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SamSteve Gift Exchange

@samstevegiftexchange

New Year's Gift Exchange for SamSteve! Sign Ups: December 5 - 12, 2016 Giftees Mailed Out: December 13 - 14, 2016Gifts Due: January 11 - 14, 2017
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Latin phrases to use as incantations.

This is gonna be a long list.

  • ab intra - from within
  • ab origine - from the source
  • absit iniuria - “let insult be absent”
  • absit invidia - “let envy be absent”
  • absit omen - “let omens be absent”
  • ab uno disce omnes - from one, learn all.
  • abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calleth unto deep
  • a capite ad calcem - from head to heel
  • acta non verba - actions not words
  • ad altiora tendo - “I strive to higher things”
  • ad astra - to the stars
  • ad fontes - to the sources
  • ad meliora - towards better things
  • ad oculos - to the eyes
  • ad undas - to the waves
  • ad victoriam - to victory
  • adsum - I am here
  • a fortiori - from the stronger/from strength
  • a mari usque ad mare - from sea to sea
  • audeamus - let us dare
  • audentes fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the bold
  • audi, vide, tace - hear, see, be silent
  • beatae memoriae - of blessed memory
  • bona fide - in good faith
  • bono malum superate - overcome evil with good
  • capax infiniti - holding the infinite
  • carpe diem - seize the day
  • carpe noctem - seize the night
  • cave - beware
  • ceteris paribus - all other things being equal
  • circa - around
  • citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger
  • clavis aurea - golden key
  • cogito ergo sum - I think, therefor I am
  • compos mentis - in control of the mind
  • concilio et labore - by wisdom and effort
  • concordia cum veritate - in harmony with truth
  • concordia salus - well-being through harmony
  • coniunctis viribus - with connected strength
  • consummatum est - it is complete
  • corruptus in extremis - corrupt to the extreme
  • crescit eundo - it grows as it goes
  • de novo - from the new
  • de profundis - from the depths
  • dies irae - day of wrath
  • dona nobis pacem - give us peace
  • ego te provoco - I challenge you
  • esse est percipi - to be is to be perceived  
  • esse quam videri - to be, rather than to seem
  • esto quod es - be what you are
  • ex animo - from the soul
  • ex luna scientia - from the moon, knowledge
  • ex scientia tridens - from knowledge, sea power
  • ex silentio - from silence
  • ex undis - from the waves of the sea
  • experientia docet - experience teaches
  • fac et spera - do and hope
  • fac fortia et patere - do brave deed and endure
  • faciam quodlibet quod necesse est - I’ll do whatever it takes
  • faciam ut mei memineris - I’ll make you remember me
  • facta, non verba - deeds, not words
  • fortis et liber - strong and free
  • fortis in arduis - strong in difficulties
  • gloriosus et liber - glorious and free
  • hic abundant leones - here lions abound
  • hic et nunc - here and now
  • hic sunt dracones - here there are dragons
  • hinc illae lacrimae - hence those tears
  • hinc itur ad astra - from here the way leads to the stars
  • igni ferroque - with fire and iron
  • in memoriam - into the memory
  • in nocte consilium - advice comes over night
  • libra - balance
  • littera scripta manet - the written words endure
  • locus standi - a right to stand
  • luceo non uro - I shine, not burn
  • luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge
  • mare liberum - free sea
  • memento vivere - remember to live
  • more ferarum - like beasts
  • natura non contristatur - nature is not saddened
  • nec spe, nec metu - without hope, without fear
  • noli me tangere - do not touch me
  • ophidia in herba - a snake in the grass
  • pro se - for oneself
  • propria manu - by one’s own hand
  • quaere - to seek
  • quod abundat non obstat - what is abundant does not hinder
  • resurgam - I shall arise
  • semper ad meliora - always towards better things
  • semper anticus - always forward
  • semper apertus - always open
  • semper fortis - always brave
  • semper liber - always free
  • stet - let it stand
  • tuebor - I will protect
  • vera causa - true cause
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Welcome to Sam Wilson’s Birthday Bang!

Do you love Sam Wilson? Do you think that he’s an actual angel? Is he your Birb King? GREAT!

We’re looking for artists and authors alike to create some amazing Sam-centric content for this birthday!

Important Dates:

  • July 1st: Signups Open
  • July 31st: Signups Close
  • September 26th: Posting Begins
  • September 30th: Posting Ends

Important Info:

  • Fics should be no less than 2k words in length, with no maximum.
  • All content should be Sam-Centric, as this is to show him love!

We will be posting more details as they become available, so make sure you’re following @samwilsonbirthdaybang so you can stay up to date!

art by @yawpkatsi !!

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My goals for this weekend:

  • collect the fics into a round-up post, so we have one easily rebloggable space to find everything
  • track down any loose ends or fics (either pitch hitters, or people who I just didn’t get on the blog the first time)
  • send out a thank you/follow up form to see what we can approve on for the next time, and to see if people want to do a next time and when that would be appropriate.

Again, you are all amazing, thank you so much, and you were the reason this was great, great exchange.

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Summary: With a little (unsolicited) help from his friends, Steve remembers that not everything has to be doom and gloom all the time.

For @dream-into-action for the SamSteve gift exchange. I’m terribly sorry for how late this is, but tada - I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks so much @samstevegiftexchange for organising and being so considerate about the reasons for my tardiness.

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Of Angels and Missed Dinner Reservations

For @falcondiment, who deserves everything good and who I not only got the pleasure of prompting, but coincidentally got assigned to when I offered to pinch hit for the Samsteve gift exchange.

This is all Bucky’s fault.

When it happens, for just a minute Steve wishes that he’d never met Bucky Barnes ever in his entire life, then he instantly remembers Hydra and trauma and pretty quickly he starts to feel pretty guilty about it.

“Why do we even HAVE that lever?” Bucky asks, still gaping.

The lever in question is a direct route to Avengers tower’s trash chute. When you pull it, their little table in the kitchen flips over itself and all your trash falls down below to be sucked up for forever and ever and probably compacted then reused blah blah blah.

The lever flips their kitchen table. The very same table that Steve had just set down Sam’s anniversary gifts.

Steve breathes out nice and slow, forcing himself to remember that punching his best friend in the face wouldn’t do much good for their situation.

“For trash.” He says calmly.

“Oh.” Bucky says. He screws his face up. “Well. Sam’s gifts are in the trash.”

“Sam’s gifts are in the trash.”

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Pitch Hitters

Hey!

It’s been the 24 hour mark, so about half of the folks responded.  We need four pitch hitters, all for fiction.  I sent out an email about it!

(Also, I think I accidentally sent everyone a link to my web series, because the new signature decided to link it, idk, sorry about that, LOLOL)

You folks are insane and amazing.  We already got everyone set up!  Assignments were mailed to the pitch hitters, and we should be good to go!!

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Pitch Hitters

Hey!

It’s been the 24 hour mark, so about half of the folks responded.  We need four pitch hitters, all for fiction.  I sent out an email about it!

(Also, I think I accidentally sent everyone a link to my web series, because the new signature decided to link it, idk, sorry about that, LOLOL)

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers Characters: Sam Wilson (Marvel), Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes, Peggy Carter Additional Tags: Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, steve being extra, Gift Exchange, Unrequited Love, Unrequited Crush, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied Relationships, i have not watched a single captain america movie tbh, all im in for is the characters, and samsteve, and sambuckysteve, and for sam Summary:

Steve wants to learn to get what he wants.

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Late Comers and Pitch Hitters

Hey,

We still have a couple people who haven’t turned in their gifts yet.  I apologize.  I let things slide this week, because, frankly, the US Political Scene is INSANE and was pulling my focus.

I have emailed everyone who hasn’t turned in their gift yet.  I asked them to email me back within the next 24 hours.  If they don’t get back to me by tomorrow evening, I will email pitch hitters for the remaining gifts.

Again, I apologize.  I goofed.  And I hope we can get everyone their gift as soon as possible.

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My exceptionally late entry for the SamSteve Gift Exchange. This is for Downwarddnaspiral on Tumblr and I really hope they can forgive me for being so behind. Grad School Applications got the better of me. Anyway, I hope you enjoy. It’s kind of rush job, self-beta’d (so all mistakes are mine) and as always, I’m not particularly happy with the end result.
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“It’s our anniversary.” “Mmm,” Steve hummed. “And so for my gift, I want to spend it doing it what I love with the man I love.” Well. Sam could hardly deny him that, could he?

(PWP, bottom Sam)

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers Characters: Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers, Darlene Wilson, Sarah Rogers Additional Tags: Grief, Healing, coffee shop AU, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Mention of gun violence, mention of war Summary:

Sam and Steve recently lost their fathers. It is within the haven of a coffee shop that they begin to teach each other how to smile again.

Healing/coffee shop AU.

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