"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
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firewhiskeyficHey, everyone! How are you doing out there? Did everyone survive intact? Hopefully, no one suffered any morning after ill-effects. :)
If you turned in your piece, by now you should have gotten confirmation. If you've emailed it in but didn't hear back, please send it in again! Our email is fwfdrunkmods@gmail.com.
You have until midnight EDT Sunday to turn in your piece if you haven't already. Remember, no editing allowed! If you passed out before you finished or need to add a header, that's acceptable, but no correcting or editing with the fics and/or art itself.
All pieces will be posted anonymously on Monday all in one go and then voting will commence! A post on voting will go up then as well, with all the details.
Can't wait to share all of the drunken masterpieces!! :D
Quote from Shakespeare, of course. I considered one from Stephen King but it was a little too on the nose. "We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
If you turned in your piece, by now you should have gotten confirmation. If you've emailed it in but didn't hear back, please send it in again! Our email is fwfdrunkmods@gmail.com.
You have until midnight EDT Sunday to turn in your piece if you haven't already. Remember, no editing allowed! If you passed out before you finished or need to add a header, that's acceptable, but no correcting or editing with the fics and/or art itself.
All pieces will be posted anonymously on Monday all in one go and then voting will commence! A post on voting will go up then as well, with all the details.
Can't wait to share all of the drunken masterpieces!! :D
Quote from Shakespeare, of course. I considered one from Stephen King but it was a little too on the nose. "We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
YGO Rare Pairs Mini Bang Specifications
Oct. 4th, 2025 06:15 ampendulumscale posting in ygorarepairsRegular Mini Bang Specs (Writer→Artist)
WRITERS:
Writers will create a fic at least 4000 words in length for a rare pair of their choice. If there are more artists than writers, doubles will be assigned only after ALL fics have been claimed by at least one artist.
ARTISTS:
Artists will create at least 1 detailed piece (any medium; examples include but are not limited to digital art, traditional art, comics, fan edits, AMVs, and MMDs) inspired by their partner's fic.
POSTING:
Artists must communicate with writers about how their art will be posted and how it should be credited in the fic (embedded, linked, etc.). Artists may post their art to any platform on posting day, but they must also link back to the fic and credit the writer appropriately. Fics must be posted to AO3 as part of this year’s mini bang collection. You may also post your fic to other websites once posting day arrives.
Reverse Mini Bang Specs (Artist → Writer)
ARTISTS:
Artists will create at least 1 detailed piece (any medium; examples include but are not limited to digital art, traditional art, comics, fan edits, AMVs, and MMDs) for a rare pair of their choosing. If there are more writers than artists, doubles will be assigned only after ALL art pieces have been claimed by at least one writer.
WRITERS:
Writers will create a fic at least 2000 words in length inspired by their partner's art.
POSTING:
Artists must communicate with writers about how their art will be posted and how it should be credited in the fic (embedded, linked, etc.). Artists may post their art to any platform on posting day, but they must also link back to the fic and credit the writer appropriately. Fics must be posted to AO3 as part of this year’s mini bang collection. You may also post your fic to other websites once posting day arrives.
WRITERS:
Writers will create a fic at least 4000 words in length for a rare pair of their choice. If there are more artists than writers, doubles will be assigned only after ALL fics have been claimed by at least one artist.
- At the time of claims, writers are expected to share a summary of their work with detailed descriptions of how to envision the ship/their fic. Writers will not share drafts as part of their summary for claims so that their ideas stay anonymous to prevent style bias.
ARTISTS:
Artists will create at least 1 detailed piece (any medium; examples include but are not limited to digital art, traditional art, comics, fan edits, AMVs, and MMDs) inspired by their partner's fic.
- All skill levels and mediums welcome! You are expected to stay in touch with your writer throughout your creative process, so please make sure to send updates about your progress periodically.
- For an example of a detailed edit, take a look at Firebull's piece from 22/23.
POSTING:
Artists must communicate with writers about how their art will be posted and how it should be credited in the fic (embedded, linked, etc.). Artists may post their art to any platform on posting day, but they must also link back to the fic and credit the writer appropriately. Fics must be posted to AO3 as part of this year’s mini bang collection. You may also post your fic to other websites once posting day arrives.
Reverse Mini Bang Specs (Artist → Writer)
ARTISTS:
Artists will create at least 1 detailed piece (any medium; examples include but are not limited to digital art, traditional art, comics, fan edits, AMVs, and MMDs) for a rare pair of their choosing. If there are more writers than artists, doubles will be assigned only after ALL art pieces have been claimed by at least one writer.
- All skill levels and mediums welcome! You are expected to stay in touch with your writer throughout your creative process, so please make sure to send updates about your progress periodically once you have a partner.
- For an example of a detailed edit, take a look at Firebull's piece from 22/23.
- At the time of claims, artists will share a summary of their work with detailed descriptions of the ship dynamic, mood, themes, etc. Artists will not share drafts as part of their summary for claims so that their ideas stay anonymous to prevent style bias.
WRITERS:
Writers will create a fic at least 2000 words in length inspired by their partner's art.
- You are expected to stay in touch with your artist throughout your creative process, so please make sure to send updates about your progress and drafts periodically once you have a partner.
POSTING:
Artists must communicate with writers about how their art will be posted and how it should be credited in the fic (embedded, linked, etc.). Artists may post their art to any platform on posting day, but they must also link back to the fic and credit the writer appropriately. Fics must be posted to AO3 as part of this year’s mini bang collection. You may also post your fic to other websites once posting day arrives.
"It's as much fun to scare as to be scared."
Oct. 3rd, 2025 04:57 pmtorino10154 posting in firewhiskeyficWelcome to the 'Shocktober' edition of firewhiskeyfic! We're so glad you could make it.
Your challenges for this round are:
Jack Frost
Haunted House
Pumpkin Juice
Fright
Halloween Sex Toys
"If anyone had told me I'd be waiting in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night, I'd have said they were crazy."
Quick clarification for newbies: you don't have to use all the prompts--though that does make for a fun fic!--but since one of the categories for voting is "Best Use of Prompt" we do recommend using at least one.
This is the Official Discussion Post. If you feel like chatting, and we hope you do, pop in here and let us know how it's going. Please do not discuss your fic/art. You can discuss ideas, drinks, how wasted you are, your favorite actors or musicians, the state of the world (a nice, safe topic LOL), or whatever floats your boat. Just don't discuss your fic/art. This is an anonymous fest until after the reveal, and we don't want hints being given as to what you're writing about. :)
And just so we're clear, you don't have to write pr0n, though it definitely makes for interesting reading when characters change right in the middle of shagging because you're too drunk to remember who you're writing about. ;) You can write for any fandom (including original). Anything goes!
Once you are semi-conscious, send your UNBETA'D UNCORRECTED fic to this email: fwfdrunkmods@gmail.com Trust me, we can tell if you've messed with it, so don't do it, okay?
You will receive an email from us confirming that we got it. If you don't get an email, we didn't get it. Your fics/art will be due by midnight on Sunday, October 5th. Voting will begin on October 6 and last until Friday, October 10th.
HERE IS THE HEADER! You can put this in the email body or the fic body. Whatever!
(please fill this out to the best of your ability. If you're unable, we will try to complete it for you)
In order to make things easiest on your poor, likely hungover mods, please put your DW username and (if you can manage) the title of your fic/art into your subject line or at least somewhere in the body of the email. Thank you!
Torino is flying solo tonight--starting with the last of the Pimms. How about you?
Let's get our drunk on!
*Subject line quote from Vincent Price.
firewhiskeyfic! We're so glad you could make it. Your challenges for this round are:
Jack Frost
Haunted House
Pumpkin Juice
Fright
Halloween Sex Toys
"If anyone had told me I'd be waiting in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night, I'd have said they were crazy."
Quick clarification for newbies: you don't have to use all the prompts--though that does make for a fun fic!--but since one of the categories for voting is "Best Use of Prompt" we do recommend using at least one.
This is the Official Discussion Post. If you feel like chatting, and we hope you do, pop in here and let us know how it's going. Please do not discuss your fic/art. You can discuss ideas, drinks, how wasted you are, your favorite actors or musicians, the state of the world (a nice, safe topic LOL), or whatever floats your boat. Just don't discuss your fic/art. This is an anonymous fest until after the reveal, and we don't want hints being given as to what you're writing about. :)
And just so we're clear, you don't have to write pr0n, though it definitely makes for interesting reading when characters change right in the middle of shagging because you're too drunk to remember who you're writing about. ;) You can write for any fandom (including original). Anything goes!
Once you are semi-conscious, send your UNBETA'D UNCORRECTED fic to this email: fwfdrunkmods@gmail.com Trust me, we can tell if you've messed with it, so don't do it, okay?
You will receive an email from us confirming that we got it. If you don't get an email, we didn't get it. Your fics/art will be due by midnight on Sunday, October 5th. Voting will begin on October 6 and last until Friday, October 10th.
HERE IS THE HEADER! You can put this in the email body or the fic body. Whatever!
(please fill this out to the best of your ability. If you're unable, we will try to complete it for you)
In order to make things easiest on your poor, likely hungover mods, please put your DW username and (if you can manage) the title of your fic/art into your subject line or at least somewhere in the body of the email. Thank you!
Torino is flying solo tonight--starting with the last of the Pimms. How about you?
Let's get our drunk on!
*Subject line quote from Vincent Price.
Fancake Theme for October: Uncommon Settings
Oct. 3rd, 2025 08:26 amrunpunkrun posting in fandomcalendar
fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules. This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!
The Neighborhood
Oct. 3rd, 2025 08:20 amkalloway posting in ficortreat
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peasina's light is on and welcoming fic-or-treaters!(Offering: Pokemon icons)
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After Yom Kippur
Oct. 3rd, 2025 10:14 amnarahtThe only two things certain in life are death and taxes. In the hangover from Yom Kippur I've just finished filling out my Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, which I loathe with a passion. But death seems more significant this year.
Last night I got back from Yom Kippur services exhausted and still a bit light-headed from the twenty-five hour fast. The first thing I saw was an email from my mother about "the attack on Manchester." Amazingly it was the first I'd heard of it. The security people at the synagogue must have known but I don't think most people did. I should have realised when I saw a police car outside in the afternoon that something must have happened.
This is apparently "the first deadly attack on a British synagogue" and the deadliest attack ever on a place of worship outside Northern Ireland. (Per a useful thread by Sunder Katwala.) Also last night one (1) of my colleagues sent me an expression of sympathy, for which I was, and am, ridiculously grateful. Local and national Muslim leaders have also posted statements of solidarity, but taking the mood as a whole right now it's easy to feel (and maybe this is because I'm still exhausted, but I feel I've been exhausted for a long time) that most non-Jews are not interested in solidarity with the Jewish community right now because they don't think it's compatible, rhetorically at least, with being against what Israel is committing in Gaza. (And the ones who are, are interested for the wrong reasons.)
Hearteningly, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez did post a statement of sympathy – but most of the comments (on BlueSky! not even on X!) were variants on "Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism" or "Criticism of Israel is legitimate." I would be a whole lot more convinced by the former if comments like this didn't keep cropping up on posts about Jewish holidays and/or the death of Jews.
(Feminism isn't transphobia, but you'd be amazed how many purported feminists haven't got the memo. Being anti-crime isn't racist or anti-immigrant, in theory, but you'd be amazed by how many people use one thing as cover for the other. I could go on.)
Anyway, the other email I came home to was from Caledonian Sleeper, saying that my journey to Aberdeen this evening has been cancelled due to a storm. I managed to quickly rebook, so I'm now going straight to Inverness on Monday for my writing retreat at Moniack Mhor. It's a shame I'm going to miss my weekend in Aberdeen but maybe I needed the rest. And it doesn't seem so important right now. I would really like to wear my little magen david necklace up to Moniack Mhor but it gives me pause that so many people seem to be unable to distinguish "I am proud to be Jewish" from "I support genocide."
Like I said, I'm exhausted.
Last night I got back from Yom Kippur services exhausted and still a bit light-headed from the twenty-five hour fast. The first thing I saw was an email from my mother about "the attack on Manchester." Amazingly it was the first I'd heard of it. The security people at the synagogue must have known but I don't think most people did. I should have realised when I saw a police car outside in the afternoon that something must have happened.
This is apparently "the first deadly attack on a British synagogue" and the deadliest attack ever on a place of worship outside Northern Ireland. (Per a useful thread by Sunder Katwala.) Also last night one (1) of my colleagues sent me an expression of sympathy, for which I was, and am, ridiculously grateful. Local and national Muslim leaders have also posted statements of solidarity, but taking the mood as a whole right now it's easy to feel (and maybe this is because I'm still exhausted, but I feel I've been exhausted for a long time) that most non-Jews are not interested in solidarity with the Jewish community right now because they don't think it's compatible, rhetorically at least, with being against what Israel is committing in Gaza. (And the ones who are, are interested for the wrong reasons.)
Hearteningly, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez did post a statement of sympathy – but most of the comments (on BlueSky! not even on X!) were variants on "Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism" or "Criticism of Israel is legitimate." I would be a whole lot more convinced by the former if comments like this didn't keep cropping up on posts about Jewish holidays and/or the death of Jews.
(Feminism isn't transphobia, but you'd be amazed how many purported feminists haven't got the memo. Being anti-crime isn't racist or anti-immigrant, in theory, but you'd be amazed by how many people use one thing as cover for the other. I could go on.)
Anyway, the other email I came home to was from Caledonian Sleeper, saying that my journey to Aberdeen this evening has been cancelled due to a storm. I managed to quickly rebook, so I'm now going straight to Inverness on Monday for my writing retreat at Moniack Mhor. It's a shame I'm going to miss my weekend in Aberdeen but maybe I needed the rest. And it doesn't seem so important right now. I would really like to wear my little magen david necklace up to Moniack Mhor but it gives me pause that so many people seem to be unable to distinguish "I am proud to be Jewish" from "I support genocide."
Like I said, I'm exhausted.
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Oct. 2nd, 2025 04:01 pmkradeelavbeen thinking about how i want the next decade to take shape for me.... obviously a lot of this has been kickstarted by 'okay, you're moving, this is what it's going to look like with the new home pad, location, and its own pros and cons'.
then there's also the other factor that a few vent-y posts have been written up and deleted in my head about how there's a wide swath of the internet and things-adjacent-to-the-internet (post 2010 social media, etc) that i simply don't feel like being around anymore. (minus dreamwidth, i can at least trust this site to be there, and to be mostly a similar flavor of dry life and fandom observations a decade later.)
so what do i like? something that's become obvious in the last decade is i like learning new skills all the time - generally centered somewhere around the STEM/STEAM skills. frankly i'm learning so much more about technical art skills both in the dayjob and with $kradeelav_handle art right now than i did in college. loving that. want to do even more of that versus scrolling! (if you follow me on bsky, you might notice me moving all the follows back to rss feeds, this is partially part of all of this. a digital deep clean if you will.)
and this new physical home/location opens up a lot of similar .... deep? real-world skills to learn that just haven't been an option before. for example:
* new space is going to allow for so much more privacy and an actual office space for me where i can spread out a bit. figurines on floating shelves!!! uninterrupted stints of drawing hours!!!! finally :D i'm kind of an architectural snob in some ways so having space truly aesthetically pleasing and made for me for the first time in my life is ... a big goal accomplished.
* i want to learn how to cook! :o the new place will have an actually accessible kitchen (!!!!!!) (sink, oven, stovetop, etc), so this opens up a huge, huge potential for the first time in my life. being able to cook international dishes (thai, middle eastern, actually good ramen) that i like versus having to rely on others (and their taste........ that is sometimes different than mine......) or doordashing in stuff from a few select places is. hell yeah. i also suspect this is going to be a strong bonding moment between my mom (famously good cook) and me as well.
* similarly, but on a more somber note, kinda strongly suspect some end of life care for family members is in the cards this decade; personally kind of uniquely suited for understanding just how emotional work goes into organizing caregivers, medical tedium, understanding that dying is Not Pretty but there's ways to handle it with dignity, etc, and i like these specific family members well enough to be around for a lot of this as long as i have that guaranteed office to retreat to. so kind of mentally.... slotting that in as 'this will take some time and emotional energy'
* i want to git gud at self hosting and the nerdier pre-2000's essential sysadmin skills; this new space is going to have enough room for a full fledged server closet for me where i'll have enough room to go crazy with three fiddy thousand computers :D i'd like to also tinker with hardware more; be able to fix old hardware (eg, the old wii if it breaks), or build a rig or two.
* thankfully work is still remote given some unique accessibility stuff and i've kind of weaseled myself in a pretty sweet spot there politically so i'm not.... too worried with all of that. there are more reasons i'm not hugely worried about the dayjob, but being permanently remote is also an additionally good reason to hone those sysadmin skills.
anyway the more i rotate 'this is what you're planning to fill your life with for the next decade' regarding the above, the more excited i get. think that's a good sign.
then there's also the other factor that a few vent-y posts have been written up and deleted in my head about how there's a wide swath of the internet and things-adjacent-to-the-internet (post 2010 social media, etc) that i simply don't feel like being around anymore. (minus dreamwidth, i can at least trust this site to be there, and to be mostly a similar flavor of dry life and fandom observations a decade later.)
so what do i like? something that's become obvious in the last decade is i like learning new skills all the time - generally centered somewhere around the STEM/STEAM skills. frankly i'm learning so much more about technical art skills both in the dayjob and with $kradeelav_handle art right now than i did in college. loving that. want to do even more of that versus scrolling! (if you follow me on bsky, you might notice me moving all the follows back to rss feeds, this is partially part of all of this. a digital deep clean if you will.)
and this new physical home/location opens up a lot of similar .... deep? real-world skills to learn that just haven't been an option before. for example:
* new space is going to allow for so much more privacy and an actual office space for me where i can spread out a bit. figurines on floating shelves!!! uninterrupted stints of drawing hours!!!! finally :D i'm kind of an architectural snob in some ways so having space truly aesthetically pleasing and made for me for the first time in my life is ... a big goal accomplished.
* i want to learn how to cook! :o the new place will have an actually accessible kitchen (!!!!!!) (sink, oven, stovetop, etc), so this opens up a huge, huge potential for the first time in my life. being able to cook international dishes (thai, middle eastern, actually good ramen) that i like versus having to rely on others (and their taste........ that is sometimes different than mine......) or doordashing in stuff from a few select places is. hell yeah. i also suspect this is going to be a strong bonding moment between my mom (famously good cook) and me as well.
* similarly, but on a more somber note, kinda strongly suspect some end of life care for family members is in the cards this decade; personally kind of uniquely suited for understanding just how emotional work goes into organizing caregivers, medical tedium, understanding that dying is Not Pretty but there's ways to handle it with dignity, etc, and i like these specific family members well enough to be around for a lot of this as long as i have that guaranteed office to retreat to. so kind of mentally.... slotting that in as 'this will take some time and emotional energy'
* i want to git gud at self hosting and the nerdier pre-2000's essential sysadmin skills; this new space is going to have enough room for a full fledged server closet for me where i'll have enough room to go crazy with three fiddy thousand computers :D i'd like to also tinker with hardware more; be able to fix old hardware (eg, the old wii if it breaks), or build a rig or two.
* thankfully work is still remote given some unique accessibility stuff and i've kind of weaseled myself in a pretty sweet spot there politically so i'm not.... too worried with all of that. there are more reasons i'm not hugely worried about the dayjob, but being permanently remote is also an additionally good reason to hone those sysadmin skills.
anyway the more i rotate 'this is what you're planning to fill your life with for the next decade' regarding the above, the more excited i get. think that's a good sign.
Highlander: HLH_Shortcuts, the annual Highlander Fanfic Exchange
Oct. 2nd, 2025 08:33 ambrightknightie posting in fandomcalendarSign-ups are now open for hlh_shortcuts 2025, the long-running annual Highlander Holiday Shortcuts fanfiction exchange! (The name "Shortcuts" nods to the 500-word minimum, from the days when 1,000 words was the usual minimum.)
When:
How:
Yay, Highlander fun and friends! Come play with us?
hlh_shortcuts 2025, the long-running annual Highlander Holiday Shortcuts fanfiction exchange! (The name "Shortcuts" nods to the 500-word minimum, from the days when 1,000 words was the usual minimum.)When:
- Sign-up: October 1 to 11, 2025 at 11:59PM CDT on AO3
- Receive assignment: By October 14, 2025
- Default deadline: November 20, 2025
- Submissions: By December 15, 2025 on AO3
- Stories revealed: The first on December 20, 2025 (the winter solstice, Duncan's birthday) and the rest a few per day as long as they last, per tradition
How:
- This year's collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/hlhshortcuts2025
- Guides: HLH_Shortcuts AO3 Sign-Ups + HLH_Shortcuts AO3 Submissions + HLH_Shortcuts AO3 Defaults + Find a beta-reader / be a beta-reader
Yay, Highlander fun and friends! Come play with us?
life update: i wrote an album?
Oct. 2nd, 2025 01:58 amserpentinemaligni hope you are doing well. im doing pretty good right now which is awesome :D more of that please
but yeah. i accidentally wrote an album over september, as part of creativeclash. i wrote a bunch of themes for people's OCs and ships :D i guess it is a sort of 'singles' album... the tracks are all different genres and are not really related. but... it's 51 minutes. thats album length, baby!
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Wednesday Reading Meme for Oct 1 2025
Oct. 1st, 2025 09:26 pmkitewithfishI am v tired so my descriptions are a bit thin tonight.
What I’ve Read
Strong Poison – Dorothy Sayers – Our heroine is finally introduced! It’s so good, but it’s also meaningfully unfinished in terms of their relationship.
The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin – This book moved me – I had read it last in high school and what stayed with me was etched deep. But, there was a lot that I honestly forgot and the ending hit me like a truck.
What I’m Reading
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club – Dorothy Sayers
The Mismeasure of Man – Stephen Jay Gould
Mimesis – Erich Auerbach
What I’ll Read Next
Witness for the Dead Katherine Addison
What I’ve Read
Strong Poison – Dorothy Sayers – Our heroine is finally introduced! It’s so good, but it’s also meaningfully unfinished in terms of their relationship.
The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin – This book moved me – I had read it last in high school and what stayed with me was etched deep. But, there was a lot that I honestly forgot and the ending hit me like a truck.
What I’m Reading
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club – Dorothy Sayers
The Mismeasure of Man – Stephen Jay Gould
Mimesis – Erich Auerbach
What I’ll Read Next
Witness for the Dead Katherine Addison
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Oct. 1st, 2025 07:39 pmgoodbyebird+ My brain is mush. We dock sometime during tonight, so tomorrow will be another hectic day. Thankfully come Friday I shall have freedoooommmm.
+ I want a Big Barda icon but I'm too zapped to make one *sulk*
Maybe after I've had my shower.
+ Not helping: my mom constantly asking me when I can come see her in Oslo, and for plans this Christmas when she'll be visiting and living at my brother's. I do not have capacity for this. Love her to bits but it's tough to convey that SOCIAL BANK EMPTY, PLAN QUEUE FULL.
+ Booked my flu shot for next Thursday. Apparently they're not doing Covid shots at the doctor anymore, boo. And the only information I can find is that it becomes available week 42. Hopefully I manage to get in there early enough that it will mostly be in full effect by the time I go to Thailand.
+ One Battle After Another will be showing at the small local cinema next week. There's been some very positive buzz. I may try to lure some friends to come with.
+ Decided to try and move away from using GoodReads, and so far StoryGraph seems a good fit. I know there's quite a few options out there, but I only made it through two before settling on StoryGraph. (Fable being the second option, but just way too busy for me. Someone looking for a move involved and social experience might vibe with it!)
One of the fun things is you can make your own book lists or challenges. I started putting together a small Queer Comics one. I could only find two other comic/graphic novel challenges by searching, so that's certainly a void in need of fillingthat's what she said.
Anyways, I'm here, in case anybody else is stretching their wings.
Sad eta: Jane Goodall has passed.
+ I want a Big Barda icon but I'm too zapped to make one *sulk*
Maybe after I've had my shower.
+ Not helping: my mom constantly asking me when I can come see her in Oslo, and for plans this Christmas when she'll be visiting and living at my brother's. I do not have capacity for this. Love her to bits but it's tough to convey that SOCIAL BANK EMPTY, PLAN QUEUE FULL.
+ Booked my flu shot for next Thursday. Apparently they're not doing Covid shots at the doctor anymore, boo. And the only information I can find is that it becomes available week 42. Hopefully I manage to get in there early enough that it will mostly be in full effect by the time I go to Thailand.
+ One Battle After Another will be showing at the small local cinema next week. There's been some very positive buzz. I may try to lure some friends to come with.
+ Decided to try and move away from using GoodReads, and so far StoryGraph seems a good fit. I know there's quite a few options out there, but I only made it through two before settling on StoryGraph. (Fable being the second option, but just way too busy for me. Someone looking for a move involved and social experience might vibe with it!)
One of the fun things is you can make your own book lists or challenges. I started putting together a small Queer Comics one. I could only find two other comic/graphic novel challenges by searching, so that's certainly a void in need of filling
Anyways, I'm here, in case anybody else is stretching their wings.
Sad eta: Jane Goodall has passed.
Fic or Treat!
Oct. 1st, 2025 10:57 amkalloway posting in ficortreatThe spooky season is upon us, and that's means it's time for Fic or Treat!
Please read over the entirety of the following information before deciding (how) to participate:
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When You're Ready:
Wander Around The Neighborhood
Please read over the entirety of the following information before deciding (how) to participate:
( Information & Instructions )
When You're Ready:
Wander Around The Neighborhood