wednesday reads and things

May. 28th, 2025 05:05 pm
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What I've recently finished reading:

A Drop of Corruption, the sequel to The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. I liked it a lot (Din and Ana are great characters!), and I thought it was easier to follow than the first book, in the sense that I figured out the major twists and culprits before they happened (which is not a criticism, it means the appropriate breadcrumbs were dropped). The worldbuilding continues to be very weird and cool. Definitely one of the best Sherlock Holmes fanfics I've read! :-)

What I'm reading now:

I've gone back to the Shardlake series by C. J. Sansom and am now on the fifth book, Heartstone.

What I'm watching now:

Still Andor. The other night I dreamed we were giving a party, except our house was basically Mon Mothma's house on Chandrila and the party was like the wedding episode. And then I went into the bathroom to change clothes and I noticed that my husband had left the tap dripping water so the cats could drink it, just like in real life :-) And then I woke up.

What I'm playing now:

Still Mass Effect: Andromeda, heading toward the endgame. It's still fun! Except for having to kill another Architect, which is basically the thresher maw of the Andromeda galaxy, and I still hate both of those enemies!
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Posted by Jordan Liles

Online users shared this rumor about the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, in May 2025.

(no subject)

May. 28th, 2025 06:29 pm
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Managed to get Parts 1/2/5 of the PWKM catalogued on the spreadsheet! Tonight I think I'll take a shot at getting part 3a finished since parts 3/4 are both partial, and then I'm thinking maybe I'll skip to more recent parts and work my way backward for a bit.

But for now...Sonata editing. Check back in an hour to see if I managed to do at least the Daryan section.
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Which, I'm told, has prompted all the usual gross comments about the girl playing Hermione. Ugh. Why are people so disgusting?

(Also, fuck JKR, but she's not the one being awful inside this complaint. Not to fear, I'm sure she'll find a way to outclass them soon enough.)

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Read more... )
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The complete Deluxe Editions of Worlds Without Number and Stars Without Number, along with Wolves of God, Silent Legions, and more.

Bundle of Holding: Sine Nomine Corebooks (from 2023)

A Mini Adventure

May. 28th, 2025 01:17 pm
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Sidewalk Sign for MudPuddles Toys & Books
Sidewalk Sign for MudPuddles Toys & Books
Nikon Z8 • NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
f/4 @ 55mm • 1/1500s • ISO 200

Sadly, MudPuddles Toys & Books is closing its store in NW Portland on July 20. A liquidation sale will begin on June 13. MudPuddles years ago had taken over the store that used to be Child’s Play – a favorite store of mine (outside of Finnigan’s).

Child’s Play was important as that was where I bought Mr. Bear in April 2008. Mr. Bear is still keeping me company every night, even after 17 years. He’s a little bit ragged but has held up amazingly well. Still, no stuffed animal lasts forever, especially one that gets hugged to death every night.

So I thought I should make a trip to MudPuddles before they close. I had not been there in many years. I planned a special trip into Portland – and followed my plan yesterday (Tuesday) – a sunny day.

A City Adventure Below This Cut )

Check-In Post - May 28th 2025

May. 28th, 2025 08:52 pm
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Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: We all probably have multiple WiPs, but which of yours has been hanging around longest, waiting to be finished?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!



RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday

May. 28th, 2025 08:42 pm
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What are you reading?

Weds is the time, is the place, is the motion,
Weds is the day we are reading....

Freeform Indication

May. 28th, 2025 03:10 pm
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There seems to be a little confusion about what we're asking for when we say to indicate the freeform.

An example signup is made up of

Name - hurtcomfortmod

Fandom - Aldnoah.Zero (Anime & Manga)

Relationship(s) - Asseylum Vers Allusia/Slaine Troyard (hurt Slaine)

Work Medium - Fanfiction

Freeforms - A's adventuring party all killed; A must find their way back to safety while badly injured and alone
A's Been Hurting B to Keep B Safe; Finally A Gives in to Impulses (It Ends With Sex)
A's seriously injured on mission; B's ordered to leave A and proceed with the mission but disobeys


Those last three are the freeforms. They may also be called Optional Tags. If you go to AO3 Automagic App you can see the Freeforms/Optional Tags clearly for the signups.

In this exchange you must create for a requested fandom, a requested relationship within that fandom, a requested work medium, and a requested freeform/optional tag. None of these are optional.

The freeform can be tagged in the work you submit, or put in an author note. These can be removed before the exchange goes live, but must be present to count as a submitted assignment.
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Posted by Joey Esposito

The retired NFL star has a long history of cancer advocacy, but the images accompanying this particular rumor were created with AI.

Game Check-in: Honkai Star Rail

May. 28th, 2025 12:46 pm
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Moze found Jiaoqiu. 🙏

So Feixiao actually grew up as a slave on a borison controlled world. :/

Moze sounded a little miffed that Jiaoqiu signaled him to stay hidden. I wonder if he saw when Hoolay hurt him.

Okay Moze ended up showing himself anyway and he's definitely worried about Jiaoqiu. I want to know their history.

Feixiao's bow attack was badass!

Owlbert's here??


Noo Jiaoqiu!!


So Feixiao's slave name was Saran and she lost someone very important to her while trying to escape. :'( I wonder who gave her her new name? I bet that meant so much to her...

Did Lan really respond to Feixiao?

It's really annoying when story characters replace my healer or shield;;

The vidyadhara are such a mess. 😭

It's so weird to hear Caelus suddenly speak multiple sentences aloud.

So Jiaoqiu survived the blood loss but went blind from the poison. 😭Feixiao says she'll look for a cure but her case was different, he literally took poison and it destroyed his eyes from the inside, you can't get back what's destroyed, unless there's a way to transplant eyes/vision in this world (remembering Dan Shu here). He feels like being alive is plenty enough, since he was willing to give his life and nearly did for this.

Tingyun!!

I was playing the companion quest for Wardance ceremony March 7 but it went away before I could finish it. :<

I went back to the Express for the first time since I started playing again because I've gathered like 50 records and...there's a new Party Car?? I was so confused for a few minutes about why everything looked different. And what's this about the Void Archive being the bartender's former master? 🤔

I finished Star Rail WORLD in the span of a day, it was a fun, easy game and I liked the character anecdotes. 😋

Activity #94 - Technique Waterfall

May. 28th, 2025 07:18 pm
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I don't feel up to Ask the Maker yet, so first we'll have a short activity until mid-June (and then Ask the Maker).

Now we'll make sets of icons following water down a waterfall! Under the cut, there is a list of techniques in the shape of a waterfall.

technique waterfall! )

Rules:

* You have to start at the top (on any square that has no other directly above it, not necessarily the top left) and then go straight down or diagonally down. Make one icon for each square you come across (of course using that technique). It's your choice where you start, and whether you go straight down or diagonal on each step. You can go both left-down or right-down. Just never go horizontally or up.

* Each set of icons has to be of consecutive squares you come across on the way from top to bottom. You don't have to go all the way down - you can start at the top and only make two icons, that's okay. Minimum set size is two icons.

* If you want to make more than one set, you can. You can choose a new starting point (has to be one of the top squares) for each set.

Please ask me if you have any questions. Let me know if there's a problem with the graphic, I can also provide the techniques as plain text.

* You can make as many icons as you like (if you need a goal, five is a good number :))
* There is no minimum, 1 icon is enough to enter this activity
* Please submit your icons (and URLs!) to this post, all in one comment (if possible)
* Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of this community

* I will collect all the icons from the comments and make a result post
* Everyone can leave comments on the inspiration and activity result posts
* There is no voting

Deadline: Saturday, June 14 2025, your end-of-day

BtVS Double Drabble: Heart To Heart

May. 28th, 2025 06:15 pm
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Title: Heart To Heart
Fandom: BtVS
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Joyce, Buffy.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 451: Up To You at 
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Spoilers/Setting: Early Season 3.
Summary: Joyce is trying hard to understand.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 

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