Fun Fic Challenge
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unconventionalcourtship
This year's challenge opened on April 1 and closes on June 10.
Here's a summary of the challenge. (This an abridged summary -head over to the comm for details. )
unconventionalcourtship This year's challenge opened on April 1 and closes on June 10.
Here's a summary of the challenge. (This an abridged summary -head over to the comm for details. )
'Unconventional Courtship' is a panfandom fic fest where you write and post a 1000w+ fic based on a M&B/Harlequin plot. Fics will be posted to this community, staggered through June 2025.
How to play:
It's as simple as:
1. Sign up! Sign ups close on June 10 and all you need to do is comment on this post with the day you want to post your fic.
2. Choose a M&B/Harlequin summary (or two etc) - we have hundreds of suggestions. You can do more than one fic, if you want. You can also combine prompts, if you like.
3. Replace the names (and pronouns if necessary) with the names (and pronouns) of the pairing of your choice. Any any all fandoms and pairings are welcome in this fest.
4. Complete a fic based on your altered summary. You can take the prompt seriously or use it as an improbable basis for lols.
How to play:
It's as simple as:
1. Sign up! Sign ups close on June 10 and all you need to do is comment on this post with the day you want to post your fic.
2. Choose a M&B/Harlequin summary (or two etc) - we have hundreds of suggestions. You can do more than one fic, if you want. You can also combine prompts, if you like.
3. Replace the names (and pronouns if necessary) with the names (and pronouns) of the pairing of your choice. Any any all fandoms and pairings are welcome in this fest.
4. Complete a fic based on your altered summary. You can take the prompt seriously or use it as an improbable basis for lols.
Reccs for your reading page
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rabid1st and anyone else with an empty reading page:Here's some comms and feeds I follow:
Doctor Who Comms
tardis_library dwfiction doctor_who_sonic dw100 Writing/ Fanfic comm
tenminutesaday fandomweekly Feeds: mostly niche blogs, web comics
make_feed cakewrecks_feed xkcd_feed thebloggess_feed fandom stuff
squidgestatus image hosting by fandom for fandomotw_news_feed Other comms
get_knitted What we need right now
Apr. 2nd, 2025 09:27 pm
Been listening to Jesse Welles' music on his YT and I've been so impressed. People have been comparing him to Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger and I have to agree. Though his songs are a bit more cutting and satirical befitting a Millennial/Zennial.
If you haven't had a chance to listen and like the 60s/70s protest music vibe you should check him out.
I'm super late in posting this
Dec. 16th, 2024 03:32 pmBut.
What.
The.
Hell.
(Heaven?)
https://youtube.com/shorts/q8Ze9252Ep4?si=mKmpjGE-aFIZxD9Q
Why does this carpet look like Zephyr's Cake inspired my quilt of a character this man played, (that he also saw as resembling his character).
Note that he posted this video *After* we posted our art pieces.
*hides*
What.
The.
Hell.
(Heaven?)
https://youtube.com/shorts/q8Ze9252Ep4?si=mKmpjGE-aFIZxD9Q
Why does this carpet look like Zephyr's Cake inspired my quilt of a character this man played, (that he also saw as resembling his character).
Note that he posted this video *After* we posted our art pieces.
*hides*
Title: The Journey of Castiel, The Angel with Too Much Heart
Author/Artist: Glory_Jean
Rating: Gen
Fandom: Supernatural
Challenge: Crack in the Chassis
Summary: Created for the Supernatural Crack in the Chassis event. A fiber art soft book zine that may be thought of as a comic book, portraying the life of Castiel, the Angel of the Lord with too much heart. Really it's hard to explain. Yes. It's crack on steroids. You'll just have to click and see.
Many many thanks for my partner in cracky crime Zephyr Don't forget to visit Tumblr to see Zephyr's amazing Cake Art!
( click for whatever this is )
TV Show Watching Meme
May. 6th, 2024 11:08 pmMemed from shivver
+ Bold all of the following TV shows of which you've seen 3 or more episodes.
+ Italicize a show if you're positive you've seen every episode.
+ Asterisk if you have at least one full season on tape or DVD
+ Exclamation mark if it's an all-time fave.
+ If you want, add up to 3 additional shows (keep the list in alphabetical order).
cut for longness
( long scroll )
shivver + Bold all of the following TV shows of which you've seen 3 or more episodes.
+ Italicize a show if you're positive you've seen every episode.
+ Asterisk if you have at least one full season on tape or DVD
+ Exclamation mark if it's an all-time fave.
+ If you want, add up to 3 additional shows (keep the list in alphabetical order).
cut for longness
( long scroll )
Hmm
So
1) Fourteen shows up in Children in Need.
2) Promptly breaks Canon
3) Conclusion: They are reading our fanfic. lol
xposted toone_more_run
So
1) Fourteen shows up in Children in Need.
2) Promptly breaks Canon
3) Conclusion: They are reading our fanfic. lol
xposted to
one_more_run 
Doctor Who Watch: Thirteen, Spyfall
Nov. 6th, 2023 11:56 pmYeah, I know I'm seriously skipping around now and I've gone from rewatch to actual first time watch. Oh, well, sorry, not sorry. Like the Doctor I have trouble being linear.
Spyfall Parts 1 & 2
So I do enjoy Thirteen. She's random, and rambly and unhinged and in general very Doctor-y.
Part 1
I appreciated the cheesy James bond references. Maybe if you were a James bond fan you might find them fun/annoying. I'm very much not a fan so I liked the send up.
Despite the fact that a lot happens in the first ep, it feels like it moves very leisurely through the story telling. So in a way, It feels very old skool Who with a slower story that takes it's time and leaves you with a cliffhanger.
The Master reveal was good. He's back to full tilt bonkers and I enjoyed that. Whereas Missy was almost (almost) stable, this Master is completely, gloriously unhinged.
Part 2
Now this ep is a ride. The time jumping, the call back to Sim Master with the companions being forced into hiding, the unexpectedly villainous human accomplice.
And they even managed to squeeze in a "notable women in history" tour. Lol
And the Morse Code heartbeats was just good.
The Stats:
Companion trauma: zapped to another universe and chucked to Australia
Spyfall Parts 1 & 2
So I do enjoy Thirteen. She's random, and rambly and unhinged and in general very Doctor-y.
Part 1
I appreciated the cheesy James bond references. Maybe if you were a James bond fan you might find them fun/annoying. I'm very much not a fan so I liked the send up.
Despite the fact that a lot happens in the first ep, it feels like it moves very leisurely through the story telling. So in a way, It feels very old skool Who with a slower story that takes it's time and leaves you with a cliffhanger.
The Master reveal was good. He's back to full tilt bonkers and I enjoyed that. Whereas Missy was almost (almost) stable, this Master is completely, gloriously unhinged.
Part 2
Now this ep is a ride. The time jumping, the call back to Sim Master with the companions being forced into hiding, the unexpectedly villainous human accomplice.
And they even managed to squeeze in a "notable women in history" tour. Lol
And the Morse Code heartbeats was just good.
The Stats:
Companion trauma: zapped to another universe and chucked to Australia
Doctor Who Rewatch: Twelve: Listen
Nov. 5th, 2023 11:11 pmhave incredibly mixed feelings about this episode.
It's, well it's a hot mess really. Peak Moff. So much unauthorized timeline crossing, weird Tardis shenanigans, and all the general, huh?
Also on side note: I don't know why Clara and Pink ever date. They are pretty toxic together. Maybe if they had focused on -what I guess is supposed to be the A plot - it might have been a standout story, and it might have made Clara/Pink less of a trainwreck? Who knows.
Not gonna lie Twelve having dad skilz was kinda cute.
And now the B plot. I have FEELINGS about Clara meeting baby doctor. Though not as many as the fan boys who went basaltic over it. It was infinitely skip-able though. Just more of Moff's creepy obsession with people influencing their friends and loved ones by messing with their childhoods. EW.
Although - I just sorta think it's funny that we sat through SEASONs of the Moff's fanfic. Like he literally wrote about a bunch of his "particularly stupid theories" on the forums in the 90s * - and then he like Made Them Real. That's a special kind of .... yeah. If you ever wondered what would happen if you let a dudebro fanficcer write show for reals, wonder no more.
* ETA don't believe me: here's the original link https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.drwho/c/fNc0-Zpirpg And OMG he managed he log back in and DELETE his post years after everyone had already seen it. LOL! what a poser
ETA ETA: But not before the Wayback machine grabbed it. Enjoy!
https://web.archive.org/web/20220818003245/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.drwho/c/fNc0-Zpirpg
It's, well it's a hot mess really. Peak Moff. So much unauthorized timeline crossing, weird Tardis shenanigans, and all the general, huh?
Also on side note: I don't know why Clara and Pink ever date. They are pretty toxic together. Maybe if they had focused on -what I guess is supposed to be the A plot - it might have been a standout story, and it might have made Clara/Pink less of a trainwreck? Who knows.
Not gonna lie Twelve having dad skilz was kinda cute.
And now the B plot. I have FEELINGS about Clara meeting baby doctor. Though not as many as the fan boys who went basaltic over it. It was infinitely skip-able though. Just more of Moff's creepy obsession with people influencing their friends and loved ones by messing with their childhoods. EW.
Although - I just sorta think it's funny that we sat through SEASONs of the Moff's fanfic. Like he literally wrote about a bunch of his "particularly stupid theories" on the forums in the 90s * - and then he like Made Them Real. That's a special kind of .... yeah. If you ever wondered what would happen if you let a dudebro fanficcer write show for reals, wonder no more.
* ETA don't believe me: here's the original link https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.drwho/c/fNc0-Zpirpg And OMG he managed he log back in and DELETE his post years after everyone had already seen it. LOL! what a poser
ETA ETA: But not before the Wayback machine grabbed it. Enjoy!
https://web.archive.org/web/20220818003245/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.drwho/c/fNc0-Zpirpg
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Nov. 4th, 2023 11:17 pmI would love you show you pics but I haven't found a replacement upload site yet. But I working on a little crochet garland. I have the base done and I trying to decide what to hang on it. I'm leaning toward teeny little stuffed bunnies. Will think about it.
Technically a post
Nov. 3rd, 2023 11:56 pmWell - I meant to post, but today was a DAY (it's Fall after all, and Fall is cursed in my world)
So it's pushing midnight, and I have STUFF TO DO allweekend week month IDEK. Ask me next week.
But in my overtired derangement I plan to rant smugly about how all us crazies writing about the Fourteenth Doctor in our made up Fourteen-verse* have now been weirdly vindicated and - what's the opposite of Jossed? - IDK but whatever it is THAT.
**wanders off cackling manically**
*one_more_run
So it's pushing midnight, and I have STUFF TO DO all
But in my overtired derangement I plan to rant smugly about how all us crazies writing about the Fourteenth Doctor in our made up Fourteen-verse* have now been weirdly vindicated and - what's the opposite of Jossed? - IDK but whatever it is THAT.
**wanders off cackling manically**
*
one_more_run Who Fic: Night
Nov. 2nd, 2023 08:42 pmTitle: Night
Character/Pairing: Unspecified Doctor
Rating: All ages
Summary: You expected that nights would the hardest.
Disclaimer: Based on characters owned and created by BBC, used without permission.
Notes: Post Time War
Starter word: Night
X- posted A03
Character/Pairing: Unspecified Doctor
Rating: All ages
Summary: You expected that nights would the hardest.
Disclaimer: Based on characters owned and created by BBC, used without permission.
Notes: Post Time War
Starter word: Night
X- posted A03
You expected that nights would the hardest. But, it turns out, that is the best time of the day. The dark side of moons are even better, tidally locked, sunlight kept at bay. You slide out of the TARDIS doors, into the bubble of protection to be one with the endless night.
If you travel far enough, reach back enough, point yourself in the right direction, you can still see it. The light of home, shining in the sky. Peaceful, implacable as if it would always exist. An echo in time. Transitory eternity. For that moment, you are not alone.
To nablopomo or not to nablopomo
Nov. 1st, 2023 12:59 amI daily posted on two blogs last year, don't know if I'll do it again.
But, I'm keeping my options open.
Here: Have Hozier covering an Ariana Grande song.
Winchesters update
Feb. 14th, 2023 03:33 amSo 10 eps in and gah. I'm hooked. Dang it. The characters are just good. The stories are fine. It's SPN eh.
I've even rewatched some SPN eps and remembered why I liked it. I randomly started watching S9... and accidentally watched practically the whole season. Help.
I've even rewatched some SPN eps and remembered why I liked it. I randomly started watching S9... and accidentally watched practically the whole season. Help.
The Winchesters: Reaction
Jan. 30th, 2023 03:42 amOkay.
I got my watch buddy onboard and we sat down Saturday afternoon and binged the hell out of The Winchesters.
And, you know what? It was a damn fine show. I mean it's all LOL, canon -never heard it but you know, I'm a Whovian. I can deal.
I respect that it's total fan service while being also being nevermind about SPN enough that you can jump into it with almost zero knowledge of 15 ponderous years of lore. Even personally watching almost the entire run - and even rewatching parts of it - I'm fuzzy on some points because Fifteen. Years. Of. Lore. Because unlike, say, The X-Files where you got either MotW (monster of the week) eps or LORE TIME MOFOs, SPN first gave us Dad's Journal (TM) and with a side of You Just Thought This Was a Throwaway Line, along side the Plot Arc(s) from (literal) Hell.
I also respect that the gore level is more along the lines off later SPN rather than the early eps. Because early SPN really pushed the limit for me.
Spoilers below
I got my watch buddy onboard and we sat down Saturday afternoon and binged the hell out of The Winchesters.
And, you know what? It was a damn fine show. I mean it's all LOL, canon -never heard it but you know, I'm a Whovian. I can deal.
I respect that it's total fan service while being also being nevermind about SPN enough that you can jump into it with almost zero knowledge of 15 ponderous years of lore. Even personally watching almost the entire run - and even rewatching parts of it - I'm fuzzy on some points because Fifteen. Years. Of. Lore. Because unlike, say, The X-Files where you got either MotW (monster of the week) eps or LORE TIME MOFOs, SPN first gave us Dad's Journal (TM) and with a side of You Just Thought This Was a Throwaway Line, along side the Plot Arc(s) from (literal) Hell.
I also respect that the gore level is more along the lines off later SPN rather than the early eps. Because early SPN really pushed the limit for me.
Spoilers below
( spoiler below )
