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The Candy Hearts collection opened this weekend and I come bearing recs. First, my gift:

Vienna Blood Waltz (734 words)
Fandom: Invisible Inc. (Video Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brian Decker/Maria "Internationale" Valdés
Characters: Brian Decker, Maria "Internationale" Valdés
Additional Tags: Arranged Marriage, Pre-Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Flirting, Enemies to ???
Summary:
The moves to this dance are more complicated than Decker's used to.

The author went with my arranged marriage prompt, resulting in some absolutely delightful enemies-to-??? fiancés flirting. I love them and I love this.

Then, a smattering of fics I liked, ordered by length:

Dancing & Desire (The Goblin Emperor, Csethiro/Maia, Teen, 700 words)
Maia and Csethiro's first kiss, ft dancing lessons and Csethiro speaking her mind. Just a wonderful Valentine's chocolate of a fic.

I Just Texted to Say (Heated Rivalry, Scott/Kip, Gen, 1.5k)
Texts between Scott and Kip from their breakup to the Big Damn Kiss. Impeccable character voices, a really fun take on their dynamic.

Humans Need Chess Periods (The Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot&Ratthi, Gen, 1.9k)
Things I did not know I needed: Murderbot playing board games with Ratthi (recovering from concussion) and being good at chess.

Adrift (The Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot&Ratthi, Gen, 2k)
Murderbot and Ratthi are stranded in a small shuttle for several days. Beautiful dynamic, sort of really understated emotional h/c.

Missing the Point (FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns, herpetology students, Gen, 2.2k)
The herpetology students have very different questions about the snake fight portion of their thesis defense. Pitch-perfect academic emails, adorable concept, made me laugh several times.

paradise (Original Work, Female Elf Noble/Her Male Drow Hostage-Secretary, Teen, 2.5k)
The original ship tag is "Male Drow Used To Being A Disappointment/His Female Captor Who Thinks He's Pretty Great". Moderately gnarly cultural conflict, lovely subdued developing relationship, vivid worldbuilding.

disorderly, and marvelous, and ours (Homestuck, Equius♦Nepeta, Teen, 3.1k)
Humanstuck, still moirails (and also childhood friends). Really lovely warm take on the concept.

how do you speak with your tongue pressed so tight to your teeth? (Fullmetal Alchemist, Roy & Riza & Olivier, Teen, 4.2k)
Riza shows up with injured Roy at Briggs, Olivier thinks a lot about this impressively competent adjutant. Fantastic character voices and character dynamics.

I have two fics in the collection, one even more obvious than the other. :D

Current Mood: happy

sushiflop

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ioplokon

An English-language version of Les Libraries has launched! Head on over to https://www.booksellers.ca/ to check it out! It is basically a collective of independent bookshops with an online store that encourages people to shop for books locally. The French version has been around for 15 years and is basically how I buy all my French books. I'm excited for the English side to take off & give people alternatives to Amazon, Indigo, and the other big-name chains.

Another cool thing is that the English and French sites share a backend. So you can actually buy books in both languages at the same time, if you want (though it looks like in-shop pickup is not fully coordinated, so you would probably have to have them shipped).

ryulynn

I had yesterday off and went hard on playing Twilight Aqua City which is the latest Holicworks BL game and finished Touka's routes!

With a little trouble since there is no walkthrough available (I thought there might be one since it released 2.5 weeks ago but I guess niche game is niche), I did manage to get two different endings that had credits and three that took me straight to the title screen? This is a hefty game; I feel like I'm just scratching the surface in terms of what is going on in the world and with the other LIs.

(If a walkthrough doesn't exist by the time I finish maybe I'll put one together??)

It's only in Japanese which doesn't make it very accessible. It randomly uses old kanji for common words. But there isn't too much in terms of complicated spells, or Buddhist terms, or politics, so I feel like the game is more accessible than Taishou Mebiusline by far. I also have found it more interesting so far because of the main character having his own deal and connections already to the other characters prior to the start of the game that help shape it and the main character is not ignorant of it.

So I hope they localize the game. Because the art is gorgeous! Holy shit the most beautiful CGs in a BLVN that I've ever seen. And the studio just released a game two years ago? Everyone else big is taking 4-5+ years to put out their next work? Between this game, parade's Lesson, adelta Ooe, there was some feasting in the last year. I'm really hoping the BLVN industry in Japan can keep up with this.

rionaleonhart

In the stage version of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, Chris canonically refuses to keep the Cornley Playhouse heated, and everyone complains about how cold it is. It seemed like a great excuse to write self-indulgent fanfiction!

As this is based on the 2025 stage version of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, be aware that some details may not match up with the original 2017 television version.

The title's not great, but the only other thing I could think of was Baby, It's Cold Inside, which would be considerably worse.

Title: Backup Heating
Fandom: The Goes Wrong Show (well, technically Christmas Carol Goes Wrong)
Rating: G
Pairing: slight everyone/everyone
Wordcount: 1,600
Summary: During rehearsals for A Christmas Carol, Chris won't allow anyone to use the heating. Clearly, the Cornley Drama Society is just going to have to huddle for warmth.

( Backup Heating )

mindstalk

Album. Long day. Uphill outh of me to Yamate, train up to Kannai, walking south through a park and then Chinatown. ( Read more... )

I walked up and down through much of Chinatown, had a meat bun, various siu mai, a fried chicken cutlet or "dekatsu". None of the food blew me away, honestly. Oh right, sat down at a place with outdoor seating, ordered various dumplings; the soup dumplings were good.

kradeelav

my dad is really sincerely great but there are moments when i am ngl a little shocked he hasn't darwin awarded himself out of the gene pool XD

> we're discussing the unfortunate quote for fixing an old ass furnace apparently at high risk for carbon monoxide leakage, as we just found that out
> he's been trying to weasel out of not having to pay
him: ok so what happens if you don't uhhh do anything?
[me and mom simultaneously, instantly] you die. :l

(anyway. i'm writing the check for this one. yeezus.)

proustbot

Genshin Impact (2020-, PC) -- Went through the 6.3 patch, because I'm going to be traveling for most of this week and wanted to give myself a fighting chance of finishing this year's Lantern Rite before it disappears into smoke in six days. (Although, now that I've dipped a toe in this year's Lantern Rite: hmmm, so far I am underwhelmed!)

Genshin Impact 6.3 A Traveler on a Winter's Night

I largely liked 6.3, though it did the exact same annoying thing that 6.1 did and straps you into Cutscene Masterpiece Theater for multiple hours of playing time. Still don't love that move, Genshin! However, it does this under the ambitious gambit of removing the player's character from the field of play and having most of the plot happen with the supporting cast. I enjoyed that. It is very dreary playing The Single Most Important Person In Teyvat all the time, and it's nice to see other characters get to steer the story for a while.

( slightly sweaty attempt to explain a lot of baroque world lore to players who routinely button-mash through cutscenes )

shinon

...I'm still Pretty Bored All the Time so I may keep poking through prompts for anything I want to do for a while - but with 3SF prompting formally over, here's my most recent batch.

( Tellius, Emily Wilde, EO2U )

kradeelav

marquis elmdore is really such krad bait i literally said 'oh no' out loud at the tv when he first showed up lmao

look at me krad

you are not immune to a gorgeous sexy villain bishie

you have not been immune since 2003

:P

Lost in Lualand

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Candy Hearts 2026: reveals and recs

shortie life update and a thang

At last!

2026 gaming post #5

Fanfiction: Backup Heating (The Goes Wrong Show, everyone/everyone)

Feb 14: Yokohama and Chinatown

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when youre an adult youre like i need more poisons ASAP

3SF, final week

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