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Rinch Fest 2023
A week-long celebration of Finch/Reese from Person of Interest. September 24-30, 2023!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, all of you, for another successful Rinch Fest! Even though things were a bit rocky for the fest this year, you all came through with a whole lot of awesomeness, making this our most productive Rinch Fest yet! We had 67 things posted overall (when you add up all of the multichapter collections and whatnot)—well done, all of you! 💪
Extra thank you to @stingalingaling for pitching in when I needed a hand with the link posts. You're awesome.
And now, for this year's master post. If you haven't checked out this stuff yet, go do that, and show all of our creators some love!
Day One
Huddling for Warmth • Belly • Nesting The Oh of Realization • Hurt/Comfort
Love Like Water, gracefultree - [The Oh of Realization] Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply, After he returns from dropping off Jennings in Mexico, John invites Harold to his new apartment for a drink.
[Fanart] Only One Bath, talkingtothesky - [Huddling for Warmth] General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Reese and Finch snuggle up in a dry bathtub, with a cushion for Harold and John's coat draped over them. John kisses the top of Harold's head.
[Fanart] Huddling for warmth, UnUnpredictableMe (DraejonSoul) - [Huddling for Warmth] General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Day 1 for Rinchfest, Day24 for Artober
[ART+fic] Hidden Identities, DuckIsDuck - [Huddling for Warmth, Belly, Nesting, The Oh of Realization, Hurt/Comfort] Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply, Alpha Beta Omega Dynamics, John is missing on a cold winter night after a mission went south.
Good Dining Companions, Carrie_POI_TMA - [The Oh of Realization] Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply, In which Harold takes john out to dinner.
A Promise to Commitment, AbAbsurdo - [Huddling for Warmth, Belly, Nesting, The Oh of Realization, Hurt/Comfort] General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Harold couldn't understand why John had taken this road to keep them warm. He wasn't complaining, but he didn't understand. Until he did.
Illustrations for Rinch Fest 2023, merionees - [Belly] Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Today someone plays a dangerous game of seduction…
Rinch Fest Art Post, DuckIsDuck - General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 1: Belly
- Chapter 2: Huddling For Warmth + Cabin In The Woods
Rinchfest 2023 Day 1: Belly, DarkwingDukat (pushingcrazies), zombiesam - [Belly], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Day Two
Family • Flowers • Food/Drinks/Cooking Time Travel/Loop • "Always"
[Fanart] Blue Carnations, talkingtothesky - [Flowers, "Always"] General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Harold gives John flowers.
[ART+fic] Anemone, DuckIsDuck - [All Day 2 prompts] Teen and Up, Major Character Death, Harold walks along the street in a familiar path, cradling a bunch of flowers wrapped in parchment paper. Anemone - they are in season now, available in beautiful shades of purple, and he bought some at the florist on the way to John's apartment.
Surviving and Found, AbAbsurdo - [All Day 2 prompts] General Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, After John's death, Harold found himself among people and in places he loved. Real or not, he kept searching for whom he had lost, until he found him.
[Fanart] Mise en Place, UnUnpredictableMe (DraejonSoul) - [Food/Drinks/Cooking], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Fanart for Rinchfest Day 2
Food/Drinks/Cooking, DarkwingDukat - [Food/Drinks/Cooking], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Rinch Fest Art Post, DuckIsDuck - General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 3: Family + Pets/Animals
- Chapter 4: Food & Drinks
- Chapter 5: Surprises + Cooking
Good Dining Companions, Carrie_POI_TMA - [Food/Drink/Cooking] Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply, In which Harold takes john out to dinner.
Gifset, @skatingthinandice - "Always"
Day Three
Pets/Animals • Road Trip • Beach • Cabin in the Woods • Music
Road Trip, DarkwingDukat & zombiesam - [Road Trip], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Music and Dancing, Merionees - [Music], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Road Trip, DuckisDuck - [Road Trip], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Creature Comforts, AbAbsurdo - [Pets/Animals, Music], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart + Fic] Summer of Winter, We’ll Always Be Together, DuckisDuck - [Pets/Animals, Road Trip, Beach, Cabin in the Woods, Music], Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Day at the Beach, UnpredictableMe - [Beach], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Growing Old From Afar, talkingtothesky - [Pets/Animals], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Crescendo, Carrie_POI_TMA - [Music], Teen and up, No Archive Warnings Apply [Ao3 logged in only]
[gifs and playlist], @skatingthinandice - "Music"
Day Four
Dancing • Bookshop • Declaration of Love • Surprises • Retirement
Dancing, DarkwingDukat & zombiesam - [Dancing], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Rinch Fest Art Post, DuckIsDuck - General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 7 Bookshop
- Chapter 8 Retirement and Declaration of Love
[Fanart] Flight of Fancy, UnpredictableMe - [Bookshop], General Audience, No Archive Warnings Apply
Slow Dancing in a Bookshop, DuckisDuck - [Dancing, Bookshop, Declaration of Love, Surprises, Retirement], Crossover with Good Omens, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
But when he walks in, I am loved, I am loved, Carrie_POI_TMA - [Dancing], Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply, John and Harold dance together in the library.
Serving Partridge, Anonymous - [Surprises], Explicit Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Day Five
The Machine • Only One Bed • Bird Watching • Mutual Pining • Five+1
Rinch Fest Art Post, DuckIsDuck - General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 9 The Machine + Outsider POV
- Chapter 10 Only One Bed + Hurt Comfort
- Chapter 11 Bird Watching
Only One Bed, DarkwingDukat & zombiesam - [Only One Bed], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Mending Broken Hearts, AbAbsurdo - [Mutual Pining, Five + 1], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Only One Bed, Merionees - [Only One Bed], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Among the Hesperidium, DraejonSoul - [Birdwatching], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Like Us, DuckisDuck - [The Machine, Only One, Bed, Birdwatching, Mutual Pining, Five +1], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
The Best, talkingtothesky - [The Machine], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
I Sleep With One Hand On My .45, The Other 'Round My Baby's Waist, Carrie_POI_TMA - [Only One Bed], Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply
Skin to Skin, Mouth to Mouth, Breath to Breath, gracefultree - [Only One Bed], Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Day Six
Power Outage • Outsider POV • Boundaries • Wedding/Marriage • Gender
Rinch Fest Art Post, DuckIsDuck - General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 12 Wedding + Gender
Power Outage, DarkwingDukat & zombiesam - [Power Outage], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Putting Down Walls, AbAbsurdo - [Boundaries, Wedding/Marriage], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Eavesdropping, DuckisDuck - [Outsider POV], Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Life With Two Dads, DuckisDuck - [Marriage/Wedding], Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply
[gif set and thoughts], @drewsaturday - “Outsider POV”
Day Seven & Eight
Free for All • Catch-up
Morning Coo, Curious_hobbit, Teen and up, No Archive Warnings Apply
Creature Comforts chapter 2/2 (Four Years Later), AbAbsurdo, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Trick or Treat, UnpredictableMe, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] On the Road to New Beginnings, UnpredictableMe, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Rinch Fest NSFW Art Post, DuckIsDuck - Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 1 Belly
- Chapter 2 Flowers
- Chapter 3 Road Trip
- Chapter 4 Dancing
Provenance AU (RP), DarkwingDukat & zombiesam, Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] New York in the Dark, UnpredictableMe, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
While We Hide, talkingtothesky, Teen and up, No Archive Warnings Apply
Arise Ye Sons, Anon, Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Food/Drinks, Merionees, Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
The Finch, the Witch and the Machine, talkingtothesky, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Thank you once again to everyone who participated, and I hope to see all of you again next year!
– @argylepiratewd
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Day Seven & Eight Master Post
Free for All • Catch-up
Morning Coo, Curious_hobbit, Teen and up, No Archive Warnings Apply
Creature Comforts chapter 2/2 (Four Years Later), AbAbsurdo, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Trick or Treat, UnpredictableMe, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] On the Road to New Beginnings, UnpredictableMe, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Rinch Fest NSFW Art Post, DuckIsDuck - Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 1 Belly
- Chapter 2 Flowers
- Chapter 3 Road Trip
- Chapter 4 Dancing
Provenance AU (RP), DarkwingDukat & zombiesam, Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] New York in the Dark, UnpredictableMe, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
While We Hide, talkingtothesky, Teen and up, No Archive Warnings Apply
Arise Ye Sons, Anon, Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Food/Drinks, Merionees, Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
The Finch, the Witch and the Machine, talkingtothesky, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Annnnnnd that's a wrap on Rinch Fest 2023.
Once again, thank you to @stingalingaling for gathering up the links. Give sting a big round of applause! 👏
This weekend, I'll put together this year's master post and another successful Rinch Fest will be put to bed. Thanks so much to everyone who participated and helped out and everything else. You're all fabulous.
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Rinchfest Day 8 | Artober 31: New Beginnings
Last one! This was the piece that I initially intended for Rinchfest's Day 3 - Road Trip, but I saws chance to use it for another Artober prompt, and saved it for last instead.
This is what i imagine what their life would have looked like, after their way with Samaritan. 😊
[also on AO3]
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Rinchfest Day 7 (free-for-all) | Artober 30 (Patch)
Happy Hallowe'en! 👻🎃
One more day and I'm done!
[also on AO3]
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And that's a wrap on Rinch Fest 2023! Thank you so much to everyone who participated this year, and stay tuned for the Day 7 and 8 round-up post and the final master post.
If you have any last-minute additions, get them in before the 7/8 round-up post goes up, and I'll add them to the list!
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Stories written for @rinchfest 2023
A Promise to Commitment [G]
Summary:
Harold couldn't understand why John had taken this road to keep them warm. He wasn't complaining, but he didn't understand. Until he did.
Prompts used:
Huddling for Warmth • Belly • Nesting
The Oh of Realization • Hurt/Comfort
Surviving and Found [G]
Summary:
After John's death, Harold found himself among people and in places he loved. Real or not, he kept searching for whom he had lost, until he found him.
Prompts used:
Family • Flowers • Food/Drinks/Cooking
Time Travel/Loop • “Always”
Mending Broken Hearts [G]
Summary:
Neither could tell what it was they felt, and it was annoying and painful and left them alone, giving affection from afar. Until they finally, finally, find themselves at the same page.
Prompts used:
Mutual Pining • “Five+1”
Putting Down Walls [G]
Summary:
Everything started when Harold refected about how John respected his boundaries. More than anyone else, while he was determined to break every little one down.
That reflection led to today... and today was the start of a new life. And a trip to Prague. To begin with.
Prompts used:
Boundaries • Wedding/Marriage
Creature Comforts [G]
He had led a life without indulging in anything other people loved. The exceptions of the things he loved to do were known only to him. Or so he thought.
Harold would make certain John had everything he desired. And by everything, he meant everything. Everyone as well.
Chapter 1
Prompts used:
Pets/Animals • Music
Chapter 2 (written for catch up day)
Dancing • Bookshop • Declaration of Love • Retirement
Chapter 2 was partly inspired by @ununpredictableme's Flight of Fancy (The bookshop part)
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Day Six Master Post
Power Outage • Outsider POV • Boundaries • Wedding/Marriage • Gender
Rinch Fest Art Post, DuckIsDuck - General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 12 Wedding + Gender
Power Outage, DarkwingDukat & zombiesam - [Power Outage], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Putting Down Walls, AbAbsurdo - [Boundaries, Wedding/Marriage], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Eavesdropping, DuckisDuck - [Outsider POV], Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Life With Two Dads, DuckisDuck - [Marriage/Wedding], Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply
[gif set and thoughts], @drewsaturday - “Outsider POV”
Once again, thank you to @stingalingaling for compiling the links. 💖
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Rinchfest Day 6 (Power Outage) | Artober 29 (Coin)
[Also on AO3]
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DAY EIGHT
Free-for-All/Catch-Up Day
Today is the last day of Rinch Fest! If you've got any Rinchy goodness you'd like to throw into the collection, get it in today!
Tag with #rinchfest23 or #rinchweek23!
AO3 here! Day seven/eight works here! Rinch Discord server here!
If you missed a day or you have something that didn't quite fit the prompts, today and tomorrow are your days to post them!
Day 6 round-up post to come.
And remember: Giving feedback and spreading the word is just as important as contributing! Please go check out the previous days’ works and say something nice to the creator or like+reblog, tell your friends this is going on, and reblog any Rinch Fest posts that come across your dash so your followers can see them too. Thank you!
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Day Five Master Post
The Machine • Only One Bed • Bird Watching • Mutual Pining • Five+1
Rinch Fest Art Post, DuckIsDuck - General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 9 The Machine + Outsider POV
- Chapter 10 Only One Bed + Hurt Comfort
- Chapter 11 Bird Watching
Only One Bed, DarkwingDukat & zombiesam - [Only One Bed], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Mending Broken Hearts, AbAbsurdo - [Mutual Pining, Five + 1], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Only One Bed, Merionees - [Only One Bed], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Among the Hesperidium, DraejonSoul - [Birdwatching], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Like Us, DuckisDuck - [The Machine, Only One, Bed, Birdwatching, Mutual Pining, Five +1], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
The Best, talkingtothesky - [The Machine], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
I Sleep With One Hand On My .45, The Other 'Round My Baby's Waist, Carrie_POI_TMA - [Only One Bed], Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply
Skin to Skin, Mouth to Mouth, Breath to Breath, gracefultree - [Only One Bed], Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Once again, thank you to @stingalingaling for lending a hand.
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DAY SEVEN/EIGHT
Free-for-All/Catch-Up Day
Tag with #rinchfest23 or #rinchweek23!
AO3 here! Day seven works here! Rinch Discord server here!
If you missed a day or you have something that didn't quite fit the prompts, today and tomorrow are your days to post them!
Day 5 and 6 round-up posts to come.
And remember: Giving feedback and spreading the word is just as important as contributing! Please go check out the previous days’ works and say something nice to the creator or like+reblog, tell your friends this is going on, and reblog any Rinch Fest posts that come across your dash so your followers can see them too. Thank you!
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She really saw Finch bring his trophy husband as his plus one and couldn't resist complimenting him on his arm candy the way a waiter would show approval of the meal you ordered, ft. Finch's little smile and eyebrow waggle of agreement.
For the @rinchfest Day 6 prompt, Outsider POV.
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Rinchfest Day 5 (Bird watching) | Artober #28 (Orchard)
"Shall I put it out of its misery?"
"You will do no such thing! Can't you see it's sunbathing?"
Inspired by a post here of a gallery of sunbathing birds. 😊
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Day Four Master Post
Dancing • Bookshop • Declaration of Love • Surprises • Retirement
Dancing, DarkwingDukat & zombiesam - [Dancing], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Rinch Fest Art Post, DuckIsDuck - General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
- Chapter 7 Bookshop
- Chapter 8 Retirement and Declaration of Love
[Fanart] Flight of Fancy, UnpredictableMe - [Bookshop], General Audience, No Archive Warnings Apply
Slow Dancing in a Bookshop, DuckisDuck - [Dancing, Bookshop, Declaration of Love, Surprises, Retirement], Crossover with Good Omens, General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
But when he walks in, I am loved, I am loved, Carrie_POI_TMA - [Dancing], Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply, John and Harold dance together in the library.
Serving Partridge, Anonymous - [Surprises], Explicit Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Another thank you to @stingalingaling for lending a hand. 💖
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Day Three Master Post
Pets/Animals • Road Trip • Beach Cabin in the Woods • Music
Road Trip, DarkwingDukat & zombiesam - [Road Trip], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Music and Dancing, Merionees - [Music], Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Road Trip, DuckisDuck - [Road Trip], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Creature Comforts, AbAbsurdo - [Pets/Animals, Music], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart + Fic] Summer of Winter, We’ll Always Be Together, DuckisDuck - [Pets/Animals, Road Trip, Beach, Cabin in the Woods, Music], Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply
[Fanart] Day at the Beach, UnpredictableMe - [Beach], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Growing Old From Afar, talkingtothesky - [Pets/Animals], General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Crescendo, Carrie_POI_TMA - [Music], Teen and up, No Archive Warnings Apply [Ao3 logged in only]
[gifs and playlist], @skatingthinandice - "Music"
Thank you, @stingalingaling, for helping put this post together. 💖
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DAY SIX
Power Outage • Outsider POV • Boundaries
Wedding/Marriage • Gender
Tag with #rinchfest23 or #rinchweek23!
AO3 here! Day four works here! Rinch Discord server here!
Day 3-5 roundups to come! (If you can get your Day 5 works in before I post those, they’ll still count. If not, you can always save them for Day 7 or 8.)
And remember: Giving feedback and spreading the word is just as important as contributing! Please go check out the previous days’ works and say something nice to the creator or like+reblog, tell your friends this is going on, and reblog any Rinch Fest posts that come across your dash so your followers can see them too. Thank you!
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Rinchfest Day 4 (Bookshop) | Artober #27 (Climb)
[also on AO3]
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