The eating holiday!
Nov. 27th, 2025 10:51 pm
We had a baking plate just the right size for our little ham~ ♥ Honestly such a tasty little spread. We also had apple cider simmering in the crockpot all day so the house smelled so good and warm and cozy.
Also! A coworker needed to rehome her bearded dragon and I simply could not say no. So meet Dale (that's the name he came with, I'll be changing it but I don't know to what yet)! I got him and his enclosure for free but everyone knows there's no such thing as a free pet; I've already spent over $200 on getting him all set up. And today I was able to hold him for the first time. It was lovely.

He's a little guy and I'm already very fond of him.
Anyways! I'm rolling myself off to bed. I'm grateful for all of you and for our little home on the internet here. ♥ ♥ ♥
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Nov. 28th, 2025 07:31 amBragging Rights: A Bond Stronger Than a String (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System)
Nov. 27th, 2025 10:12 pmProject Title: A Bond Stronger Than a String
Fandom: Scum Villain
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/74876726
Summary: Shen Jiu wakes up able to see a red string on his finger and memories of many lives which ended horribly. Now he needs to decide how he will live this life.
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Shen Jiu | Original Shen QingqiuTianlang-junOriginal Luo BingheYue Qingyuan
Pairings: Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu/Tianlang-jun
When I Started: Mid 2024.
How I Lost My Shit: Lots I wanted in the story and kept thinking rather than writing.
How I Finished My Shit: Deadline helped me.
Late spring - lush garden
Nov. 28th, 2025 06:03 pm( pics under here )
Fic: Final chapter of Reverie
Nov. 27th, 2025 07:33 pmAnyways, I finally finished the WIP I started five freaking years ago, posting as a WIP because in the past, that kept me on track and I was worried about finishing so I wouldn't let things slide. And then I did anyways! But it is now done, and just in time for my annual birthday fic posting. I don't imagine anyone reading this at this point, but in case one person does, well, here you go.
Reverie (58115 words) by gwyneth rhys
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Black Panther (2018), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Shuri
Characters: Steve Rogers, Shuri (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson, Natasha Romanov, T'Challa (Marvel), Ramonda (Marvel), Ayo (Marvel), Nakia (Black Panther), Okoye (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Virtual Reality, Dreamscapes, Dreamsharing, of sorts if you squint hard, Wakandan Technology, Wakanda (Marvel), Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes, Post-Captain America: Civil War (Movie), Post-Black Panther (2018), Friendship, Family, Bucky Barnes Recovering, Protective Steve Rogers, Action/Adventure
Summary:
“Exitus!” Steve shouted, slamming his hand against the door where the mandala should have been, and suddenly he was on the chair in his room, gasping. In this world.
Steve lowered the glass to his lap and looked up at Shuri. His heart was beating way too hard and fast. “You were right,” he said, sitting up. “He’s glitching. I don’t know if I can get him out.”
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Nov. 27th, 2025 10:16 pmThe details of the life and mores at Versailles are interesting enough when talking about things like never addressing anyone as tu when the king was present even if you were talking to a close relative. Very Byzantine. But mostly it's the frivolous amusements of frivolous people who were also jockeying for marks of distinction from the king, like being admitted to dinners in his inner chambers, and heartburning when they weren't forthcoming. The courtiers thought they were living at the centre of civilization, but it sounds insupportably boring to me. Mitford assures us that the conversation was scintillating, but conversation is a transient thing that doesn't get passed down to later generations unless you have a Boswell handy.
The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Wednesday, November 26 - Thursday, November 27
Nov. 27th, 2025 09:54 pmWillow : Buffy, earlier you agreed with me about Thanksgiving. It's a sham. It's all about death.
Buffy : It is a sham, but it's a sham with yams. It's a yam sham.
~~Pangs~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

- Stolen Peace (Buffy, PG) by badly_knitted

- The Annual Ritual (Buffy/Giles, E) by Skyson
- Then Another Horse Came Out (Fiery Red) (Crossover with Sons of Anarchy, G) by Viwiel
[Chaptered Fiction]

- The Dark Willow SagaChapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, E) by TheLightdancer
- You Make Slaying Fun, Chapter 26 (Buffy/Spike, E) by cosplayermadness
- Tig Trager's Guide to Losing the Plot (One Incident at a Time), Chapter 5 (Crossover with Sons of Anarchy, G) by Viwiel
- The Stark-Summers Equation, Chapter 4 (Multiple crossings, G) by Viwiel
- Grace, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Soulburnt
- FOR SCIENCE!, Chapter 6 (Multiple crossings, NR) by TjinTur

- In the Dark, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by NotYourGrave
- Made For You, Chapter 46 (Buffy/Spike, R) by missambermarie
- Something Borrowed, Chapter 23 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Geliot99
- Essence, Chapter 11 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Soulburnt
- Xanadu, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by violettathepiratequeen
- A Case of You, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by cheshire
- Aftermath: the Möbius Curve, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Joan963z
- If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck..., Chapter 19 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by zinjadu
- Mile Markers and Blood Moons, Chapter 37 (Buffy/Spike, R) by JamesMFan

- Aegis, Chapter 56 (Crossover with DC Comics, FR15) by dogbertcarroll
- When Hecate Met Xander, Chapter 7 (Multiple crossings, FR18) by Balder
- Store Brand Jimmies, Chapter 14 (Multiple crossings, FR15) by jarinmyheartinmyjar

- A Slayer's Fortune, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, R) by VoronaFiernan
[Images, Audio & Video]

- Papercraft template:Spike + Buffy via Xioisbbg

- Artwork:[Kendra] by aa-arttss
- Artwork:garbage-pretty Faith and depresso-girl Buffy by moldingman99
- Artwork:slayer vs slayer by saevity
- Artwork:some fuffy by skeletalruckus
- Icons: S3E05 by gellaricons
- Icons:S3E03 by gellaricons
- Manip:Forever Isn't Long Enough [Bangel] by just-turned-aesthetic
- Manip:3x05, Homecoming by bufyedit
- Manip:[Buffy x Giles] by buffyannegiles
- Gifset:Best of BTVS: Anya Jenkins - Season Three by clarkgriffon
- Gifset: Juliet Landau as Drusilla, Fool for Love by shesnake
- Gifset: Angel + Outfits by clarkgriffon
- Gifset: Best of BTVS: Wesley Wyndam-Pryce by clarkgriffon
- Gif: [Stranger Things Giles edit] by thecrazyknight
- Meme: Weslah + Text Posts // Part 4 by welcometocaritas
[Reviews & Recaps]

- Buffy The Vampire Slayer Rewatch - "Pangs" with Emma Caulfield by Boys Watching Buffy

- Podcast: Episode 117: Blood Ties by Gym Was Cancelled
[Recs & In Search Of]

- Retail Therapy by Taaroko recced by iwillrememberyoumarathon
- The Fall of it All by aboutafox recced by iwillrememberyoumarathon

- What are your favourite Buffy edit accounts? by Antxzyo
- [ISO Willow brain-sucked instead of Tara fics] by Virtual_Text6914
- [ISO archived Czech fic] by Sure-Result152
[Community Announcements]

- Planned Timeline of Events! by buffyfanzine
[Fandom Discussions]

- [funniest Spike lore] by warden-anders
- [Angel is just toxic masculinity] by morgueinlefay
- [Ship antis] by liliitth
- [Anti S6-7 ask] by goblins-riddles-or-frocks
- [Buffy S4 vs later seasons] by floralgreenery
- [Spuffel feasibility] by xaeyrnofnbe
- [Spuffy defense] by
- giles in ‘witch’ by
- [veronica mars crossover crackship] by selkiemaidenfae
- [inaccurate book blurbs] by villainous-queen
- [Xander redemption] by liltreestar
- I honestly think that one of the most important things Tara represents skates by a lot of people by
- [Spike + Drusilla ask] by etherealspacejelly and floralgreenery
- Poll: Most Beloved Queer Ship Tournament - Round 1 by mostbelovedqueer
- Poll: Buffy viewers, who was your favorite Big Bad? by peppermintquartz
- Poll: What did you think of S2E10? by btvs-weekly-group-rewatch
- Would Spike name his horse after Buffy? (Setting is several hundred years after her death) by angelusfangs
- [Chosen + Aro!Buffy] by thelesbianthespianposts
- [On Buffy's choices in Chosen] by toxicphangirl15

- I am surprised by “teenager Angel” in S4E6 by multiple authors
- More Angel and Faith Season 10 Covers and Art by multiple authors
- What kind of opening titles do you want for the new Buffy show? by multiple authors
- If they showed the “Immortal” in Angel, who do you picture playing him? by multiple authors
- What is your favourite scene from the whole show? by multiple authors
- I hate that they tweaked the intro theme in Season 3 onwards.. Why change what's already perfect? by multiple authors
- What happened to Miss Kitty Fantastico? by multiple authors
- What's the closest speech/soliloquy/monologue in Buffy to this one in Angel? by multiple authors
- buffy board game!! by multiple authors
- If Angelina Jolie played a new character on Buffy, who would you want it to be? by multiple authors
- which angel character had the best personal growth? by multiple authors
- Thanksgiving Season 3 by multiple authors
- We will get an official Buffy announcement before the end of the year?? by multiple authors
- Do people still listen to/watch the commentaries? by multiple authors
- How many times has Spike been tied/locked up? by multiple authors
- Giles sparing Buffy/asking Faith to kill a slayer by multiple authors
- Love the writers for this by multiple authors
- "Him" is one of the funniest episodes I've seen - what do you guys think? by multiple authors
- Buffy aging mid-fight by multiple authors
- Who will be the S1 ‘Big Bad’? by multiple authors
[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

- Publication: Buffy: Chloé Zhao is Team Spike; Had "The Prom" Surprise For Gellar via Bleeding Cool
- Publication: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 1's Limited Budget Led To Some Inventive Filming Choices via Yahoo
Daily Check-In
Nov. 27th, 2025 09:38 pmHow are you doing?
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Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Gaming Update
Nov. 28th, 2025 03:35 pmAfter that I played chunks of FFVII Intergrade (the Yuffie DLC) on hard mode and I haven’t finished it but I jumped back into FFVII Rebirth. I’m still on chapter 12 of this in hard mode, which is exactly where I was storywise in March, but I have now gone back and done all the side quests I’d missed earlier that you have to repeat on hard mode to unlock more character progression, as well as some of the mini games (aargh the mini games. There are too many and I don’t know if I’m ever going to get through some of them, like the pirate’s gallery shooting one and the gambit & gears hard mode games and, omg, the PIANO). Where I am now, though, I really need to unlock Götterdammerung to be able to make it through the next fights, and it’s locked behind a series of excessively tricky boss fights - the six Brutal Challenges. I have done four, again heavily relying on Optinooob, and they were painful slogs.
As a change of pace from repeated party wipes, I picked up Blue Prince, which is a puzzle-solving rogue-like centred around a mysterious mansion, and not only is it great but I have not yet died even once. You are the presumptive heir to the mansion, but to prove you deserve it, you have to find room 46 - the house is a 9 by 5 grid, every day you start in the entrance hall on the middle of the bottom row, and when you open a door you get a choice of possible floor plans to fill the next space - some of the rooms are dead ends, some have items or hints you need, some require specific resources to select them, some interact with other rooms, and some actively punish you by removing resources or limiting your subsequent choices. When I first got a PC, the game I totally fell for was Myst, a puzzle-solving world-building lore-heavy game with (for the time) amazing graphics, and I spent hours on it, not least because this was largely before the WWW and I had no easy way of finding out puzzle solutions. The creators of Blue Prince credit Cyan (who made Myst), and it brings back that same feeling - there’s a massive amount going on here, with intriguing hints of story as well as fantastic puzzles, and it’s very satisfying when something finally works. Last night I entered room 46 (on day 28 of game time) but there’s a surprising amount left to do! It is a terrible game for the “just one more day” because a day can be over in 20 minutes if you have bad luck drafting rooms or can take nearly two hours if you find a lot of stuff, and I also now have all these notes about hints and clues and possible solutions to pore over. Recommended.
Art for "With the Rest I Dispense" (not entirely SFW)
Nov. 28th, 2025 12:10 pmFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Mature
Warnings: none apply
Characters: Rodney McKay, Samantha Carter, John Sheppard
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Summary: When he’s seven years old, Rodney reads a short story in a pulp sci-fi magazine about a man who uploads his consciousness to a computer. When he’s thirty-eight, he very nearly lives it.
Notes: Art for spurious's amazing story for the WIP Big Bang. The artworks are embedded in the five chapters, and this is a link to the round-up post. It's been a blast!
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Nov. 27th, 2025 06:17 pmmy thread here
'tis once again the time of year for the holiday love meme! <3
[ SECRET POST #6901 ]
Nov. 27th, 2025 05:10 pm⌈ Secret Post #6901 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Wonkette Thanksgiving Movie Matinee: Alice's Restaurant
Nov. 27th, 2025 09:00 pmHappy Thanksgiving!
I bring you a bunch of surroundings before we get to the main meal of Alice’s Restaurant. I have a little bit of everything to satisfy everyone’s holiday specials cravings.
First we have the funniest Thanksgiving TV special ever, it’s WKRP In Cincinnati with Turkey’s Away. Full version available for free on the Internet Archive. This is the first TV special that comes to mind when it comes to turkey TV. A promotional stunt goes very wrong when the station owner, Mr. Carlson, drops live turkeys from a helicopter.
“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!”
Friends has had a couple of memorable Thanksgiving specials, including the hilarious wearing of the turkey by Monica, with a little hat, glasses and a cute dance. I always wondered how bad it must have smelled inside that turkey but Courteney Cox’s dedication to the bit may have gotten a few turkeys stuck on people’s heads when the family clown tried it themselves. (Any of our medical peeps out there want to jump in on weird holiday emergency room encounters?) This video has clips of all the best Thanksgiving moments, the turkey hat starts at 4:21.
The forerunner to Friends was the fantastically funny Living Single; here is a selection of clips from their Thanksgiving episodes, Things To Be Thankful For. I found the entire series on the Internet Archive, I may have discovered my holiday marathon to watch instead of Godzilla flicks!
Next up is Cheers with Thanksgiving Orphans where the gang come together for a meal and end up throwing it at each other in a spectacular food fight. Full episode on Paramount+ with subscription.
So much fun stuff, it was hard deciding what not to include. But Paul Simon in a turkey costume, that had to be in.
Saturday Night Live always has some twisted fun with the holiday; my favorite is how Adele’s song Hello saves the day when dealing with bigoted relatives at a Thanksgiving dinner. It’s A Thanksgiving Miracle.
I have to include this even if it is not specifically Thanksgiving. It is The Golden Girls with Bea Arthur as Turkey Lurkey in the laugh till you cry Henny Penny.
I must honor my new home town of Cleveland with The Drew Carey Show and Mimi’s Day Parade.
What would Thanksgiving be without popcorn, jellybeans and toast? It is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving from 1973.
I wanted to include clips from The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers but couldn’t find them. I do have Simon’s Cat with The Heist (Thanksgiving Special.)
The main dish is Alice’s Restaurant, based on the album of the same name by Arlo Guthrie.
Alice’s Restaurant is available for free on YouTube. Also available for free on this YouTube channel.
Alice’s Restaurant stars Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, Geoff Outlaw, Alice Brock, Pete Seeger, Shelley Plimpton, Kathleen Dabney, and M. Emmet Walsh. Directed by Arthur Penn.
To make requests and see the movie lists and schedules go to WonkMovie.
Saturday night we finish November with Back To The Future, which is available for free on the Internet Archive. With subscription on Netflix. $3.99 in the usual places.
BU/Watcher Drabble: Awkward
Nov. 27th, 2025 09:34 pmTitle: Awkward
Author:
Fandom: Buzzeed Unsolved/Watcher Entertainment
Pairing: Shane/Ryan
Tags: Drabble, Demon Shane Madej
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: “Well, this is awkward.”
Author notes: #4
Awkward on AO3
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