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Sep. 12th, 2025 12:39 am

Follow Friday 9-12-25

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Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".

Sep. 12th, 2025 12:19 am

Follow Friday 9-12-25: Iron Man

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Today's theme is Iron Man.

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Sep. 11th, 2025 11:01 pm

Sustainability

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Designing for Decay

The products of growth-driven design are easy to recognize. They gleam. They dominate. They shout, “I will last forever.” From reinforced skyscrapers to single-use electronics, the ideology is the same: resist entropy at all costs.

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Sep. 11th, 2025 10:09 pm

Recipe: "Edwards Family Meatloaf"

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We made this tonight.

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Sep. 11th, 2025 10:01 pm

This day started so well

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And then drove off a fucking cliff.

this is long and I don't know how many more times I can get knocked down )


I do have some community recs

[personal profile] spook_me is back Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon

[community profile] trickortreatex A low stress exchange based on Halloween and Trick or Treating.

[community profile] femslashfete weekly prompts to inspire femslash works


[community profile] writetomyheart Shiritori writing game for fan- and original fiction
Sep. 11th, 2025 04:25 pm

Poem: "But an Empty Shell"

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This poem came out of the July 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Independent Woman" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony Barrette. It belongs to the Kraken thread of the Polychrome Heroics series and is the prequel to "Beautiful, Damn Hard, Increasingly Useful."

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[personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted posting in [community profile] vocab_drabbles
Title: 'Loony'
Fandom: Original Fiction
Author: [personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Original
Warnings: None
Notes: Using Challenge #126: Anomie, Challenge #158: Expergefactor, and Challenge #162: Compunction. Crossposted to [community profile] anythingdrabble and [community profile] drabble_zone.
Summary: Those who were closest to him did their best to dodge his gaze.

Loony )
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[personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted posting in [community profile] vocab_drabbles
Title: 'Honest to Goodness'
Fandom: Friends
Author: [personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Chandler Bing, Monica Geller
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] 100words and [community profile] emotion100
Summary: He chewed thoughtfully, swallowed, before taking another bite.

Honest to Goodness )
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[personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted posting in [community profile] 100words
Title: 'Honest to Goodness'
Fandom: Friends
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] vocab_drabbles and [community profile] emotion100

Honest to Goodness )
Sep. 11th, 2025 08:25 pm

459: Dice: Inception: Gen

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Title: Dice
Fandom: Inception
Rating: Gen
Notes: Arther & Eames banter about their totems in a dream.

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Title: Compunction
Rating: Gen
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: 300
Prompt: Compunction
Notes: Supernatural AU. References to "A Case of Identity"
Summary: Watson attempts an indirect method to help Mary Sutherland.

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Sep. 11th, 2025 06:35 pm

161: Taciturn: BBC Sherlock: Gen

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Title: Taciturn
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Rating: Gen
Length: 100
Prompt: taciturn
Summary: Sherlock at a crime scene.

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Sep. 11th, 2025 05:09 pm

Today's Cooking

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Today I'm making Edwards family meatloaf.  :D  This should go well with what's left of the tomato-basil bread, which is about half gone now. 
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Sep. 11th, 2025 04:00 pm

Birdfeeding

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Today is cloudy and warm.

I haven't fed the birds yet.

There were lots of sparrows and house finches at the red birdbath though. The honeybees drained the small metal one again.

We walked around the yard listing things that need to be cleaned up or cleared out, since a tree service left us a flyer. :D At minimum we want to get the two downed tree-sized branches removed. Hopefully we can get the parking lot cleared of brush and a path re-established to the east edge of the yard. Maybe something else. They're willing to break down the quotes for sub-projects so we can figure out what will fit into our budget.

EDIT 9/11/25 -- I fed the birds.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 9/11/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 9/11/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 9/11/25 -- I watered the irises, patio plants, and old picnic table garden.

EDIT 9/11/25 -- I watered the new picnic table garden, septic garden, telephone pole garden, and savanna seedlings.

I picked 2 red cherry tomatoes.

EDIT 9/11/25 -- I sowed 2 pots with crabapples.

I did some work around the yard.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
full_metal_ox: Lan Wangji from Mo Dao Zu Shi, with his bunnies. (bunnies)
[personal profile] full_metal_ox posting in [community profile] fancake
Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi
Pairings/Characters: Gen; M/M; Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian; Lan Yuan, Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji, OCs
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 2,442 words
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply, anonymous author, autobiographical incident, Chinese diaspora feels, inappropriate choice of rabbit food, racist microaggression, secondhand embarrassment
Creator Tags:
Based on a True Story, yes my mom really couldn't find a basic cake and so we had to go with bread, Fluff, Family Feels, Family Fluff, Baking, Icing, Frosting, AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHH THOSE ARE TAGS, Michael's (the store) makes a big appearance, Father's Day, but idc if it's not father's day yet, I was inspired, Inspired by Real Events
Creator Links: none
Theme: Food & Cooking, Cultural Differences, Family, Fluff, Modern AU, Slice of Life

Summary: In which Sizhui and his Baba ice a loaf of bread for Father's Day (plus some angst, but we don't really have to get into specifics do we?)

Author’s Notes:

something i wrote while having writers block

enjoy

(also stay safe and wash your hands and quit going outside if you are)

this isn't really asian rep it just happened when i was 10 and i typed for two hours also its may and here we are with a fictionalized crackheaded version of what happened

yes there were mean girls

… lan zhan's the one getting the cake because his personality's the closest to my dad's but like my dad cut off the frosting and we ended up using the bread for other stuff


Reccer’s Notes: The Chinese-American author posted this anonymously on 8 May 2020 for U.S. Asian and Pacific Islander Month, apologizing that “this isn’t really asian rep”; given that the canon creator is Asian, her target audience is Asian, the characters are Asian, and the OP is Asian fictionalizing their Asian family’s real-life experience, I personally don’t see how it can avoid being Asian Rep.

The author’s self-consciousness—both at the time of writing and in retrospect—is flying from the ramparts, and arguably an integral part of the story. They never did emerge from anonymity, and they’ve since deleted the story—which is a shame, because this is a valid slice-of-life in the Lynda Barry vein, with the OP’s imaginary friends as proxies. Since there seems to be no identifying information that could be used to trace them, I don’t think posting a Wayback Machine capture will expose them to further embarrassment.

And let’s not be like the Mean Girls at Michael’s, okay?

Fanwork links: a loaf of bread is not a substitute for a blank cake
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Title: From All The Spaces Between Times
Chapter: Chapter 54 — When the Sun Sets, the Hope of the Night Rises in Me
Author: [personal profile] elrhiarhodan / [tumblr.com profile] elrhiarhodan / [archiveofourown.org profile] elrhiarhodan
Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars — Obi Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars — Jedi Apprentice Books
Characters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Watto, Quinlan Vos, Padmé Amidala, Sabé, Darth Maul, Yoda, Mace Windu, Adi Gallia, Quinlan Vos, Professor Huyang, The Force, Plo Koon, Vokara Che, Siri Tachi, Aayla Secura, Bant Eerin, Bruck Chun, Xanatos du Crion, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Hego Damask II | Darth Plagueis, Komari Vosa, Bail Prestor Organa, Bail Antilles Prestor, Rael Averross, Nim Piana, Ahsoka Tano, Sifo-Dyas, Reva Sevander, Lene Kostana (mentioned) Original Characters, Other Characters To Be Added
Pairings: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Shmi Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Jinn (yes, we’re arrived)
Word Count: ~ 8200 this chapter
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None

Summary: Obi-Wan Kenobi has never known it, but he has always been the Force’s Champion, destined to suffer infinite sadness in defense of the Light. On his last turn on the wheel, responsibility for The Chosen One, the false child of prophecy, had been thrust upon him with no warning, and Darkness held the upper hand.

But this time, the Force has marshaled its power and will protect its Champion until the time is right, no matter how long Obi-Wan has to wait and how much he has to suffer.

Or,

Obi-Wan is reborn as a twelve-year old.

He wakes up on a slavers’ ship, with all of his prior life’s memories intact, and he’s bound for Tatooine with a Force-inhibitor collar around his neck, a bomb implanted in his spine, and no way of knowing what state of the Galaxy is in.

Just another day in the life of the Force’s Champion.

Chapter Summary: Pieces begin to fall into place.

Mace is on the trail of the Sith master, or at least the master of the Zabrak Sith that Qui-Gon and Anakin had killed on Tatooine eight years ago. Obi-Wan is still tormented by evil dreams, but an old friend tells him that he needs to take a trip. And Master Yoda is finally back at the Temple, and he gets some potentially unwelcome news.



From All The Spaces Between Times — Chapter 54 — When the Sun Sets, the Hope of the Night Rises in Me (On AO3)


Meta — Chapter 54 — When the Sun Sets, the Hope of the Night Rises in Me All )
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