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LORNE: Bad news, munchkins. Rumor mill has Dr. Feelbad attached to another slice-and-dice yesterday.
FRED: Who was it?
LORNE: Lovely woman. High and mighty white magick shaman type. But that didn’t even faze the Beast. Tore her poor heart right out of her chest.
WESLEY: The M.O. doesn’t match. Mesektet had some sort of energy sucked from her. He didn’t touch her heart.
FRED: Lorne, you didn’t happen to catch a name, did you? Like Ma’at?
LORNE: Yeah, that’s the lady.
FRED: Another member of the Ra-tet.
GUNN: He’s taking them out, one by one.

~~Angel Season IV Episode #75: "Long Days Journey"~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Love in Translation (Willow/Kennedy, unrated) by kerk-hiraeth

Dark Will (Buffy, Giles, T) by

The Road Not Taken (Buffy/Spike, E) by Pyewacket

[Chaptered Fiction]

i'm gonna be a fireman, when the floods roll back Ch. 1 (Giles, unrated, Three Musketeers xover) by stealthofdays
A Guardians Story Ch. 3 (OC, Ensemble, M) by SilverHalloweenHut
Windows to the Soul (Fix Her Eventually Section 6, S3E18) Ch. 8 (Buffy/Faith, E) by BTVSFE
Vampire Reference in a Minor Key(If you need me...) Ch. 10 (Spike, M, Interview With the Vampire xover) by Humanzoul
Better Late Than Never Ch. 2 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Slaymesoftly
Reprise//Ще раз Ch. 14 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Uraniya
Phantom Pains Ch. 4 (Angel/Lindsey) by CloudSeeker
Draugadrottinn Ch. 41 (Willow/Tara, E) by VladimirHarkonnen
Heartstrings Ch. 17 (Warren/Andrew, E) by Mishafer
Fresh nights ahead Ch. 19 (Buffy/Faith, E) by Redtheseer
Red Xandra: Season Two Ch. 52 (Ensemble, T) by Kickaha
The Leech Ch. 12 (COMPLETE) (OC Slayer, T) by OGSamsa
The End Is Now Ch. 10 (Buffy/Giles, E) by KatyAmberAuthor
A Hundred Years of Spike CH. 21 (Buffy/Spike, M) by voidslayerworks98
Greatest Love Story - Prelude Ch. 13 (Angelus/Spike, M) by FalseGinger
Where the Forgotten Lie Ch. 6 (Ensemble, T) by Gravitytrips

Playing With Fire, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Spike, G) by stellugh
Carol of a missing lipstick , Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, G) by rossshin
Hindsight Twenty-Twenty, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, M) by CheekyKitten
Pick Me Up, Chapter 22 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Dusty
Undisclosed Desires, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Misti
Undisclosed Desires, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Misti
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck..., Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, E) by zinjadu
On the Run, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, E) by zinjadu

A Crushing Need For Help, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Tikiriaaa

Finality Ch. 5 (Buffy/Spike, T) by flootzavut

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: Season 6 Buffy () by idontexistbutwhodoes
Artwork: and then they kissed (Spike/Angel) by brekindelo

Artwork: Buffy () by _mystereed

[Reviews & Recaps]

Thoughts on Rewatching S2E15, “Phases” (2/2): Werewolves, it’s one of the classics” by btvsfemslashenjoyer

PODCAST: BTVS 712 - Potential by Another Buffy Podcast
PODCAST: S2 E5: "Reptile Boy" by The Bitch Is Back

[Recs & In Search Of]

The sweetest sanguine lullaby by Ren recced by februaryfangfest
15,925 by Higgystar recced by februaryfangfest

[Community Announcements]

Tuesday, February 10 - Promotion Day Reminder by [community profile] fic_promptly

[Fandom Discussions]

I’ve been watching Angel with my roommates and we just got to the part where Wesley’s in the hospital after stealing Connor away. by ari-but-unhinged
Spike’s biggest drives are LOVE and FUN. by kpchrs
I liked that kiss even for reasons unrelated to Bangel. by ceciliastark
omg I’ve never considered faith and cordy before by shesnake
I made a chart bc I’m always thinking about who understood best that they were actually quietly dating all three scoobies actually. by camellcat
Willow’s will-be-done spell by kinardnatural
Darla I love you so much. by stormtide-leviathan
anyway riley finn should’ve died in an act of self-sacrifice in primeval by kindaorangey
fresh out of prison homotron 3000 faith lehane by theslayerfest
Poor dawn has her father abandon her by biblicalhorror

Vote if bunnytailsREACTS should start a REACTIONs journey reacting to every Buffy episode! by djamst
Lol by Warm_Birthday_3198
What is a hilarious headcanon you have? by VisibleCoat995
Which Buffy novels are less dark and more comfy? by DetailConsistent7533
When does "Angel" get good? by Existing-Worry-97
Hate the last episode by It-is-whatever
I was really hoping Spike would do more by izzy-springbolt
Does getting hit make a SLAYER stronger? by AnxiousConsequence18
Rewatching Buffy and once again falling in love with Drusilla by AaronMills83
Morality of killing demons vs killing humans by Existing-Worry-97
Was wiping Connor's mind the right decision? Is there anything else Angel could've done? by SafiraAshai

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

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I slept again to almost 12:00, then got up and had breakfast and coffee.

Then after that I worked on the Starsky and hutch valentine's Day story. I worked on it basically all day, and by some time after 6:oo I had finished it. Except for a title, and I'd like to come up with a snappier last line than it has. But aside from that it is done. I will look at it again tomorrow and edit it as needed, and be ready to post it on Valentine's Day.

At 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB. We had some odd technical difficulty this time, but we worked it out.

Got off in time to have my Al-anon meeting by Zoom at 8:00. It was quite good. S was there but not M, so as always when she's not there I worry about her.

After the meeting I had dinner, and then went to the bedroom to lay down and play solitaire.

My Stephen Colbert Pop has still not arrived. I am annoyed.

The Kid texted me with good news about Carmina (her cat), so I'm happy about that.

And that's about all today.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Finished the story.

3. Carmina will not need daily medication.

4. My meetings and the people there.

5. The snow outside is melting.

6. The Kid.

Current Mood: accomplished

Title: Garden Talk
Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi/The Untamed
Character(s): Wen Qing, Luo Qingyang, Jiang Yanli
Image Summary: In a Lego garden, minifigures Jiang Yanli, Luo Qingyang, and Wen Qing sit around the garden fountain chatting. (Modern AU)

Link to picture: dreamwidth

A few comments on the Buffy S7 and Angel S4 rewatches. Or take-aways.

I'm at the end of both seasons - have about four or five episodes left.
Watched up to and including Dirty Girls on Buffy, and up to and including Players on Angel. Players is the better episode. I don't know why? But the writers just didn't know what to do with Faith on Buffy.

S7 has one too many extraneous characters - so the main character relationships get a bit lost in the shuffle at times? ( Read more... )
That said - it does some things rather well.
( Read more... )

I could do without Caleb. I'd forgotten how annoyingly cliche that character trope is. It is a horror staple though. So there's that.

Still enjoyable. I don't know if I can watch Empty Places again. We'll see.

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Angel? The Cordelia arc should work - I mean all the foreshadowing is there? ( Read more... )

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It's warmed up. Practically balmy at 30 degrees. 31 degrees now. I had to open a window and turn on the window fan. I go from frozen water and 64-66 degrees over the weekend in the apartment to a hot apartment. With a window open - it's 75 in the living room, and 76 in the bedroom. With it closed? Close to 80 degrees.

Gotta love NYC in the winter.

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10trueloves - 5/10 written

~ 3SF - 15 fills in 14 fandoms, still checking daily for new prompts

Random Plot Bunnies in Progress

~ Ahsoka the Daughter whispering guidance through time in Anakin's head. Starting in ~~AotC~~ TPM. Includes: Okay no wonder some said I was just like you (her reaction to the reckless deal in TPM) / Hey Skykid, what's a guy with all the power thinking to make a point of having time for you? (Comics of the Padawan years) / Oh kriff he's so young (first meeting of Anakin and Rex) / I am SO shiny (Ahsoka arriving) - CURRENTLY AT 623 WORDS

~ Fulcrum and Rex time travel to before Anakin runs to Mace. - NEEDS CANON REVIEW

Potential Bunnies Pending Further Bouncing

~ Rachel and Joe meet with BOTH finally aware
~ Drizzt's fallout/Vierna's reactions in the Divining Destiny universe
~ The Broken/Wrong AniSoka from 3SF as a proper fic

Finished

~ Fulcrum accidentally pulls Anakin to Malachor in That Fight. - READY TO POST

Yellface (spayed, *16) decided to sit on me last night. Thorn came in and snuggled me. Yellface sniffed their hand politely as we held hands. The first time she'd ever encountered Thorn's hand without some cranky meowing. (Right now Yellface will sniff and rub her face on an extended finger, but will say things about it.)

Many minutes of stillness later, Thorn said something.

Yellface suddenly took notice of an alien hand near her territory, stood up, and gave a snake-strike grazing bite to the nearest hand, followed by a swat.

My hand, naturally.

I uninvited her from the bed and found an alcohol wipe. She broke skin but didn't draw blood. Today only the deepest scrape is visible, if you're looking for it.

Oh, cat.

AO3 Link | Overheard (400 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars: Rebels
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Hera Syndulla, Ahsoka Tano, CT-7567 | Rex
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Community: genprompt_bingo
Summary:

As Hera settles in with Chopper, she hears words she needed.

See the AO3 Link for the fic this tags onto.

Scrappy Youngling: Overheard

Chopper had proven able to mostly work with Arseven, once they got back to the real ship that Fulcrum usually worked from. The sound of the two droids razzing each other became quite common, but Hera knew Chopper loved having another droid to talk to.

So did Arseven, who was one of those that had never been memory wiped.

Hera knew both of her new friends were veterans of the war, and it sometimes worried her because she'd seen the holonet. She knew what the soldiers had done… and if Fulcrum had been at Ryloth, that meant Fulcrum was one of the Jedi.

"He's safe," Fulcrum said, after Leverage had headed to the back of the ship to help the droids with maintenance.

"Did you read my mind?"

"No, your lekku language is not that far from mine." Fulcrum smiled. "Leverage saved me, when things happened. Now, we help others resist the Empire, and steal our men back as we can, because it wasn't their choice."

"How can someone do that without choosing it?" Hera asked.

"By using a chip to control them." Fulcrum stood to go lend a hand, and indicated the instrument display. "Keep an eye on the board, and call back if something changes badly.

"You need to get used to it all if you're going to be our pilot."

Hera's eyes went very large, as she realized Fulcrum meant those words. "I'm going to be the best pilot I can be!"

"I have faith in that, my young friend."

"You know she's Syndulla's biter," Leverage was saying, and Hera froze where she was, rather than get any closer.

"And? I didn't set out to recruit her; she made her own choices. He's never going to look off of Ryloth for his efforts. I don't have to worry about offending him."

Hera's heart hammered to hear Fulcrum say what she felt, and that the woman knew!

"Alright, 'Soka. You will do what you think is best. Still think she's young to make this kind of choice. It's not like when we were younger."

"No, it's worse. And we need strong-willed young minds willing to pick up the fight, keep it strong. I believe in her, and will teach her all I can."

Hera felt the belief and promise in those words. She very carefully took herself back to the cockpit, and vowed to never let Fulcrum down.

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Tuesday, February 10, to midnight on Wednesday, February 11. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34210 Daily Check-in

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 13

How are you doing?

I am OK.
7 (53.8%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
6 (46.2%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
3 (23.1%)

One other person.
6 (46.2%)

More than one other person.
4 (30.8%)

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.

This is the first part of my book club notes on The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories. I appreciated the editor's introduction, which highlights connections between the oppressive realities of the past and present to the spark of Black speculative imagination—how can things be different, and whose ideas will shape the future? He's written a nonfiction book on this topic, Speculative Blackness, which I would be interested to check out.

Interesting to note that this collection places the stories in chronological order of first publication. We've had a number of conversations about how editors arrange stories in anthologies (similar themes together? most significant stories first and last?) and this is the first time I've seen this approach. It was mentioned that some books the group read before I joined did this as well, but those were more historical overviews that spanned a longer period of time, while these stories are all from the last 25 years. Perhaps the intention is to suggest a new history still being written.

There was also some discussion of the physical book itself having a good design and high quality paper and feeling nice to hold in the hand, to which I could add nothing because I have the ebook.

"Herbal" by Nalo Hopkinson (2002)

( An elephant suddenly appears in a woman's apartment. )

"All That Touches the Air" by An Owomoyela (2011)

( A human colony exists in uneasy equilibrium with aliens who can parasitize and control people's bodies. )

"Bludgeon" by Thaddeus Howze (2013)

( Conquering aliens are persuaded to wager the fate of Earth on a game of baseball. )

"A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i" by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2014)

( In a world dominated by vampires, a human woman collaborates with them to save herself. )

Stolen in Death

3/5. A nice entry that returns to the intimate murder mystery format, with a throwback (and hopefully a permanent conclusion) to an old storyline about Roarke’s past. There’s been something a bit tying-off-loose-ends feeling about the last few books. I mean . . . reasonable.

Mind Games

3/5. Standalone about the woman with largely undefined psychic powers who becomes mentally linked with the man who murdered her parents; also, a romance with a former rock star. This one is okay, by virtue of having only a soupcon of paranormal. She can’t handle any more than that. I will say, her general, IDK, emotional investment in prisons was on full display here. She’s just really, really interested in prison being absolutely and unlivably terrible, and wants you to know about that in the sort of sensual, loving detail she otherwise reserves for descriptions of home renovations. I have tried to unsee how deeply invested in this she is, but I can’t, and it honestly creeps/grosses me out in every book now.

Content notes: Murder, animal harm, the psychic equivalent of internet spamming someone and telling them to kill themselves.

Our new challenge is:

MELT

As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, February 20th. No sign-up required.

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The Star challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

S.W.A.T: Fan Fiction: Meant To Meet, by

darkjediqueen
Starsky & Hutch: Fanfiction: The star of the show, by

lucy_roman
FAKE: Fanfic: Gold Star, by

badly_knitted
MCU: Fanfic: Love Written in the Sky, by

innitmarvelous_og
Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: Your Future is in the Stars, by

smallhobbit
Torchwood: Fanfic: Celebrity status, by

m_findlow
Women's Soccer RPF: Fanfiction: You're a Star, Kelley, by

infinitum_noctem
Viola come il mare: Fanfic: Night of San Lorenzo, by

veronyxk84
Marvel Comics - Ultimates (Earth-1610) | icons | Star Power, by

highlander_ii
Melody of Secrets: Fanfic: crossfire hearts, by

bluedreaming
Heated Rivalry: Fanfic: Stargazing, by

seeyouontheice
Original: poetry: Christmas in the rain garden, by

teaotter
Law & Order Criminal Intent: fic: I’ll pass, by

lilly_c

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部首
手 part 17
拜, to pay respects; 拥, to hold; 拦, to block ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=64

语法
3.2 Separable verbs
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-3-grammar

词汇
刺, thorn; 刺激, to stimulate ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
你们都别拦着我, you guys better not get in my way
从来没见过他对谁那么上过心, I've never seen him set his heart on anyone this way
只要再给她一点刺激, all she needs is a little more stimulus

Me:
来，拥抱拥抱。
睡个好觉啊。

We have hosts for book discussions through April but would like to get some sign ups for further out.

If you would like to sign up to choose a book and host the discussion please sign up on the spreadsheet.

I love how different people bring different ideas to the community and different books for us to read. Can't wait to see what we read next!

.......yeah okay screw it, i am a machine that turns pasta into Roddyangst and i'm tired of pretending otherwise

Transformers G1, Hot Rod, Ultra Magnus - “I love you. I’m sorry.”

Transformers G1, Hot Rod, Kup - the first kill

Transformers G1, Rodimus Prime - my burden to bear

Transformers G1, Rodimus Prime - Whispering ghosts.

Transformers G1, Rodimus Prime, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Cliffjumper - well you can't get what you want / but you can get me

Transformers G1, Galvatron/Cyclonus/Scourge/Rodimus - suffering along after waking up from a nightmare because character doesn't want to disturb their partner/is afraid to seek comfort

Transformers G1, Rodimus Prime, First Aid - self-recrimination

Transformers G1, Rodimus Prime, Arcee, Springer, Galvatron - realizing you trust someone who you know is dangerous

Transformers G1, Rodimus/Unicronians - too kinky to torture

Transformers G1, Rodimus/Unicronians, Magnus - a pregnancy that causes a major diplomatic incident

Usually, the tech who does all the eye tests is a young female who speaks to you with the animation of a toy on repeat. She could care less and I'm just another annoying breathing customer.

Today, however, I got Neal who was fresh and alert and interesting and even explained why the yellow drops are yellow and their dual purpose. They numb the eye so the blue light can touch the eyeball comfortably and when he sees green (blue and yellow, get it?) he knows he's scored. I never knew all that.

But, then I got the doctor who was one of those women who wants to know what I'm going to do with the rest of my day and other chit chat that just drives me up the wall. She spit out a word salad of shit about my eyes but I was able to pick out the meat - they are fine. No change from last time. BUT she wants one of those annoying clicker texts in 6 months.

And my eyes are dilated. But, it's done and August is down the road.

And MLB.TV woke up so I ordered a year of Mariners. Not Phillies. Mariners plus Phillies and everyone else would have been twice as much and I just wasn't feelin' it.

So, Dr. Eye, that's the rest of my day.

Title: I’ll pass
Fandom: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Rating: all ages
Length: 100 words
Content notes: a tiny all dialogue add on for 1x05 Jones, takes place when Eames says “I didn’t take this job to get noticed.”
Author notes: I’ve been rewatching LOCI from the beginning recently and finding eps I’ve not seen before. Borrowed the quote mentioned above for opening line of the drabble, everything else is mine.
Summary: “Why did you take this job?” Goren enquired.

( I’ll pass )

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Lego: Garden Talk (Mo Dao Zu Shi)

Buffy/Angel Rewatch continues....

Honest Trailers | Heated Rivalry

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GenPrompt Bingo: Teenagers

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The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories, ed. andré m. carrington (2025) [part 1]

JD Robb/Nora Roberts

Challenge 506: Melt

MELT

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