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Hello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means [staff profile] karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.

The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

The fine print and much more behind this cut! )

Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.

On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.
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[personal profile] petra
I am reading Retrograde, an Old Guard story, off a recommendation from the Rec Center newsletter. It is charming, and I am more than happy to forgive it its comma splices for the well-told tale of Nicky waking up at a different point in his own history every time he dies.

What made me pause to cry laughing was actually a footnote in the fic that "'Snails" is a minced oath for "God's nails," as cited in Green's Dictionary of Slang from 1599.

I haven't giggled this hard at something snail-related since the Barricades Con did a snéance (a snail séance) to ask Victor Hugo a few burning questions.

I am also sad all over again that they didn't name the sequel 2 Old 2 Guard, and that it wasn't good, but that is a Doylistic set of concerns, and when I am enmeshed in the story, I don't care so much.

Leslie Fish

Nov. 30th, 2025 01:02 am
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[personal profile] settiai
It looks like Leslie Fish has passed away.

I've gotta admit, I'm torn on this one. In recent years, she's made it clear that she's transphobic, bigoted, and a generally horrible person all around. A fair bit of her music has meant a lot to me over the years, though, before it became widely known just what she's like.

So... yeah. I'm mourning for just how important she used to be to both me and fandom at large, but at the same time it's hard to be all that sad about the death of someone who's made it clear that she didn't consider me to be a person.

It's Dark Outside Cards - 2025

Nov. 29th, 2025 08:46 pm
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[personal profile] petra
Also open to people for whom it is Not Dark Outside in the Southern Hemisphere.

Let me know if you'd like a holiday card, with or without short verse or prose, or a short piece of fiction in your inbox.

Even if you know I have your address, if you want a physical card, I would appreciate your leaving it in a comment on this post -- all comments are screened -- so I don't have to hunt for it. I'm in the US and have a pile of domestic and international stamps just waiting to come see you.

Please format your request like so:

I would like [a physical card/just a physical card, no fiction/just a piece of fiction or verse sent digitally], please.

If you want a physical card:
Envelope Name
Address formatted the way your country likes them done

Card Name (if different from envelope name):

If you want some words:
Please write me a [drabble or poem], [silly or serious or smutty or author's choice], for [one or more of these fandoms (the fandoms I know)] on the theme of [my favorite trope(s)]. Please avoid mentioning [winter holidays I don't celebrate].

Optional if you want to reciprocate:
I'm planning on sending holiday cards and don't have your address. Please provide it [at this link or in a reply comment].

I just gotta be me

Nov. 29th, 2025 08:00 pm
petra: Cartoon of Shakespeare saying, "Read my latest, it is god damn glorious." (Beaton - Shakespeare)
[personal profile] petra
There is currently a meme going around Tumblr of looking at the AO3 to see which of one's fanworks has the fewest hits. Mine is currently a drabble of Shakespeare/Marlowe titled from Stephen Sondheim.

As Jack points out, said fanwork could only be more on-brand for me if it involved mentor/student or one person/everyone else.

BRB, contemplating Kit/everybody and/or Will/everybody.

Oh thank goodness, I have the right icon for this post!
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[personal profile] petra
It is definitely time for the ceremonial Watching of the Comfort Movie.

RIP, Tom Stoppard. And may you not have to do it all over again and again and again, because life is neither a rehearsal nor a play.

For Sale: Nintendo Switch games

Nov. 28th, 2025 09:54 pm
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[personal profile] settiai
I've made this post a few times without any luck, but I wanted to try again just in case I have better luck this time. Would anyone be interested in any of the following Nintendo Switch games?

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (example on Amazon)
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (example on Amazon)
TemTem (example on Amazon)

If you're not interested but know someone who might be, please point them my way. I'm about $65 shy of where I need to be to pay for my storage unit this month, because the universe hates me, and it would help a lot if I could manage to sell even one of them.

For payment, I have CashApp ($Settiai), PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle (nancy.lynn.foster@gmail.com).

Holiday love meme

Nov. 28th, 2025 01:33 pm
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[personal profile] petra
holiday love meme 2025
my thread here

The Proposal

Nov. 28th, 2025 10:46 am
[personal profile] magicalmadhatter posting in [community profile] hbb
Title: The Proposal

Author: Magicalmadhatter

Artist, Fanmixer, or Podficcer: andhockeysticks

Pairing: Leon Draisaitl / Matthew Tkachuk

Rating: Teen

Tags/content warnings: Fake / Pretend Relationship, Inspired by The Proposal (2009), Tkachuk Family Ensemble

Summary: For years Matthew has worked for a demon of a boss that has made his life a living hell, now his demon of a boss needs his help. So now he's off to visit his family that he has barely seen for years because of his boss, with said boss in tow as his fake fiancé.

or, it's a Proposal AU

Link to Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/74901301

Link to Art, Fanmix, or Podfic: https://www.tumblr.com/corwining/801471909425528832/a-little-street-scene-for-hbb

Happy Wanksgiving!

Nov. 27th, 2025 11:04 am
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[personal profile] petra
I posted 10 drabbles to the Wanksgiving fest, which is currently anonymous. If you didn't get me to write for you, and you spot something in there that you think was me, leave me a comment with an "I think you wrote this!" and a request and I will follow up with you when I am not mid-giving-thanks.

The Mighty Nein 1x04

Nov. 26th, 2025 02:00 pm
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[personal profile] settiai
Continuing on my previously posted thoughts about episode 1x03, I just finished watching episode 1x04.

Spoilers under the cut. )

Locked Tomb AUs & A Wind in the Door

Nov. 23rd, 2025 04:00 pm
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[personal profile] petra
I'm postulating the necro/cav AUs again, so I still might throw that AU fest, Locked Tomb fans. There's no release date on Alecto as of this writing, so that's not a useful target. But if instead I aimed for a y'all-come-create fest to release on May Day, as the opposite cross-quarter day from Halloween, that might work.

Postulate with me! Anyone who has a clever idea for a fest name is welcome, or a pair they want to see do this dance, or anything.

*

You know it's a good day when you get to use the phrase, "L'Engle-accurate cherubim."

Angels, shmangels -- I want Progo with blue hair and pronouns.

Dragon Age Poly Exchange

Nov. 23rd, 2025 01:30 pm
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The Dragon Age Poly Exchange went live today, and I got not one, not two, not three, not even four, but five amazing gifts this year. 💕

Moving in general chronological order...

First up is Guide me through the blackest nights, a DA:O fic focused on Jowan/Lily/Female Surana. 8,941 words. It's a canon divergence AU and, no spoilers, but the end is brilliant. "When the time came, Lily refused to take his hand. How could she after what he had done?"

Then there's Not Long Now, a DA:I time travel fic focused on Ameridan/Female Lavellan, Ameridan/Telana, and Female Lavellan/Solas. 764 words. "Mihris Lavellan already knows how this story ends..."

There's there's Not Too Late, a DA:V fic focused on Ashur/Nonbinary Mercar/Tarquin. 2,298 words. "The world is ending, Rook is dying, and Ashur, Tarquin, and Rook are forced to face their feelings for each other."

After that is An Innocent Start, a DA:V fic focused on Emmrich/Lucanis/Spite. 500 words. "Lucanis buys Emmrich a gift and contemplates the future with Spite."

And last but not least is psychopomp, a DA:V fic focused on Emmrich/Lucanis/Spite. Warning: Major Character Death. 1,175 words. "Emmrich passes but is not alone. Lucanis and Spite keep him company until the end."
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[personal profile] petra
Leave me a comment with a fandom I know + pair/group + kink, or just a kink, and I will write a Wanksgiving IV: A New Hope drabble (or more) of smut for you, to be revealed this coming Thursday.

Extra bonus points for scenarios having to do with this year's Wanksgiving theme. But you knew that, didn't you?
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[personal profile] petra
Mayor-Elect Mamdani was asked whether Trump is a fascist, and Trump's response to his hesitation was to say it was fine, and he could say it.

On the same day a bunch of Democrats in the House voted to condemn socialism.

I'm glad this timeline has you in it, dear reader, because the political side of things is driving me bananas.

I'm also glad the timeline has people in it who see this as a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a hot new RPS ship. I have zero desire to read the stories, but I love that they exist.

Are there bears in the forest?

Nov. 21st, 2025 10:00 pm
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[personal profile] petra
I have more than the minimum word count of my Yuletide story and a vague ambition for how it will go from here. It is not done, but it is well and truly begun.
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[personal profile] petra
Here is your friendly reminder, especially for people in the US coming up to Thursday's Big Eating Day, that if you donate 25 USD worth of cash or food to a food bank or food pantry, you can prompt me to write for you: fanfiction, fanpoetry, or original poetry, anywhere on the sliding scale from staid, metered verse to filthy limericks.

This applies to recurring donations too!

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