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Jun. 12th, 2025 03:30 amysabetwordsmithThis guy has Turq's level of skill at bag-wrangling. See "Filled with Joyous Surprises" for Turq's version.
Hobbies: Ceramics
Jun. 12th, 2025 01:11 amysabetwordsmithFolks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This batch features hobbies.
Ceramics is a hobby of making things from clay. It can include practical things like dishes or ornamental things like sculptures.
On Dreamwidth, consider creative communities likecrafty, get_knitted, justcreate, or nacramamo.
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Ceramics is a hobby of making things from clay. It can include practical things like dishes or ornamental things like sculptures.
On Dreamwidth, consider creative communities like
crafty, get_knitted, justcreate, or nacramamo.( Read more... )
Photos: Dark Gardening
Jun. 11th, 2025 11:49 pmysabetwordsmithI enjoy growing dark-colored plants. I have black flowers, bronze leaves, black fruits, all kinds of interesting things.
( Walk with me ... )
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[#262 | Soulmates] Challenge Post
Jun. 11th, 2025 10:23 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweekly| Challenge 262: SOULMATES |
n. a close friend or romantic partner with whom one has a unique deep connection based on mutual understanding and acceptance Soulmates – a myth, a once-in-a-lifetime experience, or something a little more supernatural? Maybe soulmates are just someone you have a special connection with; maybe they’re something mystical, something predestined for you one way or another, a kind of magic found in special marks or mind-links. Or maybe they don’t exist at all. Do your characters believe in soulmates? Do they have one, or want one? Is it an option at all for them? Write a story about soulmates. If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
| Challenge ends Monday, June 16 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 262 – soulmates • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here |
[#261 | Schemes] Results Post
Jun. 11th, 2025 10:22 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweeklyHere are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #261 – Schemes!
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 3134
Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those next weekend.
You may now post your Challenge 261 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!
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 3134
Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!
autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those next weekend.You may now post your Challenge 261 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!
D&D night
Jun. 11th, 2025 10:07 pmsilver_chipmunkToday I got up and brought my clothes downstairs so John could have a meeting. Then I had breakfast and coffee
Theo's iPad wasn't working so Dani,mashfanficchick, Theo and Winnie took off for the Easton Mall and the Apple store. We got the iPad working, thanks to their genius squad, and then went to the LEGO store.
I bought a Christmas present for the Kid's boyfriend, and then we went next door to an ice cream shop and had ice cream.
Then it was time for us to takemashfanficchick to the airport for zer flight.
We dropped zer off, and then came back here. I read my Guy Gavriel Kay book and finished it. It's very satisfying.
Dani went off to a doctor's appointment, and at a bit before 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB.
We talked til 8:00 when I went to my Pathfinder game. Only two other players and the DM were there, but we played anyway, though rather shortened.
Game over, we fought weird fish mutant things. After finishing, John showed me how toput a load of my laundry on in the washer/dryer, and it is going now.
Now Dani is home after spending time with her grandmother.
I discovered, to my annoyance, that the book I bought at Barnes and Noble the other day was not the third book in the Godkiller trilogy, but the second, which I have already read. Grr.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. Ice cream.
3. Theo's iPad got fixed.
4. Guy Gavriel Kay.
5. Clean laundry.
6. My D&D group.
Theo's iPad wasn't working so Dani,
mashfanficchick, Theo and Winnie took off for the Easton Mall and the Apple store. We got the iPad working, thanks to their genius squad, and then went to the LEGO store.I bought a Christmas present for the Kid's boyfriend, and then we went next door to an ice cream shop and had ice cream.
Then it was time for us to take
mashfanficchick to the airport for zer flight.We dropped zer off, and then came back here. I read my Guy Gavriel Kay book and finished it. It's very satisfying.
Dani went off to a doctor's appointment, and at a bit before 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB.
We talked til 8:00 when I went to my Pathfinder game. Only two other players and the DM were there, but we played anyway, though rather shortened.
Game over, we fought weird fish mutant things. After finishing, John showed me how toput a load of my laundry on in the washer/dryer, and it is going now.
Now Dani is home after spending time with her grandmother.
I discovered, to my annoyance, that the book I bought at Barnes and Noble the other day was not the third book in the Godkiller trilogy, but the second, which I have already read. Grr.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. Ice cream.
3. Theo's iPad got fixed.
4. Guy Gavriel Kay.
5. Clean laundry.
6. My D&D group.
Fireflies
Jun. 11th, 2025 09:06 pmysabetwordsmithFirefly species discovered after 90-year absence: 'Even when things seem lost, they can still find their way back'
Tan soon realized that he was looking at a Pteroptyx gombakia, or a Gombak bent-winged firefly. The discovery marked the first time that the species had been identified in 90 years — and the first live sighting of the species, ever.
Yay, fireflies!
Tan soon realized that he was looking at a Pteroptyx gombakia, or a Gombak bent-winged firefly. The discovery marked the first time that the species had been identified in 90 years — and the first live sighting of the species, ever.
Yay, fireflies!
[ SECRET POST #6732 ]
Jun. 11th, 2025 08:09 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6732 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Hilda the Plus-size Pinup; Norman Rockwell: Fixing a Flat, by moon_custafer.
Jun. 11th, 2025 06:48 pmfull_metal_ox posting in fancakeFandom: Hilda the Plus-size Pinup; Fixing a Flat (Norman Rockwell illustration)
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Hilda; three Norman Rockwell characters, two female and one male.
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 2,356
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply, women solving their own problems
Creator Tags: magazine illustrations, Norman Rockwell - Freeform, Fluff, Plot
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mooncustafer
Theme: Female Relationships, Crossovers/Fusions, Female Friendship, Gen, Heists & Capers, Old Fandoms, Small Fandoms, Stranded
Summary: Hilda’s fishing trip is struck by rain and then by two new acquaintances in need of assistance.
Author’s Notes: Formoonlight69.
I needed to introduce a few additional characters to Hilda’s mainly single-panel world, so I did a mash-up with Norman Rockwell’s “Fixing a Flat.” Think of it as the Illustrationverse.
Reccer's Notes: A rec posted in honor of the U.S. Full Strawberry Moon, for reasons that will be apparent in the fic.
Moon Custafer constructs a story from several Hilda panels (plus a special guest Norman Rockwell work), in which Duane Bryers’ zaftig hillbilly wood nymph comes to the aid of two travelers stranded in the boondocks—a predicament complicated by a less friendly local. (A temporary problem-solving alliance (particularly against a common enemy) can count as a relationship, right?)
Hilda as portrayed in Bryers’ artworks seems to embrace solitude, and the scant fanfic I’ve seen doesn’t tend to show her interacting face-to-face with much of anyone but her animal friends and the odd Authorial Proxy; it’s fun to watch her socializing, and to see her given family, friends, enemies, and a history. (As well as actual clothing that she presumably wears now and then to pick up her crackers, trashy novels, and repurposable-as-clothing floursacks.)
Fanwork Links: Fixing a Flat bymoon_custafer for moonlight69, for Yuletide 2018.
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Hilda; three Norman Rockwell characters, two female and one male.
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 2,356
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply, women solving their own problems
Creator Tags: magazine illustrations, Norman Rockwell - Freeform, Fluff, Plot
Creator Links: (AO3)
mooncustafer; (Dreamwidth) moon_custafer; (Instagram) mooncustafer; (LiveJournal) moon_custafer; (Tumblr) Theme: Female Relationships, Crossovers/Fusions, Female Friendship, Gen, Heists & Capers, Old Fandoms, Small Fandoms, Stranded
Summary: Hilda’s fishing trip is struck by rain and then by two new acquaintances in need of assistance.
Author’s Notes: For
I needed to introduce a few additional characters to Hilda’s mainly single-panel world, so I did a mash-up with Norman Rockwell’s “Fixing a Flat.” Think of it as the Illustrationverse.
Reccer's Notes: A rec posted in honor of the U.S. Full Strawberry Moon, for reasons that will be apparent in the fic.
Moon Custafer constructs a story from several Hilda panels (plus a special guest Norman Rockwell work), in which Duane Bryers’ zaftig hillbilly wood nymph comes to the aid of two travelers stranded in the boondocks—a predicament complicated by a less friendly local. (A temporary problem-solving alliance (particularly against a common enemy) can count as a relationship, right?)
Hilda as portrayed in Bryers’ artworks seems to embrace solitude, and the scant fanfic I’ve seen doesn’t tend to show her interacting face-to-face with much of anyone but her animal friends and the odd Authorial Proxy; it’s fun to watch her socializing, and to see her given family, friends, enemies, and a history. (As well as actual clothing that she presumably wears now and then to pick up her crackers, trashy novels, and repurposable-as-clothing floursacks.)
Fanwork Links: Fixing a Flat by
haven't been home lately (why keep a room?) (Justified; Raylan Givens/Tim Gutterson)
Jun. 12th, 2025 09:30 amkick_back_80s posting in unconventionalcourtshipTitle: haven't been home lately (why keep a room?)
Rating: Explicit
Fandom: Justified
Relationship: Raylan Givens/Tim Gutterson
Additional Tags: Masturbation, Getting Together, coworkers with benefits, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex
Summary:
Thoughts circling like the fan blades, Tim comes back to the same frustrating reality. He's been working with Raylan for months now, and each infuriating habit is growing increasingly endearing. The way Raylan carries himself doesn't help, and when Tim's eyes close, Raylan's swagger plays on repeat against Tim's eyelids.
"Stupid cowboy," Tim mutters, although there's no one around to overhear — he's not back in the barracks, isn't trying to keep quiet in a hostile household.
A/N: For Unconventional Courtship. The Harlequin Romance I picked was Never Tempt A Lawman by Lauri Robinson
Western Kansas, 1866
Steady, wealthy and oh-so-safe—that's the kind of husband Bess Trundale wants. Someone like the local banker's son. Someone unlike Sheriff Kirk Landers. The lawman's confident swagger gets right under her skin…and into her fantasies. And though she's tried to ignore the chemistry surging between them, one night is about to change everything.
Kirk isn't planning on being anyone's husband ever again. But months of living under the same boardinghouse roof as quick-witted, feisty Bess have stirred desires he can't ignore. Together they could put their pasts to rest and claim a bold, passionate future—if he can tempt her to break all the rules with him….
AO3 (Archive Locked) | Dreamwidth
Rating: Explicit
Fandom: Justified
Relationship: Raylan Givens/Tim Gutterson
Additional Tags: Masturbation, Getting Together, coworkers with benefits, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex
Summary:
Thoughts circling like the fan blades, Tim comes back to the same frustrating reality. He's been working with Raylan for months now, and each infuriating habit is growing increasingly endearing. The way Raylan carries himself doesn't help, and when Tim's eyes close, Raylan's swagger plays on repeat against Tim's eyelids.
"Stupid cowboy," Tim mutters, although there's no one around to overhear — he's not back in the barracks, isn't trying to keep quiet in a hostile household.
A/N: For Unconventional Courtship. The Harlequin Romance I picked was Never Tempt A Lawman by Lauri Robinson
Book Summary
Western Kansas, 1866
Steady, wealthy and oh-so-safe—that's the kind of husband Bess Trundale wants. Someone like the local banker's son. Someone unlike Sheriff Kirk Landers. The lawman's confident swagger gets right under her skin…and into her fantasies. And though she's tried to ignore the chemistry surging between them, one night is about to change everything.
Kirk isn't planning on being anyone's husband ever again. But months of living under the same boardinghouse roof as quick-witted, feisty Bess have stirred desires he can't ignore. Together they could put their pasts to rest and claim a bold, passionate future—if he can tempt her to break all the rules with him….
AO3 (Archive Locked) | Dreamwidth
Fic: Raw Nerves, Old Scars (Guardian, post-canon CSZ/SW/ZYL, ZYL & DQ, Teen)
Jun. 12th, 2025 11:12 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianTitle: Raw Nerves, Old Scars (5967 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Chu Shuzhi/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei & Ye Zun, Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei, Chu Shuzhi, Da Qing
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, (sort of), (except Ye Zun), Anger, effects of past trauma, Complicated Relationships, Poly Relationships, Shen Wei misses his didi, Zhao Yunlan hates Ye Zun, Zhao Yunlan is triggered, Loyalty, Friendship, Sharing Clothes, Unreliable Narration
Series: Part 3 of Breakage and Repair 'verse (CSZ/SW/ZYL)
Summary: Feel the anger and do it anyway.
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Chu Shuzhi/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei & Ye Zun, Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei, Chu Shuzhi, Da Qing
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, (sort of), (except Ye Zun), Anger, effects of past trauma, Complicated Relationships, Poly Relationships, Shen Wei misses his didi, Zhao Yunlan hates Ye Zun, Zhao Yunlan is triggered, Loyalty, Friendship, Sharing Clothes, Unreliable Narration
Series: Part 3 of Breakage and Repair 'verse (CSZ/SW/ZYL)
Summary: Feel the anger and do it anyway.
Poll: best SID team moment (drama)
Jun. 12th, 2025 09:46 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianA few years ago, I made a Team-as-Family picspam for guardian_wishlist, if you'd care for illustrations. :-)
guardian_wishlist, if you'd care for illustrations. :-)Poll #33239 TEAM
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11
Best SID team moment
View Answers
Hazing Xiao Guo (ep 1)
0 (0.0%)
Popcorn (ep 5)
4 (36.4%)
Congratulating Xiao Guo for becoming permanent staff (ep 8)
2 (18.2%)
Giggling over the sex doll (ep 9)
1 (9.1%)
Road trip (ep 9)
2 (18.2%)
Listening to Wang Zheng tell ghost stories in the mountains (ep 9)
0 (0.0%)
Drinking party in the mountains (ep 11)
0 (0.0%)
Team dinner to welcome Consultant Shen (ep 14)
5 (45.5%)
Resisting Zhao Xinci's leadership (eps 16-17)
4 (36.4%)
Reunion dinner (ep 20)
5 (45.5%)
Greeting Hei Pao Shi with a group bow (ep 21)
5 (45.5%)
other
1 (9.1%)
In ep 20, Zhu Hong reveals she has a syringe of magic resurrection venom that she’d forgotten about. What else does she have that she’s forgotten?
View Answers
a babelfish
1 (10.0%)
an alethiometer
1 (10.0%)
a time turner
4 (40.0%)
a sonic screwdriver
3 (30.0%)
a holy grail (it's very nice)
3 (30.0%)
a troublesome gold ring
2 (20.0%)
other (please specify in comments)
1 (10.0%)
Birdfeeding
Jun. 11th, 2025 03:16 pmysabetwordsmith posting in birdfeedingToday is sunny and warm.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches. They've been draining the hopper feeder daily and putting a dent in the thistle feeder.
I put out water for the birds.
My partner Doug is out mowing the house yard.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I refilled the thistle feeder.
I started trimming grass around the edge of the strip garden, now that I have the big weeds pulled out.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I took some pictures around the yard.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I picked half a bag of mulberries in the south lot.
I've seen a skunk on the patio. I've seen a catbird and a phoebe. I heard a red-bellied woodpecker but didn't see it.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I set up firestarters for the firepit.
I picked half a bag of mulberries along the west fence.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- We lit the bonfire for the esbat tonight. It took a little while to get going but then it burned pretty well. I'll try to check on it later.
Fireflies are out and I've seen a bat.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I checked the bonfire. It's mostly burned down. I threw most of the stray ends into the middle, but it was still too warm for me to get all the way around. I'll need to go back out later.
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I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches. They've been draining the hopper feeder daily and putting a dent in the thistle feeder.
I put out water for the birds.
My partner Doug is out mowing the house yard.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I refilled the thistle feeder.
I started trimming grass around the edge of the strip garden, now that I have the big weeds pulled out.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I took some pictures around the yard.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I picked half a bag of mulberries in the south lot.
I've seen a skunk on the patio. I've seen a catbird and a phoebe. I heard a red-bellied woodpecker but didn't see it.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I set up firestarters for the firepit.
I picked half a bag of mulberries along the west fence.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- We lit the bonfire for the esbat tonight. It took a little while to get going but then it burned pretty well. I'll try to check on it later.
Fireflies are out and I've seen a bat.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I checked the bonfire. It's mostly burned down. I threw most of the stray ends into the middle, but it was still too warm for me to get all the way around. I'll need to go back out later.
.
Birdfeeding
Jun. 11th, 2025 03:14 pmysabetwordsmithToday is sunny and warm.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches. They've been draining the hopper feeder daily and putting a dent in the thistle feeder.
I put out water for the birds.
My partner Doug is out mowing the house yard.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I refilled the thistle feeder.
I started trimming grass around the edge of the strip garden, now that I have the big weeds pulled out.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I took some pictures around the yard.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I picked half a bag of mulberries in the south lot.
I've seen a skunk on the patio. I've seen a catbird and a phoebe. I heard a red-bellied woodpecker but didn't see it.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I set up firestarters for the firepit.
I picked half a bag of mulberries along the west fence.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- We lit the bonfire for the esbat tonight. It took a little while to get going but then it burned pretty well. I'll try to check on it later.
Fireflies are out and I've seen a bat.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I checked the bonfire. It's mostly burned down. I threw most of the stray ends into the middle, but it was still too warm for me to get all the way around. I'll need to go back out later.
.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches. They've been draining the hopper feeder daily and putting a dent in the thistle feeder.
I put out water for the birds.
My partner Doug is out mowing the house yard.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I refilled the thistle feeder.
I started trimming grass around the edge of the strip garden, now that I have the big weeds pulled out.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I took some pictures around the yard.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I picked half a bag of mulberries in the south lot.
I've seen a skunk on the patio. I've seen a catbird and a phoebe. I heard a red-bellied woodpecker but didn't see it.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I set up firestarters for the firepit.
I picked half a bag of mulberries along the west fence.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- We lit the bonfire for the esbat tonight. It took a little while to get going but then it burned pretty well. I'll try to check on it later.
Fireflies are out and I've seen a bat.
EDIT 6/11/25 -- I checked the bonfire. It's mostly burned down. I threw most of the stray ends into the middle, but it was still too warm for me to get all the way around. I'll need to go back out later.
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Moment of Silence: Brian Wilson
Jun. 11th, 2025 01:18 pmysabetwordsmithBrian Wilson, leader and co-founder of the Beach Boys, has passed away. He will be missed.
Carry on the Work
Bands -- WikiHow
How to Learn to Sing Pop Without Getting a Teacher -- WikiHow
How To Produce: The Complete Guide to Making Pop Music -- Soundtrap
How to Start a Band (10 Easy Steps) -- Chicago Sound Collective
How to Write a Pop Song -- WikiHow
Learning to Sing -- WikiHow
Music Production -- WikiHow
Songwriting -- WikiHow
Carry on the Work
Bands -- WikiHow
How to Learn to Sing Pop Without Getting a Teacher -- WikiHow
How To Produce: The Complete Guide to Making Pop Music -- Soundtrap
How to Start a Band (10 Easy Steps) -- Chicago Sound Collective
How to Write a Pop Song -- WikiHow
Learning to Sing -- WikiHow
Music Production -- WikiHow
Songwriting -- WikiHow
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Their Love
Jun. 11th, 2025 02:15 pmdarkjediqueen posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Their Love
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff & Smut
Summary: Donny loved them like this.
Word Count: 1,241
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff & Smut
Summary: Donny loved them like this.
Word Count: 1,241
( Their Love )