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shadowkat ([personal profile] shadowkat) wrote2025-05-22 07:17 pm
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More May Memage...

I finally stopped procrastinating and scheduled the first of my Shingles shots. (I've had Shingels, an admittedly mild case, and do not want it again. It's a burning itch and painful. Also takes forever to go away, with periodic phantom burning itches long afterward.) Doing it tomorrow, because that will give me two-three days - in case I get sick. (I didn't with the other vaccines, so it's unlikely I will. But one never knows.)

Tomorrow - Bob Dylan's musical "Girl from the North Country" premiers on Great Performances. I'm enjoying the televised presentations of Broadway shows. Means I can see them, and so can everyone else?

Rainy day. Cool. But I have the A/C and fans on - because they are blasting the heat again. Radiator heat.

Didn't sleep well last night - due to digestive issues and restless leg syndrome. (My legs and back were bothering me.) Hopefully will be better tonight.

More May Memage...or rather I'm catching up

10. Ellen Ochoa was born today in 1958 and was the first Hispanic woman to travel to space in 1993. Would you like to travel to space?

No. I've seen spaceships - they are not made for tall people. Or anyone who is even a little claustrophobic. Also, I get motion sickness. And I know what happens to the human body while it is in space - it's not pleasant. We were not created for 0 gravity. I have enough medical issues.

I rather like what William Shatner said after going to space, which is - there's nothing there. Stay here.

11. What’s your favourite way to eat eggs?

Poached on greens with lemon juice and lemon pepper. Or scrambled with a little cream.

I had coddled eggs with mother, but I prefer poached.

12. Do you regularly moisturize your feet?

No. Probably should. But my feet are a long ways from my torso. I'm six foot, and most of my height is in my legs. I'm long limbed.

13. Do you remember when you bought your first computer?

Yes. It was in the 1990s. A Macintosh - small screen. Prior to that - my parents did - and that was an Apple II way back in the 1980s. Big a clunky, with MS DOS. It was before we had Windows.

14. Have you still got access to an Avon representative locally? Have you ever bought products from Avon?

No. No. Although there were reps at my workplace, I ignored them. I don't like spending money on makeup and buy little of it. Also we can get better products at Wallgreens or Sapphora.

15. Who cleans the toilets in your home?

There's only one. And there's only me. And I refuse to hire anyone to do house work for a one bedroom apartment. So...
the rest )

Another photo...hopefully you can see it, I never know with FB links.


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sanguinity ([personal profile] sanguinity) wrote2025-05-22 04:48 pm

Unsent Letters recs

I meant to make these recs earlier in the day -- as it is, I'm skating this in right before author reveals! But three quick recs from [community profile] unsent_letters_exchange...

(ETA: Now edited to include authors!)

For years I've been asking to see more of Keith Windham's journal -- the bits we get in canon are so tantalizing, with its "my Warrior" this and "Achilles" that. This year for [community profile] unsent_letters_exchange a lovely anon (I'm guessing [personal profile] luzula!) gave us an additional few days of his journal -- cranky, bitchy, and smitten!
Excerpt from the Journal of Captain Keith Windham for August 14-16, 1745 by [archiveofourown.org profile] Luzula
General Audiences, No Warnings Apply
The Flight of the Heron - D.K. Broster
Keith/Ewen pre-slash
Diary/Journal, Missing Scene
1,011 words


I also want to rec two other works. The first is a gift for [personal profile] garonne:
Now and Forever by [archiveofourown.org profile] Kantayra
Teen, Choose Not To Warn
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Hill House/Theodora/Nell
Horror, Diary/Journal, Letters, Found Documents
2,751 words

Long after Nell Vance's death at Hill House and Theo's mysterious disappearance some years later, a stack of letters and a diary are uncovered which may shed more - or less - light on events all those years ago.


This next I suspect is by [personal profile] garonne -- but is indeed lovely, whoever is the author:
In All These Empty Halls by [archiveofourown.org profile] Garonne
Explicit, No Warnings Apply
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Héloïse/Marianne
Established Relationship, Canon Compliant
1,089 words

After her mother's death, Héloïse returns to the island where she was living when she and Marianne met.
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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote in [community profile] agonyaunt2025-05-22 06:43 pm

Two similar letters, originally posted years apart

1. Dear Carolyn: My mom basically despises my boyfriend, “Tom,” because he didn’t graduate from college and works a blue-collar job. She is so rude to him, we can’t even be around her. She defends this by saying that looking at us together makes her feel disgusted, she can’t help how she feels, and she’s being as nice as she can given the intensity of her feelings. Tom actually cried after our last dinner with my parents.

Tom and I are 24, are independently financially stable and have lived together for six months — another source of my mother’s angst, but I suspect if I were “shacking up” with a more “eligible” bachelor, she would deal just fine. Although I am beyond furious at her treatment of Tom, I don’t want to lose her. Our relationship no longer resembles the mother-daughter bond we used to have. I’m also scared about what this is doing to my parents’ marriage. My dad is saying things to her in a tone I’ve never heard before — telling her that her behavior is unacceptable, that she needs to stop. She just gets defensive and yells at him. I don’t want my relationship to be their undoing.

I love Tom and could see us getting engaged in a year or two. However, I’m actually thinking about breaking up with him over this, although I know evil shouldn’t triumph. But I feel like he’s on one side, and on the other side is my relationship with my mom AND my parents’ relationship AND the potential to have it all if I meet a college-educated suitor. (I feel like a horrible person saying this.)


Read more... )

******


2. Dear Annie: I am a 26-year-old woman deeply in love with someone my parents can't stand. He's not what they envisioned for me; he's rough around the edges, has tattoos, rides a motorcycle and works with his hands for a living. My parents like clean-cut, college-educated types in suits, and he's the complete opposite.

Yes, he has a bit of a "bad boy" past. He's made some mistakes in his younger years -- got into trouble, partied too hard, even had a brush with the law. But that was years ago. Since then, he's turned his life around. He's steady, loyal, hardworking, and treats me with more respect and care than anyone I've ever dated.

Despite all that, my parents won't give him a chance. They're polite when he's around, but I can tell they're just waiting for me to wake up and realize he's "not good enough." They constantly drop hints about finding someone "more suitable" or "more stable," and it's starting to wear me down. I feel caught in the middle -- between a man I love and parents I don't want to disappoint.

I'm not blind to his flaws, but I believe in the man he is now. How do I move forward when the people I've always looked to for support can't accept the person I've chosen? Am I being naive for thinking love is enough, or are my parents judging him unfairly? -- Torn Between Love and Loyalty


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slippery_fish ([personal profile] slippery_fish) wrote2025-05-23 12:44 am
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Meme Friday

17) Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

Out of order. Very out of order. :D

The rest of the questions are here.
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Rainlover ([personal profile] magicrubbish) wrote in [community profile] icons2025-05-23 04:06 am

Stock Icon Update - May, 25

 Preview
     
 See the rest here @ [personal profile] magicrubbish 

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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2025-05-22 06:38 pm

[ SECRET POST #6712 ]


⌈ Secret Post #6712 ⌋

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


01.


More! )


Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 08 secrets from Secret Submission Post #959..
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.
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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-05-22 06:32 pm
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Killian ([personal profile] setsuntamew) wrote in [community profile] icons2025-05-22 06:28 pm
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star custom icon

The month flew by, so here's something cute to round it out~


request your own @ [community profile] vogliaa
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elrhiarhodan ([personal profile] elrhiarhodan) wrote2025-05-22 10:10 pm

Star Wars Fic and Meta - From All The Spaces Between Times - Chapter 45

Title: From All The Spaces Between Times
Chapter: Chapter 45 - Together We Sail To the Source of Madness
Author: [personal profile] elrhiarhodan / [tumblr.com profile] elrhiarhodan / [archiveofourown.org profile] elrhiarhodan
Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars — Obi Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars — Jedi Apprentice Books
Characters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Watto, Quinlan Vos, Padmé Amidala, Sabé, Darth Maul, Yoda, Mace Windu, Adi Gallia, Quinlan Vos, Professor Huyang, The Force, Plo Koon, Vokara Che, Siri Tachi, Aayla Secura, Bant Eerin, Bruck Chun, Xanatos du Crion, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Hego Damask II | Darth Plagueis, Komari Vosa, Bail Prestor Organa, Bail Antilles Prestor, Rael Averross, Nim Piana, Original Characters, Other Characters To Be Added
Pairings: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Shmi Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, eventual Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Jinn (but not for a long while)
Word Count: ~ 5000 this chapter
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None

Summary: Obi-Wan Kenobi has never known it, but he has always been the Force’s Champion, destined to suffer infinite sadness in defense of the Light. On his last turn on the wheel, responsibility for The Chosen One, the false child of prophecy, had been thrust upon him with no warning, and Darkness held the upper hand.

But this time, the Force has marshaled its power and will protect its Champion until the time is right, no matter how long Obi-Wan has to wait and how much he has to suffer.

Or,

Obi-Wan is reborn as a twelve-year old.

He wakes up on a slavers’ ship, with all of his prior life’s memories intact, and he’s bound for Tatooine with a Force-inhibitor collar around his neck, a bomb implanted in his spine, and no way of knowing what state of the Galaxy is in.

Just another day in the life of the Force’s Champion.

Chapter Summary: There are shadows within shadows, and Obi-Wan is too worried about Bail to let things slide, even if Palpatine has disappeared. The Sith Master is still out there and he might be looking at a scion of a powerful Elder House to bring his agenda of death and destruction to fruition.

So it’s time to leave the security of the Temple and done a mask of sorts, to rescue a friend if the friend needs rescuing. But first, a whole lot of mission prep. So nothing goes wrong.

Yeah, right?



From All The Spaces Between Times — Chapter 45 - Together We Sail To the Source of Madnesss (On AO3)


Meta — Chapter 45 - Together We Sail To the Source of Madness )
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kaberett ([personal profile] kaberett) wrote2025-05-22 11:14 pm

[food] ... :|

Wagamama have once again Done The Thing, by which I mean: the reliable Always Food For Alexes thing they've been doing for the last little while has rotated back off their menu.

The thing I tried instead today was sufficiently food for me to finish the rice but not sufficiently food for me to finish all of the toppings; I am suspicious of pho in "a clear yuzu broth" (which is not the same thing as "I won't try it").

(This is a Thing they have now done Twice, the first time about 15 years ago, and YES I AM HOLDING A GRUDGE.)

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nnozomi ([personal profile] nnozomi) wrote in [community profile] guardian_learning2025-05-23 06:46 am

第四年第一百三十三天

部首
儿 part 2
兄, older brother; 充, full, sufficient; 先, first pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=10

词汇
熟人, acquaintance; 成熟, mature pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/
[this one drives me crazy because I can never remember when it's shú and when it's shóu]

Guardian:
那也就是说准备的越充分,对于他们越有利, that means the more thoroughly we prepare, the more of an advantage they have
现在在我面前没有熟人,只有仇人和挡我路的人, right now I see no acquaintances, only enemies and people in my way

Me:
谁要记仇啊,我们是兄弟。
我有跟他见过面,但是我们俩不算熟人。
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i did it all for the robins ([personal profile] musesfool) wrote2025-05-22 05:55 pm

When I needed sunshine I got rain

So it turns out that all that rain and wind last night was due to a nor'easter. In late May. What the actual fuck. But climate change is a hoax.

Anyway, hit me with your favorite brownie recipes! I myself prefer them fudgy instead of cakey, but I am open to variations.

*
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蝶になって ([personal profile] bluapapilio) wrote2025-05-22 04:48 pm

May Manga Wrap-Up 2


I read Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita and gave it 9/10 stars!

I finished volume 6 and also read volume 7 of Yugioh, it was really good!

I then read volume 2 of Are You Alice? and am finding it hard to stop!

Then was the BL webtoon Evergreen, which I rated 7/10.

I reread volume 1 of Ame Nochi Hare next, I think it will be easy to continue now that I've re-familiarized myself.

Lastly I reread the last chapter of volume 5 of Kuroshitsuji and I feel ready to go into the Circus arc in the next volume! 👀
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Meep Matsushima ([personal profile] matsushima) wrote in [community profile] addme2025-05-23 06:18 am

nice to meet you ✨

Name: Meep
Pronouns: æ/ær, ey/em, or she/her
Age: 36
Location: Tokyo, Japan (from New England, USA)

I mostly post about… my daily life - work (international school librarian) and school (MA Humanities, Self Designed - focusing on imagination as a form of escape from capitalism) but my conversion journey to Judaism, also pretty flowers I saw today; interesting things I read; Shinto shrines I visited; and my cat, Tiamat.

The hobbies I'm trying to monetize/professionalize are… writing - picture books, poetry
The hobbies I'm not trying to monetize/professionalize are… crochet, writing - queer romance, doll photography, indie web design, getting my nails done

I'm looking to meet people who… are adults (21+ only, non-negotiable because of my day job), post about your daily life (whatever that looks like), interact occasionally (I don't expect comments on every post!), and aren't -ist/-phobic, you know? no transphobes, no biphobes, no Islamophobes, etc. welcome here!

My posting schedule tends to be: I post at least once a day most days, often more; I use the "Don't show on Reading pages" ticky-box for inane thoughts or when I'm really on a hypergraphia tear and try to put excessively long posts under a cut.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: (See above, and…) I am a genderqueer asexual lesbian converting to Judaism [with a non-Zionist rabbi] so I think you can guess. If you voted for the current U.S. president or you are very concerned about """fairness in women's sports""" but aren't talking about the pay disparity between the NBA and the WNBA we are not going to get along.

Commenting expectations: I post a lot but I don't expect comments on every single thing! I try to comment when I have something to say but I won't spam you.
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cathrowan ([personal profile] cathrowan) wrote2025-05-22 03:39 pm

A day of small pleasures

Pedicure and new shimmery toenail polish. An orange and cardamom latte from a new-to-me indie coffee shop. A bunch of tulips to put on the dining room table.
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trobadora ([personal profile] trobadora) wrote2025-05-22 11:13 pm

520 Day things, part one!

Second day of not-a-zombie-ness! And I do wonder if it's connected to the fact that I finally managedd to write (and finish!) a fic again ...

For this year's Guardian 520 Day exchange, I wrote for [archiveofourown.org profile] AVAAntares. Protective and possessive Shen Wei, yes! And not in the way you'd maybe expect. *g* This story owes a lot to my beta [personal profile] china_shop, who made me make it immeasurably better:
The Consultant (3,830 words)
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationship: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei, Gao Jingfeng
Content Tags: Episode Related, Episode 13, Canon Divergence, Protective Shěn Wēi, Possessive Shen Wei, Shen Wei's secrets, Dancing Around an Envoy Reveal, Zhao Yunlan's Self-Worth Issues, Pre-Relationship

Summary:

Never mind the chaos of the ruined wedding all around them: this was a different trainwreck altogether. Shen Wei - Dixingren Shen Wei, Black-Cloaked Envoy Shen Wei who must have used his powers to break Zheng Yi's spell - had drawn Minister Gao's attention.

And I received fantastic artwork for another of my stories, A Thread as Red as Blood, which is a post-YOHE first time at the SID. Just look at what [personal profile] facethestrange made - it's so good, and captures both the scene in my fic and the canon aesthetic so well!
Attuned by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Content Tags: Implied Sexual Content, Post-Coital Cuddling, Tenderness, Forehead Touching, Inspired by Fanfiction, Fanart, Drawing

Summary:
They leaned against each other, Shen Wei still straddling him, their foreheads touching, both breathing hard. Zhao Yunlan felt sweat cooling on his skin as his heart came down from its race.

"Shen Wei," he murmured, just for the pleasure of saying his name.

"I'm sorry," Shen Wei said, sounding not at all sorry. "I suddenly found I couldn't wait a moment longer."
Illustration for A Thread as Red as Blood by Trobadora.

(This post is part one because once I've made my way through the collection I hope to post recs. Such a bounty in there!)
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Ash E. Costa ([personal profile] analogbasilisk) wrote in [community profile] rainbowfic2025-05-22 04:52 pm

Alien Green #08. I wanna speak to the writers

Universe: Elemenverse
Story: Sculpted By Ice | Title: You don't want to live in pain forever
Colour: Alien Green #08. I wanna speak to the writers
Supplies and styles: canvas, miniature, chiaroscuro, resin
Resin: [community profile] lyricaltitles - Album Challenge, Aspiral by Epica - Metanoia & [community profile] drabble_zone - Amnesty Week #45
Word count: 100
Rating: T
Warnings: none

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Ash E. Costa ([personal profile] analogbasilisk) wrote in [community profile] lyricaltitles2025-05-22 04:51 pm

Album Challenge 2025 | Aspiral – Epica / Metanoia

Author: Ash E. Costa (analogbasilisk)
Title: You don't want to live in pain forever
Album: Aspiral by Epica | Song:Metanoia
Fandom: Original Fiction
Word count: 100
Rating: T
Warnings: none

Headaches are generally a pain in the ass. )