A walk in the Nant Gwernol valley
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common_natureAcross the footbridge into a landscape of water and rock in the Welsh hills.
Nant Gwernol in Welsh means Gwernol Stream and it's a pretty spectacular stream!
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Nant Gwernol in Welsh means Gwernol Stream and it's a pretty spectacular stream!
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Saturday Night Moon
Apr. 14th, 2025 02:51 pmyourlibrarian posting in common_nature
Wonderful color on the moon last Saturday. Several photos came out like the one below, just a bright ball of light. But we did get a few pics of the color, and I like the way the branches framed it.
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SGA: Exigencies by Rivier
Apr. 13th, 2025 11:14 ammific posting in fancakeFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Gen: background OFC/OMC, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Rating: Mature (for violence)
Length: 9462
Content Notes: Canon-level violence, explicit depiction of extreme pain. Killing of background OMCs. Briefly mentioned off-screen killing of a pet animal.
Creator Links: sadly, no. Rivier's LJ is locked now.
Theme: Outsider POV, Action/adventure, Team as family
Summary: see below
Reccer's Notes: This is the John Sheppard of The Storm/The Eye, in this story using cold ruthlessness to rescue Rodney from allies of the Genii. It's told entirely from the POV of an original female character, the wife of a powerful local man who's been complicit in capturing and torturing Rodney. John's taken her as a hostage to force Rodney's return, and we see the drama play out through her eyes. There's some great worldbuilding conveyed through her perspective, and her appraisal of John and Rodney is interesting. The bond between John and Rodney is intense but it's left unstated whether they're more than close friends and found family to each other. Beautifully written, gripping, and a great read, especially if you like a dark, fiercely competent John.
Fanwork Links: Exigencies (scroll down for text)
Characters/Pairings: Gen: background OFC/OMC, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Rating: Mature (for violence)
Length: 9462
Content Notes: Canon-level violence, explicit depiction of extreme pain. Killing of background OMCs. Briefly mentioned off-screen killing of a pet animal.
Creator Links: sadly, no. Rivier's LJ is locked now.
Theme: Outsider POV, Action/adventure, Team as family
Summary: see below
Reccer's Notes: This is the John Sheppard of The Storm/The Eye, in this story using cold ruthlessness to rescue Rodney from allies of the Genii. It's told entirely from the POV of an original female character, the wife of a powerful local man who's been complicit in capturing and torturing Rodney. John's taken her as a hostage to force Rodney's return, and we see the drama play out through her eyes. There's some great worldbuilding conveyed through her perspective, and her appraisal of John and Rodney is interesting. The bond between John and Rodney is intense but it's left unstated whether they're more than close friends and found family to each other. Beautifully written, gripping, and a great read, especially if you like a dark, fiercely competent John.
Fanwork Links: Exigencies (scroll down for text)
Spring in Northern Germany
Apr. 12th, 2025 09:03 pmrodo posting in common_natureI finally got a new camera - just in time for spring to hit. Most of the trees around here don't have any leaves yet, but a lot have started to blossom. Here's a couple of closeups from the last couple of days and weeks, as well as two pictures that show off how good my new camera is at making things look a bit moody:
First up, Purple-leaf plum blossoms:
( More under the cut )
First up, Purple-leaf plum blossoms:
( More under the cut )
Gen Prompt Bingo Round 28
Apr. 12th, 2025 04:09 pmpurplecat posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
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genprompt_bingo is a low commitment multi-fandom, multi-media bingo challenge.Its aim is to provide bingo cards of gen-style prompts to be used as inspiration in creating fic, images, meta, fanmixes, vids or any other kind of fannish activities. Although the prompts themselves are "Gen" (i.e., no prompts are specifically about romance or sex) fills may be of any genre, style or rating.
Prompt lists are renewed at the start of December and April. New cards can be claimed then even if a previous card has not been completed.
Round 28 is open
Batman/DC: The Talking Cure by DariaHernandez
Apr. 11th, 2025 03:17 pmsasheneskywalker posting in fancakeFandom: Batman/DC
Pairings/Characters: Tim Drake/Jason Todd
Rating: Mature
Length: 2,484 words
Creator Links:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
DariaHernandez
Theme: outsider pov, therapy, angst and humor, established relationship, arguing
Summary: Two vigilantes and a couples therapist walk into a room.
Reccer's Notes: A fun fic told from a perspective of couples therapist who has to deal with Tim and Jason's relationship problems without knowing they're vigilantes.
Fanwork Links: The Talking Cure
Pairings/Characters: Tim Drake/Jason Todd
Rating: Mature
Length: 2,484 words
Creator Links:
Theme: outsider pov, therapy, angst and humor, established relationship, arguing
Summary: Two vigilantes and a couples therapist walk into a room.
Reccer's Notes: A fun fic told from a perspective of couples therapist who has to deal with Tim and Jason's relationship problems without knowing they're vigilantes.
Fanwork Links: The Talking Cure
A walk to Tonfanau
Apr. 11th, 2025 01:10 pmcmcmck posting in common_natureWe had a trip to north Wales last week to the coastal town of Tywyn (pronounced 'tow' as in truck- win)
Our first full day in Tywyn was a bit mirky although mild enough.
We set out for a walk on the northern coastal side of the town to the hamlet of Tonfanau.
Mist over the hills:
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Our first full day in Tywyn was a bit mirky although mild enough.
We set out for a walk on the northern coastal side of the town to the hamlet of Tonfanau.
Mist over the hills:
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Leverage: Motion Parallax by Laughtsalot3412
Apr. 11th, 2025 08:41 ambirdylion posting in fancakeFandom: Leverage
Pairings/Characters: Amy Palavi, Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 8,606 words
Creator Links:Laughsalot3412
Theme: Outside POV; characters of color, competence, female friendship, polyamory
Summary: So, apparently Amy’s boss was part of a criminal gang.
Reccer's Notes:
Do you remember Amy Palavi, the waitress in Leverage's brewpub from The Broken Wing Job? This story follows her as she grows closer to the trio. It's an interesting perspective on them, and also she gets to have a really satisfying story of her own, interwoven with theirs. Her developing friendship with Parker (and to a different degree also Hardison and Eliot) is wonderful.
Fanwork Links: Motion Parallax on ao3
Pairings/Characters: Amy Palavi, Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 8,606 words
Creator Links:
Theme: Outside POV; characters of color, competence, female friendship, polyamory
Summary: So, apparently Amy’s boss was part of a criminal gang.
Reccer's Notes:
Do you remember Amy Palavi, the waitress in Leverage's brewpub from The Broken Wing Job? This story follows her as she grows closer to the trio. It's an interesting perspective on them, and also she gets to have a really satisfying story of her own, interwoven with theirs. Her developing friendship with Parker (and to a different degree also Hardison and Eliot) is wonderful.
Content Notes:
Amy and her family are subject to a racist online smear campaign. Leverage does something against it.Fanwork Links: Motion Parallax on ao3
Photos: House Yard
Apr. 10th, 2025 10:01 pmysabetwordsmith posting in common_natureI took some pictures around the yard today. These show the house yard. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna and Prairie Garden, and Back Toward the House.
( Walk with me ... )
( Walk with me ... )
TWW: Heard the Grapevine Got Twisted by thegoodthebadandthenerdy
Apr. 10th, 2025 06:37 pm22degreehalo posting in fancakeFandom: The West Wing
Pairings: Sam/Josh
Rating: T
Length: 11,539
Creator Links:thegoodthebadandthenerdy
Theme: Outsider POV, Happy Endings, Missing Scenes, Politics, Post-canon, Worldbuilding
Summary: It was practically fable around the office after that: Sam Seaborn, his old friend, and the state of New Hampshire.
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Or: A story told in six parts by three people who remember the guy that walked out on his future in the middle of a rainstorm.
Reccer's Notes: It's unusual to tag a nominally 'our universe'-setting fic with 'Worldbuilding' but this fic does just such a stellar job fleshing out Sam's network of relationships through his time as a lawyer with Gage-Whitney into the future, it really deserves it! Every character here feels just so real and full it's almost hard to believe they're all OCs, and each provides their own form of comparison and contrast to Sam and his relationship with Josh. This really is a fic about that scene in particular and the way it is mythologised in-universe (because, really: what kind of romantic comedy climax scene even was that, even in canon?!), but by the end, the fic has also provided my current favourite depiction of Sam's career progression post-canon. It reads like such a labour of love, and the result is so impossibly satisfying. <3
Fanwork Links: Heard the Grapevine Got Twisted
Pairings: Sam/Josh
Rating: T
Length: 11,539
Creator Links:
Theme: Outsider POV, Happy Endings, Missing Scenes, Politics, Post-canon, Worldbuilding
Summary: It was practically fable around the office after that: Sam Seaborn, his old friend, and the state of New Hampshire.
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Or: A story told in six parts by three people who remember the guy that walked out on his future in the middle of a rainstorm.
Reccer's Notes: It's unusual to tag a nominally 'our universe'-setting fic with 'Worldbuilding' but this fic does just such a stellar job fleshing out Sam's network of relationships through his time as a lawyer with Gage-Whitney into the future, it really deserves it! Every character here feels just so real and full it's almost hard to believe they're all OCs, and each provides their own form of comparison and contrast to Sam and his relationship with Josh. This really is a fic about that scene in particular and the way it is mythologised in-universe (because, really: what kind of romantic comedy climax scene even was that, even in canon?!), but by the end, the fic has also provided my current favourite depiction of Sam's career progression post-canon. It reads like such a labour of love, and the result is so impossibly satisfying. <3
Fanwork Links: Heard the Grapevine Got Twisted
Mood Theme in a Year and Summer of the 69
Apr. 9th, 2025 07:55 pmsoc_puppet posting in dw_community_promomoodthemeinayear, a community dedicated to creating custom mood themes, is starting its next round of the Minimum and Medium Mood Tracks tonight. If you're interested in following along and organizing enough images to min-max a custom mood theme on the Minimum Track, or branching out a little farther on the Medium Track, now is a great time to start! And feel free to join in on the Maximum Track simultaneously, if you want to really diversify your mood theme.Meanwhile, in NSFW news,
summerofthe69 has opened up theme suggestions for the 2025 round. Summer of the 69 is a festival dedicated to works featuring the sexual position, open to all fandoms and to original creations. It runs from June 9th through September 6th, to encompass "6/9" in both common date formats: Month first and day first. Themes are posted once a week and run for two weeks each, with the exception of the final two, which are cut short by the date. Theme voting will open on May 1st and run through May 15th, to give potential participants time to plan for the fest.
Pencil Brands Are Lying to You About Being Lightfast
Apr. 9th, 2025 08:04 pmlinky posting in youtuberecsReally interesting video about the lightfastness of various colored pencil brands!