this is a movie post I guess
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snickfic- Gutted by the death of Anthony Stewart Head.
- I've been watching so many movies lately. Many other life tasks and ambitions have been iffy, but an A+ in movie watching. Yesterday I saw Backrooms again. Still good a second time! Cosmic horror and impossible spaces are exactly my jam, but also it turns out the A24 vibe really works for it. I've spent a lot of time scrolling social media about it. Tomorrow I might go see Obsession again.
- The thing about the backrooms is their basic concept and visuals are very easy to replicate, so no doubt we're all going to be totally sick of them within two months, but in the meantime, this backrooms riff on the official McDonald's channel is a lot of fun. I can't say it makes me want to go eat a burger, but as an elder millennial some of the imagery definitely got me.
- As someone who likes both numbers and horror movies, it's been a hell of a time to be watching the box office. Obsession INCREASED its receipts for the second AND the third weekend, which is absolutely absurd outside of the Christmas holidays (when releases and days off shift a lot of patterns around). "Little horror wins big" obviously calls The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity to mind, but in terms of percentage increases the most recent comp is probably freaking E.T.. Incredible.
Meanwhile Backrooms obliterated all A24's previous records in the first weekend and is now, in week 2, their biggest movie ever.
- Speaking of Youtubers making good: The Future Of Horror Filmmaking Is YouTube ... If You're A Dude. Yeah. :/
- The Dog Stars doesn't look good, but Jacob Elordi looks good in it, so I'll probably still see it. ;__; And Margaret Qualley, too!
- The Dead Meat Horror Awards have released their list of movies, although not the categories yet. I did such a good job watching horror movies last year that there are only 2-3 here that I haven't seen and might want to. (Dangerous Animals, The Toxic Avenger, maybe Black Phone 2. Maybe Ick??)
- I've been watching so many movies lately. Many other life tasks and ambitions have been iffy, but an A+ in movie watching. Yesterday I saw Backrooms again. Still good a second time! Cosmic horror and impossible spaces are exactly my jam, but also it turns out the A24 vibe really works for it. I've spent a lot of time scrolling social media about it. Tomorrow I might go see Obsession again.
- The thing about the backrooms is their basic concept and visuals are very easy to replicate, so no doubt we're all going to be totally sick of them within two months, but in the meantime, this backrooms riff on the official McDonald's channel is a lot of fun. I can't say it makes me want to go eat a burger, but as an elder millennial some of the imagery definitely got me.
- As someone who likes both numbers and horror movies, it's been a hell of a time to be watching the box office. Obsession INCREASED its receipts for the second AND the third weekend, which is absolutely absurd outside of the Christmas holidays (when releases and days off shift a lot of patterns around). "Little horror wins big" obviously calls The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity to mind, but in terms of percentage increases the most recent comp is probably freaking E.T.. Incredible.
Meanwhile Backrooms obliterated all A24's previous records in the first weekend and is now, in week 2, their biggest movie ever.
- Speaking of Youtubers making good: The Future Of Horror Filmmaking Is YouTube ... If You're A Dude. Yeah. :/
- The Dog Stars doesn't look good, but Jacob Elordi looks good in it, so I'll probably still see it. ;__; And Margaret Qualley, too!
- The Dead Meat Horror Awards have released their list of movies, although not the categories yet. I did such a good job watching horror movies last year that there are only 2-3 here that I haven't seen and might want to. (Dangerous Animals, The Toxic Avenger, maybe Black Phone 2. Maybe Ick??)
Enjoying a game that's taking too long
Jun. 6th, 2026 09:59 pmelfThere's a solo TTRPG: Cage of Sand, "A time loop horror TTRPG for one or more players. I got it in the Racial Justice Bundle back in 2020 and promptly ignored it for several years (like most of the 12,000+ games I've picked up in game bundles).
Recently, I picked up a tarot deck specifically for solo TTRPGs: the Calandra Tarot (it's pretty but not one I'd want to use for divination), and went looking through my archives for a tarot-based solo game that wasn't a hack of Anamnesis. Not that there's anything wrong with Anamnesis - I like it very much; I've tried it; I've made my own hack of it. But I wanted to try something else, and after some sorting of the Big Spreadsheet o Game Bundles, I found this one.
( So I decided to try it )
Recently, I picked up a tarot deck specifically for solo TTRPGs: the Calandra Tarot (it's pretty but not one I'd want to use for divination), and went looking through my archives for a tarot-based solo game that wasn't a hack of Anamnesis. Not that there's anything wrong with Anamnesis - I like it very much; I've tried it; I've made my own hack of it. But I wanted to try something else, and after some sorting of the Big Spreadsheet o Game Bundles, I found this one.
( So I decided to try it )
Babylon 5 WIP is finally complete!
Jun. 6th, 2026 08:21 pmsholioI finished that Season 5 AU WIP! Finally!
The Living and the Damned (23K, Londo/G'Kar, mature-rated)
Fixit (of sorts) going AU in 5x18.
Some thoughts on writing WIPs under the cut (not spoilery for this fic in particular, more like general musings).
( Under here )
I don't know - what do you all think? Do you post WIPs? Do you read WIPs? It's been a long time since I've been in a fandom that had a lot of WIPs, prior to getting into Murderbot last year, which is almost like old-school ffn/LJ fandom with its very high number of WIPs. Including a lot of unfinished ones! And that's part of what got me back into posting some of my longer fic in WIP form, because there is a certain excitement and energy to it that I miss. Plus, in non-fandom spaces, I've enjoyed serialized media for a very long time (comics, webcomics, TV shows, etc). But it is obviously not without its down side, and I don't think I was prepared for how much trouble I was going to have finishing things when they're being written WIP-style.
The Living and the Damned (23K, Londo/G'Kar, mature-rated)
Fixit (of sorts) going AU in 5x18.
Some thoughts on writing WIPs under the cut (not spoilery for this fic in particular, more like general musings).
( Under here )
I don't know - what do you all think? Do you post WIPs? Do you read WIPs? It's been a long time since I've been in a fandom that had a lot of WIPs, prior to getting into Murderbot last year, which is almost like old-school ffn/LJ fandom with its very high number of WIPs. Including a lot of unfinished ones! And that's part of what got me back into posting some of my longer fic in WIP form, because there is a certain excitement and energy to it that I miss. Plus, in non-fandom spaces, I've enjoyed serialized media for a very long time (comics, webcomics, TV shows, etc). But it is obviously not without its down side, and I don't think I was prepared for how much trouble I was going to have finishing things when they're being written WIP-style.
Ascension of the Cybermen - Doctor Who icons
Jun. 7th, 2026 02:02 pmmagnavox_23 posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fandom_iconsJune 6 - Relationships
Jun. 6th, 2026 09:59 pmsenmutSo I am being a sap. As today is the 20th anniversary of my now wife and I exchanging contact information and starting on the road that led to here.
Do you have an oh moment you would be comfortable sharing?
Mine was almost definitely in the month after I moved here, and a perfectly normal conversation where I was watching this bright, lovely woman who had offered me freedom... and I knew I could not see a future without her. Just... had to grow into what it wished to be from there.
Do you have an oh moment you would be comfortable sharing?
Mine was almost definitely in the month after I moved here, and a perfectly normal conversation where I was watching this bright, lovely woman who had offered me freedom... and I knew I could not see a future without her. Just... had to grow into what it wished to be from there.
Daily Check-In: Day 6
Jun. 6th, 2026 10:46 pmmiscellaneous_section posting in writethisfanficHi everyone.
Well, tonight is the last day of the week; so that means some new (or old) plans for the new week.
So, what are your plans for next week?
Well, tonight is the last day of the week; so that means some new (or old) plans for the new week.
So, what are your plans for next week?
- Continue to work on my current WIP
- Start on an older WIP
- Start on a new fic
- Take a break for now
- I've been too busy this week to work on it.
WIP Big Bang/WIP Reverse Bang 2026 - Sign-Ups & Check-In #1 Are Closed + Streamlined FAQ
Jun. 6th, 2026 07:17 pmpenaltywaltz posting in wipbigbangMy apologies for posting this so late; real life has been conspiring against me, it seems. But sign-ups for the 2026 WIP Big Bang and WIP Reverse Bang are now closed, as is Check-In #1. We have 430 writers signed up for WIPBB and 43 artists signed up for WIPRB! So this will be a lot of fun.
Also, the two prior FAQ posts are for a more permanent and streamlined FAQ that we will begin to use every round from here on out and simply pin the Schedule to the top of the page with the FAQ to the particular event we are running linked underneath. There aren't many new additions to the streamlined FAQ except to specifically mention this is a pro ship even in what content we allow, as an anon of Tumblr insisted we add it and we agreed, but there has been a lot that has been condensed or outright omitted. So feel free to give both FAQs a look, but please note they won't be officially used until the IFD Mini Band starts on January 1st 2027.
Also, the two prior FAQ posts are for a more permanent and streamlined FAQ that we will begin to use every round from here on out and simply pin the Schedule to the top of the page with the FAQ to the particular event we are running linked underneath. There aren't many new additions to the streamlined FAQ except to specifically mention this is a pro ship even in what content we allow, as an anon of Tumblr insisted we add it and we agreed, but there has been a lot that has been condensed or outright omitted. So feel free to give both FAQs a look, but please note they won't be officially used until the IFD Mini Band starts on January 1st 2027.
nothing to see just making things out
Jun. 6th, 2026 07:51 pmsenmut1. Aegon the Conqueror
2. Aenys I (son)
3. Maegor the Cruel (brother)
4. Jaehaerys the Wise (brother)
5. Viserys I (grandson)
6. Aegon the Usurper (son)*
7. Aegon the Dragonbane (nephew)
8. Daeron the Young Dragon (son)
9. Baelor the Beloved (brother)
10. Viserys II (uncle)
11. Aegon the Unworthy (son)
12. Daeron the Good (son)
13. Aerys I (son)
14. Maekar I (brother)
15. Aegon the Unlikely (brother)
16. Jaehaerys II (son)
17. Aerys the Mad King (son)
283 years of dragon kings. Average length of rule at 16.6 years. Relationship to previous king in parentheses.
*Rhaenyra was the sworn-by-lords heiress but passed over for this one.
2. Aenys I (son)
3. Maegor the Cruel (brother)
4. Jaehaerys the Wise (brother)
5. Viserys I (grandson)
6. Aegon the Usurper (son)*
7. Aegon the Dragonbane (nephew)
8. Daeron the Young Dragon (son)
9. Baelor the Beloved (brother)
10. Viserys II (uncle)
11. Aegon the Unworthy (son)
12. Daeron the Good (son)
13. Aerys I (son)
14. Maekar I (brother)
15. Aegon the Unlikely (brother)
16. Jaehaerys II (son)
17. Aerys the Mad King (son)
283 years of dragon kings. Average length of rule at 16.6 years. Relationship to previous king in parentheses.
*Rhaenyra was the sworn-by-lords heiress but passed over for this one.
Pride Post: LP
Jun. 6th, 2026 06:51 pmmxcatmoonBelatedly, it occurs to me that I should be making an effort to post some stuff for Pride this June. Well, I only missed a week. Been back to work again and that leaves me with less free time. I am working on a fic though, and thinking about trying the Pride bingo at allbingo
Anyway, I had cause to mention LP twice recently in comments on posts, so I decided to share this video as my first post. Love LP's voice and style.
allbingoAnyway, I had cause to mention LP twice recently in comments on posts, so I decided to share this video as my first post. Love LP's voice and style.
Library Update June 6, 2026
Jun. 6th, 2026 06:13 pmsenmut posting in reference_library1 new link at Academic Links
1 new link at Writing and Worldbuilding
Please feel free to share links when you find interesting things to help others.
Likewise, if you EVER click a link and it fails/gets flagged as malware, drop a comment on the post it is on, so I know to edit.
1 new link at Writing and Worldbuilding
Please feel free to share links when you find interesting things to help others.
Likewise, if you EVER click a link and it fails/gets flagged as malware, drop a comment on the post it is on, so I know to edit.
some good things
Jun. 6th, 2026 11:46 pmkaberettWe engaged in what is now our Brunch Date tradition, in that we visited the fancy bakery and then we bimbled around the aqueduct looking at baby birds while slowly consuming our spoils.
Baby birds the first were at coot nest #1; we spotted the mallard sitting merrily on top of it to start with, and then I went HOLD ON THAT'S A TINY FLUFFY DUCKLING. ... THREE DUCKLINGS. The coots (a) are not shy about chasing ducks off and (b) tend to move gradually down the not-exactly-a-river with successive clutches, so we are not too concerned about them.
There were also: another clutch of (rather larger) ducklings, with no supervising adult; some extremely teenage coots; some extremely baby coots going WHEEK WHEEK WHEEK at the tops of their tiny lungs; yet another coot nest containing one (1) adult, two (2) teenagers, and three (3) tiny fluffy cheeplets, the teenagers being actually in the nest and variously sitting on top of and preening the cheeplets. The Egyptian goslings meanwhile are very nearly all the way grown up, but continue to spend most of their time clustered together.
I am not entirely sure why I had decided baby season was probably over, but I think we can definitively say that It Is Not!
Urgh
Jun. 6th, 2026 10:21 pmdhampyresaI hate how DNFing a book means I stop reading/wanting to read for some time afterwards. Like. What's up with that?! Just because one book is bad doesn't mean all books (or even comics) are bad. That's not how that works! That's not how any of this works!
Just Create - Nose Edition
Jun. 6th, 2026 03:12 pmsilvercat17 posting in justcreateWhat are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?
Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?
What do you just want to talk about?
What have you been watching or reading?
Chores and other not-fun things count!
Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky.
Saturday 6 June 2026
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My psuedo-productive morning and a book meme
Jun. 6th, 2026 02:57 pmshadowkatI kind of fell down the rabbit hole of Tony Head tributes and clips last night so forgot about doing various memes. Also, we lost two Star Wars alums: Marsha Lucas (George Lucas's wife and his film editor - at 80) and Tom Kane (the voice of Yoda in Star Wars, among others) in May.
( personal health update )
This morning - I woke up with painful right knee. Felt like someone stuck a hot poker into the left side of the right knee. After hobbling about, making the bed, taking a shower, putting cream on it, and taking an aleve, felt better. Also sorted out the rest of the winter-spring attire to make room for the spring-summer attire. (There's a lot of clothing that I need to get rid of. I foresee lugging clothing to the basement in the foreseeable future. I take it down there - it magically disappears on its own. ) Actually standing on it for a bit - helped. I think I moved it the wrong way in my sleep. Oh well, I'm getting the first injection into it - this coming week - so that should help tremendously.
I felt accomplished and slightly better. (Back is just bugging me. Will do exercises shortly. Doing the heating pad first.) After that - it was around 11:30 am and I'd not eaten anything or taken my pills, so that had to be seen to.
But. Just as I was about to make brunch - I saw a wasp crawling along the inside of the apartment window. I stared at it in shock. First wasp I've seen in ...I can't remember how long? And it was a big one too. Cursed. And hunted for something to catch it in. ( Read more... )
After that I tried to make brunch - only to have the two freshly cracked eggs slide down between the stove and the counter top, because they got knocked out of the container I'd put them in when the coconut oil fell from the shelf into the container. I didn't give up. I still made fried eggs, grits and power greens (argula, spinach, and protein pea shoots with lemon juice on the greens).
So a productive morning?
Friday Five swiped from solenne.
1. Do you enjoy reading?
Oh I adore it. Which is kind of strange considering how long it took me to figure out how to do it. It didn't come easily. I'm the sort of person who appears to appreciate the things that don't come easily for me? Once I figured out how to read? I read everything in sight. I devoured books.
2. What is the first book you remember reading?
It was probably the Robin Hood picture book based on the Disney Cartoon. I also read Benji. Most books were read to me - such as the EB White Books, which I adored. The Little House on the Prairie novels that were read to me and I'd read. Ronald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and James and the Giant Peach. A lot of ghost stories.
But the first I loved was probably Watership Down, followed by Misty of Chinaook Island, Lisa Bright and Dark, Witches of Worm by Zelphia Keatley Snyder, The Westing Game, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien...
3. Who is your favourite author?
At the moment? It's probably Illona Andrews - who I've read just about everything they've written. They write urban fantasy, sci-fantasy, science fiction romance, and epic fantasy romance. But romance is slow burn and not the main focus of most of their books.
But it shifts a lot, and technically, I don't really have a favorite? My spellcheck doesn't like how folks are spelling favourite - it wants favorite. It's an American English Spell Check.
4. What is your favourite book?
There's too many, and it constantly changes? I mean it would be like picking a favorite pet or child? I've books I've loved and re-read multiple times - such as the Vicky Bliss mysteries, the Kate Daniels series, the Dresden Files, the Hobbit, Dune, Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Rider series, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, The Secret History....the Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge, Storm of Swords by GRR Martin, The Great Gatbsy...
5. What is the last book you read and the first you'll read next?
The Inheritance by Illona Andrews and a reread via audio book of Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher, currently reading This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Illona Andrews (hardcover and audio book), and Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand (e-book).
I really love books. I love reading. I love discussing books. I love analyzing them, I love writing them. As long as books exist, life is good. What I love about NYC is it such a book city. There are books everywhere. And people reading them everywhere. It's a city that loves to read, talk about books, sell books, and write books. It's my type of city.
( personal health update )
This morning - I woke up with painful right knee. Felt like someone stuck a hot poker into the left side of the right knee. After hobbling about, making the bed, taking a shower, putting cream on it, and taking an aleve, felt better. Also sorted out the rest of the winter-spring attire to make room for the spring-summer attire. (There's a lot of clothing that I need to get rid of. I foresee lugging clothing to the basement in the foreseeable future. I take it down there - it magically disappears on its own. ) Actually standing on it for a bit - helped. I think I moved it the wrong way in my sleep. Oh well, I'm getting the first injection into it - this coming week - so that should help tremendously.
I felt accomplished and slightly better. (Back is just bugging me. Will do exercises shortly. Doing the heating pad first.) After that - it was around 11:30 am and I'd not eaten anything or taken my pills, so that had to be seen to.
But. Just as I was about to make brunch - I saw a wasp crawling along the inside of the apartment window. I stared at it in shock. First wasp I've seen in ...I can't remember how long? And it was a big one too. Cursed. And hunted for something to catch it in. ( Read more... )
After that I tried to make brunch - only to have the two freshly cracked eggs slide down between the stove and the counter top, because they got knocked out of the container I'd put them in when the coconut oil fell from the shelf into the container. I didn't give up. I still made fried eggs, grits and power greens (argula, spinach, and protein pea shoots with lemon juice on the greens).
So a productive morning?
Friday Five swiped from solenne.
1. Do you enjoy reading?
Oh I adore it. Which is kind of strange considering how long it took me to figure out how to do it. It didn't come easily. I'm the sort of person who appears to appreciate the things that don't come easily for me? Once I figured out how to read? I read everything in sight. I devoured books.
2. What is the first book you remember reading?
It was probably the Robin Hood picture book based on the Disney Cartoon. I also read Benji. Most books were read to me - such as the EB White Books, which I adored. The Little House on the Prairie novels that were read to me and I'd read. Ronald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and James and the Giant Peach. A lot of ghost stories.
But the first I loved was probably Watership Down, followed by Misty of Chinaook Island, Lisa Bright and Dark, Witches of Worm by Zelphia Keatley Snyder, The Westing Game, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien...
3. Who is your favourite author?
At the moment? It's probably Illona Andrews - who I've read just about everything they've written. They write urban fantasy, sci-fantasy, science fiction romance, and epic fantasy romance. But romance is slow burn and not the main focus of most of their books.
But it shifts a lot, and technically, I don't really have a favorite? My spellcheck doesn't like how folks are spelling favourite - it wants favorite. It's an American English Spell Check.
4. What is your favourite book?
There's too many, and it constantly changes? I mean it would be like picking a favorite pet or child? I've books I've loved and re-read multiple times - such as the Vicky Bliss mysteries, the Kate Daniels series, the Dresden Files, the Hobbit, Dune, Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Rider series, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, The Secret History....the Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge, Storm of Swords by GRR Martin, The Great Gatbsy...
5. What is the last book you read and the first you'll read next?
The Inheritance by Illona Andrews and a reread via audio book of Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher, currently reading This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Illona Andrews (hardcover and audio book), and Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand (e-book).
I really love books. I love reading. I love discussing books. I love analyzing them, I love writing them. As long as books exist, life is good. What I love about NYC is it such a book city. There are books everywhere. And people reading them everywhere. It's a city that loves to read, talk about books, sell books, and write books. It's my type of city.