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Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!

Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

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Name: Sam
Age group: Early 20's
Country: Australia
Subscription/Access Policy: I don't have anything that isn't public rn, that could change, I'm new to dreamwidth so still figuring everything out.

Main Fandoms: Haikyuu!, sk8 the infinity, Cute high earth defense club LOVE!, Cute high earth defense club HAIKARA,
Other Fandoms: Powerpuff Girls Z, Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun, WataNare
Fannish Interests: I read a lot of fanfiction, and write it too, but I write slower than I can read, lol
OTPs and Ships: Nanjo Kojiro/Sakurayashiki Kaoru (sk8), Miya Atsumu/ Suna Rintarou (haikyuu), Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou (haikyuu), Kozume Kenma/Yamamoto Taketora (haikyuu), Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke (haikyuu), Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi (haikyuu)

While these are my main ships in haikyuu, I have read all sorts of ships and if the story is well-written I will read most ships for haikyuu. Miya Atsumu/ Suna Rintarou (haikyuu) is my ultimate long standing favourite though.

I also have ships that have stuck around even tho I'd say I have left the fandom, mainly Voltron and BNHA, I left BNHA cause I dropped the show years ago and now only read fics of a couple of my favourite pairings that don't go into the actual plot of the show (I do not plan to pick it back up). Whereas with Voltron I was there as the last season at least was dropping but I only go back occasionally only for certain tropes or certain ships.

These ships are primarily, Bakugou Katsuki/Kaminari Denki (BNHA), Lance/Shiro (Voltron).

I like to post about: I've been posting my fanfiction so far, may post some original work, may post some reviews of whatever I'm watching or whatever, may post about stuff that comes up as I learn Japanese that I find interesting.
About Me/Other Info: I'm a writer, read a lot of BL manga and watch BL shows. I love mind reading and fake dating as tropes, especially. I dabble in truth potion/serum works quite a bit too. (If I'm being honest, in most of the fandoms I read for I've read almost every mind reading fic on ao3 and even started just reading random pairings for fandoms I'm not in just cause I wanted to read mind reading as a trope)

I would love to brainstorm haikyuu fanfic with others, or talk about the show especially.

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This video beautifully demonstrates the use of art in education, showing how trees catch and release water to help drive the hydrologic cycle. Without forests, you get a drought-flood situation instead. :/

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Jeannie Miller, Teyla Emmagan, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex
Rating: Gen
Length: 5000-10,000 (best guess) - the individual postcards are mostly text-based, in different fonts, but it's too hard to add it all up. There are 8 or so sets of postcards/images, plus two longer narrative interludes.
Content Notes: Not all of the postcards or notes have text equivalents, so it's not fully accessible. Rodney at one point talks about a relationship he had at uni with an older woman he describes as a "sex addict".
Creator Links: Sholio on AO3, Sholio's own site
Themes: Siblings, Epistolary, Friendship, Family, Team as family, Unconventional format and style

Summary: (more notes than a summary) Contains spoilers for the Season 3 episode "McKay & Mrs. Miller". I might be taking a certain amount of liberty with the timeline; let's assume that a few months went by between "M&MM" and "Return".
This is a very image-intensive story. Illustrations and photos are all by me, aside from one or two photos taken by my husband. A couple of the postcards utilize (heavily Photoshopped) patterns that I got off the Internet to represent fabrics and such, because I didn't have anything suitable.

Reccer's Notes: This is a heartwarming epistolary story in which Teyla and Jeannie (Rodney's sister) write to each other. Eventually the other team members are brought in as well, especially John and Rodney. It's a mix of tales about Jeannie's life, and of the team's, especially Teyla's, adventures, and although the format as a series of postcard/image pages is a little awkward to negotiate, it's very much worth reading. The postcards start off somewhat formally, and quickly become more personal, and one theme is of the correspondence bringing Rodney and Jeannie closer together. It's touching, funny, tinged with the realities and sadnesses of life in the Pegasus galaxy, and an excellent read.

Fanwork Links: Postcards to Jeannie (and the sequel is Pictures for Jeannie)

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Today we went to Middlefork at the Mall in Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana. This is a big flea market, although not quite as big as the last one we caught. We both found some great stuff.

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Yesterday I discovered the Seed Library Network. I was delighted to find one near me. (See Today's Adventures for our other activities.)

Today we visited the Urbana Free Library Seed Exchange. It's on the second floor. We rode the elevator up, and the display was big enough to be seen from where the elevator lets out. Seeds are stored in drawers, sorted by type. There are sections for flowers, herbs, and vegetables. Some of the really popular ones have their own drawer; others are grouped together. Unopened packets of commercial seed are filed as they are, for folks who want to know exactly what they're getting. Opened packets or homegrown seeds are put in envelopes by library staff. With wildflower and landrace seeds, especially mixes, you may get more surprises.

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So, I've got a fic I've been working on. Long story short -- I need to decide what kind of car Rico will get himself in my post-canon story. On the show, he drives a 1964 Cadillac De Ville convertible. I think he still needs a convertible, but I'm unsure if he should just get another Caddy.

Any suggestions?

I'm toying with the idea of a Barracuda, but not sure if that's too sporty for his tastes. Sonny's the one who is more partial to the muscle cars. I want it to be cool yet stylish. But not too high end. Has to have a back seat, because Sonny's car doesn't and they may need to have passengers sometimes. LOL. Has to be a convertible so they can cruise the streets of San Francisco with the wind blowing their hair. 😉 I don't think he'd want anything too fancy/expensive (or would he?), but if I see something I think he'd like I'll find a way to have him get it.

The premise of the fic series is that Sonny and Rico have moved to San Francisco after leaving the force, and are working as private investigators, mostly helping those in the LGBTQ+ community who need it. Sonny still has the Testarossa (Sonny jokes that it's his 'gold watch'), but Rico needs wheels.

That said, anyone have any experience with SF and Castro Street in 1990?

Edited to add: I think I already found his ride. 1968 Pontiac LeMans.

Current Mood: contemplative

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Scared of spiders? Scientists say the real nightmare is losing them

Scientists discovered that nearly 90% of North America’s insects and arachnids have no conservation status—revealing a huge blind spot in protecting the tiny creatures that keep ecosystems running.

Spiders and insects may not be fan favorites, but they are vital to the health of ecosystems—and scientists barely know how they’re doing. Researchers found that nearly 90% of North America’s insect and arachnid species have no conservation status, leaving their fate largely unknown. Even more striking, most states don’t protect a single arachnid species. The study warns that these overlooked creatures are essential to planetary health and urgently need better monitoring and protection.

Let me be blunt here: the insect (arthropod) apocalypse is going to pull the rug out from under the biosphere. Plants are the producers for most of the ecosystem; many essential plants rely on insects for pollination or other services. And the next layer is invertebrates, mostly arthropods -- they break down dead material to a size that fungi can deal with, they pollinate, they move seeds, they feed most of the next level up such as birds, amphibians, etc. Spiders in particular keep the rest of that arthropod mess in check so we're not buried alive in flies, mosquitoes, and so on. They're some of the tiniest predators and they're absolutely vital.

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The March

crowdfunding Creative Jam is now open with a theme of "Opportunity."

What I Have Written

From My Prompts

gs_silva took my prompt "Opportunity is using someone else's waste product as your raw material" as inspiration for an adorable picture and description from Alien Romance. :D

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bluapapilio

Used my manga TBR boardgame.

I finished 15/15 on my last board. I am reading a huge amount of manga still because I'm tired and burned out in ways. It's so hard to sit down and watch/listen to stuff atm. 😴 I don't mind having so much manga on my list each time but I fear it's too much manga posting every day;;

Avatar:

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Skill: choose your own prompt once

Roll #1:

A 6, prompt: manga based on a webnovel. Men of the Harem.

Roll #2:

A 4, prompt: geikomi. Bachi Bachi.

Roll #3:

A 2, prompt: roommates. Ouji-sama Nante Iranai.

Roll #4:

A 1 and generate from CR title...#113 and that's Vampire Library.

Roll #5:

A 2, prompt: costume on cover. Card Captor Sakura Clear Card.

Roll #6:

A 2 and the trap tile. Went back, new roll is 6 which is again the CR title. Le sigh. #104 and it's Wind Breaker!

Roll #7:

A 1, prompt: three/moresome. Well I was looking for group intercourse this time but people label threesomes that too so 30 Made ni Shinitai it is.

Roll #8:

A 2, 4-koma. Been a while since I read Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun.

Roll #9:

A 5 and finally the generate from TBR tile~ #929 which is a BL called Koi no Senryaku Management .

Roll #10:

A 4 and the CR tile yet again. #19 which is Dr. Stone! Maybe this isn't so bad.

Roll #11:

A 6 and choosing own prompt with skill. Game element. It's been a while since I read it so I may not remember exactly what happened last, but The Gamer!

Roll #12:

A 1, prompt: arranged marriage. I need to add a separate 'marriage of convenience' prompt too. A Most Consummate Night.

Roll #13:

A 5 and CR title yET AGAINNN. #21, From Eroica with Love.

Roll #14:

A 2 and finally the end, whew;; The physical BL manga this time is You & Harujion. After that I only have 1 single volume left before I move onto series!

Most looking forward to: From Eroica with Love
Least looking forward to: Wind Breaker

~Manga TBR List~

[Reverse Harem/Fantasy] Men of the Harem ✔️
[Geikomi/Smut] Bachi Bachi 📖
[GL/School Life] Ouji-sama Nante Iranai
[Supernatural] Vampire Library
[Fantasy/Mystery] Card Captor Sakura Clear Card
[Action/School Life] Wind Breaker
[BL/Smut] 30 Made ni Shinitai
[Comedy/School Life] Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
[BL/Romance] Koi no Senryaku Management
[Sci-Fi/Adventure] Dr. Stone
[Game/Action] The Gamer
[Josei/Smut] A Most Consummate Night
[Historical/Mystery] From Eroica with Love
[BL/Slice of Life] You & Harujion

x5 shoujosei, x4 shounen, x1 GL, x1 geikomi, x3 BL

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520 Day Reverse Exchange General Concept

As the name says, this is a reverse exchange, also known as a Choose Your Writer/Artist/Fanwork Creator exchange. Instead of making your request and that request being assigned to a writer/artist/fanwork creator, here:

You sign up with the kinds of things you enjoy creating - media, ships, tropes, etc.

You choose three writers/artists/fanwork creators based on anonymised ads, and you make a request of each of them based on what they enjoy creating and what you want to receive.

You are assigned one request to create for, based on your offers.

You receive a gift from one of the creators you chose.

The 520 Day Reverse Exchange covers the Guardian drama, the novel, and real person fanworks about the actors. You can offer and/or request fanfic, fanart, icons, vids, podfic, meta, a remix of an existing fanwork, or fanart for an existing fanwork. Or any combination of the above! If there are other media you'd like to offer, please discuss with the mods by commenting on this post.
(Note that meta will need to be sufficiently transformative to meet AO3's rules, i.e. not simply a collection of canon facts.)

Hopefully this means you get an assignment that fits you like a glove, and just the gift fanwork you're looking for!

Participants who are under 18 must request and offer works rated General or Teen And Up only.

( How it all works )

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Any questions? We're here to answer them. Ask in the comments to this post!

bluapapilio

For my manga TBR list:

Read the BL Chewy 'n Mushy and rated it 5,5/10.

Read the BL I ga Love Shite You Nano sa, rated it 8.5/10!!

Read ch. 71 of Blue Exorcist!

Read the webtoon Hardcore Vanilla!

Read the oneshot 1-nen C-gumi Yoshida Kakari, rated it 3/5.

Reread the BL Wild Rock, 10/10 -> 9.

Read the BL Nakasete! Doctor, rated it 6.5/10.

Read ch. 263 of Boku no Hero Academia.

Read ch. 21 of Are You Alice?.

Read ch, 35 of Card Captor Sakura Clear Card Hen.

Read ch. 4 of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun!

Read ch. 6 of EniDewi!

Read ch. 4 of B-EYES!

Read the GL oneshot Akanuketa Joshi ga Chiyahoya sareru Manga ga Yurusenai Senpai!

Read ch. 177 of Golden Kamuy.

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Happy Saturday!

I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!

If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.

bluapapilio

"Akanuketa Joshi ga Chiyahoya sareru Manga ga Yurusenai Senpai /
A Senpai Who Can't Stand Manga Where the Girl Is Considered More Attractive After Changing Her Appearance"

Ayano Ayano, 2021

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My comments: This is so cute and sweet.

In like just 7 pages it told a while story about these two and the idea of characters who look cuter when they take off their glasses etc.

Art: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Story: ⭐️⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Reread: 🇾

My rating: 5/5

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Some of my friends are coming over tomorrow so I've got peanut butter brownies in the oven right now.

Current Music: Bloc Party

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Yes, I'm (finally) back to do the Fandom 50 challenge for 2026!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Starting off with the BIGGEST THING OF THIS YEAR: after years away as a group (due to military enlistment), BTS is SIX MOTHERFUCKING DAYS AWAY from releasing the ALBUM OF THE MOTHERFUCKING DECADE: ARIRANG on March 20th.

It's 14 tracks with members having written and/or composed for 13 out of the 14 (that we know of, so far. There's a 15th secret track that won't drop til early April). As of today, there's only been 10 seconds of a snippet of a song ("Body to Body") and everyone's spiraling (in a good way.) Additionally, there's a STADIUM WORLD TOUR that kicks off in Seoul on April 9th and will take the Tannies to the US, Canada, Mexico & other LatAm countries, Australia, and some parts of Europe. LEG 1 OF THE TOUR ends March 2027. There's gonna be a 2nd leg + encore concerts in Seoul, but no info is available abt all of that yet.

Because this is BTS' return, they are doing their first performance in 4 yrs at Gwanghwamun Square. The location is symbolic AF since it was, at one time, the heart of Korea back in Joseon era (per what I know.) The concert will last 1 hr and will be livestreamed by none other than Netflix.

This is, as anyone can imagine, a big fucking deal.

Behold the trailer:

Watch on YouTube

NGL, I've got NO idea how many times I've watched this cuz I still * ______ * AND 😭 whenever this trailer plays onscreen.

To start with, the cinematography is truly *chef's kiss*. Then there's the remix of "Mikrokosmos" (from their 2019 album Map of the Soul: Persona)--a song that's v. special to ARMYs since one of its meanings is BTS looking at ARMYs with love and comparing them to little stars that surround them. The song lyrics also carry a message of support and comfort) in the background. I"m hoping this version gets released some day!

Having RM saying "We promised our fans that we'd be back"... let me tell y'all the (HAPPY) TEARS I'VE CRIED! Not only because it was Joonie saying that, but also in how it was a reminder that BTS will always keep their word. And, silly as that might seem to some, actively showing that their fans can TRUST them to enlist AND return, that surety and respect, are precious things nowadays.

On a shallow note, everyone looks fantastic, heheh.

P.S.: IDK how long Netflix will have it available for streaming after the 21st (per what I've heard, they shelve live events after a month? I really don't know!). AAAAAND, on the 27th, there will be a brand-new BTS documentary also streaming on Netflix. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

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Just one thing: 15 March 2026

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SGA: Postcards to Jeannie by Sholio

Today's Adventures

galorechallenge | Round 14 is now open!

Urbana Free Library Seed Exchange

Need Car suggestions for fanfic

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Creative Jam

March Manga TBR 4

Multifandom: Worldbuilding Exchange Sign-Ups Open

The Eighth Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange

520 Day Reverse Exchange General Concept

March Manga Wrap-Up 3

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🌈GL Manga Check-in: "Akanuketa Joshi ga Chiyahoya sareru Manga ga Yurusenai Senpai"

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Fandom 50 S4: BTS IS BACK!

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