Cottoncandy Bingo Card 6-1-16

[ysabetwordsmith]

Once upon a time, there was a lovely community called cottoncandy_bingo. It hasn't been active since 2014. So I launched a fest over on allbingo using the same set of prompts from the last round. These prompts angle toward upbeat content, although creators can do whatever they want with them. This fest encourages people to create and share material focused on what is variously called fluff, schmoop, gentle fiction, light reading, comfort reading, positive thinking, chicken soup for the soul, or anything else that offers a fun alternative to usual run of sex, violence, and angst of modern media. It's open to all fandoms plus original content, and all kinds of material. (See all my 2016 bingo cards.)

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out. I've had a few requests for this and the results have been awesome so far. This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.


Underlined prompts have been filled.

COTTONCANDY BINGO CARD

Social gathering	It's okay	Playing with hair	Teaching / Learning	Safe
The little things	Finding home / family	Victory / Success	Permission	Being helped
Wordless Communication	Embracing imperfection	WILD CARD	Healing	Opportunity
Wearing partner's clothes	Apology / Forgiveness	Peace	Change	Naked / Vulnerable
Where we don't have to hide	Scars	Worth it	Making someone smile	Yes

Comments

Re: question

[ysabetwordsmith]

> thank you

You're welcome! It was a great question. I developed my initial reply into a new post so more people could see it. A lot of other readers have expressed appreciation for this post, so you helped a lot of people by asking about this stuff.

>> no, really thank you. I was getting so frustrated and overwhelmed trying to sort through everything and not finding anything that fit the bill <<

Dealing with any kind of trauma can be overwhelming. Many resources are not well organized. I research this stuff a lot, so I've found some places that have better materials and sorting. Helpguide, RAINN, and OutoftheFOG are among my go-to sites. GoodTherapy and SupportingSafeTherapy are favorites for psych stuff.

>> for what's required for myself and for another survivor who came to me with questions, I was honored that they felt safe enough to let me hear their story, but lost as to appropriate resources for the circumstances. <<

It's hard enough helping yourself, and often harder helping someone else. I'm a gender scholar so I've got the advantage of having taken some relevant classes. That's part of what I draw on when I'm writing about these topics. It's very thoughtful of you to help someone else like this.

>> this is just...I don't even know what to say...thanks. Just, thank you! <<

It's part of what I'm here for.