Advent Day 22

Dec. 22nd, 2025 03:39 pm
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Let's get to it!

1. Gaming Dice: A silver metal 8-sided die. It's really cool looking

2. Diamine Inkvent: Pigment Chameleon called Pineapple Spritz. Basically gold with a hint of sparkle

3. Cult Pens: No link today as I couldn't find the exact one. It's an Iwako puzzle eraser in the shape of a sleigh. As far as I can tell, it costs: $2.77. Total Cost: $121.59. If I'm right, tomorrow will be a special edition ink and the day after will be a really nice fountain pen.

4. Cacao & Cardamom: Texas Pecan Praline. Should be pretty good!

I can't believe there's only two days left!


Advent Day 21

Dec. 21st, 2025 02:39 pm
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Early today

1. Gaming Dice: It's an 8-sided die and it's a very, very, very dark amber red. So dark it's almost black, with a layer of blue sparkles on top. Pretty cool

2. Diamine Inkvent: Extreme Sheen called Chaos. This one is pretty neat. The base color is dark plum, but when you shine a light on it, the sheen is bright, metallic, acid green. So cool!

3. Cult Pens: Midori MD notebook light A7 Basically it's three mini notebooks. Cost: $9.44. Total Cost: $118.82

4. Cacao & Cardamom: White chocolate covered baklava. Pretty good!

The longest night of the year

Dec. 21st, 2025 12:00 pm
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[personal profile] melagan
There's something magical about the longest night of the year.

no title

Happy Solstice!

2571 / Fic - The Pitt

Dec. 21st, 2025 04:39 pm
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[personal profile] siria
Diagnosis Potato
The Pitt | Jack/Robby | ~1200 words | Thanks to [personal profile] sheafrotherdon for the beta.

(Also on AO3)

Jack, Robby, and Dana pass on hard-earned medical wisdom to some of their junior colleagues. )

Ilyaaa by ccrux00 (SFW)

Dec. 22nd, 2025 12:03 am
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[personal profile] mific posting in [community profile] fanart_recs
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: ccrux00 on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: aaaand Ilya Rozanov, our other protagonist. A great digital painting, perfect likeness.
Link: Ilyaaa

mific: (Heated rivalry)
[personal profile] mific posting in [community profile] fanart_recs
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: i think it's traditional art, a pencil drawing
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: thence-we-came-forth on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: I've been so submerged in Heated Rivalry that I've been neglecting reccing - time to remedy that! First, to introduce our boys: here's Shane Hollander in his hoodie from the tender goodbye in the condo stairwell. Very nice pencil drawing of a favourite scene.
Link: Shane Hollander

Advent Day 20

Dec. 20th, 2025 03:55 pm
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This was a much better day than yesterday!

1. Gaming Dice: It's a six-sided die. It's half-transparent green and half deep, dark amber and there's blue sparkles on top of both sides

2. Diamine Inkvent: Chameleon ink called Ambience. It's a really pretty orange ink overlaid with pink sparkles

3. Cult Pens: Pilot Supergrip G retractable ballpoint in neon orange, with neon orange ink. Very cool! And fun that the ink calendar and this one matched today. Cost: $1.90. Total Cost: $109.38

4. Cacao & Cardamom: Hazelnut Crunch. Basically clusters of chocolate covered hazelnuts. Yum!

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Someone on my flist, [personal profile] shipperslist, is doing BooksandLaLa's reading challenges this year. I posted them here last year with every intention of doing it and then I promptly forgot. But, guys!? Guess what? I just went through the list again and I COMPLETED THE COVER CHALLENGE!!!! I didn't event mean to and I totally did it. Now, this is only because the Challenge creator says she doesn't actually care what month you read the books in. Also, I'm including one book on my list that I dnf'd, but who knows, maybe I'll pick it up and finish it before the end of the year!

So, here's the Cover Challenge (All of these things need to be pictured on the cover of the book) and the books I read that fulfilled the challenge

January: Pattern --MEN AT ARMS
February: Skyline --VICTORY OF EAGLES
March: Books --PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION (This is the one I dnf'd)
April: Animals --A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES
May: Eyes --DAWN
June: Celestial --THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE
July: Technology --THE SONG OF ACHILLES
August: Transportation --HIS MAJESTY'S DRAGON
September: Foliage --LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
October: Weapons --BLACK POWDER WAR
November: Food & Drink --WEYWARD
December: Monochromatic --BEAUTYLAND

This makes me so happy! I've never finished a book reading challenge before!

This makes me think I should make a more concerted effort to try next years challenge, which is as follows:

TITLE CHALLENGE (All these things need to be in the title of the book)

January: "Before" and "After"
February: Keyboard keys (letters, numbers, punctuation, enter, esc, space, tab, etc)
March: "This" and "That" also "Those" and "These"
April: Ordinal Numbers (First, second, third, fourth, etc --also "last" or "final")
May: "Make" also "Makes" and "Making"
June: One-Word title
July: Occupations
August: Groups & Clubs (also includes names of clubs, leagues, societies, etc)
September: "Me" "My" "Mine"
October: Parts of a house (Not furniture, structural)
November: Instructional Title
December: Superlatives (Best, Worst, Funniest, Brightest, etc)

COVER CHALLENGE (All these things need to be on the cover of the book)

January: Internal Body Parts (includes blood)
February: Silhouette
March: Action/Movement
April: (wearable) accessories
May: Border/Frame (around the whole cover)
June: Wings
July: A metallic element (Must obviously be metallic, not just yellow or gray)
August: Damage (Books with covers that look damaged some way in the picture, not actual damage to the book)
September: Fire & Smoke
October: Doors & Keys (also locks)
November: Reflection (graphic elements that are reflected)
December: Music (includes instruments)

Excited to see what I can come up with for next year!

Heated Rivalry

Dec. 20th, 2025 12:32 pm
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[personal profile] grey853
Is anyone else watching the HBO Max series Heated Rivalry? OMG, it's an a boy meets boy on the ice. Hockey love, people! It's very explicit, but it's more than that. As it goes along, there's an actual intimate relationship that develops, something more than just sex. I'm frankly impressed by how well it's written and acted. Love the two leads.



I have to say I was rather surprised that they've actually developed it beyond the sex scenes. It's a very slashy romance.

A couple of Biggles promptfics

Dec. 19th, 2025 09:46 pm
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[personal profile] sholio
I had a long plane flight yesterday (holiday travel) and decided to try to clear out a little more of my Tumblr prompt backlog before the end of the year.

1. Friendly fire: Algy and EvS

200 wds - Also on Tumblr

Under the cut, with prompt )

2. Drug that mimics death - Erich & Biggles

700 wds - Also on Tumblr.

Under the cut, with prompt )

Advent Day 19

Dec. 19th, 2025 07:13 pm
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Had some bad news to start the day. My mom was exposed to Covid yesterday, so she can no longer host Christmas or even be with us at Christmas. My first reaction was to be relieved I wasn't going to have to go out that day, but my sister said she'd host. Almost got out of social engagement for the day! I love my family, but family dinners are a LOT for me to handle.

In any case, let's get on with it!

1. Gaming Dice: I was wrong about being done with the elf dice. Today was a clear 12-sided die with an elf inside.

2. Diamine Inkvent: A Standard gray-blue ink called Overcast

3. Cult Pens: No link today as I couldn't find the exact one on the site. It's washi tape with some animals on it. 15mm X 7m. Cost: $3.80 (This was the cost of washi of similar size). Total Cost: $107.48

4. Cacao & Cardamom: A peppermint patty in the shape of a christmas sweater. It was creamy and really good. I'd like to have a few more of those!

Due South fic beta?

Dec. 19th, 2025 07:43 pm
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[personal profile] mific
Hi guys - anyone able to beta a short (~2300) due South fic for me, for the Secret Santa? It's Fraser/Vecchio. Deadline for the go-live is the 24th Dec. TIA if you can!

Advent Day 18

Dec. 18th, 2025 09:52 pm
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Today was a pretty good day!

1. Gaming Dice: A very dark green and orange swirl 20-sided die

2. Diamine Inkvent: An extreme sheen called Laurel. The base color is green and the sheen is metallic magenta

3. Cult Pens: Pentel Tadio Fountain Pen. It's a light turquoise and came in a black velvet pen cover. Cost: $17.82. Total Cost: $103.68

4. Cacao & Cardamom: Three chocolate discs with candied citrus and nuts. Pretty good!

2570 / Fic - The Pitt

Dec. 18th, 2025 03:56 pm
siria: (the pitt - side by side)
[personal profile] siria
Nobody Puts Baby in the Pumpkin
The Pitt | Jack/Robby | ~1100 words | For [personal profile] traveller, with thanks to [personal profile] sheafrotherdon for betaing.

(Also on AO3)

It had been a running joke at first, and then passed into a simple fact of life together: Robby ran cold and Jack ran hot. )
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