He fits he sits - KPop Demon Hunters story, Donation Thank-You
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petraHe fits he sits (400 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derpy the Tiger & Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters)
Characters: Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters), Derpy the Tiger (KPop Demon Hunters), Bobby (KPop Demon Hunters)
Additional Tags: Drabble Sequence, A cat being a cat
Summary:
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I added donations to Stand With Minnesota.com's suggested donation sites to the list of donations that I will write thank-yous for. Details and a place to request stories or poems here.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derpy the Tiger & Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters)
Characters: Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters), Derpy the Tiger (KPop Demon Hunters), Bobby (KPop Demon Hunters)
Additional Tags: Drabble Sequence, A cat being a cat
Summary:
Rumi asks Bobby for help. He comes through. Everyone in Rumi's household is pleased.
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I added donations to Stand With Minnesota.com's suggested donation sites to the list of donations that I will write thank-yous for. Details and a place to request stories or poems here.
Snowflake Challenge 2026 - Day 8
Jan. 17th, 2026 05:48 pmluthienChallenge #8
Talk about your creative process.
In which I ramble on about how I write...
( My creative process )
Talk about your creative process.
In which I ramble on about how I write...
( My creative process )
Questioning assumptions, bicyclist edition
Jan. 16th, 2026 08:56 pmsoniaI'm training for a 100K bike ride in April, so I'm going out on long hilly rides on the weekends. The weather has been delightfully sunny and warm (if a bit odd for January), and they've mostly been great rides.
However, people seem to assume they need to cheer me on. Maybe because I'm a woman, or because I'm not skinny, or because I climb hills slowly, but I do get there.
Half way up Spruce St., a woman waiting to pull out from a side street in her car gives me two big thumbs up as I approached. I smiled and kept biking. That would have been fine. But she rolls down the window and says, "You can do it!" I said, "This is only the thousandth time I've climbed this hill." She was smiling and nodding, and then her face fell as I said "thousandth," probably because she was assuming I would say, "first." Maybe she won't make as many assumptions next time.
Then, getting close to the top, a couple of guys pass me on mountain bikes and one of them says, "Good job!" I said, "You too!" After all, we had both climbed the same hill to the same point. He looked surprised, because young men get to congratulate middle-aged women, but not the other way around.
Yesterday I biked up the hill, down the far side, and then back up. At the corner of Grizzly Peak and Claremont (the beginning of the steep fast descent out of the hills), there is often a Mexican produce stand, and I like to stop there for fruit, even if it tends to end up bruised on the ride down. This time I bought pistachios and mandarins, and they did better on the descent.
When I rode up, there was an older white dude arguing about his total in Spanish with the young Mexican woman staffing the stand. They started over counting it all up and it turns out she was right (surprising me not at all). He said something about buying fruit for his friend with the nasty flu, and I said I was keeping my distance then. He said, "I didn't touch him or anything."
He had been over on the seller's side of the table, and now he came around and said, "Nice bike." I thanked him and answered his questions about it. At this point he's touching the handlebars and standing quite close to me, blocking my way forward. I paid the seller and said, "Excuse me please." He said, "Why do you have to be so rude?" I said, "I need to go home." He said, "You're being rude!" I sighed and backed up the bike to get out of there. He said, "Why do you have to be so American?" as I rode away.
Reminds me of the time a guy on a bike stopped me to ask for directions on a dark rainy night in Portland. I'm generally willing to help, but it was a wide, empty street and he stood too close and blocked my way, at which point I similarly said, "Excuse me" and biked around him. He called after me, "Don't go! I need help!" Which he may have, but he wasn't going to get it with threatening body language. He had a European-sounding accent and maybe it was ignorance of American personal space, but I wasn't going to ignore my spidey-sense to find out.
This dude at the fruit stand spoke unaccented English, so I don't know if he's from somewhere with less personal space, but I don't think I was the one being rude. I guess wherever he's from, he gets to touch other people's (women's) stuff and take up as much time as he wants.
However, people seem to assume they need to cheer me on. Maybe because I'm a woman, or because I'm not skinny, or because I climb hills slowly, but I do get there.
Half way up Spruce St., a woman waiting to pull out from a side street in her car gives me two big thumbs up as I approached. I smiled and kept biking. That would have been fine. But she rolls down the window and says, "You can do it!" I said, "This is only the thousandth time I've climbed this hill." She was smiling and nodding, and then her face fell as I said "thousandth," probably because she was assuming I would say, "first." Maybe she won't make as many assumptions next time.
Then, getting close to the top, a couple of guys pass me on mountain bikes and one of them says, "Good job!" I said, "You too!" After all, we had both climbed the same hill to the same point. He looked surprised, because young men get to congratulate middle-aged women, but not the other way around.
Yesterday I biked up the hill, down the far side, and then back up. At the corner of Grizzly Peak and Claremont (the beginning of the steep fast descent out of the hills), there is often a Mexican produce stand, and I like to stop there for fruit, even if it tends to end up bruised on the ride down. This time I bought pistachios and mandarins, and they did better on the descent.
When I rode up, there was an older white dude arguing about his total in Spanish with the young Mexican woman staffing the stand. They started over counting it all up and it turns out she was right (surprising me not at all). He said something about buying fruit for his friend with the nasty flu, and I said I was keeping my distance then. He said, "I didn't touch him or anything."
He had been over on the seller's side of the table, and now he came around and said, "Nice bike." I thanked him and answered his questions about it. At this point he's touching the handlebars and standing quite close to me, blocking my way forward. I paid the seller and said, "Excuse me please." He said, "Why do you have to be so rude?" I said, "I need to go home." He said, "You're being rude!" I sighed and backed up the bike to get out of there. He said, "Why do you have to be so American?" as I rode away.
Reminds me of the time a guy on a bike stopped me to ask for directions on a dark rainy night in Portland. I'm generally willing to help, but it was a wide, empty street and he stood too close and blocked my way, at which point I similarly said, "Excuse me" and biked around him. He called after me, "Don't go! I need help!" Which he may have, but he wasn't going to get it with threatening body language. He had a European-sounding accent and maybe it was ignorance of American personal space, but I wasn't going to ignore my spidey-sense to find out.
This dude at the fruit stand spoke unaccented English, so I don't know if he's from somewhere with less personal space, but I don't think I was the one being rude. I guess wherever he's from, he gets to touch other people's (women's) stuff and take up as much time as he wants.
Fun things to do on a snowy Friday - Kink list updated
Jan. 16th, 2026 08:24 pmpetraI was talking about story exchanges with friends and realized my kink list of yes/no/maybe in fiction dated to 2011.
And that that was 15 years ago.
I overhauled it, so for anyone interested in a dive into my kinks, by all means have at.
And that that was 15 years ago.
I overhauled it, so for anyone interested in a dive into my kinks, by all means have at.
Daily Happiness
Jan. 16th, 2026 05:26 pmtorachan1. I had a very nice relaxing WFH day. (The only annoying part was the very loud construction on one end of the street and the tar smell which was coming from either that site or the construction at the other end of the street lol.)
2. We walked down to the Italian deli this morning to get sandwiches for lunch. Also a nice part of working from home! We knew it would be pretty hot today, so rather than walk there at lunch time, we went right after Carla woke up, when it wasn't too hot and there was still some shade for most of the walk.
3. I changed the bandage on my tattoo this morning and cleaned it up. It's looking really good! After changing it, there is still some fluid coming out, but doesn't seem to be any blood. They said to use the clear "second skin" bandage for up to a week, so I actually ordered some more off Amazon (she gave me enough for one change) in case I need to change it sooner. With the amount of fluid under it right now, I might.
4. Upon closer inspection it looks like Tuxie is missing some fur on his forehead, so I think he might have been in a fight while he was gone, but he seems fine otherwise. Better than that time he got a chunk of his ear ripped out.
2. We walked down to the Italian deli this morning to get sandwiches for lunch. Also a nice part of working from home! We knew it would be pretty hot today, so rather than walk there at lunch time, we went right after Carla woke up, when it wasn't too hot and there was still some shade for most of the walk.
3. I changed the bandage on my tattoo this morning and cleaned it up. It's looking really good! After changing it, there is still some fluid coming out, but doesn't seem to be any blood. They said to use the clear "second skin" bandage for up to a week, so I actually ordered some more off Amazon (she gave me enough for one change) in case I need to change it sooner. With the amount of fluid under it right now, I might.
4. Upon closer inspection it looks like Tuxie is missing some fur on his forehead, so I think he might have been in a fight while he was gone, but he seems fine otherwise. Better than that time he got a chunk of his ear ripped out.
Lake Lewisia #1357
Jan. 16th, 2026 05:14 pmscrubjayspeaksIt took the adults a long time to notice the correlation: the little boy would drop his blocks or markers or lunch, head popping up to scan the horizon, at the same moment a cloud of birds would rise up shrieking from the trees just outside the preschool fence. Compared to strange little boys and flocks of starlings, the adults weren’t very observant, and their ideas of what counted as a red alert danger mostly concerned parking lot etiquette and the misplacing of bake sale proceeds. By the time they were whispering about distractability and assessments, he knew seventeen separate distress calls and had been practicing his wheeling and diving patterns for the day he joined the murmuration.
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Daily Check In.
Jan. 16th, 2026 07:03 pmadafrog posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Poll #34088 Daily poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 14
How are you doing?
I am okay
11 (78.6%)
I am not okay, but don't need help right now
3 (21.4%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans are you living with?
I am living single
7 (50.0%)
One other person
5 (35.7%)
More than one other person
2 (14.3%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
1/16/2026 Valle Vista Staging Area Rocky Ridge Trail
Jan. 16th, 2026 03:20 pmmrkinchI went out to Valle Vista again and walked out over the bridge and beside the reservoir just until I could see a bit of shoreline. I'd checked ebird before going and knew there weren't many ducks, so it was a disappointment but not a surprise to find only Ring-necked Ducks and a few Mallards. I'd hoped for Wood Ducks, but no. I did get a great view of the singing California Thrasher, and a couple of male Ruby-crowned Kinglets were getting territorial and flashing their bright red crowns. A Belted Kingfisher flew around rattling, though I never saw them, and I heard, once, a Red-breasted Sapsucker. Also heard my first Spotted Towhee song of the year. ( The list: )
I encountered no school traffic at 9:40 am, which was lovely. I'll try to go a little earlier next time, and walk out a lot further.
I encountered no school traffic at 9:40 am, which was lovely. I'll try to go a little earlier next time, and walk out a lot further.
Weekly Reading
Jan. 16th, 2026 03:38 pmtorachanRecently Finished
Peril at the Exposition
Second in the Captain Jim and Lady Diana mystery series. I was disappointed to see that this one doesn't take place in India, so I hadn't jumped right on it after finishing the first, but my backlog of audiobooks was going down, so I decided to give it a go. It was fine. I'll probably read more in the series at the same pace, but it's also not really what I'm wanting in a mystery (and that was the same with the first one).
Deeds and Words
Another second book in a mystery series, though it seems like this is also the final book. It was also just all right.
Riot Baby
Set in a slightly more dystopic alternate reality, this tells the story of a girl with psychic powers and her brother, who was born after the LA riots, thus being nicknamed Riot Baby, in alternating POVs. I liked this, but it felt like the two POVs weren't really well integrated.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
In the late 1800s England, a man gets a mysterious watch that saves him from a bomb exploding, and then is tasked with finding out if the watchmaker, a Japanese man who can remember the future, is the one who set the bomb. I didn't much like this at all. The first half or more was extremely boring, and then once the action seemed to finally get going, the characters got worse and worse, especially the lone female character, who seems to exist only as a plot device to make everything horrible for the men.
Little Monsters vol. 1-2
Two volume comic series about child vampires living in an empty city after an apocalypse. I liked it all right. The ending was good.
Sakura, Saku vol. 8
Peril at the Exposition
Second in the Captain Jim and Lady Diana mystery series. I was disappointed to see that this one doesn't take place in India, so I hadn't jumped right on it after finishing the first, but my backlog of audiobooks was going down, so I decided to give it a go. It was fine. I'll probably read more in the series at the same pace, but it's also not really what I'm wanting in a mystery (and that was the same with the first one).
Deeds and Words
Another second book in a mystery series, though it seems like this is also the final book. It was also just all right.
Riot Baby
Set in a slightly more dystopic alternate reality, this tells the story of a girl with psychic powers and her brother, who was born after the LA riots, thus being nicknamed Riot Baby, in alternating POVs. I liked this, but it felt like the two POVs weren't really well integrated.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
In the late 1800s England, a man gets a mysterious watch that saves him from a bomb exploding, and then is tasked with finding out if the watchmaker, a Japanese man who can remember the future, is the one who set the bomb. I didn't much like this at all. The first half or more was extremely boring, and then once the action seemed to finally get going, the characters got worse and worse, especially the lone female character, who seems to exist only as a plot device to make everything horrible for the men.
Little Monsters vol. 1-2
Two volume comic series about child vampires living in an empty city after an apocalypse. I liked it all right. The ending was good.
Sakura, Saku vol. 8
AO3 Releases 0.9.440 – 0.9.446: Change Log
Jan. 16th, 2026 10:23 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
otw_news_feedWe spent the end of October and whole of November rolling out improvements across the site—from multiple fixes to the Download and Chapter Index menus on small screens to refreshing our footer and error pages to link to the status page. We also made an important security change: password resets can now only be requested using an email address when logged out. For some exciting news, we also finished our work making AO3 emails translatable! We’re now going to target other areas of AO3 for internationalization.
Special thanks and welcome to first-time contributors Danaël / Rever, Daniel Haven, Edgar San Martin, Jr, Jennifer He, Kiyazz, Lisa Huang, mgettytehan, ProtonDev, quen, ryeleap, Snehal Mane, and TangkoNoAi!
Credits
- Coders: alien, anna, Bilka, Brian Austin, Ceithir, Cubostar, Danaël / Rever, Daniel Haven, EchoEkhi, Edgar San Martin, Jr, Jennifer He, Kiyazz, Lisa Huang, marcus8448, mgettytehan, ProtonDev, quen, ryeleap, sarken, Scott, slavalamp, Snehal Mane, TangkoNoAi, weeklies, Yanpei Wang
- Code reviewers: anna, Bilka, bingeling, Brian Austin, ceithir, Hamham6, lydia-theda, marcus8448, ömer faruk, sarken, weeklies
- Testers: Aster, Bilka, Brian Austin, calamario, choux, Deniz, hvalrann, Irina, Lute, lydia-theda, marcus8448, ömer faruk, pk2317, Sam Johnsson, sarken, Teyris, therealmorticia, wichard
Details
0.9.440
On October 28, we made some small changes to a variety of areas of the site, including updating our footer and error pages to link to the status page.
- [AO3-7129] – Bluesky blocks AO3’s attempts to check whether a URL on the site is active, so we’re now skipping the check when you try to create an external bookmark of a Bluesky URL or try to mark a work as inspired by something hosted on Bluesky.
- [AO3-7149] – We removed some unused code for formatting text.
- [AO3-7175] – We updated cache-apt-pkgs-action from 1.5.3 to 1.6.0.
- [AO3-7178] – We updated the gems for Sentry, our error tracking and performance monitoring service.
- [AO3-6167] – When logged in as admin, restricted series are now included on a user’s series page and counted in their dashboard sidebar.
- [AO3-7027] – We’ve been posting status updates on our status page and Bluesky account for a while now, so we’ve updated a number of pages to reflect that.
- [AO3-7040] – We restricted the ability to search through invitations to admins with certain roles, instead of allowing all admins access to the search.
- [AO3-7104] – We updated the page used for claiming your works if they were imported by Open Doors.
- [AO3-7167] – When someone reports a comment to our Policy & Abuse committee (PAC), the report now automatically includes the user ID of the person who left the comment.
- [AO3-6484] – We made a small change to the code that generates the HTML class names we use for hiding work blurbs by muted users. We were hoping this tweak would improve performance, but unfortunately it made it worse. So we reverted it later.
0.9.441
On November 5, we made some improvements to the admin side of AO3 and deployed the first of what would be several changes to fix issues with the Chapter Index and Download menus on small screens.
- [AO3-6484] – We reverted the change to the blurb code that worsened performance (it’s later).
- [AO3-4519] – If two of your pseuds are set as owners of a collection, the collection will no longer be counted twice in your dashboard sidebar.
- [AO3-7142] – Under certain circumstances, the number of collections in a user’s sidebar was different than the number of collections on the user’s collections page. The number on the collections page was right, so we updated the one in the sidebar to match.
- [AO3-7166] – We upgraded the will_paginate gem to version 4.0.1 to fix a deprecation warning.
- [AO3-7183] – We upgraded the version of actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 5.
- [AO3-4629] – On small screens, the Download and Chapter Index menus could overlap the buttons, making them impossible to close. We made them narrower and adjusted their position to make sure you can always close them.
- [AO3-6542] – We gave specific admins the ability to access user Preference pages.
- [AO3-6833] – When you submit a ticket to PAC or Support, the submission to their ticket trackers will now automatically include information about which form you submitted.
- [AO3-6931] – We split the “Assignments sent” and the “Challenge default by USER” into two separate emails and updated the text while we were at it.
- [AO3-7071] – We made the emails you get when you reply to a comment translatable.
- [AO3-7171] – We will now include the user ID of a profile page when it is reported to PAC.
0.9.442
On November 8, we deployed a single-issue release to fix menus having problems on multi-chapter works.
- [AO3-7195] – Following our last release to update Download and Chapter Index menus, we fixed a bug from that update which was causing Chapter and Download menus to be cut off on small screens.
0.9.443
On November 17, we deployed a grab bag release targeting bugs and improvements in a variety of areas. We also made a change to improve account security by only allowing password resets using an email address (as compared to a username) if you’re logged out. We announced this change on social media as well to get the word out.
- [AO3-3976] – Series links in subscription emails will now show up in red and be stylized like all other email links.
- [AO3-6054] – Works marked as inspired by or a translation of an existing work would show on your Related Works page even if you hadn’t approved the relationship—now they won’t do that!
- [AO3-7134] – The tips for new users linked in the new user help banner will once again open in a pop-up instead of as an ugly, unstyled page.
- [AO3-7159] – You’ll no longer get an empty message if you press Accept or Reject on the Co-Creator Requests page with nothing selected.
- [AO3-7180] – The pseud name field is now marked as required on the page for creating a new pseud.
- [AO3-7202] – We fixed a issue that was causing the Chapter Index menu to be cut off in the Low Vision Default skin.
- [AO3-7061] – To reduce unsolicited password reset emails, logged out users who want to reset their password must now enter the email address associated with their account, not their username.
- [AO3-7204] – We upgraded appleboy/ssh-action from one version to another.
- [AO3-7037] – If you request a password reset and it fails, it will now redirect you to the Reset Password page instead of the homepage.
- [AO3-7039] – We’ve restricted which admin accounts have the ability to grant invitations to people waiting in the queue.
- [AO3-7070] – We prepared the emails you get when you leave a comment on a work, admin post, or tag (if you’re a tag wrangler) for translation.
- [AO3-7115] – We updated the error messages you may get when you request a password reset while logged-in and something goes wrong.
0.9.445
Our November 25 release was a big milestone: all existing AO3 emails have been internationalized and are ready to be translated!
(Our deploy script accidentally bumped us ahead, so this ended up being released as 0.9.445 instead of 0.9.444.)
- [AO3-5542] – If a gift exchange didn’t use tags, its Sign-up Summary page used to have a permanent and misleading message saying the summary was being generated. We’ve updated it to display the correct message: “Tags were not used in this Challenge, so there is no summary to display here.”
- [AO3-5668] – When determining whether to display the “Fandom” sort button, the challenge request summary sometimes ended up loading all prompts in the collection—now it won’t!
- [AO3-7187] – If you try to create a skin with a title that’s more than 255 characters long, we’ll now tell you the title is too long instead of giving you a 500 error.
- [AO3-7190] – Trying to create skins that included a ^ used to result in error messages missing part of the text. We’ve fixed that, which should make the error message far more helpful.
- [AO3-7201] – We made one more change to the Chapter Index menu, which was still too narrow in some browsers on Android devices.
- [AO3-7205] – You can add private bookmarks to collections even though they won’t be listed on the collections’ Bookmarked Items page. We’ve now added a warning to the success banner to let you know to expect this.
- [AO3-6941] – We’ve added more information to the browser titles of many of our comment-related pages.
- [AO3-7056] – The emails you get when someone replies to or edits a reply to a comment you’ve left are now ready to be translated.
- [AO3-7116] – We updated the wording of the reset password link on the login form.
- [AO3-7168] – When a series is reported to PAC, the report now automatically includes the IDs of the series creators.
0.9.446
Our November 30 release focused on changes submitted by first-time contributors to our project!
- [AO3-7121] – We fixed a bug that was causing bookmarks of unrevealed works to link to the work’s Bookmark page even if you weren’t the work creator.
- [AO3-7133] – The “Flat View” button on your Statistics page wasn’t styled correctly when selected—but now it is!
- [AO3-7181] – For tracking purposes, admins have to enter a valid ticket ID in order to edit a user’s pseud or profile. We’ve made sure the field for the ticket ID is clearly marked as required.
- [AO3-7185] – We’ve removed the comment form on draft works and replaced it with a message saying you can’t comment on draft works.
- [AO3-7138] – We standardized the way the code displays participants in Collections so that site skins with CSS distinguishing them will correctly see participants displayed on both People and Membership pages.
- [AO3-7212] – We updated the version of actions/checkout from version 5 to version 6.
- [AO3-7198] – When logged in with some admin roles, admins can now more easily search for all invitations sent to specific email addresses.
- [AO3-7199] – Some admins have access to a page that provides an overview of a user’s works and comments, but the link was only available on User Administration pages. To make things more convenient, we’ve also added the link to user dashboard and profile pages.
第五年第七天
Jan. 17th, 2026 07:59 amnnozomi posting in guardian_learning部首
心 part 18
惨, miserable; 惩, to punish; 惯, used to ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=61
词汇
成人, adult; 构成, to constitute; 养成, to cultivate; 赞成, to agree ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
幸好我伤惯了, fortunately I'm used to being hurt
你们也都知道咱们特调处本来就是一个成人之美的地方, you all know our SID exists for the purpose of helping others
Me:
这样停车的话你要被惩罚了。
你已经成人了，不要太傻玩。
心 part 18
惨, miserable; 惩, to punish; 惯, used to ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=61
词汇
成人, adult; 构成, to constitute; 养成, to cultivate; 赞成, to agree ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
幸好我伤惯了, fortunately I'm used to being hurt
你们也都知道咱们特调处本来就是一个成人之美的地方, you all know our SID exists for the purpose of helping others
Me:
这样停车的话你要被惩罚了。
你已经成人了，不要太傻玩。
Write Every day 2026: January, Day 16
Jan. 16th, 2026 11:35 pmtrobadoraRunning late again. Normal services should resume tomorrow!
Today's writing
Morefandomtrees work.
Tally
( Days 1-10 )
Day 11:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, daegaer, goddess47, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 12:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 13:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme
Day 14:badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 15:badly_knitted, brithistorian, china_shop, cornerofmadness, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Day 16:china_shop, trobadora
Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
Today's writing
More
fandomtrees work.Tally
( Days 1-10 )
Day 11:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, daegaer, goddess47, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilmeDay 12:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilmeDay 13:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilmeDay 14:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, chanter1944, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 15:
badly_knitted, brithistorian, china_shop, cornerofmadness, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 16:
china_shop, trobadoraLet me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
Dungeon Crawlers: kill, kill, kill
Jan. 16th, 2026 11:13 pmschneefinkI'm behind on household chores and fandom things (my end-of-year post, snowflake challenge etc.) and the next few weeks are going to be stressful because I have weekend classes again and other plans; and yet the past few days I've spent most of my spare time (and some time when I should have been asleep) reading the first 4.5 books of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. I'd heard enough good things about it that I put a hold on the first two books immediately when my library got them, and when I was finished with them I immediately wanted to continue reading.
Unfortunately the ebook versions of books 3-7 are only available on amazon from what I've seen and I try to avoid giving them money when I can, so I joined the author's Patreon instead and am now reading the unedited versions of the other books. It's very hard to stop reading! There's always just one more thing I want to see how it goes, and then the next.
I enjoy the LitRPG and power-up fantasy aspects, but I think my favorite angle is the reality TV death game. Reminds me of the Hunger Games in that aspect, with bonus corporate politics in the background. I also like the characters, the main cast and the supporting cast, and I enjoy the crazy plans. Can't wait to see where it goes! ...except I have to because of chores and classes etc. etc. and I should also try to get enough sleep. Boo.
Unfortunately the ebook versions of books 3-7 are only available on amazon from what I've seen and I try to avoid giving them money when I can, so I joined the author's Patreon instead and am now reading the unedited versions of the other books. It's very hard to stop reading! There's always just one more thing I want to see how it goes, and then the next.
I enjoy the LitRPG and power-up fantasy aspects, but I think my favorite angle is the reality TV death game. Reminds me of the Hunger Games in that aspect, with bonus corporate politics in the background. I also like the characters, the main cast and the supporting cast, and I enjoy the crazy plans. Can't wait to see where it goes! ...except I have to because of chores and classes etc. etc. and I should also try to get enough sleep. Boo.
Old Skills a Little Rusty
Jan. 16th, 2026 10:13 pmglindaThis week I've been working on making a good start to one of my resolutions, to start a new recipe notebook. (When I first started learning to cook in an organised fashion, while I was going my post-grad, I took a nice notebook I had and wrote down all my succesful recipes in it. It's a multi-coloured decade's worth of recipes that I refer to regularly even now that I'm a vegetarian and many of the recipes aren't one's I'd ever cook now.) I've been meaning to start a new one for a few years now, but never got round to it, because, well I had my tablet and most recipes I was cooking that weren't in actual cookbooks were on the internet and it was just easier to look them up, but it's really come home to me in the last year when I've gone to look something up and it's just gone. (Not even random people's food blogs, but places I'd expect things to be like the guardian or the good food magazine page.) So I've started in on recipes from my 'cook new recipes' challenges from the past few years, and a significant percentage of them are lost to link rot and paywalls.
But the other thing I've noticed - and part of what makes me want to keep the project up - is that my handwriting is really rusty. I've had to make fairly heavy usage of my tippex mouse because I keep missing letters out of words, not even in the analogue version of typos just I'm so out of practice of writing by hand that I'm half-forgetting how to form the letters properly. I used to have a problem with missing out letters when I wrote essays because I was writing so fast to keep up with my brain - the main reason I switched to typing, as it's much easier to keep up with the speed of thought/ideas that way - but I'm just copying out recipes here. Though on the plus-side, forcing myself to slow down, to form the letters properly is making it a more meditive experience than I expected it to be.
I've always prided myself on having nice handwriting. Ever since we did a unit on the Victorians and spent that whole term perfecting copperplate script I've written a minorly adapted version of that. (I adjusted some letters to be more easily read by modern eyes, so I wouldn't get marked down for mis-spelling words because my teachers that didn't recognise my old-fashioned letters.) All through secondary and university my preferred method of studying was to make notes and the rewrite my notes and I still have piles of notebooks about the place in neat multi-coloured copperplate. So it's both weird and minorly upsetting when my handwriting isn't neat despite my best efforts. No doubt with regular practice it'll improve but at the moment I'm falling a low way short of my own high standards for my handwriting.
It's a ridiculous thing to be having feelings about, I am aware, but nonetheless, I am having them. My handwriting isn't as nice as it used to be - less smooth, more effort for less pleasing results - and it annoys me. I'm feeling a little rusty here, it's a thing.
But the other thing I've noticed - and part of what makes me want to keep the project up - is that my handwriting is really rusty. I've had to make fairly heavy usage of my tippex mouse because I keep missing letters out of words, not even in the analogue version of typos just I'm so out of practice of writing by hand that I'm half-forgetting how to form the letters properly. I used to have a problem with missing out letters when I wrote essays because I was writing so fast to keep up with my brain - the main reason I switched to typing, as it's much easier to keep up with the speed of thought/ideas that way - but I'm just copying out recipes here. Though on the plus-side, forcing myself to slow down, to form the letters properly is making it a more meditive experience than I expected it to be.
I've always prided myself on having nice handwriting. Ever since we did a unit on the Victorians and spent that whole term perfecting copperplate script I've written a minorly adapted version of that. (I adjusted some letters to be more easily read by modern eyes, so I wouldn't get marked down for mis-spelling words because my teachers that didn't recognise my old-fashioned letters.) All through secondary and university my preferred method of studying was to make notes and the rewrite my notes and I still have piles of notebooks about the place in neat multi-coloured copperplate. So it's both weird and minorly upsetting when my handwriting isn't neat despite my best efforts. No doubt with regular practice it'll improve but at the moment I'm falling a low way short of my own high standards for my handwriting.
It's a ridiculous thing to be having feelings about, I am aware, but nonetheless, I am having them. My handwriting isn't as nice as it used to be - less smooth, more effort for less pleasing results - and it annoys me. I'm feeling a little rusty here, it's a thing.
US Politics: Minnesota under attack
Jan. 16th, 2026 05:02 pmpetraStand With Minnesota.com has mutual aid opportunities and testimonals of what happens when the president decides he doesn't like a state and sends in ICE to harass everyone.
If you donate 25 bucks to any listed org, tell me about it, and I will write for you in any of my fandoms. Anonymous comments signed with a username are welcome, and I explicitly 100% do not want anything that doxxes you.
Stay safe out there and help each other.
If you donate 25 bucks to any listed org, tell me about it, and I will write for you in any of my fandoms. Anonymous comments signed with a username are welcome, and I explicitly 100% do not want anything that doxxes you.
Stay safe out there and help each other.
a birthday has been had
Jan. 16th, 2026 11:01 pmmarinaI've officially completed all my birthday activities for this year, so I can like, breathe again.
There was recreational axe throwing, joint TV marathons, dinners, gifts and hugs. I chose not to have any kind of party or gathering this year, so just saw friends individually or in small groups, and it worked out OK. I also celebratedroga's birthday (and will continue to tomorrow), so it all kind of worked out with multiple events.
How have you been doing, friends?
I'm feeling a bit better than I hoped to, at this time of the year.
ETA: I have cautiously started looking at social media again, in very very limited quantities, and as twitter seems like... not the place, I now have a bluesky. IDK IDK. But if you're on there I may also be on there sometimes too I guess.
There was recreational axe throwing, joint TV marathons, dinners, gifts and hugs. I chose not to have any kind of party or gathering this year, so just saw friends individually or in small groups, and it worked out OK. I also celebrated
roga's birthday (and will continue to tomorrow), so it all kind of worked out with multiple events. How have you been doing, friends?
I'm feeling a bit better than I hoped to, at this time of the year.
ETA: I have cautiously started looking at social media again, in very very limited quantities, and as twitter seems like... not the place, I now have a bluesky. IDK IDK. But if you're on there I may also be on there sometimes too I guess.
Snowflake (days 7-8) and other fannish catching up
Jan. 16th, 2026 12:46 pmhamsterwomanSome fannish catching up!
1)fandomtrees still has 3 trees below the minimum number of 2 gifts, and is thus at risk of delaying reveals again (currently scheduled for Jan 17 reveals), with the decision on delaying to be made the morning of 1/17. Needy trees are mastershield's Tree (f:astro boy, f:balan wonderland, f:kingdom hearts); kalloway's Tree (f:brave nine, f:crossovers, f:fire emblem, f:granblue fantasy, f:gundam, f:kingdom of heroes, f:super robot heroes) whoremoantreatments' Tree (f:advance wars, f:bleach, f:hypnosis mic, f:kuroko no basket, f:pokemon, f:tales of berseria, f:the world ends with you). (List kept updated here.) All of these are open to fic, and the minimum fill for fic is only 100 words, if anyone knows these fandoms and can help out.
(My tree has above the minimum number of gifts but is here, and I’m eager to see what’s on it :)
2) I should’ve mentioned this earlier, but it’s been a crazy couple of weeks.lunasariel is hosting a sync read of To Shape a Dragon’s Breath in her DW here. Currently it’s her, me, and cyanmnemosyne reading along, but contrary to the name, we don’t actually have to be all synched up to participate, so if (like me) you’ve been meaning to read this book for a while, or if you’ve read it already and want to follow our impressions as we make progress through it, come join! I am currently just past halfway, lunasariel is 10-20 chapters ahead of me, and Cyan has just recently started. (And yes, my thoughts on this book are ~50% on the chemistry. Actual Periodic Table of Elements chemistry, I mean, not chemistry between characters, although I’m enjoying that too.)
3) Snowflake catch up!
The problem with doing Snowflake every year for the last, uh… 10 years, I guess? – is that for repeated questions like this, which are about ME as opposed to about my fandoms or projects or objects, which can accumulate it is much harder to come up with something new to say! Both of these questions fall under that category, and so were more challenging than most for me to answer. But let’s see if I can come up with something without repeating myself.
Challenge #7: LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
I do want to stick to fandom-related things I like about myself for this one, so, hm. Last time I answered this question seems to be in 2017 (and my things were “good fannish role model for my children”, “thorough and detailed in talking about what I’m reading/watching”, and “conscientious beta”) and the first time in 2016 (my answers were “good fannish baba/matchmaker”, "committed to fannish crack”, and “conscientious about fandom participation”) – and I do still feel those things are all applicable to me and I still like them. But I’ve done a bunch of new things in the last 9 years, from attending conventions to paying attention to the Hugos to signing up for Yuletide, so let me focus on those new things and see if I can extract three new things I like about myself fannishly from them.
( things I like about myself viz conventions, fanfic, and Hugos )
Challenge #8: Talk about your creative process.
This is another one I’ve done before, in 2019 and in 2015, but looking at even the 2019 one, I talked about fannish poetry and graphics, but not about fannish prose/fanfic. So clearly that’s what I should talk about, but what IS my process?
( Fanfic process )
1)
fandomtrees still has 3 trees below the minimum number of 2 gifts, and is thus at risk of delaying reveals again (currently scheduled for Jan 17 reveals), with the decision on delaying to be made the morning of 1/17. Needy trees are mastershield's Tree (f:astro boy, f:balan wonderland, f:kingdom hearts); kalloway's Tree (f:brave nine, f:crossovers, f:fire emblem, f:granblue fantasy, f:gundam, f:kingdom of heroes, f:super robot heroes) whoremoantreatments' Tree (f:advance wars, f:bleach, f:hypnosis mic, f:kuroko no basket, f:pokemon, f:tales of berseria, f:the world ends with you). (List kept updated here.) All of these are open to fic, and the minimum fill for fic is only 100 words, if anyone knows these fandoms and can help out. (My tree has above the minimum number of gifts but is here, and I’m eager to see what’s on it :)
2) I should’ve mentioned this earlier, but it’s been a crazy couple of weeks.
lunasariel is hosting a sync read of To Shape a Dragon’s Breath in her DW here. Currently it’s her, me, and cyanmnemosyne reading along, but contrary to the name, we don’t actually have to be all synched up to participate, so if (like me) you’ve been meaning to read this book for a while, or if you’ve read it already and want to follow our impressions as we make progress through it, come join! I am currently just past halfway, lunasariel is 10-20 chapters ahead of me, and Cyan has just recently started. (And yes, my thoughts on this book are ~50% on the chemistry. Actual Periodic Table of Elements chemistry, I mean, not chemistry between characters, although I’m enjoying that too.) 3) Snowflake catch up!
The problem with doing Snowflake every year for the last, uh… 10 years, I guess? – is that for repeated questions like this, which are about ME as opposed to about my fandoms or projects or objects, which can accumulate it is much harder to come up with something new to say! Both of these questions fall under that category, and so were more challenging than most for me to answer. But let’s see if I can come up with something without repeating myself.
Challenge #7: LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
I do want to stick to fandom-related things I like about myself for this one, so, hm. Last time I answered this question seems to be in 2017 (and my things were “good fannish role model for my children”, “thorough and detailed in talking about what I’m reading/watching”, and “conscientious beta”) and the first time in 2016 (my answers were “good fannish baba/matchmaker”, "committed to fannish crack”, and “conscientious about fandom participation”) – and I do still feel those things are all applicable to me and I still like them. But I’ve done a bunch of new things in the last 9 years, from attending conventions to paying attention to the Hugos to signing up for Yuletide, so let me focus on those new things and see if I can extract three new things I like about myself fannishly from them.
( things I like about myself viz conventions, fanfic, and Hugos )
Challenge #8: Talk about your creative process.
This is another one I’ve done before, in 2019 and in 2015, but looking at even the 2019 one, I talked about fannish poetry and graphics, but not about fannish prose/fanfic. So clearly that’s what I should talk about, but what IS my process?
( Fanfic process )
US Music: Social Singers in the Northeast - Youth Trad Song Weekend waitlist is open
Jan. 16th, 2026 03:42 pmpetraDo you like to sing socially? Do you like traditional music and music in the style of trad music?
Youth Trad Song is a youth-focused but not youth-exclusive event focused on singing with an awareness of social justice issues underlying the trad song community. It's happening the last weekend of March, 2026, in Connecticut.
Registration has closed, but they have a lot of openings left, so get your name in for the waitlist ASAP!
( But money )
Youth Trad Song is a youth-focused but not youth-exclusive event focused on singing with an awareness of social justice issues underlying the trad song community. It's happening the last weekend of March, 2026, in Connecticut.
Registration has closed, but they have a lot of openings left, so get your name in for the waitlist ASAP!
( But money )
TV Shows: Fallout 2x05
Jan. 16th, 2026 08:48 pmslippery_fishReally good episode. I loved seeing Norm in the world, seeing him interacting with people, kind of re-tracing Lucy's steps in a way. He has grown so much.
Lucy and the Ghoul – such a great storyline. Lucy losing herself to the drugs, her addiction making her worse as a person. The Ghoul betraying her – that scene was amazing.
I also really liked the flashback this time around. Cooper and House were so interesting together and I'm kind of fascinated with House. I also kind of ship them.
( From the fucking toilet? )
Lucy and the Ghoul – such a great storyline. Lucy losing herself to the drugs, her addiction making her worse as a person. The Ghoul betraying her – that scene was amazing.
I also really liked the flashback this time around. Cooper and House were so interesting together and I'm kind of fascinated with House. I also kind of ship them.
( From the fucking toilet? )
Link: Kaiser class action lawsuit
Jan. 16th, 2026 11:03 amsoniaI received a notice about this and checked it against classaction.org, so I think it's valid.
Visit www.KaiserPrivacySettlement.com to submit a claim.
Their website is god-awful slow to bring up a Next button when you enter your settlement number, to the point where I had tried it in two other browsers and called the phone number (no human available) before I went back and saw it had finally showed up.
Visit www.KaiserPrivacySettlement.com to submit a claim.
Their website is god-awful slow to bring up a Next button when you enter your settlement number, to the point where I had tried it in two other browsers and called the phone number (no human available) before I went back and saw it had finally showed up.
The parties in the lawsuit John Doe, et al. v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:23-cv-02865-EMC (N.D. Cal.) (“Action”) have reached a proposed settlement of claims (“Settlement”) in a pending class action against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (“Defendant”) and certain related entities. If approved, the Settlement will resolve this Action wherein Plaintiffs allege that Defendant’s websites and mobile applications disclosed their confidential personal information due to third-party software code. Plaintiffs allege that this code was embedded across Defendant’s platforms, including the secure patient portal, and transmitted information to third parties when users navigated these platforms. Defendant firmly denies the allegations, denying any liability or wrongdoing, and denies that Plaintiffs are entitled to any relief arising from this Action. Defendant also maintains that Plaintiffs have not suffered any damages arising from this Action.
Six stories for six fandoms
Jan. 16th, 2026 05:50 pmfabiadrake posting in historiumHello, this is a little mass-post of some historical(-adjacent) fics I’ve written previously (barring Band of Brothers, which for some reason has caused me to write more stories than I usually would per fandom and so would make this post too long). At present I’ve restricted access on AO3 but not DW; either of those could change.
I am too lazy to cross-post these to any fandom-specific comms today, so advance apologies if I eventually muster the stamina to do so and you see them again sometime.
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: The Autumn Leaves
Fandom: Hornblower
Rating: T
Word count: 2k
Pairings: Horatio/Clayton
Notes/Warnings: Angst, grief, death; contains spoilers
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: Meerüberrauscht
Fandom: 1899
Rating: M
Word count: 6k
Pairings: Eyk/Sebastian
Notes/Warnings: Alcoholism, bereavement; contains spoilers
Summary: Non-linear relationship study, partially real memories (unshared) and partially false memories (shared)
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: The Book; His Reader
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Rating: M
Word count: 4k
Pairings: Childermass/Vinculus
Notes/Warnings: Spoilers
Summary: Post-novel; Childermass and Vinculus leave York
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: All the World
Fandom: The Forsyte Saga
Rating: G
Word count: 200
Characters: June Forsyte
Notes/Warnings: Mild spoilers
Summary: Just a short character study (in defence of June Forsyte’s happiness)
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: The Ways of Silence
Fandom: The Borgias
Rating: T
Word count: 600
Characters: Micheletto & the taxidermist
Notes/Warnings: (eg. spoilers, triggers; choose not to warn)
Summary: Why Micheletto Corella didn’t murder anyone this time
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: Poor Monster
Fandom: Twelfth Night
Rating: G
Word count: 400
Pairings: Viola/Olivia
Summary: I’ll be honest, it’s a post-canon fix-it
Link: AO3 / DW
I am too lazy to cross-post these to any fandom-specific comms today, so advance apologies if I eventually muster the stamina to do so and you see them again sometime.
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: The Autumn Leaves
Fandom: Hornblower
Rating: T
Word count: 2k
Pairings: Horatio/Clayton
Notes/Warnings: Angst, grief, death; contains spoilers
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: Meerüberrauscht
Fandom: 1899
Rating: M
Word count: 6k
Pairings: Eyk/Sebastian
Notes/Warnings: Alcoholism, bereavement; contains spoilers
Summary: Non-linear relationship study, partially real memories (unshared) and partially false memories (shared)
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: The Book; His Reader
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Rating: M
Word count: 4k
Pairings: Childermass/Vinculus
Notes/Warnings: Spoilers
Summary: Post-novel; Childermass and Vinculus leave York
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: All the World
Fandom: The Forsyte Saga
Rating: G
Word count: 200
Characters: June Forsyte
Notes/Warnings: Mild spoilers
Summary: Just a short character study (in defence of June Forsyte’s happiness)
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: The Ways of Silence
Fandom: The Borgias
Rating: T
Word count: 600
Characters: Micheletto & the taxidermist
Notes/Warnings: (eg. spoilers, triggers; choose not to warn)
Summary: Why Micheletto Corella didn’t murder anyone this time
Link: AO3 / DW
Creator: bluewoodensea
Title: Poor Monster
Fandom: Twelfth Night
Rating: G
Word count: 400
Pairings: Viola/Olivia
Summary: I’ll be honest, it’s a post-canon fix-it
Link: AO3 / DW
A very insubstantial post, but hey, there's a Heated Rivalry link
Jan. 16th, 2026 01:02 pmumadoshiAs so often happens, I had several things I meant to post about and now they've mostly evaporated.
But I do know my tabs situation is staggering out of control. (Reliably over 1700 for at least the last couple of weeks.) Odds that I'll get to replying to all the posts I've read but opened in a tab to reply to later on...are currently very slim.
Have a link: Sarah Kurchak wrote about Heated Rivalry for TIME recently: "Heated Rivalry Handles Autism With Love, Care, and a Touch of Awkwardness".
But I do know my tabs situation is staggering out of control. (Reliably over 1700 for at least the last couple of weeks.) Odds that I'll get to replying to all the posts I've read but opened in a tab to reply to later on...are currently very slim.
Have a link: Sarah Kurchak wrote about Heated Rivalry for TIME recently: "Heated Rivalry Handles Autism With Love, Care, and a Touch of Awkwardness".
[FFXIV Fic] Gentle Dark, Chapter 5: And So It Tips
Jan. 16th, 2026 10:50 amanneapocalypseFandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Rating: Mature
Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Urianger Augurelt/Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Urianger Augurelt & Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Ardbert & Urianger Augurelt, Unrealized Ardbert/Urianger Augurelt, Pre-Urianger Augurelt/Warrior of Light
Characters: Urianger Augurelt, Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Ardbert Hylfyst, Elidibus, Unukalhai, Tataru Taru, Minfilia Warde, Warrior of Light, Dewlala Dewla, Y'shtola Rhul, Yugiri Mistwalker, Thancred Waters, J'Rhoomale, Blanhaerz, Lamimi, Naillebert, Haneko Burneko
Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Angst, Religion, Isolation, Loneliness, Patch 3.4: Soul Surrender Spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), Elezen Warrior of Light, Female Warrior of Light, Canon-Typical Violence, Guilt, Emotional Repression, Child Neglect, Childhood Memories, Unresolved Sexual Tension
Series: With Lilies and With Laurel
Length: 30,188 / 92,000
Chapter: 5/15
Summary:
Heartbroken after the loss of his dearest companion, Urianger labors to save two worlds in which he has never felt more alone.
Notes:
If you're new here, please start with Chapter 1!
Final Fantasy XIV is owned by Square Enix. This is a non-commercial work of fanfiction.
( Read on AO3 )
( ...or below! )
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Best Books of 2025
Jan. 15th, 2026 04:53 pmtabacoychanelNot the most quality books I read but the ones that hit me hardest:
- M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven —Highly cathartic! Really earned that ending.
- Kelly Braffet, The Unwilling—I love when unpleasant characters make terrible decisions; bonus if it includes magic. A meditation on agency, and what it means to not have any, and what choices are left to us. Not for everyone but 100% for me.
- Layne Fargo, The Favorites—Equal parts dishy and wrenching
- Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth — Honestly there is nothing as riveting as rich girl problems. Put my name down for the Edith Wharton Completionist Club.
- Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age —Ada makes history sexy using her secret weapon: historiography! Ada’s brain is so weird and so brilliant it should be a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Adrian Tchaikovsky, Elder Race—From now on Tchaikovsky is only allowed to write novellas. He gets rambly in his novels but this was a perfect chef’s kiss of a genre-straddler.
- Kate Elliott, The Witch Roads and The Nameless Land—The duology that converted me to Elliott and her brand of sprawling worldbuilding
( superlatives and full book list )
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watched: wake up dead man (2026)
Jan. 16th, 2026 03:22 pmtozka🎬 Wake Up Dead Man: Directed by Rian Johnson. With Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin. Detective Benoit Blanc teams up with an earnest young priest to investigate a perfectly impossible crime at a small-town church with a dark history. 🔗
What I liked: the cast; how the director/writer obviously had an itch to scratch re: Christianity and the State of Things Today and really wanted to Say Something; how it's structured like an Agatha Christie novel almost exactly, or at least some old fashioned one (which in that context the plot pacing makes perfect sense). I also liked the makeup/wardrobe, which didn't glam up any of the actors except maybe Josh Brolin.
What I didn't like: the overly long introduction sequence which focused on characters that made barely any impact and weren't even good red herrings; the people who need to hear about the kinder Christianity stuff wouldn't watch this movie anyway so it ends up kind of like, well...preaching to the choir.
Unbeknownst to me, my parents were watching it on the same day-- but it turns out that we liked/disliked almost the exact opposite things. They loved the long intro!
What I liked: the cast; how the director/writer obviously had an itch to scratch re: Christianity and the State of Things Today and really wanted to Say Something; how it's structured like an Agatha Christie novel almost exactly, or at least some old fashioned one (which in that context the plot pacing makes perfect sense). I also liked the makeup/wardrobe, which didn't glam up any of the actors except maybe Josh Brolin.
What I didn't like: the overly long introduction sequence which focused on characters that made barely any impact and weren't even good red herrings; the people who need to hear about the kinder Christianity stuff wouldn't watch this movie anyway so it ends up kind of like, well...preaching to the choir.
Unbeknownst to me, my parents were watching it on the same day-- but it turns out that we liked/disliked almost the exact opposite things. They loved the long intro!
Pimp: Fem Slash Big Bang on Tumblr
Jan. 16th, 2026 08:32 amspikedluvSign-ups for femslashbigbang end February 28. The info post is pinned to the top of the tumblr.
I considered signing up, since the due date is September that gives me plenty of time, but between now and then there will be another round ofsmallfandomfest and I plan to sign up for wipbigbang again and hope to finish TWO fic this round. So, not signing up, but thought maybe someone on my f-list might be interested.
I considered signing up, since the due date is September that gives me plenty of time, but between now and then there will be another round of
smallfandomfest and I plan to sign up for wipbigbang again and hope to finish TWO fic this round. So, not signing up, but thought maybe someone on my f-list might be interested.HR vids and edits - recs
Jan. 17th, 2026 01:44 ammificOkay, a few vids and edits. Sound absolutely on with them all!
First, two funny edits by hoechloin (tumblr) with soundtracks and embellishments that make me laugh out loud - Shane freaking out and being his dorky self:
shane-hollander-freaking-out-for-1-minute
shane-hollander-freaking-out-for-90-seconds-part-2
Fanvids:
an angsty one to Casual by Chappell Roan by Leocities (play it with closed captions to get the most out of the great editing to the lyrics)
and a happier one to Long Time Running by The Tragically Hip by peakyboyos
First, two funny edits by hoechloin (tumblr) with soundtracks and embellishments that make me laugh out loud - Shane freaking out and being his dorky self:
shane-hollander-freaking-out-for-1-minute
shane-hollander-freaking-out-for-90-seconds-part-2
Fanvids:
an angsty one to Casual by Chappell Roan by Leocities (play it with closed captions to get the most out of the great editing to the lyrics)
and a happier one to Long Time Running by The Tragically Hip by peakyboyos
Snowflake Challenge #7
Jan. 16th, 2026 07:05 amannavereStill trying to catch up...
Challenge #7
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good.
1. I leave pretty good comments for people. I try to apply the principle that they could be having a very drab, sucky day. This feels even more valuable to the world with scam and bot comments everywhere.
2. I write fairly well. Not in a timely fashion, or as a great wordsmith, but I don't quit when it's difficult, or phone it in. Whatever I write is always done to the best of my ability, I take pride in it, and I always work toward finishing projects. Eventually.
3. While I am not the greatest at plotting, I am quite good (knock wood) at navigating out of the blind corners and logical implosions I find myself in and fixing my blunders before they reach the public. Sometimes I even discover places to retroactively apply foreshadowing! That's always handy.
Challenge #7
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good.
1. I leave pretty good comments for people. I try to apply the principle that they could be having a very drab, sucky day. This feels even more valuable to the world with scam and bot comments everywhere.
2. I write fairly well. Not in a timely fashion, or as a great wordsmith, but I don't quit when it's difficult, or phone it in. Whatever I write is always done to the best of my ability, I take pride in it, and I always work toward finishing projects. Eventually.
3. While I am not the greatest at plotting, I am quite good (knock wood) at navigating out of the blind corners and logical implosions I find myself in and fixing my blunders before they reach the public. Sometimes I even discover places to retroactively apply foreshadowing! That's always handy.
US politics
Jan. 16th, 2026 06:51 amyhleeBy way of sovay: Stand with Minnesota, appears to be locally vetted. I've made a modest donation to one of the listed organizations.
(Still buried under health + family + work + school stuff as well, sorry - if I'm not responding or late to respond, that's why.)
sovay: Stand with Minnesota, appears to be locally vetted. I've made a modest donation to one of the listed organizations.(Still buried under health + family + work + school stuff as well, sorry - if I'm not responding or late to respond, that's why.)
After Action Report #12
Jan. 16th, 2026 12:00 pmsavagelove_feedHere’s a cautionary tale from Jennie who went to the sex club with an open mind and ended up with bruises on…well you’ll have to listen to find out what went wrong. We want to hear your story! The good, the bad, the ecstatic and the unpleasant. Write about your weird time, and send it … Read More »
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The Day in Spikedluv (Thursday, Jan 15)
Jan. 16th, 2026 07:28 amspikedluvI hit Walmart while I was downtown. After McD’s, which was freezing again. (If the thermostat is set and no one can touch it to change it, the temperature should be the same inside every single day. Clearly there’s something wrong with the heating system and they’re too cheap to fix it properly. Or replace it. I called the main number and reported it, so we’ll see how long it takes for someone to fix it.)
I visited mom and hit the post office and filled my gas tank on the way home, did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, ran a load in the dishwasher, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. We had spaghetti for supper.
I watched a lot of tv today and did zero reading! I watched the first two eps of Best Medicine, last week’s ep of 9-1-1 to get caught up, and a couple eps of Zoo Tampa.
Temps started out at 37.0(F). It was still sprinkling in the morning and had probably been doing so all night. Almost at the exact moment I pulled into the driveway at ~9:30am, the rain started to turn to snow. It’s weird how you can see it thicken as it hits the windshield until it’s white. I don’t think the temp went up much while I was out, because it had to be going down for the rain to turn to snow. When I left the house a little after 11am it had dropped to 29.7 and kept dropping the rest of the day.
I made the mistake of looking at the forecast for the next two weeks and, day-um!, it is going to get cold again. High’s in the teens and 20s, lows in the single digits. DNW!
Mom Update:
Mom was not feeling well when I visited her. ( more back here )
I visited mom and hit the post office and filled my gas tank on the way home, did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, ran a load in the dishwasher, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. We had spaghetti for supper.
I watched a lot of tv today and did zero reading! I watched the first two eps of Best Medicine, last week’s ep of 9-1-1 to get caught up, and a couple eps of Zoo Tampa.
Temps started out at 37.0(F). It was still sprinkling in the morning and had probably been doing so all night. Almost at the exact moment I pulled into the driveway at ~9:30am, the rain started to turn to snow. It’s weird how you can see it thicken as it hits the windshield until it’s white. I don’t think the temp went up much while I was out, because it had to be going down for the rain to turn to snow. When I left the house a little after 11am it had dropped to 29.7 and kept dropping the rest of the day.
I made the mistake of looking at the forecast for the next two weeks and, day-um!, it is going to get cold again. High’s in the teens and 20s, lows in the single digits. DNW!
Mom Update:
Mom was not feeling well when I visited her. ( more back here )
podcast friday
Jan. 16th, 2026 07:11 amsabotabby Today's episode is Wizards & Spaceships' "Editing Roundtable ft. Alexandra Pierce and Josh Wilson." If you read any SFFH, you'll know that the short story and critical essay markets are central in ways that they really aren't in other genre fiction or in literary fiction. If you hang out with SFFH people, you'll notice that "we should start a magazine" gets said almost as often as "we should start a podcast." Anyway, this episode looks at magazine publishing. Alexandra is the editor of Speculative Insight, which publishes critique and analysis about genre fiction, and Josh Wilson is the editor of The Fabulist, which specializes in extremely short SFFH. It's, among other things, a much more positive episode than I normally post here, so you should check it out.
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Jan. 16th, 2026 08:56 pmthawreckaFinished reading:
On the Beach by Nevil Shute - which has its flaws as a book (it's certainly not scientifically rigorous and the prose is often clumsy), but I was emotionally overcome by the ending. I think even more so because it's such a slow burner, so much about incredibly ordinary people with no real effect on the world living out their last days. You don't get the point of view of politicians or geniuses or movers and shakers, and the one guy from CSIRO you only get his point of view toward the end when he's thinking about how he'll spend his remaining days. Just normal people living in denial, or numbing themselves with alcohol, or deciding to do things they never got to before, or finding ways to fill out their days and trying not to think of all the things they'll never get to do.
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On the Beach by Nevil Shute - which has its flaws as a book (it's certainly not scientifically rigorous and the prose is often clumsy), but I was emotionally overcome by the ending. I think even more so because it's such a slow burner, so much about incredibly ordinary people with no real effect on the world living out their last days. You don't get the point of view of politicians or geniuses or movers and shakers, and the one guy from CSIRO you only get his point of view toward the end when he's thinking about how he'll spend his remaining days. Just normal people living in denial, or numbing themselves with alcohol, or deciding to do things they never got to before, or finding ways to fill out their days and trying not to think of all the things they'll never get to do.
( Read more... )
Babylon 5 2x07 "Soul Mates"
Jan. 15th, 2026 10:19 pmsholioI rewatched this one tonight, mostly for the Timov of it all, but also ...
( Spoilers for the episode )
( Spoilers for the episode )
Fannish Fifty Challenge 2026: Post # 4: Firewhiskey Fic Event Returns in February
Jan. 16th, 2026 01:06 amride_4everThe next Firewhiskey Fic event for the altered-states creation of fanworks along with lots of sociability amongst fellow participants will take place from Friday, February 13th to Sunday, February 15th. If you'd like to spend some time creating fanworks while either imbibing or doing the 420 in an environment of online partying with the FWF fen, join the comm at Firewhiskey Fic on Dreamwidth. No signups, no stress, no sobriety.
More info will be posted the week before the event.
More info will be posted the week before the event.
Follow Friday 1-16-26
Jan. 16th, 2026 12:23 amysabetwordsmith posting in followfridayGot any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).
Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
