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([personal profile] fleetsparrow posting in [community profile] writethisfanfic Nov. 23rd, 2025 09:33 pm)
Hello, all!  I hope your day has been full of writing or resting or at least something fun!

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What *kind* of day, Denny?

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Writing!
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Reading!
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Resting!
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Recovering!
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Staring contest with the Abyss and losing....
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Staring contest with the Abyss and WINNING!
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An infinitely more accurate answer than the above foolishness
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Discussion:  Oh boy.  Here we are at another week, huh.  How'd that even happen?  But enough mourning the inexorable passage of time!

This week sees--for those of us in the States--a major holiday which often correlates to major stress; it's not the most conducive to writing!  But there's still a bit of time on either side of the holiday for the possibility of writing.  (And for y'all not in an American Thanksgiving world, it will just be Thursday.)

So, what are your writing plans for the coming week?
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([personal profile] marycatelli posting in [community profile] girlgenius_lair Nov. 24th, 2025 12:16 am)
PROMISING

You worked for him, o Dreen. You should have taken advantage of the observation opportunities.
This poem is spillover from the February 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from [personal profile] dialecticdreamer, [personal profile] kellan_the_tabby, [personal profile] rix_scaedu, and [personal profile] alchemicink. It also fills the "changes over time" square in my 2-1-25 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with [personal profile] fuzzyred and [personal profile] librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "When You're Lost, You Question Everything," so read that first or this won't make much sense.

Read more... )
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([personal profile] cornerofmadness Nov. 23rd, 2025 10:55 pm)
Today was hard, tomorrow will be worse. Fully expecting to be yelled at but I don't regret posting the the union all the DOJ investigations into the shit insurance we're voting on. So enough of that. Let me get into the writerly ways.

One of the reactors for Hazbin Hotel was ranting about 'forced conflict' and I'm like that is a great term for it and I do hate that writing...shortcut? Trope? I'm not sure what I want to call it. Basically, characters X &Y act (often out of character) in a way that most people would not do and it ends up creating drama and conflict that we otherwise wouldn't have and don't necessary need.

I'm sure this has been happening forever. But the first time I remember ranting about it was way back in the heyday of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when Xander purposely doesn't tell Buffy that Angel's soul could be/was being returned. At least that example has a reason. Xander is a jealous douche.

Later in the same verse we have much less of an excusable example is in Angel S4 with Connor. When the whole team knows that something is wrong with Cordelia and they set out to prove it, Angel excludes Connor rather than keeping him close so he could see for himself that Cordelia is being influenced. Because Connor isn't there in the beginning he believes the team is attacking Cordy for no reason. There was no reason to force this conflict and it made the team look like a team of morons.

Oh I know why it was done. Joss was punishing Charisma for getting pregnant and wrote the world's stupidest story line to make her look bad (she is now freely talking about how much of a piece of shit he was to her) but at the time we didn't know this and it felt like bad writing.

Where this came up in Hazbin was Charlie, the pollyanna of the group, sees her father's big secret exposed to all of hell and rather than comfort him for the torment he just endured she tears him a new one for destroying her dreams on purpose (he didn't know Vox had found his secret out and had gone to stop him for his daughter's sake) and when Vaggi mentions she had asked Lucifer to help, this out of character ire is turned on her for the better part of two episodes. The fans did not react well and as far as I'm concerned, we shouldn't. There was still an opportunity for Charlie to be mad b ut maybe mad for the right reasons. Sigh.

So have you written this? I try hard not to. Have you come across it and been disappointed by that turn of events? Or did you like it?

Open calls


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([personal profile] torachan Nov. 23rd, 2025 08:01 pm)
1. Last week when I was reorganizing stuff in the shed, we went over some items and decided we no longer needed to keep them, but since it was still raining off and on, I didn't put them out at the time. Today I got them out on the curb, along with a box of ornaments we decided we no longer want, so hopefully those all get picked up soon.

2. I did some cleaning out of kitchen cupboards and fridge drawers yesterday and today. There were a lot of snacks that are expiring within the next week or so and Carla's out of town and I'm not going to eat them on my own, so I took them up to the Little Free Library that's been converted to a mini food pantry and they were already all gone the next time I took a walk.

3. Look at this sweet Chloe.

This poem is spillover from the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] rix_scaedu. It also fills the "Belonging" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with [personal profile] fuzzyred and [personal profile] librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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([personal profile] feng_shui_house Nov. 23rd, 2025 09:54 pm)
From your AO3 Works page (I'm AnonEhouse there), look at the tags and find the answers to these questions.

Current number of works on AO3: 740

1. Under what rating do you write most?
General Audiences (412)


2. What are your top 3 fandoms? (This is misleading as Iron Man|Avengers|Captain America overlap, so I go a bit further in order to get 3 Really different)
Iron Man movies (310)
The Avengers (Marvel Movies) (295)
Blake’s 7 (249)
Captain America (Chris Evans Movies) (101)
Drake’s Venture (1980-year) (42)

3. Which character do you write about most?(I kinda think of them as the same guy in different universes.)
Tony Stark (323)
Kerr Avon (218)

4. What are the 3 top pairings you've written? Again overlap so I’ll go a bit further
Kerr Avon/Roj Blake (115)
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (76)
Steve Rogers & Tony Stark (29)
Thomas Doughty/Francis Drake (26)

5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Humor (220)
Crack Treated Seriously (212)
Alternate Universe- Canon Divergence(184)
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([personal profile] senmut Nov. 23rd, 2025 08:38 pm)
I am currently working on my [community profile] ladiesbingo card for my December posting goals.

Sinners (Annie & Mary)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy & Dawn about Willow)
DC Comics (Dinah Lance & Selina Kyle)
Partners in Crime (Carole & Sydney)

Now, I have been the first to put fandom tags up on AO3 a lot in the distant past. But I never thought I'd be doing it again in 2025. The last time I did was 2021, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that The Jeffersons now has more than my one work. So I double checked that last fandom up there, got briefly excited because "Partners in Crime" was a tag in the TV Show fandoms.

However, it is actually for Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime, from the year before my one season detective American show. So yep, gotta disambiguate the name when I create it.

(I am trying to mentally fortify myself for the first TG dinner I am partly responsible for in ... a very long time, so no misc.exhausted.me this week)
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 23rd, 2025 07:49 pm)
This poem is spillover from the July 15, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] librarygeek. It also fills the "WILD CARD: Clean Up the Town" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with [personal profile] fuzzyred and [personal profile] librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "The Choices Humans Make" so read that first or this won't make much sense.

Read more... )
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 23rd, 2025 07:48 pm)
Nearby super-Earth emerges as a top target in the search for life

Researchers found that the planet may have liquid water on its surface – a necessary ingredient for life.

Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away. Sophisticated instruments detected the planet’s gentle tug on its star, hinting at a rocky world that could hold liquid water. Future mega-telescopes may be able to directly image it—something impossible today
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This is so awesome. :D
I lost the habit of posting. I've been busy, but nothing exciting or interesting enough to post. Been working on making designs at Spoonflower. Been trying to reclaim my yard from the jungle.

Various breakdowns- Entropy House continues )

Blakefancier remains my rock, my anchor, my link to humanity and what passes for my sanity. *HUGS* She mentioned TUBITV a couple months ago and I watched SO MANY free movies- then a few days ago TUBI stopped being nice- after 15 minutes the movies stop playing and they want my email to continue.

I noped out, but kept a list of movies I really enjoyed )

So, gift time- videos to watch without strings attached. I'm sure they're all old, but like fine wines, they're still tasty.

Deadpool The Musical 2 - Ultimate Disney Parody! (12 and a half minutes of Deadpool and SO MANY other Marvel folks. Live actors, DEFINITELY ADULTS ONLY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWvBuZCHnKU

Quicksilver saves everyone (3 minute clip of awesome.I think everyone and their bulldog has seen it but it holds up on infinite rewatch for me when I need cheerful.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZqB5Z75zI

It’s Raining Men (Avengers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkvTdolBP08

Bad Romance Avengers video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7We2SSdWXeI

Woman outruns chainsaw murderer (Nike ad that was pulled because it was too scary? too infringing? too AWESOME. That woman RAN Like a Goddess.)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1dmjoiw/nike_ad_that_aired_during_the_summer_olympics_in/


Riverdance, the original 7 minute performance as the Interval Act of Eurovision Song Contest 1994. (starts off slow, with really lovely singing, but I was there for the dancing which builds and builds and the audience was on their feet at the end)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy79KKpQ988

Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon in the 1937 movie “Ready Willing and Able”
Tap dancing on a typewriter keyboard, with girl’s legs as striking type bars.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3658120917778289


Every Time Marvel & DC COPIED Each Other (not quite every time, but it's a fun compilation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59JOpivHjIY

The Genius Tricks Behind 1920s Movie Stunts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJeWYnTMSY

Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton silent about 44 minutes. Wonderful chase dream sequence)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyc8HmzA1k

Marching Dinosaurs size comparison to a man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRiecAmGWHU&t=1s
Remastered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nG4ZZl_tw

Movie Monsters size comparison SO MANY MONSTERS. SO COOLLLLL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgIja3K1ac

Do you Love me
Boston Dynamics dancing robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw

Don’t stop me now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptYDWP9uTis

Spots on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7atZfX85nd4

Team of Spots pull a truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnWolLQSZic

Uptown Spot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHBcVlqpvZ8

Spot me Up (the Rolling Stones ‘Start Me up) and Boston Dynamics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnZH4izf_rI


The D in David- (Michaelango’s David- don’t laugh at the guy!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hzLVBKAXHo&list=PL88D33D34A498DFE2&index=36

Call Me Maybe (fans playing Avengers- on a non-budget. Made me laugh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYRkx7zbzE&t=36s

Super Mario CAT Bros!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cijXcKxluZ8
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([personal profile] krait Nov. 23rd, 2025 07:20 pm)
Aaaahhh, where does the time go?? I always mean to post 'soon,' and that always proves to be a more distant date than it ought to be; but this might take the cake. I'm sorry!

Nothing much is new with me; I recently re-watched Princess Jellyfish and am currently re-reading The Goblin Emperor. Bought a couple of new books very cheap, but haven't started them yet.

Somehow I've stalled on Mob Psycho 100, with one season left; haven't watched in about three weeks, but hopefully I'll be able to pick it back up this weekend. Last weekend was eaten by yardwork, because the weather was unexpectedly cooperative; all the frost-killed mess is gone from the front bed now, and 25 daffodils have been planted. If we get one more stretch of nice weather, I can cut back the asters in the side bed and plant the alliums I forgot about last weekend, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the rain to clear out and the sun to return.

I've stocked up on tea so that I can make a decent quantity of my personal blends and have them ready in time for my Holiday Cards & Tea post!
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([personal profile] mxcatmoon Nov. 23rd, 2025 07:38 pm)
 You'll never guess who has escaped and is on the run?

One of the girls involved in the Slenderman stabbing, Morgan Geyser. She was just conditionally released two months ago, and cut off her ankle monitor so she could take off. Hopefully she'll be found soon. Geez.
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