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Fandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Goldenberry/Tom Bombadil
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: nimphelos on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely tableau of Tom Bombadil with his great love, Goldenberry. I like the almost Klimtian art style, and the details.
Link: Goldenberry and Tom Bombadil

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[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: Wedding Gift
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Scott, Varian, Gwenith.
Rating: PG
Setting: An Act of Love.
Summary: Scott wants to give Varian something to remember him by.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 140: Gift.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.





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[personal profile] mific posting in [community profile] fancake
Fandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalfe, original characters
Rating: Explicit
Length: 19,093
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings
Creator Links: thehoyden on AO3, luzula on the Audiofic Archive
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friends to lovers, First time, Working together, Complete AU: academia

Summary: "What the hell is this, an Austen novel?"

Reccer's Notes: Complete AUs are unusual in due South, and this is that rarity, a dS AU set in academia. Fraser is a new professor, looked down on by his colleagues as he's from the University of Guelph, and only Ray Kowalski, a punky, nonconformist professor, befriends him. They both have offices on the unpopular top floor (Fraser as he's bottom of the pecking order, and Ray as he likes to get away from the rest of the department), which helps kickstart their friendship. The story is about the highs and lows of academic life and there are some great sections showing Ray's unconventional teaching style which the students love, and Fraser's more traditional, but solid, approach. There's academic politics and also drama with the return of Victoria, Fraser's ex and his academic rival. It's about character development, and about Fraser and Ray's friendship which blossoms gradually into much, much more. The fic's beautifully written, and an extremely good read - highly recommended.

Fanwork Links: Academic Punk on AO3, and the excellent podfic by luzula is here

Follow Friday 10-31-25

Oct. 31st, 2025 12:23 am
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[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith posting in [community profile] followfriday
Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
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[personal profile] mergatrude posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: Spring Pageant
Fandom: Original
Rating: PG
Word Count: 21
Content Notes: Nature, and all that implies.
Written For: Season Challenge
A/N: rambling )
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[personal profile] teaotter posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: how you ache for the fawn
Fandom: My Journey to You (mods: you can use the Cdrama tag)
Author's note: general spoilers for the first two episodes.
Challenge: Did You Hear That?
Length: 100 words

Summary: Yun Weishan waits in the bride house.

Read more... )

Community Recs Post!

Oct. 30th, 2025 10:17 am
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[personal profile] glitteryv posting in [community profile] recthething
Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fancrafts/fanart/fics/fanvids/podfics/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here
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[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: Impulsive Act
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Fred, Varian.
Rating: PG
Setting: Vortex, and later.
Summary: Fred has always been a bit impulsive, act first and think later, but he regrets punching Varian.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 119: Punch.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.





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[personal profile] m_findlow posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: Hard to spot
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto, Jack, Gwen
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 1,451words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 495 Amnesty, using Challenge 35 - Elusive or Ephemeral
Summary: The latest object to drop through the rift is proving difficult to locate.

Read more... )
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[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: Like Family
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: The travellers.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the series.
Summary: Travelling together for so long, they’ve become like a family.
Word Count: 200
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 89: Family.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Double drabble.



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[personal profile] yuletidemods posting in [community profile] yuletide_admin
All Yuletide requests are now visible:
-at karanguni's app
-at the Yuletide 2025 collection on AO3
-in a spreadsheet
-in a text doc

Please check back later for pinch hitter prompts.

Enjoy!

Both the main Yuletide 2025 collection and the Yuletide Madness 2025 collection are open for posting works. Before posting your assignment, or posting a treat to either collection, please read the notes below.

Posting, and to Which Collection )



Bonus!! Decoy questions/author questionsA few weeks ago, we made a post about the questions we send to recipients when authors need to clarify something about their recipients' preferences.

As a result of that poll, in a situation where an author has a fandom-specific question, we will now send questions for at least 3 fandoms in a person's requests, but will not generally make up extra/decoy questions for their full set of fandoms.

You suggested that curious authors could make up (some of) their own extra questions. While that could be helpful - if you want to - we ask you to keep the following things in mind.

  1. Clear questions are the best questions. Several times in the past we've received extremely confusing questions and it turned out a participant thought they needed to disguise what they were asking from the mods. Please do not.

  2. Avoid excessive detail, especially about plots you don't plan to write. Don't ask your recipient "Would you be interested in a story where they time-travel to meet five different generations of their ancestors, and also there are capybara zombies?" unless you are contemplating such a plot (and maybe not even then) - because you may make your recipient hopeful about something that won't arrive.

  3. Avoid being disingenuous about things that are actually clear to you. Try to ask about points of reasonable ambiguity. If you ask your recipient things like "You said you don't want any mention of hospitals, but is it okay if a character has a headache?" you could stress them out by making them wonder if they need to re-write their DNWs, or by making them wonder if you have wildly misinterpreted other parts of their requests. Decoy questions require a little creativity… but not too much. Save most of your creativity for the actual writing.


And again - you are not obliged to provide decoy questions! If you need to ask your recipient something, all we need from you is: 1) what information you need, and 2) who you are. That's great! We can take care of the rest.



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15 Actresses Icons

Oct. 29th, 2025 01:59 am
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[personal profile] ladysheps posting in [community profile] fandom_icons
[5] Daisy Ridley
[5] Ella Purnell
[5] Margot Robbie

Preview:


  

View all the icons here.

TV Tuesday: Frenemy

Oct. 28th, 2025 12:41 pm
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[personal profile] yourlibrarian posting in [community profile] tv_talk

Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk



What makes for a memorable TV antagonist? Does any kind of redemption arc play into this?
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[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: One Final Night
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Scott, Fred, Jonathan, Liana, Varian.
Rating: PG
Setting: Months after the series.
Summary: The small band of travellers have finally reached their destination.
Word Count: 200
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 80: Shinies - Waiting for the Gates to Open.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Double drabble.




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[community profile] goals_on_dw is a community for people who like goals and goal setting. A key focus is New Year's resolutions, that being among the most popular contexts for such activities. Although the most common time is January 1, "new year" can also refer to other calendars or cultures, whatever works for you. Alternatively, just pick a time that works for you and go for it. You can introduce yourself or make new friends here.

We talk about different goal systems, pros and cons of resolutions, arts and crafts for tracking goals, human psychology, and more. You can share your resolutions or other goals. There are weekly check-in posts in January, and monthly ones in the rest of the year, for folks to talk about their accomplishments.  December-January is the most active period, and it starts ramping up in November as lots of people begin thinking about their goals for the next year.

2025 New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals is the guide post for this years goal-setting activities.
For more details on relevant topics, see "Things You Can Talk About Here."

Read more... )

Newcomers

Oct. 28th, 2025 01:41 am
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Trouble is brewing at Bluesky. As a result, there's a wave of new users coming into Dreamwidth. Find your Bluesky friends here.

[community profile] newcomers is a community for people who are just getting started on Dreamwidth, in the tradition of [community profile] twitter_refugees and [community profile] reddit_refugees. This community supports former users of other platforms who are moving to Dreamwidth because their previous platform has become untenable or has closed. As such, it will increase activity with each wave of new users, in hopes of helping them get settled in Dreamwidth so they want to stick around. It also serves previous users returning after a long hiatus, people who want to do more with a Dreamwidth blog that was only intermittent, or anyone else who wants help connecting and figuring out how to use this venue.

Read more... )
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Title: Bingo and a kitten dragon
Fandom: Bluey (TV), Original
Rating: G-rated
Notes: Two drawings I made following Youtube step-by-step art videos for kids: how to draw Bingo (from Bluey) and how to draw a mythical kitten dragon. (With minor futzing in Paint.NET after I uploaded them.)
Summary: Bingo and a kitten dragon.

Bingo and a kitten dragon )

UK Boys' Boarding Schools circa 1914

Oct. 27th, 2025 10:39 pm
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[personal profile] dragonbat2006 posting in [community profile] little_details
 I tried Googling and got general info on curriculum, specific schools, and alumnae pages, but not the specific details I'm looking for.

My main character is an upper class 13-year-old boy who, due to long-term illness/frailty was educated by tutors at home, but is now being sent away to school. (Probably England, but since he lives in Yorkshire, I'm not completely opposed to it being Scotland if it turns out that there are significant differences in school experiences between the two countries and Scotland would work better for my character.)

1. Would most pupils begin classes in the fall term as is typical today? As in, would it be realistic for him to begin in September? Or was it more of a rolling admissions thing?

2. How far in advance would his father need to contact the school to enrol/register him? Would there normally be an entrance exam, or would it normally be, 'We accept anyone who can pay the fee, provided there's space'?

3. When it comes to letters to and from home, would there be any reasonable expectation of privacy, or would it be common for staff to read each piece of correspondence? Specifically, the boy has a female cousin of the same age with whom he's quite close. Would he get into any sort of trouble for writing to her or would her letters to him be delivered?

4. If she were in the vicinity of the school, would it be possible for them to meet under the auspices of a chaperone, or would that be totally unheard of?

5. How much would the outbreak of WWI impact him? I would guess that some of the younger teachers would have enlisted over the summer and some of the older boys talking about hoping it won't be over before they get a chance to get in it. Would that mean larger than expected classes? 

Thanks so much!
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