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It seems like half my reading list is doing this, so I will join in.

The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

I'm not great at talking about myself, but here goes. I'm in my early 30s and very new to fandom, only posting my first fic on AO3 in 2021. I consider myself still in the learning phase. My first fandom and my abiding fannish obsession remains Jeremiah, a perfect storm of meaningful themes, great characterization, intriguing post-apocalyptic worldbuilding and hanging plot threads stemming from cancellation, so I keep writing for it, despite it being cancelled back in 2003.

Other fandoms I write in are Highlander and Teen Wolf. I really love supernatural and science fiction TV shows, especially when they use their escapist impossibilities to explore very real themes through metaphor. As such, I'm always digging into the vast back catalogue of shows I haven't seen yet. Also, I have a weakness for lower budget and episodic shows, which skew vintage. Currently I am making my way through Forever Knight.

Previous favorites include the original Twin Peaks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, American Gothic, 12 Monkeys, Firefly and The Prisoner. I've seen Doctor Who from Eccleston to Capaldi, and have just begun to dig into the Classic era, which I will be posting about soon.

This journal is mostly used for talking about television and my (generally slow) writing progress. I used to have the policy of leaving my personal life out of here, but I was recently widowed, so fair warning, there are some heavy posts about that.

Why am doing the challenge? To maybe meet some new people. Mostly because I hope it will be fun and will enable me to post more frequently, which is a goal of mine this year.

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Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

A chance to scream about my little assholes? That's a threat!

This is both a cats and fandom thing: I've been incredibly lucky to have healthy cats that live long lives. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the names I've suggested have been the ones that stuck.

The second cat I ever had was a very pretty tabby with medium-long fur. I named her Zoey after one of the characters from a show I was really into at the time (Digimon Frontier). It was a bit more of a covert fandom naming situation since I never told the source of the name. In hindsight, that MIGHT have been for the best since, yes it was a kids show, but the sole female character's magical transformation was into this design.

My current cats, I've referenced here and there in this journal as "the big one and the little one," which is just their descriptors in multiple ways. The "big one" was, once-upon-a-time, round in ways cats shouldn't be. After years of proper feeding, she's down to a proper cat size, but she's still significantly bigger than the little one. The little one, despite turning four this year, is on the smaller size. The names I picked out for them were ones I've wanted to name a cat ever since I was small, and I was able to fulfill that dream. And because I was a child of the 90s and early 00s, the names I picked were nabbed from the Sailor Moon cats.

Am I a basic bitch? Yes! Does it still fill me with joy? Also, yes!! Even when I need to keep an eye on my food because the little one likes to steal human food.

I've also had a naming other pets in the family, including a pug named Frank (after the alien dog from Men in Black).

A gold snowflake ornament is nestled amidst pine boughs

Mood rejuvenated

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Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

This may just be my new favorite challenge.

Anyone who knows me, whether in offline life or from following me on social media, knows that I adore cats, all cats. This post could really get out of hand. So for today, I'm just going to present one of my favorite orange cats from the silver screen (there are others, and focusing on this one doesn't mean I love them less)...

Cat from Breakfast at Tiffany's!!!

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Picspam incoming under the cut, but just a few short words about the movie for those who haven't seen it:

* Cat!!!
* Audrey Hepburn is fantastic as Holly Golightly.
* George Peppard is lovely as Paul Varjac, her love interest.
* Martin Balsam is hilarious in a supporting role, as Holly's Hollywood agent.
* Harry Mancini's musical score is terrific, and features the famous song "Moon River".
* This is a 1961 movie, so music, the scenes of New York, and the whole aesthetic has a very early 60s vibe.
* Since it's Audrey Hepburn, the costume design/clothing is amazing.
* The party scenes are hilarious and spot on.
* And finally, BIG WARNING: this movie is one of the most racist films out there, with Mickey Rooney playing Holly's Japanese landlord in yellow face and giving us one of the vilest, most stereotypical and racist performances ever. Be prepared if you decide to watch.

And now back to Cat, under the cut.

( picspam under cut )

Previous Days
Day 1

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Photograph of a young Asian girl using a manual typewriter in an office and looking very serious as she stares straight into the camera. Her black hair is slicked into a low ponytail and her round glasses are so big they extend past her face. She's wearing a shirt and tie and an adult-sized yellow blazer that fits her like a dress, almost as if she has been shrunk. Text, in a typewriter font: Crack Treated Seriously, at Fancake.

fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules.

This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!

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Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

I have 3 cats (one very old) and a dog. I also share property with a horse, but he isn't really mine.

On the subject of pets in fandom, I really think animals can add a lot of interest and personality to a story. I'd like to particularly single out All Creatures Great and Small, the current tv show, the 1978 version (which I confess I prefer), and the books by James Herriot. Really wonderful stuff!

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Introduction Post * Meet The Mods Post * Challenge #1

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

Pets! We know them, we probably have positive associations with at least one type of pet, and they've appeared in our creative endeavors since time immemorial. Considering that, we felt that a challenge revolving around them would be appropriate.

Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.

And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

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Overall
- five things archived to the Lemonade Cafe /

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- chatter post on

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- tiny goal of email inbox at or under 250, right on the line
- got the silhouette/body built for my 30MF Priest and already am having terrible ideas
- ugh, dayshift

Other
- New Year's Friending Meme

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I am *checks notes* FORTY hours into DA2, and I feel so bad about the choices I made for my Hawke lmao

FOR CONTEXT, I'm playing as the "default Hawke" that appears in the base World State of Inquisition (Mage!Hawke with the default look) (Why I did this was because I played Inquisition first and it feels weird to make a different Hawke) So, yeah, Bethany dies to the ogre, and we get sibling rivalry with Carver--which I greatly enjoyed. Yes, he can be an ass, but he's also ride-or-die.

So, uh, end of act one. Guess who decided to ignore Ma's concerns in favor of respecting Carver's decisions of going to the Deep Roads. Guess who didn't reload their save when the framing device kicks in and has Varric lament to Cassandra that "He wouldn't have continued with what was to come with what happened to his brother."

(I mean, I did scream, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT, VARRIC?")

Yeah...Ma was absolutely distraught when she learned Carver died because of Blight sickness. (I originally thought it was lyrium poisoning since he was a non-mage, but yeah...)

Jump to Act 2 when the serial killer plot strikes and white lilies are sent to Ma.

Yeah...accidentally made Hawke the last of his name in five years. :')

In my cannon, I'm adding an extra scene where Merrill checks in on him since he's become a brother-figure for her and knows what it's like to be suddenly alone. I'll probably write something for it.

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