Realgar #1 [The Fulcrum]

May. 21st, 2026 02:58 pm
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Name: Breakthrough
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Realgar #1: Dissipate
Styles and Supplies: Yarn (this picture), Brushes (May 21, 2026: Lacuna), Glue ("You may have the intellectual side of the equation completely set in your head, Gemini. You've collected all the facts and have all the data worked out in such a way that it's impossible for anyone to fault your calculations. Don't think you're done, because there's one part of the picture left to consider - emotions. Extreme feelings could put a monkey wrench in your plans. Be prepared.")
Word Count: 862
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy Drug Abuse
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali
In-Universe Date: 1912.5.5.4
Summary: Qhoroali experiments with Niexxee.

Breakthrough )
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Name: You Were Found Wanting
Story: Chronicles of Tydas
Colors: dandelion yellow #10 (distant), shocking pink #5 (impassive)
Supplies and Styles: Charcoal
Word Count: 1,056
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Gwion meets with the council secretly to convince them to make him Tydian King instead of his brother.

Don't talk to me about grief when you're rushing to place a crown on his head. )

I am so old...

May. 19th, 2026 04:43 pm
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that I can't reliably tell the difference between skunk stink and marijuana smoke when I'm out biking along the parkway. Now I know why people used to call it "skunk weed"!

I biked out in the world just 2 days last week because of heat and wind, and today might be it for this week? Temperatures will drop to more reasonable levels by Saturday, but that could be due to windstorms again. Ugh. Spring in Sacramento is always like this. :(

In book news, I'm currently reading the last of the Station Eternity series. I really enjoy the characters in it, and I'll be sorry when it's over. I recently finished Night Film, which was good but somehow a lot of work (it took me nearly 2 weeks to read it), and These Summer Storms (which I'm going to call a beefed-up romance novel— not one of my genres). Next on the list is Who Will Run The Frog Hospital?, since my hold on it came due. At some point, I'll get back to the Dungeon-Crawler Carl series, but I was hoping to improve my Goodreads stats a little, since the books in that series take awhile. I'm afraid Night Film just made everything worse!

Hobby-wise, I have begun building the Not-A-Hobbit-House set. The Amazon reviews have some complaints about the bricks imploding, so I'm trying to be careful. I hope the main issue was with the indoor tree (!), which is structurally not very sturdy. :O And there's always the question of whether all of the pieces will actually be included, especially since this is a knock-off set...

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Name: Masks Off
Story: Starfall
Colors: Vert #22 (Waiting on the widow's walk); Azul #14 (Test of time); Colour of the Day - 17th May 2026 (Nacreous).
Supplies and Styles: Silhouette
Word Count: 2076
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Kissing, mild references to sex.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray/Leion Valerno, Laida Modelen. Takes place a few hours after Confession Time.
Summary: Viyony turns up at the masquerade in search of Leion.

Masks Off )
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Name: The Whole Truth
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Realgar #4: Divide, Warm Heart #17: Honesty
Styles and Supplies: Life Drawing, Panorama
Word Count: 996
Rating: T
Warnings: Discussion of Sex
Characters: Setsiana, Cyaru
In-Universe Date: 1912.5.4.6
Summary: Setsiana talks to Cyaru about his relationship with Qhoroali.

The Whole Truth )

Mother's Day Redux

May. 15th, 2026 03:36 pm
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Our daughter's Mother's Day present finally arrived, and it was a complete surprise! Also very creative, and true to her snarky sense of humor. It's our family, in LEGO people!

Our Family In LEGOs May 2026.jpg

She and our son were on the same wavelength: "Do you know what would be funny?" he said during the individual figure unboxing, and it turned out she had thought of the same thing. The short person with the child-sized legs is ME. Because I'm only 5'6" in a family of 5'10", 6'2", and 6'4" giants. :O

The accessories were well-chosen. Our daughter has a camera, our son has a cat, I have a computer, and my husband has a banana. She apparently was laughing herself sick over picking out that banana, too. :D

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We've barely crept out of the weather where I have to bike in the garage due to rain or wind, and now we're into the stage where excess heat gets added to the mix. :( By August, a 90- to 94-degree day will not stop me from going outside, but this time of year? I just can't do it.

I managed to get out yesterday (and hit another snake!), and I got out 3 days last week. The first two days went well, Friday not so much. I got a flat tire, and discovered that I could not change it myself! In fact, I had to get help from two different guys working together just to get tire irons under the beaded tire rim to get the inner tube off and replace it with a new one. /o\

This is bad. Everyone knows that Continental tires run tight, but this is on a whole other level. My current ride is a gravel bike that used to have 32c tires on it. I had the shop put on 28c tires a few months ago, because I don't go off-road at all and I'm using it like a road bike. BUT... I now remember that the reason I stopped using 25c tires and went to 26c on my previous road bike was because I couldn't get the 25s on and off without breaking the tire irons. The wheel rims should be the same circumference for ALL of these bikes--only the width should be different. But I wonder if Continental applies some different kind of logic, and shrinks the tire slightly with the decreased width?

I really like the 28s. I'm able to ride faster on them than the 32s. In fact, I had a ride this past month that averaged 16.9mph, and that's the fastest I've ridden in YEARS. Am I going to have to go back up to a larger tire size now? Or can I buy a wire-beaded 28 from a different vendor and see if that works?

[Amnesty #030] Kickoff Post

May. 14th, 2026 12:38 am
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AMNESTY WEEK #030
Challenges # 001-300

Amnesty Weeks are a chance to post any stories you've written that, for whatever reason, weren't submitted during that week's challenge. And if you can't get the entries you want in during this Amnesty, never fear! The next one will include challenges 001-310, so you'll never miss out.

There's no voting for amnesty entries, and there's no limit on how many you can post, so long as each entry meets the usual community requirements (less than 1000 words, not NC-17, etc.) If, however, you manage to end up with 30 of the things you want to post, try to spread them out through the week for the sake of people's reading pages. These entries may also be crossposted and previewed anywhere you like, since there’s no voting to skew.

At the end of this two-week window, a post will be made collecting all the links of the posted entries, which will also signal the end of the posting period, and a new regular challenge will go up.

Entries are titled the same way as normal: [#] Story Title (Fandom)

PAST THEMES: Second Chances, Heartbreak, Devil's Advocate, Victory, Long Shot, Unexpected Company, Travel Plans, Schadenfreude, Missed The Mark, Overindulgence, Interview, Bad Day, Clear Skies, Time of Need, Fever Dream, Fourth Wall, Altered State, Stages of Grief, Stereotype, Hindsight, Blessing in Disguise, Changing Seasons, Inner Child, Starry Night, One-Track Mind, Miracle, Double Trouble, Rival, Ghosts, Moment of Truth, The Road Not Taken, Storms, Family Gatherings, Warning Shot, Mirror Mirror, Caught Red-Handed, Reunion, Betrayal, Premonition, A Walk in the Woods, Resurrection, Winter Nights, Perfection, Day Off, Fall from Grace, Horizons, Rebuilding, Too Much Information, Loyalty, Blaze of Glory, Audition, Voluntold, Silence, Time Travel, Writing on the Wall, High Seas, Martyr, Prehistoric, Camouflage, Careless, Shortcut, Transformation, Priceless, Rainy Day, Long Distance, Gathering Clouds, Shattered, Masks, Ray of Sunshine, Networking, Skeletons in the Closet, Unspoken Things, Burning Bridges, Into the Forest, Hearth and Home, Closed Doors, Confession, Fairy Tales, First Snow, Opposites Attract, Haunted House, Countdown, Below Zero, Dragons, Head in the Clouds, Once in a Lifetime, Leadership, Regrets, Success, Road Trip, Vengeance, Into the Depths, True Love, Secret Lair, Unexpected Weather, Center of Attention, White Lies, Legacy, Roughing It, One Perfect Day, Nobility, Mirror Universe, Into the Jungle, Only One Room, Pirates, Competition, Afterlife, After Midnight, Friends’ Night, To The Library, Pumpkin Patch, Autumn Rain, Bonfire, Unexpected Visitors, Breaking News, First Aid, Happily Ever After, Mistaken Identity, Heartbeat, Technical Difficulties, Brainstorm, Novelty, Snowed In, Best Friends Forever, Come In From the Cold, Illusion, For Science!, Gardening, Candlelight, Moonlight, Nostalgia, Superpowers, Storytelling, Wasteland, Out of Sorts, The North Star, Jumping to Conclusions, Leviathan, Getting Lost, Learning Lessons, Inspiration, Teamwork, Nightmare, Invincible, Temptation, Creation, Trivia, Publicity, Glitch, Paradox, The Dance, Honesty, Insomnia, Atonement, Vampires, Leap of Faith, Quiet Night, Vacation, Memory, Innocence, Homecoming, Hero, Gift, Rescue, Apology, Loneliness, Things In Common, First Kiss, Sick Day, Progress, Confidence, Lost Memories, Escape, Rumor, Late Arrival, Space, Nemesis, Anger Management, Faking It, Eavesdropping, Broken Promise, Investigation, Revolution, Murder, Recklessness, Reputation, Bad Judgment, Partners, Anniversary, Wish, Freedom, Spotlight, Surprise, Falling Leaves, Bad Day, Trust, Good Luck, Harvest Time, Altar, Duct Tape, Pyrrhic Victory, Catastrophe, Celebration, Reminiscence, Procrastination, Siblings, Jealousy, Parallels, Outsider, Chaos, Hesitation, Hope, Protection, Pressure, Normalcy, Meticulous, Recovery, Caught in the Rain, Stress, Overheated, Persistence, At the Beach, Sunrise, Guilt, Alibi, Secret, Spontaneous, Deity, Optimism, Stargazing, Mystery, Coffee Shop, Curse, Comfort, Magic, Cold Snap, Hangover, Apple Picking, Autumn Nights, Future, Stubbornness, Tragedy, Redemption, Picture Perfect, Werewolf, The Common Cold, Lost for Words, Mermaid, Emergency, Quick Exit, Royalty, Midnight Snack, A Light in the Dark, Unexpected Success, Defiance, Man’s Best Friend, Chemistry, Scars, Caves, Mountains, Schemes, Soulmates, Genius, Summer Vacation, Trickster, A Walk in the Park, Poison, Sleeping In, Self-Indulgence, Pride, In the Nick of Time, Choose Your Battles, Bad Timing, Near-Death Experience, One More Try, Moonlit Kisses, Abandoned Mansion, Dark Forest, Haunted Library, Trick or Treat, Mirage, Catharsis, First Impressions, Home for the Holidays, Fresh Start, Working Together, Hot Water, Inconveniences, Hot Cocoa, Princess, Safe Harbor, Daydreaming, Rough Seas, Pining, Wishful Thinking, Locked Door, Unexpected Kindness, Disappearance, Uprising, Ceremony

Amnesty posting ends Wednesday, May 27 at 9:00PM EST
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[#300 | Ceremony] Results Post

May. 14th, 2026 12:35 am
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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #300 – Ceremony!

This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 5159

Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes! [personal profile] autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those.

You may now post your Challenge 300 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there.

[#300 | Ceremony] Voting Post

May. 11th, 2026 11:26 pm
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Here are the entries for this week's challenge:

List of entries )

In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (all three spots) in order to be counted. First place votes are worth 3 points, second place votes are worth 2 points, and third place votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.

When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:

First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Second Place: 88. Another Fic Title
Third Place: 47. Finally a third fic title goes here

Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.



Voting closes Wednesday, May 13, at 9:00PM EST.

Mother's Day was great

May. 11th, 2026 04:11 pm
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My son and I went to Scandia Fun Center and played a couple of rounds of mini-golf before it got too hot. We were both unpredictable and relatively bad, as usual. He got a hole-in-one and shot a few holes under par, but also got a 7 on a couple of them. I managed par or under on a few, but also got 9 on one of the holes, so he managed to beat me. Putting is my nemesis. :O

We were done outside by about 1pm, and went inside to use the free arcade tokens that came with admission. Then we came home, and I got caught up on a couple of chores. Late afternoon, HalfshellHusband and I watched The Proposal, and then all of us watched Moana and ate takeout Thai food for dinner. Our son was the only one who'd seen Moana before. "Meh" to all of the main character's songs, but The Rock's "You're Welcome" was fun and catchy and I loved the crab's Bowie tribute number, "Shiny". Also, the deranged chicken sidekick was hilarious.

Our daughter called in the evening, and it was nice to talk to her (she lives about 12 hours south of here). Then I opened presents, which included a LEGO-style set titled Dwarf Cabin. It is actually a hobbit house, but you have to love the technically non-copyright-infringing name choice. I hope to start it today!

Warm Heart #30; Vert #17 [Starfall]

May. 11th, 2026 08:22 pm
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Name: Confession Time
Story: Starfall
Colors: Warm Heart #30 (Love); Vert #17 (Sign of a ring)
Supplies and Styles: Silhouette
Word Count: 1180
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray/Leion Valerno, Ivina Gerro.
Summary: Leion comes to a decision.

Confession Time )

[#300] JUST REWARD (TORCHWOOD)

May. 11th, 2026 07:51 pm
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Theme Prompt: #300 - Ceremony
Title: Just reward
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto receives something unusual in the morning post.

Read more... )
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Theme Prompt: #300 - Ceremony
Title: of old folktales and the future
Fandom: Kirby (particularly, Kirby Right Back At Ya (the anime) blended with Kirby's Nightmare in Dream Land)
Rating/Warnings: PG / Allusions to Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, takes place long prior to this but after this in the Mahoroa of the Stars AU.
Word Count: 1000 words
Bonus: Nah
Author's Note: This one's actually a very brief look into my weird Kirby AU's deeper lore, something I haven't yet explored in any posted public writing 'till this challenge inspired me. Also to a degree a lot of fatherly Meta Knight fics I've read recently led to... uh.. this lol. 
Summary: While returning the Star Rod to the Fountain of Dreams a week after the fall of Nightmare Enterprises, Kirby decides to test out a ritual from a story of his newly minted dad's old culture. It ends up scaring him..

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Off at the Fountain of Dreams.. )


The Friday Five

May. 10th, 2026 02:19 pm
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Late, again, but who's counting? This is mainly for my newer friends.

1. What do you consider your current main fandom? (This can include hobbies and collecting. Anything you feel fannish about!)
Nothing right now, though I love LEGOs and have quite a few of them!

2. What was your first fandom?
Prison Break and Supernatural happened pretty much simultaneously. Though before actively participating in fandom, my first might have been Star Trek TOS. I even bought paperbacks people wrote in that universe.

3. Do you have any favorite headcanons or fan theories?
Apart from the brothercest vibes in both of the above fandoms? Ummm... since I'm more visually driven, in my headcanon the original Rhodey from Iron Man was never recast after the first movie.

4. Have you ever created fanworks?
Have I ever! Probably more than 50-60 stories for Prison Break, more than 100 stories/drabbles for Supernatural, and then there's Iron Man, Die Hard 4, Justified, Chuck, Burn Notice, and White Collar. Plus some 1-3 fic fandoms, mostly due to participating in past Yuletide challenges.

5. Are you still active in any old fandoms?
Not at the moment, though a future Yuletide could change that at any time? I still subscribe to the Yuletide pinch-hit list, as a way of paying forward the gifts I got from my first year of participation. I have a couple of unfinished Battle Creek slash stories I'd hope to finish someday, but I never even look at them anymore. :(

I do miss the excitement of fandom (though not the wank), but my writing has been channeled into LJ Idol for many years now. \o?

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Theme Prompt: #300 – Ceremony
Title: Masters and Ceremonies
Fandom: Original
Rating/Warnings: None
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 464
Summary: A software development team's reaction to new Agile processes and ceremonies

Read more )

[#300] Ceremony (Wayfarers Series)

May. 10th, 2026 01:25 pm
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Theme Prompt: #300 – Ceremony
Title: The Only Sensible Conclusion
Fandom: Wayfarers Series
Rating/Warnings: G
Bonus: No
Word Count: 999
Notes: Set after The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

 

Read more... )
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Theme Prompt: #300 – Ceremony
Title: Too many minds already
Fandom: Dire Bound - Sable Sorensen
Rating/Warnings: (Language, violence, mature content, spoilers?) None
Bonus: (Yes/No - did you meet the bonus goal for this challenge?) Yes
Word Count: 626
Summary: (Optional) The one where Meryn ties the knot with Stark. And gets more than she bargained for in the process due to Dire Wolf magic.

Too many minds already )

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