PG13 GEN - Gut Instinct - Gu Xiang, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu, Word of Honor (TV)
Nov. 8th, 2025 04:02 pm
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Announcement: Fest 38 Open at Small Fandoms Fest! (Multi-Fandom)
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smallfandom_nbOur Thirty-Eighth Fest at smallfandomfest is now open for prompt submission!
We don’t think we’re the only ones excited at the prospect of getting a bunch of new fanfic and fanart in our favorite small fandoms. By now you know what we need you to do to make that happen: you have to submit loads of prompts to entice others to write fic or create art (including graphics, fanvids, and fanmixes)! And if you know anyone else who loves small fandoms, please point them in our direction.
We’ll be accepting prompts through November 21st. For more information or to submit a prompt, check out the Prompt Submission Post, and then follow the link to the prompt submission form.
Prompts will be available for claiming on November 23rd.
And if you’d like to sign up to pimp out your favorite small fandom, check out the Pimp Your Small Fandom!!! Post and comment there.
We’d love to have you come play in our small fandom sandbox!
smallfandomfest is now open for prompt submission!We don’t think we’re the only ones excited at the prospect of getting a bunch of new fanfic and fanart in our favorite small fandoms. By now you know what we need you to do to make that happen: you have to submit loads of prompts to entice others to write fic or create art (including graphics, fanvids, and fanmixes)! And if you know anyone else who loves small fandoms, please point them in our direction.
We’ll be accepting prompts through November 21st. For more information or to submit a prompt, check out the Prompt Submission Post, and then follow the link to the prompt submission form.
Prompts will be available for claiming on November 23rd.
And if you’d like to sign up to pimp out your favorite small fandom, check out the Pimp Your Small Fandom!!! Post and comment there.
We’d love to have you come play in our small fandom sandbox!
PG SLASH: Resting here With You - Boya/Qingming, The Yin-yang Master: Dream of Eternity
Nov. 8th, 2025 03:48 pmFic: Yin Yáng Shi | The Yin-Yang Master:Dream of Eternity (Tarlanx)
Nov. 8th, 2025 03:52 pmtarlanx posting in c_entTitle: Resting here With You
Author: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Fandom: Yin Yáng Shi | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming)
Pairing/Characters: Boya/Qingming
Rating/Category: PG SLASH
Word Count: 730
Summary: Resting with Qingming was far more pleasant than resting alone.
On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/73395976
Author: Tarlan (
tarlanx)Fandom: Yin Yáng Shi | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming)
Pairing/Characters: Boya/Qingming
Rating/Category: PG SLASH
Word Count: 730
Summary: Resting with Qingming was far more pleasant than resting alone.
On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/73395976
Round 179: I Want To Do Better
Nov. 8th, 2025 04:56 pmtinny posting in iconcolors
Nothing But You | The Long Ballad x2
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Rob Lake and the Muppets: a review
Nov. 8th, 2025 10:52 ampuppetmaker Last night with Caroline and Thinn, we went to see the magician, Rob Lake. The hook for wanting to go was the Muppets were also making their Broadway review. Might be a trial balloon for Muppets on Broadway.
Mr. Lake is a fine illusionist both with big effects and tabletop magic. He kept everyone’s attention. He starts with sawing a lady in half and it ends with a large vanishing act.
He is a believer in audience participation. I got picked for one trick because I caught a ball. It’s a mindreading trick. I stared at him as he asks and he says “The stare is scaring me.” I didn’t hear it as I was focused on him. Caroline told me what he said afterwards. I didn’t know scaring a magician was on my bucket list but apparently it was.
Rumors were flying that the Muppets were a cameo at the end. Would I have like more Muppets? Sure, but I am a Muppet fan. However, they did a good job of sprinkling the Muppets throughout. Gonzo got to perform some of his art. Kermit helped with a card trick. Fozzie told jokes and tried to get more time to tell jokes. They show up close to the top of the show and end it as well. Rowlf and Animal were under used but they were there. Miss Piggy stole the show of course.
I loved the Muppet bios in the front of the program.
A lot of people went into the making of this show go smoothly and it did work for me. I walked out entertained. I laughed very hard. I got to see the Muppets and a really good magician.
Just FYI, there is no intermission. It starts at seven pm and you are out about nine-thirty or so.
I was happy to see names of puppeteers I know in the program. Peter Linz was the puppet captain. I have known Peter for a very long time. He was friends with my brother Sean.
I am grateful I saw “Rob Lake Magic with special guests the Muppets.”
Book Review: The Art of Gluten-Free Bread, by Aran Goyoaga
Nov. 8th, 2025 07:53 amrunpunkrun posting in gluten_freeThe Art of Gluten-Free Bread: Groundbreaking Recipes for Artisanal Breads and Pastries, by Aran Goyoaga is a beautiful book, printed on heavy paper and with full-page color photographs of every bake. It's heavily weighted toward sourdough, with several chapters dedicated to its creation and maintenance, recipes for the discard such as cookies, waffles, and biscuits, and lots and lots of sourdough breads throughout.
The book does not utilize flour mixes of any kind. Ingredients include most of the gluten-free pantry as well as some more unlikely items like chestnut flour, and binders include flaxseed meal, psyllium husk powder, and xanthan gum. There's some butter, milk, and eggs, but Goyoaga makes an effort to provide dairy-free variations for most of the recipes, and there's even a vegan brioche.
Definitely give this a look if you're into sourdough or want to get into it. I absolutely can't be taking on another mouth to feed, though, so this book is of limited use to me and will be going back to the library, but first I think I'll try her brioche with vanilla and orange peel, as it sounds lovely.
The book does not utilize flour mixes of any kind. Ingredients include most of the gluten-free pantry as well as some more unlikely items like chestnut flour, and binders include flaxseed meal, psyllium husk powder, and xanthan gum. There's some butter, milk, and eggs, but Goyoaga makes an effort to provide dairy-free variations for most of the recipes, and there's even a vegan brioche.
Definitely give this a look if you're into sourdough or want to get into it. I absolutely can't be taking on another mouth to feed, though, so this book is of limited use to me and will be going back to the library, but first I think I'll try her brioche with vanilla and orange peel, as it sounds lovely.
petraWaking up to the news that the SCOTUS had issued a stay, pausing the lower court's requirement that SNAP be fully funded, really made my rage spike first thing in the morning. Then I learned that it was Justice Jackson (D) acting unilaterally, and I was confused as all fuck.
This Substack has an attempt at an explanation that makes it make sense: Justice Jackson issued the stay for right now on partial funding to pressure everyone -- lower courts & SCOTUS -- to come to a final decision on full funding faster.
I am so pissed off that millions of people can't buy food because of this stupid political keep-away game, but at least there is a method to the apparent madness of Liberal Justice Stays SNAP Payment Order. Mind you, it's goddamn complicated, so the chances of anyone in the media explaining it clearly in a soundbite aren't great.
As the courts battle it out, people in the US are going hungry, and food banks and food pantries are stressed to the breaking point. If you make a donation of at least 25 USD to a food bank or food pantry, you can prompt me to write for you. Please flood my inbox with requests!
This Substack has an attempt at an explanation that makes it make sense: Justice Jackson issued the stay for right now on partial funding to pressure everyone -- lower courts & SCOTUS -- to come to a final decision on full funding faster.
I am so pissed off that millions of people can't buy food because of this stupid political keep-away game, but at least there is a method to the apparent madness of Liberal Justice Stays SNAP Payment Order. Mind you, it's goddamn complicated, so the chances of anyone in the media explaining it clearly in a soundbite aren't great.
As the courts battle it out, people in the US are going hungry, and food banks and food pantries are stressed to the breaking point. If you make a donation of at least 25 USD to a food bank or food pantry, you can prompt me to write for you. Please flood my inbox with requests!
Books Received, [strike] October 1 — October 7[/strike] November 1 - November 7
Nov. 8th, 2025 09:44 amjames_davis_nicoll
Six books new to me: two fantasy, one science fiction, one that seems to be a mix of both, one horror, and one non-fiction.
Books Received, November 1 - November 7
How is it November already?
Poll #33815 Rings of Fate by Melissa de la Cruz (January 2026)
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 36
Which of these (mostly upcoming) book look interesting?
View Answers
Rings of Fate by Melissa de la Cruz (January 2026)
5 (13.9%)
Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison (June 2026)
15 (41.7%)
Letters From an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss (November 2025)
16 (44.4%)
The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale (October 2025)
4 (11.1%)
Fallen Gods by Rachel van Dyken (December 2025)
7 (19.4%)
The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes by Conevery Bolton Valencius (May 2024)
22 (61.1%)
Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.8%)
Cats!
27 (75.0%)
An AO3 meme
Nov. 8th, 2025 09:29 ammaraStolen from petra :)
As of today, with 670 works:
1. What rating do you write most fics under?
General Audiences - 355 (I actually would not have guessed this!)
2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
DCU (Comics) (36)
Batman (All media types) (32)
Star Trek: Enterprise (26)/Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (26)
This is a little deceptive, because I don't tag with the generic Kamen Rider or Super Sentai fandom tags. If I did...whew. As an example, my #7 fandom is Boonboomger at 22, so if I'd tagged that and Gokaiger with Super Sentai, plus all the other sentai, it would easily beat DCU and maybe beat DCU and Batman combined.
3. What is your top character you write about?
To no shock whatsoever, #1 is Bruce Wayne with 33, followed by Tim Drake with 24. I wrote a *lot* of Batman/DCU fic back in the day, folks!
4. What are the 3 top pairings?
Hahahahaha, this is more representative of my recent fic habits!
Godai Yusuke/Ichijou Kaoru (12)
Tharn Thara Kirigun/Type Thiwat Phawattakun (10) tied with Kurogane Spanner/Minato (10)
Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (8)
I have a Tharn/Type fic in the works. Oh, and for those in the know, the Boonboomger OT6 is in 6th place with 7 fics, so I strongly suspect that will move up the list, but Spanner/Minato will likely stay strong.
5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Humor (151) Not a shock at all
Drama (85) This one...I wonder if I used it on older fics, because I can't recall using it in years!
Friendship (65) No shock whatsoever
If we remove Drama, which is a weird choice, the #4 is Crossover with 44. I used to write a buttload of those :D
petra :)As of today, with 670 works:
1. What rating do you write most fics under?
General Audiences - 355 (I actually would not have guessed this!)
2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
DCU (Comics) (36)
Batman (All media types) (32)
Star Trek: Enterprise (26)/Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (26)
This is a little deceptive, because I don't tag with the generic Kamen Rider or Super Sentai fandom tags. If I did...whew. As an example, my #7 fandom is Boonboomger at 22, so if I'd tagged that and Gokaiger with Super Sentai, plus all the other sentai, it would easily beat DCU and maybe beat DCU and Batman combined.
3. What is your top character you write about?
To no shock whatsoever, #1 is Bruce Wayne with 33, followed by Tim Drake with 24. I wrote a *lot* of Batman/DCU fic back in the day, folks!
4. What are the 3 top pairings?
Hahahahaha, this is more representative of my recent fic habits!
Godai Yusuke/Ichijou Kaoru (12)
Tharn Thara Kirigun/Type Thiwat Phawattakun (10) tied with Kurogane Spanner/Minato (10)
Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (8)
I have a Tharn/Type fic in the works. Oh, and for those in the know, the Boonboomger OT6 is in 6th place with 7 fics, so I strongly suspect that will move up the list, but Spanner/Minato will likely stay strong.
5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Humor (151) Not a shock at all
Drama (85) This one...I wonder if I used it on older fics, because I can't recall using it in years!
Friendship (65) No shock whatsoever
If we remove Drama, which is a weird choice, the #4 is Crossover with 44. I used to write a buttload of those :D
68 icons for land_of_art
Nov. 8th, 2025 03:32 pmtinnyI made these in June (and before) and submitted them to locked contests at land_of_art ...and then forgot about them. /o\ So those are from fandoms I was into in June. Oops? With much delay, here they are:
Teasers:
( 68 icons, mostly HPI, then Murderbot and My Lady Jane, Guardian and Parallel World )
Concrit and comments very welcome! Take and use as many icons as you like, credit is appreciated. If you want to know whose textures and brushes I use, take a look at my resource post.
Previous icon posts:
land_of_art ...and then forgot about them. /o\ So those are from fandoms I was into in June. Oops? With much delay, here they are:Teasers:
( 68 icons, mostly HPI, then Murderbot and My Lady Jane, Guardian and Parallel World )
Concrit and comments very welcome! Take and use as many icons as you like, credit is appreciated. If you want to know whose textures and brushes I use, take a look at my resource post.
Dopamine Detox is for MORONS.
Nov. 8th, 2025 10:04 amretrogrrrlPeople keep jib-jabberin' about leaving Social Media behind for better mental health & productivity, but no one talks 'bout it being the most lonely experience you can ever have.
I'm not joking, dudes! I think a lot of the discussion 'round social media addiction and dopamine detox as a whole is so severely lackin' in the actual truth that I gotta spring up from my chill-sesh to chit-chat with ya 'bout it.
This is more of a ramblin’ account, but I just wanta get this out there.
If you, by miracle, haven't been subjected to, like, the abomination that are the videos 'bout Dopamine Detox (and by extension Social Media Detox) then consider yourself a lucky dude, my friend. Those videos were a heap-load-a-bullcrap! That's right, a red alert on the lame scale by a mile. If y'trust my judgement I can tell you that disguised in all the (misleading or fake) pseudo-science they tried to shove into ya there was this workhorse mentality and alarmin’ culture of, like, working all the time and being productive even in your downtime. So, instead of one soul-crushin’ nasty habit y’gotta develop a whole ‘nother one called WORKAHOLISM ‘cause apparently that one is more socially acceptable and great for our capitalists overlords. Major bummer, dude. Like, that’s great, now y’gotta peel out from work and hurry on back home so ya can become a slave to endless productivity goals and have no time to ponder whether or not this is a lifestyle worth livin’ but HEY at least you got that slop-of-a-video done in record time so you can show the Youtube overlords how much their new system sucks.
Am I bein’ hyperspecific enough about this or am I still reachin’ too many audience members here?
Let’s actually get onto the topic at hand, ya? ‘Cause I feel like I’m totally losing focus here. So check it, among the many array of putrid slop that I combed through I had this new concept pop-up ‘bout living without social media for good of your mental health and all that bullcrap. I’ll give ya the skinny ‘cause I believe your time is precious enough.
Social media bad, touching grass good.
Listen, you’re goin’ to look at me and say “no actually, what’s wrong with that?” and I will hafta stop you right there ‘cause I’m not done with this story, dude! I promise you, I’m gonna make sense outta it.
( Read more... )
I'm not joking, dudes! I think a lot of the discussion 'round social media addiction and dopamine detox as a whole is so severely lackin' in the actual truth that I gotta spring up from my chill-sesh to chit-chat with ya 'bout it.
This is more of a ramblin’ account, but I just wanta get this out there.
If you, by miracle, haven't been subjected to, like, the abomination that are the videos 'bout Dopamine Detox (and by extension Social Media Detox) then consider yourself a lucky dude, my friend. Those videos were a heap-load-a-bullcrap! That's right, a red alert on the lame scale by a mile. If y'trust my judgement I can tell you that disguised in all the (misleading or fake) pseudo-science they tried to shove into ya there was this workhorse mentality and alarmin’ culture of, like, working all the time and being productive even in your downtime. So, instead of one soul-crushin’ nasty habit y’gotta develop a whole ‘nother one called WORKAHOLISM ‘cause apparently that one is more socially acceptable and great for our capitalists overlords. Major bummer, dude. Like, that’s great, now y’gotta peel out from work and hurry on back home so ya can become a slave to endless productivity goals and have no time to ponder whether or not this is a lifestyle worth livin’ but HEY at least you got that slop-of-a-video done in record time so you can show the Youtube overlords how much their new system sucks.
Am I bein’ hyperspecific enough about this or am I still reachin’ too many audience members here?
Let’s actually get onto the topic at hand, ya? ‘Cause I feel like I’m totally losing focus here. So check it, among the many array of putrid slop that I combed through I had this new concept pop-up ‘bout living without social media for good of your mental health and all that bullcrap. I’ll give ya the skinny ‘cause I believe your time is precious enough.
Social media bad, touching grass good.
Listen, you’re goin’ to look at me and say “no actually, what’s wrong with that?” and I will hafta stop you right there ‘cause I’m not done with this story, dude! I promise you, I’m gonna make sense outta it.
( Read more... )
First Let's Go Karaoke! fic: Stained (Kyouji/Satomi)
Nov. 8th, 2025 01:58 pmvriddyWatched the 5 episodes-long "Let's Go Karaoke" anime a few days ago, immediately lost my sanity (also managed to grab the ankles of a couple of friends as I fell to my doom mwahahaha we suffer together now 😌). If you like age gap relationships and yakuza danger & protectiveness antics with the occasional blood splatter... you're welcome in our hole XD
I'm stuck on 3 lengthy(ish) projects that all need massive edits at the moment, annoyed about the 2 fics in there because this wouldn't have happened if I had actually outlined with the snowflake method! Which I know always works well for me!! But here we are. I suspect this is why I'm writing drabbles, because editing a drabble is more like rereading with maybe minor tweaks. As much as possible, I don't get stuck in rewrites when editing drabbles or it's basically like starting from scratch. At least that's how it is for me!
Stained | Let's go karaoke! | Kyouji/Satomi | 600 words | rated T
Summary: Satomi is going to have to pull away from him first, because Kyouji just can't. He's tried, honest, but he just can't.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
I'm stuck on 3 lengthy(ish) projects that all need massive edits at the moment, annoyed about the 2 fics in there because this wouldn't have happened if I had actually outlined with the snowflake method! Which I know always works well for me!! But here we are. I suspect this is why I'm writing drabbles, because editing a drabble is more like rereading with maybe minor tweaks. As much as possible, I don't get stuck in rewrites when editing drabbles or it's basically like starting from scratch. At least that's how it is for me!
Stained | Let's go karaoke! | Kyouji/Satomi | 600 words | rated T
Summary: Satomi is going to have to pull away from him first, because Kyouji just can't. He's tried, honest, but he just can't.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
Non-stop
Nov. 8th, 2025 12:57 pmrmc28I haven't updated properly in ages. Basically, my life is: work, ice hockey, occasionally seeing my spouse and children, indoor cricket, more ice hockey, weight training. I am thoroughly in my jock era.
I now have on-ice training three times a week: Mondays with Huskies (mixed uni), Tue/Wed on alternating weeks with Kodiaks (women), Fridays with Warbirds (mixed rec). Plus games at the weekends, and the aforementioned weights and cricket for a little variety. Oh, and one of my hockey buddies pointed me at free Modern Irish lessons for staff and students of the university (funded by the Irish government). Tá sé iontach ag stáidear arís.
An anecdote from last week. I had a game with Warbirds on Saturday afternoon, but discovered as I was changing that I had failed to pack my skates! Disaster! I called Tony and ordered him an Uber, and got changed with the team while watching the cab's progress across Cambridge on the app. It arrived just as the warmup started, and I went out to meet it fully kitted up apart from my socked feet. The cab arrived, I got my skates from wonderful spouse, and jogged back in and around the rink to the bench just as warmup was finishing. I was third line so I just about had enough time to lace up my skates and get my gloves back on ready for my line change. I went over the boards with my line - and promptly discovered I had one skate guard still on, when I went sprawling on the ice. I sat up, pulled the guard off, threw it onto the bench (narrowly missing a teammate), got up and hared across the ice and managed to do something vaguely useful with the rest of my shift.
(We lost the game quite badly but apart from that dramatic start I didn't do anything too terrible, and I'm always happy to be playing.)
Weekly Chat
Nov. 8th, 2025 01:55 pmdancing_serpent posting in c_entThe weekly chat posts are intended for just that, chatting among each other. What are you currently watching? Reading? What actor/idol are you currently following? What are you looking forward to? Are you busy writing, creating art? Or did you have no time at all for anything, and are bemoaning that fact?
Whatever it is, talk to us about it here. Tell us what you liked or didn't like, and if you want to talk about spoilery things, please hide them under either of these codes:
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Whatever it is, talk to us about it here. Tell us what you liked or didn't like, and if you want to talk about spoilery things, please hide them under either of these codes:
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