Moon's haunted.

Apr. 7th, 2026 08:10 pm
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ECLIPSE. April 6, 2026.  Totality, beyond Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few in human history have ever witnessed.

First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon


Following the current Artemis mission + rolling around in art and nature photography is keeping me going atm. Slingshotting in space!

+ The seagulls are napping and grooming on our windowsills a lot and it's been a treat. I often find myself watching Bird TV. With the stains on the glass they don't seem to notice us there, so you get a wild animal puffing up and resting 30cm from your face. Always a delight.

+ If like me you're still enamored with Project Hail Mary and need images to make icons from, [personal profile] theskyisnew's got you covered 👎

+ Sad Starfleet Academy got cancelled, though I strongly suspected that would be the case. What I didn't expect was that they'd already finished shooting season 2. So that's something. Probably a cliffhanger nightmare but I'll take it.

Letter from Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau. )

+ Already considering rewarding myself with a purchase after the trip. The Embodied Ecosystems TarOracle is looking like a strong contender, both for the art/theming, and the chunky guidebook it comes with. But then there's the fanmade X-Files tarot I spotted that's calling to me. Hmm. (I finished season 1 btw. Mulder didn't know lycanthropy transferred through bites/scratches?? Press x-files to doubt. S2 will have Scully revert back to not believing in aliens, huh? I remember being extremely annoyed back in the day and surely that can't have been based off s1. Mulder's hot takes have been deserving of a defenestration sometimes multiple times per episode.)

+ [community profile] 3weeks4dreamwidth is coming up, but I honestly feel there's not enough interest to make it work. I'm going to have to give it a think.

+ I'll be home in two and a half weeks so I'll just cling to that for now.
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Fandom: Bridgerton
Pairings/Characters: Anthony/Kate
Rating: teen
Length: 46k
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] ronandhermy 
Theme: Arranged marriage, AU, fork in the road, marriage of convenience, happy endings, marriage

Summary: At the age of eighteen Kate Sharma, after sending a desperate letter to her father's homeland, receives aid in the form of a letter from Lady Danbury who has arranged a match for the young woman. With only a letter, a promise and hope, Kate takes her mother and sister and sails to England where she is to marry Lord Anthony Bridgerton.

Reccer's Notes: I really enjoyed this take on how Kate and Anthony might have met when they were younger, and all the changes it would have brought.

Fanwork Links: A Red Thread of Convenience
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Fandom: One Piece
Author/Artist: Mekachu04
Title: Mar Punk Aibou Sketches
Pairing: Eustass Kidd & Killer
Rating: Gen to 18+ - male nudity under nsfw links
Word Count: art
Disclaimer: Kidd, Killer, the Kidd Pirates and other characters belong to the world of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. I'm just playing in the sandbox
AN: I'm trying to draw something everyday. So most of these are drawn at about 3-5am in about an hour or two at work during the down time.

thumbnails linking to each day under cut )

Tuesday: The Letter "A"

Apr. 7th, 2026 08:59 am
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Hi, everyone! I'm templefugate, your host for this week. Get ready for an alphabetical adventure!

As a reminder, we are using a new posting schedule. Sundays are for Lonely Prompts and sharing the fills that you completed during the week, Tuesdays and Thursdays are for new themes and prompts, and Saturdays will remain a Free for All.

Today's theme is the letter "a". All prompts should center around a word or words starting with "a".

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ Knights of Guinevere, Gwen, an android's dreams
+ The Baby-Sitter's Club, Karen Brewer, aliens
+ Any, any, avarice

We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this new option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.

While the use of LJ's advanced search options is available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.

If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site, please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site but you are still more than welcome to participate.

If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so…and spread the word! [community profile] comment_fic


tag=thelettera

Spring 2026 Premiere Impressions

Apr. 6th, 2026 12:32 pm
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So, the premieres that were on my list for this season are out and I have watched them.

Witch Hat Atelier: Not much to say here except "Yup, that's the good stuff."

Observation Log of My Fiancee Who Calls Herself a Villainess: I found the male lead / viewpoint character and his attitude toward the titular fiancee irritating, plus there was a minor plot point made of fatphobia, so this one's a pass for me. On the other hand...

Always A Catch: This looks like the "fun villainess-genre-adjacent anime" I wanted. Our heroine is straightforward the point of silliness but also caring and assertive, and seriously, she wears brass knuckles as a hair accessory. I'm in until further notice.

Agents of the Four Seasons: I enjoyed episode one, but it was pushing the line on being self-importantly sentimental, so I'm almost afraid to keep going...?

Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: I'm a big fan of the franchise and this is getting into one of my favorite parts, so I was hyped, but being a big fan of the franchise also makes me picky, and I actually found the premiere disappointing. As an adaptation, it felt humorless and superficial; like, the art was more pretty than functional, and it felt like just watching a sequence of events rather than inhabiting Myne's often-amusing viewpoint like I expect to. So yeah, great material here and as a fan I'll keep watching, but I'd recommend the manga (or the original novels) over this anime season so far. The OP is quite pretty, tho.

[PS: I steered away from Rooster Fighter for the silly and quirky reason that I'm also a fan of the web novel Beware of Chicken and will accept no substitutes.]

April 5 2026

Apr. 5th, 2026 05:59 pm
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Today i did my taxes and put air in the tires of my car without crying even once and that's going to have to be a win.

other stuff going on recently )

I hope everyone's doing okay.
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Hi! ^.^ It's time for this week's Lonely Prompts adoption day. If this is your first time at [community profile] comment_fic on a Sunday, you can either request previous prompts to be filled or share your recent fills for prompts. (Or do both, of course!) ✎

How to look for prompts:
We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^

Whichever you decide to do, prompt or fill (or both), please remember:
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2. You can request no more than three prompts from a particular fandom.
3. You can, however, fill as many prompts in as many fandoms as you'd like!
4. In the subject line, be sure to say whether it is a request or a fill!
5. You must link back to wherever the prompt is in the community archive (whether filling or requesting), and, if you're filling the prompt, please post the fill as a reply to the original prompt.
6. If you are filling an "any/any" prompt, please let us know what fandom you've written it for (or if it's original!).
8. If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
7. If you've filled any lonely prompts in the past week, this is the place to share them!
9. Finally, please remember to add your prompt fills to our AO3 collection: Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.

How to link:
[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)
or:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."

We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection.

If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site: please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site, but you are still more than welcome to participate. =)

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A friendly reminder about our posting schedule: Themed posts for new prompts go up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day for new prompts of any flavor. Sundays are for showing Lonely Prompts some love, whether by requesting for someone to adopt them or by sharing any fills that you've recently completed.

The Witch Hat Atelier Kink Meme

Apr. 4th, 2026 04:45 pm
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Profile view of brushbuddy walking. Above it there is text that says The Witch Hat Atelier Kink Meme.


A new kink meme based around the manga and upcoming anime Witch Hat Atelier! If you're looking for some old-school fandom fun, this is the place! Open to all ratings and ships. 18+ only.

Links: [community profile] whakinkmeme | Rules, Intro, Mod Contact | Current Prompt Post | Fills Post
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Fandom: BTS
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Park Jimin
Content Notes/Warnings: N/A
Medium: Crochet
Artist on DW/LJ: N/A
Artist Website/Gallery: [twitter.com profile] DAMINCAFE
Why this piece is awesome: Any time there's a Jimin crochet doll, I pretty much feel like 🥰 cuz that's a lot of cuteness all at once. Partly cuz Jimin himself is a Cutie, Sexy, Lovely (TM) guy.

AND, there's also the fact that, in this one instance, the inspiration is a pic he himself uploaded to his IG account in which he's wearing a gray hoodie with rabbit ears. It's a v. happy-making piece, NGL.

(There's a side-by-side comparison between the knit fanwork and the OG pic, btw.)

Link: Crochet Jimin doll
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Fandom: Star Wars
Pairings/Characters: Jaster Mereel/Jon Antilles
Rating: mature
Length: 126k
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] blackkat 
Theme: arranged marriage, novel-length, epic works, worldbuilding, psychic powers, never met in canon, marriage of convenience, cultural differences, AU, fork in the road.

Summary: A week after an attack that nearly killed him and his son, Jaster Mereel finds Mostross dead on a battlefield. His killer is a Jedi, grievously wounded, who Jaster takes into his care. By Mandalorian tradition, Jon Antilles owes him a life-debt, and Jaster is cunning enough not to let such a thing slip away.

It's meant to be an entirely political arrangement. It doesn't stay that way for long.

Reccer's Notes: Blackkat is a very prolific author who does an excellent job of taking medium-obscure Star Wars characters and doing really interesting things with them. Jaster Mereel is Jango Fett's adoptive father, and the Mandalore. (In canon, he was killed by Montross.) Jon Antilles is a Jedi who was abused by his Master growing up, but also learned some really obscure and difficult Force tricks from her, and spends his life wandering the galaxy alone as the Force wills. You don't have to know much more than that, as blackkat weaves a really interesting story about them, fleshing them both out deeply from what canon gives us.

Fanwork Links: trade your heart for bones to know
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Happy Saturday to you all, and welcome to the first Free for All of April. :3 There are no themes to follow for prompts or fills. If, perhaps, you missed a prompt theme that you liked, or you've had any ideas that didn't really work with Tuesday's or Thursday's posts, then today's your chance to prompt 'em. Be free, and have fun! ✎

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3. Use the character's full name and the fandom's full name for ease in adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
4. No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
5. If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
6. If your story has possible triggers, please warn for them in the subject line!

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Are today's prompts not catching your eye? No worries, because we have plenty of older prompts that just might do the trick! You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^

We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection.

If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site: please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site, but you are still more than welcome to participate. =)

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Bad news

Apr. 3rd, 2026 03:43 pm
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I have had some bad news: my old friend Peter Cheer passed away in the last few days.

We (our DnD group) became worried when he didn't contact us to confirm whether or not he was playing last Sunday, and I had tried to get hold of him by email, text and Discord, with no luck. So I sent a message via the Police Scotland website for them to do a welfare check and a policeman rang me on Wednesday night with the bad news.

He told me that it was a 'medical issue' and nothing suspicious, which is something to be grateful for.

They are getting in touch with Peter's wife, Tabby, who is currently in Nairobi, through Interpol.

I am really upset, I was very fond of Pete, a kindly, good, man in all the best ways. He was a Quaker, and everything a Christian should be.

I’ll miss him. He used to stay with me during our August gaming get-togethers. Staying with me was cheaper than getting a room at the university.

He had an adventurous life despite having profound disabilities (he walked strangely, he was completely deaf in one ear, and had lost an eye) brought about by having a bad fall while mountaineering in 1981. He did Voluntary Service Overseas three times, in Kenya, in Mongolia, and I think the third time was in Ecuador, though I could be wrong.

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