Apr. 22nd, 2025 08:23 pm
Fandom stuff
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seasonsofdrabbles. Come join me! So I have someone to write for.
- After my firsthurtcomfortex idea got increasingly complicated with less and less direct h/c, I now have a new idea that is directly h/c and much simpler. Which is great, because I can tell it's going to be a long 'un. (That's why the writing period for this exchange is so long, right? Because h/c takes lots of words??) So now I have 400 words, and the deadline isn't for like six weeks! Woo!
seasonsofdrabbles. Come join me! - After my first
hurtcomfortex idea got increasingly complicated with less and less direct h/c, I now have a new idea that is directly h/c and much simpler. Which is great, because I can tell it's going to be a long 'un. (That's why the writing period for this exchange is so long, right? Because h/c takes lots of words??) So now I have 400 words, and the deadline isn't for like six weeks! Woo!
Apr. 22nd, 2025 09:25 pm
Attempting to Borrow a Layout
elyusion posting in style_systemHello everyone :-] Look, I feel really sorry linking the journal of a stranger who presumably haven't used their journal in over a decade, but I never really used LJ and don't know anything about how it works besides what you see as a logged-out user. Does anyone know the name of this layout, which I see a lot, and is there a way I can repurpose it for DW? I think it's really cute, and if I just play with the CSS a little I could make it even better (according to my tastes).
Apr. 22nd, 2025 04:33 pm
We're the talk of the town
sovayApparently if permitted to sleep for nine hours, my brain presents me with a cheerfully escapist dream of meeting Dirk Bogarde at a film festival and then spending the rest of the afternoon perusing his library and forgoing dinner in favor of sailing, which was probably more my idea of a good time than his, but I like to think if I hadn't woken when I did, he'd have introduced me to Anthony Forwood.
Apr. 22nd, 2025 06:20 pm
Me-and-media update
china_shopPrevious poll review
In the vegetables poll, 90.4% of respondents clicked fresh vegetables (bought), 46.2% clicked frozen vegetables, and 44.2% clicked fresh vegetables (homegrown). I was surprised; I thought more people would go frozen for the convenience. (I wonder what that says, if anything, about Dreamwidth demographics.)
In ticky-boxes, hugs came first with 78.8%, followed by a tie between "hanging in there until things settle down and I can sort my life out" and "sunbeams playing in a tree, daring each other to peek around the shadowed side" with 63.5% each. Thank you for your votes!
Reading
Still going on The Horse and His Boy (I am slow and distractable) and the Guardian novel read-along (it's on a schedule). Nothing in audio.
Kdramas
We started Tale of the Nine Tailed, a sweeping epic about a powerful immortal, the reincarnated love of his life, and his bratty younger brother. (Nothing at all like Guardian the novel, why do you ask?) I'm hoping it has enough plot and worldbuilding to hold Andrew's interest; he gets bored during extended romance scenes.
More of Sell Your Haunted House with Pru. And in solo-watching, I started Heesu in Class 2; it's pretty adorable, but also Heesu is the living embodiment of Idiots In Love, and sometimes I have to watch through my fingers.
Other TV
This week's Doctor Who
Episode 1 of Sherlock & Daughter. We were just going to try out the first ten minutes to get a sense of it, but we ended up watching the whole episode. I can forgive Holmes for being a grumpy old man when he has a reason for it.
Our Deadloch rewatch-with-a-friend continues, plus Jentry Chau vs the Underworld, about which I still have no opinion.
My sister and I watched Into the Night (1985 film; Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, and a vast number of film directors as extras, the only one of whom I knew on sight was Jim Henson). The caper was silly, and the romance plotline was very thin, but Goldblum and Pfeiffer are so watchable that it hung together despite the weird pacing when it lingered on random extras we were supposed to recognise. Lovely to see David Bowie in a small (albeit violently psychotic) role.
Guardian/Fandom
I archived my Murderbot flashficlet, and wow, Murderbot fans are generous with their kudosing. *hearts so much* (In my experience, some fandoms are just more kudosy than others.)
Audio entertainment
I listened my way through all of The Setup, a romance audiodrama about Juan, an anxious art museum curator in NYC, and Fernando, the con artist who's trying to steal a painting. It's great! I'm really into it. And then I got to the end of the available episodes and realised it's not finished yet, ahhhhh! I need to check these things before I start!
(Is it just me or are depictions of anxiety becoming more common in romances? I feel like there's some wish fulfilment going on: people longing to meet The One who is hot, super into them, and will also be incredibly kind and patient and give them effective tips for handling their panic attacks. Not that romances aren't all about wish fulfilment, so why not? Add dimensions to your dream partner!)
Writing/making things
My little 4k exchange fic is becoming somewhat tortured by all the writing advice I'm trying to enact on it. Hopefully I'm not engineering the spark out of the thing. Also, hopefully I emerge from this process wiser and more capable. (It could happen!) Note to self: this story still doesn't have an ending, oops.
Other than that, I'm spending a lot of my life rolling around in meta discussions, yay!
Life/health/mental state things
Oh, look, let's not even talk about it. /o\
Note to self: I had a flu jab on Saturday.
Online life
I'm switching ISPs on Friday. Wish me luck! If I disappear off the face of the internet, that will be why.
Food
Today marks my first attempt at baked potatoes in the slow cooker. *fingers crossed* I forgot to prickle them with a fork before I wrapped them in foil, so who knows.
Good things
Fandom. Writing. Lunchtime dumplings on the back deck. Cephalopod plushies. Queer audiodramas. Friends coming over to watch stuff. Guardian. Home-made salsa. Trivia quizzes. Music and kindness and laughter and love.
In the vegetables poll, 90.4% of respondents clicked fresh vegetables (bought), 46.2% clicked frozen vegetables, and 44.2% clicked fresh vegetables (homegrown). I was surprised; I thought more people would go frozen for the convenience. (I wonder what that says, if anything, about Dreamwidth demographics.)
In ticky-boxes, hugs came first with 78.8%, followed by a tie between "hanging in there until things settle down and I can sort my life out" and "sunbeams playing in a tree, daring each other to peek around the shadowed side" with 63.5% each. Thank you for your votes!
Reading
Still going on The Horse and His Boy (I am slow and distractable) and the Guardian novel read-along (it's on a schedule). Nothing in audio.
Kdramas
We started Tale of the Nine Tailed, a sweeping epic about a powerful immortal, the reincarnated love of his life, and his bratty younger brother. (Nothing at all like Guardian the novel, why do you ask?) I'm hoping it has enough plot and worldbuilding to hold Andrew's interest; he gets bored during extended romance scenes.
More of Sell Your Haunted House with Pru. And in solo-watching, I started Heesu in Class 2; it's pretty adorable, but also Heesu is the living embodiment of Idiots In Love, and sometimes I have to watch through my fingers.
Other TV
This week's Doctor Who
was very silly and meta, set against a background of ominous racism. Hm. But I did enjoy the jokes, and Belinda is great.
Episode 1 of Sherlock & Daughter. We were just going to try out the first ten minutes to get a sense of it, but we ended up watching the whole episode. I can forgive Holmes for being a grumpy old man when he has a reason for it.
Our Deadloch rewatch-with-a-friend continues, plus Jentry Chau vs the Underworld, about which I still have no opinion.
My sister and I watched Into the Night (1985 film; Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, and a vast number of film directors as extras, the only one of whom I knew on sight was Jim Henson). The caper was silly, and the romance plotline was very thin, but Goldblum and Pfeiffer are so watchable that it hung together despite the weird pacing when it lingered on random extras we were supposed to recognise. Lovely to see David Bowie in a small (albeit violently psychotic) role.
Guardian/Fandom
I archived my Murderbot flashficlet, and wow, Murderbot fans are generous with their kudosing. *hearts so much* (In my experience, some fandoms are just more kudosy than others.)
Audio entertainment
I listened my way through all of The Setup, a romance audiodrama about Juan, an anxious art museum curator in NYC, and Fernando, the con artist who's trying to steal a painting. It's great! I'm really into it. And then I got to the end of the available episodes and realised it's not finished yet, ahhhhh! I need to check these things before I start!
(Is it just me or are depictions of anxiety becoming more common in romances? I feel like there's some wish fulfilment going on: people longing to meet The One who is hot, super into them, and will also be incredibly kind and patient and give them effective tips for handling their panic attacks. Not that romances aren't all about wish fulfilment, so why not? Add dimensions to your dream partner!)
Writing/making things
My little 4k exchange fic is becoming somewhat tortured by all the writing advice I'm trying to enact on it. Hopefully I'm not engineering the spark out of the thing. Also, hopefully I emerge from this process wiser and more capable. (It could happen!) Note to self: this story still doesn't have an ending, oops.
Other than that, I'm spending a lot of my life rolling around in meta discussions, yay!
Life/health/mental state things
Oh, look, let's not even talk about it. /o\
Note to self: I had a flu jab on Saturday.
Online life
I'm switching ISPs on Friday. Wish me luck! If I disappear off the face of the internet, that will be why.
Food
Today marks my first attempt at baked potatoes in the slow cooker. *fingers crossed* I forgot to prickle them with a fork before I wrapped them in foil, so who knows.
Good things
Fandom. Writing. Lunchtime dumplings on the back deck. Cephalopod plushies. Queer audiodramas. Friends coming over to watch stuff. Guardian. Home-made salsa. Trivia quizzes. Music and kindness and laughter and love.
Poll #33020 face blindness extrapolation
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45
Do you have face-blindness?
View Answers
yes
2 (4.4%)
technically no, but it's not unusual for me to get people confused
24 (53.3%)
especially when they're dressed the same
14 (31.1%)
no
12 (26.7%)
I mix up similar usernames
14 (31.1%)
honestly, they don't have to be that similar
12 (26.7%)
other
2 (4.4%)
ticky-box full of black cats slinking mysteriously in the shadows
29 (64.4%)
ticky-box full of starting a howl
15 (33.3%)
ticky-box of overthinking
22 (48.9%)
ticky-box full of squirrel-dragons with floofy tails, guarding their golden acorns
22 (48.9%)
ticky-box full of hugs
34 (75.6%)
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Apr. 21st, 2025 07:05 pm
And some no one from the future remembers that you're gone
sovayStill toast. Successfully collected my father from the airport two nights ago. Would like my capacity for movies to get back online before I run out of month in which to write about them. Would also like our next-door neighbor to have ceased to use loud air-whining machineries after seven p.m.
I saw the news of the death of Pope Francis. If it was going to be one of his last public statements, the construction site of Hell was an incredibly metal image to go out on.
I was not expecting to see the news that Willy Ley had been found in a can in a co-op on 67th Street. The idea of sending his ashes to space is completely correct and I wouldn't put SpaceX anywhere near that gesture. I could rewatch Frau im Mond (1929) for his memory.
Playing Stan Rogers' "Macdonnell on the Heights" (1984) forspatch may actually have counter-observed Patriots' Day, but my point still stands that the song has successfully superseded its chorus, or at least one in ten thousand seems to underrate Rogers' influence.
Personally I would ask Nigel Havers about the 1986 LWT A Little Princess.
I saw the news of the death of Pope Francis. If it was going to be one of his last public statements, the construction site of Hell was an incredibly metal image to go out on.
I was not expecting to see the news that Willy Ley had been found in a can in a co-op on 67th Street. The idea of sending his ashes to space is completely correct and I wouldn't put SpaceX anywhere near that gesture. I could rewatch Frau im Mond (1929) for his memory.
Playing Stan Rogers' "Macdonnell on the Heights" (1984) for
spatch may actually have counter-observed Patriots' Day, but my point still stands that the song has successfully superseded its chorus, or at least one in ten thousand seems to underrate Rogers' influence.Personally I would ask Nigel Havers about the 1986 LWT A Little Princess.
Apr. 21st, 2025 11:59 am
Face the Dragon, by Joyce Sweeney
rachelmanija
In this YA novel published in 1990, six fourteen-year-olds face their inner dragons while they're in an accelerated academic program which includes a class on Beowulf.
I read this when it first came out, so when I saw a copy at a library book sale, I grabbed it to re-read. It largely holds up, though I'd completely forgotten the main plot and only recalled the theme and the subplot.
My recollection of the book was that the six teenagers are inspired by class discussions on Beowulf to face their personal fears. This is correct. I also recalled that one of the girls was a gymnast with an eating disorder and one of the boys was an athlete partially paralyzed in an accident, and those two bonded over their love of sports and current conflicted/damaging relationship to sports and their bodies, and ended up dating. This is also correct.
What I'd completely forgotten was the main plot, which was about the narrator, Eric, who idolized his best friend, Paul, and had an idealized crush on one of the girls in the class, who he was correctly convinced had a crush on Paul, and incorrectly convinced Paul was mutually attracted to. Paul, who is charming and outgoing, convinces Eric, who is shy, to do a speech class with him, where Eric surprisingly excels. The main plot is about the Eric/Paul relationship, how Eric's jealousy nearly wrecks it, and how the boys both end up facing their dragons and fixing their friendship.
Paul's dragon is that he's secretly gay. The speech teacher takes a dislike to him, promotes Eric to the debate team when Paul deserves it more (and tells Eric this in private), and finally tries to destroy Paul in front of the whole class by accusing him of being gay! Eric defends Paul, Paul confesses his secret to him, and the boys repair their friendship.
While a bit dated/historical, especially in terms of both boys knowing literally nothing about what being gay actually means in terms of living your life, it's a very nicely done novel with lots of good character sketches. The teachers are all real characters, as are the six kids - all of whom have their own journeys. The crush object, for instance, is a pretty rich girl who's been crammed into a narrow box of traditional femininity, and her journey is to destroy the idealized image that Eric is in love with and her parents have imposed on her - and part of Eric's journey is to accept the role of being her supportive friend who helps her do it.
I was surprised and pleased to discover that this and other Sweeney books are currently available as ebooks. I will check some out.
Apr. 21st, 2025 09:45 am
Stork Flash!
snickficstorkswap didn't run this year, but we did get a flash exchange in its place, which tbh was exactly the right size of commitment for me personally just now. I wrote and received things!I received:
the cradle will rock by aguntoaknifefight (
And I wrote:
old hat, new hat, Junior (1994), Alex/Diana, 700 words. Sometime after the movie, Alex is pregnant again, and he and Diana have feelings about how it's going to be different from the last time. You will unsurprised to hear that I absolutely adore this movie, and I was ecstatic to see someone request it. I liked letting them get to enjoy a pregnancy moment together that Alex had to experience alone the first time around.
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Apr. 21st, 2025 05:44 pm
Come speak to me of Second Person POV
china_shopThe Writing Excuses podcast is doing a series on voice (first, third limited, third omniscient), and mostly their discussions have been great. I've enjoyed them a lot. But I found today's episode on second person (2ndPOV) unsatisfying. They got distracted talking about video games, TTRPG, online recipe essays, and Youtube influencers, and when they did discuss fictional prose, they seemed to think the "you" character had to be a reader stand-in. (Or maybe I misunderstood? Quite possible!) Anyway, now I'm itching to procrastinate on my story talk with like-minded souls about the joys of second person.
Note: If you not into 2ndPOV, that's totally cool. Each to their own! But please don't chime in to tell me or explain why; I'm not interested in defending it today.
( Rambling, so much rambling. )
ION, Andrew sent me a link to Secrets of Writing Snappy Dialogue (Banter) (Youtube video). At first I was resistant, but then I watched it and now I'm overhauling my 4k fic AGAIN. This is killing me, lol.
Note: If you not into 2ndPOV, that's totally cool. Each to their own! But please don't chime in to tell me or explain why; I'm not interested in defending it today.
( Rambling, so much rambling. )
ION, Andrew sent me a link to Secrets of Writing Snappy Dialogue (Banter) (Youtube video). At first I was resistant, but then I watched it and now I'm overhauling my 4k fic AGAIN. This is killing me, lol.
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Apr. 20th, 2025 05:25 pm
Kidnapped (Walt Disney, 1960)
regshoe
I like that poster very much, so I thought you ought to see it. :D Made in 1960, the Disney-film take on Kidnapped stars James MacArthur as David and Peter Finch as Alan, and was written and directed by the very aptly-named Robert Stevenson (no relation).
( Thoughts on this dramatic-looking film... )
On the whole, then, I'd rank this film around the middle amongst the Kidnapped adaptations I've seen so far. I would recommend it; it's good fun and it has its points; but it's not brilliant, and it doesn't quite do the characters justice.
Apr. 20th, 2025 08:54 am
Multifandom: Early Bird Gets The Word Exchange - Nominations open (early)!!
Apr. 19th, 2025 06:46 pm
Tomorrow some new building will scrape the sky
sovayFrom my office window, I just watched a visitor deliberately smell a Bradford pear and regret it. The trees have really broken into bloom, so I took my camera out into the blotter-paper overcast that kept thinking about raining and then not quite.
( Once I was outside Penn Station, selling red and white carnations. )
spatch has been showing me Hill Street Blues (1981–87), which after a season and a handful I can see resembled nothing else in the Nielsen ratings of its time, structurally, tonally, perhaps even politically, since what I would not have expected from a cop show of the early Reagan administration is so much emphasis on what we would now call non-toxic masculinity as an ideal if not always achieved. Its attitudinal snapshots are fascinating. It is working seriously for diversity. Its interlocking narratives and human messiness make sense of it as the yardstick for J. Michael Straczynski in creating Babylon 5 (1993–98), which is how I heard of the show originally and what it is currently doing in my eyes. I am also enjoying the worldbuilding of its fictional city, whose geographical location is deliberately obscure but whose individual neighborhoods and businesses and sports teams are throwing out runners all over the plot. Actually, to my surprised pleasure, it reminds me distinctly of Frederick Nebel's Kennedy and MacBride.
( Once I was outside Penn Station, selling red and white carnations. )
spatch has been showing me Hill Street Blues (1981–87), which after a season and a handful I can see resembled nothing else in the Nielsen ratings of its time, structurally, tonally, perhaps even politically, since what I would not have expected from a cop show of the early Reagan administration is so much emphasis on what we would now call non-toxic masculinity as an ideal if not always achieved. Its attitudinal snapshots are fascinating. It is working seriously for diversity. Its interlocking narratives and human messiness make sense of it as the yardstick for J. Michael Straczynski in creating Babylon 5 (1993–98), which is how I heard of the show originally and what it is currently doing in my eyes. I am also enjoying the worldbuilding of its fictional city, whose geographical location is deliberately obscure but whose individual neighborhoods and businesses and sports teams are throwing out runners all over the plot. Actually, to my surprised pleasure, it reminds me distinctly of Frederick Nebel's Kennedy and MacBride.
Apr. 19th, 2025 07:27 am
One urgent pinch hit needed for the Worldbuilding Exchange
wbv2mod posting in pinchhitsEvent: Worldbuilding Exchange v.2
Event link:worldbuilding_exchange
Pinch hit link: https://worldbuilding-exchange.dreamwidth.org/19149.html
Due date: April 22, 11pm EDT (not midnight) or negotiable if needed
Requests may be for fanfiction, fanart, and/or in-universe meta. Requirements for gift works are:
These must be your own original work (eg. no AI).
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Mental and Practical effects of having moral Light drained (Bionicle), WB: Av-Matoran culture (Bionicle), Takua | Takanuva (Bionicle Generation 1), Gavla (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
pre-canon friendship dynamics, memories of Karda Nui returning post-canon for Takua, resentment mixed with new/old friendship for both Takanuva and Gavla, post-canon reconciliation, Gavla as a Toa, OK with Takanuva/Takua/Gavla if it goes that way
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 2 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Effects of Emotion on Elemental Powers (Bionicle), WB: Romantic (non-sexual) relationships between Toa (Bionicle), Takua | Takanuva (Bionicle Generation 1), Gali (Bionicle Generation 1), Matau (Bionicle Generation 1), Nokama (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Matau/Nokama and Gali/Takanuva as specific preferred romantic ships, LOVE IS CANON, play-fighting/battle training, roleswaps, good communication, silly communication failures/flirting methods, quiet moments, Gali/Takua's mind link, Matau and Nokama interacting better as Hordika, team-ups
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 3 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Celebrations in Matoran/Toa Culture (Bionicle), Nokama (Bionicle Generation 1), Matau (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Matau/Nokama or Matau & Nokama, growing together on Mata Nui as Turaga, gift giving vs. acts of service, differences between different Koro's culture shaped by the Turaga there, holdovers from Metru Nui's culture, cameos of other canon characters, mixed tech and nature like the first arc's vibes, Metru Nui setting, AUs and canon divergence, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 4 by bluerosekatie
Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game)
WB: Xara's Escape Attempts from the Sunshine Institute (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Variety/Specialties in Admin Powers (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Source of Admin Powers (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Admin Duties/Pastimes (Minecraft: Story Mode), Romeo the Admin (Minecraft: Story Mode), Xara (Minecraft: Story Mode), Fred (Minecraft: Story Mode), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Xara/Romeo or Xara & Romeo, pre-canon or during canon, canon divergence AUs, angst or fluff, moments when Romeo wanted to free Xara, Admins aligned with the different dimensions (End, Nether, Overworld), shapeshifting and power dynamics, Fred's influence on both his friends, expansion on Fred's character, magic, origin stories, etc.
DNWS:
Xara/Romeo affection while Xara was captured/in the Sunshine Institute, incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 5 by bluerosekatie
Tron - All Media Types
WB: Program Culture Pre-Tron 1982 (Tron), WB: Program and User communication (Tron), Tron (Tron), Yori (Tron), Alan Bradley, Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Tron/Yori, Alan mentoring Tron in or out of the Encom system, canon divergence with Yori brought to the Grid, program conceptions of marriage vs. friendship, lonely!Tron but also happy couple Trori, Yori showing up as a character, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 6 by bluerosekatie
Tron - All Media Types
WB: Post- Tron: Legacy Fallout (Tron), WB: Program and User communication (Tron), Sam Flynn, Quorra (Tron), Tron (Tron), Alan Bradley, Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Sam/Quorra, Human idioms confusing programs, Tron being brought to the User world too, recovery and friendship between the main cast, Alan finding out about the Grid, repairing the Grid together, programs adjusting to the human world and humans adjusting to the Grid, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 7 by bluerosekatie
Pluto (Manga)
WB: Atom and Dr. Tenma's relationship post-canon (Pluto), WB: Uran's Empath Abilities (Pluto), Dr. Tenma | Dr. Boynton, Professor Ochanomizu | Dr. Packadermus J. Elefun, Uran (Pluto), Atom (Pluto), Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
unconventional/semi-explained origins of Uran's abilities, Uran using her abilities to support her brother, Atom protecting Dr. Tenma even if he doesn't deserve it, Professor Ochanomizu being a mentor/parent to Atom and Uran, Atom and Uran getting to be like kids, Atom having sensory issues bc of his powers, robot 'biology', robot and human friendships and rivalries, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 8 by bluerosekatie
Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)
WB: Will Turner as Captain of the Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean), WB: Duties of the Pirate King (Pirates of the Caribbean), Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean), Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Willabeth, battle couple moments, Pirate King Elizabeth Swann, epic team ups, Will having supernatural abilities because of being the Dutchman's captain, action-adventure, trilogy as primary canon, raising children on the high seas, fallout of the third movie's events, sea metaphors, underwater locations, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 9 by bluerosekatie
Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)
WB: Myths and Legends about Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean), WB: Mermaids and the Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean), Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), Calypso | Tia Dalma (Pirates of the Caribbean), Syrena (Pirates of the Caribbean), Original Character(s) (Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)), Will Turner, Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Syrena meeting Will or Davy Jones pre-On Stranger Tides, Calypso and mermaid interactions, Calypso/Davy Jones, references to At World's End, angst, differences between Will and Davy Jones' captaining, complicated but not evil mermaids and Calypso, sea metaphors, mysterious locations, deep-sea vibes, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Please see details and claim at the pinch hit post: https://worldbuilding-exchange.dreamwidth.org/19149.html or email worldbuildingex@gmail.com with your AO3 name.
Event link:
worldbuilding_exchangePinch hit link: https://worldbuilding-exchange.dreamwidth.org/19149.html
Due date: April 22, 11pm EDT (not midnight) or negotiable if needed
Requests may be for fanfiction, fanart, and/or in-universe meta. Requirements for gift works are:
- Fanfiction - a complete fic of at least 1000 words
- Fanart - a finished piece of art, not on lined paper
- In-Universe Meta - a complete piece of in-universe meta of at least 1000 words
These must be your own original work (eg. no AI).
PH #18 - fic for all requests, meta for some requests - Bionicle (Generation 1) x3, Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game, Tron - All Media Types x2, Pluto (Manga), Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies) x2
Request 1 by bluerosekatieBionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Mental and Practical effects of having moral Light drained (Bionicle), WB: Av-Matoran culture (Bionicle), Takua | Takanuva (Bionicle Generation 1), Gavla (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
pre-canon friendship dynamics, memories of Karda Nui returning post-canon for Takua, resentment mixed with new/old friendship for both Takanuva and Gavla, post-canon reconciliation, Gavla as a Toa, OK with Takanuva/Takua/Gavla if it goes that way
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 2 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Effects of Emotion on Elemental Powers (Bionicle), WB: Romantic (non-sexual) relationships between Toa (Bionicle), Takua | Takanuva (Bionicle Generation 1), Gali (Bionicle Generation 1), Matau (Bionicle Generation 1), Nokama (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Matau/Nokama and Gali/Takanuva as specific preferred romantic ships, LOVE IS CANON, play-fighting/battle training, roleswaps, good communication, silly communication failures/flirting methods, quiet moments, Gali/Takua's mind link, Matau and Nokama interacting better as Hordika, team-ups
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 3 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Celebrations in Matoran/Toa Culture (Bionicle), Nokama (Bionicle Generation 1), Matau (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Matau/Nokama or Matau & Nokama, growing together on Mata Nui as Turaga, gift giving vs. acts of service, differences between different Koro's culture shaped by the Turaga there, holdovers from Metru Nui's culture, cameos of other canon characters, mixed tech and nature like the first arc's vibes, Metru Nui setting, AUs and canon divergence, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 4 by bluerosekatie
Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game)
WB: Xara's Escape Attempts from the Sunshine Institute (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Variety/Specialties in Admin Powers (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Source of Admin Powers (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Admin Duties/Pastimes (Minecraft: Story Mode), Romeo the Admin (Minecraft: Story Mode), Xara (Minecraft: Story Mode), Fred (Minecraft: Story Mode), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Xara/Romeo or Xara & Romeo, pre-canon or during canon, canon divergence AUs, angst or fluff, moments when Romeo wanted to free Xara, Admins aligned with the different dimensions (End, Nether, Overworld), shapeshifting and power dynamics, Fred's influence on both his friends, expansion on Fred's character, magic, origin stories, etc.
DNWS:
Xara/Romeo affection while Xara was captured/in the Sunshine Institute, incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 5 by bluerosekatie
Tron - All Media Types
WB: Program Culture Pre-Tron 1982 (Tron), WB: Program and User communication (Tron), Tron (Tron), Yori (Tron), Alan Bradley, Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Tron/Yori, Alan mentoring Tron in or out of the Encom system, canon divergence with Yori brought to the Grid, program conceptions of marriage vs. friendship, lonely!Tron but also happy couple Trori, Yori showing up as a character, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 6 by bluerosekatie
Tron - All Media Types
WB: Post- Tron: Legacy Fallout (Tron), WB: Program and User communication (Tron), Sam Flynn, Quorra (Tron), Tron (Tron), Alan Bradley, Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Sam/Quorra, Human idioms confusing programs, Tron being brought to the User world too, recovery and friendship between the main cast, Alan finding out about the Grid, repairing the Grid together, programs adjusting to the human world and humans adjusting to the Grid, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 7 by bluerosekatie
Pluto (Manga)
WB: Atom and Dr. Tenma's relationship post-canon (Pluto), WB: Uran's Empath Abilities (Pluto), Dr. Tenma | Dr. Boynton, Professor Ochanomizu | Dr. Packadermus J. Elefun, Uran (Pluto), Atom (Pluto), Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
unconventional/semi-explained origins of Uran's abilities, Uran using her abilities to support her brother, Atom protecting Dr. Tenma even if he doesn't deserve it, Professor Ochanomizu being a mentor/parent to Atom and Uran, Atom and Uran getting to be like kids, Atom having sensory issues bc of his powers, robot 'biology', robot and human friendships and rivalries, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 8 by bluerosekatie
Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)
WB: Will Turner as Captain of the Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean), WB: Duties of the Pirate King (Pirates of the Caribbean), Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean), Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Willabeth, battle couple moments, Pirate King Elizabeth Swann, epic team ups, Will having supernatural abilities because of being the Dutchman's captain, action-adventure, trilogy as primary canon, raising children on the high seas, fallout of the third movie's events, sea metaphors, underwater locations, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Request 9 by bluerosekatie
Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)
WB: Myths and Legends about Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean), WB: Mermaids and the Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean), Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), Calypso | Tia Dalma (Pirates of the Caribbean), Syrena (Pirates of the Caribbean), Original Character(s) (Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)), Will Turner, Fanfiction
LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!
REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Syrena meeting Will or Davy Jones pre-On Stranger Tides, Calypso and mermaid interactions, Calypso/Davy Jones, references to At World's End, angst, differences between Will and Davy Jones' captaining, complicated but not evil mermaids and Calypso, sea metaphors, mysterious locations, deep-sea vibes, etc.
DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works
Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html
Please see details and claim at the pinch hit post: https://worldbuilding-exchange.dreamwidth.org/19149.html or email worldbuildingex@gmail.com with your AO3 name.
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Apr. 19th, 2025 02:48 am
I heard that you like the bad girls, honey, is that true?
sovayI may be toast at the end of this week, but I would not trade the gorgeous double feature of David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990) with which rushthatspeaks and I wound it up. Late to the party, I saw Hoosiers (1986) for the equally first time last month and Dennis Hopper at the top of his game really could do anything. We were passing Porter Square afterward when we saw a loose collection of action along the sidewalk that turned out to be a troop of redcoats marching down Massachusetts Avenue, presumably on their way to fight Lexington. Thanks to the street we lived on in my childhood, my very favorite iteration of Paul Revere's ride was the year in which, instead of clattering under the window shouting per usual, he came in a truck and explained his horse had broken down. No kings.
rushthatspeaks and I wound it up. Late to the party, I saw Hoosiers (1986) for the equally first time last month and Dennis Hopper at the top of his game really could do anything. We were passing Porter Square afterward when we saw a loose collection of action along the sidewalk that turned out to be a troop of redcoats marching down Massachusetts Avenue, presumably on their way to fight Lexington. Thanks to the street we lived on in my childhood, my very favorite iteration of Paul Revere's ride was the year in which, instead of clattering under the window shouting per usual, he came in a truck and explained his horse had broken down. No kings.