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flemmings ([personal profile] flemmings) wrote2026-02-08 02:33 pm
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Well, the sun was shining and tomorrow is supposed to snow and I need milk so out I went in my warmest coat and fleecy trousers and longjohns. No idea what the city has done with respect to the sidewalk clearing. They put down salt all up my block so I had no trouble getting to physio last week, but going *down* the block we were all back to snow berms and cratered packed snow. So it was still heave the walker up and down for half the journey, almost as bad as ten days ago. But anyway, now I can have my cocoa again, my one treat, and I did *not* buy any pastry or pasta meals so go me, I suppose. Also bought more chocolate soy milk because my shopper last week bought me cappuccino flavour, in spite of the wp saying 'many in stock' about the chocolate. I won't say 'men' about male Instacart and Uber shoppers getting my orders wrong because male Voila shoppers get things right, but Voila has those big ass trucks that are a hassle in winter. Otherwise I'd be ordering from them.

Started rereading the Riddlemaster trilogy, untouched for nearly half a century for some reason. Was having a hard time with my hardcover vol 1, again for no reason I could discern. Got it from the library in ebook and that was not only readable but had the advantage that I could consult the map in the hardcover on the frequent occasions when I had no idea where Morgon was at any point. This never bothered me in my 20s but now I hate not knowing where a fictional here is. And in ebook I can highlight and search a name on the frequent occasions when I've forgotten what the story on Kern or Yrth or whoever is-- and lord were there many many of those.  I've heard tell that there are indications that the trilogy is actually SF rather than straight fantasy, which I will ignore because I don't want anyone Severianing my fantasy, thank you.
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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2026-02-08 07:40 pm
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Life with two kids: The sounds of fun

The children are playing Roblox* together, and there are many joyous shouts of "I've found a tunnel, go in the yellow one! I'll check the door!" from the next room. Clearly having a lovely time.

*Safe, from my understanding, so long as they talk to nobody and spend no money.
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purpleyin ([personal profile] purpleyin) wrote in [community profile] holly_poly2026-02-08 07:26 pm
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Creator Reveals!

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troisoiseaux ([personal profile] troisoiseaux) wrote2026-02-08 02:17 pm
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Weekend reading

Have actually locked in on War and Peace, lately, although I feel like my thoughts on this book are basically just going to alternate between "this idiot (affectionate)" about Pierre and "this idiot (derogatory)" about Nikolai for the next however many months. (I'm 1.25 months and 20% in, so... six months?) As it is, the narrative has briefly checked in on all characters on the "peace" side of the plot: Pierre has had his head immediately turned by wealth and flattery and been social-pressured into a marriage with the beautiful but incompatible Helene Kuragina; on the Bolkonsky family estate, Vasili Kuragin tried to marry off his wastrel son Anatole to poor Princess Mary and Prince Andrei's poor, doomed wife Lise is having a bad time being pregnant and isolated with her husband's weird family while he's off fighting the French; the Rostovs received a letter from Nikolai and the younger ones had a conversation full of dramatic irony in light of their turns of fate later in the novel. Now we're back to the War, where Nikolai Rostov has racked up debts, keeps being rude to people for no particular reason, and has a raging crush on Emperor Alexander, while his childhood friend Boris Drubetskoy is busy networking.
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violateraindrop ([personal profile] violateraindrop) wrote in [community profile] fandom_icons2026-02-08 07:46 pm

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[3] The Diplomat
[6] Heated Rivalry
[5] KPop Demon Hunters



Here at [community profile] iwillnotdance
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violateraindrop ([personal profile] violateraindrop) wrote in [community profile] icons2026-02-08 07:45 pm

14 icons

[3] The Diplomat
[6] Heated Rivalry
[5] KPop Demon Hunters



Here at [community profile] iwillnotdance
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oursin ([personal profile] oursin) wrote2026-02-08 06:26 pm
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Culinary

Last week's bread held out very well and there was even enough crust left to cut up and fry with onion and garlic to make frittata for Friday night supper.

Saturday breakfast rolls: basic buttermilk, 3:1 strong white/buckwheat flour (I was actually going to do rye, but it was rather long past its best before).

Today's lunch: this was actually a change of plan, because for last night's evening meal we had Waitrose Slow-Cooked Gammon Shank which turned out to be Rather A Lot, so quite a bit left over, which I therefore recycled into a sort-of cassoulet-type-thing with Belazu Judion Butter Beans, garlic, thyme, and panko crumbs; served with tenderstem broccoli tips, trimmed fine green beans and chopped Romano peppers white-braised, but with lazy chopped ginger rather than star anise for a change, and chestnut mushrooms sauteed somewhat after the recipe in Dharamjit Singh's Indian Cookery, with onion salt, ground black pepper, basil, a dash of cayenne, and lime juice.

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ineffablecabbage ([personal profile] ineffablecabbage) wrote in [community profile] halfamoon2026-02-08 12:59 pm

FIC: Day 6 - 9-1-1 - Maddie Buckley

Title: Scorpions Sting When Fighting Back
Fandom: 9-1-1
Pairing/Characters: Maddie Buckley (and all the people she loves/loved.)
Rating: M
Word count: 5905
Warnings: Non-Linear Narrative, Canon child neglect, Unreliable Narrator, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
Author's note: Written for day 6 of halfamoon: "Her own personal code." One of the things I think 9-1-1 does really well is show that grief is complex, and rarely a clean cut. Sometimes you love people even after they hurt you. That being said, I always kind of wanted Maddie to be okay with killing Doug (while understanding why she wasn't) and in fact, kind of wanted her to start a "killing evil abusers" arc by the time Vincent came along. That is not the show that 9-1-1 is, but it is the a/u that I wrote here.
 
Summary: The first time Maddie Buckley kills someone, it's in self-defense. Her other kills protect her friends and her family. She'll never regret that.
 
 
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Linky ([personal profile] linky) wrote in [community profile] halfamoon2026-02-08 12:38 pm
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Day 8: Fic - Kamen Rider Gotchard + Kamen Rider Girls Remix - Rinne/Nayuta

Title: Careful Motions
Fandom: Kamen Rider Gotchard + Kamen Rider Girls Remix
Pairing/Characters: Rinne/Nayuta
Rating: G
Word count: 150
Author's note: Prompts used were Motion from [community profile] 100_women, and hair braiding & 100 words for Fresh Femslash Salad Bar.
Summary: Rinne braids Nayuta's hair.
Also on Ao3, or read below the cut:

Read more... )
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badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote in [community profile] drabble_zone2026-02-08 05:38 pm

FAKE: Role Model [Challenge 488: Childhood Hero]


Title: Role Model
Fandom: FAKE
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Jess Latener.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 488: Childhood Hero.
Setting: References Vol. 6 Act 18.
Summary: Jess may not have been the best role model in the end, but he was there whenever Dee needed him.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.



Role Model

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Vriddy ([personal profile] vriddy) wrote2026-02-08 05:34 pm
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K-9 manga trailer + volume 4 initial thoughts

To celebrate volume 4 coming out, the official K-9 account over at [twitter.com profile] k_9comic published a manga preview trailer (x.com) with Oboro and Ren's voices.

Ren's voice: Ise Mariya
Oboro's voice: Miyano Mamoru

You may picture me half-dead in a corner. Oboro sounds even creepier than I imagined him, in all the best ways. Ren is *swoons*


In addition, the extras for volume 4 involve a couple of 4-koma strips and therefore it is now officially confirmed that

do I even need a spoiler tag for this? It's not plot-relevant. Not yet. It's relevant to my blood pressureKagari and Fujimaru do live together, and Kagari does borrow Fujimaru's clothes as he pleases.

I'll share proper(ish) translations soon. Just. Need to go curl up in a corner for a while first.

Volume 4 is seriously awesome and packs in so many of my favourite OT4 scenes, including the one that sold me on them, and then so many interactions after that! And it ends on the chapter that introduces the two little guys I was talking about the other day, with that hand-over-mouth panel too. What a beautiful day. My heart can only take so much, though.
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lightbird (she/her/hers) ([personal profile] lightbird) wrote2026-02-08 12:28 pm

Fic Posted!

So, further to my post from yesterday, not only did I post the fic, but I managed to flesh it out to over 500 words, so it now qualifies for a fill on both my bingo cards!

Here is the post on [community profile] halfamoon.

And on AO3: Baby Sis
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Jesse the K ([personal profile] jesse_the_k) wrote2026-02-08 10:32 am

Why I love being an English language partner

Every week for most of the last 30 years, I have volunteered as an English language partner. Since 2024, I’ve treasured my time with two people who’ve learned English as a foreign language. I get to spend time with people who have weirdly requested that I correct their pronunciation and grammar. It’s a pleasantly zen task: listening carefully then offering precise feedback about a language I love. In return, I’ve enjoyed learning their stories from Chile and Taiwan/Germany/hiking world-wide.

how I found people ready to learn )

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lightbird (she/her/hers) ([personal profile] lightbird) wrote in [community profile] halfamoon2026-02-08 12:22 pm
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Day 8: Fic - Hey Arnold! - Helga Pataki, Olga Pataki

Title/Link: Baby Sis
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Helga Pataki, Olga Pataki
Rating: G
Prompt: Pet Peeves
Summary: Nothing annoyed Helga more than Olga calling her Baby Sis.
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naye ([personal profile] naye) wrote2026-02-08 05:43 pm

Festivids 2025 gifts

My last post here was my Dear Vidder letter for Festivids, and I am so thrilled to report that I got two gifts this Festivids! And one was for my much-beloved Odoru Daisousasen - a Japanese drama from 1997, which I first watched in the early 2000s. So it has been in my heart for very long, and at first I was just utterly delighted to have a gift for it at all. And then I watched it and it was perfect?!

Eraku nare! by BlueshiftOfDeath, videobaths
Fandom: 踊る大捜査線 | Bayside Shakedown (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aoshima Shunsaku/Muroi Shinji
Characters: Aoshima Shunsaku, Muroi Shinji
Summary:

“Are you really alright with this?”

“…I’ll do my best. Because there’s someone at the top who feels the same as I do.

Muroi-san. Everyone in the field is pinning their hopes on you.”

Like. Wow. My immediate reaction was to write an entire essay about everything I loved about it. ♥



My second (!) gift was an utterly adorable vid for an utterly adorable show:


rather be [fanvid] by marquisguyun_art
Fandom: 極主夫道 | Gokushufudou | The Way of the House Husband (Live Action TV), Unspecified Fandom
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miku/Tatsu (Gokushufudou), Miku & Tatsu & Kuroda Himawari (Gokushufudou)
Characters: Tatsu (Gokushufudou), Miku (Gokushufudou), Kuroda Himawari
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Family, Romance
Summary:

A fanvid set to Rather Be by Clean Bandit ft. Jesse Glynne.




I also ended up making five vids myself, but I'll probably make a separate posts for them! For now, just know that I had so much fun I ended up signing up for [community profile] fandomtrumpshate literally on deadline day (today!). I'm offering a vid for a song up to 4 minutes, and I'm willing to vid any new source up to 180 minutes (so one 3h movie, or a couple of Kdrama eps, or a bunch of anime eps). If it's a fandom I've vidded before and know enough not to have to rewatch I'd be more than happy to use the whole source, of course! But this way anyone who's wanted a vid for something in particular can get it without having to limit themselves to what I've watched.

In short: yay vids! I had so much fun with both my first and second (this) Festivids that I'm already looking forward to the 2026 edition.
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greghousesgf ([personal profile] greghousesgf) wrote2026-02-08 08:58 am

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I'm going to go out to get a hero for lunch later today at Ike's.