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Fandom: Red White and Royal Blue (RWRB)
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: iconic objects from the movie
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: peachesobviously on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely collage drawing of things occurring in the book and movie. Beautifully detailed, with an index!
Link: Iconic Items from Red White & Royal Blue

mrshamill

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Current Mood: calm

melagan

I adulted the shit out of today. W00t! Some of it was kinda-sorta accidental (in the right place at the right time) but stuff got done so that totally counts.

This is worthy of celebrating.

Poll #33597

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I should celerbrate by....

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Reading (porn)
2 (13.3%)

Writing (porn)
3 (20.0%)

Having a glass of wine (while reading or writing porn)
14 (93.3%)

The only reason you don't see coffee on this list is because it would be my sixth cup of the day.

sage

books
The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles #3) by Dorothy Dunnett. 1966. cw: yet more animal harm and graphic violence, child harm, violence against women, dubcon, mention of sexual assault. Swashbuckling! Explosions! Sieges! Mercenaries! ~~Car chases!~~ Malta, Tripoli, Scotland, etc. Much more accessible than the first one, which was Dunnett's first novel. Weird pacing at the end, though.

currently reading: Pawn in Frankincense (The Lymond Chronicles #4) by Dorothy Dunnett. 1969. Baden, Algiers, so far. Piracy!

( yarning )

gift rec request
Mom's having trouble finding a good birthday gift for Niece. She requested "binoculars or a telescope," which another family member is taking care of. Point being, she's not your average almost 5-year-old. She's on swim team, is in ballet, and missed the cut off for kindergarten, so she's still in preschool. I went looking for gift ideas, but they all have small parts, and her brother is still only two and might get into her toys and try to eat things he shouldn't. So no LiteBrite sets or such yet. Any gift ideas, preferably educational, would be much appreciated!

dirt
another baby monstera delicosa has come up! I am so happily surprised! I managed to water nearly everything yesterday & all the other plants are doing well, minus the few who still have a thrips situation, grrrr! :smites all thrips:

healthcrap
had a difficult day Monday, but managed to go get my monthly allergy shot. It's irritating that socializing for less than 2 hours on Sunday makes Monday obligations so challenging. Then I overdid it yesterday and barely slept last night, so today isn't great either. /disability. ( cut for discussion of intended weight loss )

media
I started watching S5 of Lower Decks, and it's so good! I'd forgotten how much I loved S4.

augh
The trunk release lever of my car stopped working. Pretty sure, based on googling, that the cable broke, though I haven't gone spelunking to check. I can still open the trunk with a key, at least, but it's one more thing I need to take care of...or to ignore indefinitely. :(

yuletide!
noms open in less than a week, on the 15th, yay! And the mods have upped the number of fandoms you can nom (5) and request (8)!

#resist
10/18/25: No Kings Day #2

I hope all of y'all are doing well!

tarlanx

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sholio

DW catchup continues ... I posted this on AO3 yesterday, and I wrote most of this fic in the car, actually, on the 7-hour drive home from my mom's part of Alaska. I would drive for a while and think of a new section of fic and stop to write a bit on my laptop.

Crime and Punishment (Murderbot books, Mensah POV, 2500 words)
Missing scene/tag for Fugitive Telemetry. Mensah gets a call from station security. (Entirely bookverse.)

Follow-up on

Spoilers for Fugitive Telemetry

the refugee shooting Murderbot in the novella.

Mostly fluff and banter, in spite of the actual topic.

( Fic under the cut )

trillingstar

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tarlanx

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Fandom: Red White and Royal Blue (RWRB)
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Alex Claremont-Diaz, David the beagle
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: antoine-triplett on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: a charming pic of Alex with David the beagle on his lap. I like their expressions, and the likeness is great.
Link: Alex & David

goddess47

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tarlanx

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https://sgastoryfinders.livejournal.com/4246755.html

I'd love some help identifying this fic, please. For some reason, possibly sabotage, everyone needs to evacuate Atlantis while it reboots. I think John is attacked and hidden somewhere by his attacker (possibly saboteur?) so that when everyone leaves he's stuck there. No-one can get in or out for several days while the reboot happens and he's in danger of freezing to death, running out of food etc.

Anyone recognise this? It's driving me nuts! Any help would be gratefully received!

https://sgastoryfinders.livejournal.com/4246755.html

tarlanx

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goddess47

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tarlanx

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mific

Last month I had a birthday which as usual has left me at an unmemorable number, so for the rest of the year I'll be confused math lady if anyone asks my age.

Older woman with short greyish hair looking worried. She's peering at maths equations displayed across the pic.

The home screen on my pc is set to cycle through scenic views, then a while back microsoft added supposedly intriguing links (not). It randomly resulted in this combo, however, which is genuinely intriguing. Maybe sheep are deeper thinkers than we'd thought?

Sunset on a steep rocky hillside, four sheep standing serenely. Over them, white text reads - unlock the secrets of active listening and learn strategies that can help transform your conversations.

And this one's on tumblr.
The Rabbit of Doom

runpunkrun

Photograph of steel spoons and spices in a dramatic setting with added text that gives it the look of a gourmet magazine cover: September 2025. Food & Cooking, at Fancake. Steel teaspoons are arranged in an elogated oval to suggest a fish, with the bowls acting as scales and some of the handles left visible to create the fins and tail, giving the creature a spiky appearance. The concave bowls are dusted with a powdery orange spice for color and one spoon at the front of the fish is filled with a coarse black spice to create an eye. The fish is on a black surface with a rough texture and around it are three skinny green peppers, a mound of salt, a mound of orange spice, and a dipping bowl filled with a clear amber liquid.

It's farm to table—and every stop in between—at

fancake this month! Bring on over your recs for fanworks featuring hunting, farming, ranching, fishing, foraging, grocery shopping, farmer's markets, kitchens, restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, food carts, bars, wineries, breweries, waiters, bartenders, baristas, and, of course, cooking and eating.

If you have any questions about this theme, or the comm, come talk to me!

sage

( books (Dunnett, Dunnett, Herron, Tierney) )

media
I finally finished watching Murderbot S1! (It only took forever bc I suck at visual media.) I loved it and want more! I'm hesitant to dive into fic, though, due to the "murderbot has a penis" and "Gurathin/Murderbot" tags. I want canon-compliant Murderbot adventures, not forcing it to behave in any manner like a sexbot. So, those are 2 things for me to filter out of search... But re the ending, wow, evidently they spent their whole series budget on ep 10 & it became a whole different show. Really satisfying.

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yarning
no yarn group this week, as too many people were sick or busy. I haven't crocheted on my own in well over a month, as I'm not at all motivated. It's SO frustrating. I'm hoping I can get off one of my meds that affects creativity & regain inspiration. I did at least get 3 kickbunnies listed on etsy...though I haven't promoted them on social media yet due to lack of motivation. OTOH, I have a potential customer waiting on an address to send a bunny to? That's something.

healthcrap
Still having frequent headaches and rationing triptans (I'm not low on them (yet), just being frugal with the stash). The vertigo/feeling faint is bad. Generally, I'm getting 2-16 minutes of Deep sleep per night and not feeling rested at all. ( cut for discussion of weight loss )

yuletide!
noms open in less than 2 weeks, on the 15th, yay! Get your fandoms ready! \o/ And they've upped the number of fandoms you can nom and request! I need to have a look back at the books I've read this year and see what I can manage to offer. Hrm.

#resist
10/18/25: No Kings Day #2