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May. 21st, 2025 10:39 pm
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Y'all, things are shitty and going to get worse. I'm so sorry for, well, everyone.

But I heard a story today that was just fucking amazing, and I cannot repeat it, but! Read more... )

And that's all I can say about that.

Anyway I watched the finale of Andor and the first two eps of Murderbot, and lo! they are enjoyable. I have my issues with how Gilroy handled one specific character, but in general, he landed the show really well.

Murderbot is fun and it's nice to see they are hinting at the backstory already. And the casting is excellent.

Seasons of Drabbles!

May. 20th, 2025 07:52 pm
alchemise: Matt with costume peeling off (Daredevil)
[personal profile] alchemise
I received a lovely triple drabble about Vanessa Fisk!

i see the lightning flashing (300 words) by dizzydragonfly
Fandom: Daredevil (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Relationships: Vanessa Marianna Fisk & Matt Murdock, Vanessa Marianna Fisk/Wilson Fisk
Additional Tags: Daredevil: Born Again (TV) Season 01, Episode: s01e08 Isle of Joy (Daredevil: Born Again), Gunshot Wounds, Canon Compliant, Vanessa Fisk POV, Drabble, Triple Drabble
Summary: Murdock's figured her out. It was probably inevitable, now that Wilson's returned to the spotlight and it seems so has his own darker half.

Vanessa's POV at the end of Born Again episode 8



I wrote two drabbles! First, for Daredevil: Born Again:

Likeness (100 words) by alchemise
Fandom: Daredevil (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Characters: Frank Castle
Additional Tags: Drabble, Daredevil: Born Again (TV) Season 01
Summary: Frank would never pretend any great attachment to the skull graphic.

drabble behind the cut! )

And second for True Detective: Night Country:

Calling (100 words) by alchemise
Fandom: True Detective: Night Country (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Characters: Evangeline Navarro
Additional Tags: Drabble, Implied Evangeline Navarro/Liz Danvers
Summary: The ghosts became her new normal.

drabble behind the cut! )

TV Tuesday: Who'd Have Thunk It?

May. 20th, 2025 11:11 am
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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk



There are shows whose twists and turns kept us on our toes so much that we developed our own theories. How have those theories compared to canon reveals or developments? When were we super wrong about something? Or when were we the person who called it first (at the kitchen table or in an internet discussion)?

Summer?

May. 19th, 2025 02:10 pm
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1) Just a quick post, mostly to say that I will be away for the next two weeks in case anyone comes looking for me.

2) Saw The Woman King which wasn't always an easy view but a wortwhile one. Good story and wonderful hand to hand combat scenes. I never thought John Boyega was all that attractive but have to say he looked magnificent in this part.

3) I've been meaning to do it for ages but finally got around to posting some of my beading projects over at Bling Share. A relative sent me a bunch of orphaned earrings she'd shoved in a drawer and wanted me to make something with them. I haven't finished all of them yet but it's been fun to try making different looks with them.

4) Also posted photos of a visiting swan to [community profile] common_nature as well as earlier ones with ducklings and goslings. Lots of pretty photos shared there regularly, such as these holloway pics by [personal profile] puddleshark.

5) Had our first corn on the cob since last year and the ears were all so sweet! We also got our first hummingbird visit since October as we were eating. If it wasn't for the fact that it'll be a high in the 50s tomorrow I'd say it was summer.

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Knitting update

May. 19th, 2025 12:00 pm
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[personal profile] marinarusalka
So, after an absolute knitting marathon over the past couple of weeks, I managed to finish my blanket just in time to submit it to the county fair a couple of hours ahead of the drop-off deadline. I'm not sure I ever want to put this much effort into a knitting project ever again, at least not on a deadline, but I admit I'm very happy with how it came out.

pics below the cut )

Seriously, how cute is this pattern?
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Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (tagged as both books and Granada)
Pairings/Characters: Holmes/Watson
Rating: E
Length: 13,317 words
Creator Links: rudbeckia
Theme: Angst with a Happy Ending, courting

Summary: Watson, finally pushed away by Holmes’s lack of regard for his feelings, has left 221B Baker Street and moved into his practice. Holmes is confused—he did nothing wrong! But when Holmes realises (because everyone who gives him advice tells him so) that he is to blame, he knows he has to do something meaningful to win Watson back.

Reccer's Notes: Watson gets tried of Holmes' mistreatment and decides to leave Baker St.  Much angst in the beginning, but also a Holmes determined to get his Watson back, cue the wooing!  I enjoyed the inclusion of side characters like Mrs Hudson, Mycroft and Lestrade, and there was also an original character, a woman doctor who works with Watson, that I greatly enjoyed.  It is tagged as both books and Granada, but I pictured the Granada lads when reading it.

Fanwork Links: AO3
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Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Pairings/Characters: Kirk/Spock
Rating: Teen +
Length: 11,213
Creator Links: BC_Brynn at AO3
Theme: Angst with a happy ending.

Summary: My name is S’chn T’gai Spock, and I am six years old. At the age of twenty-nine, I have been involved in an accident that has reduced my physical age and erased my memories accordingly.

Reccer's Notes: Usually, in stories about aging, one partner/beloved grows old, but in this one, Spock finds himself a child again. Despite losing many memories, he knows and remembers Jim, and he is absolutely determined to get back to him. But he has to grow up first. There are a lot of challenges along the way.

What I admire about this story is that both the author and the narrator (Spock) have such singular focus and total commitment to the project. One of the issues the story takes on--and what sets it apart, IMO--is the way that a slightly different upbringing and life path create a different person. It also addresses the sacrifices one must make to achieve a goal. It's absolutely heartbreaking. But, as this theme specifies, there is a happy ending. Also, of course, it's got big meant-to-be energy!

Fanwork Links: A Guiding Star

Murderbot!

May. 18th, 2025 06:53 am
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[personal profile] marinarusalka
Short version: I liked it!

longer version )

So yeah, that was great fun and I can't wait to see more.

Since we got the Apple TV for this, I decided to take advantage and also start watching Severance. Just to demonstrate how out of touch I am with popular culture, up until about three weeks ago I hadn't realized that it was science fiction. I thought it was a mundane workplace drama, which explains why I haven't tried to watch it until now. Oops. Anyway, it's weird and dystopian and extremely well acted, and I've already finished season 1.

K-Drama Update #14: May Releases

May. 18th, 2025 12:44 pm
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Nine Puzzles | Release: 21.05.25
Cast: Kim Da Mi, Son Suk Ku

Jo I-na finds her uncle murdered beside a puzzle piece but can't explain her presence; ten years later, as a criminal profiler, she investigates murders where victims are found with similar puzzle pieces.
Read more... )

SGA: Not Near the Sea by Auburn

May. 18th, 2025 06:22 pm
mific: Sepia pic john sheppard and rodney mckay leaning heads together, serious (McShep - intense)
[personal profile] mific posting in [community profile] fancake
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: Teen
Length: 617
Content Notes: no AO3-type warnings apply
Creator Links: Auburn on AO3, Auburn's old eternalvox website on Wayback
Themes: Angst with a happy ending, Established relationship

Summary: John might walk into the water and disappear like a changeling from some bastard fairy tale; everything rich and strange he’d given Rodney fading like magic without him, lost.

Reccer's Notes: Angst with a happy ending can be compact as well. We start the story with hints of John having been through something traumatic, but we never know what (and given Pegasus, take your pick). Or maybe they've lost Atlantis. It's from Rodney's point of view, his angst, and I love the unknowns here, the lyricism and pain, finally resolved in a storm's wild beauty.

Fanwork Links: Not Near the Sea

Round 175 Theme Poll

May. 17th, 2025 09:06 am
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Poll #33132 round 175 theme poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 107

Pick the next theme of fancake:

Female Relationships
55 (51.4%)

Just Like Canon
23 (21.5%)

Sunshine & Grumpy
29 (27.1%)

Speak Up Saturday

May. 17th, 2025 05:20 pm
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Assortment of black and white speech bubbles

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
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Title: From All The Spaces Between Times
Chapter: Chapter 44 - I Have Interfered In Things That Are None of My Business
Author: [personal profile] elrhiarhodan / [tumblr.com profile] elrhiarhodan / [archiveofourown.org profile] 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, 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, Bail Antilles Prestor, Rael Averross, Nim Piana, Original Characters, Other Characters To Be Added
Pairings: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Shmi Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, eventual Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Jinn (but not for a long while)
Word Count: ~ 7300 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: Mace gets some interesting news from Vokara Che, Master Dooku heads back to Mandalore and is at peace with the death of his last padawan. On the legal front, the Trade Federation makes an offer to Queen Amidala that’s impossible to resist, which just might settle the Nabooians’ case against them. And it looks like Obi-Wan will be going undercover, investigating the clinic when Bail Prestor is detoxing.

What could go wrong?


From All The Spaces Between Times — Chapter 44 - I Have Interfered In Things That Are None of My Business (On AO3)


Meta — Chapter 44 - I Have Interfered In Things That Are None of My Business )
mific: Sepia pic john sheppard and rodney mckay leaning heads together, serious (McShep - intense)
[personal profile] mific posting in [community profile] fancake
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis/Stargate SG1
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Radek Zelenka, Carson Beckett, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, San Carter, Teal'c, Caroline Lam, Hank Landry
Rating: Teen
Length: 20,335
Content Notes: Disability due to aging, anger, grief and loss.
Creator Links: respoftw on AO3
Themes: Angst with a happy ending, Established relationship, Hurt/comfort, AU: canon divergence

Summary: A canon divergent AU after 'Common Ground'
“We just don’t have the resources or the facilities to care for him here. I wish that circumstances were different, you have no idea how much I wish that, but the fact remains. My medical recommendation is for us to send him back to Earth.”

Rodney refuses to leave John behind.

Reccer's Notes: In this story, John isn't given back his years after they were taken from him in Common Ground by Todd the Wraith, so he's very old and frail. Elizabeth and the Atlantis expedition are shocked when, after they decide to send John back to Earth for care and treatment (and to die), Rodney resigns and goes with him. However, the first obstacle to that is of course John, who half kills himself angrily rejecting Rodney and telling him he doesn't want him to come. The story is about the struggle they both face with John so frail, scared and ashamed, and Rodney, trying to cope while grieving and exhausted - and not too physically well himself. SG1 rally around to help, as do Teyla and Ronon back in Pegasus, and, well, this is the angst with a happy ending tag, after all. An at-times gruelling, but sometimes funny and overall heartwarming read, with great characterisation.

Fanwork Links: Grow Old Without You

Book Cover Meme - Round 2 - Day 11

May. 14th, 2025 03:13 pm
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[personal profile] elrhiarhodan
Round Two of the Book Cover Meme, still ganked with love and gratitude from [personal profile] sallymn:

"Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews: just covers."



Check the first comment to see if I can’t resist adding a bit of commentary. This time around, I think I’m rarely going to resist that urge.

TV Tuesday: Bedazzled

May. 13th, 2025 12:37 pm
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Do you care about the fashion choices of TV characters? Do you think fashion adds to their characterization? Do you have any TV style icons who inspired you to try something new?

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