Wounded Christmas Wolf

Nov. 14th, 2025 11:43 am
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christmas book cover with a couple, falling snow, small town

It is free book time again! This is a Christmas romance, a full length novel unrelated to my other series (though obviously it has shifter-romance-style werewolves in it). The link will work until the book goes live on Amazon on the 21st.

This book went through heavier rewrites than my books normally do, so please let me know if you notice any typos or inconsistencies and I will try to fix them!

As always, no obligation, but feel free to download and enjoy.

Free download from Bookfunnel:
https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1c4ety8smh

Celebrating AO3’s 16th Anniversary

Nov. 14th, 2025 05:23 pm
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Posted by Elintiriel

AO3 is turning 16! It’s been another year of growth for AO3. Since this time last year, we passed both eight million and nine million registered users! We also passed 14 million, 15 million, and 16 million fanworks on the site, including one million works in Mandarin Chinese—the first non-English language to reach this milestone!

AO3’s committees have also done a lot of important work this year! Accessibility, Design, & Technology published multiple important code releases, including security improvements like sending you an email when you or someone logged in to your account changes your username, password, or email as well as new features like allowing you to use CSS custom properties in site skins or add tags to your collections!

AO3’s Tag Wranglers published four updates on “No Fandom” tags, which are tags that are not associated with any particular fandom. Many of the new tags they’ve made canonical (marked common) include commonly requested ones like Breeding Kink, Mind Break, and Rivals to Lovers. Check out the full list of new and modified No Fandom tags!

OTW Open Doors announced the import of five fanwork and two zine archives to AO3, including fanworks related to fandoms such as Harry Potter, Inuyasha, and Star Trek: The Original Series. You can look through all old import announcements by browsing AO3 news for the Open Doors tag.

Policy & Abuse published a series of important Terms of Service (TOS) Spotlight news posts that answered common questions about violations of AO3’s TOS. Check them out here:

We’re so excited about all the wonderful things that have happened this year and we can’t wait to see what future years bring!

Prompt!

To celebrate AO3’s 16th birthday, we want to prompt you to post a fanwork featuring 16 in some way! This could be a work about Season/Series 16 of a show, or a character with 16 in their name like Android 16 (Dragon Ball), or even a character celebrating their 16th Birthday. We encourage you to get creative! When you post your works on AO3 or social media, tag them #AO3Celebrates16!

Comment!

If you don’t feel like creating a work, that’s okay! Instead, celebrate this anniversary with us by commenting on 16 fanworks and recommending your favorite in the comments!

Thank you for celebrating 16 years of AO3 with us!

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Another day I chose not to go downtown. I drove mom to her treatment, did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. I shake ‘n baked pork chops for supper.

I watched another Hallmark Christmas movie and some HGTV programs. Zoo Tampa was my background tv in the evening. I dropped by the library to return books and asked about them ordering a book. (The latest J.D. Robb; it’s odd that they haven’t already ordered it because they usually order that series.) And I made sure I was on the hold list for the new Louise Penny.

In the annoying story of sciatica redux, I am starting to feel some 'pain' (mild, more like a twinge, feels sort of like a muscle pull) in the middle of my buttock again. My chiropractor had said to keep track of anything like that happening and to keep icing, just in case it was not as fully gone as I thought. And here we are. I really hope it's just the last vestiges and not starting up again. Or planning to hang on forever. o_O *fingers crossed*

Temps started out at 38.1(F) and reached 40.8. Today was a combination of rain, snow, sun, wind, more rain . . . I did not appreciate the variety, tbh.


Mom Update:

Mom seemed to be more tired than usual today. more back here )

New Year's Resolutions 2025: Round-Up

Nov. 14th, 2025 11:19 pm
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We opened the New Year's Resolutions 2025 AO3 collection on 1 January and closed it on October 24 when Yuletide assignments went out.

This year's collection had 25 works total (mostly fic - but not all), in:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Alien (Prequel Movies 2012 2017)
Barely Lethal (2015)
Betrayal at Krondor (Video Games)
괴물 | Beyond Evil (TV)
Brave (2012)
Creep (Movies 2014 2017)
For All Mankind (TV 2019)
Hopeless Fountain Kingdom - Halsey (Album)
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
The Secret Garden - Simon/Norman
Slow Horses (TV)
승리호 | Space Sweepers (2021)
Star Wars - All Media Types
Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I - Various Authors
Strange Way Of Life (Short Film 2023)
Super Powereds - Drew Hayes
Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 (TV)
Transistor (Video Game)
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley
Winslow Boy (1999)
ヲタクに恋は難しい | Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Anime)

Thank you to everyone who contributed a make-up story, to people fulfilling other personal challenges, and to everyone who simply felt inspired.

Click this details tag for more information about the works, in reverse order posted.
hearts still burn the same (1244 words) by thewomanupstairs
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Strange Way Of Life (Short Film 2023)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sheriff Jake/Silva (Strange Way Of Life)
Characters: Silva (Strange Way Of Life), Sheriff Jake (Strange Way Of Life)
Additional Tags: Body Worship, Injury Recovery, Possessive Behavior, "love is a game and i'm playing to win" vibes
Summary:

Even with having so much time between then and now to think on it, Jake was never able to answer the question of whether the pain of being with Silva outweighed the pain of being without.



Hairy situation (1001 words) by Fiore01
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Brave (2012)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elinor/Fergus (Disney: Brave), Elinor & Merida (Disney)
Characters: Elinor (Disney), Merida (Disney), Fergus (Disney: Brave)
Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff
Summary:

The guilt of what she had done still hit her hard.



after the end (1366 words) by computational
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 괴물 | Beyond Evil (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Han Juwon/Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil)
Characters: Kang Minjung (Beyond Evil)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Grief/Mourning, Flowers, Han Juwon Loves Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil), Domestic Han Juwon/Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil), Canonical Character Death
Summary:

A year after everything, Lee Dongsik starts talking to plants. Juwon listens, and learns.



What's Built To Last (2795 words) by platinum_firebird
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Alien (Prequel Movies 2012 2017)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Katherine Daniels/Walter
Characters: Katherine Daniels, Walter (Alien Series)
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Post-Canon Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Specifically Walter, Alien Planet, New Planets, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Holding Hands, Healing, Developing Relationship, Grief/Mourning
Summary:

After surviving the death-trap of Planet 4 together, Walter and Daniels make a start on the cabin by the lake.



borage and soapweed and arnica (2166 words) by Pure_Anon
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Secret Garden - Simon/Norman
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dr. Neville Craven & Mary Lennox
Characters: Dr. Neville Craven, Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)
Additional Tags: Men Crying, Angst, Complicated Relationships, Hopeful Ending
Summary:

Neville stumbled out blindly, uncaring, unthinking of where he would go, only knowing he could not remain in Lily’s garden with its atmosphere of oppressive joy, a place where he was so clearly not wanted.



Houston (1027 words) by crazykookie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: For All Mankind (TV 2019)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Margo Madison & Aleida Rosales, Margo Madison & William "Bill" Strausser, Margo Madison & Wernher von Braun
Characters: Margo Madison, Aleida Rosales, William "Bill" Strausser (For All Mankind), Wernher von Braun
Summary:

Houston, NASA, and the years of Margo's life



[Art] Riddle Chest (0 words) by Hekachoc
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Betrayal at Krondor (Video Games)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Owyn Beleforte & Gorath
Characters: Gorath (Riftwar Saga), Owyn Beleforte
Additional Tags: Art, Humour, Riddles, Crack, Banter, Meta


Becalmed (575 words) by Age or Wizardry
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Llewyn Davis
Additional Tags: time loop (implied), questioning the efficacy of timeloops as a tool for changing behavior, doing something with the movie's references to The Odyssey
Summary:

The purpose of a time loop is supposed to involve the person realizing they're in one.



Coffee Talk (20088 words) by C-chan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: ヲタクに恋は難しい | Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Anime)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Momose Narumi/Nifuji Hirotaka, Nifuji Naoya/Sakuragi Kou, Kabakura Tarou/Koyanagi Hanako, Momose Narumi & Nifuji Naoya, Kabakura Tarou & Koyanagi Hanako & Momose Narumi & Nifuji Hirotaka & Nifuji Naoya & Sakuragi Kou
Characters: Momose Narumi, Nifuji Naoya, Nifuji Hirotaka, Koyanagi Hanako, Kabakura Tarou, Sakuragi Kou
Additional Tags: References to Coffee Talk (Video Game), Coffee Shops, Marriage Proposal, Plans For The Future, Collab Cafés, anime and gaming references, Canon Compliant, Community: smallfandombang, Canon pregnancy
Summary:

After watching Narumi play Coffee Talk, Naoya is inspired to open a café that specifically caters to an evening crowd. In order to get an idea of what's out there, he invites Narumi to visit various cafés with him to better understand the coffee scene outside of the [off-brand Starbucks] chain in which he's currently employed. (Narumi... maaaayyyyy use this as an excuse to take him to various collab cafés and get more of the collectable goods, but hey! They're still technically cafés, right?) Oh, and also, Naoya is planning on proposing to Kou after beating her at a video game, despite being the worst gamer ever. Which means Narumi needs to find a way to help him out. Too bad that Hirotaka's clearly not working on the same excuse.

Expect a lot of café culture, tons of nerdiness, and the occasional burst of romance and introspection as Narumi helps her future little brother in law make his dreams come true.



At the Threshold (5150 words) by edwardianspinsteraunt
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Robert Morton (Winslow Boy), Catherine Winslow, Desmond Curry
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Kissing, Vulnerability, questionable decisions, Confessions (of various sorts), semi-resolved sexual tension, Angst with a Happy Ending, past Catherine Winslow/John Watherstone
Summary:

Catherine learns earlier of Sir Robert's sacrifice - a discovery that has surprising results.



go down with the ship (880 words) by facingthenorthwind
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I - Various Authors, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Hedda Casset, Burraga Agaburry
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Book: Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi - Charles Soule, Hedda Casset Lives, Survivor Guilt
Summary:

The staff had suggested that the bridge crew who had been so miraculously rescued by the Jedi meet their rescuers, which Hedda would have been far more enthusiastic about had she been able to have any peaceful sleep or feel anything except the crushing guilt of being alive. The least she could have done was go down with her ship. The least she should have done.



Mr. Campbell Goes to Washington (1941 words) by MehitableCressens
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Super Powereds - Drew Hayes
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alice Adair/Nick Campbell
Characters: Alice Adair | Legacy, Nick Campbell (Super Powereds), Blaine Jeffries | Zero, Sean Pendleton | Wisp
Additional Tags: Humor, Las Vegas Wedding, Politics, Missing Scene, And they plotted happily ever after, Family
Summary:

A wedding between subtlety majors was going to result in multiple subtle plots being advanced, whether they be for amusement or to begin taking over Washington. Blaine Jeffries really, really wished that Scotch was on menu when Nick Campbell came over to "network."



Sick Day (1318 words) by Rodo
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 승리호 | Space Sweepers (2021)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Captain Jang Hyun Sook, Kang Kot Nim | Dorothy, Tiger Park | Park Kyung Soo, Kim Tae Ho (Space Sweepers), Bubs (Space Sweepers)
Additional Tags: Sick Character, Post-Canon
Summary:

“I think Kot-nim’s sick,” Bubs said.



and everybody's mother's child is going to spy (to see if reindeer really know how to fly) (2566 words) by Morbane
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Barely Lethal (2015)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Liz Larson/Megan Walsh
Characters: Liz Larson, Parker Larson, Megan Walsh
Additional Tags: Fluff, Christmas Fluff, Feelings Realization, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Winter
Summary:

Sure, Liz had expected Megan to be all in on Christmas: especially on getting to experience it as Megan, not just 83. But in at least one aspect, Megan was already one step ahead.



Duet() (610 words) by Hekateras
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Transistor (Video Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Red/Sybil Reisz
Characters: Red (Transistor), Mr. Nobody | Man Inside Transistor, Sybil Reisz
Additional Tags: During Canon, Canon Compliant, Obsession, Canon-Typical Tragedy, The Process, unusual formatting
Summary:

With every blow she strikes, the Empty Set sings back to her with her own voice.



Worth Staying For (1240 words) by Hekateras
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dys/Sol (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist)
Characters: Dys (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist), Sol (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist)
Additional Tags: male!Sol, During Canon, Angst, Hopeful Ending, Glow Month, angsty fluff, Hugs, Kissing under the Void, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:

Dys has come to say goodbye, but Sol is nowhere to be found.



a space, a drop, a cloth (the comfort of frailties in me) (6238 words) by saturni_stellis
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: David Bowman/HAL 9000, David Bowman/Frank Poole
Characters: David Bowman, HAL 9000, Frank Poole
Additional Tags: Angst, Blood and Injury, Masturbation, Canonical Character Death, Voyeurism, extremely dubious voyeurism tbh, Watching Someone Sleep, Robot/Human Relationships, Robot Feels, Unhappy Ending, but also..., Ambiguous/Open Ending
Summary:

Hal processes at lightning speed, but what can only seem like a second in human time, can feel like an eternity to him. After all, he can record, replay and recount every single miniature motion of someone’s expression, someone’s words and the cadence of their voice.



Colors of a Melody (1439 words) by Bodldops
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Keita Mori/Thaniel Steepleton
Characters: Keita Mori, Thaniel Steepleton
Additional Tags: Synesthesia, Slice of Life, Keita Mori's inherent resistance to asking for nice things
Summary:

Thaniel did tell Keita about being able to see sounds - he just didn't think that comment would be remembered. As if Keita hadn't been planning for this for decades.



the furthest stars came thundering at the door (4461 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Robert Morton (Winslow Boy), Catherine Winslow
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, Edwardian Period, with World War I approaching like the down express, Trains, Smoking, Post-Canon, Scandal
Summary:

Catherine and Sir Robert find themselves on the same train, but travelling in quite different directions.



Mr. Lamb and the Wolf (1441 words) by Calacious
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Creep (Movies 2014 2017)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Aaron (Creep), Josef (Creep)
Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Drugging, Post-Canon, Alternate Ending, bound and gagged, Threats of Violence
Summary:

Instead of killing Aaron, Josef decides to take him.



These Cloudy Skies Are Not Forever (3713 words) by Wu_Ya_Zui
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rou Fu You | Làng Wū Yáo/Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn, Mutsu Ten Mei | Mù Tiān Mìng/Rou Fu You | Làng Wū Yáo, Mutsu Ten Mei | Mù Tiān Mìng/Rou Fu You | Làng Wū Yáo/Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn
Characters: Ryouga | Líng Yá, Rou Fu You | Làng Wū Yáo, Mutsu Ten Mei | Mù Tiān Mìng, Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Pre-Relationship, Pre-Season/Series 01, Fluff and Angst, Sick Character, Character Study
Summary:

Shang Bu Huan falls sick from a cold, and Lang Wu Yao awkwardly helps Mu Tian Ming take care of him while Ling Ya sits back and enjoys the show.



Her joe (5331 words) by featherxquill
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Slow Horses (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jackson Lamb/Diana Taverner
Characters: Diana Taverner, Jackson Lamb (Slough House)
Additional Tags: Femdom, very mild foot worship, Face-Sitting, Shameless Smut, Banter, Lamb scrubs up well, Lamb has a priase kink and he's exactly as happy about that as you'd expect, Yuletide Treat
Series: Part 1 of The Lady and the Tramp
Summary:

Diana Taverner's admiration for Jackson Lamb's intelligence is matched only by her disgust for his appearance and general air of filth. When Lamb agrees to go undercover for her, however, he gets a new suit, has a shower and is given a shave and haircut, which complicates matters somewhat. Since he's going to be her joe, Diana visits his undercover hotel room digs. They review files and speak of country matters.



How to Pop the Question (1470 words) by atamascolily
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ken San Un | Juǎn Cán Yún/Tan Hi | Dān Fěi
Characters: Ken San Un | Juǎn Cán Yún, Tan Hi | Dān Fěi
Additional Tags: Marriage Proposal, Relationship Advice, Humor, Fluff
Summary:

Uncertain how to ask Dan Fei to marry him, Juan Can Yun draws on the wisdom gleaned from his travels with the One-Eyed Impaler, the Enigmatic Gale, and the Edgeless Blade.



Know the Newspaper’s (Not) Always Right (262 words) by YellowMagicalGirl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hopeless Fountain Kingdom - Halsey (Album)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Luna Aureum, Solis Angelus, Original Photographer, Original Reporter
Additional Tags: Canonical Character Death, Background Character Death, Gun Violence, Newspapers, Epistolary, Song: Now or Never (Halsey), i wrote this intead of studying, Biased Narrator, Deleted Scenes, specifically deleted from another fic of mine, the narrator of the scene was pro-cop enough that it hit a DNW
Summary:

A newspaper article detailing the shootout from "Now or Never".



Genre Savvy (1431 words) by atamascolily
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rin Setsu A | Lǐn Xuě Yā/Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn
Characters: Sho Fu Kan | Shāng Bù Huàn, Rin Setsu A | Lǐn Xuě Yā
Additional Tags: Metafiction, Fun with Tropes, Fourth Wall, Humor, Parody, There Was Only One Bed, Frank discussion of sex
Summary:

Lin Xue Ya knows how to please his audience.



Enjoy! And if a treat grows out of control this Yuletide, it has a home when the main event is over.

The Friday Five for 14 November 2025

Nov. 13th, 2025 06:14 pm
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These questions were originally suggested by [livejournal.com profile] alysonl.

1. What's one of the nicest things a friend has ever done for you?

2. What's one of the nicest things a stranger has ever done for you?

3. What is a trait in another person that you instantly admire, and that draws you to them?

4. What is a trait in another person that instantly repels you, and prevents you from forming a close relationship with them?

5. Time to vent: tell us about something rotten someone has done to you.

Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.

Fandom Trees 2025

Nov. 13th, 2025 08:05 am
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[community profile] fandomtrees is open for sign-ups!!

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This was another off-duty day for me, as sister S was once again taking mom to her appointment. I hit the Pharmacy while I was downtown and dropped off a car insurance payment to State Farm. (Convenient, as they’re located in the same ‘mall’.) I stopped at the bank drive-thru on the way home and Stewart’s (for gas and milk) on the way to pick up the dogs. At home I did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter. We had hot dogs for supper. I have a feeling there won't be very much grilling going on from here on out (although the temps are supposed to hit the 40s next week, so maybe . . .)

I had breakfast at Burger King this morning. I was talking to myself as if explaining the process as I was opening the ketchup packets because I often get ketchup on my fingers. So I’m on the last one and I’m like, push the ketchup away from the arrow thingy so when you rip it open you don’t get ketchup all over your fingers. Yes, success! And then I immediately dropped the ketchup packet into the pile of ketchup already on the tray. I clean up the mess that results from me having to pick up the ketchup-covered packet and then shake my OJ, only to get it all over because I hadn’t put the cap back on tightly. I was like, what even is this morning?!!

I typed in all of the transcript notes I’d taken for Top Gun: Maverick, and watched a Hallmark Christmas movie and some HGTV programs.

Temps started out at 32.4(F) and reached 41.2. Both temps again higher than forecasted by a few degrees; it’s not much, but I’ll take it. At one point we even had a little sun.


Mom Update:

Mom sounded good when I talked to her. more )
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I hit Walmart and Agway while I was downtown. At home I did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, emptied the dishwasher and ran another load, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered.

I pulled spaghetti sauce out of the freezer for supper and also browned ground beef to make the base of ~something for the coming cold days (I'm thinking our family version of goulash, which is nothing like actual goulash, which I found out when I ordered it out once and was like, wtf is this?!! o_O).

I finished the Hallmark Christmas movie I started last night and watched another. I think the light snow was making me feel seasonal-ish.

Temps started out at 26.6(F) (forecasted to be 23) and reached 34.5 (forecasted to be 30). Both the low and high temps were slightly higher than forecasted. Today is supposed to be the coldest day of the week, and I hope that holds. There was a coating of snow on the ground when I left the house this morning, but the main roads were pretty good. It snowed all day, but so light you could barely see it, and it melted as soon as it hit the ground, thankfully. It was very windy for most of the afternoon and I had to dress very warmly (aka, so many layers) on our walks.

Tumblr-speak has made it into my everyday language. When I let Ti out this afternoon I asked him if he was sure he wanted to go outside because it was awfully ‘wimdy’ out.


Mom Update:

Mom sounded good today when I called her. more back here )

Babylon 5 fic: To Your Health

Nov. 11th, 2025 11:41 pm
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Fixits will continue until morale improves.

To Your Health (Babylon 5, 4500 wds)
The dinner party on Minbar in 5x21: Objects At Rest goes a little differently. Canon-divergent AU.

Eleventh of the Eleventh.

Nov. 11th, 2025 09:15 pm
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One of my clients tasked me to do some computer work for her - it's something I'm doing from my apartment so it's less than the usual rate, and as it's something I'm doing from my apartment, I'm genuinely fine with that. It involves checking to see if her webpage is up to date, going through and seeing if each page that lists certain January events has those events listed on the January masterpost in turn, or if the masterpost for each month is missing certain items.

To keep track of everything as I went, I made a spreadsheet to stay organized. After a couple hours, I sent it her way to make sure I was doing it right from the get-go and wouldn't need to redo more than a couple of hours. She said the work I was doing was fine, and to compile all the missing masterpost items when I was done, but she was confused by the spreadsheet. I explained it to her, and she said that wasn't the issue: she understood what I was doing, it was that she'd never used a spreadsheet.

I understand her professional life began and ended before spreadsheets became a thing, but I hadn't thought she'd never used one. Even as a way to keep track of addresses or manage a list with a lot of moving parts. I'm inclined to believe her that she's been informed they exist and she's simply never had reason to bother.

In some ways, I envy and admire that.

TV Talk: 9-1-1, Matlock & Tracker

Nov. 11th, 2025 02:17 pm
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9-1-1: My eyeballs are still popping. spoilers )


Matlock: This ep made me uncomfortable. spoilers )


Tracker: Good ep! spoilers )

The Day in Spikedluv (Monday, Nov 10)

Nov. 11th, 2025 07:34 am
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I had a chiropractic appointment this morning. I hit Price Chopper while I was downtown and then Stewart’s later on. I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went for a walk with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter. I fried up liver for Pip's supper.

I had a bit of a brain snafu and forgot that Sister S was taking mom to her appointment today. I had written it down in my calendar, but did not keep the info in my brain. So I had an unexpected free day.

I took a nap which was nice. I’ve also been drinking hot cocoa on cool days, which is also nice. I watched Tracker and a partial Hallmark Christmas movie (I’m going to finish it, just didn’t have time tonight).

Temps started out at 35.4(F) and reached 37. Once it hit 37, about mid-morning, the temps started going down. It was quite a cool day. And we did end up getting a teensy bit of snow late afternoon, just enough to remind us that it is winter, and that more is on the way.


Mom Update:

Mom was doing okay today. more back here )

Meanwhile, in Canada....

Nov. 10th, 2025 05:02 pm
muccamukk: Chin Ho with head bowed in anger and grief. Text: fuuuuck. (H5-0: Fuuuuck)
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IDK if this petition will do anything, but here it is (for Canadians), and I've put an explainer, also. I hope there's more protests soon.

Reject Carney's Billionaire Budget.

Migrant Rights Network Response to Budget 2025.
spikedluv: (fall: caramel apples by candi)
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I’m sorry for subjecting you to this topic for a second week, but I’ve really been going down rabbit holes and just ~thinking about them a lot, and so I need to share. Today is going to basically cover three topics. The first two could go under the heading “How to create nostalgia”.


1. Parallels between Top Gun: Maverick and Top Gun (1986)

A. Maverick’s leather jacket
B. Maverick’s motorcycle
C. Maverick racing the plane
D. Maverick’s love interest drives a Porsche
E. The game on the beach (volleyball vs dogfight football)
F. Maverick defies orders
G. The MUSIC
H. The tower fly-by


more back here )
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A little bonus for Inferno - some (good!) Inferno-related fanworks:


Fire (182 words) by UnpublishedWriter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Summary: The emotional toll of 'Inferno.' One-shot.


Concerning Multiverse Theory (1665 words) by StuntMuppet
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Third Doctor/Section Leader Shaw
Characters: Third Doctor, Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw
Additional Tags: Het, Episode Tag, Math, sex but not porn
Summary: He indulges, for a moment, in abstraction. Third Doctor/Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw (from Inferno), and the equations of possibility.


What the Thunder Said (4390 words) by eponymous_rose
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Third Doctor, Elizabeth Shaw, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, John Benton
Additional Tags: 1000-5000 Words, Alternate Universe, Canon Compliant, POV Third Person, Canon - TV, Angst, Drama, Humor, Episode Related, Episode Tag, Action/Adventure, Science Fiction, Apocalypse, Character Study
Summary: A doomed world, only slightly more lost than our own; through the eye of the Inferno and into the realm of memory. Time's end.


Namesake (3023 words) by JohnAmendAll
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Liz Ten, Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw
Additional Tags: Community: dw_straybunnies
Summary: A Royal audience for Section Leader Shaw.


Inferno (ART) (0 words) by OxideBlack
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Brigade Leader Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, Liz Shaw (Doctor Who), Third Doctor (Doctor Who), Petra Williams (Inferno Earth), Greg Sutton
Additional Tags: Mirror!Brigadier, Digital Art, Doctor Who Art