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luzula) wrote2025-12-19 10:55 pm
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Write every day: Day 19
We had an early Christmassy meal together before my housemates leave to spend Christmas with their respective families. The meal ran late, and I suppose I could have written after that, but instead I browsed Smitten Kitchen before writing an alibi sentence. Ah well, so it goes. Found some recipes to try, at least.
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Day 18:sanguinity, badly_knitted, trobadora, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, goddess47, brithistorian, cornerofmadness, carenejeans
Bonus farm news: Today we ate, among other things, British mince pies and Swedish ris à la Malta (which they probably do not make in Malta). The latter is a Christmas dessert made from rice porridge and whipped cream, mixed with pieces of chopped orange. To go with it, I make a sauce with red wine, lingonberry jam, ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon.
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Day 18:
sanguinity, badly_knitted, trobadora, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, goddess47, brithistorian, cornerofmadness, carenejeansBonus farm news: Today we ate, among other things, British mince pies and Swedish ris à la Malta (which they probably do not make in Malta). The latter is a Christmas dessert made from rice porridge and whipped cream, mixed with pieces of chopped orange. To go with it, I make a sauce with red wine, lingonberry jam, ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon.
a scintilla of time (scintilla10) wrote2025-12-19 10:06 am
scintilla10) wrote2025-12-19 10:06 amEntry tags:
FIAB Recs #1: Art recs!
Fanart Friday! Some amazing visual mediums from the ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
ficinabox collection. (All creators still anonymous.)
Minder of the Keys [ART - pottery] [pottery]
Discworld, Sybil Ramkin & Dragon, SFW
Pottery!! This is SO cool! A trinket dish with an adorable sculpted swamp dragon. Love the snoot!
kiss and fly [animation]
DC Comics, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, SFW
Incredibly cute. Love Batman's fluttery cape, the little peck of a kiss! And the pretty sunset colours!
[Art] Fig. 8. Megafauna of the Southern Hemisphere [scientific illustration]
Original Work, Really Mega Megafauna, SFW
Really cool vintage naturalist illustration style of huge megafauna! Delightful worldbuilding details.
[Art] Excerpts from 'Field Guide to Woodgeists' (Interlibrary Loan) [pottery + field guide]
Original Work, Forest Spirit, SFW
More pottery! Love this little forest spirit! Brilliant creature design, and love that the creator photographed him out in the woods and added field guide style text and worldbuilding.
[Art] Sleeping Giant [excerpts from a sketchbook]
Original Work, Mountain range that's actually a dragon, SFW
Love this! The sketchbook style is perfect, capturing multiple angles of the massive dragon blending in with the natural environment.
Baby Dragon [comic]
Original Work, Baby Dragon Who Has Everyone Wrapped Around Their Finger, SFW
More dragons! Adorable, playful comics of dragons hatching.
Crown Shyness [stained glass style art]
Original Work, Flower Maiden, SFW
Love the colours and style! Really gorgeous design.
[Comic] Nepenthes Field Trials [NSFW comic]
Original Work, Absentminded Tentacle Monster/Tentacle Vine Monster, NSFW
Plant consentacles! This is stunning. Vibrant, lush colours and incredible detailing. And so sexy!
ficinabox collection. (All creators still anonymous.)Minder of the Keys [ART - pottery] [pottery]
Discworld, Sybil Ramkin & Dragon, SFW
Pottery!! This is SO cool! A trinket dish with an adorable sculpted swamp dragon. Love the snoot!
kiss and fly [animation]
DC Comics, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, SFW
Incredibly cute. Love Batman's fluttery cape, the little peck of a kiss! And the pretty sunset colours!
[Art] Fig. 8. Megafauna of the Southern Hemisphere [scientific illustration]
Original Work, Really Mega Megafauna, SFW
Really cool vintage naturalist illustration style of huge megafauna! Delightful worldbuilding details.
[Art] Excerpts from 'Field Guide to Woodgeists' (Interlibrary Loan) [pottery + field guide]
Original Work, Forest Spirit, SFW
More pottery! Love this little forest spirit! Brilliant creature design, and love that the creator photographed him out in the woods and added field guide style text and worldbuilding.
[Art] Sleeping Giant [excerpts from a sketchbook]
Original Work, Mountain range that's actually a dragon, SFW
Love this! The sketchbook style is perfect, capturing multiple angles of the massive dragon blending in with the natural environment.
Baby Dragon [comic]
Original Work, Baby Dragon Who Has Everyone Wrapped Around Their Finger, SFW
More dragons! Adorable, playful comics of dragons hatching.
Crown Shyness [stained glass style art]
Original Work, Flower Maiden, SFW
Love the colours and style! Really gorgeous design.
[Comic] Nepenthes Field Trials [NSFW comic]
Original Work, Absentminded Tentacle Monster/Tentacle Vine Monster, NSFW
Plant consentacles! This is stunning. Vibrant, lush colours and incredible detailing. And so sexy!
a scintilla of time (scintilla10) wrote2025-12-18 09:16 pm
scintilla10) wrote2025-12-18 09:16 pmEntry tags:
FIAB Recs #1: DC Comics, Andor, original femslash
Sharing a few gems that I've loved from the ficinabox exchange. Crossposting to womansplace for their rec_cember reccing event!
All creators are still anonymous!
we can get a little restless [art]
DC Comics, Diana, SFW (but a bit suggestive)
Really vibrant, colourful style! A pin-up style pose, fabulously flirty.
the whisperings and the champagnes and the stars [fic]
Andor (TV), Kleya Marki/Vel Sartha, rated M
This is outstanding, and pulls no punches! Excellent dialogue and characterization, and smolderingly hot but spiky chemistry between them.
the Fairy and the Human [art + card game reskin + plushie pattern]
Original Work, Fairy Queen/Young Woman Who Unwittingly Entered Her Realm, rated G
Gorgeous! This link goes to the first chapter which is stunning art of the queen and the young woman, with really lovely composition and beautiful colours and textures. But the creator has also created an entire reskinned board game with fairyland creatures, a cute sticker set, and even a small plushie pattern. I'm overwhelmed by the creativity, so cool!
ficinabox exchange. Crossposting to womansplace for their rec_cember reccing event!All creators are still anonymous!
we can get a little restless [art]
DC Comics, Diana, SFW (but a bit suggestive)
Really vibrant, colourful style! A pin-up style pose, fabulously flirty.
the whisperings and the champagnes and the stars [fic]
Andor (TV), Kleya Marki/Vel Sartha, rated M
This is outstanding, and pulls no punches! Excellent dialogue and characterization, and smolderingly hot but spiky chemistry between them.
the Fairy and the Human [art + card game reskin + plushie pattern]
Original Work, Fairy Queen/Young Woman Who Unwittingly Entered Her Realm, rated G
Gorgeous! This link goes to the first chapter which is stunning art of the queen and the young woman, with really lovely composition and beautiful colours and textures. But the creator has also created an entire reskinned board game with fairyland creatures, a cute sticker set, and even a small plushie pattern. I'm overwhelmed by the creativity, so cool!
luzula (luzula) wrote2025-12-18 11:13 pm
luzula) wrote2025-12-18 11:13 pmEntry tags:
Write every day: Day 18
Had a writing session with garonne, which shook some stuff loose. Wrote 300 words. How about you?
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Day 17:china_shop, garonne, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, trobadora, goddess47, cornerofmadness, sanguinity,
Bonus farm news: Today I learned the basics of how to use the chain saw from housemate. No more am I dependent on a man when I want to cut down a small tree or sever a piece of wood! \o/
garonne, which shook some stuff loose. Wrote 300 words. How about you? Tally:
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Day 17:
china_shop, garonne, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, trobadora, goddess47, cornerofmadness, sanguinity, Bonus farm news: Today I learned the basics of how to use the chain saw from housemate. No more am I dependent on a man when I want to cut down a small tree or sever a piece of wood! \o/
Lynn | Settiai (settiai) wrote2025-12-17 08:48 pm
settiai) wrote2025-12-17 08:48 pm
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Yuletide: The Last Update (For Now)
All fics that were due today have been posted! One of them might have been right down the wire, but it was posted on time so that's all that matters.
I'm giving it a rest until tomorrow, and then I'll go over them again to tweak a few things and maybe add one more scene to one of them. And then I can work on more Yuletide fics! Because it's me, and I'm bound and determined to write as many as I can possibly fit in before the archive goes live next week.
I'm giving it a rest until tomorrow, and then I'll go over them again to tweak a few things and maybe add one more scene to one of them. And then I can work on more Yuletide fics! Because it's me, and I'm bound and determined to write as many as I can possibly fit in before the archive goes live next week.
luzula (luzula) wrote2025-12-17 10:15 pm
luzula) wrote2025-12-17 10:15 pmEntry tags:
Write every day: Day 17
No writing, alas, but tomorrow I have a writing session with my beta reader, so hopefully that'll get me going again. How about you?
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Day 16:china_shop, brithistorian, sanguinity, trobadora, badly_knitted, garonne, goddess47, garonne
Day 17:china_shop, garonne
Bonus farm news: Housemate made parmesan cheese (well, it will be after a year's storage) which gave us 20 liters of whey as a byproduct, which I am now boiling down to Scandinavian whey "cheese". It's brown and sweet from the caramelized sugar of the whey, and not actually cheese. (Note: we do not have cows. We bought the milk from a farmer's market.)
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Day 16:
china_shop, brithistorian, sanguinity, trobadora, badly_knitted, garonne, goddess47, garonneDay 17:
china_shop, garonneBonus farm news: Housemate made parmesan cheese (well, it will be after a year's storage) which gave us 20 liters of whey as a byproduct, which I am now boiling down to Scandinavian whey "cheese". It's brown and sweet from the caramelized sugar of the whey, and not actually cheese. (Note: we do not have cows. We bought the milk from a farmer's market.)
luzula (luzula) wrote2025-12-16 09:14 pm
luzula) wrote2025-12-16 09:14 pmEntry tags:
Write every day: Day 16
Oops, I had the draft of this post open yesterday evening, but forgot to post it! How did your writing go? I, um, opened my document and looked at it, but there was no writing. Unless I count the course plans I worked on for my job, which I will not.
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Day 15:sylvanwitch, trobadora, brithistorian, badly_knitted, goddess47, the_siobhan, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, china_shop, sanguinity, chestnut_pod
Day 16:china_shop, brithistorian, sanguinity
Bonus farm news: Housemate is sawing up a section of a large oak trunk that we got when the neighbors had a tree cut down. Among other things, he plans to make a large oak table for the living room out of two of the (very wide and heavy!) planks. Which will now need drying for two years before said table can be made, but I think it will be gorgeous.
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Day 15:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, brithistorian, badly_knitted, goddess47, the_siobhan, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, china_shop, sanguinity, chestnut_podDay 16:
china_shop, brithistorian, sanguinityBonus farm news: Housemate is sawing up a section of a large oak trunk that we got when the neighbors had a tree cut down. Among other things, he plans to make a large oak table for the living room out of two of the (very wide and heavy!) planks. Which will now need drying for two years before said table can be made, but I think it will be gorgeous.
Lynn | Settiai (settiai) wrote2025-12-17 12:02 am
settiai) wrote2025-12-17 12:02 am
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Once more with Yuletide...
Okay, we're right at 16 hours to the deadline, so now I'm starting to feel a bit of pressure as I try to get things finished up.
I had a headache this morning and took off work to stay curled up in bed until close to lunchtime, so my sleep schedule is completely messed up again. Which, in this case, is probably a good thing, as I honestly tend to do better writing at night than during the day. My plan is to stay up until at least 2-3am working on finishing up my fic(s) or, at least, getting them to a point where they'd be considered a properly finished work if I were to get hit by a bus before I could get back to them to make additions.
I'm sure that I'll end up spending some more time tweaking things over the next week, cleaning things up and maybe adding some extra scenes depending on just how much my muse decides to cooperate tonight. Still, the important thing is getting everything finished.
So... I guess we'll see how it goes?
I had a headache this morning and took off work to stay curled up in bed until close to lunchtime, so my sleep schedule is completely messed up again. Which, in this case, is probably a good thing, as I honestly tend to do better writing at night than during the day. My plan is to stay up until at least 2-3am working on finishing up my fic(s) or, at least, getting them to a point where they'd be considered a properly finished work if I were to get hit by a bus before I could get back to them to make additions.
I'm sure that I'll end up spending some more time tweaking things over the next week, cleaning things up and maybe adding some extra scenes depending on just how much my muse decides to cooperate tonight. Still, the important thing is getting everything finished.
So... I guess we'll see how it goes?
aethel (aethel) wrote2025-12-15 11:11 pm
aethel) wrote2025-12-15 11:11 pmtwo things
1. Reading the talk pages on Fanlore, and I found someone asking about whether "duaric" was a common fannish term. I did a bunch of searches and posted my results, but has anyone heard this in a fannish context? I'd have no way of knowing if ~secret discord servers~ were using it.
2. 2025 reading progress: 107 books
Most recently finished: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall. I read Glitterland earlier this year and spent a lot of it wishing I were reading Boyfriend Material instead. Boyfriend Material runs on romcom logic, but Glitterland's stereotyped characters just felt psychologically inaccurate for no reason. Ash and his supposed interest in Darian made no sense to me. So I reread Boyfriend Material and was entertained.
2. 2025 reading progress: 107 books
Most recently finished: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall. I read Glitterland earlier this year and spent a lot of it wishing I were reading Boyfriend Material instead. Boyfriend Material runs on romcom logic, but Glitterland's stereotyped characters just felt psychologically inaccurate for no reason. Ash and his supposed interest in Darian made no sense to me. So I reread Boyfriend Material and was entertained.
Lynn | Settiai (settiai) wrote2025-12-15 06:08 pm
settiai) wrote2025-12-15 06:08 pm
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Yuletide
The deadline is officially in less than 48 hours at this point. I'm not quite at the point where I'm properly worried yet, but that may be coming by this time tomorrow depending on how much fic writing I'm able to get done between phone calls at work tomorrow.
Still, I try to save the proper panic for the minus 12 hours and counting point, so I still have plenty of time before that arrives. It's fine. Compared to some previous years, I'm doing significantly better already.
Still, I try to save the proper panic for the minus 12 hours and counting point, so I still have plenty of time before that arrives. It's fine. Compared to some previous years, I'm doing significantly better already.
luzula (luzula) wrote2025-12-15 10:31 pm
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Write every day: Day 15
Writing was on my to-do list, but unfortunately it had too much competition, and now I'm too tired. How about you?
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Day 14:china_shop, goddess47, badly_knitted, chestnut_pod, trobadora, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans
Bonus farm news: Today I ate common salsify root for the first time. Tastes kind of like sunchoke/Jerusalem artichoke?
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Day 14:
china_shop, goddess47, badly_knitted, chestnut_pod, trobadora, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeansBonus farm news: Today I ate common salsify root for the first time. Tastes kind of like sunchoke/Jerusalem artichoke?
Lynn | Settiai (settiai) wrote2025-12-14 11:04 pm
settiai) wrote2025-12-14 11:04 pm
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RIP Rob Reiner
The news broke a little while ago that Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their home.
Based on several articles, it looks like it's being investigated as a possible (or maybe probable would be the better word if the rumors some sites are reporting are true?) homicide.
Based on several articles, it looks like it's being investigated as a possible (or maybe probable would be the better word if the rumors some sites are reporting are true?) homicide.
luzula (luzula) wrote2025-12-14 10:18 pm
luzula) wrote2025-12-14 10:18 pmEntry tags:
Write every day: Day 14
Alibi sentence (or rather, alibi finishing of an unfinished sentence). How about you?
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Day 12:luzula, garonne, goddess47, trobadora, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, chestnut_pod, china_shop, ysilme
Day 13:goddess47, china_shop, trobadora, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, china_shop, garonne, ysilme
Day 14:china_shop
Bonus farm news: Today I threshed some radish seeds.
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Day 12:
luzula, garonne, goddess47, trobadora, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, chestnut_pod, china_shop, ysilmeDay 13:
goddess47, china_shop, trobadora, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, china_shop, garonne, ysilmeDay 14:
china_shopBonus farm news: Today I threshed some radish seeds.
Lynn | Settiai (settiai) wrote2025-12-14 04:14 pm
settiai) wrote2025-12-14 04:14 pm
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The Joining Exchange
The Joining Exchange, a Dragon Age exchange focusing on Grey Wardens that just started this year, went live a little while ago. I got not one, not two, but three lovely gifts this year!
First up is Something Out Of The Ordinary, set during Dragon Age: Inquisition and featuring Alistair/Cullen Rutherford/Female Surana. 23,267 words.
Next is L’Hymne à L’Amour, set prior to Dragon Age: The Veilguard and featuring Antoine/Evka Ivo. 3,142 words.
And then there's in on it, set after Dragon Age: The Veilguard and featuring Antoine/Ashur | The Viper/Evka Ivo/Tarquin. 1,539 words.
First up is Something Out Of The Ordinary, set during Dragon Age: Inquisition and featuring Alistair/Cullen Rutherford/Female Surana. 23,267 words.
Next is L’Hymne à L’Amour, set prior to Dragon Age: The Veilguard and featuring Antoine/Evka Ivo. 3,142 words.
And then there's in on it, set after Dragon Age: The Veilguard and featuring Antoine/Ashur | The Viper/Evka Ivo/Tarquin. 1,539 words.
a scintilla of time (scintilla10) wrote2025-12-14 11:51 am
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Fic in a Box: my gifts!
As always, I'm having a great time with ficinabox, but there's still SO much of the collection that I haven't even glanced at. But I received an array of fabulous gifts, in a mix of fandoms and mediums!
Stranger Things
[fic] Jocks Are Weird (But Maybe Not That Weird?)
Steve/Eddie, 5071 words, rated E
Skinnydipping, jerk-off bets, mutual masturbation! Eddie is oblivious/disbelieving, Steve is trying really hard to seduce him. Delightful iddy premise, very fun and hot.
[fic] Hello, From Camp Winona Lake
Steve/Eddie, 6129 words, rated G
Epistolary! Twelve-year-old Eddie writes letters to Wayne from summer camp. Love young Eddie's letter-writing style! And clutching my heart over the ambiguity of the ending.
Original Work
[fic] No Shade in Shadow
Sensible Hedge Witch/Lonely Court Sorceress, 3890 words, rated G
Really lovely prose in this one! Fascinating glimpses of magic worldbuilding (tethered demons!), and a focus on a prickly, complex relationship where two very different people end up working together. Loved this very much.
[fic + logic puzzle] the love life project
Librarian in a Magic Library/Witch, 1771 words + puzzle, rated T
A librarian helps her crush figure out which book had the potion recipe she'd looking for. So charming!! The frame story is super cute, full of flirting and pining and love potions, and the puzzle is well-designed and satisfying.
[fic + logic puzzle] the search for moth man
Nobleman/Mysterious Man He Danced with at a Masquerade Ball Who Never Gave His Name, 3234 words, rated G
A pining young man and his sister work together to figure out which of the attendees at the recent masquerade he danced with! Such a delightful set-up for a puzzle! I really loved the siblings' banter and the society gossip that allowed for the clues to emerge. The puzzle was a bit tricky, which made it especially satisfying to solve. :D
ficinabox, but there's still SO much of the collection that I haven't even glanced at. But I received an array of fabulous gifts, in a mix of fandoms and mediums!Stranger Things
[fic] Jocks Are Weird (But Maybe Not That Weird?)
Steve/Eddie, 5071 words, rated E
Skinnydipping, jerk-off bets, mutual masturbation! Eddie is oblivious/disbelieving, Steve is trying really hard to seduce him. Delightful iddy premise, very fun and hot.
[fic] Hello, From Camp Winona Lake
Steve/Eddie, 6129 words, rated G
Epistolary! Twelve-year-old Eddie writes letters to Wayne from summer camp. Love young Eddie's letter-writing style! And clutching my heart over the ambiguity of the ending.
Original Work
[fic] No Shade in Shadow
Sensible Hedge Witch/Lonely Court Sorceress, 3890 words, rated G
Really lovely prose in this one! Fascinating glimpses of magic worldbuilding (tethered demons!), and a focus on a prickly, complex relationship where two very different people end up working together. Loved this very much.
[fic + logic puzzle] the love life project
Librarian in a Magic Library/Witch, 1771 words + puzzle, rated T
A librarian helps her crush figure out which book had the potion recipe she'd looking for. So charming!! The frame story is super cute, full of flirting and pining and love potions, and the puzzle is well-designed and satisfying.
[fic + logic puzzle] the search for moth man
Nobleman/Mysterious Man He Danced with at a Masquerade Ball Who Never Gave His Name, 3234 words, rated G
A pining young man and his sister work together to figure out which of the attendees at the recent masquerade he danced with! Such a delightful set-up for a puzzle! I really loved the siblings' banter and the society gossip that allowed for the clues to emerge. The puzzle was a bit tricky, which made it especially satisfying to solve. :D
Lynn | Settiai (settiai) wrote2025-12-13 03:28 pm
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Critical Role: Campaign 4, Episode 9
I started this past Thursday night's episode of Critical Role before crashing at the break because I desperately needed sleep as I knew that work would be hell on Friday. And then, to the shock of no one, I didn't manage to finish the episode yesterday because work was, in fact, hell.
So let's pick up again now that it's properly the weekend, shall we?
As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
( Spoilers under the cut. )
So let's pick up again now that it's properly the weekend, shall we?
As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
( Spoilers under the cut. )