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In the distant orbit of Alcor V, the starship Excalibur hovers over a world of crystalline forests and violet storms. Federico works on repairs while sharing a quiet, complex bond with Regalia—an ageless, ethereal being and former member of the enigmatic Kinetic Grim. Their interactions explore the tension between time, mortality, and intimacy, as Regalia reflects on her people's transformation through myth, war, and bioengineering. Federico, just thirty-one, is unbothered by their age gap, while Regalia fears forming deeper ties that may outlast him. Despite the emotional chasm between them, a moment of lightness brings them together under Alcor V's twin moons. Their budding relationship unfolds amidst a larger backdrop of exile, memory, and ancient powers awakening beneath the planet’s surface—remnants of a past both beautiful and dangerous, poised to reshape the present once more.

Words: 692, Chapters: 1/12, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of Babylon 5: Shadow Legacy

Sunshine Revival #3

Jul. 20th, 2025 07:44 pm
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For [community profile] sunshine_revival challenge three: What are your favorite summer-associated foods?

This question makes me think of the fair and how much I loved going every year and eating all the fair food. I'm glad I got to go with my daughter this year and share a bit of that nostalgia with her. My favorite go-tos are corn dogs and a giant brick of curly fries like this one. I always loved the cinnamon roll booth but they weren't around this year. A new dessert truck was there, and their strawberry cinnamon roll was actually very good so I'll have to make that a new tradition.

In general, I associate summer with grilling burgers!! My sister's onion and mustard smash burgers are incredible. I also love making grilled zucchini and corn on the cob.

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I haven't been able to watch much TV lately, but I saw Kpop Demon Hunters and it was so much fun! The songs are really catchy. The lore and the found family aspects are great, and I loved the animation style and costumes. Mira is my favorite. But the conflict between Rumi and her adopted mother was so so relatable and heartbreaking. The final song is my favorite, but here's a pretty spoiler-free music video to my second favorite song, Golden.

Writerly Ways

Jul. 20th, 2025 09:09 pm
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this is less of a writing blog and more of a question for everyone. How do you write what could be a negative (but important to the character) without being utterly offensive. Yes, I know you can't avoid offending everyone but on the other hand you CAN offend the many if you do things wrong.

What brought this up is this book i'm reading The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths. Someone recced this mystery to me (Can't remember if it was here or elsewhere) and while I like the mystery part, Ruth, the main character absolutely has me THIS close to quitting the book. (which will suck since it fits one of my popsugar prompts and I paid full price for this thing)

I'm overweight, by a lot. I do not like this about myself. On the other hand I'm not always thinking about this. I dress however I please for myself. Would I change this? Yes I'm working on it (and yes there are a subset of overweight people who find that alone offensive. I've run into that).

Anyhow Ruth in chapter 1 is talking about wearing only black because she's fat. Okay in the 90s and early 00s (this was pubbed in 09) that WAS the rec for overweight women. Wear black it's slimming. Uh huh. In ch 2, she is paranoid about getting into the car with the detective because what if the seatbelt won't go around her (I have never had this fear, in an airplane, yes, car no), images a siren blurting out from the seat giving away how fat she is. in ch 3, the detective is thinking about how fat she is, how she can barely do her job because she can't walk to the site (she's a field archaeologist) and how horrified his wife would be at how fat she is. ch 4 has her being picked up in a police car and she images it's for the crime of being single and fat. Thankfully the next few chapters don't mention her weight but....


So how fat is she? 12 stone. For the Americans of the group that's 168 pounds. Let that sink in. This woman is barely 30 pounds overweight. I thought she was going to be the size of someone who might have a weight-based show on TLC, my 600 pound life or something. I was put in mind of my friend at work and her struggles (she is in that weight range). ALL THIS FUSS and she's 30 pounds overweight. I'm literally 100 pounds more than here and I can still hike a few yards without breathing hard. Never have I worried I'm too fat for a car seat.

It made me a) want to not read this book b) wonder how to make a character unhappy with their physical appearance without being horrendously fatphobic or ableist etc etc

How do/would you handle it? I think in some ways I do a decent job of it (points to story in yesterday's post) For example while it's not really in the canon, it is in Viv's notes and is a huge part of fanon. Angel Dust hates his feet. I'd like to think I did a decent job of depicting that without being obnoxious or insulting.

There has to be a happy medium, right?

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[admin post] Admin Post: Challenge 486: Revenge

Jul. 21st, 2025 12:09 pm
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Our new challenge is:

REVENGE



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, 1 August. No sign-up required.

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Title: Behind another face
Fandom: Guardian (TV)
Rating: G-rated
Length: 100 words
Tags: Body-sharing, Complications, Secrets
Summary: Zhang Shi meets Shen Xi.

Behind another face )

Hello!

Jul. 20th, 2025 05:03 pm
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Name: Zumi
Pronouns: They/them
Age Group: 40s
Country USA
Subscription/Access Policy: Public posts in general, with some members-locked ones. Everyone is free to add, though!
What I chat about: Usually whatever random thoughts are going on, particularly any fandom thoughts I have. I want to post more often, particularly in talking about a couple creative projects I've got going on. So, pretty much anything I feel like posting...? With heavy irregularity; it's not unusual for me to go weeks without using my journal, so don't be concerned if I vanish off the face of DW for a while.
I'm looking to connect with people who: Want to chat, whether about random things or fandom things (even if non-shared fandoms). Collaborators, other creators, or people who just want to have ordinary conversations! I'm not that interested in taking part in discourse or anti culture, and I don't tend to post many negative things myself, but if you wanna chat about something and get it off your chest, that's also fair game.

Main Fandoms: Disney Ducks (particularly the wider Uncle $crooge comicsverse) is a big one, as is Fraggle Rock. Pokemon and Digimon are also huge ones cohabitating in my brain. Oh! And also Megaman, especially the EXE series. These are all pretty equally big fandoms in my book. And Red Dead Redemption 2 and RDO; looking to play RDR1 someday, but that's a little out of my reach right now.

Other Fandoms: Dimension 20, Skyrim, Dungeon Meshi, Fullmetal Alchemist, Animal Crossing, Dreamlight Valley, Undertale and Deltarune, Final Fantasy series, Kingdom Hearts, In Stars and Time, Stardew Valley, The Sims, Sherlock Holmes, assorted other older anime, Dragonlance, DnD as a whole, assorted Disney franchises, assorted Dreamworks franchises, been really getting into CBS's Ghosts, really I've been in fandom spaces for a long time there's a LOT here, I KNOW I'm forgetting some...
What I Create for Fandom: Fanart, for the most part. The occasional fic, but mostly it's drawing.
Other Hobbies: Reading, photography, hiking, fishing, video games, painting
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Title: He Knows He's Gorgeous
Fandom: Iron Man comics
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of Tony Stark's face from various points across 616 canon.


He Knows He's Gorgeous )
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Title: there all along
Fandom: City of Streamers (mods: you can use the Cdrama tag)
Pairing: Feng Shizhen/Rong Jiashang
Warnings: spoilers for a late plot point
Length: 100 words

Summary: Once it was pointed out, it was obvious.

Read more... )

No True Pair: Crossover mini-event

Jul. 20th, 2025 02:46 pm
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A Needed Ally (400 words) by Sharpest_Asp
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Legend of Drizzt Series - R. A. Salvatore, Sword-Dancer Saga - Jennifer Roberson
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Catti-brie [Dungeons & Dragons], Delilah [Sword-Dancer Saga]
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion
Summary:

Catti runs into an ally



A Needed Ally

Catti-brie would have given a lot of treasure to never see a desert again, but here she was in one that made Calimshan look civilized. The next time she was offered 'something different, something new, just track this wee artifact down' by ANY Harper, she would remember to say 'no'.

About the second time she broke a man's wrist for trying to touch her in brutish ways, she heard a 'ssstt' from one side and a welcome, if unexpected face peered at her, all pale in a sea of darker shades.

"Del?" Catti asked as she made it through the throng to the woman.

"You're a long way from where we met," the elder woman said. "Why are you in the Southron lands?"

"Looking for a trinket that supposedly got traded down here. Care to help me out?"

"Call the debt for the Moonshaes closed, and you have my aid. Possibly my partner's."

Catti-brie wrinkled her nose. "Ne'er counted a debt on helping ye. But if'n it means ye can help me before I have tae kill a man, done!"

"Kill one, ten more will appear," Del answered with a sigh.

"Glad as I met up with ye," Catti-brie said.

"You might not be if Tiger's still addled with liquor." Del's wry smile made her look a little younger, and Catti was glad to see it on her. She'd found the woman very driven, hard-pressed by her past, and too rare in her smiles.

"Dwarf-raised. Can deal with the hangover," Catti told her with a grin.

"You haven't met Tiger yet," Del warned. "Good thing you wear your blade at the hip; over the shoulder is a definite mark of a sword-dancer, and you'd be challenged to prove you can use them."

"I think I'd prove capable," Catti-brie answered with justifiable pride in her skill. After all, Drizzt had been her teacher.

"Yes, but it brings even more attention than just your looks."

"I should nae ask how many ye had to prove your skill to?"

"I lost count," Del said blandly, leading up a narrow alley before getting them inside a cooler building. Both took in the small space, lacking any person at all. "Hmm, maybe he didn't make it back this morning.

"So tell me about the trinket, while we have peace from Tiger's belly-aching."

Catti-brie settled to do just that, eager to be done with this quest.


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Check-In Post - July 20th 2025

Jul. 20th, 2025 07:08 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?

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Jul. 20th, 2025 10:55 am
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My sister's husband is going to be in town and I'm meeting him for breakfast day after tomorrow. He's super nice and I'm really looking forward to seeing him.

Pokémon: Fanart: Visage

Jul. 20th, 2025 05:23 pm
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Title: Visage
Fandom: Pokémon X&Y
Rating: G
Summary: Where there's smoke...

Visage )

Building Blocks

Jul. 20th, 2025 02:18 pm
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Delenn has recently been dismissed from the council, and, at the same time, she was able to save Captain Sheridan from a terrible fate. Now, she’s on a journey to rediscover herself and find her true purpose, aiming to reconnect with her place in the universe. It’s clear she’s still learning what it means to be a human/Minbari hybrid, and she’s working hard to rebuild her foundation, beginning with her relationship with Captain John J. Sheridan.

Words: 3430, Chapters: 1/6, Language: English

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Jul. 20th, 2025 07:34 am
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Jul. 20th, 2025 07:18 am
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Clicks, please?

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I hit Price Chopper and the Bakery while I was downtown and got in a walk around the park.

Morning chores included mixing up egg salad, tossing a load of laundry into the washer, baking chicken for the dogs' meals, hand-washing some dishes, scooping kitty litter, and taking the dogs for a walk during which I also picked more berries.

I visited mom ~11:15am to ~2:30pm. After I got home I dried and folded the morning load of laundry, washed and dried another, and hand-washed more dishes. The reason I left earlier than usual was that I found out that there was a ‘pig roast’ happening, so I stopped there on the way home and got some pulled pork. I didn’t know what time they stopped serving as there were no times on the signs, so I wanted to play it safe. I also husked corn for supper because someone had given Pip a half dozen ears.

I watched last week’s ep of Resident Alien and an HGTV program, and read more in Rivers of London.

Temps started out at 50.0(F) (it was freaking cold!) and reached 87.4. It felt so cold I wore a scarf and light gloves with my hoodie when I left the house (and brought along a jacket just in case). By the time I went for a walk at 8:30am it was much warmer. And then it got surprisingly warm for a day that started out at 50.

(Today is my brother’s birthday! He’s seven years younger than me. I think I’ve mentioned, but I’m the oldest of the bunch.)


Mom Update:

Mom was feeling kind of meh today. more back here )

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