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"Blue wondered what sort of creating they meant. She was always creating things, taking old things and cutting them up and making them better things. Taking things that already existed and transforming them into something else. This, she felt, was what most people meant when they called someone creative.

But she suspected that wasn’t how Calla meant it. She suspected that what Calla meant was the true meaning of creative: to make a thing where before there was none."

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Creator:

potentiality_26
Title: Distractions
Rating: Teen
Type: Fic
Size: 495 words
Prompt: Purple
Fandom: The Witcher
Ship Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion/Yennefer of Vengerberg
Warnings: None
Notes: Modern AU; also written for the PolyamShippingDay prompt: Inspire.
Summary When inspiration strikes...

Read it on AO3

amaebi

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susandennis

Well, it's been a good 20 minutes since my first Wegovy shot and so far, I'm not impressed. I haven't lost an ounce. Sigh. I don't feel hungry but that could be due to my just having polished off a delicious ham and cheese croissant.

Maybe I should give this more time.

I am over stressing about side effects but that's mainly from my experience with metformin. I took that for 9 months and had 9 months of diarrhea until I stopped taking it. (Yeah, I should have stopped at 1 month but I kept thinking it was psychosomatic.)

Volleyball this morning was fun. The water was like 1 degree from perfect so fine. We had 7 of the 8 regulars (Richard was at the dentist) and none of the extras. It was a good restart.

I'm doing laundry now so that most of everything will be clean and closet ready when the installers finish putting in my new closet system tomorrow.

And I want to fix up the Food and Beverage minutes while it's still fresh in my mind.

That's the agenda for today.

mxcatmoon

Here's a new one on me: Has anyone ever gotten gibberish as a spam comment on AO3?

It was a huge block of text that looked like this:

.'smylxL2P>sS5j=RIE]ScX-7DR&V\FU?[79jO94@\f!IB:w[3"aJv%J:}pIRO$q=K `q4Bv_ C6=q%OD-8MY^(;|EHNh3bS7C3e#gf}IsNZ(ETXFlS'V4ZipY|rr^2_kVqs]?ty4a8

It was from a guest. Yes, I have guest comments turned on for most of my works, I get so little engagement with my work that I'm not going to turn it off unless I have to, heck I've only gotten a couple of spam comments in all the time I've been on AO3.

I marked it as Spam and moved on, but I've never seen it before. What's the point of this one?

Current Mood: confused

susandennis

OOPS! Wrote this yesterday afternoon and forgot to hit post.
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You know that trope about old people and Werther's originals? I can tell you from experience living the the land of the olds... it is not just a trope, it is true!

Every old lady in the joint carries them in either her pocket or her purse and tries to make you take one at every turn. They are in bowls on peoples' shelves outside their door. Hazel brings me a baggie full every time she wants a favor. I don't mind them but I have much better more fun ways to waste my calories.

AND speaking of calories, Jackie (who lives down the hall) was wheeling a cart up from her car when I came back from Food and Beverage. She had been to Costco and on the top of her cart was a box of La Boulangerie Frozen Smoked Ham & Swiss Cheese Pockets! These suckers have not been in Costco for a year and now they are back!!

I had a fit and said Please may I take one to tide me over til I can get to Costco? She said Sure, take 2! I did not say no. OMG. I am so delighted. Now I have to go to Costco sometime soon,

The Food and Beverage meeting was really good. Except, my friend, Martha, who sits in the 'guest' section, would not shut up. She kept whispering to the people on either side of her. It was very annoying. But, also funny. Wonder if we did that when I sat next to her at those meetings?

I did all my tax stuff today - all the stuff I can do so far and made a list of the stuff I need - really only 3 things. I got everything loaded up to the CPA's site and now I wait.

Oh and I made back all the money I lost yesterday. Thanks to Trump's backing off of Graceland. (joke!!)

goodbyebird

( Like, this really shouldn't work? But now it's an Armand song? I can't make it not be! )

Also, a fun game some yt channels play is picking a deck for each of the characters in a show they love, and to me Mio Im's Tarot screams Armand. It's got something to do with the sparse nature of it, the limited bone/dust gray palette, obviously all the bones hehe.

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recthething

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool other kinds of fanworks/fics/fanart/fanvids/podfics/fancrafts/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.

fred_mouse

aiii, I have gone back through my posts, and the most recent of these that I've found is from last august. I am not going to attempt to work out what I have started or progressed; I will start with 'what I've finished' and if I still have any oomph (and it is not bed time) I'll go poke at what I've abandoned. In reverse chronological order. I'm putting the list in, and then maaaaybe I'll have the cope to put a commentary. (finished today but not yet reviewed: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie)... oh, and if I notice that it is a short story, I've left it out, because I think I captured that before.

Bound by the Blood - Cecilia Tan. 4.5 stars. review - BDSM speculative erotica that is just so clever, but also very emotionally hard going.
The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography - A.J.A. Symons. 4 stars. review - presented as a biography, but it reads as a story of an obsession, and the biographical details are highlights.
The Siege of Burning Grass - Premee Mohamed. 3 stars. review - despite being well written, fantastic world building, good characterisation, passable plot I felt like I just missed the point.
The House that Horror Built - Christina Henry. 2.5 stars review - I usually love Henry's work, and yet this one just never quite gelled for me. (content note: pandemic) 5.Nest - Inga Simpson. 5 stars. review - recommended for those who like slow moving slice of life stories; each chapter is a tiny lightly sketched moment that adds to a nuanced and complicated story of getting old, making mistakes, and reconciling with your past.
Building a second brain: a proven method to organise your digital life and unlock your creative potential - Tiago Forte. 4. stars. review - some really good ideas, but dry and easy to put down and forget about it. I feel that 'less annoying than the majority of self-help books' is a low bar, but it cleared it.
Digital Sociology - Deborah Lupton. 4 stars. review - There is a lot going on with this book, looking both at how sociology as a process / research field is changed by using digital tools, and how sociology of the digital world works.
Angel of the Overpass - Seanan McGuire. 4 stars. review - very satisfying set of conclusions; well worth reading if you liked the previous ones. Possibly slightly darker horror than the last one.
The Viy - Nikolai Gogol. 3.5 stars. review - This was well written, and individual scenes are great, but I don't think I understand how the story fits together.
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting - KJ Charles. 4.5 stars. review - I really enjoyed this, and finished it in an afternoon.
Vertigo - Karen Herbert. 3 stars. review - I noted this as "a little thriller in a literary public service story"; I found it really hard to engage with
The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman. 3.5 stars. review - excessively contrived plot, adversarial workplace relationships verging on farce, well written, complex full of interesting characters.
The Coffee House Witch and the Grumpy Cat - Ariana Jade. 2 stars. review - The writing is good, but the entire thing is set up and no payoff. And for something marketed as a romance, it really isn't.
A Sorceress Comes to Call - T. Kingfisher. 4 stars. review - solidly written fantasy / horror / regency romance with a heavy emphasis on body horror and loss of control, and I don't recommend it to people who have trauma over dangerous and controlling parents
Bad Actors - Mick Herron. 2 stars. review - I listened to an interview by the author, this was the Slough House book I found in the library. Author loves their characters, but I found them so badly written.
The Sea Mystery - Freeman Wills Crofts. 4 stars. review - perfectly readable murder mystery, more thinky and less personality driven in comparison to Agatha Christie.
Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller - Oliver Darkshire. 3.5 stars. review - lots of short, self-contained anecdotes. Dry and gets a bit same-old and repetitive.

Abandoned

Fly with Me by Andie Burke reason - not for me
Doing research: A new researcher's guide by Jinfa Cai, Stephen Hwang, James Hiebert, Charles Hohensee, reason - out of scope
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt reason - came across as disingenuous
The Pleasure of Drowning by Jean Bürlesk reason - do not share the author's sense of humour.
Unmasked: The Ultimate Guide to ADHD, Autism and Neurodivergence by Ellie Middleton reason - I kept finding myself contrasting it with Matilda Boseley's The Year I Met My Brain and finding it lacking.

princessofgeeks

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princessofgeeks

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rmc28

It's been a whole adventure watching Heated Rivalry go mainstream (for once I can claim I was a fan before it was cool!). I turned on Radio 2 in a hire car on Tuesday evening and the presenter was talking about it. Half the UK ice hockey clubs are making social media posts riffing off the show, or at minimum using music from it in their updates.

But it's also more complicated. Zach Sullivan, one of the very very few out queer male professional hockey players in the world, made an Instagram post a few days ago, about how conflicted he feels about the show. Well worth a read if you have time. Heated Rivalry is a romantic fantasy, the hockey aspects are often wrong, and I agree with Zach that I'm not at all sure the enthusiasm over the show is making things better for closeted male players right now. (I hope it will in the long term, but I worry about the harm right now.)

Also, I am developing a visceral loathing for the phrase "boy aquarium" for hockey rinks.

it's gross
it's not just boys (men) who play ice hockey
please stop sexualising the spaces where people play and get changed

That last point: I play with two mixed (male-dominated) teams, I get changed in the same room as the men, and because my teams are not gross and the changing room is not a sexualised space, I feel safe doing so. If I changed separately, I would miss out on a whole load of the team connection and conversation, all the stuff that creates a team out of a bunch of people who turn up in the same place each week. So I stay and change with my team, and it's not a big deal, and I don't want people to make it a big deal.

elisem

There's someone who is trying to raise funds for memorial services and to bury his brother who died of exposure last weekend. I'll just say what I said on bluesky:

His family wants to do memorial services in Minneapolis and in Wisconsin where he was born and will be buried.

If you've felt grief, if you've comforted people in grief, please help these folks.

(My own mother died this morning.

If you were gonna bring me a hot dish,

please give here instead.)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-harold-lightfeather-benny-boy

Thank you.
And thank you also for sharing the info elsewhere as well if you can.

lucy_roman posting in

100words

Title: Knowing you did a good job is the best reward
Fandom: due South
Rating: Teen and up
Summary: Fraser doesn't expect rewards

Read on AO3

aliensamba

Medium: anime
Title: In the Shadows
Fandom: Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War
Characters: Ise Nanao, Kyoraku Shunsui (implied; it is his zanpakuto)
Prompt: Maple Street - ensconced
Notes: 2 gifs for week 02 of "26.01 - Monopoly" at Fandom Empire.

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Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Location: hueco mundo
Current Music: from eden - hozier

vriddy

Wrote most of this during the blergh days last week. I started this Hugging series while touch-starved during the covid lockdowns, but there's something grounding about focusing on the senses like these fics usually do. It helps.

Obviously a sense of grounding also adds to the angst considering Hawks can fly and what Dabi does to his wings later in canon, but! The baked-in angst is part of their charm and appeal ;)

Grounding | Boku no Hero Academia | Dabi/Hawks | 500 words | rated T
Part of the Hugging series

Summary: The clock on their time together may be rushing towards its last few ticks, but that doesn't mean they don't get to make every moment count.

Read it on Dreamwidth on AO3.

tielan

( for later consumption, or now consumption if you prefer )

ysabetwordsmith

This year I'm doing Community Thursdays. Some of my activity will involve maintaining communities I run, and my favorites. Some will involve checking my list of subscriptions and posting in lower-traffic ones. Today I have interacted with the following communities...

* Posted "How to Restart When You've Fallen Off Your Goals" in

goals_on_dw.

* Continued checking and responding to Wishlist posts in

snowflake_challenge. See my Granting Wishes post.

* Made my 3 nominations for the Rose and Bay Awards: Other Project in

crowdfunding. Nominations are still open through January, so if you haven't made yours yet, we could sure use more! Boost your favorite crowdfunded projects and patrons from 2025.

Current Mood: busy

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Hi, c'mon in and join us! :3 I hope you've brought a flashlight/torch with fresh batteries, or perhaps a sturdy padlock, and yes, you might even need a shovel, because...

Today's theme is secrets and mysteries. All prompts and fills must involve answers (are the characters searching for them? do they find them by accident?) and questions (is someone full of them? avoiding them?). Will what's hidden be revealed, or will it be safely secured and potentially forgotten?

Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get things started...
+ Leverage(/Redemption) or The Librarian(s), any +/ any, so that's what that [thing] does
+ any fandom besides spy and crime fandoms, any +/ any, using invisible ink or (deciphering) a coded message
+ author's choice, any (+/ any), a secret entrance

We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, the best way to search for a lonely prompt on DW is to search the community’s archive, which can be found [[HERE]].

While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.

As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!

If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word! comment_fic

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vriddy

Community Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.

Over the last week...

Posted and commented on bnha_fans.

Commented on common_nature.

Commented with a prompt on threesentenceficathon (one guess as to which fandom ;D)

Promoted malagraphic, followfriday.

Signal boosts:

A new round of threesentenceficathon started, open till February 15th :D Prompt and fill, and have fun!!

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My heart so poor that I could wait for your hands in my pockets

My heart so broke that I could beg for affection, beg for affection

Network

Fannish 50: Post 4!

[#50 - purple] The Witcher - Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion/Yennefer of Vengerberg

I email my federal legislators

So far...

New type of spam?

drive bys

Me just screaming NO as Armand claims a song for himself.

Community Recs Post!

Reading notes

also

ARGH Heated Rivalry rec

It's always more complicated

Other people trying to do the right thing in grief need some help - please read. Thank you

due South - Knowing you did a good job is the best reward

004 - 2 gifs; 26.01 - ensconced

New BNHA fic: Grounding (Dabi/Hawks)

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