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Eucatastrophe - noun.

Coined by J.R.R. Tolkien in his essay "On Fairy-Stories" (1947), which is in-turn based on a lecture from 1939, is a word to describe a miraculous turn of events in a narrative. You could even say it's a word that avoids catastrophe ;-D The "eu" prefix is from the Greek word for "good".

Eucatastrophes are often swift and unexpected, such as the Prince waking Snow White or the One Ring falls into Mount Doom.

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jesse_the_k posting in

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Heated Rivalry, the Canadian show about queer hockey romance, is popping up all over Dreamwidth (as well as every other platform). The Squeaky Wheel, which bills itself as "the first-ever satire publication that focuses on the experience of having a disability" channels The Onion as it mocks our disabled lives. Here’s their first take on the series:

Audio Description Ruins Family TV Night During Unexpected Sex Scene - The Squeaky Wheel

[hero photo not reproduced here; its alt text is "a family watching Heated Rivalry"]

A recent family TV night at the household of 14-year-old Sarah Mason ended abruptly when the audio description began to vividly relay the details of an unexpected and lengthy sex scene.

“It went on and on about the positions, and how much pleasure was on their faces, and so much ‘thrusting,’” said Sarah’s mother, Beverly Mason. “It was excruciating. I shut it off and told everyone to go to bed.”

( 270 more snarky words )

I'd love to learn whether Heated Rivalry's audio description is as sexy as the Squeaky Wheel would have it.

asuraid

two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

Challenge #5

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your wishlist if you feel comfortable doing so.

oooh uh ... mn, dang, i'm so bad at thinking of things to receive cause i usually don't ... make wishlists of stuff LOL

any content of my sylvie oc blorbo or of zhongli or of zhongvie aka my ship w/those two (icons, edits, literally stick figures--wholeass i kept my friend's stick figure drawings even though she doesn't do art). im like a starving victorian child for any content of my beloveds
recs for cool toyhouse templates, i like collecting them and having them on hand
color tcg cards oooh ooooh /j /j /j i'm actually not too sure ... umm, your favourite pictures of deers? sylvie is very deer coded in their design so it makes me happy to see deer pics :)

callmesandyk

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silveradept

snowflake_challenge's fifth request is upon us, and it asks us to do things taht some of us are not very comfortable with:

Challenge #5

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts.

( A few things that will hopefully be manageable )

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII - Find Your Way

vriddy

I'm not brave or savvy enough anymore to wade in other socmed platforms, but thankfully I have friends who are... and found K-9 COSPLAY!!! :D :D They look SO COOL!!!!!

This is Oboro (CN: blood) by

suigei_cos. It feels kind of crazy to see the blood actually red haha since the manga is all black and white. When we get an anime, which we totally will for sure yes, I'm so curious to see what kind of shade they go with when animating his power.

Then more Oboro (CN: still blood!) also by

suigei_cos. With fire and smoke effects!!! Looking SO COOL!!! 😍

Oboro on a date with Ren or so Oboro says XD Also by

suigei_cos.

And my beloved Ren solo by

323runaruna aaaah looking seriously incredible. SO COOL! COSPLAYERS ARE SO POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😍😍

I shall go and lie down for a while now.

Current Mood: happy

petra

( Minneapolis shooting thoughts, neither coherent nor polite )

Current Mood: brb off to mordor
Current Music: La la, la la, la la, la la, Republicans

alisx

Confession: I have never watched The Office, any version, but oof, this dissection of it in the context of a three-tiered understanding of organisations focused on “Sociopaths” (executives), “Clueless” (middle-managers) and “Losers” (everyone else) was wa-aa-aa-ay too close to home.

I spent my career bouncing between being one of the Clueless and one of the Losers, depending on my level of burn-out at any one time, and come from a family of very successful Clueless.¹ The handful of years I spent being forced up to the Sociopath level, mostly by proximity and circumstance, burned me out so hard I retired at age 41 and vowed never to go back to 9-to-5 corporate life.

And, yes. This genre of just-so pop psychology should be taken with a grain of salt, et cetera, but given most real, MBA-taught management books aren’t much more rigorously scientific than this blog post . . .

Mum and Dad were both public servants, where I feel this mindset can get you much further than in the private sector, given that the actual top of the Sociopath triangle is reserved for elected Ministers. ↩

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snopes_feed

Posted by Jordan Liles

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-autopen-pardon-vacated/

The rumor claimed Fauci would face "a multitude of charges, starting with lying to Congress and the FBI."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-autopen-pardon-vacated/

runpunkrun

This book is very silly. It's like creepypasta with floor plans.

But it's briskly written and quickly read. And unique, if that counts for anything. What it isn't is scary, suspenseful, or atmospheric. Read this if you enjoy troubling floor plans and baseless speculation, or if you want to see what all the fuss is about. Probably best on paper so you can reference the floor plans on the facing page.

Contains: murder, suicide, child abuse, child death, incest, ableism, polygamy.

lightbird

Snowflake Challenge: A warmly light quaint street of shops at night with heavy snow falling.

Challenge #5

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your wishlist if you feel comfortable doing so.

1. If you read and like any of my fics, please leave kudos and/or comments! I love both!

2. I also welcome any art, podfics, etc. on any of my fics. If anything inspires you I love seeing how people interpret my stuff into new works. Please provide me with a link to the work so I can add it to the fic and boost it! My transformative works policy is on my profile page; if you're interested in podficcing, please see my additional notes re podfics.

3. And most importantly, I wish for more justice, kindness, and peace in the world.

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goddess47 posting in

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Title: Feeding Time
Author:

goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 408 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For

mcsheplets prompt #129 - pet

For

sweetandshort January 2026 prompt - where are you?

Summary:

There was a movement in the grassy field ahead of him. Aha! John moved slowly, not wanting his prey to escape.

Feeding Time on AO3

badly_knitted posting in

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Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.

This Week's Question: What are your crafting goals for 2026?

If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

rekishi

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snopes_feed

Posted by Laerke Christensen

https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/01/09/cilia-flores-court-photo/

Flores, the wife of Nicolás Maduro, has appeared in public with light blond hair since at least 2019.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/01/09/cilia-flores-court-photo/

ysabetwordsmith

Snowflake Challenge 5: Wishlist

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your wishlist if you feel comfortable doing so.

If you have wishes for transformative works of your own works or another's work, remember to include links to those sources in order to make it easier for people to create.

Be sure to check out other people's wishlists. Maybe someone will grant your wish! Maybe you will be inspired to grant a wish! If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

This is one of my favorite challenges. It can be difficult for a lot of people to ask for things, so remember not to put too much pressure on yourself for coming up with the perfect wishlist! Your wishes could be something you're recently interested in or something you've wanted for a long time but were afraid to ask for or anything in between. There are no limits!

Snowflake Challenge: A flatlay of a snowflake shaped shortbread cake, a mug with coffee, and a string of holiday lights on top of a rustic napkin.

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Current Mood: excited

mossy_bench

Guess how many LJ pages I had bookmarked. 14. Only 14!

I decided just now to sit down and finally back up my old bookmarks on Livejournal before I lose the chance (see this post for more info). I never had a personal journal there (did take over an admin account for a community, at one point) but I remember reading loads of fic on LJ, across various fandoms. I decided to find all the LJ links in my bookmarks manager and then export them as PDFs/find them on the Wayback Machine as needed.

And then, was floored to see that I'd only bookmarked a handful of fic. Where had all the rest of them gone? I remembered reading and lovingly cataloging so many works back in the day.

Then I had the epiphany that I had saved them all NOT in my browser bookmarks manager, but in fact in Delicious, which is dead as a doornail. I probably knew this at one point, but had blocked the memory out because it made me too sad to think about.

I guess my back-up efforts will take much less time than I'd originally thought.

badly_knitted

Title: Mirage
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Varian, Fred, ‘Scott’.
Rating: PG
Setting: Atlanteum.
Summary: It looks and sounds like Scott, but it’s a deception.
Written For: Challenge 489: Amnesty 81 at

fan_flashworks, using Challenge 15: Double.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.

( Mirage... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Title: Wants And Fears
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG-15
Word Count: 751
Setting: After Vol. 7.
Summary: Ryo still has a lot to learn, and he knows it will take him time to completely adjust to being in a relationship with a man, but he really does want to.
Written For: The prompt ‘any, any/any, I want to be as intimate as two people can be. I want to share everything without shame, And maybe we can cuddle’, at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.

( Wants And Fears... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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calzephyr in 1word1day - Friday Word: Eucatastrophe
jesse_the_k in access_fandom - Requisite #Heated Rivalry Content
asuraid - #5 - snowflake challenge 2026
callmesandyk - (no subject)
silveradept - Snowflake Challenge 02026 #5: Wishlist
vriddy - K-9 Cosplay :D
petra - US Politics: Abolish ICE
alisx - Clueless losers.
snopes_feed - Was Fauci's 'autopen pardon' vacated by 14th District Court of Appeals?
runpunkrun - Strange Houses, by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion
lightbird - snowflake_challenge 2026: Day 5
goddess47 in sweetandshort - (10 out of 20) Feeding Time - Stargate Atlantis (PG)
badly_knitted in get_knitted - Check-In Post - Jan 9th 2026
rekishi - Snowflake Challenge Day 5: A Wish List
snopes_feed - This image doesn't show Cilia Flores in court with head bandage and black eye. Here's the proof
ysabetwordsmith - Snowflake Challenge 5: Wishlist
mossy_bench - LJ back-ups, quicker than I thought
badly_knitted - The Fantastic Journey Triple Drabble: Mirage
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Friday Word: Eucatastrophe

Requisite #Heated Rivalry Content

#5 - snowflake challenge 2026

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Snowflake Challenge 02026 #5: Wishlist

K-9 Cosplay :D

US Politics: Abolish ICE

Clueless losers.

Was Fauci's 'autopen pardon' vacated by 14th District Court of Appeals?

Strange Houses, by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion

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(10 out of 20) Feeding Time - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

Check-In Post - Jan 9th 2026

Snowflake Challenge Day 5: A Wish List

This image doesn't show Cilia Flores in court with head bandage and black eye. Here's the proof

Snowflake Challenge 5: Wishlist

LJ back-ups, quicker than I thought

The Fantastic Journey Triple Drabble: Mirage

FAKE Ficlet: Wants And Fears

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