TV Tuesday: Frenemy
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What makes for a memorable TV antagonist? Does any kind of redemption arc play into this?
yourlibrarian posting in tv_talkWhat makes for a memorable TV antagonist? Does any kind of redemption arc play into this?
Shinies Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: One Final Night
Oct. 28th, 2025 10:36 ambadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: One Final Night
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: 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.
New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals
Oct. 28th, 2025 01:46 amysabetwordsmith posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_community_promogoals_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."
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Newcomers
Oct. 28th, 2025 01:41 amysabetwordsmith posting in dw_community_promoTrouble is brewing at Bluesky. As a result, there's a wave of new users coming into Dreamwidth. Find your Bluesky friends here.
newcomers is a community for people who are just getting started on Dreamwidth, in the tradition of twitter_refugees and 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.
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newcomers is a community for people who are just getting started on Dreamwidth, in the tradition of twitter_refugees and 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... )
Bluey (TV), Original: art: Bingo and a kitten dragon
Oct. 28th, 2025 07:30 pmchina_shop posting in fan_flashworksTitle: 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 )
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 pmdragonbat2006 posting in 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!
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!
Hamlet: Rosemary for Remembrance by Gehayi
Oct. 27th, 2025 05:05 pmsusieboo posting in fancakeFandom: Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Pairings/Characters: Ophelia, Hamlet, Laertes, Polonious, Claudius (genderflipped to Claudia), Gertrude, Fortinbras, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (genderflipped to Rosie and Goldie), Claudia/Gertrude
Rating: Teen
Length: 11,174
Creator Links: AO3 profile.
Themes: Uncommon Settings, IN SPACE, Murder Mystery, Alternate Ending
Summary: Hamlet in space, starring sensible and heroic Ophelia, genderswapped Claudius, clones Rosencrantz and Guilderstern and alien Fortinbras. (Alas, there are no sharks in space riding motorcycles, nor is there a time machine.) (Taken from AO3)
Reccer's notes: This is just an extremely well-done sci-fi take on the classic play, with Ophelia as the protagonist. I really enjoy the species changes to certain characters, and the way the author plays with the well-known story beats to create something unique. The author's notes at the end also have some interesting insights into the writing choices they made.
Fanwork links: Rosemary for Remembrance
Pairings/Characters: Ophelia, Hamlet, Laertes, Polonious, Claudius (genderflipped to Claudia), Gertrude, Fortinbras, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (genderflipped to Rosie and Goldie), Claudia/Gertrude
Rating: Teen
Length: 11,174
Creator Links: AO3 profile.
Themes: Uncommon Settings, IN SPACE, Murder Mystery, Alternate Ending
Summary: Hamlet in space, starring sensible and heroic Ophelia, genderswapped Claudius, clones Rosencrantz and Guilderstern and alien Fortinbras. (Alas, there are no sharks in space riding motorcycles, nor is there a time machine.) (Taken from AO3)
Reccer's notes: This is just an extremely well-done sci-fi take on the classic play, with Ophelia as the protagonist. I really enjoy the species changes to certain characters, and the way the author plays with the well-known story beats to create something unique. The author's notes at the end also have some interesting insights into the writing choices they made.
Fanwork links: Rosemary for Remembrance
Photo Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: The Photograph
Oct. 27th, 2025 12:29 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: The Photograph
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Scott, Willaway, Varian, Fred.
Rating: PG
Setting: Years after the series.
Summary: Years later, Scott can still look at the photo and remember the people who had been his friends.
Word Count: 200
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 59: Photo.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Double drabble.
Grimm Icons (Adalind, Kelly & Nick, Adalind/Nick)
Oct. 26th, 2025 09:23 pmflareonfury posting in fandom_icons
[03] Adalind Schade
[01] Kelly Burkhardt-Scade & Nick Burkhardt
[86] Adalind Schade/Nick Burkhardt
Preview
See the icons here
[20] Adalind Schade/Nick Burkhardt forships20in20 round 2
See the icons here
[01] Kelly Burkhardt-Scade & Nick Burkhardt
[86] Adalind Schade/Nick Burkhardt
Preview
See the icons here
[20] Adalind Schade/Nick Burkhardt for
ships20in20 round 2See the icons here
12 Shows Involving Funeral Homes You Could Watch On Halloween
Oct. 26th, 2025 05:11 pmfeurioo posting in tv_talkSix Feet Under
Laced with irony and dark situational humor, the show approaches the subject of death through the eyes of the Fisher family.
( More shows under the cut! )
Wednesday Icons (Wednesday, Tyler, Tyler/Wednesday)
Oct. 26th, 2025 11:33 amflareonfury posting in fandom_icons[02] Tyler Galpin
[16] Wednesday Addams
[62] Tyler/Wednesday
Preview
"Of course the first boy I kiss would turn out to be a psychotic, serial-killing monster. I guess I have a type."
Plus
[20] Wednesday Addams forcharacters20in20 Round 19
"The only side I'm on is my own, and the only place I'll lead you is off a cliff."
[20] Tyler/Wednesday forships20in20 Round 1
Wednesday/Tyler
[16] Wednesday Addams
[62] Tyler/Wednesday
Preview
"Of course the first boy I kiss would turn out to be a psychotic, serial-killing monster. I guess I have a type."
Plus
[20] Wednesday Addams for
characters20in20 Round 19"The only side I'm on is my own, and the only place I'll lead you is off a cliff."
[20] Tyler/Wednesday for
ships20in20 Round 1Wednesday/Tyler
SGA: Living Will series by Toomuchplor
Oct. 27th, 2025 12:32 ammific posting in fancakeFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: Gen
Length: 1133 & 700
Content Notes: No AO3 warnings apply. There are explicit details about a normal full-term delivery in Plus Ça Change.
Creator Links: toomuchplor on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friends to lovers, Complete AU: hospital, Humor
Summaries: Technically he *wasn’t* Dr. Sheppard, not for another two months, but it was standard for medical students to introduce themselves that way. It reassured the patients. It didn’t do anything for John’s sense of inner calm.
“Unh,” said McKay, and folded his arms under his face before flopping down again. The position pulled the sleeves of his scrubs top taut around his biceps. “If I hide here it’s harder for the interns to find me.”
Reccer's Notes: For a fandom rich in AUs, there are very few medical AUs in SGA. This is an excellent two-part series and I recommend reading it in reverse series order, as the second part is a prequel. In Plus Ça Change, John blunders into an unexpected ER situation as a 4th year medical student doing an ambulance ride-along, and meets Rodney, a medical resident. The other story, Living Will, is set 3 years later by which time they know each other well and John's an ER resident, Rodney now being chief medical resident. The stories are funny, with great characterisation and snark, and accurate medical details. Very much recommended!
Fanwork Links: Plus Ça Change, and Living Will
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: Gen
Length: 1133 & 700
Content Notes: No AO3 warnings apply. There are explicit details about a normal full-term delivery in Plus Ça Change.
Creator Links: toomuchplor on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friends to lovers, Complete AU: hospital, Humor
Summaries: Technically he *wasn’t* Dr. Sheppard, not for another two months, but it was standard for medical students to introduce themselves that way. It reassured the patients. It didn’t do anything for John’s sense of inner calm.
“Unh,” said McKay, and folded his arms under his face before flopping down again. The position pulled the sleeves of his scrubs top taut around his biceps. “If I hide here it’s harder for the interns to find me.”
Reccer's Notes: For a fandom rich in AUs, there are very few medical AUs in SGA. This is an excellent two-part series and I recommend reading it in reverse series order, as the second part is a prequel. In Plus Ça Change, John blunders into an unexpected ER situation as a 4th year medical student doing an ambulance ride-along, and meets Rodney, a medical resident. The other story, Living Will, is set 3 years later by which time they know each other well and John's an ER resident, Rodney now being chief medical resident. The stories are funny, with great characterisation and snark, and accurate medical details. Very much recommended!
Fanwork Links: Plus Ça Change, and Living Will
2025 Assignments
Oct. 27th, 2025 01:05 amyuletidemods posting in yuletide_adminAssignments are out! You can find your assignment:
You must write for one of your recipient's requests, including all of the characters they specified in that request (but see below). It doesn't have to be the fandom you offered.
Some recipients have selected several characters, but given permission for writers not to include them all using the Additional Tags checkboxes (the ones that start "My gift must…"). These tags are recent and we're still experimenting with their use, so please check through mods if you're not completely sure what your recipient means. You always have the option of including all the characters your recipient selected.
Your assignment is due at 9pm UTC on December 17. Note that this is an earlier deadline for 2025 as compared to the last few years and may be one calendar day earlier in your timezone.
Please click on that link right now! The date and time it shows may surprise you. Better to be surprised now than at the deadline!
Our reveals are earlier this year as well.
No Peeking (Or Squeaking) Until December 24th!
This is a secret exchange. Please don’t announce or hint what your assignment is. Don't say what you offered. Don’t reveal to your recipient who you are or what you plan to write for them. In fact, please don’t contact your recipient at all! You can send questions through the mods at yuletideadmin@gmail.com.
I have questions!!
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Based on our survey about author questions and some internal discussion, this year we plan to include a questions for a few fandoms each time we contact a recipient, but we won’t necessarily include decoy questions for every single fandom. This may give the recipient a clue as to which fandoms they’re more likely to receive but should preserve some of the suspense!
Please don't ask us to poke your recipient to update a locked or placeholder letter until at least October 29.
When you send us a question about your assignment, please include your assignment link, which looks like: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2025/assignments/#######
Some of your questions may be answered by our next post when we reveal all requests. Please keep an eye on our admin community!
Pinch hits and all requests
The first batch of pinch hits will go out in the next day. In the next following days, after those pinch hits are claimed, we will make all requests visible and open the Yuletide Madness collection.
Check out the pinch hit community,yuletide_pinch_hits, and sign up through Discord, a feed, or the Google groups mailing list to get immediate alerts for pinch hits. You don't have to be signed up to this year's round of Yuletide to claim a pinch hit.
The New Year's Resolutions 2025 collection is now closed.
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Please either comment logged-in or sign a name. Unsigned anonymous comments will be left screened.
- at your assignments page: https://archiveofourown.org/users/YOUR-USERNAME-HERE/assignments
- at the sidebar of the collection
- in your email.
You must write for one of your recipient's requests, including all of the characters they specified in that request (but see below). It doesn't have to be the fandom you offered.
Some recipients have selected several characters, but given permission for writers not to include them all using the Additional Tags checkboxes (the ones that start "My gift must…"). These tags are recent and we're still experimenting with their use, so please check through mods if you're not completely sure what your recipient means. You always have the option of including all the characters your recipient selected.
Your assignment is due at 9pm UTC on December 17. Note that this is an earlier deadline for 2025 as compared to the last few years and may be one calendar day earlier in your timezone.
Please click on that link right now! The date and time it shows may surprise you. Better to be surprised now than at the deadline!
Our reveals are earlier this year as well.
No Peeking (Or Squeaking) Until December 24th!
This is a secret exchange. Please don’t announce or hint what your assignment is. Don't say what you offered. Don’t reveal to your recipient who you are or what you plan to write for them. In fact, please don’t contact your recipient at all! You can send questions through the mods at yuletideadmin@gmail.com.
I have questions!!
Right! Send us an email at yuletideadmin@gmail.com, or, if your question won't give away what you offered or who you're writing for, you're welcome to comment here. We get tonnes of questions at this time, so please bear with us - it may take us a few days to reply.
Based on our survey about author questions and some internal discussion, this year we plan to include a questions for a few fandoms each time we contact a recipient, but we won’t necessarily include decoy questions for every single fandom. This may give the recipient a clue as to which fandoms they’re more likely to receive but should preserve some of the suspense!
Please don't ask us to poke your recipient to update a locked or placeholder letter until at least October 29.
When you send us a question about your assignment, please include your assignment link, which looks like: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2025/assignments/#######
Some of your questions may be answered by our next post when we reveal all requests. Please keep an eye on our admin community!
Pinch hits and all requests
The first batch of pinch hits will go out in the next day. In the next following days, after those pinch hits are claimed, we will make all requests visible and open the Yuletide Madness collection.
Check out the pinch hit community,
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Bruise Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Just A Bruise
Oct. 26th, 2025 11:42 ambadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Just A Bruise
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Varian, Fred, Jonathan Willaway, Scott.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the series.
Summary: Varian gets on the wrong end of someone else’s fist. Again.
Word Count: 350
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 55: Bruise.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble and a half, 350 words.
( Just A Bruise... )
Fic: Wanted (Modern AU), gen
Oct. 26th, 2025 12:20 pmnicky_gabriel posting in white_lotusTitle: Wanted (Modern AU)
Author: Nicky Gabriel
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
Word Count: 32K (WIP)
Rating: M
Category: gen
Characters: Suki, Hakoda, Bato
Relationships: Bato & Suki, Hakoda & Suki, Bato & Hakoda, Sokka/Suki (very background)
Tags: Father-Daughter Relationship, Adoption, Friendship, Family, Platonic Bed Sharing, Platonic Cuddling, Fluff, Angst, No Romance, Modern Setting
TW: in the description of the series, rather heavy stuff
Summary: It’s a story about how Suki has fallen in love with Sokka’s Family.
Link: Wanted
(Some parts of this series are locked and available only for registered users on AO3)
Author: Nicky Gabriel
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
Word Count: 32K (WIP)
Rating: M
Category: gen
Characters: Suki, Hakoda, Bato
Relationships: Bato & Suki, Hakoda & Suki, Bato & Hakoda, Sokka/Suki (very background)
Tags: Father-Daughter Relationship, Adoption, Friendship, Family, Platonic Bed Sharing, Platonic Cuddling, Fluff, Angst, No Romance, Modern Setting
TW: in the description of the series, rather heavy stuff
Summary: It’s a story about how Suki has fallen in love with Sokka’s Family.
Link: Wanted
(Some parts of this series are locked and available only for registered users on AO3)
LotR sketches by kaifarikus (SFW)
Oct. 26th, 2025 11:38 pmmific posting in fanart_recsFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas & Gimli & Aragorn, Boromir & Faramir, Arwen/Aragorn
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (coloured pencils)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: kaifarikus on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: These lively sketches have a great style - based on book canon, I think. Also I love that Arwen is taller than Aragorn!
Link: LotR sketches
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas & Gimli & Aragorn, Boromir & Faramir, Arwen/Aragorn
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (coloured pencils)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: kaifarikus on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: These lively sketches have a great style - based on book canon, I think. Also I love that Arwen is taller than Aragorn!
Link: LotR sketches