Fannish Fifty Challenge 2026: Post # 7: Postal Mail from Fen
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ride_4everThank you kindly to the following fen who sent me postal mail in January: a letter from oldtoadwoman, a handmade needlepoint card from smallhobbit, and handmade "the god of feathers" art from mific. I am blessed to be the recipient of these lovely words and crafts and arts. <3
oldtoadwoman, a handmade needlepoint card from smallhobbit, and handmade "the god of feathers" art from mific. I am blessed to be the recipient of these lovely words and crafts and arts. <3Fannish Fifty Challenge 2026: Post # 6: No-Stress "5 Soulmates" Prompt Table Challenge
Feb. 10th, 2026 11:55 pmride_4everNo deadline, no stress, multifandom prompt table challenge for creating fanworks in the Soulmates trope. If you are into this trope...or want to get into this trope...check out the 5 Soulmates Challenge. This link will take you to all the info and FAQs about how the prompts and the claims work for this challenge.
Some gripping HR fics I've read lately, and WIP madness
Feb. 11th, 2026 06:32 pmmificSo many WIPs - I never used to read the damn things, but HR has corrupted me! The advantage of having several WIPs on the go is that something updates every day, often more than one. The main downside is remembering which plot or AU storyline the WIP is about. I often reread the last chapter, esp. if it's a few days since the fic updated.
I know where to draw the line by magneticwave (wrote the great AU where Shane's a surgeon). It's a new WIP (10,000 word 1st chapter) and is really excellent, with a mature 26 y.o. Shane with a trick knee who's in the Metros with 22 y.o. hotshot Ilya. Lots of hockey detail, great writing & characterisations, a closeted oblivious Shane, and Ilya on the prowl.
My two other main fave WIPs are Basingstoke's Lovers, or English is a damn funny language which continues to be brilliant, and Glittercity's Never Been Bitten, the vampire AU with interesting power dynamics (rich obsessive club owner vampire Shane who's nervous of the ingenuity and aggression of humans and Ilya, the chaotic bartender who's trying to seduce him.)
I've also been charging through all CorvidCordelia's works.
I read Half Agony, Half Hope a while back - it's a longfic based on the premise that Ilya gets traded to Montreal about 3 years after Shane breaks it off after the tuna melts hookup, so they're now on the same team. A great mix of angst, drama, lust, and of course, the requisite happy ending!
Careful Fear and Dead Devotion is another longfic, a complete AU in which Shane and Ilya are young actors looking for a break who are cast as Finn and Dane in the TV series "Ember and Ice". It uses the Quinn audio-erotic story as the plot of the drama they're starring in, so if the mention of Ember and Ice as a "fandom" put you off, don't be - no knowledge is needed of E&I and the inherent ludicrousness of that work doesn't intrude. Scott and Kip are the showrunners! It's kind of analogous to Hudson and Connor in HR, without being in any way RPF. It's a great story, and I loved it.
And Walking Through Windows a fork in the road AU where Ilya fucks up the Tampa All Stars reconciliation (after Shane accepts he's gay), and they then only see each other on the ice when their teams play, for ten years. Which is inherently very sad, but the story starts then, when they're both recently retired and Ilya learns that Shane's about to marry a man. You can imagine what happens, and I was unsure if I'd like it as I dislike partner betrayal, but CorvidCordelia is a bloody good writer and absolutely sold it to me, with a wonderful story that I couldn't put down (gave myself eyestrain again, damn it!)
I know where to draw the line by magneticwave (wrote the great AU where Shane's a surgeon). It's a new WIP (10,000 word 1st chapter) and is really excellent, with a mature 26 y.o. Shane with a trick knee who's in the Metros with 22 y.o. hotshot Ilya. Lots of hockey detail, great writing & characterisations, a closeted oblivious Shane, and Ilya on the prowl.
My two other main fave WIPs are Basingstoke's Lovers, or English is a damn funny language which continues to be brilliant, and Glittercity's Never Been Bitten, the vampire AU with interesting power dynamics (rich obsessive club owner vampire Shane who's nervous of the ingenuity and aggression of humans and Ilya, the chaotic bartender who's trying to seduce him.)
I've also been charging through all CorvidCordelia's works.
I read Half Agony, Half Hope a while back - it's a longfic based on the premise that Ilya gets traded to Montreal about 3 years after Shane breaks it off after the tuna melts hookup, so they're now on the same team. A great mix of angst, drama, lust, and of course, the requisite happy ending!
Careful Fear and Dead Devotion is another longfic, a complete AU in which Shane and Ilya are young actors looking for a break who are cast as Finn and Dane in the TV series "Ember and Ice". It uses the Quinn audio-erotic story as the plot of the drama they're starring in, so if the mention of Ember and Ice as a "fandom" put you off, don't be - no knowledge is needed of E&I and the inherent ludicrousness of that work doesn't intrude. Scott and Kip are the showrunners! It's kind of analogous to Hudson and Connor in HR, without being in any way RPF. It's a great story, and I loved it.
And Walking Through Windows a fork in the road AU where Ilya fucks up the Tampa All Stars reconciliation (after Shane accepts he's gay), and they then only see each other on the ice when their teams play, for ten years. Which is inherently very sad, but the story starts then, when they're both recently retired and Ilya learns that Shane's about to marry a man. You can imagine what happens, and I was unsure if I'd like it as I dislike partner betrayal, but CorvidCordelia is a bloody good writer and absolutely sold it to me, with a wonderful story that I couldn't put down (gave myself eyestrain again, damn it!)
Daily Happiness
Feb. 10th, 2026 10:03 pmtorachan1. After much back and forth about it, it's finally settled that I will be going up north to help the new store for a few days, and the dates are set (next Wednesday through Friday). I would prefer not to go at all but I'm glad it's at least sorted, and I am curious to see the new store.
2. We went down to DCA for dinner tonight and had some very tasty lunar new year foods.
3. It's been fairly cool all day today and by the time we got home from Disney it was really windy and cold. It's supposed to tonight and maybe a little tomorrow. Hopefully it's all just overnight and not anything that will interfere with going out of the house tomorrow.
4. Jasper!
2. We went down to DCA for dinner tonight and had some very tasty lunar new year foods.
3. It's been fairly cool all day today and by the time we got home from Disney it was really windy and cold. It's supposed to tonight and maybe a little tomorrow. Hopefully it's all just overnight and not anything that will interfere with going out of the house tomorrow.
4. Jasper!
12-day A/B trial, not that I counted
Feb. 11th, 2026 12:07 amstarandreaDuolingo just added B1 to the Chinese course.
It took me 22 minutes from start to finish.
Pretty sure I won't finish legendary before the B2 release in April (B1 had 499 units), but I'll definitely be terrible at the matching game for a while yet.
"...And you may argue that, well, this is not really a very efficient method of learning a language. You'd be correct. But you can't argue I can't speak Spanish, because I very much can."
--Evan Edinger
Duolingo Isn't 'Free' Anymore — Lily Told Me Why
It took me 22 minutes from start to finish.
Pretty sure I won't finish legendary before the B2 release in April (B1 had 499 units), but I'll definitely be terrible at the matching game for a while yet.
"...And you may argue that, well, this is not really a very efficient method of learning a language. You'd be correct. But you can't argue I can't speak Spanish, because I very much can."
--Evan Edinger
Duolingo Isn't 'Free' Anymore — Lily Told Me Why
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Feb. 10th, 2026 09:24 pmolivermossI am possibly done with PDXWLF. I ventured out to a specific spot tonight because I recognized the address and was confident they'd deliver. I'll do a photo post... actually right now:
The CD clad house. Yeah, I know this intersection. I know it would be worth the trip.
I went out early, thinking to grab a burrito and then meander/photowalk a mile to two towards it. Burrito, portable food, right? Yeah, the lady who made mine was maybe new and needed to wrap it in multiple layers of foil for it to hold together, and she blamed me for it being a mess because I didn't order rice in it. So, I basically wound up walking around eating a pile of food and soaked tortilla in a make-shift tin foil bowl. It was okay. (Honestly, I shouldn't have paid for for that mess, but there was only one place I could get food along my planned route. I just really need to stop relying on being able to grab food while out and about, it keeps going sideways.)
The CD clad house. Yeah, I know this intersection. I know it would be worth the trip.
I went out early, thinking to grab a burrito and then meander/photowalk a mile to two towards it. Burrito, portable food, right? Yeah, the lady who made mine was maybe new and needed to wrap it in multiple layers of foil for it to hold together, and she blamed me for it being a mess because I didn't order rice in it. So, I basically wound up walking around eating a pile of food and soaked tortilla in a make-shift tin foil bowl. It was okay. (Honestly, I shouldn't have paid for for that mess, but there was only one place I could get food along my planned route. I just really need to stop relying on being able to grab food while out and about, it keeps going sideways.)
Talking Meme Month - day 10
Feb. 10th, 2026 09:10 pmhafnia(You know the drill! You can ask here if you have a question you'd like answered!)
Favorite dessert to make?
Ha. So — I love to bake, but I am not really a Dessert Person. Like, there are specific desserts I like eating, but more often than not, I will just buy them because I apparently have fancy taste and my desires exceed my skills (or, you know, certain stuff is just annoying to make).
Anyway, all that to say, the list of desserts I have made and enjoyed making is pretty short, but we'll go ahead and run through it...
1). Chocolate Pie.
This is, as it sounds, chocolate pudding in a pie crust.
I don't like making pie crust, but pie crust that you make yourself at home is worlds better than anything you can buy frozen (alas!), and so I Suffer and Endure and Make It. :D
Chocolate Pie is Max's favorite and so I make it for him every Thanksgiving and sometimes for Christmas. These are the two occasions he knows it is safe to ask for chocolate pie.
2). Tiramisu.
It's not really baking, but! I have a solid method in my back pocket which does not involve raw eggs (eww), so.
Hard to go wrong with coffee, ladyfingers, and brandy (or rum) layered with whipped cream/marscapone and chocolate. Yum. I made one this year for Max's birthday and it was gone within about two days. :D
3). Macarons.
...I feel like someone is going to come out going WHAT at me, because I just said my desires exceed my skills, but!
Macarons are Just Okay. THERE, I SAID IT.
Anyway I wanted to prove to myself that I could make them, so I did. It ended up being surprisingly fun; they were not picture-perfect (I needed to whip my eggs more), but I am actually planning to make some apricot ones here in a couple of weeks and see if they work out better this time.
(I made blueberry and raspberry last time, per the request of the person I was making them for; they were Aggressively Fine, but if I'm doing jam, I want it to be strawberry or apricot. Certain People may laugh now.)
4). Danishes.
Again, this is one where I feel like people are going to go, what, but!
Laminated pastry is actually fun to make, though if I'm making puff pastry I prefer to use it for things like chicken pot pie or apple turnovers (which I don't add much sugar to, so I suppose they're borderline acceptable to eat for breakfast).
I made Danishes for my dad for Father's Day the last time I was out there for Father's Day, and the entire plate of them was gone within about thirty minutes. My brother-in-law ate, like, six. (They were, to be fair, not huge, but still!)
At some point in the next few weeks I am also planning to try my hand at making eclairs again, now that I've actually got the equipment for it (specifically, nice piping bags and such), so I guess that + the macarons will be it. Eclairs are probably the thing I buy most often at Safeway that makes me go, "ugh I do technically have the ability to do this but I'm lazy."
(To be fair to the Safeway nearest the house, though, their bakery is quite good. The eclairs I get there remind me of the ones I used to get from the bespoke bakery my mom's friend ran in Salt Lake, which is not something I can say of any other grocery store bakery I've gotten stuff from.)
Anyway.
Frequently, if it's Just Me And Max and it's not a special occasion but I want something dessert-y, it's cookies. I have a chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe memorized and have had it memorized since I perfected it when I was, like, 10.
("Perfect" according to my grandfather, who was Very Picky about cookies, but I digress. I'm fond of it! I don't think it's to anyone else's taste, but Max likes to dip them in coffee, so.)
There you go. :D
Favorite dessert to make?
Ha. So — I love to bake, but I am not really a Dessert Person. Like, there are specific desserts I like eating, but more often than not, I will just buy them because I apparently have fancy taste and my desires exceed my skills (or, you know, certain stuff is just annoying to make).
Anyway, all that to say, the list of desserts I have made and enjoyed making is pretty short, but we'll go ahead and run through it...
1). Chocolate Pie.
This is, as it sounds, chocolate pudding in a pie crust.
I don't like making pie crust, but pie crust that you make yourself at home is worlds better than anything you can buy frozen (alas!), and so I Suffer and Endure and Make It. :D
Chocolate Pie is Max's favorite and so I make it for him every Thanksgiving and sometimes for Christmas. These are the two occasions he knows it is safe to ask for chocolate pie.
2). Tiramisu.
It's not really baking, but! I have a solid method in my back pocket which does not involve raw eggs (eww), so.
Hard to go wrong with coffee, ladyfingers, and brandy (or rum) layered with whipped cream/marscapone and chocolate. Yum. I made one this year for Max's birthday and it was gone within about two days. :D
3). Macarons.
...I feel like someone is going to come out going WHAT at me, because I just said my desires exceed my skills, but!
Macarons are Just Okay. THERE, I SAID IT.
Anyway I wanted to prove to myself that I could make them, so I did. It ended up being surprisingly fun; they were not picture-perfect (I needed to whip my eggs more), but I am actually planning to make some apricot ones here in a couple of weeks and see if they work out better this time.
(I made blueberry and raspberry last time, per the request of the person I was making them for; they were Aggressively Fine, but if I'm doing jam, I want it to be strawberry or apricot. Certain People may laugh now.)
4). Danishes.
Again, this is one where I feel like people are going to go, what, but!
Laminated pastry is actually fun to make, though if I'm making puff pastry I prefer to use it for things like chicken pot pie or apple turnovers (which I don't add much sugar to, so I suppose they're borderline acceptable to eat for breakfast).
I made Danishes for my dad for Father's Day the last time I was out there for Father's Day, and the entire plate of them was gone within about thirty minutes. My brother-in-law ate, like, six. (They were, to be fair, not huge, but still!)
At some point in the next few weeks I am also planning to try my hand at making eclairs again, now that I've actually got the equipment for it (specifically, nice piping bags and such), so I guess that + the macarons will be it. Eclairs are probably the thing I buy most often at Safeway that makes me go, "ugh I do technically have the ability to do this but I'm lazy."
(To be fair to the Safeway nearest the house, though, their bakery is quite good. The eclairs I get there remind me of the ones I used to get from the bespoke bakery my mom's friend ran in Salt Lake, which is not something I can say of any other grocery store bakery I've gotten stuff from.)
Anyway.
Frequently, if it's Just Me And Max and it's not a special occasion but I want something dessert-y, it's cookies. I have a chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe memorized and have had it memorized since I perfected it when I was, like, 10.
("Perfect" according to my grandfather, who was Very Picky about cookies, but I digress. I'm fond of it! I don't think it's to anyone else's taste, but Max likes to dip them in coffee, so.)
There you go. :D
2026 Disneyland Trip #10 (2/10/26)
Feb. 10th, 2026 09:08 pmtorachanWe went down to DCA for dinner tonight. There's an after-hours event on the Disneyland side (Sweethearts Night) but that didn't seem to affect crowds at DCA at all, at least not as early as we were there.
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Sgt. Frog Creator Draws Gundam Hathaway Parody Poster
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animenewsnetwork_feedBoth Keroro & Hathaway do have daddy issues …
Icons for Melt: Stock and Terminator 2
Feb. 10th, 2026 11:59 pm
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Feb. 10th, 2026 08:28 pmolivermoss
I am hoping this is going to be recorded and available online, I assume it will be, but am hoping to confirm. Wow, that is going to be a conversation. This is a very often discussed book about the problems of hockey culture. Picking her to interview him is really interesting. (In my experience 'in conversation with' means the second person is basically doing an interview, and has been picked for being someone very well informed/related to a topic as opposed to being picked for interviewing skills)
DAY 10 - FIC - FLEABAG - CLAIRE
Feb. 11th, 2026 01:16 amlovelytomeetyou posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
halfamoonDay 10 - Acting the Fool
Title: In ignorance, there was bliss (or so she thought)
Fandom: Fleabag
Characters: Claire centered
Rating: T
Summary: Claire wishes she were like her sister. She does whatever the fuck she pleases. Whenever she wants. Whoever she so chooses. And god if Claire doesn’t loathe her for that.
Story in ao3
Title: In ignorance, there was bliss (or so she thought)
Fandom: Fleabag
Characters: Claire centered
Rating: T
Summary: Claire wishes she were like her sister. She does whatever the fuck she pleases. Whenever she wants. Whoever she so chooses. And god if Claire doesn’t loathe her for that.
Story in ao3
Poem: "No Friend as Loyal"
Feb. 10th, 2026 10:12 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a post from elinox. It also fills the "Validate Yourself" square in my 2-1-26 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem is the second freebie courtesy of new prompters gs_silva, ionelv, and Laura G.
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elinox. It also fills the "Validate Yourself" square in my 2-1-26 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem is the second freebie courtesy of new prompters gs_silva, ionelv, and Laura G.( Read more... )
Oasis updates
Feb. 10th, 2026 07:59 pmsnickfic(This and the writing post were all going to be one post, but then I had so many Oasis things to say...)
+ LOL Noel won Songwriter of the Year at the Brit Awards for 2025, the first year in probably twenty or so when he did not release a single song. The Brit Awards also happen to be in Manchester this year. Did they give Noel the award to get him to Manchester? Did they put the awards in Manchester because they already planned to give him the award (since it clearly didn't depend on any work he actually produced last year)?
And most importantly: Is Liam going? His answer has varied, but the most recent one seems to be yes. In any case he definitely approves.
+ And they're definitely still talking. :') Here's Noel calling into his favorite sports show.
(And he says he's in the studio!!!!!)
+ Speaking of Noel in the studio, here's what Liam had to say about that. Don't tease us Liam!!
+ One last Liam tweet to send you off. ;____;
+ LOL Noel won Songwriter of the Year at the Brit Awards for 2025, the first year in probably twenty or so when he did not release a single song. The Brit Awards also happen to be in Manchester this year. Did they give Noel the award to get him to Manchester? Did they put the awards in Manchester because they already planned to give him the award (since it clearly didn't depend on any work he actually produced last year)?
And most importantly: Is Liam going? His answer has varied, but the most recent one seems to be yes. In any case he definitely approves.
+ And they're definitely still talking. :') Here's Noel calling into his favorite sports show.
Noel: Our…our…our kid thinks we’re still.. Our kid thinks we’re gonna win the quad.
Andy: Honestly hand on heart, he does?
Noel: Well, that’s what he was telling me last night.
(And he says he's in the studio!!!!!)
+ Speaking of Noel in the studio, here's what Liam had to say about that. Don't tease us Liam!!
+ One last Liam tweet to send you off. ;____;
fandom stuff
Feb. 10th, 2026 07:58 pmsnickfic+ I thought I might not be able to finish anything for Candy Hearts, but I got a new idea at the last minute, and when I read it over again today, I'm pretty happy with it, actually. Yay.
+ In a fit of optimism, I signed up to finish one of my Oasis WIPs forcrackthewip.
+ I also managed to write a thing for Bulletproof. Granted I wrote most of it at the end of December, so it doesn't even count as this year's writing, but I'm glad to have maintained my Bulletproof streak.
+ Anyway, NO MORE EXCHANGE SIGNUPS. I mean it this time. >:(
+ In a fit of optimism, I signed up to finish one of my Oasis WIPs for
crackthewip.+ I also managed to write a thing for Bulletproof. Granted I wrote most of it at the end of December, so it doesn't even count as this year's writing, but I'm glad to have maintained my Bulletproof streak.
+ Anyway, NO MORE EXCHANGE SIGNUPS. I mean it this time. >:(
Cal Leandros (Prompt # 94 - The Good Doctor) Cheat Day
Feb. 10th, 2026 09:10 pmenchanted_jae posting in ficlet_zoneTitle: Cheat Day
Author:enchanted_jae
Fandom: Cal Leandros
Author's note: In a perfect world, we would all treat one another with kindness and respect, our pets would live as long as we do, and Niko would never have cut that glorious long blond fall of his hair.
Characters: Cal, Niko
Rating: PG13
Warning(s): Language, first person pov (Cal's)
Word count: 240
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of Rob Thurman, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for:ficlet_zone Prompt No. 94 – The Good Doctor titles. I chose: pain, smile, fractured, change of perspective, cheat day, broken or not.
Summary: There are no cheat days when your brother is a fitness freak.
Cheat Day
Author:
enchanted_jaeFandom: Cal Leandros
Author's note: In a perfect world, we would all treat one another with kindness and respect, our pets would live as long as we do, and Niko would never have cut that glorious long blond fall of his hair.
Characters: Cal, Niko
Rating: PG13
Warning(s): Language, first person pov (Cal's)
Word count: 240
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of Rob Thurman, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for:
ficlet_zone Prompt No. 94 – The Good Doctor titles. I chose: pain, smile, fractured, change of perspective, cheat day, broken or not.Summary: There are no cheat days when your brother is a fitness freak.
Cheat Day
