Just one thing: 1 March 2026
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awesomeersComment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Media consumption
1 Mar 2026 08:53 pmtropicsbearđ˝ď¸ The Old Guard 2 felt more like a generic action movie than its predecessor. Don't get me wrong! I love my action movies, generic or not. And the aforementioned action was certainly slicker and more visually appealing than the first movie. But there were too many moments where the plot points or dialogue choices took me out of the moment. This was in a weird spot between, "Not dumb enough for me to enjoy this mindlessly," and "What the hell are they doing?" All that said, I'd still watch a third installment to see Uma Thurman and Charlize Theron fighting to the death đ
đ Something about Makoto (the top/alpha) from Omega no Mukotori lit up all my neurons in the best way đ I guess I just have a soft spot for dark-haired burly dudes. I also very much enjoyed the fact that Yoshiharu (the bottom/omega) was the much more aggressive character and did most of the pursuing. I will gladly consume A/B/O content, even the non-traditional stuff.
Gravity: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Tilt
1 Mar 2026 01:53 pmveronyxk84 posting in fan_flashworksFandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 100 (Ellipsus)
Setting/Spoilers: Set in S7, during ep. 7x22 âChosenâ.
Summary: A quiet moment, the night before the final battle.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #507 [Amnesty 84] + #302 - Gravity
Also for: #483 - Gravity by
100wordsâ
( READ: Tilt )
Refusal Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Demanding The Impossible
1 Mar 2026 10:49 ambadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Demanding The Impossible
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Willaway, Queen Halyana, Varian.
Rating: PG
Setting: Turnabout.
Summary: Willaway is frustrated by Halyana’s inability to understand that what she wants him to do is impossible.
Word Count: 400
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 507: Amnesty 84 at fan_flashworks, using Challenge 116: Refusal.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
Still, all is moving.
1 Mar 2026 10:14 amsmokingbootMy efforts are still slow and foggy and I have missed a deadline. But I can't be blamed for that, what I do is what I can do. It's not up to par by a long way but there is definitely improvement.
I got good news this week, but won't go into that. I also got disappointing news but I won't go into that either. The good outweighed the bad.
Meanwhile there was great socialising and far too much food alongside strange dreams. One was on Wednesday night, very short but vivid, a bubble of blood spilling out of a mouth. I didn't know if it was mine, but when the bubble popped in a non-messy non-splatty way, I could speak. It was better. Better than what ? I don't know.
Then last night I had a dream that may have been born of ridiculous amounts of food, but was so pleasant I decided to record it anyway. I was in a house with two toilets. I went to the outside privy only to find it had been completely overtaken by flowers, they were blossoming in the pan and all over it. I told myself I would pull them out and clean the whole thing up when they had finished blooming, then I went away and left it to grow.
On returning to a house I saw something like a glass screen, and behind it was underwater at first. I saw tadpoles, really big long tailed ones and then frogs with extremely long spindly limbs. Then I saw that the back lifted onto a tree root supported riverbank, and between the holes I could see foxes and weasels and many more little mammals watching from behind them.
I didn't realise til I woke that today is the first day of Spring, but clearly my subconscious knows more than I do. And though every thing is just that little bit harder than it was - even writing this post feels like effort - still, all is moving.
This is an example of an 'oddly specific local thing' I guess
1 Mar 2026 06:08 pmtropicsbearIt seems that dropping off of Dreamwidth is unavoidable when I take a long-ish vacation somewhere because of the disruption to my routine. Yet another reason why I'm not fond of out-of-town trips.
I want to write about what I've been up to latelyâbecause I want to be able to go through my entries in the future and not think, "What was I doing back in 20xx?"âbut I also have a list of random things I want to post about while I work on that.
First up, "Llorando se fue" by Los Kjarkas:
When I was younger, it seemed like all the trucks and jeepneys played the same exact snippet of music whenever they were backing up instead of a generic beeping sound. As I got older I realized that it sounded like it came from J. Lo's "On the Floor", which I personally think is highly improbable. I guess you could argue that there are truck and/or jeepney drivers into J. Lo's music but?? I had my doubts.
This year I finally decided to do some internet sleuthing and found out that "On the Floor" sampled "Llorando se fue" and that's where the snippet came from! You can listen to the sampled part here, at around the 12-second mark.
(I don't know why I have an easier time accepting that Filipino truck/jeepney drivers like Bolivian folk music vs. them liking J. Lo's music đ I don't have anything against J. Lo.)
Listening to the song on YouTube made me feel oddly nostalgic; I can't remember the last time I heard a truck/jeepney using the song as their replacement backing up sound.
Sunday @ 7:29 pm
1 Mar 2026 07:29 pm
Movies seen in February
1 Mar 2026 08:07 amshallownessI watched Memento for the first time on TV last night. ( Impressions, not spoilers )
To-read pile, 2026, February
1 Mar 2026 08:00 amrmc28Books on pre-order:
- Platform Decay (Murderbot 8) by Martha Wells (5 May)
- Radiant Star (Imperial Radch) by Ann Leckie (12 May)
- Unrivaled (Game Changers 7) by Rachel Reid (1 Jun 2027)
The release of the third Heated Rivalry book - which was only announced in January after the TV adaptation got wildly popular - is pushed back by eight months. I'm assuming this is to allow Rachel Reid more time to finish it and/or engage with the adaptation of the second book, The Long Game.
Books acquired in February: none (wow)
Borrowed books read in February:
- The Hidden Oracle (Trials of Apollo 1) by Rick Riordan [3]
- Camp Half-Blood Confidential by Rick Riordan [3]
- The Dark Prophecy (Trials of Apollo 2) by Rick Riordan [3]
- The Burning Maze (Trials of Apollo 3) by Rick Riordan [3]
- The Tyrant's Tomb (Trials of Apollo 4) by Rick Riordan [3]
- Camp Jupiter Confidential by Rick Riordan [3]
- The Tower of Nero (Trials of Apollo 5) by Rick Riordan [3]
- The Singer of Apollo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5.5) by Rick Riordan
It's been a really intense month, mostly with ice hockey commitments, so what reading I have managed has been entirely the ongoing Riordan read-through. Trials of Apollo successfully grows Apollo from intensely irritating in the first few chapters of the first book to someone I cried over in the last book. Plus I have now watched both seasons of the Disney+ adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians and oh boy do I have Opinions, especially on the second season. They get a lot of details right, the casting is excellent, and yet they get the heart of the story so so wrong. (Will I still watch season 3 when it comes out? Probably! Maybe they won't mess it up as badly?)
Anyway. Onward into March.
[3] Physical book
Emotional Neglect
1 Mar 2026 01:48 amysabetwordsmithcosmolinguist wrote a long, detailed discussion of emotional neglect that I suspect will resonate with many of my readers. 
The Pitt Fic: See Through (Abbot/Robby, R)
28 Feb 2026 11:33 pmalethiaChapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Jack Abbot (The Pitt), Parker Ellis, Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Additional Tags: Season/Series 02, Episode Related, Established Relationship, Complicated Relationships, Secret Relationship, Mentors, jack being just as self-destructive as robby, but savvier about it
Summary:
Jack barked out, "Ellis, sitrep."
Parker pulled up short, her head whipping his way, surprise in her face. As soon as she caught sight of him, that surprise turned to mockery. "Major Jackass, reporting for duty," she drawled as she joined Jack in the little well of space off BH 2.
"That's 'Major Jackass, sir,'" he drawled right back.
BOOOOO
1 Mar 2026 03:14 pmscaramoucheI put on the 1989 The Little Mermaid movie because I wanted to see which version they had up, because there's been multiple restorations over the years. Good news: the picture is clean, with none of those uneven lines and truncated transitions, so I assume it's from the latest Blu-Ray release about... six years ago? Definitely not the one before that. Bad news: the audio mix is terrible!
This is a movie I know SO well, so I could tell pretty quick there's something very strange going on with the audio balance between dialogue, music and sounds effects (eg. water sounds, background noises). Some noises are too loud, some are too soft, and the worst is when the music is not on the same level as the singing. It's almost a Christopher Nolan movie here! I wanted to double-check that it's not my device or speakers, so I put on my personal DVD of the movie, and that sounds perfectly fine on my PC speakers. I poked around a bit online and it's not really clear what the problem is. One possibility is that the version on D+ is optimized for TV with surround sound, so it sounds weird on a PC. I can't double-check this, though.
Then I checked out the Little Mermaid TV series and, oh boy. Some episodes are in the wrong order, despite the platform listing each episode's original release date right there. The video has been cropped from the original 4:3 to 16:9, losing that extra detail (and making it feel squished, as this is also media I know very well). Best yet, the pilot episode is missing entirely, and the only thing I could find about it is some speculation that it's too scary for children, as it does open with a group of whalers attacking an orca pod. (Which is totally something they would do, considering the edits that D+ has done to other movies like A Parent Trap and Splash.)
I guess all of this just serves to remind that streaming is not owning, and to keep your own copies before they become lost media. :/
Monthly Round-Up
1 Mar 2026 07:29 amdancing_serpent posting in c_ent• If 2025 was the Year of the Hydra CypressâŚ
• Help with translating some phrases/lines from a historical Cdrama?
• Fanvid for: Multifandom - 'I'm a one woman army'
• Picspam for: ćĺçźč˛Ą! (Chinese New Year Picspam)
• Fanfic for: Eldest Prince Above
• Shanghai Film Park
• Promo/Rec for: ĺĺ§çžć˘ | Duet of Shadows (2026)
• Promo/Rec for: ćĺ¤ | The Unseen (2026)
• Did You Make a Thing?
And of course we had the monthly round-up for January 2026 and our weekly chats on the 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th - our current one, come and join in!
Did you discover an entry you missed? Come on over and take a look/comment!
March Monthly Post
1 Mar 2026 12:08 amysabetwordsmith posting in crowdfundingThe March
crowdfunding Creative Jam will run Saturday 14-Sunday 15 with a theme of "Opportunity."Sometimes keeping busy is the best way to cope with horrid news.
28 Feb 2026 10:37 pmgremdarkIn the afternoon, while alternately obsessing over the news and resolutely trying to think of other things, we went to a dear friend's surprise birthday party. When she first came in, ~30 of us were packed into a back room waiting to leap out. One of our number was her two year old nephew, who predictably started wailing just as everyone shushed. One of his parents hustled him out a back door, and my friend was none the wiser until our cue. The party was a roaring success. I only knew a handful of people there, but her husband had done a wonderful job with the guest list and everyone got along excellently. And there was prosciutto at the buffet.
We stopped by the pet store to get crickets for our housemate's tarantula, then ate a quick dinner and headed out to an indie wrestling show at a local bar. It was my first time attending a show at that venue, and I had even more fun than I expected. The highlight was a comedy match between a time-displaced caveman attempting to become our ruler through combat prowess and a gentleman billed as "the world's deadliest talking mime." There were a great deal of invisible walls, lassos, and other props, which couldn't be ruled against because the ref couldn't see them.
I'm glad my day was already booked full, because seeing all the normal people who inhabit the world around me is a great antidote to the dull feeling you get when you spend too long reading headlines without going outside. It is that bad, and it's not going to get better soon. It is that bad, and also today a group of semi-strangers and I made our community space nicer. So many people in my circle of friends and family have early voted because I talked to them about it. It's always humbling and disconcerting to experience such joy at the same time as I'm feeling so much anger, sorrow, and fear. But we need that joy. That's how we keep showing up for each other tomorrow.
I hope you and your loved ones are safe and secure. Good night.
paean
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merriamwebster_feedMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 1, 2026 is:
paean • \PEE-un\ • noun
Paean is a literary word that refers to a song of joy, praise, or victory. It can also be used as a synonym of tribute for a work that praises or honors its subject.
// Her retirement party featured many paeans for her long years of service to the company.
// Critics considered the movie both a thrilling Western and a paean to the natural beauty of the Rockies.
Examples:
âThe show is a tender study of people struggling to do right by themselves and others. It's also a paean to Chicago, my hometown ...â â Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
Did you know?
In ancient Greece, PaiÄĚn (or Paiášn) was a name used for the god Apollo when in the guise of physician to the gods (PaiÄĚn/Paiášn comes from the name of an older Mycenaean healer god). PaiÄĚn and paiášn were also used to refer to hymns of thanksgiving and praise sung especially to Apollo, as was their Latin descendant, paean. When paean first appeared in English in the late 16th century, it was used both in the context of Greek history and in general for a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph. Over time, the word became even more generalized, and it is now used for any kind of tribute.
New Fandom Add-Me for Winter/Spring 2026
28 Feb 2026 08:20 pmspringsodas posting in addme_fandomName: Soda (she/her)
Age group: Zillennial; too young to consider myself a 90s kid, just old enough that I remember most of the 2000s
Country: United States
Subscription/Access Policy: Journal is SFW; any posts that contain potentially triggering content (ex: blood) will be put under a read more. I prefer to interact with users who are at least 20 or older, and will avoid interacting with minors.
Main Fandom: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003, IDW, Splintered Fate, and the embryo that is my fan iteration)
Other Fandoms/Interests: Pokemon, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legend of Zelda, The Sims (2 and 3; I refuse to touch 4), Stardew Valley, "cozy" games, RPGs, platformers, and strategy games, anime, cartoons, comics, manga
Fannish Interests: Fanart, fanfiction, OCs, character design and development, compiling lore, collecting merch
OTPs and Ships: Although I technically still enjoy the act of knocking two characters of my choice together and making kissy noises, I prefer not to describe myself as a "shipper" but merely someone who enjoys exploring the occasional romantic relationship every now and again (because even I admit romance is overrated and there is plenty of joy in exploring friendships and familial relationships, too.) If I do feel like doodling a bit of romance, it's mostly OC x Canon these days.
Other Info
- Officially diagnosed autistic, possibly ADHD as well. Recovering smartphone addict.
- I do fanart, currently am trying to get back into writing fanfic. I'm also planning to debut as a PNGtuber on March 21st.
- Besides fandom things, my journal is mostly the various happenings in my life, as well as any thoughts, feelings, and other ramblings that come to mind.
- Just be kind and respectful and I'll do the same for you.
Sunday Word: Deadfall
1 Mar 2026 04:01 pmsallymn posting in 1word1daydeadfall [ded-fawl]
noun:
1 a trap so constructed that a weight (such as a heavy log) falls on an animal and kills or disables it
2 a mass of brush and fallen fall trees
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Examples:
Deadfall is a particularly thorny problem, and the clubâs latter-day lumberjacks head out with chain saws in tow to remove trees upward of 4 feet in diameter. (Gregory Scruggs, 'Labor of love' motivates scrappy nordic ski club in North Cascades, The Seattle Times, December 2023)
The three sticks should be perfectly straight, and about the same diameter and length. Finger-thick and one-foot long will work for most deadfall triggers. (Tim MacWelch, A Guide to the 15 Best Survival Traps of All Time, Outdoor Life, October 2019)
If you happen to wander off trail on a hike, navigating over and under the debris, known as deadfall, proves to be a challenge in daylight, but imagine facing that challenge in the dark. (Meagan Thompson, Treasure hunter is rescued in the mountains south of Butte, KXLF, November 2025)
Winding roads diving deep between steep hillsides littered with jagged deadfall and boulder-size talus, towns few and far between. (C C Weiss, Review: Micro-camping the Idaho wilds in Escapod's monocoque teardrop, New Atlas, December 2024)
Then, a video demonstrating an ancient deadfall trap received over a million views. (Oliver Whang, Is There an Ethical Way to Kill Rats? Should We Even Ask?, New York Times, February 2023)
We hauled some deadfall from these woods to the center of the meadow where we built up around our camp a sort of circular fence. (David Zindell, The Lightstone)
Origin:
The earliest known use of the noun deadfall is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for deadfall is from before 1589, in the writing of Leonard Mascall, translator and author. (Oxford English Dictionary)
[#018: Outfit] Legends of Tomorrow: Ava Sharpe/Sara Lance
28 Feb 2026 10:48 pmflareonfury posting in 100femslashFandoms: Legends of Tomorrow
Pairings: Sara/Ava
Rating: PG
Warnings/Spoilers: Teacher AU. Established Relationship.
Summary: Sara wear's Ava's shirt the next morning.
Notes: Written for Fresh Femslash Salad Bar prompts borrowed clothing + Teachers AU,
100femslash prompt outfit and 100ships prompt lipstick. Prompt & Pairing requested by ideare for my 40daysofdrabbles.Ms. Sharpe's Shirt........
Dept. of The World is Too Much With Us
28 Feb 2026 07:01 pmkaffy_rWhatever the horrors that Iran's theocracy has visited upon its own people - and they are horrors, as the grieving survivors of at least 7,000 Iranians killed by the regime in the past few months can attest, and the relatives of untold thousands killed in the years since 1979 - people in Iran will put that aside and stand against what we've done to them in the past 36 or so hours.
Your family may break your bones, bruise your mind, or force you down into heartbreak. You may hate your mother or your brother for what they've done to you. You may dream of revenge.
But when the neighborhood bully comes and strikes them down, injured or dead, then turns to you with a smile and says, "You're welcome," and expects you to go to your knees and thank him for that violence? You may well jump on the bastard's back and close your fingers around his neck, or hook them into his eyes, because they were your weight to bear, your sorrow to work through.
Didn't we learn this when we "freed" Iraq?
Apparently not.
no subject
28 Feb 2026 09:42 pmaurumcalendulaDaily Check In.
28 Feb 2026 08:31 pmadafrog posting in fandom_checkinHow are you doing?
I am okay
13 (68.4%)
I am not okay, but don't need help right now
6 (31.6%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans are you living with?
I am living single
7 (36.8%)
One other person
8 (42.1%)
More than one other person
4 (21.1%)
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.
Fiction log - February 2026
1 Mar 2026 10:30 ampedantherHazel Gaynor. Before Dorothy (e)
Andy Weir. Project Hail Mary (e)
In progress
Stephen Fry. Mythos (e)
EW Hornung. The Amateur Cracksman (e)
Non-fiction books
Ben Crystal, David Crystal. You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents (e)
James W Loewen. Lies My Teacher Told Me (e)
Jason Morningstar. Fiasco (re-read)
In progress
Simon Lamb. Devil in the Mountain: A Search for the Origin of the Andes (e)
Keri Smith. Wreck This Journal Everywhere
( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )
Top of the to-read pile
Caroline Stevermer. When the King Comes Home (e)
Accumulations.
28 Feb 2026 08:42 pmhannahI'm trying to ask myself why I'm unwilling to let go of certain things I'm not using, like old pajamas. It's an unpleasant inertia. They're not even particularly nostalgic. I think some of it's just me bristling at the idea of getting rid of things, even though I know better. At least a little is there not being good places for fabric to go. If there were some, knowing that would certainly help a bit with conceptualizing not having them anymore.
I know I won't be leaving here with you
28 Feb 2026 05:26 pmgwynBut it was good to see people, even if I didn't get all the time I wanted to glom on some folks (
par_avion, I'm lookin' at you). Still, there were a few wonderful surprises where some folks I adore and haven't seen in years came to the con, because their fannish brains had been kickstarted by Heated Rivalry. I am so not into that show but the fact that it brought them back out into fandom makes me feel more warmly towards it.I woke up Sunday morning to news that LAX was in chaos because the Nazis in the government (and I use that term loosely) had decided to shut down TSA precheck and global entry, but after a while that got walked back and by the time I got to the airport, things had settled down a bit and it was fairly quiet. Then the flights started getting canceled by the East Coast blizzard (poor par, she was stuck at the hotel till Wednesday night), and the Mexico flights were stopping because it seemed like half of Mexico was on fire, and it made for a really surreal experience. And now today I woke up to the news about Iran and I just...I really often wish that this fucking cancer would just take me out. This world is just so fucking horrible, and I feel so utterly helpless to do even the tiniest thing about it.
I mean, I have signed up for Fandom Trumps Hate (
fth2026offerings) (god i hate that fucker so much that i can't even stand to use a perfectly good verb because it's saying his name), but if I get even a bid over my $10 minimum, I'll be shocked. I've done auctions before, but I don't feel like I make much of a contribution, and I know throwing money at some of these horrors are at least some small way of helping, but I'm just not someone who'll generate that kind of money and I can't make many donations of my own. Still, I'll hope that maybe a friend will feel sorry for me and buy me ;-D . But I have to admit, the basics of this auction confuse me--listings are on DW here, but a lot takes place on Tumblr, and I'm confused about how to publicize my listing. I was able to reblog the auction roundup listing for The Pitt today, but I don't know how one goes about promoting their own listing. Has anyone done FTH before and would be willing to give me some advice? There's only a couple days for browsing, so I would love to see if I could at least generate some attention if someone wants a fic for Marvel, The Pitt, or Fast Color (hah). I feel like in the past, I've seen people's contributor listings on tumblr, but I just don't know how that goes. Ugh, I'm so out of touch.
I broke my toe on my left foot *again* this morning. My third and fourth toes are so fucked up now. I know there's not much to do about it but tape them and take pain relievers, but jesus your toes really make a difference in walking. And I'm seeing a new sports medicine doc about my fucked-up knee, so now we'll have to see how it might affect my walking even more (I have an MRI this week). So much excitement, but as I said to a friend, at least it's not about the cancer, lol. I'm such a fucking klutz. I think I should probably get some of that bubble wrap with the really big bubbles, and put it around the legs of my bed--it won't solve everything, but those legs have definitely contributed to a few of the breaks. This time, I heard a little snap sound!
Recent reading
28 Feb 2026 08:56 pmtroisoiseauxRead Beowulf! I just saw a one-man show called Beowulf, A Retelling in a pop-up bar at a local arts center, which was a very good introduction to Beowulf, since it was literally just a guy telling the story in his own (conversational, compelling) words, weaving in references to modern heroes and villains* as a sort of touchstone for how parts of the story would have resonated in ye olde days and using instruments for sound effects, like a violin bow across the strings of an electric guitar for Grendel's dying screech. It was very cool! Obviously then had to actually read Beowulf (the Francis Gummere translation; it was the first one available) and I'm glad I had the crash-course version first; it helped to know the shape of the story and have something to mentally translate it back to. (Plus, if I'd had to figure out how to mentally pronounce Healfdene and Ecgtheow on my own, I think I simply would have not.) What really struck me was the sheer sense of time of it allâ the oldest known Old English poem, and possibly a story that was hundreds of years old by the time it was written down, and still there were recurring mentions of "heirlooms", which might be a quirk of translation but does suggest the weight of history behind this story that's already really, really old!, and also I found myself reading/listening to it like, okay, yes, I can see what Tolkien got from this. Is this where the idea of dragons hoarding gold comes from?
( footnote )
Fandom Trumps Hate auction
28 Feb 2026 08:39 pmindependence1776Please see the auction post for details on my offer but the following are the characters I'm most interested in writing:
Star Wars: Depa Billaba, Caleb Dume | Kanan Jarrus, Cal Kestis, Cal & Caleb, Cal & Caleb & Trilla, Beru/Owen/Obi-Wan
Original work: Jewish characters in scifi or Jewish-esque characters in fantasy.
Auctions run from 8:00AM EST, 3 March 2026, to 8:00PM EST, 7 March 2026.
War again, war again, jiggity jig
28 Feb 2026 07:57 pmhudebnikAs the New York Times points out,
- there's nobody for the Iranian military to surrender their weapons to,
- there are 90 million Iranian people, and no obvious way to decide which of them should "take over the government", since there is no prominent, recognized opposition party, and
- the traditional ways that the US government has communicated with the people of oppressive regimes, such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (which includes the Persian-language Radio Farda), were all shut down or de-staffed by DOGE a year ago.
In short, he's apparently decapitated an autocratic regime with no realistic plan for what should come next. Is anyone surprised?
My bet for "what comes next?" is either (a) some prominent assistant to Khamenei quickly steps into his shoes, and nothing changes domestically, as in Venezuela, or (b) Iran has at least a few months of anarchy and feuding among rival warlords before one of them beats the rest and becomes the new autocrat.
And I bet Trump would be fine with either of those outcomes, as long as the eventual ruler of Iran shows proper obeisance to Trump.
My introduction to "emotional neglect"
1 Mar 2026 01:15 amcosmolinguistThanks to otter for sharing this video the other day: Emotional Neglect: Healing from the Hidden Trauma of What Didn't Happen
I got around to watching it and it hit me so hard I needed to write this huge long thing about it. It's mostly transcript of the parts of the video that I wanted to make a note of, because it's not very accessible to me otherwise. But my thoughts are sprinkled around the block quotes of course.
( Emotions Draw Our Attention to What Matters to Us )
( Shame, and Phobia of Inner Experiences )
( Unconscious Self-Abandonment )
( Using Emotions to Connect Your Inner World to the Outer World )
[#029: Red] Harley Quinn TAS: Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy
28 Feb 2026 08:07 pmflareonfury posting in 100femslashFandoms: Harley Quinn (Cartoon)
Pairings: Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy
Rating: PG
Warnings/Spoilers: Retail AU. Pre-Relationship
Summary: Pamela is the new employee of Villains-R-Us.
Notes: Written for Fresh Femslash Salad Bar prompts learning together & Retail AU,
100femslash prompt red and 100ships prompt Harlequin. Prompt & Pairing requested by ideare for my 40daysofdrabbles.Villains-R-Us Probie............