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thank you so much for writing a story for me! I've requested and received all of these fandoms before - some for many, many years, and often with the same prompts, because when I really enjoy something, I immediately want fifty more takes on the same thing. *g* So if that's what we matched on, don't worry about repeating things! I'll be absolutely thrilled about anything you can create about the relationships I requested.
Everything important is in the requests themselves, but if you'd like even more info, general likes etc., here you go.
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Trobadora, and it's set to welcome treats.
General Preferences
( Likes & Dislikes/DNWs )
Fandoms and relationships
In somewhat alphabetical order - note that some sections are expanded compared to the sign-up form:
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( 镇魂 | Guardian (TV): Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Ya Qing/Zhu Hong, Shen Wei & Ya Qing )
( Grimm/Guardian crossovers: Nick Burkhardt & Sean Renard & Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan, Sean Renard & Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan, Juliette Silverton & Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan, Juliette Silverton & Shen Wei, Sean Renard & Shen Wei, Sean Renard & Ya Qing, Sean Renard/Ya Qing )
( Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling: Kashtiliash & Raupasha )
( Sherlock (BBC): Jim Moriarty/Sherlock Holmes )
( 山河令 | Word of Honor: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu )
fandom5k writer,thank you so much for writing a story for me! I've requested and received all of these fandoms before - some for many, many years, and often with the same prompts, because when I really enjoy something, I immediately want fifty more takes on the same thing. *g* So if that's what we matched on, don't worry about repeating things! I'll be absolutely thrilled about anything you can create about the relationships I requested.
Everything important is in the requests themselves, but if you'd like even more info, general likes etc., here you go.
My AO3 account is
General Preferences
( Likes & Dislikes/DNWs )
Fandoms and relationships
In somewhat alphabetical order - note that some sections are expanded compared to the sign-up form:
Jump directly to:
- Grimm: Nick/Renard/Juliette
- 镇魂 | Guardian (TV): Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Ya Qing/Zhu Hong, Shen Wei & Ya Qing
- Grimm/镇魂 | Guardian (TV) crossovers: Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan & Sean Renard & Nick Burkhardt, Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan & Sean Renard, Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan & Juliette Silverton, Shen Wei & Sean Renard, Shen Wei & Juliette Silverton, Sean Renard & Ya Qing, Sean Renard/Ya Qing
- Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling: Kashtiliash & Raupasha
- Sherlock (BBC): Sherlock/Moriarty
- 山河令 | Word of Honor: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu
( 镇魂 | Guardian (TV): Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Ya Qing/Zhu Hong, Shen Wei & Ya Qing )
( Grimm/Guardian crossovers: Nick Burkhardt & Sean Renard & Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan, Sean Renard & Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan, Juliette Silverton & Shen Wei & Zhao Yunlan, Juliette Silverton & Shen Wei, Sean Renard & Shen Wei, Sean Renard & Ya Qing, Sean Renard/Ya Qing )
( Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling: Kashtiliash & Raupasha )
( Sherlock (BBC): Jim Moriarty/Sherlock Holmes )
( 山河令 | Word of Honor: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu )
multifandom icons.
Apr. 11th, 2026 09:12 pmwickedgame posting in iconsFandoms: Addicted, Bridgerton, Cobra Kai, Elite, Guardian, I'll Turn Back This Time, Mako Mermaids, One Piece, Shadowhunters, Superman & Lois, Zorro
the rest are HERE @mundodefieras
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mundodefieras Weekly proof of life: less-crunchy days ahead | media | Korean BBQ | initial gardening thoughts
Apr. 11th, 2026 02:47 pmumadoshiSeasonal crunch is over! Feels like freedom, if you ignore the part where I still have, y'know, a job + freelance stuff. Increased freedom. We'll go with that.
My day off yesterday entailed such thrilling things as sleeping in and then taking ages to get up because Jinksy came to snuggle*; finishing my breakfast and tea by around noon; getting some banking done; washing my hair; vacuuming the two main levels of the house; spending several full hours being a cat-lap for Sinha; and starting in on a new novel for the first time since March Break or so.
*When I textedscruloose to say good morning, they said, "When my first alarm went, it was competing with Jinksy over on your other side rumble-purring so hard I swear the mattress was reverberating with it."
Reading: A couple more chapters of Braiding Sweetgrass, and I've finished Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks, which has a fair number of recipes but is, as the title indicates, more of a family history than a cookbook.
And last night I didn't want to spend much mental energy on choosing what fiction to read, so I decided to just go with Tough Guy, the third Game Changers novel. I imagine in the not-too-distant future I'll pick up the ebook "box set" of books 4-6 just to have them on hand.
Watching: We're caught up on The Pitt and have seen five episodes of One Piece season 2, and I imagine we'll finish the latter before backtracking for the last couple-few episodes of Frieren. (I've also made note of this elsewhere, but to reinforce it in my brain: after The Pitt finishes, I need to remember to cancel our Crave subscription again.)
Eating: After the crunch ended on Thursday,scruloose and I ordered from a new (?) Korean BBQ place (bb.q Chicken) that a stranger in the local Bluesky feed had mentioned was good. We tried the bone-in Classic Fried Chicken (very minimal spicing, but very solid) and the boneless Golden Fried Chicken, the description of which didn't indicate any particular spiciness, but it turned out to be right on the edge of my comfort level...but also a really delicious seasoning to go with the heat, so I'm counting that as a definite win. The place offers a whole array of flavor options, so I imagine we'll be trying it again.
Weathering/Growing: Yesterday was sunny and relatively warm, and now we're back to a slightly-chilly rainy/damp stretch, but a few days in the forecast will theoretically get back up into the double digits.
At my instigation, we're going to take another stab at Doing Garden Stuff this year. ( VERY preliminary notes )
My day off yesterday entailed such thrilling things as sleeping in and then taking ages to get up because Jinksy came to snuggle*; finishing my breakfast and tea by around noon; getting some banking done; washing my hair; vacuuming the two main levels of the house; spending several full hours being a cat-lap for Sinha; and starting in on a new novel for the first time since March Break or so.
*When I texted
scruloose to say good morning, they said, "When my first alarm went, it was competing with Jinksy over on your other side rumble-purring so hard I swear the mattress was reverberating with it."Reading: A couple more chapters of Braiding Sweetgrass, and I've finished Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks, which has a fair number of recipes but is, as the title indicates, more of a family history than a cookbook.
And last night I didn't want to spend much mental energy on choosing what fiction to read, so I decided to just go with Tough Guy, the third Game Changers novel. I imagine in the not-too-distant future I'll pick up the ebook "box set" of books 4-6 just to have them on hand.
Watching: We're caught up on The Pitt and have seen five episodes of One Piece season 2, and I imagine we'll finish the latter before backtracking for the last couple-few episodes of Frieren. (I've also made note of this elsewhere, but to reinforce it in my brain: after The Pitt finishes, I need to remember to cancel our Crave subscription again.)
Eating: After the crunch ended on Thursday,
scruloose and I ordered from a new (?) Korean BBQ place (bb.q Chicken) that a stranger in the local Bluesky feed had mentioned was good. We tried the bone-in Classic Fried Chicken (very minimal spicing, but very solid) and the boneless Golden Fried Chicken, the description of which didn't indicate any particular spiciness, but it turned out to be right on the edge of my comfort level...but also a really delicious seasoning to go with the heat, so I'm counting that as a definite win. The place offers a whole array of flavor options, so I imagine we'll be trying it again.Weathering/Growing: Yesterday was sunny and relatively warm, and now we're back to a slightly-chilly rainy/damp stretch, but a few days in the forecast will theoretically get back up into the double digits.
At my instigation, we're going to take another stab at Doing Garden Stuff this year. ( VERY preliminary notes )
2612 / Fic - The Pitt
Apr. 11th, 2026 01:18 pmsiriaSaw My Colours
The Pitt | ~1500 words | Duke, Gen | Episode fic for 2.14.
(Also on AO3)
( Time was, Duke had a lot of firsts on Fourth of July weekends. )
The Pitt | ~1500 words | Duke, Gen | Episode fic for 2.14.
(Also on AO3)
( Time was, Duke had a lot of firsts on Fourth of July weekends. )
Promptfic from Tumblr 2: Babylon 5 edition
Apr. 11th, 2026 12:30 amsholioThe other prompt fill I wrote today ended up being full-story-length (~1100 wds) for Babylon 5, posted on AO3 as Exercises in Linguistics.
The prompt was: G'Kar and Londo (slash or gen, up to you!) and Language. Set in early season 5, probably between about 5x02 & 5x06.
( Exercises in Linguistics )
The prompt was: G'Kar and Londo (slash or gen, up to you!) and Language. Set in early season 5, probably between about 5x02 & 5x06.
( Exercises in Linguistics )
Moonscrolling.
Apr. 11th, 2026 06:31 pmgoodbyebird+ They landed safely huzzah! Science!!
+ Graveyard Keeper is free on Steam for a short while.
+ Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species.
+ Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth.
+ Forest growth in the EU outpaces harvesting.
+ Elusive nightjar birds making remarkable comeback, conservationists say.
+ Discovered the on board kiosk stocked my favorite potato chips this trip \o/
+ Graveyard Keeper is free on Steam for a short while.
+ Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species.
+ Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth.
+ Forest growth in the EU outpaces harvesting.
+ Elusive nightjar birds making remarkable comeback, conservationists say.
+ Discovered the on board kiosk stocked my favorite potato chips this trip \o/
[ SECRET POST #7036 ]
Apr. 11th, 2026 10:28 amcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #7036 ⌋
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Rounding up various things
Apr. 11th, 2026 04:03 pmoursinA conversation on witchcraft: history, religion, and persecution - including Ronald Hutton (fangirling).
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And on subversive women: Archiving Bengal’s Revolutionary Women:
[M]any women participated in the revolutionary movement, taking on roles that challenged colonial authority and social norms. The militants who joined underground networks, manufactured explosives, and participated in acts of political violence, however, remain largely absent from both public memory and archival records. When they do appear in colonial documents, they are often framed through their relationships to men: as daughters, wives, or associates, rather than as political actors in their own right.
Surprised? not really.
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More on grassroots activism: Travelling activists, Radical Hospitality, and the Intimate History of Socialist Organising in Britain, c. 1880-1914.
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Women in perhaps unexpected occupations (though I knew a little a bit about this since an old mate of mine did some research on the topic back in the 80s): Women in the Private Asylum Business in Nineteenth-Century England.
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This association is already fairly well-known but a nuanced set of arguments about the complexity of how it plays out: Inequality and health: Lost in the mists of time?:
Rather than behaving like a toxin that produces a sudden spike in mortality after a fixed incubation period, inequality is more like a fog that gradually seeps into bodies, relationships, and institutions over time.
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What the information in one scroll recording an C18th Chancery suit opened up concerning George Orwell's ancestors (Jamaica connection).
[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #1006 ]
Apr. 11th, 2026 10:23 amcase posting in fandomsecrets[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #1006 ]
The first secret from this batch will be posted on April 18th.
The first secret from this batch will be posted on April 18th.
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Day 2: Risiera di San Sabba and walking through Trieste
Apr. 11th, 2026 03:58 pmnanilaAfter breakfast, we got on the bus to the museum at San Sabba, the rice factory that served as a concentration camp in WWII. As expected, it was quite harrowing, especially walking into the middle square where the Nazis had torched the crematorium before fleeing. The hole where the chimney had been ripped out has a small plaque and flower vase in front of it. I am not at all superstitious. However, the feeling you get walking in from the entrance is one of tremendously bad juju. The dank cells with the wooden doors and too-small bunks may be the only physical remains of the instruments of torment, but the walls are permeated with it. We did not take any photos. We read through all the exhibition materials in the museum. Keiki insisted we leave a donation to ensure all is preserved so no one forgets.
Our bus ride back to town was quiet, and at the end of the journey we walked to a gelateria. Everyone practiced ordering in Italian. We must have done reasonably well as the server smiled at us a great deal and our single scoop cones wobbled under the weight of gelato piled in.
Much of the rest of the day was spent walking, punctuated by stops for refreshments and a bit of shopping. We visited the Cattedrale di San Giusto Martire (photos in a separate post), and we watched the sunset from the harbour’s edge.
Random garden with large wisteria vines in full flower.
The drive leading up to the castle.
WWI monument.
Aperol, crisps and beer. Very acceptable.
Triestian sunset.
Our bus ride back to town was quiet, and at the end of the journey we walked to a gelateria. Everyone practiced ordering in Italian. We must have done reasonably well as the server smiled at us a great deal and our single scoop cones wobbled under the weight of gelato piled in.
Much of the rest of the day was spent walking, punctuated by stops for refreshments and a bit of shopping. We visited the Cattedrale di San Giusto Martire (photos in a separate post), and we watched the sunset from the harbour’s edge.
Random garden with large wisteria vines in full flower.
The drive leading up to the castle.
WWI monument.
Aperol, crisps and beer. Very acceptable.
Triestian sunset.
Books Received April 4 — April 10
Apr. 11th, 2026 09:19 amjames_davis_nicoll
10 works new to me: five fantasy, and five science fiction, of which at least three are series (if magazines count as series). I have not see that high a fraction of SF in quite a while.
Books Received April 4 — April 10
Poll #34466 Books Received April 4 — April 10
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 28
Which of these look interesting?
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Demonology for Overachievers by Lily Anderson (September 2026)
7 (25.0%)
All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan (May 2026)
11 (39.3%)
The Faith of Beasts by James S. A. Corey (April 2026)
3 (10.7%)
FIYAH Literary Magazine Issue 38 published by FIYAH Literary Magazine (April 2026)
8 (28.6%)
House Haunters by KC Jones (October 2026)
5 (17.9%)
The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee (May 2026)
13 (46.4%)
A Wall Is Also a Road by Annalee Newitz (October 2026)
15 (53.6%)
There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs by Jason Pargin (November 2026)
12 (42.9%)
A Kiss of Crimson Ash by Anuja Varghese (May 2026)
6 (21.4%)
Teddy Bears Never Die by Cho Yeeun (May 2026)
7 (25.0%)
Some other option (see comments)
1 (3.6%)
Cats!
19 (67.9%)
Daily Happiness
Apr. 11th, 2026 09:45 pmtorachan1. I got the final confirmation from the tax guy so I was able to sign in the app and have those sent off. I get really antsy leaving it so close to the deadline so that’s a weight off my mind to have it all done finally.
2. After yesterday’s rain, today was warm and very sunny. And muggy. Ugh! And since it was Saturday, the crowds were out in force, but we still have a really nice day today at DisneySea. Tomorrow we are doing non-Disney stuff and then going back to the park on Monday which should be both less crowded and not as hot and sunny, so fingers crossed.
2. After yesterday’s rain, today was warm and very sunny. And muggy. Ugh! And since it was Saturday, the crowds were out in force, but we still have a really nice day today at DisneySea. Tomorrow we are doing non-Disney stuff and then going back to the park on Monday which should be both less crowded and not as hot and sunny, so fingers crossed.
Fire Through the Night
Apr. 11th, 2026 07:41 ampshaw_ravenThere was a pretty good sale at Aldi and I bought this massive pork butt to put on the smoker. It's been out there since about 3 pm yesterday, slow and low. We've built the fire up again this morning, hoping to push it up to "done" temperature since it was sitting at 170 when I got up.
Meanwhile I'm probably going to get some yard work done before it gets warm today. The grass is getting high, and you can pick up a tick just walking to the mailbox.
I got that abdominal ultrasound done for my doctor, and the results said nothing unexpected - thickening of the gallbladder which had been noted before, but everything else normal. Her office called me yesterday at 4:30 saying she "needed" me to come in to discuss the results, so now I get to be anxious and panicky all weekend about that. What does she see that isn't in the write-up? I can't figure out what's wrong and I'm terrified. I found that there's a rare illness that affects both the gallbladder and liver, and it's very hard to treat. I wonder if that's it.
At least my back has healed up and I've returned to running and yoga. No strength just yet, I'm going to give that a few more days. Occasionally I'll be turning over in bed and feel a mild pain, so I'm waiting for that to resolve before I get back into weightlifting. I might get the push mower out to work on the septic mound though. It'll go faster than the weed-whacker, but it's also a little more physically demanding.
I'm looking forward to pulled pork but I'm also not having a great weekend. This cloud of anxiety is stressing me out.
Meanwhile I'm probably going to get some yard work done before it gets warm today. The grass is getting high, and you can pick up a tick just walking to the mailbox.
I got that abdominal ultrasound done for my doctor, and the results said nothing unexpected - thickening of the gallbladder which had been noted before, but everything else normal. Her office called me yesterday at 4:30 saying she "needed" me to come in to discuss the results, so now I get to be anxious and panicky all weekend about that. What does she see that isn't in the write-up? I can't figure out what's wrong and I'm terrified. I found that there's a rare illness that affects both the gallbladder and liver, and it's very hard to treat. I wonder if that's it.
At least my back has healed up and I've returned to running and yoga. No strength just yet, I'm going to give that a few more days. Occasionally I'll be turning over in bed and feel a mild pain, so I'm waiting for that to resolve before I get back into weightlifting. I might get the push mower out to work on the septic mound though. It'll go faster than the weed-whacker, but it's also a little more physically demanding.
I'm looking forward to pulled pork but I'm also not having a great weekend. This cloud of anxiety is stressing me out.
Antique clocks are a problem because you have to wind them
Apr. 11th, 2026 01:54 pmcimoreneI think a clock that chimed every hour would be really helpful to me. It would be like having an alarm that goes off once an hour, but totally benign, instead of making me jump like an alarm. It would be nicer if the church belltower did - belltower chimes are the best ones, I think. Meanwhile lots of clocks don't even tick now, which I find very annoying, because I like to listen for the ticks and count them.
