Reason #3893480235 why I love fandom

Stuff That Is Neat: a charity put a copy of a Glee script up for auction. It was from an episode that contained a Kurt/Blaine scene that had been cut from what actually aired, which was particularly disappointing because fandom had spent ages gleefully Tumblr-CSIing the shit out of the promo pictures and rolling with happiness over the scene's existence. "THE BOX SCENE!!!" became something of a rallying cry.

So when the script went up for auction, a group of folks mostly from the Kurt/Blaine corner of Glee fandom got together and raised $4200 to win it and benefit the charity, which provides meals for people living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County. Then the organizers (who will be posting the script online) saw that they had raised $1200 more than necessary and said, 'HMM,' and now are fundraising to send that extra money and more to Project Angel Food.

They're doing a fandom giveaway, where every $5 donated constitutes a raffle ticket. After donating, donors go to the giveaway board and drop their raffle ticket(s) in the place(s) where they're hoping to win an item. There's lots of stuff available -- fic and art and fanvid commissions, merch, Broadway playbills... I donated what I could and am offering up two fics of at least 3000 words each, about whatever the winner desires! I'm figuring any interest will probably primarily come from Glee folks, and specifically from Kurt/Blaine fans, but y'all know me and the fandoms that I like, so I don't have much in the way of qualms about saying that I'd be willing to try pretty much anything, as long as you know that I'm not your woman for PWP smut, darkfic, infidelity, or incest. (And, if you do want Glee stuff, that you really don't want me trying to write anything starring Karofsky or Sebastian.) This is my raffle jar.

There's been a lot of discontent surrounding the finale (my own included; we'll discuss in another time and place!), so I particularly love the idea of fandom coming together and building something really positive and lovely right now! I'm aware of at least one other project where a group from the fandom came together and raised a bunch of money for charity (I think in the end it was $6000 or $7000, which went to the Trevor Project), and all of the times that I've witnessed fandom pull together around individual members in trouble or raise money after natural disasters -- it just makes me so happy.

I want to point people this way every time they don't understand or disparage fandom. Fandom is totally a worthwhile endeavor on its own merits, too, but fandom gets shit done.