K-9 Cosplay :D

Jan. 9th, 2026 07:08 pm
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I'm not brave or savvy enough anymore to wade in other socmed platforms, but thankfully I have friends who are... and found K-9 COSPLAY!!! :D :D They look SO COOL!!!!!

This is Oboro (CN: blood) by [twitter.com profile] suigei_cos. It feels kind of crazy to see the blood actually red haha since the manga is all black and white. When we get an anime, which we totally will for sure yes, I'm so curious to see what kind of shade they go with when animating his power.

Then more Oboro (CN: still blood!) also by [twitter.com profile] suigei_cos. With fire and smoke effects!!! Looking SO COOL!!! 😍

Oboro on a date with Ren or so Oboro says XD Also by [twitter.com profile] suigei_cos.

And my beloved Ren solo by [twitter.com profile] 323runaruna aaaah looking seriously incredible. SO COOL! COSPLAYERS ARE SO POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😍😍

I shall go and lie down for a while now.
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Title: Feeding Time
Author: [personal profile] goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 408 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For [community profile] mcsheplets prompt #129 - pet

For [community profile] sweetandshort January 2026 prompt - where are you?


Summary:

There was a movement in the grassy field ahead of him. Aha! John moved slowly, not wanting his prey to escape.



Feeding Time on AO3

Check-In Post - Jan 9th 2026

Jan. 9th, 2026 06:28 pm
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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: What are your crafting goals for 2026?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!



Fic: Charity

Jan. 9th, 2026 08:06 pm
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Title: Charity
Ratings & Warnings: T
Fandom: Les Miserables
Relationship(s): Enjolras/Cosette Fauchelevent
Summary: Modern AU; Enjolras and Cosette come back from a charity gala
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a good way to go

Jan. 10th, 2026 02:09 am
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I don't wanna die rich, okay? I wanna go out like Jim Henson, baby. I want a stadium full of people sobbing their eyes out that I have shuffled off this mortal coil, and you don't do that by making a lot of money. You do that by making a lot of joy.
— Terry Ross in her video im quitting my job to make free games for a year🙈

no personal notes on this. you should check out Terry's patreon and ko-fi.

Snowflake Challenge 2026: Prompt 3

Jan. 9th, 2026 12:42 pm
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Snowflake Challenge: A mug of coffee or hot chocolate with a snowflake shaped gingerbread cookie perched on the rim sits nestled amidst a softly bunched blanket. A few dried orange slices sit next to it.

Challenge #3: Write a love letter to fandom. It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.

I'm not good at love letters - or letters at all, really! Epistolary has never been my strong suit. (Which is why this is late, haha. Shh, it's only by a few days!)

So I'll just say: complications and all, I'm glad fandom's here. I got started when I was a sheltered teenager who had no idea what I was getting into, and while fandom probably wasn't the best way to learn how the world worked outside the local homeschool group, it was definitely one of the kinder options. I've made all of my best friends through fandom at this point - first through Transformers, and then in Ace Attorney (which I was so nervous to get into, because I'd been into exclusively Transformers for a decade, and how did fandoms about humans even work? And then everybody was so lovely and welcoming). I've lost touch with a few of them over the years, but I still remember all of them. (If we ever talked back on FFN and you've found this somehow, I still think about you!)

Admittedly, I haven't really caught up to fandom on most social media these days. I never made it over to Twitter or Tiktok before -gestures at everything-, or the newer sites people seem to have migrated to from there. But I've found people on all the sites I do hang out on, and that's been really nice. So...thanks, fandom! Here's to another few decades.

Mysteries, Zombies, & More

Jan. 9th, 2026 04:30 pm
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Posted by Amanda

Homemaker

RECOMMENDED: Homemaker by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare is $2.49 at Amazon! Sarah reviewed this and gave it a B+:

Homemaker is extremely, vibrantly feminist, though Prairie is not so much angry all the time (she is sometimes) as she is fed up and unafraid to point out all of the ways that women’s perceptions, labor, and accomplishments are devalued – unless that women’s work makes the man in her life look good to other people.

When a former friend and devoted mother vanishes, a confident homemaker turned amateur sleuth follows an unexpected trail of scandals and secrets to find her.

Prairie Nightingale is both the midlife mother of two teenage girls and a canny entrepreneur who has turned homemaking into a salaried profession. She’s also fascinated with the gritty details of other people’s lives. So when seemingly perfect Lisa Radcliffe, a member of her former mom-friends circle, suddenly disappears, it’s in Prairie’s nature to find out why.

Given her innate talent for vital pattern recognition, Prairie is out to catch a few clues by taking a long, hard look at everyone in Lisa’s life—and uncovering their secrets. Including Lisa’s. Prairie’s dogged curiosity is especially irritating to FBI agent Foster Rosemare, the first interesting man Prairie has met since her divorce. His square jaw and sharp suits don’t hurt.

But even as the investigation begins to wreak havoc on Prairie’s carefully tended homelife, she’s resolved to use her multivalent homemaking skills to solve the mystery of a missing mom—and along the way discover the thrill of her new sleuthing ambitions.

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You can find ordering info for this book here.

 

 

 

How to Solve Your Own Murder

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin is $1.99! Sarah was curious about this one when it came out and mentioned it on Hide Your Wallet.

For fans of Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club , an enormously fun mystery about a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate…. Now it’s up to her great-niece to catch the killer.

It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances’s night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying to solve a crime that hasn’t happened yet, compiling dirt on every person who crosses her path in an effort to prevent her own demise. For decades, no one takes Frances seriously, until nearly sixty years later, when Frances is found murdered, like she always said she would be.

In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives in the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, Frances is already dead. Annie is determined to catch the killer, but thanks to Frances’s lifelong habit of digging up secrets and lies, it seems every endearing and eccentric villager might just have a motive for her murder. Can Annie safely unravel the dark mystery at the heart of Castle Knoll, or will dredging up the past throw her into the path of a killer?

As Annie gets closer to the truth, and closer to the danger, she starts to fear she might inherit her aunt’s fate instead of her fortune.

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You can find ordering info for this book here.

 

 

 

Dating After the End of the World

Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose is $2.49 at Amazon! I read this one last year and gave it a C. Did any of you also read this one? What did you think?

 

There’s nothing like the undead to bring the living together in an action-packed and apocalyptically romantic genre-shattering novel by a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Casey Pearson grew up with a doomsday-prepping father. At eighteen, tired of living an unconventional life, she left home, vowing never to return.

More than a decade later, a mysterious viral outbreak changes everything, including the people it infects, turning them into zombielike creatures. It’s the end of the world, and no one saw it coming—well, except for Casey’s father. With no place left to run and danger lurking around every corner, Casey is forced to return home.

Upon arrival, she’s surprised to find that her dad has hunkered down with a group of survivors, including her archnemesis, Blake Morrison, the high school bully who made Casey’s teenage years a living hell.

While struggling to live on the compound, face outside threats, and survive alongside her handsome enemy, Casey will learn that although the world has ended, hers is just beginning.

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You can find ordering info for this book here.

 

 

 

The Weaver Bride

The Weaver Bride by Lydia Gregovic is $2.99! I mentioned this on Hide Your wallet when it came out last September. I believe this one skews more YA.

A sweeping fantasy about a witch who must navigate a ruthless marriage competition—and try not to fall in love along the way. Part twisting mystery, part thrilling romance, The Weaver Bride is an unputdownable romantasy steeped in a lush magical world.

Lovett Tamerlane is a silkwitch. Like all girls of her kind, she holds a rare magic—a magic that can be harnessed only through marriage to a Weaver. But finding a Weaver husband requires status, refinement, and money, all of which Lovett sadly lacks. Her one secret ability, to open any door, is her saving grace. Hidden in plain sight, Lovett spends her days using her gift to steal from wealthy families and her nights avoiding the fate imposed on all unwed silkwitches: a life confined to the cloisters.

But opening doors can be dangerous, and when Lovett steals from the wrong person, she finds herself face to face with Eliot Lear, the notorious son of a prominent Weaver. It turns out Eliot’s been watching Lovett. He knows she’s a silkwitch, and he offers her a life-altering opportunity: entrance to the Vainglory, a competition with the ultimate prize—marriage to Noé Alaire, heir to generations of Weaver wealth. The catch? Last year, the Vainglory ended in tragedy. The winner died. And the winner was Eliot’s sister.

The arrangement is simple: If Lovett solves the mystery of Ophelia Lear’s death and unmasks her killer, Eliot will ensure she has her pick of Weaver suitors, regardless of who wins the competition. Yet unraveling Ophelia’s murder proves far more complicated than either of them anticipated. And Lovett should know better than to take a Weaver at his word.

After all . . . what is love without betrayal?

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Jan. 9th, 2026 10:15 pm
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One of the things I want to work on this year is unmasking. In general, but especially with my family. This tumblr post has some ways to start.

I thought I was starting today, actually, but while I expressed my emotions honestly, my family are not emotionally safe for me to be that vulnerable around, which is why I have been masking around them in the first place... today was hard because I'm grappling with the fact that these people who claim to love me and have affection for me, want me to stay quiet when someone in the family hurts me. They'll make excuses for the person who hurt me because they think it's okay for me to be hurt. When I love someone, I don't want them hurt. So I don't believe this is love, I don't understand this so-called familial love. Seems cultish to me.

It's in moments of realisation like these, when I brush against my family and leave with a bleeding gash, that I feel lonely despite having met friends very recently.

Unmasking has to go hand in hand with protecting myself and setting strong boundaries. Being 'radically visible' when it's not safe for you to be really seen by these people? Needs more thought.

This is giving me more ideas for why I am so parasocially fascinated by Yunho, the idol who does not want to be seen to feel safe. Maybe he reminds me of what I do on a daily basis to feel safe around my family. He's very performative and I don't have the energy for that, so I'm very avoidant.

I wonder if Yunho is lonely. Whether he ever wants to be honest and vulnerable. Maybe safety comes first for him.

End of Year Reading Round-up 2025

Jan. 9th, 2026 11:22 am
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Total: 105 books

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Absolute favorite of the year: Jean Genet's Our Lady of the Flowers. 
Honorable mentions: Dykette, Mapping the Interior, The Darker Proof, Zombie Pit, I Look Divine, Goodbye to Berlin, and Mother Night. 

Really enjoyed the poems, essays, and short stories I read for the Bradbury Challenge in December, which I was too lazy to list here. Most of the nonfiction I read was informative and helpful, though "Shame-Sex Attraction" just made me weary in the same way Roxanne Gay's collection of essays on rape culture did. 

Books I read significant chunks of but didn't count: A trans man's memoir called "Becoming a Visible Man" -- I was probably 80% through this when the browser I was reading it on crashed, and I never bothered to find my spot again. Can't remember the author's name right now, which is awful, because he's famous in the trans community. Also "Wicked" by Greg Maguire -- really enjoyed it, forgot I owned it, stopped reading. 

Visual Kei of the Day

Jan. 9th, 2026 07:12 am
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If you like Japanese rock/metal bands dressed in various degrees of ostentatious fashion, please consider joining [community profile] vkotd to share your favorite v-kei songs or discover new ones. I'm looking forward to seeing fans on Dreamwidth's taste! ♪♪♪ ヽ(ˇ∀ˇ )ゞ

Fic: Pep Talk (Abunai Deka)

Jan. 9th, 2026 09:21 am
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Title: Pep Talk
Ratings & Warnings: E
Fandom: Abunai Deka
Relationship(s): Taka/Yuji
Character(s): Takayama Toshiki/Oshita Yuji
Details: PWP
Summary: Taka is stressed, Yuji decides to help.

Also on Ao3 and my fic journal.

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In which you should check your tech

Jan. 9th, 2026 12:52 pm
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- If you use gmail or other google services then I strongly suggest checking your location is set to EU if possible (or other not-US if possible) and that you check to ensure "smart features" are switched OFF and remain OFF as google continues to roll out their AI, or switch to Proton (Switzerland) / Mailbox (Germany) / [your local equivalent] if you can afford them. Also, don't use Chrome as your browser, obv. And, of course, nobody with a choice ever used Microsoft. Switching away from US-based tech services generally, and especially services intentionally infected with AI spying and slop, has always been advisable where possible.

- If you are outside the US please set your default weather app to your local weather service that doesn't use US data, so the Met Office in the UK. One of the easiest ways to use disinformation to control people's actions or inactions in large groups is via weather forecasts. Yes, I'm serious.

- If there is anywhere you might need to go in an emergency situation that isn't on your regular routes then I suggest acquiring a paper map or directions you can read, and putting them in your regular travel bag (or car) etc. I would also suggest knowing alternative routes for your most important journeys. GPS is a service that the US and many local enforcement institutions can turn off at any time.

- I was in South London before the pandemic when, without any prior warning, the police decided to switch off all non-wired phone and digital services covering a busy shopping and high population area during the day when most people would normally be out of their homes. They don't do these tests in posh areas so many people are unaware of these possibilities.

- Sorry but we are where we are.

This is your life on drugs

Jan. 10th, 2026 01:10 am
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Apologies to friends here at DW. I've been so obsessed with HR everything I'd gotten very behind in reading my flist here. I am now caught up! Will try to do better.

I remember this state from when I first fell into fandom in about 2008/2009, and the key word is salience. The object of your desire becomes virtually the only salient (important) thing. Everything else pales in comparison and seems less important and interesting. It's no accident that salience is a technical term in addiction medicine. It's for sure linked with dopamine receptors and my brain is now very trained to give me dopamine hits for things related to HR, especially, at this stage, fic.

I'm not complaining, but I realise that we loons (an in-joke name suggested for the HR fandom) must be tiresome for those not in the fandom. (There's a solution to that...)

Anyway, it's also midsummer here and very nice, too. The garden (will do a few pics soon) is getting blowsy and a bit beset by fungal annoyances as we've continued to have intermittent rain and high humidity, but most days have highs of 27^C which is lovely and not too hot. Perfect for lying around reading and rewatching! I finally finished and mailed my second tranche of seasonal cards for NZ friends and family, the earlier lot having been sent overseas. They're later than usual due to the aforementioned salience of other distractions.

The bloody ducks managed to force their way back into my water garden through the duck dome, so the dome is now a basket weave with weft as well as warp, and tied more firmly to the barrel. The waterlilies are slowly recovering for a second time. The giant Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) is once more as tall as the house, having regrown from a 2 foot stub after cutting back. I'm not sure there's anything in the earth under my flat except Tithonia roots, these days. My peppers aren't thriving - not enough direct sun, as my potted plants got away from me and I didn't have the peppers in the front row. Lesson learned. Scarlet runner beans are doing well, but a lot of veggies and annuals haven't been great, probably as the very hot early summer exhausted and confused them. I'll plant some things earlier, in winter next year (sweet peas, tomatoes, peppers.)

Okay, that's my update - hugs for everyone and hope you're all coping with 2026 so far!

(Downs periscope and prepares to dive back into excellent HR fic).

Absolute Batman #15

Jan. 9th, 2026 07:30 am
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“The Joker to me is always the opposite of Batman. So if Absolute Batman is this thing, Joker would become a billionaire with all the resources, who is telling Bruce, ‘Well, you’re not going to become anything,’ and then it becomes, who would he put in Batman’s way? Well, Joker plays both sides, so he creates crime and creates the means to stop crime. He’s always playing us, and the Joker issue explains what a clown is and why the Joker loves them… If Bruce is Joker now, and he is chaos and he is disruption, then Joker is the system and order. That means Joker would have a Batcave, he would have a mansion, he would be handsome, and be a socialite. Maybe he has Robins!” -- Scott Snyder

Scans under the cut... )

podcast friday

Jan. 9th, 2026 06:51 am
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I've been steeped in work hell (which is just not letting up) so I haven't really caught up with DW or formulated anything more than a wish for [REDACTED] to happen to every single ICE agent and [REDACTED, replaced with screaming into the void] in general, but in the meantime, podcasts gonna podcast I guess? Honestly that's where I get my news because the mainstream media has either fallen for the lie of objectivity or just reports on things so shallowly that it's unclear as to whether things like gunning down a mother in her car as she tries to get away or kidnapping the leader of a foreign country are actual crimes or just "controversial."

Anyway.

Today I have a new podcast for you, AI Skeptics, with Cathy O'Neil and Jake Appel. Cathy O'?Neil wrote the fantastic (and still very relevant) Weapons of Math Destruction, so I was very interested in what she had to say about AI. Neither of them really come off as Professional Podcasters but the content of this is excellent and both they and their guests are insightful. "AI Versus Artists and Educators ft. Becky Jaffe" is the most recent one and most relevant to my interests.

It should be noted that folks on the podcast are skeptics rather than professional haters like me, so there's occasionally a use case, 90% of which I still disagree with. But it's an important and intelligent discussion, and the episodes are quite short and accessible.
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