Check-In Post - Feb 27th 2026
Feb. 27th, 2026 07:50 pmHello 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.
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This Week's Question: What is your favourite thing to make?
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The Friday Five for 27 February 2026
Feb. 27th, 2026 06:34 pmFeelings…
1. What made you happy this week?
The lovely sunny weather after 40+ days of rain, and some flooding, since 1st January this year.
2. What made you sad?
Apart from the state of the world, the unexpected death of the fictional TV show character
Spoilers
John in Bridgerton.3. What made you angry?
People who don't vote!
4. What are you looking forward to in the next week?
The start of the motorcycle racing season! My favourite series is called MotoGP. I've watched general motor racing for 20+ years, I can't even watch it live because I haven't got Sky or the other channels, but I'm loyal to my MotoGP boys and watch highlights when I can. See the other posts lower down.
5. What are you not looking forward to?
Having our heating system replaced or at the very least the boiler.
[#49 - electric] Arcane - Jinx/Vi
Feb. 27th, 2026 08:30 amRating: Teen
Type: Fic
Size: 1,958 words
Prompt: Electric
Fandom: Arcane
Ship: Jinx/Vi (and background Silco/Vander)
Warnings: Incest and pseudo-incest
Notes: Also fills the the "Pining" square for my incest bingo card
Summary: Reunited after years apart, Vi and Jinx have a plan to bring their little family back together. But nothing's ever quite that simple, is it?
Read it on AO3
7/100 (Table here)
Friday open thread: activities in incongruous places
Feb. 27th, 2026 01:44 pmSo my prompt for this week's open thread is:
What examples of activities taking place in wildly incongruous spaces have you encountered?
Lost And Found Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Restoring Balance
Feb. 27th, 2026 10:58 amTitle: Restoring Balance
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
Characters: Rayat, Natica, York, Ty, the Travellers.
Rating: PG
Setting: The Innocent Prey.
Summary: Jonathan Willaway has never been particularly sociable, but being alone doesn’t suit him either.
Word Count: 500
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 507: Amnesty 84, using Challenge 72: Lost And Found.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
The End of the World : Marvel 616 : icons : Crushed by a Helicarrier
Feb. 27th, 2026 01:17 amFandom: Marvel 616
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of Superior Iron Man and Steve Rogers fighting just before the Incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610 happens and they're smushed by a helicarrier and they both perish
( Crushed by a Helicarrier )
Talking Meme Month - day 26
Feb. 26th, 2026 07:51 pmI mean, honestly? I'm kind of boring. I'd go back to Spain and spend a week or two doing nothing more important than eating good food and visiting all the historical sites, maybe hit up Portugal while out there.
Max wants to visit Japan, someday I would like to visit Chile, but like — for the most part, "go back to Europe now that I'm older and theoretically have money" is near the top of the list. :D
Anyway, er — the sourdough adventures continue! I made crackers from discard (very good, worth doing again), and today I experimented and did a weird loaf (this recipe).
It turned out pretty well, actually!
It's very high hydration, which means it stuck awfully to my brotforms, but I'm going to drop it for next time, I think, and try again. "Next time" as in, "I'm probably going to make more bread this weekend, because Why Not".
We are moving ever closer to the cranberry walnut loaf of my dreams, which is the Important part. :D
[Challenge #483: Gravity] Original Fiction: 'Dancing in the Dark'
Feb. 26th, 2026 09:46 pmFandom: Original Fiction
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to
( Dancing in the Dark )
Photos: Worm Bin
Feb. 26th, 2026 11:29 pm( Walk with me ... )
Notes from the gym.
Feb. 26th, 2026 09:48 pmThe trainer let out a gasp and said, "Look at that girl's hair!" She'd seen my braid hanging down, and couldn't help but comment.
I won't lie: it's pretty wonderful to have something about myself that catches complete strangers' attention in a charming, positive way. And I won't lie: it was a superb moment to hear someone call me a girl. Affirming and euphoric.
Party and Abandon Challenges: Women's Soccer RPF: Fanfiction: A Way of Her Own
Feb. 26th, 2026 08:45 pmFandom: Women's Soccer RPF
Pairings: Hope Solo/Kelley O'Hara
Characters: Hope Solo, Kelley O'Hara
Rating: G
Length: 324 words
Summary: Hope constantly faces criticism about her nature. Kelley reminds her not to let them affect her.
( Read more... )
I now own this...
Feb. 26th, 2026 05:33 pmIt is, of course, all about the mandrake. Because I love absurdity. AND I just discovered that there is also a Sirius Black minifigure with ball and chain! Ahahahahaha!
After our random winter day last week (53o), we're now having more springlike weather. A little TOO springlike—Saturday's high is supposed to be 76o, which is awfully warm for the end of February. It makes me worry that the summer temps will come early, like in March or April. Please, no!
I finished Station Eternity recently, which was a fun read. It's a combination of comedy, mystery, and sci-fi. The main character is a young woman with an uncanny gift for solving murder mysteries, who notices that a LOT of those murders involve people who are somehow connected to her. She pleads with a sentient space station to grant her refuge, so she can get away from humanity and stop triggering more murders. There are only two other humans on the space station with her... until the station decides to invite a human contingent for a visit. More murder ensues!
I also finished T. Kingfisher's Hemlock and Silver, which is kind of a desert-based light fantasy with loose ties to the Snow White fairy tale. The main character is a poison expert, which is unusual. An enjoyable read over all. Someday, I'll get around to reading The Raven and the Reindeer, which I forgot I bought on Kindle at some point. This is good, as our county library still refuses to buy the digital version of it.
This weekend: I'll be building the coffee table, gathering some more items for Goodwill, and I might finish my pseudo-LEGO mini-brick Starry Night set! \o/
Fandom Promos
Feb. 27th, 2026 01:30 amWe've all chosen tiny obscure canons, needless to say. But by posting here you might be able to entice someone else to give it a try — or perhaps you'll even run into a fellow fan, who can't wait to read your coming fic.
Your promo can be long or short, and contain whatever you feel like. Want to post a couple of intriguing screencaps from a movie? Quote a few paragraphs from a book? Rec the best episode of an anime or a TV series? Talk about why you love your favorite character and/or pairing from your fandom? It's all good; anything goes!
old HD
Feb. 27th, 2026 10:50 amSo, while looking for a mouse this morning, I dug up 2 old HDs (circa 2010?) and two external HDs and figured I'd kick them started and see if they worked.
And I just found the MOTHERLODE of photos!
Dating back to 2011! Including ones of my old cat, and the parentals' old cat, and friends' children as babies! WOW.
And old trips! Including a few that I thought I'd lost forever!
(Apparently, I have always taken lots of photos of builidngs!.)
Also, boy was I skinny!! Either that, or the camera made me look skinny. Oh, younger me, why did you not realise? XD
Thursday 26th February 2026
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You should have email from us
Feb. 26th, 2026 05:01 pmAll auction emails have been sent!
(But edits are ongoing)
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Feb. 26th, 2026 08:37 pmThe bad.
Tuesday was the day to submit the uni anssesment and just.. ugh. First my focus has been blah at the best of times (especially cause of blankness last week but also? The questions were a bit bleh. (One needed to use software, which cut out part of the info inexplicably, another was about something I’m so opposed to on principle I couldn’t see it any other way (deep sea mining). I just ended up setting myself a time and saying fuck it when I reached it (cause I knew asking for an extension really wouldn’t help)
Off course that’s messed up with my mindset an energy, I’ve felt so exhausted. And going out yesterday added to that tiredness. (More on that later
And also it hasn’t helped there’s been loud machinery noises outside. The council is doing ‘something’ to the square outside but they haven’t bothered telling anyone what the plans actually are. It’s been going on for a few weeks now and there’s not much difference but there has been drilling and other loud noises which haven’t helped my head. (Increasing headaches)
All that just triggered my mood to return to being low again which… blah. I had been hoping to distract myself more but… yeah focus has been there.
**
The good.
Tuesday was a stint at the library so at least that was a break from the noise. I did some reading, one chapter of Heated Rivalry, finally reading the Stranger Things Dungeons And Dragons graphic novel (I loved it shown Dustin joining the guys) and started Hawkins Horrors, which is pretty good so far too.
Yesterday was a trip to pick up mums meds, which thankfully was a nice day. I wasn’t going with wnything in mind (bar looking for magazines) but we got stuff. So here’s what I ended up getting.
TK Maxx: A Classic Science Fiction collection book, with a bunch of short stories in it, a Star Wars doorables (it had Grogu), a comic relief Winnie the Pooh tote bag, a ball with a buildable flower (I think it’s lavender?). The main find though was two hardback Agatha Christie books, with the fancy covers- Curtain and Persil At End House. It was funny cause before I spotted them I had thought it would be nice to see some of her stuff and bam!
Argos: Star Wars Doorables Episode I set (which was cool)
Sainsburys: Magazines - Lego Star Wars, 2 Lego Minecraft (regular and ultimate), the doctor Who chronicles 1984 (which I didn’t expect to see but needed), the new Fantastic 4 comic, a Pokémon annnual, and a lil Lego hamster
Also: Ponyta Funko, Pokémon book
I also saw some cute lil Guinea pigs at pets at home which were so adorable.plus we went in M and S and saw they had Red Velvet hot cross buns so we got them to try. I thought they were nice but expensive, but the filling is kinda.. sus )(I’ll be real it looks like cum, especially when it oozes out)
I had been considering getting Resident Evil Requiem for the switch 2 but I was talking myself out of it (I was gonna get it as a download but the price) and then I saw Amazon had it was £10 off so…oop. Hopefully I can do some of it and not lose focus.
Tomorrow is Pokémon day so I’m hoping something cool is shown off during the Pokémon presents. Again I think it’s odd leaf green/fire red were already announced (I’m resisting getting them cause of resident evil and Pokopia coming) so it makes me curious what it’ll be since it’s a long one.
I had an email today saying the entertainer is doing a make and take Lego Bantha on Saturday so I considered going to the cinema for it… but the same email said that Sunday has it too with some stores doing a smart play demonstration. That’s not go na be in town with the cinema (annoyingly) but one of the places is Birmingham so… I dunno. I’m debating if going then might be better to see it in action for myself (but of course Birmingham is busier plus Sunday so I dunno)
For those that don’t know smart play is the new Lego thing with a special brick that makes sounds when interacting with things. What I’ve seen of it sounds… terrible and the sets for it are expensive (plus some look plain awful) so I don’t think a demonstration will convince me otherwise. But at least seeing it in front of me will prove I’m right to think that. (Or maybe prove they’re not as bad).
But I dunno we’ll see how my mood is and what the weathers like. I might just say fuck it and just sgo Saturday, see a film and then come back and flop.
(I do also wanna do the febuary stuff I love posts which I’ve failed on, I’ve not even looked at others poses either😭)
The Friday Five for 27 February 2026
Feb. 26th, 2026 03:10 pm1. What made you happy this week?
2. What made you sad?
3. What made you angry?
4. What are you looking forward to in the next week?
5. What are you not looking forward to?
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