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What I Finished Reading This Week
Nothing, as three of the four books I'm reading this week are over 400 pages long.

What I Am Currently Reading

Skeul An Tavas - Ray Chubb & Nigel Roberts
I tackled most of the first chapter this week.

The Stations of the Sun – Ronald Hutton
I read the chapters on Christmas, the New Year, and Plough Monday.

Mannaz – Malene Sølvsten
This book is a giant, over-the-top potboiler and I am here for it.

After the Forest – Kell Woods
I was suspicious, given the cover, that this would be standard Tor-quality YA dreck, but it is very, very good indeed.

What I’m Reading Next

This week I acquired Ray Chubb and Nigel Roberts's Skeul An Tavas Richard Marsh's Meath Folk Tales, and Angela Saini's Inferior.

これで以上です。

lebateleur

Challenge #4: Rec Your Last Page

Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!

A lot of fandom takes place digitally, everywhere from the websites where we read, watch, play, purchase, and talk about canon or merch to the computers on which we do much of the writing, watching, reading, vidding, and talking; the ISPs that get us online; and the processors we use to pay for all these things.

The recent Livejournal stuff is a good reminder, should anyone need one, that the majority of these entities do not by any means have users' best interests at heart. So why not make life a little harder for them, and happier for your own privacy and data security.

If you use Windows, here's a useful guide to getting rid of a bunch of the data security-destroying "features" and bloatware on that operating system.

And if you'd like to get even more security conscious, The Opt Out Project has an excellent Cyber Cleanse Guide that will make your fandoming--be it consuming, creating, or discussing--a whole lot harder for the big tech and ecommerce giants to track, capture, and mine for your data.

two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

これで以上です。

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Title: Favorite for a Reason
Author:

goddess47
Character(s): John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 328 words
Warnings: none

Notes:

For

mcsheplets prompt #131 - underwear

For

sweetandshort January 2026 prompt - favorite

Summary:

Rodney held up a pair of starting-to-tatter boxers. "This was my favorite underwear."

Favorite for a Reason on AO3

melagan

Snowflake Challenge: A flatlay of a snowflake shaped shortbread cake, a mug with coffee, and a string of holiday lights on top of a rustic napkin.

Challenge #4: Rec Your Last Page

Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!

Not including checking my email, the last pages I delved into were the comment pages of Snowflakes' challenge #3.

I've been making an effort to read everyone's entries and sprinkling comments here and there. So, I poured a cup of coffee and read some of the latest comments this morning. Would I recommend it? Hell, yes.

We're a worldwide, vast community made up of creative, opinionated individuals, yet we all have fandom in common.

Today, it led me to learning a little bit about Twi'leks. (It was referenced in a comment, and my Star Wars knowledge is pitiful, so naturally I had to look it up.)

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Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander in Heated Rivalry (s1, e1-6)

here @

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CANON: Heated Rivalry
CHARACTERS: Shane Hollander
ADDITIONAL INFO: Episodes 1 - 6
CREDIT TO:

sweeticedtea

here @

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Creator:

delphi
Title: Things Wondrous and Divine
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Rating: Mature
Word Count: ~1300
Characters/Pairings: Frenchie/Izzy Hands
Notes/Warnings: AU: Izzy Hands Lives. Written for

caladria as part of the 2025 Canyon Christmas exchange. Also available on AO3.
Summary: The crew puts in for repairs at what turns out to be a bioluminescent bay, but Izzy and Frenchie aren't messing around with any Natural Phenomena. Or, the one where Izzy appreciates Frenchie's cynicism.

DW Link: Things Wondrous and Divine

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Creator:

delphi
Title: The Voyage of the Unicorn
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Rating: Mature
Word Count: ~1900
Characters/Pairings: Izzy Hands/Lucius Spriggs, Frenchie/Izzy Hands, Wee John Feeney/Izzy Hands, Archie/Fang/Frenchie/Izzy Hands/Jim Jimenez, Archie/Izzy Hands/Jim Jimenez, Fang/Izzy Hands/Lucius Spriggs, Izzy Hands/Roach, Izzy Hands/Jim Jimenez, Fang/Izzy Hands, past Izzy Hands/Edward Teach
Notes/Warnings: AU: Izzy Hands Lives. Written for the

1character challenge. Also available on AO3
Summary: Fifty one-sentence stories for fifty prompts, following Izzy’s post-series life aboard the Revenge.
1. Swords
The love of a crew can't change him into something he isn't, but their hands right his edges like a whetstone and their words leave behind the gleam of oil on steel.

DW Link: The Voyage of the Unicorn

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Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.

This Week's Question: What are your crafting goals for 2026?

If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

delphi posting in

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Creator:

delphi
Title: Late at My Singing
Fandom: Let This One Be a Devil
Rating: Mature
Word Count: ~1900
Characters/Pairings: Henry Naughton/The Leeds Devil
Notes/Warnings: Contains dub-con/ravishment fantasies. Written for the September 2025 Flash Round of

bethefirst Title borrowed from William Carlos Williams' "The Late Singer." Also available on AO3
Summary: Henry returns to his studies in the city following his time back home in the Pine Barrens. His encounter with the Leeds Devil lingers with him, as do his questions about where a man like him belongs.

DW Link: Late at My Singing

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61 icons of angelina jolie in lara croft: tomb raider (2001)

over here at

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ysabetwordsmith

Today is partly cloudy and cool.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 1/7/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

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Current Mood: busy

brumeier

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CANON: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
CHARACTERS: Lara Croft
ADDITIONAL INFO: the 2001 movie!
CREDIT TO:

yeonmo or

ninjawon

icon post over here!

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Challenge 4: Rec Your Last Page

Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!

On many of the fannish websites we use, our history is easily compileable into "pages". When we look back through those pages, sometimes we stumble upon things that we think are rather cool.

Snowflake Challenge: A mug of coffee or hot chocolate with a snowflake shaped gingerbread cookie perched on the rim sits nestled amidst a softly bunched blanket. A few dried orange slices sit next to it.

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Current Mood: busy

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Title: I Spy…
Fandom: BtVS
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Buffy, Angel, Drusilla.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 483: Shiver.
Spoilers/Setting: Lie To Me.
Summary: Buffy sees something she really wishes she hadn’t
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

I Spy…

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Introduction Post * Meet The Mods Post * Challenge #1

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

On many of the fannish websites we use, our history is easily compileable into "pages". When we look back through those pages, sometimes we stumble upon things that we think are rather cool.

Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page

Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!

Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.

And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

Current Mood: apologizing for my lateness

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Title: Wishful Thinking
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: There’s nothing worse than an outdoor murder scene in the middle of a New York winter.
Word Count: 1215
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 502: Sand.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.

( Wishful Thinking... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

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What Am I Reading Wednesday - January 7

Snowflake Challenge #4 - Your Last Page

(10 out of 20) Favorite for a Reason - Stargate Atlantis (PG)

snowflake Day 4

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30 icons shane hollander | heated rivalry

FIC: Things Wondrous and Divine (Our Flag Means Death)

FIC: The Voyage of the Unicorn (Our Flag Means Death)

Check-In Post - Jan 7th 2026

FIC: Late at My Singing (Let This One Be a Devil)

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Birdfeeding

Snowflake Challenge Day04

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Challenge Week 01/2026 - Day 3

Snowflake Challenge 4: Rec Your Last Page

BtVS: I Spy… [Challenge 483: Shiver]

Snowflake Challenge #4

FAKE: Fanfic: Wishful Thinking

Just One Thing (07 January 2026)

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