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Seriously, asleep more than I've been awake. And I never did manage to work out the logistics to get to the memorial, which halfway sucks but halfway is "Welp, social anxiety" so....

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AO3 Link | Sound of Crashing (300 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DC Comics (General)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lian Harper & Dinah Lance
Characters: Dinah Lance, Lian Harper
Additional Tags: Triple Drabble, Slice of Life, +Modern Age (1986-Present), Post-Crisis
Summary:

Dinah is babysitting...

Sound of Crashing

The moment she heard the crash, Dinah was on her feet and moving, uncaring what had been broken as long as it wasn't that little girl who had stolen her heart. She skidded into the kitchen before Lian had made her escape from the counter, the drawers askew to let Dinah know how the girl had gotten up there on it. She was beside the refrigerator, from which the ceramic cookie jar in the shape of a coyote had tumbled to the floor.

The cookie jar was not salvageable. Lian's face was a picture of contriteness, and Dinah just moved to get her down.

"You sit on right here, Dart," Dinah said, depositing her on the kitchen table which was at least lower than the counter. "Until I get the pieces swept up, the floor is lava and you don't have firefighter boots!"

"Didn't mean to break Mąʼii."

"I know, sweetie. And you did a lot of problem solving to figure out how to get it while I was on the phone. But next time, you should ask, and I can help." Dinah found the broom and a bucket, picking up the larger pieces before sweeping up the rest of the debris. She's need to get a box or a large jug to put the shards in, but for now, she just wanted it off the floor.

"Okay, so I need to find a new cookie jar, and we're going to need new cookies," Dinah said. "Ready to go shopping?"

"Yes!"

Dinah reached for the girl, picking her up and settling her on a hip, even if Lian was a little big for that, especially for her shortness. She hugged Lian tight, glad nothing had been hurt on her.

"You do have to tell your daddy you're sorry."

"Will do!"

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Name: Advice
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Realgar #19: Incite
Styles and Supplies: Life Drawing, Calendar Page (International Ask a Question Day), Oils ("That's a bit of a stretch, don't you think?")
Word Count: 1003
Rating: T
Warnings: Discussion of sexuality
Characters: Setsiana, Liselye
In-Universe Date: 1912.5.3.2
Summary: Setsiana has a talk with Liselye.

( Advice )

settiai

Okay, I've got to admit that this is probably some of the best Pi Day news that I've ever gotten. I just found out that I completely missed the fact that Giordano's is going to be opening a restaurant in DC this spring.

Proper stuffed pizza! In DC! I never thought that I'd see the day.

Current Mood: cheerful

rogueslayer452

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, Buffy: New Sunnydale, has been cancelled. Hulu will not be going forward with the series.

I can't say I'm surprised, but at the same time it is rather shocking considering the amount of buzz this created when the new series was announced. Sarah Michelle Gellar in particular was incredibly excited and even said she wouldn't be onboard with a reboot concept unless she really liked the direction of the story being sold to her, which after talking with Chloe Zhao it clearly did, and she's been hyping everything up about it ever since. Her announcing the series being axed is really heartbreaking, because you can tell she was passionate about at least seeing this project, the first season anyway, get finished and released. I might not have been entirely enthusiastic about this new series, but personal opinions and concerns aside I was curious to see what would've been done with it.

People are making speculations and pointing fingers for why the series fell through, from the script and the final product of the pilot being bad to differences of direction and fight for creative control, but ultimately the truth of the matter is we just don't know. For whatever reason, it just didn't work out.

Current Mood: apathetic

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The text "Vorkosigan Saga" over a background of stars and planets. A spaceship is flying right under, with a white-blue streak behind it.

Today is all about the Vorkosigan Saga, the ongoing book series written by Lois McMaster Bujold.

The Saga was first published in 1986 and features the character Miles Vorkosigan and his parents. Though described as a space opera, the books are said to incorporate a myriad of genres like comedy, tragedy, romance, mystery, and adventure.

A fic rec post from 2011 praises Bujold for creating character-centered works that function well on the literary level with deeply moving and relevant themes and “some of the most beautiful prose I’ve ever seen.”

The fandom was nominated and accepted into Yuletide until 2010, when the number of extant fics had grown too large for it to be considered a “rare” fandom (a decision that has since been reversed). This led to the fandom making their own gift exchange and creating “Winterfair”, an exchange that integrated the English and Russian language sides of the fandom into one event.

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Happy Saturday!

I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!

If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.

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TWISTED

When Pilate … learned that [Jesus] belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him over to Herod … [Herod] had long desired to see Him, because he had heard about Him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by Him. [Jesus] made no answer. … And Herod with his soldiers treated Him with contempt and mocked Him. Then, arraying Him in splendid clothing, he sent Him back to Pilate. And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other. (Luke 23:6a, 7b, 8b, 9b, 11-12)

There’s something twisted in this little story. Pilate doesn’t want to be responsible for Jesus, even though judgment is his job. He knows Jesus ought to be set free, but he also knows he hasn’t got the courage to do it and take the consequences. So Pilate is delighted to hand Jesus over to Herod.

Herod isn’t interested in judging Jesus rightly either. He’s just looking for a miracle show—and he doesn’t get it. So he mocks Jesus and sends Him back.

And the result of all this? Pilate and Herod become friends, almost literally over Jesus’ dead body. How twisted is that?

I wish this was a rare situation in our world, but it’s not. People do this—we duck our responsibilities, we ignore what we’re supposed to do in favor of protecting ourselves or even finding a little amusement. And so the innocent are condemned.

But God uses even this. Jesus in His innocence is ignored, traded around, and finally condemned—and we, the guilty ones, are set free. Jesus lovingly takes our place under judgment, and gives us forgiveness and life through His own death. And when He rises to life, three days later, He shares that life with all of us who trust in Him.

WE PRAY: Thank You, Lord, for making me Yours forever. Amen.

Lenten Devotions were written by Dr. Kari Vo.

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Warning for some humor that could be read as mocking the mentally ill…though I don’t think they’re the real target here.

By now, the Justice League International era had done plenty of traditional superhero yarns like the arcs spotlighting the Crimson Fox, the Extremists, Despero, even General Glory. But it’d also tried lots of non-traditional subjects: moving, repo jobs, feline violence, membership drives, pranks.

So when Starro…the Justice League’s oldest enemy…came back at the end of JLE #25 but was all “Hey, I come in peace,” you really didn’t know whether to believe him or not.

( I did, but only because I read the issues out of order. )

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Name: Resting Uneasy
Story: The Conservatory
Colors: Cattleya #1: Torschlusspanik
Word Count: 1435
Rating: G
Warnings: NA

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I watched it this week and enjoyed it as much as the first season if not more, since I remembered fewer of the plot specifics, and this season introduces some more of the characters I really like. It's still absolutely bonkers. If you've seen season one, you know what to expect.

( Spoilers, occasional anima/manga comparisons, vague references to future events )

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I wrote to Pat Murphy. I said we all liked her book, there was just one small error. She asked for more information. I sent her an explanation. Rather than being put off by this core dump, she thanked me for it and asked if she could copy my e-mail to another author who was interested. I said don't bother, I've put the whole thing online. Pass it along to anyone who's interested.

So here it is, "A Guide to Terms of Address for British Nobility." Let me know if there's anything wrong, or anything left out you think is necessary.

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Title: Twice Over
Fandom: Culture Club
Pairing: Boy George/Jon Moss
Rating: G
Length: 585 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: A smaller oneshot this time!
Written for: Challenge 509 - Plant
Summary: George is not, he would like it noted, a naturally nurturing person. Jon comes home to find the plant dying. This is not, strictly speaking, a surprise.

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Current Music: The Next Thing Will Be Amazing - Culture Club

rogueslayer452

I recently watched The Edge Of Sleep, a television series from Mark Fischbach (a.k.a. Markiplier on YouTube) which was adapted from a fictional podcast series he did of the same name. It's only one season since that's all what the podcast has, although I read that a second season of the podcast is written and ready to go, but it hasn't been recorded yet. For the show, it premiered on Amazon Prime in 2024 and then was later made available to watch on Tubi, you can also watch it for free on YouTube which is where I ended up viewing it.

( You'd better stay awake. Because if you fall asleep...you're fucked. )

I haven't listened to the podcast, though I read a bit of what the show leaves out so I'm interested to see what the differences are and how the narrative works between the two mediums the story is told in. There's also a novel based on the podcast too, so that'll be on the list as well. In addition to all of this, Mark recently had a movie come out in theaters, Iron Lung, based off of a video game of the same name, which is something I'm also curious in checking out. Needless to say, his career trajectory is going incredibly well and I'm really proud of him.

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Evanescence - Whisper