Nominations Open!

Sep. 10th, 2025 10:38 pm
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The tag set is now live for this year’s exchange! Tags from previous runs of this event are still present but if there’s a ship, fandom, or any other tag you’d like to add that isn’t there, please do so! Nominations will be open from Sept 10 to Sept 29th 12:00 pm EST.

Stay tuned for the opening of sign ups!

Click to see the Tag Set!

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Sep. 10th, 2025 08:53 pm
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OK mais comme je suis en vacances un jour de grève et de bloc du pays j'ai... pris des photos de plage et de rochers. Parce que la grève. Et un bloc. D'ailleurs j'ai fait un peu de varape sur le bloc. (Même pas honte.)

Too french; didn't read: untranslatable puns about strikes and beaches--sorry not sorry.

Georgia

Sep. 9th, 2025 11:22 am
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I made it to Georgia.

Left HK in the middle of a Typhoon 8 (IDK what it was, but they started cancelling Monday flights, so it sounded pretty serious). Reached Istanbul on time as per schedule.

Istanbul was redoing their airport last time I came through here in 2022. It is the headquarters of Turkish Airlines which services a large chunk of Eastern Europe and Western Asia (and Africa, and all the major world centres).

It's freaking HUGE. And shiny. And new. But there are not enough seats, signposts, or information about what to do and where to go and what needs to be done. And nobody could tell me if I was too late to make my flight, so I didn't really have time to look at everything, although I really wanted to...

Sometimes I have to remind myself that almost everything I can get in a major airport, I can find back home in Sydney, home-made and better quality.

Made the flight to Georgia, got off, met the driver who took me to the place where the tour group was today.

after 36 hours in Georgia )

words, counted

Sep. 9th, 2025 09:31 pm
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Today I finally updated my word count spreadsheet, for the first time since March.

Nothing but alibi sentences for most of that time, now all typed up and word-counted. Turns out (not entirely unexpectedly) July and August this year were my second- and third-worst writing months ever since I started documenting my writing ... Time to get out of that slump NOW.

Does anyone have tips for restarting? I think I could use some ...

ETA: Specifically, what I'm struggling with is that I've been writing no more than a sentence or three at a go, for much too long, and now I'm out of the habit and can't seem to go beyond that without a major effort. *grumbles*
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Titre : L'arbre à poules
Auteur : Daniel Humbert
Langue : français
Type : roman
Genre : société

1ère parution : 1997
Édition : presses de la cité/pocket
Format : poche, 240 pages



Read more... )

De la lecture de vacances, pis ça va aller droit dans une boîte à livres.

Dear FFFX writer

Sep. 8th, 2025 05:35 pm
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Dear [community profile] fffx writer,

thank you so much for writing a gift for me! I'll be absolutely thrilled about anything you can create about the relationships or worldbuilding themes I requested. and everything important is in the requests themselves, but if you'd like even more info, general likes etc., here you go.

My AO3 account is [archiveofourown.org profile] Trobadora, and it's set to welcome treats.

General Preferences

Likes & Dislikes/DNWs )

Fandoms, relationships, worldbuilding

In somewhat alphabetical order - note that one of them is expanded compared to what's in the sign-up form:

Jump directly to:
Christabel/Grimm crossover: Worldbuilding )

绅探 | Detective L: Huo Wensi/Luo Fei )

Grimm/Guardian crossovers:  )

Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling: Kashtiliash & Raupasha )

长公主在上 | Eldest Princess On Top: Li Yunzhen/Gu Xuanqing )

[BD] Dans les pantoufles de Darwin

Sep. 8th, 2025 01:59 pm
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Titre : Dans les pantoufles de Darwin
Auteures : Adrien Miqueu & Camille Van Belle
Langue : français
Type : roman graphique
Genre : vulgarisation ?

1ère parution : 2024
Édition : Alisio/Leduc
Format : 190 pages



(acheté à un mini salon BD local au printemps, j'ai demandé un pigeon en dédidace parce que c'était de circonstance, j'ai un problème avec les pigeons et il faut que je me les réapproprie)

Donc oui : des anecdotes sur Darwin, son travail, son œuvre, sa vie quotidienne, sa famille, sa personnalité ; basées sur sa correspondance et celle de sa famille.

Ben c'est rigolo ! et assez instructif.

Funny comics about Charles Darwin's work & personal life.

Guardian Slo-Mo Rewatch

Sep. 7th, 2025 11:43 pm
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I don't know where the day went, or the weekend. How is it almost midnight already?!

Anyway: Over at [community profile] sid_guardian we've kicked off another rewatch - a slo-mo one this time, half an episode per week. And since we've already done the "take an epic amount of notes and write epic post" kind of rewatch, this one's going to be a bit more relaxed. *g*

Zhao Yunlan sprawled on a couch, grinning at his phone. The background shows a purply sky with stars. Text reads "Slo-Mo Rewatch. Guardian - half an episode per week @ sid-guardian.dreamwidth.org."


Here's the first post, episode 1, part 1.
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Here are items with dates between Sunday, September 7th and Saturday, September 13th, as well as items added recently that started this past week. Remember, you can comment here on new items that need to be added to the list.


Items starting since the last update & this coming week



Open Date Close Date Community Type of Challenge Prompt/Information Link
09/06/2025 10/04/2025 gsgwreversebigbang (Carrd) Fanworks ARTIST Signup period for "Even If I Fall Into a Ghost STory, I Still Have to Go to WOrk (GSGW) click here for details
09/06/2025 10/31/2025 gsgwreversebigbang (Carrd) Fanworks AUTHOR Signup period for "Even If I Fall Into a Ghost STory, I Still Have to Go to WOrk (GSGW) click here for details
09/06/2025 10/04/2025 [community profile] sga_saturday (DW) Fanworks Weeks #510-513: "grand" and/or "storm" click here for details
09/13/2025 09/20/2025 [community profile] aspecex (DW) Fanworks Signup period for the Multifandom Asexuality/Aromanticism themed exchange. click here for details



Items ending this coming week


Open Date Close Date Community Type of Challenge Prompt/Information Link
08/28/2025 09/07/2025 [community profile] fffx (DW) Fanworks Signup period for Multifandom: Five Figure Fanwork Exchange click here for details
09/01/2025 09/08/2025 [community profile] makeupex (DW) Tagset Noms & Fanworks Tagset nomination & signup period for Multifandom: Make Up! A Magical Girl Themed Flash Exchange click here for details
09/01/2025 09/08/2025 StarTrekFemslashDrabbleExchange2025 (AO3) Fanworks Signup period for Star Trek Femslash Drabble Exchange. click here for details
09/01/2025 09/08/2025 StarTrekFemslashDrabbleExchange2025 (AO3) Tagset Noms Tagset nomination period for Star Trek Femslash Drabble Exchange. click here for details
09/02/2025 09/09/2025 [community profile] fandommixtapeex (DW) Tagset Noms Tagset nominations for Fandom Mixtape Exchange click here for details
09/01/2025 09/10/2025 [community profile] fan_flashworks (DW) Fanworks Challenge 490: Issue click here for details
08/27/2025 09/10/2025 [community profile] fandom_empire (DW) Fanworks Signup period for Fandom Empire's BINGO challenge click here for details
06/13/2025 09/10/2025 Fest_no_Jutsu_2025 (AO3) Fanworks Signup and Prompt Filling period for Naruto: Fest no Jutsu 2025 click here for details
09/01/2025 09/12/2025 [community profile] festivids (DW) Nominations Fandom nomiation period for Multifandom Festvids Rare Fandom Vidding Exchange click here for details
07/08/2025 09/12/2025 [community profile] incestbingo (DW) Fanworks Card requesting period for Multifandom Incest Bingo Round 4 click here for details





Remember: For anything Harry Potter fandom related, please refer to the Potterfests community on Dreamwidth or on LiveJournal. Additionally, there is a new community called [community profile] vocab_drabbles (located here) that does weekly drabbles based on a vocabulary word.

Bingo 03.25 - Week 1

Sep. 7th, 2025 12:03 pm
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And it begins! The first week of our Bingo Challenge is open now.

The sign-up for the challenge and the team challenge will still be open until September 10, so it is not too late to join.

Try to fill at least one square every week to keep the challenge running. You can fill up to five squares (= one bingo) every week.

Your Bingo Card can be found here.

Short reminder of the rules
(for more information, visit the general BINGO post)

Possible Bingos:
General:
Row (example: B 1+2+3+4+5)
Column (example: 1 B I N G O)
Vertical line (example: B 1 / I 2/ N 3 / G 4 / O 5)
Corner (possible in every corner - example: B 1+2+3 / I 1 / N 1)
Corner Squares + Middle (B 1+5 / O 1+5 / N 3)
Middle Cross (I 3 / G 3 / N 2+3+4)
Middle Vertical Cross (I 2/4 / G 2/4 / N 3)

Specials:
Free Bingo = five squares of your choice
Blackout = all squares from the card

Let's play
You may create fandom works, original works, and real-person works.
Every square requires one complete work; single chapters are allowed as long as they can be read as stand-alone works.
Don't mix up two or more squares in one work.
Bingos can overlap, but if you re-use a prompt for a second bingo, you will have to create a new work for the square.

Fills Minimum
Every square comes with a minimum of:
100 words
1 haiku
2 icons (100x100)
1 graphic work bigger than an icon

Wildcards
At the beginning of the challenge, you will get five wildcards. You can use them in three different ways:
1. If you have missed a week, you can play a wildcard, and you are allowed to complete five extra squares in the following week(s).
2. Swap two prompts from your card (example: prompt N5 goes to I2)
3. Delete a prompt from your card and use one of your choice from the prompt list.

Team Challenge
If you have signed up, please visit your team Alpha or Omega to play.

You can still sign up here until September 10.

Posting for week one officially ends Sunday, September 14 17.00 UTC. There is a grace period until the week is finally called 'closed'.

*casually slides back in*

Sep. 7th, 2025 07:56 am
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Um, hi! Accidentally slipped away from DW again, as one does when the brain decides it's time to visit slump-town. And then it's always tricky to pick back up! But I'm here, having been lured back by a friend request (❤️).

+ Currently working, yay!

+ Currently sick and voice-less, boo!

+ This is a double-shift as I swapped it around to attend my dad's wedding in November. It's in Thailand, and I'll be there a full month. I plan to get absolutely kneaded into oblivion, my body will be jelly by the end of it. Just good food, swimming, and massages.

+ If I can actually manage to Get The Thing Done at home, instead of avoiding and courting disaster, it's sure to be a relaxing time. So I need to get on that, Monday morning *stern glare at self*.

+ Started reading The Archive Undying. It dropped me face first into weirdness, and I'm loving the writing. All very much appreciated.

+ We're at the tail end of the general election here in Norway, and it's looking plausible we could get a RedGreen coalition! I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but it could happen.

+ There's a new community for Community, and there's a Friday Five/intro post up, come hang.

+ Really enjoying Haley Williams' Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party and CMAT's EURO-COUNTRY. If you're looking for an absolute banger about grief, Lord, Let That Tesla Crash is at your service.

+ Working my way through Apple this trip, with Foundation being my weekly download. I'd say overall the weakest season of the three, but Demerzel is holding my interest.

+ Tonight should have a red full moon, so I'm hoping it won't be cloudy here.

biting off more than I can chew

Sep. 7th, 2025 03:36 am
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I feel like I was better at this when I was younger.

Got a big dent in my self-assurance right now, and struggling: tired and a little anxious after this setback.

*sigh*

Next flight up in 18 hours...

fests and exchanges

Sep. 5th, 2025 11:36 pm
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After not writing anything more than alibi sentences for ages - my last fic was in May (The Consultant, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan), and the one before that in March (Beyond the Gates, the Mountain, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan) - I'm signing up for a lot of stuff now! Deadlines are usually very effective at making me write, so now that I'm not so busy any more and it's actually possible, that should get me back to where I want to be, writing-wise. I hope. *g*

In order of reveals:
  • There's [community profile] rarepairexchange, which has its deadline a little over two weeks from now, though reveals aren't until October. I've been poking at my assignment, and I have a bunch of things I know I want to be in it, but so far I haven't managed to pull it all together into a coherent narrative. Hopefully once I've conquered this one, things will be flowing again!

  • Then there's [community profile] guardian_wishlist, for which I just finished my sign-up last night - and we've only just posted the first batch of wishlists. (Mine is here; I'm requesting Guardian drama and RPF, as well as Guardian/Grimm and Guardian/Stargate crossovers.) And there are so many tempting prompts already! Reveals are on 6 October, and I hope to make a bunch of stuff before then.

  • Next comes [community profile] ficinabox, with a deadline in October and reveals in November - assignments aren't out yet, but should come soon. I won't seriously tackle that one until after Rarepair Exchange, though. Plenty of time if I brainstorm and have a plan by then!

  • There's also the Guardian Bonus Bingo grace period in November, for which I hope to finish at least some of the things I started and didn't finish so far. *g*

  • Yuletide is of course gearing up again as well, so that's what I'll be working on in December. Can't wait to find out which rare fandom I get to write this time!

  • Then, hopefully [community profile] fandomtrees will also run again this year, and I'll get to make a bunch of stuff for that too! Reveals are genearally early to mid-January.

  • And finally, there's [community profile] fffx which doesn't have its deadline until the second half of January. I still need to finish my sign-up for that (planning on doing that this weekend), but that deadline is so far away, there'd still be plenty of time even if I didn't start thinking about it until after Yuletide ends. (Though I hope to have a plan before then!) Of course, an idea might grab me right away and I might be working on this in parallel to everything else, you never know! *g*

Yeah, I know that's a lot. *g* I hope to make up a bit for all those months of not writing! But everything's nicely spaced out, except for Rarepair Exchange revealing one day before Guardian Wishlist, and the Bingo grace period overlapping with FIAB reveals. So it should be very doable without being too exhausting. *g*

What fests or exchanges is everyone else doing?
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Titre : Toujours fâchée (Le journal d'Aurore t2)
Auteure : Marie Desplechin
Langue : français
Type : roman jeunesse
Genre : adolescence

1ère parution : 2007
Édition : L'école des loisirs
Format : medium poche, 235 pages



(trouvé avec le 3ème dans la nouvelle bibliothèque partagée de la salle d'escalade)

À la fin du tome précédent on a laissé Aurore redoublante partir habiter chez ses grand-parents.
Donc elle répète sa troisième, ne parle plus à ses anciennes amies, se voit forcée par sa prof de maths à se reprendre en mains, et finalement se refait des amis lors d'un voyage scolaire.
Et passe un drôle d'été.

Bon. L'écriture est rigolote mais l'historie ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard.

Bingo 03/25 - Sign up Reminder

Sep. 5th, 2025 04:03 pm
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It's still two days until the challenge officially starts.

Further informations about the challenge you can find here.
Sign up here until September 10 if you want to participate.

:::

Team Challenge
We will have two teams again: Team Alpha and Team Omega.

If you are interested in joining a team, visit the team sign up now. Sign-up for a team ends on September 10!

Bingo 03/25 - Your Cards

Sep. 5th, 2025 03:39 pm
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Please check your card; if you find a mistake, don't hesitate to contact me.
If you need the code for your card, leave a comment!

Please don't start posting before the challenge begins on Sunday, September 7.

Ach_sss_no )

Aliensamba )

Analogbasilisk )

Badass_Tiger )

Caedharlowe )

CousinShelley )

Dianafortyseven )

Dr_Zook )

Endlesstwanted )

Evilduckymomma )

Fadedwings )

Firecat )

fleetsparrow )

Himejoshiheart )

Ideare )

Innitmarvelous_og )

LilacMisty )

Liriaen )

Lucymonster )

Melime )

Merryfortune )

Miriad )

Mrs_Leary )

Pattrose )

PeppermintShamrock )

Prisca )

Prixmium )

Prowlingthunder )

Ryulynn )

SelfindulgentKitten )

SuzyQueue )

SVGurl )

Tamaraaeknight )

Tarlanx )

TheParadigm )

Chicken Jockey from Minnesota!

Sep. 5th, 2025 09:00 pm
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Something with a bit more humour, because this always makes me laugh:



I first saw this on social media, but most recently I saw [personal profile] conuly post it.

The funniest part is the very deliberate way the announcer says "Chicken Jockey" almost like she can't quite believe what she's reading. (Or, it might just be the Minnesota inflection. I can't tell!)

--

Amusing point: We are five days into September and I have already written over half of what I wrote in August. August was absolutely a MISERABLE month for writing.

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