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lightbird (she/her/hers) ([personal profile] lightbird) wrote2025-09-05 06:49 pm
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New [community profile] ladiesbingo card just dropped!

I flopped last year. Here's hoping I do better this time, lol.

Episode Tags and Missing Scenes Wabi / Sabi Journalist / Chronicler Midnight Found Families
Sacrifice / Letting Go Neutral Colours Revelations and Concealments Kinetic Energy Information is given off the record
Street Food Truth or Dare Wild Card Landscape/Panorama Superpowers
Ritual Marks and Body Decorations Slice of Life Pre- Slash / Femslash / Het Coffee Shop AU If only you'd notice me: Yearning and obliviousness
Documentation Hopelessly Devoted Epistolary fic: Emails, letters etc. Loss of Faith Flesh and Bone
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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2025-09-05 06:09 pm

[ SECRET POST #6818 ]


⌈ Secret Post #6818 ⌋

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


01.


More! )


Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #973.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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Echo Invictus ([personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in [community profile] anythingdrabble2025-09-05 03:02 pm

[Challenge #404: Artist] Friends: 'Nice Touch'

Title: 'Nice Touch'
Fandom: Friends
Characters: Monica Geller, Joey Tribbiani
Word Count: 200
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] drabble_zone
Summary: A deliciously spicy aroma filled the room.

Nice Touch )
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schneefink ([personal profile] schneefink) wrote2025-09-05 11:53 pm

Silksong! First impressions

Silksong is finally out! "Fortunately" I didn't make it home by 4pm on Thursday meaning I only had to wait a little over an hour of frequent refreshing until I could finally buy the game xD

It's so much fun! Very reminiscent of Hollow Knight in a good way: atmosphere, gameplay, level design... And very hard. But (most of) the fights are fun to figure out, and the successes feel great. Tbh the main reason why I wish it didn't take me so long is because I'm already really looking forward to watching others play, but I also don't want any spoilers.

Minor gameplay spoilers )

My actual playthrough, the first almost ten hours, with plenty of spoilers:
(Benchmark, I have three achievements for defeating bosses so far and explored a bit further into the ~next region; and I strongly suspect the first three bosses will probably be the same for most people.)
My actual playthrough, with spoilers )

Yesterday I played until 2am, today hopefully not quite as long. Tomorrow I'm at a friend's birthday party, and I might think the timing more unfortunate if I didn't suspect my wrists will be glad for the break... But I have no other plans for Sunday except play, looking forward to it. (Well, that and watch a few of the MCSR Playoffs finale matches when I need a break, we'll see.)
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trobadora ([personal profile] trobadora) wrote2025-09-05 11:36 pm

fests and exchanges

After not writing anything more than alibi sentences for ages - my last fic was in May (The Consultant, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan), and the one before that in March (Beyond the Gates, the Mountain, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan) - I'm signing up for a lot of stuff now! Deadlines are usually very effective at making me write, so now that I'm not so busy any more and it's actually possible, that should get me back to where I want to be, writing-wise. I hope. *g*

In order of reveals:
  • There's [community profile] rarepairexchange, which has its deadline a little over two weeks from now, though reveals aren't until October. I've been poking at my assignment, and I have a bunch of things I know I want to be in it, but so far I haven't managed to pull it all together into a coherent narrative. Hopefully once I've conquered this one, things will be flowing again!

  • Then there's [community profile] guardian_wishlist, for which I just finished my sign-up last night - and we've only just posted the first batch of wishlists. (Mine is here; I'm requesting Guardian drama and RPF, as well as Guardian/Grimm and Guardian/Stargate crossovers.) And there are so many tempting prompts already! Reveals are on 6 October, and I hope to make a bunch of stuff before then.

  • Next comes [community profile] ficinabox, with a deadline in October and reveals in November - assignments aren't out yet, but should come soon. I won't seriously tackle that one until after Rarepair Exchange, though. Plenty of time if I brainstorm and have a plan by then!

  • There's also the Guardian Bonus Bingo grace period in November, for which I hope to finish at least some of the things I started and didn't finish so far. *g*

  • Yuletide is of course gearing up again as well, so that's what I'll be working on in December. Can't wait to find out which rare fandom I get to write this time!

  • Then, hopefully [community profile] fandomtrees will also run again this year, and I'll get to make a bunch of stuff for that too! Reveals are genearally early to mid-January.

  • And finally, there's [community profile] fffx which doesn't have its deadline until the second half of January. I still need to finish my sign-up for that (planning on doing that this weekend), but that deadline is so far away, there'd still be plenty of time even if I didn't start thinking about it until after Yuletide ends. (Though I hope to have a plan before then!) Of course, an idea might grab me right away and I might be working on this in parallel to everything else, you never know! *g*

Yeah, I know that's a lot. *g* I hope to make up a bit for all those months of not writing! But everything's nicely spaced out, except for Rarepair Exchange revealing one day before Guardian Wishlist, and the Bingo grace period overlapping with FIAB reveals. So it should be very doable without being too exhausting. *g*

What fests or exchanges is everyone else doing?
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austenmod ([personal profile] austenmod) wrote in [community profile] austenexchange2025-09-05 09:21 pm
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Deadline Reminder

As a reminder, the assignment deadline is one week from today, on 12 September at 22:00 UTC (countdown).

If you need an extra day or two to finish your assignment, you may request an extension by contacting me at austenmod@gmail.com. All requests for extensions of up to 48 hours (i.e., at or before 22:00 UTC on 14 September) will be granted, but I do need to be notified prior to the original deadline.

Best of luck as you approach the finish line! As always, please feel welcome to write to me if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks!

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purplecat ([personal profile] purplecat) wrote2025-09-05 09:30 pm

Random Roman Remains


Tree growing close by some Roman footings with large fallen bricks behind.
Chesters Roman Fort
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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-09-05 04:29 pm
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September's Bingo

for [community profile] allbingo's Piracy fest

bounty plunder shark bait dead men tell no tales briney deep
shipshape becalm rum rapscallion belay
broadside abandon ship FREE SPACE three sheets to the wind old salt
cannon scuttlebutt no quarter run a shot across the bow swashbuckler
black spot deep six devil to pay pillage lookout
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sanguinity ([personal profile] sanguinity) wrote2025-09-05 01:23 pm
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Heron fic: Manoeuvres Under Fire

Manoeuvres Under Fire (2013 words) by sanguinity
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Jacobite Trilogy | The Flight of the Heron Series - D. K. Broster
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ewen Cameron/Alison Grant/Keith Windham, Alison Grant/Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron/Alison Grant
Characters: Alison Grant, Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron
Additional Tags: Emotional Repression, Angst, Affection, Midnight Confessions, Polyamory
Summary:

Alison's husband's new lover is all irony, deflection, and formality. She likes him well enough, but she also finds his reserve frustrating — and apparently so does he.



Because I've been on a Keith and Alison kick lately. (At least judging by my wip folder.)

For [personal profile] tgarnsl, because we both have an obsession with Keith being feral cat who never properly learned affection as a kitten.
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immortalje ([personal profile] immortalje) wrote in [community profile] dailyicons2025-09-05 09:53 pm

Prompt 2597: Red

closed



Today's prompt is: red



• You have 2 days time to submit an icon for this prompt (in other words, until prompt 2599 gets posted)!
• Prompt 2595 have been closed.
• If you have any questions regarding the prompt, feel free to ask in a comment.
• To submit an icon you simply reply to this post with the following information:
Icon:
Claim: (only necessary if it's a specific claim)
Status: (e.g. #1/10 - number of icon completed/table size)

Pre-formatted
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Keeper of the Cocks ([personal profile] torino10154) wrote in [community profile] firewhiskeyfic2025-09-05 03:46 pm

FWF: Shocktober Edition

Halloween Banner for Firewhiskey Fic

Mark your calendars! FWF is returning on Friday, October 3rd @ 5pm EDT | 10pm BST. We hope you can join us for a fun night of drinking, conversation, and oh yeah, creating your masterpieces!

More info and prompts will be posted the week before (though it will be a lot like it's always been). Hope to see you here!
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donutsweeper ([personal profile] donutsweeper) wrote2025-09-05 02:39 pm
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Resource Posts, Yuletide and Recs

I've spent the last three or so weeks going through and updating the resources links posts and I'm not done, it's still an ongoing progress. I had over 150 links to add and I also like to go through and check for dead/changed links every 1-2 years (which I last did spring 2024 and now takes *forever* since 2k+ links). I'll also (probably) be splitting the randomness post into two posts and moving some things from the Hollywood/history post over to one of those posts but that's all still in the planning stages while I still slowly make my way through the other posts.

It always amazes me how many links die every time I do this. Sometimes it's just a web address switch and I'm able to find the new one and I do try to back stuff up at the wayback machine when I add links to my resource posts but they're not always things or sites that can be backed up so finding dead links there is a crapshoot. (It's still a wonderful resource though, more than 160 links *had* been backed up and are now accessible via it). That old adage about 'once something is on the internet it's there forever' is just not true. Some stuff will be there forever, but others? *poof*

As always, if anyone uses the resource posts and finds the layout confusing, has suggestions to make it better, has links (or even general topics) they should be added, etc etc just give me a shout, either here or on the specific post or any of my posts in general honestly. I'd like them to be as useful and informative as they can be.

It's almost Yuletide time! The schedule has been posted and for the first time in a few years there's been some changes (mostly a 12 hour shift backwards with assignment deadline not being 9pm UTC on Wednesday 17 December instead of 9am on the 18th and reveals being 9pm UTC on Wednesday 24 December instead of 9am on the 25th.) They've changed before and will change again, they mods need to do what work best for them and they've given us plenty of time to adjust to the change.

Another interesting change is as an experiment for this year only we'll be given 5 nomination slots instead of 4 (although with still only 4 slots per fandom) and the ability to have up to 8 requests rather than the previous max of 6. I usually only request 3 or 4 so that doesn't really affect me but more nom slots is definitely nice. :)

And, whoops. here's a month or so of [community profile] recthething recs (tons of tumblr art recs and some MDZS/Untamed fic/podfic recs):
Tumblr art:
Batman/DCU:
- The whole world at her fingertips. (love this take on Barbara as Oracle)
- AU: what if Dick became the vessel for Nightwing of Krypton? (wow, incredible idea and art)

DMBJ/The Lost Tomb:
- Heihua (Xiazi 'helping' Xiao Hua with his opera makeup, excellent)
- the apple trend ft. heihua... (delightfully sensuous)

Doctor Who:
- Sandwich break (Jamie and Two!!! Lovely)

The Losers
- How to Properly Care For Your Domesticated Housecat Cougar (this is just so soft and gorgeous)

MDZS/The Untamed:
- we will always get through the bad times (gorgeous mirror set of paintings)

Merlin
- I just needed to draw them again (gorgeous Merthur wih magic art)
- devotion (this is *incredible*)
- dressing up your boyfriend as a silly lil jester (absolutely nailed their expressions in this one)
- Being rough with Merlin is Arthur’s love language guys trust me (love their expressions!)

The Princess Bride
- This is true love. You think this happens every day? (gorgeous, almost movie poster style look at most of the cast)

Star Trek
- I finished the quilt I’m gifting to my daughter (Absolutely amazing TOS Enterprise in space quilt)

Supernatural:
- as a spn fan i’m legally obliged to draw this (Dean at his snarky, beaten-up best)
- I love old men retired yaoi (a wonderful look of what the future might have been for dean and cas)
- diner (Sam and Dean in a diner, spot on)


MDZS/Untamed fic/podfic:
Target Acquired (A Family) by relenafanel (11.7k, locked to archive)
Summary: Wei Wuxian has been on his own for months. It’s easier to pull off surprise assassinations against the sect that destroyed the Jiangs if most people think he’s dead. He doesn’t expect Lan Wangji to join with his own vendetta against the Wen. And he certainly doesn’t expect to acquire A-Yuan in the middle of a job. (assassin AU that's also sort of fluffy and adorable)

fic and its podfic
the guqin player next door by marquisguyun (1k)
Summary: Lan Qiren meets someone who is far older than he looks. (mortal/reincarnated LQR and immortal LWJ); podfic (by sisi_rambles, length - 6:33)
muccamukk: Billie tips his face towards the bi-flag sky, eyes closed, as Tré and Mike kiss his cheeks. (Music: Bisexual Green Day)
Muccamukk ([personal profile] muccamukk) wrote2025-09-05 12:37 pm
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Music Friday


This live show is great, also. Low-key looking at tickets for when they're on the coast next month.
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mary cuntrarian ([personal profile] marycuntrarian) wrote2025-09-05 03:15 pm
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promotion: I made a Community community


Come join and post discussions, fanworks, reviews, etc! I'm starting the comm with our own Friday Five, so reply now and meet some fellow fans!
Community TV


Also, can any kind soul tell me how to write a community username? It used to be like lj user=something but this isn't LJ so I'm not sure what to write!
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denynothing1 ([personal profile] denynothing1) wrote in [community profile] fancake2025-09-05 11:21 am

Hockey RPF: Game Plan by thehoyden

Fandom: Hockey RPF
Pairings/Characters: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Rating: Explicit
Length: 10,281 words / 1hr podfic
Creator Links: thehoyden on AO3, exmanhater on AO3
Theme: Food & Cooking

Summary: Unlike Nealsy, Evgeni can cook his own food when he has it. He’s perfectly capable of making breakfast. His kitchen is well-equipped, and he’s got some good basic cooking skills down. In short, he is not going to starve to death if left to his own devices.

None of this seems to matter to Sid.

Reccer's Notes: This is a story about seduction by breakfast. As the title says, there is a clear game plan at work here -- possibly more than one. Much of the charm of the story is in how oblivious the determined seducer is to the effect he is having and how bewildered his target is that it's not clear how willing he is to be seduced.

Bonus: the descriptions of the ever-more-elaborate breakfasts are fantastic.

There's an accompanying podfic by exmanhater that is a delicious listen as well.

Fanwork Links: story on AO3, podfic on AO3
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mary cuntrarian ([personal profile] marycuntrarian) wrote in [site community profile] dw_community_promo2025-09-05 03:14 pm

I made a Community community


Come join and post discussions, fanworks, reviews, etc! I'm starting the comm with our own Friday Five, so reply now and meet some fellow fans!
Community TV
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smallhobbit ([personal profile] smallhobbit) wrote in [community profile] no_true_pair2025-09-05 07:58 pm

First Things First (Spooks/Miss Marple, Adam Carter/Jane Marple)

Title: First Things First
Fandom: Miss Marple/Spooks
Pairing/Characters: Jane Marple & Adam Carter
Content Notes: No warning needed
Prompt: September 5th: first things first

First Things First on AO3
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brithistorian ([personal profile] brithistorian) wrote2025-09-05 01:47 pm
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About riding a pegasus

I'm currently reading Dragons of the Autumn Twilight[^1] by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and it's given me a question about riding pegasi. I had always pictured pegasus riders as sitting behind the wings, probably leaning forward and holding on the bases of the wings. But in chapter 12, when the characters have to ride pegasi, Weis and Hickman explicitly describe them as "sitting in front of the powerful wings." This seems to make sense, because it would put the riders in front of the flapping of the wings (and the powerful gusts of wind that the wings would create), but at the same time it seems problematic from a point of view of equine anatomy, because it doesn't seem like there would be room for a rider to be in front of the wings. And as I write this post, I find myself wondering if there's really something here, or if I've just been struck by an oddly chosen word that the authors wrote and then never looked back at.[^2]

When you think about humanoids riding on pegasi, where do you imagine them relative to the wings?

[^1] I missed reading the Dragonlance books back when they were new, but I was recently able to grab a huge mob of them as ebooks from Humble Bundle and I'm enjoying them. It's brutally obvious (at least in the first book, which this is) that they're the result of someone recording their D&D campaign as a novel, but they're still fun to read. [^2] It doesn't help matters that the pegasi use magical/psychic powers to put the characters to sleep as soon as they take off, in order to keep them from freaking out during the course of the ride.[^3] [^3] Which then opens up the question of how unconscious humanoids stay on the pegasi's backs. Do the pegasi have magic for that as well?