Looming about

Mar. 2nd, 2026 07:11 am
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I've got plenty of art yarn left to play with after the previous scarf, so lets give this Kromski Weaver's Choice heddle another go.

Here’s the yarns I plan to start with

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Done This Week

Mar. 1st, 2026 12:34 pm
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Well, I’m a zombie. Lots of arriving early and staying late at work, capped off by almost a full day on Saturday to do painting while the building was mostly empty. I’m not getting enough sleep, I’m not eating enough for how much physical activity I’m doing, and I’m not getting enough recovery time for my joints and muscles to cope with the demand. So, uh, I’m not feeling my best. Not sick, just moderately expired.

We got the truck back--it was fine, just a bit expensive because it needed a new catalytic converter--and both dropped off and picked up my car, which was entirely fine.

The days have suddenly turned very warm. All the birds are out. All the weeds are making a break for it.

Lewisia: no new pieces written

Day job: 51 hours *wheezepant*

Reading: Love Notes from the Hollow Tree by Jarod K. Anderson (poetry collection, his work is always a joy)

Watching: Fantastic Fungi (2019) documentary (wanted it for the pretty visuals, which is all it’s really good for from a mycology perspective), The X-Files season one, episodes 8 to 10 (I really enjoy the enthusiastic overacting of some of the supporting/background characters)

Listening: For the Girl in the Garden by S.J. Tucker (inspired by Catherynne M. Valente’s Orphan’s Tales books, a mix of spoken book bits and songs, a charming mix that reminds me I need to go back and finish that book someday)

Playing: after much debate inspired by the Pokemon 30th anniversary announcements, my frustration with the cost and all-digital policies of the Switch 2, and general nostalgia, I am playing Let’s Go, Pikachu! again and possibly carrying my Pokeball+ around like a child

Clock Mouse: 87 minutes of planning work

Monthly Listening: Feb 2026

Feb. 27th, 2026 10:11 pm
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As a figure skating fan, those sure were an Olympics. At least Niina Petrõkina did away with a few more men.

Now for the (seasonal depression) music.

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112 ☆ candy hearts exchange

Feb. 27th, 2026 09:27 pm
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After taking a break from exchanges for a year (and not writing any fic for a while), I decided to dip back in with [personal profile] candyheartsex this year! Here's what I wrote and what I received. ♥

Title: shelter from the storm
Fandom: Final Fantasy XVI
Characters: Clive Rosfield/Jill Warrick
Rating: General Audiences
Word Count: 1,622
Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Missing Scene, Hurt/Comfort, POV Jill Warrick
Summary: In a moment of rest after a long mission, Jill accepts some help.

Read on AO3 | Read on DW

I offered FFXVI fic on a bit of a whim because it's been a while since I wrote any, and I was surprised when I actually matched on it so this was a bit of a struggle to write, but I think it turned out okay! I had to keep watching game clips on YouTube to try and replicate their manner of speaking lmao.

Title: Safe Bet
Author: [archiveofourown.org profile] PeppyBismilk
Fandom: Hades (Video Game)
Characters: Charon/Hermes
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 1,788
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Bets & Wagers, Oral Sex, Come Marking, Weird Biology, Size Difference
Summary: Hermes and Charon settle one wager and make another.

Read on AO3

I was spoiled and got smutty Charon/Hermes fic 🥰 My request actually went into pinch hit territory which hasn't happened to me before, so I'm curious what my original match had planned to do. But I'm very grateful PeppyBismilk picked up my request and wrote this fun banter-y fic! Charmes is probably my favorite Hades ship, I've been very into them again since starting Hades II.
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[personal profile] mossy_bench

Hello friends! With Femslash February nearly but not yet over, I am excited to share my very subjective list of favorite fics featuring Helly R./Helena Eagan from Severance. It's not a huge ship (it currently has a bit over 100 fics on AO3), but I nonetheless hope that these recs are useful, regardless of whether you're already a Hellyena (also known as Hellyna) shipper, or just interested in learning more about this niche F/F pairing.

A Brief Ship Manifesto )

So yeah. Selfcest body-sharing toxic yuri. What more is there to say.

Notes
All fics were published on AO3 before the end of February 2026, and are complete.

Please note that many of these fics feature sex or masturbation, dubious consent, canon-typical suicide attempts and self-harm, incest, and general mind-fuckery. I tried to note when specific topics come up, but consider this a blanket warning.

12 Fic Recs )

Done This Week

Feb. 22nd, 2026 11:52 am
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[personal profile] scrubjayspeaks
More furniture moving at work. Big things are happening, which is prompting a bunch of structural changes. Remodels, equipment moves, repairs. Oh, and the weather caused a bunch of power issues, which fried various pieces of equipment. And in a completely unrelated event, a water pipe got broken and flooded part of the building, so now all that has to be repaired on a tight turnaround. I’m staring down the barrel of Saturday overtime for a while to get things done by the deadline.

Meanwhile, both the vehicles are due for smog tests, so we planned to rotate them through the mechanic’s shop over the next couple of weeks. Only mum’s truck had more issues than expected and wasn’t ready when we planned to pick it up. So she’s spiraling about that, and I’m spiraling about her.

The first flowers (daffodils and wind flowers) are blooming in the castle garden. Between the torrential rain and the freezing nights, spring is sneaking up on us.

Lewisia: 3 new pieces written

Day job: 42.5 hours

Cleaning: tub, bathroom sink, mirrors

Crafting: collected up and measured all prints that need to be framed and hung

Reading: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase (the last of the BBC radio productions, more coherent than the last one was at least)

Watching: The X-Files season one, episodes 1 to 7 (why did I feel compelled to try to work through this series from the start for the first time, having only seen scattered episodes from weekend syndication in the 90s and a few streamed in the last decade? idk, man, I’m just trying to cope)

Listening: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS by Bad Bunny (I am not immune to the occasional Superbowl halftime show, incredibly enjoyable music whether one understands the language or not)

Clock Mouse: 97 minutes of planning work

Using My Neos: A Quick & Dirty Guide

Feb. 22nd, 2026 07:21 pm
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[personal profile] bedes
When I discuss queer topics in fandom spaces geared towards older folks, like Dreamwidth, a lot of people express that they would like to use my neopronouns, but they don't know how. So, I made this small run-down, for people who would like to learn. I will be using she/her or he/him as a base example for all of these.

Please keep in mind that, if you use any of these incorrectly, I won't be upset! I appreciate the effort itself deeply. And, if you prefer to use more well-known pronouns for me, you can use alternating he/she.

Fae/faer
Replace "she" with "fae". Replace "her" with "faer". Replace "hers" with "faers". Replace "herself" with "faerself".
"She is very passionate. I met her recently. Is that her computer? She told me that it was hers. She prefers to do things by herself."
"Fae is very passionate. I met faer recently. Is that faer computer? Fae told me that it was faers. Fae prefers to do things by faerself."

That set is the most unique in its usage, because it is the only set that I use that is not "nounself" (a neopronoun set which centers around using a noun). All of the rest of my pronouns follow an extremely similar format to each other.

Continue? )

Making stuff

Feb. 23rd, 2026 06:15 am
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[personal profile] merrileemakes
(Yes, I posted these out of order. No, I don't know why. Yes, I will probably do it again).

It's 3 months out from the Canberra Spinners and Weavers annual exhibition and sale and I'm focusing on making stock to sell. I thought I'd include some of my design thoughts and process as I do, not to show off or promote stuff to sell, but to show that I'm just doing dumb stuff until it works. Anyone can do what I do, and more importantly everyone should be out there doing dumb stuff with their hands and their brains. The world is now not only on fire, but filled with creations that can make things but they cannot make at. Because art requires intention, and that's something Al doesn't have (yet). So use your hands and your brains and make things our techno overlords cent replicate.
I, for one, do not welcome our new overlords )

candyhearts ex works (2 buck/eddie)

Feb. 21st, 2026 06:07 pm
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[personal profile] candyheartsex had creator reveals and this is what I wrote. :)

Title: i don't want anybody (but you)
Fandom: 9-1-1 (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Buck/Eddie
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1821
Summary: The real reason Eddie doesn't date.

Title: not an ending (just a new beginning)
Fandom: 9-1-1 (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Buck/Eddie, Christopher
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1565
Summary: When Buck watches Abby leave, he doesn't expect to immediately run into the two people who will be his future.

current fandom events

Feb. 19th, 2026 02:52 pm
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[community profile] fanmix_monthly is a fanmix & mixtape community that also has optional monthly prompts

[community profile] comicsfanfiction is a community for posting fanfiction based on comics

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[community profile] 10trueloves is a low pressure multi-fandom community dedicated to creating works for your favorite character and 10 different ships

[tumblr.com profile] fandombingo is running a Kisses, Chaos, Catastrophe Bingo. Sign-ups are open until February 21st.

[tumblr.com profile] flufftober is running a Spring Edition from March 9th-22nd.

[personal profile] fiachairecht is running bring her bleeding heart to me, a dark femslash commentfic meme for femslash february.

[community profile] highadrenalineexchange, an exchange where you have two weeks to write 10k (or draw a 25-panel/10-page comic) and one week to edit, is open for nominations until February 20th, 9:59PM EST. They will reopen when sign-ups do.

[community profile] the_mane_event, a multifandom gift exchange for all things hair-related, is accepting nominations until February 22nd, 11:59PM UTC.

[community profile] unsent_letters_exchange, an epistolary fic exchange, is accepting nominations until February 25th, 11:59PM UTC.

[community profile] goreswap, a multifandom exchange dedicated to gore, has opened sign-ups until February 25th, 11:59PM EST.

[community profile] firstandlastalexchange is running a 2026 multifandom omegaverse Kink/Prompt Meme. Prompting will be open until the end of the year and it will be open for fills indefinitely.

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Feb. 19th, 2026 12:04 pm
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So, in a couple hours I'm going in for my first tattoo consolation! I'm So Nervous, folks. Like, also excited, and I know nothing is going to happen, but still. I have pictures of both work the artist has done in the past that i like/makes me think of what I want, as well as other images for reference of the things I'm actually looking to get done, but still. Vrrrr.

After that, I'm headed to S's house for the weekend/some of next week for house-sitting. I'll be all alone for the weekend that's going to be great. I'm going to try and get some writing done, but also I have some beta work I need to get through for a friend.

Oh, speaking of writing, I did get through all those stories I mentioned last weekend. I already got a rejection on one, but that's fine. I wasn't entirely sure on it, even though I really did like what I'd come up with. I wasn't sure it hit what they were looking for as well as I'd hoped it would.

I need to do some more zine work soon too. I have all the text worked out, but I want to go through some public domain image sites and get a few to mix into the zine itself. My plan is to go through the text I have, then make a list of things that I can search for and see what I can find/maybe do minor edits on. If I were a better artist, I'd try and draw stuff myself, but I'm a much better writier than I am anything else.

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