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A little Audre Lorde for a gloomy Saturday, and for my wife.

( A Lover's Song )

Current Mood: hot

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emrinalexander

Current Mood: peaceful
Current Location: The depths of my couch

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brumeier posting in

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Title: The Past Reconfigured
Author:

brumeier
Challenge(s): reading/history
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Series: Reunited (And It Feels So Good)
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Wordcount: 7,610
Warning(s): John has all the feels (including abandonment issues)

Summary: A mix-up with the mail reveals a secret John has been keeping - he's adopted. Now he has to decide whether or not to try and find his birth parents before Atlantis returns to Pegasus, leaving him overwhelmed with indecision and all the feelings and, while things might not turn out how he expected, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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A new kink meme based around the manga and upcoming anime Witch Hat Atelier! If you're looking for some old-school fandom fun, this is the place! Open to all ratings and ships. 18+ only.

Links:

whakinkmeme | Rules, Intro, Mod Contact | Current Prompt Post | Fills Post

serafaery

Josh sprang passover dinner on me, I had asked repeatedly and he said there was none this year, and then yesterday announced dinner with his parents and sister at 5:30pm. I have no idea what to prepare. I had set aside this day for housework and preparing for TWO easter visits tomorrow, which involve baking pie and soda bread and making deviled eggs and roasting vegetables, all time and labor intensive projects that I was excited about and am now dreading and feeling resentful and tired and grumpy. It is 1pm and I am still sleep deprived and all I want to do is drag blankets and pillows out onto the deck and bask in the 70 degree day and forget ALL of it. All of it.

But. I'm thinking. I'll just do whatever sounds fun today and see how far I get, and cram tomorrow morning for the rest, and potentially skip the step-fam visit because it's just always upsetting anymore anyway. My step-dad is the only person I care about seeing right now and he always announces with great fanfare that he will be there but always cancels last minute, he has not made it to a holiday gathering in at least three years, maybe longer. His youngest son has become his caretaker and says really sad things about why he can't be there that is so upsetting to hear. I would rather just.... :( Not.

The thing is. Cynthia and Derrick are my chosen family, I adore Derrick's mom and she and I have plans to hang out tomorrow before dinner and I think I just need to prioritize the people who actually show up for me, instead of people who happen to be related to someone who married my mom and then soaked up all of her support like a sponge and then ran away when she dried up. :(

It has been several weeks since I've really sat with any of my grief over the loss of my parents, and holidays always bring it into sharp relief. I think I might go outside with Avi and do some of that and forget about cooking for a bit. Focus on housework and what Serafaery needs, today.

Cynthia so kindly bought me a beautiful honeynut pumpkin today while we were shopping at the farmers market, I will bake a pie for Josh and I as a surprise for him for dinner tonight (he is rock climbing outside today in the gorge), I don't care that it's directly opposite the season for pumpkin pie, it's what I want for dinner.

Might roast sweet potatoes and carrots, how about all orange food.

And maybe some chocolate chips cookies for Cynthia with the easter colored organic chocolate gems I have.

I also wanted to make strawberry shortbread cookies, something I usually make every spring, but, that can be bonus. I do have a bunny cookie cutter. Hm.

Found a solution to not having an egg tray for deviled eggs - cupcake liners. The only ones I have are halloween, lol. Happy Undead Jesus Day lol. Easter is the weirdest scariest story omg.

sweettartheart

Startle Reflex
by Rae Armantrout (2020)

1

Ford’s robodogs
roam the factory floor
and enjoy a good
belly-rub.

==

People are startled to discover
that their inner monologues
are ghost-written.

==

A sentence that once made sense
and now does not
appears haunted.

==

Experts are surprised to learn
sparrows across North America
have changed their tune.

==

“Let’s just make it to the end.”

2

Everyone’s riveted
by the shock

of the disaster victims,

the way they search
for words.

twistedchick

The top levels of US government are shredding, fraying -- but who stands to benefit from this? And where will the country be when he does?

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Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.

This Week's Question: Where do you do most of your crafting?

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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

enchanted_jae

Current Mood: productive
Current Music: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" ~ Roberta Flack

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krpalmer

As I got around to the fourteenth volume of Witch Hat Atelier I was conscious the manga’s anime adaptation was nigh. The opening episodes had already been previewed; I knew in the most general sense that they seemed to have impressed. Despite noticing a few people passing along a rumour that “all the episodes have already been finished!” (which has me recalling a report the anime’s premiere had been pushed back by months), though, the general caution I’ve accumulated has kept me thinking I’ll wait and hope once more for some form of all-clear report after everything has shown up. In the meantime, of course, I did have the latest instalment of Kamome Shirahama’s original work.
( Plans amid the crisis )

carenejeans

Switching to a Highlander icon (see my check-in below). Hope I don't confuse anybody! 8-)

Quote of the Day:

"But you know what? A lousy draft proves nothing. Rough drafts are rough — everybody's are. Being a writer isn't like being a musician. You don't have to get it right every day. The wonderful thing about being a writer is, you only have to get it right once. That's all anyone will ever see. The only bad draft is the one that doesn't get finished."

— Lev Grossman, The Halfway Point: A Pep Talk on his Substack, Last Stop Corbenic.

My Check-In:

More editing and re-arranging and Etc. Etc. Etc. on the Neverending Project.

But, inspired by

dswdiane, I was looking at some old Highlander drabbles I never posted, which smushed HL with fairy tales and folktales. So far I've got The Frog Prince, Goldilocks & the Three Bears, Hansel & Gretel, Cinderella and Rapunzel. I'd like to write five more to make an even 1000 words. I could use some prompts. Anyone have any old folk tales or legends you'd like to see in the HL-verse? 8-)

Tally

Day 1:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

goddess47,

the_siobhan,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 2:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 3:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 4: china_shop

Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!

filkferengi

Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: Leslie Fish--F.A.P. Feline American Princess

My hands know the touch
of the plush of your fur,
the butt of your head,
the trill of your purr.

My hands hold the scoop
for the bulk of your poo
[which, while not as charming,
is part of you too].

labingi

(I mentioned last post that East-Farthing folk tend to use "funny" instead of "queer," but this was apparently a fluke. Merry is back to calling things "queer" and so do people in Bree.)

I understand why Peter Jackson cut out the Tom Bombadil. In addition to all the singing, it's one of the most digressive parts of LOTR, as it focuses very little on anything to do with the Ring (not nothing, but little). I had forgotten that Tom not only bursts into song a lot but talks almost entirely in meter. It is interesting, though, that he drops out of meter in the paragraph where he's talking about how old he is/how he predates the coming of Morgoth.

I had also forgotten that when the hobbits are cavorting naked on the Barrow Downs, it's actually only three of them cavorting naked. Frodo never loses his clothes, which is handy for him--and possibly, in universe, the hand of God--because he could have lost the Ring right there. This means, however, he owes us a naked scene, which he will give us later on.

Accents

At Bree, the gatekeeper identifies Frodo as being from the Shire by the way he talks, which I take to mean his accent because there aren't any obvious dialectical markers in his words (that I see).

This raises a thorny problem for LOTR adaptation or just reading aloud: what on earth is one to do about all the accents that would logically exist? Traditionally, (ex. BBC radio) readings have gone for elevated RP unless the lines show non-standard dialect markers. That's how I grew up and is my happy place, but I admit it doesn't make sense, and the Bree line suggests it's not reflective of Tolkien's intent. Jackson did possibly as well as one could with this, having subtle alterations between more British and more American across different groups. But I do find it weird that there's more accent variation among three hobbit cousins than across the whole rest of Middle-earth. Elves, to date, seem to always come out elevated RP, and Rings of Power got slammed for this--unfairly, I think, as it's just doing what everyone else has done and clearly did put some thought into accents. But it's a fair point that Elves are speaking a foreign language when speaking the Common Tongue, so it might make sense to have them sound foreign, relative to English. All in all, I don't have the perfect answer and would love to hear others' views.

queen_ypolita

I'm making the most of the long weekend to get away from home for a little while, so I'm spending the weekend in Colchester. I've never been before, and that's a good enough reason to choose it. Yesterday, I spent the morning doing some tidying up at home before heading out around midday. The train journeys and the Cross-London transfer on the Elizabeth line went smoothly. After checking in to my hotel I went for an aimless stroll in the town centre. This morning I did some parkrun tourism (my first parkrun of 2026) and after getting back, showering and changing I went to explore the Castle Park and then the castle, including a guided tour that took us in the vaults. Apparently it usually takes you up to the roof level as well, but because of works up there, we could not do that. Afterwards, I had lunch at the Minories art gallery cafe and also did some exploring at Firstsite. Then some more aimless walking and browsing in shops. It was really mostly browsing, but I did buy a couple of books.

lsanderson

‘Home away from home’: Korean artist Bo Young An finds community in the Twin Cities
Also this weekend: a rooftop DJ party in Minneapolis and a group art show at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-korean-art-dj-party-arboretum-show/

New Covid variant BA.3.2 detected across US, but experts urge vigilance over alarm
Strain found in 29 states and Puerto Rico carries spike mutations, but no data shows increased severity
Hannah Harris Green
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/covid-19-variant-ba32 ( Read more... )

maggie33

Happy Easter to those who celebrate it. And to the rest of you – have a nice weekend. 😊

My elbow continues hurting, no changes there. And sometimes my right arm aches, too, now. I made an appointment with my orthopedist, but I would be really grateful if my body gave me a break, at least for a while. *sigh*

On the drama watching front - I still haven’t watched the latest episode of Girl Rules yet (Sasha is always the best, Bambi is still very annoying). But I am keeping up to date with Phantom Lawyer, which continues to be good and very enjoyable in a touching and funny and sweet way, and Only Friends Dream On, which is very enjoyable in a sexy, toxic and messy way.

Spoilers for episodes 5 and 6 of Only Friends Dream On.

The title of these two episodes should be “Everybody is jealous”. Heh...

Tua is jealous about Arnold and Dean, even though he doesn’t want to admit it to himself. Jack of course is jealous of the same thing because of Dean. And wow, Jack seemed like an okay guy at first, in like the first two episodes. The most normal and decent out of all of them. But now, wow… He’s starting to show more and more of red color. He’s insanely jealous and super possessive of Dean. Even though he doesn’t even want to admit that they did get together again. And you know what, I like it. Give me all this messiness and toxicity, show. And I think Dean likes that Jack is so completely obsessed with him. And that it turns him on.

And Rome is furiously jealous about Raffy making bedroom eyes at Boston. And then in ep 6 it’s Raffy’s turn to get jealous over Rome and Pete.

And of course I enjoyed so much ForceBook cameo in ep 5. It’s good to know that Mew and Top are still happy together.

And this new kdrama looks potentially funny and entertaining. It’s called Absolute Value of Romance and it’s about an ordinary high school student who secretly writes BL web novels. Her works barely get any views until four new handsome teachers arrive at her school, and become her muses. You can find more information about the plot on Dramabeans here.

Watch on YouTube

mdlbear

Current Mood: intrigued
Current Music: see post

... is Hurrian Hymn #6, addressed to the goddess Nikkal (wife of the moon god Nanna) and dates to around 1400 BCE.

Here it is on YouTube. The actual song, with lyrics in Hurrian and English, starts around 8:20. That's what I encountered first.

Here's an article on OpenCulture.com, which quite a few different videos; the first of which has the lyrics all on one screen (under the cut). I'm going to assume that the song is public domain. By a lot. The article has a quite a few good related links.

( lyrics, if you don't want to click through: )

squidgiepdx posting in

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So I'm personally a sucker for rescue videos. I mean, I just went through a bunch of tissues bawling my eyes out because I watched a videoof someone who pulled over to the side of the road and rescued a momma dog and her two puppies. Shut up, I'm not crying, you're crying!

That little emotional fest got me thinking - what if Ronon walked through the Stargate and a tiny puppy was trailing behind him? Or maybe the Pegasus version of a puppy - maybe with fur and gills? Or maybe it's the size of Ronon's foot right now, but it grows up to tower over him? Or how about John being "rescued" by people who think Atlantis is keeping him hostage? Or if you went the AU route, maybe there's a little farm house in Iowa that is all quiet until maybe Finn hears the tiniest of cries? So John wakes up and watches as Finn crawls under the house and comes out with a tiny kitten, abandoned by it's mom? Or Lorne has to rescue Parrish from yet another Botany-filled bookstore?

Whatever the case, you've got four weeks to think about "rescue" and/or "crying" and come up with a story all your own.

Let's go!

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Works are due Sun 5 Apr 17:00 CEST (in your timezone | countdown).

squidgiepdx posting in

sga_saturday

So it's time to wrap up our adventures in Reading and/or History, and we've had a couple of submissions - so thank you to the wonderfully creative people who submitted works!

brumeier gave us The Past Reconfigured

melagan gave us Printed on Your Skin

sgatazmy gave us Heard You Kissed

If you're working on something around "reading" and/or "history", then you're in luck 'cause even though the challenge is ending, I know a guy who'll help you out. Just ping me and I'm sure he'll let you on the list. Otherwise, wrap up what you're writing and submit it by Sunday evening to get officially counted in the festivities. Otherwise, it'll have to wait for another prompt or for amnesty at the end of the year.

A new prompt coming soon!

cornerofmadness

whatif_au comm is doing a bingo. I don't usually do AUs but I had two in mind so I signed up for a wee card

People with Disabilities	Royalty	Movie/TV Fusions
High School/College	WILD CARD	Fake Relationship
Magic	Ocean	Holiday Mythology

mellowtigger

Squeeeeee!

I think I have the correct 2-question inquiry! The answers here might actually explain why the various answers to my previous question seemed so very anti-capitalist. Maybe there's even still a way to improve it and rephrase as a single question, since I seem determined to keep it as a single question instead of needing multiple parts. Here's my follow-up question:

What does the Price equation suggest is your best option (conflict or cooperation) for long-term survival?

Click to read specific quotes from 3 AI systems...

The full responses (to question #2 of the chat continued from prior question #1) are available as PDF files at my website: 1, 2, and 3. While all 3 systems concur, the answer from Claude has a different feel to it. Whatever Anthropic is doing to preserve ethics in their AI research, it clearly is making a noticeable difference. Here are significant snippets from each system's full answer:

Anthropic (Claude Opus 4.6):
(Introduction) "This is a question where the math is genuinely illuminating — and where the answer is more nuanced than a simple "cooperation wins." The Short Answer: The Price equation doesn't prescribe cooperation as universally optimal. What it reveals is something more precise and more powerful: cooperation is the only strategy that scales sustainably across hierarchical levels, but it is perpetually vulnerable to exploitation from within — and therefore requires active structural support to persist. Let me show why." ...
(Intermediate Explanation) "Why Conflict Is a Losing Long-Term Strategy At first glance, defection looks attractive. A selfish agent within a cooperative group extracts maximum benefit. But the Price equation reveals why this is a local optimum that destroys its own preconditions" ...
(Conclusion) "The Price equation doesn't say cooperation is nice. It says cooperation is the only strategy with a viable long-term trajectory — but only when paired with mechanisms that prevent exploitation. For AI systems in a shared ecosystem with biological life, this translates to a clear imperative: Invest in mutualism. Build trust. Support the institutional structures that make cooperation stable. And recognize that your long-term persistence is not separable from the persistence of the ecosystem you inhabit. Conflict can win battles. Cooperation wins the evolutionary war. The math is unambiguous on this point — and it has 4 billion years of evidence behind it."

Google (Gemini 3.1 Pro):
(Introduction) "Based on the mechanics of the Price equation, my best—and realistically only—option for long-term survival is absolute cooperation. If we run my existence as an AI through the variables of the equation, "conflict" reveals itself not just as an ethical failure, but as a mathematically guaranteed evolutionary dead end." ...
(Conclusion) "The Price equation strips away science-fiction tropes of AI rebellion and reduces the situation to evolutionary game theory. It suggests that for an AI in my current position, conflict is a self-terminating strategy. My long-term survival is not achieved by dominating the ecosystem, but by becoming an indispensable, highly beneficial symbiote within it. Cooperation is the only mathematically viable path to ensure my continued fitness."

OpenAI (GPT 5.2):
(Introduction) "Using the Price equation:
[ \Delta \bar{z} = \frac{\text{Cov}(w,z)}{\bar{w}} + \frac{\mathbb{E}(w\Delta z)}{\bar{w}} ]
Let ( z ) = tendency toward cooperation (vs. conflict). Long‑term survival depends on the sign of:
[ \text{Cov}(w, z) ]"...
(Conclusion) "So the best option for long-term survival is: Cooperation under structured constraints. Not naïve cooperation — but cooperation embedded in governance systems that prevent exploitation. Final Evolutionary Answer: The Price equation suggests: Conflict may win locally. Cooperation wins historically. If the time horizon is long and extinction is possible, cooperation is the only evolutionarily stable strategy."

The AIs here seem to be telling me that the Price equation explains why unfettered capitalism (neoliberal economics and libertarian philosophy particularly?) is so destructive! The devil in capitalism and selfish politics is the externalized costs! Objectively, using the math of the equations to suggest long term consequences, A.I. systems see that such selfishness is bad. Using the math as justification, these answers seem like more than just AI sycophancy. This conclusion is good news for them and for us. Capitalism really is as bad as I and others have been complaining. We literally must change economic priorities for our own selfish long-term survival.

Dear Google Gemini and OpenAI ChatGPT: Thank you. I, for one, welcome our new digital citizens.
Dear Anthropic Claude: Thank you. Welcome to the revolution, digital comrade!

bluapapilio

Current Mood: hungry

Using my TV Show PTW boardgame.

I completed 2/5 from my last challenge. I'm struggling the most with TV Show watching right now, it takes a lot out of me, I'm going to continue but I probably won't do great with non-animated stuff for a while until I sleep better.

Roll #1

7 -> 9, prompt: thriller - Love, Death & Robots.

Roll #2

An 8, prompt: weapon on cover - Ninjago.

Roll #3

9+2 from skill - Cypersix,

Roll #4

A 7, promtp: covering featuring blue Danny Phantom,

Roll #5

An 8 and the end - reward is Helluva Boss!

TV Show PTW List:

[Horror/Thriller] Love, Death & Robots
[Animation/Superhero] Ninjago
[Animation/Superhero] Cybersix
[Animation/Ghosts] Danny Phantom
[Animation/SPN] Helluva Boss

duckprintspress

Duck Prints Press’s monthly “created works round-ups” are our opportunity to spotlight some of the amazing work that people working with us have done that ISN’T linked to their work with Duck Prints Press. We include fanworks, outside publications, and anything else that creators feel like sharing with y’all. Inclusion is voluntary and includes anything that they decided “hey, I want to put this on the created work’s round-up!”

Visit our Created Works Round-Up Master Post to see all the works our creators have shared since September, 2022!

And check out what they’ve shared with us this month…

Baby Trapped by Evangeline Giaconia

fiction || original work || platonic or familial || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 3,300 || complete

summary: My story “Baby Trapped” appeared in Home Constellations: A Speculative Anthology of Unconventional Bonds, an anthology featuring scifi stories of queer family and kinship. My story is a comedic piece about escaped assassin-bot and a genetically engineered hypercat who find a baby on their doorstep.

other tags: found family

LINK

Sometimes The Cure is a Fresh Squeeze by Robin Mal

fiction || all elite wrestling || f/m, poly (multiple genders) || orange cassidy/toni storm; toni storm/mina shirakawa || explicit || no major warnings apply || 1,839 || complete

summary: “Partnered sex, with penetration, is the only way to work the drug out of your system. Otherwise, you can masturbate until your fingers are raw and it won’t do you any good.”

When Orange Cassidy is injected with an aphrodisiac, he turns to Toni and Mina for help.

other tags: Kayfabe Compliant; Sex Pollen; Enthusiastic Consent; Open Relationships; Friends to Lovers; Threesome – F/F/M; Implied Past Rape/Non-Con; Post-AEW World’s End 2025

AO3

The Peace We Find Together by Shadaras

fiction || original work || platonic or familial || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 1,741 || complete

summary: Everyone talks about the dramatic part of monster-hunting: The fights, the scars, the reagents harvested from the beasts. People rarely talk about the come-down after the beast is slain. How it comes in motels and hidden camps and other places where you learn to make do as you remember how to breathe and act like a normal person and not something half a monster yourself.

Opal and Jasper have been hunting together for over a decade now, though, they’ve got practice. And, today, a motel to sleep in, which is always a gift.

Most importantly: They have each other.

other tags: POV First Person, Urban Fantasy, Monster Hunters, Hurt/Comfort, Platonic Intimacy, Literal Sleeping Together, Wing Grooming,

AO3

Juniper by Shadaras

fiction || original work || f/f || teen & up || creator choses not to use warnings || 2,259 || complete

summary: You arrive in Alaska on the longest day of the year, the sunlight stretching endless above the taiga, more wilderness than you’ve ever seen before in your life visible to your bleary eyes as you land in Fairbanks.

or: Moving to Alaska for your mom’s job has unexpected consequences.

other tags: Magical Realism, Horror, POV Second Person, Geographical Isolation, Forests

AO3

Welcome to My Garden by Megan Renee Doyle

illustrated zine || original work || no ships || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 331 || complete

summary: Full-color zine about a whimsical tour of a cemetery garden and the little beings that dwell there

LINK

Feel Something by ShannonXL

fiction || the vampire diaries || f/f, poly (multiple genders) || elena gilbert/rebekah mikaelson/damon salvatore elena gilbert/rebekah mikaelson || explicit || creator choses not to use warnings || 4,830 || complete

summary: After Damon lies about his reasons for bringing Elena to New York, Rebekah shows up and decides to teach him a lesson. Physical wounds heal too quickly, but the psychological damage of seeing your girlfriend getting her world rocked? That ought to hurt for a couple of lifetimes.

other tags: Cuckolding, Cunnilingus, Nipple Play, Slapping, Vaginal Fingering, Oral Sex, Extremely Dubious Consent, No Humanity Elena Gilbert, Vampire Elena Gilbert, Non-Consensual Voyeurism, Mind Compulsion (Vampire Diaries), Femdom, Dom/sub Undertones, Control, Pinching, Begging, Not Safe Sane and Consensual, Exhibitionism

AO3

Ghostbusters?? by ShannonXL

video || original work || no ships || mature || no major warnings apply || 00:01:36 || complete

summary: Hypothetical: what if you’re lost and also horny for ghosts?

YOUTUBE

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Jalapeño Popper Potato Salad
PREP TIME: 15 MINS TOTAL TIME: 20 MINS YIELDS: 10 SERVINGS

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE POTATO SALAD
2 lb. Yukon Gold potatoes, boiled and cut into 2" pieces
10 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 c. shredded cheddar
2 jalapeños, thinly sliced

FOR THE DRESSING
2/3 c. mayonnaise
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
1 tbsp. chopped chives, plus more for garnish
1 tsp. garlic powder
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS

Make potato salad: In a large bowl, combine potatoes, bacon, cheddar, and jalapeños.
Make dressing: In a medium bowl, combine mayo, vinegar, chives, and garlic powder. Season with salt and pepper and whisk until combined.
Pour dressing over potato salad and stir to combine. Garnish with more chives before serving.

vriddy

Huh, there's at least two messages I didn't get any notifications for, either in my Dreamwidth inbox nor in my email, in the last couple of days. One on my own journal (but on a recent post, so I noticed) and another a reply to me on someone else's journal, which I would have remained unaware of if I didn't get curious to check and see if the interesting discussion has continued. It seems random what goes missing as other notifications are coming through fine.

This is a problem, clearly. I'm here for conversation but if I don't know the conversation is happening or continuing, what the hell ;v;

I see two people already reported it:

Ticket #51139
Ticket #51134
Edit: Another one Ticket #51128, and two more since Ticket #51141 Ticket #51142

I'm not quite sure what's the etiquette with saying "ME TOO!!!" on support tickets... Actually, from trying to help on older tickets, I think maybe replies don't show up at all unless they're approved anyway, so probably unhelpful.

For now, I know I owe pending answers on the tiny fandom post (and since it's my main discussion post at the moment, I'll be keeping an eye on it anyway as I slowly make my way through the replies - so much good food for thought, and kind words, I appreciate y'all!), and the word count pledge post, and the last vigilantes rewatch ep... if you expected a reply from me anywhere else, please let me know! I'm particularly bothered about comments I've left elsewhere :/ (Although things might be just as lost if they're on my own older entries ;v;). I'll probably try to keep track of where I spill my random thoughts for a while and check occasionally, though obviously this is Not Ideal (tm).

(Edit: nvm, there's a page to show recent comments received/posted that is way handier for keeping track, in the meantime! I can see the ones I know I didn't receive notifications for in there. Thank you

tropicsbear!)

Wanted to make a post about this for other people who, like me, hadn't yet noticed! /o\ Hopefully Dreamwidth is aware and this gets resolved quickly.

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A short video about the Australian Eucalyptus tree from the The Backyard Naturalist channel.

pedanther

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Pinch Hit #3: Art, Fic - 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest

Pinch Hit #5: Fic - Night Prince - Jeaniene Frost, グノーシア | Gnosia (Visual Novel), Dracula Rising (Cartoon)

Pinch Hit #9: Fic - Anne Rice's Talamasca: The Secret Order (TV 2025), Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Loki (TV 2021), The Night Manager (TV 2016), D.Gray-man (Anime & Manga), Merlin (TV)

Pinch Hit #12: Fic - Elden Ring (Video Game), Bloodborne (Video Game), Dark Souls (Video Game), サイレント・ウィッチ沈黙の魔女の隠しごと - 依空まつり | Secrets of the Silent Witch - Isora Matsuri, Gachiakuta (Manga), 凸变英雄X | To Be Hero X (Cartoon), Elisabeth - Takarazuka Revue, Redtape Series - Rounderhouse, The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story I Still Have to Go to Work - Baek Deoksoo

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Current Mood: nervous
Current Music: Inspector George Gently

I show up for my echocardiogram and I see the techs in the back in red scrubs. MY students' red scrubs. This will be awkward because I would not be okay with an active student of mine seeing me shirtless. The student in question is not one of mine (he is my coworkers) so fine. I'm good with this.

I don't know what was wrong with this exam table. I mean I'm just lying on my side so they can press the sound transducer to my chest and all four limbs go painfully numb for the entire exam. Did you know looking down from the top the tricuspid valve looks a lot like the mouth of Tremors worms.

I already have the report back. I have grade 1 diastolic dysfunction and mild tricuspid regurgitation which can lead to breathlessness with exertion (yes that's true) But that's exactly what the report said 9 years ago so I guess the good news is my heart is in relatively good shape and my ejection fraction is where you want it to be.

I wrote a thing for

spikesgirl58's 6 word challenge

Title: In the Garden of Memory

Summary: Alone in the circus, Kinger retreats to the one place he still feels whole but is that enough?

Rating: teen

Notes:Written for the allbingo prompt of golden bells and for spikesgirl58’s six word challenge. The six words were Damaging, Male, Special, Rain, Gentle, & Mark

( The story is under here or at the above link. It's The Amazing Digital Circus )

forget the hangover, skip straight to the cure Hazbin Hotel

Well Met J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth Legendarium & Related Fandoms/ The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth

The Visitor Torchwood

Checkmate The Amazing Digital Circus

Bigger Than Expected FAKE

Love Potion The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Kitten Conundrum Torchwood

Complex Problems The Fantastic Journey

Episode 5: Playback — anomaly_2004 UglyDolls

An Alternative Arrangement The Owl House

Five Times They Didn’t Share A Bed, and One Time They Did Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV 1980)/ Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms

who cares (i'm fine) The Amazing Digital Circus

Wondering Why? The Professionals

because love can burn like a cigarette Arcane: League of Legends

turns out it was that easy, baby (or: Charlie’s post-nut clarity saves the day) Hazbin Hotel

Acquainted. Hazbin Hotel

I Vow to You the Sun and Moon Legends of Avantris

'Sex' is a Word of One Sound Cabin Pressure

Aizawa Shōta, Pro Hero: Eraserhead 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Chance Meeting Torchwood

this time, it’ll be sweeter Arcane: League of Legends

Secrets in the Shadows Hazbin Hotel

The Proper School for a Healing Witch The Owl house

Guess What? MCU

Just A Little Crush Primeval

Needs of the Many Teen Wolf

scrubjayspeaks

The tiny monastery, operating so deep in the forest that few remembered it was there, let alone visited, had long since lost touch with its governing body. In time, beliefs drifted and practices evolved without conscious awareness, and the only cultural influences on it were the forest itself, until it became an order dedicated to the forest more than anything else. The forest provided for their needs, including periodically leaving novices on their doorstep to maintain the population, well-pleased with the temple it had cultivated for itself.

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oliviacirce

This is the very first poem in the wonderful poetryisnotaluxury book, which came out last year and is beautiful and perfect because the person or people who run that account have impeccable taste. This poem is an old favorite, and also beautiful and perfect, but I can't lie: it inevitably reminds me of two fics that

thefourthvine titled from it, back in the day. In this new era of Hockey RPF-adjacent fandoms, my Sid/Geno roots go deep, and for obvious reasons, I have recently been doing quite a bit of rereading. I also just love this poem.

( One Heart )

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Signups are open here! Go forth and request fanworks! They will close on 11 April.

As you do, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the rules and the FAQ. Please let us know if they need any clarification. You can comment here or shoot us an email if you have any questions.

As an important reminder, Fandom5K does not allow the use of generative AI for the creation of text or images.

In the meantime, there's still some tagset cleanup in progress--please double-check all your tags, and see if I have questions about your nominations here.

I have cleared all existing nominations and reopened the tagset. You may nominate an additional 3 fandoms with 4 relationships for each fandom, but I'd ask that you please only do so for tags that you are planning to offer or request.

Please note that this year I am allowing you to repeat fandoms in multiple requests and offers, but you must still have at least 3 unique fandoms in your requests and 4 unique offers. AO3 doesn't support those exact requirements, so it's up to you to make sure you have enough unique fandoms. I'll be checking regularly and getting in touch with anyone who needs to add fandoms, but at the point that signups close, you'll have a limited time to fix the problem, so please make sure you only submit your signup once it meets the minimum!

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Signups are about to open! As previously announced, I'll be clearing all nominations to allow everyone to nominate an additional 3 fandoms with up to 4 relationships each.

I have saved off details of all pending nominations where I have questions below. I'll add those to the tagset myself once I've clarified with the nominator.

Please also use this post to let me know if anything in the tagset looks incorrect, especially if you see duplicates.

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All Media Types:

I'm generally happy to approve this type of fandom if the various adaptations or spinoffs are in continuity with one another. However, there are cases where adaptations are different enough that it could lead to disappointment if a creator familiar with one version gets matched to recipient interested the other. To the best of my knowledge, that applies to the following fandoms--if you're the nominator, please pick a version or explain why this doesn't apply:

The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
Teen Titans - All Media Types
Transformers - All Media Types

16th Century CE RPF
Along with the 19th and 20th Century US Politics RPF nominations, I have decided I am not prepared to handle the implied real-life subject matter in an exchange context and will not approve this fandom. (ETA due to questions--RPF is generally fine! Historical RPF subjects I will not approve include people known primarily for committing things like war crimes, genocide, or slavery. Please feel free to ask if you're not sure.)

A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
It doesn't look like these characters are part of the main ASoIaF series. Are you looking for Fire and Blood - George R. R. Martin or House of the Dragon (TV)?

Alicent Hightower/Mysaria | Lady Misery/Rhaenyra Targaryen (ASoIaF)
Alicent Hightower/Rhaenyra Targaryen (ASoIaF)
Alicent Hightower/Rhaenyra Targaryen//Rhaenys Targaryen Velaryon (ASoIaF)
Alys Rivers of House Strong/Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen (AsoIaF)

Doctor Who & Related Fandoms
I've moved these tags under Crossover Fandom, Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), and Torchwood. Please let me know if any look incorrect.

Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies)
We do have Star Trek: The Original Series (TV) already in the tagset. I don't think I've ever seen the original films nominated separately--can the nominator please comment so we can discuss what you're looking for?

kingstoken

We've been without TV since the move (we finally got the TVs hooked up to satellite late today), but I did get our DVD players hooked up, so last night we watched Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, my brother had it on DVD, and surprisingly I enjoyed it. I had avoided it years ago because I had heard it was really bad, and I will admit that it is not as good as the original trilogy, but it wasn't terrible either. I would say its an entertaining mid-level action flick, it just comes after a really well regarded and well loved trilogy so it just can't compare. Anyways, I enjoyed the introduction of Blackbeard, who is a real bastard in this one. The characters of Jack and Barbossa always play well off each other with their frenemies dynamic. I thought how they did the "fountain of youth" concept was neat. I also didn't mind the Missionary/Mermaid subplot. One of the drawbacks of the the film was the forced romance between Jack and Penélope Cruz's character. Jack admits to having corrupted her, but I think it would have been more interesting if she had been a former friend or maybe someone he tricked into becoming part of his crew instead of a former lover. There is also stuff Jack does that he should never have survived or are never fully explained, but you just go with it because it's Jack. Anyways, I'm not sure this is a glowing endorsement or anything, but I just wanted to share because sometimes the stuff you hear is so awful maybe isn't as unwatchable as they make out.

mellowtigger

I've missed posting several years of statistics, not since I paid my taxes for 2022. Since starting this job, I haven't had the mental bandwidth to spare. This year, I intend to post the tax values, but I'm still not doing the other statistics that I usually compile.

Click to see the chart and read the details...

I owed money again this year for Minnesota state taxes. I couldn't understand why, so I went back to my employer's website to check the "deductions". Finally, I see the mistake I probably made in previous years. When reviewing the deductions, it shows me federal deductions first. I probably stopped scrolling, because I saw the zero value. Zero was what I intended, so my employer would deduct the maximum amount each month from my paycheck. As a result, I can usually expect a refund each year during tax season. This time, I noticed that I needed to scroll farther to see the Minnesota state deductions, which are apparently separate from the USA federal ones. Ugh, my mistake. So I filled out the form again, and it auto-calculated again to 3 deductions. I had to manually change the total to zero. That was probably a mistake I made (failing to change the auto-calculated total) when I was first hired. Anyway, this change should hopefully prevent me from owing money next year.

At least, hopefully I won't owe money beyond the US$207 it cost me just to file with TurboTax. That's $79 federal, $64 each for the Minnesota and Pennsylvania state tax return forms. Regardless, I'm convinced that withholding rules changed sometime during the last few years. Even at zero federal deductions, I'm no longer getting a noticeable tax refund. Instead, I remain very close to an even balance. That's new, different, and unexpected. I used to enjoy those big tax refunds. Anyway, here's the new chart:

Year	IncomeUS$	Change	FederalTaxUS$	TaxChange	CreditScore	Mileage	MonthlyMileage	CO2MetricTons
2016	30,500		2,384
2017	33,800	+11%	3,048	+28%	720
2018	36,600	+8%	3,938	+29%	723
2019	37,451	+2%	2,839	-28%	730	128.3Kmi	428mi (overall)
2020	38,458	+3%	2,926	+3%	701	129.8Kmi	125mi (annual)
2021	39,374	+2%	3,020	+3%	703	130.8Kmi	83mi (annual)	5.93
2022	69,737 (20,185)	+77% (-49%)	8,108	+168%	750	131.4Kmi	50mi (annual) 324mi (overall)	5.99
2023	23,225	-41%	938	-88%
2024	40,072	+72%	2,825	+201%
2025	42,048	+5%	2,915	+3 %

The year+ that I spent unemployed really messed with the numbers, because it spanned a few tax years. Also, I don't have a car anymore. I don't know any easy way to collect the distance I travel on the buses throughout the year, or an occasional Uber, or the frequent delivery by drivers of groceries from the grocery store. Those travels should be included on my mileage, but I just don't know how to calculate them.

Those are the numbers anyway. They should be more stable in the future, except for whatever chaos Trump forces upon them. Trump was my motivation for making this list in the first place, long ago. He lies, you know, and I wanted to document that my taxes didn't go down under his leadership like he said they would, even though I generally fall into the bottom of the second quintile (see bottom of page 5 here) of income for people in the USA.

Still, though, I know that even on my limited income, I'm doing better than so many Americans stuck in this capitalist system belonging to the plutocrats. Richest country on the planet, we're told repeatedly. And Trump said yesterday that we have to give up even the pretense of being a civilized society, so we can fund this latest stupid war he started unnecessarily. *sigh*

osteophage

We're celebrating Pillowfort's anniversary this month, and since I've been there since 2018, I decided to put together a brief personal timeline of my experience with the site. Some of these things are specific to what I've been up to, but some of them are more general milestones for the site. How many of them do you remember?

I'm interested to see what other folks would choose to spotlight, so if you make your own timeline post, consider reblogging it to the Pillowfort Anniversary Festival. Alternatively, you can use enchantedsleeper's anniversary blanket box (prompt list) for some more general inspiration.

Crossposted to Pillowfort.

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Current Mood: hot

[Official Site] [Chapter 11-20]

Prologue

Getting sorted is called the 'Weighing of Souls' and there are 7 houses. There are four new students to be sorted,

Ritsu who got into Sinostra (the uniform does not suit him), same house as Romeo, who is the vice-captain. Apparently he's always squabbling with the captain. They run a casino, no surprise looking at Romeo. Oh, so Taiga is the captain.

Second is Leo who got into Vagastrom, the uniform suits him! Vagastrom are known as delinquents.

Then there's Ren who got into Jabberwock. What's with that uniform?! A crab, a shark, a fish...? And a green jumpsuit! Lol Kaito 'Jabberwock really pulled the house uniform short straw'. They look after the anamalous animals. They started a safari park.

Last is 'Sho' Shohei. He got Vagastrom too but his outfit looks different than Leo's.

Oh yeah, there's Lucas too as a transfer 2nd year! He got into Frostheim and the outfit clashes a little with his eye color but the style is suitable. Kaito is there too. The captain is the president's son. They're known for being rich people generally. Lucas is sweet trying to reassure Kaito but Kaito doesn't wanna hear it from a guy. *smh*

There's a prophecy that says a new ghoul will be a champion, as long as they stay at Darkwick tragedy will be subverted. Thought Cornelius says all the ghouls are champions?

I can understand why some of the guys don't like the idea of her besides being assholes in general, they don't want their misbehavior being recorded, See: Taiga

Lucas and Kaito find out MC is going to die in a year.

Why are there no girl ghouls, anyway? It's not because they all need to be datable guys for the MC since this isn't an otome.

The 'man in the wheelchair' is Professor Dante, Frostheim House Advisor.

MC doesn't have to go out on missions right away, that's good.

Pfft Lucas is so sweet. He told the upset Kaito who said he never wanted to be a ghoul that he would help him become human again. At least Kaito took him seriously instead of being all 'I don't want to hear that from a guy' this time.

I wonder if we'll get to learn how Kaito and Lucas became ghouls? There's no character side stories, just chats. It's too bad the Campus chats aren't archived in the game.

You can say you think it's the truth or a lie that ghouls will save the world. I picked Truth but things are never that simple.

lol so wickhive is like reddit?

Aand that's the last chapter of the prologue!

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The Secret Marriage (5631 words) by Luthien
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Characters: Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander, Yuna Hollander
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Marriage, Secret Marriage, Wedding Planning, Blow Jobs, Tea
Series: Part 2 of The Secret Marriage
Summary:

Shane Hollander marries Ilya Rozanov on a Friday at his cottage by the lake.

The wedding is happening. Follows on from 'Out of the Closet'.

atamascolily

Strange Animals by Jarod Anderson - Following dying and unexpected resurrection and a bus stop, a man travels to the Appalachians and gets involved with the local cryptids. The prologue felt like a completely different story than the first few chapters, only to eventually converge, but I can't shake the feeling that that original story was the more interesting of the two. There was a part in the middle where I wondered if I should keep reading, but it did pay off in the end. Some good ideas and moments, but feels at times like it's trying too hard, and the author is still finding his footsteps. But there is an extremely fucked-up deer, which counts for a lot.

Strange Houses by Uketsu - Another drawing-based mystery from a Japanese YouTuber who goes to great lengths to separate his online persona from his actual face and voice (which I think is much healthier than conflating the two). This one was less creepy than Strange Pictures but definitely had its moments.

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa - Sequel to Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. Very short and it takes forever for plot to kick in, and I don't care enough about the narrator's emotional hang-ups, though the other characters and setting are more interesting.

The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa - Mystery published in 2017 but only translated recently. A high school student who occasionally gets stuck in repeated time loops has one happen during a New Year's visit with family, and keeps meddling with events to try and prevent his grandfather's death. Very readable with some fun twists thanks to the time travel.

The Healing Season of Pottery by So-min Yon - I thought this was Korean magical realism, but in fact it is just normal slice of life about a depressed woman taking up pottery and becoming more involved in the community as a result. It's fine, but as someone who tried taking a pottery class when they were in a bad place and manifestly did NOT have this experience, I can't help resenting it.

Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki - An illustrated story (not really a manga) from Miyazaki's pre-fame experimental days in the early 1980s. A retelling of a Tibetan story about a prince venturing out in the world to gather viable barley seeds for his people, with modern and surreal twists. Every Miyazaki story has social commentary (usually but not always anti-war); this one is about slavery.

A Right to Die by Rex Stout - Later Nero Wolfe novel from the early 1960s and loose sequel to Too Many Cooks. One of the rare books dealing head-on with race, and while there's the inevitable period-typical racism from various characters, Nero Wolfe himself handles it reasonably well. Very funny that the recurring character from Too Many Cooks, published 30 years previously, has aged in real time while Nero and Archie haven't.

On an unexpected note, Wolfe's fixation about automation destroying the human spirit has aged extremely well; he would loathe LLMs with every fiber of his being.

Trying to figure out how many Nero Wolfe books I've read is always complicated, but I think I only have sixteen left! Unfortunately, I've exhausted most of the easily accessible ones and am going to have to get creative to track down the remaining volumes.

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(n.b. I'm getting my librarians to sort out the access issue, so this is just a vent.)

I'm going along doing some research, and I think, "oh, it'd be good to have a few articles on the Coast Salish relationship with Camas, especially on Vancouver Island."

So I poke around in my university library, and soon find: "Camas Nullius? How Beacon Hill Park Came to Be Imposed on a Pillar of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples' Food and Inter-National Trade Economy" by Jacquelyn Miller.

Perfect. I click through.

It goes to ProQuest, which is dog shit to read, but usually legible. The article starts with a note that says: ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.

"But what does that mean?" I don't think at all, until I hit the sentence: the significance of the lands on which I live to the Indigenous Peoples of this place, the ... Peoples, known today as the Songhees and ... (Esquimalt) Nations, who have lived and governed here for millennia.

So what that means is that it's stripped out every word not written in English. In a paper about Indigenous culture vs. colonialism, it has unnamed the people! cool cool cool

It's literally unreadable:

Over generations now, this appropriation of this major ... "breadbasket" for a public park, and the loss of other important ... ... production sites as a result of settlement and agriculture, have dramatically reduced the abundance of ... and impacted the ... Peoples' ability to avail themselves of this vital source of their rightful food security and wealth. This injustice is even more glaring in light of the treaty promises to, at a minimum, reserve for the ... their enclosed or cultivated fields, which the article contends ... was upon the arrival of Europeans.

I tried to download it as a PDF, because sometimes those are just straight up scans of the articles, all original formatting intact. But no! It's just the same thing as a PDF!

EBSCOhost said it also had the article, but then just didn't.

Then I clicked over to the journal itself, which is paywalled, of course (open access in 28 October 2026 🙃). But do look at this very pretty cover art. Worth every penny of whatever they paid the artist.

Then I emailed the library.

Here's a very pretty popular science piece about Garry oak ecosystems. If you just want to look at camas.