April Manga Wrap-Up 8

Monday, April 27th, 2026 11:03 am
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Read season 1 of The Villainess Flips the Script.

Read ch. 8-9 of Witch Hat Atelier!

Read Nee, Onnanoko ni Shite Ageru and rated it 8/10!

Read ch. 9-10 of The Gamer!

Read ch. 228-229 of Dr. Stone!

Read some more on B-EYES!

Read season 1 of Reunion!

Read ep. 32-36 of Men of the Harem.

Read Chika-chan to!, rated it 6.3/10.

Read ch. 42 of Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Hen.

Finished volume 2 of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun!

Read up to ch. 30 of Ouji-sama Nante Iranai!.

Read 40 x 40 Chikuwa Kaigi and rated it 7.8/10!

Read ch. 56 of Natsume Yuujinchou.

Read A Story Concerning Sweets and rated it 5/5!!

For All Mankind 5.06 and The Testaments 1.05

Monday, April 27th, 2026 04:26 pm
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Liots of things to do, and places to see (there willl be a pic spam), but I did catch up on the two shows.

For All Mankind 5.06:

Spoilers think Mars is theirs… )

The Testaments 1.05:

Spoilers consider a Prom in Gilead to be incredibly creepy and aesthetic at hte same time… )

Feathering the Nest for April 2026

Monday, April 27th, 2026 10:19 am
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Feathering the Nest is HERE!
Read more... )

fannish discoveries and a mystery solved

Monday, April 27th, 2026 01:59 pm
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The fabulous [personal profile] rosanicus has been investigating the long-lost 1960s Biggles TV series, of which up till now we have only had one very bad episode on Youtube featuring a toy boat sinking. But now Rosie has discovered more, embedded in a collection of clips from old tv: a six minute clip of Bertie making good use of the NATO phonetic alphabet, and Biggles trying to work out how to behave in a pub (Biggles starts at 33.59). Also Rosie found the summaries of all the episodes and put them together in a single document, so now we know what it was about, approximately speaking. Don't miss 'Follows On Up The Amazon', or the grand finale which features Biggles and von Stalhein trapped together in a collapsing Egyptian tomb.... you can see all the details at [personal profile] rosanicus's post here. If Rosie's efforts come to something we might get to be able to watch more of the show one day soon, but in the meantime I feel like the episode summaries would make fantastic fic prompts.

And as well as all that, we have also finally solved a fannish mystery, which is probably interesting to about six people in the world but I'm one of them. Judging by the episode descriptions, it's clear that in the TV series continuity Buries a Hatchet hasn't happened and von Stalhein continues to be a villain-for-hire and Biggles's nemesis, and - since all villains need a sidekick - he has a sidekick named Laxter.

Now, some while back I posted about the mystery of Laxter, who is mentioned as von Stalhein's sidekick in a short story in Biggles Flies To Work, but doesn't appear anywhere else in connection with von Stalhein, and I had no idea where he had come from or why, or why von Stalhein was suddenly evil again in a story well after Buries a Hatchet.

But now it's obvious. He's from the TV series. The TV series is 1960, Flies To Work is 1961. So the best explanation for the sudden appearance both of Erich as a villain again and with Laxter as his sidekick is that Flies To Work is in TV continuity, and not the main book canon continuity.

And while von Stalhein does not appear in any of the currently extant TV, the detective efforts of the WEJ discord have produced a few photos of Carl Duering in that role, which are below the cut.

images below the cut )

Polyamships: Days 1

Monday, April 27th, 2026 01:01 pm
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Life decided some (internet) things were not meant to be (ficathons becoming drabblethons), but it could be worse IRL.

In honour of [community profile] 3weeks4dreamwidth, [community profile] polyamships is doing a little event.

25 April: What is/are your current favorite poly ship/s? Want to share a little bit about them with us?


At the moment, I'm spinning

  • Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot (The Adventures of Sir Lancelot)
    It's honestly amazing a show for children from the 50s manages to handle the Guinevere/Lancelot side of things in a thoughtful manner, while also not going all the way with it because... they both love their King so much. Basically, Guinevere and Arthur have two hands and they can use them, godammit!

  • Didier/Juliette/The Marquis (Ich und die Kaiserin)
    Niche af. I like to think, now that Didier has ascended to conductor (and possibly can show off his own compositions), he can get an assistant, and therefore more time! And he can join Juliette and her dummy Marquis on it.

  • Buffo/Erik/Julie/Mark (The Last Performance)
    So.
    Erik loves Julie, who loves Mark. But Buffo loves Julie (and Erik, apparently, albeit in a more love-hate way). Erik has one of those hate relationships with Buffo (that we can fix ;) ) and is way to handsy with Mark. Got it?
    Very messy, very angsty, and everything could be fixed if they all kissed.

  • George/Gilda/Tom (Design for Living)
    Rewatched recently and I'm back to spinning them in my brain. Notable for being a movie (originally a play, the London version had Anton Walbrook!) from the 1930s that has the girl getting both boys. The chemistry is just off the charts.

  • Felicitas/Leo/Ulrich (Flesh and the Devil)
    Another movie in which its central relationships could be fixed if they all kissed. Felicitas has two hands and Leo and Ulrich should just kiss already.



(Shoutouts to Rick/Ilsa/Victor of Casablanca fame and C.K. Dexter Haven/Mike/Elizabeth/Tracy of The Philadelphia Story fame!)

(Shall always call C.K Dezter Haven as C.K. Dexter Haven because that's how it should be >:3 )
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Hosting some drabblethons over at [community profile] seventhdoctor and [community profile] first_doctor, for any Classic Doctor Who fans out there.

And also hosting a drabblethon over at [community profile] conradveidt, for any silent film and Old Hollywood enthusiasts.
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OTW Membership Drive: April 24–26, 2026

The Organization for Transformative Works's April Membership Drive is over and we are delighted to say that we are finishing with a total of $362,171.85 raised, far exceeding our goal of US$150,000. These donations came from 9,702 people in 87 countries: thank you to every single one of them, as well as to all of you who posted and shared the news about the drive!

We are particularly pleased that 8,035 donors chose to take up or renew an OTW membership with their donation. The OTW would not exist without its users all around the world, and your continued support for us is our absolute pride and joy! We are so glad to know that our ongoing mission to support, protect, and provide access to the history of fanworks and fan culture continues to resonate with the people that matter most of all: the fans themselves.

If you were intending to donate or join and haven't yet done so, don't worry! The OTW accepts donations all year and you can always choose to become a member with a donation of US$10 or more. Memberships run for one calendar year from the date of your donation, so if you donate now you'll be able to vote in the 2026 OTW Board elections, which will take place in August. And our exclusive thank-you gifts are available whenever you donate!


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2026 Sign-Ups Open

Monday, April 27th, 2026 10:18 pm
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Here is the sign-up form. Welcome to this year's challenge! Sign-ups will close at 11:59pm EDT, Saturday 9 May.

You can request 3-10 canons, and offer 3-10 canons. If a canon doesn't appear in the drop-down menu when you go to enter it, you can copy and paste it from the tag set and press enter.

Each of your requests and offers must be tagged with 1-3 of the labels "Fanfiction", "Podfic", and "Fanart".

Your requests have a space for optional details. Go ahead and use them to talk about how you understand the song and what kind of art/fic/podfic you might like. However, your gift creator doesn't have to follow your prompts. They do have to respect clear and specific Do-Not-Wants listed in the sign-up (like "no pregnancy" "no scat" "no rainbows").

If you are requesting Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, it's up to a podfic artist what work they choose to record, though you are welcome to include likes and DNWs to inspire their choice.

Your requests have a space for a letter link, if you want to provide one. This link must be included before sign-ups are closed. If you are writing a letter, please have it complete and unlocked by the end of 13 May.

Opting in to treats: Please state if your AO3 preferences are set to allow you to receive treats or if you have this setting disabled. Include a statement in your optional details like Treats welcome or I have opted in to treats (or Treats disabled if true).

Podfic offering options

If you are offering podfic for a song or music video in the tag set, you are pledging to create both text and recording (500-5000 words). You are welcome to team up with a friend to create a work, whether you're the recording artist or the writer, but if that's what you intend, please contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com to let us know of the arrangement and to provide a contact email for your friend.

If you are offering podfic in combination with "Podficcer's Choice of Fandom", you are pledging to create a recording of a pre-existing song/MV fanwork, using your recipient's DNWs and general likes as guidance for your choice of fanwork. If this is the only thing you wish to match on, please say so in the Notes to Mods field so we don't accidentally send you a request where you have to write a story as well. Please make sure we can get in contact with you - ie, do you use the email account associated with your AO3 account? If not, please email us directly (jukebox.mod@gmail.com).


Notes to Mod in Offers

These are confidential notes where you can tell the mods (Minutia_R and Morbane) if you want to match in specific ways - for example, if you want to match on one request more than the others, or want to be assigned a recipient who has a letter. If you are a podfic artist who has to offer 3 fandoms but only wants to match on Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, please use Notes to Mods to say so. (Please don't tell us things like "I will not create anything in my DNWs" - if required to closely compare your own preferences and your potential recipients' preferences, we may miss something. Specific names, or anything we can quickly check, are fine.)

In recent years, AO3 has implemented a blocking feature - see AO3 news posts here, here, and here. This does not affect challenge matching, ie, someone you've blocked can still match to you. So if you have another participant blocked or they have blocked you, please use your offers and requests, your notes to mods, or both, to help us help you avoid interactions with them.

You can comment here or contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com if you have any questions about signing up.

Again, welcome!!


NB: Normally, we get the reference tables of all songs & music videos & lyrics up just before sign-ups. Unfortunately, I'm a little behind this year, so that will go up during the sign-up period. If you nominated, your links are still very welcome at this post and will help us complete the tables.

New Music Monday - 27 April 2026

Monday, April 27th, 2026 06:25 pm
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The regular weekly post for us to talk about any and all of our thoughts about the week's new releases.

TWS - You, You
XngHang&Xoul - Glow
NEXZ - Mmchk
QWER - Ceremony
Genus - Sugar Rush (debut)
82Major
NMIXX - Crescendo (pre-release)
Wooah
Lee Chaeyeon - No Tears on the Dancefloor
Park Jihoon - Bodyelse
Cravity - Awake
Lucy
Soyou
H//PE Princess - Stolen (pre-release)
Illit - It's Me
Vari - Dear

New MVs are also added to an ongoing Youtube playlist.

Last week's MVs: 20 April

Feel free to add new comments in the replies for songs/MVs we missed.

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