smallhobbit: (Lucas 2)
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Title: Like Rain at a Picnic
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 430 words
Summary: Lucas feels his presence will be unwelcome
Also written for [community profile] ficlet_zone  Clint Black challenge



Database maintenance

Oct. 25th, 2025 08:42 am
mark: A photo of Mark kneeling on top of the Taal Volcano in the Philippines. It was a long hike. (Default)
[staff profile] mark posting in [site community profile] dw_maintenance

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

no_apologies: (Music is Love!)
[personal profile] no_apologies posting in [community profile] add_a_writer
Name: Marianne (I also don't mind being referred to as Kitty, short for one of my main online aliases, Ancapikitty.)

Age: 41

Location: Northeast coast of the U.S.

About Me: Well, there's a LOT I could say about myself, but I'll just briefly describe my current life as is! I have been going through a lot over the past two years. I have been going through some really trying times. I have my own complex and personal spiritual connection with God but I am not heavily religious. He knows that I haven't been entirely happy in life lately, and I sometimes still have my moments in which I feel heartache and frustration over uncertainties, and doing all I can to steer clear from despairing... Thankfully, I have this really creative side to myself that gives me escape whenever reality feels too painful and unforgiving. Whenever I need to vent or express my inner emotional storms, or thoughts that just won't go away entirely.

Music and creativity is a healing and coping tool for my very sensitive heart and soul.

About My Journal: Lately I've been using this blog of mine over Google Docs to write out music style prompts and song lyrics, without having to worry about taking up too much space for my Google Drive. I keep a bunch of my songs stored on it, and I often listen to them from my phone. I share my songs with friends that way. And I often share them with my friends online as well.

What I Write: Sometimes I vent when I need to about whatever it is in my life that weighs me down or stresses me too much. Other times I write out songs that either help spread awareness to others about real-world issues that should be addressed, or just me expressing my thoughts about things I strongly think are so crazy-backwards and self-destructive things. (AKA, Liberty-Minded Tunes. I haven't been writing anything new in that area, but I have been remastering some of my favorites at times. My latest remaster is of and old song, a satirical as well as a critical stab at a very collectivist, socialist and communistic organization. It's a lengthy commercial jingle of a song. UNESCO rhymes with the old snack company, Nabisco. That's why the song is styled like that, lol)

I also have been writing a lot of songs centered around fictional characters. I recently used my Suno persona of this eldritch goddess of insanity, Xel'lotath, to make a new song that would be very in-character to her very, very awful and horrifying schemes. (This old and revived/renewed muse is the one who ENABLED me to get into the Suno personas.) Have a listen! Suno did a great job in making sure that her secondary, more chilling whispery voice is included. Xelly here is the one in charge of a 4-member Cosmic Horror/Psychological Horror music group that I decided to call "Team Insanity". I have a playlist that is meant to be ongoing for them. I already finished my epic and awesome Xel'lotath Album. (I'm a diehard fan of this old 2000's video game known as Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. That album is my own custom soundtrack of Xelly, her creatures, her emissary, and other game lore. Even a funny song about the 4th wall breaks that occur, whenever a playable protagonist's sanity meter is very low.)

I have others, two others that are apart from Team Insanity; a Kirby and an really gentle and enigmatic ancient spirit of an original character, named Necrosan. I'll get back to them when I feel very inspired to. My own interpretation of that cute pink Nintendo character is a very cutesy and silly friend who is looking forward to his own "music career". The Necrosan songs are like chapters in a story about him, from his own narrative. Very interesting!

What I Don't Write: Pointless drivel, or content that lacks substance or doesn't carry any meaning for me. And, sexually explicit stuff is also not an interest of mine.

What I Have Been Reading: Most currently, I have been reading this manga series known as The Promised Neverland! It's a mix of cute and fantasy thriller/suspense. These kids have escaped from a place that appeared to be an orphanage on the surface level when in truth, they discovered the horrible secret that Grace Field House has been a place to raise and nurture children to be shipped off as food for demons. The oldest among them are really smart.

I have felt most drawn to the character Norman. He's a bit like me; being a sharp, smart strategist and very caring soul. But I'm not very good at math the way he is though, lol. (I might have a Norman Suno persona in the near future! Oh gosh that would be so cool.)


I would love to connect with kindred spirits! I yearn to write creatively with others, with these characters of mine. (Story writing or RP writing, or just coming up with song lyrics together--that'd be fun.) I have been riding on this creative momentum that's been uplifting and exciting for me. Let's have a grand time. Let's brainstorm! Let's experiment! My own ideas tend to be very big and crazy at times.
badly_knitted: (Rose)
[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: Under Sentence
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Jonathan Willaway, Alpha.
Rating: PG
Setting: Children of the Gods.
Summary: Getting captured by kids and sentenced to death is not ideal.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 50: Kids.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.



badly_knitted: (Rose)
[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: Remarkable Device
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Jonathan Willaway, Varian.
Rating: PG
Setting: Children of the Gods, A Dream of Conquest, An Act of Love, Riddles.
Summary: Jonathan finds Varian’s sonic energiser fascinating.
Word Count: 200
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 48: Technology.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Double drabble.



smallhobbit: (dragon)
[personal profile] smallhobbit posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: Aberglasney Gardens
Fandom: Original
Rating: G
Length: Collage of 9 photos plus 100 words introduction
Summary: Aberglasney Gardens rewards a visit any season of the year

badly_knitted: (B5)
[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: Enduring
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Delenn.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 200
Spoilers/Setting: Comes the Inquisitor.
Summary: Delenn will endure whatever she must in order to prove herself.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 40: Purgatory.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Double drabble.





highlander_ii: Superior Iron Man wearing Dare Devil's red glasses ([SIM] SIM 004)
[personal profile] highlander_ii posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: Foggy
Fandom: Marvel Comics - Daredevil & Superior Iron Man
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of Foggy Nelson from Marvel Comics


Foggy )

SGA: When the City Wakes by esteefee

Oct. 23rd, 2025 01:35 am
mific: John sheppard head and shoulders against gold orange sunset (Sheppard orange)
[personal profile] mific posting in [community profile] fancake
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka, Elizabeth Weir, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Carson Beckett, Evan Lorne, Aiden Ford, Bates, Laura Cadman, Jack O'Neill, Harry Maybourne, Jeannie Miller, Original Non-Human Characters, Imaginary Creatures from Story and Song, Atlantis.
Rating: Mature
Length: 30,758
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply. The author warns for kidnapping and children in peril. "They aren't injured, and they are rescued. One of their kidnappers is kidnapped in the process and then returned to her friends." There's also a warning for passages with creepy clowns - see the endnote.
Creator Links: esteefee on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Worldbuilding, AU: apocalypse/dystopia, AU: fantasy/magic, Friends to lovers, First time, Humor, Action/adventure

Summary: Major John Sheppard was starving, delirious, chased by monsters to the edge of the world, when he raised the City from the sea.

Ten years later, Dr. Rodney McKay comes to the peaceful City, bringing war in his back pocket.

Reccer's Notes:
This fits the "unusual settings" category as the world depicted in this fic is extremely strange, surreal, and quirky. I've reccd it before but in a different category, and it's a story that's well worth re-reading. Despite the tags for fantasy and dystopia, it isn't traditional fantasy/magic at all, and it mostly isn't a straightforward dystopia. Yes, it's post-apocalyptic and the rest of the world's very dystopic, but Atlantis herself is a solarpunk refuge in the chaos. The story is set after the detonation of a quantum unreality bomb which plunged Earth into fantastical chaos where very few laws apply consistently - certainly not those of physics, or normality. Weird monsters, fantasy creatures, and dangerous improbabilities now abound, although much reduced in Atlantis. The worldbuilding's terrific, and woven into this new world is a story where John and Rodney meet and become friends, and more. There's also plenty of plot, including a daring rescue. It's an excellent read, and highly recommended!

Fanwork Links: When the City Wakes
badly_knitted: (B5)
[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: In Opposition
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Sheridan, Anna.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Spoilers/Setting: Z’ha’dum.
Summary: For reasons Sheridan doesn’t understand, his wife is siding with the Shadows.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 495: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 39: The Other Side.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Triple drabble.



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[personal profile] darkjediqueen posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: Once, Twice, Three Times
Rating: R
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: First Time, Repeated Meetings, Discussion of Pegging
Summary: After three times, Molly gives into what the universe is telling her. Rocker is hers.
Word Count: 3,148


badly_knitted: (Rose)
[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks

Title: Out Of Their World
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Paul, Ben, Scott, Varian.
Rating: PG
Setting: Vortex.
Summary: Ben had said the Bermuda Triangle didn’t exist, but it seems he was wrong.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 489: Amnesty 82, using Challenge 2: Triangle.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.





smallhobbit: (dragon)
[personal profile] smallhobbit posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: National Botanic Garden of Wales
Fandom: Original
Rating: G
Length: Collage of 9 photos plus 100 words introduction
Summary: Some of my photos from my recent visit to the National Botanic Garden of Wales

[admin post] Admin Post: Challenge 495: Amnesty

Oct. 21st, 2025 02:50 pm
china_shop: An orange cartoon dog waving, with a blue-green abstract background. (Bingo!)
[personal profile] china_shop posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Our new challenge is our eighty-second:

AMNESTY



During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: Complete list of prompts )

See the Community Report for a sortable list of prompts.
Both reports have a random "Any Challenge" button, and the Creator Report also has a random "Unfilled Challenge" button.


Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!

In amnesty rounds, include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Garden: The Untamed: Icons: Bunnies!).

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Saturday, 1 November. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom, media and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.

All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details. Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the reports.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

🔸

Oct. 20th, 2025 05:26 pm
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[personal profile] vidwindow posting in [community profile] addme
Name: lise

Age:

30s

I mostly post about:

every day interactions, projects i’m working on, movies, mostly just my every day life! i’m probably going to start posting some photography too.

My hobbies are:

photography, cinema, writing, art in general, cooking, reading, watching obscure films & shorts, learning italian, thrifting, collecting vhs tapes

My fandoms are:

not really in fandoms much, but some of my media interests include: horror (halloween series, five nights at freddy’s, no i’m not a human, giallo films, killer7, deadly premonition, etc), speculative fiction (kathe koja especially), psychological thrillers, internet ephemera, weird niches in general. i’m really into things like mannequins, dolls, masks, and animatronics as well.

I'm looking to meet people who:

are artsy & weird! people who always have a project going (doesn’t have to art related - stem can be included here too), activists,

My posting schedule tends to be: just returned to dw (lifelong online journal-er though) sand i am fairly busy so it’ll most likely be weekly



When I add people, my dealbreakers are:

not really anything besides the obvious! just be respectful & tag warnings appropriately :)

Before adding me, you should know: i had a deadjournal since i was 11, i think that says everything about me hahaha

AWS outage

Oct. 20th, 2025 10:11 am
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[personal profile] alierak posting in [site community profile] dw_maintenance
DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.

no fandom : icons : brilliant gems

Oct. 20th, 2025 03:34 am
highlander_ii: ([ST-DSC] 001)
[personal profile] highlander_ii posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: brilliant gems
Fandom: none
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of gem stones


brilliant gems )
china_shop: Jin Ah sneaking a peek around the corner, holding her phone to her chest. (Kdrama - PN peeking round the corner)
[personal profile] china_shop posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: Inventions, Invective, and Potential
Fandom: Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (mods: use the Kdrama category tag)
Rating: G-rated
Length: 2,530 words
Notes: Thanks to my partner, Andrew, for beta.
Tags: Jang Chun-Saeng (the inventor) & Yeon Ji-Young (the cook), Jang Chun-Saeng (the inventor) & Yi Heon (the king), Inventions, References to Time Travel, Political Upheaval, Yi Heon needs a good scolding, Missing Scene
Summary:

Inventions, Invective, and Potential )

Greek Myth: Fanfic: Equinox

Oct. 19th, 2025 08:44 pm
drabblewriter: (Epic - Troy Saga)
[personal profile] drabblewriter posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: Equinox
Fandom: Greek Myth
Characters: Apollo
Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Summary: Apollo celebrates the vernal equinox.

Read more... )