fests and exchanges
Sep. 5th, 2025 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trobadoraAfter not writing anything more than alibi sentences for ages - my last fic was in May (The Consultant, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan), and the one before that in March (Beyond the Gates, the Mountain, Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan) - I'm signing up for a lot of stuff now! Deadlines are usually very effective at making me write, so now that I'm not so busy any more and it's actually possible, that should get me back to where I want to be, writing-wise. I hope. *g*
In order of reveals:
What fests or exchanges is everyone else doing?
In order of reveals:
- There's
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rarepairexchange, which has its deadline a little over two weeks from now, though reveals aren't until October. I've been poking at my assignment, and I have a bunch of things I know I want to be in it, but so far I haven't managed to pull it all together into a coherent narrative. Hopefully once I've conquered this one, things will be flowing again! - Then there's guardian_wishlist, for which I just finished my sign-up last night - and we've only just posted the first batch of wishlists. (Mine is here; I'm requesting Guardian drama and RPF, as well as Guardian/Grimm and Guardian/Stargate crossovers.) And there are so many tempting prompts already! Reveals are on 6 October, and I hope to make a bunch of stuff before then.
- Next comes ficinabox, with a deadline in October and reveals in November - assignments aren't out yet, but should come soon. I won't seriously tackle that one until after Rarepair Exchange, though. Plenty of time if I brainstorm and have a plan by then!
- There's also the Guardian Bonus Bingo grace period in November, for which I hope to finish at least some of the things I started and didn't finish so far. *g*
- Yuletide is of course gearing up again as well, so that's what I'll be working on in December. Can't wait to find out which rare fandom I get to write this time!
- Then, hopefully fandomtrees will also run again this year, and I'll get to make a bunch of stuff for that too! Reveals are genearally early to mid-January.
- And finally, there's fffx which doesn't have its deadline until the second half of January. I still need to finish my sign-up for that (planning on doing that this weekend), but that deadline is so far away, there'd still be plenty of time even if I didn't start thinking about it until after Yuletide ends. (Though I hope to have a plan before then!) Of course, an idea might grab me right away and I might be working on this in parallel to everything else, you never know! *g*
What fests or exchanges is everyone else doing?
Guardian Wishlist: First 12 wishlists are live!!!
Sep. 6th, 2025 09:28 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianHi! 12 wishlists are now live and ready for gifts on guardian_wishlist! :D :D :D Come and check them out!
Wishlists are tagged for fandoms and media. Previous years' tags are labelled with their respective years, so check the plain fandom and media tags at the bottom for this year's wishlists.
We've also put together a spreadsheet for your convenience, and we'll be updating it as more wishlists go live.
All gifts must be posted in or linked in comments. Gift comments can be anonymous or signed in. Comments are screened until reveals. The AO3 collection is also open for posting.
And remember, sign-ups are open until 15 September. The sooner you sign up, the more time people have to make fills for your prompts!
Come and join in! The more, the merrier!
Rules/FAQ/schedule | Sign-up post | AO3 collection | Fandom and media tags | Spreadsheet | Promo text and graphics
guardian_wishlist! :D :D :D Come and check them out!Wishlists are tagged for fandoms and media. Previous years' tags are labelled with their respective years, so check the plain fandom and media tags at the bottom for this year's wishlists.
We've also put together a spreadsheet for your convenience, and we'll be updating it as more wishlists go live.
All gifts must be posted in or linked in comments. Gift comments can be anonymous or signed in. Comments are screened until reveals. The AO3 collection is also open for posting.
And remember, sign-ups are open until 15 September. The sooner you sign up, the more time people have to make fills for your prompts!
Come and join in! The more, the merrier!
Rules/FAQ/schedule | Sign-up post | AO3 collection | Fandom and media tags | Spreadsheet | Promo text and graphics
starandrea♥ From Now on I’m Taking All of My Storytelling Lessons From This Wild Epic About Love, Loyalty, and Necromancy
"It’s a bit strange, I think, how little writing advice is about feelings. There is abundant writing advice about everything else—from saving the cat to killing our darlings, to never/always using 'said,' writing what we know, info-dumping and more—but not a whole lot specifically focused on the fundamental question that faces every writer when we sit down to write: How do we make people care?
"...Being a professional author as well as a former scientist, I have chosen to approach this problem in the most rational and scholarly manner possible, which is why I have watched a shit-ton of gay fantasy Chinese television drama and will now tell you all about it."
--Kalli Wallace, author
"I absolutely love this article! As a developmental editor in the 'story structure' space, I’ve learned and am now unlearning the so-called rules of story that never look outside the western (and often just the US) canon."
--Anne Elizabeth Hawley, commenter
♥ Script Change: The Writers Trading Movie Dreams for Bite-Size Dramas
by Sun Yiyang and Zhang Lingyu; translated, edited, and republished with permission by Sixth Tone
"I long ago let go of the intellectual arrogance that came with my formal training. Shifting my mindset has brought unexpected rewards: improved cross-cultural communication, deeper language fluency, and opportunities to inject even the most conventional plots with subtle innovation."
--Wu Yue, as told to reporters Sun Yiyang and Zhang Lingyu
"...I believe the essential first step is to set aside our preconceptions. If creators lose that human connection, if we stop caring about the people we’re writing for, our work loses its soul."
--Wu Yue
"I still remember, back in film school, how often I complained to my professor about assignments and the state of the industry — that familiar blend of love and frustration so intrinsic to the writer’s life. What he said has stayed with me: 'Real passion isn’t about constantly declaring, "I love this more than anything." It’s when you’re completely exhausted by it — maybe even hate it a little — and you still choose to continue.'"
--Yu Jie
"It’s a bit strange, I think, how little writing advice is about feelings. There is abundant writing advice about everything else—from saving the cat to killing our darlings, to never/always using 'said,' writing what we know, info-dumping and more—but not a whole lot specifically focused on the fundamental question that faces every writer when we sit down to write: How do we make people care?
"...Being a professional author as well as a former scientist, I have chosen to approach this problem in the most rational and scholarly manner possible, which is why I have watched a shit-ton of gay fantasy Chinese television drama and will now tell you all about it."
--Kalli Wallace, author
"I absolutely love this article! As a developmental editor in the 'story structure' space, I’ve learned and am now unlearning the so-called rules of story that never look outside the western (and often just the US) canon."
--Anne Elizabeth Hawley, commenter
♥ Script Change: The Writers Trading Movie Dreams for Bite-Size Dramas
by Sun Yiyang and Zhang Lingyu; translated, edited, and republished with permission by Sixth Tone
"I long ago let go of the intellectual arrogance that came with my formal training. Shifting my mindset has brought unexpected rewards: improved cross-cultural communication, deeper language fluency, and opportunities to inject even the most conventional plots with subtle innovation."
--Wu Yue, as told to reporters Sun Yiyang and Zhang Lingyu
"...I believe the essential first step is to set aside our preconceptions. If creators lose that human connection, if we stop caring about the people we’re writing for, our work loses its soul."
--Wu Yue
"I still remember, back in film school, how often I complained to my professor about assignments and the state of the industry — that familiar blend of love and frustration so intrinsic to the writer’s life. What he said has stayed with me: 'Real passion isn’t about constantly declaring, "I love this more than anything." It’s when you’re completely exhausted by it — maybe even hate it a little — and you still choose to continue.'"
--Yu Jie
Girl Genius for Friday, September 05, 2025
Sep. 5th, 2025 04:00 am![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
girlgenius_main_feedThe Girl Genius comic for Friday, September 05, 2025 has been posted.
Bohemian Rhapsody (Zulu version)
Sep. 4th, 2025 03:09 pmtrobadoraVia brithistorian: the South African Ndlovu Youth Choir has translated Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody into Zulu. It's gorgeous - and after I saw the video, I just had to share it. It's completely stunning:
brithistorian: the South African Ndlovu Youth Choir has translated Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody into Zulu. It's gorgeous - and after I saw the video, I just had to share it. It's completely stunning:Me-and-media update
Sep. 4th, 2025 07:10 pmchina_shopPandemic life
( Nothing to report, really. )
Previous poll review
In the Cluedo poll, by far the most popular weapon was the cassowary (53.3%), followed by extremely elegant clothing (33.3%). In ticky-boxes, musical frogs and the wishing abyss tied for second place with 42.2%, after hugs with 75.6%. Thank you for your votes!
Reading
More of Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer, read by Candida Gubbins (I'm enjoying it, but it feels like it will never end), more of the latest Rivers of London (also audio), and more of A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (library book). A browse through Low-FODMAP and Vegan: what to eat when you can't eat anything by Joanne Stepaniak (library book), of which more below.
Kdramas/Cdramas
I'm still going with Nothing But Love, eking it out. Pru and I watched two episodes of Mystic Pop-up Bar, and it's pretty great. I don't know why I bounced off last time. It does help that Choi Won-young, one of the dads from Family by Choice, is main cast and I love him.
Other TV/movies
Wow, almost no TV. Some Vir Das standup (very good), finished The Sympathizer with our tv-watching friend (fascinating, dark, very black comedy), two episodes of Fringe season 2 with my sister. One episode of new Magnum PI (very woohoo the military!). A ton more Bluey.
me: .........
Jaws at the cinema for its 50th anniversary rerelease, so fun!
Guardian/Fandom
Everything is happening everywhere all at once. We're wrapping up the readalong, and the Slo-mo Rewatch starts this weekend onsid_guardian! guardian_wishlist is in sign-ups! fan_flashworks stuff is happening behind the scenes! And I have a ton of fan_writers comments to reply to! \o/
Audio entertainment
Writing Excuses are doing a deep dive on Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. I haven't read it, but I still enjoy their analysis. The last episode gave me ~writing thoughts~, and I scrawled a bunch of extra stuff for my WIP, which I then immediately took out again because it didn't fit, but I'll use it somewhere else. Letters from an American is really good, and 12ish minutes of US politics a day is about all I can take. I started Alba Salix, Royal Physician but am still not sure.
Online life
After I posted my lastfan_writers post, I got a ton of great comments, and... hit a wall with things to reply to. I'm kind of paralysed by my inbox, now, overwhelmed, and not keeping up with my reading page either. Tabs continue to propagate. Also, my arms are such a mess, argh. I'm going to need them for Wishlist, so I'm trying to slow down, but <speech tone="wail">I don't waaaaant toooooo.</speech> :-( tl;dr Sorry if I haven't replied to you! I still plan to! <333
Writing/making things
After a week and a half of brain static, I tried to write a last-minute drabble for the FFW amnesty round and ended up with 1300 words of "srsly, nobody asked for this." Still working on my DNW-kink fic and having a ball.
Life/health/mental state things
Overwhelm plus sore arms, dohhhhhh. But my mood and energy levels are pretty good, despite that.
Korean
I have a theoretical plan to read the Guardian subs in Korean (진혼 자막 한국어으로) as we go through the rewatch. I'm completely 100% expecting to fall behind, but still, any reading is better than none, right?
Food
New things I've made in the last week:
Conclusion: I'm enjoying my experiments. It's fun flailing around, all "Stand Back, I'm Going To TryScience Cooking!" :-) Also, I feel like recipe books are like fan reccers: for best results, you have to find the ones you click with.
Good things
Bluetooth earpieces. Sisters. Reading glasses (but not the needing of them). Libraries. Unexpected story developments. Recipe books. Bluey! Biking.
( Nothing to report, really. )
Previous poll review
In the Cluedo poll, by far the most popular weapon was the cassowary (53.3%), followed by extremely elegant clothing (33.3%). In ticky-boxes, musical frogs and the wishing abyss tied for second place with 42.2%, after hugs with 75.6%. Thank you for your votes!
Reading
More of Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer, read by Candida Gubbins (I'm enjoying it, but it feels like it will never end), more of the latest Rivers of London (also audio), and more of A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (library book). A browse through Low-FODMAP and Vegan: what to eat when you can't eat anything by Joanne Stepaniak (library book), of which more below.
Kdramas/Cdramas
I'm still going with Nothing But Love, eking it out. Pru and I watched two episodes of Mystic Pop-up Bar, and it's pretty great. I don't know why I bounced off last time. It does help that Choi Won-young, one of the dads from Family by Choice, is main cast and I love him.
Other TV/movies
Wow, almost no TV. Some Vir Das standup (very good), finished The Sympathizer with our tv-watching friend (fascinating, dark, very black comedy), two episodes of Fringe season 2 with my sister. One episode of new Magnum PI (very woohoo the military!). A ton more Bluey.
Bluey observation; ignore if you prefer to watch unquestioningly.
Andrew: Why is the mum always hanging out laundry, when none of them wear clothes?me: .........
Jaws at the cinema for its 50th anniversary rerelease, so fun!
Guardian/Fandom
Everything is happening everywhere all at once. We're wrapping up the readalong, and the Slo-mo Rewatch starts this weekend on
sid_guardian! guardian_wishlist is in sign-ups! fan_flashworks stuff is happening behind the scenes! And I have a ton of fan_writers comments to reply to! \o/Audio entertainment
Writing Excuses are doing a deep dive on Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky. I haven't read it, but I still enjoy their analysis. The last episode gave me ~writing thoughts~, and I scrawled a bunch of extra stuff for my WIP, which I then immediately took out again because it didn't fit, but I'll use it somewhere else. Letters from an American is really good, and 12ish minutes of US politics a day is about all I can take. I started Alba Salix, Royal Physician but am still not sure.
Online life
After I posted my last
fan_writers post, I got a ton of great comments, and... hit a wall with things to reply to. I'm kind of paralysed by my inbox, now, overwhelmed, and not keeping up with my reading page either. Tabs continue to propagate. Also, my arms are such a mess, argh. I'm going to need them for Wishlist, so I'm trying to slow down, but <speech tone="wail">I don't waaaaant toooooo.</speech> :-( tl;dr Sorry if I haven't replied to you! I still plan to! <333Writing/making things
After a week and a half of brain static, I tried to write a last-minute drabble for the FFW amnesty round and ended up with 1300 words of "srsly, nobody asked for this." Still working on my DNW-kink fic and having a ball.
Life/health/mental state things
Overwhelm plus sore arms, dohhhhhh. But my mood and energy levels are pretty good, despite that.
Korean
I have a theoretical plan to read the Guardian subs in Korean (진혼 자막 한국어으로) as we go through the rewatch. I'm completely 100% expecting to fall behind, but still, any reading is better than none, right?
Food
New things I've made in the last week:
- a carrot, walnut and sultana cake, recipe from the back of the sultana packet; as I added a cup of this and a cup of that, I started going, "I'm going to need a bigger cake tin." Then I got to 1 cup of oil and three eggs, and looked at my mixing bowl. "I'm going to need a bigger bowl!!" Ended up cooking it in two unevenly distributed cake tins and taking one out early, lol.
- vegan nutty gravy from the vegan low-FODMAP book; I used so many substitutions (regular miso for light miso, soy sauce for low sodium tamari, etc) that I'm not sure what it was supposed to taste like. It was good but a bit strong.
- baked lemon tofu (ibid); Very Tangy. I tried this twice, and the first time I didn't have enough lemon juice, used some lime instead, and thought that was why it was So Tangy. The second time I followed the recipe more closely (just switched out thyme for oregano and added some maple syrup because yum), and it was still a bit overwhelming. Overall, not unsuccessful, but I don't know how to turn this into a meal.
Conclusion: I'm enjoying my experiments. It's fun flailing around, all "Stand Back, I'm Going To Try
Good things
Bluetooth earpieces. Sisters. Reading glasses (but not the needing of them). Libraries. Unexpected story developments. Recipe books. Bluey! Biking.
Poll #33572 Spice tolerance
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 43
I can handle
View Answers
mild
19 (44.2%)
a vague tingle
18 (41.9%)
a distinct tingle
21 (48.8%)
hot
16 (37.2%)
searing
6 (14.0%)
call the fire department
2 (4.7%)
depends on the cuisine
12 (27.9%)
other
4 (9.3%)
ticky-box full of Michaelangelo's many naked dudes
22 (51.2%)
ticky-box full of someone else is cooking dinner
23 (53.5%)
ticky-box of ducklings debating the merits of existentialism
23 (53.5%)
ticky-box full of chocolate (hot or solid)
27 (62.8%)
ticky-box full of hugs
34 (79.1%)
Almost done with Area 88
Sep. 3rd, 2025 06:58 pmfennectik posting in anime_mangaOnly two more episodes of this thrilling anime. I remember watching the OVA from the 80s after my first experience with it from the Capcom arcade U.N. Squadron which was later ported to the SNES.
I like the mix of dogfights and drama the anime incorporates. Not sure how it will end but I at least be happy that I've finished the 2000s version when I do.
I also dig its opening them Mission(Fugga), I feel that it sets the tone highly well.
Below a screencap of my favorite character who's also my favorite to choose in the videogame adaptation, Mickey Simon, who flies the ever awesome F-14 Tomcat.
I like the mix of dogfights and drama the anime incorporates. Not sure how it will end but I at least be happy that I've finished the 2000s version when I do.
I also dig its opening them Mission(Fugga), I feel that it sets the tone highly well.
Below a screencap of my favorite character who's also my favorite to choose in the videogame adaptation, Mickey Simon, who flies the ever awesome F-14 Tomcat.
Poll: Of violins, weddings, and the wages of blackmail (drama)
Sep. 4th, 2025 08:31 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianPoll #33569 Violins, weddings, blackmail, and tourism
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13
In ep 13, why is Zhao Yunlan playing the violin when Shen Wei arrives at the acoustic lab?
View Answers
he's killing time, waiting for Shen Wei to show up, and the violin was right there
3 (23.1%)
he's enjoying the lab's acoustics
3 (23.1%)
it adds flair to the dramatic reveal/accusation
6 (46.2%)
he's playing a specific/meaningful piece of music that he expects Shen Wei to recognise
0 (0.0%)
he's playing random notes
1 (7.7%)
the violin is a Sherlock Holmes reference
5 (38.5%)
let's not mention his technique :-)
7 (53.8%)
other
0 (0.0%)
Was Shen Wei an official guest at the Li–Huang wedding?
View Answers
yes, he’s one of Dragon City’s most eligible bachelors! he arrived late to avoid the inevitable matchmaking conversations with hopeful parents
3 (27.3%)
yes, he was late for other reasons
0 (0.0%)
yes, the bride is his former student
1 (9.1%)
no, he was drawn by the presence of the Hallows/a disturbance in the Force, and power-changed from Envoy robes to appropriate wedding attire just before entering the scene
4 (36.4%)
Shen Wei is always dressed for a wedding
6 (54.5%)
other
1 (9.1%)
When Zhao Yunlan tells Lin Jing to hack Cong Bo’s computer and delete all the files, what does Zhao Yunlan say (given he can't reveal Shen Wei's secret)?
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“Cong Bo is blackmailing the SID with unspecified blackmail-worthy evidence. Don’t ask any questions or I’ll deduct your bonuses for the rest of the year!”
4 (30.8%)
“Cong Bo is a grade-A troublemaker! Wipe his hard drive so I can recruit him as a consultant. (Don’t argue, this makes perfect sense.)”
1 (7.7%)
“Delete Cong Bo’s files, no questions asked, and I’ll get you a mass spectrometer or whatever it is you’ve been asking for.”
7 (53.8%)
“Cong Bo has a sex tape of me and Shen Wei. I need you to delete it. If you look at it, you’re fired.”
1 (7.7%)
other
1 (7.7%)
The Dragon City Tourist Board’s next slogan should be
View Answers
Dragon City – Enjoy the City
3 (23.1%)
Dragon City – Interdimensional portals are actually quite rare!
2 (15.4%)
Dragon City – Come for the stinky tofu, stay for the supernatural shenanigans
2 (15.4%)
Dragon City – Only the locals get murdered!
3 (23.1%)
Dragon City – Home of Haixing’s Hottest Cops
4 (30.8%)
Dragon City – It’s science!
5 (38.5%)
other
2 (15.4%)
YULETIDE!!!!
Sep. 3rd, 2025 09:56 pmtrobadoraIt's that time of year again!
Yuletide is still my favourite multifannish exchange, and this year's schedule is out - nominations start on the 15th. And they're running an experiment with giving us more nominations and requests this year! Very cool, and I hope it works out well!
What's new this year:
Who else is doing Yuletide? Have you thought about what you're going to nominate/request/offer this year?
Yuletide is still my favourite multifannish exchange, and this year's schedule is out - nominations start on the 15th. And they're running an experiment with giving us more nominations and requests this year! Very cool, and I hope it works out well!
What's new this year:
- The deadline is 12 hours earlier than it was the last few years. (First time in a while that the deadline will be when I'm actually awake, but I'll try not to cut it too close. *g*)
- Reveals are also 12 hours earlier than they've been the last few years. (First time in a while that I'll be awake when the collection opens!)
- We get 5 fandom nominations instead of 4. (Woohoo!)
- We get 8 requests instead of 6! (And again, woohoo! It's so hard to choose between rare fandoms.)
Who else is doing Yuletide? Have you thought about what you're going to nominate/request/offer this year?
Girl Genius for Wednesday, September 03, 2025
Sep. 3rd, 2025 04:00 amgirlgenius_main_feedThe Girl Genius comic for Wednesday, September 03, 2025 has been posted.
Mahou History: Princess Tutu (Cohost Repost)
Sep. 2nd, 2025 06:49 pmstepnix posting in anime_mangaRe-sharing an old Cohost post here while I get ready to rehost it on my Neocities. Hope you enjoy!
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September posting, and Guardian Wishlist
Sep. 2nd, 2025 09:56 pmtrobadoraI haven't been posting much lately - or rather, in a long while. In March I crashed pretty hard after a writing marathon, and then work got very busy for a very long time, so I spent several months putting almost all my energy into that. Until late May I kept thinking I could do more, fannishly, but after that I gave up on keeping up with anything other than the Guardian novel readalong on sid_guardian. August has been (finally) back to normal at work, but the month just flew past before I could get back on my feet, never mind in the saddle. *g*
But this month I'm trying to make that happen. Writing more than alibi sentences: something I need to relearn, LOL.
And I'm trying to post more again here too, finally! My plan for that is twofold:
For today, here's another thing I did do recently, together withchina_shop: preparing for guardian_wishlist! And then sign-ups just opened at the end of August:
I really love this fest. It's our Guardian-and-related-fandoms version offandomtrees (rules), and we're in our fifth year already, wow! I love that this fandom is still going strong. :D
Our schedule for 2025:
We already have 8 sign-ups! I haven't finished mine yet, but soon. Definitely hoping so see some more of you there as well! ♥ ♥ ♥
sid_guardian. August has been (finally) back to normal at work, but the month just flew past before I could get back on my feet, never mind in the saddle. *g*But this month I'm trying to make that happen. Writing more than alibi sentences: something I need to relearn, LOL.
And I'm trying to post more again here too, finally! My plan for that is twofold:
- post something every day of September, and
- because I keep feeling like I did literally nothing at all since April other than work, but that's not in fact literally true, I want to remind myself of that by posting about stuff I did do during these months.
For today, here's another thing I did do recently, together with
china_shop: preparing for guardian_wishlist! And then sign-ups just opened at the end of August:I really love this fest. It's our Guardian-and-related-fandoms version of
fandomtrees (rules), and we're in our fifth year already, wow! I love that this fandom is still going strong. :DOur schedule for 2025:
- 28 August: sign-ups open - open now!
- 5 September: first wishlists posted
- 15 September: sign-ups close
- 16 September: final wishlists posted
- 6 October: gifts revealed
We already have 8 sign-ups! I haven't finished mine yet, but soon. Definitely hoping so see some more of you there as well! ♥ ♥ ♥
monthly word count - august
Sep. 2nd, 2025 06:08 pmaskerianTOTAL: 2 261
.. :/
POSTED : nuthin.
IN PROGRESS:
-svsss cosplay fic (994 words)
-cherry wine ABO (1 267 words.. half discards)
ALSO POSTED:
Bleach OT4 chapter 12
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.. :/
POSTED : nuthin.
IN PROGRESS:
-svsss cosplay fic (994 words)
-cherry wine ABO (1 267 words.. half discards)
ALSO POSTED:
Bleach OT4 chapter 12
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My latest Guardian fanworks
Sep. 2nd, 2025 06:54 amfacethestrange posting in sid_guardianAll fics: 1x drama, 2x novel, 1x RPF. :)
In Your Hands (1986 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, First Time, First Kiss, (In this order), Hand & Finger Kink, Hand Jobs, Anal Fingering, Clothed Sex, Coming In Pants, Coming Untouched, Multiple Orgasms, Finger Sucking, Come Eating, Episode: e007 Zhao Yunlan Pulls a 'Saving Damsel in Distress', Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, the blatant flirting goes (a bit? a lot?) further than in canon, Bring Back The Porn Challenge
Summary: "I didn't expect you to have such skillful hands," Zhao Yunlan says, despite the obvious fact that he did. Of course he did — what else could he possibly have expected from Shen Wei's hands?
The List (200 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Humor, Implied Sexual Content, Shameless Zhao Yunlan, Established Relationship, Double Drabble
Summary: Shen Wei hands him a sheet of paper. "You need to stop distracting me at work."
Zhao Yunlan skims the page — bathroom, broom closet, cafeteria... "Because someone listed a lot of different rooms alphabetically?"
New Rules (300 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen San/Shen Wei (Guardian)
Characters: Shen San (Guardian), Shen Wei (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Board Games, Strip Games, Flirting, Banter, Fluff and Humor, Triple Drabble
Summary: Shen San and Wei accidentally invent strip Go.
Falling Into You (1277 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: First Time, Porn with Feelings, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Hand Jobs, Coming In Pants, Finger Sucking, Come Eating, Clothed Sex, Tenderness, Love Confessions, Soft, Bring Back The Porn Challenge
Summary: "Touch me the way you touch yourself."
In Your Hands (1986 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, First Time, First Kiss, (In this order), Hand & Finger Kink, Hand Jobs, Anal Fingering, Clothed Sex, Coming In Pants, Coming Untouched, Multiple Orgasms, Finger Sucking, Come Eating, Episode: e007 Zhao Yunlan Pulls a 'Saving Damsel in Distress', Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, the blatant flirting goes (a bit? a lot?) further than in canon, Bring Back The Porn Challenge
Summary: "I didn't expect you to have such skillful hands," Zhao Yunlan says, despite the obvious fact that he did. Of course he did — what else could he possibly have expected from Shen Wei's hands?
The List (200 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Humor, Implied Sexual Content, Shameless Zhao Yunlan, Established Relationship, Double Drabble
Summary: Shen Wei hands him a sheet of paper. "You need to stop distracting me at work."
Zhao Yunlan skims the page — bathroom, broom closet, cafeteria... "Because someone listed a lot of different rooms alphabetically?"
New Rules (300 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen San/Shen Wei (Guardian)
Characters: Shen San (Guardian), Shen Wei (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Board Games, Strip Games, Flirting, Banter, Fluff and Humor, Triple Drabble
Summary: Shen San and Wei accidentally invent strip Go.
Falling Into You (1277 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: First Time, Porn with Feelings, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Hand Jobs, Coming In Pants, Finger Sucking, Come Eating, Clothed Sex, Tenderness, Love Confessions, Soft, Bring Back The Porn Challenge
Summary: "Touch me the way you touch yourself."
Indonesia
Sep. 2nd, 2025 12:30 pmgeraineonIf you live in SEA and/or have the Grab app installed, you can support the people in Indonesia by sending medical supplies and food. Details here on Twitter with an xcancel link so you can see without logging in. Send only in the morning and afternoon because evening/night can get dangerous.
I personally have sent medical supplies to this address and can attest that cross-border Grab works:
Jl. Pangeran Diponegoro No.74, Pegangsaan, Menteng, Kota Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta 10320, Indonesia
These are the things asked for, last checked Aug 30:
1. NaCl
2. Oxygen
3. Omeprazole
4. Gauze
5. Mineral water
6. Face mask
7. Goggles
8. Oven mitts
9. Betadine
10. Plaster
11. Paracetamol
12. Minyak kayu putih (local ointment)
If you like, you can send a message to the Grab driver, saying that you are not there and this is a donation: "Aku tidak ada di sana. Ini ialah sumbangan."
(Pardon my terrible Malay but that should get the message across.)
Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2025_Indonesian_protests
Note that this is a developing event so the wiki page will most likely undergo lots of edits.
On Fedi, this account is regularly summarizing recent events.
Hashtags to follow: #WargaJagaWarga #RakyatJagaRakyat
(roughly translates to the "people takes care of the people.")
I personally have sent medical supplies to this address and can attest that cross-border Grab works:
Jl. Pangeran Diponegoro No.74, Pegangsaan, Menteng, Kota Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta 10320, Indonesia
These are the things asked for, last checked Aug 30:
1. NaCl
2. Oxygen
3. Omeprazole
4. Gauze
5. Mineral water
6. Face mask
7. Goggles
8. Oven mitts
9. Betadine
10. Plaster
11. Paracetamol
12. Minyak kayu putih (local ointment)
If you like, you can send a message to the Grab driver, saying that you are not there and this is a donation: "Aku tidak ada di sana. Ini ialah sumbangan."
(Pardon my terrible Malay but that should get the message across.)
Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2025_Indonesian_protests
Note that this is a developing event so the wiki page will most likely undergo lots of edits.
On Fedi, this account is regularly summarizing recent events.
Hashtags to follow: #WargaJagaWarga #RakyatJagaRakyat
(roughly translates to the "people takes care of the people.")
A Tradition
Sep. 1st, 2025 08:54 pmradiantfractureAutumn Day
Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Lord, it is time. The huge summer has gone by.
Now overlap the sundials with your shadows
and on the meadows let the wind go free.
Command the fruits to swell on tree and vine:
grant them a few more warm transparent days,
urge them on to fulfillment then, and press
the final sweetness into the heavy wine.
Whoever has no house now, will never have one
whoever is alone will stay alone,
will sit, read, write long letters through the evening
and wander on the boulevards up and down,
restlessly, while the dry leaves are blowing.
* * * * * *
What is it that brings me back to this poem every year, other than the wish to offer some sort of honour to the world in its cycles? (And to poetry.)
Rilke was intolerably self-indulgent in a number of ways, but nobody ever wrote the pure grief of existence so well. I suppose I mean that he was probably depressed and so am I.
Here's what I like: that the opening address is to the creator, and is either an acknowledgement and submission, or a gentle reminder, or both.
I like -- and I don't know where or with whom this device originates, but it is beloved of many modern poets, including me (the psalms? does it come from the psalms?) -- the way the speaker exhorts everything to do what it would do anyway. His will is irrelevant to the vine and the wind, but that makes his instructions a kind of radical acceptance -- I enter so completely into the wish for things to be exactly as they are, as they are intended to be, even as they wound me with their beauty and their ephemerality, that my will becomes identical with their actions.
And the turn of course, between the radiant second stanza and the stark third; from the fruit as almost heroes of the journey into wine, to the "whoever" who seems to have no place in harvest or celebration, but is already among the dry leaves.
It is, as they say, me: "whoever" is me. I wish I wrote long letters. Rilke's journals and letters are extraordinary. I wish I had some consolation for you now other than the world, but so far as I can see there never was any consolation other than the world.
§rf§
Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Lord, it is time. The huge summer has gone by.
Now overlap the sundials with your shadows
and on the meadows let the wind go free.
Command the fruits to swell on tree and vine:
grant them a few more warm transparent days,
urge them on to fulfillment then, and press
the final sweetness into the heavy wine.
Whoever has no house now, will never have one
whoever is alone will stay alone,
will sit, read, write long letters through the evening
and wander on the boulevards up and down,
restlessly, while the dry leaves are blowing.
* * * * * *
What is it that brings me back to this poem every year, other than the wish to offer some sort of honour to the world in its cycles? (And to poetry.)
Rilke was intolerably self-indulgent in a number of ways, but nobody ever wrote the pure grief of existence so well. I suppose I mean that he was probably depressed and so am I.
Here's what I like: that the opening address is to the creator, and is either an acknowledgement and submission, or a gentle reminder, or both.
I like -- and I don't know where or with whom this device originates, but it is beloved of many modern poets, including me (the psalms? does it come from the psalms?) -- the way the speaker exhorts everything to do what it would do anyway. His will is irrelevant to the vine and the wind, but that makes his instructions a kind of radical acceptance -- I enter so completely into the wish for things to be exactly as they are, as they are intended to be, even as they wound me with their beauty and their ephemerality, that my will becomes identical with their actions.
And the turn of course, between the radiant second stanza and the stark third; from the fruit as almost heroes of the journey into wine, to the "whoever" who seems to have no place in harvest or celebration, but is already among the dry leaves.
It is, as they say, me: "whoever" is me. I wish I wrote long letters. Rilke's journals and letters are extraordinary. I wish I had some consolation for you now other than the world, but so far as I can see there never was any consolation other than the world.
§rf§
Let's blame the change of season for today's restlessness and this disjointed post
Sep. 1st, 2025 04:03 pmumadoshiWhen it took forever to fall asleep last night, my brain's hamster wheel of choice was all household things--puttering and cleaning products and other such exciting stuff. I'm feeling fidgety and restless about home-related things, and I choose to blame the arrival of meteorological autumn (which TBH I usually forget is a thing, even though those seasonal dates are easier to pin down than the solstices and equinoxes). We often sort of melt into autumn here, but this year everything's taken a beating from lack of rain, so I've read several people talking about some leaves already coming down. :/
This morning I did manage to do some small puttery things that needed doing, but most things require input from both of us andscruloose's mind and energy are currently elsewhere (long-overdue reno project). Also, y'know, I have a rewrite due in less than two weeks that I'm having real trouble focusing on; both that and the general restlessness are presumably not being helped by inevitable mild worry about Jinksy having dental extractions (also long-overdue) tomorrow.
(I'm reminding myself that any surfaces we can declutter before the fall crunch starts at Dayjob will be a significant help for my brain while that's going on. Here's hoping we can manage some of that.)
I won't think it's properly autumn until equinox anyway, but I do think maybe I'm ready for it.
This morning I did manage to do some small puttery things that needed doing, but most things require input from both of us and
scruloose's mind and energy are currently elsewhere (long-overdue reno project). Also, y'know, I have a rewrite due in less than two weeks that I'm having real trouble focusing on; both that and the general restlessness are presumably not being helped by inevitable mild worry about Jinksy having dental extractions (also long-overdue) tomorrow.(I'm reminding myself that any surfaces we can declutter before the fall crunch starts at Dayjob will be a significant help for my brain while that's going on. Here's hoping we can manage some of that.)
I won't think it's properly autumn until equinox anyway, but I do think maybe I'm ready for it.
东极岛 Dongji Rescue
Sep. 1st, 2025 08:23 pmtrobadoraLast night I saw 东极岛 Dongji Rescue (IMDB | MyDramaList), Zhu Yilong's new film.
It's based on a historical episode from World War 2 (the sinking of the Lisbon Maru), though it's heavily fictionalised and in no way historically accurate. *g*
(There's a 2024 documentary on the real event, which I'd love to see if anyone knows where to find it!)
Anyway, Dongji Rescue is a really well done, effective film! ( spoilers below the cut )
Also, watching this movie was a very multilingual experience - the film itself has Chinese, Japanese and English dialogue all aplenty (which you don't see nearly enough of, IMO!), handling the language barriers really well - and then we had German subtitles on top of that. *g* They were good, too, and not as distracting as I might have expected. Since I've generally watched Chinese media with English subtitles, and also learned what Chinese I have with English-language material, all my Chinese is routed through English, and it's usually somewhat disorienting to watch something with German subtitles instead. But the multilingual mix of this film somehow balanced that out, and I didn't have an issue. Though I was happy to have the Chinese subtitles as well as they helped me follow along the Chinese dialogue where I could!
It's based on a historical episode from World War 2 (the sinking of the Lisbon Maru), though it's heavily fictionalised and in no way historically accurate. *g*
(There's a 2024 documentary on the real event, which I'd love to see if anyone knows where to find it!)
Anyway, Dongji Rescue is a really well done, effective film! ( spoilers below the cut )
Also, watching this movie was a very multilingual experience - the film itself has Chinese, Japanese and English dialogue all aplenty (which you don't see nearly enough of, IMO!), handling the language barriers really well - and then we had German subtitles on top of that. *g* They were good, too, and not as distracting as I might have expected. Since I've generally watched Chinese media with English subtitles, and also learned what Chinese I have with English-language material, all my Chinese is routed through English, and it's usually somewhat disorienting to watch something with German subtitles instead. But the multilingual mix of this film somehow balanced that out, and I didn't have an issue. Though I was happy to have the Chinese subtitles as well as they helped me follow along the Chinese dialogue where I could!