Player Appreciation Week 2026
For works on Ao3 that were written for the prompts for Player Appreciation Week 2026.
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On Top of the World (It's So Easy to Fall) by FrozenWings
Fandoms: Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019)
30 Mar 2026
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When he’s working as Carmen’s mission control, hacking into mainframes and doing all the not-quite-legal things needed to make the night’s caper a success, Player feels like he’s on top of the world. Skills wickedly sharp and with a mind to match, he can code rings around anyone or anything thrown his way. When he’s seated at his setup in his room, no one, VILE included, can touch him.
But there are downsides to standing atop a pinnacle, and many who would rejoice in a fall…
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confidently broken, tragically unspoken by a_sad_tree
Fandoms: Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019)
27 Mar 2026
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"He frames it like a joke, but he really is terrified. The only reason he was ever homeschooled is that his chronic illness wouldn’t allow him to go to school. Even now, he’s not sure how much of this week he’ll be able to do. And just because the VILE threat is over now doesn’t mean Carmen won’t need him!"
aka
Player tries school (again)
Series
- Part 7 of player-centric fics because Yes
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Player doesn’t think much of it, when Carmen doesn’t answer her phone one Tuesday morning. She runs a lot of errands for her mother and cell reception is spotty at best inside the post office (her usual Tuesday errand).
She’ll call him back. She always does.
Today won’t be any different.
Right?
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just when i think im getting better by a_sad_tree
Fandoms: Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019)
24 Mar 2026
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Just when I think I'm getting better
I cannot sleep and think about whether I
should leave this all behind"The call takes a moment to connect, since Carmen’s position on the boat is pretty precarious. But eventually the whirring loading screen opens up and suddenly… there she is. Bedraggled, tired, wrapped up in some fancy red coat, but undoubtedly still his friend. Player hopes it shows on his face how glad he is to see her."
for Player Appreciation Week Day One
Series
- Part 6 of player-centric fics because Yes
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A Long Distance Birthday by That Friendly Neighborhood Hacker (Athena_Apil)
Fandoms: Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019)
24 Mar 2026
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Day 2 of Player Appreciation Week 2026!
It's Player's birthday! Team Red celebrates. Long distance and online.
accidently messed this up with day 2's prompt (it's actually day 1's), but yeah.
Series
- Part 3 of Fics I wrote for Player Appreciation Week 2026
- Part 2 of Player-centric one shots