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[personal profile] umadoshi
When it took forever to fall asleep last night, my brain's hamster wheel of choice was all household things--puttering and cleaning products and other such exciting stuff. I'm feeling fidgety and restless about home-related things, and I choose to blame the arrival of meteorological autumn (which TBH I usually forget is a thing, even though those seasonal dates are easier to pin down than the solstices and equinoxes). We often sort of melt into autumn here, but this year everything's taken a beating from lack of rain, so I've read several people talking about some leaves already coming down. :/

This morning I did manage to do some small puttery things that needed doing, but most things require input from both of us and [personal profile] scruloose's mind and energy are currently elsewhere (long-overdue reno project). Also, y'know, I have a rewrite due in less than two weeks that I'm having real trouble focusing on; both that and the general restlessness are presumably not being helped by inevitable mild worry about Jinksy having dental extractions (also long-overdue) tomorrow.

(I'm reminding myself that any surfaces we can declutter before the fall crunch starts at Dayjob will be a significant help for my brain while that's going on. Here's hoping we can manage some of that.)

I won't think it's properly autumn until equinox anyway, but I do think maybe I'm ready for it.
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[personal profile] bluedreaming posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: death as a perfect circle (that elusive object)
Fandom: xxxHoLiC
Reader's name: bluedreaming
Author's name: bluedreaming
Link to text version of story: text here
Rating: G
Length/file size: 1:15 min, 1.19 mb
Content notes: none
Podficcer's notes: The music used is an excerpt from track 21 HoLiC End Title (YouTube music) from Keiichiro Shibuya's 2022 ATAK025 xxxHOLiC soundtrack album. The photo is my own work.
Summary: In which Doumeki has the last word.

embedded streaming and direct-download links )

东极岛 Dongji Rescue

Sep. 1st, 2025 08:23 pm
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[personal profile] trobadora
Last night I saw 东极岛 Dongji Rescue (IMDB | MyDramaList), Zhu Yilong's new film.

It's based on a historical episode from World War 2 (the sinking of the Lisbon Maru), though it's heavily fictionalised and in no way historically accurate. *g*

(There's a 2024 documentary on the real event, which I'd love to see if anyone knows where to find it!)

Anyway, Dongji Rescue is a really well done, effective film! spoilers below the cut )

Also, watching this movie was a very multilingual experience - the film itself has Chinese, Japanese and English dialogue all aplenty (which you don't see nearly enough of, IMO!), handling the language barriers really well - and then we had German subtitles on top of that. *g* They were good, too, and not as distracting as I might have expected. Since I've generally watched Chinese media with English subtitles, and also learned what Chinese I have with English-language material, all my Chinese is routed through English, and it's usually somewhat disorienting to watch something with German subtitles instead. But the multilingual mix of this film somehow balanced that out, and I didn't have an issue. Though I was happy to have the Chinese subtitles as well as they helped me follow along the Chinese dialogue where I could!
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[personal profile] goddess47 posting in [community profile] no_true_pair
Storytime (541 words) by Goddess47
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rodney McKay, Miko Kusanagi
Additional Tags: No True Pair 2025
Series: Part 1 of No True Pair 2025, Part 4 of Rule 5

For [community profile] no_true_pair day 1 - Rodney McKay & Miko Kusinagi - happily ever after

Summary:

"How the fu-- heck did I get roped into this?" Rodney hissed at MIko.

Seasonsofdrabbles summer '25 reveals

Sep. 1st, 2025 10:37 am
brightknightie: Midna, in imp form, and Link grin at each other (Zelda)
[personal profile] brightknightie
[community profile] seasonsofdrabbles has revealed its creators (very short anon period for very short fics). I wrote these two:

"Even the Smallest Possibility"
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(G, gen, 100 words; Link, Revali; Minish | Picori legend)

"Reasons to Visit the Library"
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(G, gen, 100 words; Link, Zelda; King Rhoam's secret study)

The folks who wrote so nicely for me, as previously posted, are now known to be [archiveofourown.org profile] kay_obsessive ("Legacy") and [archiveofourown.org profile] samifer ("Refuge"). Many thanks to them! And also thanks to [personal profile] senmut for generously beta-reading for me.

Spicy: Wildfrost: Art: spice yuki

Sep. 1st, 2025 12:23 pm
himejoshiheart: tbh creature but fictional fanon cowboy man. the endo flag is overlaid over it and if you tell me to kms over that you can eat my entire ass (Default)
[personal profile] himejoshiheart posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Fandom: Wildfrost
Rating: G
Summary: yknow delta pokemon? yeah? spice yuki

im thinkin. perma atk up whenever a card gets spice. just like regular yuki )
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[personal profile] the_paradigm posting in [community profile] no_true_pair
Title: Gabranth--Not Gabranth
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing/Characters: Basch & Drace
Content Notes: Major Game Spoilers by way of Extreme Canon Divergence.
Prompt: September 1st: and they lived happily ever after

Gabranth--Not Gabranth @ Ao3.
brightknightie: Girl running into the wind with a kite in summer (Enthusiasms)
[personal profile] brightknightie

Here are some recent fannish things I've happened to see and would like to share!

Spotlight: I don't subscribe to Netflix, so I assumed I was going to miss out on K-Pop Demon Hunters. But then they released widely in cinemas for one weekend only and I happily got tipped off in time. I liked it even more than I thought I would! K-Pop isn't my genre, but thoughtful magical-girl adventures? Well, yeah. Imagine that the original Sailor Moon manga and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show had a daughter and appointed High School Musical her fairy godmother. K-Pop Demon Hunters is joyful, hopeful, and deeper than it looks. It's a packed 90 minutes, with nothing missing and nothing to spare. (And I really enjoy "What it Sounds Like.")

Ficathons, fests & communities

  • Create & engage
    • [community profile] trickortreatex, where every gift is a "trick" or a "treat," has nominations through 9/08, sign-ups through 9/18, due 10/24.
    • [community profile] yuletide_admin '25 is underway. Nominations through 9/26; sign-ups through 10/24; due 12/17.
    • [community profile] fandomgiftbasket, a gifting fest a la Fandom Stocking/Trees, has sign-ups through 9/05 and reveals 10/12.
    • [community profile] fandommixtapeex uses songs as exchange prompts. Nominations through 9/09, sign-ups through 9/21, due 11/16.
    • [community profile] fffx, the "Five Figure Fanwork Exchange" (10K+ words), has sign-ups through 9/07; due 1/24.
    • [community profile] aspecex is a fic exchange themed on asexuality/aromanticism. Nominations through 9/17; sign-ups through 9/20; due 10/07.
    • [community profile] no_true_pair's 8-Character Challenge somewhat resembles Into A Bar, but everyone gets matched with everyone via distinct prompts.
    • [community profile] 10itemsorless is for ships with >10 works on the AO3. Sign-up through 9/06; due 10/25.
    • [community profile] 1character is a challenge community in which you claim a character and a prompt set and write 50 one-sentence micro-fics.
    • [tumblr.com profile] fandomwithbenefits is a low-commitment, no deadlines, monthly challenge/interaction community.
    • [community profile] drabbleonficathon is a prompt-meme challenge. Prompts close 10/01; fills open now and indefinitely.
    • [community profile] dreamwars is a community for all Star Wars.
    • [community profile] vampiremedia is a community for all vampire media.
    • [community profile] seasonsofdrabbles has released its summer event and will de-anonymize the works today.
    • [community profile] pinchhits is a forum for pinch-hits in exchanges. For example, [community profile] wipbigbang is seeking pinch hitters.
    • [community profile] whenisitdue tracks many more events than I note here!
  • Enjoy & share

Sidelight: Those who enjoy the ongoing Aurora webcomic by Red of Overly Sarcastic Productions (online | hardcopy) might like to know that Red is currently selling a pack of 4 character pins (Kendall, Alinua, Erin, and Falst). Shop the OSP store. Red's custom pins are always limited time, limited stock (though occasionally some do come back for deals around US Thanksgiving time, I wouldn't depend on that). I plan to put Kendall and Alinua on my work backpack.


August Language Roundup

Sep. 1st, 2025 11:43 am
lebateleur: A picture of the herb sweet woodruff (Default)
[personal profile] lebateleur
It sure is frustrating when the owl's periodic language path updates wipe the results of all your hard work off the board. I know the real goal is to maximize user's time-on-app vice the user's experience, but I don't see how resetting someone's progress from Unit 26 to Unit 6 would encourage them to spend more time engaging.

Chinese — Finished 1/10 of Rookie Unit 8; legendary through Rookie Unit 6
Dutch — Finished 1/5 of Explorer Unit 2; legendary through Rookie Unit 3
Gaelic — Finished 1/5 of Explorer Unit 13; legendary through the Explorer Unit 10
Hindi — Finished 4/5 of Unit 1; backburnered to focus on the letters with the GC
Indonesian — Finished 2/5 of Explorer Unit 12; legendary through 2/5 of Explorer Unit 11
Japanese — Finished Traveler Unit 24; legendary through Traveler Unit 21
Korean — Finished 1/5 of Rookie Unit 6; legendary through Rookie Unit 5
Latin — Finished 1/5 of Rookie Unit 6
Manx — Finished lesson 3 of the Loayr Gaelg 3 textbook
Welsh — Finished 1/5 of Rookie Unit 6; legendary through 1/5 of Rookie Unit 4

And, because, why not? Here's where things stood last month. )

これで以上です。
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[personal profile] smallhobbit posting in [community profile] no_true_pair
Title: And They Lived Happily Ever After
Fandom: Miss Marple/Winnie-the-Pooh
Pairing/Characters: Jane Marple & Tigger Holmes
Content Notes: No warning needed
Prompt: September 1st: and they lived happily ever after

And They Lived Happily Ever After on AO3

Crafting Update, August 2025

Sep. 1st, 2025 10:01 am
althea_valara: A picture of a striped crochet project, with the words, "STAND BACK! I have YARN!" (yarn2)
[personal profile] althea_valara
Most of this month was spent NOT crafting. I'm behind on checking in at [community profile] get_knitted because of it - I hope everyone there has been having success with their crafts!

It was an on month for Nerdopolis; we were in the third and final round for the current tournament, and I got inspired by some of the challenges.

The first challenge was the traditional Love What You Do challenge, in which teams pick their own themes. My team is all about gaming, and this month, we chose Mini-games as our theme. I immediately thought of the butterfly hunt in Final Fantasy X and dutifully searched for butterfly-related patterns. I found this butterfly shawl pattern. "It's crocheted - I can finish it in a month!" I said to myself. Reader, I did not finish it. Instead, I knocked out a quick crocheted hat yesterday that has the classic butterfly-made-of-chains on it. Apologies for poor picture.

A crocheted hat featuring a butterfly made of chain stitches.
[Image Description: A pink crocheted hat, featuring a butterfly made of chain stitches on the brim.]

Then there was the Boats challenge. Well, boats are often white in color, so I thought hey, let's make some white snowflakes! I chose this snowflake pattern, and tried it holding thread doubled. Alas, I got bored at the tediousness of it in the final round, and literally dropped it to finish it later... and it ended up under my desk, where it tangled with OTHER projects that have been dropped. BIG SIGH.

Anyway! I did not feel like unearthing it, so I decided to do something else instead. If you stand on the deck of a boat while it's in motion, it gets HECKIN' WINDY and your hair blows all over the place. So I started contemplating a hairband of some kind.

I considered yet another Lacy Crochet Kerchief - this pattern is like potato chips for me, I've made NINE of them. I did dutifully get yarn and started the chain/first row, but changed my mind. I considered a granny head scarf I found and even started that one, but the pattern called for fingering and I had just grabbed the first yarn/hook combo I found (worsted weight and a J hook) and it was coming out ugly. So I went back to the drawing board AGAIN, and finally whipped out this YESTERDAY:

A crocheted headband that features a patch of pumpkins.
[Image Description: A crocheted headband. It is tan in color and features bright orange pumpkins made of cluster stitches. A green vine meanders through the pumpkin patch.]

I left off round 2 and 6 because I didn't have much time. Even so, I barely finished this before the deadline. I'm happy with it, and it looks really cute on me and HEY I LOVE ALL THINGS PUMPKIN so now I have a seasonal headband - or will, once I weave in ends, oops.

For Nerd Cred, I tied to the All Saints' Wake in FFXIV, as there are plenty of pumpkin decorations then.. and also pumpkin cookies, as featured in this clip from one of my Twitch streams:



The Lab's theme this month was Paper Manipulation. I immediately thought PAPER QUILLING! Alas, I couldn't find my quilling pen, and didn't have the proper color paper for what I wanted to make anyway, so I bought more supplies, oops. I did start quilling a bird, but (a) it wasn't coming out too well (b) I ran out of time. So in desperation, I made an origami inflated box. HEY, IT COUNTS!

An inflated paper box, folded in the origami style.
[Image Description: An inflated paper box, folded in the origami style. Made with a piece of paper torn from a spiral notebook.]

I made a ton of these toys when I was a kid. The children's craft book I got it from said you could fill them when water and use them as water bombs, but wouldn't the paper disintegrate? Hmmm. Anyway, I used that "water bomb" idea for my Nerd Cred, and tied to Final Fantasy Tactics as there is a Water Ball throwing weapon in that game.

I did not work on my cardi at all this month, but did spend an hour starting the Sylvan Tee. I'd like to really put some work into that this month, maybe for [community profile] communal_creators? We'll see!
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[personal profile] umadoshi
I don't usually have too much trouble falling asleep these years (thanks mainly to a low dose of amitriptyline), although it's never as easy as it seems like it should be, going by frequent evening sleepiness. (No, I still have not sent feelers out about restarting attempts at trying CPAP. >.< I think I'm a bit resistant because as long as I don't try it, there's the hope that it'll help when I do, but what if I do and it doesn't? *sighs*) But last night involved lying awake for well over two hours because my brain would not stop. Ugh.

Firm reminder to self: that used to be the norm. And at least there's no Dayjob today.

We didn't go to the wee local market this weekend, because when we were out with a car on Friday we were able to stop by the stall for a produce place ("place") I love, even though this was only our second time there. It's produce from a variety of farms down in the Valley, and they usually have a lot of different things, but for us it's not super feasible to get to without driving, even though it's not that far.

We came home with a pint of blueberries and three quarts of peaches, encompassing four peach varieties! cut in case you DGAF about peaches )

Back when we lived in Toronto (over twenty years ago now--what even?), of course, we had access to Ontario peaches, which are a glory upon the earth. And because my exposure to popular music (or, y'know, an awful lot of music generally) was even worse then than it is now, a couple decades later, I didn't actually know the "millions of peaches" song other than the "millions of peaches, peaches for me; millions of peaches, peaches for free" bit. Like. At all. But I would go around singing that bit in sheer joy over peaches, and sometimes about other things that I loved. No context.

(The classic example of that last bit is the time or three I was singing about "millions of Quake-chans", because a] the original Quake is one of my lifetime favorite games {am I still ridiculously annoyed both that the name/"franchise" has had absolutely nothing to do with the original game beyond the fucking game engine AND how bad Quake II was? Yes} and b] I had mostly left behind my early-anime-fangirl habit of using fragments of Japanese, but was still blithely appending "-chan" now and then for fun.)

Anyway, the point of this ramble is that (if I'm remembering correctly at this distance) one time Em was visiting and I merrily sang out "millions of kittens" etc. (this was before [personal profile] scruloose and I were married, but we were already in it for the long haul, and at this point I had zero reason to think I would ever be able to have cats again because of their allergies), and when I finished the scrap of the song I knew and stopped, she quite reasonably belted out "KITTENS COME! IN A CAN!", which I had no way of predicting, and I probably didn't literally hit the floor in horror, but it came close.

Then she and [personal profile] scruloose had to explain WTF had just happened and talk me down a bit, I think. ^^;

12 Week Year WAM Week 10

Sep. 1st, 2025 08:27 am
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[personal profile] andersenmom
Weekly Score: 51.4% (18/35)

Goal 1: Declutter house and take care of family. 32% (8/25)

Review: No luck on most of everything this week. I actually feel pretty good about the way the dishes went, but that's about it. No cleaning, no laundry. That has to change.

Goal 2: Catch up on Fannish50. 100% (9/9)

Review: it took me a couple of days to get all the writing done, and I managed to get everything posted that I wanted to. I'm actually really happy about how this is going, and I'm looking forward to getting it all done.

Goal 3: Prep for writing retreat. 100% (1/1)

Review: This is done. I've done all the prep. I'm so excited!

Intentions for the future: G1: I want to spend time in the conservatory and clean up in front of the piano. When that's done, I'm going to move the piano bench back and work on the living room. G2: I have two posts to write, and three to upload, so that will be easy. G4: The retreat happens starting Thursday! Nothing on my metrics to take care of, but outside of them, i need to pack, go shopping, and get ready to go!
senmut: A simple geometric Decepticon symbol in blue, red, and white on a tan background. (Transformers: SG Con Logo)
[personal profile] senmut posting in [community profile] no_true_pair
Title: Hope
Fandom: Transformers [Shattered Glass-ish]
Pairing/Characters: Starscream & Thundercracker
Content Notes: None
Prompt: September One - 2 & 6 - and they lived happily ever after


Thundercracker stood on the ground, letting the weight of pollution and wasted resources settle into his ember, reminding him of what it had been all been for.

His optics flicked out further, seeing the scientist that every Seeker who had survived was pinning their hopes to.

As if in response to the gaze, Starscream looked back at him and flared his wings in a clear show of optimism. For him to do that… Thundercracker ran to him, looking at the test patch.

The metal was renewing itself, clearing away rust and acid pits.

"We will survive, and have our future."
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[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: Mirage
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Varian, Fred, ‘Scott’.
Rating: PG
Setting: Atlanteum.
Summary: It looks and sounds like Scott, but it’s a deception.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 489: Amnesty 81, using Challenge 15: Double.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Mods, please tag with f: tv (category)



Mirage... )

Monthly Round-Up

Sep. 1st, 2025 10:12 am
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[personal profile] dancing_serpent posting in [community profile] c_ent
This is the monthly round-up for August 2025.


Promo for: Heihua Exchange on [community profile] dmbj_tombraiders

Promo/Rec for: Nothing But You (2023)

Wishlist Wednesday

Topic Tuesday: Failing Enthusiasm?

Quick Rec Wednesday

Promo for: Come and add your recs! on [community profile] dmbj_tombraiders

Promo/Rec for: "Hymn" (short film)

Did You Make a Thing?

Promo for: sign-ups open! on [community profile] guardian_wishlist

Fanart for: C-ent art since March: MDZS and DMBJ


And of course we had the monthly round-up for July 2025 and our weekly chats on the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and the 30th


Did you discover an entry you missed? Come on over and take a look/comment!

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