The Nameless Land by Kate Elliott
Nov. 11th, 2025 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
renay posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
ladybusinessI'm pretty stoked that I finished a series I started the same year I started it. Don't look at the fact it's only two books. It still counts, okay!? ( Read more... )
Meanwhile, in Canada....
Nov. 10th, 2025 05:02 pmmuccamukkIDK if this petition will do anything, but here it is (for Canadians), and I've put an explainer, also. I hope there's more protests soon.
Reject Carney's Billionaire Budget.
Migrant Rights Network Response to Budget 2025.
Reject Carney's Billionaire Budget.
Migrant Rights Network Response to Budget 2025.
Daily Check-in
Nov. 10th, 2025 05:57 pmstarwatcher posting in fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Monday, November 10, to midnight on Tuesday, November 11. (8pm Eastern Time).
Poll #33824 Daily Check-in
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 26
How are you doing?
I am OK.
11 (42.3%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
15 (57.7%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single.
11 (42.3%)
One other person.
10 (38.5%)
More than one other person.
5 (19.2%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Oglaf
Nov. 10th, 2025 07:58 pmsettiaiI've been reading the delightfully porny webcomic Oglaf pretty much since it first started being published back in 2008. (On that note, how on earth has it been almost eighteen years already?)
That said, the creators did an interview that was posted today, and it's very interesting to read if you're remotely a fan of the webcomic.
I was absolutely thrilled to see them mention that they're "trying very hard to get the Ivan story back on track." That's a storyline that hasn't been brought up at all in years and, while it sounds like it definitely has a ways to go before we see it in the comic itself, it's nice to know it's in the works.
That said, the creators did an interview that was posted today, and it's very interesting to read if you're remotely a fan of the webcomic.
I was absolutely thrilled to see them mention that they're "trying very hard to get the Ivan story back on track." That's a storyline that hasn't been brought up at all in years and, while it sounds like it definitely has a ways to go before we see it in the comic itself, it's nice to know it's in the works.
30 in 30: Labyrinth
Nov. 10th, 2025 05:36 pmsenmutAO3 Link | Seductive Distraction (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Labyrinth
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jareth [Labyrinth]
Additional Tags: Drabble, Stealth Crossover
Summary:
A grimace touched the Goblin King's lips, before fully settling into a scowl.
"I thought I told you, babies and toddlers only!" he snapped at his closest goblin lieutenant.
"But you said he was pretty and you wanted —" the words were cut off abruptly as Jareth used his riding crop to smack the chair the goblin was on.
"How to head him off before he seduces every denizen of my realm," Jareth mused, watching the handsome man in his uniform handily winning directions from everyone he met.
"Maybe you can seduce him?"
Jareth glowered at the speaker.
"Maybe I shall."
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Labyrinth
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jareth [Labyrinth]
Additional Tags: Drabble, Stealth Crossover
Summary:
Jareth has an interloper in his realm
Seductive Distaction
A grimace touched the Goblin King's lips, before fully settling into a scowl.
"I thought I told you, babies and toddlers only!" he snapped at his closest goblin lieutenant.
"But you said he was pretty and you wanted —" the words were cut off abruptly as Jareth used his riding crop to smack the chair the goblin was on.
"How to head him off before he seduces every denizen of my realm," Jareth mused, watching the handsome man in his uniform handily winning directions from everyone he met.
"Maybe you can seduce him?"
Jareth glowered at the speaker.
"Maybe I shall."
click here for who it is
Jack HarknessEverthing feels like it's (metaphorically) on fire
Nov. 9th, 2025 09:25 pmladyjaxHowever, we also live in a world where Ignacia Fernandez, a contestant for Miss World Chile sang an original death metal song during the talent portion of the pageant semifinals.
Her band is called Decessus
Her band is called Decessus
Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The Stolen Doctor by Flawedamythyst
Nov. 9th, 2025 08:46 pmkingstoken posting in fancakeFandom: Sherlock Holmes (books)
Pairings/Characters: Holmes/Watson
Rating: T
Length: 47,061 words
Creator Links: Flawedamythyst
Theme: Mystery & Suspense, casefic
Summary: Moriarty kidnaps Watson.
Reccer's Notes: Watson is kidnapped by Moriarty. The story cycles between two POVs, Watson's and Holmes'. We follow Holmes as he does everything he can to find Watson, and Watson as he tries his best to survive as a prisoner. I will say Moriarty was actually menacing in this story, not watered down like some portrayals, and there is a lot suspense about if Holmes will be able to rescue Watson in time before something terrible occurs.
Fanwork Links: AO3
Pairings/Characters: Holmes/Watson
Rating: T
Length: 47,061 words
Creator Links: Flawedamythyst
Theme: Mystery & Suspense, casefic
Summary: Moriarty kidnaps Watson.
Reccer's Notes: Watson is kidnapped by Moriarty. The story cycles between two POVs, Watson's and Holmes'. We follow Holmes as he does everything he can to find Watson, and Watson as he tries his best to survive as a prisoner. I will say Moriarty was actually menacing in this story, not watered down like some portrayals, and there is a lot suspense about if Holmes will be able to rescue Watson in time before something terrible occurs.
Fanwork Links: AO3
Daily Check-In
Nov. 9th, 2025 08:06 pmmecurtin posting in fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Sunday, November 9, to midnight on Monday, November 10 (8pm Eastern Time).
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Poll #33820 Daily check-in poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 26
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 26
How are you doing?
I am OK
14 (56.0%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now
11 (44.0%)
I could use some help
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single
8 (30.8%)
One other person
13 (50.0%)
More than one other person
5 (19.2%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
All Aspiring Poets: Learn This One Neat Trick
Nov. 9th, 2025 07:20 pmpetraEver wondered how I churn out so much rhyming poetry?
Meet my beloved RhymeZone.com, extensive rhyming dictionary.
Also endorsed by Florence Welch and Seth Meyers, quite recently, in a charming interview.
Meet my beloved RhymeZone.com, extensive rhyming dictionary.
Also endorsed by Florence Welch and Seth Meyers, quite recently, in a charming interview.
SGA: In Heaven and Earth by Sholio
Nov. 10th, 2025 12:02 ammific posting in fancakeFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Rating: G
Length: 1800
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: Sholio on AO3, Sholio's old SGA website
Themes: Mystery and suspense, Genfic, Ghosts
Summary: It gets bloody creepy here at night.
Reccer's Notes: This is an interesting story about Atlantis remembering her dead, and indeed those still living, in a somewhat troubling way. At first it's unclear how it's happening, but gradually John figures out it's just the city, haunted, and haunting them. Nicely creepy.
Fanwork Links: In Heaven and Earth
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Rating: G
Length: 1800
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: Sholio on AO3, Sholio's old SGA website
Themes: Mystery and suspense, Genfic, Ghosts
Summary: It gets bloody creepy here at night.
Reccer's Notes: This is an interesting story about Atlantis remembering her dead, and indeed those still living, in a somewhat troubling way. At first it's unclear how it's happening, but gradually John figures out it's just the city, haunted, and haunting them. Nicely creepy.
Fanwork Links: In Heaven and Earth
Poetry of Our Time, also
Nov. 9th, 2025 02:04 pmmuccamukkfrom Requiem by Anna Akhmatova
(translated from the Russian by Stanley Kunitz & Max Hayward)
(translated from the Russian by Stanley Kunitz & Max Hayward)
Not under foreign skies
Nor under foreign wings protected -
I shared all this with my own people
There, where misfortune had abandoned us.
Instead of a PrefaceIn the terrible years of the Yezhov terror I spent seventeen months waiting in line outside the prison in Leningrad. One day somebody in the crowd identified me. Standing behind me was a woman, with lips blue from the cold, who had, of course, never heard me called by name before. Now she started out of the torpor common to us all and asked me in a whisper (everyone whispered there):
"Can you describe this?"
And I said: "I can."
Then something like a smile passed fleetingly over what had once been her face.
Critical Role: Campaign 4, Episode 5
Nov. 9th, 2025 05:00 pmsettiaiI started this past Thursday night's episode of Critical Role before crashing at the break because I desperately needed sleep after the week from hell at work. So let's pick up again now that it's properly the weekend. (Yes, the plan was that I'd finish the episode either Friday or yesterday. No, that didn't happen. Shush.)
As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
( Spoilers under the cut. )
One more episode down, many more to go in the future. Although I do need to try to watch the Fjord/Jester wedding special that dropped recently, because I haven't done that yet.
As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
( Spoilers under the cut. )
One more episode down, many more to go in the future. Although I do need to try to watch the Fjord/Jester wedding special that dropped recently, because I haven't done that yet.
Nov 9 not quite misc.exhausted.me
Nov. 9th, 2025 01:57 pmsenmutDecided I am not going back over the hell that was dental this past week. More happening this week. And next year.
No, I wanted to share the "food crime" I made today:
So the other day I saw a post, ostensibly about food crimes:
Butter Chicken Poutine
Folks, that sounded tasty, and I askedilyena_sylph if I could. She said yes.
The sauce was store bought as typical for me, I added browned hamburger, and I made home fries from scratch.
Tasty meal was had. Very filling. Our son was over, so I had the joy of feeding him in addition to us. And tonight will be Mozzarella Ravioli with Garlic Marinara with mother-in-law. Food is love, people.
No, I wanted to share the "food crime" I made today:
So the other day I saw a post, ostensibly about food crimes:
Butter Chicken Poutine
Folks, that sounded tasty, and I asked
ilyena_sylph if I could. She said yes.The sauce was store bought as typical for me, I added browned hamburger, and I made home fries from scratch.
Tasty meal was had. Very filling. Our son was over, so I had the joy of feeding him in addition to us. And tonight will be Mozzarella Ravioli with Garlic Marinara with mother-in-law. Food is love, people.
ingredients household
Nov. 9th, 2025 12:16 pmailelieI did not set out to be an ingredients household. It started because I realized yonks ago that if I have a snack on-hand, I will snack on it, regardless of hunger. So, to not do that, I stopped buying snacks (most of the time; sometimes I'll get a specific craving). This has led to me just....not buying premade stuff.
Last night, I realized I was craving hot chocolate. So I got out a saucepan, mixed some unsweetened cocoa, powdered sugar, vanilla, a pinch of salt, and water with a whisk until boiling. Then I added some oat milk and heated it up to temp while whisking.
A couple weeks ago, I wanted popcorn. So I got out a skillet, heated some oil, tossed in a test kernel, and, once it popped, tossed in the rest of the kernels and covered the skillet with a lid.
If I want something, I make it, make the effort to go out and get it, or I get over wanting it.
But this does mean, if you come to my place and I have store bought snacks on hand, there's a 95% chance I bought them specifically for you.
(The other 5% being a specific craving or needing or having recently needed the snack item for cooking. Like pretzels for pretzel salad or potato chips for soup).
Last night, I realized I was craving hot chocolate. So I got out a saucepan, mixed some unsweetened cocoa, powdered sugar, vanilla, a pinch of salt, and water with a whisk until boiling. Then I added some oat milk and heated it up to temp while whisking.
A couple weeks ago, I wanted popcorn. So I got out a skillet, heated some oil, tossed in a test kernel, and, once it popped, tossed in the rest of the kernels and covered the skillet with a lid.
If I want something, I make it, make the effort to go out and get it, or I get over wanting it.
But this does mean, if you come to my place and I have store bought snacks on hand, there's a 95% chance I bought them specifically for you.
(The other 5% being a specific craving or needing or having recently needed the snack item for cooking. Like pretzels for pretzel salad or potato chips for soup).
30 in 30: Highlander
Nov. 9th, 2025 10:58 amsenmutAO3 Link | Artist at Work (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Highlander The Series
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Tessa Noel [Highlander]
Additional Tags: Drabble
Summary:
Tessa inspected the illustration, then glanced at the pieces. Her keen eyes noted where each piece would intersect with one another, mentally measuring just where the notches needed to be cut.
Moving from sketches to full drawing, and then to modeling three-dimensional figures in clay, to now being able to machine the final sculpture as she envisioned it had been satisfying. More, she would know that her art would bring joy to the local children's hospital. The sun room would be awash in a kaleidescope of colors after the glass was inset in the frame.
That in mind, she began.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Highlander The Series
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Tessa Noel [Highlander]
Additional Tags: Drabble
Summary:
Tessa is preparing a charity piece
Tessa inspected the illustration, then glanced at the pieces. Her keen eyes noted where each piece would intersect with one another, mentally measuring just where the notches needed to be cut.
Moving from sketches to full drawing, and then to modeling three-dimensional figures in clay, to now being able to machine the final sculpture as she envisioned it had been satisfying. More, she would know that her art would bring joy to the local children's hospital. The sun room would be awash in a kaleidescope of colors after the glass was inset in the frame.
That in mind, she began.
Doctor Who and Related Fandoms Festivities Exchange Pinch Hits Due 22nd November
Nov. 9th, 2025 12:53 pmparanoidangel posting in pinchhitsEvent: This is an exchange for Doctor Who and all its many related fandoms. It's low pressure, with a minimum of 300 words or a nice sketch on plain paper. Reveals are 23rd November to celebrate Doctor Who's birthday.
Event links: Dreamwidth, AO3 Collection
Pinch hit details: https://tardis-festivities.dreamwidth.org/17726.html
PH1: Fic. The Stranger (BBV Series), Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who: Unbound: Doctor of War (Big Finish Audio), Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure - Dicks (Play 1989)
PH2: Fic. Torchwood, Doctor Who (Comics)
Due date: 22nd November 12pm UTC
Event links: Dreamwidth, AO3 Collection
Pinch hit details: https://tardis-festivities.dreamwidth.org/17726.html
PH1: Fic. The Stranger (BBV Series), Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who: Unbound: Doctor of War (Big Finish Audio), Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure - Dicks (Play 1989)
PH2: Fic. Torchwood, Doctor Who (Comics)
Due date: 22nd November 12pm UTC