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1. On Saturday, I went to my meditation friend's funeral. It was a very nice service. I wore the same blouse I bought to wear to the wedding with my Air Force client.

2. Yesterday, it snowed and I got stuck AGAIN! This time I was trying to drive up an icy driveway after dark. The wheels were spinning and I thought I was going to slide back directly into the tree. I was so flustered. I put the emergency brake on and ran back to the house (the wrong house!). Eventually, the daughter-in-law of my client drove my car up the hill. Life is determined to teach me how to drive in this weather.

3. March is National Craft Month. On Sunday, I worked with Minisculus to finish a gumball pinball machine from a kit.

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Via a post from

goss: tragic, shocking news about

minoanmiss AKA Rubynye on AO3.

My icon says "sad" but this is way beyond that. I am utterly shocked and crushed.

minoanmiss and I met once at a con and I hoped to meet up again...and now never will. We communicated regularly on DW and often sent each other postal mail...and now never will again.

May her memory be a blessing...and an inspiration.

Current Mood: heartbroken
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

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Tally:
Welcome post

Day 1::

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

garonne,

glinda,

luzula,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 2:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

garonne,

glinda,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 3:

china_shop

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ysilme here: just an alibi sentence and some nonfic for today; a very busy day combined with nearly no sleep thanks to the full moon didn't exactly help. ;op

sylvanwitch here: 312 words on “Dixon and the Detective” from my tired brain today.

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Fandom: Batman - All Media Types
Pairings/Characters: Dick Grayson & Jason Todd
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Length: 4,742 words
Creator Links:

Wisetypewriter
Theme: siblings, complicated relationships, drinking & talking

Summary: Dick drinks on a rooftop.

Jason shows up.

Reccer's Notes: Really interesting fic! I love the exploration of Dick and Jason’s relationship, especially how the story weaves in elements from different comic continuities. It hit me right in the feels <3

Fanwork Links: Brothers around a beer

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Fandom: The Protomen
Pairings/Characters: Megaman & Protoman & Quint
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 53,236
Creator Links: VioletVulpini on Ao3
Theme:
Siblings, Science Fiction, Time Travel Fix-it, Alternate Universe, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:
"The sound of Machines marching into a screaming mass did not cause Megaman to turn. The sound of children crying for their mothers would not pull his gaze from the far edge of the city."

And then he kept walking.
Reccer's Notes:
This fic takes the premise of an existing Mega Man character from the games, who was used as a minor sad character, and makes him the main character of a time travel fix-it in this alternate universe of The Protomen. Megaman goes back in time to before he killed his brother Protoman in an attempt to fix things, and manages to save his brother -- but now both his past self and his brother are after him, not to mention Dr. Wily, whose iron grip still holds the city. It has some of the best robot hurt/comfort I've ever read and amazing looks at the family dynamics between the characters.

Fanwork Links:
Through the Window to the Mirror on Ao3

kingstoken

The bidding for Fandom Trumps Hate 2026 is open! Just as a reminder I'm offereing cover art/moodboard for any fandom and a fic for Sherlock Holmes: Rathbone Movies.

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Fandom: Mega Man (Cartoon 1994)
Pairings/Characters: Mega Man & Proto Man, Mega Man & Roll
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 342,087
Creator Links: BlackRussian on FFN and BlackRussian on Ao3
Theme:
Siblings, Action/Adventure, Enemies Working Together, Plotty Fic, Series, Science Fiction
Summary:
Fighting Dr. Wily while watching your rebellious sister is tough for anyone, even a robot. Add an evil brother who's determined for you to join his side (or else battle to see who's strongest), things get ugly. Retcon of the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon.
Reccer's Notes:
An amazing AU take on the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon from 1994 which adds heart and multiple intertwining subplots, as well as fixing major plot holes and including more background for various characters. The central character relationships are between Mega Man and his (evil?) older brother Proto Man, and Mega Man and his sister Roll, but there's plenty of background relationships that keep the story engaging, along with a lot of clever worldbuilding and cheesy moments to fit the original cartoon's tone. It's part of an ongoing series, but seasons 1-2 are complete.

Fanwork Links:
Read it here on Ao3 and here on FF.net

badly_knitted

Title: Getting Even
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: OCs, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Jimmy Baranski can’t win for losing.
Written Using: The prompt ‘Even’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.

( Getting Even... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Title: Just An Expression
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: The Doctor, OMC.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 1005: ‘Fry’ at

dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Some people are too busy to accept the Doctor’s offer of adventure.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.

( Just An Expression... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Title: Bad Decision
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 907: Wing, at

torchwood100.
Spoilers: Sleeper.
Summary: Ianto is not at all pleased with Jack.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Bad Decision... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Photograph of two adorable Vietnamese toddlers in identical denim overalls and dinosaur sweaters, text: Siblings, at Fancake.

fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules.

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Fandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Maggie Mackenzie/Francesca Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Frannie Vecchio, Ray Kowalski/ Maggie McKenzie
Rating: Explicit
Length: 7587
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: luzula on AO3, and on the Audiofic Archive.
Themes: Siblings, Marriage, Family, Domestic, Kidfic, Polyamory, Bisexual characters, AU

Summary: Sedoretu AU. Glimpses from the marriage of Fraser, Ray K, Maggie, and Frannie.

Reccer's Notes: I love the 4-person marriage invented by Ursula Le Guin - the sedoretu - and

luzula makes it work perfectly here. In this 'verse there's the category of gender, plus another category called moiety - morning and evening people. In a sedoretu there are two same-sex and two opposite-sex couples, and two pairings (morning-morning and evening-evening) that are forbidden. Here, the forbidden pairings include the half-siblings, Fraser & Maggie. Luzula writes them all beautifully and lets us see how well this poly marriage works. We also get glimpses of how the sedoretu is the usual form of marriage in this AU, with their parents also in sedoretus. Domestic and lovely.

Fanwork Links: Puzzle Pieces, and luzula also recorded it as a podfic here.

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Glass ball with distorted image of upside-down shells seen through it.

"There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story.
You never quite know where they'll take you." (Beatrix Potter)

We're doing the occasional writing quote again this month. Today's quote was chosen by

sylvanwitch on an image by

ysilme.

Tally:
Welcome post

Day 1::

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

glinda,

luzula,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

Let us know if we missed you or if you didn't check in for a while, so we can add you. Of course joining the fun is possible at any point.

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ysilme here: 566 works for the new drawer draft. I hadn't been able to properly focus on creative writing for several months due to circumstances outside my control, surviving on alibi sentences and random snippets. While it's been interesting to see where my writing mind went with the daily randomness it was and still is a bit of a struggle to get back into continous work at one project at a time. The first step had been alibi sentence but for the same WIP every day, followed by small snippets of the same. As a next step I've tackled revamping a larger drawer fic I wasn't happy with any longer and also wanted to convey into an English version, and am now completely rewriting it as a draft while getting rid of an embarrassing amount of bad plotting, characterisation and writing. *lol*

sylvanwitch here: 508 words on "Dixon and the Detective" for me today.

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Kind of Blue by Miles Davis is the best-selling jazz album of all time and was recorded on this day in 1959. My client jazz man and I had a long conversation about it while listening to another song on the album (Freddy Freeloader) but since March's theme is green I am posting this (which is also being used in a Lexus commercial at the moment).

What other songs do you know that have 'green' (or a shade of green) in the title? I know Kermit the Frog sings one but I am blanking on others.

Watch on YouTube

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badly_knitted

Title: Extraordinarily Lucky
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Willaway, Fred, Travellers.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 491: I Feel Lucky at

drabble_zone.
Setting: After the series.
Summary: Willaway thinks he’s been extraordinarily lucky.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.

( Extraordinarily Lucky... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Title: Endings And Beginnings
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 683
Spoilers: Nada. Set in my Through Time and Space ‘Verse.
Summary: Jack and Ianto have seen a lot in their travels around the universe, but there are still new things to see.
Written For:

templefugate’s prompt ‘Any, any, life after the end of the world’, at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

( Endings And Beginnings... )