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[Podfic] Oh freddled gruntbuggly (23 words) by peasina, MelancholyMorningstar
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leia Organa & Darth Vader
Characters: Leia Organa, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
Additional Tags: Bad Poetry, Vogon Poetry (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes
Summary:

Darth Vader learned his torture tactics from the Vogons.

Current Mood: i don't need a vader icon
Current Music: Thy micturations are to me

petra

This due South comic is flippin' brilliant, and I don't just say that as someone who loves the way the artist draws RayV looking at Fraser.

( Other things I liked about it )

Ahem.

Give it a go. It's short! It's cracky! It's pretty!

And I have the right icon for it.

Current Mood: charmed
Current Music: If you've ever been a lady to begin with

beanside

I don't know how coherent this is going to be, but I'm going to give it a shot. Feeling 100% like shit today. Instead of improving, the cough has developed a cold so now I'm sneezing in addition to coughing so much that I sound like a 67 Chevy turning over. Awesome. I hate that for me.

I'm not quite to the point of drowning in snot, but I can see it on the horizon. I fucking hate being sick. I am not good at it, and I tend to be whiny. I'm already over this. I was over it when the first cough hit me, but now I am seriously done. It needs to fuck off and let me get a decent night's sleep. I haven't had one in like three nights thanks to the cough.

I had to cancel the 5th anniversary game of Frostmaiden, which made me sad. I may have shed a couple of tears after I sent the message that I was cancelling. I was just frustrated with my body and upset that I let the players of my second oldest game down. We at least were able to move it to the 9th, so it's not too far off.

TOday, I have work, whether I like it of not. I am realizing that I guessed correctly about going to Philly this weekend. There was just no freaking chance that I could drive nearly 2 hours like this. I'd be pulling over every three minutes to cough my brains out and blow my nose.

Instead, we will have a quiet weekend--no games scheduled til Sunday and that's not one I'm running, so even if I'm not quite fully healed, I can mute myself until I need to talk.

I just have to get through today's shift. I will, but it will probably suck.

Jess is equally sick, if not worse. They had a 99.6 temp yesterday. Not upto the point of a doctor marking it as a fever, but they normally run low, so 99.6 can feel like 100.6. At least they can take it easy today.

Depite cancelling Frostmaiden and the crud, which my sister also has, it was a nice day yesterday. We napped a couple of times and had plenty of good food via doordash and uber eats. The morning was mexican breakfast. I got the Hurrache Albanil, which is a corn tortilla, crema, cheese and two tried eggs on top. It's lovely and filling and very tasty. Right now, things aren't tasting that great. I'm more tired then hungry and when your stuffy like this flavors are muted. That was really tasty though. Jess got mole, which burned right through the stuffiness.

For lunch I ordered Crepes. There's a place in Catonsville caled the Crepe Escape and Creamery that happened to be on Uber. It looked interesting, so I ordered. It was very delicious. Jess got the tropical with mango, pineapple and strawberry with coconut cream inside. I got the Strawberry, bananna, raspberry with coconut cream. I loved it. I couldn't eat all of it, but it was great. I had chocolate truffles and sprinkles on it, which gave it a great texture, in addition to the chocolate tasting amazing. My sister got the strawberry, raspberry and blueberry with whipped cream, which looked lovely. My sister and Jess ate all of theirs, and then Jess finished mine before bed (with my blessing)

Dinner was Bonefish grill, which was somewhat disappointing. My steak sort of sucked, but the Lobster was pretty good. And the Boom Boom shrimp appetizer was as always wonderful.

Today, we'll see if I'm going to be up to cooking after work. I suspect no, but, We'll see. I have some really nice steaks that I could throw on if I'm able to stand for that long.

Okay, time for me to go forth and consider breakfast. I think I'm going to eat leaftover pork souvlaki skewers. Everyone have a most excellent Friday! *air guitar*

vriddy

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petra

The sum of ourselves (468 words) by Petra, Teland
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Roy Harper & Koriand'r & Jason Todd
Characters: Roy Harper, Koriand'r (DCU), Jason Todd
Additional Tags: Nostalgia, Crack, Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Canon
Summary:

Red Hood and the Outlaws sit around chewing the fat after their first successful mission.

Current Mood: bananas
Current Music: When someone asks me, "What is that funny thing you've got?"

petra

There is no stagnation in the heavens;
They spin on, shedding their light, as we watch.
So too, below, change both kneads and leavens,
Now squashing flat, now lifting heart and crotch.
The dearest lover's touch, once memorized,
Arouses in absentia, but its shade
Can't match the novel zing of lust surprised.
The chaos factor that brings us arrayed
To catch new paramours, or woo the caught,
Is lightning flash astonishment that's chased
In renewed union and a clinch red-hot,
With new-found passion or love long-embraced.
So bring to bed good novelties and play,
That you may keep love fresh, as dawn starts day.

* * * * *

Many happy returns of the day, dear heart!

Current Mood: versical
Current Music: But as year turns year, I'll always be here, in springtime or wintry weather

ainsley

( putting some vaguely introspective words on a page, for reasons )

petra

Oh, Streetcar! being the Simpsons' musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire, which also takes place in New Orleans.

If you haven't seen it this decade, click through first, to hear Ned Flanders belt "HELL" if nothing else.

Tell me Louis didn't think his life would be a Mardi Gras, once upon a time.

"I think it's supposed to symbolize her descent into madness."

Current Mood: it's a while till Mardi Gras
Current Music: And here's a tip from Blanche you won't regret

lannamichaels

Me: Oooh this new Mountain Goats song Cold At Night is so good!

Me, on repeated listens: hang on, who is that person doing backing vocals?

Me: That sounds like Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Me: That cannot be correct.

Anyway. Yes, it is Lin-Manuel Miranda.

God, what is it about the Mountain Goats and making me ache to write poetry. They really took up that space vacated by Leonard Cohen.

petra

Challenge #1

The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

Hi, I'm Petra. I'm a writer and avid reader, primarily focused on fanfiction and poetry, who will write damn near anything for a drabble or a limerick at a time in one of my many fandoms, and I currently have a writing offer open here if anyone has any relevant requests they'd like me to entertain.

I am still very stuck on Star Wars, but I have never been monofannish, so if something else on my list pings your brain, by all means, prompt me!

I don't write about my personal life much, so here's the tl;dr -- 40's, they/them pronouns, happily married, happily employed.

I like Snowflake Challenge because early January is dark and miserable in my area, and it helps to have something to look forward to.

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Asparagus and watercress and fiddle-ferns and lettuce

petra

Madalena's Ballad of Great Success provides the sheet music. And now, this link is where you can listen to the song! Come get it stuck in your head with me!

Current Mood: time to comment
Current Music: This is the best life has ever been

kass

I had the pleasure of rereading Naomi Kritzer's Catnet books and delving into them this Yuletide! I wrote:

Calm on Catnet (1548 words) by Kass
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: CatNet Series - Naomi Kritzer
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rachel Adams/Steph (CatNet)
Characters: Rachel Adams (CatNet), Steph - Character, AI | CheshireCat (CatNet)
Summary:

Glimpses of what came next. (Set between Catfishing and Chaos.)

petra

Look both ways (5531 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctrine of Labyrinths - Sarah Monette
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mildmay Foxe/Felix Harrowgate
Characters: Mildmay Foxe, Felix Harrowgate
Additional Tags: Brother/Brother Incest, bisexual awakening, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Yearning, POV First Person, Yuleporn, Everyone's A Little Bit Janus
Summary:

"Going molly, Milly-Fox?" Keeper asked in my head whenever I thought about Felix and what it'd been like when he kissed me. And no, I fucking wasn't. I still liked women -- soft-breasted, soft-bellied, soft-hipped.

But maybe I was going a little janus, 'cause Kethe, but Felix had me turned inside out.

*

My favorite part of this is not "Everyone's a little bit janus" as a tag but it's a very close second.

*

De corporis et anima (1000 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctrine of Labyrinths - Sarah Monette
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mildmay Foxe & Felix Harrowgate
Characters: Felix Harrowgate, Mildmay Foxe
Additional Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks
Summary:

Most people's soulmarks can be covered by a simple band on the wrist. Felix is not so lucky.

*

I threatened to write the soulmark story when it first occurred to me a zillion years ago, so when there was an opportunity to put it on paper for a pinch hit, I was very pleased.

Current Mood: satisfied
Current Music: Stories of tortures used by debauchers, lurid, licentious & vile, make me smile

settiai

Yuletide reveals have happened, and I somehow ended up writing a total of nine fics this year. That included my main assignment, four pinch hits, and four treats. I'm still not entirely certain how I managed to pull off that many fics, but I did it. And I feel pretty good about all of them. Yay me?

Anyway, let's move onto the fics themselves!

First there was my original assignment:

( Watchmen (Comic) )

Then I picked up four pinch hits (one of which is archive locked for obvious reasons considering the fandom):

( Critical Role: Aramán (Web Series) )

( Critical Role (Web Series) RPF )

( Memoirs of the Borgia Sybil Series - Jo Graham )

( Pathways: Chronicles of Tuvana (Webcomic) )

And then, last but not least, I wrote four treats:

( Jaws )

( Justice League International )

( Pretty Baby (1978) )

( Titanic (1997) )

Current Mood: accomplished

duskpeterson

FREE ONLINE E-BOOK (html, epub, mobi, pdf, and xhtml)

The Motley Crew (The Thousand Nations). When a young man named Dolan flees from the north, he faces danger on all sides. The Northern Army wants him back. The Empire of Emor wants him dead. His native homeland of Koretia may not want him at all. And his only protection is a man with motives that are mysterious and possibly deadly.

New installment:

Side story | Twisted. No matter how you twist away, you cannot escape fate. But you can determine how you meet it.

BLOG FICTION

Anahita Most Strong (holiday gift story). "Anahita leapt from a hundred times the height of a man and ran powerfully. Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form, she sent down by day and by night a flow of motherly waters." An ancient Persian tale retold by me from a translation of the Avesta by James Darmesteter.

Tempestuous Tours (Crossing Worlds: A Visitor's Guide to the Three Lands #2). A whirlwind tour of the sites in the Three Lands that are most steeped in history, culture, and the occasional pickpocket.

New installments:

From Daxis to Emor.

Emorian borderland.

Southern Emor's countryside.

( Round-up of fiction released in 2025 )

NEWS & UPCOMING FICTION

In reference to my concussion in early November: My head is close to normal again, so I'm able to do late-stage editing once more.

As I already explained to my subscribers, I've decided to drop early access fiction in favor of releasing my stories to all my readers at the same time. Next up on my release schedule is Suspicion of the Guards (The Thousand Nations: The Motley Crew #3).

I've put together my release schedule for 2026, though these days I often have to be nimble on my feet and juggle my schedule to fit what's happening in my life. I can summarize my 2026 schedule by saying that this year I plan to release fiction from Chronicles of the Great Peninsula and Turn-of-the-Century Toughs. Those of you who are readers of the Toughs cycle have been extremely patient with my delay in posting more fic; I appreciate it. I hope to reward your patience.

glitteryv

I know there was a book reading meme somewhere, but I can't find it so we're going a bit bare bones today. 😅

Total books I picked up to read: 51

Total DNFs: 14

Fave books

Sweep in Peace and One Fell sweep from Ilona Andrews' Innkeeper Chronicles series. They were the ONLY books I gave 5 stars to. Also loved Skyla Dawn Cameron's intense mystery set in the Canadian wilderness The Silent Places.

Biggest Disappointments

* Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - A roman a clef abt the victims and survivors of Ted Bundy that was lauded everywhere. I still don't know WHO this book is for, LOLsob.

* Murder by Memory by Olivia Wilde - ANOTHER DISSENTING OPINION because the mystery was so weak that I decided to not continue the series. (But I'll continue to give this author a chance.)

Biggest Surprises

* The Wife Deserved It by Darby Kane - A shorter-than-expected novella that I enjoyed so much I'm going to read more books by this author.

* The Silent Places gets a tip of the hat as well cuz it was a good suspense novel that had the best ending I've read in a long while.

Worst books

* Make Room for Love by Darci Liao - Was excited abt a butch Chinese-American lesbian and a transgender Indian-American bisexual woman. But the story veered into a whole thing abt a student union and I ended up hating the whole thing.

* A Court of Deceit and Ruin by Jessaca Willis - Promoted as "a slow-burn sapphic fantasy romance perfect for fans of fairy tale retellings, dark magic, and star-crossed fates" --which turned out to be lies. The book WAS well-written, but this wasn't a romance, there was zero slow burn (again, NOT a romance), and the rest of the description is off. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

* Bitterbound by A.Z. Louise - An alleged "assassin x target romantasy" that had too many plotpoints that weren't quite resolved, a weak-ass romance, and a TERRIBLE ending (given the premise.)

Average rating for the year: 3. No idea how that happened.

Overall thoughts

It was a super strange reading year, NGL. I tried a lot of new-to-me authors (DNF'd a lot of them too, LOLsob) and had a meh reading year. Wished I'd tackled a lot more of my TBR and that I'd done Nonfiction November.

OTOH, I'm participating on two different reading challenges, so I'm going to not mood read as much as I did last year. :P

FICS

Total fics I picked up to read: 222 - I feel like this was lower than other years, huh.

Total DNFs: 103 - Way better than I expected given that there were months where I kept DNF'ing stuff left and right, LOL.

Total wordcount read: 2,126,551 - FTR, I don't feel one way or another abt this number. It's just interesting to know I've read 2.1M words, but there's no self-worth type of attachment from me toward it.

Highest reading month? January --which was 29 fics total. Makes sense to me!

Lowest reading month? April and August -- where I only read 9 fics each. IDK what distracted me in April, but I've got an idea that Summer SADs got to me in August.

Fandom I read the most: BTS. 😋 77 fics with Yoonjin being the ship I read the most (35).

Other fandoms 41 fics total split between Seventeen (multiple ships), TXT (multiple ships), TCGF (Hualian), BTVS (Buffy/Faith, Faith/Other), Shinee (Minho/Key)

Fave fics I read in 2025

* the last person i could ever love by

miraclesofpaul (BTS, Explicit, Omegaverse, endgame ship is Jin/Yoongi, other background ships, 152k total ) - This fic was rollercoaster of LOLs, DRAHMAHZ, and many sweet moments. *Chef's kiss* due to it being a TRUE Enemies-to-Lovers AU.

* Interlude by

duets (BTS, Rated Teen, Jin/Yoongi, 2.4k words total) - AU in which BTS never happens, but Yoongi ends up as a famous rapper and Jin is an actor. LOVED THE MIXED MEDIA format.

* You have seven [7] new calendar invites by

andlovetoo (Mature, OT7, 5.8k words total) - BTS trying to sync their calendar is all you need to know abt this wonderful chatfic.

* Stacks by

tender_tenderly (Explicit, RM/V, 9.8k words total) - A librarian AU of win with one-sided rivals-to-lovers, heheh.

* Growing Toward The Sun by

Nevaeh - Non-Idol AU abt the ups and downs of queer life in Seoul. I loved the balance of angst and fluff.

* Break Thru Everything by

aceaceaceace - (Rated Teen, established Minho/Key, 11.5k words total) SHINee's Key starts to organize with other queer idols to come out as a collective. Loved everything abt it (including the mentions of other idols who did come out too.)

* Sediment by

belledamn (BTVS, Mature, Buffy/Faith, 27k words total) - A perfect Noir AU in which Buffy's a PI, Faith's a sex worker, and they have a hella complicated relationship. I liked the way the author integrated other characters into the story.

petra

Role Reversal (0 words) by Fikturya
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Characters: Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Canon Compliant, Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary:

Just another nancy boy. [fanvid]

*

Warning for flashing lights. Ilya is Going Through It.

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: The things I do for love

vriddy

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hannah

Attending a New Year's Eve party with my parents and their friends that doubled as one of the friend's birthdays had me the youngest in the room. By multiple decades, in most cases. It was fun, for all that - I talked to some very old-school socialists about addiction, definitions of fascism, public transportation, architecture, technical versus technological, and made a few people laugh.

I should reach back out to the host and thank him for the invitation again.

Watch on YouTube

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: The New Year - Death Cab for Cutie

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petra - Podfic: Oh freddled gruntbuggly - Darth Vader reads his poetry to torture Leia
petra - Recommendation: Luck, be a lady - due South fancomic by gjdraws
beanside - In midst of sinners flocking up like souless sheep
vriddy - Kaijuu No. 8 fic update: Warm as life (Kafka/Reno/Narumi, Reno/Iharu, Kafka/Hoshina) - WIP 2/7
vriddy - New K-9 fic: A bit of a break (Hidaka/Shigure)
petra - The sum of ourselves - DCU story, co-written with Té
petra - The great callipgyian spheres - sonnet for minoanmiss
ainsley - [oh, thursday doesn't even start]
petra - Vids that will never be: Oh, Streetcar! + Interview with the Vampire (TV)
lannamichaels - My ability to identify Lin-Manuel Miranda by singing voice continues to amaze me
petra - Snowflake Challenge #1 - Introduction
petra - Yuletide Story Received Update - The Galavant Song!
kass - Yuletide reveal
petra - Yuletide Stories 2025 - Doctrine of Labyrinths x2
settiai - Yuletide Reveals
duskpeterson - UPDATE: Twisted + Anahita Most Strong + 2025 round-up + 2026 plans
glitteryv - My Year in Reading ( 2025 version)
petra - Recommendation: Heated Rivalry vid - Role Reversal by Fikturya
vriddy - New (first!) Kaijuu No. 8 fic: Warm as life (Kafka/Reno/Narumi, Reno/Iharu, Kafka/Hoshina) - WIP 1/7
hannah - January the first.

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Podfic: Oh freddled gruntbuggly - Darth Vader reads his poetry to torture Leia

Recommendation: Luck, be a lady - due South fancomic by gjdraws

In midst of sinners flocking up like souless sheep

Kaijuu No. 8 fic update: Warm as life (Kafka/Reno/Narumi, Reno/Iharu, Kafka/Hoshina) - WIP 2/7

New K-9 fic: A bit of a break (Hidaka/Shigure)

The sum of ourselves - DCU story, co-written with Té

The great callipgyian spheres - sonnet for minoanmiss

[oh, thursday doesn't even start]

Vids that will never be: Oh, Streetcar! + Interview with the Vampire (TV)

My ability to identify Lin-Manuel Miranda by singing voice continues to amaze me

Snowflake Challenge #1 - Introduction

Yuletide Story Received Update - The Galavant Song!

Yuletide reveal

Yuletide Stories 2025 - Doctrine of Labyrinths x2

Yuletide Reveals

UPDATE: Twisted + Anahita Most Strong + 2025 round-up + 2026 plans

FREE ONLINE E-BOOK (html, epub, mobi, pdf, and xhtml)

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NEWS & UPCOMING FICTION

My Year in Reading ( 2025 version)

Recommendation: Heated Rivalry vid - Role Reversal by Fikturya

New (first!) Kaijuu No. 8 fic: Warm as life (Kafka/Reno/Narumi, Reno/Iharu, Kafka/Hoshina) - WIP 1/7

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