Half a Moon: 14 Days of Celebrating Women

Self-reccing a fic I wrote about Helga and her relationship with her sister, which also features my look at a potential domestic life of Arnold and his friends.

Title/Link: Enemistad
Creator: lightbird/dramatic owl
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Helga Pataki, Olga Pataki, with appearances by Phoebe Heyerdahl, Arnold Shortman, and Gerald Johanssen
Rating: G
Summary: When her older sister showed up on a Friday afternoon looking for a place to stay, Helga’s first impulse was to say no and suggest that she go mooch off someone else.

Title/Link: Cleaning House
Creator: lightbird/dramatic owl
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Phoebe Heyerdahl, Helga Pataki
Rating: G
Summary: Episode tag for 'Pre-Teen Scream'. Helga assures Phoebe that she doesn't have to throw all of her Ronnie Matthews stuff out if she doesn't want to.

Title/Link: Lifeline
Author: lightbird
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Rhonda Wellington Lloyd, Helga Pataki
Rating: T
Prompt: sea/sky/storm
Word Count: 1,271
Content Note: fear, fear of death

Summary: Helga and Phoebe weren’t good friends, but they knew her and she knew them, from a long time ago. She’d feel a little bit safer with them. On a potentially dangerous cruise, Rhonda encounters childhood friends.

Self-rec that kind of fits, since it focuses on Grandma Gertie from Hey Arnold! who never let age slow her down.

Title/Link: Same Same, But Different
Author: lightbird
Fandom(s): Mulan, Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Mulan, Grandma Gertie, Mai Hyunh
Rating: T
Prompt: Aging
Word Count: 2,098
Content Note: some in-character ableist language and in-story microaggressions.

Summary: Mulan walks into a bar and meets...Grandma Gertie (Hey Arnold!)! Another story written for the intoabar challenge.

Title/Link: An Unexpected Friendship
Author: lightbird
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Sheena (Hey Arnold!), Rhonda Wellington Lloyd
Rating: G
Prompt: passion
Word Count: 1,519

Summary: Sheena had always been the odd girl out.

Title/Link: Nick of Time
Author: lightbird
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Helga Pataki, Phoebe Heyerdahl
Rating: T
Prompt: black/white/shades of grey
Word Count: 1,652
Content Note: past alcohol abuse/alcoholism, depression, mention of death of a non-canon character

Summary: If Phoebe were here now maybe she'd step in to intervene just in the nick of time, like she always did.

Another self-rec of an old story I wrote that fits the prompt.

Title/Link: Elegy
Author: snarky_panda
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Miriam Pataki, Helga Pataki, Olga Pataki
Rating: T
Word Count: 536

Summary: A remix of another of my stories, In Memoriam, from Miriam's perspective.

Continuing with self-recs, here's another Hey Arnold! fic I wrote that kind of fits the them. A grown-up Rhonda, Helga, and Phoebe reunite and make plans to pool their backgrounds and talents.

Title/Link: Think Pink
Prompt: Education
Author: snarky_panda
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Rhonda Wellington Lloyd, Helga Pataki, Phoebe Heyerdahl
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 2409

Summary: A reunion among childhood friends leads to an advantageous business arrangement.

Another self-rec! This is a story I wrote a couple of years ago, but it fits the prompt.

Title/Link: Truth or Dare
Prompt: Playing Games
Author: snarky_panda
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Helga Pataki, Rhonda Wellington Lloyd, Phoebe Heyerdahl, Nadine, Sheena, Lila Sawyer
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1550

Summary: Helga wondered if maybe she should’ve chosen ‘truth’ instead of ‘dare’ after all.

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Title/Link: Family
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Creator: snarky_panda
Character(s): Phoebe Heyerdahl, Helga Pataki
Media: Fic
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 2,193 (and 6 images)
Summary: “So Aunt Midori slipped up and revealed something I’m not sure I was ever supposed to know.”

Notes: Phoebe turns to Helga when she learns something unexpected about her family. Epistolary fic that fulfilled prompts for my ladiesbingo (epistolary) and genprompt_bingo cards (best friends).

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Title/Link: A Welcome Visitor
Fandom:Hey Arnold!
Creator: snarky_panda
Character(s): Olga Pataki, Helga Pataki
Media: Fic
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 1,218
Summary: It was a relief to have someone in her corner. That the someone was the little sister who had never seemed to like her was unexpected.

Notes: Future fic, written for one of the fandomtrees trees. After moving overseas and cutting off ties with her parents, Olga meets up with her younger sister Helga in Paris.