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film review

Wake up, Dead Man! (Film Review)

Aka the third Benoit Blanc mystery plotted and directed by Rian Johnson. Now, each of these movies has a main character who is not Blanc whose fate and/or motivation to solve the mystery is at the heart of the story - Martha in Knives Out and Helen in Glass Onion respectively - and in this case it's Father Jud, played (well and movingly) by Josh O'Connor. In each case, the movie's structure harks back to the classic age of detective mysteries with various twists and turns and a grand denouemonet while also commenting on the here and now in its social satire. If Glass Onion among other things went for the tech bros and the self satisfied "disruptors", Wake up, Dead Man! is very much about the US under the Orange Menace despite his name not mentioned even once. And lo and behold - it even offers hope. And hey, there is even a Star Wars gag. (Just for the record, I still stand by The Last Jedi being the only one of the sequel movies which actually tries to do something new and creative with the franchise. #RianJohnsonwasRight . The gag has nothing to do with that at all, though.)

( Vague spoilers have to offer from their own free will in order for it to mean something )

Random perspectives in time

Eighty years before this year, WWII ended.

Eighty years before WWII ended, the American Civil War ended.

So we are as far away from (or as close to) WWII, as the people in WWII were from (or to) the Civil War.

IDK, it's interesting to think about. Something Elizabeth Samet has written about, a bit, too.

I only wrote a very short version of that fic where Steve Rogers was a civil war vet, who was frozen until Tony from Iron Man Noir found him, but I was always fond of that idea.

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fic rec,
meme

Merry Wheatmus, everybody

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Slo-Mo Rewatch: Guardian episode 8, part 1

Zhao Yunlan sprawled on a couch, grinning at his phone. The background shows a purply sky with stars. Text reads "Slo-Mo Rewatch. Guardian - half an episode per week @ sid-guardian.dreamwidth.org."

Hi, and welcome back to the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch. Watch half an episode a week, at your leisure, and then come and chat about it here in comments. Or you can just jump into the comments without rewatching, of course!

Here are the previous weeks' rewatch posts.

Episode 8, up to 22:19

Summary
The SID enthusiastically welcomes Guo Changcheng as an official employee, and Lin Jing gives him the fear baton. ♥ Zhao Yunlan arranges to buy some old books and then calls Shen Wei to offer them as a gift, while Zhu Hong and Da Qing gossip about his black-heartedness and obsession with Shen Wei. Zhao Yunlan and Da Qing meet a student in the street to buy the books, then sit around and talk about recruiting Shen Wei to the SID. Zhao Yunlan is openly smitten. ♥ But presenting the gift to Shen Wei does not go as planned: Zhao Yunlan gives a fake provenance for the books, Shen Wei leaves, and Zhao Yunlan slinks off to ~~recover his dignity in private~~ drink tea and talk about new SID premises. A mysterious letter gives Wang Zheng flashbacks. Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi run into Ding Dun in the street juuuust before receiving an APB about him. The Envoy comes to the SID to request help tracking him down, but Da Qing is hesitant to proceed without their fearless leader. Chu Shuzhi sets to work anyway and takes Changcheng with him. Meanwhile, Zhu Jiu murders Ding Dun, whose body the others find and take back to the SID? (Or pass on to the Envoy?) On the university campus that night, Shen Wei confides in Ying Chun while wearing an ascot. Zhu Jiu shows up, and fisticuffs ensue (Ying Chun helps Shen Wei), but Zhu Jiu escapes. Ying Chun points out the dangers in Shen Wei's plan to go after a missing item, but Shen Wei is resolved.

The S.I.D. happily welcome Guo Changcheng as a permanent employee.

The S.I.D. happily welcome Guo Changcheng as a permanent employee.

Quote
Lin Jing: This is my newest invention. It can transform fear into electricity. The more fear, the more electricity. In other words, I made it especially as the perfect, most powerful weapon you could have.
Guo Changcheng: E...electricity? I'm also afraid of electricity.

Detail
When Zhao Yunlan calls Shen Wei about the old books, the original subs say, "What a coincidence! I have a lot of old books," and the VIKI subs say, "You are so lucky as I have some in my home!" while Solo's subs have "As it happens, regarding this, the two of us were brought together by fate." The last is closest to the Chinese subs: 巧了咱俩在这个事上太有缘了 ("What a coincidence! We're so destined to meet on this matter." according to Google Translate).

Poll #33955 Subtitles

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4

View Respondents

Which subtitles are you using? (Tick all that apply.)

View Answers

original fansubs
2 (50.0%)

Solo's subs
3 (75.0%)

VIKI subs
1 (25.0%)

Chinese hard subs
1 (25.0%)

other
0 (0.0%)

Questions
Do you have a stand-out favourite scene or quote from the first half of episode 8? Is everyone genuinely glad to have Guo Changcheng onboard? Does Shen Wei as the Envoy already have a red stamp, and if so, when/how did he get it? On a scale of 1 to 10, how smitten is Zhao Yunlan with Shen Wei? On a scale of 1 to 10, how sympathetic is Da Qing to this smittenness? Who sends the APB on Ding Dun? (Presumably not the Envoy!) How do you feel about ascots? How great is the fight with Zhu Jiu?

Did you see any parallels in these scenes with other parts of the drama? If you're familiar with the novel, any thoughts about how the drama adaptation compares, if at all?

(As usual, these are all just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like! You don't have to be keeping up with the rewatch to join in. We'd love to hear your thoughts!)

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Check-In, Day 13

Another week comes to a close! I hope it was a good one!

Poll #33954

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 3

View Respondents

How did this week go for you?

View Answers

I made progress (no matter how much or how little) on my intended project(s)!
1 (33.3%)

I made progress on something other than my intended project(s)!
1 (33.3%)

I had to take it easy this week! (Everyone needs a break!)
1 (33.3%)

This was not my week, but next week might be!
2 (66.7%)

This week is not yet over; I refuse to concede!
1 (33.3%)

Current Music: Bruce Adler & Joanne Borts, "Fifty-fifty"

אַ ניקל פֿאַר זיי, אַ ניקל פֿאַר מיר

Apparently I can no longer re-toast myself a signature half pastrami, half corned beef sandwich from Mamaleh's without spending the rest of the evening singing the same-named hit from a 1917 American Yiddish musical. The Folksbiene never seems to have revived it and if the rest of the score was as catchy, they really should. (I am charmed that the composer clearly found the nickel conceit tempting enough to revisit in a later show, but that line quoted about the First Lady, didn't I just ask the twentieth century to stay where we left it?)

At the other end of the musical spectrum,

spatch maintains it is not American-normal to be able to sing the Holst setting of "In the Bleak Midwinter," which until last night I had assumed was just such seasonal wallpaper that I had absorbed it by unavoidable dint of Christmas—it's one of the carols I can't remember learning, unlike others which have identifiable vectors in generally movies, madrigals, or folk LPs. Opinions?

Thanks to lunisolar snapback, Hanukkah like every other holiday this year seems to have sprung up out of nowhere, but we managed to get hold of candles last night and tomorrow will engage in the mitzvah of last-minute cleaning the menorah.

P. S. I fell down a slight rabbit hole of Bruce Adler and now feel I have spent an evening at a Yiddish vaudeville house on the Lower East Side circa 1926.

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Reading List December 13th

Todays lists are Poetry, In-Universe Mythology & Religion, Academic Documents & Textbooks, Typesets, Theatre Scripts & Screenplays, Pressed Botanicals, Pottery, and Fanfiction from 3k to 3.5k! If you'd prefer to browse the reading lists in a spreadsheet format, click here. If you notice anything missing, please let us know!

Here's a countdown (link) to creator reveals!

Poetry

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Show Me The Way This Feeling Leads (10436) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73576926

Original Work
F/F
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Sensible Hedge Witch/Lonely Court Sorceress, OC Witch, OC sorceress
Cozy fantasy, murderous impulses, Opposites Attract, Familiars, Witchcraft, Drugging, Unconsciousness, Implied/Referenced Violence, Oppressed Populace, Eventual Smut, Heavy Petting, Grumpy and Grumpy, not sunny and grumpy

Affections Enclosed : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72784416

Neverwinter Nights (Video Games)
F/F
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Female Hero of Neverwinter/Sharwyn, Sharwyn (Neverwinter Nights), Hero of Neverwinter (Neverwinter Nights)
In-Universe Documents, Epistolary, In-Universe Contracts, Marriage certificate, Typographic Design - In-Universe Personal Documents

The Story of the Firefly and the Moon God : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71935781

人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
M/M
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Shang Qinghua & Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua,
Medium Opt-In: Poetry - Any Poetry Style of In-Universe RPF

Match : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73689336

Original Work
F/M
Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
Dudebro/Butch - Relationship,
Online Dating, 420 words, Bad Poetry

An Astandalan A to Z : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73983426

Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, Lays of the Hearth-Fire - Victoria Goddard
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
,
Don't copy to another site, Fic in a Box 2025, Poetry, some in-universe propaganda

you think about what you’ve done : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73190986

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Ishizu Ishtar & Marik Ishtar & Rishid Ishtar | Odion Ishtar, Marik Ishtar, Ishizu Ishtar, Rishid Ishtar | Odion Ishtar
Poetry, Free Verse, Introspection, POV Second Person, Complicated Relationships, Family, Post-Battle City Arc (Yu-Gi-Oh), Angst with a Happy Ending, Guilt, Forgiveness, Alliteration, Repetition, Present Tense, Consonance

We are a ghost in my head : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73098791

Invisible Inc. (Video Game)
Gen
Not Rated, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
,
Neural Uplink (Invisible Inc), Poetry, Free Verse, POV First Person, Mild Mind Fusion, Shared senses

The Winter's Bride : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73580631

A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
F/M
Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Alys Karstark/Sigorn of Thenn,
In-Universe Poetry, Ballad

A Song With No Music (by Charles Kringas, unpublished) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72549826

Merrily We Roll Along - Sondheim/Furth
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Charley Kringas & Franklin Shepard, Charley Kringas
Original song lyrics

To run a ribbon round a shoe : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75466831

Original Work
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Original Characters, young female witch
Poetry, a witch's ancient poem, end rhyme, Worldbuilding: intricate rituals

All These Days : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71522681

Preacher's Daughter & Willoughby Tucker I'll Always Love You - Ethel Cain (Albums), Willoughby Tucker I'll Always Love You - Ethel Cain (Album), Preacher's Daughter - Ethel Cain (Album)
F/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Ethel Cain/Willoughby Tucker (Preacher's Daughter), Ethel Cain (Preacher's Daughter), Willoughby Tucker (Preacher's Daughter)
Poetry, Villanelle, Relationship Study, Hopeful Ending

the desert winter : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73654731

Far From Any Road - The Handsome Family (Song)
Gen
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
,
Filk, Poetry - Filk, Poetry - Song Lyrics

The Dragon Stayed : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73503966

Original Work
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Solo: Baby Dragon Who Has Everyone Wrapped Around Their Finger (OW), Dragon
Poetry, Haiku, Fluff

Wait for Me Again : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73196151

Hadestown - Mitchell
F/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Eurydice/Orpheus (Hadestown), Eurydice, Orpheus
Filk, Medium - Poetry - Freeform

In and Out of the Tapestry : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70424016

Original Work
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Original Character(s) & Original Character(s), Castle Inhabitants & Tapestry That Upon Closer Inspection Is Populated By Former Castle Inhabitants, Original Characters
Poetry, Haiku, Slice of Life, Fic in a Box 2025

[Poem] If novels be the prose of love, read on... : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73849881

Original Work
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Librarian/Patron,
Poetry, Shakespearean Sonnets, Love Confessions, Libraries

O Lady of the Underground : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73195926

Hadestown - Mitchell
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Eurydice/Orpheus (Hadestown), Eurydice & Persephone (Hadestown), Persephone (Hadestown)
In Universe Prayer

in a bright mercy : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75526461

Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Johanna Mason
Poetry, a poem inspired by Johanna Mason, Haiku, Character Study, Hurt/Comfort

What Is This Feeling? (Reprise) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71649866

Wicked (Movie 2024), Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman
F/F
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Elphaba Thropp/Galinda Upland, Elphaba Thropp, Galinda Upland
Poetry, Filk, Song: What Is This Feeling (Wicked), Feelings Realization

Train in the Sky : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73089156

烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー | Ressha Sentai ToQger
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Izumi Kagura & Natsume Mio & Nonomura Hikari & Tokashiki \"Tokatti\" Haru & Suzuki Right, Suzuki Right
Poetry, Filk, Song: Castle on a Cloud (Les Misérables), Post-Canon, Nostalgia

For A Blessed Day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72390981

Merrily We Roll Along - Sondheim/Furth
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Mary Flynn
Sapphic verse, Time Shenanigans (Canon-typical)

Have you heard the news? : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75468821

Star Trek: The Original Series
M/M
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
James T. Kirk/Spock, Starfleet Characters (Star Trek)
WB: Starfleet Gossip, Poetry, Haiku

Words of Gratitude : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71523571

Original Work
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Goddess of Deserts & Goddess of Desserts & Dyslexic Worshiper (OW), Original Non-Human Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Original Human Character(s)
Poetry, tanka, Fluff, POV Alternating

An Unforeseen Turn of Events : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70420776

Original Work
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Original Male Character/Original Male Character, Author of Dark Romance Novels/Male Lead of His Most Popular Novel, Original Male Character(s)
Poetry, Cinquain, Fic in a Box 2025, Isekai and Transmigration, Pining, Feelings

The Story of Clark : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73764416

Superman (Movie 2025)
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Clark Kent & Jonathan \"Pa\" Kent & Martha \"Ma\" Kent (Superman 2025), Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Jonathan \"Pa\" Kent
Poetry, Haiku, Pre-Canon

Sweet confessions : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73088611

仮面ライダーガヴ | Kamen Rider Gavv (TV)
M/M
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Inoue Shouma/Karakida Hanto, Inoue Shouma, Karakida Hanto
Poetry, Bredlik Poetry Form, Fluff, POV Alternating, Love Confessions

Shocking Pichu Haikus : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72889341

Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Pichu (Pokemon)
Poetry, Haiku, Canon-Typical Violence, Humor

Mimikyu Haikus : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72889081

Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Mimikkyu | Mimikyu
Poetry, Haiku, POV Second Person

The Superdog : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70842136

Superman (Movie 2025)
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Krypto the Superdog (DCU)
Poetry, Bredlik Poetry Form, Fluff, Character Study

You and I : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71075571

Original Work
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Original Character(s) & Original Character(s), Forgotten God & Baby Abandoned On Their Altar (OW), Original Non-Human Character(s), Original Baby Character
Poetry, tanka, Parent-Child Relationship

In-Universe Mythology & Religion

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Future Past : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73367636

Dreaming of Sunshine - SilverQueen, Naruto (Anime & Manga)
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Nara Shikako (Dreaming of Sunshine) & Nara Shikamaru, Nara Shikamaru, Nara Shikako (Dreaming of Sunshine)
In-Universe Mythology, Future Fic, sibling dynamics, Implied Time Travel

i saw your eyes (so sweet) go cold : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75288756

Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Original Female Character(s)
Fairy Tale Retellings, Mythology, Non-Graphic Violence, Worldbuilding, Fairy Tale Elements

Holy and Holding My Hand (2001) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72142686

Original Work
Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
Cleric/Mercenary, Original Characters
Fictional Religion & Theology, Wound Care, Temple

The Crone's Lamp, or How the Raven Came Into the World : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73538161

A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
,
in-universe religious text, Worldbuilding, Faith of the Seven (A Song of Ice and Fire)

Liturgy of the Tides : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74680056

Original Work
Gen
Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
,
squids, In-Universe Mythology

Academic Documents & Textbooks

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A Historical Perspective on the Gesetzbuch Ehrenkodex : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73129536

Grimm (TV)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
,
WB: Wesen & Grimm & Royals Politics (Grimm TV) - Freeform, Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Textbook, Pre-Canon, In-Universe Documents

The Dust Bin Babies: A Memoir by Eddie Munson : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72661616

Stranger Things (TV 2016)
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington
In-Universe Memoir, POV First Person, Pre-Slash, Fix-It, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Eddie Munson Lives

The Litany of Thanksgiving to Ahanas: A Critical Reappraisal : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72415186

The Divine Cities Series - Robert Jackson Bennett
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Ahanas/Voortya, Efrem Pangyui
Documentation, In-Universe Academic Publication, Unfalsifiable Hypotheses

Regarding the Fate of Ane Teria : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73399521

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
, Ane Teria (Morrowind)
Failed Incarnates (Elder Scrolls), In-Universe Academic Publication

[Art] Fig. 8. Megafauna of the Southern Hemisphere : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72593631

Original Work
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Really Mega Megafauna
WB: Really Mega Megafauna, Digital Art, scientific illustration

Working With Life: Kinoshita's Sympathies & Manipulations : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73174886

Last Binding Series - Freya Marske
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
,
Art, Brush markers, Worldbuilding, Plants, Magic, Illustrated Text, In-Universe Academic Publication

Typesets

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Ford mystery box : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70566326

Gravity Falls
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Bill Cipher/Ford Pines, Bill Cipher & Ford Pines, Ford Pines
Printable dress up, Nonograms, typesetting, Fanart, Dolls, Patterns, Tagged t for typesetted fic's rating. Other chapters rated g

[Typeset] Incidental Falling : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72023626

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)
F/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Honda Hiroto | Tristan Taylor/Ishizu Ishtar, Honda Hiroto | Tristan Taylor, Ishizu Ishtar
typeset, Embedded Images, Fanbinding

Typeset of "soon you'll know the ringing of the rifle from the tree" by jonphaedrus : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71032991

Assassin's Creed - All Media Types
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, Major Character Death
Haytham Kenway/Charles Lee, Achilles Davenport/Haytham Kenway, Haytham Kenway, Ratonhnhaké:ton | Connor, Achilles Davenport, Charles Lee
Fanart, typesetting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Canon, Canon Disabled Character, Canonical Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, Haytham Kenway Lives, Parent-Child Relationship, Dysfunctional Family, not historically accurate, no beta we die like men, Assassin's Creed: Forsaken Spoilers, Screen Reader Friendly, tagged according to fic tags and warnins

[Typeset] One Step Away : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72614211

Charmed (TV 1998)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Chris Halliwell & Wyatt Halliwell,
typeset, Fanbinding, Embedded Images, Cover Art

[Typeset] Holly's 2017 Heishin Challenge : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72262521

名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Hattori Heiji/Kudou Shinichi | Edogawa Conan, Hattori Heiji, Kudou Shinichi | Edogawa Conan, Tooyama Kazuha, Mouri Ran, Hattori Heizou
typeset, Embedded Images, Fanbinding

Theatre Scripts & Screenplays

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A Cross-World Puzzle : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72058696

Star Trek: The Original Series
M/M
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
James T. Kirk/Spock, James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek), Leonard \"Bones\" McCoy, Crew of the Starship Enterprise
Puzzles, Cryptic Crosswords, Crossword Puzzles, Logic Grid Puzzles, Nonogram Puzzles, background/implied Uhura/Chapel, Mission Fic, Unconventional Format, Screenplay/Script Format

It's All About Perspective : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73547046

Fuga Impossível (Web Series), QSMP | Quackity SMP
Gen, M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Cell/Felps/Pactw (Fuga Impossível), Mikhael Línnyker | mikethelink & Tarik Pacanhan | Pactw, Mikhael Línnyker | mikethelink/Tarik Pacanhan | Pactw, Rafael Lange | Cellbit, Felipe Zaghetti | Felps, Tarik Pacanhan | Pactw, Mikhael Línnyker | mikethelink
Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Missing Scene, Canon Compliant, Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Choice-Based IF Not Hosted On AO3, Medium Opt-In: Writing - Screenplay, Medium Opt-In: Writing - In-Universe Newspaper Article, Medium Opt-In: Writing - In-Universe Social Media, POV Second Person, (not for all of it), my collage of mediums, Ambiguous Relationships, set during fuga impossível, Pre-QSMP | Quackity SMP

Only Playwrights in the Building (3050) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73038731

Only Murders in the Building (TV)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Mabel Mora & Oliver Putnam & Charles-Haden Savage, Oliver Putnam, Mabel Mora, Charles-Haden Savage
Trans Male Character, LGBTQ Themes, Friendship, Coming Out, in-universe media

A Work in Progress : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73095721

Hamlet - Shakespeare
Multi
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Hamlet/Horatio/Ophelia (Hamlet), Hamlet (Hamlet), Horatio (Hamlet), Ophelia (Hamlet)
Fluff, In-Universe Screenplay Segments, Modern AU, Film Students, Literal Sleeping Together, Threesome - F/M/M

Starting the Literature Club : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71859871

Doki Doki Literature Club! (Visual Novel)
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club!)
Pre-Canon, Theater Script Format, Slice of Life, Developing Friendships

Today at the Literature Club : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73763446

Doki Doki Literature Club! (Visual Novel)
F/F
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Natsuki/Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club!)
Diary/Journal, Theater Script Format, Slice of Life, Falling In Love, Pre-Romance

Pressed Botanicals

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Dandelion, Milkweed, Silky on a Sunny Sky : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73461141

SMPEarth
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Technoblade & Phil Watson | Philza, Phil Watson | Philza, Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF)
Fairies, Fairy Philza, Kid Phil Watson | Philza, Parent Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), implied - Freeform, Good Parent Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Fairy AU, Page of a notebook, Pressed Botanicals, Technoblade is Soft for Phil Watson | Philza

Pottery

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[Art] Excerpts from 'Field Guide to Woodgeists' (Interlibrary Loan) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73648731

Original Work
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Forest Spirit - Character
Medium - Pottery, Medium - Photography, Fictional Naturalism, Worldbuilding

Minder of the Keys [ART - pottery] : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74225456

Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Sybil Ramkin & Dragons, Original Swamp Dragon, Sybil Ramkin
Sculpture, Art, pottery, dragon - Freeform, Swamp Dragon (Discworld)

[Art] Leaf Friends : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73955086

Original Work
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Leaf Friends
pottery

Fanfiction from 3k to 3.5k

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Mama (3492) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73210106

The Godfather - Mario Puzo
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Kay Adams Corleone & Carmela Corleone, Background Kay Adams Corleone/Michael Corleone, Kay Adams Corleone, Carmela Corleone
POV Kay Adams Corleone, Daughter-in-Law & Mother-in-Law, Canon Compliant, Missing Scene, Character Study, Book!Carmela, Domestic, Fish out of Water, Newlywed Kay Adams Corleone/Michael Corleone

Professional Curiosity (3479) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73516601

魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔尊也想知道 - 青色羽翼 | Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know - Cyan Wings
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Wei Wuxian & Qiu Congxue, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Qiu Congxue
Crossover, Post-Canon, Humor

Once Upon A Campy Curse (3476) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71125811

SK8 the Infinity (Anime)
M/M
Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom
AU-Cindereki, The Royal Ball, Camp, Raunchy Comedy, Magic and Magical Mishaps, Idiots in Love, Pining, insults as terms of endearment, Love Confession, Crack Treated Seriously

Something Personal (3457) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72366376

Wind Breaker - にいさとる | Nii Satoru (Manga)
M/M
Explicit, Underage Sex
Endo Yamato/Sakura Haruka, Endo Yamato, Sakura Haruka (Wind Breaker)
Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Oral Sex, Fluff

Bend to Break (3427) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75357171

魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
M/M
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Lan Huan | Lan Xichen/Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao/Nie Mingjue, Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao, Nie Mingjue
Dual Cultivation, Anal Sex, Dual Cultivation To Fix Qi Deviation, Post-Sunshot, Unreliable Narrator, Voyeurism, Anal Fingering, mild bondage, Established Situationship Meng Yao/Nie Mingjue, Lan Xichen's Completely Normal Relationship With Sex and Sexuality

Dirty Business (3403) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72726936

Dragon Age II
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Male Hawke/Varric Tethras, Varric Tethras, Male Hawke (Dragon Age)
Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Mage Hawke (Dragon Age), Purple Hawke (Dragon Age), Flirting, Banter, Meet-Cute, Smuggler Hawke, First Year in Kirkwall

Give Me a Hand (3390) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72271446

Iron Man (Movies)
Gen
Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
James \"Rhodey\" Rhodes & Tony Stark, Tony Stark, James \"Rhodey\" Rhodes, Ho Yinsen
Afghanistan, Blood and Injury, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Medical Procedures, Tony Stark Whump, Friendship, Best Friends, hand holding, Loyalty, Trust, Captivity, Platonic Relationships, Comfortable Relationships, James \"Rhodey\" Rhodes & Tony Stark Friendship, awake during surgery

caution is calling, but nobody's home (3384) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74825671

전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Kim Dokja/Yoo Joonghyuk, Kim Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk, Yoo Mia
Alternate Universe - No Scenarios (Omniscient Reader), Office Worker Kim Dokja, Pro Gamer Yoo Joonghyuk, Streamer Yoo Joonghyuk, Oblivious Kim Dokja, Pretty Kim Dokja, Jealous Yoo Joonghyuk, Mutual Pining, Getting Together, Fluff and Humor, POV Yoo Joonghyuk, nameless npc for jealousy reasons, Mentioned Han Sooyoung (Omniscient Reader)

Like an Icy Blast (3379) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73111581

Noblesse (Manhwa)
Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
Frankenstein/Cadis Etrama Di Raizel, Frankenstein (Noblesse), Original Characters
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Top secret (3342) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73562691

House M.D.
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Remy “Thirteen” Hadley & Lawrence Kutner & Chris Taub, Remy \"Thirteen\" Hadley, Lawrence Kutner, Chris Taub, Lisa Cuddy, Gregory House
Developing Friendships, Hospitals, Hijinks & Shenanigans

Mass Effect's Ending Sucked (3333) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73590361

Leverage (US TV 2008)
Gen
Not Rated, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Breanna Casey & Alec Hardison, Breanna Casey, Alec Hardison
POV Second Person

Slightly More Gay (3324) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74101906

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Bandit/OMC, Bandit/OMC (Smokey and the Bandit), Bandit & OMG (Smokey and the Bandit), Bandit & Snowman (Smokey and the Bandit), Bandit (Smokey and the Bandit), Snowman (Smokey and the Bandit), Fred (Smokey and the Bandit)
enthusiastic self-discovery, Self-Discovery, Homophobic Language

Blood & Spray Paint (3320) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72024341

Wind Breaker (Anime)
M/M
Explicit, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Sakaki Seiryu/Sakaki Uryu, Sakaki Seiryu, Sakaki Uryu
AU-Canon divergence, Twincest, Codependence, love and belonging, Art Therapy, Self-Actualization Through Art, Graffiti, gentle angst, Grinding, Frotting, Happy Ending

Signals (3311) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73039026

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
James \"Bucky\" Barnes/Sam Wilson, James \"Bucky\" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Sarah Wilson (Marvel)
First Kiss, Getting Together, Kissing, Mild Internalized Homophobia, Happy Ending

An Item Has Many Uses (3297) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73590296

내가 키운 S급들 | The S-Classes That I Raised (Webcomic)
M/M
Explicit, Rape/Non-Con
Han Yoojin/Sung Hyunjae (S-Classes that I Raised), Han Yoojin (S-Classes that I Raised), Sung Hyunjae (S-Classes that I Raised)
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, takes place when Sung Hyunjae briefly loses his memories, past-Sung Hyunjae is cold but also a simp, Rape/Non-con Elements, turned into dub-con, Han Yoojin is into it but it's nonconsensual, little bit of chains, Top Sung Hyunjae (S-Classes that I Raised), Bottom Han Yoojin (S-Classes that I Raised), Bottom Han Yoojin/Top Sung Hyunjae (S-Classes that I Raised), Han Yoojin stop talking back to scary people challenge

The Empty Goblet (3281) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72845656

原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
F/F
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Jean/Lisa (Genshin Impact), Jean (Genshin Impact), Lisa (Genshin Impact)
Pre-Relationship, Windblume Festival (Genshin Impact), Tarot Reading (Divination Cards), Getting Together

The Twice is Happenstance Job (3273) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72324661

Leverage (US TV 2008)
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Harry Wilson & Breanna Casey (Leverage), Jim Sterling & Harry Wilson (Leverage), Jim Sterling (Leverage), Harry Wilson (Leverage), Breanna Casey

i felt alive and i can't complain (3250) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74107766

Dream SMP
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Technoblade & Phil Watson | Philza, Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson | Philza
Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Queerplatonic Technoblade/Phil Watson | Philza, Queerplatonic Relationships, Aromantic Asexual Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Aromantic Allosexual Phil Watson | Philza, Platonic Relationships, Queerplatonic Crush | Squish, Poly Phil Watson | Philza, Background Relationships: - Freeform, Phistin, schlattza - Freeform, awesamza, Phil Watson | Philza Uses a Cane, Autistic Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Autistic Phil Watson | Philza, Yearning, yes they are aro4aro and aut4aut and adhd4adhd, world so beautiful, Phil Watson | Philza-centric, Aromantic Relationships, sexual references/implications, Not between emduo

A Chosen Veil, A Six Spoked Wheel (3229) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73509436

爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー | Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (TV)
F/M, M/M, Multi, Other
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Akuse Jyo/Bureki Genba | Genbard De Livery II/Hando Taiya/Homura Sakito/Meita Ishiro/Shifuto Mira, Shifuto Mira, Akuse Jyo, Meita Ishiro, Bureki Genba | Genbard De Livery II, Hando Taiya, Homura Sakito
Weddings

but nevertheless, love it he did (3223) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73321786

Elden Ring (Video Game)
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Morgott the Omen King | Margit the Fell Omen & People of Leyndell, Morgott the Omen King | Margit the Fell Omen, People of Leyndell
Politics, Post-The Shattering (Elden Ring), Self-Hating Morgott the Omen King | Margit the Fell Omen, Mentions of canon-typical violence, Dissociation, Canon-Typical Behavior

burn a candle and watch it melt (3218) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73572336

X -エックス- | X/1999, Tokyo Babylon
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Sakurazuka Seishirou/Sumeragi Subaru, Sumeragi Subaru, Sakurazuka Seishirou
During Canon, Unresolved Emotional Tension, Smoking, Light Angst, Mutual Pining, Hopeful Ending

Things unsaid (3209) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73962346

Descendants (Disney Movies)
F/F, Gen
Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
Evie/Mal (Disney), Ben & Mal (Disney: Descendants), Ben & Evie (Disney: Descendants), Evie (Disney), Mal (Disney), Ben (Disney: Descendants)
Evie-centric (Disney), Protective Evie (Disney), Rescue Missions, Hurt Mal (Disney), Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss

(with you) i am home (3208) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73574151

Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
F/F
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Paris Geller/Rory Gilmore, Paris Geller, Rory Gilmore
Getting Together, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Roommates, Not Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Compliant, Pining, POV Rory Gilmore

sanguine charms (3202) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73580786

Original Work
F/F
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
19th Century Conwoman/Bratty Heiress She Seduces,
copious amounts of baking mentioned

Paved With Good Intentions (3201) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72970151

Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
, Mags (Hunger Games), Original District 4 Victors (Hunger Games), District 4 Tributes (Hunger Games), Volumnia Gaul
25th Hunger Games, Careers (Hunger Games), Worldbuilding, District 4 (Hunger Games)

milk-fed (3197) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74466531

杀破狼 | Sha Po Lang - priest
M/M
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Chang Geng | Li Min/Gu Yun | Gu Zixi, Chang Geng | Li Min, Gu Yun | Gu Zixi
Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha/Alpha, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Lactation Kink, Breeding Kink, Knotting, Intercrural Sex, Consensual Somnophilia, Top Chang Geng | Li Min/Bottom Gu Yun | Gu Zixi, they switch too but not on page, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Porn With Worldbuilding, most of the knotting happens outside a hole

Ultraportables (3195) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73535066

Original Work
M/M, Multi, Other
Explicit, Rape/Non-Con
Sex Toy Factory Tech/Human Non-Con Body Modded Into A Living Sex Toy, Human Non-Con Body Modded Into A Living Sex Toy/Human Non-Con Body Modded Into A Living Sex Toy, Original Male Character/Original Male Character, Original Male Character, Original Trans Character(s)
Living Onahole, Human Onahole, Amputee, Living Sex Toy

I’d probably have to tell him (3176) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73556501

House M.D.
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Lawrence Kutner/Chris Taub, Lawrence Kutner & Chris Taub, Lawrence Kutner, Chris Taub, Gregory House
Pre-Relationship, Getting Together, Living Together

Solo Rail (3169) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70910051

Persona 5
M/M
Explicit, Rape/Non-Con
Arsene/Kurusu Akira, Kurusu Akira (Persona Series), Arsene (Persona Series)
Chikan, Trans Kurusu Akira, Trans Male Character, Trans Persona 5 Protagonist, Band-Aids on Nipples, Semi-Public Sex, Sex in Mementos (Persona Series), Vaginal Sex, Manhandling, Rape/Non-con Elements, Extremely Dubious Consent, Belly Bulge, Breeding Kink, Exhibitionism Kink, Rough Sex, Large Cock

Always Getting Blood On My Hands (3168) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72847711

Supernatural (TV 2005)
M/M
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester, John Winchester, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester
POV Outsider, POV John Winchester, POV Second Person, Abusive John Winchester, John Winchester Finds Out About Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester

Until it Ends There is No End (3166) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73534696

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe
F/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Lance Hunter/Bobbi Morse, Lance Hunter, Bobbi Morse
Episode: s02 e22 S.O.S. Part Two, Missing Scene, Hurt/Comfort, Vulnerability

Hands-On (3165) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73522346

Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
F/M
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Karlach/Wyll (Baldur's Gate), Wyll (Baldur's Gate), Karlach (Baldur's Gate)
Porn with Feelings, Dirty Talk, Banter, Mutual Masturbation, Exhibitionism, Sexual Fantasy, set in the early stages of an established romance, karlach hasn't gotten her upgrades yet, Light-Hearted

leave this life behind me (3163) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73103211

Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
M/M
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Aradin/Zevlor (Baldur's Gate), Zevlor (Baldur's Gate), Aradin (Baldur's Gate), Tiefling Refugees (Baldur's Gate)
Gossip, POV Outsider, POV Zevlor (Baldur's Gate), Self-Loathing, Unhealthy Relationships, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, starts with outsider pov then goes to zevlor pov, Blow Jobs

The Loyal Knight (The Healer Dreamed Of) (3155) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73601006

Original Work
F/M
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Village Herbalist/Wounded Knight Defecting From Court, Female Village Herbalist, Wounded Male Knight

when i see my friends (3154) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72616206

幽☆遊☆白書 | YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files (Anime & Manga)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Hiei & Kurama | Minamino Shuuichi & Kuwabara Kazuma & Urameshi Yuusuke, Hiei & Yukina (YuYu Hakusho), Kuwabara Kazuma & Yukina, Hiei (YuYu Hakusho), Kurama | Minamino Shuuichi, Urameshi Yuusuke, Kuwabara Kazuma
Post-Canon, Friendship, Complicated Relationships, Frenemies, demon biology, Additional Warnings In Author's Note

Every Demon Needs A Dog (3153) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71441086

SK8 the Infinity (Anime)
M/M
Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Kikuchi Tadashi/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Kikuchi Tadashi, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam
AU-Cindereki, Magic, Adam Is A Drama Queen, Tadashi Is Over It, Camp, Codependency, Toxic Relationship, Hints at domestic abuse, Couple growth, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, actual dogs, No Tadashis Were Harmed In the Writing Of This Fic, Crack Treated Seriously

Alternate Costumes and Undercover Agencies (3153) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73576116

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Kayama Nemuri | Midnight & Shirakumo Oboro & Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Kayama Nemuri | Midnight, Shirakumo Oboro, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
Aizawa is a Spoilsport, Implied/Referenced Nudity, hero costumes

The Sorcerer and the Shadow (3151) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73558216

Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft
M/M
Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Original Miskatonic Student/Original Sorcerer (Cthulhu Mythos),
Curses, Magic, Manipulation, Sex Magic, Spirits

the past was living still (3149) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72747676

琅琊榜之风起长林 | Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Changlin (TV), 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Lin Chen & Xiao Pingjing, Lin Chen & Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Xiao Pingjing, Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Lin Chen (Nirvana in Fire)
Don't copy to another site, FIAB 2025, Ghosts, Some angst, pingjing POV, set between NiF1 and 2, Flashbacks, Low Fantasy, the early 20th century children's literature of cdrama

I don't wanna say this (I think you're the right one) (3144) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72084931

DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
M/M
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Tim Drake/Jason Todd, Jason Todd, Tim Drake (DCU)
Pining, Office Sex, Oral Sex, Blow Jobs, Face-Fucking, Pre-Relationship, they're gonna do the pining while fucking before they figure their shit out

dust (3142) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73592556

人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
M/M, Multi
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Liu Qingge/Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Liu Qingge, Luo Binghe, Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
Body Horror, Mild Gore, Mildly Dubious Consent, Established Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Ambiguous Relationships

stay thirsty like before (3139) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74895956

백작가의 망나니가 되었다 - 유려한 | Lout of Count's Family | Trash of the Count's Family - Yulyeohan
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Choi Han/Cale Henituse | Kim Rok Soo, Cale Henituse | Kim Rok Soo, Choi Han (Lout of Count's Family)
Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Mutual Pining, Conversations, Isekai and Transmigration

for now, i will stay alive (3134) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73504041

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Amajiki Tamaki & Hadou Nejire & Toogata Mirio, Hadou Nejire, Uraraka Ochako, Toogata Mirio, Amajiki Tamaki
Post-Paranormal Liberation War Arc (My Hero Academia), Hadou Nejire-Centric, PoV Hadou Nejire, Recovery, Missing Scene, Canon Compliant, Reunions

the straw that breaks the saber's blade (3134) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75305226

魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Lan Huan | Lan Xichen/Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao/Nie Mingjue, Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao, Nie Mingjue
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Discussions of Death

does anyone know guardian tales world 9 ending (3129) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73600416

SMPEarth
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Technoblade & Phil Watson | Philza, Sophietexas & Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson | Philza, Sophietexas (Video Blogging RPF)
Ambiguous/Open Ending, Hopeful Ending, Avian Phil Watson | Philza, Piglin Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Hurt/Comfort, Kid Phil Watson | Philza

Once More, And Again (3126) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72840076

Original Work
M/M
Explicit, Rape/Non-Con
Original Male Character/Original Male Character,
Author of Dark Romance Novels/Male Lead of His Most Popular Novel (M/M) (OW) - Freeform, Bondage, Attic wifeing, Captivity, Transmigration, Anal Sex, Facial, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Drug Use

Someone Likes You (3126) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71663616

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki, Midoriya Izuku
Birthday, Humor, Getting Together, Class 1-A Dorms (My Hero Academia), Love Letters, Love Confessions, Crushes, First Kiss, Idiots in Love

let me tell you something of eternal love (3122) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71328406

Animorphs - Katherine A. Applegate
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Aftran 942 & Cassie, Aftran 942, Cassie (Animorphs), Mr. Tidwell (Animorphs)
Post-War, Not Canon Compliant, Introspection, Friendship

The Gemstone Gamble (3121) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72789016

崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
M/M
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Aventurine/Sunday (Honkai: Star Rail), Sunday (Honkai: Star Rail), Aventurine (Honkai: Star Rail)
Porn, Anal Sex, Top Sunday/Bottom Aventurine (Honkai: Star Rail), Sunday focus, Misuse of a Cornerstone, Version 2.1 Trailblaze Mission: Cat Among Pigeons (Honkai: Star Rail)

Turnabout Again (3119) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72385856

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
F/M
Explicit, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Galadriel/Sauron (Tolkien), Galadriel (Tolkien), Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
Dubious Consent, Dream Sex, Dove May Or May Not Be Dead But Is Definitely Pining for the Fjords, Silence of the Lambs References, Breeding Kink

in the middle before i realized it had begun (3116) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73577991

The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
M/M
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Thara Celehar/Hanu Olgarezh, Hanu Olgarezh, Thara Celehar
Slow Burn, Hanu POV, Thara Is Only Ordinary By His Own Estimation, Spoilers for Tomb of Dragons

In Search of a Memory Worth Keeping (3112) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74021546

Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
James \"Bucky\" Barnes & Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov & Sam Wilson, James \"Bucky\" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel)
Road Trips, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, a bit of crack treated seriously, Technically a 5 + 1 things, Cap Quartet Hydra-busting US tour

About That Drink (3110) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73488596

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
M/M
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Edgin Darvis/Xenk Yendar, Edgin Darvis, Xenk Yendar
Sequel

Paradise, Not (3108) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74464656

Gossip Girl (TV 2007)
F/M
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Dan Humphrey/Blair Waldorf, Dan Humphrey, Blair Waldorf, Serena van der Woodsen
Established Relationship, Dating, Dates gone wrong, Fluff and Angst, But mostly fluff

All Night Long (3106) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72723186

Bullet Train (2022)
F/M
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
Tangerine (bullet Train)/Female Reader, Tangerine (Bullet Train), Reader, Lemon (Bullet Train)
Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings, Flings turn into something more, Praise Kink, Switching, Everyone is a Switch and Verse, POV Second Person, Oral Sex, Fingering, Trans Male Character, No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert, Multiple Orgasms, Reader-Insert

Anchor that Drowns You (3101) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72640151

Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
M/M
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
James \"Bucky\" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers, James \"Bucky\" Barnes
Past Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Amnesia, Sad Steve Rogers, Memory Loss, Post-Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Bittersweet Ending

The Fate of Vader (3100) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72768461

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
Sith Obi-Wan Kenobi, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sith Anakin Skywalker, Paranoia, Confusion, battle flirting, Past Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Suitless Vader, Masked Vader

Friendship (3081) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73578716

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)
F/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Number One | Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike, Number One | Una Chin-Riley & Christopher Pike, Christopher Pike, Number One | Una Chin-Riley (Star Trek)
At Starfleet Academy

Chronognosis (3074) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72313336

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Painted Verso Dessendre & Gustave & Maelle | Alicia Dessenre, Maelle | Alicia Dessendre, Gustave (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Painted Verso Dessendre
Canon Compliant, Character Study, Maelle-Centric, Unreliable Narrator, Maelle Ending | A Life to Paint (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

Something Vile From the Sun (3069) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73594591

A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
F/M, Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Jeyne Westerling Stark/Robb Stark, Jeyne Westerling Stark & Raynald Westerling, Jeyne Westerling Stark, Raynald Westerling, Sybell Spicer, Rolph Spicer, Robb Stark, Eleyna Westerling
Canon Compliant, Family Drama, Consent Issues, Missing Scene, Angst, War of the Five Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire), House Westerling (A Song of Ice and Fire), POV Female Character, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex

fix it (how can you fix it?) (3054) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73342571

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
F/M
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Spike/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers & Dawn Summers, Other Background Relationships - Relationship, Buffy Summers, Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

An Unexpected Encounter (3051) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72742686

天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Ghost City Residents & Hua Cheng (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Ghost City Residents (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Hua Cheng (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Original Characters, Original Female Character(s)
Minor Hua Cheng/Xie Lian, Ghosts Write Fanfic (Maybe), Established Hua Cheng/Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu), POV Outsider, Post-Canon, Ghost City Gossip, Slice of (Ghostly) Life

Only Playwrights in the Building (3050) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73038731

Only Murders in the Building (TV)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Mabel Mora & Oliver Putnam & Charles-Haden Savage, Oliver Putnam, Mabel Mora, Charles-Haden Savage
Trans Male Character, LGBTQ Themes, Friendship, Coming Out, in-universe media

does it feel good, spilling blood? (3048) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72966666

Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, Major Character Death
Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood & Scott Major | Smajor1995 & Pearl | PearlescentMoon & ZombieCleo, Scott Major | Smajor1995 & Pearl | PearlescentMoon, Scott Major | Smajor1995, Pearl | PearlescentMoon, ZombieCleo
Mentioned Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood, Vampires, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Possessive Divorce Quartet, Possessive Pearl | PearlescentMoon, Hypnotism, Kinda, Blood, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Blood Drinking

Still Our Stars Will Align (3045) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72367581

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Tokyo Babylon, X -エックス- | X/1999
M/M
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Sakurazuka Seishirou/Sumeragi Subaru, Seishirou/Subaru (Tsubasa), Seishirou (Tsubasa), Sakurazuka Seishirou, Sumeragi Subaru, Subaru (Tsubasa)
Pining, Angst, Clamp-typical UST, Vignette

dark matter halo (3043) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73491846

QSMP | Quackity SMP
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Ender King (Philza Hardcore) & Phil Watson | Philza, Phil Watson | Philza, Ender King (Philza Hardcore), Original Characters
Alternate Universe - Space, Alternate Universe - Robots & Androids, Androids, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Ender Sucks, Android Phil Watson | Philza, War, Philza Hardcore Lore References, Worldbuilding, BAMF Phil Watson | Philza, Dehumanization, Implied/Referenced Abuse

bang bang (there goes my heart) (3041) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71358896

Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
CC-1010 | Fox/Agen Kolar, CC-1010 | Fox, Agen Kolar
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Mandalorian Clone Troopers (Star Wars), Jedi Missions (Star Wars), Meet-Cute, Or Their Version of That, Smuggling

The Gleam of Bronze (3032) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73583551

Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
F/F
Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Kylara/Lessa (Dragonriders of Pern), Kylara (Dragonriders of Pern), Lessa (Dragonriders of Pern)
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

prayer going nowhere (3032) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74660066

Stranger Things (TV 2016)
F/F
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley
Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Grinding, Sexual Experimentation, Robin Buckley in the Upside Down, Nancy Wheeler in the Upside Down

firecracker on a crowded street (3029) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72597551

DCU (Comics), Deadpool (Movieverse)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Jason Todd & Wade Wilson, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Jason Todd, Tim Drake (DCU), Dick Grayson, Wade Wilson
Investigations, Interrogation, Wade Wilson Breaking the Fourth Wall, there's a mention of a wolverine comic which genuinely makes no sense but my advice is: don't worry about it, violence on the lower end of canon typical

A Life Built for Three (3029) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72783761

Wind Breaker (Anime), Wind Breaker - にいさとる | Nii Satoru (Manga)
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Hiragi Toma/Sako Kota, Sako Kota, Hiragi Toma (Wind Breaker)
Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Mpreg | Male Pregnancy, Unplanned Pregnancy, Established Relationship, Alpha Hiragi Toma (Wind Breaker), Omega Sako Kota

Botanical Life, Part 1 (3023) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73468766

Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series, Hermitcraft SMP
F/F, Gen, M/M, Multi
General Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
EthosLab/GeminiTay (Video Blogging RPF), EthosLab/GeminiTay/Pearl | PearlescentMoon, EthosLab & Joel | SmallishBeans, EthosLab (Video Blogging RPF), GeminiTay (Video Blogging RPF), Pearl | PearlescentMoon, Anthony Viviano | Bigbst4tz2, Lizzie | LDShadowLady (Video Blogging RPF), Ryan | GoodTimesWithScar, impulseSV (Video Blogging RPF), Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood, Charles | Grian, ZombieCleo (Video Blogging RPF), Jimmy | Solidarity, TangoTek (Video Blogging RPF), John Booko | BdoubleO100, Skizzleman (Video Blogging RPF), Scott Major | Smajor1995, Joel | SmallishBeans, Rendog (Video Blogging RPF), The Watchers (Evolution SMP)
WB: The Boogeyman Curse (Life Series) - Freeform, WB: Any (Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series) - Freeform, Geminitay is not the Watchers favourite, WB: Red Life Blood Lust (Life Series) - Freeform, Boogeyman induced bloodlust, Angst, Emotional Hurt, hurt little to no comfort, Grief/Mourning, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, playlist at the start.

when the sky is falling (i'm waiting for you) (3023) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73073041

Original Work
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Irresponsible 19th Century Bachelor Gentleman & His Orphaned Child Cousins He Has Custody Of, Original Character(s) & Original Character(s), 19th Century Gentleman, Orphaned children - Character
Found Family, Grief/Mourning, Thunder and Lightning

Still Here Together (3023) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74251296

Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Gen
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
William Laurence & Temeraire, Willaim Laurence, Temeraire
Hurt/Comfort, Hospitalization, Injury, Plushies, recursive fic

Rescue Us (3022) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74464526

Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
F/M
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Haymitch Abernathy, Primrose Everdeen, Asterid Everdeen
Book/Movie 2: Catching Fire (Hunger Games), different ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Peeta Is Rescued Too, POV Katniss Everdeen

Vacation With You (3019) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72725201

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
Gen
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Mira & Rumi & Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters), Bobby & Mira & Rumi & Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters), Bobby (KPop Demon Hunters), Mira (KPop Demon Hunters), Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters), Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters)
Vacation, Pre-Canon, Hijinks & Shenanigans, demon hunting, Comedy, Attempt at Humor

Talk Less, Listen More (3017) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74272621

人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua, Shang Qinghua, Mobei-jun
Post-Canon, Shang Qinghua | Airplane Shooting Toward the Sky's Wife Plots

that holiday feeling (every time you're near me) (3016) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73570521

Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
F/F
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Paris Geller/Rory Gilmore, Paris Geller, Rory Gilmore, Luke Danes
Minor Luke Danes/Lorelai Gilmore, Canon Jewish Character, Inspired by Hallmark Christmas Movies, Christmas, Pre-Relationship, First Kiss, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Luke is also meant to be jewish but its as subtextual as it is in canon, Meet-Cute, Getting Together, also ages are never really stated but i was picturing paris and rory as like. 26-29 range, you can do whatever you want forever though

butterfly heart (3009) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75211736

Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
F/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, background tony/pepper and ned/betty, Peter Parker, Michelle Jones (Marvel), Ned Leeds, Tony Stark, peter's high school peers ensemble, they're all just little nerds, little nerd teenagers at a nerd school
Romance, First Dates, Hanging Out, Friendship, Slice of Life, suicide baiting that no one takes seriously, in the \"teenagers sniping at each other\" way, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, it's a very passing thing

No Good (but you're stuck in my brain) (3007) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73578231

Dream SMP
M/M
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
Clay | Dream/TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Ranboo & Toby Smith | Tubbo & TommyInnit, TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF), Toby Smith | Tubbo, Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF)
Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Vigilante TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Hero Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF), Vigilante Toby Smith | Tubbo, Vigilante Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF), Alternate Universe - Mutants, Hero Sam | Awesamdude (mentioned), okay this one gets a little bit more of the, Enemies to Lovers

Current Music: Inherent in the subject.

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Green Hornet; Al Hirt; Bruce Lee; Batman (1966): One man’s Green Hornet.mpg, by Ricardo Dowridge.

Fandom: Green Hornet (1966 and 2011 versions), Batman (1966), Al Hirt (musician), Bruce Lee
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Britt Reid | Green Hornet, Kato, Bruce Wayne | Batman, Dick Grayson | Robin, cameo by Beatrix Kiddo | The Bride (Kill Bill), Black Beauty is practically a character, right?
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 3:03
Content Notes: Rapid flickering image shifts; earworm hazard.
Creator Links: (Instagram)

Dorodigital; (YouTube)

Dorodigital
Theme: Amnesty, Crossovers & Fusions, FANCAKE IS FIFTEEN, Fandom Classics, Fanvids, Older Fandoms, Underloved Works

Summary: What started out as an attempt to learn flight of the bumble bee on the trumpet evolved into a fascination with the green hornet theme song. Although the show featured one of my favorite Martial Artist ..Bruce lee..the main attraction for me was the frentic trumpet solo performed by another hero of mine Mr. Al hirt. This song was also used in the motor cycle scene in kill bill. I was delighted to learn that they were making a movie version in 2011 starring Seth Rogen and Jay Chou..Alas there could be only one Bruce lee as well as one Al hirt. However I decided to perform this cover in tribute to Al and Bruce...Enjoy

Reccer's Notes: Two great tastes that taste great together: against a montage of thrilling stunts and snappy dialogue, trumpeter Ricardo Dowridge multiplies himself into an orchestra to celebrate his musical and martial heroes.

Fanwork Links:

Watch on YouTube

One man’s Green Hornet.mpg, by Ricardo Dowridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8UVF7tkdRw

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topic: books

Books: Murderbot, Shadow of the Leviathan

All Systems Red (2017) by Martha Wells. A humanoid cyborg created to do wet work jobs finds itself giving a shit about a human research team it's supposed to be protecting on an alien planet.

I can see why people love Murderbot itself; it's a big old angst bucket desperately trying to pretend it isn't one. I've seen people characterize this type as an iron woobie, and it's fandom catnip.

However, I did not connect with any other part of this novella. It's so damn insubstantial. There are other characters, but they're mostly indistinguishable. There's a strong whiff of claustrophobic found family that made me DNF the one Becky Chambers book I tried, with the same element of "the one character who doesn't buy in without question is treated as an antagonist." There's some worldbuilding, but extremely thinly drawn. The prose is conversational, which can work great in a lot of cases but here just feels like one more missed opportunity to give me anything I might be interested in.

I've read a lot of pro SFF novellas over the years, and I genuinely can't think of one that felt less deserving of its length than this one. You can pack a lot of thoughts and ideas into a novella! But this didn't even try. If it'd been a third of the wordcount, I probably would have liked it pretty well.

I've heard the second and third in the series are the best, and I might try them at some point, but tbh I think I'd have better luck with the show, which at least has real actors to lend some weight and complexity to the characters.

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The Tainted Cup (2024) and A Drop of Corruption (2025) by Robert Jackson Bennett. The first two books of his Shadow of the Leviathan series, a Sherlock and Holmes riff (or possibly a Nero Wolfe and Archie riff) about an idiosyncratic middle-aged(?) female savant and her long-suffering young gay assistant solving murders in a fantasy world where basically all technology is organic in some way.

These were great fun. Bennett seems really into both cosmic horror (the "leviathans" of the series are mountain-sized monsters that crawl out of the sea and wreak havoc every wet season) and body horror (more terrible plant-related things happening to bodies than you can shake a stick at). Even when this world is running the way everyone wants, it's still so damn weird (complimentary). Augmentations that turn your skin purple and gray! Immortality treatments that stop aging and cause you to just grow forever, like an iguana! The augurs in the second book who pattern-match to such a degree that they can't handle spoken communication: A++, and they reminded me a bit of parts of Anathem.

Ana Dolabra, the foul-mouthed savant detective is far and away the best part. Her assistant Din Kol, from whose perspective the stories are written, is a real sad sack, both due to circumstances and apparently innate temperament, and sometimes that can be a bit of a drag. I also felt like his renewal of purpose in A Drop of Corruption came way too easily; it almost felt like it happened off screen.

Overall, though, these are just a great time. It sounds like Bennett is on a roll, and I can't wait for the next one.

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Boost! marina's well-informed meta on Heated Rivalry

I've observed hockey RPF fandom from an immeasurable distance, and I still got a kick out of this post:

https://marina.dreamwidth.org/1576715.html

marina was in hockey fandom, spent her childhood in Ukraine, knows much about filing serial numbers, and has definite opinions about vodka.

I'm reading reading reading.

Hi!

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pinch hits

Posting; Pinch Hit; Betas

The DEADLINE is getting closer and closer!

At deadline time - 9pm UTC on 17 December - your Yuletide assignment must be posted (published, not a draft!) to the Yuletide collection as a complete work.

Before then, we need your help, Yuletide! We have an outstanding pinch hit (#121) for the fandoms:
SMPLive
Roughhouse SMP
Mirai SMP - XYouly
Highcraft (Web Series)

See details here. Please email us at yuletideadmin@gmail.com if you can help, and spread the word if you have friends who might be interested. This pinch hit is due at 9pm UTC on 19 December.

More pinch hits will be advertised at

yuletide_pinch_hits, especially after 9pm UTC on the 17th.

Additionally, we love beta reader volunteers! You can connect with writers at this post by filling out a Google form, or you can join the Discord and keep an eye out for beta requests advertised by members with the Hippo role.

Good luck to everyone facing down the deadline!

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Watch on YouTube

So, over at /r/Englishlearning there is a weekly "What is this thing" post

The goal is to herd all the "What do you call this?" posts into the comments there. It never ever works. However, they do occasionally get comments like "Here are the answers to the questions you asked rhetorically as an example" and "Why do you keep posting this and asking the same questions" and "There is no such thing as a pork burger".

Yes, Virginia, there is a pork burger. This is why I have a picture of pork burger patties on my phone, so I can post it every time somebody says that those don't exist, or that they "really" mean a breakfast sandwich or a pulled pork sandwich or a ham sandwich or a BLT.

I always want to ask these people who, I guess, don't get out much why they're so sure that anything they haven't personally heard of before must not exist. It's a big old world, but apparently, not so much for them.

(I suppose I can be forgiven for being a bit snippy this time around, I mean, given everything.)

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Rec-cember Day 13

Star Trek (2009 movie)
Lunch and Other Obscenities by

Rheanna (9,717 words). Just a delightful exploration of different cultures colliding.
When Starfleet Academy's Housing and Accommodation Officer—whose name, according to the sign next to her door, was Diane Maza—arrived at her office the next morning, Nyota was already there, waiting.

"My roommate's a sex-crazed exhibitionist with a food phobia," Nyota told her. "You have got to reassign me."

Maza didn't react. She regarded Nyota for a moment with a coolly appraising gaze that seemed designed to silently communicate that she hadn't just seen everything, she'd seen everything plus some other shit as well, and therefore any attempt to shock a reaction out of her was doomed at the outset.

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Star Trek: Villain's Week

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The Nightmare Before Christmas; Corpse Bride: Dead Man’s Party, by Dylan White

Fandom: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Oingo Boingo
Pairings/Characters: Gen; background F->M (Emily ->Victor); Jack Skellington, Bonejangles, and the whole Halloween Town and Underworld crews.
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 4:22
Content Notes: canon-typical death, undeath, decay, dismemberment, creepy-crawlies, monsters, and Body Horror.
Creator Links: (YouTube)

DylanWhitesChannel (formerly ~~weareactualsize~~
Theme: Amnesty, Crossovers & Fusions, FANCAKE IS FIFTEEN, Fandom Classics, Fanvids, Older Fandoms

Summary: Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party" mashed with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Corpse Bride." All copyrights held by original owners. Happy Halloween.
(HD re-edit from my weareactualsize channel)

Reccer's Notes: Although this repost is dated 27 October 2014, the original on White’s now-defunct previous channel dates from circa 2010. This fusion is a relentless tour-de-force of music synced to visuals synced to lyrics; Danny Elfman’s having scored both movies creates a certain built-in compatibility, and Oingo Boingo’s Halloween anthem makes for an Elfman trifecta.

Fanwork Links:

Watch on YouTube

Dead Man’s Party, by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndhDaEqjKAc

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Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 70 secrets from Secret Submission Post #988.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #989 ]

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #989 ]

The first secret from this batch will be posted on December 20th.

RULES:
1. One secret link per comment.
2. 750x750 px or smaller.
3. Link directly to the image.

More details on how to send a secret in!

Optional: If you would like your secret's fandom to be noted in the main post along with the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. If your secret makes the fandom obvious, there's no need to do this. If your fandom is obscure, you should probably tell me what it is.

Optional #2: If you would like WARNINGS (such as spoilers or common triggers -- list of some common ones here) to be noted in the main post before the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret.

Optional #3: If you would like a transcript to be posted along with your secret, put it along with the link in the comment!

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life or something like it

there are two kinds of products in the world

We have these envelopes I use to half-assedly organize coupons. After our local Kroger analogue recently remodeled, I had to rename some of the envelopes because they dissolved the "natural" section—where I did most of my dairy-free, gluten-free shopping—and moved those products around the store.

So now the "deli & meat" envelope has "dairy & non-dairy" added to it, which amuses me every time I get it out because "dairy & non-dairy" encompasses everything in the universe.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Dancing in the Flames - the Weeknd

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"You can hug it out, or you can pick up a bat."

Fascinating read here: Whose League Is It Anyway? on Defector. The comments are mostly worth reading too - I especially liked this one: "One of the reasons that collective bargaining exists is that it channels labor into a well-controlled process of negotiating and grieving within a framework that still respects the legitimacy of capital and is willing to enforce its prerogatives with violence."

I also added both books discussed in the post to my to read list: Every Day Is Sunday: How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut by Ken Belson, and Lords of the Realm (about baseball) by John Helyar.

Also, I don't know who Maggie Nelson is (I am old), but I thought this was a really good piece of criticism of her new book: Maggie Nelson Sputters And Stalls In ‘The Slicks’, which is apparently a (hamhanded and faily) attempt to parallel Taylor Swift with Sylvia Plath. I mean, I'm not going to lie, I enjoy many of TSwift's songs and I'm not a huge fan of Plath's work, but come the fuck on!

Anyway, I continue to find my subscription to Defector worth it, even if I don't read it as often as I'd like.

In other news, I was up early this morning, because the super said he was going to stop by to install my new apartment doorbell (when they put in this app-based front door system, it for some reason caused the bells at the apartment doors to stop working), but he hasn't shown up yet, and I'd be very surprised if he does at all. Oh well, I will try again when I'm off next week. Maybe 3rd time is the charm!

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