"Do you understand?" she asks him, looking right into his eyes. "You need to understand this to be with Henry. He is the most loving, nurturing, selfless person you could hope to meet, but there is a sadness and a hurt in him that is tremendous, and you may very well never truly understand it, but you need to love it as much as you love the rest of him, because that's him. That is him, part and parcel. And he is prepared to give it all to you, which is far more than I ever, in a thousand years, thought I would see him do."
Alex sits, trying for a long moment to absorb it, and says, "I've...never I haven't been through anything like that," he says, voice rough. "But I've always felt it, in him. There's this side of him that's...unknowable." He takes a breath.
"But the thing is, jumping off cliffs is kinda my thing. That's the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose."
IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! Fandom Trumps Hate 2024 is kicking off with creator sign ups in just 2 weeks, and now I'm flying in to give you the details and encourage you to sign up and make a difference!
Now you may be thinking- what is Fandom Trumps Hate anyway?? I'm glad you asked!
'FTH is an online fanworks auction, designed to raise money for progressive nonprofit organizations that help and support marginalized people.' (more info from their FAQ here)
What this means is that you, the creator, will sign up to offer any type of digital fan offering you'd like, including:
fanfiction
fanart
podfic
edits/fanvids
fan labor (beta read, sensitivity reading, specialized expertise, etc)
Creator sign-ups are open from February 5th to February 19th (full calendar here)
But how will my little fanwork even make a positive impact on things?? Here are some facts for your consideration:
in 2023, FTH raised over $47k dollars for nonprofit orgs (and almost $240k in the 7 year total)
Red White & Royal Blue was brand new to FTH last year and came in tied for 4th place on the unlisted fandom rank along with 911 Lone Star, Overwatch, and The Owl House
On the 2023 Ao3 stats list, the Alex/Henry ship (FirstPrince) was also brand new to the list and came in #16 out of 100
This fandom is so young and so full of life and energy - we are history makers at our core! Let's put that to use and support some nonprofits with the fan work we already love doing. Truly I think our own Alex Claremont-Diaz said it best...
Hey there so happy to have you love! Just wanna say love your stuff so so much and Patroclus alex/tzp still got my soul in a chokehold <3 have a great day
AW TYYYYYYYYY 😭😭😭😭🫶🫶🫶 just for that imma give u the speed paint for that!