On a centennial

15 Jun 2025 12:21 am
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Mary Dell (Tanner) (Allen) Shipp June 15, 1925 to August 28, 2015 (aged 90).
Miss you Grammy )

Sinanju breaking radio silence!

14 Jun 2025 09:50 pm
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Yeah. It's been...years since I last posted to this journal. And I don't know if I'll continue, but I figured I'd give it a try.

So...when last we saw our intrepid hero, he was newly divorced and living alone in the aptly-named Fortress of Solitude apartment. In the seven years or so since then, I've remarried. It took a couple of years before I felt ready to venture into the dating pool again, but I did, and I found my new wife and I'm very happy with her. We've been married three or four years now. (I forget exactly, though I know that we got married on October 31st--Halloween!--to make it memorable. So, the date? Yes! The year? Not so much....

I'm still working for OHSU, but I'm working remotely from home and have been for going on five years now (since Covid in 2020). I love it. It enabled me to move out of the cesspool that is, sadly, now Portland and move to a small town in Washington state about an hour's drive from OHSU. I only go into the office about once every six weeks to do things that have to be done on-site (we take it turns to do so weekly).

I went to the Oregon Renaissance Faire today. It was a 90 minute drive there and back, and while the Faire was...okay* I'm glad I went. It got me out of the house for the day. More specifically, it got me out of my office and off of the computer, away from Tumblr and X, upon which I spend too much time. It also got me away from the nagging feeling that I should be working on a couple of works of fiction. One is erotica on Literotica that is well over 200,000 words at this point, but every chapter takes longer than the last. So I'm trying to wind it up, but I feel bad when I don't work on it often. The other is a Highlander fanfic focusing on Michelle Webster. I've written thousands upon thousand of words about her, mostly in online panfandom RPGs, but some fic as well. But this one...it's like carving a statue out of marble. It's going...slowly. I'm not sure why. But getting away from all of that was good for me.

I walked around the faire for about three hours, which was good for me, too. Then I went and got a massage because why not? And then, while talking to the masseuse, I was reminded that I was in Tigard and not far from Buster's BBQ, which I hadn't had in...years.** So I drove over there and ate barbecue, and yea verily, it was delicious. Then home to mindlessly watch a few episodes of Mythbusters (it's one of my defaults when I'm too zoned out to choose something, or to pay a lot of attention.)

But now I've succumbed once more to the lure of the internet. But that's okay. I'm taking the day off.

And I don't remember offhand how to put a cut in the post, so here it is in all its wordy glory.

*I've been to MANY such faires over the years, as well as numerous SCA events when I was doing SCA, and a lot of the bloom is off the rose for me now. It was entertaining to see the crowds in costume, and to browse the merchant stalls but I bought nothing. Not even food or drink (the lines were ridiculous, and a lot of food vendors didn't sell drinks, so you'd have to stand in TWO long lines for both...no thanks). But I saw a couple of friends I hadn't seen in a while (we coordinated the day we went), so that was nice.

**I like my small town a lot, but it doesn't have a lot of the restaurant options the Portland metro area provides.
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I have a question about eye safety, maybe someone here can advise me on.

Apropos of the protests going on, I've seen a lot of helpful pointers about preparing for getting tear gassed or pepper sprayed, such as not to wear contacts and to have tight-fitting chemists' goggles. But not wearing vision correction is not an option for those who need it, and the alternative to contacts is glasses, which are apparently incompatible with most eye protection from gas or particulates.

I am aware of the existence of some models of full-face gas mask that have internal mounting hardware for glasses, but in addition to being expensive themselves, they require getting lenses made and fitted to the gas mask (i.e. not compatible with regular glasses). I'm surmising the existence of these means that other, cheaper, spectacle-compatible eye protection doesn't really exist, but I thought I'd ask.

My personal interest in the topic is less about protecting myself from chemical ordnance at protests – I only wish I could attend protests (though if things got spicy in the right location I suppose I could collect my fair share of tear gas at home) – than from wildfire smoke. The conjunction of the No Kings protests and the local air quality alerts from fires in Canada reminded me I should really be doing some preparation in this space.

I'm allergic to smoke. (It turns out it wasn't con crud I kept getting at Pennsic.) My reactivity to smoke only seems to be gradually getting worse over time. So when I've heard reports or seen pictures from the left coast of the sorts of wildfire smog they have there, I'm like "...not enough steroids in the world." I mostly manage this threat by not crossing the Mississippi, but it could happen here. Or upwind of here. It has. If not quite so "blot out the sun" bad, certainly bad enough for me to feel it.

So I've been looking at half-face elastomeric respirators, but that leave eyes unprotected.

Any suggestions?
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Title: A Secret Thought
Recipient: mom2boys
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Granada
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: Trauma from canonical presumed death
Summary: While away from Baker Street during a case, Watson has a nightmare about Reichenbach Falls. When he joins Holmes for a late night drink, long-buried feelings come to light at last.

Read on AO3: A Secret Thought
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Title: tfw you cuddle so hard you swap bodies
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Bionicle - All Media Types
Pairing/Characters: Gali/Takua | Takanuva
Rating/Category: Teen, Het
Prompt: Bionicle - All Media Types, Takua | Takanuva/Gali, waking up in each other's minds/bodies
Spoilers: Spoils some of the major twist of the Ignition arc (second to last arc in the series)
Summary: I think this one is fairly self-explanatory from the title. (that's verbatim from the Ao3 summary)
Notes/Warnings: Archive-locked to avoid AI scraping.

Read it here on Ao3!
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Title: you had to go (i know, i know, i know)
Recipient: mom2boys
Author: REDACTED
Verse: Sherlock & Co. (Podcast)
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary:
“I’ll stay,” he says.

“Are you insane?” Watson asks. “I’m not gonna leave you alone when there’s some murderous criminal mastermind chasing you.”


At the edge of the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock makes a move. Then, he makes a promise.

Read on AO3: you had to go (i know, i know, i know)

DOUBLE GIFT SCENARIO

15 Jun 2025 12:43 am
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Sometimes in the process, when pinch-hitters come into play, a participant might receive two gifts.

This round's lucky winner is MOM2BOYS!

Music Saturday

14 Jun 2025 09:24 pm
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Surprisingly sapphic for Raye (who usually sings about relationships with men, but maybe she's bi?). I guess she was at World Pride? Hmm...

Deadline passed!

14 Jun 2025 10:44 pm
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With the deadline behind us, I'm happy to say there are still no pinch hits, and reveals will go on as scheduled next week. Please feel free to continue working on treats should any other requests inspire you.

Daily Check In

14 Jun 2025 10:26 pm
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*\o/* Word Count Step Count Headache?
Daily 520 12,000 yes
Monthly 7,700 146,446 2 days
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Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America, The Avengers
Characters/Pairings: Natasha Romanov/Maria Hill, James 'Bucky' Barnes/Steve Rogers, James 'Bucky' Barnes/Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, Nick Fury, Phil Coulsen, various MCU characters
Rating: Mature
Length: 04:21:03 (41,322 words)
Content Notes: Graphic depictions of violence, abuse of children by the Red Room, recollection of past pet death
Creator Links: Quietnight on the Audiofic Archive, Quietnight on AO3, notcaycepollard on AO3
Themes: Female relationships, Action/adventure, Families of choice, Time travel, Fix-it

Summary: The fall is longer than Natasha expects.

It’s tears cold on her face, teeth bitten all the way through her lip and the taste of copper in her mouth; she’s falling and falling and then, bracing for impact—she wakes up.

Reccer's Notes: This is one of my favourite podfics by one of my favourite podficcers, and it's a tour de force. It's a long story by notcaycepollard that puts right Natasha's death with the soul stone - instead of dying she's sent back in time to the moment in her Red Room training she most regrets, and from that moment lives her life anew and, with her knowledge of the first time around, is able to fix the worst, most tragic disasters and losses of canon. It starts with Natasha rescuing her sister trainee black widows from the Red Room, plus Bucky the Winter Soldier who's there as well. There's a lovely, slow-burn relationship with Maria Hill in the story, but the key relationships for Natasha are with her sisters, aged from a four-year-old to teenagers when they escape, and the podfic's centre is the found family they create. The fix-it aspects are enormously satisfying and Quietnight's reading is, as ever, nuanced and fluent, beautifully performed - including all the Russian names and words, and a pleasure to listen to. An epic story and a wonderful podfic, stirring and heartwarming, and infinitely better than canon.

Fanwork Links: when i die i’ll sacrifice (more than enough for the afterlife) on the Audiofic Archive, and on AO3

Two letters to Eric

14 Jun 2025 06:40 pm
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1. Dear Eric: I have three adult children. About three years ago there was an issue, and my oldest, Doug, and middle, Linda, disrespected each other. It wasn't a small issue, but (in my and my wife's opinion) it wasn't a huge offense.

Neither will apologize. They refuse to speak to each other.

We have tried many ways to try and bridge the gap, to no success. I'm not asking for them to kiss and make up. I'm just saying, "Be cordial, be humane to other people in our house."

We host holiday meals, and birthday parties at our house, and this animosity really hurts and makes the dynamics difficult. Even seating at the table needs to be arranged.

Recently, I told my wife, "Only people that are willing to be humane and cordial will be invited to family meals." My wife doesn't want to do that, in part she fears losing access to grandchildren. I said, "Fine, for Easter meals they can be jerks but for Christmas they have to be cordial. I'll just go upstairs because it's too painful to be there. And you can't holler at me for being a jerk, because you don't holler at them for being jerks."

Am I asking too much?

– Stressed Father


Read more... )

***********


2. Dear Eric: My fiancé and I had to move back into his parents due to the crippling economy. My problem lies with his father. He is fully disabled and stubborn. He has been getting up to use the bathroom, which would be OK if he could do it properly. He can't; he urinates all over the floor.

We have told him multiple times that, due to us having a child in the home, I always end up cleaning it, but I never get reimbursed. I'm seriously considering calling Adult Protective Services on grounds of self-neglect. He will not take showers as well and is a suicide risk. My issue is I want to call but I don't want to be a problem starter in a family that's already called Department of Children and Family Services on me out of pettiness. What would you do?

– In-Law Struggles


Read more... )

say hello to Indiana

14 Jun 2025 08:28 pm
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At the end of last month I visited Indiana for a week, and in that time went on FOUR hikes. There are too many pictures to put here so I'm posting a link to my ~150 picture album: My sister and I are both very into taking pictures so the hikes were very slow :D but I think it really helps in remembering that there's something interesting to see in pretty much every square inch of the outdoors. There is always a bug, or a fungal disease on a leaf, or a shiny drop of water.

The Album

We visited, in order:
  • Ritchie Woods Nature Preserve
  • Summit Lake State Park
  • Shades State Park/Pine Hills Nature Preserve
  • Southwestway Park

The pictures feature:
  • many, many insects
  • a stately gentleman frog, who very kindly let me get within an inch of him
  • snails
  • two snakes
  • cool looking plants/fungi
  • general landscapes

For the most part the locations are broken up by a couple non-nature photos, except for Southwestway Park (which begins at the photo of the yellow spider in the web). Once you get to the art museum pictures there's no more nature, unless you count the clouds outside the plane window.

two some good things

14 Jun 2025 11:59 pm
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Item the first: I have no idea what the hell made the ominous donk-slither-donk noise in the portaloo at about midnight last night, but the phone I'd convinced myself it was was in a neat little pile with my laptop, in the tent, in the morning -- after I'd spent some time being sad about inadequate backups of photos of tiny sleepy rhinos -- which was an enormous relief (though I am also very pleased with myself for how well I handled things). (Especially given that my conviction that this was what had happened was in part based on being as aware as I could be of how abruptly my cognitive function had deteriorated with Surprise Unscheduled Migraine Onset.) (Still haven't worked out what on earth the donk-slither-donk was, but it's none of the obvious Truly Upsetting things to have lost, so I'm Currently Fine With This.)

Item the second: it is hot. This field contains lots of chamomile, and also lots of people. I am really enjoying the way it smells.

Item the third: I am really enjoying the dark chocolate + salt + nuts snack bars that crew welfare is providing, which I'd not previously noticed.

Item four: THE HALBARD THAT IS A SHARK.

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I knew it was coming, but I'm still sad about Chris Kreider getting traded to the Ducks. He's been my favorite since Lundqvist retired, not just because I liked his play but also because I thought it was unlikely he'd get traded. *hands* After this past season, I understand blowing it all up, but it's still sad. He definitely had some signature moments in a Rangers uni, and I will miss him.

In other news, this morning, I made this baked oatmeal and it's good, but probably needs a little more cinnamon? Or maybe some allspice? Hmm... It'll be nice for breakfast over the next few days. Next weekend I'll make banana bread since I now have a bunch of bananas, since i needed one for this recipe. (It was either applesauce or bananas, and I'm more likely to eat/use the bananas, so...)

And then this afternoon, I made this pizza dough, which turned out well, but took a full hour to double in size, despite what the recipe says, so dinner was later than planned. I topped it with some mozzarella and this white sauce. it was good! (Pictures here.)

Tomorrow, I'll be making teriyaki chicken meatballs for lunch for the week. Right now, every surface in my kitchen is covered in drying dishes, which is the real annoyance of the dishwasher not working.

*
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Title: The Adventure of the Baskerville Burglary
Recipient: beamkatanachronicles
Author: REDACTED
Verse: ACD Sherlock Holmes, Granada Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, John Watson/Sir Henry Baskerville,
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Summary: On holiday in Cornwall, after recovering from their experience with the Devil’s Foot poison, Watson receives a letter from Sir Henry Baskerville imploring them to visit Baskerville Hall and solve a mystery involving an archaeological dig, a priceless artefact and an unquiet spirit. Holmes is more than happy to relieve the boredom of enforced rest and Watson is keen to see his friend again. But there is more to it than a simple haunting: could there be a connection between a spate of thefts and the new occupants of Merripit House—a white-haired old invalid and his nurse? And does Sir Henry have an ulterior motive for inviting Watson to his home?

Read on AO3: The Adventure of the Baskerville Burglary

#NoKings

14 Jun 2025 06:27 pm
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The three of us went out to the No Kings Yaas Queens combined Pride/NoKings demonstration today, despite my worries about my various joints. Or, at least, that was the plan. It didn't work out, but my knees, hips, and ankles are OK.

We got to Park Street and the Common, and found other people who were looking for the same event, a stage where someone was introducing the next speaker?performer?, and some tables and tents, but no focus. We wound up walking to the side of the Common next to the Public Garden, where we found the parade, smaller than we'd expected but with enough of a crowd I couldn't see much. So we went home, pausing moderately often to rest my joints and watch another bit of parade, which seems to have been heading for Government Center as originally planned, not the Common as we thought.

I'm both glad I went, and disappointed that I didn't actually make it to the first protest or rally I've felt physically capable of in too long.

I will probably update this tomorrow, to note how my joints are feeling. This afternoon, they've felt good enough for some PT exercises.

I

14 Jun 2025 03:07 pm
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The Wes Anderson movie was great, I am now at the North beach street Fair and am having a great time.
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Title: 'And Fool Them All Again and Again'
Author: [personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted
Fandom: Pokémon (Spoilers for Black 2/White 2, with references to Black/White)
Characters: N
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] ficlet_zone

Artist: David Bowie
Album: Blackstar
Song: 'Dollar Days'

Summary: And Ghetsis is still fooling them all.

And Fool Them All Again and Again )

14 Jun 2025 04:04 pm
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Minnesota House DFL leader Hortman, husband killed in apparent ‘politically motivated’ shooting; Sen. Hoffman, wife wounded

Authorities still searching for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota state lawmakers

Apparently he dressed up like a cop, because of course he did, and residents are advised not to open the door to police unless there are multiple officers present. I'd go one step further and say that you should never open the door to an unexpected official until you've confirmed that they're supposed to be there. If they are legit, they have an ID, and you have a phone number you can call - your local precinct, if they're cops, your gas company, whoever it is. (Uh. Maybe step out the back door to call if they say they're from the gas company. I mean, use your best judgment.)

[ SECRET POST #6735 ]

14 Jun 2025 04:03 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6735 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.


More! )


Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 50 secrets from Secret Submission Post #964.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

TOS Spotlight: Harassment

14 Jun 2025 07:38 pm
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The Policy & Abuse committee (PAC) is responsible for enforcing the AO3 Terms of Service (TOS). To help users better understand the TOS, we’re posting a weekly spotlight series about the TOS and our policies. We’ll also be reading comments and answering questions on this and our other spotlight posts.


Today’s post from the Policy & Abuse committee is about harassment. As stated in Section II.H of our Terms of Service, “Harassment is any behavior that produces a generally hostile environment for its target. Examples include bullying, threats, and personal attacks by or towards individuals or groups of people.”

Harassment is not tolerated on AO3 in any form—regardless of whether it occurs in works, tags, comments, usernames, pseuds, profiles, icons, or any other type of content.

What qualifies as harassment?

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Severe harassment

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Anyone can report these, whether or not they’re the primary victim. PAC will remove all instances of severe harassment that are reported to us.

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If you encounter someone who has violated the AO3 Terms of Service, please don’t post a call-out and violate the TOS yourself. Instead, we recommend that you submit an Abuse report and use AO3’s blocking and muting features to avoid that person.

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If somebody says your work is bad, that’s an opinion about your work, not a personal attack against you. However, repeatedly leaving negative comments in a short period of time, pressuring you to delete your work, or encouraging others to engage in similar behavior could be considered harassment depending on the circumstances.

Arguments

People are allowed to argue or disagree with your opinions. Argument is not harassment, and PAC will not intervene simply because users are arguing with or being rude to each other. If someone in the argument is using personal attacks, you can report them to us, but in general, PAC does not mediate disputes between users. If you want to end an argument, you should tell that person you will not respond further; if necessary, you can also block them.

If you are a bystander witnessing an argument rather than one of the participants, then we are unlikely to uphold your complaint unless someone is engaging in severe harassment. When it comes to rude or moderately antagonistic comment exchanges, we rarely act on third-party reports.

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If you’re being harassed by a guest user but don’t want to disable anonymous comments entirely, you can use comment moderation to prevent harassing guest comments from appearing on your work.

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For example, a report of a harassing comment might look like this:

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Brief summary of Terms of Service violation: Harassment (repeated nasty comments and block evasion)

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USERNAME went on a slur-filled rant in this comment on my work.

After I froze the thread, they commented with more slurs and insults here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1234/comments/123456789

I blocked them and turned on comment moderation but then they commented again as a guest: https://archiveofourown.org/ works/1234/comments/234567890

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And in the end notes they have more harassment: “incest lovers do not comment or I will slice your toes off”

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And in the end notes they have more harassment: “incest lovers do not comment or I will slice your toes off”

One of their other works (https://archiveofourown.org/works/23456789) also has harassment and I think is not a fanwork? It’s a long rant about why x/y shippers are idiots.

The comments of this work are full of harassment, mostly by guests, but the creator calls a bunch of people pedophiles in these threads:
https://archiveofourown.org/comments/123456789
https://archiveofourown.org/comments/234567890

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If I'm typing a URL and I then use the scroll wheel to middle-click it in the address window it will open in a new tab rather than on the same tab I'm on.

Now, when I open a new tab by clicking a link to open a new tab it opens right next to the tab I'm on. If I do it via the address window or the new tab button then it opens all the way at the end of my tabs, which is annoying and disorienting if I'm not already all the way at the end.

Is there a setting, perhaps in about:config, that I can adjust to change this behavior so it always opens new tabs next to the one I'm on?
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Lately

14 Jun 2025 02:45 pm
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 Hey all! I've been going through a lot lately, but thankfully this time, it's not a bad going through it! What I've been going through - a transformation of sorts. I finally feel happy. I feel like season 2 episode 1 Delenn. I said in a recent update that I started a new medication that helped, and man has it been helping! Especially now. I'm in a severe chronic fatigue/ME flare up, and I can barely get out bed or sit up without exhaustion. I've had ME since my teen years, but it's never been quite this bad. I think it is because I exerted myself way, way too much at the concert.

I saw my favorite band in the whole world, Bloc Party, on the seventh! It was one of the best days of my life. They mean the world to me. However, the concert and staying overnight in a hotel afterwards really killed me. I did TOO MUCH and I am PAYING THE PRICE!! Hopefully I get over this soon. It's sort of killing my ability to fandom stuff, you know, when I'm so tired all the time. But the thing is also, it doesn't really matter to me if I'm bedbound or housebound anymore? Something I've noticed is that I'm able to find happiness anywhere if I really look hard enough. Like ok, sure I can't do much, but I can still cuddle my cat and listen to audiobooks and use my laptop if I find the right position and heating pad-neck fan-neck pillow combo. You really do have to find ways to enjoy life even in the dreary moments. For some people, the existence I have right now, they would consider it a fate worse than death. But I believe disabled people can have joy, WILL have joy. I'm happy this way. SURE, it'd be great to be able to go outside and write in the front yard like I used to, but I can't get there again unless I take it easy. And even if I don't get there again? Life is still livable. Enjoyable even. You just have to know where to look.

Does that sound like toxic positivity? I hope not. Understand that I am coming from the perspective of someone who has been severely depressed since the age of five, who is now finally coming out of said depression and trying to adjust to the word around zher. 

On the fandom side of things. I'm working on the roadmap for the project I outlined in a recent locked post / on Fediverse (btw if you are on there please drop me a link and I'll follow you!). I'm participating in noncon exchange and I'm really excited for that. I also got my assignment for the doubles flash today. Joined [community profile] seasons_of_fandom , even if I don't really know what I'm doing yet. And of course, with each day that passes, Battleship grows near <3 I'm so deeply excited for Battleship.

Oh, and I am running Sapphic Summer this year at [community profile] toothpastejuice ! Come check it out!

Hope you are all well.

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14 Jun 2025 09:32 pm
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[personal profile] holmesticemods posting in [community profile] holmestice
Title:Traffic School
Recipient: [personal profile] tepidspongebath
Author: REDACTED
Verse:BBC
Characters/Pairings: Sally Donovan/Molly Hooper (implied); Mrs. Hudson
Rating:G
Warnings:None.
Summary: The trouble with creating breakthrough technology is that eventually anyone can use it.
Word Count:1996

Read on AO3: Traffic School
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Title: Cool Decisions
Author: [personal profile] goddess47
Fandom: 9-1-1
Challenge: 10 out of 20
Length: 496
Warnings: None

Notes:

For [community profile] sweetandshort June 2025 10 out of 20 challenge - number

For Fire Family Conflagration prompt #171 - anger

For Writer's Choice prompt #121 - havoc


Summary:

Anger led to bad decisions, ones that would come back to haunt him.



Cool Decisions on AO3

Two New Vids (BtVS)

14 Jun 2025 02:22 pm
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[personal profile] tafadhali posting in [community profile] vidding
[personal profile] periru3 and I have posted the first two vids in our ongoing vid album Jagged Little Slayer, a mashup of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alanis Morissette:


Title:
 All I Really Want
Character/Pairing: Buffy-centric, minor Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Faith, Buffy/Spike
Summary: Here, can you handle this?
Notes: Premiered at VidUKon 2025.

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Title:
 Hand in My Pocket
Character/Pairing: Scoobies gen
Summary: Everything's gonna be quite alright.

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OMGOMGOMG!!!!

17 Jun 2025 11:25 am
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The last season of The Strange Case of the Starship Iris is finally here.

Okay, only the first episode so far (and two pre-season teasers) but... omg.

I've summed this one up for you all before as "Everybody is gay while fighting fascism in space" and "Turns out, fascism is both racist and inefficient", so yes, that does make it the perfect thing to listen to while heading out to protest. (Speaking of....)

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Read more... )

Don't forget to check in!

14 Jun 2025 11:52 am
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11 hours left! Here's a countdown.

Thanks to everyone who's gotten in touch or has posted their assignment already! I'm still hoping to hear from 18 people, including some pinch hitters.

Even if you're defaulting, checking in (or clicking the default button in AO3) is helpful to me, because I know for certain you're dropping out and haven't just forgotten the check-in. That said, if you haven't let me know one way or another by 11:59 PM US Eastern time, I'll mark you as a default for this round.

Details of the check-in are on this post.

Where would I even begin?

14 Jun 2025 05:28 pm
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(And didn't we have something similar, like, maybe 20 years ago on LiveJournal?)

Thing going round on bluesky recently-

'Ten authors you've read five books by'.

*Looks around just one room and its bookshelves*

Me: Maybe I could break this down into groups, I dunno, perhaps?

Thrillers? Sff? Litfic? (might break this down further into Obscure Victorian/Edwardian Novelists, Middlebrow Women Writers of the 20s/30s, the 60s Generation???) Bloke writers for whom I have a weakness? Beloved childhood faves?

And then I think, nah, this is too much effort.

I was a bit took aback by suggestions that people might be curating their 10 to look Cool or SRS or at least, not given to ingesting The Wrong Sort of Book, perish the thort.

Song Saturday - Triple threat

14 Jun 2025 11:47 am
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It’s a return to doing song Saturday! I mean to to do this for the last few weeks but then things happened and I got sidetracked and… well, here we are.

So from the subject this is gonna be not one, not two but three things.

So first Is Dark Divine - Make Me Disappear



So here is a new fixation which is Dark Divine and I fully blame Anthony (the singer) cause look at him. I have binged a few of their vids so could probably do a post of just them but…

This is their las test song and it’s one of those cases where I prefer the song to the video. Like I adore the song and the video does have a nice aesthetic with the atmosphere (and Anthony does look hot). But it’s also a performance vid so it’s not to exciting. There is a few shots of a giant hand so the vibe is it’s controlling Anthony like a puppet but the thing is it doesn’t work cause there’s only a handful of shots (like yes I’d like to see Anthony chained like a puppet why are you denying me this)

Second song is Micheal Clifford + Waterparks - Give Me A Break



So this was described as a ‘love letter to fanfiction’ by Micheal which sounded like an odd thing but you can see what he meant. Cause it’s a girl writing different scenarios and the boys playing them out. The vibe isn’t very serious and it is funny how every scenario (a classroom, coffee shop, doctors room, bathroom) has both romantic vibes and then Awsten killing Micheal various ways

(There is captions and I really need to read through them but I get distracted by what’s happening)

It is wild and funny at the same time. You can tell they had a good time making it. (And I love Awstens line about living freaking out).

But also damn that last scene of Awsten and Micheal kissing. Which yup, that’s definitely launched a bunch of fanfic. (And I wonder how many takes they had cause they’re clearly into it) And you know what’s wild? They’ve teamed with Wattpad to do a fic contest. I am absolutely being serious

Lastly there’s James Marriott - Something’s Wrong



So partly this is here because I’m seeing him on Monday (which is a crazy sentence) but also it’s just a crazy video. Like Something’s Wrong is my fav of the new album singles and then the video is just.

When there was pics of James and Will in cowboy get up (I’ve no idea why but I love it) people called them Brokeback Brighton which is crazy. They’re rivals in this and the rivalry between them takes over James’ focus from the person he came with (girlfriend?) and it definitely felt a few times it was going to end up going from rivals to lovers. Like there’s a few shots that has the vibe of sexual tension but they don’t even kiss (missed opportunity obviously but maybe give me a break spoiled me there). But yeah the vibes are so… I love it.

14 June 2025 Saturday

14 Jun 2025 07:44 am
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 and one ...kinda silly but that month has a lot of meaning for me...
...
...
and TWO! not sure why this came up on the search, but OK!

Deadline Approaching!

14 Jun 2025 10:05 am
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[personal profile] flowersforgraves posting in [community profile] unconventionalfanworkex
The deadline for work submission is in approximately 12 hours. If you need an extension, now is the time to ask! You can send a DW PM or an email to default or request an extension. Any pinch hits will be posted after the official deadline.

Speak Up Saturday

14 Jun 2025 03:53 pm
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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
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Ten books new to me: 4.5 fantasy, 1 horror, 1 mystery, 3.5 science fiction, of which only two are identified as series.

Books Received, June 7 to June 13



Poll #33251 Books Received, June 7 to June 13
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 44


Which of these look interesting?

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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews (March 2026)
18 (40.9%)

The Swan’s Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story by Roshani Chokshi (January 2026)
11 (25.0%)

Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology edited by Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett, and Craig Laurance Gidney (June 2025)
23 (52.3%)

The Storm by Rachel Hawkins (January2026)
3 (6.8%)

What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (September 2025)
23 (52.3%)

Red Empire by Jonathan Maberry (March 2026)
2 (4.5%)

The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan E. O’Keefe (June 2025)
13 (29.5%)

The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts by Vanessa Ricci-Thode (April 2024)
12 (27.3%)

The Poet Empress by Shen Tao (January 2026)
6 (13.6%)

Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (June 2025)
23 (52.3%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
28 (63.6%)

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Fandom: Star Trek AOS (Reboot)
Pairings/Characters: Nyota Uhura
Rating: G
Length: 1866 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] danahid
Theme: Female relationships

Summary:

I took the stars from my eyes and then I made a map.

There are rules of diplomacy that you have been trained to follow. There are realities that you have been educated to expect. You are poised and dedicated and intelligent and professional, and there are horrors in the universe that you don’t want your sisters to know. There are false maps to terrible places that you don’t want your sisters to follow. You know that you can’t protect them from everything, but this you can protect them from for a little while longer.


Reccer's Notes: I am partial to stories that explore why people join Starfleet, and this is an excellent example. While the story talks about Uhura's motivations, it also explores her relationship with her younger sisters. She is both inspiration and protector to them, and she's very aware of her role.

This story takes on both the promise and sacrifice of going beyond traditional roles. Yes, Uhura accomplishes so much, but those accomplishments come at a cost, a cost she doesn't want her sisters to know about because she wants them to find their own way.

Danahid's writing is always exact and meticulous and beautiful, and this story is no exception. There's so much in these 1800 words, including a beautiful ending.

Fanwork Links: How to Write Letters Home to Your Sisters
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[personal profile] smallhobbit posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: Picking Blackberries
Fandom: Miss Marple
Rating: G
Length: 336 words
Summary: As usual Miss Marple has a suitable example to illustrate her point


Confused by Disney ineptitude

14 Jun 2025 12:03 pm
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Two weeks after seeing the CGI Lilo and Stitch at the cinema I'm watching the original with the kids. And it's so much better. The direction, the writing, the acting are all just much higher quality.

The remake felt much clumsier. And I don't really understand why.

Edit: Just realised that they entirely cut the Ugly Duckling part from the remake. Why would you do that? It's key to Stitch's arc!
And all of the bits where Lilo how to be like Elvis.

In fact, nearly all of the bits where Lilo talked to Stitch and built a relationship with him.

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