2025 Assignments

Oct. 26th, 2025 12:36 pm
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I hit Price Chopper and the Bakery while I was downtown (and Stewart’s later on the way home from mom’s).

I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, ran a load in the dishwasher, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. I grilled country style pork ribs for supper.

I watched the current ep of Matlock, an HGTV program, a Hallmark Christmas movie, and two more eps of Mistletoe Murders. I'm still feeling a slight discomfort from the sciatica.

Temps started out at 39.6 and dropped to 36.7(F) before I left the house an hour later. The towels were stiff as a board when I took them off the mums at about 9am, so we must’ve gotten frost. Whether it was before we got up, or after, I’m not sure. Can the temps drop that fast and create frost? Temps reached 52.0. It was cool and breezy most of the day.


Mom Update:

Mom was feeling very off today. more back here )
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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: Gen
Length: 1133 & 700
Content Notes: No AO3 warnings apply. There are explicit details about a normal full-term delivery in Plus Ça Change.
Creator Links: toomuchplor on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friends to lovers, Complete AU: hospital, Humor

Summaries: Technically he *wasn’t* Dr. Sheppard, not for another two months, but it was standard for medical students to introduce themselves that way. It reassured the patients. It didn’t do anything for John’s sense of inner calm.
“Unh,” said McKay, and folded his arms under his face before flopping down again. The position pulled the sleeves of his scrubs top taut around his biceps. “If I hide here it’s harder for the interns to find me.”

Reccer's Notes: For a fandom rich in AUs, there are very few medical AUs in SGA. This is an excellent two-part series and I recommend reading it in reverse series order, as the second part is a prequel. In Plus Ça Change, John blunders into an unexpected ER situation as a 4th year medical student doing an ambulance ride-along, and meets Rodney, a medical resident. The other story, Living Will, is set 3 years later by which time they know each other well and John's an ER resident, Rodney now being chief medical resident. The stories are funny, with great characterisation and snark, and accurate medical details. Very much recommended!

Fanwork Links: Plus Ça Change, and Living Will

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Title: Just A Bruise
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Varian, Fred, Jonathan Willaway, Scott.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the series.
Summary: Varian gets on the wrong end of someone else’s fist. Again.
Word Count: 350
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 55: Bruise.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble and a half, 350 words.



[#279] BORROWED FRIENDS (ORIGINAL)

Oct. 26th, 2025 08:41 pm
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[personal profile] m_findlow posting in [community profile] fandomweekly
Theme Prompt: #279 - Haunted library
Title: Borrowed friends
Fandom: Original
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: On a quiet evening, Violet likes to spend time with her friends at the library.

Read more... )
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Title: Be Still My Heart
Fandom: Canaan
Pairings: Canaan/Alphard al Shua
Characters: Canaan, Alphard al Shua
Rating: G
Length: 44 words
Author Notes: Inspired by fanart by Kay-I.
Summary: 3 sentence fic. Alphard and Canaan enjoy an intimate moment on the battlefield.

Read more... )

[#279] Hidden Treasure (InuYasha)

Oct. 25th, 2025 05:09 pm
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Theme Prompt: #279 - Haunted Library
Title: Hidden Treasure
Fandom: InuYasha
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Of course what Sango wanted to show him was in that benighted hole in the ground...

Hidden Treasure )
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Posted by Wil

Good news, everyone! My podcast’s test season earlier this year was received with such enthusiasm, we immediately got to work on building the machinery that would power a full series. It took all summer, as I and my team applied what we learned we could do differently or better going forward. I only wanted to do all that work once, because I want to do this podcast for years to come. I think we nailed it, and I think I get to hand off everything but the narration to the rest of the team.

So I can so happily shout from the top of a mountain that It’s Storytime With Wil Wheaton Returns October 29th with a spooky story for the spooky season! And that will kick off at least FORTY new episodes.

FORTY!

I am so excited, I made a video about it.

I’ve been reading submissions from Michael, our content editor, and reaching out to authors for permission to narrate their stories. Can I tell you how warm it makes me feel when they tell me they enjoy my work? How happy and grateful I feel when an author tells me they already listen to my audiobooks?1 Every single story I have read has been incredible for a different reason. I can’t hardly wait, as the Replacements said, to narrate them. I’m so grateful that I am getting to do what I love for my job. If you’re already subscribed to the podcast, please accept my warmest thanks; I wouldn’t get to do this without you.

One of the unexpected delights has been the Patreon. I did a couple of live AMA things there that were surprisingly fun, so we’re going to do that again, and more often. I’m hopeful that I can even do some author chats, where we can get to know the people who created these stories I’m reading to you. Last time I looked, there were 485 paid subscribers, and like 300 others who are checking us out. That blows me away and I’m so grateful for the support, I’m going to do a special, live, narration of a spooky story, chosen by Patreon, next week. If you’re interested in seeing that, there’s plenty of time to sign up.

A statistically significant number of people asked me if I would ever be on YouTube, but I never wanted this to be a video thing. For me as a performer, I can’t serve the words on the page and play to the audience on the other side of the camera. Imagine going to see someone do a reading in a theater, and they never once look up from the page. It’s weird, right?

But so many people wanted us to be on YouTube, we figured out a way that I think will solve that problem. I’ll introduce the episode on camera, and then the story will be an audiogram. Done and done. There’s no content at the channel right now, but as soon as there is, I’ll share the link.

Okay, one last thing: Yesterday, I remembered that I had done a narration of Ur Fascism for Radio Free Burrito about five years ago. I felt like it was a good time to resurface it, so I did. And if you want to listen to my favorite episode I have done of RFB so far, with a full production and music and the whole thing that I did entirely by myself, I’m so proud of The Cecil Hotel.

I’m supposed to say that you can subscribe to It’s Storytime With Wil Wheaton wherever you get your podcasts, even if that particular link goes to Apple for stupid SEO reasons.

That’s all for now. Thanks for listening. Take care of yourselves, and take care of each other.

  1. And my EMDR therapy is really working, because I can finally find space to fully feel all the joy without being afraid that it isn’t real, or that I’m stupid for letting myself get my hopes up ↩
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Title: Like Rain at a Picnic
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 430 words
Summary: Lucas feels his presence will be unwelcome
Also written for [community profile] ficlet_zone  Clint Black challenge



Database maintenance

Oct. 25th, 2025 08:42 am
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Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

[#279] The Village Library (Original)

Oct. 25th, 2025 02:08 pm
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Theme Prompt: #279 – Haunted Library
Title: The Village Library
Fandom: Original.
Rating/Warnings: PG / None
Bonus: No
Word Count: 1000
Summary: It’s a lovely little village library, and a valuable local resource for all residents, including those in the cemetery next door.




The Day in Spikedluv (Friday, Oct 24)

Oct. 25th, 2025 06:58 am
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I hit Price Chopper (to finish up mom’s grocery list) while I was downtown.

I drove mom to her treatment, did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, emptied the dishwasher, went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, baked chicken for the dog’s meals, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, placed a couple of online orders (one a Christmas present and one for the dogs), and scooped kitty litter. I also baked cornbread to go with the chili for supper.

I watched 9-1-1 and finished watching Top Gun, which I’d started a few days ago, intending to hopefully write another fic for [community profile] fandomgiftbasket. Not sure that’s going to happen, but at least I got through the sad part of the movie, which is where I stopped watching previously. I also took a short nap.

Temps started out at 44.9(F) and reached 53.2. It has been a weird day, weather-wise. Periods of clouds, rain, sun, wind. Even a rainbow! It had really wide beautiful bands of color. Though by the time I got a photo of it, it had faded quite a bit.


Mom Update:

Mom wasn’t feeling well today. more back here )
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Title: Under Sentence
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Jonathan Willaway, Alpha.
Rating: PG
Setting: Children of the Gods.
Summary: Getting captured by kids and sentenced to death is not ideal.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 50: Kids.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.



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Project Title: A Very Different First Week
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/70755096/chapters/183927246
Summary: Mischief and Grim are almost attacked by a monster in the woods, and only Mischief's trusty bat saved them. Peter recovers from the attack and puts his slightly saner mind towards his plans for revenge, building a pack, and courting his sweet smelling mate.
Warnings: Major Character Death, Underage and Noncon tags for Kate Argent,
Scott McCall Bashing, Canon-Typical Violence, Hunters & Hunting, Implied Suicidal Ideation
Characters: Peter Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Sheriff Stilinski, Original Stilinski Character(s)
Pairings: Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski
When I Started: December 2024
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Posting on behalf of the author!

Project Title: by fight or fate
Fandom: captive prince
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/72888131
Summary: When Laurent runs away from Vere, he finds refuge in an expected place. But the wheel of fate is turning, and Laurent will have his vengeance, no matter what it takes. No matter what it costs him.
Warnings: canon-typical violence, references to canonical abuse
Characters: Damen, Laurent
Pairings: Damen/Laurent
When I Started: I saw a prompt in the captive prince kinkmeme and my brain went brrrrr
How I Lost My Shit: The idea got so much bigger than I intended.
How I Finished My Shit: I signed up for the WIP BB and all of a sudden, having a sense of accountability kicked my ass into gear and I finished it way ahead of schedule lol

Yuletide 2025 Signups Closed!

Oct. 24th, 2025 10:28 pm
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Fire Country

Oct. 17th, 2025 05:30 pm
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Season 4 is here.

S4E1: Goodbye for NowI had heard over the summer break between seasons that one of the three firefighters trapped in the assisted living facility was going to die because the actor wanted out of the show, but obviously, we weren't going to find out until the first episode. It turns out it was Vince, who died from smoke inhalation. Bode seemed a bit ridiculous with trying to get back inside, to the extent that he had to be locked up in the prison bus alone, and we had a lot of blame and self-blame going around. Sharon blamed herself as the highest ranking firefighter on scene, she kinda blamed Walter for pulling her out when they lost track of Vince, Bode blamed Jake for not letting him go back in, he kinda blamed himself since his knee was acting up, and it's clearly not going to be cleared up ASAP. There was a funeral for Vince, and Bode and Jake had words. (The writers have resurrected some talk of eventually being chief of Station 42 being 'Bode's birthright' which just sounds weird, but I guess we needed to undo a season of them being friendly or something.) Sharon benches Station 42 until they're not broken anymore.

Time jump to 8 weeks later. Manny is doing his best to make sure Sharon eats because she's a bit of a wreck. Gabriela is doing her best to make sure Bode sleeps because he's barely doing better. (The parallels of them checking in on progress while doing laundry at the station was a nice touch.) Eve has been helping Jake to study to pass some sort of exam to qualify for being chief, and the end of season 3 plan for him to move to another station has seemingly been scrapped. Francine is vaguely away, so the end of season talk of her wanting kids with Eve has been shelved for now. Gabriela has an opportunity to help with Cal Fire recruitment, which she takes, so she leaves towards the end of this episode. I side-eyed her having a talk about how she still loves Bode given the writers' insistence on trying to get these characters together for, like, half the show, but they seemed to part as friends. Audrey, Bode's girlfriend who shot Finn back in the season 3 finale, is still in limbo on whether she'll get a serious charge from the prosecutor, so she's temporarily out of the picture until that's cleared up.

It kinda doesn't matter while the entire station is out of service, but when the station filling in for them asks for back up and Bode convinces Jake to unbench Station 42, it did seem a little noticeable that we're down some familiar faces. Why didn't someone call Division Leader Sharon Leone? Well, Luke stopped by with Walter to check on Sharon, which she categorized as an ambush. She finally seemed to process some of her anger instead of insisting she was fine, but it mostly provided a reason for Luke's walkie-talkie to clue her in to her benched station going to provide back up. She kinda seemed to be waiting for someone higher up to reprimand her for still not doing things after 8 weeks, but she waited just long enough for Luke to have already called in someone else to be chief of Station 42. Brett Richards, who we met at the funeral when Sharon was furious for him showing up. (Walter was brought over on a so-described 'good day' which I'm pretty sure is going to foreshadow him having a bad day later in the season where he forgets that Vince has died.)

S4E2: Not a Stray
Airing tonight, 24 October 2025.
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I had my third (and final) chiropractic appointment of the week this morning. I feel like I’ve reached a plateau on getting better; the pain isn’t horrible, but it’s a little bit worse than yesterday (more noticeable when I sit, for instance), instead of how it was getting a bit better everyday. Especially after an adjustment, which I was starting to think of as a magic bullet. And now three days without an adjustment.

I hit Walmart while I was downtown to return and pick up more clothing items for mom to try and some of the groceries she requested. (She now has two tops and two pair of jeans that fit her, so we’re pausing there for a bit.)

I drove mom to her treatment, hand-washed dishes, did a load in the dishwasher, filled my gas tank, went for a walk with Pip and the dogs, finished up the chili for tomorrow’s supper, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. Supper tonight was leftovers.

I watched an HGTV program and a Hallmark Christmas movie.

Temps started out at 45.1(F) and reached 53.4. There was a little bit of sun in the morning, but it didn’t last long. We got a bit of rain in the late afternoon.


Mom Update:

Mom was doing okay today. more back here )

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