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Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page
Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!
I don't like AI but I do like cats. I visit Youtube a lot, and I've run across some animated cat stories. Japanese cats who dress in human clothes and do human activities, sometimes share the world with big humans and nobody turns a hair at a cat family shopping next to them. The cats are always helping lonely/hungry/hurt/raggedy other cats and animals. Altruistic, the cats are. I just love the drawings.
Here's a sample.
Daily Check-In
Jan. 8th, 2026 10:40 pmmecurtin posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Thursday, January 8, to midnight on Friday, January 9 (8pm Eastern Time).
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Poll #34060 Daily check-in poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 22
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 22
How are you doing?
I am OK
13 (61.9%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now
7 (33.3%)
I could use some help
1 (4.8%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single
10 (45.5%)
One other person
8 (36.4%)
More than one other person
4 (18.2%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
aurumcalendulaJanuary 8th - 'if you could have a super-powered pet, what type of pet and with which power(s) would you want?' For brokenmnemonic
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Jan. 8th, 2026 09:39 pmkallowayOne day, I would like to wake up without fresh horrors waiting. This week has not been the day.
I also, via means unknown, fucked up something in my ankle on Monday and have been hobbling around ever since. Like, I literally have no clue what I did. Nothing looks discolored and it's only a tiny bit swollen, so ??? But of course, that calf is now achy from walking funny.
Weekend plans are, unfortunately, to basically sit/lay around and heal up.
I also, via means unknown, fucked up something in my ankle on Monday and have been hobbling around ever since. Like, I literally have no clue what I did. Nothing looks discolored and it's only a tiny bit swollen, so ??? But of course, that calf is now achy from walking funny.
Weekend plans are, unfortunately, to basically sit/lay around and heal up.
Shades of the Twilight Zone...
Jan. 8th, 2026 08:07 pmstarwatcherTwenty years ago, I wrote a short challenge story -- The Honor of Friendship. I named one of the OCs "Lilianna" -- the daughter of one of Jim Ellison's men who died in Peru.
Today I'm writing a note for Aly's profile on AO3; we so seldom get word of "what happened to" the people behind our fave stories, and I thought other fans might like to know. Aly was a big promoter of Moonridge Zoo, which Garett donated to, and, to a lesser extent, the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, which Richard donated to. But I had forgotten the name of the charity Richard was connected to, so I went searching. Found it, obviously, but while I was searching, I discovered that Richard's wife is (or was; I didn't check dates) named "Liliana."
*high-pitched spooky voice* Doo-doo, doo-doo; doo-doo, doo-doo...
The Return of the Good News Report for my continued sanity if not yours...
Jan. 8th, 2026 08:03 pmshadowkatTaking a break from whining about my life - and posting a list of good news items (well depending on one's point of view, mileage, it varies).
Disclaimer: As in all things, good news is in the eye of the beholder. [I've not been posting a lot of them - because I can't just post a bunch of court cases any longer - I feel like I'm recapping an endless legal ping pong match. It makes me tired. The below, suffice it to say, is NOT a bunch of court cases. There might be a few in there - but not the endless line of legal ping pong, which is frankly depressing.]
I don't know about anyone else? But I could use a little good news?
( 42 good news or relatively good news items' )
Disclaimer: As in all things, good news is in the eye of the beholder. [I've not been posting a lot of them - because I can't just post a bunch of court cases any longer - I feel like I'm recapping an endless legal ping pong match. It makes me tired. The below, suffice it to say, is NOT a bunch of court cases. There might be a few in there - but not the endless line of legal ping pong, which is frankly depressing.]
I don't know about anyone else? But I could use a little good news?
( 42 good news or relatively good news items' )
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Jan. 8th, 2026 07:51 pmmistressofmusesAnd it continues. I'm not succeeding in finding anything more to say. I'm glad that no one was murdered this time. Yet, as far as we know. The lies were immediately mobilized again. Fantastic.
US Flight routes
Jan. 8th, 2026 11:27 pmmaevedarcy posting in little_detailsHello, everyone!
So, I'm writing a fic where a plane disappears in the US. As in, it drops from all radars for a few minutes and it's presumed down for a few hours. I need to know any plausible flight routes within the US from Boston where this could happen. Any stretches of land where a pilot could make an emergency landing and the plane still be presumed down for like an hour or three is good for me.
So, I'm writing a fic where a plane disappears in the US. As in, it drops from all radars for a few minutes and it's presumed down for a few hours. I need to know any plausible flight routes within the US from Boston where this could happen. Any stretches of land where a pilot could make an emergency landing and the plane still be presumed down for like an hour or three is good for me.
Snowflake Challenge #3: Love Letter to Fandom
Jan. 8th, 2026 06:22 pmbrightly_litI can't believe no one loved my post about the slug. And such pretty pictures, too. XD
Challenge #3: Write a love letter to fandom.
It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.
There have been times in my life when the walls that surrounded my limited existence, that defined what I thought was all there was to life, were suddenly broken through. Two of those times -- the funnest, most enlivening times -- had to do with fandom. The first time was a "bandom" -- a singer-songwriter my best friend and I were obsessed with. We followed him around on tour for a few dates sometimes, much like going to a convention. We got to meet him and talk to him (I even received a couple of letters from him!), meet other fans, and above all, experience for the first time the joys of travel. I was raised in a really repressive environment where I was taught to fear everyone and everything. I was SOOO stressed on our first solo trip for the first few days, until I learned the hard way to just let go, upon which I came to cherish the experience of adventure. Oh, the adventures we had! Crazy, amazing stuff happened, and I'm so so glad. My life would have been immeasurably less rich without all that travel and all those adventures.
The second time was getting involved in online fandom through lj because I got really into Supernatural. Apparently many more people were there before I got involved during season eight, but by my standards it was still hoppin' at that time. Part of that repression of my youth was severe sexual repression. My mom was terrified we would get pregnant as teenagers, so we were raised under such dire threats that I was left with the general impression that sex would never be part of my life. That musician we so loved wrote very sensual songs, and he was a very sensual person, so that got me in contact with my sexuality. So did lj fandom, but even more than that, it burst through my artificial walls around what it's "acceptable" or even possible to write about. I discovered that literally, anything goes. My world expanded exponentially. I discovered via fanworks that there's no limit to what one can make art about, nor should there be. There were things I was still afraid to say in my art, and suddenly I was freed.
So thank you, fandom. So many of the most precious gifts of my life came to me because of you.
Challenge #3: Write a love letter to fandom.
It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.
There have been times in my life when the walls that surrounded my limited existence, that defined what I thought was all there was to life, were suddenly broken through. Two of those times -- the funnest, most enlivening times -- had to do with fandom. The first time was a "bandom" -- a singer-songwriter my best friend and I were obsessed with. We followed him around on tour for a few dates sometimes, much like going to a convention. We got to meet him and talk to him (I even received a couple of letters from him!), meet other fans, and above all, experience for the first time the joys of travel. I was raised in a really repressive environment where I was taught to fear everyone and everything. I was SOOO stressed on our first solo trip for the first few days, until I learned the hard way to just let go, upon which I came to cherish the experience of adventure. Oh, the adventures we had! Crazy, amazing stuff happened, and I'm so so glad. My life would have been immeasurably less rich without all that travel and all those adventures.
The second time was getting involved in online fandom through lj because I got really into Supernatural. Apparently many more people were there before I got involved during season eight, but by my standards it was still hoppin' at that time. Part of that repression of my youth was severe sexual repression. My mom was terrified we would get pregnant as teenagers, so we were raised under such dire threats that I was left with the general impression that sex would never be part of my life. That musician we so loved wrote very sensual songs, and he was a very sensual person, so that got me in contact with my sexuality. So did lj fandom, but even more than that, it burst through my artificial walls around what it's "acceptable" or even possible to write about. I discovered that literally, anything goes. My world expanded exponentially. I discovered via fanworks that there's no limit to what one can make art about, nor should there be. There were things I was still afraid to say in my art, and suddenly I was freed.
So thank you, fandom. So many of the most precious gifts of my life came to me because of you.
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Jan. 8th, 2026 09:02 pmflemmingsNo idea why both my knees should be having conniptions today but suspect the recurring Baker's cyst on the right one, oh dear. But went out in the one day only!! sun to return my library book at long last. It will be spring (10C/50F) and wet tomorrow and snow thereafter so will doubtless go back to my wonted lethargy. Some day I may get to the laundromat but that day will certainly not be tomorrow. Am relieved I was even able to get my dark wash from the basement.
Did have lunch at the Pour Boy, a cocktail and fried chicken sandwich that put me in a good humour. Bill was 29 and change with tax, I gave my attentive Vietnamese waitress a ten and a twenty and went merrily on my way-- until I realized, twelve feet up the block, that I hadn't tipped her. So had to go back to retrieve my ten and give her the twenty I should have given her in the first place. Very embarrassing. Ginkgo biloba has not taken hold yet, obviously.
Did have lunch at the Pour Boy, a cocktail and fried chicken sandwich that put me in a good humour. Bill was 29 and change with tax, I gave my attentive Vietnamese waitress a ten and a twenty and went merrily on my way-- until I realized, twelve feet up the block, that I hadn't tipped her. So had to go back to retrieve my ten and give her the twenty I should have given her in the first place. Very embarrassing. Ginkgo biloba has not taken hold yet, obviously.
Drawing Challenge #75 - Romance
Jan. 9th, 2026 02:05 pmmific posting in drawesome
Challenge #75: Romance
It's been a heady, romantic holiday season for some of us in fandom, so the first theme of 2026 is ROMANCE! You can draw characters from a romance, or put characters from any fandom, or no fandom, into a romantic situation. Or you can draw and paint anything connected with romance, whatever that means to you - like an anniversary, gifts, or a romantic memory. Make it as schmaltzy as you like, or as tragic and angsty, and don't forget "enemies to lovers", and other romance tropes! ❤️
The challenge will run through February as well, to cover Valentine's Day.
A round-up post for submissions to this challenge will be done at the end of February.
Admin Post: Community check-in for December 2025
Jan. 9th, 2026 02:32 pmmific posting in drawesome
December and 2025 are over, and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you this past month? This past year?
Did you sign up for or take part in any fandom activities in December, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming art challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on.
Part 1, Week 2
Jan. 8th, 2026 07:31 pmsoc_puppet posting in moodthemeinayearHere we are at the second week of Part 1, with three new moods!
This week's Minimum, Medium, and Maximum moods are: Determined, Devious, Energetic
What are your thoughts on this week's moods? Do you think they'll come easily, or do you anticipate more of a struggle? Maybe you could stand to rubber duck it a bit with your fellow participants or any of our cheerleaders? Let's talk about it!
This week's Minimum, Medium, and Maximum moods are: Determined, Devious, Energetic
What are your thoughts on this week's moods? Do you think they'll come easily, or do you anticipate more of a struggle? Maybe you could stand to rubber duck it a bit with your fellow participants or any of our cheerleaders? Let's talk about it!
Thursday Recs
Jan. 8th, 2026 07:28 pmsoc_puppet posting in queerly_belovedTime for more Thursday Recs!
Do you have a rec for this week? Just reply to this post with something queer or queer-adjacent (such as, soap made by a queer person that isn't necessarily queer themed) that you'd, well, recommend. Self-recs are welcome, as are recs for fandom-related content!
Or have you tried something that's been recced here? Do you have your own report to share about it? I'd love to hear about it!
Do you have a rec for this week? Just reply to this post with something queer or queer-adjacent (such as, soap made by a queer person that isn't necessarily queer themed) that you'd, well, recommend. Self-recs are welcome, as are recs for fandom-related content!
Or have you tried something that's been recced here? Do you have your own report to share about it? I'd love to hear about it!
Belated Reading Wednesday
Jan. 8th, 2026 08:27 pmtroisoiseauxMy goal for 2026 is to re-read War and Peace, which I originally read... approximately ten years ago? (At some point between discovering Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 in 2015 and seeing it on Broadway in October 2016.) Started on January 1st and have been reading at least one chapter per day— as the individual chapters are (so far) very short, I haven't gotten very far, but enough to remind me that a. Tolstoy was just so, so good at writing characters who feel like people, and b. Pierre is such a doofus, I love him. If I had a nickel for every 19th century novel where someone fails to read the room and starts praising Napoleon, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but etc. etc.
I saw a fantastic production of Guys & Dolls (the STC's) over the holidays and now I'm reading the collected short stories of Damon Runyon, which were the basis/inspiration for the 1950 musical. Off to a fun start from the first sentence of the first story; my mental narrator's voice can't decide whether it's an old-timey radio host or in The Godfather:
(This particular story ends with Dave the Dude getting beat up by his girlfriend's boyfriend's wife, by the way.)
Also just started The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; immediately intrigued and enjoyably bewildered by being flung headfirst into its alien setting.
I saw a fantastic production of Guys & Dolls (the STC's) over the holidays and now I'm reading the collected short stories of Damon Runyon, which were the basis/inspiration for the 1950 musical. Off to a fun start from the first sentence of the first story; my mental narrator's voice can't decide whether it's an old-timey radio host or in The Godfather:
Only a rank sucker will think of taking two peeks at Dave the Dude's doll, because while Dave may stand for the first peek, figuring it is a mistake, it is a sure thing he will get sored up at the second peek, and Dave the Dude is certainly not a man to have sored up at you.
(This particular story ends with Dave the Dude getting beat up by his girlfriend's boyfriend's wife, by the way.)
Also just started The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; immediately intrigued and enjoyably bewildered by being flung headfirst into its alien setting.
Hi!! I'm new here and still trying to understand how it works :P
Jan. 9th, 2026 02:00 ameinbeistrich posting in addme_fandomName: Lia
Age group: Late twenties
Country: Born in Brazil, currently living in Germany
Subscription/Access policy: I don't have any locked entries and don't plan on having them. Feel free to subscribe! I'll subscribe back :)
About me: I was born and raised in central Brazil and am currently an exchange student in Germany. My major is Linguistics and Literature. I'm still not sure what career I'd like to pursue - for now, I'd describe me as an aspiring writer and researcher. I'm bisexual and in a long-term relationship. Since 2020, I've been in treatment for bipolar disorder. My current interests include fandom, creative writing, reading (especially Nachkriegsliteratur and Brazilian literature), linguistic variation, traveling, and hiking. I'm a bit awkward, but love to talk and exchange thoughts and interests!
Fannish interests: The usual stuff - reading fanfiction, shipping, fanart etc
Fandoms: I'm currently more involved with bandom (mainly FOB and P!ATD), but still have a lot of love for fandoms I used to be active in, such as Sherlock BBC, Doctor Who, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, and Homestuck. I'm also a Little Monster, a big fan of Fleabag, and into vertical dramas :D (has anyone here watched Pool Boy? Haha)
Ships: Ryan Ross/Brendon Urie, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Dave Strider/John Egbert, Dirk Strider/John Egbert, Fleabag/Priest, Doctor/Rose Tyler, Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones, Dave Grohl/Taylor Hawkins, many ships from vertical dramas etc
What I like to post about: I've been mostly venting and talking about my day, but I'd like to post about fannish stuff, other interests of mine, and original works (mostly poems)
Before adding me, you should know: I'm mostly okay with RPF and vent a lot. DNI if your ships involve incest or anything illegal (you know what I mean), or if you don't respect the fact that I don’t like to meddle in other people's drama.
Age group: Late twenties
Country: Born in Brazil, currently living in Germany
Subscription/Access policy: I don't have any locked entries and don't plan on having them. Feel free to subscribe! I'll subscribe back :)
About me: I was born and raised in central Brazil and am currently an exchange student in Germany. My major is Linguistics and Literature. I'm still not sure what career I'd like to pursue - for now, I'd describe me as an aspiring writer and researcher. I'm bisexual and in a long-term relationship. Since 2020, I've been in treatment for bipolar disorder. My current interests include fandom, creative writing, reading (especially Nachkriegsliteratur and Brazilian literature), linguistic variation, traveling, and hiking. I'm a bit awkward, but love to talk and exchange thoughts and interests!
Fannish interests: The usual stuff - reading fanfiction, shipping, fanart etc
Fandoms: I'm currently more involved with bandom (mainly FOB and P!ATD), but still have a lot of love for fandoms I used to be active in, such as Sherlock BBC, Doctor Who, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, and Homestuck. I'm also a Little Monster, a big fan of Fleabag, and into vertical dramas :D (has anyone here watched Pool Boy? Haha)
Ships: Ryan Ross/Brendon Urie, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Dave Strider/John Egbert, Dirk Strider/John Egbert, Fleabag/Priest, Doctor/Rose Tyler, Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones, Dave Grohl/Taylor Hawkins, many ships from vertical dramas etc
What I like to post about: I've been mostly venting and talking about my day, but I'd like to post about fannish stuff, other interests of mine, and original works (mostly poems)
Before adding me, you should know: I'm mostly okay with RPF and vent a lot. DNI if your ships involve incest or anything illegal (you know what I mean), or if you don't respect the fact that I don’t like to meddle in other people's drama.
snowflake challenge #4
Jan. 8th, 2026 04:58 pmsvgurl
Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page
Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!
I'm currently attempting to write a platonic Hanahaki fic, so I've been looking up different flowers and their meanings. The last website I was on was Alamanc - Flower Meanings, though the website itself is based off The Farmer's Almanac and has other information, such as gardening tips and recipes.