Monday @ 6:45 pm
May. 11th, 2026 06:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alisx
Bought a present for friends’ kid . . . and also their cat, apparently.
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- A cat sitting in some discarded black wrapping paper.
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doom.css
May. 11th, 2026 05:09 amalisx“Can it run DOOM?”, .
Mostly what this reminded me was that WASD+keypad was a fucking awful control scheme, hey. I’m pretty sure American McGee’s Alice (circa 2000) was the first game I played that didn’t use it — or didn’t have the option to use it — and forced me to learn to WASD+mouse. Which in the scheme of things was quite late, but I don’t think I played a lot of FPS after about the Duke Nukem 3D/Quake era. Either way, I hated it at the time. Ten zillion hours of World of Warcraft later, however, and . . . yeah. Those reflexes are never going back.
Wicked Love Pinch Hits Due May 16th (Negotiable)
May. 10th, 2026 12:32 pmselfindulgentkitten posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
pinchhitsEvent: Wicked Love Exchange
Event link: Wicked Love Exchange
Pinch hit link: Pinch Hits
Due date: May 16th 11:59pm EDT (Or Negotiable)
Event link: Wicked Love Exchange
Pinch hit link: Pinch Hits
Due date: May 16th 11:59pm EDT (Or Negotiable)
PDPHs for Wicked Love.
500 words minimum or a complete art piece on unlined paper. Toxic Romance must be a theme.
Due May 16th, 2026 at 11:59PM EDT; negotiable
PH # 3 buckslittlelove (kittysuloveshamster)
Tracker (TV 2024), 9-1-1 (TV), Cardinal (TV 2017), Malevolent (Podcast)
Art/Fic (Varies by Request)
Art/Fic (Varies by Request)
PH # 6 i_dwell_in_darkness
Outlander Series - Diana Gabaldon, Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV 2021), Succession (TV 2018)
Art/Fic
Art/Fic
PH # 9 plicate
Aracoeli - Elsa Morante, Shameless (UK), Succession (TV 2018)
Fic Only
Fic Only
Fanfiction: Twice Shy (The Goes Wrong Show, Chris/Robert)
May. 10th, 2026 06:24 pmrionaleonhartI've been struggling with writer's block for the past couple of weeks, but I'm delighted to report that I am back on my bullshit.
Title: Twice Shy
Fandom: The Goes Wrong Show
Rating: 14
Pairing: Robert/Chris
Wordcount: 3,900
Summary: “Ah,” Robert says. “I may have left out a crucial detail. You do know I’m a vampire, don’t you?”
( Twice Shy )
Title: Twice Shy
Fandom: The Goes Wrong Show
Rating: 14
Pairing: Robert/Chris
Wordcount: 3,900
Summary: “Ah,” Robert says. “I may have left out a crucial detail. You do know I’m a vampire, don’t you?”
( Twice Shy )
Fanvid Rec Post
May. 10th, 2026 01:12 pmravensilversea posting in recthethingJust made a rec list of 23 videos over on my journal! 3 each for Warrior Cats and House MD, 2 each for Marvel and Katekyou Hitman Reborn, and 1 each for The Untamed, Batman, Genshin Impact, Elementary, BBC Sherlock, Star Wars, Honkai: Star Rail, Vampires SMP, Grimm, and Supernatural/tumblr. And 3 non-fandom vids as a bonus
Creators Revealed for 2026 Round!
May. 9th, 2026 10:01 pmhighadrenalinemod posting in highadrenalineexchangeHello Hello!
Creators have now been revealed! Thanks for sticking with the ride this year despite the bumps we had along the way.
I have a few questions with regards to how the event will run in the 2027 round:
1. Do we still feel that this general time of year works for us? I know that there's somewhat of a bulk of long minimum exchanges at this point in the year and while in some years (like 2025) there weren't many delays this year all three longer minimum events occurring in the first quarter of the year (FFFX, HAx, and AU5k) experienced delays, and would like some feedback on if we would like this to be earlier or later in the year. With my schedule, I could move HA earlier-ish to be more of a January/February thing, or perhaps in the future we could move this to more of a July/August or perhaps August/September thing, and I'd like to hear from you guys about whether or not that would be easier on all of our collective schedules.
2. I know we've had somewhat of a split sheet vs regular tagset nominations type of nominations for a while now - I am unlikely to ever get rid of nominating through the google form since we do need that to confirm safety fandoms, and it's very handy - but: do we have feelings about whether or not to continue using the tagset for nominations now that we can get the sheet to display a handy set of approved nominations complete with an identifier if people would like to check? Is there anyone who would strongly prefer to nominate through the tagset interface?
3. How do we feel about the optional opt in to 2 5k works? Is this something that people know about? Is this something we think could be indicated early on during signups? I feel like one of the charms of HA is definitely the 10k work in a shorter timeframe, but it's been many years since HA first arrived, and I'm curious about how other people think about potentially opting into two shorter works from the jump as with FFFX.
Thank you all again for coming along with the ride! I really appreciate you all, and hope to see you all again for HA next year.
Creators have now been revealed! Thanks for sticking with the ride this year despite the bumps we had along the way.
I have a few questions with regards to how the event will run in the 2027 round:
1. Do we still feel that this general time of year works for us? I know that there's somewhat of a bulk of long minimum exchanges at this point in the year and while in some years (like 2025) there weren't many delays this year all three longer minimum events occurring in the first quarter of the year (FFFX, HAx, and AU5k) experienced delays, and would like some feedback on if we would like this to be earlier or later in the year. With my schedule, I could move HA earlier-ish to be more of a January/February thing, or perhaps in the future we could move this to more of a July/August or perhaps August/September thing, and I'd like to hear from you guys about whether or not that would be easier on all of our collective schedules.
2. I know we've had somewhat of a split sheet vs regular tagset nominations type of nominations for a while now - I am unlikely to ever get rid of nominating through the google form since we do need that to confirm safety fandoms, and it's very handy - but: do we have feelings about whether or not to continue using the tagset for nominations now that we can get the sheet to display a handy set of approved nominations complete with an identifier if people would like to check? Is there anyone who would strongly prefer to nominate through the tagset interface?
3. How do we feel about the optional opt in to 2 5k works? Is this something that people know about? Is this something we think could be indicated early on during signups? I feel like one of the charms of HA is definitely the 10k work in a shorter timeframe, but it's been many years since HA first arrived, and I'm curious about how other people think about potentially opting into two shorter works from the jump as with FFFX.
Thank you all again for coming along with the ride! I really appreciate you all, and hope to see you all again for HA next year.
Hugo Homework 2026
May. 9th, 2026 02:33 pmhamsterwomanHugo voting is open (and the voter packets are out (File770 outlines what’s in them), so it’s time for the Hugo Homework post. How much Hugo homework will I personally do this year? Who can say! But it’s more fun as a group project, so please feel free to join in.
I think the way Best Chat did it last year worked quite well, so I’m planning to follow the same model. Except as a way to motivate myself to get to more things, I will alread make sub-headings for the categories I think I may believably get to XD And everyone should feel free to leave comments for additional categories (I just know that I, personally, am not going to play the video games).
I think the way Best Chat did it last year worked quite well, so I’m planning to follow the same model. Except as a way to motivate myself to get to more things, I will alread make sub-headings for the categories I think I may believably get to XD And everyone should feel free to leave comments for additional categories (I just know that I, personally, am not going to play the video games).
Hidden resources, hidden costs.
May. 10th, 2026 01:36 amalisxWe need to see the advent of workslop in the context of the technological aims of the last several decades, one of which has been to obfuscate the human labor involved in everything from driving to cooking to gathering (which I will note is one of our oldest human activities). Tap a few buttons and a meal appears at your door, or a car arrives to whisk you away, or a bag of supplies manifests itself. All the people who worked to make that happen—the cooks, the farmers, the designers, the engineers, the factory workers, the ship’s crews, the longshoremen, the mods, the pilots, the janitors, the bankers, the diplomats and council members the world over, and so on—are hidden away, made invisible.
Mandy Brown on the .
some horror fic recs
May. 8th, 2026 09:47 pmsnickficI've had these saved for two years. 🙈 They're good ones though, I promise!
Welcome Home by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
tuesday, Anaconda (Movies), Terri & Sarone, 1.5k. In the aftermath of their escape, Terri is haunted by dreams. I love the slow creep of weird shit getting weirder and weirder, starting with the dreams of Sarone and the friendly snakes. There's this kind of delicious ambiguity around what exactly is happening to her, but I really like that, that it's this complex tangle of effects that can't be broken down into nice simple strands.
Rabbit Heart bytangentti, The Descent, Sarah & Juno, 5k. Instead of going caving, the group goes hiking in a Norwegian forest, or, a Ritual AU. I had never noticed how similar the setups are, but Sarah and Juno and the crew fit right in where the guys were in The Ritual. Both groups even fight a monster!The uncanny forest with its Loki and its ancient worshippers is ultimately just as hostile as the cave system, even if somewhat less claustrophobic.
remote by the sea byfullborn, Apostle (2018), Malcolm & Thomas, 900 words. The Prophet witnesses his God. The island grows. I love these two very different perspectives on what Thomas has become. It feels like Malcolm hasn't changed in the least, hasn't learned anything, is just projecting all his spiritual need onto a new object now. And then that POV flip to Thomas is SO good.
How Does Your Garden Grow byscioscribe, Miss Marple - Agatha Christie, Jane Marple, 3k. Miss Marple knew all about gardens. The art of growing things—all manner of things—was ancient. Often it was peculiar, as well. An eldritch body horror murder mystery, what a delicious combination of things. I had no idea Jane Marple folk horror was something I needed in my life, but I so did, and the horror plot is so creepy and great.
The Ship of Theseus Has Run Aground bypsychomachia, The Thing, 3k. MacReady survives the events of Outpost 31. At least, he thinks he did. What a great coda to the film. The central worry in the movie is, who ELSE is a shapeshifting alien, but this really gets to the heart of things: am I a shapeshifting alien? I really like how spare the writing is, stripped down to the essentials of each scene, and how that kind of accentuates the unease and paranoia. Great stuff.
Welcome Home by
Rabbit Heart by
remote by the sea by
How Does Your Garden Grow by
The Ship of Theseus Has Run Aground by
goAI
May. 9th, 2026 07:36 amalisxKind, good, happy, secure people never go AI. They may be the hard-working columnist, the former blogger, the independent media entrepreneur, or the virtuosic book critic—you’ll never make sloppers out of them. But the bored pseudo-intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the fearful ink cannon, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go AI in a crisis.
Rusty Foster, with .
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clair obscur post 3
May. 8th, 2026 10:27 amlarissathis will be a shorter post, i think; i have less to say this time.
my current point in the story is...
I've just finished Old Lumiere!
everything else will be behind the cut!
polyamships' 3 weeks 4 dreamwidth fanart rec post
May. 7th, 2026 10:25 pmmaevedarcy posting in recthethingpolyamships is participating in 3weeks4dreamwidth and today's post is all about reccing art (you can see that post here)This is my own post answering that call for recs.
Fandoms included in my post:
Teen Wolf
Arcane
The bastard son and the devil himself
All for the game
Sense8
Community Recs Post!
May. 7th, 2026 11:37 amglitteryv posting in recthethingEvery Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool fancrafts/fics/fanvids/fanart/other kinds of fanworks/podfics have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool fancrafts/fics/fanvids/fanart/other kinds of fanworks/podfics have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.