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What I'm Watching 16/08/25

A fairly small entry for things I've watched over the past 2 weeks (or so)! This is 2 days late, because of brain. XD

(It is doing a lot better, though, I promise! It's just that I went back to work, and that is tiring. But we're getting there! We're definitely getting there. <3)

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[film] L'attachement

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(Braid) Hands in my hair (Sumomone/Uiui, Show By Rock!!)

Title: Hands in my hair
Fandom: Show By Rock!!
Ship: Sumomone/Uiui
Prompt: #14 Braid
Rating: T
Length: 765 words
Warnings: None
Notes: Last one I have written for now, sorry for potentially clogging up anyone's reading pages. Also, this is set after a different fic I've written, called I need a Hero. It's a Rapunzel AU.
Summary: Sumomone is fed up with her tower-climbing amount of hair.

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Current Music: "No Escape, No Hurry" - Overclocked Remix

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Worldcon report: Thursday and Friday

Hello from Seattle! I left home on Wednesday morning and got as far as Salem, OR (about an hour south of Portland). Arrived in Seattle around 3pm on Thursday, checked into the hotel, got my con badge, and did a quick spin around the dealer's room (where I ran into zahraa) before heading off to Writers with Drinks, an amazing reading featuring Cecelia Tan, Andrea Hairston, Charlie Jane Anders, Annalee Newitz, Darcie Little Badger, and Becky Chambers. All the readers were excellent, and Charlie Jane provided them all with hilarious and extravagant fictional introductions, including herself. I think it's fair to say that this was the con-related event I was most excited to attend, and it lived up to my expectations.

I had half-planned to spend this morning at Pike Place Market, but it started raining last night and hasn't really let up, so I took it easy instead, visiting the art show and dealers room and then attending a few panels:

Martha Wells guest of honor reading, where she started with a passage from Queen Demon, the forthcoming book in her current fantasy series, and then answered some questions before rounding it out with her in-progress Murderbot story, which is scheduled for next May.
A panel called A Genre in Conversation with Itself, which is about the phenomenon of SFF authors writing stories in response to other stories. I picked this one mostly because of the panelists: Neil Clarke (editor of Clarksworld magazine), Becky Chambers, John Scalzi, Isabel Kim (the author of a Hugo-nominated short story that was a response to "Those Who Walk Away From Omelas")... and George R. R. Martin. Therefore, it was going to be a fascinating conversation and/or a train wreck, and either way I wanted to see it for myself. GRRM was almost 15 minutes late, complained a lot about film adaptations of books (Starship Troopers was a particular focus of his ire), and mourned the impulse to rewrite "The Cold Equations" with "a happy ending". Fortunately, other members of the panel managed to pull the panel back on topic and to talk about things less than 30 years old. The two insights I most appreciated came from Becky Chambers. First, she mentioned that Omelas and "The Cold Equations" are both stories taught in high school or college now, so lots of people have read them, and that explains not just the fact of many response stories but that they tend to come in waves, as each new generation of writers comes into their careers. The other was to note that a lot of "response fic" is appearing in the form of video games -- she specifically mentioned Clair Obscur as a response to the Final Fantasy series, which immediately added it to my to-play list.
More Martha Wells content: a live recording of the podcast Ink to Film, in which an author and a filmmaker read a book, then discuss its film adaptation. They also sometimes interview creators, and today they talked to her about Murderbot. They opened with a lovely series of videos from the show's main cast sharing their love and congratulations with Martha, then discussed the process of writing the books, optioning the story to filmmakers, and then creating the show. Although Wells wasn't directly involved with making the adaptation choices or writing the screenplays (although she did read all the screenplays and provide feedback), she got to choose between several teams who wanted to buy the option, and she was able to pick the people she felt most understood the character and the story she was telling. When we got to Q&A, she had to demur on almost every question about why specific changes were made: "You'd have to ask Phil and Chris; that was all Phil and Chris." That said, she seems extremely happy with the final product, which is great to hear (especially since I, too, loved that TV series a lot).

I then spent the rest of the evening with friends: dinner with illustratedpage and her friend (who was a surprise!Mawrter) followed by an hour at a local cat cafe with bookishdi, both lovely and relaxing times.

Tomorrow: Pike Place, several readings, and the Hugo Awards, god help us all.

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Creative Jam

Welcome to the 145th Crowdfunding Creative Jam! This session will run Saturday, August 16-Sunday, August 17. The theme is "Inner vs. Outer Strength."

Crowdfunding Creative Jam

Everyone is eligible to post prompts, which may be words or phrases, titles, images, etc. Prompters may request a specific creator, but everyone else may still use that prompt if they wish. Prompts may specify a particular character/world/etc. but creators may use the prompt for something else anyway and post the results. Prompters are still encouraged to post mostly prompts that anyone could use anywhere, as this maximizes the chance of having creators make something based on your prompt. Please title your comment "Prompt" or "Prompts" when providing inspiration so these are easy to find.

Prompt responses may also be treated as prompts and used for further inspiration. For example, a prompt may lead to a sketch which leads to a story, and so on. This kind of cascading inspiration is one of the most fun things about a collective jam session.

Everyone is eligible to use prompts, and everyone who wants to use a given prompt may do so, for maximum flexibility of creator choice in inspiration. You do not have to post a "Claim" reply when you decide to use a prompt, but this does help indicate what is going on so that other prompters can spread out their choice of prompts if they wish.

Creators are encouraged, but not required, to post at least one item free. Likewise, sharing a private copy of material with the prompter is encouraged but not required. Creative material resulting from prompts should be indicated in a reply to the prompt, with a link to the full content elsewhere on the creator's site (if desired); a brief excerpt and/or description of the material may be included in the reply (if desired). It helps to title your comment "Prompt Filled" or something like that so these are easy to identify. There is no time limit on responding to prompts. However, creators are encouraged to post replies sooner rather than later, as the attention of prompters will be highest during and shortly after the session.

Some items created from prompts may become available for sponsorship. Some creators may offer perks for donations, linkbacks, or other activity relating to this project. Check creator comments and links for their respective offerings.

Prompters, creators, and bystanders are expected to behave in a responsible and civil manner. If the moderators have to drag someone out of the sandbox for improper behavior, we will not be amused. Please respect other people's territory and intellectual property rights, and only play with someone else's characters/setting/etc. if you have permission. (Fanfic/fanart freebies are okay.) If you want to invite folks to play with something of yours, title the comment something like "Open Playground" so it's easy to spot. This can be a good way to attract new people to a shared world or open-source project, or just have some good non-canon fun.

Boost the signal! The more people who participate, the more fun this will be. Hopefully we'll see activity from a lot of folks who regularly mention their projects in this community, but new people are always welcome. You can link to this session post or to individual items created from prompts, whatever you think is awesome enough to recommend to your friends.

I'll be glad when you're dead

Posted by ashbury

https://www.metafilter.com/209983/Ill-be-glad-when-youre-dead

Over the last few decades a diss track has been typically found in the hip hop world with the latest being the big beef between Drake and Kendrick but this post isn't about that business. Diss tracks have been a round for a long time. Below the cut are a few that you may have missed and a brand new one.

These aren't really diss tracks because as far as I know, there's no beefing going on but there is zero doubt that there is a person that is being sung to or about with these next songs. Your Mind is on Vacation by the great Mose Allison. Well You Can Do it Without Me by the the very clever wordsmith Father John Misty. Tyler Childers has some thoughts on the subject that he put together on his Bitin' List. I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you done by many, this one is by Louis Armstrong. Bonus link, the same song by a very young Sammy Davis. Bonus bonus link, Louis Armstrong again but as performed on Betty Boop, video included. Bonus bonus bonus link, as sung by Louis Prima and the version of this song I first heard years ago.

https://www.metafilter.com/209983/Ill-be-glad-when-youre-dead

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2025

Tagset Clean Up

Tagset Clean Up

This post is very specifically for issues with tags already in the tagset. If you have a question about a queried/rejected nomination or if you think tags you nominated got lost in the shuffle, please instead comment on the last Nominations Clarification post.

Your report must include:

The tag(s)
The fandom
The issue and if necessary what needs to be changed to fix it.

Things to definitely report to us

Wandering tags: These are tags that belong in one tagset fandom, but are showing up in others. This is usually caused by the fandoms being connected, but some tags just like to show up any ol place. Please indicate both the correct fandom and the fandom(s) being invaded.
Misspellings: Please tell me the correct spelling.
Duplicate tags: One will need to be removed, so please say which you would rather keep.
Doubled disambiguation: Sometimes we do this by accident, I will trim it back off.
Synning catastrophes: Sometimes a tag, or even a whole fandom, is synned to another thing in the tagset which then devours it. Make sure to tell me both the devoured tag/fandom and what is consuming it.
Tones/diacritics: Did you nominate Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian (The Untamed) and now the tagset has Jiāng Chéng/Wèi Wúxiàn (The Untamed)? We'll fix this!
Ambiguous tags: Does a relationship in your fandom use a codename/alias/assumed name/etc that could apply to more than one character? Let us know which characters.
Confusing tags: Are you just not sure what a tag means? We might not be able to fix it, but we'd like to know.
Mod whoopses: Did we say to do things one way and then went and accepted it the wrong way? Hopefully this won't happen often, but if it does please report it here!
Other structural fixes: Things I missed that aren't on the lists below.

Things you don't need to report

Crossover tags with ambiguous or AMT fandoms – we're happy to leave picking the specific adaptation up to the creator for those tags.
Fandoms sorted into the wrong media category – official AO3 tag wranglers handle this, we don't have any control over it and thus can't fix it.
Anything in the "Unassociated Characters & Relationships" bucket at the bottom.
Weird spaces in your disambiguations: I probably put them there to fix some issue.

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nominations

Nominations Clarification 5

Nominations Clarification 5

This is the last Nominations Clarification post.

All tags nominated on AO3 should now be either accepted or rejected. All tags nominated via google form should now be either accepted or queried.

If you can't find your tags in the tagset, first check this post and the other 4 clarification posts to see if we queried or rejected them and you just missed it. (You should be able to just ctrl+f on the comm's front page for your fandom.) If they're not there, then please comment on this post or email. AO3 nominators should include a link to their nominations page. Google form nominators should give us as much specific tag information as they remember.

If your AO3 tagset nominations were rejected and you don't understand why, we're happy to explain! Please comment on this post or email. Include a link to your AO3 nominations page so we can look at that.

If you were previously queried you might still be waiting for a reply because I prioritized getting this clarifaction out so everyone would have time to view it before the tagset clean up phase ends. I will catch up on replying to all of you tomorrow!

If you missed nominations or all your nominations were rejected, like in previous years we will open up a post for late nominations once sign ups open. We will require you to format your tags for that perfectly, though, so if you had your tags rejected and don't understand why you should probably ask us to explain! Comment on this post with a link to your nominations page, or email us with your link.

Find tagset errors? Right after this post goes up, we'll put up a post for tagset fixes, like duplicate tags and mispellings and other errors.

Here is a little FAQ about Nominations Clarification posts for those of you who haven't run into them before, hidden under a details tag now:

Here is a little FAQ about Nominations Clarification posts for those of you who haven't run into them before:

What/why is a Nominations Clarification post?

Nomination clarifications are queries about tags we find confusing and updates about tags or the tagset in general. The goal of nominations is to create a tagset of unambiguous, easy to understand tags that will be useful to participants and solidly within the scope of the exchange. The goal of a clarifications post is to keep all of our participants up-to-date regarding our nominations work and solicit feedback where necessary to create the most useful tagset we can.

Do I need to read the whole post?

No. You can just skim each clarification post to see if a fandom you're interested in requesting or offering has been mentioned. We recommend doing this even if you don't care very much how the tagset is organized in case we make some kind of huge blunder with your favorite fandom or OTP.

How do I reply to a Nominations Clarification post? Do I need a Dreamwidth account?

You don't need a Dreamwidth account because we have anonymous commenting turned on. If you comment anonymously, remember to check back for our reply! You can also email us at ficinaboxmod@gmail.com if you'd prefer.

There's a query about a fandom I'm familiar with, but I'm not the nominator. Can I tell you what I think?

Yes! If you are not the nominator but have relevant fandom knowledge about something, please speak up. Nominators don't always reply to our queries, so answers from other people in the fandom are often very helpful.

Why haven't you processed my nomination(s) yet?

Nominations can't be processed in a strictly first-in, first-out manner because of various backend reasons, so most likely we just haven't yet had a chance because of the large volume of submitted nominations. Double check our nominations clarification posts for your tag. If sign ups open and one or more of your tags is mysteriously still missing, please reach out.

My AO3 tagset nomination(s) were rejected but aren't discussed below, why did you reject them?

Most likely you failed to disambiguate your nominations, or made some other error — we reject incorrect tags rather than fixing them. You're welcome to post a link to your nominations slate if you'd like us to tell you why the tag(s) were rejected. You can attempt to re-nominated tags either on AO3 or via the form if you'd like.

However, there is a delay between us rejecting and us posting nominations clarifications! Literally as I post this post, other people on the tagmod team are approving/rejecting new tags. So your rejected tag might show up in a future clarification post

I have a nominations question not answered here or on the Nomination Guidelines. Can I ask on this post?

Yes! You can ask nominations questions on whichever nominations clarification post has been most recently posted, or you can ask on the Nomination Guidelines, or you can use the mod contact post, or you can email us. We're happy to help no matter how you get in contact!

New Mediums

We got a lot of new medium opt-in nominations this year! Also, one length opt-in nomination! Here's a list for you to gaze at, to help you get excited for sign ups.

There are 40 new mediums, so they're getting a details tag too. Click here to view!

Length Opt-In: 900 words exactly
Medium Opt-In: Art - Papercraft - Fanart
Medium Opt-In: Art - Body Pillow Cover Style Art
Medium Opt-In: Art - Character Possessions
Medium Opt-In: Art - In-Universe Stage Performance Poster
Medium Opt-In: Art - Medieval Illumination-Style Art
Medium Opt-In: Art - Medieval Illumination-Style Illustration of a Scene From the Recipient's Fic
Medium Opt-In: Art - Phone Wallpaper
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Astrology Birth Chart Reading
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Dating App/Dating Site Profile
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Illustrated Fic
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Stage Performance Playbill Page
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Tarot Card with Interpretation
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Tarot Card Reading
Medium Opt-In: Writing - Astrology Birth Chart Reading
Medium Opt-In: Writing - In-Universe Transcript of Sports Match Commentary
Medium Opt-In: Writing - Not!fic
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - Calligraphy & Handlettering
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - Calligraphy & Handlettering - In-Universe Longform
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - Calligraphy & Handlettering - Epistolary
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - In-Universe Style Guide
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - Zine Page
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - In-Universe Zine Page
Medium Opt-In: Poetry - Double Abecedarian
Medium Opt-In: Poetry - Cinquain
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Filk Set To Public Domain Music (A Capella)
Medium Opt-In: Audio - First Person In-Character Narration
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Podfic with Freetalk
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Podfic with Interjections & Narration Stumbles
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Recorded Meta - Scripted
Medium Opt-In: Audio - Recorded Meta - Unscripted
Medium Opt-In: Instructions - Mocktail Recipe
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Craftwork - Pressed Botanicals
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Fanmix with Liner Notes
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Printable Dress-up Paper Doll
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Web Weave - Collage Style
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Crossword Puzzle
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Crossword Puzzle with Cryptic Clues
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Nonogram Logic Puzzle
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Raddle Puzzle

Queries

Google Forms nominations

DC Extended Universe: Hartley Rathaway | Pied Piper & Wally West (Kid Flash) (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse.
DC Extended Universe: Hartley Rathaway | Pied Piper/James Jesse | Trickster (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse.
DC Extended Universe: Hartley Rathaway | Pied Piper/Wally West (Kid Flash) (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse.
DC Extended Universe: Solo: Hartley Rathaway (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse.
DC Extended Universe: Solo: The Rogues (Flash) (DCEU) — Nominator, this seems to be a nomination for the Flash TV show. Is that the case? That TV show isn't part of the DCEU. If it is for the Flash TV show, we will accept under DC's Arrowverse. Also, this was nominated with the label "Group:" which isn't allowed per our nomiantion guidelines, so we switched it to "Solo:"
DCU (Comics): WB: Gotham vs. Metropolis (DC Comics) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?
Sinkhole (Podcast): Solo: Original Character Thrown Out Of The Sinkhole (Sinkhole) — Nominator, could you let us know what the sinkhole is and if there are canonically people who are thrown out of it?
烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー | Ressha Sentai ToQger: WB: Rainbow Line (Ressha Sentai ToQger) — This seems like it might be a group of characters, which would make it more appriate for a Solo: tag. Is it a group?
烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー | Ressha Sentai ToQger: WB: Shadow Line (Ressha Sentai ToQger) — This seems like it might be a group of characters, which would make it more appriate for a Solo: tag. Is it a group?

Ao3 tagset nominations

Dead by Daylight (Video Game): WB: Surviving In Between Trials (Dead by Daylight) — Nominator, we're not totally sure what this means but it reads like a prompt to us. Could you elaborate on what you meant by this and/or help us rephrase?
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim : Female Dragonborn/General Tullius (Elder Scrolls: Skyrim) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Haikyuu!! : WB: Bouncing Ball Corp. (Haikyuu!!) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Kingsman: The Secret Service (Movie): WB: Behind the scenes of the Kingsman organization — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?
Original Work: Female General Who Returned/Female Childhood Friend He Wants to Marry/Hostage Princess General Has To Marry (OW) — Nominator, is it okay if we accept this as "Female General Who Returned/Female Childhood Friend She Wants to Marry/Hostage Princess General Has To Marry (OW)" or did you want the Female General to use he/him pronouns? If you did, we should probably rephrase the tag for clarity.
Original Work: WB: Cyberpunk Dystopia (OW) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Schmigadoon! (TV): WB: Other Musical Lands (Schmigadoon!) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Slow Damage (Visual Novel): Madarame Kei/Towa (Slow Damage), Shiro/Towa (Slow Damage) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Smosh: Bit City Host/Sarah Christ (Smosh) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms - Mercedes Lackey: Alexander & Elena (Five Hundred Kingdoms), Alexander/Elena (Five Hundred Kingdoms), Solo: Elena (Five Hundred Kingdoms) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (Video Game): WB: Actions of Anti-Exodus Faction (Hundred Line) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (Video Game): WB: Cryptoglobin memory sharing (Hundred Line) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us? (We also want to check if "Cryptoglobin" is the correct spelling because we did keep misreading it as "Cryptogolbin" although we're not sure what that would mean either.)
The Magnus Archives (Podcast): Solo: Slaughter Avatar (The Magnus Archives) — We pulled these to query but solved our own questions, so they should be in the tagset now!
Video Games: Devil May Cry (Gameverse): Dante/Vergil (DmC) — The "DmC" abbreviation is apparently specific to a different reboot so for extra clarity we've replaced this tag with "Dante/Vergil (DMC Gameverse)"—if you actually meant the Devil may Cry reboot from 2013, please let us know, but we think the capitalization situation was a tagset system whoops and not your actual intent.
ウルトラマンブレーザー | Ultraman Blazar: Solo: SKaRD (team) (Ultraman Blazar) — Nominator, we're confused about why this is disambiguated with "(team)", could you please explain?
暴太郎戦隊ドンブラザーズ | Avataro Sentai Donbrothers: Solo: Donbrothers (team) (Avataro Sentai Donbrothers) — Per the wiki, "Donbrothers" may refer to several subsets of characters. Is the nominator sure this description will get them the characters they want? Also, it looks like there are only five in the main Donbrothers team, so would the nominator prefer to just nominate the five as an explicit group, so they can get a gift about all of them?

Rejected Tags

Ao3 tagset nominations

Bandom: Bob Bryar/Brian Schechter (Bandom) — Unfortunately, we've decided that Brian Schechter doesn't meet our "famous in their own right" requirements, so we can't accept this tag.
DCU (Comics): Trisana Chandler & Daja Kisubo & Briar Moss & Sandrilene fa Toren (Emelan) in Gotham City (DC Comics) — This was accepted in error. It has been replaced with the tag "Trisana Chandler & Daja Kisubo & Briar Moss & Sandrilene fa Toren (Emelan) in Batman (Comics)"
Dead Boy Detectives (TV) : Jenny Green (Dead Boy Detectives)/Night Nurse (DCU) — This was rejected because it should have been nominated under Crossover Fandom. You're welcome to re-nominate it when late nominations open.
Dead Boy Detectives (TV) : Kashi (Dead Boy Detectives)/Night Nurse (DCU) — This was rejected because it should have been nominated under Crossover Fandom. You're welcome to re-nominate it when late nominations open.
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling : WB: How do portraits work? (HP - JKR) — This was rejected because it's in the form of a question. We would like to rephrase it as a specific worldbuilding topic, although "WB: Portraits" is probably too close to a group. Maybe something like "WB: Creation of Magical Portraits (HP - JKR)"?
Invisible Inc. (Video Game): WB: Agency operations post-canon (Invisible Inc) — WB: tags need to be phrased in an in-universe way. What's different about post-canon agency operations that you want worldbuilding about, or what event happened at the end of canon that might have impacted the agency?
Men's Hockey RPF: Celeste Desjardins/Leon Draisaitl/Lauren Kyle/Connor McDavid (Men's Hockey RPF) — Two of the characters in this ship aren't ellibile. Celeste Desjardins is married to a men's hockey player, but isn't famous for men's hockey and so can't be nominated in the Men's Hockey RPF fandom. Lauren Kyle is married to a hockey player but does not seem to be famous in her own right, and so can't be nominated at all. If our research has failed us, please let us know.
Midsomer Murders - All Media Types: All tags — Your tags were rejected because we don't accept All Media Types and other umbrella fandoms without discussion beforehand. When late nominations open, you can re-nominate your tags under a more specific fandom.
NCIS (TV 2003): WB: HR and employees complaint management (NCIS 2003) — Sorry, nominator, but WB: tags need to be about fictional things instead of things that require research, and NCIS is a real thing with a real HR department. If I'm mistaken and there's something fictional about this, please let us know.
Newsflesh Series - Mira Grant: WB: Orphans of the Rising (Newsflesh) — We think this is a little too close to a Solo: nomination and would like to ask the nominator what kind of worldbuilding they would specifically be interested in. We're happy to help you phrase one or several tags to cover your worldbuilding interests or, alternately, to accept this tag as a Solo: tag.
Ordem Paranormal (Web Series): WB: Typical Missions for the Pre-Canon Order (Ordem Paranormal) — WB: tags need to be phrased in an in-universe way. How was the order different pre-canon, or what pre-canon event changed the order such that missions would have been different then?
Original Work: WB: Lovecraftian Horror (OW) — Nominator, this seems like a genre instead of a worldbuilding topic, could you elaborate about what you want? (Alternatively, you might find that what you want is covered under the fandom "Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft")
Star Trek: The Original Series: WB: Rumors about Roddenberry's footnote (ST: TOS) — Nominator, we're not totally sure what this means but it definitely seems metatextual. All WB: tags need to be phrased in an in-universe way. What kind of worldbuilding were you hoping for?
The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien: WB: In-world historians seeking primary sources about the Elder Days (LotR Books) — All WB: tags are required to be phrased in-universe so this tag doesn't need that clarification, but also this seems more like a prompt than a worldbuilding topic. Would something like "WB: Primary Sources About The Elder Days (LotR Books)" suit your needs?

This lizard faces extinction, but an Indigenous-led plan could save it

Posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries

https://www.metafilter.com/209982/This-lizard-faces-extinction-but-an-Indigenous-led-plan-could-save-it

This lizard faces extinction, but an Indigenous-led plan could save it. There is growing momentum in Australia's conservation planning to incorporate First Nations knowledge into the management of culturally significant species such as the great desert skink. (Australia)

https://www.metafilter.com/209982/This-lizard-faces-extinction-but-an-Indigenous-led-plan-could-save-it

Current Mood: bitchy
Current Music: Your Idol (Saja Boys)

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LITERARY FLIGHTS OF FANCY, OR SOMETHING. [AUGUST DAILY BLOG #15]

( You're about to view content that the journal owner has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

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crafts: spinning

unhinged spinning

Unhinged spinning experiment: Immolation Fox prototype #1 (WIP)

Close-up:

(This is a WIP single, which I'd plan to ply, so that's active twist right now.)

I'm resigned at this point to destroying fiber in the service of something I find personally delightful to spin but Shinjo only knows how I'm going to get rid of the resulting yarn since I don't knit or crochet and don't plan to start. I took it up as an extremely backhanded way of additional physical therapy for my ankles.

If I am scarce right now, I'm physically ill, sorry! Spinning is at least a different sickness distraction from Balatro, which eats my device batteries.

Current Mood: good

Seeing the Kid

Got up at 9:00 after a wakeful night, and had breakfast and coffee and showered as fast as I could because I had a therapy session at 10:00. After that I dressed and took the two bags of sheets and towels from four years of stays at the cottage which have been in my hallway and Ubered them over to Astoria, to the Kid's laundromat. There they will be washed and folded, and brought up to the cottage by the Kid and her boyfriend tomorrow.

I met up with the boyfriend there, and turned the laundry over to him, and then we went to a restaurant where the Kid joined us and we had brunch. That was lovely.

Then, the cost of a return Uber being prohibitively high, I took the subway and bus home.

I did some phoning for some stuff I had to do, and played some solitaire, and got a phone called from

mashfanficchick, and finally at 5:15 I headed out to my Al-anon meeting.

I HATE THE NEW QUEENS BUS SCHEDULE!!!! This time I decided to take the 25 from my usual stop to the 50, instead of the 44 to the 50. That did work better, but I still had to wait a lengthy amount of time for the 50, and it was super crowded.

I got to the Bronx and had my pizza for dinner, though only one slice rather than two. I ran into M in the pizzeria, which was nice.

The meeting was good but small. M drove me to the bus stop afterward.

I came home via the 50 and 25 again. Damn annoying.

Got here and Teamed the FWiB, waking him up where he was dozing in front of his computer, He has a really nasty cold and cough now. We didn't talk to long, and then I went and fed the pets, and started here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. The Kid.

3. The laundry is out of my hall.

4. Good brunch.

5. My meetings and the people there.

6. Bed soon.

Current Mood: hot
Current Music: Jason Bourne

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fandom recs

They had to be giving things away

Mom and I hit Costco. There was ONE, count 'em, one buggy left. Dear god. Somehow we survived but since I have SO MUCH to cart back next week I passed on many of the things I wanted to buy. Ah well.

And since that was the most exciting thing to happen all day, here have the fandom recs for two weeks including this one!!

Warmth In The Chest Hazbin Hotel this was written for me in

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8/15/2025 Inspiration Trail

The weather this morning was perfect, entirely justifying my wait for better conditions. I didn't need a jacket and was down to a t-shirt by the end. The MacGilivray's Warbler was still singing! I got an excellent look at him, too. Also an Orange-crowned Warbler was chipping, I heard one song, and I got a brief look at them. That was a nice start. But the most unexpected event was that it was apparently Blue-gray Gnatcatcher dispersal day. There were at least three and I think five at the north end of the trail, bouncing around in the baccharis, flicking their long, white-edged tails. They didn't vocalize much, which is a shame as I love their buzzy little call, but I got pretty good looks at them. ( The list: )

When I arrived at the parking lot a little before dawn there was a crowd of people apparently watching for the sunrise. It didn't seem to be a private party, and it's not Easter, or May Day, or Solstice. Am I missing something? They were a little loud and took up most of the parking spots, but they didn't linger.

Current Mood: amused

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Questions in the Dark (part 1 of 1, complete)

Questions in the Dark
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1560
[End of March 179-]

:: Long after the group parts ways for the night, Laszlo and Igor have a far more difficult conversation in the fragile blanket of darkness. Part of the “Lost Son” story arc in the Frankenstein’s Family universe. ::

The fire had long since been banked, and even the embers seemed drowsy in their bed of coals. Laszlo lay on his stomach, his head propped on his folded arms. His feet swayed first left and right, then toward his head before dropping to a stop inches above the cold floor.

He couldn’t sleep, and even wandering in front of the forest of books did not help him to relax.

Footsteps brought a flickering light, then paused in front of the closed door.
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Endings of Different Importance

1) I'm in S16 of Silent Witness now but started the month finishing out the Sam Ryan years before jumping back ahead. (I started watching the show in S8 and did about 5 seasons before going back to the start.)

It was a very different show and felt more like a star vehicle, as she was not only the main character but the early seasons also spent a lot of time on her personal life and family. I was glad when Leo and Harry came along to make it seem more like a team show.

I thought the way her character exited the show was a really well done job even though I had some issues with it. ( Read more... ) In short, I think many characters would like to have had this kind of ending.

2) Speaking of Silent Witness, I was amused that in the episode with Jodie Comer claiming to be possessed by demons, Tom Ellis turns out to be her priest. Well yeah, you're possessed with Lucifer himself guiding your religious life!

3) Google is quickly taking us to a zero click environment. "In this system, the platform harvests and delivers information without sending the reader to those who actually created it, often at significant cost and always with the intention of serving their own audiences. For premium publishers, it means fewer readers, ad impressions, and subscription conversions. For the open web, it means less discovery, diversity, and accountability in the information ecosystem." ( Read more... )

4) I was curious about this How Americans Do Laundry survey. I'm sharing it here because I know a lot of people like to know stuff like this for their writing. ( Read more... )

5) Posted some more trip photos of the Devil's Punchbowl and lake views at

common_nature.

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daily

Daily Check In.

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33492 Daily poll

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Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25

How are you doing?

I am okay
20 (80.0%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
5 (20.0%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
9 (36.0%)

One other person
13 (52.0%)

More than one other person
3 (12.0%)

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.

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Lake Lewisia #1291

The first few mantis shrimp had come from the mermaids, traded for rare freshwater shells coveted by the salt-dwelling, and he had undertaken a project of selective breeding and training. Having a domesticated mantis shrimp as an assistive animal had its own limitations, but there was room by the window for both his easel and an aquarium with an elaborate communication board. Though he was colorblind, his service shrimp guided him through a world of color even the finest paints struggled to render.

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LL#1291

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books

Two cyberpunk novels I've been reading recently

Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott:

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To Embers We Return by Ning Yuan (translated by Douqi):

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A small bar with a big heart

Posted by hydropsyche

https://www.metafilter.com/209981/A-small-bar-with-a-big-heart

Remembering Oleens, the gay bar that fought Charlotte's AIDS crisis In the 1980s and 90s, surrounded by overt homophobia from local politicians (and everyone else), a small gay bar in the South End of Charlotte, NC, USA became ground zero in the fight against the virus. Now, a rare trove of VHS tapes archived by UNC Charlotte offers a vivid glimpse into that bar as it cared for its patrons in the face of staggering loss. -Nick de la Canal for WFAE

https://www.metafilter.com/209981/A-small-bar-with-a-big-heart