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Trishelle ([personal profile] haunted_cherries) wrote2025-08-12 07:51 pm

[P5] Good Night

Fandom: Persona 5 universe
Characters: Ren Amamiya (canon), Nagisa Kamishiro (canon), canon x canon
Rating: Gen
Words: 206
Summary: Ren knows his boyfriend all too well

Notes: "Khajiit has wares if you have coin" I'm back on my ReNagi BS HSJKHDJKS Chipping away at all of my ReNagi drafts and this was one of the first ones I finished!

****

"I'm not gonna fall asleep! Put the movie on, it'll be fine!"

"Nagi, how many times have you said that in the past and ended up snoozing away before the movie was over?" Ren couldn't help but chuckle at his boyfriend's insistence, made even cuter by the dark red panda pajamas he wore to match Ren's.

"Ok ok, but consider that I purposefully took a nap earlier so I wouldn't fall asleep during our movie night tonight," Nagisa grinned up at his boyfriend as he got cozy in his arm. "Go on, movie time."

"Ok, I'll remember everything you said when you fall asleep again…," Ren teased, putting the movie on and getting comfortable.

****

The movie had only been on for thirty minutes before Ren heard some light snoring, and he didn't have to question whose it was. Nagisa was sleeping peacefully in his embrace, like Ren knew he would. If he wasn't concerned with potentially waking up his sleeping love, he would've been laughing out loud. He continued on with the movie, prepping to tell him all about it in the morning.

Unbeknownst to a sleeping Nagisa, he'd receive a kiss on the forehead for his trouble.

"Good night, Nagi. See you in the morning."
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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-08-12 09:39 pm
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Now that's what I'm talking about

So the only thing on deck today other than driving home was going to Hershey World. A) yes it's a giant tourist trap b) yes it's mostly for kids c) yes it's kinda hokey.

BUT I have wanted to do the 'factory' tour since I was a kid and never got to. I took myself. I got there early-ish lucky me (because there was no line and they have the queue line all dolled up with history to read while you sit around waiting. (I also was now on the clock. It was free to park for 3 hours, after that you were getting hit with a 35-60$ bill)

There is plenty of things to do at Hershey World as you can see. Most of it of course is geared to kids. I wasn't interested in that. One thing I thought SHOULD be on that web page is their no stroller policy. You can park them in the food court but with this level of people streaming in you couldn't just park it and level. I get why this is a rule. I saw the size of those strollers. You wouldn't be able to move inside but you should give people warning. Maybe I'm NOT taking my 1 and 3 year old if I have to carry them thru the whole thing and come back in a couple years...

I did not get through the gift shop unscathed (I'm talking POUNDAGE of chocolate here). This is where all the exclusive flavors were. I got me so many (good choice there, diabetic, good choice) cafe espresso and caramel macchiato and pumpkin spice latte nuggets, brownie and hazelnut kisses, a crystal kiss dish for mom for the holidays, peppermint patty chips for cookie making, whacky exclusive bars (some of which will be going into deep freeze for later gift giving), some expensive exclusive caramel chocolate and receese's cups with chocolate lava centers because peanut butter cups are MY favorite. I also found ancient ones I haven't seen if years like zagnuts.

I learned that krackle (another one I liked) dates to the 20s. Cool (so working on that Spider family as kids story. It's gonna happen) Another woman with a cane saw my purple sparkly one (I needed it at this point) and wanted to know where I got it as she has a boring black one (Amazon). Me and that cane nearly died getting onto the chocolate lab ride because it's a rotating floor and holy hell that's difficult to navigate when you can't feel your feet.


Yes I over spent. I did get out while parking was free. I tried that damn chocolate avenue grill again because it was 11:30 and it only opened at 11. Nope, full up. Went to Houlihan's a PA chain I haven't seen in years, had the best buffalo chicken sandwich I've had in a LONG time (the sauce had a bit of salt. I liked that also ranch dressing with blue cheese crumbles which I laughed because last night I had Beat Bobby Flay on as background noise and the judges reamed Bobby for mixing the two. Shows what they know)

Drove home. Too many 18 wheelers. SO many 18 wheelers but I'm home. My knee is done. It looks like a pumpkin.

Can't believe I'll be going back to work within two weeks.

I SHOULD get caught up on comments tomorrow. Thanks for coming along on vacation with me. I probably won't have the pictures up for a day or two because I have to get my syllabi done AND my loan repayment paperwork which the government just made infinitely harder to do (basically returned it to what it was 20 years ago)
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simplyn2deep ([personal profile] simplyn2deep) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2025-08-12 07:10 pm

Tuesday word: Heyday

Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025

Heyday (noun, interjection)
heyday Or hey·dey [hey-dey]


noun
1. the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime.: the heyday of the vaudeville stars.
2. Archaic., high spirits.

Origin: 1580–90; variant of high day, apparently by confusion with heyday

heyday [hey-dey] (interjection)
3. Archaic. (used as an exclamation of cheerfulness, surprise, wonder, etc.)

Origin: 1520–30; rhyming compound based on hey; replacing heyda < German hei da hey there

See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com

Example Sentences
Early tracks from their 90s heyday, like a jubilant Morning Glory and a swaggering Supersonic, were greeted with roars of approval.
From BBC

Love has no issue leaning into the band’s 1960s heyday.
From Los Angeles Times

In its post-war heyday, the town of Morecambe was one of the UK's foremost seaside holiday destinations, with a thriving local economy and prestigious reputation.
From BBC

Though the “crazy woman” trope inevitably persists in some form, it looks far more hackneyed than it did during its late-millennium heyday.
From Salon

Meanwhile, broadcast viewership has plummeted, and the late-night audience has diminished to a modest percentage of what it was in its heyday.
From Salon
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justmarriedmod ([personal profile] justmarriedmod) wrote in [community profile] pinchhits2025-08-12 10:06 pm

Just Married Pinch Hits Due August 22

Event:Just Married, a marriage tropes exchange
Event link: [community profile] justmarriedexchange
Pinch hit link: https://justmarriedexchange.dreamwidth.org/38109.html
Due date: August 22, 11:59PM UTC (countdown)

PH 4 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, 鸣潮 | Wuthering Waves (Video Game), Limbus Company (Video Game)

PH 8 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher

PH 12 - 说英雄谁是英雄 | Heroes (TV 2022), 师兄请按剧本来 | Stick to the Script! (TV), 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

PH 18 - Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), 너의 스탯이 보여! | Show Me Your Stats! (Webcomic), Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey

PH 21 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)

PH 22 - Glee (TV 2009), Glee (TV 2009), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, Beetlejuice (Movies), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin

PH 25 - The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner, Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Fiddler on the Roof (1971), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), Shadow of the Moon - M. M. Kaye, Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik, Life with Derek, Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers

PH 26 - Wicked (Movie 2024), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski, Avatar: Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
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chez_jae ([personal profile] chez_jae) wrote2025-08-12 09:04 pm

Book 80, 2025

The Imperfect Psychic: A Dubious Death (The Imperfect Psychic Cozy Mystery Series—Book 1)The Imperfect Psychic: A Dubious Death by Ashley King

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


View all my reviews

Finished an ebook last night. It was The Imperfect Psychic: A Dubious Death by Ashley King. Main character is reluctant psychic, Charlotte Vale.

Charlotte’s well-ordered life in New York implodes when she is fired from her job, her boyfriend leaves her, and the rent on her apartment is set to increase dramatically. Longing for a change of pace, she travels to a small, upstate town. There, Charlotte impulsively buys a ramshackle Victorian mansion with plans to open her own B&B. While waiting for guests, she needs to earn some money. Therefore, Charlotte turns to her psychic gifts and offers readings. Her sister is a renowned psychic, but Charlotte’s visions have always been hit or miss. Nevertheless, things are going well until someone is murdered on her property, leaving Charlotte in the midst of scandal. Not trusting the police to solve the crime quickly, Charlotte launches her own investigation.

The story was interesting, but it lacked polish. The victim was the town villain, who needed to have been murdered about three years ago, methinks. He was on the city council and liked to throw his weight around. I’ve worked adjacent to enough city councils to say that one person does not have that kind of clout. Plus, I got to wondering...if Charlotte’s Victorian was on the lake, was it even within the city limits? Hmm. Also, the trope of mc’s job, relationship, and home all falling apart at once is overdone.

Favorite lines: When the time was right, everything fell into place on its own.

Intriguing concept, substandard execution. Three stars.

Trope Test )
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Echo Invictus ([personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in [community profile] vocab_drabbles2025-08-12 06:48 pm

[Multiple Challenges] Original Fiction: 'Crepuscular'

Title: 'Crepuscular'
Fandom: Original Fiction
Author: [personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Original
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] anythingdrabble. Using Challenge #114: Lucifugous, and Challenge #132: Crepuscular.
Summary: "Care to stick around and stargaze?"

Crepuscular )
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justmarriedmod ([personal profile] justmarriedmod) wrote in [community profile] justmarriedexchange2025-08-12 09:36 pm
Entry tags:

Existing PHs #4, 8, 12, 21, New PHs #18, 22, 25-26

Assignments are due August 17 (countdown), just under 5 days from now

These pinch hits are due August 22, 11:59PM UTC, five days after the regular assignment deadline.

PH 4 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, 鸣潮 | Wuthering Waves (Video Game), Limbus Company (Video Game) )


PH 8 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher )


PH 12 - 说英雄谁是英雄 | Heroes (TV 2022), 师兄请按剧本来 | Stick to the Script! (TV), 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù )


PH 18 - Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), 너의 스탯이 보여! | Show Me Your Stats! (Webcomic), Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey )


PH 21 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) )


PH 22 - Glee (TV 2009), Glee (TV 2009), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, Beetlejuice (Movies), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin )


PH 25 - The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner, Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Fiddler on the Roof (1971), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), Shadow of the Moon - M. M. Kaye, Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik, Life with Derek, Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers )


PH 26 - Wicked (Movie 2024), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski, Avatar: Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) )



Comments on this post are screened. To claim a PH, please comment here or email marriageex@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the number of the PH.

We may not be able to immediately respond to pinch hit claims, but will get to them as soon as we’re able.
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krad ([personal profile] kradeelav) wrote2025-08-12 09:30 pm
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(no subject)

a lulzy sign i did *way* too much mercenary research back for iron crown/walon vau rping:

is when my brain still autocorrects "executive order" (the government act) to "executive outcomes" (that semi infamous sketchy af paramilittary organization/PMO/mercenary company in south africa in the early 1990's).

anyway if you have a trivia night about mercenaries and their fucked shit take me along i'll make bank for ya :D
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Echo Invictus ([personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in [community profile] lyricaltitles2025-08-12 06:03 pm

[2025 Album Challenge] Original Fiction: 'I Can't Give Everything Away'

Title: 'I Can't Give Everything Away'
Author: [personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted
Fandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] 100words and [community profile] ficlet_zone

Artist: David Bowie
Album: Blackstar
Song: 'I Can't Give Everything Away'

Summary: Everybody wants you.

I Can't Give Everything Away )
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simplyn2deep ([personal profile] simplyn2deep) wrote in [community profile] comment_fic2025-08-12 05:45 pm

Tuesday: Rare Pairs

Hello, everyone. I’m [personal profile] simplyn2deep and your host for the week. Apologies for the lateness of this. It's been a busy 3 days at work.

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Today's theme is rare pairs. For ships you don’t often see, whether they met once in canon or not at all. Give them a chance to shine!

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
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Use the character's full name and the fandom's full name
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If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Luna Lovegood, Hermione gets roped into one of Luna’s “strange adventures” and ends up enjoying herself more than expected.
+ Doctor Who, Martha Jones/Jack Harkness, Martha calls Jack for help when the TARDIS leaves her stranded in the 1960s.
+ Teen Wolf, Peter Hale/Kate Argent, They both want the same supernatural artifact, but neither is willing to back down.


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While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.

As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!

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MetaFilter ([syndicated profile] metafilter_feed) wrote2025-08-12 11:55 pm

"Fifty First State - My F!*#ing arse"

Posted by unearthed

Rod Stewart having the last words at a recent Toronto concert Yes it's a Substack link - from an account called Dingo Dave - click on the link and to full screen and put sound on - Rod has words to say at the end. I think original is on Instagram but I do not have an Instagram account and cannot make one without it being instantly deleted - such is the state of our broken internet.

The way it's going - waves arm out window - everything globally is going to become US politics and actions and warnings against christo-Fascism and christian-Zionism.
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Rare 🍐 Exchange ([personal profile] rarepairmod) wrote in [community profile] rarepairexchange2025-08-13 10:08 am
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Talk about your ships!

If you love talking about your favourite ships or are currently on the hunt to become obsessive about something new, this is a great post for you! Some of the rare ships in the tagset belong to rare canons, so this is a great place to promote canons for others to get into. (This is also a great place to give additional ways to consume the canon for potential pinch hitters and treaters.)

You can use the form below to get started. (You don't have to if you don't want to, but we advise trying to make your comment easy to read.)

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    A summary of the canon:

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    What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:

    Content warnings:

    How can we consume this canon?: This is a good place to let us know if it's free on YouTube, available on a streaming service, etc. (If you're going to mention streaming services, it would be good to make note of the country, as not all television shows/movies are available on Netflix internationally.)

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  • Thanks to [community profile] yuletide for the inspiration for the form.
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    tielan ([personal profile] tielan) wrote2025-08-13 09:14 am

    to do

    Back, quilt, bind, and sleeve ShowQuilt1.

    Sleeve ShowQuilt2.

    Sort out 1 night in Tblisi, 1 night in Naples, 1 night in Toronto.

    Finish [community profile] justmarriedexchange.

    --

    Those first two are going to be the most intensive... hoo boy

    --

    Also: [personal profile] jenab thanks for the postcard - lovely art!
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    proustbot ([personal profile] proustbot) wrote2025-08-12 06:07 pm
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    "dummy thicc" isn't a myers-briggs type

    Today I showed a colleague what I was working on, and she went "HELLLLLLLLL YEAH," which I will consider a sign that I have succeeded in my objectives.

    Ann Leckie, Provenance (2017) -- Hoping to impress her politician-mother by finding the exiled scion of an enemy dynasty, a young woman becomes entangled in interstellar intrigue and alien angst.

    This book feels like it is missing a middle third of the plot: three strangers meet each other for the first time, they get on a spaceship together, [TRANSMISSION LOST], they get off the spaceship and start going to great lengths to help and save one another. Some integral step in the process of friendship and mutual obligation has been skipped, and it weakens the whole book. This is particularly evident with Ingray and Tic in the second half of the novel: he effortlessly joins her various plots, and while the book has established that he's a very nice guy, it really does not make any sense for him to have remained nearby after dropping off his passengers. But the plot requires him to stick around, so he sticks around! This weird contrivance could have been smoothed over if Ingray and Tic had a slightly more developed relationship in the first half of the novel, and particularly if Ingray had performed some service or done something that bonded the two of them. (The book tries to coast past this issue by insisting on Tic's crush on Garal, and that's fine, but it does not explain his aid to Ingray.)

    Aside from that, the book wants to say something about forgeries and artifacts and legitimacy and lineage and doubles, and it weakly circles a central idea of PROVENANCE, get it, but those sub-themes never really click together in an interesting way. I was briefly excited in the first half of the book, when it looked like this might be a Tichborne-Claimaint-Does-Some-Counterfeiting-in-Space novel, but Provenance quickly veers from that plot into something different and less interesting.

    Genshin Impact (2020-, PC) -- I'm behind on all my silly casino games, but I did enjoy plowing through 5.7's Travelers' Tales.

    Some screenshots of evanescent game content, lost like tears in the rain, etc )
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    celli ([personal profile] celli) wrote in [community profile] fancake2025-08-12 07:28 pm

    TXT: promise not to promise anymore by ratherunnecessary

    Fandom: TOMORROW X TOGETHER | TXT (Korea Band)
    Pairings/Characters: Choi Soobin/Kang Taehyun, side Choi Beomgyu/Choi Yeonjun, unrequited Soobin/Beomgyu
    Rating: Teen and up
    Length: 21K words
    Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] ratherunnecessary
    Theme: Marriage of Convenience, Alternative Professions

    Summary:
    Choi Soobin: Korea’s hottest leading man—who’s secretly nursing a broken heart.

    Kang Taehyun: heir to the legendary Kang Entertainment—but only if he gets married first.

    Reccer's Notes: I love Soobin in this - he goes from broken-hearted to agreeing to help an acquaintance (by marrying him, of course) to a devoted husband. He comes into his own as a partner over the course of this, and is more solid in himself at the end, too.

    The other characters are also great. Yeonjun, in particular, just shines.

    Fanwork Links: promise not to promise anymore on AO3
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    double_dutchess ([personal profile] double_dutchess) wrote in [community profile] su_herald2025-08-13 01:12 am

    The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, August 12th

    Cordelia: I feel a little guilty.
    Angel: Don't. - I mean, nineteen dollars for a - sashimi couscous appetizer is money well spent. How was it anyway? Pretty good? I mean, it ought to be pretty...
    Cordelia: It's delicious but that's not what I feel guilty about.
    Angel: Oh. (Sees Wesley looking at him) I 'm not cheap, I-I'm just old. I-I remember when a few bob got you a good meal, a bottle *and* a tavern wench. - You were saying?

    ~~Belonging~~


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