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Jul. 31st, 2025 11:25 am
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Name: MerricatB
Age group: 40s
Country: USA unfortunately


Main Fandoms: Sense8
Other Fandoms: AMC Interview with the Vampire; NBC Hannibal; Good Omens; Our Flag Means Death; The Old Guard (not the sequel blergh); Killing Eve
Fannish Interests: Fanfiction
OTPs and Ships: Wolfgang/Kala/Rajan + Felix for Sense8 is my main one.

Check-In Post - July 31st 2025

Jul. 31st, 2025 07:07 pm
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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 do you like to listen to / watch while crafting?


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!



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Thursday Word: Cendol

Jul. 31st, 2025 06:43 am
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Cendol - noun.

Keeping with the theme of sweet treats, cendol is a popular green jelly treat found in Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. As such, there are plenty of regional variants and toppings like jackfruit or red beans.

Two other recorded names are dawet, from the island of Java, and a Dutch spelling, tjendol.


Chendol at Cendol Melaka, Changi Village.jpg
By Orderinchaos - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link


Part 5, Week 3

Jul. 30th, 2025 09:37 pm
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Time for more moods!

This week's Minimum and Medium moods are: Enthralled, Happy, Indescribable

This week's Maximum moods are: Giggly, Naughty, Quixotic

Like last year, I'm just straight out going to copy-paste the definition of Quixotic that Dreamwidth links to for this:

Quixotic

[ kwik-sot-ik ]

adjective

1) extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
Synonyms: imaginary, fantastic, fanciful
Antonyms: practical, realistic
2) impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
3) (sometimes initial capital letter) resembling or befitting Don Quixote ( def ).


And to quote myself from last year: If the subject of your mood theme ever tilts at windmills, this would be a good time to pull that out! Otherwise, aiming for generally quirky seems like a good approach for this tricky vocabulary word. Giggly and Naughty seem relatively easy in comparison, but that doesn't mean they will be, of course.

What do you think? Let's talk about it!

[ SECRET POST #6781 ]

Jul. 30th, 2025 06:14 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6781 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.


More! )


Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 12 secrets from Secret Submission Post #970.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 (second time?) - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

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Jul. 30th, 2025 10:18 pm
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Name: Mr. Fox

Age: 30-something


I mostly post about:
Stories from my life — my thoughts and feelings, especially during this time of war in Ukraine. I try to capture emotions honestly: memories of a peaceful past, reflections on the present, and tales from my life as a mariner and traveler.
This journal is still in its early days, after a long break from writing. Each entry is posted in both English and the original language. I also share my own photographs — from different times, chosen to reflect my current mood.

My hobbies are:
Photography (almost professional), lomography (daily photos of interesting moments), music (acoustic, alternative, instrumental covers), psychology, and classical literature. I love discovering new things — ideas, places, people.

My fandoms are:
Honestly, I’m not active in any specific fandom. But I enjoy reading and learning, especially to improve my English.

I'm looking to meet people who:
…feel connected to what I write — kindred spirits or simply those who find meaning in my words. I’m open to everyone (with one exception: I don’t welcome those who support or excuse the war). My posts are open and honest. I’d love to find new interesting people to read and connect with.

My posting schedule tends to be:
Currently daily, or a few times a week — depending on my free time.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:
No major dealbreakers — most of what matters is already said above.

Before adding me, you should know:
I’m an open person without any particular agenda. I’m Ukrainian — and perhaps that matters now, just to avoid misunderstandings.
Welcome aboard. These are my messages in a bottle.

Peacock Pride [Arbitro/Akira; R]

Jul. 30th, 2025 08:21 pm
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Title: Peacock Pride
Fandom/Pairing: Togainu no Chi - Arbitro/Akira
Summary: Akira has had the bad fortune of getting captured by Arbitro.
Rating: R
Content: Canon-compliant awfulness, loss of consciousness, kidnapping, non-con...
Disclaimer: Togainu no Chi and all the characters in it are owned by Nitro+CHiRAL. I'm only borrowing them. No disrespect intended and I'm not earning any money from writing this. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 400+ words. Written for the prompt them's the breaks, but this is what it turned into. Many thanks to [personal profile] zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me, as well as cheering me on! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

Check-In Post - July 30th 2025

Jul. 30th, 2025 06:49 pm
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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 do you like to listen to / watch while crafting?


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!



Two letters with easy, easy answers

Jul. 30th, 2025 08:28 am
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1. Dear Care and Feeding,

My husband “Chad” and I have a 4-year-old son, “Lane.” Recently for his birthday, my parents gifted him a set of Winnie-the-Pooh books. It’s been a tradition in my family for the last three generations for kids to read these books. But my husband won’t let my son have them.

He says doesn’t want Lane to read them because he insists that Winnie-the-Pooh is for girls. I’ve never heard anything so stupid! How can I make him understand that Pooh is a character that has been beloved by both boys and girls alike for nearly a century now?

—Much Ado About Pooh


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2. Dear Care and Feeding,

My wife “Carla” and I have a 3-year-old son, “Andy.” Andy became a big brother last month when we had our daughter, “Isabelle.” Andy had been reliably potty-trained for four months before Isabelle was born, but within days of bringing Isabelle home from the hospital, Andy began having accidents. Carla’s solution has been to put him back in pull-ups. I don’t think allowing him to regress like this is a wise idea. She says to let him do it for the time being if it makes him feel better. It seems to me that taking a firm approach (making him go back to using the toilet or face punishment) would be in his best interest. Who is right?

—We’re Not Going Backward


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RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday

Jul. 30th, 2025 11:45 am
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What are you reading?

Sneaky signal-boost: [Sign-Up Post] October Review-a-Thon 2025
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Title: Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Author: John Wiswell
Genre: Fiction, fantasy, romance

A+ Library is my bit where I review books with asexual and aromantic characters.

Went on a weekend trip with the squad this weekend and we had to stop at the local Barnes and Noble (It's been a while since I was in one that big! Ours in my town is now in the mall, so it's quite small.) where I spent too much and picked up some things on my TBR plus my own copy of Our Wives Under the Sea. We had some downtime on the trip and I managed to finish the first of the new books while we were there. This was Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell.

I wanted so much to like this book, and not just because I was charmed by the purple-themed Barnes and Noble-exclusive cover and edging. It landed on my TBR for being an asexual romance (sapphic, if you take Shesheshen for female, which you don't have to do), and I enjoyed the plot concept. Unfortunately, I did not like the book. If I had not paid for it I probably would not have finished it. The following review is not to say it's a bad book—it has an average rating of 4.05 stars on StoryGraph based on over 6,000 reviews, so obviously people like it—but to say that it specifically had a number of things that made it a big thumbs down for me.

The character: Shesheshen, asexual; Homily, asexual

Final verdict: Thumbs down

Previous read: To Be Taught, if Fortunate

 

Full review below )

 

 


[ SECRET POST #6780 ]

Jul. 29th, 2025 07:32 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6780 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.


More! )


Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 24 secrets from Secret Submission Post #970.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Check-In Post - July 29th 2025

Jul. 29th, 2025 07:26 pm
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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 do you like to listen to / watch while crafting?


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!



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Title: Super Moisture Milk
Fandom/Pairing: Sasaki to Miyano - Sasaki/Miyano
Summary: When Miyano gets a sunburn, it's Sasaki's time to shine.
Rating: PG
Content: Fluff, teenage boy romance, hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: I did not create these characters, they belong to Harusono Shô. I'm just borrowing them to act out my fantasies, while not earning any money whatsoever from it.
Notes: 550+ words. Written for the prompt sunburn. I've had great help from [personal profile] zabimitsuki with beta and suggestions. :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

TV Tuesday: Pinching Pennies

Jul. 29th, 2025 12:59 pm
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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk



A recent article talks about the financial crisis in British TV. U.S. streamers also spent more lavishly on TV shows 5 years ago than they are now, with some shows never even being shown to an audience.

Are there things you would miss if budgets ended up being cut 30% or more from what we've seen in recent years? What sort of programming might you miss?

Tuesday word: Favonian

Jul. 29th, 2025 10:38 am
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Favonian (adjective)
favonian [fuh-voh-nee-uhn]


adjective
1. of or relating to the west wind.
2. mild or favorable; propitious.

Origin: 1650–60; < Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn

Example Sentences
Favonian, fav-ō′ni-an, adj. pertaining to the west wind, favourable.
From Project Gutenberg

Such soft favonian airs upon a flute, Such shadowy censers burning live perfume, Shall lead the mystic city to her tomb; Nor flowerless springs, nor autumns without fruit, Nor summer mornings when the winds are mute, Trouble her soul till Rome be no more Rome.
From Project Gutenberg

Soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first.”
From Project Gutenberg

See, the summer gay, 680 With her green chaplet, and ambrosial flowers, Droops into pallid autumn: winter grey, Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn, and his golden fruits, away: Then melts into the spring: soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first.
From Project Gutenberg

The wind blew free that morn that we, High-hearted, sailed away; Bound for Favonian islands blest, Remote within the utmost West, Beyond the golden day.
From Project Gutenberg

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