([syndicated profile] murderbot_ao3_feed Nov. 27th, 2025 10:40 pm)

Posted by Anonymous

by Anonymous

After celebrating my third Preservation holiday, I decided to come up with my own celebration to observe.

(For New Tideland's Murderathin Wanksgiving.)

Words: 500, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

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([personal profile] case posting in [community profile] fandomsecrets Nov. 27th, 2025 05:10 pm)

⌈ Secret Post #6901 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Getting into the Campo Santo Teutonico, or "Teutonic Cemetery", a centuries-old cemetery and former refuge for German-speaking pilgrims, already feels a bit special. Walk up to the Vatican gate, follow the Via Paolo VI and you will reach the Swiss Guards standing there in their orange, blue and red uniforms.

Instead of the usual Italian or English, greet them in German or even Swiss German. They'll understand, give you a quick nod and wave you through. Right after that comes a small security check and then the buzz of the city fades behind you. 

Even though you reach the Campo Santo Teutonico by walking past the Swiss Guards and through Vatican security, it isn’t actually Vatican territory. It’s technically part of Italy, just quietly tucked inside the Vatican walls like a little guest room that never moved out.

Inside, everything slows down. Here, behind Saint Peter's, it's just you, the ancient air and those gravestones whispering stories from centuries of German-speaking theologians, scholars, artists, priests and pilgrims like Anton de Waal, Hermine Speier, Hermann Maria Stoeckle and Wilhelm Achtermann.  

The cemetery is compact, more like a quiet garden. Ivy creeps over old brick walls and marble crosses and skull motifs peek out from all directions. The area is said to have been gifted by Pope Leo III to Charlemagne in 799 to build a school, hospice and cemetery for the many germanic pilgrims coming to visit the tomb of Saint Peter. 

If you feel like digging deeper into the names on the graves and the long history of the cemetery, keep an online encyclopedia close by because it will send you down some fascinating rabbit holes.

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([personal profile] sturgeonslawyer Nov. 27th, 2025 01:34 pm)
I am thankful for my family and friends, near and far; for my ability to enjoy books and music; for health which, face it, could be a whole lot worse; for a country which seems poised, if at the last minute, to resist fascism; for a world that will survive our onslaught, even if we don't; and for those of you still reading these reviews and effusions.
([syndicated profile] murderbot_ao3_feed Nov. 27th, 2025 08:46 pm)

Posted by Anonymous

by Anonymous

Murderbot's augmented human is being an idiot, and so it needs to go deal with him, physically.

(For New Tideland's Murderathin Wanksgiving)

Words: 1582, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

([syndicated profile] murderbot_ao3_feed Nov. 27th, 2025 08:43 pm)

Posted by Anonymous

by Anonymous

What a gift, what a privilege is to be trusted by Murderbot. To be the one chosen to keep it still.

(Sprinted to write it for the Murderathin Wanksgiving 2025.)

Words: 260, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

([syndicated profile] murderbot_ao3_feed Nov. 27th, 2025 04:24 pm)

Posted by lookninjas

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It's just that Ratthi's been gone for so long. It's just that Gurathin worried about him in ways that were entirely predictable, and missed him to a degree he hadn't anticipated. It's just that, now that he's home again, neither of them is inclined to be the responsible one, and that's rapidly becoming a problem.

(It's just that neither of them realized that SecUnit was following more people than just Mensah around with its drones, and this is going to be difficult and deeply awkward to explain.)

Words: 5209, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 27th, 2025 03:13 pm)
What are you thankful for?

Buffy characters with caption "It's a ritual sacrifice with pie."


For Thanksgiving recipes, see the Cuddle Party post.
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([syndicated profile] murderbot_ao3_feed Nov. 27th, 2025 08:02 pm)

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Martyn smiled at me. “I was going to go yarn shopping with Matteo later. Would you like to come?”

I perked up a little. I was nearly out of the yarn Perihelion had printed for me. “Yes.”

Martyn’s smile widened. “Great.”

(Prompted by kyatenaru!)

Words: 1036, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Barycenter

([syndicated profile] murderbot_ao3_feed Nov. 27th, 2025 07:43 pm)

Posted by Anonymous

by Anonymous

Gurathin's soft ass is begging to be spanked. Life -and Mensah- provide Murderbot the means.

(For Murderathin Wanksgiving 2025, and to restore the honor of dairy.)

Words: 100, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith posting in [community profile] birdfeeding Nov. 27th, 2025 02:43 pm)
Today is mostly sunny and cool.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 11/27/25 -- I filled a trolley with cut berry canes and dumped it in the firepit.

EDIT 11/27/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 11/27/25 -- I did more work around the patio.




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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 27th, 2025 02:43 pm)
Today is mostly sunny and cool.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 11/27/25 -- I filled a trolley with cut berry canes and dumped it in the firepit.

EDIT 11/27/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 11/27/25 -- I did more work around the patio.






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