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Create: The final installment of Carpe Diem, little moments on the road with Craig and Bruno :) It's been really nice writing these two again!

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Squee: Kat Recs All Fics... but (and this is the Plot Twist!) they are all f/m!

Vast majority of what I read (and write) is m/m. However, I do dapple in other combinations! So in honour of the 'unexpected' I present to thee Ten Het Fic Recs! All in different fandoms, because that's how this Fandom Slut rolls (extremely sluttily!)

Pi'maat Series by sixbeforelunch (OFC/OMC, Star Trek 'verse, DS9 timeline) - This is hands down one of the best things I've read in ages. The series (currently, very much hoping there will be more) is 9 works and 163k. It focuses on the relationship of a Vulcan OFC (T'Lin) and OMC (Veral) who (in traditional Vulcan fashion) have an arranged marriage though the arrangement ends up being not quite traditional or ideal (*cough Ponn Far cough*), their respective, now joint families and the various relationships therein as well. This is an absolute tour de force of world building/expanding/deepening. It is clear that the author has done their research into 'canon' Vulcan culture but for a casual Trek fan like myself or indeed anyone who doesn't know much about Trek at all, this is just an intriguing exploration of alien cultures (no monoculture here! IDIC also on Vulcan!), customs and ways of life. All the characters are well rounded, the relationship development is realistic, and the plot explores the effect of the bigger events (Dominion War, interplanetary organised crime etc) on domestic and personal lives of individuals. I would honestly read more novels of pretty much any of the characters created here, or like Veral's Vulcan Country Doctor Chronicles. Highly recced comfort read that nonetheless provides great insight into... well, I want to say 'the human condition' despite humans only getting an odd mention.

Forward Momentum by sixbeforelunch (Kathryn Janeway/Tuvok, Star Trek: Voyager) - Same author as above, same high quality. Janeway's pov is excellent and the progression of the relationship is mature and logical but not without passion. I would absolutely read more about their future adventures and new professional positions too.

primped and polished till you glow with pride by VagabondDawn (Fa Mulan/Li Shang, Mulan) - One of my favourite Disney movies! This fic is a canon divergence AU where Mulan's father gets a tactical adviser position in the Imperial City and Mulan and Li Shang end up meeting up through a professional matchmaker. I really liked the different povs and how Mulan's unconventional virtues still end up being exactly the ones that Li Shang is looking for in a wife. Beautiful detail to cultural traditions, warm and hopeful.

Command Space by mariadperiad20 (Amy Santiago/Jake Peralta, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) - WIP warning! However, this is already 83k of delicious, delicious bdsm!AU where Jake is a sub with past trauma he's definitely not dealt with and Amy is his inconveniently amazing domme partner who chugs 'respect subs' juice at every meal. Listen, it's femdom, it's slow burn, it's from friends to lovers (at 83k we are still at the 'why would she want a sub like me' stage and I LOVE IT), it's BDSM!AU which you know I fucking love. There is angst and graphic references to past abuse, including sexual abuse, so mind the warnings, but the world building is great, as is Jake's pov. Absolutely delightful.

A Mountain I'm Willing to Die On by Vera (Judy Hopps/Nick Wilde, Zootopia) - Okay, yes, it's literally furry fic but this is one of my favourite animated movies and they definitely knew what they were doing with this adorable bunny/fox pairing, I have no regrets. There is an unsurprising amount of fic for this fandom/pairing, but as I like things slow burn, this is the one I've liked best. There's a plot of getting interspecies pairings accepted, associated hate crimes, becoming housemates, cultural (species!) differences and falling in love. Charming, interesting, not so subtle social commentary, much enjoyed. Also, it's rated M instead E in case that matters to you given the characters... :D

Heart Like a Socket by Kyra (Jessica Day/Nick Miller, The New Girl) - A marriage of convenience! What if, in season 1, Nick's cancer scare had turned out less well and he was suddenly in need of some way to cover a lot of medical bills. Enter Jess and her excellent insurance cover... for spouses. This has everthing you'd want from the premise: angst, slow-burn, hijinks, meddling friends, happy ending. The voices are spot on for everyone so if you enjoyed the show, you'll enjoy this as well.

spring/summer collection by etben (Stevie Budd/David Rose, Schitt's Creek) - This is pre-Patrick (and my poly heart wants it to be post-Patrick too) and it is smoking hot. David wants to see Stevie in his clothes. Because of her terrible fashion sense, you understand. And no other reason, obviously. This is funny and filthy and the character voices are spot on, the (reluctant) care and fun as explicit as the sex here.

Make me lie (when I don't want to) by Dishonestdreams (Evelyn "Evie" Carnahan/Jonathan Carnahan, The Mummy) - As always, DD's writing makes me read things I didn't even consider before. Not that I have any kind of high ground or issues with sibling incest in fic, mind, just that this particular pairing didn't occur to me. This is a masterpiece in... it's not even dialogue so much as verbal warfare/diplomacy/game. The tension of 'shouldn't, can't, won't ever again' is delicious.

A Question of Trust by kereia (Sun Bak/Detective Mun, Sense8) - The degree of respect and adoration Mun has for Sun was one of the best things about these two in the series and it shines through beautifully here. A+ characterisation, action, feelings and hot sex, all in just 8k.

Traveling Far by astolat (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth, Game of Thrones) - Look, I don't even go here. As in, I have neither read the books nor watched the series, I had to create a tag just for this post. But, it's astolat who is one of those writers I take a lot of risks for and, as usual, this one turned out to be well worth the trust. Anyway, needless to say I don't have the foggiest of what's going on but there's a delightful d/s vibe because Jaime is a captive who is starting to have some very inappropriate and explicit thoughts about his captor and the many ways she could just, you know, take him. Then there's a lot of politics and family drama and yet, in the end, he chooses an unconventional found-family-happy-ever-after with her and they end up giving a big Fuck You We Won to rest of the world. Without knowing much of the back story this was an extremely satisfying read, so my guess is that if you actually know what's happening, you'll enjoy it twice as much.

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Here we are, at the end! And what a week it has been! Thank you so much for everyone who has participated so far. It's been fascinating reading your posts and learning new things. And meeting new people, yay!

Remember that the challenge has no deadline. If something inspired you but you just haven't had the time or opportunity to create it or post about it yet, that's no problem. Get to things when you can! You are welcome to come and drop links in the posts whenever (I will probably link back to the challenge in a few months and urge people to go check out what they may have missed).

And now, to the final day of 'Carpe Diem: A Week of Creativity and Squee'! Key information about the challenge can be found in the Introduction Post. Below you will find link to previous posts (do check out lovely fills from everyone!) and today's prompts/tasks.

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Monday's child is fair of face

Tuesday's child is full of grace

Wednesday's child is full of woe

Thursday's child has far to go

Friday's child is loving and giving

Saturday's child works hard for a living

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And the child born on the Sabbath day

Is bonny and blithe, good and gay

Create: Produce something with a twist. Surprise us. Focus on the unexpected, the unforeseen, the unbelievable. Show us the things or people or places that are not what they seem at first.

Squee: Tell us about your favourite surprise or plot twist. This could be either in media canon or fan work, or indeed real life when things (or people) turned out different (better!) than you expected.

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Okay folks, here are my offerings for today's Carpe Diem prompt!

Create: The sixth drabble of the Craig/Bruno silliness, with focus on some blacksmithing skills

Squee: Kukas kissan hännän nostaisi, jossei kissa itse? (Who would lift the cat's tail, if not the cat itself?)

Three things to be proud of

1) Aced that god damn promotion process. Apparently, most people don't get that specific promotion on first try but guess who has two thumbs and did, like a boss? *points at self*

2) Made the decision to go on four day week at work and Saved My Life. Okay, the real test of that is still to come with the academic year kicking in now, but the pilot study findings suggest a positive effect on both mental and physical health.

3) Improvised food! By that I mean, I'm good at looking at a combination of random ingredients and improvising lunches and dinners out of them without specific recipes, and achieving mostly delicious or at least perfectly pleasant results. H often brings various leftovers fruits and veggies in particular and then I cook something out of them for us.

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And now some self-recs. I've got over 300 words in over 70 fandoms and they are all my precious children obviously. But have just three recs, one from each of my biggest fandoms. They're not necessarily the best or the most popular, but the ones I have particular fondness for.

Bandom: put another dime in the jukebox, baby - Patrick/Pete, E, 4.3K - Early van days, age reversal. Pete is just shy of eighteen, a cocksure little shit of smudged eyeliner and ill-advised tattoos, fucking everything that moves, utterly bright and shameless and burning, burning, burning like a fire cracker, like a torched orphanage. And Patrick… Patrick is old enough to know better.

Stargate Atlantis: Season For All Things - gen team fic, T, 2.5K - To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1

Supernatural: Give Me Back The Berlin Wall - Sam/Dean, E, 1.3K - evil!Sam. Love is not insanity. It is survival.

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Where does the time go? The penultimate day of 'Carpe Diem: A Week of Creativity and Squee'! Key information about the challenge can be found in the Introduction Post. Below you will find link to previous posts (do check out lovely fills from everyone!) and today's prompts/tasks.

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Monday's child is fair of face

Tuesday's child is full of grace

Wednesday's child is full of woe

Thursday's child has far to go

Friday's child is loving and giving

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Saturday's child works hard for a living

Create: Produce something that focuses on skills and competences. This could be someone already being excellent at their job, hobby, craft, skill such as cooking, martial arts, medicine, knitting, social skills... The world is your oyster, and in fact 'diving for oysters' would be an awesome skill! Or you could focus the process of learning or teaching someone else.

Squee: Tell us about something you’ve done so well. We know many people find these kinds of tasks extra challenging but we encourage you to show us your bestest fics, your shiniest arts, your thinkiest metas, your intricatest crafts etc. Tell us about That Time You Owned The Room. Or the conversation. Or when you cooked a meal that everyone loved, when you supported a friend through a difficult decision, figured out a solution to a problem... We already know you're awesome, but we'd like to see the proof anyway, just to nod sagely and say 'see, I told you so'.

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Well, today's offerings are both on the create side of things:

Fifth drabble of the Craig/Bruno drabble sequence on theme of gifts
A Buzzfeed Unsolved triple-drabble for pushkin666 and dreamersdare who both appreciate Ryan's fear kink

No energy for squee today. Been to a fun fair with god child and still traumatised from some of the rides...

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On the home stretch now! The fifth day of 'Carpe Diem: A Week of Creativity and Squee'! Key information about the challenge can be found in the Introduction Post. Below you will find link to previous posts (do check out lovely fills from everyone!) and today's prompts/tasks.

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Monday's child is fair of face

Tuesday's child is full of grace

Wednesday's child is full of woe

Thursday's child has far to go

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Friday's child is loving and giving

Create: Produce something nice for someone else. This could be fic, art, vid, or just leave an encouraging and positive comment on something they have created, or just somewhere in their journal/other social media.

Squee: Tell us about someone you think is amazing, from fandom or real life, and why you think they’re so super awesome! This is your chance to rec fanwork creators and contributors of all kinds, tell us about your favourite authors, artists, crafters, activists, scholars, musicians etc. Links will of course be great so other people can learn about their awesomeness too!

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Create: Well, my Craig/Bruno drabble for today's prompt is not quite what was requested but it's on the broad theme of relocation...

In thinking about the Squee prompt, I would love to read more stories set in the Harry Potter universe but not in Britain. I'm fascinated about the potential of what the magical world and life would look like in other countries. Fantastic Beasts gave us... Well, New York, which is like not even all of the potential of USA. New Orleans? Alaska? Hawaii? Texas?!?!? (o_O) The book have some terribly stereotypical representations of some European locales (Beauxbatons and Durmstrang...) but I'd love to know what the Wizarding world would be like in the Nordic countries (honestly, just the potential of Finnish mythology and folk beliefs re sauna and forests alone...!), in Greece, or Austria or... To say nothing of the rest of the world! India! Japan! Brazil and the whole of Amazon basin... In fact, how do Indigenous Peoples fit into this world, surely they are the 'purest blood' when it comes to magic? What about Africa and Oceania? Egypt vs Tanzania vs South Africa (how did apartheid impact the wizarding world?). Australia and New Zealand, Aboriginals and Maori vs the colonising European wizards and witches? Give me all this fascinating parallel history and present, the cultural variations across the globe re magic practice, attitudes to non human sentient creatures etc. *grabby hands*

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So begins the fourth day of 'Carpe Diem: A Week of Creativity and Squee'! Key information about the challenge can be found in the Introduction Post. Below you will find link to previous posts (do check out lovely fills from everyone!) and today's prompts/tasks.

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Monday's child is fair of face

Tuesday's child is full of grace

Wednesday's child is full of woe

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Thursday's child has far to go

Create: Produce something that relocates the characters from their usual hunting grounds to another real life, actual place. Farther the better, so think another country, ideally another continent. For your sci-fi, bring your characters to Earth-now. Alternatively, the relocation could be measured in time. Consider your historical or future AUs, your ancient civilisations, or your alien ones.

Squee: Tell us about a place or indeed time period you’d love to see some canon/fanon based in. This could be for an existing fandom or an idea for an entirely new show, movie, book... Alternatively, you can gush about your favourite place on Earth now, or geek out over the fascinating minutia of a particular historical period/place.

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Right, in today's theme of 'Carpe Diem: A Week of Creativity and Squee' my offerings are...

Third instalment of the ridiculous Craig/Bruno drabble sequence, referencing maybe one of my favourite scenes from the series.

For the Squee prompt, a cause I'm passionate about... Okay. Deep breath.

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CLIMATE CHANGE IS A CRIME AND WE ARE ALL VICTIMS. GET BIG MAD ABOUT IT.

This year in particular (better late than never I guess) there's been a lot of things in the news about climate change and chances are high that you've encountered at least one article or social media post that tells you what you, as an individual, can do to save the planet you've been destroying. We should all fly less, recycle more, put solar panels on our houses and become vegan. Are you doing your part? Are you feeling guilty yet? Click here to learn how *insert company name* is combating climate change. Listen here as *insert politician name* explains how *insert country name* is world-leading in renewable energy and *sustainable practice wild card* with a straight face while pocketing some coal-dust covered donation money.

And listen, I'm definitely in favour of everyone making sustainable choices in their consumption where they can, absolutely, but the fact of the matter is that climate change is not caused because you left the lights on by accident last night or because I fly to see my family 1-3 times a year and it SURE AS FUCK ISN'T GOING TO BE SOLVED IF WE STOP DOING THOSE THINGS.

What we have here is a classic diversion tactic of shifting the focus and responsibility onto individuals and away from, wait for it... transnational corporations (particularly, especially, principally the fossil fuel industry) and governments, who in collusion have engaged in what amounts to state-corporate crime, structural violence, crime against humanity/ecocide, ecologically induced genocide to throw out some terms, the definitions of which would fit like an oil-slick glove.

But Kat, isn't crime a social construct that has no objective standard or ontological reality? Isn't it just a label that depends on the social, cultural, political and historical context? Correct-a-mundo my friend! It absolutely would be more meaningful to talk about the harmful consequences of actions, rather than their strict legality (especially as vast majority of climate change causing corporate/government action is perfectly legal. Although, maybe not forever, maybe not for too long). In other words, the harm doesn't need to be the intention, and indeed the harm of climate change is not the intention but a by-product of profit-making activities (making it, in some parlance, a crime of capitalism but that's another rant).

However, labelling some acts contributing to climate change/other environmental harm as crimes, whilst not straightforward, draws the necessary attention to the issue of blameworthiness.

What do you mean by blameworthiness, Kat? A good fucking question. By that I mean that we need to consider actions in terms of

1) contribution to the problem - In terms of climate change, one might for example point out this analysis of 90 leading oil, gas, coal and cement investor-owned, state-owned and nation state producers which showed that between 1854 and 2010 they were responsible for 63% of cumulative CO2 and methane emissions worldwide. Or this report on the 100 companies responsible for 71% of greenhouse gas emissions (also nice visualisation here)

2) foreknowledge - You know how it's manslaughter if you kill someone by reckless driving but murder if you aim your car at them on purpose and fucking floor it? Well, the fossil fuel industry has demonstrably known about the effects of its activities for over sixty years and its campaign to deceive and obfuscate the issue of climate change by persuading the public that science was conflicting or outright wrong and denying human responsibility is organised, deliberate, well-funded and ongoing, utilizing many of the public relations strategies tried and tested by the Big Tobacco (Smoke and Fumes is an excellent website with primary sources uploaded and I would also recommend these to two reports from the Union of Concerned Scientists: 2007; 2014)

Big mad? Things to do:

Get knowledged up my good folk. I've tried to pick open access articles/links for above but if there's something you want to read but can't or you want more academic sources (including an encyclopedia entry I wrote on this very fucking thing) pm me, open access is a right. Would also recommend DeSmog
Call TNCs and governments out on social media, i.e. DRAG THEM and elsewhere when the opportunity arises (I once made a loud and public observation about Shell's human rights record in a middle of a high street in front of their stand)
Take them to court! Or, more realistically, support campaigns for legal action. There's been some recent success with that (e.g. Shell is not having a good year at all - couldn't happen to a nicer company) - also, worth keeping an eye on how the campaign to add ecocide (back! it was originally there) to the Rome Statute / give it other legal standing is going. Check both international (e.g. Green Peace) or local environmental campaigns and organisations regarding this
Hit them where it hurts, i.e. money and reputation. The campaigns to deinvest from fossil fuels are growing and this year, after the lurid front page images of the world literally on fire, even the more staunchly neoliberal financial organisations are getting antsy about their public image. Again, check what's happening locally (start e.g. here and for UK and if you want something to get angry about re Johnson's government, google thee 'Cambo oil field'). If you happen to work for an organisation that has an investment portfolio, why not start asking awkward questions about how ethical that portfolio is.

Right. I think that's enough ranting for today...

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Welcome to the third day of 'Carpe Diem: A Week of Creativity and Squee'! Key information about the challenge can be found in the Introduction Post. Below you will find link to previous posts (do check out lovely fills from everyone!) and today's prompts/tasks.

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Monday's child is fair of face

Tuesday's child is full of grace

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Wednesday's child is full of woe

Create: Produce something that focuses on overcoming challenges and barriers, either small or large, self-made or imposed by others. You can put as much pain and angst in there as you want, but show us a response to that. It doesn't need to be an uncomplicated victory and a bed of roses either.

Squee: Tell us about a cause you’re passionate about, or perhaps a cause that fandom introduced you to. Feel free to link to informational videos or articles where people can learn more about that or be inspired. Tell us how we can get involved and make a difference, whether through donating, volunteering, learning, changing our behaviours or thinking etc.

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Achieve! For today's Carpe Diem challenge I have...

Created: Second installment of Craig/Bruno road trip drabble sequence. Pure self-indulgence.

And now the squee! I would like everyone to appreciate Adam Garcia's tap-dancing. Here are three sample vids of him looking hot af. Especially the last one, which gives me all manner of feelings. Ngh.

Watch on YouTube

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Watch on YouTube

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Watch on YouTube

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Welcome to the second day of 'Carpe Diem: A Week of Creativity and Squee'! Key information about the challenge can be found in the Introduction Post. Below you will find link to yesterday's post and today's prompts/tasks.

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Monday's child is fair of face

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Tuesday's child is full of grace

Create: Produce something that focuses on movement. It could feature for example a dance, a fight (a duel, or perhaps the vast armies advancing across the plains, weather (the strike of lightning, the gentle roll of clouds), time (too fast, too slow). Perhaps the movement is organic or mechanical, aesthetic or utilitarian, sweeping or barely noticeable.

Squee: Tell us about a movement that takes your breath away, or even better, share a video of it. A dance performance, nature video, athletic feat... The kind of thing you never tire watching.

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I've done a thing! Two things! Well, two complete things and one half complete thing. I'm just going to briefly post the complete things for now, then go to sleep, and hope my brain gives me a final scene for the wip ficlet over night.

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For today's Carpe Diem challenge I have...

Created: A first instalment of a Craig/Bruno drabble sequence (no regrets, Craig and Bruno's Great British Road Trips was basically fandom trope wonderland) - I'll post the complete thing on DW too but for this week all instalments will be on AO3 only (literally no one except

pushkin666 cares about this pairing and that's fine with me)

And now the Squee! Wasn't sure what to post here, but since

deerna used a painting, I thought I would too. This is Charles Mengin's Sappho (1877). It's currently housed at the Manchester Art Gallery and it is one of my favourite paintings of all time. I go visit her every time I'm in Manchester and I have recently dropped a lot of money for a A1 print of the painting to put on my very own wall. I love how unapologetically pissed off she looks. Tits out and glaring, what a queen.

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And so it begins! Welcome all to the first day of 'Carpe Diem: A Week of Creativity and Squee'! As a brief reminder: Each day you will find two prompts/tasks here, based loosely on the poem Monday's Child. One encourages you to create something new, another to squee about something in existence. Aim is to fulfil one or both within 24h of prompt posting but there is no official deadline, no need to sign-up, and you can pick, leave, or interpret the prompts as you please without any penalty or policing. The main aim is to get creating and squeeing and to have fun! Please feel free to a) leave a comment in this post with a link to your fills, and b) pimp the challenge far and wide. Somewhat longer explanation can be found in the Introduction Post, where you can also ask any further questions you have.

And now, on with the first set of prompts/tasks, based on the first line of the poem.

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Monday's child is fair of face

Create: Produce something that focuses on appearance (of a person, a thing, a place etc). Focus on describing and depicting the detail, or the overall impression. It doesn't have to be about beauty or attractiveness in any traditional sense, but whatever it is that is compelling, unique, impressive about the person, thing, place etc. Whilst this prompt is very visual, you can also focus on a non visual aspect of how someone/something appears, the first impression, the feeling, the atmosphere, the striking feature.

Squee: Share something beautiful, compelling, unique, impressive that everyone should see/experience. It could be a picspam of that drop dead gorgeous person, it could be your favourite painting, or a place you think everyone should have on their bucket list to visit before they die or something else entirely.

Have fun!

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A calm and composed reminder that this thing...

STARTS TOMORROWWWWWWWW WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

*runs around excitedly like a squirrel on speed*

Click on the banner for the intro post to remind yourself of the "rules"

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Monday's child is fair of face,

Tuesday's child is full of grace.

Wednesday's child is full of woe,

Thursday's child has far to go.

Friday's child is loving and giving,

Saturday's child works hard for a living.

And the child born on the Sabbath day

Is bonny and blithe, good and gay.

What? A week of prompts and 'tasks' to elicit Squee and Creativity

Why? Because the Scribblers (

dreamersdare,

pushkin666,

kat_lair) have failed to scribble or do anything creative or fandom related For Too Fucking Long. It's entirely self-serving. BUT, we thought other people might appreciate the prompts too.

Where? Here on

kat_lair's journal.

When? For a week of 23rd to 29th of August. Prompts will be posted daily (morning EET). Whilst the aspiration is to fill them within the relevant day, there is no official deadline and you can use the prompts whenever.

How? The prompts are based on the nursery rhyme 'Monday's Child' but often with a 'not so obvious' interpretation. One prompt is focused on creating something new (fandom related or not), the other is focused on squeeing about existing things (fandom related or not). Both can be filled in any medium you like (writing, art, interpretative dance, voice recording, video, photo collage etc). There is no need to sign-up and you can participate as little or as much as you like. Take a look at the prompts, if something sparks and you want to share the results, drop a note with a link in the comments. Job's a good'un, gov.

Pimp? Hell yeah, feel free to use the banner if you want and link here.

Questions? Ask!

Awesome? Yes you are!

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We're interrupting your scheduled programming to let you know that the

femdomexchange nominations are now open, until end of August. Tagset and nomination form on AO3.

In case you're wondering, I nominated in...

The Mummy
This Beautiful Fantastic
Star Trek: Discovery
The X-Files
RPF
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
MCU
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
The Expanse
Scrubs

Gonna be so hard to pick what I want though as there were also tons of things already nominated that I really like...!

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Dear Chocolatier!
(or anyone looking to provide Kat with gifts *g*)

This is my first year participating and I had a heck of a time picking options. SO MUCH SHINY!

Firstly, please note that I would be DELIGHTED to receive fanart also. So whilst the below notes are more directly applicable for fic, I hope there's enough here to adapt to non-writing mediums too.

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General likes: from friends to lovers, UST, first times, food and cooking, 'slice of life' fics, banter, competency, unexpected skills, hurt/comfort, creature AU (werewolves, vampires, magic etc are fine as long as they are known, I like to see world building around that sort of thing), music, poetry, epistolary fic.

I am very happy with PG fluff but bdsm/power dynamics are also incredibly welcome! However, note that I have a strong preference for who is D and who s, so pairings are listed below in that order, so e.g. Patrick/Pete means Patrick as the dom, Pete as the sub. My preference is also for that to not just be about sex (super bonus points for bdsm!AU and world-building here)
Specific kink/sex related things that are welcome: edging, orgasm delay/denial, chastity, service, kneeling, oral sex, forced orgasm, sex toys, bondage, begging, pegging/strap-ons, breath play, fingers (in mouth, elsewhere...), hair pulling, impact play (from otk spanking to whips), praise kink, obedience, face slapping, responsible knife play, rules and high protocol, marking (bruises, scratches)

Hard limits/Do Not Wants: use of 'cum' instead of come, lactation/pregnancy kink/anything to do with birth or breeding, mommy kink, mpreg, death fic, unhappy endings, adultery, non-con, medical play (so no speculums or the like), sounding/urethra play, scat/diapers, enemas, feeding (as a kink to specifically fatten someone up, hand-feeding and general 'I like to cook you food because I love you' feeding is more than okay!), vomit, gigantism, high school AU, underage, age play/infantilism, vore, bestiality or any animal cruelty, gore, degradation, permanent injury, gaping, fisting, castration, full face mask, dehumanisation, dollification, mummification, extreme body modification/mutilation. Finally, please do not change characters' genders or make them trans.

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Fandom Specific Notes:

Good Omens RPF, Sheen/Tennant
I did not know that this was a thing that even existed until Yuletide but fuck me yeah, here for it! NO ADULTERY! Either please write everyone as happily poly with other partners likely nudging the guys toward each other (preferred!) or AU without partners/families. Role bleed, UST, banter, long-distance flirting via texts and public social media posts...

Guardian RFP, Zhu Yilong/Bai Yu
It's always the quiet ones... As above so role bleed, UST, banter, long-distance flirting via texts and public social media posts... But also am very enamoured by the trope of Zhu Yilong not knowing how hot and awesome he is. Alternatively, Zhu Yilong as secret sex god/badass. Like, if he's pushed/teased far enough, he can and will Turn It The Fuck ON. And then other parties may realise they have bitten off more than they can chew... :D

Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius, Harry/Draco, Hermione/Ron/Harry
From friends to lovers (or from enemies to friends to lovers with H/D!) is all very good here! Remus/Sirius: Remus being a secret badass, werewolf possessiveness, Sirius being protective. Harry/Draco: all the tropes of having to work together, awkward flirting, ooops we accidentally magically bonded together etc. Hermione/Ron/Harry: Would love a fic of them getting together as adults, with Hermione/Ron as an established couple who will draw Harry into their family because he's still alone and miserable and they love him. Domestic poly feels basically, please and thank you.

MCU, Steve/Bucky, Natasha/Clint/Sam, Bruce & Valkyrie & Loki & Thor
Steve/Bucky: all the 'from bffs to lovers' feels here with pining and guilt. I can read about a million Winter Soldier revovery fics so yeah, especially if you'd like to incorporate a bit of fucked up 'need for orders and structure' flavour there. Natasha/Clint/Sam: Nat/Clint as established couple setting out to seduce Sam because he's hot as fuck and tragically under-appreciated. Sam does not stand a chance. Shenanigans, flirting, everyone being competent on missions together. Bruce & Valkyrie & Loki & Thor aka Disaster Dream Team: Thor Ragnarok was a Delight. Please more of team adventures and banter and found family feels. Bruce and Valkyrie forcing Loki and Thor to deal with their issues?

Pacific Rim, Hermann/Newt
From enemies to friends to lovers yes please! DRIFT COMPATIBILITY SWEET JESUS. Also, please ignore the sequel because whilst I could see it coming, I did not like what they did to Newt. So post first film getting together because lingering drift. Also, there is criminally litte fic about Hermann's control issues so if you'd like to explore those with Newt's enthusiastic assistance ('if you feel like you can't control anything, control me') that would be... Very Good.

My Chemical Romance, Frank/Mikey, Gerard/Mikey
Stage gay or real feelings? Upping the ante and then angst and pining? Am happy with AUs here from 'omg they were roommates' for Frank/Mikey to magical realism with wings and soul bonds for Gerard/Mikey. If you want to go the d/s route here then Mikey kneels very prettily and looks pretty in lingerie. Just saying.

Fall Out Boy, Patrick/Pete
My 'from friends to lovers' OTP with all the pining. Tour shenanigans and Pete being a little shit (bratty, needy sub that he is) and pushing, pushing, pushing especially in public until Patrick snaps. I also really like the 'Patrick is a secret sex god' trope. Oh and all the 'here is a notebook of lyrics that definitely aren't about my unrequited love for you, no sir' one. Because yeah, Pete and emo poetry is the other OTP of mine, have fun!

Panic! At The Disco, Spencer/Ryan
BFFs to lovers! Are you seeing the theme yet? No but really, childhood friends! Ryan's emo lyrics! All the AUs here as well as long as the 'long time friends with long time pining' vibe stays the same. I just have a lot of feelings about them and I don't mind where they play out, space, university, restaurant kitchen, Hollywood...

Star Trek AOS, McCoy/Kirk
Do I need to say it? From friends to lovers and pining, OBVIOUSLY. I'm here for all Academy era shenanigans as well. But also very much into every space trope! Getting space!married because alien customs! Being mistaken for a couple! Sex pollen fuck yes! Fighting for survival! All the hurt/comfort please. Like, McCoy being very fucking toppy when he gets it on is also... Good. Good.

Grimm, Monroe/Nick
All the Blutbad tropes please and thank you, with Monroe claiming Nick as part of his pack and maybe just his and well, there's scenting and throat baring? And Nick's into it? Loyalty kink! This is served so well here. Hurt/comfort too. Accidentally getting Wesen!married is also a thing I'm into :D Oh and I love Monroe because he encompasses the 'completely unassuming and seems harmless/geeky until the exact second he's not' thing. So maybe if he's sort of forced to throw his weight around a bit, because of circumstances, that would be delectable.

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HINT: This also works as a Christmas/birthday/cheer Kat up list. You know, in case you were hoping to find such a thing :D:D:D

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Dear Femdom Exchange Artist/Author,

I'm excited to have you creating something for me. I've provided some brief notes for each of the fandoms/pairings below, with a general likes and hard limits list right at the end. Most of it is more directly relevant to fanfic but I'm hoping it will be adaptable for fanart also if that's the way you're going.

Harry Potter: Hermione Granger doms Harry Potter & Ron Weasley
Yep, like the OT3 here a lot, maybe with some domestic poly feels, maybe with Hermione and Ron as established couple slowly taking Harry into their dynamic and relationship. Also, I bet Hermione's tendency for research would totally extend to being the best domme and she'd read something and then want to try it out on her boys. Sex magic obvs!

Atomic Blonde: Lorraine Broughton doms Delphine Lasalle, Lorraine Broughton doms David Percival
Really loved this movie, and really wanted Delphine to survive and be waiting for Lorraine in that plane in the end. So a happy ending there would be nice, but fuck yes I will take hot, sweaty club sex too. I mean, that's kind of canon. And with David, there's a man who really needs to have the smug smacked out of him. He would push for edge play and he might get more than he can chew...

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters: Gretel doms Hansel
So excited to see this as an option! The co-dependent dynamic is so interesting and fraught with things unsaid. Would love some first time fic here with kneeling and finger-sucking and Hansel being undone by Gretel's magic.

MCU: Natasha Romanov doms Sam Wilson, Pepper Potts doms Tony Stark
BDSM AU? If you manage that with either of these pairings, I will be over the moon. I like Sam as being bashful and slowly courting Nat, not so sure of what a woman like her would see in someone like him but going for it anyway, very service orientated (from cooking to battle back-up). Tony needs a firm hand as much as he needs praise and kindness and Pepper swore she was never going to give into providing that even though she knows Tony wants it, even though she wants it too, but want is nothing, want can be ignored. Love, on the other hand... Yeah, yeah, I'm sappy about them :D

Original Work: Female Librarian doms Male Noisy Patron, Female Hedge Witch doms Female Technomancer, Female Archivist doms Female Librarian, Alien Warlord doms Alien of Other Species sent to her as tribute, Princess doms Loyal Male Knight, Half-Dragon Monster Girl doms Female Adventurer, Female Witch doms Male Werewolf Who Owes Her A Life Debt, Female Witch doms Male Witchfinder, Female Alien doms Female Human Starship Officer
Haha, so I was very entertained by the breadth of ~~depravity~~ imagination evidenced by the orginal work tagset and chose the ones that intrigued me most. Go wild here based on my general likes and dislikes!

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Amy Santiago doms Jake Peralta, Rosa Diaz doms Adrian Pimento
Okay, ngl, would love a BDSM AU setting here too. But regardless, Amy and Jake are one of my favourite canon couples. I love how genuinely excited and turned on Jake is about Amy's organisational skills and attention to detail and knowledge about the geekiest things. Rules, okay. Jake's never really had them and I bet he both loves and hates and loves having them now, something maybe where he is trying very hard to be a good boy and obey Amy's rules (whatever those may be...). Rosa and Adrian were an absolute trashfire of a couple that still somehow worked. How do you do d/s when you are both completely unpredictable and thrive on chaos and danger? Something that explores that would be awesome.

Firefly: River Tam doms Simon Tam, Zoë Washburne doms Wash Washburne
The Tam siblings are Fucked Up and I love it. Co-dependence galore. Simon would lay down his life for his sister. River would lay down everyone else's life for her brother. And okay, that scene with the hand-feeding of berries? You know the one I mean. Reader, I died a little. Do something with that maybe? Wash is the happiest sub in all of 'verse! Happy to please, happy to serve, happy to fuck, happy to drive ships... Did not expect to be the kind of sub someone like Zoë would be even a little interested in but turns out he's also the luckiest sub in all of 'verse so... Just happy, happy times here please!

Star Trek: Discovery: L'Rell doms Voq, Sylvia Tilly doms Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po, Michael Burnham doms Ash Tyler | Voq
God damn, L'Rell and her dynamic with Voq | Ash Tyler was one of my favourite things about the series. I know the tags don't say the Ash Tyler part (I missed the nominations, otherwise it so would) but if you are so inclined, I'd love the exploration of that as well. I still can't quite believe the show went there with it (those flashback scenes? Not what I ever expected to see outside of actual porn...) but I'm so glad it did. So exploration of the psychological mess of the whole thing and/or gradual settlement for something more lasting. I was genuinely disappointed they couldn't form the kind of partnership/family unit they in the end committed to before the whole fallout with their son. Michael then with Ash | Voq... Also interesting. Think there's a need in him now, something awakened by his transformation at the hands of L'Rell and he needs someone safe who can handle that, and Michael would be it. Sylvia and Po are just super cute together :D Also, I'm very fond of when the soft sunshine one is the domme even though you wouldn't necessarily expect it. Interspecies cultural shenanigans and friendship and horny young ladies!

Star Trek: Voyager: Kathryn Janeway doms Chakotay
Yeah I shipped it. It's the 'loyalty to one's ~~queen~~ captain' thing that gets me here. Loyalty, service, sacrifice...

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General likes: from friends to lovers, UST, first times, food and cooking, 'slice of life' fics, banter, bdsm/power dynamics is obviously given that this is Femdom Exchange but my preference is for that to not jut be about sex (super bonus points for bdsm!AU), competency, unexpected skills, hurt/comfort, creature AU (werewolves, vampires, magic etc are fine as long as they are known, I like to see world building around that sort of thing), music, poetry, epistolary fic. Specific kink/sex related things that are welcome: edging, orgasm delay/denial, chastity, service, kneeling, oral sex, forced orgasm, sex toys, bondage, begging, pegging/strap-ons, breath play, fingers (in mouth, elsewhere...), hair pulling, impact play (from otk spanking to whips), praise kink, obedience, face slapping, responsible knife play, rules and high protocol, marking (bruises, scratches)

Hard limits/DNWs: use of 'cum' instead of come, lactation/pregnancy kink/anything to do with birth or breeding, mommy kink, mpreg, death fic, unhappy endings, adultery, non-con, medical play (so no speculums or the like), sounding/urethra play, scat/diapers, enemas, feeding (as a kink to specifically fatten someone up, hand-feeding and general 'I like to cook you food because I love you' feeding is more than okay!), vomit, gigantism, high school AU, underage, age play/infantilism, vore, bestiality or any animal cruelty, gore, degradation, permanent injury, gaping, fisting, castration, full face mask, dehumanisation, dollification, mummification, extreme body modification/mutilation

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Details on all my requests under the cut!
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