Read-in-Progress Wednesday

Sep. 3rd, 2025 08:03 pm
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This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

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(Feel free to chat about anything else! I missed the last free-for-all friday, so you can use this as that too.)

Day 7 Reveals 2025

Sep. 3rd, 2025 07:23 am
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System Hack (The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Cartoon))
starting text written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Opalsong, with pensieve podfics by [archiveofourown.org profile] CarCrash_Pods, [archiveofourown.org profile] GodOfLaundryBaskets, [archiveofourown.org profile] ChaosKiro, [archiveofourown.org profile] bluedreaming, [archiveofourown.org profile] litra, and [archiveofourown.org profile] Tipsy_Kitty
Summary: The only good thing about the new universe I found myself in was that it had all new media. It definitely didn't make up for the fact that this universe's humans were even weirder than usual. They had powers. Fully magical powers. Like something out of a historical high fantasy serial. I've seen a human shoot fire out of their hands. And then there were the dungeons, wormholes to other dimensions with monsters. Physics decided to power down apparently.
I'd appeared next to the epitome of fluffy and prone to throwing themself into danger, which I knew because the human was absolutely covered in blood. I was also given false hope for the technological level of this new world because this human had a system of some kind constantly pinging them when they were clearly unconscious. I didn't know what kind of system it was. At the time I had no idea that it was a manipulative game system.
I still don't know exactly why or how I got here but I'm pretty sure that this System made it happen.

Steve Harrington Patron Saint of Baby Nerds (Stranger Things (TV 2016))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Vamprav, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] steddiestories
Summary: Eddie gets accosted by Steve Harrington when he goes to get ice cream on a hot summer day. Things kind of escalate from there.

Freedom lived on the ninth deep space station (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Lavendelhummel, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] horchatapods
Summary: Kira Nerys, Jadzia Dax and Julian Bashir feel and think about freedom at various points of their lives. What does that mean and how can one feel it?

chemical reaction (Red White & Royal Blue (2023))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] masked_madness, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] KitKaos
Summary: He finally put the phone down.
Dumbest. Fucking. Idea. Ever.
Why the fuck had he downloaded that stupid app again?
Ah, yeah. Of course: Nora.
He should not forget to thank her for the stress and the headaches and the— the— everythi—
His phone buzzed, and he grabbed it with much more speed than he would ever admit to.
Captain.Wentworth: That, my dear, entirely depends on how good you are at wagging your tail.
Alex blinked, once, twice— then burst out laughing.
Okay, maybe not the dumbest idea ever.

for reasons wretched and divine (魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] iicaru2, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Wonderlandian_Geek
Summary:

“For the love of—” The man who looks an awful lot like Jin Ling throws his hands in the air in a gesture of frustration. “I swear, every time something goes wrong nowadays, it’s Jingyi’s fucking fault, I’m gonna strangle that little—”
“A-Ling,” The man who greatly resembles Lan Sizhui says mildly, one hand hovering over the other’s shoulder, “you can kill Jingyi later. We have to find a way back to our time first.”
Lan Jingyi, personally, would like to know why two grown-up versions of his friends are standing in front of him, and how the hell it’s all his fault.

(Or: The time travel incident, in which Lan Jingyi learns much more about his friends than he ever needed or wanted to know. Namely, that they’re just as bad as Hanguang-jun and Wei-qianbei— no, worse. Definitely worse.)

Painted Pawn (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] cardoon, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] SerenaEW and [archiveofourown.org profile] mangotart_reads
Summary: As far as Harry is concerned, Voldemort's death should've resolved everything. But there's a lot of strangeness still afoot -- and it isn't the Death Eaters. It's McGonagall. It's Dumbledore's estate making mysterious payments to unknown persons. The threat is gone, but the beehive is still buzzing. Why?
Harry goes to Snape's portrait for answers, and Snape is more than willing to give him a peek into Pandora's box.

acceptable passes (All For The Game - Nora Sakavic)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] travvymybeloved, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] boywonder
Summary: Meeting Kevin and learning he had no clue who his soulmate was was a reprieve. Kevin cared far too much about exy and history class to prattle on about whoever ‘Neil Josten’ was. His soulmate tattoo ran along one of his left ribs, and sometimes when he was panicking, he would clutch the spot as if it were burning. Or, maybe, as if he was protecting it. He had let Andrew touch it, the one time Andrew had cared enough to ask. It was flat to the skin, no raised ink like a real tattoo, and there was no special temperature or texture or anything of interest. It was just skin, like the birthmark on Andrew’s shoulder blade or the moles dotting Nicky’s skin. The shiny curls of scar tissue that curled around Kevin’s hand were more interesting to explore.
The first time Kevin came to him, holding a file for a high school exy player with the name ‘Josten’ written in sharp capitals across the top, Andrew knew he was standing on the ledge of a cliff with Kevin offering to push him off.

Once Upon A Question Asked (One Piece (Anime & Manga))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Scarletsorceress, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Stereden
Summary: In the beginning, there was a person.
A very unfairly pretty person, but a person none the less. But then, as all good tales include, a child got curious.
Curious enough to follow this person on a rooftop, but that’s besides the point! The point is; a curious child asked a question. And now, that question has been answered.

a day in a life of an artefact (The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, The Magnus Archives (Podcast))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Koschei_B, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Rosemarycat5
Summary: SecUnits watch their clients. That's the point.

Speedrunning Sibling Bonding (Batman - All Media Types)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] BookGirlFan, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] BubblesKat
Summary: Bruce Wayne has a completely normal day. Damian's day is anything but normal.

The Combine is Coming [text, audio] (Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] BurdenedWithPointlessPurpose, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] 2Nienna2
Summary: Chicory is mystified by Lou Lou. She doesn’t know how to absorb the new information, that this little girl is likely one of her own. District Eleven, through and through with the fondness she remembers their home through an unknown amount of torture. It’s an honor she can’t seem to shake, along with the hope that someone with heart makes it out of the arena.

someone to match your steps (一拍即合) (天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] insane_falcon, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] MathematicalSparkles
Summary: Hua Cheng sneaks into a masquerade party to dance with Xie Lian.

Log: Reports of an Object in Two Different Perspectives (Stargate SG-1)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] prueturner, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Cait_does_Podfics and [archiveofourown.org profile] wjgravity
Summary: After making contact with a potential ally, the members of SG-1 must figure out the purpose of an unknown object.
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Is anyone else having issues around images not loading on Dreamwidth, lately? For a few days (couple weeks?) I've noticed that my reading page often only shows the alt-text for pics especially for images hosted on Dreamwidth, though not only that (for example there are AO3 news on my reading page at the moment, but the logos don't load unless I open the original page).

It's particularly visible on my [community profile] vriddywrites writing comm because none of the icons load, nor the header image. Does it all look fine for most of you? I rebooted my home router in case I had landed on a banned IP or something, but no dice. The background image on my journal here also loads just fine in general... Icons also have no problems. Huh... 🤔
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Re-sharing an old Cohost post here while I get ready to rehost it on my Neocities. Hope you enjoy!
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Kanto Region...again?

Sep. 2nd, 2025 05:06 pm
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I do kind of feel like a Kanto revisit is a low-effort Niantic activity, but at least they're bringing Keldeo back. I kind of like Keldo. And the quest is easy.

Though I won't be making 50 by October. And I've heard from the SilphRoad folks that the XP timed research track only gives 7mil XP so that won't make much of a dent in anything at this level.

I almost hope I have a reason to stop playing sometimes, except it does get me motivated to get out and walking.
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It's early, but the weather had cooled down here and pumpkin spice everything started showing up, so I went with the early Halloween vibes for a week.

This week was fine. I spent a lot of the week tired and having a hard time getting up in the mornings, but I did manage not just fall asleep once I was home from work, which was good. Work was mellow, having just gotten through our busy season, and felt all right. Overall, it felt like not much happened for the week, though I actually got a lot of what I'd been hoping to done. I did a tiny bit of writing, even! Also at least a bit of work on my reading page, and did read a whole book. I'm not sure why it feels like I didn't get anything done!

Goals for the week: - I did start (and finish!) reading Alice Isn't Dead - Alex and started prepping for a model show later this month - I did write up my August book reviews - I finished cleaning out years of emails from my inbox (some 20000+ unread things? Eesh) - I worked on my reading page - I posted my writing intro over on that account - I did not start a WIP intro - We got a little bit of outside time - I went to the bank - I ended up stopping by mom's house twice to pick up caterpillars (she finds them in the garden, I feed them to the frog and toad)

Tracked habits:

  • Work - 5/7
  • Household Maintenance - 5/7
  • Physical Activity - 1/7
  • Wrote 500/1000+ Words - 1/7 - over 500 words
  • Wrote on 2nd+ Draft - 0/7
  • Meta Work - 6/7
  • Personal Writing - 7/7
  • Other Creative Things - 3/7
  • Reading - 7/7 - mostly I was reading Alice Isn't Dead, though I also read some of my ebook side read, and Alex and I read some Duma Key
  • Attention to Media - 7/7 - Sunday we finished Squid Game (and that cameo in the last ep surprised me!); Monday we watched a storm chaser covering the huge haboob in AZ; Tuesday we had a couple Netflix documentaries in the background; Wednesday watched two eps of Alien: Earth; Thursday we watched the Netflix documentary about Hurricane Katrina; Friday we watched a couple music review videos and then some exploration videos in the background; Saturday I listened to a Re: Dracula and some music, while we had some paranormal and explore videos in the background.
  • Video Games - 0/7
  • Social Interaction - 7/7

Total words written: 722 on a post about writing

monthly word count - august

Sep. 2nd, 2025 06:08 pm
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[personal profile] askerian
TOTAL: 2 261
.. :/

POSTED : nuthin.

IN PROGRESS:
-svsss cosplay fic (994 words)
-cherry wine ABO (1 267 words.. half discards)

ALSO POSTED:
Bleach OT4 chapter 12

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DIY loom weaving WIP

Sep. 2nd, 2025 11:46 am
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (Default)
[personal profile] yhlee
I had some leftover of a single I'd spun and decided to be cheap and DIY a loom to explore weaving it in a smol format. Still in progress but this will be going to [personal profile] eller. :3







Cardboard, polyurethane clear coat (to stiffen it up a bit. I used an X-acto knife and Japanese push drill because I had them around.

Day 6 Reveals 2025

Sep. 2nd, 2025 07:14 am
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A Deed Without A Name (The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Sleep No More - Punchdrunk)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] AirgiodSLV, [archiveofourown.org profile] kitkat50311, and [archiveofourown.org profile] minnabird, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] AirgiodSLV, [archiveofourown.org profile] CompassRose, [archiveofourown.org profile] elle-ja-bell, [archiveofourown.org profile] epaulettes, [archiveofourown.org profile] kitkat50311, [archiveofourown.org profile] mahons-ondine, [archiveofourown.org profile] minnabird, and [archiveofourown.org profile] sisi_rambles
Summary:
“Nigella is gone.”
The words hit you hard in your chest as you try to get your bearings. You’re in the atrium of a large house. The water is softly burbling in the fountain. And Nigella is gone.

How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags Saints? What is ’t you do?

Stephen (The Maze Runner (Movies), The Maze Runner Series - James Dashner)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Lalaith_Quetzalli, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] froggyfun365
Summary: The war is finally over, WCKD has lost. The time has come for the survivors to move on, for the world to be rebuilt. But for that to be possible, first everyone involved with WCKD must be made to pay for their crimes. For all those they kidnapped, hurt, tortured, all the lives they ruined, that they took. Like that of the young man who only ever wanted to do what’s right, even if he didn’t really know how…

The Piper and the Rat-Speaker (The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] MimiHylea, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] edible_chemistry
Summary: A tale of greed, of wondrous children, and of helpful rats uniting helpful people.

Hardware Store (Stranger Things (TV 2016))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] grovestep, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Ceewelsh
Summary: In which Robin Buckley finds herself clueless in a hardware store, until Nancy Wheeler comes to the rescue.

The days float through my eyes (But still the days seem the same) (Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] little_dumpling, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Kittona
Summary: Anakin meets Padme and falls in love… only, she’s a horse.

detective nona and the proper way to ask questions (The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] hopelessgemini, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] wilfriede0815
Summary: nona closes her eyes and burrows back into the pillow, and this is the moment that camilla chooses to come back into the bedroom. she curls her fingers around the duvet in the vain hope that it won’t be pulled off. she is, of course, forced to suffer for her naivety.
“good morning,” cam says, a little brusquely.
“mmmgh,” nona says. cam pats her consolingly on the shoulder.
“come on, you can nap all the way through first period. let’s get you dressed.”

or, nona and the family, mysteries, and a lesson in asking questions first, panicking later.

answer my call (and i'll set you free) (陈情令 | The Untamed (TV))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] coffee_and_cardamom, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Gavilan
Summary: Three women that Lan Wangji summons with his Inquiry, and the one man who refuses to show up.

it's what you do when you love someone [text, audio] (Merlin (TV))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] withhardshipease, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] AppleSapling, [archiveofourown.org profile] BardicRavenReads, [archiveofourown.org profile] CarCrash_Pods, [archiveofourown.org profile] Flowerparrish, [archiveofourown.org profile] lilolilyrae, [archiveofourown.org profile] Nymphie_Wolf, [archiveofourown.org profile] pass_the_salt, [archiveofourown.org profile] pezzax_multivoice, [archiveofourown.org profile] ReformedTsunderePodfics, [archiveofourown.org profile] robinfaipods, and [archiveofourown.org profile] septemberbells
Summary: an epistolary retelling of merlin, where fate is a touch kinder than it once was.
or: merlin writes letters to will, hunith gives morgana a much-needed haircut, and they all share custody of aithusa.

What Are You, Dean Winchester? (Supernatural (TV 2005))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Masoena, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Tipsy_Kitty
Summary: Dean is kidnapped right out from under Sam’s nose while they’re having a few drinks to celebrate a successfully completed hunt in Louisiana. He’s not missing for long, though, as the vampire captures Sam also, hopeful that he’d taste as good as Dean. Sam swiftly becomes the vampire’s pet. Dean is immune to the vampire’s glamor; he can’t escape because he’s kept restrained by none other than Sam, brainwashed to do so. A situation without hope until one detail gives Dean the leverage he needs.

behind the curtain [text, audio] (Criminal Minds (US TV))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] unitaryexectheory, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] frozen_ivy_trellis
Summary:

Rent Emergency Omega (Batman - All Media Types)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Sivan325, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Ravin
Summary: Dick should have thought twice before lying to his family and telling everyone he had an omega.
He really hoped they wouldn't find out he hired an omega for the Gala.

Entry #47 (Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] travvymybeloved, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] CrimsonMoonn, [archiveofourown.org profile] travvymybeloved, and [archiveofourown.org profile] CodaVivace
Summary:
ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER LEAVING CLEO’S APARTMENT.

Lizzie wasn’t sleeping. Just… resting her eyes.

Just In My Nature [text, audio] (Star Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] foundbyjohndoe, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] foundbyjohndoe and [archiveofourown.org profile] twtd
Summary:
Attending Notes: Hey Doc, this idiot jumped in front of an acid-spraying flower that was aiming for a certain First Officer of ours. She’ll be fine, but will have to keep the grafts out of the sun on her next shore leave, which totally ruins our beach day plans! Totally rude, if you ask me. When she’s off the drugs, ask her why the hell she took corrosive acid to 15% of her body for the woman who can literally survive anything. Thanks! Chapel out.

A La’An/Una epistolary fic from M’Benga and Chapel’s POV.

catten yarn has entered the chat

Sep. 1st, 2025 04:58 pm
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[personal profile] yhlee


Still fussing with the settings on the wheel (especially how aggressive I want takeup). Cloud seems to think the e-spinner is purring.

a finished yarn!

Sep. 1st, 2025 12:46 pm
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (Default)
[personal profile] yhlee






Finished yarn! This one's going to [personal profile] niqaeli. Spun on an Ashford Traveller, plied on an EEW 6.1.

Damn these books hold up

Sep. 1st, 2025 11:50 am
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So... I just found out my library has all the Animorphs audiobooks and I've been binging through them on this long weekend while I get boring chores and house setting up stuff done.

I remember being super into these books as a kid. I remember very little else about them besides the basic premise of kids with animal powers fighting aliens and that there were spin-off books that take place entirely on alien planets. Idk. My memories from childhood in general are extremely spotty so it's not unusual for me to forget basically everything about what was my favorite series at some point.

Anyway, re-visiting them is such a fascinating experience. In a way it's like reading them for the first time due to the fact that I have forgotten so much that it feels "fresh"... but at the same time there is so much in the way they handle their subject matter that I can feel was deeply formative in what sort of things I like in media, and even how I relate to IRL animals and consider their experiences. Like holy shit, I really have unearthed a piece of myself here.

Also they don't fall prey to the usual problem that comes from revisiting children's action/adventure stories as an adult where you go "why are these kids left to handle this shit all by themselves, why is this never addressed" like, this is addressed, it IS fucked up and that's part of the whole point!! I mean, oof, like any story of this sort it's definitely an aspect that feels more painful to read as an adult but it just feels like another way to appreciate the story.

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