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AO3 Link | First Aid (300 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Teen Titans (Franchise)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Slade Wilson, Dick Grayson
Additional Tags: Triple Drabble, +Modern Age (1986-Present), Post-Crisis, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:

Dick's surprised he showed up bleeding but he'll help

First Aid

Dick didn't say a word of protest when he opened his door to see Slade there, not once the man moved the heavy jacket and showed blood seeping out of a hasty bandage. Maybe he should have; the man had to have other safe houses nearby.

He was going to land on the side of 'Slade thought it was bad enough to ask for help' and leave it at that.

"Any tail?"

"Partner's dealing with it; she'll go her own way after."

Ahh, the elusive — "You have her in the States?" Dick asked, startled even as he helped peel the clothes off.

Hell, that looked like shrapnel from an explosive.

"Kind of unavoidable this time," but Slade didn't elucidate beyond that about her. "I promise nothing I was doing would get me back on the wanted list here. Someone had a vendetta, and my healing's been slowed by whatever toxin was on the slivers."

"Cheshire?"

Slade's eye hardened, his jaw set. "There's a reason my partner is handling the cleanup."

Who in the hell was this woman? Had to be meta, to keep up with Slade, but no one had pieced together a solid profile on her.

"And you let her?" Dick asked, before huffing out an amused air. "Now I have heard everything."

"She's got people I prefer not to be known by, and leave it at that, Kid?"

"Alright." Dick shut up about it, and just saw to cleaning everything out, so that Slade could heal. He'd file a note with Vic later, for their unofficial file on the partner. Right now, he just wanted his… complicated to stop bleeding and probably get some rest.

"Not bad," Slade said, once everything was dealt with. "Appreciate the help, Kid."

"I'd say any time, but I bet I was closest."

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For anyone who's Dark Souls-curious and has a spare 30 mins, this is the best illustration I've seen of the process of figuring out a boss fight, and how you can go from dying in the first couple of seconds of a fight to methodical execution of it (and why it's so incredibly satisfying when you do):

Watch on YouTube

For context, this is the Stray Demon, an optional side boss who's a very beefed-up version (now with added magic, as well as vastly increased damage and HP!) of the Asylum Demon from the tutorial.

I have a theory that the Asylum Demon is so pear-shaped partly in order to encourage the novice player to think of getting behind him and stabbing him in the arse, thus learning a key component of DS1 strategy (positioning yourself where it's hardest for them to hit you, which frequently means getting behind them or in their crotch).

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We have eight new pinch hits, numbered #49-56. These pinch hits are due at the main assignment deadline of Wednesday 17 December at 9pm UTC.

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CLAIMED - PH #49: Biggles Series - W. E. Johns, Worrals Series - W. E. Johns, Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers

This pinch hit is claimed, but treats are welcome!
Request 1 by gatty
Biggles Series - W. E. Johns
Characters: James "Biggles" Bigglesworth (Biggles Series - W.E. Johns), Algy Lacey (Biggles Series - W.E. Johns), Erich von Stalhein (Biggles Series - W.E. Johns), Stella Carstairs (Biggles Series - W.E. Johns)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

More detail on what I like in my letter but main DWNs:
- I'm just not that into kink. It doesn't do much for me.
- Nazi focus or apologia

Letter:
https://gattycat.dreamwidth.org/3780.html

Request 2 by gatty
Worrals Series - W. E. Johns
Characters: Joan "Worrals" Worralson (Worrals Series - W. E. Johns), Betty "Frecks" Lovell (Worrals Series - W. E. Johns), Bill Ashton (Worrals Series - W. E. Johns), Air Commodore Raymond (Worrals Series - W. E. Johns)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

More detail on what I like in my letter but main DWNs:
- I'm just not that into kink. It doesn't do much for me.
- Nazi focus or apologia

Letter:
https://gattycat.dreamwidth.org/3780.html

Request 3 by gatty
Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Characters: Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

More detail on what I like in my letter but main DWNs:
- I'm just not that into kink. It doesn't do much for me.
- Nazi focus or apologia

Letter:
https://gattycat.dreamwidth.org/3780.html

CLAIMED - PH #50: Bocchi the Rock! (Manga), Steins;Gate, ウマ娘プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game)

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Request 1 by KHammarling
Bocchi the Rock! (Manga)
Characters: Ijichi Seika
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

No prompts

No letter

Request 2 by KHammarling
Steins;Gate
Characters: Makise Kurisu, Faris Nyan Nyan | Akiha Rumiho, Amane Suzuha
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

No prompts

No letter

Request 3 by KHammarling
ウマ娘プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

No prompts

No letter

CLAIMED - PH #51: Sunshine - Robin McKinley, Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells, Coldfire Trilogy - C. S. Friedman

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Request 1 by Nightalp
Sunshine - Robin McKinley
Characters: Rae "Sunshine" Seddon, Constantine (Sunshine), Mel (Sunshine)
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags; or it may use exceptions I explain in the form

Dear Yuletide Author
I have loved this book since I first read it. I love the way vampires work in this story, I love Rae and how we know she loves Mel despite seeing relatively little of them together, and I love how eldritch Constantine is (apparently even by in-universe vampire standards ^^).
What would I love to see? Rae interacting with her world - learning more about her magic, baking. Spending time with Mel in a world that is so different and yet so similar to ours. Maybe introducing Pat and the rest of his SOF pals to Con and the concept that there is a vampire out there who doesn't want to kill humans. Introducing Yolande and Con. Introducing Con and Mel.
I want to read about Rae, but you may decide yourself whether you add Con and/or Mel.
Things I don't want: PWP and MajorCharaDeath. Also no Con/Rae and/or splitting Mel and Rae - the fact that Con isn't the love interest and Rae has a SO is actually part of the draw of the story for me.
Thank you very much, and I'm looking forward to your story!

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Request 2 by Nightalp
Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells
Characters: Moon (Books of the Raksura), Jade (Books of the Raksura), Pearl (Books of the Raksura), Malachite (Books of the Raksura)
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Dear Yuletide Author
If you're offering to write for this world you're probably as in love with the Raksura as I am. I love the world, the creatures inhabiting it and most of all I absolutely love the Raksura. So really, whatever you write about them I'm going to love to pieces!
What I love especially: Moon. Moon being competent and shy and going all defensive when he feels attacked in any way. The relationships (both platonic and not) between the members of the court(s). The worldbuilding.
Things I'd love to read about: Pretty much anything with Moon. I'm not too picky about who else you include so if you want to write only about Moon and Jade or Moon and Malachite or even Moon and some other member of their court that's absolutely fine with me.
So maybe Moon (and Jade) are travelling? Or some fluff with Moon and Malachite? Heck, maybe you can even find something Moon and Pearl can bond over. Maybe a quiet evening with Moon and Jade?
On the other hand I also absolutely adore the relationship between Pearl and Malachite, so if you're not feeling like writing Moon I'd also absolutely love to read anything about them.
What I don't want: PWP and MajorCharaDeath.
Thank you so much and I'm really looking forward to reading your fic!

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Request 3 by Nightalp
Coldfire Trilogy - C. S. Friedman
Characters: Damien Vryce, Gerald Tarrant (Coldfire Trilogy)
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

Dear Yuletide Author
I've loved the trilogy since reading it for the first time, but I've always felt like we were cheated out of a further exploration of Damien' and Geralt's relationship just when it became good ^^. I love the tension created by them being friends that trust each other with their fear and life, when they started off so very different.
I'd love to see some moment with the two of them, preferably in the later part of the story. Could be fluff - or as fluff as things can go with them ;) - or an attack, whatever you like to write.
Or maybe you want to write about them after the trilogy ends? Another "accidental" meeting between them - after all, who's to say Geralt cannot make "new" friends with Damien ...
I am not seeing them as a romantic couple, but I wouldn't mind if you wrote them as such.
What I don't want: PWP and MajorCharaDeath.
Thank you so much and I'm really looking forward to reading your fic!

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PH #52: Cardiac Arrest (TV), Law & Order: UK, The Bill (TV), Sharpe (TV), Ultimate Force (TV)

Request 1 by coernixen
Cardiac Arrest (TV)
Characters: James Mortimer (Cardiac Arrest), Cyril "Scissors" Smedley (Cardiac Arrest)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Love these two either shipped together or seperate. Forever salty they they had James come out as a bisexual man only to immediately give him an HIV diagnoses and not explore that further - anything exploring his sexuality would be wonderful.
Genre preferences lean towards smut, angst, and Hurt/No Comfort. I love character study pieces and world building pieces. That said, I do also love a good bit of fluff, and will never be disappointed by some wholesome goodness or a chilled out slice-of-life. This is a safe space for flowery prose and run on sentences.

Likes:

General Likes: Combat and combat training, weaponry, magic, defying fate, kill your gods, political shenanigans, environmental storytelling, unnecessarily graphic descriptions of food, Polyamory - including V-shaped and Unhealthy/Unethical, unhealthy coping mechanisms, unrequited love, mutual pining, relationships breaking down - emotionally frustrated characters of all kinds are *chefs kiss*
NSFW Likes: Combat as Foreplay, Voyeurism, Solo/Mutual Masturbation, Thigh Riding, Frottage/Dry Humping, Coming Untouched/In Pants, Teasing & Edging, Knifeplay/Bloodplay, Mind Break, Mind Control, Sex Pollen, Tentacles, Monsterfucking, Dom/Sub, Power Dynamics, Primal/Feral related kink, Incest/Pseudo-Incest, CNC, Non/Dub-Con.

Do Not Wants:

General: 1st Person POV, crossovers and unrequested AUs. Canon divergence is generally fine - as long as the setting/world building is the same, I'm happy for you to bend or ignore the timeline to accommodate fun plot bunnies and awkward rare pairs.
Specific/NSFW: Mpreg, scat and vomit (watersports ok), genderbend/swap and non-canon gender headcanons, de-aging/age regression, omegaverse.
An aside on Common DNWs not listed above: I am open to anything not covered by the above, up to and including the most deceased of Dead Doves. I prefer Extremely Dubious Consent to Hard/Violent non-con, but that’s just because I really like extremely dubious consent.

General Notes on Ships:

I am open to you doing just about anything with the ships for any requested character; I have no preferences for top/bottom or dom/sub dynamics if you go that route for any pairing or gender combo. I am always happy for past or background ships to be included - in fact, I love fics based on jealousy, pining, infidelity, unethical poly, ill-advised proxy fucking etc., so I would be delighted to see you bring in other characters where the prompt allows! My only request would be to avoid character bashing for any third party who gets roped in.

No letter

Request 2 by coernixen
Law & Order: UK
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

Anything would be wonderful, honestly.
Genre preferences lean towards smut, angst, and Hurt/No Comfort. I love character study pieces and world building pieces. That said, I do also love a good bit of fluff, and will never be disappointed by some wholesome goodness or a chilled out slice-of-life. This is a safe space for flowery prose and run on sentences.

Likes:

Do Not Wants:

General Notes on Ships:

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Request 3 by coernixen
The Bill (TV)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

Ship-wise I adore Steve/Barry and Frank/Ted, but happy to see anything with them with anyone or doing their own thing.
Genre preferences lean towards smut, angst, and Hurt/No Comfort. I love character study pieces and world building pieces. That said, I do also love a good bit of fluff, and will never be disappointed by some wholesome goodness or a chilled out slice-of-life. This is a safe space for flowery prose and run on sentences.

Likes:

Do Not Wants:

General Notes on Ships:

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Sharpe (TV)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

Weapon Kink: Round 1.
Genre preferences lean towards smut, angst, and Hurt/No Comfort. I love character study pieces and world building pieces. That said, I do also love a good bit of fluff, and will never be disappointed by some wholesome goodness or a chilled out slice-of-life. This is a safe space for flowery prose and run on sentences.

Likes:

Do Not Wants:

General Notes on Ships:

No letter

Request 5 by coernixen
Ultimate Force (TV)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

Weapon Kink: Round 2. :)
Genre preferences lean towards smut, angst, and Hurt/No Comfort. I love character study pieces and world building pieces. That said, I do also love a good bit of fluff, and will never be disappointed by some wholesome goodness or a chilled out slice-of-life. This is a safe space for flowery prose and run on sentences.

Likes:

Do Not Wants:

General Notes on Ships:

No letter

CLAIMED - PH #53: Anders Als Die Andern | Different From the Others (1919), ThunderCats (1985), Falling Skies

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Request 1 by Ailren
Anders Als Die Andern | Different From the Others (1919)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I'm a big lover of angst, whump, and all things hurt & hurt/comfort, but absolutely no pressure to stick to those genres! I read everything. My favorite AADA character is Paul, but I love them all - choose whatever character you feel like!
DNW: First person POV

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Request 2 by Ailren
ThunderCats (1985)
Characters: Lion-O (Thundercats 85)
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I'm a big lover of angst, whump, and all things hurt & hurt/comfort, but absolutely no pressure to stick to those genres! I read everything :)
DNW: First person POV

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Falling Skies
Characters: Tom Mason
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I'm a big lover of angst, whump, and all things hurt & hurt/comfort, but absolutely no pressure to stick to those genres! I read everything. :)
DNW: First person POV

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CLAIMED - PH #54: The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe, Neuromancer | Sprawl Trilogy - William Gibson, Alethia (Webcomic), The Deca Tapes (Podcast), Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh, Mémoires d'Hadrien | The Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar, Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (anthology) - James Tiptree Jr.

Request 1 by lurknomoar
The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I picked any characters because I’m happy with any story about ANY character in this fandom. I'm especially interested in the backstory of Loyal to the Group of Seventeen, but I love all other characters, and would be happy with an episode from the past of Agia or Thecla, or the future of Dorcas.
DNW: when it comes to graphic sex and/or violence, please stick mostly to the level of the given canon. If there’s, say, decapitations in this canon, you can have them in fic, but don’t go further than canon did.
Thank you for writing!

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Neuromancer | Sprawl Trilogy - William Gibson
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I picked any characters because I’m happy with any story about ANY character in this fandom. Molly Millions is my absolute favourite and anything about her will please me, so will anything about the future or relationships of Mona or Kumiko.
DNW: when it comes to graphic sex and/or violence, please stick mostly to the level of the given canon. If there’s, say, decapitations in this canon, you can have them in fic, but don’t go further than canon did.
Thank you for writing!

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Alethia (Webcomic)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I picked any characters because I’m happy with any story about ANY character in this fandom. Anything that engages with the brilliant worldbuilding in this story or its metacommentary about fiction is especially welcome.
DNW: when it comes to graphic sex and/or violence, please stick mostly to the level of the given canon. If there’s, say, decapitations in this canon, you can have them in fic, but don’t go further than canon did.
Thank you for writing!

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The Deca Tapes (Podcast)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I picked any characters because I’m happy with any story about ANY character in this fandom. However, an exploration of how Cook ended up raising the next generation, or how her memories of her comic book collection contributed to it, is my favourite question.
DNW: when it comes to graphic sex and/or violence, please stick mostly to the level of the given canon. If there’s, say, decapitations in this canon, you can have them in fic, but don’t go further than canon did.
Thank you for writing!

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Request 5 by lurknomoar
Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I picked any characters because I’m happy with any story about ANY character in this fandom. I ship Avi/Magnus and Kyr/Cleo, so would love anything about them, but also anything that delves into the worldbuilding, the future of the human colony. Lin and Ursa and the complicated decisions they had to make also fascinate me.
DNW: when it comes to graphic sex and/or violence, please stick mostly to the level of the given canon. If there’s, say, decapitations in this canon, you can have them in fic, but don’t go further than canon did.
Thank you for writing!

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Request 6 by lurknomoar
Mémoires d'Hadrien | The Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I am amazed that someone nominated this, wow. Dear writer, if we matched on this one, write whatever you want and I'll be wowed. The depth! The historical scope! The romance! The pagan rites!
DNW: when it comes to graphic sex and/or violence, please stick mostly to the level of the given canon. If there’s, say, decapitations in this canon, you can have them in fic, but don’t go further than canon did.
Thank you for writing!
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Request 7 by lurknomoar
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (anthology) - James Tiptree Jr.
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

Anything from this canon is welcome. I like the dark glittering horrid worldbuilding of "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", and I'd love an expansion of the world of "Houston, Houston, do you read?" Or if you have any idea about any of the other stories in the collection, I would be glad and fascinated to read it!
DNW: when it comes to graphic sex and/or violence, please stick mostly to the level of the given canon. If there’s, say, decapitations in this canon, you can have them in fic, but don’t go further than canon did.
Thank you for writing!
No letter

CLAIMED - PH #55: Black Bag (2025), Emily of New Moon - L. M. Montgomery, Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers, The New Yorker RPF, Post-Classical Hollywood RPF

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Black Bag (2025)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Happy to receive a story about any or any combo of the characters. George and Katherine’s origin stories, together or apart? Zoe’s Catholic upbringing? Or a new story about how everyone moves forward after the events of the movie? Would love a heist/espionage fic or would also love a character study, or an explicit story about George and Katherine in the bedroom (the kink could go so many ways), or Zoe’s outsider perspective on things, etc etc. I just want to know more about what makes these people tick.

DNWs: Kidfic/pregnancy, gore/major injury in detail, bodily fluid ingestion, medical procedure descriptions, trans head canons, setting change AU (coffee shop etc). BDSM is fine, but no intense pain/torture.

Letter:
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Request 2 by sophiahelix
Emily of New Moon - L. M. Montgomery
Characters: Emily Byrd Starr, Ilse Burnley, Teddy Kent, Perry Miller
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I LOVE this foursome, and I felt sad through the series as they pulled away from their childhood closeness. What I truly want is a version of something I saw in a Tumblr post, where a person’s grandmother confessed on her death bed that she and grandpa had been in a relationship with their two best friends since their teens, when the boys flipped bottle caps for who would marry which girl, and no one knew which man had fathered which of their kids. A sedoretu would also be fun, or any other variation of poly that you like. If none of that is your bag, I would love to see the two couples becoming friends again, raising kids alongside each other and/or having interesting creative successful lives.
Please do focus on all four characters to some degree. Of all possible pairings to be central I would least prefer Perry/Teddy.
DNW note here: pregnancy/kidfic is ok for this fandom but would prefer it not be the focus; I also would like any nonmonogamy to be consensual, not cheating.
DNWs: Gore/major injury in detail, bodily fluid ingestion, medical procedure descriptions, trans head canons, setting change AU (coffee shop etc) or modern AU. BDSM is fine, but no intense pain/torture.

Letter:
https://sophia-helix.dreamwidth.org/657472.html

Request 3 by sophiahelix
Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Characters: Miss de Vine (Lord Peter Wimsey), Miss Meteyard (Lord Peter Wimsey)
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I saw these two characters listed and immediately wanted something where they meet. Maybe Pimm’s does some work for the college? Maybe Miss Meteyard changes fields? Or maybe they meet at a women’s club in the city, or some other type of event…if I remember correctly Miss Meteyard is implied to have gone to Somerville (and if not, maybe she does now!) I just thought she was a very interesting character in her reserve and perception, while Miss de Vine is more impassioned but perhaps less observant, and they’re both women making their way in the professional world. Any kind of relationship or interaction would be lovely, I’m just interested to see them interact.

DNWs: Kidfic/pregnancy, gore/major injury in detail, bodily fluid ingestion, medical procedure descriptions, trans head canons, setting change AU (coffee shop etc) or modern AU. BDSM is fine, but no intense pain/torture.

No letter

Request 4 by sophiahelix
The New Yorker RPF
Characters: Isaac Chotiner
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

I am dyyyyying for a Chotinering of the fictional subject of your choice. The first character that came to mind for me was the vampire Lestat, which I think could be hysterical, but feel free to pick either someone from my many years of fandoms, or someone from a well-known canon (Cruella DeVille? Macbeth? Oscar the Grouch?). Would prefer no contemporary RL political figures just because Chotiner is doing a good job with those on his own, but a controversial figure from history could be fun too (Richard III? Ea-Nasir?) Basically go wild and I’m excited to be surprised.
DNW: gore/major injury in detail, current political figures

Letter:
https://sophia-helix.dreamwidth.org/657472.html

Request 5 by sophiahelix
Post-Classical Hollywood RPF
Characters: Robert Redford (Post-Classical Hollywood RPF), Paul Newman (Post-Classical Hollywood RPF)
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

With Redford’s passing I would love to read about these two; their history of filming together, their friendship, their prank wars, how they got into the industry and changed it and watched the world change as they grew older. I’d love a ship fic if that’s your thing, and if not something about their deep closeness would also be lovely. Feel free to include Joanne but please no infidelity, just consenting and understanding adults.

DNWs: Kidfic/pregnancy, gore/major injury in detail, bodily fluid ingestion, medical procedure descriptions, trans head canons, setting change (coffeeshop, AU, non-famous etc). BDSM is fine, but no intense pain/torture.

Letter:
https://sophia-helix.dreamwidth.org/657472.html

CLAIMED - PH #56: Murderbot (TV), Palia (Video Game), Poker Face (TV 2023)

This pinch hit is claimed, but treats are welcome!
Request 1 by speccygeekgrrl
Murderbot (TV)
Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot TV), Dr. Mensah (Murderbot TV), Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot TV)
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

The bonds between Mensah and the two Corporation Rim refugees she's saved (and who've saved each other) are intense and weird and I just want to see them being intense and weird with/about each other.
I like pretty much any combination of these three characters in sexy/romantic ways, but OT3 is peak. Can go past the TV canon into book events (I'd like it to, honestly).
DNW: noncon (but dubcon is okay in like, sex pollen ways), power abuse/coercion, unmitigated angst

No letter

Request 2 by speccygeekgrrl
Palia (Video Game)
Characters: Reth (Palia), Jel (Palia), Hodari (Palia), Subira (Palia)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Please give at least one of these characters a nice day where good things happen and they feel supported and affirmed. (loved, even, but that's a bonus.)
DNW: heavy angst

No letter

Request 3 by speccygeekgrrl
Poker Face (TV 2023)
Characters: Charlie Cale, Luca Clark
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We've seen how Luca describes Charlie out loud to his fed coworkers; what does he think of her in the privacy of his own mind if what he's willing to say is so in awe of her?
And what does Charlie really think about the fed she keeps saving and being saved by, after he saves her from certain death and then warns her that the next time he sees her will have to go so differently?
(and what if the next time he sees her does go differently, but not in the way he warned her?)
DNW: angsty ending (during is fine but I'd love it to end with comfort/affection), character injury/peril beyond show canon,

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I'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... )

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I'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.

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AO3 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:

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."

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Cover crops are getting in the ground this week. I am going to crack garlic tonight and plant it tomorrow as soon as I get the rototiller on the tractor and get the ground prepared. Better late than never. Probably.

I went to the local spinning/weaving guild yesterday. I got there a little after 1pm, but will make it for 1 next time. It runs from 1-5pm which is a great amount of time. It was primarily spinners, although a bunch of folks were knitting and crocheting. It was great to chat with people, very casual and nice to talk with folks who know spinning so well. Some people were even working on fleeces! I brought my supported spindles and worked on my cotton spinning which was fun to chat about. I didn't stay super long, had to get back but it was overall good. There was an actual guild meeting in there, casually run but fun. I'll go back again.

I came home early to run the giant bushel gourd down the road to a neighbor who is going to dry it out and save the seeds for us to split before it got dark. It will be below 20F tonight so everything needs to be cleaned up and put away.

Then, I badgered my parents into tagging a room for the move. I had to ask three times but they got up and we did it. We are doing a system of using four different colors of painters tape to tag items in a room, purple is staying here at the farm house/farm, yellow is going to parents' new house, green is traveling with parents to whichever house they end up in and blue is to get rid of the item. Then I write on the painters tape details of what the item is, what room it is going to and any other info needed. So we got one room done, my future office and then I moved some things to their proper location (AC unit to basement, server to upstairs bedroom, office supplies onto the shelf that is staying), stacked some other things up and staged a few things that will go to new house near the front door. Progress! I made a sheet of what colors go with what tapes so they know. I'm just going to wander around tagging things as we go since some stuff is easy.

I am taking my truck to the garage later for an oil change and new tires. Probably time to stop driving around on the spare. It's been years since the last new tires, so I figured it was a good time to get that all handled before Thursday's trip. I'm falling down on arranging things for the trip, I still haven't confirmed where I'm sleeping, but oh well.

settiai

In tonight's game, ( the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.

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settiai

I 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.

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senmut

Decided 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 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.

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I 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).

senmut

AO3 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 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.

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A Few Words From The Wise

Speak to him, for there is none born wise.
-The Maxims of Ptahotep

In mourning or rejoicing, be not far from me.
- an Ancient Egyptian Love Song

But your embraces
alone give life to my heart
may Amun give me what I have found
for all eternity.
-Love Songs of the New Kingdom, Song #2

To Know the Dark

To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is travelled by dark feet and dark wings.
-Wendell Berry

Up in the morning's no for me,
Up in the morning early;
When a' the hills are covered wi' snaw,
I'm sure it's winter fairly.
-Robert Burns

Visit to the Hermit Ts'ui

Moss covered paths between scarlet peonies,
Pale jade mountains fill your rustic windows.
I envy you, drunk with flowers,
Butterflies swirling in your dreams.
-Ch'ien Ch'i

Mistress of high achievement, O lady Truth,
do not let my understanding stumble
across some jagged falsehood.
-Pindar

Every Gaudy colour
Is a bit of truth.
-Nathalia Crane

I counted two-and-twenty stenches,
All well defined, and several stinks.
-Samuel Coleridge

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