Chall, Daydreaming...
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I finished Plutone and decided that, before working on Exia and Starfall, I'd see what's in the shoeboxes and whatnot under my desk. The answer is more projects and a lot of stuff to sort, but I managed to clean up a bit for now. Even if everything is stacked nicer, that's a start. I don't remember what I was going to do with all this non-model paint... and I don't know what I should do with it if it's still good... (I feel like I should just start on murals in my garage or something?)
I have a kit on the way that's hopefully going to be part of a contest entry. I'm not expecting/hoping to win or anything, but I want to challenge myself. The contest also ends right around when
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Ah Pern, My love, My loathed
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( The first three chapters, mostly negative reactions to the world building/culture )
PRIDE 5: Bucky/Steve
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain America [Movies]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Rogers/James "Bucky" Barnes [MCU]
Characters: Steve Rogers, James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
Additional Tags: Drabble, Pride Parades
Summary:
Pride Parade for the reunited couple.
Experiencing Pride
"I think you'd look good in that," Bucky murmured in Steve's ear, discreetly calling attention to some of the leather crowd.
Steve snorted. "Not really my style, but maybe for a night," he answered, still taking in the whole pageant of queer life on display, eyes roving over the ones that were shyly experiencing it, and those openly embracing it.
"D'you read the history?"
"Hell of a thing," Steve agreed with that respectful tone. "Still a long way to go," he added as he spotted the trouble spoiling for a fight. Bucky looked, and the pair made their way over.
Id Pro Quo Post Deadline Pinch Hits - due June 20th, 10pm EDT
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Due date: June 20th, 10pm EDT
Work Minimums: 2k fic or finished artwork
PH 9 - Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin, Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling, G.I. Joe (Cartoon), Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Voltron: Lion Force (1984)
PH 13 - 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest )
PH 14 - Don't Worry Darling (2022), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), The Princess Diaries (Movies), Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Wish (Movie 2023), Wonder Woman (Movies - Jenkins)
PH 15 - Top Gun (Movies), Top Gun (Movies), Crossover Fandom, Twister (Movies 1996 2024)
PH 16 - 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), NoPixel (Web Series), 鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理 | Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri | Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective (Manga), Crossover Fandom
PH 21 - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming), 陰陽師 | Onmyouji (Anime 2023), 밤에 피는 꽃 | Knight Flower (TV)
PH 22 - Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives - Jeffrey Dean, Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives - Jeffrey Dean, Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives - Jeffrey Dean, Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives - Jeffrey Dean, Vampire: The Masquerade Port Saga (Podcast), Path of Night (Podcast), Path of Night (Podcast)
PH 25 - Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who: Harvest of Time - Alastair Reynolds, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka, Doctor Who (2005)
PH 26 - The Stand - Stephen King, Crossing Jordan (TV 2001), Twin Peaks (TV 1990), Twin Peaks (TV 1990), NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: Los Angeles
PH 34 - 타인은 지옥이다 | Strangers From Hell (TV), All For The Game - Nora Sakavic, The Collector Series (Movies), Outlast (Video Games), Dune Series - Frank Herbert
PH 35 - Doom Patrol (TV), Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon), Going Dutch (TV), The Orville (TV), The Orville (TV), The Orville (TV), Charmed (TV 1998), Extraordinary (TV 2023), Palia (Video Game), Star Trek Online
PH 40 - 今際の国のアリス | Imawa no Kuni no Alice | Alice in Borderland (TV), The Ancient One - Cat2000, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020), Mortal Kombat (Video Games 2023-), Marvel Cinematic Universe
PH 42 - Wicked (Movie 2024), Supernatural (TV 2005), Supernatural (TV 2005), Star Trek: Voyager, Supernatural (TV 2005), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Discovery, Supernatural (TV 2005), Supernatural (TV 2005)
PH 44 - Power Rangers Zeo, Riverdale (TV 2017)
PH 47 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon)
PH 48 - Any Fandom I’ve Requested for IPQ Before, The Inheritance Games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year - Ally Carter
PH 49 - Clean Slate (TV), High Potential (TV), Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom
PH 50 - 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV), 二哈和他的白猫师尊 - 肉包不吃肉 | The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat, 二哈和他的白猫师尊 - 肉包不吃肉 | The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
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Hornet Flight - Ken Follett
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( Spoilers in general )
Recent Reading
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New Comm
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Various Links 6/2 - 6/8
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The Old Guard 2 Trailer
Rodimus Prime cross-stitch
Epistolary Avatar: the Last Airbender fic
Leverage Filk
Cat Dad update - mentions the passing of the mother cat, but the babies are thriving. 7 years of wholesome Cat Dad.
Very WOW but very dangerous standing swing stunt - if any of the more dangerous Cirque de Soleil stunts give you anxiety, skip this.
Seattle Mariners Pride vid
The Great Escape (performed by a cat)
Oslo Pride video
Skeletor and He-Man UK commercials for something - link opens on first vid, scroll down for second.
See Snoopy flying on his dog house
Great vid of a dust devil sans dust
Egyptian Blue pigment re-discovered? - caveat is that I did not research to see if this is a "Discovery" where the locals never lost it.
fic: chance is the only game I play with [la femme nikita]
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by abby82
category: 1940s Jazz Club AU
rating: Explicit
word count: 46,000
warnings: None
author’s note: This story was initially inspired by two photographs. The first is a promotional image that was published in Elle Quebec for Roy Dupuis' 2004 movie Jack Paradise in which he plays a jazz pianist in Montreal. He looked absolutely amazing with his white dinner jacket, half smoked cigarette and just the right amount of stubble on his face. The second were two promotional images of Peta Wilson as Nikita that were shot for the series' first season. She was wearing a fur stole and her hair was in some Veronica Lake style waves. Those images alone screamed for a 1940s AU of some sort. The plot point concerning Nikita and Operations was inspired by a wonderful story called "Mutual Respect" by Enjoue and Jean in which they both have to feign an emotional attachment to buy them some time with their kidnappers. I had this story in my drafts folder for some time now and when the 14th round of the
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story began: October 2023
story finished: April 2025
links: LJ | AO3 | Tumblr
summary: Dressed in fine furs and jewels, long blonde waves frame her exquisite face. Big, blue feline eyes add further depth to her mysterious beauty. She looks expensive and completely unattainable. Her name is Nikita and she is the crown jewel at the center of Section’s plush jewelry box.
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Rounding Up and Rounding Down
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If you want free "romantasy, PNR, and monster romance" stories arriving daily in July, FaRoFeb's FaRoCation is happening again. As always, there will be quantity. (I usually end up liking one or two of them, and it's free. *shrugemoji*)
A couple of weeks back, I asked at the bank about check registers since my previous check orders hadn't come with them and I'd finally finished my last one (dated 2020 on the back - it has still been 2020 all this time!) and was out. Turns out the check printers stopped sending them and they thought check orders still got them. I ended up ordering a 20-pack off Amazon which will possibly last for the rest of my life. (However, I'd just assume share the wealth and if you need one, lmk. They're a bit on the 'for ants' side which doesn't bother me but might be a dealbreaker for you.)
I also still have those Riverside TrekFest goodies if anyone wants them.
The date for the first Gundam Mobile Base Pop-Up USA Tour stop was announced a couple of days ago, for Kentucky at the end of this month. A not-impossible drive, and I put in for the day off just in case. But a Michigan date has been announced for September so I'll do that instead. It's much closer but I'm not sure the drive is any better. (ha!)
Worked on gutters (not mine) yesterday, and went to an estate sale to look at tools. Ended up getting some fine, fine wrenches and other stuff. Well over $100 in stuff for $10; I almost felt a little guilty. (Almost.)
I officially got the airbrush out of its box and tried it! One hurdle, um, hurdled! It will take a few sessions to figure out exactly what I need as far as a set-up goes, but I will definitely need to liberate one of the extra chairs recently unearthed in the barn.