Eat, Drink, and Make Merry!

All Pinch Hits In! Reveals tonight

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:31:30 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

All 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!

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Second Delay

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 23:13:56 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Hello 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!

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Reveals Delay; Pinch Hits (4 existing, 3 new)

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:28:38 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

We 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This post is out of date; please see the most recent post in the "pinch hits" tag.

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Deadline, Pinch Hits

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:11:03 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

The 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]

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Deadline day!

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:33:37 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

At 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.

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Pinch Hits 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, and new 11

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:49:11 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

This post is now out of date. Please see the latest post in the "pinch hits" tag for current needs.

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2025 Initial Pinch Hits

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:13:58 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

This post is now out of date. Please see the latest post in the "pinch hits" tag for current needs.

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Signups are closed and assignments are out!

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:16:59 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Signups 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!

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10 hours left!

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:07:52 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

10 hours left in signups for Eat Drink & Make Merry! here's the signup form.

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2025 Signups open!

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:07:58 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Signups 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

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Nominations closed!

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:57:49 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Nominations 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.

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Nominations clarifications

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:01:26 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

A 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!

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2025 Nominations are open!

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 15:58:48 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Tag 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.

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Creators Revealed!

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 05:04:17 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Creators have been revealed! Thank you for all your delicious works, participants -- see you back here in 2025 <3

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Works are revealed!

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 05:49:30 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Works 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!

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Post-Deadline Pinch Hits: 4 existing, 1 new

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:33:10 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

These 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

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Post-Deadline Pinch Hits: 3 existing, 4 new

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 05:23:47 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

[this post is no longer current. please see the pinch hits tag for current needs.]

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Deadline past!

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 05:06:21 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

The 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!

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Pinch Hits: 5 returning, 1 new

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:16:22 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

[this post is no longer current. please see the pinch hits tag for current needs.]

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Initial Pinch Hits 1-9

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 16:56:36 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

[this post is no longer current. please see the pinch hits tag for current needs.]

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Signups closed - assignments on the way!

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 04:15:22 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Signups are closed and we had no unmatchables! Assignments will be on the way shortly.

We do have some initial pinch hits, which will be posted here within 24 hours.

Bon appetit!

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24-Hour Warning!

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:58:07 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

24 hours left in signups for Eat, Drink, and Make Merry!

Now is a great time to make sure you have all your optional details filled out, add that last request you were thinking about, and check the request summary or the autoapp to make sure you're offering something that somebody is requesting.

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Signups open!

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:00:36 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Signups are now open!

You must make at least 1 request and offer, 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."

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Nominations closed!

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 04:02:58 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Nominations are now closed! Signups will open within 48 hours, once the tagset has been checked over and cleaned up as necessary.

If you have a chance, please take a look at your fandoms in the tagset and comment here if there are any duplicate tags! We are looking for cases where there are multiple tags for the same relationship (different disambiguations, one of them is misspelled, etc.) and will also fix misspelled character names. We are not worried about making all the disambiguations in a fandom identical, and we are not able to change what media category a fandom shows up in (e.g., Harry Potter books in Video Games, Pokemon appearing in No Media).

The tagset is full of fantastic things, and we're thrilled to see what you request for them! See you soon for signups.

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Nominations Query #1

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:23:42 GMT

Posted by: eatdrinkmerrymod

Nominations are ongoing! As a reminder, please disambiguate your nominations (put the fandom name in parentheses) to help them get approved faster. We have a few questions:

Disney's Frozen
Several ships nominated in this fandom include characters who appear in other Disney animated properties but not the Frozen series. Nominator, would you like these ships separated into the fandoms Frozen (Disney Movies) and Crossover Fandom, or would you like them all placed under a Disney umbrella fandom?

Pokemon Main Video Game Series
We have some nominations under this tag that have been disambiguated with Sword & Shield. This exchange does allow nominating under individual titles; nominator, would you like these tags accepted into Pocket Monsters: Sword & Shield | Pokemon Sword & Shield Versions? If we don't hear from you by the end of nominations we'll accept them as nominated.

Nominations continue until Sept 22 at 9pm PDT -- here's a countdown.

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