Went to Yoga
Feb. 25th, 2026 11:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cornerofmadnessDid have to give up on doing a lot of the ones with me on my knees and I have made good on my committment to not talk bad about myself during it. I just sat down and did other things or simply waited. Not great but I can only do what I can do.
Also I am not good at this but I try
I met with the football coaches who promised to make the new football team take our classes seriously or else. After the last (which was the first) semester these brand new coaches have their work cut out for them because it was brutal and in 20 years here I've never seen so much entitlement (and see one team make an entire college hate them so fast)
What I Just Finished Reading:
Dark Life - YA book set under the ocean. the world building needed beefed up but over all enjoyable
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - Not what I was expecting. I don't think it deserves the hype but I didn't think it was awful
This Is How You Lose the Time War - All of SF authors wrote glowing reviews. I thought it was weird for the sake of being weird but I did get into it a little
What I am Currently Reading:
Zombie Day Care - getting painful but at least it's short
The Final Problem - mystery set in the 60s (no progress because I couldn't get the netgalley app to download. FINALLY did and so far it's not freezing up_
Between the Shades of Grey - not sure I'll make it thru this. NOT the right time mentally to read about a government hauling off families for talking bad about the government and slamming them in prison.
Check Please sticks and scones - had to find one for my favorite winter olympic sport. Okay that is NOT hockey but that's what the library had and the first book was cute.
Y the Last man omnibus - not as good as I remember it
What I Plan to Read Next: La Grand Familia, and Luna Park history
Also I am not good at this but I try
I met with the football coaches who promised to make the new football team take our classes seriously or else. After the last (which was the first) semester these brand new coaches have their work cut out for them because it was brutal and in 20 years here I've never seen so much entitlement (and see one team make an entire college hate them so fast)
What I Just Finished Reading:
Dark Life - YA book set under the ocean. the world building needed beefed up but over all enjoyable
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - Not what I was expecting. I don't think it deserves the hype but I didn't think it was awful
This Is How You Lose the Time War - All of SF authors wrote glowing reviews. I thought it was weird for the sake of being weird but I did get into it a little
What I am Currently Reading:
Zombie Day Care - getting painful but at least it's short
The Final Problem - mystery set in the 60s (no progress because I couldn't get the netgalley app to download. FINALLY did and so far it's not freezing up_
Between the Shades of Grey - not sure I'll make it thru this. NOT the right time mentally to read about a government hauling off families for talking bad about the government and slamming them in prison.
Check Please sticks and scones - had to find one for my favorite winter olympic sport. Okay that is NOT hockey but that's what the library had and the first book was cute.
Y the Last man omnibus - not as good as I remember it
What I Plan to Read Next: La Grand Familia, and Luna Park history
just a dry fish with anxiety
Feb. 25th, 2026 09:57 pmthe_siobhanSomebody sent me another petition to get rid of daylight savings time. I'm sure there's a new one every year.
I guess that means the clock change is coming up again? I have no idea when it starts and I'm never prepared for it. If I was rich enough to be properly eccentric, I'd just ignore it.
***
I saw a video once about debunking bigfoot sightings. In one part they showed how a bear's footprint in the snow would melt out under direct sunlight to become a huge bigfoot-sized pawprint even while the surrounding snow was unaffected.
I was thinking about it yesterday when I was looking at the very human-looking footprints that go across my backyard to my back window. When they hit the shade of trees where they pass onto the railroad tracks they shrank into normal-sized coyote prints.
There is something else smaller roaming around back there too, it climbed down into the drainage pit and back out again. Could be a raccoon? I also saw a possum back there a couple of days ago so maybe foraging under the rocks. (Also three raccoons had a brawl on the back deck last night, I had to get out of bed to go open the window and shout at them to get them stop. Assholes. I'm even more convinced that Lord Brock is deaf, he didn't even twitch at the racket.)
***
I put a row of pots under the grow lamps in the kitchen, I have arugula growing like gangbusters, basil, parsley and cilantro that's looking pretty encouraging, chives and thyme that might just make it and rosemary that is threatening to die. I also have a whole bunch of spider plant babies and whenever it goes above zero outside I stick a few pots in the library out front.
Next weekend I'll start my tomato and pepper seeds.
This is how I make it through the dark winters when I really want to do is just sit in the dark and drink wine. I used to think I didn't have SAD because my brain always felt so much worse in the summer. Turns out I was just struggling to breath during the smog months.
I always have this vague plan that I'll work on interior stuff when the weather is cold but I never do. I can barely force myself to do regular housework I have such a bad case of don't wanna.
It will all resolve when it's warm enough to go stick my hands in the dirt.
***
There's some show on I keep getting ads for called The Empire Strips Back. It's being advertised as a burlesque show, but I'm guessing it's just a musical where the storm-troopers wear silver bikinis.
I also made the mistake of looking at a website for renting cottages in the province so now I'm getting non-stop ads for them. I swear it's not safe to go on the internet any more, and not because of the axe-murderers.
I guess that means the clock change is coming up again? I have no idea when it starts and I'm never prepared for it. If I was rich enough to be properly eccentric, I'd just ignore it.
***
I saw a video once about debunking bigfoot sightings. In one part they showed how a bear's footprint in the snow would melt out under direct sunlight to become a huge bigfoot-sized pawprint even while the surrounding snow was unaffected.
I was thinking about it yesterday when I was looking at the very human-looking footprints that go across my backyard to my back window. When they hit the shade of trees where they pass onto the railroad tracks they shrank into normal-sized coyote prints.
There is something else smaller roaming around back there too, it climbed down into the drainage pit and back out again. Could be a raccoon? I also saw a possum back there a couple of days ago so maybe foraging under the rocks. (Also three raccoons had a brawl on the back deck last night, I had to get out of bed to go open the window and shout at them to get them stop. Assholes. I'm even more convinced that Lord Brock is deaf, he didn't even twitch at the racket.)
***
I put a row of pots under the grow lamps in the kitchen, I have arugula growing like gangbusters, basil, parsley and cilantro that's looking pretty encouraging, chives and thyme that might just make it and rosemary that is threatening to die. I also have a whole bunch of spider plant babies and whenever it goes above zero outside I stick a few pots in the library out front.
Next weekend I'll start my tomato and pepper seeds.
This is how I make it through the dark winters when I really want to do is just sit in the dark and drink wine. I used to think I didn't have SAD because my brain always felt so much worse in the summer. Turns out I was just struggling to breath during the smog months.
I always have this vague plan that I'll work on interior stuff when the weather is cold but I never do. I can barely force myself to do regular housework I have such a bad case of don't wanna.
It will all resolve when it's warm enough to go stick my hands in the dirt.
***
There's some show on I keep getting ads for called The Empire Strips Back. It's being advertised as a burlesque show, but I'm guessing it's just a musical where the storm-troopers wear silver bikinis.
I also made the mistake of looking at a website for renting cottages in the province so now I'm getting non-stop ads for them. I swear it's not safe to go on the internet any more, and not because of the axe-murderers.
Wednesday Reading Meme for Feb 25 2026
Feb. 25th, 2026 08:40 pmkitewithfishWhat I’ve Read
The Last Graduate – Naomi Novik – Book 2 of the Scholomance – This series rules. In some ways, total wish fulfillment (of the Superman, “What if you had the power to save everyone*?” variety) and yet the execution really works for me. And, as all good series do, it delivers on promises made in the first book that you didn’t even know were being set up. I have only read this series once, each book as it was published, and I am happily reporting that they are even better read in quick succession. I love El Higgins and would go to war for her.
What I’m Reading
Apparently Sir Cameron Needs to Die – Static.
The Golden Enclaves – Naomi Novik – Scholomance 3 – Stuff gets objectively better and also subjectively so much worse. Fascinating expansion from the microcosm of the Scholomance itself and its limited borders to the actual whole world of magical people all fucking about and being human. Great stuff.
What I’ll Read Next
My Real Children Jo Walton
Sunshine Robin McKinley
Work in Progress Wednesday
Sock Madness 20 ! Nearly done with Sock 1, have worked out enough of the difficulties that I think sock 2 will be a great improvement! The rough part of Sock Madness is that I don’t usually have time to fit the sock to my own foot very well, so I’m probably going to have to play Cinderella with someone else’s feet.
The Last Graduate – Naomi Novik – Book 2 of the Scholomance – This series rules. In some ways, total wish fulfillment (of the Superman, “What if you had the power to save everyone*?” variety) and yet the execution really works for me. And, as all good series do, it delivers on promises made in the first book that you didn’t even know were being set up. I have only read this series once, each book as it was published, and I am happily reporting that they are even better read in quick succession. I love El Higgins and would go to war for her.
What I’m Reading
Apparently Sir Cameron Needs to Die – Static.
The Golden Enclaves – Naomi Novik – Scholomance 3 – Stuff gets objectively better and also subjectively so much worse. Fascinating expansion from the microcosm of the Scholomance itself and its limited borders to the actual whole world of magical people all fucking about and being human. Great stuff.
What I’ll Read Next
My Real Children Jo Walton
Sunshine Robin McKinley
Work in Progress Wednesday
Sock Madness 20 ! Nearly done with Sock 1, have worked out enough of the difficulties that I think sock 2 will be a great improvement! The rough part of Sock Madness is that I don’t usually have time to fit the sock to my own foot very well, so I’m probably going to have to play Cinderella with someone else’s feet.
Duck update
Feb. 25th, 2026 11:01 pmluzulaOur flock of twelve ducks now number thirteen and occasionally fourteen. Duck #13 is the neighbours' sole surviving duck after the others were taken by a fox (probably). He was keeping them outside. Ours are in a polytunnel inside an enclosure, but I think a determined fox could still get inside. Augh, I hope they survive the winter. Duck #13 is white and looks a lot like our Elsa, but smaller and with a more orange beak; we call her Lill-Elsa (Little Elsa). She has seamlessly merged with the flock.
The occasional #14 is a female wild mallard who seems to be considering the advantages of domestication: free food, water, and shelter! But she comes and goes. One might think our ducks would correspondingly be hearing the call of the wild from her, but no. They like their comforts now. The snow is thawing and I thought I'd make them happy by breaking up the ice in the small pond for them, but when I herded them outside to see it, they just stood there and looked at me like I was committing animal abuse, and hurried back to the polytunnel as soon as I got out of the way. Sigh.
As for me, I am too busy and am looking forward to things calming down a little soon. At least I hope they will.
The occasional #14 is a female wild mallard who seems to be considering the advantages of domestication: free food, water, and shelter! But she comes and goes. One might think our ducks would correspondingly be hearing the call of the wild from her, but no. They like their comforts now. The snow is thawing and I thought I'd make them happy by breaking up the ice in the small pond for them, but when I herded them outside to see it, they just stood there and looked at me like I was committing animal abuse, and hurried back to the polytunnel as soon as I got out of the way. Sigh.
As for me, I am too busy and am looking forward to things calming down a little soon. At least I hope they will.
AI and Dreamwidth
Feb. 25th, 2026 12:11 pm![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png){kind=small}
mark posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_devWe've seen some questions lately about AI and how it relates to Dreamwidth, especially around scraping and training. Rather than answer piecemeal, I wanted to talk through how denise and I are thinking about this and try to be explicit about some things.
Dreamwidth is a user-supported service. We don't build the service around monetizing user data, and that informs how we approach AI just like it informs everything else we do.
Your content and AI training
Dreamwidth does not and will not sell, license, or otherwise provide user content for AI training. We have not and will not enter into data-access agreements for AI training purposes.
We will continue taking reasonable technical steps to discourage large-scale automated scraping, including known AI crawlers, where it is practical to do so. No public website can prevent scraping with absolute certainty, but we will keep doing what we reasonably can on our side.
AI features on Dreamwidth
Dreamwidth will not introduce AI features (and we have no current intention of doing so) that use or process user content without a public discussion with the community first.
We're only phrasing it like this because we can't predict the future and who knows what will be possible and available in five or ten years, but right now there's nothing we can see wanting to add.
If that ever changed, the conversation would happen openly before any decisions were made.
Site admin uses of AI
Keeping Dreamwidth usable means dealing with things like spam and abuse, and that sometimes requires automated admin tools to be more efficient or effective.
We are not currently using AI-driven systems for moderation or similar decisions.
If we ever decide that an AI-based tool would help address a site admin problem like spam, we will explain what we are doing and how it works (and ask for feedback!) before putting it into use. Any such tools would exist only to make it easier and more efficient for us to do the work of running the site.
AI and code contributions
Dreamwidth is an open-source project, and contributors use a variety of tools and workflows.
Contributors may choose whether or not to use AI-assisted tools when writing or reviewing code. Dreamwidth will not require contributors to use AI tools, and we will not reject contributions solely because AI-assisted tools were used.
For developers: if you use any AI-assisted development tools for generating a pull request or code contribution, we expect you to thoroughly and carefully review the output of those tools before including them in a pull request. We would ask the community not to submit pull requests from automated agents with no human intervention in the submission process.
I think it's important and I want to be able to review, understand, and maintain any contributions effectively, and that means humans are involved and making sure we're writing code for humans to work with, even if AI was involved.
Important note: this applies to code only. We expect any submitted images or artwork (such as for styles, mood themes, or anything else) to be the work of a human artist.
And to be very explicit, any AI-assisted development does not involve access to Dreamwidth posts or personal content.
In short summary
- Dreamwidth does not and will not provide user content for AI training
- Dreamwidth have not and will not enter data-sharing agreements for AI training and we will do what we can to prevent/discourage automated scraping by AI companies
- Dreamwidth will not introduce AI features without a public discussion first
- Any site admin use of AI tools will be explained openly and part of a public conversation
- Contributors can choose their own development tools for code, but we do not accept images or artwork generated by AI
Oh, and we'll probably mention this (or a subset of this that isn't code related) in an upcoming dw_news post, but will defer to denise on that!
WED Day 25
Feb. 25th, 2026 05:45 amsakanawordsCheck-in post for day 25!
Days 1-14
Day 15:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,
Day 16:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,
Day 17:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, brithistorian, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, sakana17, chanter1944,
Day 18:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, brithistorian, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,
Day 19:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,
Day 20:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,
Day 21:sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,
Day 22:sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, sakana17,
Day 23:sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, ysilme, goddess47,
Day 24:sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, ysilme,
Day 25:china_shop,
Days 1-14
Day 15:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,Day 16:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,Day 17:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, brithistorian, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, sakana17, chanter1944,Day 18:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, brithistorian, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,Day 19:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, Day 20:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,Day 21:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,Day 22:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, sakana17, Day 23:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, ysilme, goddess47,Day 24:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, ysilme,Day 25:
china_shop,Code Tour: 2024-12-01 to 2026-02-25
Feb. 25th, 2026 12:22 amsilveradept posting in dw_devOh, hi, everybody! It's been a little bit since we did a code tour, hasn't it? But never fear, we're here to walk you through the changes that have happened since the last time we took a tour through the code changes in Dreamwidth.
Let's dive in, shall we?
( Your code tour, with some attempts at arrangement by topic. )
There we go! Another year's worth of code commits, issues resolved, and attempts to make Dreamwidth a greater and cooler place to be. And to have it continue working into the future.
(We should do these more often, but volunteers and, well…*gestures broadly around*. So it may be a while before someone has the spoons to do this again, but we're always trying to be more consistent about it.)
Here are the totals for this code tour:
104 total issues resolved.
Contributors in this code tour:![[github.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/github.png)
Copilot, alierak, cmho, dependabot, jjbarr, kareila, l1n, momijizukamori, pauamma, sirilyan, zorkian
Let's dive in, shall we?
( Your code tour, with some attempts at arrangement by topic. )
There we go! Another year's worth of code commits, issues resolved, and attempts to make Dreamwidth a greater and cooler place to be. And to have it continue working into the future.
(We should do these more often, but volunteers and, well…*gestures broadly around*. So it may be a while before someone has the spoons to do this again, but we're always trying to be more consistent about it.)
Here are the totals for this code tour:
104 total issues resolved.
Contributors in this code tour:
Copilot, alierak, cmho, dependabot, jjbarr, kareila, l1n, momijizukamori, pauamma, sirilyan, zorkian
Thank you for your input
Feb. 24th, 2026 11:21 pmcornerofmadnessThumbs Up to everyone who stopped by to let me know what you thought of my story (and if you want to read it, go back to yesterday). It's helpful. It helps the story form. It's a big week for me writing wise. I have two major open calls that open Saturday and I am set. I'm also trying to make a better record of all my unplaced stories along with word count/genre so I don't forget something.
It's also a very big week in terms of emotions. Friday is 5 years since I nearly lost my leg. That seems amazing.
Cancer is coming for another family member (which luckily is usually curable with surgery but still, fuck you cancer). Speaking of which I'm in the last days of my American Cancer Society read-a-thon charity drive. You can see more about it here.
As for Fannish 50 Tuesday it's THIS bullshit AGAIN. Creators being attacked, threatened, bullied. This past week, in a nutshell, Gooseworx, creator of The Amazing Digital Circus was in one of the livestream/video game plays this cast/creator loves to do and she mentions that Jax and Pomni are the main characters and people lost their fucking shit. They dragged her so hard over this, for daring to say who is the main character in this thing that they created but it didn't match their headcanons. She deleted the reddit account she used to interact with fans. A couple days later she apologized for not being professional in doing that.
I'm like maybe but I wouldn't say that. Why should you give fans access if they're going to be like this? And it's not just her. Vivzie who does Hazbin gets it like this all the time, Dana Terrace (the Owl House, Knights of Guinevere) does as well. Even Matt Braly (Amphibia) got slapped hard this past week. It culminated in Goose saying she doesn't want to touch her creation again once the last two episodes drop (something Dana Terrace did until this year, almost 4 years later with hers) and Glitch, the production company stepping in try to calm these people down.
If you're curious you can see Matt's thread here on twitter. What Glitch had to say is here.
and here are a few YT commentors who tend to have decent insights into things
and two from Ayy
Who would have thought I'd miss the toxicity of the Buffy days. At least it wasn't batshit crazy like this. And I truly miss the Prodigal Son fandom which was mostly (but of course not always) civil.
It's also a very big week in terms of emotions. Friday is 5 years since I nearly lost my leg. That seems amazing.
Cancer is coming for another family member (which luckily is usually curable with surgery but still, fuck you cancer). Speaking of which I'm in the last days of my American Cancer Society read-a-thon charity drive. You can see more about it here.
As for Fannish 50 Tuesday it's THIS bullshit AGAIN. Creators being attacked, threatened, bullied. This past week, in a nutshell, Gooseworx, creator of The Amazing Digital Circus was in one of the livestream/video game plays this cast/creator loves to do and she mentions that Jax and Pomni are the main characters and people lost their fucking shit. They dragged her so hard over this, for daring to say who is the main character in this thing that they created but it didn't match their headcanons. She deleted the reddit account she used to interact with fans. A couple days later she apologized for not being professional in doing that.
I'm like maybe but I wouldn't say that. Why should you give fans access if they're going to be like this? And it's not just her. Vivzie who does Hazbin gets it like this all the time, Dana Terrace (the Owl House, Knights of Guinevere) does as well. Even Matt Braly (Amphibia) got slapped hard this past week. It culminated in Goose saying she doesn't want to touch her creation again once the last two episodes drop (something Dana Terrace did until this year, almost 4 years later with hers) and Glitch, the production company stepping in try to calm these people down.
If you're curious you can see Matt's thread here on twitter. What Glitch had to say is here.
and here are a few YT commentors who tend to have decent insights into things
and two from Ayy
Who would have thought I'd miss the toxicity of the Buffy days. At least it wasn't batshit crazy like this. And I truly miss the Prodigal Son fandom which was mostly (but of course not always) civil.
inside of a dog it's too dark to read
Feb. 24th, 2026 07:44 pmrunpunkrunThe lightbulb in my lamp just burnt out, but the cat is lying on me, so I'm literally sitting in the dark right now because those are the rules.
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Feb. 25th, 2026 12:36 pmchina_shop* I find SMBC pretty hit and miss these days, but today's comic smacked me in the face. :-)
* Idk if 4am!me's brain worries more than it should, or daytime!me's brain worries less than it should. I just know we're in a circular standoff, and I'm very tired.
* Idk if 4am!me's brain worries more than it should, or daytime!me's brain worries less than it should. I just know we're in a circular standoff, and I'm very tired.
Candyheartsex reveals: Dangerous Liaisons, Flight of the Heron, and Brigadoon
Feb. 24th, 2026 11:47 amsanguinityI wrote two works for candyheartsex!
During the anon period, there was a tumblr post going around about how you should follow your heart and write fic for that 300-year-old novel! Write fic for that 70-year-old movie! And I had to laugh, because...
This was a pinch-hit I picked up early. I've long hated the resolution of the novel, where Merteuil is cast low while Valmont is nearly valorized in death. (God forbid a woman be evil!!) So I wrote a new ending for them, one that is more symmetric in consequence, leaving them both war-ravaged, but with a path to become allies again.
Will they ride again, leaving ruin behind them? We can only hope. ;-)
So, last year I watched the Gene Kelly version of the musical Brigadoon, which for those who don't know, is about a Highland village that gets snatched out of time in the mid-eighteenth century, only returning to Earth for one day every hundred years.
And on hearing this, I was like, "Oh, that was obviously to protect the village from the fallout of the '45..." And then it turned out the whole backstory for the miracle was to protect the village from witches. Witches!
And I thought "Well, that's stupid. Obviously a fix-it is required!" Quickly followed by, "You know, I have a handy '45 fandom right here..." And "Not only do I have a handy '45 fandom, there is an EMPTY SPOT ON THE MAP where Ardroy should be... just as if Ardroy had once upon a time been snatched away into the clouds!"
So I wrote a couple thousand words right then, wrote a couple thousand more while I was in Japan, and... then got inextricably tangled up in plot difficulties and let the whole thing languish, neglected.
But then I got assigned toluzula in candyheartsex! Luzula likes AUs that have a supernatural element, and she's actually been to that empty glen where Ardroy should be, and it was all too perfect an opportunity to pass up. So on a weekend visit to my mom, I spent the entire four-hour drive blocking out my proposed plot to grrlpup, and satisfied that it was doable if I wrote fast, I wrote some 2K words that day. And then... kept doing that.
So. Um. Is this an absurdly long story for an exchange with a 300-word minimum? Yes. Sorry. (I hope I didn't cut too much into your free time last week, Luzula!) But it was a beautiful excuse to finish a story that might not have gotten finished otherwise, and the oppty to gift it to someone who has actually seen that empty glen.
Anyway, 16.7K, eventual happy ending, and no knowledge whatsoever of the musical is required.
So in fact it was only a 250-year-old novel and a 70-year-old movie, but still pretty close to the mark!
candyheartsex!During the anon period, there was a tumblr post going around about how you should follow your heart and write fic for that 300-year-old novel! Write fic for that 70-year-old movie! And I had to laugh, because...
Renewed Liaison forparnassus
Les liaisons dangereuses | Dangerous Liaisons - Choderlos de Laclos
Marquise de Merteuil/Vicomte de Valmont
Canon Divergence, Fix-it, Parley
I sue for two items only: peace, and a renewal of the true amity that once existed between us.
This was a pinch-hit I picked up early. I've long hated the resolution of the novel, where Merteuil is cast low while Valmont is nearly valorized in death. (God forbid a woman be evil!!) So I wrote a new ending for them, one that is more symmetric in consequence, leaving them both war-ravaged, but with a path to become allies again.
Will they ride again, leaving ruin behind them? We can only hope. ;-)
There My Heart Forever Lies for
The Flight of the Heron
Ewen/Keith, Ewen/Alison, Keith & Francis
Brigadoon AU
After Culloden, word reaches the British garrison that Ewen Cameron is skulking at Ardroy. As a test of his loyalty, Keith Windham is sent with a company of men to arrest him. Keith goes, but is determined to protect Ewen however he can.
Ewen, however, has been granted a miracle: for Ardroy and all its people to vanish into the Highland mist, reappearing only one day in a century. Life will go on just as before, no longer touched by wars, armies, or time…
So, last year I watched the Gene Kelly version of the musical Brigadoon, which for those who don't know, is about a Highland village that gets snatched out of time in the mid-eighteenth century, only returning to Earth for one day every hundred years.
And on hearing this, I was like, "Oh, that was obviously to protect the village from the fallout of the '45..." And then it turned out the whole backstory for the miracle was to protect the village from witches. Witches!
And I thought "Well, that's stupid. Obviously a fix-it is required!" Quickly followed by, "You know, I have a handy '45 fandom right here..." And "Not only do I have a handy '45 fandom, there is an EMPTY SPOT ON THE MAP where Ardroy should be... just as if Ardroy had once upon a time been snatched away into the clouds!"
So I wrote a couple thousand words right then, wrote a couple thousand more while I was in Japan, and... then got inextricably tangled up in plot difficulties and let the whole thing languish, neglected.
But then I got assigned to
luzula in candyheartsex! Luzula likes AUs that have a supernatural element, and she's actually been to that empty glen where Ardroy should be, and it was all too perfect an opportunity to pass up. So on a weekend visit to my mom, I spent the entire four-hour drive blocking out my proposed plot to grrlpup, and satisfied that it was doable if I wrote fast, I wrote some 2K words that day. And then... kept doing that.So. Um. Is this an absurdly long story for an exchange with a 300-word minimum? Yes. Sorry. (I hope I didn't cut too much into your free time last week, Luzula!) But it was a beautiful excuse to finish a story that might not have gotten finished otherwise, and the oppty to gift it to someone who has actually seen that empty glen.
Anyway, 16.7K, eventual happy ending, and no knowledge whatsoever of the musical is required.
So in fact it was only a 250-year-old novel and a 70-year-old movie, but still pretty close to the mark!
WED Day 24
Feb. 24th, 2026 05:35 amsakanawordsCheck-in post for day 24!
Days 1-14
Day 15:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,
Day 16:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,
Day 17:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, brithistorian, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, sakana17, chanter1944,
Day 18:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, brithistorian, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,
Day 19:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,
Day 20:sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,
Day 21:sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,
Day 22:sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, sakana17,
Day 23:sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, ysilme, goddess47,
Day 24:sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, ysilme,
Days 1-14
Day 15:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,Day 16:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,Day 17:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, brithistorian, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, sakana17, chanter1944,Day 18:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, brithistorian, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, chanter1944,Day 19:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, Day 20:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,Day 21:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47,Day 22:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, the_siobhan, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, sakana17, Day 23:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, ysilme, goddess47,Day 24:
sylvanwitch, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, china_shop, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, ysilme,I do feel sorry for the east coast
Feb. 23rd, 2026 11:37 pmcornerofmadnessThat storm is a monster. I hope all my friends there are okay.
I could use some help from everyone. I'm working on something new. God know where it is going. I am curious as how it hits as an opener (not really looking for a critique per se but if you see anything stupid, confusing etc let me know. On the other hand if something is really working, I'd love to know that too) Anyhow here it is. I'd love to hear a few opinions thanks.
( content warning, murder mystery, dead bodies, mutilated ones, cults and sex workers )
I could use some help from everyone. I'm working on something new. God know where it is going. I am curious as how it hits as an opener (not really looking for a critique per se but if you see anything stupid, confusing etc let me know. On the other hand if something is really working, I'd love to know that too) Anyhow here it is. I'd love to hear a few opinions thanks.
( content warning, murder mystery, dead bodies, mutilated ones, cults and sex workers )
Fic: Blue Flower Sheets (Band of Brothers, Speirs/Lipton)
Feb. 23rd, 2026 08:38 pmimpala_chickTitle: Blue Flower Sheets
Fandom: Band of Brothers (TV)
Pairing: Speirs/Lipton
Rated: Teen
Word Count: 2,525
Summary: When Speirs chooses Malarkey to lead the patrol, Lipton gets frustrated with him and voices his disapproval. Sure, Speirs is miles better than Dike and he’s been weirdly nice to Lipton, but Malarkey does not deserve this shit.
Speirs is… intrigued by this side of Lipton.
Tags: Episode 1x08 The Last Patrol, Non-sexual intimacy.
A/N: For the![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
heavyartillery holiday exchange 2025.
Fic on AO3
( Fic under here )
Fandom: Band of Brothers (TV)
Pairing: Speirs/Lipton
Rated: Teen
Word Count: 2,525
Summary: When Speirs chooses Malarkey to lead the patrol, Lipton gets frustrated with him and voices his disapproval. Sure, Speirs is miles better than Dike and he’s been weirdly nice to Lipton, but Malarkey does not deserve this shit.
Speirs is… intrigued by this side of Lipton.
Tags: Episode 1x08 The Last Patrol, Non-sexual intimacy.
A/N: For the
heavyartillery holiday exchange 2025.Fic on AO3
( Fic under here )