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1. Merrell moab hiking boots. Great, just not waterproof. Indeed, they wet through if I walk through heavy dew, which I do extremely frequently (daily, when I'm going hard birding in warmer weather). Didn't have to break them in, I love Merrell. Good condition.
2. Xtratuf rainboots. Fell apart within a few months catastrophically - cracks from ordinary walking that ran completely through the material which made them not waterproof. Threw them away. So sad because they were very easy to get on, very comfortable, and a fun rubber-ducky yellow.
3. Rubber boots from Hunter. Pretty OK condition but about 20% they're fine, 80% they make my feet hurt so much I cannot walk. Can't really break them in because rubber doesn't, and it's been more than a year of wearing them on and off. Almost got frostbite in them once despite wearing heavy socks and those toe warmer pads. The outside is flawless though and they are a gorgeous red colour, and being rubber they are waterproof.
4. Bean boots (unlined) in the classic rubber lower, leather upper. I just bought these. So far breaking in nicely. Kind of tough to get them on but it's improving/I'm getting better at it. The tongue is fully sewn to the upper (for waterproofing), so it can't swing fully out, and it doubles over where it's sewn, but I'm not actually getting any pain when walking around in them. I think I trust them enough to go on a few hours' hiking now.

And now since it's winter I really want another pair of lined/fleece boots. I've managed to get by, good lord, the past decade or more without snow boots, because I feel like it just doesn't snow much since I moved east. I almost never have to step over snow drifts or break trails, and I just wear sneakers. But I spend a lot of time outside and every year or so I do have an occasional outdoor day that IS very cold on the feet, and I have to flee when I feel frostbite setting in...
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Apparently I can no longer re-toast myself a signature half pastrami, half corned beef sandwich from Mamaleh's without spending the rest of the evening singing the same-named hit from a 1917 American Yiddish musical. The Folksbiene never seems to have revived it and if the rest of the score was as catchy, they really should. [edit] I am charmed that the composer clearly found the nickel conceit tempting enough to revisit in a later musical, but that line quoted about the First Lady, didn't I just ask the twentieth century to stay where we left it?

At the other end of the musical spectrum, [personal profile] spatch maintains it is not American-normal to be able to sing the Holst setting of "In the Bleak Midwinter," which until last night I had assumed was just such seasonal wallpaper that I had absorbed it by unavoidable dint of Christmas—it's one of the carols I can't remember learning, unlike others which have identifiable vectors in generally movies, madrigals, or folk LPs. Opinions?

Thanks to lunisolar snapback, Hanukkah like every other holiday this year seems to have sprung up out of nowhere, but we managed to get hold of candles last night and tomorrow will engage in the mitzvah of last-minute cleaning the menorah.

Reading List December 13th

Dec. 13th, 2025 07:32 pm
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Todays lists are Poetry, In-Universe Mythology & Religion, Academic Documents & Textbooks, Typesets, Theatre Scripts & Screenplays, Pressed Botanicals, Pottery, and Fanfiction from 3k to 3.5k! If you'd prefer to browse the reading lists in a spreadsheet format, click here. If you notice anything missing, please let us know!

Here's a countdown (link) to creator reveals!

Poetry

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Show Me The Way This Feeling Leads (10436) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73576926

  • Original Work
  • F/F
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Sensible Hedge Witch/Lonely Court Sorceress, OC Witch, OC sorceress
  • Cozy fantasy, murderous impulses, Opposites Attract, Familiars, Witchcraft, Drugging, Unconsciousness, Implied/Referenced Violence, Oppressed Populace, Eventual Smut, Heavy Petting, Grumpy and Grumpy, not sunny and grumpy

Affections Enclosed : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72784416

  • Neverwinter Nights (Video Games)
  • F/F
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Female Hero of Neverwinter/Sharwyn, Sharwyn (Neverwinter Nights), Hero of Neverwinter (Neverwinter Nights)
  • In-Universe Documents, Epistolary, In-Universe Contracts, Marriage certificate, Typographic Design - In-Universe Personal Documents

The Story of the Firefly and the Moon God : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71935781

  • 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
  • M/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Shang Qinghua & Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua,
  • Medium Opt-In: Poetry - Any Poetry Style of In-Universe RPF

Match : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73689336

  • Original Work
  • F/M
  • Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Dudebro/Butch - Relationship,
  • Online Dating, 420 words, Bad Poetry

An Astandalan A to Z : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73983426

  • Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, Lays of the Hearth-Fire - Victoria Goddard
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • ,
  • Don't copy to another site, Fic in a Box 2025, Poetry, some in-universe propaganda

you think about what you’ve done : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73190986

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ishizu Ishtar & Marik Ishtar & Rishid Ishtar | Odion Ishtar, Marik Ishtar, Ishizu Ishtar, Rishid Ishtar | Odion Ishtar
  • Poetry, Free Verse, Introspection, POV Second Person, Complicated Relationships, Family, Post-Battle City Arc (Yu-Gi-Oh), Angst with a Happy Ending, Guilt, Forgiveness, Alliteration, Repetition, Present Tense, Consonance

We are a ghost in my head : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73098791

  • Invisible Inc. (Video Game)
  • Gen
  • Not Rated, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • ,
  • Neural Uplink (Invisible Inc), Poetry, Free Verse, POV First Person, Mild Mind Fusion, Shared senses

The Winter's Bride : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73580631

  • A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Alys Karstark/Sigorn of Thenn,
  • In-Universe Poetry, Ballad

A Song With No Music (by Charles Kringas, unpublished) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72549826

  • Merrily We Roll Along - Sondheim/Furth
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Charley Kringas & Franklin Shepard, Charley Kringas
  • Original song lyrics

To run a ribbon round a shoe : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75466831

  • Original Work
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Original Characters, young female witch
  • Poetry, a witch's ancient poem, end rhyme, Worldbuilding: intricate rituals

All These Days : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71522681

  • Preacher's Daughter & Willoughby Tucker I'll Always Love You - Ethel Cain (Albums), Willoughby Tucker I'll Always Love You - Ethel Cain (Album), Preacher's Daughter - Ethel Cain (Album)
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ethel Cain/Willoughby Tucker (Preacher's Daughter), Ethel Cain (Preacher's Daughter), Willoughby Tucker (Preacher's Daughter)
  • Poetry, Villanelle, Relationship Study, Hopeful Ending

the desert winter : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73654731

  • Far From Any Road - The Handsome Family (Song)
  • Gen
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • ,
  • Filk, Poetry - Filk, Poetry - Song Lyrics

The Dragon Stayed : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73503966

  • Original Work
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Solo: Baby Dragon Who Has Everyone Wrapped Around Their Finger (OW), Dragon
  • Poetry, Haiku, Fluff

Wait for Me Again : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73196151

  • Hadestown - Mitchell
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Eurydice/Orpheus (Hadestown), Eurydice, Orpheus
  • Filk, Medium - Poetry - Freeform

In and Out of the Tapestry : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70424016

  • Original Work
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Original Character(s) & Original Character(s), Castle Inhabitants & Tapestry That Upon Closer Inspection Is Populated By Former Castle Inhabitants, Original Characters
  • Poetry, Haiku, Slice of Life, Fic in a Box 2025

[Poem] If novels be the prose of love, read on... : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73849881

  • Original Work
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Librarian/Patron,
  • Poetry, Shakespearean Sonnets, Love Confessions, Libraries

O Lady of the Underground : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73195926

  • Hadestown - Mitchell
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Eurydice/Orpheus (Hadestown), Eurydice & Persephone (Hadestown), Persephone (Hadestown)
  • In Universe Prayer

in a bright mercy : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75526461

  • Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Johanna Mason
  • Poetry, a poem inspired by Johanna Mason, Haiku, Character Study, Hurt/Comfort

What Is This Feeling? (Reprise) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71649866

  • Wicked (Movie 2024), Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman
  • F/F
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Elphaba Thropp/Galinda Upland, Elphaba Thropp, Galinda Upland
  • Poetry, Filk, Song: What Is This Feeling (Wicked), Feelings Realization

Train in the Sky : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73089156

  • 烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー | Ressha Sentai ToQger
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Izumi Kagura & Natsume Mio & Nonomura Hikari & Tokashiki \"Tokatti\" Haru & Suzuki Right, Suzuki Right
  • Poetry, Filk, Song: Castle on a Cloud (Les Misérables), Post-Canon, Nostalgia

For A Blessed Day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72390981

  • Merrily We Roll Along - Sondheim/Furth
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Mary Flynn
  • Sapphic verse, Time Shenanigans (Canon-typical)

Have you heard the news? : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75468821

  • Star Trek: The Original Series
  • M/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • James T. Kirk/Spock, Starfleet Characters (Star Trek)
  • WB: Starfleet Gossip, Poetry, Haiku

Words of Gratitude : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71523571

  • Original Work
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Goddess of Deserts & Goddess of Desserts & Dyslexic Worshiper (OW), Original Non-Human Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Original Human Character(s)
  • Poetry, tanka, Fluff, POV Alternating

An Unforeseen Turn of Events : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70420776

  • Original Work
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Original Male Character/Original Male Character, Author of Dark Romance Novels/Male Lead of His Most Popular Novel, Original Male Character(s)
  • Poetry, Cinquain, Fic in a Box 2025, Isekai and Transmigration, Pining, Feelings

The Story of Clark : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73764416

  • Superman (Movie 2025)
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Clark Kent & Jonathan \"Pa\" Kent & Martha \"Ma\" Kent (Superman 2025), Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Jonathan \"Pa\" Kent
  • Poetry, Haiku, Pre-Canon

Sweet confessions : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73088611

  • 仮面ライダーガヴ | Kamen Rider Gavv (TV)
  • M/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Inoue Shouma/Karakida Hanto, Inoue Shouma, Karakida Hanto
  • Poetry, Bredlik Poetry Form, Fluff, POV Alternating, Love Confessions

Shocking Pichu Haikus : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72889341

  • Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Pichu (Pokemon)
  • Poetry, Haiku, Canon-Typical Violence, Humor

Mimikyu Haikus : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72889081

  • Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Mimikkyu | Mimikyu
  • Poetry, Haiku, POV Second Person

The Superdog : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70842136

  • Superman (Movie 2025)
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Krypto the Superdog (DCU)
  • Poetry, Bredlik Poetry Form, Fluff, Character Study

You and I : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71075571

  • Original Work
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Original Character(s) & Original Character(s), Forgotten God & Baby Abandoned On Their Altar (OW), Original Non-Human Character(s), Original Baby Character
  • Poetry, tanka, Parent-Child Relationship

In-Universe Mythology & Religion

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Future Past : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73367636

  • Dreaming of Sunshine - SilverQueen, Naruto (Anime & Manga)
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Nara Shikako (Dreaming of Sunshine) & Nara Shikamaru, Nara Shikamaru, Nara Shikako (Dreaming of Sunshine)
  • In-Universe Mythology, Future Fic, sibling dynamics, Implied Time Travel

i saw your eyes (so sweet) go cold : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75288756

  • Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Original Female Character(s)
  • Fairy Tale Retellings, Mythology, Non-Graphic Violence, Worldbuilding, Fairy Tale Elements

Holy and Holding My Hand (2001) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72142686

  • Original Work
  • Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Cleric/Mercenary, Original Characters
  • Fictional Religion & Theology, Wound Care, Temple

The Crone's Lamp, or How the Raven Came Into the World : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73538161

  • A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • ,
  • in-universe religious text, Worldbuilding, Faith of the Seven (A Song of Ice and Fire)

Liturgy of the Tides : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74680056

  • Original Work
  • Gen
  • Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • ,
  • squids, In-Universe Mythology

Academic Documents & Textbooks

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A Historical Perspective on the Gesetzbuch Ehrenkodex : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73129536

  • Grimm (TV)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • ,
  • WB: Wesen & Grimm & Royals Politics (Grimm TV) - Freeform, Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Textbook, Pre-Canon, In-Universe Documents

The Dust Bin Babies: A Memoir by Eddie Munson : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72661616

  • Stranger Things (TV 2016)
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington
  • In-Universe Memoir, POV First Person, Pre-Slash, Fix-It, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Eddie Munson Lives

The Litany of Thanksgiving to Ahanas: A Critical Reappraisal : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72415186

  • The Divine Cities Series - Robert Jackson Bennett
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ahanas/Voortya, Efrem Pangyui
  • Documentation, In-Universe Academic Publication, Unfalsifiable Hypotheses

Regarding the Fate of Ane Teria : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73399521

  • Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • , Ane Teria (Morrowind)
  • Failed Incarnates (Elder Scrolls), In-Universe Academic Publication

[Art] Fig. 8. Megafauna of the Southern Hemisphere : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72593631

  • Original Work
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Really Mega Megafauna
  • WB: Really Mega Megafauna, Digital Art, scientific illustration

Working With Life: Kinoshita's Sympathies & Manipulations : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73174886

  • Last Binding Series - Freya Marske
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • ,
  • Art, Brush markers, Worldbuilding, Plants, Magic, Illustrated Text, In-Universe Academic Publication

Typesets

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Ford mystery box : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70566326

  • Gravity Falls
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Bill Cipher/Ford Pines, Bill Cipher & Ford Pines, Ford Pines
  • Printable dress up, Nonograms, typesetting, Fanart, Dolls, Patterns, Tagged t for typesetted fic's rating. Other chapters rated g

[Typeset] Incidental Falling : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72023626

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Honda Hiroto | Tristan Taylor/Ishizu Ishtar, Honda Hiroto | Tristan Taylor, Ishizu Ishtar
  • typeset, Embedded Images, Fanbinding

Typeset of "soon you'll know the ringing of the rifle from the tree" by jonphaedrus : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71032991

  • Assassin's Creed - All Media Types
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, Major Character Death
  • Haytham Kenway/Charles Lee, Achilles Davenport/Haytham Kenway, Haytham Kenway, Ratonhnhaké:ton | Connor, Achilles Davenport, Charles Lee
  • Fanart, typesetting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Canon, Canon Disabled Character, Canonical Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, Haytham Kenway Lives, Parent-Child Relationship, Dysfunctional Family, not historically accurate, no beta we die like men, Assassin's Creed: Forsaken Spoilers, Screen Reader Friendly, tagged according to fic tags and warnins

[Typeset] One Step Away : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72614211

  • Charmed (TV 1998)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Chris Halliwell & Wyatt Halliwell,
  • typeset, Fanbinding, Embedded Images, Cover Art

[Typeset] Holly's 2017 Heishin Challenge : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72262521

  • 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Hattori Heiji/Kudou Shinichi | Edogawa Conan, Hattori Heiji, Kudou Shinichi | Edogawa Conan, Tooyama Kazuha, Mouri Ran, Hattori Heizou
  • typeset, Embedded Images, Fanbinding

Theatre Scripts & Screenplays

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A Cross-World Puzzle : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72058696

  • Star Trek: The Original Series
  • M/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • James T. Kirk/Spock, James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek), Leonard \"Bones\" McCoy, Crew of the Starship Enterprise
  • Puzzles, Cryptic Crosswords, Crossword Puzzles, Logic Grid Puzzles, Nonogram Puzzles, background/implied Uhura/Chapel, Mission Fic, Unconventional Format, Screenplay/Script Format

It's All About Perspective : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73547046

  • Fuga Impossível (Web Series), QSMP | Quackity SMP
  • Gen, M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Cell/Felps/Pactw (Fuga Impossível), Mikhael Línnyker | mikethelink & Tarik Pacanhan | Pactw, Mikhael Línnyker | mikethelink/Tarik Pacanhan | Pactw, Rafael Lange | Cellbit, Felipe Zaghetti | Felps, Tarik Pacanhan | Pactw, Mikhael Línnyker | mikethelink
  • Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Missing Scene, Canon Compliant, Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Choice-Based IF Not Hosted On AO3, Medium Opt-In: Writing - Screenplay, Medium Opt-In: Writing - In-Universe Newspaper Article, Medium Opt-In: Writing - In-Universe Social Media, POV Second Person, (not for all of it), my collage of mediums, Ambiguous Relationships, set during fuga impossível, Pre-QSMP | Quackity SMP

Only Playwrights in the Building (3050) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73038731

  • Only Murders in the Building (TV)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Mabel Mora & Oliver Putnam & Charles-Haden Savage, Oliver Putnam, Mabel Mora, Charles-Haden Savage
  • Trans Male Character, LGBTQ Themes, Friendship, Coming Out, in-universe media

A Work in Progress : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73095721

  • Hamlet - Shakespeare
  • Multi
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Hamlet/Horatio/Ophelia (Hamlet), Hamlet (Hamlet), Horatio (Hamlet), Ophelia (Hamlet)
  • Fluff, In-Universe Screenplay Segments, Modern AU, Film Students, Literal Sleeping Together, Threesome - F/M/M

Starting the Literature Club : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71859871

  • Doki Doki Literature Club! (Visual Novel)
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club!)
  • Pre-Canon, Theater Script Format, Slice of Life, Developing Friendships

Today at the Literature Club : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73763446

  • Doki Doki Literature Club! (Visual Novel)
  • F/F
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Natsuki/Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club!)
  • Diary/Journal, Theater Script Format, Slice of Life, Falling In Love, Pre-Romance

Pressed Botanicals

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Dandelion, Milkweed, Silky on a Sunny Sky : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73461141

  • SMPEarth
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Technoblade & Phil Watson | Philza, Phil Watson | Philza, Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF)
  • Fairies, Fairy Philza, Kid Phil Watson | Philza, Parent Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), implied - Freeform, Good Parent Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Fairy AU, Page of a notebook, Pressed Botanicals, Technoblade is Soft for Phil Watson | Philza

Pottery

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[Art] Excerpts from 'Field Guide to Woodgeists' (Interlibrary Loan) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73648731

  • Original Work
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Forest Spirit - Character
  • Medium - Pottery, Medium - Photography, Fictional Naturalism, Worldbuilding

Minder of the Keys [ART - pottery] : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74225456

  • Discworld - Terry Pratchett
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Sybil Ramkin & Dragons, Original Swamp Dragon, Sybil Ramkin
  • Sculpture, Art, pottery, dragon - Freeform, Swamp Dragon (Discworld)

[Art] Leaf Friends : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73955086

  • Original Work
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Leaf Friends
  • pottery

Fanfiction from 3k to 3.5k

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Mama (3492) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73210106

  • The Godfather - Mario Puzo
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Kay Adams Corleone & Carmela Corleone, Background Kay Adams Corleone/Michael Corleone, Kay Adams Corleone, Carmela Corleone
  • POV Kay Adams Corleone, Daughter-in-Law & Mother-in-Law, Canon Compliant, Missing Scene, Character Study, Book!Carmela, Domestic, Fish out of Water, Newlywed Kay Adams Corleone/Michael Corleone

Professional Curiosity (3479) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73516601

  • 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔尊也想知道 - 青色羽翼 | Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know - Cyan Wings
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Wei Wuxian & Qiu Congxue, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Qiu Congxue
  • Crossover, Post-Canon, Humor

Once Upon A Campy Curse (3476) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71125811

  • SK8 the Infinity (Anime)
  • M/M
  • Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom
  • AU-Cindereki, The Royal Ball, Camp, Raunchy Comedy, Magic and Magical Mishaps, Idiots in Love, Pining, insults as terms of endearment, Love Confession, Crack Treated Seriously

Something Personal (3457) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72366376

  • Wind Breaker - にいさとる | Nii Satoru (Manga)
  • M/M
  • Explicit, Underage Sex
  • Endo Yamato/Sakura Haruka, Endo Yamato, Sakura Haruka (Wind Breaker)
  • Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Oral Sex, Fluff

Bend to Break (3427) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75357171

  • 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
  • M/M
  • Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Lan Huan | Lan Xichen/Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao/Nie Mingjue, Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao, Nie Mingjue
  • Dual Cultivation, Anal Sex, Dual Cultivation To Fix Qi Deviation, Post-Sunshot, Unreliable Narrator, Voyeurism, Anal Fingering, mild bondage, Established Situationship Meng Yao/Nie Mingjue, Lan Xichen's Completely Normal Relationship With Sex and Sexuality

Dirty Business (3403) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72726936

  • Dragon Age II
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Male Hawke/Varric Tethras, Varric Tethras, Male Hawke (Dragon Age)
  • Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Mage Hawke (Dragon Age), Purple Hawke (Dragon Age), Flirting, Banter, Meet-Cute, Smuggler Hawke, First Year in Kirkwall

Give Me a Hand (3390) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72271446

  • Iron Man (Movies)
  • Gen
  • Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • James \"Rhodey\" Rhodes & Tony Stark, Tony Stark, James \"Rhodey\" Rhodes, Ho Yinsen
  • Afghanistan, Blood and Injury, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Medical Procedures, Tony Stark Whump, Friendship, Best Friends, hand holding, Loyalty, Trust, Captivity, Platonic Relationships, Comfortable Relationships, James \"Rhodey\" Rhodes & Tony Stark Friendship, awake during surgery

caution is calling, but nobody's home (3384) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74825671

  • 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Kim Dokja/Yoo Joonghyuk, Kim Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk, Yoo Mia
  • Alternate Universe - No Scenarios (Omniscient Reader), Office Worker Kim Dokja, Pro Gamer Yoo Joonghyuk, Streamer Yoo Joonghyuk, Oblivious Kim Dokja, Pretty Kim Dokja, Jealous Yoo Joonghyuk, Mutual Pining, Getting Together, Fluff and Humor, POV Yoo Joonghyuk, nameless npc for jealousy reasons, Mentioned Han Sooyoung (Omniscient Reader)

Like an Icy Blast (3379) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73111581

  • Noblesse (Manhwa)
  • Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Frankenstein/Cadis Etrama Di Raizel, Frankenstein (Noblesse), Original Characters
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Top secret (3342) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73562691

  • House M.D.
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Remy “Thirteen” Hadley & Lawrence Kutner & Chris Taub, Remy \"Thirteen\" Hadley, Lawrence Kutner, Chris Taub, Lisa Cuddy, Gregory House
  • Developing Friendships, Hospitals, Hijinks & Shenanigans

Mass Effect's Ending Sucked (3333) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73590361

  • Leverage (US TV 2008)
  • Gen
  • Not Rated, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Breanna Casey & Alec Hardison, Breanna Casey, Alec Hardison
  • POV Second Person

Slightly More Gay (3324) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74101906

  • Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Bandit/OMC, Bandit/OMC (Smokey and the Bandit), Bandit & OMG (Smokey and the Bandit), Bandit & Snowman (Smokey and the Bandit), Bandit (Smokey and the Bandit), Snowman (Smokey and the Bandit), Fred (Smokey and the Bandit)
  • enthusiastic self-discovery, Self-Discovery, Homophobic Language

Blood & Spray Paint (3320) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72024341

  • Wind Breaker (Anime)
  • M/M
  • Explicit, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Sakaki Seiryu/Sakaki Uryu, Sakaki Seiryu, Sakaki Uryu
  • AU-Canon divergence, Twincest, Codependence, love and belonging, Art Therapy, Self-Actualization Through Art, Graffiti, gentle angst, Grinding, Frotting, Happy Ending

Signals (3311) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73039026

  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • James \"Bucky\" Barnes/Sam Wilson, James \"Bucky\" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Sarah Wilson (Marvel)
  • First Kiss, Getting Together, Kissing, Mild Internalized Homophobia, Happy Ending

An Item Has Many Uses (3297) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73590296

  • 내가 키운 S급들 | The S-Classes That I Raised (Webcomic)
  • M/M
  • Explicit, Rape/Non-Con
  • Han Yoojin/Sung Hyunjae (S-Classes that I Raised), Han Yoojin (S-Classes that I Raised), Sung Hyunjae (S-Classes that I Raised)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, takes place when Sung Hyunjae briefly loses his memories, past-Sung Hyunjae is cold but also a simp, Rape/Non-con Elements, turned into dub-con, Han Yoojin is into it but it's nonconsensual, little bit of chains, Top Sung Hyunjae (S-Classes that I Raised), Bottom Han Yoojin (S-Classes that I Raised), Bottom Han Yoojin/Top Sung Hyunjae (S-Classes that I Raised), Han Yoojin stop talking back to scary people challenge

The Empty Goblet (3281) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72845656

  • 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
  • F/F
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Jean/Lisa (Genshin Impact), Jean (Genshin Impact), Lisa (Genshin Impact)
  • Pre-Relationship, Windblume Festival (Genshin Impact), Tarot Reading (Divination Cards), Getting Together

The Twice is Happenstance Job (3273) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72324661

  • Leverage (US TV 2008)
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Harry Wilson & Breanna Casey (Leverage), Jim Sterling & Harry Wilson (Leverage), Jim Sterling (Leverage), Harry Wilson (Leverage), Breanna Casey

i felt alive and i can't complain (3250) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74107766

  • Dream SMP
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Technoblade & Phil Watson | Philza, Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson | Philza
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Queerplatonic Technoblade/Phil Watson | Philza, Queerplatonic Relationships, Aromantic Asexual Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Aromantic Allosexual Phil Watson | Philza, Platonic Relationships, Queerplatonic Crush | Squish, Poly Phil Watson | Philza, Background Relationships: - Freeform, Phistin, schlattza - Freeform, awesamza, Phil Watson | Philza Uses a Cane, Autistic Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Autistic Phil Watson | Philza, Yearning, yes they are aro4aro and aut4aut and adhd4adhd, world so beautiful, Phil Watson | Philza-centric, Aromantic Relationships, sexual references/implications, Not between emduo

A Chosen Veil, A Six Spoked Wheel (3229) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73509436

  • 爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー | Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (TV)
  • F/M, M/M, Multi, Other
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Akuse Jyo/Bureki Genba | Genbard De Livery II/Hando Taiya/Homura Sakito/Meita Ishiro/Shifuto Mira, Shifuto Mira, Akuse Jyo, Meita Ishiro, Bureki Genba | Genbard De Livery II, Hando Taiya, Homura Sakito
  • Weddings

but nevertheless, love it he did (3223) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73321786

  • Elden Ring (Video Game)
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Morgott the Omen King | Margit the Fell Omen & People of Leyndell, Morgott the Omen King | Margit the Fell Omen, People of Leyndell
  • Politics, Post-The Shattering (Elden Ring), Self-Hating Morgott the Omen King | Margit the Fell Omen, Mentions of canon-typical violence, Dissociation, Canon-Typical Behavior

burn a candle and watch it melt (3218) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73572336

  • X -エックス- | X/1999, Tokyo Babylon
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Sakurazuka Seishirou/Sumeragi Subaru, Sumeragi Subaru, Sakurazuka Seishirou
  • During Canon, Unresolved Emotional Tension, Smoking, Light Angst, Mutual Pining, Hopeful Ending

Things unsaid (3209) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73962346

  • Descendants (Disney Movies)
  • F/F, Gen
  • Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Evie/Mal (Disney), Ben & Mal (Disney: Descendants), Ben & Evie (Disney: Descendants), Evie (Disney), Mal (Disney), Ben (Disney: Descendants)
  • Evie-centric (Disney), Protective Evie (Disney), Rescue Missions, Hurt Mal (Disney), Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss

(with you) i am home (3208) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73574151

  • Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
  • F/F
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Paris Geller/Rory Gilmore, Paris Geller, Rory Gilmore
  • Getting Together, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Roommates, Not Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Compliant, Pining, POV Rory Gilmore

sanguine charms (3202) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73580786

  • Original Work
  • F/F
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • 19th Century Conwoman/Bratty Heiress She Seduces,
  • copious amounts of baking mentioned

Paved With Good Intentions (3201) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72970151

  • Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • , Mags (Hunger Games), Original District 4 Victors (Hunger Games), District 4 Tributes (Hunger Games), Volumnia Gaul
  • 25th Hunger Games, Careers (Hunger Games), Worldbuilding, District 4 (Hunger Games)

milk-fed (3197) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74466531

  • 杀破狼 | Sha Po Lang - priest
  • M/M
  • Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Chang Geng | Li Min/Gu Yun | Gu Zixi, Chang Geng | Li Min, Gu Yun | Gu Zixi
  • Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha/Alpha, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Lactation Kink, Breeding Kink, Knotting, Intercrural Sex, Consensual Somnophilia, Top Chang Geng | Li Min/Bottom Gu Yun | Gu Zixi, they switch too but not on page, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Porn With Worldbuilding, most of the knotting happens outside a hole

Ultraportables (3195) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73535066

  • Original Work
  • M/M, Multi, Other
  • Explicit, Rape/Non-Con
  • Sex Toy Factory Tech/Human Non-Con Body Modded Into A Living Sex Toy, Human Non-Con Body Modded Into A Living Sex Toy/Human Non-Con Body Modded Into A Living Sex Toy, Original Male Character/Original Male Character, Original Male Character, Original Trans Character(s)
  • Living Onahole, Human Onahole, Amputee, Living Sex Toy

I’d probably have to tell him (3176) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73556501

  • House M.D.
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Lawrence Kutner/Chris Taub, Lawrence Kutner & Chris Taub, Lawrence Kutner, Chris Taub, Gregory House
  • Pre-Relationship, Getting Together, Living Together

Solo Rail (3169) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/70910051

  • Persona 5
  • M/M
  • Explicit, Rape/Non-Con
  • Arsene/Kurusu Akira, Kurusu Akira (Persona Series), Arsene (Persona Series)
  • Chikan, Trans Kurusu Akira, Trans Male Character, Trans Persona 5 Protagonist, Band-Aids on Nipples, Semi-Public Sex, Sex in Mementos (Persona Series), Vaginal Sex, Manhandling, Rape/Non-con Elements, Extremely Dubious Consent, Belly Bulge, Breeding Kink, Exhibitionism Kink, Rough Sex, Large Cock

Always Getting Blood On My Hands (3168) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72847711

  • Supernatural (TV 2005)
  • M/M
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester, John Winchester, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester
  • POV Outsider, POV John Winchester, POV Second Person, Abusive John Winchester, John Winchester Finds Out About Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester

Until it Ends There is No End (3166) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73534696

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Lance Hunter/Bobbi Morse, Lance Hunter, Bobbi Morse
  • Episode: s02 e22 S.O.S. Part Two, Missing Scene, Hurt/Comfort, Vulnerability

Hands-On (3165) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73522346

  • Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
  • F/M
  • Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Karlach/Wyll (Baldur's Gate), Wyll (Baldur's Gate), Karlach (Baldur's Gate)
  • Porn with Feelings, Dirty Talk, Banter, Mutual Masturbation, Exhibitionism, Sexual Fantasy, set in the early stages of an established romance, karlach hasn't gotten her upgrades yet, Light-Hearted

leave this life behind me (3163) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73103211

  • Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
  • M/M
  • Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Aradin/Zevlor (Baldur's Gate), Zevlor (Baldur's Gate), Aradin (Baldur's Gate), Tiefling Refugees (Baldur's Gate)
  • Gossip, POV Outsider, POV Zevlor (Baldur's Gate), Self-Loathing, Unhealthy Relationships, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, starts with outsider pov then goes to zevlor pov, Blow Jobs

The Loyal Knight (The Healer Dreamed Of) (3155) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73601006

  • Original Work
  • F/M
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Village Herbalist/Wounded Knight Defecting From Court, Female Village Herbalist, Wounded Male Knight

when i see my friends (3154) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72616206

  • 幽☆遊☆白書 | YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files (Anime & Manga)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Hiei & Kurama | Minamino Shuuichi & Kuwabara Kazuma & Urameshi Yuusuke, Hiei & Yukina (YuYu Hakusho), Kuwabara Kazuma & Yukina, Hiei (YuYu Hakusho), Kurama | Minamino Shuuichi, Urameshi Yuusuke, Kuwabara Kazuma
  • Post-Canon, Friendship, Complicated Relationships, Frenemies, demon biology, Additional Warnings In Author's Note

Every Demon Needs A Dog (3153) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71441086

  • SK8 the Infinity (Anime)
  • M/M
  • Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Kikuchi Tadashi/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Kikuchi Tadashi, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam
  • AU-Cindereki, Magic, Adam Is A Drama Queen, Tadashi Is Over It, Camp, Codependency, Toxic Relationship, Hints at domestic abuse, Couple growth, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, actual dogs, No Tadashis Were Harmed In the Writing Of This Fic, Crack Treated Seriously

Alternate Costumes and Undercover Agencies (3153) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73576116

  • 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Kayama Nemuri | Midnight & Shirakumo Oboro & Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Kayama Nemuri | Midnight, Shirakumo Oboro, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
  • Aizawa is a Spoilsport, Implied/Referenced Nudity, hero costumes

The Sorcerer and the Shadow (3151) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73558216

  • Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft
  • M/M
  • Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Original Miskatonic Student/Original Sorcerer (Cthulhu Mythos),
  • Curses, Magic, Manipulation, Sex Magic, Spirits

the past was living still (3149) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72747676

  • 琅琊榜之风起长林 | Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Changlin (TV), 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Lin Chen & Xiao Pingjing, Lin Chen & Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Xiao Pingjing, Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Lin Chen (Nirvana in Fire)
  • Don't copy to another site, FIAB 2025, Ghosts, Some angst, pingjing POV, set between NiF1 and 2, Flashbacks, Low Fantasy, the early 20th century children's literature of cdrama

I don't wanna say this (I think you're the right one) (3144) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72084931

  • DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
  • M/M
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Tim Drake/Jason Todd, Jason Todd, Tim Drake (DCU)
  • Pining, Office Sex, Oral Sex, Blow Jobs, Face-Fucking, Pre-Relationship, they're gonna do the pining while fucking before they figure their shit out

dust (3142) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73592556

  • 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
  • M/M, Multi
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Liu Qingge/Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Liu Qingge, Luo Binghe, Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu
  • Body Horror, Mild Gore, Mildly Dubious Consent, Established Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Ambiguous Relationships

stay thirsty like before (3139) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74895956

  • 백작가의 망나니가 되었다 - 유려한 | Lout of Count's Family | Trash of the Count's Family - Yulyeohan
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Choi Han/Cale Henituse | Kim Rok Soo, Cale Henituse | Kim Rok Soo, Choi Han (Lout of Count's Family)
  • Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Mutual Pining, Conversations, Isekai and Transmigration

for now, i will stay alive (3134) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73504041

  • 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Amajiki Tamaki & Hadou Nejire & Toogata Mirio, Hadou Nejire, Uraraka Ochako, Toogata Mirio, Amajiki Tamaki
  • Post-Paranormal Liberation War Arc (My Hero Academia), Hadou Nejire-Centric, PoV Hadou Nejire, Recovery, Missing Scene, Canon Compliant, Reunions

the straw that breaks the saber's blade (3134) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75305226

  • 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Lan Huan | Lan Xichen/Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao/Nie Mingjue, Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao, Nie Mingjue
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Discussions of Death

does anyone know guardian tales world 9 ending (3129) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73600416

  • SMPEarth
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Technoblade & Phil Watson | Philza, Sophietexas & Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson | Philza, Sophietexas (Video Blogging RPF)
  • Ambiguous/Open Ending, Hopeful Ending, Avian Phil Watson | Philza, Piglin Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Hurt/Comfort, Kid Phil Watson | Philza

Once More, And Again (3126) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72840076

  • Original Work
  • M/M
  • Explicit, Rape/Non-Con
  • Original Male Character/Original Male Character,
  • Author of Dark Romance Novels/Male Lead of His Most Popular Novel (M/M) (OW) - Freeform, Bondage, Attic wifeing, Captivity, Transmigration, Anal Sex, Facial, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Drug Use

Someone Likes You (3126) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71663616

  • 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki, Midoriya Izuku
  • Birthday, Humor, Getting Together, Class 1-A Dorms (My Hero Academia), Love Letters, Love Confessions, Crushes, First Kiss, Idiots in Love

let me tell you something of eternal love (3122) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71328406

  • Animorphs - Katherine A. Applegate
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Aftran 942 & Cassie, Aftran 942, Cassie (Animorphs), Mr. Tidwell (Animorphs)
  • Post-War, Not Canon Compliant, Introspection, Friendship

The Gemstone Gamble (3121) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72789016

  • 崩坏:星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
  • M/M
  • Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Aventurine/Sunday (Honkai: Star Rail), Sunday (Honkai: Star Rail), Aventurine (Honkai: Star Rail)
  • Porn, Anal Sex, Top Sunday/Bottom Aventurine (Honkai: Star Rail), Sunday focus, Misuse of a Cornerstone, Version 2.1 Trailblaze Mission: Cat Among Pigeons (Honkai: Star Rail)

Turnabout Again (3119) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72385856

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
  • F/M
  • Explicit, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Galadriel/Sauron (Tolkien), Galadriel (Tolkien), Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
  • Dubious Consent, Dream Sex, Dove May Or May Not Be Dead But Is Definitely Pining for the Fjords, Silence of the Lambs References, Breeding Kink

in the middle before i realized it had begun (3116) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73577991

  • The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
  • M/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Thara Celehar/Hanu Olgarezh, Hanu Olgarezh, Thara Celehar
  • Slow Burn, Hanu POV, Thara Is Only Ordinary By His Own Estimation, Spoilers for Tomb of Dragons

In Search of a Memory Worth Keeping (3112) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74021546

  • Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • James \"Bucky\" Barnes & Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov & Sam Wilson, James \"Bucky\" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel)
  • Road Trips, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, a bit of crack treated seriously, Technically a 5 + 1 things, Cap Quartet Hydra-busting US tour

About That Drink (3110) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73488596

  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
  • M/M
  • Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Edgin Darvis/Xenk Yendar, Edgin Darvis, Xenk Yendar
  • Sequel

Paradise, Not (3108) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74464656

  • Gossip Girl (TV 2007)
  • F/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Dan Humphrey/Blair Waldorf, Dan Humphrey, Blair Waldorf, Serena van der Woodsen
  • Established Relationship, Dating, Dates gone wrong, Fluff and Angst, But mostly fluff

All Night Long (3106) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72723186

  • Bullet Train (2022)
  • F/M
  • Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Tangerine (bullet Train)/Female Reader, Tangerine (Bullet Train), Reader, Lemon (Bullet Train)
  • Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings, Flings turn into something more, Praise Kink, Switching, Everyone is a Switch and Verse, POV Second Person, Oral Sex, Fingering, Trans Male Character, No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert, Multiple Orgasms, Reader-Insert

Anchor that Drowns You (3101) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72640151

  • Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • M/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • James \"Bucky\" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers, James \"Bucky\" Barnes
  • Past Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Amnesia, Sad Steve Rogers, Memory Loss, Post-Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Bittersweet Ending

The Fate of Vader (3100) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72768461

  • Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
  • Sith Obi-Wan Kenobi, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sith Anakin Skywalker, Paranoia, Confusion, battle flirting, Past Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Suitless Vader, Masked Vader

Friendship (3081) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73578716

  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Number One | Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike, Number One | Una Chin-Riley & Christopher Pike, Christopher Pike, Number One | Una Chin-Riley (Star Trek)
  • At Starfleet Academy

Chronognosis (3074) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72313336

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Painted Verso Dessendre & Gustave & Maelle | Alicia Dessenre, Maelle | Alicia Dessendre, Gustave (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Painted Verso Dessendre
  • Canon Compliant, Character Study, Maelle-Centric, Unreliable Narrator, Maelle Ending | A Life to Paint (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

Something Vile From the Sun (3069) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73594591

  • A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
  • F/M, Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Jeyne Westerling Stark/Robb Stark, Jeyne Westerling Stark & Raynald Westerling, Jeyne Westerling Stark, Raynald Westerling, Sybell Spicer, Rolph Spicer, Robb Stark, Eleyna Westerling
  • Canon Compliant, Family Drama, Consent Issues, Missing Scene, Angst, War of the Five Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire), House Westerling (A Song of Ice and Fire), POV Female Character, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex

fix it (how can you fix it?) (3054) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73342571

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
  • F/M
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Spike/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers & Dawn Summers, Other Background Relationships - Relationship, Buffy Summers, Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

An Unexpected Encounter (3051) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72742686

  • 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ghost City Residents & Hua Cheng (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Ghost City Residents (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Hua Cheng (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Original Characters, Original Female Character(s)
  • Minor Hua Cheng/Xie Lian, Ghosts Write Fanfic (Maybe), Established Hua Cheng/Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu), POV Outsider, Post-Canon, Ghost City Gossip, Slice of (Ghostly) Life

Only Playwrights in the Building (3050) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73038731

  • Only Murders in the Building (TV)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Mabel Mora & Oliver Putnam & Charles-Haden Savage, Oliver Putnam, Mabel Mora, Charles-Haden Savage
  • Trans Male Character, LGBTQ Themes, Friendship, Coming Out, in-universe media

does it feel good, spilling blood? (3048) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72966666

  • Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, Major Character Death
  • Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood & Scott Major | Smajor1995 & Pearl | PearlescentMoon & ZombieCleo, Scott Major | Smajor1995 & Pearl | PearlescentMoon, Scott Major | Smajor1995, Pearl | PearlescentMoon, ZombieCleo
  • Mentioned Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood, Vampires, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Possessive Divorce Quartet, Possessive Pearl | PearlescentMoon, Hypnotism, Kinda, Blood, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Blood Drinking

Still Our Stars Will Align (3045) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72367581

  • Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Tokyo Babylon, X -エックス- | X/1999
  • M/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Sakurazuka Seishirou/Sumeragi Subaru, Seishirou/Subaru (Tsubasa), Seishirou (Tsubasa), Sakurazuka Seishirou, Sumeragi Subaru, Subaru (Tsubasa)
  • Pining, Angst, Clamp-typical UST, Vignette

dark matter halo (3043) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73491846

  • QSMP | Quackity SMP
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ender King (Philza Hardcore) & Phil Watson | Philza, Phil Watson | Philza, Ender King (Philza Hardcore), Original Characters
  • Alternate Universe - Space, Alternate Universe - Robots & Androids, Androids, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Ender Sucks, Android Phil Watson | Philza, War, Philza Hardcore Lore References, Worldbuilding, BAMF Phil Watson | Philza, Dehumanization, Implied/Referenced Abuse

bang bang (there goes my heart) (3041) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/71358896

  • Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • CC-1010 | Fox/Agen Kolar, CC-1010 | Fox, Agen Kolar
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Mandalorian Clone Troopers (Star Wars), Jedi Missions (Star Wars), Meet-Cute, Or Their Version of That, Smuggling

The Gleam of Bronze (3032) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73583551

  • Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
  • F/F
  • Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Kylara/Lessa (Dragonriders of Pern), Kylara (Dragonriders of Pern), Lessa (Dragonriders of Pern)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

prayer going nowhere (3032) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74660066

  • Stranger Things (TV 2016)
  • F/F
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley
  • Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Grinding, Sexual Experimentation, Robin Buckley in the Upside Down, Nancy Wheeler in the Upside Down

firecracker on a crowded street (3029) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72597551

  • DCU (Comics), Deadpool (Movieverse)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Jason Todd & Wade Wilson, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Jason Todd, Tim Drake (DCU), Dick Grayson, Wade Wilson
  • Investigations, Interrogation, Wade Wilson Breaking the Fourth Wall, there's a mention of a wolverine comic which genuinely makes no sense but my advice is: don't worry about it, violence on the lower end of canon typical

A Life Built for Three (3029) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72783761

  • Wind Breaker (Anime), Wind Breaker - にいさとる | Nii Satoru (Manga)
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Hiragi Toma/Sako Kota, Sako Kota, Hiragi Toma (Wind Breaker)
  • Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Mpreg | Male Pregnancy, Unplanned Pregnancy, Established Relationship, Alpha Hiragi Toma (Wind Breaker), Omega Sako Kota

Botanical Life, Part 1 (3023) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73468766

  • Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series, Hermitcraft SMP
  • F/F, Gen, M/M, Multi
  • General Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • EthosLab/GeminiTay (Video Blogging RPF), EthosLab/GeminiTay/Pearl | PearlescentMoon, EthosLab & Joel | SmallishBeans, EthosLab (Video Blogging RPF), GeminiTay (Video Blogging RPF), Pearl | PearlescentMoon, Anthony Viviano | Bigbst4tz2, Lizzie | LDShadowLady (Video Blogging RPF), Ryan | GoodTimesWithScar, impulseSV (Video Blogging RPF), Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood, Charles | Grian, ZombieCleo (Video Blogging RPF), Jimmy | Solidarity, TangoTek (Video Blogging RPF), John Booko | BdoubleO100, Skizzleman (Video Blogging RPF), Scott Major | Smajor1995, Joel | SmallishBeans, Rendog (Video Blogging RPF), The Watchers (Evolution SMP)
  • WB: The Boogeyman Curse (Life Series) - Freeform, WB: Any (Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series) - Freeform, Geminitay is not the Watchers favourite, WB: Red Life Blood Lust (Life Series) - Freeform, Boogeyman induced bloodlust, Angst, Emotional Hurt, hurt little to no comfort, Grief/Mourning, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, playlist at the start.

when the sky is falling (i'm waiting for you) (3023) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73073041

  • Original Work
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Irresponsible 19th Century Bachelor Gentleman & His Orphaned Child Cousins He Has Custody Of, Original Character(s) & Original Character(s), 19th Century Gentleman, Orphaned children - Character
  • Found Family, Grief/Mourning, Thunder and Lightning

Still Here Together (3023) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74251296

  • Temeraire - Naomi Novik
  • Gen
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • William Laurence & Temeraire, Willaim Laurence, Temeraire
  • Hurt/Comfort, Hospitalization, Injury, Plushies, recursive fic

Rescue Us (3022) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74464526

  • Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
  • F/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Haymitch Abernathy, Primrose Everdeen, Asterid Everdeen
  • Book/Movie 2: Catching Fire (Hunger Games), different ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Peeta Is Rescued Too, POV Katniss Everdeen

Vacation With You (3019) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/72725201

  • KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
  • Gen
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Mira & Rumi & Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters), Bobby & Mira & Rumi & Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters), Bobby (KPop Demon Hunters), Mira (KPop Demon Hunters), Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters), Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Vacation, Pre-Canon, Hijinks & Shenanigans, demon hunting, Comedy, Attempt at Humor

Talk Less, Listen More (3017) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/74272621

  • 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua, Shang Qinghua, Mobei-jun
  • Post-Canon, Shang Qinghua | Airplane Shooting Toward the Sky's Wife Plots

that holiday feeling (every time you're near me) (3016) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73570521

  • Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
  • F/F
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Paris Geller/Rory Gilmore, Paris Geller, Rory Gilmore, Luke Danes
  • Minor Luke Danes/Lorelai Gilmore, Canon Jewish Character, Inspired by Hallmark Christmas Movies, Christmas, Pre-Relationship, First Kiss, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Luke is also meant to be jewish but its as subtextual as it is in canon, Meet-Cute, Getting Together, also ages are never really stated but i was picturing paris and rory as like. 26-29 range, you can do whatever you want forever though

butterfly heart (3009) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/75211736

  • Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, background tony/pepper and ned/betty, Peter Parker, Michelle Jones (Marvel), Ned Leeds, Tony Stark, peter's high school peers ensemble, they're all just little nerds, little nerd teenagers at a nerd school
  • Romance, First Dates, Hanging Out, Friendship, Slice of Life, suicide baiting that no one takes seriously, in the \"teenagers sniping at each other\" way, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, it's a very passing thing

No Good (but you're stuck in my brain) (3007) : https://archiveofourown.org/works/73578231

  • Dream SMP
  • M/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Clay | Dream/TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Ranboo & Toby Smith | Tubbo & TommyInnit, TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF), Toby Smith | Tubbo, Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF)
  • Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Vigilante TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Hero Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF), Vigilante Toby Smith | Tubbo, Vigilante Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF), Alternate Universe - Mutants, Hero Sam | Awesamdude (mentioned), okay this one gets a little bit more of the, Enemies to Lovers

Recent reading

Dec. 13th, 2025 06:01 pm
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[personal profile] troisoiseaux
Read Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh, one of the later installments in her Roderick Alleyn series (published 1972) and set against the backdrop of a country manor being restored by a wealthy eccentric, whose particular eccentricities include hiring a domestic staff consisting entirely of convicted murderers. I enjoyed this one a lot: Alleyn's wife, painter Agatha Troy, is the focal character until he shows up halfway through to figure out whodunnit, and I always love Marsh's Troy-centric novels; the wealthy eccentric was also a really great character. And it is, as the title suggests, seasonally relevant/a Christmas Episode!

Read The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir (translated from Icelandic by Mary Robinette Kowal), a novella about a woman who is either having a mental health crisis or in the throes of something more supernatural when she finds herself waking up each morning to the increasingly violent aftermath of apparent sleepwalking episodes. Shades of Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest & Relaxation, but darker/creepier/gorier. Do not read if you are particularly fond of cats. I picked this up after seeing a review from [personal profile] rachelmanija that both piqued my interest and tempered my expectations, and I'm glad I went in forewarned that the plot's ambiguity is never actually resolved and nothing is explained; I didn't mind the Wouldn't that be messed up? Anyways I'm Rod Serling approach, but it would have been annoying to have expected answers that never came.

Have made some progress in the audiobook of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and this is hardly a new/unique observation, but it really is wild to read the classics that have become so diffused into general pop culture, because you'll be like yeah, yeah, we get it, it's a famous book and then you'll actually read it and it really is That Good???

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Dec. 13th, 2025 05:57 pm
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Hi, there's an active shooter situation on my campus; I'm safe and a couple of miles away. ♥

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I started playing Assassin's Creed: Unity and realised that I know almost nothing about the French Revolution. We did study it in grade 10, but I missed a lot of time due to a never-identified virus -- I was out for most of the American Revolution and all of the French, and mostly passed the class because I knew more about the Chinese Communist Revolution than my teacher. (It's not her fault, she was an art teacher who was roped in to teach history for ... reasons which I'm sure made sense at the time.) 

Anyway, I've decided to fill the gap in my knowledge. I started out by trying to listen to The Rest Is History, a podcast my mum recommended, but the hosts are two English men, and they spend a weird amount of time comparing Marie Antoinette to Meghan Markle, but in a derogatory "maybe we should decapitate the Duchess of Sussex" way that I did not care for. 

Then I read The French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert, which I think is from 1980. It was a solemn, dispassionate accounting of events and personalities, but didn't get into the question of, for example, why the Parisian mob went from zero to heads on pikes in the storming of the Bastille. 

I've requested an inter-library loan for Citizens by Simon Schama, which I've seen recommended a lot, but I would also be eager to read a history that's not ... British? Because the British, for understandable reasons (I guess) weren't really down with the beheading of the monarch and the end of the monarchy (even though they did it first), and I feel like a pro-aristocratic bias has pervaded a lot of what I've encountered. And obviously the Terror was bad, but, like, maybe Robespierre was an asexual smol bean who was a convenient scapegoat! I'm open to the possibility! 

I am open to suggestions, is what I'm saying. 
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All Systems Red (2017) by Martha Wells. A humanoid cyborg created to do wet work jobs finds itself giving a shit about a human research team it's supposed to be protecting on an alien planet.

I can see why people love Murderbot itself; it's a big old angst bucket desperately trying to pretend it isn't one. I've seen people characterize this type as an iron woobie, and it's fandom catnip.

However, I did not connect with any other part of this novella. It's so damn insubstantial. There are other characters, but they're mostly indistinguishable. There's a strong whiff of claustrophobic found family that made me DNF the one Becky Chambers book I tried, with the same element of "the one character who doesn't buy in without question is treated as an antagonist." There's some worldbuilding, but extremely thinly drawn. The prose is conversational, which can work great in a lot of cases but here just feels like one more missed opportunity to give me anything I might be interested in.

I've read a lot of pro SFF novellas over the years, and I genuinely can't think of one that felt less deserving of its length than this one. You can pack a lot of thoughts and ideas into a novella! But this didn't even try. If it'd been a third of the wordcount, I probably would have liked it pretty well.

I've heard the second and third in the series are the best, and I might try them at some point, but tbh I think I'd have better luck with the show, which at least has real actors to lend some weight and complexity to the characters.

--

The Tainted Cup (2024) and A Drop of Corruption (2025) by Robert Jackson Bennett. The first two books of his Shadow of the Leviathan series, a Sherlock and Holmes riff (or possibly a Nero Wolfe and Archie riff) about an idiosyncratic middle-aged(?) female savant and her long-suffering young gay assistant solving murders in a fantasy world where basically all technology is organic in some way.

These were great fun. Bennett seems really into both cosmic horror (the "leviathans" of the series are mountain-sized monsters that crawl out of the sea and wreak havoc every wet season) and body horror (more terrible plant-related things happening to bodies than you can shake a stick at). Even when this world is running the way everyone wants, it's still so damn weird (complimentary). Augmentations that turn your skin purple and gray! Immortality treatments that stop aging and cause you to just grow forever, like an iguana! The augurs in the second book who pattern-match to such a degree that they can't handle spoken communication: A++, and they reminded me a bit of parts of Anathem.

Ana Dolabra, the foul-mouthed savant detective is far and away the best part. Her assistant Din Kol, from whose perspective the stories are written, is a real sad sack, both due to circumstances and apparently innate temperament, and sometimes that can be a bit of a drag. I also felt like his renewal of purpose in A Drop of Corruption came way too easily; it almost felt like it happened off screen.

Overall, though, these are just a great time. It sounds like Bennett is on a roll, and I can't wait for the next one.
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I've observed hockey RPF fandom from an immeasurable distance, and I still got a kick out of this post:

https://marina.dreamwidth.org/1576715.html

[personal profile] marina was in hockey fandom, spent her childhood in Ukraine, knows much about filing serial numbers, and has definite opinions about vodka.

I'm reading reading reading.

Hi!

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Dec. 13th, 2025 10:43 pm
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❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
Rec-cember Day 13


Star Trek (2009 movie)
Lunch and Other Obscenities by [archiveofourown.org profile] Rheanna (9,717 words). Just a delightful exploration of different cultures colliding.
When Starfleet Academy's Housing and Accommodation Officer—whose name, according to the sign next to her door, was Diane Maza—arrived at her office the next morning, Nyota was already there, waiting.

"My roommate's a sex-crazed exhibitionist with a food phobia," Nyota told her. "You have
got to reassign me."

Maza didn't react. She regarded Nyota for a moment with a coolly appraising gaze that seemed designed to silently communicate that she hadn't just seen everything, she'd seen everything plus some other shit as well, and therefore any attempt to shock a reaction out of her was doomed at the outset.

Critical Role: Campaign 4, Episode 9

Dec. 13th, 2025 03:28 pm
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I started this past Thursday night's episode of Critical Role before crashing at the break because I desperately needed sleep as I knew that work would be hell on Friday. And then, to the shock of no one, I didn't manage to finish the episode yesterday because work was, in fact, hell.

So let's pick up again now that it's properly the weekend, shall we?

As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).

Spoilers under the cut. )

[ SECRET POST #6917 ]

Dec. 13th, 2025 02:51 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6917 ⌋

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


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More! )


Notes:

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Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #989 ]

Dec. 13th, 2025 02:43 pm
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[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #989 ]




The first secret from this batch will be posted on December 20th.



RULES:
1. One secret link per comment.
2. 750x750 px or smaller.
3. Link directly to the image.

More details on how to send a secret in!

Optional: If you would like your secret's fandom to be noted in the main post along with the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. If your secret makes the fandom obvious, there's no need to do this. If your fandom is obscure, you should probably tell me what it is.

Optional #2: If you would like WARNINGS (such as spoilers or common triggers -- list of some common ones here) to be noted in the main post before the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret.

Optional #3: If you would like a transcript to be posted along with your secret, put it along with the link in the comment!

Pandemic Garden Club

Dec. 13th, 2025 11:32 am
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Welcome to the December edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.

As for myself...

Read more... )
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In twenty-five years of writing fanfiction, I think this might actually be the most obscure fandom I've ever written for. I hope there's someone in the world who's interested in reading this!

Be aware that this fic contains major spoilers for Death Trick: Double Blind, which is a mystery game and is best played unspoiled.


Title: Invisible Touch
Fandom: Death Trick: Double Blind
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Detective/Magician
Wordcount: 1,100
Summary: The Detective and the Magician get to know each other a little better.


Invisible Touch )

Yuletide Pinch Hits Due 12/19/25 UTC

Dec. 13th, 2025 12:46 pm
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Event: Yuletide is a rare fandom fic exchange for stories of at least 1,000 words.
Event link: [community profile] yuletide_admin
Pinch hit link: yuletide_pinch_hits
Due date: Friday December 19 at 9pm UTC

PH #121: SMPLive, Roughhouse SMP, Mirai SMP - XYouly, Highcraft (Web Series)

Write every day: Day 13

Dec. 13th, 2025 03:44 pm
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200 words of longfic again! How about you?

Tally:
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Day 12: [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] chestnut_pod

Bonus farm news: I was applying my new-won knowledge of proper lifting technique today when I was stacking firewood, and did every instance of picking up wood very mindfully, and lo, it works! \o/ It didn't make my back tired, and it feels like my butt got a workout. : D I'm really trying to ingrain this, and using it even when just picking up a sock from the floor, but it does take some time to make it automatic.

Passing observation

Dec. 13th, 2025 07:40 pm
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I'm binge-watching M*A*S*H and I have to say one of the things I love about Hawkeye is how completely unstoic he is. If he's in any kind of pain, or even just discomfort, he pouts and whinges and bitches and shrieks. You could never write in-character fanfic where he heroically keeps silent about his injury before passing out. If Hawkeye was bleeding out, the whole of Korea would know about it.
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Fascinating read here: Whose League Is It Anyway? on Defector. The comments are mostly worth reading too - I especially liked this one: "One of the reasons that collective bargaining exists is that it channels labor into a well-controlled process of negotiating and grieving within a framework that still respects the legitimacy of capital and is willing to enforce its prerogatives with violence."

I also added both books discussed in the post to my to read list: Every Day Is Sunday: How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut by Ken Belson, and Lords of the Realm (about baseball) by John Helyar.

Also, I don't know who Maggie Nelson is (I am old), but I thought this was a really good piece of criticism of her new book: Maggie Nelson Sputters And Stalls In ‘The Slicks’, which is apparently a (hamhanded and faily) attempt to parallel Taylor Swift with Sylvia Plath. I mean, I'm not going to lie, I enjoy many of TSwift's songs and I'm not a huge fan of Plath's work, but come the fuck on!

Anyway, I continue to find my subscription to Defector worth it, even if I don't read it as often as I'd like.

In other news, I was up early this morning, because the super said he was going to stop by to install my new apartment doorbell (when they put in this app-based front door system, it for some reason caused the bells at the apartment doors to stop working), but he hasn't shown up yet, and I'd be very surprised if he does at all. Oh well, I will try again when I'm off next week. Maybe 3rd time is the charm!

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Wintertime Woes Pinch Hit Due Jan 11

Dec. 13th, 2025 01:11 pm
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Event:[community profile] wintertime_woes_exchange, an exchange for unhappy endings
Requirements: 500 words, or a sketch on unlined paper
Pinch hit link: https://wintertime-woes-exchange.dreamwidth.org/2592.html
Due date: January 11, 11:59PM UTC

PH 3 - art, fic - The Dark Half - Stephen King, Breaking Bad, Carrie - Stephen King
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/wintertimewoes2025/user/SegaBarrett

PH 4 - fic - Rai-Kirah - Carol Berg, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game), Realm of the Elderlings - Robin Hobb
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/wintertimewoes2025/user/Sinvulkt

Canon promo: Clair Obscur is a narratively led video game and can be consumed as a 4-hour video here.

To claim, please comment at the pinch hit post linked above, or email wintertime.woes.exchange@gmail.com. Thank you very much!
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