Revolutionary Girl Utena

Sep. 7th, 2025 09:01 pm
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Uthena and Anthy’s silhouettes standing together, holding hands over a background of roses. The text is the title of the article in English and Japanese.ALT

Today we’re highlighting Revolutionary Girl Utena - the shoujo series considered by many to be one of the most influential work in the genre. The story is often praised for its deconstruction of fairy-tale tropes and its handling of themes of gender roles and identity.

The story follows Tenjou Utena who, as a child, was rescued by a prince and received a rose-engraved signet ring from him. This encounter inspired Utena to one day becoming a prince herself. Years later, a teenage Utena now attends Ootori Academy, where she is drawn into a dangerous sword-dueling tournament. Duelists with rings matching Utena’s own all compete for a unique prize: the Rose Bride Himemiya Anthy, who possesses the mysterious power to “revolutionize the world”.

Revolutionary Girl Utena has a strong femslash fanbase due to the romantic nature of Utena and Anthy’s relationship. Utena and Anthy’s canonical interaction uses many popular fannish tropes, such as accidental marriage, shared dormitory, school dances, crossdressing and others. Unsurprisingly, this has made Anthy/Utena the juggernaut pairing of the fandom.

Want to learn more about this shoujo classic? Check out its Fanlore page!

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Two Prompt Fests

Sep. 7th, 2025 03:03 pm
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[personal profile] spook_me posted: Spook Me Multi-Fandom Ficathon 2025
All fandoms are welcome. Stories can be Gen, Het, Slash or Femslash. All ratings are accepted.

We have TWO new Creatures this year: RAVEN and GRAVEYARD

I have royally failed at this the last like five years, but I do want to keep trying. It's really my favourite prompt fest.



[community profile] fandomgiftbasket posted: Spreadsheet of All Requests
Here is the spreadsheet of all requests!

Link.

There are two sheets on it. The first one is a list of all baskets sorted alphabetically by username, and this is where I'll keep track of the number of gifts. The second is every single fandom request posted individually in alphabetical order, for ease of finding. If you spot anything missing or any mistakes, let me know ASAP.

I don't have a basket this year, but hope to maybe write drabbles or something? Possibly?
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Posted by Laurent Shinar

Most cat rescues are complicated, thankfully this one is rather less. You see, in most cases, the Cat Distribution System needs to see that the would-be pawrent has what it takes to care for a kitten. That means determination, cunning and patience, all the qualities it takes to get a cat out of its hiding place in your walls.

But in this case the CDS knew that trick would not work, namely because we are talking about a dog lover who would likely not go to the effort initially, but only because they needed converting. Which is exactly what happened when this doggo doter 'stumbled' upon a cute kitten dressed in a fancy sweater in the sweltering heat. And before she knew it, she became a cat momma and never looked back. The CDS never ceases to amaze with its unending power and potential to find the right home for the right cat child.

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Fic: Side by Side (Dragon Age)

Sep. 7th, 2025 04:48 pm
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Side by Side (1506 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Oghren & Female Surana (Dragon Age)
Characters: Female Surana (Dragon Age), Oghren (Dragon Age)
Additional Tags: Alcohol, The Black Emporium Exchange, Friendship, One Shot, Sparring
Summary: Oghren might have been a nug humping bastard, but he couldn't just stand by and do nothing after he realized that the big scary Warden everyone was talking about was barely more than a kid.

The -ber months are upon us!

Sep. 7th, 2025 01:47 pm
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We're not quite there yet but it certainly feels like fall! There's leaves on the ground, the weather has chilled, and the harvest has been bountiful!


The first BIG harvest! And probably the biggest one, although I do keep bringing more and more in. My first year of really trying is going so well! And also four pints of homemade tomato sauce! We have a deep freezer so I'm going to just freeze them (these are freezer-safe). This is just half of the sauce tomatoes in the picture above, so we should have another four cans there, and there's also SO MANY GREEN TOMATOES STILL OUTSIDE. I'm monitoring night-time temps and as soon as it gets too chilly (below 50s), I'll be bring all the tomatoes in to finish ripening on the counter.

Also started a bunch of greens (broccoli, bok choi, chard) to hopefully get some nice cool weather crops popping off. I have plants to further rabbit proof the gardens before these little babies go out, since the rabbits have such a preference for leafy greens. :\

In terms of fandom, [community profile] eatdrinkmakemerry is gearing up! This is one of my absolute favorite exchanges for making cozy, seasonal works. ;3; Which is not the only thing acceptable for this exchange, it's just my go-to because I love cozy bullshit, hahaha. The 2025 info post is here, if y'all would like more information and maybe like to nominate when noms open. Bring your friends! Let's have a good fandom time! <3

I admit to kind of failing in fandom lately; just not really have the focus for it. So I hope that this helps out with that. ;3;

It's also the time of year where spooky watch lists are being dropped and this one caught my eye:


Some of these I probably won't watch (The Fall of the House of Usher has a cat in it and I know something bad happens to it so I Will Not Watch) and I'll probably add some of my faves (Hocus Pocus not on there is a gd travesty, although I just realized these are movies available on Netflix....man, whatever). There's also some mystery movies that I'd like to watch (I've never watched any of the Knives Out franchise and it's apparently amazing! It's so annoying, with all the different streaming services, to find what you actually want to watch. :\

Also, has anyone seen the trailer for Good Boy? A horror movie from the point of view of the dog. ;o; I definitely want to watch this one.

Let's see....I think that might be it for me! It's a lovely day out (we've had some not great air quality due to wildfires but it seems like it's blown out for the most part). I think, however, that I might just curl up with a book and let the birds sing me straight into a nap (seems unlikely, lmao).

The Satchel (1/1, all ages)

Sep. 7th, 2025 04:26 pm
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Title: The Satchel
Fandom: Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Characters/Pairing(s): Jett Reno, Pelia
Rating: All ages
Word count: 1,998
Spoilers: None
Summary: "Truth is, I used to move hard-to-find folios for a shady antiquarian archivist."

Author's notes: Written for the Accidental Baby Acquisition square on my Keep Fandom Weird bingo card. Hey, it didn't say that had to be a human baby!

Thanks to [personal profile] lizbee for both the beta and the idea that Jett Reno and Pelia needed to have shenanigans together. I would honestly watch six seasons and a movie of these two.

fic, after the cut )

2025 Disneyland Trip #60 (9/6/25)

Sep. 7th, 2025 01:16 pm
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We had originally been planning to go in the morning, but decided to make it an evening trip instead, and then in the afternoon Carla got a message from a friend that he was in town and at the parks this weekend, so it worked out perfectly to meet up with him for dinner.

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Posted by Ayala Sorotsky

We usually think of adoption as something humans do - we see a lonely paw, a pair of big eyes, and suddenly we can't imagine life without them. But the truth is, adoption is a feeling that goes beyond us. Our pets often show us that same instinct, that same pawtective love. Sometimes a dog takes one look at a tiny kitten and decides: "Mine". Other times, a cat welcomes a stray pup into their cuddle pile. It's a reminder that love, care, and companionship aren't just human traits - they're universal, flowing between species as naturally as wagging tails and purring floofs.

When it comes to dogs adopting kittens, the Cat Distribution System clearly knows what it's doing. Not only does it deliver surprise felines into human homes, but sometimes it sends them straight into the care of loyal, gentle doggos. It's the ultimate cross-species matchmaking service. Dogs, with their big hearts and protective instincts, often become the unlikely "mommies" or "daddies" to wide-eyed kittens who need love. And in return, those kittens give them purrs, cuddles, and a tiny shadow that never leaves their side. The CDS doesn't just gift cats to people - it gifts cats to dogs, too.

That's exactly what happened in this story: Bubba the pitbull discovered a tiny abandoned kitten in a woodpile and instantly claimed her as his baby. Now, she waddles along slowly while Bubba and the other rescue dogs walk behind, careful not to step on her. Our hearts are completely melted.

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Culinary

Sep. 7th, 2025 07:05 pm
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Bread held from last week held out for several days, and then there were leftover rolls.

Friday night supper: (as previously mentioned) sardegnera, with Milano and Napoli salami.

Saturday breakfast rolls: adaptable soft rolls recipe. 70/30 strong white/wholemeal flour, dried cranberries, maple syrup, turned out nicely.

Today's lunch: I'd actually ordered lamb ribs, got lamb cutlets as a substitution, did with them much the same: marinated overnight in olive oil + white wine with crushed garlic, salt, 5-pepper blend, thyme and rosemary, today sauteed chopped onion in oil and briefly browned the drained cutlets, poured on the marinade, heated up and then covered and put into a very moderate oven for 2 and a half hours - very nice; served with sticky rice in coconut milk with lime leaves, white-braised tenderstem broccoli tips, extra fine green beans and red bell pepper, and stirfried tat soi.

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Posted by Ayala Sorotsky

Hello there, fellow feline subjects, peasants in their realms, whiskered meownarch worshipers. You know the deal - you adopt a cat, thinking it will be the fluffy little furball who naps with you and cuddles you every time you want - but, no. When you adopt a cat, you actively choose to adopt yourself a new ruler, a king or queen to rule your life, and you must submit. Must. But you know just as well as we do - no cat pawrent would ever have it in any other way. We love it, every single one of us. All cat pawrents are united with this sentiment.

And since cats rule not only our entire lives, and also, cats rule the internet with an iron paw - we're here to celebrate it. With happiness, joy, and purride. And you already know how we celebrate things around these Cheezburgered parts - with memes. Luckily for us, cats really do rule the internet, so cat memes are abundant, these precious humor floofs exist in their plenty. And what do we have to do? Just sit back, look at some feline funnies, and enjoy the fact that we're surrounded by cats like it's an endless resource. And that's exactly what you can do right now, with all these cat memes below.

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- Word of the season: aftermath, meaning the second growth spurt plants in temperate climates have, after the dry season, when rain and nourishment become more available again.

- Pleasing occurrences and habitat improvements overlap:
me me )
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Title: Naked Again
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Daniel, Jack.
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Threads.
Summary: Daniel’s second descension is marginally better than the first, but he’s still naked, with no clothes in sight.
Written For: Challenge 445: Streak at 
[community profile] fan_flashworks.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate SG-1, or the characters.
A/N: Triple drabble.
 


 
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Title: A Night On The Town
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 466: Painting The Town at 
[community profile] drabble_zone.
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: Ryo had thought he wanted an evening at home, but Dee has a better idea.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 
Arriving home from a tedious day in court, all Ryo felt like doing was taking a hot shower to ease some of the tension from his muscles, then collapsing on the sofa to watch some mindless TV. But when he entered the apartment, he found Dee all done up in tight jeans and an emerald-green shirt that matched his eyes. He looked good enough to eat, and Ryo perked up a little at the sight.
 

“What are you all dressed up for?” He made no attempt to hide his appreciative appraisal of Dee’s appearance. “Going somewhere?”

 

“Yep! You and me are gonna paint the town tonight. I know ya probably wanna collapse in front of the TV, but that’s not what ya need after spendin’ all day sittin’ on those hard benches, waitin’ to testify. Ya gotta move around, loosen yourself up, or ya gonna be stiff as a board come mornin’. Trust me on this. I put out a change of clothes for ya on the bed. Hop in the shower, then get dressed. I’ll be waitin’ for ya.”


 
Ryo felt a smile forming on his lips, all his weariness melting away. “Give me twenty minutes.”
 

“You got it.”

 

 
The End
 



 
 
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Posted by Blake Seidel

When we were kids, we wished so badly to be adults. We wanted to have free authority over our lives, to do whatever we wanted to! Now that we're actually adults, we wish we were kids again. Even better yet, we wish we were cats! Being an adult isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's all errands, bills, work, and struggling to have fun in the little time you have not doing any of those other things. But that's why we're here - to remind you to stop what you're doing, take five minutes, and laugh wherever you are in your busy day.

We truly believe that cat memes are the answer to almost everything. They're purrfectly silly, awwdorably cute, and pawsitively uplifting all in one simple feline post. They remind you of the quirkiness of cats, why you love them so much, and they're hissterical to boot! It's okay to take a short break for yourself, in fact, we here to tell you it's necessary. You have to fill your own tank in order to keep filling others'. Enjoy this meowment to paws and giggle at these purrfectly uplifting cat posts. Everything else can wait a few minutes, trust us.

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Double Drabble: The Big Event

Sep. 7th, 2025 06:20 pm
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Title: The Big Event
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 881: Official at 
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Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: All the stress and panic of organising and planning was worthwhile.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 


Weekends should be longer

Sep. 7th, 2025 01:03 pm
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So, perhaps getting the flu shot and the covid shot so close together wasn't the best idea? I've only ever had them months apart. I don't feel terrible but I also don't feel great. Malaise and fatigue, not congestion and coughing, thank goodness. I didn't set an alarm yesterday, though I did cardio when I finally got up, and I set it for late this morning but there will be no cardio today. I do have to go out later, so I'll turn that into a long walk on the way home.

Friday evening, I got a terrible pain in my right side. I was pretty convinced there was something wrong and I threw together a bag and walked over to the hospital, only to get there and feel fine. After talking to [personal profile] lurksnomore for a few minutes, I turned around and walked home. I'm usually not so convinced immediately and I do wait, but this was a very new and terrible pain. It has, thankfully, not recurred but it was definitely worrying. I'll add it to the list I've got for when I see my doctor next month. Yes, I keep a list. It's a post-it on my calendar for easy adding on to. I'll organize everything and put it into my doctors notebook before I see her. And she's prepared for it! The first time I saw her again after I started full-time at the esteemed!institution for the second time, I came with a post-it. Her response was, ok what's first? I do like my doctor.

Ok, now I need to find some food. I'm meeting conference!roomie on Zoom and then I'll have to find going outside clothes as I'm getting my haircut and then going to a PokemonGO trading meetup.

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Sep. 7th, 2025 01:15 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6820 ⌋

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


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check in day 7

Sep. 7th, 2025 06:14 pm
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It's been ages since I did these, so forgive any rustiness on my part. How is the writing going today?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 5


Today I

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wrote
2 (40.0%)

edited
0 (0.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

sent to beta
1 (20.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

planned
1 (20.0%)

had a cheeky break
2 (40.0%)

dealt with life
1 (20.0%)



Discussion: what are you working on this week?
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Horrible selfcest time! My favourite time!! Please enjoy this gratuitous and unpleasant Danganronpa: Despair Time selfcest.


Title: Self-Discovery
Fandom: Danganronpa: Despair Time
Rating: 16
Pairing: David/David, one-sided David/Xander
Wordcount: 1,500
Summary: “It’s almost like the whole universe is telling you to go fuck yourself.”
Warnings: dubious consent, generally kind of fucked up, spoilers up to the end of chapter two


Self-Discovery )

Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter #16

Sep. 7th, 2025 05:23 pm
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Writer: Dennis O’Neil

Pencils and inks: Ric Estrada


Richard Dragon must thwart the plans of a madman with a silly hat.


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Weekend reading

Sep. 7th, 2025 11:19 am
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I picked up an eclectic haul at a used book sale yesterday and have already finished two of them:

- I Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer, which is more or less equal parts Arthurian retelling, non-Arthurian influences (Celtic mythology; Child Ballad 37/Sir Walter Scott's "Thomas the Rhymer"), and a certain type of 90s/00s(?) Amethyst-Eyed Teenage Girl Protagonist fantasy novel (affectionate) (but also, literally, Morgan has emerald-green-and-amethyst heterochromia, which is how you know she is fey/magic/special) (STILL AFFECTIONATE, I would have eaten this up with a spoon in middle school). Enjoyed this a lot! ... )

- The Magicians: Alice's Story, a graphic novel spin-off of the Lev Grossman trilogy by Lilah Sturges (writer) and Pius Bak (illustrator); this is a re-write of The Magicians (as in, the first book in Grossman's series— this is very much based on the book rather than the TV show, which was occasionally disorienting: why is everyone white??) from Alice's point of view, which actually resolves a lot of my issues with the novel, i.e., the insufferableness of Quentin as a main character and the fridged girlfriend-ness of Alice's storyline.

The rest of my haul was: a copy of Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster which was, per its inscription, a 1946 Christmas gift from the original owner's aunt; two Patrick O'Brian novels, including The Unknown Shore, his pre-/proto-Aubreyad RPF historical fiction of the Wager mutiny, having read David Grann's nonfiction account earlier this year; and a biography of Sir Bernard Spilsbury (The Father of Forensics by Colin Evans), who I mostly know about in the context of his tangential involvement in Operation Mincemeat. So stay tuned!

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Sep. 7th, 2025 04:19 pm
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I have finished the book following the one I liked so much recently, All the Feels by Olivia Dade, and alas I did not like it at all. The male protagonist got on my nerves, the female protagonist I should have liked but somehow couldn't get warm with. But it really hit a button of mine with all the mocking the male character did to the female character about her being short. Maybe I'd have been able to shrug it off, if the series wasn't so much about body positivity left right and center and the male protagonist wasn't being so very aggressively defensive about the female one getting disrespected and insulted by others for other aspects or her looks. But his own going on about her being short and the hilarity of that, that is perfectly ok apparently in both the characters' and the author's opinion?! I am alas quite a bit of a doormat, but even I would have asked the guy after a while to now stop it please, at least after I had realized I wanted him in my life permanently. And it is just really weird when the series is banging on so much about body positivity.
Alas, stupidly in my initial enthusiasm I also bought the third one in the series already, and now feel I should start it soon so I know if I can free up that shelf space right away. One day I will hopefully learn that I don't need to have everything complete right away.

Island of apples, baskets of pears

Sep. 7th, 2025 04:02 pm
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Fruit trees have very much been the theme of this weekend. Someone was giving away pears from a box in their front garden on my return walk from the gym yesterday, and another person was giving away apples when I passed on my way back from the pool this morning. Yesterday afternoon Matthias and I scrambled around on a ladder, and even in the tree itself, picking all the bramley apples from the tree in our back garden. Now two shelves, plus the vegetable crisper in our fridge are entirely filled with apples. Last year they lasted us from August to March!

Everywhere in our house, there are little scattered clusters of fruit — a trio of pears and two large tomatoes ripening on the front windowsill, bowls of apples on the kitchen table, a handful of black cherry tomatoes on the kitchen windowsill in between the indoor plants — like votive offerings to household or harvest gods.

In general, the garden is making me very happy.

If that wasn't enough, after breakfast today, Matthias and I walked out to Little Downham, past hedgerows laden with sloes, rosehips and ripe blackberries, until we got to the community orchard, and filled his backpack with yet more apples and pears. The leaves are yellowing at the edges, and the air has that slightly crackly, woody autumnal scent, although it's still as warm as ever.

Last night, Matthias and I rewatched Casablanca, which I had last seen about twenty-five years ago. It really is that good, and I cried buckets, of course (although about the politics, more than the interpersonal stories). It's extraordinary to me that it was made not post-WWII, but in 1942 — an incredible act of hope and optimism, and faith in human effort turned collaboratively towards an existential struggle. It is of course incredibly emotionally manipulative, but sometimes I just want to see a bunch of traumatised exiles stand up to totalitarian bullies, you know?

This week I finished three books )

In the time since I started writing this post, the UK government sent me its (scheduled, warned-for) blaring, vibrating phone test emergency alert, and the sky outside has turned from burning blue to cloud-covered grey. The weekend is winding down, and gathering itself in, like a blanket thrown over tired legs.
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Posted by Mariel Ruvinsky

You know how cats nap like 16 hours a day and still look like they are constantly tired? Well, we think that we have realized why that is. We, as humans, are fueled by sleep. If we get enough sleep every night for a long enough period of time, then we should be pretty ready to face the day. But cats… cats are not fueled by sleep. Cats, actually, are fueled almost entirely by chaos. Yes, we stand by that. That is why cat memes are so funny. Because they're true. Because not a single one of those memes is an exaggeration. 

Cats are just like that. Cats are chaotic, and therefore, cat memes are chaotic as well. And we, as cat owners, and before that, as people who were simply obsessed with cats, love that. We appreciate the realism of funny cat memes like these. And the fact that we always laugh at these memes and always feel at least marginally better after scrolling through them means that we are thankful to cats and their chaos as well. 

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