Ashes to Ashes + DCU Crossover:
Holiday makers - Alex Drake, meet Barbara Gordon.
Avengers (2012):
Nutritious high protein - Why Steve Rogers's shirts fit the way they do. (Gen)
DCU:
A bird in the hand - Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson, the first identity porn story, Brucie Wayne/Nightwing. With Jamjar.
Also from the How to Marry a Millionaire verse, Mussels, with Bruce/Dick/Clark.
À la recherche de la honte perdue - Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson, in which Dick dresses as Marie Antoinette (just like in canon) and Bruce dresses as Louis XVI (canon!) and then they have sex (okay, that was me).
If you're on fire - Steph Brown, Cassandra Cain, and Kon-El have Adventures.
In Flagrante Delicto - Slade Wilson/Dick Grayson, co-written with Rubynye, as were the commentaries. (Yes, I do know how much it's going to suck for people to get a heads-up from her, but it's better than losing her words.)
So unlike a wife, Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson with crossdressing, Selina Kyle, and sharp edges.
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teland's Entelechy - Dick Grayson/Tim Drake, content some readers may find disturbing. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Good Omens:
Holy unnecessary - a snippet of the story where Crowley wakes up with a penis (no interpersonal sexual contact)
Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes:
Ease my worried mind - Take Clothes Off As Directed (Dom/sub roles as socially normative/constructed), Sam/Gene, Sam/Annie.
L'appel du vide - Several stories deep into a series of Gene Hunt/Alex Drake/Sam Tyler/Annie Cartwright. With thatyourefuse.
Star Wars:
The letter and not the spirit - Obi-Wan/Anakin, a snippet of the story, involves cuddling
Holiday makers - Alex Drake, meet Barbara Gordon.
Avengers (2012):
Nutritious high protein - Why Steve Rogers's shirts fit the way they do. (Gen)
DCU:
A bird in the hand - Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson, the first identity porn story, Brucie Wayne/Nightwing. With Jamjar.
Also from the How to Marry a Millionaire verse, Mussels, with Bruce/Dick/Clark.
À la recherche de la honte perdue - Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson, in which Dick dresses as Marie Antoinette (just like in canon) and Bruce dresses as Louis XVI (canon!) and then they have sex (okay, that was me).
If you're on fire - Steph Brown, Cassandra Cain, and Kon-El have Adventures.
In Flagrante Delicto - Slade Wilson/Dick Grayson, co-written with Rubynye, as were the commentaries. (Yes, I do know how much it's going to suck for people to get a heads-up from her, but it's better than losing her words.)
So unlike a wife, Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson with crossdressing, Selina Kyle, and sharp edges.
DVD commentary by Petra on
teland's Entelechy - Dick Grayson/Tim Drake, content some readers may find disturbing. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3Good Omens:
Holy unnecessary - a snippet of the story where Crowley wakes up with a penis (no interpersonal sexual contact)
Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes:
Ease my worried mind - Take Clothes Off As Directed (Dom/sub roles as socially normative/constructed), Sam/Gene, Sam/Annie.
L'appel du vide - Several stories deep into a series of Gene Hunt/Alex Drake/Sam Tyler/Annie Cartwright. With thatyourefuse.
Star Wars:
The letter and not the spirit - Obi-Wan/Anakin, a snippet of the story, involves cuddling
Purrfect Kill by Nic SaintMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
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I finished reading Purrfect Kill by Nic Saint last night. It’s the 17th “Mysteries of Max” book, featuring fat orange cat Max and Odelia, his human.
There’s been another murder in Hampton Cove. This time pop star Chickie Hay has been found dead in her mansion. Odelia joins Chase and her Uncle Alec as they go to investigate, and Odelia brings her four cats along to see if they can glean some clues. The investigation unearths lax security, a crazed fan, a best frenemy, and a former manager who had a beef with Chickie. Clues and witness statements don’t seem to add up, but Max, Odelia, and the others are determined to crack the case.
If the author would stick to the main plot, these books would be much more enjoyable. Instead, we have Vesta (Gran) acting like a tween twat again, as well as a subplot of the same inept burglars from a previous book putting in a return appearance. Even Harriet the cat was acting like a moron. The main plot was good, but the subplots dragged it all down.
Favorite lines:
♦ “She collected grudges and feuds like other people collected shoes or stamps.”
♦ Abe Cornwall is the county coroner and looks as if at some point he swallowed another county coroner. The man is large.
♦ It’s a pity our paws are outfitted with soft pink pads. It hampers our ability to applaud.
♦ “Dooley caught a killer? How did that happen?” // “I found an inseminating piece of evidence,” said Dooley happily. // “Not inseminating, incriminating,” Harriet corrected him.
Can’t score this any higher than a three.
Potted a few of the cannas today. They're supposed to need three weeks to put out some roots and get their heads above soil. "So probably three days," Marci says.
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One of my neighbors asked if I'd started planting yet, and I said I wished it was warm enough to bring things out because I'm running out of room inside. He said, "Your thumb is too green."
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Daphne and I went to the park tonight and the sun was very kind. The weather was nice enough that she didn't have to wear a coat, and she had a great time frolicking in the field at the top of the hill. And on our way down we were visited by the brightest sundog I've ever seen! Even my phone camera was able to capture some of the color.
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Finally, I'm really enjoying Duolingo's new units on hiking.
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One of my neighbors asked if I'd started planting yet, and I said I wished it was warm enough to bring things out because I'm running out of room inside. He said, "Your thumb is too green."
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Daphne and I went to the park tonight and the sun was very kind. The weather was nice enough that she didn't have to wear a coat, and she had a great time frolicking in the field at the top of the hill. And on our way down we were visited by the brightest sundog I've ever seen! Even my phone camera was able to capture some of the color.
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Finally, I'm really enjoying Duolingo's new units on hiking.
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Yet more Robert/Chris Goes Wrong fanfiction! And, yet again, I have managed to sneak Robert banging Chris's mother in here. It's my favourite thing.
Title: The Verge
Fandom: The Goes Wrong Show
Rating: 14
Pairing: Robert/Chris, with some Robert/Celia
Wordcount: 3,500
Summary: Chris steels himself. “Do you ever feel something might... happen between us?”
( The Verge )
Title: The Verge
Fandom: The Goes Wrong Show
Rating: 14
Pairing: Robert/Chris, with some Robert/Celia
Wordcount: 3,500
Summary: Chris steels himself. “Do you ever feel something might... happen between us?”
( The Verge )
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett
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ysilme here: alibi sentence only, but today for a fun reason: I've decided to participate at Back to Middle-earth Month 2026, and spent my writing time today with digging out my old Bingo cards, checking the numbers, and collecting ideas for prompts. B2MeM traditionally runs throughout March and has varied types of fanwork-creating events every year, but you also can just work with any of the older ideas, events or prompts. There have been two years of themed bingo cards, and part of this year's run is a daily calling of bingo numbers. I plan to write a few snippets, extended or deleted scenes depending on what comes up with the bingo cards I have in my stash, but not aiming at getting a bingo.Tags:
Behold my index crush. Look at his charming dimples that only appear at delightfully rare moments! Marvel at his subtle humour and earnest indexicalness! Just look at his adorable hand gestures, side parting and skivvy/brown blazer combo.
Watching this video is soothing to my brain.
https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/achieving-the-ideal-index/101682
#seth)_maislin
I just checked AO3. There is Not A Single Fic about this man. Not a one!
ETA: Also that thing he does with his eyebrow, arching one while the other stays horizontal.
ETTA: That video is from many decades ago. That man has two children and a wife. They spent a holiday on an organic farm in Australia. There is too much internet out there for a fourth wall. I must now draw back from this brink.
Nothing stopping me from listening to the dulcet tones of a room full of indexers, though.
ETTTA: I first encountered this indexer via this page https://taxonomist.tripod.com/indexing/wordproblems.html when I was struggling with doing an index using MS Word. It's an irreverent, incredibly detailed and pragmatically helpful page. And the formatting dates it to a Different Time.
Watching this video is soothing to my brain.
https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/achieving-the-ideal-index/101682
#seth)_maislin
I just checked AO3. There is Not A Single Fic about this man. Not a one!
ETA: Also that thing he does with his eyebrow, arching one while the other stays horizontal.
ETTA: That video is from many decades ago. That man has two children and a wife. They spent a holiday on an organic farm in Australia. There is too much internet out there for a fourth wall. I must now draw back from this brink.
Nothing stopping me from listening to the dulcet tones of a room full of indexers, though.
ETTTA: I first encountered this indexer via this page https://taxonomist.tripod.com/indexing/wordproblems.html when I was struggling with doing an index using MS Word. It's an irreverent, incredibly detailed and pragmatically helpful page. And the formatting dates it to a Different Time.
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Ezra, an Ojibwe teenager, has to flee Minneapolis when the home of the racist teenager who bullied him burns down, and he becomes the prime suspect. He goes to Canada to run traplines with his grandfather.
Where Wolves Don't Die is mostly a coming of age story; the thriller/mystery element is present but minor. It was recommended to me "Like an Ojibwe Hatchet," which definitely captures a lot of the vibe though it's about learning in community and family rather than isolation. Ezra goes from boy to man while he learns the old ways with his grandfather, who he loves. It's engrossing and moving. I liked that Ezra actively wants to stay with and learn from his grandfather rather than resisting it and having to come around.
Content notes: Hunting and trapping is central to the story.
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Well it was for a few days. But it is the nature of spring to be fickle, so I shall endure the appearance of equinoctial gales and hope that the cherries don't blossom until later in the week or it will disappear in the closest thing to a blizzard of this winter. I have been failing to write a post because I should be writing about seeing Peter Grimes (brilliant, very dramatic), or more Olympics, or visiting my parents, or reading A Month in the Country (rich and lovely) and it has not happened. Admittedly having a cold has not helped. And I certainly don't want to try to think of something to say about geopolitics.
So when I was reminded of the existence of this song/vid, I thought, I should post that. It is very relatable, literally and metaphorically. Who has never been the penguin who doesn't want to get out of his futon?
So when I was reminded of the existence of this song/vid, I thought, I should post that. It is very relatable, literally and metaphorically. Who has never been the penguin who doesn't want to get out of his futon?
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My poem "ἀγκυλοθάλασσος" has been accepted by Strange Horizons. I am indebted to radiantfracture for his Twine prompt generator designed to produce scientific-sounding compound adjectives and nouns, in this case the irresistible "ankylothalassic" from ἀγκύλος "crooked, bent" and θάλασσα "the sea." I rendered it back into classical Greek and José Esteban Muñoz and Twelfth Night got in there along the way. It was written on New Year's Eve.
While I was out of ambit of the internet for almost all of yesterday, Reckoning: It Was Paradise hit the digital shelves. It is the special issue of the journal of environmental justice on war and conflict and contains a poem of mine which will go live on the internet in a month, or you could pick it up now with the rest of the shatteringly topical e-book if you don't feel like preordering it in print. I wrote it last summer after the—first—U.S. strikes on Iran. I taught myself a small amount of Elamite cuneiform for it. It should not have come around to such relevance again.
The designer of the Paleontological Research Institute's long-running pre-saurian Paleozoic Pals has just branched out into Pleistocene mammals with a Kickstarter for Cenozoic Snuggles. I have put in for a Glyptodon.
I may have slept nine hours. I just heard Rabbitology's "The Bog Bodies" (2026).
radiantfracture for his Twine prompt generator designed to produce scientific-sounding compound adjectives and nouns, in this case the irresistible "ankylothalassic" from ἀγκύλος "crooked, bent" and θάλασσα "the sea." I rendered it back into classical Greek and José Esteban Muñoz and Twelfth Night got in there along the way. It was written on New Year's Eve.While I was out of ambit of the internet for almost all of yesterday, Reckoning: It Was Paradise hit the digital shelves. It is the special issue of the journal of environmental justice on war and conflict and contains a poem of mine which will go live on the internet in a month, or you could pick it up now with the rest of the shatteringly topical e-book if you don't feel like preordering it in print. I wrote it last summer after the—first—U.S. strikes on Iran. I taught myself a small amount of Elamite cuneiform for it. It should not have come around to such relevance again.
The designer of the Paleontological Research Institute's long-running pre-saurian Paleozoic Pals has just branched out into Pleistocene mammals with a Kickstarter for Cenozoic Snuggles. I have put in for a Glyptodon.
I may have slept nine hours. I just heard Rabbitology's "The Bog Bodies" (2026).
Hey. Psst. Were you one of those kids that would find a pretty rock when out walking and you'd carry it with you for the rest of that adventure and put it in your pocket and whatnot? Go see Project Hail Mary at the cinema. Don't check out the trailer, just go.
(also featured: science! teamwork! nice knitted sweaters!)
(also featured: science! teamwork! nice knitted sweaters!)
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fanhackers_feed Mar. 24th, 2026 10:12 am)In a recent study, Hungarian Hally fans also showed a connection to Cool Japan and C-ent.
“(…) there was a significant correlation between being a fan of K-culture and being a fan of Japanese or Chinese cultural content. (…) This illustrates how similar cultures, such as Japan and Taiwan, played a bridging role in the success of the Korean Wave, highlighting the ongoing flow of cultures that shape international cultural exchange.”
Shim,D., Gajzágó, É. 2023. The Rise of Korean Culture in Europe Based on a Survey of K-Culture Fans in Hungary. Mediální Studia | Media Studies - Journal for Critical Media Inquiry, 17(1): 27-53
The highlight here is on cultural similarity but looking at how Hungarian fans access these cultural content, there might be additional information about this connection.
“Not only were subcultural businesses from related areas important during the fledgling period of the fandom, when the necessary subcultural goods could be obtained through the fringe offerings of these businesses (…) but these actors also proved to be the most prepared to step in as producers, offering imported or localized subcultural goods once the market demand became apparent.”
Kacsuk, Z. 2016. From Subcultural Producers to Subcultural Clusters. Brienza, C. (ed.), Johnston, P. (ed.). Cultures of Comics Work. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 283-296.
–Szabó Dorottya
Over ten years ago I researched and read articles looking for the right e-reader app for my phone, got attached to one called FBReader, and paid a tiny fee to upgrade it. I have configured my own font families, sizes, and colors; can adjust the screen brightness in the page; and can advance pages with the volume button. I am attached to the library views as well, although they're not ideal. I've used it to read every ebook I've read in that time — I convert them to epubs — and thousands of works of fanfiction. I won't put up with proprietary interfaces; they get in the way so much that I'd rather not read the book in question, or read it on paper.
But it's started to give me trouble! A few times last year I had to delete books that would freeze the app every time they were opened, but I attributed this to file corruption or a bug. But now it's happened several times in a row with several different books. I'm afraid I will have to look for a replacement! And I dread that.
I can't embark on a project like that until I finally get around to backing up my last two years' worth of photos. And I can't do that until I repartition my laptop harddrive, which will require reinstalling Linux Mint. I have stored all my files in a separate storage partition for like twenty years, so nothing but ADHD can account for the fact that I forgot to create one the last time I upgraded the laptop OS.
But it's started to give me trouble! A few times last year I had to delete books that would freeze the app every time they were opened, but I attributed this to file corruption or a bug. But now it's happened several times in a row with several different books. I'm afraid I will have to look for a replacement! And I dread that.
I can't embark on a project like that until I finally get around to backing up my last two years' worth of photos. And I can't do that until I repartition my laptop harddrive, which will require reinstalling Linux Mint. I have stored all my files in a separate storage partition for like twenty years, so nothing but ADHD can account for the fact that I forgot to create one the last time I upgraded the laptop OS.
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Love for a dollar (1167 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden
Characters: Don Lockwood, Cosmo Brown, Kathy Selden
Additional Tags: Gift Fic, Domestic Disputes, Domestic Fluff, Polyamory Negotiations, Happy Ending
Summary:
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden
Characters: Don Lockwood, Cosmo Brown, Kathy Selden
Additional Tags: Gift Fic, Domestic Disputes, Domestic Fluff, Polyamory Negotiations, Happy Ending
Summary:
When R. F. recognizes Cosmo's genius and gives him a raise, he wants to pay rent. Don and Kathy have opinions about this.
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selkie's birthday was duly observed with my parents and my husbands, a meal of much carnivory, and an apricot marmalade cake doused in whipped cream, strawberry sugar, and candles that burned like driftwood salts. Many deeply goofy photos were taken of various combinations of us. So much is wrong with the world and it is still true that my family for an evening is happy. A photogenic snow began to drift the streets as I drove everyone home.
On the flight back out of JFK, they had Singin' in the Rain, so obviously I thought immediately of petra and watched it.
I continue to find public humiliation incredibly squicky and was therefore pleased that it had captions, so I could just take off headphones and watch the captions as I glanced up and thus not miss much of the story (primarily around Lina Lamont, who is a hideously awful coworker and also genuinely in a difficult position).
Don and Cosmo are just. Such a delight. I'm so sad that these folks did not have the delightful time making this movie that their performance implies they did.
Kathy/Don/Cosmo forever, oh yes, the internet was so correct.
petra and watched it.I continue to find public humiliation incredibly squicky and was therefore pleased that it had captions, so I could just take off headphones and watch the captions as I glanced up and thus not miss much of the story (primarily around Lina Lamont, who is a hideously awful coworker and also genuinely in a difficult position).
Don and Cosmo are just. Such a delight. I'm so sad that these folks did not have the delightful time making this movie that their performance implies they did.
Kathy/Don/Cosmo forever, oh yes, the internet was so correct.
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