[AMNESTY: Challenge #91: Tradition] Original Poetry: 'Great Desire'
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100wordsTitle: 'Great Desire'
Fandom: Original Poetry
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted toemotion100 and drabble_zone
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Fandom: Original Poetry
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to
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Festivids
Feb. 7th, 2026 06:12 pmsettiaiWell, I was planning on trying to get this post finished before reveals, but I didn't manage it. So I've now updated it to include the names of the vidders as well.
Sadly, I haven't had time to watch everything from this year's Festivids, but I at least have watched the vids in fandoms that I'm familiar with and am caught up on (as there's a few that I'm behind on that I skipped because of the risk of potential spoilers). Here are some of my favorites from the ones that watched:
( Vids under the cut. )
Sadly, I haven't had time to watch everything from this year's Festivids, but I at least have watched the vids in fandoms that I'm familiar with and am caught up on (as there's a few that I'm behind on that I skipped because of the risk of potential spoilers). Here are some of my favorites from the ones that watched:
( Vids under the cut. )
Challenge # 488: Childhood Hero
Feb. 7th, 2026 05:11 pmbadly_knitted posting in drabble_zoneThis week's challenge is:
Childhood Hero
Reminder of Rules
Entries should be 100, 200, or 300 words exactly, excluding titles and headers.
Please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your drabble, though you can if you like.
Each challenge ends when the new challenge is posted, but if you're a few days late that's still fine.
NEW RULE: DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DRABBLES ARE ALSO ACCEPTED ;)
Have fun!
Romance prompts
Feb. 7th, 2026 08:09 ammelaganromancingmcshep is looking for prompts. If you've got a little time and an John/Rodney prompt you'd like to share, the link is here:Prompts!
And don't forget to check out the chocolate box entries. More coming daily. ❤️
2026 Photo #3
Feb. 7th, 2026 12:57 pmsmallhobbit
Finally got around to framing my black cat cross stitch. The photo does show the tiny beads sewn on some of the diamonds (not shown the rude words used when attaching beads!). I was very pleased with the result.
The LEGO Movie: The Kids Are Alright by Mattecat
Feb. 6th, 2026 07:13 pmsusieboo posting in fancakeFandom: The LEGO Movie
Pairings/Characters: Finn, The Man Upstairs
Rating: Gen
Content Notes: No AO3 Warnings Apply
Length: 735 words
Creator Links: AO3 profile
Theme: Inept in Love
Summary: A brief fic focusing on Finn and The Man Upstairs after the events of the first movie.
Reccer's Notes: This is a simple, effective story about Finn and his father repairing their relationship, and reflecting on the story Finn created and what it meant to them both. I always found the implications of what their father-son relationship is like in the first movie really interesting, so it was nice to find a fic that delved into it.
Fanwork Links: AO3 link
The Friday Five: Past, Present and Future
Feb. 6th, 2026 08:05 pmsmallhobbitToday's thefridayfive questions
1. What did you want to be when you were a kid?
Astronaut
2. What is your proudest accomplishment so far?
Having raised two kids and launched them into the world where they are now productive adults. Having raised a considerable sum in grants for the charity I volunteer at.
Alternatively - I'm still here.
3. What is your dream job?
I'm retired. I no longer dream about having a job.
4. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Maybe here, maybe somewhere else. Definitely not moving as fast.
5. What does it take to make you happy?
Cake
thefridayfive questions1. What did you want to be when you were a kid?
Astronaut
2. What is your proudest accomplishment so far?
Having raised two kids and launched them into the world where they are now productive adults. Having raised a considerable sum in grants for the charity I volunteer at.
Alternatively - I'm still here.
3. What is your dream job?
I'm retired. I no longer dream about having a job.
4. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Maybe here, maybe somewhere else. Definitely not moving as fast.
5. What does it take to make you happy?
Cake
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if we want to learn, we have to be willing to be wrong
Feb. 5th, 2026 10:30 pmstarandreaYesterday I learned the company's DEI group is reading When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (amazon link). I thought: not real dragons, surely, but I clicked through to find out. There were dragons on the cover so I read the sample and determined that there are in fact dragons in the book.
I was able to borrow the book from our local library at lunch, and I finished reading it this evening. Not only are there dragons, but there's a world very much like ours that's dealing with the dragons. The story ends well and I enjoyed it.
This was the page I bookmarked, when the librarian learns the narrator has a banned book about dragons:
"You should definitely keep this [book]. They're quite rare. Chock-full of absolutely incorrect information too, as it turns out. [The author] will be the first one to say so. The beautiful thing about science is that we do not know what we cannot know and we will not know until we know. It requires an incredible amount of humility to be willing to be wrong nearly all the time. But we have to be willing to be wrong, and proven wrong, in order to increase knowledge overall. It is a thankless, and essential, job. Thank goodness."
I also appreciated this comment in Kelly Barnhill's acknowledgments:
"The work of storytelling requires a person to remain in a state of brutal vulnerability and punishing empathy. We feel everything. It tears us apart. We could not do this work without people in our lives to love us unceasingly, and to put us back together."
I was able to borrow the book from our local library at lunch, and I finished reading it this evening. Not only are there dragons, but there's a world very much like ours that's dealing with the dragons. The story ends well and I enjoyed it.
This was the page I bookmarked, when the librarian learns the narrator has a banned book about dragons:
"You should definitely keep this [book]. They're quite rare. Chock-full of absolutely incorrect information too, as it turns out. [The author] will be the first one to say so. The beautiful thing about science is that we do not know what we cannot know and we will not know until we know. It requires an incredible amount of humility to be willing to be wrong nearly all the time. But we have to be willing to be wrong, and proven wrong, in order to increase knowledge overall. It is a thankless, and essential, job. Thank goodness."
I also appreciated this comment in Kelly Barnhill's acknowledgments:
"The work of storytelling requires a person to remain in a state of brutal vulnerability and punishing empathy. We feel everything. It tears us apart. We could not do this work without people in our lives to love us unceasingly, and to put us back together."
Dungeons and other games
Feb. 5th, 2026 09:39 pmschneefinkI finished books 1-7 of Dungeon Crawler Carl in two weeks, and more importantly I managed to drag both my gf and DD into it too - I think that's one of my strengths :) I had a great time.
( spoilers )
Slight downside, DD and I haven't started our Hades 2 1.0 playthroughs yet, since we planned to start at the same time and she just got to book 6 of DCC ^^ Hopefully soon though.
Instead I played a few runs of Vampire Survivors again. Good for occasional short play sessions that don't require much brainpower (though it is easy to forget to look at the time...) I don't unlock something every run but almost, which feels very cool and like I'm getting somewhere even though I have no idea what to do/where to go for actual game "progression." I might look it up at some point, idk.
(I also considered exploring the new Minecraft updates - I want to find a happy ghast! And ride a nautilus!, among other things - but I lost one set of good armor/tools in the End and another in the Nether a few months ago, and both are very possible to retrieve but I haven't found the motivation yet to either get one of them or make myself new gear. Possibly keepInventory would have been a good idea after all.)
Speaking of games, specifically board games: in early January with L and two of her friends we played Wingspan, which was a lot of fun, and then we tried out Earth, which we also enjoyed a lot. That one we tried first in single player, and then we decided to try the version where you play in teams but quickly switched back because it gets a lot more tactical quickly. The third long game the three of them played was Forest Shuffle - I detect a theme ^^
We also played a quick game of Pandemic. And this reminds me that L and I didn't get a chance to play Hanabi yet, hopefully soon.
It's also been ages since I gave an update on my group's TTRPG games and our current Stars Without Number campaign! We got to level six, which means I can now do "normal" teleports without Committing Effort and it feels fantastic. And I got some other cool abilities too, like imprinting on a party member to teleport back to their side even when they are out of sight.
( Recent adventures )
( spoilers )
Slight downside, DD and I haven't started our Hades 2 1.0 playthroughs yet, since we planned to start at the same time and she just got to book 6 of DCC ^^ Hopefully soon though.
Instead I played a few runs of Vampire Survivors again. Good for occasional short play sessions that don't require much brainpower (though it is easy to forget to look at the time...) I don't unlock something every run but almost, which feels very cool and like I'm getting somewhere even though I have no idea what to do/where to go for actual game "progression." I might look it up at some point, idk.
(I also considered exploring the new Minecraft updates - I want to find a happy ghast! And ride a nautilus!, among other things - but I lost one set of good armor/tools in the End and another in the Nether a few months ago, and both are very possible to retrieve but I haven't found the motivation yet to either get one of them or make myself new gear. Possibly keepInventory would have been a good idea after all.)
Speaking of games, specifically board games: in early January with L and two of her friends we played Wingspan, which was a lot of fun, and then we tried out Earth, which we also enjoyed a lot. That one we tried first in single player, and then we decided to try the version where you play in teams but quickly switched back because it gets a lot more tactical quickly. The third long game the three of them played was Forest Shuffle - I detect a theme ^^
We also played a quick game of Pandemic. And this reminds me that L and I didn't get a chance to play Hanabi yet, hopefully soon.
It's also been ages since I gave an update on my group's TTRPG games and our current Stars Without Number campaign! We got to level six, which means I can now do "normal" teleports without Committing Effort and it feels fantastic. And I got some other cool abilities too, like imprinting on a party member to teleport back to their side even when they are out of sight.
( Recent adventures )
Fancake's Theme for February: Inept in Love
Feb. 5th, 2026 09:15 amrunpunkrun
Just in time for Valentine's Day,
fancake's theme for February is Inept in Love! This round is for all those dingdongs who just do not know what they're doing when it comes to romance or even expressing their feelings for a best friend or family member.If you have any questions about this theme, or the comm, come talk to me!