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unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 05:15 pm
unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 05:15 pm
but I've got the fastest set of wheels in town
Batfamily
buy back the secrets by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
sundiscus
5 times Superboy saves Tim Drake, and one time Tim Drake saves Superboy. Wonderful! <333
Jason and the Three Terrors byCdelphiki
One moment, Jason was peacefully sleeping, perfectly content with his life with the League of Assassins. Okay, so maybe not content content, but he wasn't unhappy, either. Then Talia woke him up at 2 am, threw three children at him, and told him to get them to America and far away from Ra's al Ghul.
What the fuck.
The last thing he wanted was to see Bruce. But with three brats relying on him and no Talia, there weren't many options for sanctuary. He just didn't expect the kids to grow on him so much in two short weeks. EPIC (326K words) AU where Talia sends Jason away from the League with Damian, Athanasia, and Mara, and their many adventures on the way home to Gotham. Engrossing read, highly recommended.
Life Alert bylurkinglurkerwholurks
Fantastic outsider POV on Red Hood and Batman. <333
Puzzles Made of Broken Glass bythatcuriouscat
Timmy Drake's parents go missing. He's the only one who notices. This is a long, entertaining, engrossing story about how Tim joins the Batfamily early. Oh, Tim. Highly recommended. <333
Resurgam byNokomis
Bored during her pregnancy leave from being Spoiler, Steph decides to follow Robin and ends up in a cemetery. Only, something follows her home. <333
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buy back the secrets by
5 times Superboy saves Tim Drake, and one time Tim Drake saves Superboy. Wonderful! <333
Jason and the Three Terrors by
One moment, Jason was peacefully sleeping, perfectly content with his life with the League of Assassins. Okay, so maybe not content content, but he wasn't unhappy, either. Then Talia woke him up at 2 am, threw three children at him, and told him to get them to America and far away from Ra's al Ghul.
What the fuck.
The last thing he wanted was to see Bruce. But with three brats relying on him and no Talia, there weren't many options for sanctuary. He just didn't expect the kids to grow on him so much in two short weeks. EPIC (326K words) AU where Talia sends Jason away from the League with Damian, Athanasia, and Mara, and their many adventures on the way home to Gotham. Engrossing read, highly recommended.
Life Alert by
Fantastic outsider POV on Red Hood and Batman. <333
Puzzles Made of Broken Glass by
Timmy Drake's parents go missing. He's the only one who notices. This is a long, entertaining, engrossing story about how Tim joins the Batfamily early. Oh, Tim. Highly recommended. <333
Resurgam by
Bored during her pregnancy leave from being Spoiler, Steph decides to follow Robin and ends up in a cemetery. Only, something follows her home. <333
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unfitforsociety (unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 05:12 pm
unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 05:12 pm
Entry tags:
the summer of searching the underworld
Dungeon Crawler Carl
13 Ways of Looking at a Lit Fuse byCyphomandra
Carl, as others see him. Exactly what it says on the tin. Lovely. And Donut's voice is absolute perfection!
I Should Have Let Him In byPuns4Funs
Bea's POV leading up to and during the confrontation on Odette's show. Fascinating look at what Bea might have been thinking.
✭
13 Ways of Looking at a Lit Fuse by
Carl, as others see him. Exactly what it says on the tin. Lovely. And Donut's voice is absolute perfection!
I Should Have Let Him In by
Bea's POV leading up to and during the confrontation on Odette's show. Fascinating look at what Bea might have been thinking.
✭
unfitforsociety (unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 05:10 pm
unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 05:10 pm
I said, "I've been there too a few times."
The Pitt
2:00 AM by orphan_account
"I don't understand why you're letting that asshole crash at your place," Santos says, flopping back on the couch in the break room. "Seriously, Mel. There's a reason his wife kicked him out." I enjoyed this.
Scenes from a Lavender Marriage bySiria
Trinity shrugged. "So marry me."
Whitaker stared at her. "You're a lesbian and I'm the opposite of a lesbian."
"Like that's stopped people before," Trinity said. Santos and Whitaker get married so he can get a scholarship. It works out for them. <333
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2:00 AM by orphan_account
"I don't understand why you're letting that asshole crash at your place," Santos says, flopping back on the couch in the break room. "Seriously, Mel. There's a reason his wife kicked him out." I enjoyed this.
Scenes from a Lavender Marriage by
Trinity shrugged. "So marry me."
Whitaker stared at her. "You're a lesbian and I'm the opposite of a lesbian."
"Like that's stopped people before," Trinity said. Santos and Whitaker get married so he can get a scholarship. It works out for them. <333
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unfitforsociety (unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 05:04 pm
unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 05:04 pmshe's a promise in the year of election
Star Wars
Twilight on Owl Creek Bridge byyellow_caballero
SUBJECT: Regarding Senate Guard Objectives For Today
This is a polite reminder to all guardsmen that patrol schedules for the Senate vote ratifying dictatorships are posted in the breakroom. I am also issuing a warning to linear time that days should follow sequentially and are not intended to repeat. Please cease repeating. I am getting a headache.
Additionally, I'd like to remind all guardsmen that it is illegal to harbor invisible women in the Senate. If you see a ghost claiming to be Leia Organa, please remove her from the premises. She will be making a scene.
Thank you for your cooperation in preserving the peace of the Republic, and all hail the Empire.
FOX
Fox and Leia get caught up in some timey-wimey Force shenanigans. Oh my heart...
and the AU where it's a more traditional time travel type story: Fox & Leia's Star Wars Holiday Special
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Twilight on Owl Creek Bridge by
SUBJECT: Regarding Senate Guard Objectives For Today
This is a polite reminder to all guardsmen that patrol schedules for the Senate vote ratifying dictatorships are posted in the breakroom. I am also issuing a warning to linear time that days should follow sequentially and are not intended to repeat. Please cease repeating. I am getting a headache.
Additionally, I'd like to remind all guardsmen that it is illegal to harbor invisible women in the Senate. If you see a ghost claiming to be Leia Organa, please remove her from the premises. She will be making a scene.
Thank you for your cooperation in preserving the peace of the Republic, and all hail the Empire.
FOX
Fox and Leia get caught up in some timey-wimey Force shenanigans. Oh my heart...
and the AU where it's a more traditional time travel type story: Fox & Leia's Star Wars Holiday Special
✭
unfitforsociety (unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 04:59 pm
unfitforsociety) wrote2025-12-31 04:59 pm
Entry tags:
lost hope and found need
Crossovers
Rivers of London/Slow Horses
The Spirit of Regent's Park byfeatherxquill
Newly minted First Desk Diana Taverner visits the Folly to find out who this Thomas Nightingale fellow is, and learns a few things about London that are closer to home than she expects. Excellent crossover! Now I want all the crossovers between all these characters!
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Vids
Ted Lasso
In The Middle by![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico)
cursedwerewolf
Super cute Jamie/Keeley/Roy vid.
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Rivers of London/Slow Horses
The Spirit of Regent's Park by
Newly minted First Desk Diana Taverner visits the Folly to find out who this Thomas Nightingale fellow is, and learns a few things about London that are closer to home than she expects. Excellent crossover! Now I want all the crossovers between all these characters!
✭
Vids
Ted Lasso
In The Middle by
Super cute Jamie/Keeley/Roy vid.
✭
aethel (aethel) wrote2025-12-31 04:39 pm
aethel) wrote2025-12-31 04:39 pm2025 Books Read
( 113 books!! )
I would like to thank Hoopla, Overdrive, and my local public library for helping me read an absolutely ridiculous number of books this year: 113 books by 62 authors, of which 33-36 books were re-reads. (Re-reads marked with an asterisk, or a question mark on the three I couldn't remember whether I had read before or not.) Goodreads calculated my top genres as Fantasy, Romance, and Science Fiction. According to my lifetime-books-read spreadsheet, the top three most-read authors this year were KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, and Terry Pratchett. Four-way tie for fourth place: T. Kingfisher, Rex Stout, P.G. Wodehouse, Isaac Asimov.
I also tried to classify all 941 books in my spreadsheet by genre and found some predictable differences in the average number of books by the same author I read in each genre. Averages are for all-time, not this year alone:
romance - 4 books per author
fantasy - 3
sf - 2.7
horror - 2.3
mystery - 1.9
general fiction - 1.4
nonfiction - 1.2
I succeeded by the numbers, but failed some of my content goals: only 2 histories; only 1-3 new-to-me 19th century classics; and 3 works by Indigenous authors and 4 works by Black authors doesn't sound like a lot compared to the total. Categorizing books by the identity of the author was also fraught, as the information is not always easily accessible, not to mention the question of how these identity categories are even defined and who "counts". Plus, the whole point of the exercise for me was to find books with different settings and perspectives and maybe learn something new. I went with citizenship/tribal enrollment for the Native American authors, so as a result, I ended up dropping some of the most recommended titles from my TBR list. However, I enjoyed the books I did read, and have several left on my TBR list, so maybe I'll try the same goal in 2026. I also added a bunch of novels in translation to my TBR list, so I'm hoping to make headway on those next year. Plus all the history books and pre-20th century classics I didn't read this year.
And finally, I need to find some more book-themed user icons.
I would like to thank Hoopla, Overdrive, and my local public library for helping me read an absolutely ridiculous number of books this year: 113 books by 62 authors, of which 33-36 books were re-reads. (Re-reads marked with an asterisk, or a question mark on the three I couldn't remember whether I had read before or not.) Goodreads calculated my top genres as Fantasy, Romance, and Science Fiction. According to my lifetime-books-read spreadsheet, the top three most-read authors this year were KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, and Terry Pratchett. Four-way tie for fourth place: T. Kingfisher, Rex Stout, P.G. Wodehouse, Isaac Asimov.
I also tried to classify all 941 books in my spreadsheet by genre and found some predictable differences in the average number of books by the same author I read in each genre. Averages are for all-time, not this year alone:
romance - 4 books per author
fantasy - 3
sf - 2.7
horror - 2.3
mystery - 1.9
general fiction - 1.4
nonfiction - 1.2
I succeeded by the numbers, but failed some of my content goals: only 2 histories; only 1-3 new-to-me 19th century classics; and 3 works by Indigenous authors and 4 works by Black authors doesn't sound like a lot compared to the total. Categorizing books by the identity of the author was also fraught, as the information is not always easily accessible, not to mention the question of how these identity categories are even defined and who "counts". Plus, the whole point of the exercise for me was to find books with different settings and perspectives and maybe learn something new. I went with citizenship/tribal enrollment for the Native American authors, so as a result, I ended up dropping some of the most recommended titles from my TBR list. However, I enjoyed the books I did read, and have several left on my TBR list, so maybe I'll try the same goal in 2026. I also added a bunch of novels in translation to my TBR list, so I'm hoping to make headway on those next year. Plus all the history books and pre-20th century classics I didn't read this year.
And finally, I need to find some more book-themed user icons.
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recthething2025-12-31 09:03 pm
chacusha) wrote in recthething2025-12-31 09:03 pmFanart recs from Doodle 4 Doodle
19 recs for art pieces drawn for doodle4doodle at my journal
Fandoms include:
The Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit and Friends by Beatrix Potter
Critical Role: Exandria
Final Fantasy X
Hollow Knight / Silksong:
Legend of Zelda (Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom; Link's Awakening)
Original work
Sailor Moon
Sherlock Holmes
Soulcalibur
Spy x Family
Stargate Atlantis
W.I.T.C.H.
doodle4doodle at my journalFandoms include:
The Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit and Friends by Beatrix Potter
Critical Role: Exandria
Final Fantasy X
Hollow Knight / Silksong:
Legend of Zelda (Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom; Link's Awakening)
Original work
Sailor Moon
Sherlock Holmes
Soulcalibur
Spy x Family
Stargate Atlantis
W.I.T.C.H.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote in birdfeeding2025-12-31 01:18 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote in birdfeeding2025-12-31 01:18 pmEntry tags:
Birdfeeding
Today is cloudy and chilly.
I fed the birds. There was a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches waiting. I refilled the suet cage.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 12/31/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a cardinal.
EDIT 12/31/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 12/31/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. There was a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches waiting. I refilled the suet cage.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 12/31/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a cardinal.
EDIT 12/31/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 12/31/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
purplehello98 (purplehello98) wrote2025-12-31 11:56 am
purplehello98) wrote2025-12-31 11:56 am
Entry tags:
2025 In Review!
This year was a really great year, guys! So I thought I'd do a little blog post to review everything that's happened this year. :)
Spring semester of my freshman year was not super eventful but was pretty cool! I got to deepen my friendships with people at college and even start a K-pop club! I was busy but had a really good time. I had some crushes on guys and almost got the courage to ask one out, though those didn't end up going anywhere---and honestly, I'm glad! Everything that was meant to happen happened in time.
And then after the semester ended, I got to go to FREAKING KOREA!! I'm still so happy I got the chance to go there. I hadn't been on an actual vacation since I was probably six or seven, and even then that was nowhere near as cool as Korea! I won't go into too much detail, since my posts are up here for y'all to go read, but it was so cool and a life-changing experience that really made me want to travel and see the world! It was INSANELY cool and I really hope I get to go again!
Then I had an amazing summer. I hung out with Blue and Green a ton and we had a lot of amazing fun antics! I went back to work at a local grocery store, like I had the previous summer, and met Red, my work bestie, and some other work friends! My work life was a lot more fun than before. And, one particularly amazing thing came from that job... a really cute, really sweet guy asked me out one night! He had come through my lane before and developed a little crush on me so when he saw me a couple weeks later he asked me out. :) He became my first date and my first kiss! And that guy is now my wonderful, amazing, unbeatable boyfriend Grey!
I also had some romantic false leads---my love life was surprisingly active all of a sudden this summer! It's funny now to look back at my thoughts on those other guys at the time. It took me a bit to be sure about Grey, but now I've never been surer about anything. I really believe Grey's my soulmate. <3 Grey, if you're reading this, I love you so much! I can't understate it. Grey's so accepting, understanding, mature and loving. I didn't even know if I could ever find a guy who'd be okay with me being trans! But he's so insanely supportive about everything, and he's also a major goofball and a fellow gamer. :)
Granted, the summer wasn't perfect, even love life-wise---I did have a big heartbreak---but I wouldn't trade any of it for anything. And at least that heartbreak helped me to know that Grey was for real, and trustworthy, when we started dating. :)
This semester was realllllly busy (never taking that many credits again!) but I got to develop my club and my friendships even more. I think I'm finally beginning to see who my best friends at college are! :)
Over Thanksgiving break, after talking with Blue inspired me to seize the day---or, I suppose, the guy---Grey and I became official! And shortly afterward, we said our first I love yous. <3 It was all so exciting and still is!
I also got a hyperfixation on Legally Blonde: The Musical this semester! And I got to go visit Blue out west at his college! And finally, Verivery FINALLY had a comeback this December AND got a win for it!!!
And I got to meet Grey's family and friends recently and everything seems to be going well. :) I'm so in love with him and I'm so happy to have him. I'm also so happy to have all my amazing friends, to go to a nice school, and everything else---and to have this blog! I love blogging here and I hope you guys like reading it. :)
This has been a great year and 2026 has so much in store! If you had a good year, I'm thankful for you, and if not, I hope and pray 2026 has unexpected blessings for you. <3 I'm so looking forward to it! Happy new year, everyone! I'm off to go have lunch with some old friends and then celebrate with Grey tonight!
Spring semester of my freshman year was not super eventful but was pretty cool! I got to deepen my friendships with people at college and even start a K-pop club! I was busy but had a really good time. I had some crushes on guys and almost got the courage to ask one out, though those didn't end up going anywhere---and honestly, I'm glad! Everything that was meant to happen happened in time.
And then after the semester ended, I got to go to FREAKING KOREA!! I'm still so happy I got the chance to go there. I hadn't been on an actual vacation since I was probably six or seven, and even then that was nowhere near as cool as Korea! I won't go into too much detail, since my posts are up here for y'all to go read, but it was so cool and a life-changing experience that really made me want to travel and see the world! It was INSANELY cool and I really hope I get to go again!
Then I had an amazing summer. I hung out with Blue and Green a ton and we had a lot of amazing fun antics! I went back to work at a local grocery store, like I had the previous summer, and met Red, my work bestie, and some other work friends! My work life was a lot more fun than before. And, one particularly amazing thing came from that job... a really cute, really sweet guy asked me out one night! He had come through my lane before and developed a little crush on me so when he saw me a couple weeks later he asked me out. :) He became my first date and my first kiss! And that guy is now my wonderful, amazing, unbeatable boyfriend Grey!
I also had some romantic false leads---my love life was surprisingly active all of a sudden this summer! It's funny now to look back at my thoughts on those other guys at the time. It took me a bit to be sure about Grey, but now I've never been surer about anything. I really believe Grey's my soulmate. <3 Grey, if you're reading this, I love you so much! I can't understate it. Grey's so accepting, understanding, mature and loving. I didn't even know if I could ever find a guy who'd be okay with me being trans! But he's so insanely supportive about everything, and he's also a major goofball and a fellow gamer. :)
Granted, the summer wasn't perfect, even love life-wise---I did have a big heartbreak---but I wouldn't trade any of it for anything. And at least that heartbreak helped me to know that Grey was for real, and trustworthy, when we started dating. :)
This semester was realllllly busy (never taking that many credits again!) but I got to develop my club and my friendships even more. I think I'm finally beginning to see who my best friends at college are! :)
Over Thanksgiving break, after talking with Blue inspired me to seize the day---or, I suppose, the guy---Grey and I became official! And shortly afterward, we said our first I love yous. <3 It was all so exciting and still is!
I also got a hyperfixation on Legally Blonde: The Musical this semester! And I got to go visit Blue out west at his college! And finally, Verivery FINALLY had a comeback this December AND got a win for it!!!
And I got to meet Grey's family and friends recently and everything seems to be going well. :) I'm so in love with him and I'm so happy to have him. I'm also so happy to have all my amazing friends, to go to a nice school, and everything else---and to have this blog! I love blogging here and I hope you guys like reading it. :)
This has been a great year and 2026 has so much in store! If you had a good year, I'm thankful for you, and if not, I hope and pray 2026 has unexpected blessings for you. <3 I'm so looking forward to it! Happy new year, everyone! I'm off to go have lunch with some old friends and then celebrate with Grey tonight!
蝶になって (bluapapilio) wrote2025-12-31 10:53 am
bluapapilio) wrote2025-12-31 10:53 am
Entry tags:
January Anime PTW
Used my anime TBR boardgame.
I finished 4/4 for my last challenge and enjoyed everything.
Avatar:
Sakura (Wind Breaker)
Skill: Re-draw a prompt once
Roll #1:
A 4, prompt: highest rated on PTW! I ended up moving a bunch of stuff to On Hold and deleting things before Akatsuki no Yona was at the top. I read that the anime is pretty much 1-to-1 with the manga.
Roll #2:
A 6, reincarnated into another world. Now that I've decided to read the LN of TenSura I don't think I have anything in this category that I can't just read the LN for. Ignoring this prompt from now on, probably, same with 'based on an LN/novel'. New prompt: been on list for 2+ years. Didn't specify which list so more Slayers.
Roll #3:
A 4, prompt: sports. Haikyuu!!
Roll #4:
A 9, prompt: slice of life. Apparently Fairy Ranmaru is?
Roll #5:
Another 9, prompt: mystery element. Hmm let's do more Revenger .
Roll #6:
A 5, prompt: fantasy element. Oh, I want to do HIGH CARD!! I'll probably have to skim through the first two eps again.
Roll #7:
A 4 and the end. Since I have no more Dr. Stone, reward is Babanba Banban Vampire.
~Anime PTW List~
[Adventure/Fantasy] Akatsuki no Yona ✔️
[Fantasy/Comedy] Slayers
[Sports] Haikyuu!!
[Action/Fantasy] Fairy Ranmaru ✔️
[Action/Mystery] Revenger
[Action/Fantasy] HIGH CARD
[Comedy/Supernatural] Babanba Banban Vampire
I finished 4/4 for my last challenge and enjoyed everything.
Avatar:
Sakura (Wind Breaker)
Skill: Re-draw a prompt once
Roll #1:
A 4, prompt: highest rated on PTW! I ended up moving a bunch of stuff to On Hold and deleting things before Akatsuki no Yona was at the top. I read that the anime is pretty much 1-to-1 with the manga.
Roll #2:
A 6, reincarnated into another world. Now that I've decided to read the LN of TenSura I don't think I have anything in this category that I can't just read the LN for. Ignoring this prompt from now on, probably, same with 'based on an LN/novel'. New prompt: been on list for 2+ years. Didn't specify which list so more Slayers.
Roll #3:
A 4, prompt: sports. Haikyuu!!
Roll #4:
A 9, prompt: slice of life. Apparently Fairy Ranmaru is?
Roll #5:
Another 9, prompt: mystery element. Hmm let's do more Revenger .
Roll #6:
A 5, prompt: fantasy element. Oh, I want to do HIGH CARD!! I'll probably have to skim through the first two eps again.
Roll #7:
A 4 and the end. Since I have no more Dr. Stone, reward is Babanba Banban Vampire.
~Anime PTW List~
[Adventure/Fantasy] Akatsuki no Yona ✔️
[Fantasy/Comedy] Slayers
[Sports] Haikyuu!!
[Action/Fantasy] Fairy Ranmaru ✔️
[Action/Mystery] Revenger
[Action/Fantasy] HIGH CARD
[Comedy/Supernatural] Babanba Banban Vampire
profiterole_reads (profiterole_reads) wrote2025-12-31 05:44 pm
profiterole_reads) wrote2025-12-31 05:44 pmWicked 2
Wicked 2 (my local cinema finally showed it!) was great, but a little too long. Since it's the sadder half of the story, it's obviously less enjoyable.
But at least they love each other! <3
But at least they love each other! <3
my love, I am the speed of sound (newredshoes) wrote2025-12-31 10:35 am
newredshoes) wrote2025-12-31 10:35 amThe time will pass anyway.
The plan for this morning involved a lot more tidying up, but Gingko has decided she's sleeping on top of me on the couch, so plans have rightfully changed. I keep meaning to write more — this has been my sparsest year ever with an online journal, which I've been keeping regularly since 2000 (holy shit). ( End-of-year navel-gazing )
I don't know — all these sentences are starting with I, but I don't really know if I have much to say right now! I read you all every day, though, and I am trying to get better about actually replying to comments and commenting on your posts, because online journaling like this has been an important part of my life for *whisper-screams* twenty-five years. I'm not going to try a graceful sign-off; here are the first sentences of each month in 2025, minus March, which apparently I just skipped, and honestly, given March, who wouldn't?
I don't know — all these sentences are starting with I, but I don't really know if I have much to say right now! I read you all every day, though, and I am trying to get better about actually replying to comments and commenting on your posts, because online journaling like this has been an important part of my life for *whisper-screams* twenty-five years. I'm not going to try a graceful sign-off; here are the first sentences of each month in 2025, minus March, which apparently I just skipped, and honestly, given March, who wouldn't?
On the flight back from Jamaica, I was randomly selected for an incredibly thorough drug testing. Miss Ma'am has been FULL OF BEANS the past week or so; I keep trying to give her a predictable schedule and peaceful environment, but that can be difficult when she's just so big and so curious. I got hailed on this weekend! It has to be shared, it has to be recorded: My newest ride-or-die c-ent blorbo has a tragicomic history of style felonies, including big Cyrillic calligraphy tattoos (since lasered off), a bellybutton piercing, innumerable hair crimes and a pink handcuffs scandal!!!
That I got Juneteenth off work was a surprise yesterday around lunchtime, so I am very glad to have a recovery Thursday. I AM 41. I've now become a person who commutes to work by bike, and the thing that annoys me most, it turns out — is dudes on e-bikes. After a WHOLE bunch of teeth-gnashing and angst about an entirely unrelated thing, I am now asking myself: After many years away, should I sign up for Yuletide? I am a professional; I should know better than to wake up and immediately check the news. I kept wanting to write up entries and being too tired to do so; so much has happened. Okay, I really thought my crafting hyperfixation of the month was going to be beading on a loom.
Heated Rivalry: Heated Rivalry season 1 gifsets by ilyarozanovs
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Scott Hunter/Kip Grady, Rose Landry, Yuna Hollander, David Hollander
Rating: Teen
Length: 6 gif sets
Content Notes: some flashing lights.
Creator Links: ilyarozanovs on tumblr
Themes: canon LGBTQ+ characters, enemies to lovers, mutual pining, slow burn (romantically)
Summary: None given. Six gifsets, each containing 12 frames.
Reccer's Notes: These are especially good gifsets, one for each episode. They include split-screen gifs across frames, which I always find very impressive. A set of gorgeous montages for the episodes of season one.
Fanwork Links: Heated Rivalry season 1 gifsets, or backup link, or a direct link if not logged into tumblr (thanks, punk!) direct link
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Scott Hunter/Kip Grady, Rose Landry, Yuna Hollander, David Hollander
Rating: Teen
Length: 6 gif sets
Content Notes: some flashing lights.
Creator Links: ilyarozanovs on tumblr
Themes: canon LGBTQ+ characters, enemies to lovers, mutual pining, slow burn (romantically)
Summary: None given. Six gifsets, each containing 12 frames.
Reccer's Notes: These are especially good gifsets, one for each episode. They include split-screen gifs across frames, which I always find very impressive. A set of gorgeous montages for the episodes of season one.
Fanwork Links: Heated Rivalry season 1 gifsets, or backup link, or a direct link if not logged into tumblr (thanks, punk!) direct link
selenak (selenak) wrote2025-12-31 04:28 pm
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End of Fannish Year Meme: 2025
1. Your main fandom of the year?
Still 18th Century history, Prussian-Austrian-Hannoverian-French edition, with the occasional ancient history interlude. Though ancient history might take over as the primary runner next year!
2. Your favorite film watched this year?
It's a race between a surprise "came for one character, remained for all of them" movie, none other than Thunderbolts*, and the superb thriller September 5, which manages among other things to do something Steven Spielberg tried to in one of his movies and does it better.
3. Your favorite book read this year?
This year I am truly spoiled for choices. I both read some books that have been around for a while as well as very recently published ones, and for the most part, enjoyed or even loved most of them. I think it's a race between Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik and Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh.
4. Your favorite album or song to listen to this year?
For complicated real life reasons:
5. Your favorite TV show of the year?
While tv had some let downs for me this year - *cough* Strange New Worlds *cough* - it also had some great new discoveries and some lovely continuing faves. I feel I can't answer this question fairly unless I firstly differentiate between "favourite miniseries" and "favourite continuing show", and in the second department "favourite new-to-me- show" and "favourite returning favourite". So: Favourite miniseries - there were several excellent ones, but really, for "took my breath away with each episode and performance, and format, tells a concluded story and THANK GOD DOES NOT APPEAR TO GET AN UNNESSARY SEQUEL": Adolescence . Favourite continuing series familiar to me - look, Andor had a superb conclusion and I really appreciate the scriptwriters on social media doubling down on just who the Evil Empire is in rl these days, but it's not Andor for the simple reason that while I was not upset about the writing for Bix as I've seen other people be, it really wasn't up to the rest of the show's standards. And it's not Wheel of Time, either, even though I went from like to love in this season and still feel like shaking my hand at the injustice of fate because of the cancellation. So: It's Foundation all the way. I loved the third season and will happily say more about why on the January Meme.
Favourite new to me show: Pluribus, aka Vince Gilligan did it again.
6. Your favorite online community of the year?
Stillrheinsberg.
7. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
The play Born with Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, which I saw in London in August: really intense and clever on stage Shakespeare/Marlow slash fiction, with Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel superb in the roles; delightful in itself, but also, I now have a new playwright to keep an eye on!
8. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
Strange New Worlds, season 3. Alas.
9. Your fandom boyfriend of the year?
I would never compete with Lois Lane, but this year's Superman is an incredibly endearing version of Clark Kent, and arrived just at the right time.
10. Your fandom girlfriend of the year?
Demerzel from Foundation, and I got two great stories starring her as Yuletide gifts. Runner up: Kleya from Andor, and Juliette Binoche in what just may the definite Penelope performance in The Return .
11. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
( Spoiler for Wake Up, Dead Man ensue: ) Runner-up: ( Spoiler for Demerzel's backstory in Foundation )
12. The most missed of your old fandoms?
I'm missing - and probably I'm employing rosy glasses here - the way media could be discussed without one part of the viewership crying "Woke!" and other crying "betrayal" if their ship of choice doesn't become canon. (Latest example: Stranger Things. Which btw I'm enjoying, but one look at fandom discussion and I ran.)
13. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
I'm currently eyeing Severance.
14. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year?
The Vampire Lestat, aka season 3 of Interview with the Vampire. Can't wait to find out what this particular creative team will do with both the present day rock star Lestat frame and the memoirs part, plus unless I'm mistaken it looks like they're already incorporating bits of The Queen of the Damned. And speaking of Anne Rice adaptations, I'm also very curious what Tom Ford will make of her historical (non-supernatural historical) novel Cry to Heaven, starring Nicolas Hoult.
Still 18th Century history, Prussian-Austrian-Hannoverian-French edition, with the occasional ancient history interlude. Though ancient history might take over as the primary runner next year!
2. Your favorite film watched this year?
It's a race between a surprise "came for one character, remained for all of them" movie, none other than Thunderbolts*, and the superb thriller September 5, which manages among other things to do something Steven Spielberg tried to in one of his movies and does it better.
3. Your favorite book read this year?
This year I am truly spoiled for choices. I both read some books that have been around for a while as well as very recently published ones, and for the most part, enjoyed or even loved most of them. I think it's a race between Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik and Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh.
4. Your favorite album or song to listen to this year?
For complicated real life reasons:
5. Your favorite TV show of the year?
While tv had some let downs for me this year - *cough* Strange New Worlds *cough* - it also had some great new discoveries and some lovely continuing faves. I feel I can't answer this question fairly unless I firstly differentiate between "favourite miniseries" and "favourite continuing show", and in the second department "favourite new-to-me- show" and "favourite returning favourite". So: Favourite miniseries - there were several excellent ones, but really, for "took my breath away with each episode and performance, and format, tells a concluded story and THANK GOD DOES NOT APPEAR TO GET AN UNNESSARY SEQUEL": Adolescence . Favourite continuing series familiar to me - look, Andor had a superb conclusion and I really appreciate the scriptwriters on social media doubling down on just who the Evil Empire is in rl these days, but it's not Andor for the simple reason that while I was not upset about the writing for Bix as I've seen other people be, it really wasn't up to the rest of the show's standards. And it's not Wheel of Time, either, even though I went from like to love in this season and still feel like shaking my hand at the injustice of fate because of the cancellation. So: It's Foundation all the way. I loved the third season and will happily say more about why on the January Meme.
Favourite new to me show: Pluribus, aka Vince Gilligan did it again.
6. Your favorite online community of the year?
Still
rheinsberg.7. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
The play Born with Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, which I saw in London in August: really intense and clever on stage Shakespeare/Marlow slash fiction, with Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel superb in the roles; delightful in itself, but also, I now have a new playwright to keep an eye on!
8. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
Strange New Worlds, season 3. Alas.
9. Your fandom boyfriend of the year?
I would never compete with Lois Lane, but this year's Superman is an incredibly endearing version of Clark Kent, and arrived just at the right time.
10. Your fandom girlfriend of the year?
Demerzel from Foundation, and I got two great stories starring her as Yuletide gifts. Runner up: Kleya from Andor, and Juliette Binoche in what just may the definite Penelope performance in The Return .
11. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
( Spoiler for Wake Up, Dead Man ensue: ) Runner-up: ( Spoiler for Demerzel's backstory in Foundation )
12. The most missed of your old fandoms?
I'm missing - and probably I'm employing rosy glasses here - the way media could be discussed without one part of the viewership crying "Woke!" and other crying "betrayal" if their ship of choice doesn't become canon. (Latest example: Stranger Things. Which btw I'm enjoying, but one look at fandom discussion and I ran.)
13. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
I'm currently eyeing Severance.
14. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year?
The Vampire Lestat, aka season 3 of Interview with the Vampire. Can't wait to find out what this particular creative team will do with both the present day rock star Lestat frame and the memoirs part, plus unless I'm mistaken it looks like they're already incorporating bits of The Queen of the Damned. And speaking of Anne Rice adaptations, I'm also very curious what Tom Ford will make of her historical (non-supernatural historical) novel Cry to Heaven, starring Nicolas Hoult.
חיה (xslytherclawx) wrote in potterfests2025-12-31 10:17 am
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Black Brothers Fest: Claiming Closes TONIGHT
Fest Name: Black Brothers Fest 2025-2026
Links: Tumblr | Discord | AO3 | Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fest exploring the relationship between the Black brothers, Sirius and Regulus. Claiming is open till December 31.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words; no maximum
Art: Minimum clean lineart or coloured sketch of one character (bust-up) on unlined paper (or digital equivalent)
Podfic: Minimum 10 minutes of podding a previously written work or minimum 500 words of written fic with an accompanying podfic of the same fic
Timeline:
Claiming Closes: December 31
Works Due: February 28, 11:59 PM EDT
Works Revealed: starting April 1
Creators Revealed: two weeks after all works go live.
Links: Tumblr | Discord | AO3 | Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fest exploring the relationship between the Black brothers, Sirius and Regulus. Claiming is open till December 31.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1,000 words; no maximum
Art: Minimum clean lineart or coloured sketch of one character (bust-up) on unlined paper (or digital equivalent)
Podfic: Minimum 10 minutes of podding a previously written work or minimum 500 words of written fic with an accompanying podfic of the same fic
Timeline:
Claiming Closes: December 31
Works Due: February 28, 11:59 PM EDT
Works Revealed: starting April 1
Creators Revealed: two weeks after all works go live.