Daily Check-In

Apr. 7th, 2026 06:02 pm
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[personal profile] starwatcher posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Tuesday, April 07, to midnight on Wednesday, April 08. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34453 Daily Check-in
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 24

How are you doing?

I am OK.
12 (52.2%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
11 (47.8%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
9 (37.5%)

One other person.
9 (37.5%)

More than one other person.
6 (25.0%)




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.
 

Fic: Unexpectations (Mass Effect)

Apr. 7th, 2026 06:38 pm
settiai: (Samara -- bleeding_muse)
[personal profile] settiai
Unexpectations (2345 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kelly Chambers/Samara
Characters: Kelly Chambers, Samara (Mass Effect)
Additional Tags: Complicated Relationships, Developing Relationship, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Not Actually Unrequited Love, One Shot, Spectre Requisitions Rare Pair Exchange
Summary: Looking back, it wasn't something that came out of nowhere.
settiai: (Kaidan -- bleeding_muse)
[personal profile] settiai
Falling Apart, Coming Together, and Everything In Between (1975 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard, Thane Krios/Female Shepard, Kaidan Alenko/Thane Krios, Kaidan Alenko/Thane Krios/Female Shepard
Characters: Female Shepard (Mass Effect), Kaidan Alenko, Thane Krios
Additional Tags: Break Up, Developing Relationship, Getting Back Together, Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect 3: Citadel, One Shot, Polyamory, Spectre Requisitions Rare Pair Exchange, Thane Krios Lives
Summary: Falling in love had been as easy as breathing.

April check-in poll

Apr. 7th, 2026 05:23 pm
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[personal profile] redbird posting in [community profile] thisfinecrew

There were seven posts in the community in the last two months.

On February 3, [personal profile] rydra_wong posted a link to Naomi Kritzer's Bluesky thread about ways to donate and otherwise help people in Minneapolis, Springfield, OH, or wherever else ICE invades

On February 14, [personal profile] petra posted about public comments about gender-affirming care for minors

On February 20, [personal profile] lyr posted about [reporting GoFundMe pages that help the murderers of Renee Good and Alex Pretti]{https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/324071.html)

On February 28, [profile] chestnutpod posted about logging in Oregon's old growth forests

On March 7, [personal profile] sathari posted about a global women's general strike

On March 9, [personal profile] petra posted about mandatory conversion therapy for trans immates

On March 11, [personal profile] flamingsword posted about protecting LGBTQ kids from a proposed change in HHS policy

Please use this poll, or leave a comment, to let us know what you’ve been up to, or are planning.

Poll #34452 April check-in poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15


In the last couple of months, I...

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called one or both of my senators
6 (40.0%)

called my member of Congress
5 (33.3%)

called my governor
1 (6.7%)

called my mayor, state representative, or other local official
3 (20.0%)

voted
3 (20.0%)

did get-out-the-vote work, such as postcarding or phone banking
3 (20.0%)

sent a postcard/letter/email/fax to a government official or agency
6 (40.0%)

went to a protest
6 (40.0%)

attended an in-person activist group
3 (20.0%)

went to a town hall
1 (6.7%)

participated in phone or online training
0 (0.0%)

participated in community mutual aid
6 (40.0%)

donated money to a cause
9 (60.0%)

worked for a campaign
2 (13.3%)

did text banking or phone banking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
8 (53.3%)

not a US citizen or resident, but worked in solidarity in my community
0 (0.0%)

committed to action in the current month
2 (13.3%)

did something else--tell us in comments
1 (6.7%)

As usual, you can comment on the pinned post or DM me if you want a tag added or other help with the community.

[ SECRET POST #7032 ]

Apr. 7th, 2026 03:54 pm
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[personal profile] case posting in [community profile] fandomsecrets

⌈ Secret Post #7032 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.



More! )


Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 21 secrets from Secret Submission Post #1004.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Spring Drabble 07/30: MCR, Yellow

Apr. 7th, 2026 06:42 pm
kat_lair: (BANDOM - waycest)
[personal profile] kat_lair
***

Title: Yellow
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: My Chemical Romance/Bandom
Pairing: Gerard/Mikey
Tags: Drabble, Sibling Incest, painting
Rating: T
Word count: 100

Summary: There’s yellow paint on Gerard’s wrist.

Author notes: Spring defiance from under the crushing forces of capitalism = a drabble a day in April. This one for [personal profile] pushkin666's prompt 'MCR - Gerard/Mikey – yellow'.

Yellow on AO3

Yellow )

***

10 years

Apr. 7th, 2026 10:50 am
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[personal profile] james_davis_nicoll
Today is the 10th anniversary of my first paid live theatre shift. I wasn't sure I'd get to the end it, let along a decade.

(Humanities Theatre's audience floor slopes forward slightly. My reaction of "well, this feels different" very quickly turned into actual pain)
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Following a failed assassination, professional intermediary Bren Cameron is hustled off to a safe house... or possibly, to a location where it will be easier to dispose of the befuddled ambassador.

Foreigner (First Foreigner, volume 1) by C J Cherryh

Earth to Luna.

Apr. 7th, 2026 04:13 am
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[personal profile] rogueslayer452
++ After seventeen years since the site launched, Archive Of Our Own is finally exiting its beta testing phase. They announced this the day after April Fool's when they did the hilarious joke of changing the "beta" on the site to "omega" (as part of the A/B/O, a.k.a. Omegaverse, trope), which was a clever way of announcing the transition from finally getting out of beta the day after. Bless AO3, truly.

++ Everything involving the Artemis II mission around the moon has been utterly captivating.

I actually wasn't aware this was going to happen, so when I heard about that they launched people to the moon I unfortunately thought this was something in relation to SpaceX, but I was thankfully corrected that this was a NASA mission and my mood shifted to being utterly delighted. Just every single update we're getting from their mission thus far has been amazing, because while we've been to the moon before this is the first mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. I'm someone who loves space, and any kind of space exploration where it favors science and the human curiosity of understanding what lies beyond the stars is worthy to be excited about.

Critical Role

Apr. 6th, 2026 10:30 pm
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[personal profile] settiai
I'm very, very, very behind on Critical Role at this point, and I'm very heavily considering starting Campaign 4 over the from the beginning to ease back into it and hopefully properly catch my attention again. Things were so hectic late last year that I was only half paying attention at times, which is really not a good thing for me when it comes to a new show and is probably why I've been struggling to get caught up. And, for all intents and purposes, CR4 is a completely new show from the previous campaigns despite still technically being Critical Role.

Things at work are quickly calming down, as this is one of our off periods, so right now I'm hoping that I can curl up on the sofa this weekend and properly watch at least the first few episodes ago. The hope is that will help get me re-interested in everything so that I can more easily marathon through the rest of it once I properly care for the characters again.

We'll see how it goes?

fuck yeah spaaaace

Apr. 6th, 2026 10:14 pm
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[personal profile] jadelennox

So! Some people went around the moon! And are on their way back!

I know the live video feed was super compressed and low-res intentionally, but I hope there is high-res eclipse footage when they land.

Also I know returning to the moon is not necessarily the best use of limited resources from a science perspective, but (one) I want people to feel aspirational about people doing science in space again, so we're not just getting press about billionaire assholes who want to, I dunno, put a casino in orbit around venus; and (two) this was all a mission by and for The People. This isn't a damn SpaceX or Blue Origins launch, this is NASA (with an assist from ESA and CSA).

I am going to love good things when they happen and space is a good thing.

Monday night.

Apr. 6th, 2026 08:28 pm
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[personal profile] hannah
Starting tomorrow, I'll have a full week and change where every day has some obligation or appointment, one Tuesday to another. Movie tickets, dentist visits, concerts, a whole bunch of stuff. Making a cake, too, though that's more within the bounds of my apartment and doesn't require me to show up anywhere besides the grocery store, and even then it's just to buy some fresh ingredients.

Is it strange I'm looking forward to it? There's parts that are going to be slightly inconvenient, and I'm looking forward to some things more than others, and overall I'm liking the idea of having places to go, things to do. Things to get done, really.

I started the at-home cataloging gig today. I didn't do much, just a few entries, because I wanted to touch base with the client as soon as was possible within the timeline of the project. I'm waiting on a response to let me know if it's what he wants, or what he wants changed. Certainly having other things to occupy my time is going to make waiting for an email or a phone call that much easier. There's only going to be so much Lunar live footage before they have to come back to Earth.

Daily Check-In

Apr. 6th, 2026 05:57 pm
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[personal profile] starwatcher posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin
 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Monday, April 06, to midnight on Tuesday, April 07. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34451 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 22

How are you doing?

I am OK.
13 (59.1%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
9 (40.9%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
9 (40.9%)

One other person.
7 (31.8%)

More than one other person.
6 (27.3%)




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.
 

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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