SGA: Always Crashing in the Same Car by WonkyElk
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Patrick Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Rating: M
Length: 11,758
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: WonkyElk on AO3, cookiemom6067 on AO3, cookiemom6067 on the Audiofic Archive
Themes: Marriage of Convenience, First time, Hurt/comfort, Complete AU
Summary: “Damn it, John, you’re thirty-six, and you’ve never had a stable relationship.”
Patrick Sheppard adjusted his tie and gave him that familiar look, that 'I’m trying to love you, son, but you just keep on disappointing me’ expression, which had started somewhere around John’s eleventh or twelfth birthday - just as soon as he got an ounce of healthy rebellion - and had rarely left his dad’s face since.
Reccer's Notes: Ronon plays matchmaker in this marriage of convenience, recommending Rodney to John, who's undertaking the marriage mostly to piss off his father, but also to strengthen his place in the company hierarchy. Rodney seems the perfect spouse to annoy Patrick Sheppard, being brash, and, most importantly, male. But then it turns out they get on remarkably well, and eventually Rodney encourages John to be himself, not continue to try to please his (impossible to please) father. There's angst, character development, romance, and some action/adventure, until they work it out. An excellent read!
Fanwork Links: Always Crashing in the Same Car and there's a podfic by cookiemom6067 here
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Patrick Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Rating: M
Length: 11,758
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: WonkyElk on AO3, cookiemom6067 on AO3, cookiemom6067 on the Audiofic Archive
Themes: Marriage of Convenience, First time, Hurt/comfort, Complete AU
Summary: “Damn it, John, you’re thirty-six, and you’ve never had a stable relationship.”
Patrick Sheppard adjusted his tie and gave him that familiar look, that 'I’m trying to love you, son, but you just keep on disappointing me’ expression, which had started somewhere around John’s eleventh or twelfth birthday - just as soon as he got an ounce of healthy rebellion - and had rarely left his dad’s face since.
Reccer's Notes: Ronon plays matchmaker in this marriage of convenience, recommending Rodney to John, who's undertaking the marriage mostly to piss off his father, but also to strengthen his place in the company hierarchy. Rodney seems the perfect spouse to annoy Patrick Sheppard, being brash, and, most importantly, male. But then it turns out they get on remarkably well, and eventually Rodney encourages John to be himself, not continue to try to please his (impossible to please) father. There's angst, character development, romance, and some action/adventure, until they work it out. An excellent read!
Fanwork Links: Always Crashing in the Same Car and there's a podfic by cookiemom6067 here
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brithistorian) wrote2025-08-14 09:09 pm
brithistorian) wrote2025-08-14 09:09 pmSong of the day: Ji Suyeon, "Love Without Pain" (cover
Going through old links today, I came across this cover from Weki Meki's Ji Suyeon that I'd set aside to listen to back in February and then forgotten about.
The original, sung by Choi Yu Ree for the Disney+ original series Call It Love is available here, if you're interested. Choi Yu Ree's voice seems to be stronger than Suyeon's, but that could be a side-effect of production — even though they're both singing over the same backing track, they're not recorded under identical conditions, so it's still not completely a 1:1 comparison. If you skip ahead to 3:00, I think Suyeon's voice is stronger on the higher notes (come on: did you really expect me not to find a way to defend Suyeon?), but they both sang really well.
Smallville: Red Tape by Lenore
Fandom: Smallville
Pairings/Characters: Clark/Lex
Rating: Explicit
Length: 16,262
Creator Links:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
lenore
Theme: Marriage of convenience
Summary: Clark’s illegal, and Lex makes him a green card proposal.
Reccer's Notes: Here with another Smallville rec! This time, it's Clark who, ostensibly, needs to get married because he has no social security number, no legit adoption papers. Lex is the mayor of Metropolis in this story, and Clark is a reporter at the Daily Planet. Lex knows the secret of Clark's/Superman's identity, and he doesn't want to be the bad guy who has to deport a beloved superhero. Solution: marriage!
What I love about this story is how absolutely befuddled Clark is by Lex's proposal and the actuality of the marriage. It's SO CLARK. Lenore touches on another of my favorite Clark traits, which is his loneliness and his inability to sustain a relationship because of his secret. I don't recall the story explicitly stating Clark's age, but I think he's in his late twenties, maybe almost thirty. Those added years give more emotional weight to the (of course) eventual romance and falling in love.
Lois and the Kents feature in the narrative, and it never fails to delight me when Lois makes coffee or Mr. Kent talks farming with Lex.
Fanwork Links: Red Tape. This story was originally posted on LJ/Smallville Slash Archive and later moved to AO3, which resulted in a duplication. I was told by the author that this is the correct version.
Pairings/Characters: Clark/Lex
Rating: Explicit
Length: 16,262
Creator Links:
Theme: Marriage of convenience
Summary: Clark’s illegal, and Lex makes him a green card proposal.
Reccer's Notes: Here with another Smallville rec! This time, it's Clark who, ostensibly, needs to get married because he has no social security number, no legit adoption papers. Lex is the mayor of Metropolis in this story, and Clark is a reporter at the Daily Planet. Lex knows the secret of Clark's/Superman's identity, and he doesn't want to be the bad guy who has to deport a beloved superhero. Solution: marriage!
What I love about this story is how absolutely befuddled Clark is by Lex's proposal and the actuality of the marriage. It's SO CLARK. Lenore touches on another of my favorite Clark traits, which is his loneliness and his inability to sustain a relationship because of his secret. I don't recall the story explicitly stating Clark's age, but I think he's in his late twenties, maybe almost thirty. Those added years give more emotional weight to the (of course) eventual romance and falling in love.
Lois and the Kents feature in the narrative, and it never fails to delight me when Lois makes coffee or Mr. Kent talks farming with Lex.
Fanwork Links: Red Tape. This story was originally posted on LJ/Smallville Slash Archive and later moved to AO3, which resulted in a duplication. I was told by the author that this is the correct version.
brickhousewench (brickhousewench) wrote2025-08-14 08:39 pm
brickhousewench) wrote2025-08-14 08:39 pmToday was … a Day
So today was Meh.
I got up on time, no idea what I was going to work on when I met with my Field Engineer at 8:30 this morning. But he had to cancel due to [miscellaneous dumpster fire], so that means I have two more weeks to figure out what we’re going to work on next.
I sniffed the milk when I was getting my breakfast together, and it smelled OK. But when I put the first spoon of cereal into my mouth, it had clearly gone bad. Blech! So no cereal for you! And I was out of yogurt. So breakfast was a No Go because I really didn't have any other breakfast foods in the house. =(
My one meeting of the day, we didn’t have anything on the agenda, so it was just chatting with two of my coworkers for a half hour. That was nice, we don’t get to just chat very often. And then me running out for groceries, because when I told my tale of breakfast woe, Taylor seemed upset that I was out of milk. So milk and other comestibles were procured on my lunch hour.
Once I’d been fed, I managed to be reasonably productive in the afternoon. Got some stuff checked off the To Do list. Submitted four small docs updates. Go me!
After work I discovered that the spinner ring that I’d ordered had supposedly arrived. Checked the mail box and there it was. It fits perfectly. But doesn’t spin. At all. I can see that one of the raised flowers on the design is smashed (it’s a cheap ring from India, so I wasn’t really expecting perfection). But there’s also a tiny nodule of silver on the border between the ring and the part that’s supposed to spin, so I suspect the inner and outer rings have been accidentally welded together. Thus the not spinning. Now I have to decide if it’s worth complaining about, because India.
I got up on time, no idea what I was going to work on when I met with my Field Engineer at 8:30 this morning. But he had to cancel due to [miscellaneous dumpster fire], so that means I have two more weeks to figure out what we’re going to work on next.
I sniffed the milk when I was getting my breakfast together, and it smelled OK. But when I put the first spoon of cereal into my mouth, it had clearly gone bad. Blech! So no cereal for you! And I was out of yogurt. So breakfast was a No Go because I really didn't have any other breakfast foods in the house. =(
My one meeting of the day, we didn’t have anything on the agenda, so it was just chatting with two of my coworkers for a half hour. That was nice, we don’t get to just chat very often. And then me running out for groceries, because when I told my tale of breakfast woe, Taylor seemed upset that I was out of milk. So milk and other comestibles were procured on my lunch hour.
Once I’d been fed, I managed to be reasonably productive in the afternoon. Got some stuff checked off the To Do list. Submitted four small docs updates. Go me!
After work I discovered that the spinner ring that I’d ordered had supposedly arrived. Checked the mail box and there it was. It fits perfectly. But doesn’t spin. At all. I can see that one of the raised flowers on the design is smashed (it’s a cheap ring from India, so I wasn’t really expecting perfection). But there’s also a tiny nodule of silver on the border between the ring and the part that’s supposed to spin, so I suspect the inner and outer rings have been accidentally welded together. Thus the not spinning. Now I have to decide if it’s worth complaining about, because India.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-14 05:40 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-14 05:40 pm
Entry tags:
Affordable Housing
These futuristic 3D-printed homes start at just $200K. One city is building 80 of them.
The development will include energy-efficient, high-quality homes with an average size of about 1,360 square feet.
HiveASMBLD plans to print two unique home designs, each with a two-bedroom and two and a half bathroom configuration, as well as an office or flex space, and a covered patio.
Pricing for these homes starts in the mid to high $200,000s.
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The development will include energy-efficient, high-quality homes with an average size of about 1,360 square feet.
HiveASMBLD plans to print two unique home designs, each with a two-bedroom and two and a half bathroom configuration, as well as an office or flex space, and a covered patio.
Pricing for these homes starts in the mid to high $200,000s.
( Read more... )
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-14 05:35 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-14 05:35 pmEntry tags:
Celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day
Here is a list of bookshops from duckprintspress over a wide area.
duckprintspress over a wide area. 
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ficinabox2025-08-14 05:36 pm
fic_in_a_box_mod) wrote in ficinabox2025-08-14 05:36 pmEntry tags:
Nominations Clarification 4
Navigation: Rules/General Info | AO3 Collection | Nominations Guidelines | Medium Nominations | Tagset | Mod Contact: ficinaboxmod@gmail.com OR Screened Mod Contact Post
Nominations Clarification 4
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:
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!
Queries
Google Forms nominations
- Crossover Fandom: Any Character (Naruto) in Konohagakure & Any Mountain Peak Lord (SVSSS) — Nominator, we're a little confused by this. Did you mean "Any Character From Konoha (Naruto) & Any Mountain Peak Lord (SVSSS)"? If so, we'd like to check that this will really suit what you want—"Any Character From Konoha" would include civilians and missing-nin, and "Any Mountain Peak Lord" is ambiguous enough that it might include people beyond the Cang Qiong Peak Lords. A more specific tag might look like "Any Konoha Ninja (Naruto) & Any Cang Qiong Peak Lord (SVSSS)"
- DCU (Comics): WB: A Day in Arkham Asylum from the Perspective of an Employee (DC Comics) — To phrase this as a worldbuilding topic instead of a prompt, we've accepted this as "WB: Daily Life Of Arkham Asylum Employees (DC Comics)" — if that doesn't meet the nominator's needs, please let us know and we'll replace it or put in an alternate tag for you.
- DCU (Comics): WB: Batman and Batman-adjacent (DC Comics) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?
- Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey: WB: Seventh Path (Dragonriders of Pern) — Nominator, this was nominated twice in a row. Did you mean to nominate something else?
- Falsettos - Lapine/Finn: WB: Sitting Shiva for Whizzer (Falsettos) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us? It seems like it might be a prompt rather than a worldbuilding topic.
- Kraven the Hunter (2024): Sergei Kravinoff/Tangerine (Bullet Train 2022) — This has been accepted as "Sergei Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter)/Tangerine (Bullet Train 2022)" under "Crossover Fandom"
- Kraven the Hunter (2024): Sergei Kravinoff/Tangerine (Bullet Train 2022)/Tom Ryder (The Fall Guy 2024) — This has been accepted as "Sergei Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter)/Tangerine (Bullet Train 2022)/Tom Ryder (The Fall Guy 2024)" under Crossover Fandom
- Monster Prom (Video Games): WB: Liam Prom (Monster Prom) —
Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?Accepting as-is, thank you to everyone who helped explain! - Original Work: Kind Male Rival/Previously Abused Man (OW) — Some of us were a little confused by this nomination. For clarity, we'd like to accept it as "Man Abused By Previous Partner/His Kind Male Rival (OW)"—unless you meant something else by this tag!
- Original Work: Kind Male Rival/Previously Abused Man & Man's Adopted Son (OW) — Some of us were a little confused by this nomination. For clarity, we'd like to accept it as "Man Abused By Previous Partner/His Kind Male Rival & Abused Man's Adopted Son (OW)"—unless you meant something else by this tag!
- Original Work: Male Rival/Injured Male Enemy He Rescues From An Abusive Situation (OW) — Some of us were a little confused by this nomination. For clarity, we'd like to accept it as "Injured Male Enemy In An Abusive Situation/His Male Rival Who Rescues Him (OW)"—unless you meant something else by this tag!
- Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series): WB: Life of a Grunt (Pokemon Game) — To phrase this as a worldbuilding topic instead of a prompt, we've accepted this as "WB: Daily Life Of Grunts (Pokemon Game)" — if that doesn't meet the nominator's needs, please let us know and we'll replace it or put in an alternate tag for you.
- Rats SMP Season 2: InTheLittleWood/Rendog (Rats SMP Season 2) — Nominator, is there a reason you need to specify the season for this SMP? We're pretty sure Ren was only in Season 2, so there shouldn't be any trouble there. If you were nominating this way because Empires is split up into seasons: we've done it that way this year because the worldbuilding and characters for both seasons are very different, and in previous years we've struggled with phrasing tags so that they only apply to one season or the other. We don't think Rats SMP has this problem, so we would prefer not to split it unless you have a compelling reason.
- The Villains' Code Series - Drew Hayes: WB: The AHC (Villains' Code - Hayes) — We couldn't find much information about this via google, but this seems to be a group. If it is, 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.
- The Villains' Code Series - Drew Hayes: WB: The Guild (Villains' Code - Hayes) — We couldn't find much information about this via google, but this seems to be a group. If it is, 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.
- きみのせかいに恋はない | Kimi no Sekai ni Koi wa Nai | Is Love the Answer? (Manga): All tags with "Ito", "Ito Mayuri", "Enomoto", and/or "Enomoto Mayuri" — We require characters to be submitted with their full names so as to avoid confusion. Are Ito and Ito Mayuri the same character? Are Enomoto and Enomoto Mayuri the same character? If yes to both, we will edit the submitted tags and then accept. If these are different characters, we would appreciate help figuring out how to disambiguate the ones without last names from the ones with last names to prevent confusion.
- きみのせかいに恋はない | Kimi no Sekai ni Koi wa Nai | Is Love the Answer? (Manga): WB: Relationship Negotiations (Kimi no Sekai) — WB: tags are required to be about a fictional aspect of the requested canon's world. Is there any reason to believe that relationship negotiations in this canon are substantially different from real life relationship negotiations? If not, we can't accept this tag.
- 不良執念清除師｜Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (TV): Chen Chuying & Pu Yiyong (Oh No Here Comes Trouble) — This is a duplicate of another tag. Did the nominator mean to submit it as / or something else?
- 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game): WB: Heliobi (Honkai: Star Rail) — Nominator, we can't figure out what this WB: tag means! Can you explain it for us?
Ao3 tagset nominations
- Crossover Fandom: The Librarians: The Next Chapter (The Liibrarians: The Next Chapter TV 2025) & The Librarians (TV 2014) — We think this tag means you want any librarians from the 2014 show and any librarians from the 2025 show, but we're not totally sure. Oe maybe any character from either show? We're not quite sure but would definitely like to rephrase this tag. Maybe "Any Librarian (The Librarians: The Next Chapter) & Any Librarian (The Librarians 2014)" or "The Librarians Ensemble (The Librarians: The Next Chapter) & The Librarians Ensemble (The Librarians 2014)" or something similar?
- Fear Street Trilogy (Movies 2021): WB: Chatrooms Discussing The Curse (Fear Street) — Two nominators re-nominated this WB tag from last year. As you can see on your nominations pages, we've accepted it as "WB: Internet Discussions Of The Curse (Fear Street)" -- this is because this year we've decided we want to avoid WB nominations that might seem to opt a requester into a particular medium opt in. If for some reason this rephrasing doesn't capture what you want out of the tag, I'm open to rephrasing again or adding a different WB: tag of your choosing.
- Video Blogging RPF: Buddha & Sykkuno (VB RPF) — We found what we believe are Buddha's twich and youtube, but we can't confirm his age. We need either a credible source or a post from Buddha that says he's over 18, otherwise we can't accept this nomination.
- XCOM (Video Games) & Related Fandoms: WB: The Commander's Implant (XCOM 2012 Reboot Series) — This seems like it only applies to one character (which is against our worldbuilding guidelines, because that sort of thing is better as a prompt under a Solo: tag) but we also couldn't figure out what this means...so maybe we're wrong?
- 駄作 | Dasaku (Visual Novel): Haiki Yuuki/Nanagaki Alice/Nanagaki Chloe (Dasaku), Nanagaki Alice/Nanagaki Chloe (Dasaku) — Nanagaki Chloe appears to be a character that only shows up in the Dasaku ~Arisu to Kuroe, Musubareru Hi~ follow-up and not in Dasaku proper. Would you like to change the fandom to include both the original visual novel and the follow up? Otherwise, we can move this to Crossover Fandom.
Rejected Tags
Google Forms nominations
- Citizen Sleeper (Video Games): WB: Sleepers (Citizen Sleeper) — 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.
- Crossover Fandom: Gotham City (DCU Comics) & Natasha Romanov (MCU) — Per discussion on Nominations Clarification 3, we don't consider Gotham to be thinking/feeling enough to count as a character for FIAB. We would be willing to accept this as "Solo: Natasha Romanov (MCU) in Batman (Comics)", "Solo: Natasha Romanov (MCU) in Batman - All Media Types", as a similar tag with a more specific fandom, or as a crossover tag specifying a specific DCU character for Natasha to interact with.
- Crossover Fandom: The Magnus Archives in Gotham (DCU) — Nominator, this isn't a tag format we accept and we're confused about what you wanted. Are you looking for any character from The Magnus Archives to cross over into the DCU Batman Comics? The correct tag for that would be something like "Solo: The Magnus Archives Ensemble (TMA) in Batman (Comics)". Are you looking for a tag that would put a Magnus Archives team in Gotham? A tag for that might be "Solo: Original Statement Maker (TMA) in Batman (Comics)" Or was this maybe supposed to be a WB: tag? In that case, please elaborate on what kind of worldbuilding you wanted and we'll figure it out.
- Doctrine of Labyrinths - Sarah Monette: WB: The Cade-Skiffs of Melusine (DoL - Monette) — 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.
- Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey: WB: Dragons (Dragonriders of Pern) — 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.
- Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey: WB: Firelizards (Dragonriders of Pern) — 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.
- Dream SMP: WB: Horror Setting (Dream SMP) — Nominator, this seems to be a prompt for an AU setting instead of a worldbuilding topic, so we can't accept it. If we're wrong, please let us know. You can also review our worldbuilding guidelines and request an alternate WB: tag.
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game): WB: Future Generations (Teenage Exocolonist) — 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.
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game): WB: Previous Inhabitants of Vertumna (Teenage Exocolonist) — 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.
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game): WB: Vertumna Group (Teenage Exocolonist) — 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.
- IT (Movies - Muschietti): Bill Denbrough/Mike Hanlon/Ben Hanscom/Eddie Kaspbrak/Beverly Marsh/Richie Tozier/Stanley Uris (IT - Muschietti) — FIAB only allows 6 characters or less per relationship tag. Which of these seven characters would you like to remain in this ship tag?
- Original Work: Exhausted Man Signs Up For Cloning Scheme To Ease Workload/His Female Best Friend/His Clone(s) (OW) — We don't allow tags with "(s)". Any request for a group of characters can be filled with just one of those characters or with multiple. Do you want the singular or plural version of this tag?
- The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison: WB: Cerberuses (Angel of the Crows - Addison) — 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.
- 休日のわるものさん | Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san | Mr. Villain's Day Off (Anime): WB: Evil Organization (Mr. Villain's Day Off Anime) — 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.
- 休日のわるものさん | Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san | Mr. Villain's Day Off (Anime): WB: Rangers (Mr. Villain's Day Off Anime) — 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.
- 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game): WB: Trailblazer's Past (pre-Express) (Honkai: Star Rail) — This seems to be a request for a character's backstory, or possibly a group's backstory, which isn't an allowed worldbuilding topic for FIAB. We can put in a Solo: tag for you, or you can let us know what kind of worldbuilding topic you're hoping for and we can work out a new WB: tag!
Ao3 tagset nominations
- Empires SMP: All tags — These were rejected because per our nomination guidelines, Empires SMP should be split into seasons 1 and 2.
- Newsflesh Series - Mira Grant: WB: Any (Newsflesh) — We're rejecting this tag because we will add all WB: Any tags to the tagset after nominations close.
- Real Person Fiction: Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Actor RPF)/Female Reader — "Real Person Fiction" is a little too broad of a fandom for us. We would also, if possible, like to avoid "Actor RPF". Is there a more specific RPF fandom, like for a show, that we could accept this tag under?
- Real Person Fiction: Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Actor RPF)/Fred Hechinger (Actor RPF) — "Real Person Fiction" is a little too broad of a fandom for us. We would also, if possible, like to avoid "Actor RPF". Is there a more specific RPF fandom, like for a show, that we could accept this tag under?
- Starian Cycle - Iris Foxglove: WB: Early Days of The House of Onyx (Starian Cycle) — Nominator, this seems like a backstory request for a group of characters, which isn't allowed per our guidelines. Can you elaborate on what kind of worldbuilding you're looking for?
- Starian Cycle - Iris Foxglove: WB: Final Days of The House of Clay (Starian Cycle) — Nominator, this seems like a backstory request for a group of characters, which isn't allowed per our guidelines. Can you elaborate on what kind of worldbuilding you're looking for?
- Video Blogging RPF: Sykkuno & Creator's Choice of Character (VB RPF) — Sorry, nominator, but like the previous KPop nomination we can't vet all possible "characters" in this RPF fandom as being 18+ and famous in their own right, so we can't accept this tag. We will update the nomination guidelines about this next year.
Tuesday (everysecondtuesday) wrote in jump_scare_exchange2025-08-14 05:26 pm
everysecondtuesday) wrote in jump_scare_exchange2025-08-14 05:26 pmEntry tags:
Jump Scare Sign Ups 2025
Sign Ups are open until August 22nd 9PM EDT. (Yes, they're open a little early from what's listed on the schedule.)
If you sign up, you are committing to create a work of at least the quality of an unlined sketch or a fic of 300 words by August 30th 9 PM EDT, depending on what you match on. Gifts are not guaranteed, though pinch hits will be sent out and, we hope, filled.
Matching is by Fandom, Medium, and Archive Warning. Everything else is optional.
Matching is OR. This means you only need to create one of the fandoms requested, one of the mediums requested, and one of the Archive Warnings in that fandom's request.
You must offer and request at least three unique fandoms. They can all fall under the same umbrella fandom.
Do Not Wants are allowed in the optional details box. These are not meant to allow someone to box their creator in, but rather to give guidance. (Please see the FAQ if you're confused about DNWs should look like.)
In the optional details box, you can also talk a little bit about what you like besides the horror freeforms, link to your five minute fandoms, and do whatever else you'd like within the confines of an AO3 optional details box.
You must choose at least one medium per offer and request. You can choose either fic or art.
You must choose at least one Archive Warning per offer and request. The Archive Warnings you can choose are Graphic Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-con, Underage, and No Archive Warnings Apply.
Request what you are willing to receive.
Offer what you are willing to create.
If you do not want to create or receive any material with Archive Warnings, tick No Archive Warnings Apply.
Nominations will remain open through the close of sign ups. If you want something that is not in the tag set, you can still nominate it.
All links and schedule.
If you sign up, you are committing to create a work of at least the quality of an unlined sketch or a fic of 300 words by August 30th 9 PM EDT, depending on what you match on. Gifts are not guaranteed, though pinch hits will be sent out and, we hope, filled.
Matching is by Fandom, Medium, and Archive Warning. Everything else is optional.
Matching is OR. This means you only need to create one of the fandoms requested, one of the mediums requested, and one of the Archive Warnings in that fandom's request.
You must offer and request at least three unique fandoms. They can all fall under the same umbrella fandom.
Do Not Wants are allowed in the optional details box. These are not meant to allow someone to box their creator in, but rather to give guidance. (Please see the FAQ if you're confused about DNWs should look like.)
In the optional details box, you can also talk a little bit about what you like besides the horror freeforms, link to your five minute fandoms, and do whatever else you'd like within the confines of an AO3 optional details box.
You must choose at least one medium per offer and request. You can choose either fic or art.
You must choose at least one Archive Warning per offer and request. The Archive Warnings you can choose are Graphic Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-con, Underage, and No Archive Warnings Apply.
Request what you are willing to receive.
Offer what you are willing to create.
If you do not want to create or receive any material with Archive Warnings, tick No Archive Warnings Apply.
Nominations will remain open through the close of sign ups. If you want something that is not in the tag set, you can still nominate it.
All links and schedule.
ᴊᴇs(s) ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴇʙᴀɢ。 (necrophilia) wrote2025-08-14 02:37 pm
necrophilia) wrote2025-08-14 02:37 pmEntry tags:
chesapeake.
I had my housewarming get together this past weekend. My friends made me a very pretty card and gave me a $175 gift card to Ikea, which was incredibly sweet of them. (We also went on an adventure to steal a garbage table.) I am definitely using the gift card to buy a big bookshelf.
Work has been very boring these past two weeks. I haven’t had a lot to do. Some days, I’ve finished all my work for the day around 9:30 / 10 am and then had to get through the rest of the day. Sadly, this boredom has only been exacerbated by our new security software/VPN blocking a ton of websites I use to entertain myself throughout the day, such as Pinterest and Dreamwidth. I think that’s part of the reason I’ve been a bit quiet—not having DW in the palm of my hand when I would usually use the office downtime to post means I’m staring at Reddit instead. And home time is video game time! (No, I did not play any of my poll options, nor did I finally play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for the definite totally real first time since I’ve never played it before actually. Instead, I am on my third consecutive Dishonored 2 replay of the month.)
Signed up for three classes for the fall semester. Hopefully I don’t die; I hope my new thyroid medication and my new ability to not fall asleep all the time forever means I can hack it. One of those classes is online and self-paced, fortunately. I am increasingly eager to finish this program so I can leave my job and the construction industry behind forever. Hopefully only another year and a half!
Chemistry kicked my ass, but I’m not worried about it. I got an A in the lab portion and passed all my tests. My grade won’t be amazing, but I can live with it.
Two months after leaving my umbrella on the Skytrain, I finally bought a new one. It is black and covered in fake math equations.
Pretty exhausted right now, and it’s made me largely not want to talk. Between social things and moving and home buying and finishing the summer semester, I need to be a defensive pillbug and curl up into a little ball and roll away. Maybe I will hermit completely until September.
Also, I saw Weapons!
SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH
( MAJOR )
Work has been very boring these past two weeks. I haven’t had a lot to do. Some days, I’ve finished all my work for the day around 9:30 / 10 am and then had to get through the rest of the day. Sadly, this boredom has only been exacerbated by our new security software/VPN blocking a ton of websites I use to entertain myself throughout the day, such as Pinterest and Dreamwidth. I think that’s part of the reason I’ve been a bit quiet—not having DW in the palm of my hand when I would usually use the office downtime to post means I’m staring at Reddit instead. And home time is video game time! (No, I did not play any of my poll options, nor did I finally play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for the definite totally real first time since I’ve never played it before actually. Instead, I am on my third consecutive Dishonored 2 replay of the month.)
Signed up for three classes for the fall semester. Hopefully I don’t die; I hope my new thyroid medication and my new ability to not fall asleep all the time forever means I can hack it. One of those classes is online and self-paced, fortunately. I am increasingly eager to finish this program so I can leave my job and the construction industry behind forever. Hopefully only another year and a half!
Chemistry kicked my ass, but I’m not worried about it. I got an A in the lab portion and passed all my tests. My grade won’t be amazing, but I can live with it.
Two months after leaving my umbrella on the Skytrain, I finally bought a new one. It is black and covered in fake math equations.
Pretty exhausted right now, and it’s made me largely not want to talk. Between social things and moving and home buying and finishing the summer semester, I need to be a defensive pillbug and curl up into a little ball and roll away. Maybe I will hermit completely until September.
Also, I saw Weapons!
SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH
( MAJOR )
maju (maju) wrote2025-08-14 04:00 pm
maju) wrote2025-08-14 04:00 pmEntry tags:
(no subject)
I've been sleeping really well for quite a few nights in a row, but last night the good run came to an end and I couldn't get to sleep because my brain decided to get busy when I went to bed, even though I was feeling quite tired. So I ended up with about five hours sleep, which isn't quite enough.
I managed to go for a very sluggish run this morning; tiredness plus high humidity took its toll.
After breakfast I did some grocery shopping. I've been eating more frozen meals than usual; nothing I cook from scratch seems to taste very good any more even though I'm using recipes I've been making for a long time with no problems. It's very discouraging to be eating food that isn't really appealing day after day. Breakfasts and lunches are okay but dinners have been falling short. I've had a few very good frozen dinners (and a few that I will never eat more than once) but I worry that they aren't as healthy as home made food would be.
I also gave myself a haircut this morning. (It was a busy morning.) My hair was getting to the shaggy stage so it was time.
I managed to go for a very sluggish run this morning; tiredness plus high humidity took its toll.
After breakfast I did some grocery shopping. I've been eating more frozen meals than usual; nothing I cook from scratch seems to taste very good any more even though I'm using recipes I've been making for a long time with no problems. It's very discouraging to be eating food that isn't really appealing day after day. Breakfasts and lunches are okay but dinners have been falling short. I've had a few very good frozen dinners (and a few that I will never eat more than once) but I worry that they aren't as healthy as home made food would be.
I also gave myself a haircut this morning. (It was a busy morning.) My hair was getting to the shaggy stage so it was time.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-14 02:49 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-08-14 02:49 pmBirdfeeding
Today is sunny, humid, and hot.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I watered the patio plants and old picnic table garden.
I've seen a male cardinal in the forest garden.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I watered the new picnic table garden, telephone pole garden, and some of the savanna seedlings.
Crickets and cicadas are singing. Fireflies are out; I haven't seen them in a while.
There was a skunk in the south lot.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I watered the patio plants and old picnic table garden.
I've seen a male cardinal in the forest garden.
EDIT 8/14/25 -- I watered the new picnic table garden, telephone pole garden, and some of the savanna seedlings.
Crickets and cicadas are singing. Fireflies are out; I haven't seen them in a while.
There was a skunk in the south lot.
I am done for the night.
tentaclemod (tentaclemod) wrote in raremaleslashex2025-08-14 09:29 pm
tentaclemod) wrote in raremaleslashex2025-08-14 09:29 pm48 Hours Until Deadline!
Please be advised.
tentaclemod (tentaclemod) wrote in raremaleslashex2025-08-14 09:21 pm
tentaclemod) wrote in raremaleslashex2025-08-14 09:21 pmNew Pinchhits and Some Old Ones Remaining [No Longer Updating]
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All pinch hits must comply with the rules here. The minimum is a completed work of fanfiction of at least 1000 words or a completed piece of fanart or 500 words of podfic (depending on what the recipient has requested).
( PH 6 - [Fanfic + Fanart] NoPixel (Web Series), 鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理 | Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri | Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective (Manga), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 吸血鬼すぐ死ぬ | Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu | The Vampire Dies in No Time (Anime), Runescape (Video Games) )
CLAIMED!
( PH 9 - [All Fanfic] Dishonored (Video Games), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games), Revenge (1990) )
( PH 11 - [All Fanfic] X-Men: The Animated Series (Cartoon 1992), World of Warcraft, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV 2000), Hellboy (Comics) )
( PH 17 - Crossover Fandom, Naruto (Anime & Manga), 新世界狂歡｜NU: carnival (Video Game) )
( PH 18 - Biggles Series - W. E. Johns, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Labyrinth (1986), Sime~Gen - Jacqueline Lichtenberg & Jean Lorrah, Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band (Song), Original Work )
CLAIMED!
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To claim: please reply to this post with your AO3 username and the name and number of the pinch hit you want to claim. Comments are screened. You can also email tentaclemod@gmail.com.
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All pinch hits must comply with the rules here. The minimum is a completed work of fanfiction of at least 1000 words or a completed piece of fanart or 500 words of podfic (depending on what the recipient has requested).
( PH 6 - [Fanfic + Fanart] NoPixel (Web Series), 鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理 | Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri | Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective (Manga), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 吸血鬼すぐ死ぬ | Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu | The Vampire Dies in No Time (Anime), Runescape (Video Games) )
CLAIMED! PH 8 - Bandom, Cool Runnings, due South, Good Omens, Zootopia, Real Genius
( PH 9 - [All Fanfic] Dishonored (Video Games), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games), Revenge (1990) )
( PH 11 - [All Fanfic] X-Men: The Animated Series (Cartoon 1992), World of Warcraft, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV 2000), Hellboy (Comics) )
( PH 17 - Crossover Fandom, Naruto (Anime & Manga), 新世界狂歡｜NU: carnival (Video Game) )
( PH 18 - Biggles Series - W. E. Johns, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Labyrinth (1986), Sime~Gen - Jacqueline Lichtenberg & Jean Lorrah, Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band (Song), Original Work )
CLAIMED! PH 20 - Our Flag Means Death (TV) RPF, Secret Six (DC Comics), Arthurian Mythology, Batman (Comics), Macdonald Hall - Gordon Korman, Our Flag Means Death (TV)
CLAIMED! PH 21 - Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Star Wars Legends: X-Wing Series - Aaron Allston & Michael Stackpole, Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, The Mandalorian (TV), Les Misérables - Victor Hugo, Crossover Fandom
CLAIMED! PH 22 - 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
anais_pf (anais_pf) wrote in thefridayfive2025-08-14 02:53 pm
anais_pf) wrote in thefridayfive2025-08-14 02:53 pmThe Friday Five for 15 August 2025
This week's questions were suggested by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aforkintheroad.
1. What is your favorite experience in your life so far?
2. What motivates you to keep going every day?
3. Where do you want to go in life? What do you want to accomplish?
4. Is there anything that you regret? Do you try to change it?
5. What is your most cherished gift you have received? Why do you cherish it so much?
Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.
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aforkintheroad. 1. What is your favorite experience in your life so far?
2. What motivates you to keep going every day?
3. Where do you want to go in life? What do you want to accomplish?
4. Is there anything that you regret? Do you try to change it?
5. What is your most cherished gift you have received? Why do you cherish it so much?
Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.
If you'd like to suggest questions for a future Friday Five, then do so on DreamWidth or LiveJournal. Old sets that were used have been deleted, so we encourage you to suggest some more!