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Photograph of things you might take with you, or pick up, on a trip, with added text: Journey & Travel, at Fancake. Items are neatly arranged on a rustic wooden table or door and photographed from above: hat, knapsack, barn coat, worn boots, folding knife, sunglasses, bottle, magnifying glass, as well as various maps, notebooks, pine cones, cameras, lenses, and rolls of 35mm film.

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seleneheart

Now that we are in the second round, and I don't have to stress about the Stars anymore, here is what I want to see for the Stanly Cup Final:

It should be obvious why I want this result - despite other connections, there's only one thing these teams truly have in common.

The Wild have the tougher road to get to this place, so I doubt my hope will pan out. *sigh*

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Current Music: Sjowgren - High Beam

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Theme Prompt: #299 - Uprising
Title: One false step
Fandom: Silo
Rating/Warnings: PG. Spoilers for Season 1.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Juliette has to carefully consider her next move.

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Current Music: Respectless (Hazbin Hotel)

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Current Music: Bein' Green (Andrew Bird)

A building in Portland was hit with, well... *gestures at title* But it was at like 3 AM so it was structural damage instead of mass death.

yeah so 2026 is going great

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Theme Prompt: #299 Uprising
Title: On Her Side.
Fandom: Dire Bound - Sable Sorensen
Rating/Warnings: (Language, violence, mature content, spoilers?) Threats of violence, minor violence.
Bonus: (Yes/No - did you meet the bonus goal for this challenge?) Yes
Word Count: 962
Summary: Meryn Cooper might very well have rather stood on a hornets nest instead of provoking Jonah, and thus earning the wrath of the Daemos pack. But their dangerous and not to mention handsome Alpha Stark might be on her side. It's hard to tell really. She hopes he is though as he might be the key to her surviving.

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seleneheart

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin

Blurb:

For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her—the poison tea that now threatens to also take her sister, Shu.

When Ning hears of a competition to find the kingdom's greatest shennong-shi—masters of the ancient and magical art of tea-making—she travels to the imperial city to compete. The winner will receive a favor from the princess, which may be Ning's only chance to save her sister's life.

But between the backstabbing competitors, bloody court politics, and a mysterious (and handsome) boy with a shocking secret, Ning might actually be the one in more danger.

This was the April read for

bookclub_dw; my answers to the discussion post can be found here: discussion post answers

I really liked this book - I've enjoyed the fantasy novels that feature East Asian mythology and tropes that I've read in the past year. This one focuses on brewing tea as a method of magic. There's also political intrigue and a hint of forbidden romance. I would probably call it YA. It is the first of a duology so I may pick the next one up if my library has it.

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Current Music: Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

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allbingo

Happy May! This month we have a Greek myth themed fest, with three sets of prompts: gods and their domains, themes/motifs/ideas, and adaptations. (My keyboard is Struggling at present, so I apologize if there's any mistakes anywhere! 😅) Remember the fills you create don't actually have to be in the Greek myth fandom or any adaptations you may get on your card. See you early next month for achievement banners. :) For reference, here's the bingo card generator and the allbingo AO3 collection.

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Coach Jess Campbell is not resigning with Seattle.

First woman to coach a national team, first to coach at the AHL level full time, first to be a coach at the NHL level. She's advanced a lot within the Kraken franchise, but she's not going to keep progressing within the franchise currently and has had offers elsewhere. She was a skating and player development coach with us and used to run sought after off season skate clinics. She broke the glass ceiling a few times within hockey and seems to have her eyes set on continuing to progress her career.

Sharks and Blue Jackets are rumored to be in the mix for her. A team with an overall younger average age is going to want her more and use her more. Honestly, should have seen this coming, just thought she'd just stay in Seattle forever.

Lots of Torrent coaching rumors, but that's wishful thinking. She's said she's set on NHL. Her on the Torrent would solve a host of issues, but, well, she's above their pay grade.

Fuck

(If she signs with the Sharks I will cry)

I know the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery (even if I always forget which is which). But, what do you call it it when it's... sort of a cross between a mausoleum and a series of patios?

We've got a few of these multi-crypt al fresco experiences in Portland. I'm a fan. If I did want a crypt, a patio with a view of the forest and also 4 volcanoes would be the ideal. It was a hazy day, so I saw St Helens and the others, but pictures are meh.

Also, turns out I have an older edition of the Portland Stairs book, which is why this:

107 step climb wasn't on my checklist. I might need to get a newer copy. I also hit a nearby 167 staircase.

( More graveyard, crypt and stair pics )

I am going to need to reshoot the crypts, I can do better. Man, am I... a bit rusty at certain types of shots?

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Theme Prompt: #299 – Uprising
Title: Revolution
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: No.
Word Count: 1000
Summary: The women of Coriel are staging a revolution, but the unexpected arrival of travellers is complicating matters.

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Current Location: my desk

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fancake

Fandom: The Lord of the Rings RPF
Pairings/Characters: Viggo Mortensen/Orlando Bloom
Rating: Explicit
Length: 30.000 words
Creator Links: lennongirl on AO3
Theme: Journey & Travel

Summary: AU: Orlando and Viggo meet in Spain under strange circumstances and travel through Europe together in Viggo's truck, getting to know each other and themselves.

Reccer's Notes: This is an old comfort fic that I used to read and re-read all the time back in the day. It's 30.000 words of both road trip and falling in love and that combination is simply too charming for its own good. You'll get to see quite a bit of Europe in the story as this starts out in Spain and and ends in Denmark. And to keep readers in the know there's a map of the characters' journey/progress at the end of each chapter. This story is fluffy and romantic and adventurous - simply the best combination of all the ingredients!

Fanwork Links: The Journey is the Destination on AO3

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thefridayfive:

• 1. Do you like to spend time outdoors?

Ish. I like to go for walks when it's nice out, but I'm not a huge fan of staying outdoors while not doing anything -- ie I prefer to sit indoors at any cafe/restaurant (no cig smoke), I have no interest in camping, and I've never gone hiking or spent much time in natural places, partly by choice and partly because my transportation options are limited -- I think the most 'outdoors' I've been is Sintra near Lisbon, and the grottos in the south of Portugal. I'm not a good navigator. I'd love to be able to go into forests and whatnot but it'd have to be with a friend I trusted (and my camera).

• 2. What is your favorite flower?

Peonies, I think? I'm not sure I really have one, but yeah, I like peonies and poppies. I like seeing the roses bloom in the few places they're planted in my city.

• 3. Any favorite warm weather activities?

I mean, in an ideal world, spending time near the ocean is the main one. Alas I live in the middle of Spain, nowhere near the sea. Every time I travel I'm like, okay, how do I end up on a beach in these circumstances. Sometimes being near the ocean is just magical, to me, like every step I take toward the coast is a sandbag off my back and I might suddenly float off the ground if I'm not careful.

Realistically? Photo walks.

• 4. Have you ever kept a garden? If so, what did you grow?

No. I'm not necessarily uninterested, but with the cats and living with my family, I just don't even want to try. We have a patio we could use for at least potted plants but the ones my mom had are all dead and the flower beds they set up at one point are 80% cat poop. I do want to empty them at some point but it is a lot of work. And even then I don't know if I'd try to grow anything because I'd feel judged. But I'd love to have a herb garden.

• 5. Do you know how to swim?

I do not and have nearly drowned twice.

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I managed to avoid running over a snake today, which is a plus. It was around 83F, and they tend to come out in the heat... and then lie on the pavement in the shade. Most of the time, I wind up running over them because I think they're a stick and it's too late to avoid them anyway. :(

This one was not a rattlesnake, thank goodness. And it was a chonk! Wow.

I also saw some turklets. It's that time of year! These were young enough to be cute (which doesn't last long). And I spotted the aftermath of a fish hoping to chomp a black butterfly that was hovering over the river.

Being early May, the wild grape buds are out. They have a sweet, peppery smell that is nothing like actual grapes. The cottonwood trees are also releasing fluff into the air, and that can come and go for a month depending on how often we transition back into winter weather. Soon, squirrel mating season will be running full tilt, and I'll have something else to dodge while biking out there. But in the meantime, I hope the sweetness of spring lingers a little bit longer. :)

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First part of my day went well. Did some cemetery and staircase photography. Yes, had a very Me day. Listened to Memento Mori on audiobook while photographing crypts. Knocked a 167 step staircase off of my list.

Got home, showered, got dressed, and went off to a gaming event! Then my bus was cancelled. And Lyft was like 'oh, you want to get across town at rush hour?' muahahaha. I decided to just start hoofing it and walked toward the event until the cost to get the rest of the way there hit just thirty bucks.

Ever go to a charity event and literally be the only one who showed? Besides me, who sniped a seat as soon as the event went live, someone booked *every other seat at the Extra Life gaming charity event* and then didn't show. It was me, a lady from the children's hospital and a sick kid. Yeah, that fucking sucked. Especially since this was the brewpub I game at, my gaming community, that fucked this up.

The guy running it cancelled the event. I talked to the lady a bit and headed home. The bus I typically take there was allegedly going to start running again in an hour, but that might have been a placeholder rather than a real projected. So, I took another bus, one that would need transfers. Walked to eh bus stop, the bus stop was closed. Walked to the next... closed. I eventually got to a non-closed stop and had to run flat out to catch the bus.

On the way home I just got off at a point and decided to walk the rest of the way, rather than deal with transfers. I knocked out a few more stairs on my list? Oh wait, Terry Schrunk Plaza Park Stairs aren't even on the list I am working from? ugh

I am going to sleep like the dead tonight.

Hopefully, I can edit the photos soon. I feel like one at least is going to be cool

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allbingo

I have made bingo down the G column of my 4-1-26 card for the Flower Fest Bingo. I also made 5 extra fills.

G1 (Edge of Enchantment) -- "Edge of Enchantment" (Coracle Shores)
G2 (Black Hero) -- "Any Terms You Offer" (Not Quite Kansas)
G3 (Zinnia) -- "Play Off the Energy of the Crowd" (Polychrome Heroics: Broken Angels)
G4 (Lilac) -- "Beautiful, Tough, Shiny, Resilient" (The Blueshift Troupers)
G5 (Devil's Tongue) -- "So DONE with It All" (standalone)

B1 (Request) -- "Their Hidden Source" (One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis)
B3 (Escape) -- "Someone Who Was Trying to Be Sober" (One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis)
B5 (Exception) -- "The Grabber" (Monster House)

I4 (Moonlight Sensation) -- "An Equally Valid Way of Being" (The Moon Door)

N1 (Big Smile) -- "Eat It Happily Because It Is Good" (Polychrome Heroics: Shiv)

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fancake

Fandom: The Old Guard
Pairings: Joe/Nicky
Characters: Joe, Nicky, a lot of OCs
Rating: Explicit
Length: 40,000 words
Creator Links:

mellyflori
Theme: Arranged marriage, No canon required, Complete AU, Historical AU, Mundane AU, Diplomatic marriage, Enemies to friends (to lovers), Royalty AU

Summary: “I’m certain this is not what you wanted from a marriage any more than I did.”
For a second, Joe is on the receiving end of the most intense stare he’s ever seen. He almost dares to hope for an argument, something unexpected, then his husband blinks, and he’s back to being that blank-faced stranger Joe first met earlier that day. “On the contrary. An advantageous match is all a prince should ever want.”
It was too much to hope that Nicolò might possess wit or charm that he felt free to express behind closed doors. Joe tries to hide a sigh. On the bright side, he thinks, at least it’s forever.

Reccer's Notes: A marriage based on a political arrangement is less than ideal, but Nicky and Joe cautiously move to friendship, then friends with benefits, with each wishing for more. Unfortunately, their tentative journey toward love gets waylaid when their fathers -- still immersed in long-held grudges -- break up the pair "for security." Cue Joe riding in pursuit of his hoped-for love, followed by some astute, verbal sleight-of-hand to force their fathers' acceptance of the marriage remaining intact for the requisite happy ending. Lots of fun, and highly recommended.

Content Notes: None

Fanwork Links: We Wouldn’t Be Standing Here So Tall, by Mellyflori at AO3

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Current Music: Joystick (Simon Curtis)

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allbingo

This is the April community post for

allbingo. What were your bingo activities during April? What are your plans for May?

For April we had:
[new]
Flower Fest Bingo with its Meet and Greet hosted by

ysabetwordsmith
Prompts come from the names of daffodils, tulips, and other spring flowers.
Dance with the Daffodils
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Stay Wild, Flower Child

For May we will have:
[new]
Greek Myth hosted by

drabblewriter
Explore the exciting realm of Greek mythology.
Posting will be May 1-31.

April 25-May 15 is Three Weeks for Dreamwidth. See our community posts for this event:
* THREE WEEKS FOR DREAMWIDTH: INTRODUCTION
* THREE WEEKS FOR DREAMWIDTH: SHARE YOUR CARDS

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elrhiarhodan

Title: From All The Spaces Between Times
Chapter: Chapter 80 — The Good and the Bad, The Light and the Dark
Author:

elrhiarhodan /

elrhiarhodan
Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars — Obi Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars — Jedi Apprentice Books
Characters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, The Force as a Sentient Character, Watto, Quinlan Vos, Padmé Amidala, Sabé, Darth Maul, Yoda, Mace Windu, Adi Gallia, Quinlan Vos, Professor Huyang, The Force, Plo Koon, Vokara Che, Siri Tachi, Aayla Secura, Bant Eerin, Bruck Chun, Xanatos du Crion, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Hego Damask II | Darth Plagueis, Komari Vosa, Bail Prestor Organa, Breha Organa, Bail Antilles Prestor, Rael Averross, Nim Piana, Ahsoka Tano, Sifo-Dyas, Reva Sevander, Lene Kostana (mentioned), Savage Opress, Pong Krell, The Traitor, Original Characters, Other Characters To Be Added
Pairings: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Shmi Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Jinn (yes, we’re arrived). Bail Prestor Organa/Breha Organa
Word Count: ~ 5800 this chapter
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None

Summary: Obi-Wan Kenobi has never known it, but he has always been the Force’s Champion, destined to suffer infinite sadness in defense of the Light. On his last turn on the wheel, responsibility for The Chosen One, the false child of prophecy, had been thrust upon him with no warning, and Darkness held the upper hand.

But this time, the Force has marshaled its power and will protect its Champion until the time is right, no matter how long Obi-Wan has to wait and how much he has to suffer.

Or,

Obi-Wan is reborn as a twelve-year old.

He wakes up on a slavers’ ship, with all of his prior life’s memories intact, and he’s bound for Tatooine with a Force-inhibitor collar around his neck, a bomb implanted in his spine, and no way of knowing what state of the Galaxy is in.

Just another day in the life of the Force’s Champion.

Chapter Summary: The calm before the storm.

From All The Spaces Between Times: Chapter 80 — The Good and the Bad, The Light and the Dark (On AO3)

( Meta — The Good and the Bad, The Light and the Dark )

tozka

So usually I put "ambient" music on in the background while I'm working, usually from Youtube-- but lately everything has gotten VERY AI-heavy and it can be hard to tell what's actually jazz or what's genAI jazz. So I've been collecting some YT channels that promote human-made music! It's a mix of musicians making their own music and various DJs doing sets. There's a few different genres represented, but it's definitely leaning to easy listening/jazz/funk.

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Challenge 299:
UPRISING

It’s dangerous. Even success will probably result in some collateral damage, and failure could have catastrophic consequences. But sometimes, things are just so bad that there’s really only one way out: rising up and doing something about it, no matter the costs along the way.

Would your characters participate in an uprising, given the chance? Would they lead it? Or would they try to stop it, for whatever reason? How does it work out for them?

Write a story about an uprising.

BONUS GOAL: “How do we get rid of you?”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, May 4 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 299 – uprising
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #298 – Disappearance!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 3751

Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

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You may now post your Challenge 298 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there.

kitewithfish

What I've Read
The Visitor - KA Applegate - This was one of my most favorite Animorphs and it really drives home that the book is going to look at the cost of this war on an individual level. Rachel has to infiltrate the home of a Yeerk leader who is also the father of Rachel's old friend. Losing a parent is awful - but this child has lost her parents while they are still present and alive because the brain controlling aliens running her parents' bodies do not love her like he parents did.

My Happy Marriage Vol 2 & 3 - This is a self indulgent manga with good art and some main character whump.

The Other Bennet Sister - Janice Hadlow - Audiobook, this ruled. The conceit is obvious- take a side character from Pride and Prejudice and look at them closer, it's been done before, it so often works! Because Austen's side characters can stand up to scrutiny, but they have enough space to dig into who they are. The choice to look at Mary, starting before the events of P&P, when she's a plain little girl who cannot understand why she can't please her mother or connect with her father or break into the pairs that her four sisters have fallen into - was there ever such an ugly duckly, such a middle child? It's an excellent story of someone trying to be special to others somehow, and the main story comes together quite sweetly. Hadlow manages a book with a similar sense of interest in character as Austen but without trying to ape her style so closely that I felt it veered into pastiche.

What I'm Reading
The Ancient Magus Bride (vol 1 manga ) So far so good, weird world building and a dude with a horse skull for a face bought our main character from her shitty family.
Dracula - Continues to be a banger.

What I'll Read Next

SciFi/Fantasy Book Club
Tomb of Dragons Katherine Addison - reread

Necromancy Book Club
The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow
The Isle in the Silver Sea Tasha Suri
Platform Decay (murderbot 8) Martha Wells
Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie

Hugo nominations came out!
I think the voter packet hasn't come out yet, so I have not gotten the freebies of some of these books yet but I am hopeful.

Novels
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) - read, it was great
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz) - know the author, know nothing about this
Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US) - haven't read this, looking forward to it
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) - already on the to-read list
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK) - read, it was great (tho a bit obvious)
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)- never even heard of this one

Novellas
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom)
Cinder House by Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK) - read it, very interesting
Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Tordotcom)
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK)
The Summer War by Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK) -read it, solid, not a standalone without the first two novellas

The other categories also merit attention but the funny thing is just the movies - I have already seen all of them except Mickey 17.

Last chapter of Leyfarers was pirate themed. At the end of every chapter we have things that unlock depending on our actions. (It's a custom written adventure / world setting for the ~180 people in the group, at a brewpub themed to be a building in the world) We had a challenge where new races would unlock depending on how many people would post a memory from the adventure in Discord. If we got 140 Leyfarers to participate, we'd unlock Otterfolk. Not everyone is on Discord so it was a challenge.

Every since advisor got in on trying to wrangle our groups to post. We hit... 140/140. Margin of zero. Literally every member we got to post was needed. The new player's guide hasn't posted yet, but I am 100% retiring Alec and rolling an Otterfolk at the end of this chapter.

I should have rerolled my main sooner. I play a Barbarian with Charisma as a dump stat. At first it gave some character to him, especially since he thought he was great at telling stories. But I am so tired of playing a low charisma character. Part of the problem is that I like tracking lore and details. So, when we need to interact with an NPC to get trust, I try to use that tracking to help convince them... and then get told to roll Cha. So, no matter how good I am at knowing things, doesn't matter because NPCs wont ever trust me. This is not fun and doesn't reward my playstyle. I should have rerolled sooner, but I get attached to my characters and also was trying to outplay the debuff, take it as a challenge. It just wasn't working.

So, I am going to roll a high Cha Otterfolk. Probably a sorcerer/thief multi-class. I want to present as not-a-thief, but have most of my levels in thief. I was considering being 'just a bard', but I think a 'wandering sorcerer, just trying to progress, learn new spells' will make for a better build. Having literally 1 in bard and 14 in thief would be fun, but I am also trying to have a more effective build this time. I can reroll at my current level if I permanently retire Alec and... all his acquired bonuses from two years of play. Thaaaat's going to suck.

Still need to figure out a name and backstory. Problem with world settings of mostly egalitarian societies, is that it makes certain backstories tricky. I like the idea of being from a small, hidden enclave and being out to get treasures for us, make the hidden space we hang out in cooler. Maybe flesh out a few side characters.

Anyway, Otterfolk! Us advisors made a whole project of hitting the goal for the unlock and I intend to enjoy the unlock. A LOT of higher level characters are talking about rerolling, so the Leyfarers might be about to have a fuzzy invasion.

china_shop

polyamships' questions for

3weeks4dreamwidth:

29 April: Self rec time! what poly fanwork of yours are you most proud of? share it here! Not a creator? Then who's your favorite fandom creator? Time to share!!!

I have too many fics, and I'm really bad at favourites or "most proud of"s, so I'm choosing one per fandom, and even that is pretty random/hard. ;-p

Due South

This one is about 2/3rds relationship negotiation and 1/3rd porn. I'd written a bunch of Ray/Ray bringing Fraser into the relationship at this point, and I wanted to try Fraser/Vecchio bringing Kowalski in. Which took more words than you'd think!

Title: The Invitation (8824 words) [Explicit]
Fandom: due South
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio/Ray Kowalski
Additional Tags: First Time, Post-Canon, Threesome - M/M/M
Summary:

But Ray had already turned on Fraser again. "You don't want me yourself, but I'm the go-to guy when your boyfriend has an itch you can't scratch?"

White Collar

My first fic in White Collar fandom. It starts off a little bitsy (I posted it as I went, in parts on LiveJournal), but hits its stride after a while, and I really like some of the exploration of feelings in here, as well the boundless trust issues that come with integrating a con artist parolee into one's respectable suburban married life.

Title: The Reasonable Doubt 'verse (45916 words) [Explicit]
Fandom: White Collar
Relationships: Elizabeth Burke/Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Characters: Elizabeth Burke, Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, June, Mozzie, Satchmo
Additional Tags: First Time, Episode Related, Threesome - F/M/M, Con Artists, Married Couple, Work Relationships, Trust Issues, Podfic Available
Summary:

Peter's changing, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out why. He gets a light in his eye when he talks about work. He's relaxed, happier, more willing to indulge in romantic moments. He sings in the shower, kisses her in the kitchen. When they make love, he looks into her eyes, and she can feel it—all that attention she used to crave. It's giddying.

Neal isn't taking anything away from Elizabeth. He's giving her back the man she married.

While You Were Sleeping (2017 Kdrama)

One of my first WYWS fics, and aside from anything else, I think I really nailed Jae Chan's dorkiness. Hee! And also Woo Tak's yearning, and Hong Joo's cheerful bulldozing.

Title: The end of lonely (2480 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 당신이 잠든 사이에 | While You Were Sleeping (TV)
Relationships: Han Woo Tak/Jung Jae Chan/Nam Hong Joo
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Threesome - F/M/M, First Dates, First Kiss, First Aid, Driving all night, That Kdrama trope where the sunrise is always conveniently timed
Summary:

Woo Tak thinks even if tonight isn’t a date, he’ll come out to his friends. (Sequel to "I see you when I close my eyes".)

Guardian

This has Ye Huo working through his feelings for the others, in particular, going from seeing Guo Changcheng as a klutzy kid to someone who has matured and is desirable. And then there is a LOT of sex. This may actually be the porniest of my Guardian fic.

Title: Every Shimmer Is A Searchlight (15909 words) [Explicit]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng/Ye Huo
Characters: Ye Huo, Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Threesome - M/M/M, Pining, Friends to Lovers, Idiots in Love, Polyamory, Consent, Talking During Sex, negotiating sex, First Time, everyone's a switch, Let's say Dixingren can't catch or pass on STDs, AKA I couldn't be bothered with condoms, Traces of angst, Belonging
Series: Part 1 of This Sunsettled Life (Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng/Ye Huo)
Summary:

“We’re asking you out,” says Guo Changcheng. “Or—well, asking you in. If you want to.”

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allbingo

How long have you belonged to this community? What attracted you to it? How often do you play?

I'm not exactly sure when I joined, but I joined specifically to help Vexed_Wench host the first round of Winterfest in July (then called Christmas in July Bingo) in 2014. Vexed made creative bingo sound really fun and I liked how we could do fills with anything of any medium and make our own cards. I honestly try to play every month, but I'm lucky if I make one bingo a year. I do cohost two reoccurring bingos a year, though (Winterfest in July and Fall Fest).

What do you like best about creative bingo? Do you feel that it helps you as a creative person?

I like how it's a different way to present creative prompts, a bit like a chose your own adventure book, or a table with extra gamification. I like creative bingo at allbingo specifically because of how open to interpretation and open ended possibilities of what kind of fills you can do. I think it helps me as a creative person. The different themes everyone comes up with helps spark ideas I wouldn't have had otherwise.

What are some of your favorite bingo themes? Are those single events, recurring, or a mix of both?

Aside from themes I've hosted/,co-hosted, my favorite themes have been (they are a mix of single events and reoccurring):
Valentines Fest
Tolkien Bingo Fest
British Library Crime Classics
National Craft Month
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Pride Bingo
Sleepy Bear Bingo
Amnesty
Meet-Ugly Fest
Tarot Fest
Summer in December

Do you participate in other bingo communities? If so, what are some of your favorites?

Not really anymore. Pretty much all of them I used to participate in have shut down. I do enjoy whatif_au's annual anniversary bingo challenge. This is their 3rd year. The round goes from April until the end of July.

Do you typically create fills in the same format or fandom, or spread them out over different kinds? What will readers find in your work?

I used to do primarily crafts, but now do more fics. It's still a mix. One bingo, I did all book rec lists for fills and I've done playlists for fills too. I do write for a large variety of fandoms and original fiction, but you are most likely to find short ficlets for Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, or Batman.

Have you ever made blackout (filled all the prompts on a card)? If so, how many times?

Yes, I have, usually only when I have a 2x2 card. I don't know how many times. It's been more than once, but it's not the norm.

Have you ever hosted a bingo fest here? If so, what was your favorite theme(s)? If not, what themes might you fantasize about hosting?

I have and do! I co-host the reoccurring Winterfest in July (since 2014) and Fall Fest Bingo (since 2015) with Vexed_Wench. I also hosted End of Summer Bingo in 2019 and co-hosted iPod Shuffle Music Fest with Kiramaru7 in 2016.

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halfshellvenus

I saw a turtle at the edge of the bike path on my ride today. I'm not sure what it was doing there, though turtles have been spotted in that area before. But it's a crawl of maybe half a block to the river, where the water supply is. This was a decent-sized specimen, about 7" in diameter, though they can get bigger.

I dodged a fair number of fuzzy black caterpillars out there, but it was nothing like 20-30 years ago, when they were everywhere! We also don't get clouds of orange ladybugs anymore. I spotted one in flight last week, and I've picked up hitchhikers before, but there are so few of them now. The enormous increase in turkeys, egrets, and Canadian geese in the intervening years seems a likely cause.

I occasionally get actual red ladybugs at the house, probably because we have so many roses (50-60 plants). People buy them for aphid control and release them in their yards, and they migrate to our house. ;) The ones that occur naturally in our yard are more of a yellow-brown color, and sometimes they pinch. Rude. :D

Speaking of plants, I got ZERO daffodils this year. The shoots came up, the same as always, but no flowers. I have a clump near the front door (where we can see them from inside), and another across the walkway. That second group has never flowered. I planted them maybe 8-10 years ago, and I even dug them up once and replanted them at a more shallow depth, but Nada. I'd like more daffodils, not less. Maybe it's too shady where I have them? Or maybe it was that endless fog earlier this winter?

I hope to get out this coming weekend and do something about the weeds and all the roses that need dead-heading. I would have liked to do that last weekend, but it rained again. I didn't get much of anything done, TBH. A lot of my TODOs involve dealing with the extra framed family pictures that we don't have places for now. It's as much an emotional task as a physical one, which is why I can't seem to do it. Give me strength!