cyphomandra

The n-OH-vember Flash Exchange revealed, and I am delighted with my gift!

A Momentary Thing (Biggles/EvS, 3100 wds)
Absolutely delightful and satisfying enemies-era forced drugging/rescue. Bittersweet and delicious.

In other news, evidently Paletteful Packs (makers of curated art supply boxes) are going out of business and having a sale. However, the two things I attempted to buy both came up as "out of stock" when I clicked to add them to the cart (though this was not otherwise indicated) and after that I gave up. So either my choices were uniquely unlucky, or a bunch of items appear to be available for purchase on the website but actually aren't.

queenlua

"Verso," Sciel says, smiling brightly, "I'm starting to think you don't want our little expedition to succeed."

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Verso’s working toward another end. Sciel won’t let it happen.

Set during Act 3.

Sciel &/ Verso, ~7k words.

Read here on AO3.

( author's notes (very full of spoilers for the fic!) )

james

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mrissa

I've mentioned here before that one of my big projects this year is my involvement with The Vertigo Project, which now has a webpage so the rest of you can see what we've been doing. Earlier today I facilitated the first creative therapy-style writing workshop through that group, and it was really lovely--and is just the tip of the iceberg on what this group is doing.

Specifically, you can now read all the new work they've commissioned from me! Friends, it's a lot. It's journaling prompts for people who would like to use writing to process some of their own vertigo experiences. But also it's the following stories and poems:

Advice for Wormhole Travelers (story), safe conduct through strange new worlds

Club Planet Vertigo (poem), this is not the dance I wanted to do

Greetings from Innerspace (poem), my orbits are eccentric

The Nature of Nemesis (poem), me and Clark Kent know what's what

On the Way Down (poem), falling hard

Preparation (poem), sometimes we're just literal, okay

She Wavers But She Does Not Weaken (story), when the waves hit you even on dry land, it's good to have someone who's willing to swim against the current for you

The Torn Map (story), rewriting the pieces of the former world into something new

The main page also has links to some of the other aspects of the project, which includes a nonfiction book, dance, puppetry, a podcast with a physical therapist, and more. Please feel welcome to explore it all.

feng_shui_house

From your AO3 Works page (I'm AnonEhouse there), look at the tags and find the answers to these questions.

Current number of works on AO3: 740

1. Under what rating do you write most?
General Audiences (412)

2. What are your top 3 fandoms? (This is misleading as Iron Man|Avengers|Captain America overlap, so I go a bit further in order to get 3 Really different)
Iron Man movies (310)
The Avengers (Marvel Movies) (295)
Blake’s 7 (249)
Captain America (Chris Evans Movies) (101)
Drake’s Venture (1980-year) (42)

3. Which character do you write about most?(I kinda think of them as the same guy in different universes.)
Tony Stark (323)
Kerr Avon (218)

4. What are the 3 top pairings you've written? Again overlap so I’ll go a bit further
Kerr Avon/Roj Blake (115)
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (76)
Steve Rogers & Tony Stark (29)
Thomas Doughty/Francis Drake (26)

5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Humor (220)
Crack Treated Seriously (212)
Alternate Universe- Canon Divergence(184)

yourlibrarian posting in

tv_talk

Dancing with the Stars which had its 20 year anniversary this month, has been on so long it had its own In Memoriam segment. (Charo and Wayne Newton though, in the audience, still with us). It was a great show, starting with an excellent opening number. Funnily enough, I turned to my partner and commented on how well choreographed it was, only to find out a minute later that it had been done by Derek Hough.

"He should choreograph everything," he said. There were a number of excellent dances, as well as a good effort by Andy Richter.

The best moment though, was at the start when we not only saw the original pros start the show (I can't believe there were no interviews or moments with them about their memories – guess that was all saved for the podcast) but Tom Bergeron was back. I am quite happy with Alfonso and Julieanne as co-hosts but I miss Tom.

And speaking of hosts, Project Runway has had a more checkered history for several reasons. ( Read more... )

feng_shui_house

I lost the habit of posting. I've been busy, but nothing exciting or interesting enough to post. Been working on making designs at Spoonflower. Been trying to reclaim my yard from the jungle.

Various breakdowns- ( Entropy House continues )

Blakefancier remains my rock, my anchor, my link to humanity and what passes for my sanity. *HUGS* She mentioned TUBITV a couple months ago and I watched SO MANY free movies- then a few days ago TUBI stopped being nice- after 15 minutes the movies stop playing and they want my email to continue.

( I noped out, but kept a list of movies I really enjoyed )

So, gift time- videos to watch without strings attached. I'm sure they're all old, but like fine wines, they're still tasty.

Deadpool The Musical 2 - Ultimate Disney Parody! (12 and a half minutes of Deadpool and SO MANY other Marvel folks. Live actors, DEFINITELY ADULTS ONLY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWvBuZCHnKU

Quicksilver saves everyone (3 minute clip of awesome.I think everyone and their bulldog has seen it but it holds up on infinite rewatch for me when I need cheerful.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZqB5Z75zI

It’s Raining Men (Avengers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkvTdolBP08

Bad Romance Avengers video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7We2SSdWXeI

Woman outruns chainsaw murderer (Nike ad that was pulled because it was too scary? too infringing? too AWESOME. That woman RAN Like a Goddess.)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1dmjoiw/nike_ad_that_aired_during_the_summer_olympics_in/

Riverdance, the original 7 minute performance as the Interval Act of Eurovision Song Contest 1994. (starts off slow, with really lovely singing, but I was there for the dancing which builds and builds and the audience was on their feet at the end)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy79KKpQ988

Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon in the 1937 movie “Ready Willing and Able”
Tap dancing on a typewriter keyboard, with girl’s legs as striking type bars.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3658120917778289

Every Time Marvel & DC COPIED Each Other (not quite every time, but it's a fun compilation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59JOpivHjIY

The Genius Tricks Behind 1920s Movie Stunts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJeWYnTMSY

Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton silent about 44 minutes. Wonderful chase dream sequence)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyc8HmzA1k

Marching Dinosaurs size comparison to a man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRiecAmGWHU&t=1s
Remastered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nG4ZZl_tw

Movie Monsters size comparison SO MANY MONSTERS. SO COOLLLLL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgIja3K1ac

Do you Love me
Boston Dynamics dancing robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw

Don’t stop me now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptYDWP9uTis

Spots on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7atZfX85nd4

Team of Spots pull a truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnWolLQSZic

Uptown Spot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHBcVlqpvZ8

Spot me Up (the Rolling Stones ‘Start Me up) and Boston Dynamics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnZH4izf_rI

The D in David- (Michaelango’s David- don’t laugh at the guy!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hzLVBKAXHo&list=PL88D33D34A498DFE2&index=36

Call Me Maybe (fans playing Avengers- on a non-budget. Made me laugh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYRkx7zbzE&t=36s

Super Mario CAT Bros!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cijXcKxluZ8

equusgirl posting in

swrarepairs

All PHs have been claimed! A huge thank you to all of those reached out; you guys rock!

Hello hello! The deadline has passed and we have 3 post deadline PHs in need of a good home. PHs are due Nov. 29th 11:59PM ET. The deadline can be flexible if need be. To claim a pinch hit, you may comment down below (comments are screened) or contact Sassy or myself on Discord (SassySnowperson and nightingalesighs respectively). Please tell us the number of the PH + AO3 username when reaching out.

( Tooka 1 - Claimed! )

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krait

Aaaahhh, where does the time go?? I always mean to post 'soon,' and that always proves to be a more distant date than it ought to be; but this might take the cake. I'm sorry!

Nothing much is new with me; I recently re-watched Princess Jellyfish and am currently re-reading The Goblin Emperor. Bought a couple of new books very cheap, but haven't started them yet.

Somehow I've stalled on Mob Psycho 100, with one season left; haven't watched in about three weeks, but hopefully I'll be able to pick it back up this weekend. Last weekend was eaten by yardwork, because the weather was unexpectedly cooperative; all the frost-killed mess is gone from the front bed now, and 25 daffodils have been planted. If we get one more stretch of nice weather, I can cut back the asters in the side bed and plant the alliums I forgot about last weekend, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the rain to clear out and the sun to return.

I've stocked up on tea so that I can make a decent quantity of my personal blends and have them ready in time for my Holiday Cards & Tea post!

thawrecka

I should write more about my Japan trip than just plane troubles, because I want to get all these thoughts and feelings down before they slip through my fingers.

I'll organise my thoughts mostly by area, as it's easier that way:

Ginza: This is where I stayed, and it was a perfect base for exploring Tokyo. Last time (which was 17 years ago! A long time!) I stayed in Nihonbashi, and it felt less convenient. My hotel was literally right above an entrance to Higashi-Ginza station.

Of course, Ginza is perfectly nice on its own. Touristy, but not overwhelmingly so, and clean and nice with lots of good signage, and very walkable. I spent a bunch of money at Loft and Itoya, which are dangerous as a stationery fan (I did not realise until I got home how many stickers I bought). Cursing that I didn't buy one of the sun and rain umbrellas at Loft, tbh, because it would be super useful in Melbourne. I also spent a lot of time wandering through Mitsukoshi department store just browsing and not buying anything. If I'd been more flush with cash I might have been in danger of buying a bunch of fancy makeup here, but given I already have too much eyeshadow I'm not sad I didn't.

This reminds me how convenient the trains are. They come so often! When I visited Tokyo in 2008 I'm pretty sure only Roppongi had the subway fare table in English, which was inconvenient when I was trying to get to Roppongi and my nearest station in Nihonbashi only had signage in Japanese. Now pretty much every subway station has English signage, and the ticket machines allow you to display the information in multiple languages and type in the station you're going to to get fare advice anyway. It's so convenient.

In general, Tokyo is so much more convenient for foreign tourists now. (Which turned out to be great for me because my Japanese is so much worse than I thought it was, lmao.) In some of the more tourist heavy areas the overhead announcements are in Japanese, then English, then two varieties of Chinese, then Korean. At Tokyo Station I think there were also announcements in Thai. Amazing, tbh. I don't feel any city has an obligation to be convenient for foreign tourists, but it is very nice.

I did a lot of shopping at the Tokyo Station shops in 2008; I did a lot in 2025, too 🤣 I bought a kimono Miffy, and a fancy mug from the fancy Ghibli store, and I very nearly bought a tacky plastic keyring about my fave anime character before reminding myself I have too much plastic crap already...

Tokyo Tower! I went to Roppongi thinking I'd go to the Mori Art Museum, but once I got there I only wanted to walk to Tokyo Tower instead (even though there's a closer station to it, yes). And it was so worth it. The bright red and white tower against the bright blue sky! In front of Tokyo Tower there was a mini Tokyo Tower surrounded by Christmas trees, and it was so cute. This is the only thing I remembered to photograph.

Ikebukuro: I really enjoyed this neighbourhood and went there two days in a row. It's well known as a place full of anime merch frequented by women, and certainly I went to the massive Animate and looked in several of the second hand stores and considered buying things... but in the end, I stumbled into the Sunshine City shopping mall and bought a bunch of feminine accessories and looked at a bunch of cute clothes. I planned to buy other things, but then I spent ¥16,500 on a cute handbag & bag charm at Samantha Vega, and I can't remember how much on a hairclip at Mary Quant, and honestly if I'd had more cash I could have spent so much more... I also liked the other shopping malls in the area and the general vibe. Just a really nice area, tbh. I have to go back!!

Akihabara on the other hand, meh. I didn't like it in 2008 because it felt crowded and sleazy, and I don't like it for the same reasons now. Most of Tokyo smells mysteriously nice, but Akihabara doesn't. OTOH, the Animate there had a different selection of merch, and was where all the Natsume Yuujincho stuff was?? I bought a Nyanko-sensei pen.

I also could have spent entire days in Shimokitazawa. If you like neighbourhoods full of vintage shopping and independent designers that make you feel like you're not cool enough to be there, as I do, then this is top notch. There were so many cute things in the stores! I nearly bought a purple handbag at Wego (where everything was delightfully tacky), before reminding myself I'd already bought a handbag the day before elsewhere and how many handbags do I need... Well, I'm still thinking about that handbag, so I guess this is a reminder you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, and 100% of the accessories you don't buy.

I bought so many stickers at B Side Label. I could have spent hours in there, buying every sticker I saw. They're so cute! This is their website, and I bought more anime stuff here than anywhere else, lmao. You can get B Side Label stickers all over the place - Loft, the Jump shop, the various TV station shops in Tokyo station, etc. - but I'm glad I waited to buy any until I got to one of their own stores and could browse a bigger portion of the collection.

Some other thoughts:
- I'm 5'4 or 5'5 depending on who measures me, and it's really nice to visit a country where almost everything is made for people around my height.
- Rice is healthy for most people, but I can't actually digest it very well, so after eating it several days in a row, having to deal with plane turbulence didn't only do in my back, I also felt queasy the whole plane flight. Live and learn.
- Google maps was good at telling me the public transport to get somewhere, but almost every time I needed walking directions it tried to lead me in a circle. What is with that?
- I talked with a friend about it after I got home, who said that he felt disappointed that Japan no longer gives him the feeling it used to the first time he went there, whereas it still gave me that feeling: excited to be there, and just different enough from home to be interesting but not so difficult that anything was particularly hard to navigate (even with language issues). Honestly, still feels like a very nice place for a solo female traveller to go, and I can't wait to go again.

I've probably forgotten so much of what I wanted to say about it already.

conuly

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lannamichaels

Title: The Deere Files Podcast Presents: The Heirs Of Samuel Westing.
Author:

lannamichaels
Fandom: The Westing Game
Rating: G
Archives: Archive Of Our Own, SquidgeWorld

Summary: What do a Supreme Court Justice, the chairwoman of the board of the largest employer in Wisconsin, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the inventor of Hoo's Little Foot-Eze innersoles, and a dead union organizer who didn't exist have in common?

( There was no such person as Barney Northrup )

merricatb posting in

smallfandomfest

Title: Guten Morgen
Author: MerricatB
Fandom: Sense8
Pairing/Characters: Rajan/Wolfgang/Kala
Rating/Category: Teen & Up
Prompt: thanks to Wolfgang and Rajan, mornings became Kala’s favourite part of the day
Spoilers: Whole series
Summary: Kala experiences a delightful disruption to her morning routine.
Notes/Warnings: Read on AO3

lovelyangel

Halfway through Sorting of Office/Art Supplies
iPhone 13 mini photo

In this situation, the only solution is to blow everything up and reassemble pieces. The photo above is actually after a lot of sorting and reorganization has been done, and organized items are put away. But obviously there’s still a lot of work to do.

In opening all the boxes at the same time and moving items onto the table, I learned I had two sets of four rolls of double-sided tape... and then found two giant rolls of double-sided tape. (Yes, I use a lot of double-sided tape.) Now they’re all in one place, and I won’t be tempted to buy another roll.

I had 5 + 1 + 1 boxes of 5000 Swingline staples (plus a small box). One of those boxes was from J.K.Gill when I was young and was on sale for 69¢, originally $1.25. I’ve never finished one box, and it’s clear I’ll never need 7 full boxes of staples. At least four boxes are in the giveaway pile. So is an extra stapler – and a third Scotch tape dispenser. (I think that dispenser is the one I kept at work. The extra pair of scissors I kept at work is also in this surplus pile.)

I’ll continue to separate the necessities from the collectables (e.g., Nyanko Burger stationery) from the Don’t Need This Stuff Anymore clutter. I’m aggressively cutting back so that I don’t fill up my storage. I was really worried about storage for a while, but I’m less freaked out as items are falling into place. We’ll see how it goes.

malada

After adding another huge can of kidney beans and a few hours of slow cooking the burn is down to heat so it isn't inedible. Putting on top of a burger was good and paired with some cornbread was actually pretty good. I'll have another helping for supper

This episode has made me realize something about my previous batches of chili - they had flavor and spice but just seemed bland. What I was missing was heat - the kind you get from hot peppers. I didn't add any cumin or chili powder to this batch because there was so much heat. So my next batch will have the sweet peppers and a few (just a few!) more aggressive peppers to add heat along with the cumin and chili powder.

And I made a huge pot so lots of it has ended up in the freezer. Yeah, I'll have Hot Stuff for months to come. It should go great with brown rice.

Know Your Peppers!

Current Mood: satisfied

minoanmiss

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Current Mood: creative

petra

I'm postulating the necro/cav AUs again, so I still might throw that AU fest, Locked Tomb fans. There's no release date on Alecto as of this writing, so that's not a useful target. But if instead I aimed for a y'all-come-create fest to release on May Day, as the opposite cross-quarter day from Halloween, that might work.

Postulate with me! Anyone who has a clever idea for a fest name is welcome, or a pair they want to see do this dance, or anything.

*

You know it's a good day when you get to use the phrase, "L'Engle-accurate cherubim."

Angels, shmangels -- I want Progo with ~~blue hair and~~ pronouns.

Current Mood: deepening

umadoshi

Reading: I finished August Clarke's Metal from Heaven (really good, with gorgeous writing) and read Into the Broken Lands, which was my first Tanya Huff book in...probably a couple of decades, honestly. Also really good. (I have a bonus soft spot for her because she was GoH at the local SFF con one year when I went in high school.)

Currently reading: Rebecca Mahoney's The Memory Eater.

And

scruloose and I are close enough to the end of Network Effect that we could probably finish it tonight if we really tried; annoyingly, it's due back at something like 6 PM today, and we can't get it finished by then, so we're gonna have to renew it. >.<

Cooking/Baking: I mentioned having apples we needed to bake with early in the month, and what we wound up going with was the Easiest Ever MOIST Apple Cake from RecipeTin eats, chosen in large part based on our available springform pans. It's tasty (we took the last pieces out to thaw for this evening), but I can't say "moist" is one of the first words it brings to mind. (It's not dry or anything, just...a perfectly pleasantly-textured cake.)

Tonight's dinner plan is Smitten Kitchen's Roast Chicken with Schmaltzy Cabbage. (It calls for a green cabbage and we have a Savoy, but hopefully that'll be okay.) Last weekend when we were out erranding we bought said cabbage, some carrots, and some broccoli (all still in the fridge), and some spring mix (fortunately not still in the fridge), but then we had a HelloFresh box to get through.

Buying vegetables is presumably the first step to actually cooking them, and I made sure to at least mostly choose some that would last a while. >.> The Bee Wilson book I mentioned recently has a section specifically on learning/practicing different cooking techniques with carrots, so I'm hoping to actually make use of the bag of carrots with my own hands. We'll see how that goes.

Householding: The upright freezer in the garage has been making unhappy noises and needing to be poked at periodically to keep it running. Time to get a new one, I guess. >.< Everyone loves appliance shopping!

Current Mood: hungry

author_by_night posting in

fan_writers

Let's talk about crossovers and crossover AUs . For example, "Sam and Dean from Supernatural hang out with Buffy and Dawn from Buffy the Vampire Slayer"* and "Buffy and Dawn are Hunters, like Sam and Dean." Two different things, but similar concepts.

ETA: I used "fusion", but I don't think that's quite the right term.

With crossover AUs, how do you make it its own story, as opposed to just Buffy and Dawn speaking Sam and Dean's lines? Do you include other character parallels?

What do you count as a crossover, versus a cameo? Do you consider it crossover if Sam and Dean show up briefly, or would that be more of a cameo?

When it comes to tagging, you tag the fandoms, or just the characters? For that matter, how closely do you prefer crossover AUs follow the original canon?

oursin

This week's bread: the Collister/Blake My Favourite Loaf, strong white/wholemeal/wholemeal spelt, splosh of pumpkin seed oil, nice.

Friday night supper: ven pongal (South Indian khichchari). cashew perhaps a bit burnt, still pretty good.

Saturday breakfast rolls: basic buttermilk, 3:1 strong white/mix of coarse and fine cornmeal, turned out v well.

Today's lunch: salmon fillets baked in foil with slices of lime, butter, dill and salt and pepper, served with La Ratte potatoes roasted in goose fat, Boston beans roasted in walnut oil with fennel seeds and splashed with gooseberry vinegar, and steamed asparagus with melted butter.

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sholio - Misc things
queenlua - thrash the lake white (new Clair Obscur fanfic)
james - Project Hail Mary
mrissa - The Vertigo Project: new work!
feng_shui_house - AO3 meme
yourlibrarian in tv_talk - A Tale of Two Competition Shows
feng_shui_house - *waves* It's been forever, so I bring gifts.
equusgirl in swrarepairs - Post Deadline Pinch Hits - All have been claimed!
krait - Hey, look, a post!
thawrecka - Japan trip 2025
conuly - (no subject)
lannamichaels - "The Deere Files Podcast Presents: The Heirs Of Samuel Westing." (The Westing Game) G
merricatb in smallfandomfest - Fanfic, Sense8 (tv), Rajan/Wolfgang/Kala, mornings became Kala's favourite part of the day
lovelyangel - Library Update #22: Blown Apart
malada - Hot peppers OMG pt 2
minoanmiss - The waiting is the hardest part
petra - Locked Tomb AUs & A Wind in the Door
umadoshi - Weekly proof of life: reading | foodstuff | impending appliance shopping (>.<)
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Misc things

thrash the lake white (new Clair Obscur fanfic)

Project Hail Mary

The Vertigo Project: new work!

AO3 meme

A Tale of Two Competition Shows

waves It's been forever, so I bring gifts.

Post Deadline Pinch Hits - All have been claimed!

Hey, look, a post!

Japan trip 2025

(no subject)

"The Deere Files Podcast Presents: The Heirs Of Samuel Westing." (The Westing Game) G

Fanfic, Sense8 (tv), Rajan/Wolfgang/Kala, mornings became Kala's favourite part of the day

Library Update #22: Blown Apart

Hot peppers OMG pt 2

The waiting is the hardest part

Locked Tomb AUs & A Wind in the Door

Weekly proof of life: reading | foodstuff | impending appliance shopping (>.<)