Fic: Tipping the Scales
Sep. 1st, 2026 01:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Fandom: SVSSS
Summary: Canon divergence. A short while after first meeting Shen Qingqiu and Shang Qinghua at Bailu Mountain, Huan Hua Palace gets another notice that the wards are being tested. With still no reports of dead or missing humans in the area, Gongyi Xiao goes to investigate the matter himself, hoping to protect the innocent demon he and the Cang Qiong Mountain Sect cultivation masters met there. What he finds is not what he expected...
Mirrors: At Sot69 on Dreamwidth | Here on AO3
Wordcount: Around 5,500
Ships: Gongyi Xiao x Zhuzhi-lang
Notes: For the Tropefest 69 theme at![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
summerofthe69, including such tropes as truth serum and healing sex
More notes: Tremendous thanks towaywren for beta reading! This fic grew a good thousand words and at least a thousand times better for your help.
Fic: ( Tipping the Scales )
Summary: Canon divergence. A short while after first meeting Shen Qingqiu and Shang Qinghua at Bailu Mountain, Huan Hua Palace gets another notice that the wards are being tested. With still no reports of dead or missing humans in the area, Gongyi Xiao goes to investigate the matter himself, hoping to protect the innocent demon he and the Cang Qiong Mountain Sect cultivation masters met there. What he finds is not what he expected...
Mirrors: At Sot69 on Dreamwidth | Here on AO3
Wordcount: Around 5,500
Ships: Gongyi Xiao x Zhuzhi-lang
Notes: For the Tropefest 69 theme at
summerofthe69, including such tropes as truth serum and healing sexMore notes: Tremendous thanks to
waywren for beta reading! This fic grew a good thousand words and at least a thousand times better for your help.Fic: ( Tipping the Scales )
Round 190: Mentors & Protégés
Sep. 1st, 2026 08:17 amrunpunkrun posting in fancake
Our theme for September is mentors & protégés!
That's teachers and students, masters and apprentices, senpai and kōhai, plus coaches, trainers, tutors, novices, newbies, and neophytes in any and all combinations.
The tag for this round is: theme: mentors & proteges
If you're just joining us, be sure to check out our policy on content notes. Content notes aren't required, but they're nice to include in your recs, especially if a fanwork has untagged content that readers may wish to know about in advance.
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Widow's Bay Community
Sep. 1st, 2026 08:34 amevilinsanemonkey posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_community_promowidowsbay is a new comm for all things related to the Apple+ show Widow's Bay - discussion, fic, graphics, fanart, etc...Please join us as we talk about this definitely
Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday
Sep. 1st, 2026 10:48 amicon_uk posting in scans_dailyIn the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
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It made the addenda of last week but worth reflecting on the scale of the pop culture icons we lost last week, with Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Peter Cullen in the space of three days.
"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds", surprised everyone by having something akin to a "regular" Star Trek episode!!
"Lanterns" episode 3 steered straight into some fascinating, and uncomfortable to watch, social and political commentary on how John Stewart trained to become a Green Lantern, and the Guardians being REALLY bad at their prep work when recruiting on a planet for the first time.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
If you are in the US and planning on voting in the Mid-Term elections (and we always encourage members to vote in their local and national elections), you might want to double check that you are registered to do so.
Mentioning this as apparently Texas has quietly unregistered about a million people from it's electoral rolls. This page helps you identify if you are still registered to vote in your State
It made the addenda of last week but worth reflecting on the scale of the pop culture icons we lost last week, with Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Peter Cullen in the space of three days.
"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds", surprised everyone by having something akin to a "regular" Star Trek episode!!
"Lanterns" episode 3 steered straight into some fascinating, and uncomfortable to watch, social and political commentary on how John Stewart trained to become a Green Lantern, and the Guardians being REALLY bad at their prep work when recruiting on a planet for the first time.
September Monthly Post
Sep. 1st, 2026 12:47 amysabetwordsmith posting in crowdfunding
What are your planned crowdfunding projects for September? What did you accomplish during August?
The Septembercrowdfunding Creative Jam will run Saturday, September 19-Sunday, September 20, 2026 with a theme of "Unselfishness."
The September
crowdfunding Creative Jam will run Saturday, September 19-Sunday, September 20, 2026 with a theme of "Unselfishness."xoverbingo: New Multifandom Bingo Challenge Community
Aug. 31st, 2026 08:00 pmthisbluespirit posting in dw_community_promo
Link/Community:
xoverbingoEvent Description: a Bingo Challenge community for Crossovers and Fusions. All fandoms & all types of fanworks welcome. All works must contain at least two distinct (unrelated) fandoms, but can be either crossovers or fusions (Fandom AUs).
Important Dates: Sign-Up/Posting Date Open now until July 17th 2027
Notes/Other Key Info: See the Intro & Guidelines post at the comm for all further info.
Birdfeeding
Aug. 31st, 2026 12:21 pmysabetwordsmith posting in dw_community_promobirdfeeding is a community started on January 1, 2023. It's all about birdfeeding, birdwatching, and other topics relating to birds. It also touches on nature in general, and observations that may effect bird activity such as local weather. Both text and image posts are welcome. Now is a great time to join as hungry birds are easy to attract with a feeder.Community resources include posts about birding events, nurseries that sell seeds or plants attractive to birds, bird identification apps, the benefits of birdwatching, and other useful materials. Check out the anchor posts from Three Weeks for Dreamwidth.
Recent posts:
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Heated Rivalry: Lick, Lick by tackytiger
Aug. 31st, 2026 11:07 pmmific posting in fancakeFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Svetlana Vetrova, Yuna Hollander
Rating: Explicit
Length: 6087
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply. Shane is probably unfaithful to Rose - he doesn't seem to think their relationship's over at that point in the fic.
Creator Links: tackytiger on AO3
Themes: Pining, Ambiguous relationships, (not really) Unrequited love, Unreliable narrator, Canon LGBTQ+ characters
Summary: Does it count as Shane Hollander walking Ilya like a dog if Ilya buckles the collar on himself and hands Hollander the leash?
Reccer's Notes: Tackytiger describes the fic as a small character piece looking at Ilya's feelings at various points in his life. It's not tagged for "pining" but to me, that's very much part of Ilya's feelings. There are dog metaphors throughout, with young Ilya longing for a dog (but knowing his father would never allow it), then, in the Rose era, Ilya longs for Shane and snatches any scrap of Shane he can. It ends at the Cottage with their relationship restored and acknowledged, but there's still a sense of Ilya being dependent on Shane's attention and affection, still feeling like a stray who got lucky. Poignant, and really well written.
Fanwork Links: Lick, Lick - locked to AO3.
And there's a podfic by me.
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Svetlana Vetrova, Yuna Hollander
Rating: Explicit
Length: 6087
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply. Shane is probably unfaithful to Rose - he doesn't seem to think their relationship's over at that point in the fic.
Creator Links: tackytiger on AO3
Themes: Pining, Ambiguous relationships, (not really) Unrequited love, Unreliable narrator, Canon LGBTQ+ characters
Summary: Does it count as Shane Hollander walking Ilya like a dog if Ilya buckles the collar on himself and hands Hollander the leash?
Reccer's Notes: Tackytiger describes the fic as a small character piece looking at Ilya's feelings at various points in his life. It's not tagged for "pining" but to me, that's very much part of Ilya's feelings. There are dog metaphors throughout, with young Ilya longing for a dog (but knowing his father would never allow it), then, in the Rose era, Ilya longs for Shane and snatches any scrap of Shane he can. It ends at the Cottage with their relationship restored and acknowledged, but there's still a sense of Ilya being dependent on Shane's attention and affection, still feeling like a stray who got lucky. Poignant, and really well written.
Fanwork Links: Lick, Lick - locked to AO3.
And there's a podfic by me.
New podfic again, ZOMG!
Aug. 30th, 2026 10:51 pmsoc_puppet
This time for Future Sight (a companion to my Pokepod Xatu fic). It's actually a gift for peasina, but as I said elsewhere, getting your work podficced can feel like it's a gift to you, even when it's for someone else!
Anyway, go check it out over here, and please consider leaving comments and/or kudos for the recorder,![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
AeliaPods!
peasina, but as I said elsewhere, getting your work podficced can feel like it's a gift to you, even when it's for someone else!Anyway, go check it out over here, and please consider leaving comments and/or kudos for the recorder,
SPLASH SERIES: MOON
Aug. 30th, 2026 10:58 pmgelateria posting in dreamwidthlayouts
Moon Series
Click here for the seven splash pages
Seven splash pages for a Tabula Rasa journal. The moon sits on the page; hover a destination to change its phase. Each listing has the CSS, the entry HTML, and a live preview. Please credit gelateria if used!
where the bright lights and the big city meet
Aug. 30th, 2026 07:35 pmunfitforsociety
Batfamily
the best of both of us byAshynarr
They used to have a routine, involving shitty take-out, shitty movies, and a bit of shit-talking.
Dick wants to restart it, after everything. Tim's not sure if it's that easy.
Or: After Harkness' arrest, Dick and Tim have a heart-to-heart. It helps, a little. Oh boys...
Hereditary bydivineauthor
"Your children will only know us as stories," Martha says. "Ghosts." Bruce gets sent to the past and meets his parents. Oh my heart... #i'm not crying you're crying
idea man byvaporeon_ninja
Ask him. As if it were that easy. As if Damian hasn't only just barely begun to respect him, and would immediately burn all the ground they've covered if Dick so much as implied he wanted to help him get through something. Yeah, fat chance.
No, Dick can't ask him. But he can't just keep doing nothing, either. So he decides on a third option- just start trying anything. Oh Damian... #we were the best richard
a most suitable arrangement byNokomis
Jason and Steph get legally married for typical vigilante reasons, and things spiral. This is SO CUTE! My heart!!!
the one who left behind his name byEccentric_Grace
Dick gets hit with fear toxin. this experience reveals a lot of surprising conversations he needs to have with his brothers. Oh Dickie...
Signal's Day Off byorpheusaki
The one day Duke decides to take a day off from being Signal — everything goes wrong. Aw Duke. <333
to be buried alive byFromStarstuff
Bruce is dead. Instead of leaving, Cass stays in Gotham. She learns a thing or two about being Batman. This is such a good look at Dick and Cass (and Damian) while Bruce is lost in the timestream. Oh, my heart...
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the best of both of us by
They used to have a routine, involving shitty take-out, shitty movies, and a bit of shit-talking.
Dick wants to restart it, after everything. Tim's not sure if it's that easy.
Or: After Harkness' arrest, Dick and Tim have a heart-to-heart. It helps, a little. Oh boys...
Hereditary by
"Your children will only know us as stories," Martha says. "Ghosts." Bruce gets sent to the past and meets his parents. Oh my heart... #i'm not crying you're crying
idea man by
Ask him. As if it were that easy. As if Damian hasn't only just barely begun to respect him, and would immediately burn all the ground they've covered if Dick so much as implied he wanted to help him get through something. Yeah, fat chance.
No, Dick can't ask him. But he can't just keep doing nothing, either. So he decides on a third option- just start trying anything. Oh Damian... #we were the best richard
a most suitable arrangement by
Jason and Steph get legally married for typical vigilante reasons, and things spiral. This is SO CUTE! My heart!!!
the one who left behind his name by
Dick gets hit with fear toxin. this experience reveals a lot of surprising conversations he needs to have with his brothers. Oh Dickie...
Signal's Day Off by
The one day Duke decides to take a day off from being Signal — everything goes wrong. Aw Duke. <333
to be buried alive by
Bruce is dead. Instead of leaving, Cass stays in Gotham. She learns a thing or two about being Batman. This is such a good look at Dick and Cass (and Damian) while Bruce is lost in the timestream. Oh, my heart...
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and you think love is to pray
Aug. 30th, 2026 07:30 pmunfitforsociety
Ride or Die
Whiptail and I bySiria
Debbie was technically twelve days into her Interrail trip when Judith messaged her; eleven, if you allowed for how the Eurostar service they'd been on had caught on fire just a teensy, tiny bit by the time it had pulled into the station at Lille, and so Debbie had had to spend several hours convincing Interpol that she wasn't planning to make a habit of popping up in various parts of Europe in the company of a complement of dead assassins. YES! The perfect coda to the show. <333
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Whiptail and I by
Debbie was technically twelve days into her Interrail trip when Judith messaged her; eleven, if you allowed for how the Eurostar service they'd been on had caught on fire just a teensy, tiny bit by the time it had pulled into the station at Lille, and so Debbie had had to spend several hours convincing Interpol that she wasn't planning to make a habit of popping up in various parts of Europe in the company of a complement of dead assassins. YES! The perfect coda to the show. <333
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my friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends
Aug. 30th, 2026 07:26 pmunfitforsocietyHeated Rivalry
before you cross the street, take my hand byEveFrancesca
Shane was never meant to be an only child. David and Yuna and eventually Shane and Ilya over the years. Oh my heart... #i'm not crying, you're crying
Cicatrix bymellish
Really lovely deep dive into Ilya's POV.
good karma bywermbrain
Reddit users share their off-ice encounters with MLH players Exactly what it says on the tin. <3
In His Corner bychellefic
In 2012, Shane sees a news report about the dangers faced by gay and bisexual men in Russia. He becomes determined to make sure Ilya is safe. This changes everything. This is so sweet! <3
it's the monster hiding under your bed bysome1_around
Shane's ex-girlfriends keep coming out as queer. He's trying to be supportive, he really is, okay? Listen, he's an ally! But it's sort of becoming a problem. For pretty obvious reasons, because people are definitely starting to notice—Ilya most of all. This is a really thoughtful look at what it would be like if all Shane's ex-girlfriends came out.
the only ones who understood me then byygrainette
Ilya introduces Shane and Svetlana, and gets a little more than he bargained for. <333
a pox on all your houses byapocryphal
"Chlamydia?" Ilya has never heard Hollander's voice reach such heights in the absence of a cock. "You have chlamydia?"
"I did not get it on purpose," Ilya complains. Despite the subject matter, this is hilarious and also sweet.
tell every last boy that you're my man bythroughadoor
During Ilya and Shane's second season together in Ottawa, Shane stays home with a separated shoulder and Ilya goes on a road trip. There's a misunderstanding about Medusa, the stripper that Ilya put through nursing school, a lifetime contract with gay and a rookie with a secret. All that, plus Scott Hunter wants relationship advice. This is a good read.
Vegas Canon Divergence AU byWater_Nix
This series is an AU where they get together earlier and Shane comes out to his parents and Hayden and it all goes better than he expected. <3 (The series is not finished yet, but each story is complete)
you can sing a different song by Anonymous
Yuna Hollander has always loved hockey, from the first time her father sat her in front of a television screen to watch a game after dinner. It was the one thing she most looked forward to passing on to her own children, and she's grateful that Shane took to it the way he did. She's proud of everything he's accomplished and will accomplish, and of the man he's becoming. So, when Shane tells her, the summer before his rookie season, that he's gay, she's determined to do everything she can to ensure that his identity won't keep him from what matters most to him: hockey.
Over the course of his rookie season, Yuna helps Shane navigate the politics of the MLH and make plans for his future, a future she becomes increasingly certain is going to feature Ilya Rozanov in a starring role. Lovely AU where Yuna smoothes the way for the boys. ♥YUNA♥
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before you cross the street, take my hand by
Shane was never meant to be an only child. David and Yuna and eventually Shane and Ilya over the years. Oh my heart... #i'm not crying, you're crying
Cicatrix by
Really lovely deep dive into Ilya's POV.
good karma by
Reddit users share their off-ice encounters with MLH players Exactly what it says on the tin. <3
In His Corner by
In 2012, Shane sees a news report about the dangers faced by gay and bisexual men in Russia. He becomes determined to make sure Ilya is safe. This changes everything. This is so sweet! <3
it's the monster hiding under your bed by
Shane's ex-girlfriends keep coming out as queer. He's trying to be supportive, he really is, okay? Listen, he's an ally! But it's sort of becoming a problem. For pretty obvious reasons, because people are definitely starting to notice—Ilya most of all. This is a really thoughtful look at what it would be like if all Shane's ex-girlfriends came out.
the only ones who understood me then by
Ilya introduces Shane and Svetlana, and gets a little more than he bargained for. <333
a pox on all your houses by
"Chlamydia?" Ilya has never heard Hollander's voice reach such heights in the absence of a cock. "You have chlamydia?"
"I did not get it on purpose," Ilya complains. Despite the subject matter, this is hilarious and also sweet.
tell every last boy that you're my man by
During Ilya and Shane's second season together in Ottawa, Shane stays home with a separated shoulder and Ilya goes on a road trip. There's a misunderstanding about Medusa, the stripper that Ilya put through nursing school, a lifetime contract with gay and a rookie with a secret. All that, plus Scott Hunter wants relationship advice. This is a good read.
Vegas Canon Divergence AU by
This series is an AU where they get together earlier and Shane comes out to his parents and Hayden and it all goes better than he expected. <3 (The series is not finished yet, but each story is complete)
you can sing a different song by Anonymous
Yuna Hollander has always loved hockey, from the first time her father sat her in front of a television screen to watch a game after dinner. It was the one thing she most looked forward to passing on to her own children, and she's grateful that Shane took to it the way he did. She's proud of everything he's accomplished and will accomplish, and of the man he's becoming. So, when Shane tells her, the summer before his rookie season, that he's gay, she's determined to do everything she can to ensure that his identity won't keep him from what matters most to him: hockey.
Over the course of his rookie season, Yuna helps Shane navigate the politics of the MLH and make plans for his future, a future she becomes increasingly certain is going to feature Ilya Rozanov in a starring role. Lovely AU where Yuna smoothes the way for the boys. ♥YUNA♥
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