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Title: Something Amiss
Author: [personal profile] enchanted_jae
Fandom: Harry Potter
Character(s): Harry, Draco
Rating: PG
Warning(s): None
Word count: 100
Written for:
[community profile] anythingdrabble Prompt 392 - nothing
[community profile] drabble_zone Prompt No. 452 - ripple
[community profile] emotion100 Prompt No. 41 - humiliated
Summary: Embarrassing situations
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.

Something Amiss
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This is the fifth and final part of my book club notes on The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories. [Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.]


"The Woman Carrying a Corpse" by Chi Hui (2019), tr. Judith Huang

Why doesn't she put it down? )


"The Mountain and the Secret of Their Names" by Wang Nuonuo (2019), tr. Rebecca F. Kuang

Wreckage from satellite launches threatens a rural village. )


"Net Novels and the 'She Era': How Internet Novels Opened the Door for Female Readers and Writers in China" by Xueting Christine Ni (2022) [essay]

What it says on the tin. )


"Writing and Translation: A Hundred Technical Tricks" by Rebecca F. Kuang (2022) [essay]

Kuang discusses translation. )


the end

I was pretty impressed by this collection. The stories spanned a lot of different themes and styles, and while not everything was to my taste, the quality of writing was high and it's hard to think of any entries that didn't at least offer something interesting to think about. There was agreement among the group that it's a good starting point for Chinese SF/F but of course it can only be a small slice of a huge and diverse field. I'd be interested to explore further.

I may need to sit out the next book for scheduling reasons. But even if so, I will return!

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Jun. 4th, 2025 12:15 am
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Finally, I'm done with finals!
I've had too much things to do, but now that I actually have time, I suddenly have no motivation to do anything again.

I started The Hunger Games after having read it about +10 years ago... It's honestly better than I remember -- Collins have literally put nothing that is unnecessary, or filler. Everything is there for a reason and I love it. It's a real page turner.

ONE THING I'M OBSESSED WITH... I've finished watching Cadfael. I'm sad, because it was exactly what I was looking for: 12th century England Benedictine monks! (I've mentioned before that I'm planning out a story around the same era and one of my characters is a Benedictine monk himself.) I just love it so much honestly.

The characters are also one of the things that got me so much into it. Cadfael is so lovable, he's honest about his feelings and even though he usually criticizes those who use religion for their own greed, he remains a loyal believer. BUT I LOVED BROTHER OSWIN SOOO MUCH. He's sooo cute and such a wholesome little (!) guy. AND not to mention, the mean girls Jerome and Robert are so funny -- especially Jerome. Julian Firth has acted so wonderfully, he sells the character just right.

I grabbed the copy of "A Morbid Taste for Bones" my uni had in its library, and it was sooo well written! Unfortunately, only about three of the books are translated but neither of the other two were available in the library. I would have read them in English just fine, but it becomes so expensive to buy+ship them to Türkiye. I had bought "One Corpse Too Many" for such a good price and it arrived today. Can't wait to read it!

NOW TO THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS! GALATASARAY HAS BECOME CHAMPIONS OF SÜPER LİG AGAIN and we finally have 5 stars on our badge! Unfortunately, we also said goodbye to Muslera. He's been part of the team for so long that it feels so weird to imagine the club without him... Now I hope the transfers this summer will be good (I don't think it will happen...) so that we can actually do some good things in Champions League this year.

Challenge 392, Supernatural, G

Jun. 2nd, 2025 09:28 pm
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Wants Nothing (300 words) by look_turtles
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Supernatural (TV 2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Characters: The Empty | The Shadow (Supernatural), Jack Kline
Additional Tags: Jack is a good son
Summary:

The Shadow wants nothing.

Set after the Season 15 episode Despair (episode 18).


An: Written for the anythingdrabble prompt: Nothing

nothing )

dreaming of orange cats

Jun. 2nd, 2025 05:03 pm
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I had a dream the other night that my cat, Mister, was alive and well and, for some reason that was never clear to me in the dream, I was trying to rehome him. Actually, more like I was "auditioning" him for the position of someone's cat. I'd decided to take him to the church down the block, but I thought I should have some fancy basket or something to carry him in, because it was important that he be presented properly. But I didn't have a fancy basket. Finally, I decided to put him in the backpack carrier and walk backwards down the street to the church, so he would be in front as if leading the way.

Got to the church, let him out of the carrier, and began enumerating his excellent qualities to the priest and other churchpeople who were there, pointing out that he was friendly and soft and liked treats. Mister kept jumping down and heading towards the large double doors that were constantly opening and closing as people came in and out. I ran over to grab him, insisting that they must be careful not to let him out.

Then we were back home, and I suddenly began thinking, why am I doing this? He won't do at the church, there's no way of keeping him inside with those doors constantly opening and closing, why don't I just keep him? This is wrong. And I asked Mister, Do you want to go live at the church, or do you want to stay with me? Whatever you want is good. If you do go, I'll come and visit you often.

And he said to me, I am perfectly capable of walking back and forth from the church myself.

And I thought, if he's smart enough to answer me, he's smart enough to walk back and forth on his own. I should let him do what he wants.

Then I woke up, thinking, what the heck was that about? Best I can come up with is that the church represented the afterlife, and I was dreaming about how hard it was to let him go, even when he got so sick. But I wish he really could go back and forth as easily as walking down the street.

Challenge 392 Prompt Post

Jun. 2nd, 2025 11:43 am
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This week's prompt is:


Nothing



Have fun!

P.s. I'll take care of tagging.

June prompts

Jun. 2nd, 2025 07:28 am
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Welcome to [community profile] hp_bunintheoven's monthly prompts! Please familiarise yourself with the rules of the comm before posting! All of the previous prompts are open to use as well, if you wish.

There is now a suggestion post right here for anyone who has ideas for prompts for future monthly prompts!

There are no word count restrictions, or art/podfic/craft restrictions, although I do ask that you post everything either through a link or under a cut. There are no ratings restrictions, as long as your creation follows the comm's rules.

Het, slash, femmeslash or surrogacy, any kind of pregnancy is welcome here!

Prompt 1: Contraception fail

Prompt 2: Blurry.

In Other Waters (2020)

Jun. 1st, 2025 09:57 am
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[personal profile] pauraque
Happy Pride! This month I'm going to be reviewing games and books by trans and nonbinary creators.

First up is In Other Waters, a sci-fi exploration game by Gareth Damien Martin (they/them). You play as an AI who's been abandoned on an ocean planet and doesn't remember why. You're reactivated by Dr. Ellery Vas, an exobiologist who came here searching for her missing partner and colleague Minae. The planet is teeming with alien life, but all the human research bases are deserted. Together you explore the sea, collecting data on the alien ecosystem and piecing together what really happened here.

schematic UI of a deep sea dive

I would recommend this game if you like:

- Ocean exploration
- Detailed speculative xenobiology
- Queer characters
- Thoughtful interactive fiction

It's kind of like if Subnautica were a text adventure. )

In Other Waters is available for PC and Mac on Steam and GOG for $14.99 USD. There's also a Switch port, but I'd be hesitant about that; I found navigating the UI very awkward with a controller and switched to the mouse right away when playing on PC.
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Please be sure to stop by and give the creators some love! Remember, feedback is the breakfast of Champions!





Read more... )

Game Check-in: 🌊Wuthering Waves

May. 31st, 2025 07:23 pm
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I did the Cube, Cubic n Cubie event, it was cute and fun.

Can't believe it took this long to meet Calchoro and it's as a cube T_T he seems cute!! I want to see cube!Scar.

Oh, new char Ciaccono, she's so pretty. She has both elf ears and horns. Her dress looks one breeze away from exposing her though. Cartethyia is really cute. I'm really curious what the truth is about the Sentinel and Cartethyia now.

I really like how the character's eyes get teary with emotion!!!

And now we get to meet the head of the Fisalia family! The ones who worship the Threnodian supposedly. How did Rover link 'deep-sea jellyfish' with the Fisalia head? Because of the 'poison' thing??

Ah, so Cantarella is the Fisalia head, I saw her on the WuWa twitter. Lmao her boobs are comical.

It would come as no surprise if the Order was the one worshiping the Threnodian. 🤷

The ride to the sonoro sphere was the slowest thing ever, I know they needed to deliver some exposition but omg.

I like Cantarella's gameplay look, umbrella and jellyfish!

The Cantarella/Cartethyia interactions are immaculate.

Omg Cartethyia was so cute during the gondola ride, wish I was playing fem!Rover. Man, there's room for 4 people on that gondola, what do you mean we couldn't all fit...

I'll never stop being impressed by the graphics in this game...the lighting, the scenery, the animation...

Aww the little dragons on the way to the Tower of Salvation, no way I could fight those (edit: guess what happened).

"This seminary built on an island was not just a place of learning but also a sanctuary for raising dragon Echoes" ooh so that's why they're there! Aww, I guess they were abandoned when shit went down... Though it sounds like they were taught to be useful/strong to Resonators/the Order.

So the dragon tacet discords lived there before the settlers came and eventually the Order tamed them into echoes. Gehinnom was their king, Cartethyia used to ride him. She only just found out his fate. :'(

The voice the Laurates heard was Cartethyia's?! Hahah.

"I can no longer taste anything" a fate worse than death...

Lol they just straight up decided to leave Cantarella out of it at the last step. I knew she'd show up though.

Ughh the music during the Fleurdelys fight and after, I couldn't even cry I was so intent on everything going on.

So Rover gave Imperator permission to do what it needed to understand the Threnodians, so it merged with it and pretended to have been defeated to do so?? Daamn.

Huh, I felt the most emotional when Imperator asked Rover if they fulfilled their duty. I can't imagine how free it would feel to be told that and that I could let go. Honestly the whole thing with Sentinels makes me feel melancholy. I don't know if they can feel loneliness or melancholy like humans but if they feel even a fraction...I just get sad.

I really wasn't sure Cartethyia was going to make it out of this, I was hoping the two halves could come together and welp they did but it seems Cartethyia lost her cuteness to the colder Fleurdelys. :'< And now she has a new life after saying she was satisfied and ready to go. She can taste food again, she'll age, the world and people have changed, Okay now I'm tearing up. I want her to travel, make friends, relearn Rinascita...

So what happens next with the Order? I hope what they've done isn't just brushed off. >.> And Phoebe needs to know the truth.

Okay so she doesn't want Rover to tell anyone the truth?? So they'll keep worshiping the Threnodian...great...

I want to see Cantarella and Carlotta meet!
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Title: Badger Wrath
Fandom: Fake
Author: [personal profile] enchanted_jae
Character(s)/Pairing: Dee/Ryo, Chief Smith
Rating: PG
Written for: [community profile] anythingdrabble Challenge No. 391 - comment
Warnings: Minor suggestion
Word count: 100
Summary: For once, it’s Ryo who has incurred the chief’s wrath.
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of Sanami Matoh, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.

Badger Wrath

June Anime PTW List

May. 31st, 2025 02:11 pm
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[personal profile] bluapapilio
I used my boardgame here.

I finished 5/5 from my last PTW list.

Avatar:


Senkuu (beat the trap tile one time)


Roll #1:

A 1. 😬 Prompt: European ambiance. I had SO MUCH trouble with this. I ended up removing multiple prompts that won't work for for anime, then I struggled finding anime I was okay with watching, not reading the manga for. I may have to remove this prompt in the future but for now I'll pick Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu.

Roll #2:

A 3. Prompt: Witch/sorcerer etc. How about My Next Life as a Villainess, hopefully what I marked I watched last it still accurate.

Roll #3:

A 9. CR tile and I generated a 67 which is...Osomatsu-san 2nd Season.

Roll #4:

A 7, prompt: isekai. Let's just go with Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken even though I probably won't remember what's going on lol

Roll #5:

A 2, prompt: historical. Uhh I'd like to try watching more Revenger.

Roll #6:

A 9 and no more trap tiles. Prompt: highest rated on list. There's no way to compare the ratings on my CW list so I had to go to the 'top anime' page and see from there. It was Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu which I've already chosen. I just added FMA: Brotherhood to my list so I suppose I'll watch that.

Roll #7:

A 10 and done, reward is Wind Breaker.

Changelog:
I added like 5 prompts. Also removed like 7...


Anime TBR List:

[Drama/Sci-Fi] Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War [ ]
[Isekai/Villainess] My Next Life as a Villainess [ ]
[Comedy] Osomatsu-san [ ]
[Isekai/Fantasy] Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken [ ]
[Action/Drama] Revenger [ ]
[Action/Fantasy] Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood [ ]
[Action/Slice of life] Wind Breaker [ ]

🔊 Daily music

May. 30th, 2025 09:13 pm
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[personal profile] bluapapilio
@ Spotify

We're back to where we were one year ago
Chasing me to chase you
Does my love make you feel so good ?
Or do you just hope it would ?

ROYZ - Limited

Winners

May. 30th, 2025 06:59 pm
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Title: Winners

Author/Artist:  [personal profile] bleedingangel84 

Rating: PG

Warnings: Mild suggestion

Word Count: 200

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. Rights belong to the respective creators.

Written for: JMDC 231- take your own advice; [community profile] dove_drabbles 139-Take time to smell the flowers.

Notes:  This is what you get when you mix a tired introvert with too much socializing. Sorry if it isn’t up to snuff, but I hope readers enjoy nonetheless.

Summary: Harry  and Draco take care of one another  in all sorts of ways.







Harry/Draco )

Rabbit & Steel (2024)

May. 30th, 2025 04:55 pm
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Rabbit & Steel is a bullet hell roguelike with fast-paced gameplay inspired by MMO combat and boss encounter mechanics. You have to learn how to optimally use your offensive and defensive abilities, sustaining enough damage to beat each boss within the time limit while constantly dodging projectiles and other hazards.

players try to wedge into a narrow safe zone while fighting a giant dragon

You can play solo, in which case it's primarily a bullet hell game, but co-op is where it really shines. In a group the bosses have multiplayer mechanics that will be familiar if you've played WoW or FF14: stack together for protection, spread apart so you don't blow each other up, etc. If you enjoy the feel of MMO combat and the process of planning strategies and mastering the unique dance of each boss encounter, but you don't like (or want a break from) all the long-term character power progression aspects of an MMO, this might be your new favorite game.

Read more... )

Rabbit & Steel is on Steam for $14.99 USD. There's also a free demo.

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