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abby82 ([personal profile] abby82) wrote2025-06-15 04:31 pm

fic: pick up your sword [la femme nikita]

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pick up your sword
by abby82

category: Post Series
rating: General
word count: 4,800
warnings: None
author’s note: This story came together in less than a week when I hit a brick wall on another story I was working on. It's based on the screen grab for the title card from Roy Dupuis' 2013 movie, "L'Autre Maison". He plays a photojournalist with an assignment in Afghanistan and the NATO convoy he was riding in gets hit by a roadside bomb. That sequence in the film inspired the mission that Michael wants to participate in.

story began and finished: June 2025

links: LJ | AO3 | Tumblr

summary: Nikita pulls rank when Michael proposes going out into the field for a Section One mission.

 


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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-06-15 03:30 pm

Into A Bar: The Golden Girls/Designing Women

Title: The PFLAG Conference
Author: [personal profile] senmut
Prompt: Dorothy Zbornak goes into a bar and meets... Julia Sugarbaker (Designing Women)!
Fandoms: The Golden Girls / Designing Women
Word count: 587
Rating: General Audiences
Contents: The situation for support for Southern queers has not changed since the era of these shows and that is referenced here.

The PFLAG Conference

As far as conferences and political rallies went, Dorothy was glad this one seemed to be staying at a civil discourse. Not, she amended in her own thoughts, that she wasn't ready to blaze truth across narrow-minds in a hope of seeing people live better, stronger lives in the open. She had to stand up for all of her principles, and was glad that joining PFLAG had given her a new outlet to do so.

Still, it had been a long day, and while she wasn't given to drinking much, a nightcap would settle her muscles down, giving her a better chance for sleep in the hotel's luxurious bed. She slipped into more casual, but still classy, attire, picked up her clutch, and headed down to the bar. It might even give her a chance to mingle with others of like minds.

If she found some of different minds, she had a piece or two of her own she'd be able to give out.





Julia Sugarbaker had been brewing on a storm since early that morning. It was bad enough that Georgia didn't have a proper organization to help the young men and women suffering from vitriol and hate, but she'd run into one too many damned Yankees tossing around their patronizing looks about even attempting to get one set up!

She straightened out her blouse, adjusted the sleeve at the wrists, and then snatched up her purse rather than stay in this ridiculously ill-decorated hotel room. She'd seen a bar downstairs. A nice little cocktail hour would help bring her down from her anger, and leave her more likely to find the right words on where to tell the next New York organizer where they could stick their disbelief in gay rights for the South!





Dorothy had seen the brunette going into one of the conference rooms earlier in the day. The decided emphasis on how the woman sat at the bar next to her spoke of difficulties.

"You're here with the PFLAG conference, yes?" Dorothy asked after the woman had a mint julep in front of her, while playing with the straw in her Long Island Iced Tea.

"I am here attempting to convince them to invest in my geographical region instead of writing us all off under the heels of those — " The woman cut herself off completely, took a deep breath. "Yes," she answered instead. "Julia Sugarbaker."

Dorothy raised an eyebrow. "The Julie Sugarbaker who was thanked in Representative Sugarbaker's speech last week?"

Julia softened her stance. "You pay attention to Washington, I take it, ma'am?"

"Dorothy Zbornak. Trying to put more effort into my ideals these days.

"And yes. Helping keep my chapter informed of events, since I have more free time."

"Were you instrumental in organization, or did you step in later? And either way, would you be willing to share any tips? The idiot I spoke to today doesn't feel there is any room in Georgia for them."

Dorothy sighed. "There are so many places in Florida that need outreach, and we run into that there. Or upstate New York, because no, the entire state does not follow the city's lead," she agreed, sympathizing. "I would be glad to work with you, and talk about how to get the support you need."

Julia smiled broadly. "Then Ms. Zbornak, I am looking forward to getting to know you."

"Likewise. Someone willing to stand up when the deck is stacked that way is the kind of woman I'd like to know," Dorothy agreed.
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thisbluespirit ([personal profile] thisbluespirit) wrote2025-06-15 08:39 pm

Starfall Stories 48

A couple more belated [community profile] rainbowfic crossposts, which bring me very nearly up to date:


Name: Something Fishy
Story: Starfall
Colors: Vert #19 (Rescue from a dragon)
Supplies and Styles: Thread
Word Count: 1871
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray, Nin Valerno, Leion Valerno. Follows on immediately from On the Trail and Trap for the Unwary.
Summary: Leion has been found.




Name: Leftovers
Story: Starfall
Colors: Warm Heart #6 (Comfort)
Supplies and Styles: Novelty Bead (From 11 Years of Rainbowfic Space Month "sauce") + Thread
Word Count: 2604
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray/Leion Valerno, Imenna Pollens. Follows on directly from Something Fishy
Summary: Leion attempts to thank Viyony.
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squidgiepdx ([personal profile] squidgiepdx) wrote in [community profile] whenisitdue2025-06-15 10:59 am
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Items with Dates between Sunday, June 15th and Saturday, June 21st

Here are items with dates between Sunday, June 15th and Saturday, June 21st, as well as items added recently that started this past week. Remember, you can comment here on new items that need to be added to the list.


Items starting since the last update & this coming week


Open Date Close Date Community Type of Challenge Prompt/Information Link
06/13/2025 09/10/2025 Fest_no_Jutsu_2025 (AO3) Fanworks Signup and Prompt Filling period for Naruto: Fest no Jutsu 2025 click here for details
06/15/2025 07/07/2025 DDE25(AO3) Fanworks Signup period for Daredevil/Defenders Exchange 2025 click here for details
06/15/2025 06/21/2025 [community profile] fefemslashweek (DW) Fanworks Prompt filling period for Fire Emblem Femslash Week 2025 click here for details



Items ending this coming week

Open Date Close Date Community Type of Challenge Prompt/Information Link
05/16/2025 06/15/2025 [community profile] ficlet_zone (DW) Fanworks Challenge 86: Reverse Fandom - New Tricks click here for details
06/09/2025 06/15/2025 sense8week(Tumblr) Fanworks June 2025 is Sense8's 10th Anniversary click here for details
06/07/2025 06/17/2025 [community profile] celebrity20in20 (DW) Icons Signup period for Round 14 click here for details
06/10/2025 06/17/2025 [community profile] iddyiddybangbang (DW) Fanworks Signup period for 2025's Iddy Iddy Bang Bang click here for details
06/04/2025 06/19/2025 sgdlrexchange(Tumblr) Nominations Author signup period for Link Click: Link Click Exchange click here for details
06/10/2025 06/20/2025 [community profile] fan_flashworks (DW) Fanworks Challenge 482: Yield click here for details
06/15/2025 06/21/2025 [community profile] fefemslashweek (DW) Fanworks Prompt filling period for Fire Emblem Femslash Week 2025 click here for details


Remember: For anything Harry Potter fandom related, please refer to the Potterfests community on Dreamwidth or on LiveJournal. Additionally, there is a new community called [community profile] vocab_drabbles (located here) that does weekly drabbles based on a vocabulary word.
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Kalloway ([personal profile] kalloway) wrote2025-06-15 07:49 am
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Comms That Have Popped Up

I have seen [community profile] sunshine_revival wander by a couple of times and finally stopped to ask what exactly it was. It's hard to promote a community that has no details. ^^;; Anyway, a mod replied back that they "will be explaining more in the introduction post before the challenge starts but basically we will be providing two prompts for each challenge. One of the prompts will be geared towards journaling or reflection (mostly generic but one or two might be more fandom-oriented) and the other prompt will be for a creative option. Many of the creative prompts are toward writing, some are art. However it’s very casual so you could skip any challenge that doesn’t appeal or modify the prompt as you like!"

There's also [community profile] expandingfandom, a post-AO3 comm for these post-AO3 times... (I keep mentally parse it as Exploding Fandom for some reason.) I kid, to a degree. Maybe it's more of a pre-AO3 comm for these post-AO3 times. Anyway, as someone who does lots of comms and events on DW, I am all for more stuff not on AO3 and therefore more accessible to me, personally, a person who no longer posts on AO3. There's only an intro post so far; we'll see what happens.
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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-06-15 12:21 am
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On a centennial

Mary Dell (Tanner) (Allen) Shipp June 15, 1925 to August 28, 2015 (aged 90).
Miss you Grammy )
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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-06-14 10:26 pm
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Daily Check In

*\o/* Word Count Step Count Headache?
Daily 520 12,000 yes
Monthly 7,700 146,446 2 days
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Sholio ([personal profile] sholio) wrote2025-06-14 02:10 am

Dear Just Married creator

Treats welcome!

I would be perfectly happy if you swap tags between requests. I think all my requests are pretty similar, and if a different request's tags give you an idea, please go for it with my enthusiastic consent.

I would love to receive any of my requests equally, and optional details aside, the tags are the primary prompts; please feel free to do what you like with them.

Relationship likes and dislikes )

Fandoms

Babylon 5 - TV )

Biggles books - W.E. Johns )

Agent Carter - TV )
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Sholio ([personal profile] sholio) wrote2025-06-13 11:12 pm

Just Married signups

[community profile] justmarriedexchange signups are open through the 22nd. I immediately pounced on it, to no one's shock, but I SWEAR this is the last thing I'm signing up for until I at least get my casefic and Summer of Horror written.

Also, [community profile] hurtcomfortex is having a long reveals delay (until early July) in case you might want to treat someone. Hurt/Comfort-Ex requests on the AO3 app.
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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-06-13 11:03 pm
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Fandom50: #16

1990, [redacted a lot of depressing anecdata]. Let's just roll the credits, hmm? Nine movies because I was choosy... and honestly don't have much to say about movies of this year.

~ Tremors - AWW YEAH a hella good creature feature. To be honest? This was like catching old 50s B movies on TBS, because those creature features were my kind of camp horror comedy.
~ The Hunt for Red October - I can't remember much of this film, but there were some pretty people in it.
~ Ghost - +sighs+ Patrick and Whoopi, I loved. I am still on a fence about Demi's acting, but she's pretty.
~ Quigley Down Under - the movie that reinforced lessons I had begun studying due to "Beds are Burning" by Midnight Oil. It's also the movie that put Alan Rickman on my radar properly. I love his villainy here.
~ The Rescuers Down Under - Hmm, two Aussie based movies for me this year? MARAHUTE! Not quite mixing the adventure and scary like the first, but a DAMN GOOD FILM.
~ Predator 2 - So I enjoy the first. So much. BUT THIS?! This movie started solidifying actual lore for me (BLESS DARK HORSE COMICS) and the yautja in this one is BADASS.
~ Mermaids - A really sweet film, and the cast? +faints+ Hoskins, Cher, Ryder, Ricci? Excellent. A little angst and harm to children warning.
~ Hamlet - So I rather hate putting this on the list. And I know it is seriously panned. But honestly? Seeing this in the theater, watching EVERY ACTOR CHEW THE SCENERY? Made me delighted at an above the top performance. Just wish the fucker in the lead role wasn't... himself.
~ Kindergarten Cop - Sweet. Funny. Dramatic at parts. "It's naht a too-mah" Was surprised when I went back to find that his partner that was supposed to do the teaching and got sick was Iza from Clan of the Cave Bear.

Fave? Toss up between Predator 2 and Kindergarten Cop.
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gerard_way_is_sexah ([personal profile] gerard_way_is_sexah) wrote in [community profile] fandomcalendar2025-06-13 09:18 pm

Naruto: Fest no Jutsu 2025

Description: Do you have a Naruto fanfiction you'd love to read, but just can't seem to find? A familiar trope, ship, or character you can't get enough of? A piece of fanart you want to see come to life? Are you a fan creator who wants fresh inspiration and a fun, low-stakes challenge? The r/NarutoFanfiction Discord server is hosting a fest/prompt meme for Naruto fanworks - and we would love for you to join! Naruto fans of all ages (13+) are welcome to cheerlead, submit ideas for fanworks they'd like to see, and create fanworks for others. Fic minimums for filling a prompt are 500 words and art minimums are a finished piece. 

Prompting Period: Now-June 20

Works due & revealed: September 10

Creators revealed: September 17

An AO3 account is required for participation, and joining the r/NarutoFanfiction Discord server is highly recommended. By joining the server, you can participate in conversations about the event, make suggestions for this and future server events, and contact the moderators directly. For full event rules and for more information on how a fest/prompt meme works, please check the AO3 collection profile. If you don't wish to join the server, but still wish to participate and ask questions about the event, you may e-mail gerardwayissexah@gmail.com as well.

Links: 
AO3 Collection Profile (signup and view submitted prompts)
Discord Server Join Link (never expires)
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gerard_way_is_sexah ([personal profile] gerard_way_is_sexah) wrote in [community profile] fandomcalendar2025-06-13 08:50 pm

Naruto: NejiTen Month 2025

Description: NejiTen Month is a monthlong event for fans of the romantic pairing between Neji Hyuga/Hyuga Neji and Tenten. Fanart, fanfiction, moodboards, podfics, edits, and other kinds of fanworks are welcome! Prompts posted to Tumblr are just for inspiration - feel free to disregard, complete out of order, or combine however you please. There are no minimums for either the amount of effort put into a work, or the number of works you post for the event. It's all welcome! 
Schedule: Post works to Tumblr and/or Archive of Our Own (AO3) July 1-July 31st.
Posting: Tag works on Tumblr with #nejitenmonth2025 in the first five tags so the mod can reblog everything. Please tag on AO3 with NejiTen Month 2025 or something similar. The AO3 collection is also an option.
Links:
Tumblr Blog
Full Event Rules
AO3 Collection

NejiTen Month event calendar with prompts
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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-06-13 03:00 pm

PRIDE 7: Dick Grayson

Dragged to Fabulous (200 words) by Sharpest_Asp
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DCU [Comics]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Dick Grayson, Original Human Character(s)
Additional Tags: Pride Parades, Double Drabble
Summary:

Dick gets there in time for Ms. Syl to make him over.



Dragged to Fabulous

"Oh honey, you cannot be seen next to me looking that… plain," the drag queen said when Dick walked in to get ready for the beginning of the parade. "Girlfriend, I know good and well you have something more fabulous in your closet — wish it was me, honestly, but — because I have seen what you wear on your dates!"

Dick smiled, holding up the duffel bag. "Knowing I'd be riding with you, Miss Syl, I figured I'd better bring a few things and let you pick."

Miss Syl put both hands over his heart and made a dramatic sound. "You know just how to flatter a girl." He held his hand out for the bag, dead set on making certain Gotham's younger prince was ready to sparkle at the parade.

"If I promise to keep it toned down and mostly straight, may I do your makeup?" Miss Syl asked as he settled on which outfit would work best.

"Total package," Dick agreed, laughing some.

"Oh I wish. I could show you things those débutantes have never heard of," Miss Syl answered, before setting to the crafting of perfect look for one of their wealthiest allies in all of the city.
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pj1228 ([personal profile] pj1228) wrote2025-06-13 09:16 pm
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FKFicFest released 12 new FK stories

[community profile] fkficfest released 12 new Forever Knight stories. I enjoyed them all. It was interesting to see how different people approached 5 different prompts. Despite the differences in preferences that the fandom entails, it was amazing how sometimes stories addressed the same issues.
We got new insights into the bond related vampires share. New cures were explored. Lacroix had quite a bit of cleaning up to do. Crimes needed to be solved. Friendships were put to the test.

My own contribution was a case-fic called Too Old and Powerful, in which Nick gets another chance at a cure.