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Fandom: Star Trek AOS (Reboot)
Pairings/Characters: Nyota Uhura
Rating: G
Length: 1866 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] danahid
Theme: Female relationships

Summary:

I took the stars from my eyes and then I made a map.

There are rules of diplomacy that you have been trained to follow. There are realities that you have been educated to expect. You are poised and dedicated and intelligent and professional, and there are horrors in the universe that you don’t want your sisters to know. There are false maps to terrible places that you don’t want your sisters to follow. You know that you can’t protect them from everything, but this you can protect them from for a little while longer.


Reccer's Notes: I am partial to stories that explore why people join Starfleet, and this is an excellent example. While the story talks about Uhura's motivations, it also explores her relationship with her younger sisters. She is both inspiration and protector to them, and she's very aware of her role.

This story takes on both the promise and sacrifice of going beyond traditional roles. Yes, Uhura accomplishes so much, but those accomplishments come at a cost, a cost she doesn't want her sisters to know about because she wants them to find their own way.

Danahid's writing is always exact and meticulous and beautiful, and this story is no exception. There's so much in these 1800 words, including a beautiful ending.

Fanwork Links: How to Write Letters Home to Your Sisters

Write Every Day Day 14

Jun. 14th, 2025 12:26 am
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writing prompt is slightly nsfw )

Something about the prompt appealed to me maybe because life is hard right now in my neck of the woods but some of that can definitely become story

I could have sworn I wrote nothing but I knocked out 1300 words of my next Yahtzee story. This one feels like it’ll be nothing but a bridge.


Let me know what day you’re reporting in for. If I've missed you on the tally let me know. Feel free to jump in at any time.

Day thirteen -[personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] chanter1944


other days )

Fannish Friday

Jun. 13th, 2025 08:41 pm
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Today I went to the expensive greenhouse today and got chocolate mint and trailing rosemary which I have never seen before. Still edible like the standard rosemary this one cascades and can be used as ground cover. I like that idea.

The surgeon here refused to see me because I'm from out of state and at this point by the time we got the ball rolling I'd have to go b ack. If the pcp I wanted to take over here would have called me back....but I did find out my phone was called two days ago but never rang thru. Gah. Whatever. I have an appointment when a new to me surgeon back in OH. His name is sever...not the best name or THE best name for a surgeon depending on how you look at it.

OPI nail polish did a zodiac theme. Gemini was boring white so I bought Scorpio instead beautiful blue

My friends sent my parents 60th anniversary cards. They were so happy with that.

Here's a chapter from a long delayed upcoming Hazbin Hotel sequel written for [community profile] allbingo's drag prompt and [personal profile] spikesgirl58's 6 word challenge. the 6 words were Wacky, Patch, Moldy, Voiceless, Easy & Ragged

story scene under here )


Fannish 50 recs


Ellipsism The Owl House

new friends in strange place
陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng TóngxiùThe Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Bad Judgement Torchwood

Out Of The Shadows Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Sweetness Follows ゴールデンカムイ | Golden Kamuy (Manga)/Suikoden III

Solar Smash II The Murderbot Diaries

substitute Star Trek: Voyager

Learning to Bear Overwhelming Grief 9-1-1/Teen Wolf

One Good Hoax Deserves Another Murder She Wrote/V

Marked The Murderbot Diaries

It Doesn't Matter Anymore Hazbin Hotel

Temporary Host Torchwood


Wish I had the power to make you stay Oxventure (Web Series)

Bottled Poetry Stargate Atlantis

petals in a storm 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Eating Weird Things At the Fair 9-1-1

Musical Poetry Hazbin Hotel

Beach Blanket Bimbos Stargate Atlantis/Real Genius

SHOW ME YOUR FEET! –Bryrin #1FanCritic Hazbin Hotel

Love And Trust Torchwood

Naruto: Fest no Jutsu 2025

Jun. 13th, 2025 09:18 pm
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Description: Do you have a Naruto fanfiction you'd love to read, but just can't seem to find? A familiar trope, ship, or character you can't get enough of? A piece of fanart you want to see come to life? Are you a fan creator who wants fresh inspiration and a fun, low-stakes challenge? The r/NarutoFanfiction Discord server is hosting a fest/prompt meme for Naruto fanworks - and we would love for you to join! Naruto fans of all ages (13+) are welcome to cheerlead, submit ideas for fanworks they'd like to see, and create fanworks for others. Fic minimums for filling a prompt are 500 words and art minimums are a finished piece. 

Prompting Period: Now-June 20

Works due & revealed: September 10

Creators revealed: September 17

An AO3 account is required for participation, and joining the r/NarutoFanfiction Discord server is highly recommended. By joining the server, you can participate in conversations about the event, make suggestions for this and future server events, and contact the moderators directly. For full event rules and for more information on how a fest/prompt meme works, please check the AO3 collection profile. If you don't wish to join the server, but still wish to participate and ask questions about the event, you may e-mail gerardwayissexah@gmail.com as well.

Links: 
AO3 Collection Profile (signup and view submitted prompts)
Discord Server Join Link (never expires)

Naruto: NejiTen Month 2025

Jun. 13th, 2025 08:50 pm
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Description: NejiTen Month is a monthlong event for fans of the romantic pairing between Neji Hyuga/Hyuga Neji and Tenten. Fanart, fanfiction, moodboards, podfics, edits, and other kinds of fanworks are welcome! Prompts posted to Tumblr are just for inspiration - feel free to disregard, complete out of order, or combine however you please. There are no minimums for either the amount of effort put into a work, or the number of works you post for the event. It's all welcome! 
Schedule: Post works to Tumblr and/or Archive of Our Own (AO3) July 1-July 31st.
Posting: Tag works on Tumblr with #nejitenmonth2025 in the first five tags so the mod can reblog everything. Please tag on AO3 with NejiTen Month 2025 or something similar. The AO3 collection is also an option.
Links:
Tumblr Blog
Full Event Rules
AO3 Collection

NejiTen Month event calendar with prompts

Check In: Day 13!

Jun. 13th, 2025 04:07 pm
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Happy Friday!! Time for another check in! How was everyone's writing today?

-Awesome!
-Moving along!
-Life has taken priority!
-I rested!

Today's discussion:

Do you have any favorite planning methods? (Bullet points, writing it all vaguely out, the three act/six act structure, etc.)

SGA: Walk Beside Me by Rachel500

Jun. 13th, 2025 08:16 pm
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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Gen. Teyla Emmagan & Sam Carter, Evan Lorne
Rating: Teen
Length: 8824
Content Notes: canon-typical violence, minor character death
Creator Links: Rachel500 on AO3, ArwenLune on AO3, ArwenLune on Audiofic Archive
Themes: Female relationships, Action/adventure, Friendship, Women being awesome

Summary: When a diplomatic mission is interrupted by the Wraith, Sam and Teyla wrestle their personal demons to work together and find a way back to Atlantis.

Reccer's Notes:
This is set soon after Sam Carter comes to Atlantis to replace Elizabeth, and both she and Teyla initially grapple with her new role. Teyla, unlike John and Rodney, had no prior knowledge of Sam Carter and can't help missing Elizabeth and not fully trusting Carter. Then a mission goes badly wrong and they're thrown together, and have to find a way through their feelings as they deal with the dangerous situation. It's a gripping read with interesting character explorations and a satisfying ending. There's also a podfic version, excellently read by ArwenLune.

Fanwork Links: Walk Beside Me on AO3
And the Podfic, read by ArwenLune

Write Every Day Day 13

Jun. 13th, 2025 12:39 am
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Have the king of horror for Friday the Thirteenth. This is probably one of King’s more controversial quotes and often misinterpreted too but regardless, editing is important. I wish I enjoyed it more. It was funny one of the author’s group on that zoom meeting prefers editing to drafting, complete opposite of me.

Word faulted out HARD on me today. Lost a lot of what I wrote for the finish of the story. I recreated it but it’s not nearly as funny as the original. And then when it saved, Word put it under a complete different file name which thankfully I had posted that story so I could retrieve it. Sigh.


Let me know what day you’re reporting in for. If I've missed you on the tally let me know. Feel free to jump in at any time.

Day twelve - [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] nafs, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] brithistorian,

other days )

Happy Anniversary

Jun. 12th, 2025 10:39 pm
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It's my parent's 60th wedding anniversary. They were supposed to go somewhere. They're still here. Ah well. Happy anniversary anyhow mom and dad.

I started glut exercises with those crap therabands. I knew I had lost strength but not this much. Also it's causing serious pain in my knee. I'm not sure why. Will need to research that


And it's community rec thursday (as usual these are mostly one Dreamwidth)

[community profile] comment_bingo is open. Get a bingo card. Comment to fan creators. Make their day.

[community profile] summerofthe69 is open with their first prompt. If you like writing 69s, by all means join the party.

[community profile] summer_of_giles is open but using last year's mode, no actual assigned dates. If you like creating for Rupert Giles now is your moment.

And this one is for Pride. Check out [personal profile] reviews_and_ramblings This is a LGBT book review blog and the person running it has been reading tons and tons of boy's love stuff from Japan, China and Korea and I know there people on my list who might like to take a peek at that.

And this is not on DW. A million lives recovery You may have heard of this where a lot of authors were scammed by a so called book festival. Many were left in debt. That link will take you to affected authors, find new authors, get new books, help someone.

I'm annoyed right now. My computer glitched badly with Word. SOmething wasn't saved and I had to restart the computer. Even more annoying I could have sworn I saved that file in two places before stopping for dinner and the two places have two different versions (didn't save at all in one place)
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Teasers:



Full set

Check In: Day 12!

Jun. 12th, 2025 12:11 pm
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Happy Thursday! Time for a quick check-in!

How has writing been going today?

-Awesome! :D
-Coming along! :)
-Life has taken a priority (rest, busy etc)

When you're feeling a bit burned out, how do you fill your "creative well"?

Comment Bingo summer edition

Jun. 12th, 2025 01:06 pm
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line art Black Widow Hazbin Hotel a fic that's over 5k leave a comment on twitter The Cutest Hazbin Hotel a fic not on AO3 a crossover
a fic with multiple chapters a work that made you happy a work from a tv show canon Out Of The Shadows Buffy the Vampire Slayer a fic with more than 5 additional tags a work that inspired you
a work from your newest fandom fanart FREE SPACE a work from a comedic canon a work from a fandom with an open/ongoing canon
a work from a rec list a work from a mystery/thriller canon a fanvid A Lovely Night a fic that's under 1k leave a comment on fanfiction.net
a work from a fandom you don't normally seek out a remix 5 drabbles (works of 100 words each) a work from a Reverse Big Bang a work from an action/adventure canon
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Title: Crypt Hunting
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: [personal profile] veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting:
Summary: Set in S4, some time between eps. 4x12 “A New Man” and 4x13 “The I in Team” | Spike has finally found a crypt to live in.
Notes: also for #481 Charity by [community profile] fan_flashworks

Prompts [#1-#5]: charity - dangerous - hunting - sick - tired

Also on my journal


Crypt Hunting )
 

Write Every Day Day 12

Jun. 12th, 2025 12:32 am
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I think this realization is an important one.


Noodled on the new Hazbin thing trying to get it there by Friday’s deadline, made 1200 words so good job me.


Let me know what day you’re reporting in for. If I've missed you on the tally let me know. Feel free to jump in at any time.

Day eleven - [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] nafs, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] ysilme, [personal profile] goddess47,


other days )

The urge to slap CVS into next week

Jun. 11th, 2025 09:57 pm
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So I went to pick up an ungodly amount of meds from the cvs near the parents' they texted me yesterday about 2 that it was too early to fill. I get there and get the others but NOT my toujeo insulin. Where is this?
CVS - um it's on hold
Me - you texted me about everything else why not this?
CVS - we don't know
Me - WHY is it on hold?
CVS - you have to get in another line to ask that question

Me- goes to other line, muttering

CVS - we don't know WHY it's on hold
Me - is it covered because my insurance keeps threatening to kick this one out of formulary.
CVS -yes, we can fill it now or do you want to come back?
Me - i live 18 miles away. FILL IT (took them over an hour to manage it which should be a good thing because they didn't have the humalog yesterday. You know the most common insulin out there)


I keep saying I'll be doing a pride month book rec and I keep failing so here have all the LGBT books I've read this year (amazon links, no covers because I'm tired and in pain)

Books:

Under This Red Rock YA, horror/mystery, heavy on mental health issues


Disco Witches of Fire Island magic realism 1980s so this is steeped in both the casual sex scene and the horrors of the rise of AIDS (so this is not really a happy story)

Graphic Novels

Carmilla: The First Vampire Chinese-American retelling of Carmilla (in two volumes)


The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich fantasy rom-com

here.Les Normaux: A Dark and Dreamy Tale of Forbidden Love, Dare to Be Seduced by the Supernatural (Les Normaux, 1) supernatural romance webtoon

Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus


If you have questions or want to chat about any of them please do


What I Just Finished Reading:

The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan PI mystery very much enjoyed this (no having the sleuth do something stupid to get in danger!)

West By God - horror, this was...honestly it could have been a journalist mystery without any supernatural elements and been better for it.


What I am Currently Reading:

Anima rising - a good reads Frankenstein retelling giveaway win but also real person fanfic of Klimt and others and so far it's not great.

Dark Entry - a short suspense/horror novel I got last year

A Spell to Wake the Dead - a YA horror arc that is...good but man one of the main characters I want to drop in the ocean


What I Plan to Read Next: Something for the popsugar challenge probably or one of the books I won from Goodreads

[#262 | Soulmates] Challenge Post

Jun. 11th, 2025 10:23 pm
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Challenge 262:
SOULMATES
n. a close friend or romantic partner with whom one has a unique deep connection based on mutual understanding and acceptance

Soulmates – a myth, a once-in-a-lifetime experience, or something a little more supernatural? Maybe soulmates are just someone you have a special connection with; maybe they’re something mystical, something predestined for you one way or another, a kind of magic found in special marks or mind-links. Or maybe they don’t exist at all.

Do your characters believe in soulmates? Do they have one, or want one? Is it an option at all for them?

Write a story about soulmates.

BONUS GOAL: “Do you believe in love at first sight?”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!


Challenge ends Monday, June 16 at 9:00PM EST.
• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 262 – soulmates
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

[#261 | Schemes] Results Post

Jun. 11th, 2025 10:22 pm
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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #261 – Schemes!

This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 3134

Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes! [personal profile] autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those next weekend.

You may now post your Challenge 261 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!
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