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badly_knitted) wrote2025-10-05 06:48 pm
badly_knitted) wrote2025-10-05 06:48 pm
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Stargate SG-1 Quadruple Drabble: The Same But Different
Title: The Same But Different
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, Daniel.
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Season Three.
Summary: Jack thinks about how much Daniel has changed while still staying true to himself.
Written For: Challenge 459: Amnesty 76 at
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fan_flashworks, using Challenge 61: Transformation.Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate SG-1, or the characters.
A/N: Quadruple drabble.
brithistorian (brithistorian) wrote2025-10-05 12:22 pm
brithistorian) wrote2025-10-05 12:22 pmQOTD: On historiography
Today's quote of the day is actually three quotes, all on the practice of writing history, come from Bruce W. Dearstyne's "The Progressive President and the AHA: Theodore Roosevelt and the Historical Discipline," published in the September 2025 issue of Perspectives on History from the American Historical Association.
The first two are from early 20th century historian Allan Nevins[^1] (1890-1971):
"The world at large will sooner forgive lack of scientific solidity than lack of literary charm. The great preservative in history, as in all else, is style." — from his 1938 book *The Gateway to History
"With the demise of the romantic, unscientific, and eloquent school of writers, our history ceased to be literature." — from his 1959 AHA presidential address
Dearstyne shows that these issues are still relevant by following these quotes with a quote from contemporary historian Jacqueline Jones:
By making stories about the past available to all sorts of publics, scholars seek to counter mythmaking and contribute to a broader educational enterprise — one that is essential to the future of history and, indeed, democracy itself." — from her 2021 AHA presidential address
While I agree with these quotes as to the necessity of making history entertaining so that people will want to read it, I don't think that this has to come at the cost of accuracy. If fact, I think it must not come at the cost of accuracy. If only Jones had deleted the words "stories about" when writing this sentence — thus making it clear that accuracy is required when writing history — then I could agree with it wholeheartedly.
[^1] I found it interesting to note that Nevins had only an MA in history, the same as me, and yet he was able to become president of the AHA in 1959, whereas today an MA in history is (in my experience) basically useless.
badly_knitted (badly_knitted) wrote2025-10-05 06:35 pm
badly_knitted) wrote2025-10-05 06:35 pmEntry tags:
FAKE Double Drabble: Dilemma
Title: Dilemma
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 470: Amnesty 47 at
drabble_zone, using Challenge 389: Radio.Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Ryo is out of contact with both his partner and the precinct, a situation that’s far from ideal, but he has limited choices.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Dilemma... )
badly_knitted (badly_knitted) wrote2025-10-05 06:26 pm
badly_knitted) wrote2025-10-05 06:26 pmEntry tags:
Double Drabble: Lost Lovers
Title: Lost Lovers
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 885: Search at
torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Weevil hunts don’t always go to plan.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Lost Lovers... )
mdlbear (mdlbear) wrote2025-10-05 05:26 pm
mdlbear) wrote2025-10-05 05:26 pm
Done Since 2025-09-28
Mixed, as usual. Four walks (which sounds good except that the total was only 2.9km), a little work on the HSX website (fixing a busted link counts, right?), and a little work in the recording studio (with disappointingly little to show for it). Pretty sure I'm not getting enough sleep, either, although it's been somewhat better now that I'm using the duvet and duvet cover (a bit of a weighted blanket effect?), and going to bed a little later.
Lots of difficulty with motivation. Nothing new there, either.
N and G are going to be gone for two weeks (plus a bit) at the end of the month. I have been looking into "personal alarm" buttons/pendants, in case I need emergency help. Somewhat problematic.
Here, have an amusing link: Portlanders mock Trump by posting pics of peaceful weekend activities in ‘War ravaged’ city | The Independent.
Althea Valara (althea_valara) wrote in booknook2025-10-05 10:03 am
althea_valara) wrote in booknook2025-10-05 10:03 amBook Review: The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan
Title: The Countess Conspiracy
Author: Courtney Milan
Genre: Historical Romance
ISBN-13: 978-1937248208
Today I am reviewing The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan, which is a historical romance that takes place in England in 1867.
Folks, it is brilliant. Utterly brilliant, and perfect, and just wonderful.
I've been reading romance novels since I was a teenager. The ones I read back then were pretty predictable: hero and heroine meet and fall instantly in lust but dance around each other for a time until they finally come together. There is a lot of banter and fun conversations, but usually the hero denies his feelings for her (sometimes the heroine is in denial, too, but usually it's the hero.) Then the damsel gets in distress and shoot, the hero realizes how much he loves her and rescues her and they live happily ever after, the end.
They're fun for escapism, but I don't think I could really tolerate them today, mostly because of the damsel in distress trope. But also: there is nothing in the books to really convince me that the couple is in love with each other, other than the author says they are.
Contrast that with Courtney Milan's books. The Countess Conspiracy is a romance novel, so yes there is a certain amount of sexy stuff going on, but it's really a book about love. Halfway through the book I was thinking, "Of course he loves her, look at all he's done for her! Look at how she sees him. I would be in love, too, if someone saw me the way she saw him." And the same goes for the heroine, who has her own reasons to love him that are just as believable.
One of the things I really love about Courtney's books is that there's not just the main plot of "heroine and hero get together" but also, at the very least, a B plot, sometimes with a bonus romance happening. The B plot usually involves character(s) that are important to the heroine or hero, and really helps to flesh out story and characters. You get the sense that these are real people with their cares and concerns and yes, flaws and foibles.
I cannot recommend this book enough. I'd suggest reading the other books in the series first as the heroine and hero of The Countess Conspiracy are introduced in the earlier books: there's a pre-quel novella that's a great read, called "The Governess Affair"; it's not as required for enjoying The Countess Conspiracy but is a good read on its own. Book 1 in the series is The Duchess War and book 2 is The Heiress Effect. The Duchess War is really good; The Heiress Effect is super fun and I loved it for its nuanced characters (and what a cast of characters it has!). And I didn't think it possible, but The Countess Conspiracy got even BETTER.
By now you're probably wondering just what The Countess Conspiracy is about. If you read the other books in the series first, then when you read The Countess Conspiracy, your jaw will drop at a revelation early in the story. I don't want to give it away, so I'll just say the book is about smart people doing brilliant things and being the odd ones in their families. I will warn that the book's blurb on Amazon gives away what the "conspiracy" is about; I'm glad I didn't know that going into the book because the surprise was quite fun for me.
There's also some overcoming of past trauma. Some folks might be upset by that trauma, so I'll put it in a cut.
I've read a bunch of Courtney's books by now, and they've all been wonderful in their own ways, but The Countess Conspiracy is by far my favorite. I hope you give it a try.
Author: Courtney Milan
Genre: Historical Romance
ISBN-13: 978-1937248208
Today I am reviewing The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan, which is a historical romance that takes place in England in 1867.
Folks, it is brilliant. Utterly brilliant, and perfect, and just wonderful.
I've been reading romance novels since I was a teenager. The ones I read back then were pretty predictable: hero and heroine meet and fall instantly in lust but dance around each other for a time until they finally come together. There is a lot of banter and fun conversations, but usually the hero denies his feelings for her (sometimes the heroine is in denial, too, but usually it's the hero.) Then the damsel gets in distress and shoot, the hero realizes how much he loves her and rescues her and they live happily ever after, the end.
They're fun for escapism, but I don't think I could really tolerate them today, mostly because of the damsel in distress trope. But also: there is nothing in the books to really convince me that the couple is in love with each other, other than the author says they are.
Contrast that with Courtney Milan's books. The Countess Conspiracy is a romance novel, so yes there is a certain amount of sexy stuff going on, but it's really a book about love. Halfway through the book I was thinking, "Of course he loves her, look at all he's done for her! Look at how she sees him. I would be in love, too, if someone saw me the way she saw him." And the same goes for the heroine, who has her own reasons to love him that are just as believable.
One of the things I really love about Courtney's books is that there's not just the main plot of "heroine and hero get together" but also, at the very least, a B plot, sometimes with a bonus romance happening. The B plot usually involves character(s) that are important to the heroine or hero, and really helps to flesh out story and characters. You get the sense that these are real people with their cares and concerns and yes, flaws and foibles.
I cannot recommend this book enough. I'd suggest reading the other books in the series first as the heroine and hero of The Countess Conspiracy are introduced in the earlier books: there's a pre-quel novella that's a great read, called "The Governess Affair"; it's not as required for enjoying The Countess Conspiracy but is a good read on its own. Book 1 in the series is The Duchess War and book 2 is The Heiress Effect. The Duchess War is really good; The Heiress Effect is super fun and I loved it for its nuanced characters (and what a cast of characters it has!). And I didn't think it possible, but The Countess Conspiracy got even BETTER.
By now you're probably wondering just what The Countess Conspiracy is about. If you read the other books in the series first, then when you read The Countess Conspiracy, your jaw will drop at a revelation early in the story. I don't want to give it away, so I'll just say the book is about smart people doing brilliant things and being the odd ones in their families. I will warn that the book's blurb on Amazon gives away what the "conspiracy" is about; I'm glad I didn't know that going into the book because the surprise was quite fun for me.
There's also some overcoming of past trauma. Some folks might be upset by that trauma, so I'll put it in a cut.
SPOILERS but content warning for medical trauma
So Violet (the heroine) was previously married; at the minimum, her husband was a selfish jerk. She gets repeatedly pregnant, but suffers from some really traumatic miscarriages. Folks with medical trauma might be upset with this, so read with caution.I've read a bunch of Courtney's books by now, and they've all been wonderful in their own ways, but The Countess Conspiracy is by far my favorite. I hope you give it a try.
kitarella_imagines (kitarella_imagines) wrote2025-10-05 03:43 pm
kitarella_imagines) wrote2025-10-05 03:43 pm
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The rollercoaster goes down as well as up
So after the highs of last weekend, now poor Marc was involved in a crash on track in Indonesia. The other rider was clumsy enough to look suspicious, and now Marc has injured his already smashed up shoulder and won't be racing til next year now.
It is the last thing he needed but at least he will be safe at home among his loved ones and not on track racing for the next few months.
*sigh*
It is the last thing he needed but at least he will be safe at home among his loved ones and not on track racing for the next few months.
*sigh*
ruric (ruric) wrote2025-10-05 11:56 am
ruric) wrote2025-10-05 11:56 amEntry tags:
Week 40/52 - 12 weeks left!
I have reviewed my ALL THE THINGS LIST and still think I can make real gains before the end of the year.
#ORJENISE100 carrying on and will complete in October. My space feels a little lighter even though I only got through half the prompts. Worth completing!
HOME: spent most of last week at the cottage - left home at 4:15am Monday morning when the roads were quiet and was in Tesco's in Bangor by 9:30am which is pretty impressive. For comparison left the cottage at 3:15pm on Friday and got home at 9:30pm. It was lovely to have the time away even though working. I got a tiny bit of gardening done, the cats travelled well and I now have another list of things to sort out when next up there at the end of the month! Back at the flat I have blitzed my kitchen, hall/landing/stairs and bathroom clean and am about to start on the chaos of my bedroom.
HEALTH: knees still aching - possibly as a result of long drive Friday. Need to get flu shot booked in this month and debating whether to pay for Covid shot as it seems to be doing the rounds at work.
LIFE ADMIN: hold onto your hats - I have started to check my current pension status. I've misplaced the login details to my Civil Service and Social Housing schemes so asked for those. The first part of my TLS scheme looks OK but I do need to find the second part after they switched suppliers. My Local Govt scheme is OK though I should increase my contributions or buy AVCs. Things seem a bit better than I expected and I'm glad TLS had a good scheme and I was able to have a few years adding 20% of my take home pay thanks to their matching policy. Why the sudden push? A seminar last week by the LGPS scheme which set out how much income you need for a basic or comfortable retirement which was, quite frankly, scary!
DIGITAL DECLUTTER: this is a combo of #orjenising things, getting my life admin sorted but also dedicating some time to dealing with the massive amount of stuff I have digitally. I have multiple of email accounts - there's my main one, a back up and my fandom related one just on the top of the pile. I'd had my main Gmail since the early 2000s and there was (last year) over 35,000 emails in there plus a G:drive full of docs. I've done a bit of dedicated sorting over the last few weeks and am down to just under 13,000 archived emails and transferring important things over to Dropbox. I've been unsubbing from mailing lists, or setting them up to my backup account (so I can have one account for Important Things and one for Everything Else) and it seems to be working. My back up account is in very good order. I hope to get to the fandom related account over Christmas. I also had over 1000 images on my phone - so many pics of cats, garden, allotment and epic amounts of screenshots. It'll probably take me most of October to sort those out and then I'm scheduling a monthly image review in my diary!
GARDENING/ALLOTMENTING: at the cottage I planted up some flower beds and cut backs the herbs. I Still have remaining winter pots to plant at the flat, as well as sorting out a load of new house plants and the allotment. It's been too wild to do much outside the last two days (thanks to Storm Amy) but may try to work from home on Wednesday and take a long lunch break to finish the winter pots.
COOKING/EATING: ate like a queen at the cottage - duck breasts, sea bass and ribeye steak were features of the week away. Decent meals every evening and lovely lunches and I ate pretty much everything I bought plus a lot of the fruit/veg I took with me. Also discovered I really like persimmons. Cancelled the Oddbox which should have arrived on Friday as I still had plenty of fruit and veg at home so have time to eat down my courgette, onion and potato gluts as well as empty the fruit bowl. About to make a big pot of something to feed me for a few days and then either a Thai green curry or Keralan Prawn curry midweek.
READING/LISTENING: Not reading/ listening at the moment - been too busy!
WATCHING: dumping a lot of my viewing as the autumn shows are coming back I find myself oddly lacking in enthusiasm to watch them. I signed up for a free trial of Acorn TV and blitzed my way through the two most recent seasons of Whistable Pearl and then all four seasons of Harry Wild. Might keep it for one more month then cancel. Have cancelled Disney+ - meant to do it for ages but the recent debacle was the final straw.
CREATING/LEARNING: still here -> summer has been nuts at work so hardly any time for crochet club or other creative endeavours.
CATS: all good. They travelled very well to the cottage and the passenger seat of the car is now covered in cat hair.
VOLUNTEERING: recent committee meeting was short and productive. The only task I have arising from it is to be around on the morning of Friday 24 for a skip drop off and be present on Saturday 25 that for a work day. Which means I should be free Sunday 25 to drive to the cottage.
SOCIALISING: not last week.
WORK: still hoping October may be a bit quieter than March through September have been! Though this coming week looks full on but the following two might be easing off a bit especially with the new way of doing inspections agreed at the last reps meeting.
Plans for this afternoon include my bedroom, cooking, and sorting house plants. If the wind drops possibly a little bit of tidying the front garden.
#ORJENISE100 carrying on and will complete in October. My space feels a little lighter even though I only got through half the prompts. Worth completing!
HOME: spent most of last week at the cottage - left home at 4:15am Monday morning when the roads were quiet and was in Tesco's in Bangor by 9:30am which is pretty impressive. For comparison left the cottage at 3:15pm on Friday and got home at 9:30pm. It was lovely to have the time away even though working. I got a tiny bit of gardening done, the cats travelled well and I now have another list of things to sort out when next up there at the end of the month! Back at the flat I have blitzed my kitchen, hall/landing/stairs and bathroom clean and am about to start on the chaos of my bedroom.
HEALTH: knees still aching - possibly as a result of long drive Friday. Need to get flu shot booked in this month and debating whether to pay for Covid shot as it seems to be doing the rounds at work.
LIFE ADMIN: hold onto your hats - I have started to check my current pension status. I've misplaced the login details to my Civil Service and Social Housing schemes so asked for those. The first part of my TLS scheme looks OK but I do need to find the second part after they switched suppliers. My Local Govt scheme is OK though I should increase my contributions or buy AVCs. Things seem a bit better than I expected and I'm glad TLS had a good scheme and I was able to have a few years adding 20% of my take home pay thanks to their matching policy. Why the sudden push? A seminar last week by the LGPS scheme which set out how much income you need for a basic or comfortable retirement which was, quite frankly, scary!
DIGITAL DECLUTTER: this is a combo of #orjenising things, getting my life admin sorted but also dedicating some time to dealing with the massive amount of stuff I have digitally. I have multiple of email accounts - there's my main one, a back up and my fandom related one just on the top of the pile. I'd had my main Gmail since the early 2000s and there was (last year) over 35,000 emails in there plus a G:drive full of docs. I've done a bit of dedicated sorting over the last few weeks and am down to just under 13,000 archived emails and transferring important things over to Dropbox. I've been unsubbing from mailing lists, or setting them up to my backup account (so I can have one account for Important Things and one for Everything Else) and it seems to be working. My back up account is in very good order. I hope to get to the fandom related account over Christmas. I also had over 1000 images on my phone - so many pics of cats, garden, allotment and epic amounts of screenshots. It'll probably take me most of October to sort those out and then I'm scheduling a monthly image review in my diary!
GARDENING/ALLOTMENTING: at the cottage I planted up some flower beds and cut backs the herbs. I Still have remaining winter pots to plant at the flat, as well as sorting out a load of new house plants and the allotment. It's been too wild to do much outside the last two days (thanks to Storm Amy) but may try to work from home on Wednesday and take a long lunch break to finish the winter pots.
COOKING/EATING: ate like a queen at the cottage - duck breasts, sea bass and ribeye steak were features of the week away. Decent meals every evening and lovely lunches and I ate pretty much everything I bought plus a lot of the fruit/veg I took with me. Also discovered I really like persimmons. Cancelled the Oddbox which should have arrived on Friday as I still had plenty of fruit and veg at home so have time to eat down my courgette, onion and potato gluts as well as empty the fruit bowl. About to make a big pot of something to feed me for a few days and then either a Thai green curry or Keralan Prawn curry midweek.
READING/LISTENING: Not reading/ listening at the moment - been too busy!
WATCHING: dumping a lot of my viewing as the autumn shows are coming back I find myself oddly lacking in enthusiasm to watch them. I signed up for a free trial of Acorn TV and blitzed my way through the two most recent seasons of Whistable Pearl and then all four seasons of Harry Wild. Might keep it for one more month then cancel. Have cancelled Disney+ - meant to do it for ages but the recent debacle was the final straw.
CREATING/LEARNING: still here -> summer has been nuts at work so hardly any time for crochet club or other creative endeavours.
CATS: all good. They travelled very well to the cottage and the passenger seat of the car is now covered in cat hair.
VOLUNTEERING: recent committee meeting was short and productive. The only task I have arising from it is to be around on the morning of Friday 24 for a skip drop off and be present on Saturday 25 that for a work day. Which means I should be free Sunday 25 to drive to the cottage.
SOCIALISING: not last week.
WORK: still hoping October may be a bit quieter than March through September have been! Though this coming week looks full on but the following two might be easing off a bit especially with the new way of doing inspections agreed at the last reps meeting.
Plans for this afternoon include my bedroom, cooking, and sorting house plants. If the wind drops possibly a little bit of tidying the front garden.
it only hurts when i breathe (spikedluv) wrote2025-10-05 07:50 am
spikedluv) wrote2025-10-05 07:50 amEntry tags:
The Day in Spikedluv (Saturday, Oct 4)
I hit Price Chopper and the Bakery while I was downtown and got in a walk around the park. I even got my breakfast at the Bakery (a bacon, egg and cheese bagel sandwich) because
a) I got a late start (Pip got up at 3:30am coughing – he has some awful coughing fits in the mornings – and stayed up, so between him getting ready for work and getting the dogs in, I also was up, BUT, I went back to bed after he left because I did not want to BE up), and
b) McD’s has been so freaking cold in the mornings, not just cool, but as if you’re sitting inside an industrial freezer cold, and I’m sick of freezing my arse off, so I decided to just not go there this morning.
I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went on several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, stopped by the library to pick up books, scooped kitty litter, and shaved.
I watched some HGTV and Hallmark. I also got to play with Baby A this afternoon!
Temps started out at 44.8(F) and reached 81.3. It started out cool, but it got quite warm out.
Mom Update:
Mom was doing okay today. ( more back here )
a) I got a late start (Pip got up at 3:30am coughing – he has some awful coughing fits in the mornings – and stayed up, so between him getting ready for work and getting the dogs in, I also was up, BUT, I went back to bed after he left because I did not want to BE up), and
b) McD’s has been so freaking cold in the mornings, not just cool, but as if you’re sitting inside an industrial freezer cold, and I’m sick of freezing my arse off, so I decided to just not go there this morning.
I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went on several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, stopped by the library to pick up books, scooped kitty litter, and shaved.
I watched some HGTV and Hallmark. I also got to play with Baby A this afternoon!
Temps started out at 44.8(F) and reached 81.3. It started out cool, but it got quite warm out.
Mom Update:
Mom was doing okay today. ( more back here )
Sholio (sholio) wrote2025-10-04 10:34 pm
sholio) wrote2025-10-04 10:34 pmEntry tags:
Whumptober Day 6: Caught in a Net (Biggles)
I have something written for day 5, but I'm struggling a bit with edits, so I figured I'd skip ahead to this one for today.
No. 6: “No grave can hold my body down.”
Caught in a Net | Medical Restraints | Pinned to the Wall
Biggles books, Team Air Police, gen, 400 wds
Also on Tumblr
( 400 wds under the cut )
No. 6: “No grave can hold my body down.”
Caught in a Net | Medical Restraints | Pinned to the Wall
Biggles books, Team Air Police, gen, 400 wds
Also on Tumblr
( 400 wds under the cut )
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-04 10:48 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-04 10:48 pm
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Space Exploration
New rocket fuel compound packs 150% more energy
A new boron-rich compound, manganese diboride, delivers much higher energy density than current solid-rocket materials while remaining stable until intentionally ignited. Its power comes from an unusual, strained atomic structure formed during ultra-hot synthesis, with promising uses beyond propulsion.
Honestly, I'm FAR more impressed by the stability than by the power boost. Making things go "boom" is easy. Making wait until you tell them to go "boom" is much harder. One of the biggest risks in space exploration is the fuel itself -- says the person who has seen a lot of model rocket mishaps.
A new boron-rich compound, manganese diboride, delivers much higher energy density than current solid-rocket materials while remaining stable until intentionally ignited. Its power comes from an unusual, strained atomic structure formed during ultra-hot synthesis, with promising uses beyond propulsion.
Honestly, I'm FAR more impressed by the stability than by the power boost. Making things go "boom" is easy. Making wait until you tell them to go "boom" is much harder. One of the biggest risks in space exploration is the fuel itself -- says the person who has seen a lot of model rocket mishaps.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-04 10:01 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-04 10:01 pmEntry tags:
Today's Adventures
Today we went to the Second Annual Fall Fest at the Milk & Honey Coffeehouse in Mattoon. Here are some pictures from the event.
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蝶になって (bluapapilio) wrote2025-10-04 10:24 pm
bluapapilio) wrote2025-10-04 10:24 pm
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🌈 BL Asian Drama Check-in: NOT ME ep. 1
Part 1) So the twins Black and White share each others pain and that made the mom...split them up?? I guess they already knew or hoped that the connection would break with distance.
Ooo Russian! White went to Russia, Black went somewhere with the mom. It's too bad White had to break up with his girlfriend before going back to Thailand but...LDRs. The song playing while White reminisced about their childhood was pretty.
So I guess Black is in Thailand now or close enough for their connection to work...
Is it just me or do Thai BLs give away too much in their OP/credits/etc scenes?
Part 2) So Todd stayed with Black as friends.
Okay that closensess was too fast even for childhood friends, Todd barely even looked at White and then they started dressing each other in scrubs;; They hadn't seen each other in ten years, right??
Man, the audacity of his dad telling him to forget about Black in episode 1. They're twins, they share a connection and they protected and raised each other up. White got his ears pierced and tattoos and he had to give up the job opportunity. Maybe he should've beefed up a bit too.
Part 3) So Black's friend Gram wasn't directly involved with the beating at least. Lol White should've just gone along with the girl and said he was messing with Gram. And he got caught wearing perfume and styling his hair even though he had Todd and pictures to help him;; He could've at least looked into what Black was studying.
Part 4) White sucks at hiding his lack of knowledge. *smh* Even if you don't know something at least act confidently when you make an excuse.
Hmm no one acted suspiciously when they saw "Black" alive and whole, though they thought he was acting strange and Gram checked his arm tattoo.
So Black's group is after Tawi, a politician, and they're on the way to burn his house down...
I guess Todd's not gonna play much of a role?
The actor who plays White is a cutie, he looks so innocent it's no wonder others are wondering what's up with him. 😂
Echo Invictus (but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in lyricaltitles2025-10-04 08:23 pm
but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in lyricaltitles2025-10-04 08:23 pmEntry tags:
[Bingo 2025] Horizontal Line
Title: 'Scarlet Billows Start to Spread'
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Fandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Implied vampiric violence; implied death
Notes: '50s Song
Artist: Bobby Darin
Album: That's All
Song: 'Mack the Knife' [1959]
Summary: But better to be sure that he won't be interrupted by any inconvenient would-be witnesses.
( Scarlet Billows Start to Spread )
Title: '夜霧のガウンに包まれて (Wrapped in the Gown of the Night Fog)'
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Fandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: PG
Warnings: Implied potential vampiric violence
Notes: Song with a color in the title
Artist: Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets
Album: Blue Chateau
Song: 'Blue Chateau'
Summary: The element of surprise is always a handy one.
( 夜霧のガウンに包まれて )
Title: 'Chained to Forever'
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Fandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mildly disturbing concepts
Notes: Line from the chorus. Crossposted toficlet_zone.
Artist: Miyavi
Album: Lost in Love, Found in Pain
Song: 'Tragedy of Us'
Summary: He pauses directly behind her.
( Chained to Forever )
Title: 'See, I've Come to Burn Your Kingdom Down'
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Fandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: PG
Warnings: Implied intent of mass destruction
Notes: Angry Song
Artist: Florence + The Machine
Album: Ceremonials
Song: 'Seven Devils'
Summary: Sensing their hesitation, and the fear that inspires it, he speaks again.
( See, I've Come to Burn Your Kingdom Down )
Title: 'Another Sleepless Night I Can't Explain'
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Fandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: Lyric with "sleep" or "wake"
Artist: Richard Marx
Album: Richard Marx
Song: 'Should've Known Better'
Summary: "What's the matter? Spill it."
( Another Sleepless Night I Can't Explain )
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedFandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Implied vampiric violence; implied death
Notes: '50s Song
Artist: Bobby Darin
Album: That's All
Song: 'Mack the Knife' [1959]
Summary: But better to be sure that he won't be interrupted by any inconvenient would-be witnesses.
( Scarlet Billows Start to Spread )
Title: '夜霧のガウンに包まれて (Wrapped in the Gown of the Night Fog)'
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedFandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: PG
Warnings: Implied potential vampiric violence
Notes: Song with a color in the title
Artist: Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets
Album: Blue Chateau
Song: 'Blue Chateau'
Summary: The element of surprise is always a handy one.
( 夜霧のガウンに包まれて )
Title: 'Chained to Forever'
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedFandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mildly disturbing concepts
Notes: Line from the chorus. Crossposted to
ficlet_zone.Artist: Miyavi
Album: Lost in Love, Found in Pain
Song: 'Tragedy of Us'
Summary: He pauses directly behind her.
( Chained to Forever )
Title: 'See, I've Come to Burn Your Kingdom Down'
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedFandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: PG
Warnings: Implied intent of mass destruction
Notes: Angry Song
Artist: Florence + The Machine
Album: Ceremonials
Song: 'Seven Devils'
Summary: Sensing their hesitation, and the fear that inspires it, he speaks again.
( See, I've Come to Burn Your Kingdom Down )
Title: 'Another Sleepless Night I Can't Explain'
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedFandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: Lyric with "sleep" or "wake"
Artist: Richard Marx
Album: Richard Marx
Song: 'Should've Known Better'
Summary: "What's the matter? Spill it."
( Another Sleepless Night I Can't Explain )
Lonely Prompts Sunday, Week 40 [DW Edition]
↑↑↑ Available dates:
October 14 & 16
October 28 & 30
November 4 & 6
Hey, how's it going? ^.^ Hope you're ready for this week's Lonely Prompts day!
(unlike me)If this is your first time atHow to look for prompts:
We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
Whichever you decide to do, prompt or fill (or both), please remember:
1. You can only request five prompts to be filled.
2. You can request no more than three prompts from a particular fandom.
3. You can, however, fill as many prompts in as many fandoms as you'd like!
4. In the subject line, be sure to say whether it is a request or a fill!
5. You must link back to wherever the prompt is in the community archive (whether filling or requesting), and, if you're filling the prompt, please post the fill as a reply to the original prompt.
6. If you are filling an "any/any" prompt, please let us know what fandom you've written it for (or if it's original!).
8. If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
7. If you've filled any lonely prompts in the past week, this is the place to share them!
9. Finally, please remember to add your prompt fills to our AO3 collection: Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this option here.
How to link:
[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)
or:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection.
If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site: please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site, but you are still more than welcome to participate. =)
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word!
A friendly reminder about our posting schedule: Themed posts for new prompts go up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day for new prompts of any flavor. Sundays are for showing Lonely Prompts some love, whether by requesting for someone to adopt them or by sharing any fills that you've recently completed.