Our local Joann's has five days left before it closes, unless it completely runs out of everything before then.

In related news, guess who has two thumbs and impulse-bought ten yards of fleece featuring sharks spyhopping. I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with it, but like. It was only $15. I am very, very, very weak to that kind of deal.

(Note to self: Do something with Avery and Zeek and spyhopping; it would be adorable.)


Footnote: SABLE = Stash Accumulated Beyond Life Expectancy. I have perhaps purchased too much fabric in general...

And There Was Only One Bed, Chapter Four is now available to listen to!

If you liked the fic (or if you haven't gotten to it yet but it seems like something you might like) and listening to stories is a thing you enjoy, go do so! gwogobo did a fantabulous job 💖

I've (finally) made it about half an hour into the final chapter of SVSSS book three and I just want to give Luo Binghe all the (platonic) hugs 😭

Also ZZL. Boy deserves some of his own. Planning to get him laid for Sot69, at least.

Edit: 45 minutes left in the last chapter before the extras. Possibly the exact point where things start looking up again. There's no audio version available for Book 4 that I'm aware of, so I'll have to read said extras silently, but to be honest I'm looking forward to it. Bring on the happy ending, please and thank you!

Got a very mild scolding at work, which RSD promptly blew out of proportion 🙄 Managed to work through it by composing a countdown poem about it.


Though it is rarely anything big or important,
just a small misstep here or there,
still I find myself flinching.
I shy away from
these lingering memories,
like open
wounds.


Needs a title still (initial title was "making a small mistake at work"), but it helped me through things, so. Still good. (Cuz goddamn does emotional disregulation make thinking about small mistakes feel like accidentally poking an infected hangnail or getting lemon juice on a papercut. Like, are you serious. That much from this? Can't we just give it up and heal already?)

Remembered a deadline and took a break from writing another Dreamwidth primer to instead get the 2025 theme poll for summerofthe69 finished and posted. There are forty-four possible themes to choose from, and voters also have the ability to decide if the fest should have twenty-three themes this year, instead of the previous standard of thirteen.

I've got two possible plunnies that I'm sitting on for this year; I'm going to try and get them outlined over the next month, and then when theme voting closes on May 15th, I'll see which themes I can shoehorn the stories in to 😜

Even odds that I'll skip posting the voting link around tonight; it's only half an hour until my clock flips over to midnight anyway, so.

Just found out via Tumblr, the governmental website for Covid information is now literal propaganda. No, really. It is a fucking trip to click through and even skim.

This is definitely one of those "laugh so you don't cry" moments, because like. Seriously. What the FUCK.

Hello! You may be here because you saw me talking about Dreamwidth on Tumblr, or from my Dreamwidth tutorials at newcomers or the_great_tumblr_purge. Or maybe you here via one of the communities I run: queerly_beloved, moodthemeinayear, or summerofthe69.

I mostly post about a combination of real life foibles, whatever projects I'm working on at a given time, and whatever fandom I'm into at the moment (currently The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, as of April 2025). If you're interested in any of these, feel free to subscribe and stick around! You're welcome to introduce yourself in the comments of this post if you'd like, but feel no obligation; I fully support Lurkers in all of your forms 😉

If you want a quick link to a bunch of Dreamwidth guides, check here at Newcomers or here at The Great Tumblr Purge; my own Tumblr-oriented Dreamwidth guides I'll link below, as well:

What to post about on Dreamwidth
Dreamwidth alternatives to talking in the tags
A quick guide to mood themes
The (beta) Create Entries page
Personal Communities: Dreamwidth's "side blogs"
What do I do instead of reblogging?
Audience on Dreamwidth vs Audience on Tumblr
Cut Tag Basics

I think that's it for now; thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy your time here!

If anyone would like me to make a tutorial about something Dreamwidth related, or how it compares to Tumblr, I've got request posts up on Newcomers and The Great Tumblr Purge. Also on Dreamwidth Sharing on Tumblr. Leave a comment at one of those places or direct message me, and I'll see what I can do!

Current planned tutorials include cut tags, icons in general, and image uploading/sharing on Dreamwidth.

Okay no, I do not have more patience to copy-paste anything non-tutorial-ish right now. Or scroll pass the dozen-ish tabs I have open to copy-paste stuff from.

So: ( Links! )

Three from a fanfic trope combo meme:

The meme

Rules: Send me two (2) tropes from this list + a ship and I’ll describe how I’d combine them in the same story.

01 Historical AU
02 Royal AU
03 Modern AU
04 Coffee Shop AU
05 Bar/Restaurant AU
06 Bookshop AU
07 Florist AU
08 Hospital AU
09 Dance AU
10 Airport/Travel AU
11 Neighbour AU
12 Roommate AU
13 Detective AU
14 Bodyguard AU
15 Criminal AU
16 Prison AU
17 War AU
18 Circus AU
19 Summer Camp AU
20 Teacher AU
21 Dystopian AU
22 Space AU
23 Performer AU
24 Soulmate AU
25 Fairy Tale AU
26 Massage Fic
27 Sick/Injured Fic
28 Proposal Fic
29 Wedding Fic
30 Holiday Fic
31 Birthday Fic
32 Pregnancy Fic
33 Baby Fic
34 Vacation Fic
35 Bathtub Fic
36 Text/Letter Fic
37 Coming Out Fic
38 Grief Fic
39 Survival/Wilderness Fic
40 Almost Kiss
41 First Kiss
42 The Big Damn Kiss
43 Dance of Romance
44 Flowers of Romance
45 Chocolate of Romance
46 Blind Date
47 Not a Date
48 Fake Dating
49 Fake Married
50 Arranged Marriage
51 Accidentally Married
52 Marriage of Convenience
53 Mutual Pining
54 Secret Relationship
55 Established Relationship
56 Awful First Meeting
57 Forgotten First Meeting
58 Accidental Eavesdropping
59 Interrupted Declaration of Love
60 Poorly Timed Confession
61 Love Confession
62 Love Confessor (Character A confessing their love for Character B to Character C)
63 Everybody Knows/Mistaken for Couple
64 Star Crossed Lovers
65 It’s Not You, It’s Me
66 It’s Not You, It’s My Enemies
67 Character in Peril
68 Heroic Sacrifice
69 Flirting Under Fire
70 Locked in a Room
71 Twenty-Four Hours to Live
72 Stranded on A Desert Island
73 Stranded Due to Inclement Weather
74 Huddling for Warmth
75 Bed Sharing
76 Did They or Didn’t They?
77 In Vino Veritas
78 Above the Influence
79 Anger Born of Worry
80 Green-Eyed Epiphany
81 The Missus and the Ex
82 Second Love
83 Intimate Artistry
84 Married to the Job
85 Innocent Physical Contact
86 I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On
87 Aroused By Her Voice
88 Erotic Dreams
89 First Time
90 Unexpected Virgin
91 PWP
92 Kink
93 Makeovers
94 Hair Brushing/Braiding
95 Sleep Intimacy
96 Scars
97 Time Travel
98 Curses
99 Magical Accidents
100 Accidentally Saving the Day

( 60 plus 63 for Dale )

( 14 and 66 )

( Magical Accidents + Flirting Under Fire + Ladynoir )

Some Emelan mashups, prompted by alexseanchai: ( Emelan Crossovers )

( Hanahaki AU suggested by GalahadWilder )

( Nino vs Carapace Twitter battle )

( Anon prompt: That time Chloe saved Ms Bustier instead of her mom )

Phew! I think that's about all I'm going to fit into this one entry; I'll probably go for preserving some meta next.