I have completely forgotten to C&P my Dreamwidth entries here for a while, I remembered to do it for a bit after the crossposting broke but then got busy and fell out of the habit. I still check LJ almost daily, I just haven't been posting. I don't think many here are interested in my Cdrama recs that I made at recthething over on DW and I suspect anyone interested in my fic (not that I've written much) is subscribed to my AO3 so I won't post links for either here like I usually do on my dreamwidth but have a crafting spam:
Some hanukkah presents (a hot pad, a soap keeper, a cat toy, a 4 leaf clover bookmark and a small star of David to go on a ribbon to finish wrapping stuff):
and 
and 
EAD's Birthday Bash's creations:
Another rug, this one made out of bags and thus made for boots and shoes:
20"x12" (30cm x 20) made from 10 hamburger/hotdog bun bags for the runner strip; 7 bread bags and 18 supermarket bagel bags for the working strip.
And my huge project, the blanket I just finished from a pattern I came up with:
It's a little over 84" (or just over 7' or 214cm) by 48"ish (or 4' or 122cm) and dual sided which you can see when it's somewhat decoratively draped on chair:
and a close look at the two patterns and border for a better look:
I'm still working on writing up the pattern, it's a complicated one. ETA- The pattern is up along with more pictures of the blanket over on dreamwidth, please go check it out!
Some hanukkah presents (a hot pad, a soap keeper, a cat toy, a 4 leaf clover bookmark and a small star of David to go on a ribbon to finish wrapping stuff):
and and EAD's Birthday Bash's creations:
Another rug, this one made out of bags and thus made for boots and shoes:
20"x12" (30cm x 20) made from 10 hamburger/hotdog bun bags for the runner strip; 7 bread bags and 18 supermarket bagel bags for the working strip.
And my huge project, the blanket I just finished from a pattern I came up with:
It's a little over 84" (or just over 7' or 214cm) by 48"ish (or 4' or 122cm) and dual sided which you can see when it's somewhat decoratively draped on chair:
and a close look at the two patterns and border for a better look:
I'm still working on writing up the pattern, it's a complicated one. ETA- The pattern is up along with more pictures of the blanket over on dreamwidth, please go check it out!
Bit the bullet and signed up for the love meme thing again...
✨ holiday love meme 2022 ✨
my thread here
Also have (sigh) three weeks of @recthething recs (lots of Untamed/MDZS fic and assorted @ficinabox things (only one of which is a fic)
I think am FINALLY almost done with my Yuletide assignment, the latest ever in the however many years I've been doing YT other than that time assignments went out on Nov 21st. Sigh. I'd blame this awful flu that I just can't seem to shake but it's really more due to a horrible case of writer's block. SIGH. At least I won't have to default and maybe I'll manage a treat or two even.
Anyway, I love the video of the scientists who discovered the black-naped pheasant pigeon (a critically endangered bird that hadn't been seen for 140 years) in Papua New Guinea earlier this year (link to article about the discovery, some photos and also the video on this tumblr post), hopefully you all will as well. :)
my thread here
Also have (sigh) three weeks of @recthething recs (lots of Untamed/MDZS fic and assorted @ficinabox things (only one of which is a fic)
MDZS/Untamed Fics:
Due Process by Kytrin, Mslead (280k)
Summary: The huli-jing of the Yiling Wei sect have always stood out as neither being on the side of the law or against it. However everything changed with the murder of their leader. Now, with a usurper sitting upon the Spider Lily throne, Wei Wuxian fights to reclaim his birthright and set his clan back on the right course. No one will stop him. Not even Lan Wangji, the finest dragon on the force and the only man to ever come close to catching him. (Okay, so this a long one, but it's great! There's tons of world building for how cultivation still exists in the modern world and how those who are fully humans and those who aren't work together. The Mystery is well plotted and despite the length the fic never seemed to drag. If you have the time, it's well work a read.)
Of nothingness of everything of nevermind by Spodumene (2.5k)
Summary: Lan Zhan wants to get married. Wei Ying wants to know why. (cute fluff)
The Donkey Books of How to Be Good and Punish Mean People by Admiranda (series, 4 works, 6k total)
Summary for first in series: Little Apple is a good donkey. She knows this in her heart. And to be a good donkey, you have to eat apples, run fast, and kick people. (adorable and hilarious Little Apple POV fics)
Turn away at the western gate by Mhalachai (13k)
Summary: Cast out of the Cloud Recesses in secrecy following Qingheng-Jun’s death, the woman who was once Madam Lan makes her way across the lands as she mourns the loss of her sons. In Yiling she finds a small child, himself missing his parents. Can Liu Meihui help little Wei Ying when she can’t even help herself? (a take on non-jiang!WWX I haven't seen before)
lotus blossoms out of season by Kieron_ODuibhir (5k)
Summary: “How could you let him?” she asked abruptly. It came out—menacing. Her own voice hadn’t been capable of conveying anger like that. If she’d tried very hard to rage, it would have been shrill and unimpressive, and if she’d spoken the way she’d tried to just now, it might have chilled the right room but it would still have sounded gentle. A-Cheng’s voice had no softness in it, and both boys went very still. (brief glimpse of a fascinating things-post!WWX's-death-go-very-differen
It's not a fairytale by underwaves (16k)
Summary Snippet: After the Sunshot Campaign, rumors of a monster living in the forest of Yiling spread. Hanguang-jun is known to be wherever the chaos is. Alternative title: Little White Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wen Wolf (great AU and written for the 2020 MXTX Big bang, so it also has incredible art)
The @ficinabox recs (all works currently anon):
Art:
MCU- Thor- In His Glory (really neat stained glass art of Loki)
Star Wars original trilogy:
-Bond (utterly gorgeous Leia and Luke)
-Lando (wonderfully detailed, particularly the clothing)
Star Wars all media types and Discworld crossover - [ART] Interdimensional Parallels (Cat Edition), Death has made some new friends. ...hopefully they're friends. (An adorably cute Death)
Original Work - Meadow Friends, Summary: A bear and a friend. (so cute)
Choose Your Own Adventure:
The Losers: Hit with Your Fists - Summary: Roque knew whatever he decided, he was going to have to act fast. To punch Clay, click here. To kiss Clay, click here. (really neat format and a great story)
Cross stitch:
We Are Lady Parts (TV) - [Cross Stitch] You're Good Simple cross stitch pattern of Saira and Amina. (I really like the detail work on the guitar in particular)
Fic:
The Untamed - Answer With Your Heart (2k), Summary: Following the Sunshot Campaign and a rash declaration at the victory banquet, Wei Wuxian is highly sought after as a son-in-law. Fortunately, he has a plan to put a stop to that. (very cute)
Due Process by Kytrin, Mslead (280k)
Summary: The huli-jing of the Yiling Wei sect have always stood out as neither being on the side of the law or against it. However everything changed with the murder of their leader. Now, with a usurper sitting upon the Spider Lily throne, Wei Wuxian fights to reclaim his birthright and set his clan back on the right course. No one will stop him. Not even Lan Wangji, the finest dragon on the force and the only man to ever come close to catching him. (Okay, so this a long one, but it's great! There's tons of world building for how cultivation still exists in the modern world and how those who are fully humans and those who aren't work together. The Mystery is well plotted and despite the length the fic never seemed to drag. If you have the time, it's well work a read.)
Of nothingness of everything of nevermind by Spodumene (2.5k)
Summary: Lan Zhan wants to get married. Wei Ying wants to know why. (cute fluff)
The Donkey Books of How to Be Good and Punish Mean People by Admiranda (series, 4 works, 6k total)
Summary for first in series: Little Apple is a good donkey. She knows this in her heart. And to be a good donkey, you have to eat apples, run fast, and kick people. (adorable and hilarious Little Apple POV fics)
Turn away at the western gate by Mhalachai (13k)
Summary: Cast out of the Cloud Recesses in secrecy following Qingheng-Jun’s death, the woman who was once Madam Lan makes her way across the lands as she mourns the loss of her sons. In Yiling she finds a small child, himself missing his parents. Can Liu Meihui help little Wei Ying when she can’t even help herself? (a take on non-jiang!WWX I haven't seen before)
lotus blossoms out of season by Kieron_ODuibhir (5k)
Summary: “How could you let him?” she asked abruptly. It came out—menacing. Her own voice hadn’t been capable of conveying anger like that. If she’d tried very hard to rage, it would have been shrill and unimpressive, and if she’d spoken the way she’d tried to just now, it might have chilled the right room but it would still have sounded gentle. A-Cheng’s voice had no softness in it, and both boys went very still. (brief glimpse of a fascinating things-post!WWX's-death-go-very-differen
It's not a fairytale by underwaves (16k)
Summary Snippet: After the Sunshot Campaign, rumors of a monster living in the forest of Yiling spread. Hanguang-jun is known to be wherever the chaos is. Alternative title: Little White Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wen Wolf (great AU and written for the 2020 MXTX Big bang, so it also has incredible art)
The @ficinabox recs (all works currently anon):
Art:
MCU- Thor- In His Glory (really neat stained glass art of Loki)
Star Wars original trilogy:
-Bond (utterly gorgeous Leia and Luke)
-Lando (wonderfully detailed, particularly the clothing)
Star Wars all media types and Discworld crossover - [ART] Interdimensional Parallels (Cat Edition), Death has made some new friends. ...hopefully they're friends. (An adorably cute Death)
Original Work - Meadow Friends, Summary: A bear and a friend. (so cute)
Choose Your Own Adventure:
The Losers: Hit with Your Fists - Summary: Roque knew whatever he decided, he was going to have to act fast. To punch Clay, click here. To kiss Clay, click here. (really neat format and a great story)
Cross stitch:
We Are Lady Parts (TV) - [Cross Stitch] You're Good Simple cross stitch pattern of Saira and Amina. (I really like the detail work on the guitar in particular)
Fic:
The Untamed - Answer With Your Heart (2k), Summary: Following the Sunshot Campaign and a rash declaration at the victory banquet, Wei Wuxian is highly sought after as a son-in-law. Fortunately, he has a plan to put a stop to that. (very cute)
I think am FINALLY almost done with my Yuletide assignment, the latest ever in the however many years I've been doing YT other than that time assignments went out on Nov 21st. Sigh. I'd blame this awful flu that I just can't seem to shake but it's really more due to a horrible case of writer's block. SIGH. At least I won't have to default and maybe I'll manage a treat or two even.
Anyway, I love the video of the scientists who discovered the black-naped pheasant pigeon (a critically endangered bird that hadn't been seen for 140 years) in Papua New Guinea earlier this year (link to article about the discovery, some photos and also the video on this tumblr post), hopefully you all will as well. :)
Finished the other 2 longsleeve T-shirt plus regular t-shirt rug:
it came out ever so slightly smaller than the last 29x19 ish (as opposed to the 30x20 of the other)
Although tempted, I haven't started a new rug yet. I've been canon reviewing for Yuletide and taking notes and the combo isn't great for crafting. Soon though. Although not only do I not need a new rug, I'm starting to not even have places to put them.
*sigh* Three weeks of @recthething recs, a few MDZS/Untamed fic recs, art from tumblr and lots of art from the still anon, recently opened Trick or Treat collection:
I Hate the Way You Look at Me by venagrey (37k)
Summary: Wei Ying, a disgraced herbalist expelled from the Jiang School for cultivating chaos magic, has worked hard to rebuild his life. And that hard work has paid off: Yiling Laozu’s Maladies and Misfortunes is the continent’s pre-eminent dealer of inconvenient hexes. The only dealer of inconvenient hexes, really, at least who wasn’t an illegal sorcerer. But when an enforcer starts tailing him in the marketplace one day, all his hard work goes out the window in an instant. And when the sudden appearance of a mythical curse threatens to derail his entire life again, the only cure may be to forget it ever happened at all. (fascinating Modern with Magic AU with incredible worldbuilding)
work song by
lianhua_lianzi (4.5k)
Summary Snippet: Five odd jobs Wei Wuxian took during his post-canon wandering, the people he met, and how he returned in the end. (lovely post-canon WWX wandering and finding himself fic)
Written, never said by sandorara (6.6k)
Summary: ”I have a letter to deliver to young lady Luo Qingyang. It has arrived from Gusu today, with the quickest delivery.” Thirteen years of correspondence, understanding and friendship. (Sweet but melancholic mostly epistolary LWJ and Mianmian friendship fic)
Tumblr Art:
Addams Family:
Halloween inspired by my love for the Addams Family films from the early 90’s (technically labeled a WIP, but so atmospheric and beautiful)
Babylon 5:
Lennier and Delenn (just darling)
Lost Tomb Reboot/Grave Robbers' Chronicles:
This is a robbery (four part hilarious comic, links includes all parts)
MDZS/The Untamed:
- Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are happy and in love!! (love the emotion in this)
- cottagecore au where nobody dies (so ridiculously adorable)
Merlin:
- Smooch (sweet and tender Merthur kiss)
- Arthur’s really the worst patient sometimes (cute comic)
- Merthur as Sheet Ghosts!!! (what it says on the tin, idk, it made me laugh)
Sherlock Holmes:
they’re probably bickering (Watson and Holmes, arm in arm. Wonderful)
Trick or Treat Exchange 2022 (all works still anonymous):
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga - Season’s Greetings from Second Lieutenant Black Hayate
Summary: Autumnal Black Hayate (absolutely adorable, no canon knowledge needed, dog and pumpkin drawing)
The Sandman (TV)- The Story of a Cat and the Raven Who Taught Her to Jump
Summary: Matthew adopts a kitten ... Accidentally. (Oh dear, poor Matthew)
British Mythology & Folklore:
- Murderhorse
Summary: A friendly kelpie! Who just wants to be friends! What could go wrong?? (love the ominous use of color in this one)
- A Dog of Ill Omen
Summary: Inspired by the Black Dog of Bouley. I'm sure it would love to play fetch! (playful but ominous)
Little Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tales) - N°23 - LRRH: Revenge
Summary: After losing her grandma to the Big Bad Wolf, Red run and hid in the woods. Rescued and trained by a hunter, she is ready to face her nightmares. She won't stop until she gets the vengeance she deserves. (incredible mock cover for a comic book)
Original Work:
- Caught In A Bat Romance Summary:♫ You know that I want you / And you know that I need you / I want it bad, your bat romance ♫ (utterly and completely adorable)
- Star of the Ballet
Summary: A young gorilla girl achieves her dream! (absolutely adorable)
- Scary Masks
Summary: For the prompt: Cute Little Monster Who Wants to be Scary and Keeps Failing (far too adorable and cute)
- Waning Moon
Summary: The Moon, taking care of moonly duties (So ethereal and lovely)
Untitled Goose Game - Somebody left the gate open on Halloween again
Summary: Ya darn goose, whatcha gonna do with all that loot? (hilarious havoc ala goose)
Duolingo is forcing its updated path learning system on everyone now, I'd gotten it on my iphone a while back but still was able to use the old one on my ancient ipad but without me updating the app it switched over this morning. For the moment the desktop version is still the same but people have been reporting that there's a rolling update happening there too. I hated the new path so much I went from probably 30 min of language study a day to doing one lesson to keep my streak before realizing the old version was available elsewhere, I don't know what I'll do once it's new-version-or-nothing. I'll definitely completely give up on learning Yiddish and Welsh, which I only do via duo, but I suspect Spanish will join it. I'll probably continue Chinese via other apps, but I don't know. SIGH. Why duo. Blargh.
it came out ever so slightly smaller than the last 29x19 ish (as opposed to the 30x20 of the other)
Although tempted, I haven't started a new rug yet. I've been canon reviewing for Yuletide and taking notes and the combo isn't great for crafting. Soon though. Although not only do I not need a new rug, I'm starting to not even have places to put them.
*sigh* Three weeks of @recthething recs, a few MDZS/Untamed fic recs, art from tumblr and lots of art from the still anon, recently opened Trick or Treat collection:
I Hate the Way You Look at Me by venagrey (37k)
Summary: Wei Ying, a disgraced herbalist expelled from the Jiang School for cultivating chaos magic, has worked hard to rebuild his life. And that hard work has paid off: Yiling Laozu’s Maladies and Misfortunes is the continent’s pre-eminent dealer of inconvenient hexes. The only dealer of inconvenient hexes, really, at least who wasn’t an illegal sorcerer. But when an enforcer starts tailing him in the marketplace one day, all his hard work goes out the window in an instant. And when the sudden appearance of a mythical curse threatens to derail his entire life again, the only cure may be to forget it ever happened at all. (fascinating Modern with Magic AU with incredible worldbuilding)
work song by
lianhua_lianzi (4.5k)
Summary Snippet: Five odd jobs Wei Wuxian took during his post-canon wandering, the people he met, and how he returned in the end. (lovely post-canon WWX wandering and finding himself fic)
Written, never said by sandorara (6.6k)
Summary: ”I have a letter to deliver to young lady Luo Qingyang. It has arrived from Gusu today, with the quickest delivery.” Thirteen years of correspondence, understanding and friendship. (Sweet but melancholic mostly epistolary LWJ and Mianmian friendship fic)
Tumblr Art:
Addams Family:
Halloween inspired by my love for the Addams Family films from the early 90’s (technically labeled a WIP, but so atmospheric and beautiful)
Babylon 5:
Lennier and Delenn (just darling)
Lost Tomb Reboot/Grave Robbers' Chronicles:
This is a robbery (four part hilarious comic, links includes all parts)
MDZS/The Untamed:
- Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are happy and in love!! (love the emotion in this)
- cottagecore au where nobody dies (so ridiculously adorable)
Merlin:
- Smooch (sweet and tender Merthur kiss)
- Arthur’s really the worst patient sometimes (cute comic)
- Merthur as Sheet Ghosts!!! (what it says on the tin, idk, it made me laugh)
Sherlock Holmes:
they’re probably bickering (Watson and Holmes, arm in arm. Wonderful)
Trick or Treat Exchange 2022 (all works still anonymous):
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga - Season’s Greetings from Second Lieutenant Black Hayate
Summary: Autumnal Black Hayate (absolutely adorable, no canon knowledge needed, dog and pumpkin drawing)
The Sandman (TV)- The Story of a Cat and the Raven Who Taught Her to Jump
Summary: Matthew adopts a kitten ... Accidentally. (Oh dear, poor Matthew)
British Mythology & Folklore:
- Murderhorse
Summary: A friendly kelpie! Who just wants to be friends! What could go wrong?? (love the ominous use of color in this one)
- A Dog of Ill Omen
Summary: Inspired by the Black Dog of Bouley. I'm sure it would love to play fetch! (playful but ominous)
Little Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tales) - N°23 - LRRH: Revenge
Summary: After losing her grandma to the Big Bad Wolf, Red run and hid in the woods. Rescued and trained by a hunter, she is ready to face her nightmares. She won't stop until she gets the vengeance she deserves. (incredible mock cover for a comic book)
Original Work:
- Caught In A Bat Romance Summary:♫ You know that I want you / And you know that I need you / I want it bad, your bat romance ♫ (utterly and completely adorable)
- Star of the Ballet
Summary: A young gorilla girl achieves her dream! (absolutely adorable)
- Scary Masks
Summary: For the prompt: Cute Little Monster Who Wants to be Scary and Keeps Failing (far too adorable and cute)
- Waning Moon
Summary: The Moon, taking care of moonly duties (So ethereal and lovely)
Untitled Goose Game - Somebody left the gate open on Halloween again
Summary: Ya darn goose, whatcha gonna do with all that loot? (hilarious havoc ala goose)
Duolingo is forcing its updated path learning system on everyone now, I'd gotten it on my iphone a while back but still was able to use the old one on my ancient ipad but without me updating the app it switched over this morning. For the moment the desktop version is still the same but people have been reporting that there's a rolling update happening there too. I hated the new path so much I went from probably 30 min of language study a day to doing one lesson to keep my streak before realizing the old version was available elsewhere, I don't know what I'll do once it's new-version-or-nothing. I'll definitely completely give up on learning Yiddish and Welsh, which I only do via duo, but I suspect Spanish will join it. I'll probably continue Chinese via other apps, but I don't know. SIGH. Why duo. Blargh.
Thank you for writing for me!
I am also donutsweeper over on ao3. I have gifts enabled and welcome treats.
In general I like stories that focus on character development and interactions, hurt/comfort, competence (it's always great to read stories where people do their jobs and do it well even under extreme circumstances), missing scenes, and plotty adventures. Humor, snappy dialog and/or snark are all wonderful and canon type violence is fine. When it comes to worldbuilding, I love it when tiny asides or minor details are fleshed out or anytime a "wait, but how does that work/what did they mean when they said 'X'?" kind of thing or situation is explained.
Graphic violence and rape can be a trigger of mine, so I'd appreciate if you did not include either in a story written for me. Other DNWs include A/B/O, character death, genderswap, mpreg, covid/pandemic references or situations, or xeno.
All Souls (TV) Any (characters in tagset: Mitchell Grace, Glory St. Clair, Worldbuilding)
Haunted hospitals and unethical experimentation are perfect stepping stones for good storytelling and there was such potential in the ones we saw in "All Souls." There was so many things hinted at in this show that I'd loved to see explored further. What other sorts of ghosts wander the halls of All Souls? What other experiments had been done there? How does Mitch tie in to it all and what role does Glory play?Only six episodes of this show were ever made, which is such a shame because the world it build in that short amount of time was fascinating but so much was left unexplained and unanswered. Just how prevalent were the hospital's hauntings? How is All Souls a "special place" and what did Glory mean when she said "the dead have power here"? Was Glory even real and if so (or if not) who/what was she? Why do we never see her talking with someone other than Mitch? How is she tied to All Souls? What was the story behind the black veiled lady with the pram? How often does Lazarus make appearances? Was Mitch really somehow the reincarnated doctor who had been there during the Civil War? Has Doctor Ambrosius really been there the whole time and if so what are his powers? What exactly was that creature he was commanding in "The Deal" and are there similar creatures elsewhere in the hospital? Do the staff and patients notice all the hospital's oddities or is it just people like Mitch and Glory who do? I have so many questions and I'd love to read a story that went into... well, any of that.
On the less supernatural side of things, I loved the interactions between Mitch and Grace and their implied, only briefly touched upon, history together. A story between Grace and a young Mitch from back then or something where they reminisce about his father would be wonderful as would just an everyday kind of slice of life snippet now that they've reconnected.
DNW A/B/O, character death, genderswap, graphic violence, mpreg, covid/pandemic references or situations, rape or xeno.
All six All Souls episodes have been put up on youtube. The order they aired was: the pilot, "Spineless", "The Deal", "Bad Blood", "Running Scared", and "One Step Closer to Roger".
Měl jsem psa a kočku | From the Point of View of a Cat - Karel Čapek Any (characters in tagset: Cat, Man, Worldbuilding)
For such a short work there's so much to this - on the most basics of levels, it's just a brief glimpse of the life of cat and its Man and the cat's thoughts and opinions on the things the Man does, but when looked at a little deeper there's the "mysterious and magic voices" and the "dark voices" the cat hears and the possibility it's not just a cat being weird or sensing normal things differently. Is the cat even a cat and its Man a man?For such an incredibly short story, I think there's a lot of completely different ways to explore and expand on it, ranging from a fairy tale type plucky hero cat to typical cat staring-at-nothing behavior, to a darker, horroresque tale of it seeing looming monsters in the shadows and everywhere in between.
Is this a ghost story? Is the cat a spirit of some kind? A muse? A protector? Is its Man a simply a writer or perhaps some kind of witch or alchemist or something else? Does this story take place on Earth, in the 1930s when it was written and is the "sharp black claw" a fountain pen or is the setting different, centuries ago, and it is a quill, or perhaps years from now and it is something else entirely?
DNW A/B/O, character death, graphic violence, mpreg, covid/pandemic references or situations, rape or xeno.
From the Point of View of a Cat can be read here or here and is available to listen to on AO3 here.
What Ever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo - Gerald Kerch Any (characters in tagset: Corporal Cuckoo, Kerch, Worldbuilding)
What Ever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo is a fascinatingly different tale of immortality than how it's usually portrayed. He was just an ordinary guy, not overly smart or ambitious, who suddenly had immortality thrust upon him but unable to improve and therefore kind of just stuck, forever, as he was.I really don't know what to ask for besides what was in my optional details other than to say I'm just fascinated by Cuckoo and how his immortality is presented and the worldbuilding of it all so if you have any ideas other than what I've suggested, please run with them.
What other adventures has Cuckoo had? Does he keep trying to create the Digestive through the centuries, over the millennia? In some far future is Cuckoo still scraping by, talking about the idea of raising space chickens on some distant planet? What about Kerch? Does anyone believe his story? Does he ever question if he misremembered the whole incident or invented it whole cloth? Does he become a scifi writer as a result?
DNW A/B/O, character death, genderswap, graphic violence, mpreg, covid/pandemic references or situations, rape or xeno.
Fandom specific DNW: Cuckoo's immortality being discovered in a way that results in his being captured or experimented on.
Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo can be read here
吸血鬼鬼盲盒 | The Vampires (TV) Any (characters in tagset: Fuca, Su Tanya, Xiaoling and Worldbuilding)
A canon that combines Vampires and Cultivators has so much potential for storytelling but we only get the vaguest glimpse into the world 'The Vampires' exists in and I would love to see more set in it. We meet Xiaoling, 148th generation disciple of the Mount Wuling Sect but only gets hints to her training and skills. Vampires are presented as being able survive without having to kill because they can get lemon ginger blood tea and blood layer cake delivered, just how common is the need for such foods in this world, and why? There are guardian spirits, soulfire candles, powerful wards and ghosts, how do they fit into the world and does the typical person aware of them? I'd love to know more about any of these things.This 8 episode webdrama packs such an interesting story into its short, 41 minute total runtime. It seems to take place in what is mostly the modern day with food delivery and smart phones and whatnot, yet since a major ingredient of some of the food delivered is blood and the fact at least one cultivation sect still exists there are definitely some differences.
What other sorts of adventures did Fuca and Su Tanya have, with or without A-Mo and Xingming? Has Xiaoling battled other vampires or creatures? And then there's that final scene with Xiaoling and Jiang Tianyue standing outside the ship, what exactly did that imply? Did the night spent with Fuca, Su Tanya and Xingming happen? Is it going to happen again? Can they change its events?
DNW A/B/O, D/s, E rated fic, explicitly described torture, genderswap, graphic violence, covid/pandemic references or situations, PWP, rape or xeno.
Fandom specific DNW: Anything more than a passing mention of the deaths of Fuca, Su Tanya or Xingming that resulted their turning.
For character driven prompts rather than worldbuilding, I'd love to read more about Fuca and Su Tanya and their time together or more about Xioling's being a cultivator in the modern world and what all that entails.
Links to watch The Vampires can be found on this carrd
There are only five days or so left to signup for yuletide!! New this year is the reminder to check to make sure you have gifts giving enabled (all accounts set up before this February should have it already the preference "Allow anyone to gift me works." checkmarked but it's a good idea to go to your AO3 and make sure and then mention it in your letter and also in your sign up. I added "I have gifts enabled and welcome treats." to each of my requests after seeing the yuletide admin post.)
As I have for the past several years, I compiled a list of short stories in the yuletide tagset; there's quite a lot, check them out if you want a few quick reads. I also put together a huge list of every Chinese Entertainment related thing I could find (which eventually expanded to include books, dramas, movies, commercials, RPF, and more) and links about or where to find most of the things and posted it over at @c-ent here, it's locked to the comm (since some of the links are, shall we say, less than legal either because they're fansubs or ~ahem~ sites) but the comm is open for joining.
I debated long and hard about my yuletide requests but eventually decided to double down on the 'Yuletide is for really rare fandoms' line of thinking and not only left all of the DMBJ franchise and Detective L off, but Under the Skin as well and instead went with 4 fandoms with no fic whatsoever (although two do have works, one has a vid and one an audiobook version of the short story)
Have 3 weeks of @recthething recs (Mostly MDZS/Untamed fics but one NIF fic)
Newest rug, this one made from two different long sleeve Ts and one regular t-shirt. Do I need another rug? No. Have I already started another now that this one is finished? Yes. (I don't know what I'm going to do with myself once I actually use up my stash of undonateable crappy tshirts and old sheets but that is a problem for later me.)
It's 30"x20" ish or 76.2 cm x 50.8cm
As I have for the past several years, I compiled a list of short stories in the yuletide tagset; there's quite a lot, check them out if you want a few quick reads. I also put together a huge list of every Chinese Entertainment related thing I could find (which eventually expanded to include books, dramas, movies, commercials, RPF, and more) and links about or where to find most of the things and posted it over at @c-ent here, it's locked to the comm (since some of the links are, shall we say, less than legal either because they're fansubs or ~ahem~ sites) but the comm is open for joining.
I debated long and hard about my yuletide requests but eventually decided to double down on the 'Yuletide is for really rare fandoms' line of thinking and not only left all of the DMBJ franchise and Detective L off, but Under the Skin as well and instead went with 4 fandoms with no fic whatsoever (although two do have works, one has a vid and one an audiobook version of the short story)
Have 3 weeks of @recthething recs (Mostly MDZS/Untamed fics but one NIF fic)
all the problems we could solve by Stratisphyre (20k)
Summary: The most important thing Lan Wangji ever stole was roughly the equivalent to twenty dollars USD. The second most important thing Lan Wangji ever stole was Wei Ying’s heart. (An absolutely wonderful Modern, vaguely Leverage fusion, AU)
The blame game by apathyinreverie (13k)
Summary: Wei Ying doesn’t know what to make of it when, after he so publicly confronts the Jins, his staunchest supporter turns out to be… Zewu-jun? (Or, Lan Xichen time travels, immediately goes about fixing things, and promptly confuses the fuck out of everyone along the way.) (Great non-time traveler POV time travel fix it)
Where You Say My Name by trippednfell (15k)
Summary: Lan Wangji just wants to read the Journal of Modern Cultivation in peace. (brilliant Modern Cultivation with a modern version of a post-Sunshot-in-modern-era world)
Dead Things by Reavv (21k)
Summary Snippet: It is a year after his death that Wei Ying reforms. It is not a sudden thing, nor is it slow. He doesn’t wake so much as stretch, as if from a nightmare, caught in the last grasp of it like a fish on a hook, struggling but made docile by the pain. (Fascinating canon era, possibly but not necessarily AU fic set during the time WWX was dead with a fairy tale, ghost story feel.)
you've heard that melody before by Stratisphyre (66k)
Summary Snippet: In face of the abuse he has suffered at the hands of his family, Mo Xuanyu sacrifices his soul to summon a demonic cultivator to take revenge in his name. ...no, no that one. (Recently completed, well written and intriguing canon au that I haven't seen before.)
ghosts of the living by themeatbunismine (greetingsfrommaars) (5k)
Summary: Lan Zhan's apartment has a ghost problem. His mugs are on the floor, his lamps have been knocked over, and he hasn't had a full night's sleep in weeks. Something must be done about this. Or: Wei Ying keeps astral-projecting by accident when he sleeps. (short but cute modern cultivation/modern-with-magic fic)
The song that heals the soul by Meeana (6k)
Summary: Lots of AU, very self-indulgent. Basically, Yiling Laozu wins a war, destroys Jin Guangshan's hopes to be the most powerful cultivator in the whole world, and vanishes in the Burial Mounds. Lan Wangji then came there to heal his grief and broken heart, and to play That Song for Wei Wuxian's soul. And he finds something that was lost. (Interesting canon divergent AU after WWX disappears and is presumed dead shortly Lotus Pier falls and Sunshot going somewhat differently as a result)
...And they were Cultivators by pearliegloom (4k)
Summary: See, the worst part about being immortal was seeing your own history getting rewritten right before your very eyes without any reasonable way to stop it. ...The second worst part was all those pesky archaeologists taking your things without even asking first! (a cute take on the 'immortal sees their old things in a museum' trope)
Coping Techniques for the Clueless and Socially Disadvantaged by meyari (2k)
Summary: The worst part of the Sunshot Campaign was Wei Wuxian. Without a doubt. Which was why Jin Zixuan reluctantly found himself trying out various people’s coping methods in an effort to, you know, figure out something to fix it. Him. Yeah. Zixuan didn’t know, either, but someone obviously had to do something. (short but sweet canon compliant Jin Zixuan and Wei Wuxian friendship(ish) fic)
Nirvana in Fire:
7 Days by protos_metazu_ison (22k)
Summary Snippet: While investigating bandit activity, Jingyan is rescued by the Jiangzuo Alliance. Their famous chief, Mei Changsu, insists on a meeting but refuses to show his face. ((A fascinating AU where Nie Feng had survived the ambush and returned to the capital to tell them what happened which changed many events, although not Lin Shu's 'death', and eventually Prince Qi takes the throne.)
Summary: The most important thing Lan Wangji ever stole was roughly the equivalent to twenty dollars USD. The second most important thing Lan Wangji ever stole was Wei Ying’s heart. (An absolutely wonderful Modern, vaguely Leverage fusion, AU)
The blame game by apathyinreverie (13k)
Summary: Wei Ying doesn’t know what to make of it when, after he so publicly confronts the Jins, his staunchest supporter turns out to be… Zewu-jun? (Or, Lan Xichen time travels, immediately goes about fixing things, and promptly confuses the fuck out of everyone along the way.) (Great non-time traveler POV time travel fix it)
Where You Say My Name by trippednfell (15k)
Summary: Lan Wangji just wants to read the Journal of Modern Cultivation in peace. (brilliant Modern Cultivation with a modern version of a post-Sunshot-in-modern-era world)
Dead Things by Reavv (21k)
Summary Snippet: It is a year after his death that Wei Ying reforms. It is not a sudden thing, nor is it slow. He doesn’t wake so much as stretch, as if from a nightmare, caught in the last grasp of it like a fish on a hook, struggling but made docile by the pain. (Fascinating canon era, possibly but not necessarily AU fic set during the time WWX was dead with a fairy tale, ghost story feel.)
you've heard that melody before by Stratisphyre (66k)
Summary Snippet: In face of the abuse he has suffered at the hands of his family, Mo Xuanyu sacrifices his soul to summon a demonic cultivator to take revenge in his name. ...no, no that one. (Recently completed, well written and intriguing canon au that I haven't seen before.)
ghosts of the living by themeatbunismine (greetingsfrommaars) (5k)
Summary: Lan Zhan's apartment has a ghost problem. His mugs are on the floor, his lamps have been knocked over, and he hasn't had a full night's sleep in weeks. Something must be done about this. Or: Wei Ying keeps astral-projecting by accident when he sleeps. (short but cute modern cultivation/modern-with-magic fic)
The song that heals the soul by Meeana (6k)
Summary: Lots of AU, very self-indulgent. Basically, Yiling Laozu wins a war, destroys Jin Guangshan's hopes to be the most powerful cultivator in the whole world, and vanishes in the Burial Mounds. Lan Wangji then came there to heal his grief and broken heart, and to play That Song for Wei Wuxian's soul. And he finds something that was lost. (Interesting canon divergent AU after WWX disappears and is presumed dead shortly Lotus Pier falls and Sunshot going somewhat differently as a result)
...And they were Cultivators by pearliegloom (4k)
Summary: See, the worst part about being immortal was seeing your own history getting rewritten right before your very eyes without any reasonable way to stop it. ...The second worst part was all those pesky archaeologists taking your things without even asking first! (a cute take on the 'immortal sees their old things in a museum' trope)
Coping Techniques for the Clueless and Socially Disadvantaged by meyari (2k)
Summary: The worst part of the Sunshot Campaign was Wei Wuxian. Without a doubt. Which was why Jin Zixuan reluctantly found himself trying out various people’s coping methods in an effort to, you know, figure out something to fix it. Him. Yeah. Zixuan didn’t know, either, but someone obviously had to do something. (short but sweet canon compliant Jin Zixuan and Wei Wuxian friendship(ish) fic)
Nirvana in Fire:
7 Days by protos_metazu_ison (22k)
Summary Snippet: While investigating bandit activity, Jingyan is rescued by the Jiangzuo Alliance. Their famous chief, Mei Changsu, insists on a meeting but refuses to show his face. ((A fascinating AU where Nie Feng had survived the ambush and returned to the capital to tell them what happened which changed many events, although not Lin Shu's 'death', and eventually Prince Qi takes the throne.)
Newest rug, this one made from two different long sleeve Ts and one regular t-shirt. Do I need another rug? No. Have I already started another now that this one is finished? Yes. (I don't know what I'm going to do with myself once I actually use up my stash of undonateable crappy tshirts and old sheets but that is a problem for later me.)
It's 30"x20" ish or 76.2 cm x 50.8cm
It's Yuletide nomination time! And I... have no idea what to nom. I think I'm going to give up on at least one of my regulars (two not on AO3 and no fandom presence at all lasted-less-than-a-season US tv shows that I've been nomming and requesting for probably about 5 years now) but I don't know which, if any, Cdramas I should nom or if I should pick some tiny, weird short story or something. Decisions, decisions.
My scraps bag of random rug making bits and bobs was overflowing so I pulled out all the useable stuff and sorted it by similarness (the sheet strips which are wider and flat vs the tshirt strips which curl into almost tube-like 'yarn') and spent the last few weeks making two rugs:
36” by 22" (91.5cm by 56cm) The red and almost white were from various parts of the somewhat failed rug experiment I posted about in April, not sure what all the pink was from.
This one was smaller, 23.5" x 14.5", most of the dark gray/black, including the entire runner, was stuff leftover from the big rug I finished in July but what's neat is the runner was nearly entirely this weirdly thick border the sheet had that wouldn't really have worked for the knots so I was going to toss but it worked just fine as the runner. The tie-dye bit was from a shirt I dyed in *college* probably about 30 years ago that didn't fit anymore so I turned into 'tshirt yarn' and then never used.
And *ooof* three weeks of @recthething recs (MDZS/Untamed fic, a WoH tumblr vid and Captain America, Merlin and Guardian tumblr art):
Howling by MimiSpearmint (40k)
Summary Snippet: Lan Wangji is sent by the Institute to do two things: become the Yiling Patriarch's familiar, and report back his every movement. It does not go how any of them planned. (absolutely fascinating modern cultivation/modern-with-magic AU with great worldbuilding and interesting, Irish, setting. Note- this claims to be a Mortal Instruments fusion, which I know nothing about but still thoroughly enjoyed)
Hear a song this deeply by so_shhy (87k)
Summary Snippet: Lan Zhan’s new liaison at the Caiyi Municipal Cultivation Department is an enigma – ridiculously talented, yet somehow content with mopping up spiritual pests for barely above minimum wage. Wei Ying is slapdash and irresponsible, and Lan Zhan doesn’t like him at all… but then he meets A-Yuan, who loves music and longs for a piano his father can’t afford. Forced into cautious friendship by a four-year-old's music lessons, Lan Zhan soon realises Wei Ying is more than he seems. The single father is a man of many secrets – including, perhaps, the key to Lan Zhan's life's work. And in the meantime, the background resentment in Caiyi Town is rising to dangerous levels… (this recently completed modern cultivation AU fic brilliantly weaves a story of LWJ, who is trying to recreate the Lan's lost musical cultivation techniques via carefully monitored research trials, and WWX, a Caiyi Municipal Cultivation Department worker who seems to have more skills than he should.)
the spaces between by tellthemstories (series, 2 works, 12k total)
After's Summary: Lan Yuan does not smile for his first three years at Cloud Recesses.
Then's Summary: Hanguang-Jun is infinitely, utterly and heart-breakingly sad. (a look at LWJ after WWX's death- After through LWJ's POV and Then's through LSZ's. Raw and sad but real.)
won't take the easy road by twigofwillow (48k)
Summary: Two planets and what seems like six lifetimes later, Wei Ying thinks he’s still floating. It’s not that he does nothing! He works part-time at a private cultivation school on the outskirts of Caiyi, and tutors students regularly, and picks up substitute jobs at the public schools whenever he can. He has a slightly haunted apartment. He messages Wen Qing and Wen Ning on Yiling all the time and his sister calls him once a month if the intersystem voicecomms are working. He stays busy. Only sometimes, in his dreams, he sees Yunmeng as if from a shuttle window; the cloudy blue sphere receding into the dark expanse of space as they pull away. (an intriguing story and the world building in this space!AU is absolutely incredible)
Work in Tandem by MimiSpearmint (23k)
Summary: Lan Sizhui is going for his Sword Flight Licence. Lan Wangji is panicked. (interesting Modern Cultivation AU with great world building where LSZ needs extra help flying and WWX is a sword flight instructor)
the soft animal of your body by sysrae (15k)
Summary: “This is slightly embarrassing,” Lan Xichen says, “but I urgently need a pet-sitter." (Modern Cultivation AU with not only an interesting take on the Golden Core transfer but also some other interesting things added in)
tumblr things (art and one vid)
Captain America - 1943-2023: Old Habits Die Hard - (2022) Bucky Barnes and Cigarettes (wonderful style to these)
Merlin - Merlin with a horse (sweet and gentle)
- Here’s a little Merthur doodle I did. (Merlin and Arthur from s5e1, so much more than just a little "doodle")
- A Merlin and Arthur Hug (so much emotion in this one)
- Two loves I have, of comfort and despair/ Which like two spirits do suggest me still (gorgeous and wistful Merlin)
- I love AU with an alternative first meeting and I love even more when Merlin is a powerful sorcerer/druid/God/whatever and Arthur fall in love at first sight. (perfect and delightful comic for this AU)
- Merlin, Redesigned (a gorgeous, redesigned take on Merlin and his powers)
Guardian - A kiss, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan (so tender)
Word of Honor (vid) - Where Is My Love? – WenZhou Reincarnation AU (incredibly well done combining of clips from WoH, The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion and Begin Again)
My scraps bag of random rug making bits and bobs was overflowing so I pulled out all the useable stuff and sorted it by similarness (the sheet strips which are wider and flat vs the tshirt strips which curl into almost tube-like 'yarn') and spent the last few weeks making two rugs:
36” by 22" (91.5cm by 56cm) The red and almost white were from various parts of the somewhat failed rug experiment I posted about in April, not sure what all the pink was from.
This one was smaller, 23.5" x 14.5", most of the dark gray/black, including the entire runner, was stuff leftover from the big rug I finished in July but what's neat is the runner was nearly entirely this weirdly thick border the sheet had that wouldn't really have worked for the knots so I was going to toss but it worked just fine as the runner. The tie-dye bit was from a shirt I dyed in *college* probably about 30 years ago that didn't fit anymore so I turned into 'tshirt yarn' and then never used.
And *ooof* three weeks of @recthething recs (MDZS/Untamed fic, a WoH tumblr vid and Captain America, Merlin and Guardian tumblr art):
Howling by MimiSpearmint (40k)
Summary Snippet: Lan Wangji is sent by the Institute to do two things: become the Yiling Patriarch's familiar, and report back his every movement. It does not go how any of them planned. (absolutely fascinating modern cultivation/modern-with-magic AU with great worldbuilding and interesting, Irish, setting. Note- this claims to be a Mortal Instruments fusion, which I know nothing about but still thoroughly enjoyed)
Hear a song this deeply by so_shhy (87k)
Summary Snippet: Lan Zhan’s new liaison at the Caiyi Municipal Cultivation Department is an enigma – ridiculously talented, yet somehow content with mopping up spiritual pests for barely above minimum wage. Wei Ying is slapdash and irresponsible, and Lan Zhan doesn’t like him at all… but then he meets A-Yuan, who loves music and longs for a piano his father can’t afford. Forced into cautious friendship by a four-year-old's music lessons, Lan Zhan soon realises Wei Ying is more than he seems. The single father is a man of many secrets – including, perhaps, the key to Lan Zhan's life's work. And in the meantime, the background resentment in Caiyi Town is rising to dangerous levels… (this recently completed modern cultivation AU fic brilliantly weaves a story of LWJ, who is trying to recreate the Lan's lost musical cultivation techniques via carefully monitored research trials, and WWX, a Caiyi Municipal Cultivation Department worker who seems to have more skills than he should.)
the spaces between by tellthemstories (series, 2 works, 12k total)
After's Summary: Lan Yuan does not smile for his first three years at Cloud Recesses.
Then's Summary: Hanguang-Jun is infinitely, utterly and heart-breakingly sad. (a look at LWJ after WWX's death- After through LWJ's POV and Then's through LSZ's. Raw and sad but real.)
won't take the easy road by twigofwillow (48k)
Summary: Two planets and what seems like six lifetimes later, Wei Ying thinks he’s still floating. It’s not that he does nothing! He works part-time at a private cultivation school on the outskirts of Caiyi, and tutors students regularly, and picks up substitute jobs at the public schools whenever he can. He has a slightly haunted apartment. He messages Wen Qing and Wen Ning on Yiling all the time and his sister calls him once a month if the intersystem voicecomms are working. He stays busy. Only sometimes, in his dreams, he sees Yunmeng as if from a shuttle window; the cloudy blue sphere receding into the dark expanse of space as they pull away. (an intriguing story and the world building in this space!AU is absolutely incredible)
Work in Tandem by MimiSpearmint (23k)
Summary: Lan Sizhui is going for his Sword Flight Licence. Lan Wangji is panicked. (interesting Modern Cultivation AU with great world building where LSZ needs extra help flying and WWX is a sword flight instructor)
the soft animal of your body by sysrae (15k)
Summary: “This is slightly embarrassing,” Lan Xichen says, “but I urgently need a pet-sitter." (Modern Cultivation AU with not only an interesting take on the Golden Core transfer but also some other interesting things added in)
tumblr things (art and one vid)
Captain America - 1943-2023: Old Habits Die Hard - (2022) Bucky Barnes and Cigarettes (wonderful style to these)
Merlin - Merlin with a horse (sweet and gentle)
- Here’s a little Merthur doodle I did. (Merlin and Arthur from s5e1, so much more than just a little "doodle")
- A Merlin and Arthur Hug (so much emotion in this one)
- Two loves I have, of comfort and despair/ Which like two spirits do suggest me still (gorgeous and wistful Merlin)
- I love AU with an alternative first meeting and I love even more when Merlin is a powerful sorcerer/druid/God/whatever and Arthur fall in love at first sight. (perfect and delightful comic for this AU)
- Merlin, Redesigned (a gorgeous, redesigned take on Merlin and his powers)
Guardian - A kiss, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan (so tender)
Word of Honor (vid) - Where Is My Love? – WenZhou Reincarnation AU (incredibly well done combining of clips from WoH, The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion and Begin Again)
Two weeks of @recthething recs (all Untamed/MDZS fics)
grief; the stages of by synonemous (40k)
Summary: Wei WuXian opened his eyes to the sound of buzzing. (fascinating reimagining of (highlights of) the novel's events with a modern 2019 setting, i.e. modern cultivation plus cars and cellphones, etc)
I would rise free, and journey far away by psychomachia (9k)
Summary: Lan Xichen gets a correspondent in his seclusion. Nie Huaisang is just surprised he didn't set the first letter on fire. (a very interesting LXC-centric story told mostly through letters)
operation prison break (gone wrong) by bosbie (6k)
Summary: In the blighted depths of the Nightless City prison, the second prince of Gusu unlocks a cell door and opens it. It’s empty. The prisoner across the aisle is more than happy to tell him why—but not before being a shameless bastard about it. (Fascinating peek of a short royalty/spy AU)
Yúyīn 餘音 by riotintheheartt (18k)
Summary Snippet: It was winter, and Wei Wuxian felt it more in his soul than on his skin as he looked at the frozen surface of the lake. (interesting book!verse AU from 2018 with god!LWJ, ghost!A-Yuan and a despondent, hermit!WWX who lives in LWJ's temple)
Here With Me 'verse by iamwish (currently 3 works, 67k total, main story is 58k and side POV stories 2k and 7k)
Summary Snippet for main story: Wei Wuxian finds himself in the past, a few months before the Gusu Lan lectures, and decides that his best shot at hiding his trauma fixing the future is faking his own kidnapping and asking Wen Qing who all he needs to kill before she or someone she trusts is in charge of QishanWen. Clearly, he thought this through.
Or: Wei Wuxian creates a No War!AU, and then he has to live in it. (really well thought out time travel fix-it AU that does not shy away from showing how WWX's previous lives affected him. CW for period-typical homophobia and Yu Furen bashing)
The Chinese Garden Court by deliciousblizzardshark (5k)
Summary: Wei Ying has felt like he's been missing something his whole life. He finds what he'd lost at a museum. (Reincarnation + immortality AU)
I finished my newest afghan (made from yarn repurposed from an *incredibly* ugly sweater) but for three days have failed to take a non-cat occupied picture of it so have a sleeping Santini as well:
(it's about 48"x32" or 122cm x 81cm)
as an aside, this is the yarn from the afghan I had to pull out last month where I'd tried a tight pattern and 3/4 of the yarn made this, 42" long but only 14 wide (the color difference is due to sunshine vs lamps lighting)
And then onto the background for my question - when I first compiled my useful links posts I had a grand total of 300 some odd links and I came up with vague themes to sort them into posts. Now there's easily over 1600 links and while some of those posts have barely had anything added to them, others have doubled or even tripled in length. The "Random" and "History" posts in particular are now very big and I'm wondering if they've become unwieldly and hard to use. There's also other links and subjects I have complied to add, but I can't really decide where to put them.
I was thinking of starting a new post for the artist's resources, writers/artists 'guides to things' links that now are listed in the random post and adding some yet-to-be-posted NSFW writing links there. But I don't think adding in all the 'how to write X' links I have would work since I think people will look for the ones specifically about medical things and injuries in the 'injuries and treating them' post and the writing fight scenes/police/forensic links in the 'fighting, military, police etc' post and it'd be most helpful to keep all resources about those specific themes in their own posts. I'm really not sure if the 'Action/Sex scene descriptive words' links should move or stay in the 'Words' post, I guess it could go either way. If I do make a new post without those descriptive word links, it'd mean there'd be less than 50 links compiled for it, which seems kind of small though? (Even with them, it'll be only 60ish, which won't be the smallest post but is still fairly short.)
If you use those posts, how do you go about it? Just load up the entire useful links tag and ctrl-f? Go to a specific post you have bookmarked? Start on the masterpost and click from there? Do you have any suggestions on how to make them more navigable? (Just a reminder, the LJ versions of the posts are no longer updated, too many outgrew LJ's posts limits a while ago)
grief; the stages of by synonemous (40k)
Summary: Wei WuXian opened his eyes to the sound of buzzing. (fascinating reimagining of (highlights of) the novel's events with a modern 2019 setting, i.e. modern cultivation plus cars and cellphones, etc)
I would rise free, and journey far away by psychomachia (9k)
Summary: Lan Xichen gets a correspondent in his seclusion. Nie Huaisang is just surprised he didn't set the first letter on fire. (a very interesting LXC-centric story told mostly through letters)
operation prison break (gone wrong) by bosbie (6k)
Summary: In the blighted depths of the Nightless City prison, the second prince of Gusu unlocks a cell door and opens it. It’s empty. The prisoner across the aisle is more than happy to tell him why—but not before being a shameless bastard about it. (Fascinating peek of a short royalty/spy AU)
Yúyīn 餘音 by riotintheheartt (18k)
Summary Snippet: It was winter, and Wei Wuxian felt it more in his soul than on his skin as he looked at the frozen surface of the lake. (interesting book!verse AU from 2018 with god!LWJ, ghost!A-Yuan and a despondent, hermit!WWX who lives in LWJ's temple)
Here With Me 'verse by iamwish (currently 3 works, 67k total, main story is 58k and side POV stories 2k and 7k)
Summary Snippet for main story: Wei Wuxian finds himself in the past, a few months before the Gusu Lan lectures, and decides that his best shot at hiding his trauma fixing the future is faking his own kidnapping and asking Wen Qing who all he needs to kill before she or someone she trusts is in charge of QishanWen. Clearly, he thought this through.
Or: Wei Wuxian creates a No War!AU, and then he has to live in it. (really well thought out time travel fix-it AU that does not shy away from showing how WWX's previous lives affected him. CW for period-typical homophobia and Yu Furen bashing)
The Chinese Garden Court by deliciousblizzardshark (5k)
Summary: Wei Ying has felt like he's been missing something his whole life. He finds what he'd lost at a museum. (Reincarnation + immortality AU)
I finished my newest afghan (made from yarn repurposed from an *incredibly* ugly sweater) but for three days have failed to take a non-cat occupied picture of it so have a sleeping Santini as well:
(it's about 48"x32" or 122cm x 81cm)
as an aside, this is the yarn from the afghan I had to pull out last month where I'd tried a tight pattern and 3/4 of the yarn made this, 42" long but only 14 wide (the color difference is due to sunshine vs lamps lighting)
And then onto the background for my question - when I first compiled my useful links posts I had a grand total of 300 some odd links and I came up with vague themes to sort them into posts. Now there's easily over 1600 links and while some of those posts have barely had anything added to them, others have doubled or even tripled in length. The "Random" and "History" posts in particular are now very big and I'm wondering if they've become unwieldly and hard to use. There's also other links and subjects I have complied to add, but I can't really decide where to put them.
I was thinking of starting a new post for the artist's resources, writers/artists 'guides to things' links that now are listed in the random post and adding some yet-to-be-posted NSFW writing links there. But I don't think adding in all the 'how to write X' links I have would work since I think people will look for the ones specifically about medical things and injuries in the 'injuries and treating them' post and the writing fight scenes/police/forensic links in the 'fighting, military, police etc' post and it'd be most helpful to keep all resources about those specific themes in their own posts. I'm really not sure if the 'Action/Sex scene descriptive words' links should move or stay in the 'Words' post, I guess it could go either way. If I do make a new post without those descriptive word links, it'd mean there'd be less than 50 links compiled for it, which seems kind of small though? (Even with them, it'll be only 60ish, which won't be the smallest post but is still fairly short.)
If you use those posts, how do you go about it? Just load up the entire useful links tag and ctrl-f? Go to a specific post you have bookmarked? Start on the masterpost and click from there? Do you have any suggestions on how to make them more navigable? (Just a reminder, the LJ versions of the posts are no longer updated, too many outgrew LJ's posts limits a while ago)
Battleship reveals! I wrote 17 things (Captain America, DMBJ, Doctor Who, due South, FMA:B, Mag7, MDZS, Sherlock Holmes Downey films, Under the Skin) and did one art (Guardian):
Firstly, the art! For Guardian (tv):
Da Qing Demands Fish Summary: If you do not provide dried fish, he will just steal your snacks. (I.. did not manage to draw his bells, I tried many, many times to get a decent rendering of Da Qing in cat form wearing his bells but it was impossible so just a grumpy, bell-less fat cat it is)
And then all the fic:
Captain America:
Attention All Hands Summary: Three postings, two rooms, one awkward conversation. 333 words. (Space AU epistolary threesome fun!)
DMBJ/Grave Robber's Chronicles/Lost Tomb series:
To Spread One's Wings Summary: Sometimes it took a village to learn to fly. 372 words (Wu Xie and wings)
Doctor Who:
Not Quite Shipshape, But Getting There Summary: The Doctor realized he needed to step in and step up. 1044 words (post-Boomtown Jack whump and Doctor caretaking.)
Penalties to be Paid Summary: The Doctor will have to make amends. 588 words (a combo of silly and kinky adventures)
To Toss and Turn All Night Summary: It was rare for the Doctor to find himself in such a state. 362 words (just some more Jack/Nine)
due South:
Donuts, Is There Anything They Can’t Do? Summary:There was a surefire way to Diefenbaker's heart. 344 words (Dief is a little like me in this regard)
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood:
A Nightmare, Transformed Summary: Roy had nightmares most nights. 538 words (I wouldn't be surprised if this was a true fear of Roy's)
Magnificent Seven tv show:
The Soft Slow Morn Summary: Mornings like this were rare. 300 words (a little tender Chris/Ezra triple drabble)
MDZS or Untamed or mixed verse:
A Different Yarn Summary: Tradition was very clear in that proper talisman, spell, and array work required very specifically made supplies. Only certain yarn and needles were to be used. Wei Wuxian, however, was always one to buck tradition. 1414 words (I had so much fun with the worldbuilding of this modern cultivation w/needle notions + yarn store AU even if every little wound up being explained in the fic)
Feathers Fallen, Crushed Underfoot Summary: Wei Wuxian had been willing to accept that agreeing to the Golden Core transfer meant he'd never fly again. He just hadn't expected what happened after that. 627 words (dark Burial Mounds and Wings AU with weird formatting)
Flowers Opening Towards the Sun Summary: The morning had started badly, but it ended wonderfully. 1328 words (basically an excuse to write bathing, hair washing/combing)
Ice Makes Warmth Summary: A storm leads to a revelation. 1170 words (the old 'using hypothermia as an excuse for huddling together' trope, gotta love it)
Sherlock Holmes (Downey Films):
Fights Fought and Wagers Won Summary: When a wager is lost but something else is won. 733 words (competence kink and battle couple my beloved)
An Impossible Welcoming Summary: Watson cannot find it within him to be overly concerned about his illness. 300 words (borrowed some book canon details for this slightly sad sickfic)
Under the Skin: (so thankful so many people requested Creator's Choice of Fandom for this so I could write three things for this tiny fandom no one knows)
A Different Kind of Paper Trail Summary: Shen Yi had been taken and Du Cheng was going to get him back. 884 words (Shen Yi mostly rescues himself but Du Cheng still gets to make the arrest)
Paid in Kind Summary: Some prices must be paid in kind. 402 words (dark Du Cheng getting revenge)
The Sketches Stockpile Summary: Before too long Du Cheng had quite the collection of drawings, doodles and sketches. 430 words (post-its and paperwork were both needed tags, how could I not write something about that cute Du Cheng-as-a-police-dog post-it note that Shen Yi drew?)
This week's @recthething recs (tumblr art for B5, Guardian, Merlin, MDZS/Untamed, and The Mummy):
Firstly, the art! For Guardian (tv):
Da Qing Demands Fish Summary: If you do not provide dried fish, he will just steal your snacks. (I.. did not manage to draw his bells, I tried many, many times to get a decent rendering of Da Qing in cat form wearing his bells but it was impossible so just a grumpy, bell-less fat cat it is)
And then all the fic:
Captain America:
Attention All Hands Summary: Three postings, two rooms, one awkward conversation. 333 words. (Space AU epistolary threesome fun!)
DMBJ/Grave Robber's Chronicles/Lost Tomb series:
To Spread One's Wings Summary: Sometimes it took a village to learn to fly. 372 words (Wu Xie and wings)
Doctor Who:
Not Quite Shipshape, But Getting There Summary: The Doctor realized he needed to step in and step up. 1044 words (post-Boomtown Jack whump and Doctor caretaking.)
Penalties to be Paid Summary: The Doctor will have to make amends. 588 words (a combo of silly and kinky adventures)
To Toss and Turn All Night Summary: It was rare for the Doctor to find himself in such a state. 362 words (just some more Jack/Nine)
due South:
Donuts, Is There Anything They Can’t Do? Summary:There was a surefire way to Diefenbaker's heart. 344 words (Dief is a little like me in this regard)
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood:
A Nightmare, Transformed Summary: Roy had nightmares most nights. 538 words (I wouldn't be surprised if this was a true fear of Roy's)
Magnificent Seven tv show:
The Soft Slow Morn Summary: Mornings like this were rare. 300 words (a little tender Chris/Ezra triple drabble)
MDZS or Untamed or mixed verse:
A Different Yarn Summary: Tradition was very clear in that proper talisman, spell, and array work required very specifically made supplies. Only certain yarn and needles were to be used. Wei Wuxian, however, was always one to buck tradition. 1414 words (I had so much fun with the worldbuilding of this modern cultivation w/needle notions + yarn store AU even if every little wound up being explained in the fic)
Feathers Fallen, Crushed Underfoot Summary: Wei Wuxian had been willing to accept that agreeing to the Golden Core transfer meant he'd never fly again. He just hadn't expected what happened after that. 627 words (dark Burial Mounds and Wings AU with weird formatting)
Flowers Opening Towards the Sun Summary: The morning had started badly, but it ended wonderfully. 1328 words (basically an excuse to write bathing, hair washing/combing)
Ice Makes Warmth Summary: A storm leads to a revelation. 1170 words (the old 'using hypothermia as an excuse for huddling together' trope, gotta love it)
Sherlock Holmes (Downey Films):
Fights Fought and Wagers Won Summary: When a wager is lost but something else is won. 733 words (competence kink and battle couple my beloved)
An Impossible Welcoming Summary: Watson cannot find it within him to be overly concerned about his illness. 300 words (borrowed some book canon details for this slightly sad sickfic)
Under the Skin: (so thankful so many people requested Creator's Choice of Fandom for this so I could write three things for this tiny fandom no one knows)
A Different Kind of Paper Trail Summary: Shen Yi had been taken and Du Cheng was going to get him back. 884 words (Shen Yi mostly rescues himself but Du Cheng still gets to make the arrest)
Paid in Kind Summary: Some prices must be paid in kind. 402 words (dark Du Cheng getting revenge)
The Sketches Stockpile Summary: Before too long Du Cheng had quite the collection of drawings, doodles and sketches. 430 words (post-its and paperwork were both needed tags, how could I not write something about that cute Du Cheng-as-a-police-dog post-it note that Shen Yi drew?)
This week's @recthething recs (tumblr art for B5, Guardian, Merlin, MDZS/Untamed, and The Mummy):
Babylon 5 - some of my b5 faves (absolutely love the styling of these)
Guardian - Shen Wei and the Guardian Lantern and its pair, Zhao Yunlan and the Awl (both so melancholic and touching)
Merlin - Merlin (gorgeous portrait)
- Gwen on the throne (absolutely incredible)
- The day of return (the styling of this is wonderful)
- Merlin and Arthur- "they’re taking a break. they’ll be back shortly :}" (cute little doodle)
MDZS/Untamed - Life or death kiss (LWJ and WWX, with so much emotion in this sketch, amazing)
The Mummy - My crush from Mummy…(Ardeth Bay and his falcon!!)
Guardian - Shen Wei and the Guardian Lantern and its pair, Zhao Yunlan and the Awl (both so melancholic and touching)
Merlin - Merlin (gorgeous portrait)
- Gwen on the throne (absolutely incredible)
- The day of return (the styling of this is wonderful)
- Merlin and Arthur- "they’re taking a break. they’ll be back shortly :}" (cute little doodle)
MDZS/Untamed - Life or death kiss (LWJ and WWX, with so much emotion in this sketch, amazing)
The Mummy - My crush from Mummy…(Ardeth Bay and his falcon!!)
Crafting-wise since I finished the big rug, I finally got around to adding the dyed floral sheet strips from my failed mixed sheet dye experiment to the previously dyed floral sheet rug. I hadn't realized the color wound up so much darker (possibly due to how I dyed it or possibly due to the year that's passed since it was originally made) so I didn't wind up using quite all of it and instead only enough for a border (I definitely didn't have enough for a full second row of the darker stuff and a half row would have looked weird.) I think it turned out okay:
I'm currently rewatching Ancient Detective on youtube using the Language Learning with Netflix & Youtube extension which lets you see both English and Chinese subtitles at the same time, it's interesting. I'm also watching Psych-Hunter (which stars TLT2's Wu Xie) but I'm kind of meh on it so far.
Two weeks of @recthething recs (NIF and MDZS/Untamed fic and also some art, mostly OW, from Battleship)
(Battleship will have reveals next week but is currently still anon. There's still numerous pages of things without comments, there's a lot of good stuff in it, check it out!)
I'm currently rewatching Ancient Detective on youtube using the Language Learning with Netflix & Youtube extension which lets you see both English and Chinese subtitles at the same time, it's interesting. I'm also watching Psych-Hunter (which stars TLT2's Wu Xie) but I'm kind of meh on it so far.
Two weeks of @recthething recs (NIF and MDZS/Untamed fic and also some art, mostly OW, from Battleship)
Nirvana in Fire: just a wall away by ConvenientAlias (1.4k)
Summary: In which Yujin and Jingrui accidentally trespass on Prince Jing's property, and it's all Fei Liu's fault. (short but cute fic)
Untamed/MDZS: Of our own by apathyinreverie (3k)
Summary: Devastatingly, by the time Wei Ying finally remembers his own past, it’s far too late to change anything, his home already lost, the Yiling Patriarch long-since pronounced dead, and little A-Yuan having no one to rely on but him. (short but interesting glimpse into a canon divergent AU)
DID YILING LAOZU REALLY EXIST???: a Thread [1/?] by el_em_en_oh_pee (6k)
Summary Snippet: lan jingyi needs a fucking break @jingY33T 6/8/22
LISTEN UP YOU HISTORY-LOVING FUCKS HAVE I GOT A WILD FUCKING THEORY FOR YOU: THE YILING LAOZU PROBABLY ACTUALLY EXISTED AND MAY HAVE BEEN A HUUUUUUGE SAPPY ROMANTIC: a 🧵 [1/?] (delightfully humorous twitter style fic about the possibly mythical, possibly not, yiling laozu)
Battleship art
Guardian - Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan (this was my gift, it's a wonderfully detailed drawing of the two of them looking up at the stars)
ratatouille - ratatouille rats (Absolutely adorable)
Original Work (Battleship's theme this year was frost vs forest and there were dragons, thus why so many original works are about that):
- Witch Kitty - Sometimes you have to lick the magic out in musical notes.(adorably sweet)
- On a scale (heh) of 1-10 how is the view? Someone captured himself a mermaid... (wonderfully detailed captured space mermaid)
- Forest Dragon (so cute)
- Forest DragonThe Forest dragon waits and protects the gem, how dare the people stole them! (wonderfully detailed)
- khione, the frost dragon (adorable)
- Frost Dragon (another amazingly detailed dragon)
- A Firebird (love the detail on the fire)
Summary: In which Yujin and Jingrui accidentally trespass on Prince Jing's property, and it's all Fei Liu's fault. (short but cute fic)
Untamed/MDZS: Of our own by apathyinreverie (3k)
Summary: Devastatingly, by the time Wei Ying finally remembers his own past, it’s far too late to change anything, his home already lost, the Yiling Patriarch long-since pronounced dead, and little A-Yuan having no one to rely on but him. (short but interesting glimpse into a canon divergent AU)
DID YILING LAOZU REALLY EXIST???: a Thread [1/?] by el_em_en_oh_pee (6k)
Summary Snippet: lan jingyi needs a fucking break @jingY33T 6/8/22
LISTEN UP YOU HISTORY-LOVING FUCKS HAVE I GOT A WILD FUCKING THEORY FOR YOU: THE YILING LAOZU PROBABLY ACTUALLY EXISTED AND MAY HAVE BEEN A HUUUUUUGE SAPPY ROMANTIC: a 🧵 [1/?] (delightfully humorous twitter style fic about the possibly mythical, possibly not, yiling laozu)
Battleship art
Guardian - Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan (this was my gift, it's a wonderfully detailed drawing of the two of them looking up at the stars)
ratatouille - ratatouille rats (Absolutely adorable)
Original Work (Battleship's theme this year was frost vs forest and there were dragons, thus why so many original works are about that):
- Witch Kitty - Sometimes you have to lick the magic out in musical notes.(adorably sweet)
- On a scale (heh) of 1-10 how is the view? Someone captured himself a mermaid... (wonderfully detailed captured space mermaid)
- Forest Dragon (so cute)
- Forest DragonThe Forest dragon waits and protects the gem, how dare the people stole them! (wonderfully detailed)
- khione, the frost dragon (adorable)
- Frost Dragon (another amazingly detailed dragon)
- A Firebird (love the detail on the fire)
(Battleship will have reveals next week but is currently still anon. There's still numerous pages of things without comments, there's a lot of good stuff in it, check it out!)
I posted a fic outside of an exchange! Which is ridiculously rare for me, but possibly that's changing? After not doing so for 5 or 6 years I managed three last year (the second being a sequel to the first though) and now a NEARLY 9K FIC for a new fandom! (The wonderful Cdrama Under the Skin, which I promo-ed here) It was supposed to be a quick missing scene bit about the drowning/rescue since the former lifeguard in me got my brain stuck on that but.. yeah, it morphed into a WHOLE THING.
Gently Toward a New Bright Morn- After subduing Cao Dong, Du Cheng still has to save Shen Yi. (terrible summary, but I'd put off final edits, and thus posting it, for ages trying to come up with a better one so it is what it is)
I forgot to post that @battleshipex's game has ended so the works went live a day and a half ago or so. This one lasted the longest yet I think, at about two and a half weeks. It had a very different set up then previous years, instead of just the main board where you try to create X number of works for specific tags with a delaying tactic where the board got obscured at one point there was a shield of tags over the main board that needed to be created for and sometimes went away and came back and there was also a delaying tactic near the end as well. I enjoyed aspects of it but overall it found it kind of stressful. I did create a lot for it, fic and art, so that's something at least. Anyone, there's 966 works in 294 fandoms. Go check it out.
I had to pull out the afghan I was working on, I realized I'd didn't have anywhere near enough yarn for it and it wouldn't even be enough for a wrap, let alone a small afghan. An unfortunate peril of relying on random stash yarn. Oh well, off to poke Ravelry to try to find an easy 'can watch or read while crocheting' pattern.
Gently Toward a New Bright Morn- After subduing Cao Dong, Du Cheng still has to save Shen Yi. (terrible summary, but I'd put off final edits, and thus posting it, for ages trying to come up with a better one so it is what it is)
I forgot to post that @battleshipex's game has ended so the works went live a day and a half ago or so. This one lasted the longest yet I think, at about two and a half weeks. It had a very different set up then previous years, instead of just the main board where you try to create X number of works for specific tags with a delaying tactic where the board got obscured at one point there was a shield of tags over the main board that needed to be created for and sometimes went away and came back and there was also a delaying tactic near the end as well. I enjoyed aspects of it but overall it found it kind of stressful. I did create a lot for it, fic and art, so that's something at least. Anyone, there's 966 works in 294 fandoms. Go check it out.
I had to pull out the afghan I was working on, I realized I'd didn't have anywhere near enough yarn for it and it wouldn't even be enough for a wrap, let alone a small afghan. An unfortunate peril of relying on random stash yarn. Oh well, off to poke Ravelry to try to find an easy 'can watch or read while crocheting' pattern.
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Stacey
Stacey
When the change happens on duolingo you'll notice the rollout, it's a radically different look. Good luck with your learning! :)