms as they increase the risk of mismatched expectations between creator and recipient. Please pick a Narnia fandom (the novels or a specific adaptation). We will accept the nominated ships under Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis if we don't hear back before the end of nominations.
2) Supernatural (TV 2005) - the nominated ships Castiel/Other(s) and Castiel & Other(s) are ambiguous. Nominator, if you had specific Other(s) in mind, please edit the tags or let us know who you intended. They will be changed to Castiel/Any Character and Castiel & Any Character if we don't hear from you before the end of nominations.
Nominations are ongoing until the 23rd! The tagset is here. Keep the delicious dishes coming!
2025 Nominations are open!
Sep. 13th, 2025 08:52 ameatdrinkmerrymodTag nominations are now open!
Please disambiguate all nominations. This means putting the fandom in parentheses after the relationship, e.g. Harold Finch/John Reese (Person of Interest).
You may nominate 1-20 relationships or solo characters in 1-10 fandoms. Please nominate solo characters as 1: Character; Gen relationships as Character A & Character B; and romantic or sexual relationships as Character A/Character B. Please avoid nominating under "All Media Types." (If "All Media Types" is the best option/common usage for your fandom, please comment to explain.)
We accept specific group nominations, e.g. Hatake Kakashi & Team Seven or Lelith Hesperax/Cult of Strife Bloodbrides. If you request group nominations, any two or more members of that group (creator's choice which ones!) will be considered to fulfill that request.
We accept original characters within fandoms, e.g. Original Ape Character (Planet of the Apes), Original Male Character/Leia Organa (Star Wars). If you do not state a gender, creators may create character(s) of any gender for that tag.
Please nominate Original Works under “Original Work” and be as specific as you’d like with the characters. Please state any relevant genders in the tag, e.g. Ice Cream Salesman/His Favorite Female Customer, or Original Male Character & Sentient Candy Bar. Original Work nominations with no gender specified in the tag may be filled with the gender(s) of the creator's choice.
RPF is allowed. All nominated RPF characters must be 18+ and famous in their own right (non-famous friends or family are not allowed). Real-life fascists, nazis, current political figures, and 20th-21st century persons famous as perpetrators or victims of violent crime will be rejected.
Crossovers are allowed. Please nominate those under "Crossover Fandom" and disambiguate accordingly, indicating the fandom of each character within the relationship: Galadriel (LotR - Tolkien)/Laios Touden (Dungeon Meshi).
For complex or interconnected fandoms (Star Wars, Marvel, DCU, etc.), nominate the fandom in the format that makes sense for you; e.g., if you're only interested in characters and situations from the Captain America movies, nominate "Captain America (Movies)" as your fandom. If you want to draw on the greater cast and timeline of the whole MCU, nominate "Marvel Cinematic Universe" as your fandom. Overlapping nominations (e.g., both "Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers (Captain America Movies)" and "Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers (MCU)") existing in the tagset are okay.
If any nominations require more clarification, queries will be posted to this comm during the nomination period.
Please disambiguate all nominations. This means putting the fandom in parentheses after the relationship, e.g. Harold Finch/John Reese (Person of Interest).
You may nominate 1-20 relationships or solo characters in 1-10 fandoms. Please nominate solo characters as 1: Character; Gen relationships as Character A & Character B; and romantic or sexual relationships as Character A/Character B. Please avoid nominating under "All Media Types." (If "All Media Types" is the best option/common usage for your fandom, please comment to explain.)
We accept specific group nominations, e.g. Hatake Kakashi & Team Seven or Lelith Hesperax/Cult of Strife Bloodbrides. If you request group nominations, any two or more members of that group (creator's choice which ones!) will be considered to fulfill that request.
We accept original characters within fandoms, e.g. Original Ape Character (Planet of the Apes), Original Male Character/Leia Organa (Star Wars). If you do not state a gender, creators may create character(s) of any gender for that tag.
Please nominate Original Works under “Original Work” and be as specific as you’d like with the characters. Please state any relevant genders in the tag, e.g. Ice Cream Salesman/His Favorite Female Customer, or Original Male Character & Sentient Candy Bar. Original Work nominations with no gender specified in the tag may be filled with the gender(s) of the creator's choice.
RPF is allowed. All nominated RPF characters must be 18+ and famous in their own right (non-famous friends or family are not allowed). Real-life fascists, nazis, current political figures, and 20th-21st century persons famous as perpetrators or victims of violent crime will be rejected.
Crossovers are allowed. Please nominate those under "Crossover Fandom" and disambiguate accordingly, indicating the fandom of each character within the relationship: Galadriel (LotR - Tolkien)/Laios Touden (Dungeon Meshi).
For complex or interconnected fandoms (Star Wars, Marvel, DCU, etc.), nominate the fandom in the format that makes sense for you; e.g., if you're only interested in characters and situations from the Captain America movies, nominate "Captain America (Movies)" as your fandom. If you want to draw on the greater cast and timeline of the whole MCU, nominate "Marvel Cinematic Universe" as your fandom. Overlapping nominations (e.g., both "Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers (Captain America Movies)" and "Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers (MCU)") existing in the tagset are okay.
If any nominations require more clarification, queries will be posted to this comm during the nomination period.
Creators Revealed!
Nov. 30th, 2024 09:02 pmeatdrinkmerrymodCreators have been revealed! Thank you for all your delicious works, participants -- see you back here in 2025 <3
Works are revealed!
Nov. 23rd, 2024 09:47 pmeatdrinkmerrymodWorks are revealed! Go forth and feast!
Thank you to everyone who participated, and especially to the pinch hitters who made it possible for us to open on time. You rock!
Thank you to everyone who participated, and especially to the pinch hitters who made it possible for us to open on time. You rock!
eatdrinkmerrymodThese pinch hits will be due on November 21 at 9:00pm PST. Work minimums are 500 words of fic or a polished sketch, including one of the requested characters/ships and avoiding DNWs, featuring food or drink in some way.
To claim a pinch hit, please comment to this post with your AO3 name. All comments are screened.
PH5 - 15th Century CE RPF (fic only)
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/FakeCirilla9
Claimed!PH7 - 15th Century CE RPF, Ace Attorney, The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison, The Terror (TV 2018) (fic or art for 15th C. CE, fic for Ace Attorney & Terror, art for Goblin Emperor)
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/redgear
Claimed!PH12 - Crossover Fandom, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, MCU, House of the Dragon (fic or art)
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/flipflop_diva
Claimed!PH13 - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming), 冰雪谣 | Snowfall (TV 2024), 陰陽師 | Onmyouji (Anime 2023), 밤에 피는 꽃 | Knight Flower (TV), Night in the Woods, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne | Phantom-Thief Jeanne, White Collar, BnHA, Sherlock Holmes Chapter One (Video Game) (fic or art)
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/kaitou%20(misbehavingvigilante)
Claimed!PH15 - Star Trek: TOS, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), Star Trek: AOS, Castlevania (Cartoon), DCU (Comics) (fic only)
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/aemmavelaryon
To claim a pinch hit, please comment to this post with your AO3 name. All comments are screened.
PH5 - 15th Century CE RPF (fic only)
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/FakeCirilla9
Claimed!
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/redgear
Claimed!
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/flipflop_diva
Claimed!
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/kaitou%20(misbehavingvigilante)
Claimed!
Details: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EatDrinkMakeMerry2024/user/aemmavelaryon
Deadline past!
Nov. 16th, 2024 09:03 pmeatdrinkmerrymodThe deadline has passed and so far we have 50 dishes in the collection! Thank you to everyone who has posted <3
Post-deadline pinch hits will be posted shortly!
Post-deadline pinch hits will be posted shortly!
