Check-In Post - April 19th 2026

Apr. 19th, 2026 07:04 pm
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Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: Does your crafting change with the seasons, certain crafts at certain times of the year?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!



One River Analogy, Used Often

Apr. 19th, 2026 05:31 pm
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I think that I would like to do a flash prompt event during [community profile] 3weeks4dreamwidth. Now watch as I eventually start planning to do this, and then, when the time comes, refuse to tag it so it turns up on the feed. This is another step in my attempting to do things because I went to see them happen even though I am very self-conscious about the fact that I look like I have no friends when I do this. Case in point: Chemy Card Spring Silly at [profile] precuretokupromp. It's fine! Everything's fine! Don't pity me!

Because I've been kind of bummed out about stuff, I've still thinking about the ebb and flow of these little streams within fandoms I enjoy that eventually run into the sea of just general tokusatsu fandom the greater the distance from their airing becomes. I tried to look elsewhere for engagement with the shows I like, I begged people to introduce me to their friends, I even went looking on ao3, and I still came away mostly empty of hand. On fedi recently, [personal profile] kera posted some thoughts on filing the serial numbers off of fandoms you have put a lot of work into developing beyond the context of the original source material. In fact, her account is a treasure trove of this kind of inspiration, and each time the subject is broached, I think about it as I procrastinate on posting a second big Shiori post in which I continue to argue with Hasegawa Keiichi about the way the world he was hired to write works. What would I even call a Shiori expy, I asked myself recently, and the answer came back too quickly: Kotone Shiori. Because γ‚³γƒˆγƒ, Kotone in katakana, would be close to sounding like γ‚³γƒΌγƒˆγƒ‹γƒΌ (Courtney). Get it? It's funny. I'm obsessed.

I'm not doing this, I just want to say. But if I was, I thought it would be funny. I think that the reason I've been even considering it is that I realise that as those rivers run closer to the sea, I'm going to make myself more miserable expecting conversation when the topic I wish to discuss is considered settled by others. I feel like I make this kind of post frequently when what it comes down to is basically: I'm going to look at making things in another way so I don't get sad.

What else is going on? Not much! I'm reading Abarat at the moment, which, for some reason, is one of the few Clive Barker books I didn't read when it came out. I'm properly watching the adaptation of Miyuki by Adachi Mitsuru, which I have been on-off-again watching since 2013 when I was going through a moment where I really wanted to talk about love triangles and first discovered the series. Because I'm watching the adaptation of Yume Senshi Wingman by Katsura Masakazu (sorry, it's tokusatsu related!) at the same time, and because both shows came out within a year of one another, the dynamics between the love triangles in each show are sort of blurring into one huge love hexagon. I'm also steadily and happily reading a variety of yuri manga in the wild and ignoring Rebecca Silverstein's opinion about them all.

That's it. It's spring. I want to keep making things. I'm still watching lonely, livestreamed ice-skating events on youtube at work. Season 2 of The X-Files is on abema but it's sadly not eligible for catch-up. I'm going to start re-watching Kindred: the Embraced again and you can't stop me.
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[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] drabble_zone

Title: Not Afraid Anymore
Fandom: FAKE
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 498: Remember.
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Ryo doesn’t remember anymore why he was scared to admit the truth.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.



Not Afraid Anymore


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Never did one of these fandom pimps before, unless you count me gushing about fandoms on my journal.... so without further ado, I give you:

The Hunting Party

What Is the Show About?
A secret prison. A killer escape. The hunt is on...... )

Main Characters (don't worry no major spoilers!)
the characters.... )

If you liked...
Mindhunter, Fringe, Criminal Minds, The Blacklist, and various other similar cop related shows, you'd probably enjoy this show. It's filled with light and dark moments.

Where can I find it?
Read more... )

The Fandom?
Read more... )

Media Post

Apr. 19th, 2026 10:50 am
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Movies: None.

Television/Streaming: There is a new season of Taskmaster out; they're a fun happy group so far and I'm enjoying them!

We're nearly done with Buffy season 3. Since last post, we've watched:
  • "Bad Girls," where Faith gets Buffy to be a little wild, but then Faith ends up killing the deputy mayor
  • "Consequences," where Buffy is haunted by the actions of the previous episode, but Faith is still pulling her tough-guy persona and claims she doesn't care
  • "Doppelgangland," where the alternate-universe Willow is brought into the current Sunnydale
  • "Enemies," where the Mayor and Faith conspire to rob Angel of his soul, so that he will hopefully destroy Buffy
  • "Earshot," where Buffy is touched by the mouthless demons and suddenly can hear everyone's thoughts
  • "Choices," where Buffy tries to shut down the Mayor's ascension and where the gang talk about their future plans after graduation

    Faith irritates the hell out of me still; I understand she's had a rough life but the "tough-guy" try-hard stuff gets old. Again, this is a 40+ year old person commenting on teenagers' actions so take that how you will.

    It also annoys me how Angel is just going along with Buffy's delusions of the fact that they can have a normal life together. The Mayor, as evil as he is, is right - Angel can never be truly happy as otherwise he will lose his soul (as we have previously seen) and he will never age whereas Buffy will, and that could definitely lead to resentment down the line. Plus, they have even discussed that he can't take her out during the day and what kind of life is that?

    We also are nearly done with Season 3 of Farscape. Episodes watched:
  • "Revenging Angel," where D'Argo puts Crichton into a coma and he keeps going through these Looney Tunes-style scenarios. Very silly, but Farscape can do that quirkiness well.
  • "The Choice," where Aeryn goes to a planet with all the supernatural beings to deal with all her current losses
  • "Fractures," where Talyn once again reconnects with Moya and Aeryn has difficulty interacting with a not-dead, alternate Crichton.

    Books: I read Little Bosses Everywhere, which is about MLMs. Informative and infuriating. I'm glad that the author pretty much reiterates how much these are a scam and folks don't make their money back. I had not idea that Herbalife was still so prevalent, and I knew that the likes of Amway meddled in politics, but I don't think I was fully aware of the extent of it.

    I also read all three volumes of Warbeck of Wolfstein by Margaret Holford. This book came to my attention via a TikTok someone shared with me, and billed as an anti-Byron novel. There is not a lot about this book available online to get any sort of background on it other than that. I am not a Byron scholar but I know that he was very cruel to a lot of the women around him and abusive to his wife, and I think Holford was friends with Lady Byron, which is what probably prompted this book. I also did see in my internet wanderings that Byron did criticize some of Holford's work (she was a prolific poet, as well), so that probably had something to do with it, too.

    Our titular character does not show up for several chapters, as the scene must be set by the fragile Baron Marchfeldt, returning home to his castle and beloved sister after suffering ill health during battle. The reader learns along with Louisa about the wonderful Casimir and the brutish Warbeck, and that the Baron loves Casimir like a brother and made him promise to marry his sister after he, the Baron, is dead. Louisa is hesitant because she wants to get to know the guy first, after all.

    The Baron dies, and some time later, this handsome soldier shows up and claims to be Casimir. A series of events follows where Louisa falls in love with Casimir and they are pledged to marry, and at the 11th hour it is discovered that this gentleman is not Casimir at all, but Wolfstein! He leaves, the real Casimir shows up, but Louisa has heard some bullshit about him from other sources so she doesn't trust him at all.

    There's some political intrigue with Casimir and his father, the Duke. Casimir is trying to get over Louisa, and it's all very melodramatic, as these old books tend to be. Wolfstein comes back sometime later, claiming to be penitent and supposedly had a religious conversion, so will Louisa forgive him? She does, over time, realizes she still loves this man, despite his lies from earlier, and they get married.

    Of course, after marriage he becomes a tyrant and basically keeps her a prisoner in the castle. More political intrigue, Casimir's father keeps him prisoner, but not in his OWN castle, but in Wolfstein's, and neither of the star-crossed lovers knows about the existence of the other until the very last pages. Of course, it all winds up positively.

    Overall, it was decently entertaining but a bit long in the tooth.

    Listening to: I have only listened to one album from the Rolling Stone list recently, Lady Gaga's Born This Way, which is number 484 on the current list. It was not on the original list from 2012.

    Rolling Stone blurb:
    β€œOver-the-top” isn’t an insult in Gaga’s world; it’s a statement of purpose. Her second album is a work of blessed bombast, all arena-size sonics and Springsteenian romanticism, complete with a Clarence Clemons sax solo. There’s a thumping, half-in-Spanish song that proposes marriage to β€œa girl in east L.A.” (β€œAmericano”), a synth-pop jam that includes a come-on on to John F. Kennedy (β€œGovernment Hooker”), and a touching ballad about a guy from Nebraska (β€œYou and I”). Fittingly, the glam-slam title track became an LGBTQ anthem.


    This is a good album, very danceable. I like the title track, "Marry the Night," and "Edge of Glory" the best.

    Playing: the first Danganronpa game, Trigger Happy Havoc. After finishing the Zero Escape games, I had gone looking around Reddit and Steam forums for similar games. The main recommendations were AI: The Somnium Files and Paranormasight for the escape room elements. Others also recommended the Danganronpa games, which are less escape room, but definitely have the visual novel elements as well as murder mystery (and courtroom trials, a la the Ace Attorney games). I bought the first two on a Steam sale a while ago, and then the more recent Steam sale this year had a bundle of the first two Danganronpa games for pretty cheap, so I got them. After getting frustrated with Bendy and the Ink Machine, I turned to Trigger Happy Havoc.

    I am enjoying it but a few of the game mechanics in the first game are a bit annoying. Such as the difficulty level, which I set to the middle/default, which I presumed wouldn't be "baby" level, but also not hellishly difficult. However, it doesn't really explain at the outset how that all works, so in the courtroom trials, it will occasionally throw more difficulties in and it's occasionally frustrating if you want to just work on the story. You cannot change the difficulty without restarting the game in the first volume, but apparently in the second game, you can change the difficulty before each new chapter if you want to. Hopefully it doesn't get too much harder past the Chapter 3 trial, which I just finished. But overall, I do like the game and am curious to see how it all ends.
  • (10 out of 20) Paternity Testing

    Apr. 19th, 2026 11:40 am
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    [personal profile] goddess47 posting in [community profile] sweetandshort
    Title: Paternity Testing
    Author: [personal profile] goddess47
    Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
    Challenge: 10 out of 20
    Length: 322
    Warnings: None

    Notes:

    For [community profile] sweetandshort April 2026 10 out of 20 challenge - uncomfortable

    For [community profile] mcsheplets prompt #149 - dodge a bullet

    Summary:

    John insisted on bringing the news.

    Paternity Testing on AO3

    Creators revealed!

    Apr. 19th, 2026 05:15 pm
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    Creators have been revealed! Thank you to all of you for another successful year of Space Swap. <3

    [#297] Stray (The Lord of the Rings)

    Apr. 19th, 2026 04:38 pm
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    [personal profile] vamp_ress posting in [community profile] fandomweekly
    Theme Prompt: #297 "Unexpected Kindness"
    Title: Stray
    Fandom: The Lord of the Rings
    Rating/Warnings: None, General Audiences
    Bonus: No
    Word Count: 1000
    Summary: The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, with the addition of some fantastical whimsy.

    Read more )

    Round 160 Poll

    Apr. 19th, 2026 09:20 am
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    Let's have a new Round, baby, new Round, there's some dates below here, new Round new Round!
    Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8


    When should we have Round 160?

    View Answers

    24-26 Apr
    3 (37.5%)

    1-3 May
    3 (37.5%)

    8-10 May
    1 (12.5%)

    15-17 May
    4 (50.0%)

    22-24 May
    4 (50.0%)

    29-31 May
    5 (62.5%)

    oh I don't make decisions
    1 (12.5%)

    or do I?
    2 (25.0%)

    not to worry, that's why we use
    1 (12.5%)

    ticky boxes
    5 (62.5%)

    Woot Canow!

    Apr. 19th, 2026 04:15 am
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    ++ We ended up having quite a massive thunderstorm recently, while not uncommon for there to be big bursts of rain nonstop for several days, having it be accompanied by thunder for the entire time was pretty abnormal. It was fantastic. We'll get punished for this during the summer (hot, humid, over hundred degree weather weeks on end, something I am not looking forward to) but it was a pretty awesome to experience.

    ++ The crew of Artemis II arrived back home safely, and although brief it was such a wonderful thing to witness something this historic in such a heartwarming way.

    ++ The Spaceballs sequel has officially been titled as Spaceballs: The New One. XD

    ++ Recently I've been watching The West Wing, a political drama that I only saw little bits and pieces of when it was airing but never actually got into at the time. Watching it now though, I can better appreciate it and I understand the praise and recognition it received, from the performances and especially with how everything is filmed -- as it is known for their "walk and talk" long-shot take moments particularly throughout the White House.

    However, it is bittersweet since it demonstrates what an actual intellectually competent presidency is supposed to look like. I cannot help but get this sense of nostalgic yearning for something like this especially in comparison to what we have now, and I'm sure fans of the show also thought the same thing when it was airing too. It's a merely a fantasy of competent politicians and world leaders while also focusing on the stresses and difficulty of the job with varying levels of serious, emotional, and ridiculous scenarios. It makes me think of all of the other media that does something similar, from political comedy movies The American President (also by Aaron Sorkin) and Dave to shows such as Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, they're lighthearted in nature but set in a very serious career environment. While The West Wing tackles more serious situations the drama is balanced out nicely with the funny and lighthearted character moments. It's an engaging show that I've been enjoying lately. It's also fun seeing familiar actor faces, from both the main cast and some guest appearances, and the performances they give.
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    ***

    Title: Daffodils
    Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
    Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
    Pairing: John/Sherlock
    Tags: Drabble, Flowers, Language of Flowers
    Rating: T
    Word count: 100

    Summary: The body lies in the flowerbed.

    Author notes: Spring defiance from under the crushing forces of capitalism = a drabble a day in April. This one for [personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi who wanted something for this pairing and spring flowers.

    Daffodils on AO3

    Daffodils )

    ***

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    [personal profile] veronyxk84 posting in [community profile] 100words
    Title: Trouble in a Miniskirt
    Fandom: Viola come il mare (Italian TV show)
    Author: [personal profile] veronyxk84
    Pairing: Viola Vitale/Francesco Demir
    Rating: PG-13
    Warnings: none
    Word count: 100 (Ellipsus)
    Spoilers/Setting: Set after S2.
    Summary: Francesco tries to stay professional. Viola’s miniskirt won’t let him.
    Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

    Prompt: #153 - Tease [Amnesty Week]

    Crossposted: [community profile] anythingdrabble, My journal (with bonus Italian version), β€œChiamami Ancora Amore” - the Series

    β€”
    READ: Trouble in a Miniskirt )

    ☙ ☙ ☙
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    As you leave the council chamber, you may observe many people entering and leaving a room to your left. This is the palace headquarters of the Emorian subcommander, who has charge over the Emorian army. During the daytime, the subcommander is generally to be found at the home camp of Emor's army, located on the palace grounds. However, most of the army clerks and scribes work in the subcommander's headquarters. Because the chamber contains valuable documents, it may not be entered except by prior invitation.

    Further down the corridor, you will pass another door on the left, where palace guards are entering and exiting. Do not travel through this door. It leads to the guardroom. If you are a noble prisoner, you will be brought here and confined until your trial.

    When you reach the end of this corridor, turn right. The corridor you are on wraps around the back of the court. You will see on your left the north doors to the court, which I mentioned before. Directly opposite them is another door, unguarded.

    Do not enter. This door leads to the dungeon. Anyone who opens this door, who has no business in the dungeon, is assumed to be a spy and is promptly made a "guest" in the dungeon.

    If you receive a formal invitation to visit the dungeon, I suggest that you not eat on the morning of the visit. Strong warriors have been known to regurgitate the contents of their morning meal when they witness what takes place in that dungeon. The Chara's dungeon represents Emor at its worst. You may wish to see Emor at its worst, if you are contemplating attacking Emor.

    As you continue your journey around the back of the court, you will encounter a heavily guarded door. This leads to the North Wing of the palace, where many council lords and palace officials live. All of the guards will have their backs to you. Anyone who has been granted entrance to the West Wing may enter the North Wing, but upon your return, you will have to undergo the process of having your credentials checked again. Unless you have business in the remainder of the palace, it is best to remain within the East Wing.


    [Translator's note: A little back tour of the East Wing occurs in Empty Dagger Hand, under increasingly unfortunate circumstances.]

    Three Weeks For Dreamwidth 2026 \o/

    Apr. 19th, 2026 10:08 am
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    Apr. 19th, 2026 03:23 pm
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    forgot to rename the icons oops
    also at some point in the series sherlock dresses up exactly like prince naveen from the princess and the frog and it's the funniest thing

    image-heavy page under the cut. )
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    [personal profile] soricel posting in [community profile] fandomweekly
    Theme Prompt: #297 – Unexpected Kindness
    Title: Horizon
    Fandom: All Creatures Great and Small
    Rating/Warnings: G
    Bonus: No
    Word Count: 885

     Read more... )
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    It's actually common misinformation that polar explorers need freezing temperatures to thrive. Yes, they adapted to the Arctic with their thick coats, but their ancestors came from much milder climates.

    I just keep mine in a room with dark wooden paneling and lots of portraits of dead old white guys, and they seem to be doing fine.

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    [#297] MORE TO IT (DOCTOR WHO)

    Apr. 19th, 2026 03:57 pm
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    [personal profile] m_findlow posting in [community profile] fandomweekly
    Theme Prompt: #297 - Unexpected kindness
    Title: More to it
    Fandom: Doctor Who
    Rating/Warnings: PG.
    Bonus: Yes
    Word Count: 1,000 words
    Summary: Rose is curious about the man she and the Doctor have adopted as their new companion.

    Read more... )

    Book review: The Salt Grows Heavy

    Apr. 18th, 2026 09:43 pm
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    Title: The Salt Grows Heavy
    Author: Cassandra Khaw
    Genre: Fiction, horror, fantasy

    Today while waiting for my car’s brake pads to be replaced, I finish The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw. This is a short (fewer than 100 pages) fairy tale-inspired horror story about a mermaid and a plague doctor who get wrapped up in the sick games of a village they pass through.

    I liked the idea of this story a lot more than the execution. Have you ever had the sense a book really wanted to say something profound about human nature? This book felt like that constantly. It also felt like the author desperately wanted the reader to be impressed with her large and esoteric vocabulary. Things were phrased and rephrased in ways that felt keenly like they were only there so the author could use a specific word. Which, fair, we’ve all done it, but the scaffolding showed so plainly here it felt very clumsy. I’m not usually one to fuss too much about purple prose, but the language here often felt decorative enough that meaning was obscured rather than clarified.

    I like the vibes in this book, and the two main characters were engaging (although I felt like the half-mermaid children were a pretty glaring dropped thread) and the plot interesting, and some of the writing was beautiful, but more often it was distracting. I never sank into the book, which was too bad, because there were some cool moments.

    Can’t say I’m inclined to look into more of Khaw’s writing, because I think her style is just not for me. I don’t think I wasted my time with this book, but I don’t need to see more from her.


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