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it's so crazy lately
Jun. 17th, 2025 06:33 pmkaydeefallsI am 40 today. Huzzah. I have spent the day at work, as per, baking myself a cake, and feeling grumpy because my wife's flight home Sunday was canceled due to tornadoes in the vicinity (you cannot make this shit up), which means she's not getting back until very late tonight instead. So to distract myself, here, have a fic.
Somehow I churned out 18k words in a week for this. It was supposed to be a quick and silly meet cute. IDEK. Happy birthday to me.
ready to dive (18468 words) by kaydeefalls
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring, Darcy Olsson & Charles "Charlie" Spring
Characters: Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper), Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, Darcy Olsson, Elle Argent, Tao Xu (Heartstopper)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Pride, Strangers to Lovers, Romantic Comedy, mass transit mishaps, strangers to friends to lovers speedrun, queer found family is so important, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Sexual Content, this is not a slow burn for once, they've got the hob on medium high and are jumping right into it, Meet-Cute, the mildest of angst before a happy ending, Confident Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper), Smitten Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
Summary:
Somehow I churned out 18k words in a week for this. It was supposed to be a quick and silly meet cute. IDEK. Happy birthday to me.
ready to dive (18468 words) by kaydeefalls
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring, Darcy Olsson & Charles "Charlie" Spring
Characters: Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper), Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, Darcy Olsson, Elle Argent, Tao Xu (Heartstopper)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Pride, Strangers to Lovers, Romantic Comedy, mass transit mishaps, strangers to friends to lovers speedrun, queer found family is so important, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Sexual Content, this is not a slow burn for once, they've got the hob on medium high and are jumping right into it, Meet-Cute, the mildest of angst before a happy ending, Confident Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper), Smitten Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
Summary:
In which Darcy is a drunken chaos gremlin, Charlie has to clean up their mess, and missing the last train of the night might just be the best thing that Nick has ever done. (A Pride-themed uni meet cute AU, because why the hell not.)
“yeah we’ve got a light / to see our way by / we’ve got what we need / when we’ve got you”
Jun. 17th, 2025 12:53 pmlarryhammerLinks of varying relevance, both to currency and each other:
The ‘3.5% rule’: How a small minority can change the world. BBC summary of an academic study with historical data. Pull quote: “Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.” For perspective, for the US that’s about 11 million people, to give a totally random example. (viajanni)
Nicely thinky New Yorker profile of Martha Wells (archive version). CW: inconsistent misgendering of Murderbot (mostly in one paragraph). (via /r/murderbot)
Interview with the production designer of Murderbot, who is nicely thinky. (viamarthawells)
---L.
Subject quote from We've Got You - i: Spark, Vienna Teng.
The ‘3.5% rule’: How a small minority can change the world. BBC summary of an academic study with historical data. Pull quote: “Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.” For perspective, for the US that’s about 11 million people, to give a totally random example. (via
janni)Nicely thinky New Yorker profile of Martha Wells (archive version). CW: inconsistent misgendering of Murderbot (mostly in one paragraph). (via /r/murderbot)
Interview with the production designer of Murderbot, who is nicely thinky. (via
marthawells)---L.
Subject quote from We've Got You - i: Spark, Vienna Teng.
Lake Lewisia #1265
Jun. 16th, 2025 04:52 pmscrubjayspeaksThe onset of summer weather has dried out soil, especially in garden pots, to the point that even the most root-bound plants seem light enough to blow away. Reports indicate some have begun doing just that, with reports coming in of flying petunias and drifting daffodils trailing roots as they wander lonely as a cloud. It remains to be seen if they are simply at the mercy of the winds in their lightened state, or if this is a deliberate attempt at migration in search of water.
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Podfic rec: Moondance -- HL
Jun. 16th, 2025 09:21 amhafitalOh my goodness you guys look what I got yesterday as a gift! Check out the podfic for my story Moondance or A Series of Extraordinary Events. I'm so happy and pleased! Link in the notes for the story.
Honestly never thought I would ever have a podfic made from one of my stories, but how perfect to receive one for this story in particular. ❤️ Thanks tokillabeez and ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
AlbatrossGJ !
Honestly never thought I would ever have a podfic made from one of my stories, but how perfect to receive one for this story in particular. ❤️ Thanks to
killabeez and Round 176 Theme Poll
Jun. 16th, 2025 08:46 amrunpunkrun posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fancakePoll #33259 round 176 theme poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 91
Pick the next theme of fancake:
Books & Writing
29 (31.9%)
Protest & Revolt
24 (26.4%)
Working Together
38 (41.8%)
“one day i’ll watch as you’re leaving / and life will lose all its meaning / for the last time”
Jun. 16th, 2025 07:42 amlarryhammerFor Poetry Monday, one more late Shelly:
“The flower that smiles to-day,” Percy Shelley
The flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow dies;
All that we wish to stay
Tempts and then flies.
What is this world’s delight?
Lightning that mocks the night,
Brief even as bright.
Virtue, how frail it is!
Friendship how rare!
Love, how it sells poor bliss
For proud despair!
But we, though soon they fall,
Survive their joy, and all
Which ours we call.
Whilst skies are blue and bright,
Whilst flowers are gay,
Whilst eyes that change ere night
Make glad the day;
Whilst yet the calm hours creep,
Dream thou—and from thy sleep
Then wake to weep.
Another poem written in the last year of his life and published posthumously with an editorial title, though this time the title Mary supplied was “Mutability.” It’s common to point out, for context, that Percy and Mary lost three children in early childhood. Like many of his shorter lyrics, it’s been set to music several times.
He nails that dismount.
---L.
Subject quote from Anti-Hero, Taylor Swift.
“The flower that smiles to-day,” Percy Shelley
The flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow dies;
All that we wish to stay
Tempts and then flies.
What is this world’s delight?
Lightning that mocks the night,
Brief even as bright.
Virtue, how frail it is!
Friendship how rare!
Love, how it sells poor bliss
For proud despair!
But we, though soon they fall,
Survive their joy, and all
Which ours we call.
Whilst skies are blue and bright,
Whilst flowers are gay,
Whilst eyes that change ere night
Make glad the day;
Whilst yet the calm hours creep,
Dream thou—and from thy sleep
Then wake to weep.
Another poem written in the last year of his life and published posthumously with an editorial title, though this time the title Mary supplied was “Mutability.” It’s common to point out, for context, that Percy and Mary lost three children in early childhood. Like many of his shorter lyrics, it’s been set to music several times.
He nails that dismount.
---L.
Subject quote from Anti-Hero, Taylor Swift.
Picspam: varia
Jun. 15th, 2025 07:37 pmsakana17Because staring at beauty is great escapism.
First: Another year, another Zhu Yilong photoshoot or two to attack us. ( I mean, I'm pretty distracted... )
Second: Bai Yu looking soft. ( Patiently waiting for hugs (or something) in a hotel room. )
Third: Farmboys, off the farm. ( Sorry, not sorry. )
credits:
the blessed wenella via bluesky
tumblr
weibo
First: Another year, another Zhu Yilong photoshoot or two to attack us. ( I mean, I'm pretty distracted... )
Second: Bai Yu looking soft. ( Patiently waiting for hugs (or something) in a hotel room. )
Third: Farmboys, off the farm. ( Sorry, not sorry. )
credits:
the blessed wenella via bluesky
tumblr
