Snowflake Challenge: A close up shot of an owl ornament hanging amidst pine boughs..

Challenge #7.
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.

I am good at improvising, at coming up with solutions and at dealing with sudden unexpected turns.
I value the fact that I'm honest and straightforward with people, and I value when others are the same way. I rather someone deal with the awkwardness of telling me an uncomfortable truth than try to appease me or protect my ego, and I try to be as honest (yet never cruel) with both others and myself. Sometimes it's not worth it and you might wash your hands off it, sure, but if you want to maintain a relationship, in any form, with a person in the long-term, it's necessary.
I have a good ear for music.
I am a creative, imaginative and competitive writer, and while I think there are many aspects of writing where I definitely have room for improvement, I'm willing to put in the work and confident in my ability to get better.
I'm really fucking funny, if I can say so myself.
I have a good memory and I write a really good essay. This, along #1, greatly helped in university LOL.

Challenge #8.
Talk about your creative process.

This is something I've tried to fight, but it's high time I came to terms with the fact that I'm not a long-term planner LOL. Not an outline writer, at all, in either fiction or non-fiction (essays, as I said). There's a reason why I love writing drabbles[1] and short-form in general: I'm great at those burst of creativity, getting the story out in one sitting, and then going through it and refining it, changing it if needed, until it's exactly in the shape I want it to be.

Of course, this is a bit more challenging with long-form stories, of which I have many in my folders. I'm still learning, through trial and error, what works for me and what doesn't on that front. But trying to overplan and decide on things ahead to stick closely to a plan was never it. I need that room for sudden, in-the-moment inspiration to take me away and see where it leads. Only when a draft is complete through this method, instead of getting caught up in it or trying to stick to a schedule, can I then approach it as my harshest, first alpha reader LOL. Seeing it as a whole, kill my darlings when needed, tightened the loose threads, tweak and reinforce what works.

[1]Speaking of! Sign-ups for Season of Drabbles (and nominations for the tag set) are open until this Sunday. Be sure to check it out, if you're interested!

Also, fandomtrees is almost ready, with (at the time I write this, it's changing quickly) only three gifts left to complete it before reveals (tomorrow, if that goes well). Take a look, and see if they might be of a fandom you're in!.

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Current Music: Aimee Mann - It's Not

Challenge #3
Write a love letter to fandom. It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.

There is a lot of things about fandom that deserve praise, as much as it can get frustrating sometimes. For this particular post, though, I want to give a bit of a shout-out to a small, often overlooked part of fandom: the femslash corners of it <3

In some particular fandoms those corners are pretty huge and active, which is delightful to see, but in general f/f has a smaller presence than other categories. However, the creativity that buzzes in said corners is always beautiful to see. The people who feel passion for it are truly dedicated and put their all into their creations.

I love writing it myself. I'm looking forward to the next instances of the

threesentenceficathon or

seasonsofdrabbles for that very purpose, because I know those kinds of events are great sources of inspiration for myself (and hey, maybe if I'm lucky, I'll receive some small f/f gifts myself :P). I'm also going to keep an eye on

100femslash and see if I can complete the challenge myself.

And... I was simply going to mention my plans, but I went ahead and dived into the deep end of the pool and created

dcfemslashevents , exactly what it says on the tin: a community to host and organise (and boost) femslash events for DC characters! As the sticky post says, there are some plans for this year underway, and I'll likely talk more about it during the Snowflake Challenge, if I get the chance.

Challenge #5
In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts.

Let's keep it to the theme!

Give me your best femslash recs! In fic or any other form. Those that you think are truly good, that stayed with you, that you want everyone else to experience.

Tell me about your favourite femslash ships, the first ones you liked, the F/F books, shows, films etc. you're obsessed with, the ones you write about yourself... Anything femslash!

I would welcome someone who'd want to help with the DC Femslash Events community, but no pressure :P

Challenge #6
Top 10 Challenge.

For this, I'll post 10(ish) femslash ships I wish to see more of, in general.

Maxanor, aka Eleanor Guthrie and Max, from Black Sails. Do not get me wrong: I love Maxanne, the clear fandom favourite, but I'm hungry for more Maxanor. Fics exploring their doomed romance, what-if scenarios, things about how they begun... anything!
Rosewaves, aka Rosita Bustillos and Waverly Earp, from Wynonna Earp. Oh, that ship absolutely ensnared me way back when! I'd love to see more creations focused on it (and only it, because the canon f/f ship was just... fine, to me LOL).
I made that community for a reason, so, yeah, more DC rareships. I'm particularly charmed by the idea of Cass Cain/Kate Kane, though I know it's difficult for it to match what I want for the ship LOL :P. Same for Stephanie Brown/Selina Kyle, another ship I feel has a lot of potential.
The Buffyverse fandom definitely has a lot of femslash going around! But I would really appreciate more of it including Kendra Young. Buffy/Kendra or Faith/Kendra, of course, but also Willow/Kendra... and some fucked up Drusilla/Kendra, especially in AUs where she turned her.
The 100 is another fandom where I'd love to see some rareships that get less attention, and I will continue to prompt them LOL. Octavia/Diyoza, Echo/Clarke, Clarke/Josephine (those are the only two Clarke ships I like LOL), Echo/Gaia, Raven/Indra...
Last year I reread Emma, by Jane Austen, and well. I will always root for Emma/Jane Fairfax, in my heart :P
Legacies also had some great ships, and Hizzie reigns in my heart, but Lizzie/Aurora, Lizzie/Ablah, Lizzie/Jen, Lizzie/Alyssa... all ships I'd love to see more of.
More femslash in Reign, my old beloved fandom. Especially among/featuring the ladies in waiting: Greer, Lola, Kenna. Either between them, or with other characters.
Femslash fic in Foundation! I know they're bio mother and daughter, but welp, Gaal and Salvor technically share a kiss on screen and their dynamic is unusual, to say the least. We all know if these were two white men it would've sparked a juggernaut ship lol. And the female characters in this show are all fascinating, I'd love to read more about them, for the fandom to have more fics!
June and Athena's dynamic was the most fascinating part of R.F. Kuang's Yellowface, and I'd love to see a bit more of it.

I'd like to put my money where my mouth is and post (some more, in a few cases) fics for at least some of these ships on 2026!

Aaaaand that's all. I'm all caught up now :P

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Current Music: Rosalía - Jeanne

I haven't had a lot of time for the Snowflake Challenge (or little else) since the year begun, but I wanted to dedicate a moment to it this weekend, at least. Skipping over #3 for now...

Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom.
Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

I've had too many pets growing up to post them here without forgetting some, likely. Mainly dogs, and ferrets, but also birds, wild rabbits rescued and released back, cats we took care of due to various circumstances but couldn't keep because my father is allergic... Some wounded birds we also kept until they healed. A few days ago while I was at my parents' I thought I might end up adding another one to the list LOL, but after a couple hours the little thing managed to fly again (it had crashed against my window LOL).

Dogs have always been my favourite pet to have though. The fun you can have with them is unparalleled. And my two favourite fictional pets are dogs, as well: Ace in Batman Beyond, and Bear in Person of Interest. And I suppose they have quite a bit in common: older dogs with a harsh past taken in by a gruff man LOL. If you haven't watched it, I especially recommend the episode "Ace in the Hole" from Batman Beyond, if you want to get some of those Dog Film Feelings in under 30 minutes.

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!

I am going to be lazy, and link back to all I recommended for rec-cember last month :P

I posted four master lists (+ a bonus mini-list on the last day of December). Each included fanfiction, fanart, and meta analysis, with one fandom being the focus but with plenty of random recs of each category for other fandoms. I truly recommend checking them out!

Recs for The Murderbot Diaries. The bonus include a Barbie/Dracula crossover you won't regret taking a look at. Crack taken seriously at its finest.
Recs for The Locked Tomb. Speaking as someone who's really not into modern AUs, please do check out the abortion story.
Recs for Black Sails. It was great to have an excuse revisit this fandom and catch up on my to-read list for it :P. Make sure to check the fanart!
Recs for the DCU. It's a huge fandom, which means so times you have to really dig to find some gems, so I saved you the trouble :P. The extras include one of my favourite fics read last year, a sickening post-Endgame one-shot focused on Steve and Peggy.

The last mini-list was basically focused on fanvids (half of them from Black Sails), with a few extra recs (one Murderbot fanart, a couple Yuletide fics from Carmilla and Hitchcock's Rope) that didn't make it to the other lists due to timing.

I think between the fic/art/meta etc. and the variety of fandoms there'll be something for everyone in them.

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Current Music: Joan Baez - Donna Donna

Challenge #1 - The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

I guess I might as well make a new pinned post!

As of now, I'm a 29yo Spaniard, law & politics graduate, and amateur writer. I write both fanfic and original fiction, though the latter is (largely) unavailable to be read at the moment. I hope to change that in the coming years.

I've done this challenge a few times (one in a past journal). I always think of it as a way to meet new people, and to be more active on dreamwidth, something I more or less managed last year. Here I mostly post fandom stuff, and my entries will be public.

I want to keep this intro post short and sweet, so I'll just offer a few links of other places where you can find me.

My ao3 account, for any and all my fanfics. I keep it locked and screen comments, but this year I intend to edit some old fics, and I've been thinking about crossposting them over here.
My patreon, currently under construction (and likely so for the next couple of months, as I'm going to be pretty busy). At this moment, there's a short story/teaser to my current WIP available for free.
My storygraph account, where I post reviews (sometimes just the stars, sometimes something more throughout) of the books and comics I read.
My tumblr account, where I am most active.

Another thing about me is that I love owls, so when I saw this banner, I instantly knew it was going to be the only one I'd use for the event LOL. I love its creepy eyes xD

I'm going to c&p the

100femslash prompt table here, to keep track of my ~progress.


1. Golden	2. Eyes	3. Spiral	4. Beauty	5. Rose	6. Lost	7. Real	8. Touch	9. Stars	10. `Contrast
11. Crystal	12. Realize	13. Past	14. Forget	15. Drink	16. Locked	17. Lies	18. Outfit	19. Freedom	20. Create
21. More	22. Dream	23. Hair	24. Soft	25. Love	26. Dark	27. Sweet	28. Belief	29. Red	30. Broken
31. Night	32. Music	33. Linger	34. First	35. Spy	36. Origin	37. Fire	38. Rest	39. Pair	40. Comfort
41. Play	42. Party	43. Color	44. Divide	45. Escape	46. Rainbow	47. Desire	48. Grow	49. Seek	50. Art
51. Shift	52. Yearn	53. Treasure	54. Proud	55. Warning	56. Tempt	57. Old	58. Decide	59. Protect	60. Eat
61. Time	62. Circle	63. Skill	64. Offer	65. Union	66. Fix	67. Watch	68. Train	69. Monster	70. Heal
71. Pet	72. Dirty	73. Lace	74. Texture	75. Moon	76. Alone	77. Reunite	78. Anger	79. Planet	80. Hate
81. Ascend	82. Beat	83. Violet	84. Obscure	85. Trick	86. Unravel	87. Amaze	88. Speak	89. Fantasy	90. Stand
91. Halt	92. Home	93. Meet	94. Snapshot	95. Pieces	96. Accomplish	97. Fly	98. Spark	99. Hug	100. Observe

And be sure to visit my new community, dcfemslashevents!

Current Mood: cranky
Current Music: Gata Cattana - Gotham

1. Your main fandom of the year?
Detective Comics Comics remains king.

2. Your favorite film you watched this year?
Sinners, and it's not even remotely close. I have seen other films I've liked this year (Rope, La virgen roja, May December, Farewell My Concubine, American Fiction), but Sinners truly made me fall in love with every aspect of it.

3. Your favorite book read this year?
Harrow the Ninth, in terms of novels. City of Corpses for non-fiction. And Wonder Woman: Historia for comic books.

4. Your favorite album or song to listen to this year?
Rosalía's LUX. Another not-at-all-close case, even if I've listened and liked many other albums this year. Honourable mention to Miley Cyrus's "Something Beautiful," I really loved it.

5. Your favorite TV show of the year?
Pluribus, no contest <- saaaaaaame. Foundation will probably be a close second, but I just finished season 1. And Twin Peaks might win, if I had actually finished it lol. 2026 task.

6. Your favorite podcast of the year?
innerFrench. Highly recommend it if you want to get started on learning/improving the language.

7. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
Calling it a discovery is a bit exaggerated, but it's the first time I participate in Yuletide and I'm SO impressed by that event, its organisation, etc. I wish I'd had time and especially energy to write more than one gift. Definitely a 2026 task lol.

8. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
The shit that went down with Gretchen Felker-Martin's Red Hood run. Especially how some fellow fans reacted. Vile.

9. Your fandom boyfriend of the year?
Jason Todd remains my top guy for the third year in a row LOL. Shout-out to A-Train from The Boys, because I was pleasantly impressed by his storyline. And Manousos, obviously.

9. Your fandom girlfriend of the year?
Carol Sturka my FUCKING beloved. And shout-out to Demerzel (Foundation) and Sofia Falcone in The Penguin. I have yet to finish that one too, but you guys don't know what I would do to for that woman...

11. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
The Pluribus season finale. I was GIDDY with joy during Carol and Manousos's interactions and I am incredibly excited to see more of them. So much that even missing the show, I'm not mad about having to wait. It'll happen when it happens.

12. The most missed of your old fandoms?
I'm flirting with Black Sails again lately...

13.Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year?
What if I said Yuletide LOL. Well, that too, but I've been thinking a lot about organising some time of smut event (likely a ficathon or a gift box) for rare femslash ships in the DC fandom, maybe during the summer. I'll have to see if people are interested, but even if it's only a few handfuls, I'll be willing to put the work for it.
And the three-sentence ficathon, of course!

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Alanis Morissette - You Learn

I've loved many fanvids, and unfortunately saved very few of them :/. But I encountered a few when I was going through my Black Sails tag to hunt for recommendations, and I decided to share those, and a few others, to close rec-cember.

Black Sails

Others

Buffy/Faith + "Feelin' Kinda Naughty" (the "I want to wear your skin" song in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) by @amelia.
Phoebe Halliwell & Sam Winchester + "What's New" (Megan Thee Stallion) by @claudiabian.
Polyphemus (the Odyssey) + "Nobody" (Mitski, again) by @barrbodiedberry
Spacekru (The 100) + "Home II" (Dotan) by @bombshellsandbluebells

ALSO I discovered this too late to recommend it in the Murderbot Diaries's post, but: here's some (way too sexy) Murderbot art 😔

And at last, a couple of Yuletide recommendations!

Knife, a Rope (1948) fic. 4.9k, M. It shows a bit of how Brandon and Phillip came to be... whatever they are in the film, to each other. Superb characterisation.
night-trap, a Carmilla (novella) fic. 7.6k, M. Years after the novella, the two women meet again. GREAT "becoming the monster" take, with very vivid prose.

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Current Music: Dave Porter - A Carol For Carol

There are some giftboxes that need to be filled over fandom trees, including my own! So take a look at the spreadsheet and see if there's any prompt that catches your eye :P

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Current Music: Dessa - 5 out of 6

I got this week's rec list ready early, to my surprise! So here it is

DCU

FANFIC

Two Minutes by Aingeal98. 1.9k, T. Cass does something terrible for Steph. Heartbreaking and perfectly in character.
mindscape by torigates. 2k, T. This one is set in the Young Justice cartoon, instead of the comics, like the rest. It's immediately set post-Failsafe (thee episode from season 1), and focuses on Supermartian. I read it way back when, as a lurker, and on reread it got me all nostalgic.
Aftermathmares by Mist-managed (Greyspaces13). 3k, T. Mia's survivor's guilt after Lian's death in Cry For Justice. I liked seeing a fic that sits with this moment in time for the Arrowfam (mainly Mia and Oliver only, here). It's difficult, and it certainly wasn't well-written in canon, but I do think there could be a lot to explore with it.
In Which Jason Goes to a Convention by TeleportingAspen. 3.3k, T. What if Jade Nguyen was Jason's poison trainer? The fic expands across Lost Days and post-UTRH, and it's a satisfying portrayal of his character during the time.
Oracle, Re: Birth by KamalasFanfiction. 8.1k, T. This fic mixes preboot and reboot canon in a very interesting way: what if the Batgirl of Burnside was an impostor, and oracle!Barbara had to deal with that? If you're like me and still kind of bitter about the reboot, and especially on what it did to her character, go ahead and read this.
Left Behind, Or Forgotten by cleromancy. 30.8k, T. This one is marked incomplete, but it ends at a good, narratively satisfying point so don't let that deter you. Features the bat clan a few years down the line (pre-reboot continuity, of course), with their complex dynamics, The Bruce Problem... it has background Jaytim and Dickroy, too, and a lot of humour mixed with The Horrors. I'd also recommend reading the three vignettes preceding it in the series, but I personally read them after reading the longer, more plot-relevant LBOF, and I think it's preferable that way.

FANART

Beautiful comic expanding on and re-imagining the complex Superman-Lois-Clark-Lana quadrangle by @jesncin. I really recommend checking out their comics! There is plenty of Superfam stuff that does a lot to add to their characters, and also a lot of cute Martian stuff and heartbreaking (in the best way) Hellblazer art.
Bruce, Barbara, Jason and Duke, as cards on a deck by @ocularmacdown.
Incredibly sexy Talia cover by @attacusmoth.
Steph as Robin, and legacies by @wickedcircle.
Cool Anita Fite design by @decapod-appreciator.
Barbara and Cass as ballerinas by @ghostpainters.
Batman the terrible and his son Jason by @me0nji. Compiling this I also realised they're the artist of one of my favourite fanarts, the dead Robin inside a dead robin.
The Birds of Prey as an Old Hollywood movie poster by @thehappysorceress.
Bart Allen and sunflowers by @yuelos.
Starfire with a delightfully classic sci-fi outfit by @crowkip.
Butch Wonder Girl by @grayfoj.
Pre-reboot Jayroy UST by @zed-sabre.
Kid!Bruce from the Gotham show by @ny-sar (deactivated account).
Smallville's Lana Lang by @mikemaihack.
Facial recognition software vs Superman by @brakken.

MISCELLANEOUS

FANFIC

Bella Donna by bitterred. 300 words, T. A triple drabble about Carol and Helen from Pluribus, and the Georgia O'Keeffe museum.
Steve Rogers is a Time Travelling Asshole, Purple by K_Popsicle. 2.9k, T. Post-Endgame Steggy fic that will make you sick to your stomach.
One More Day Forever by The_Fanfic_Bolshevik. 12.8, T. Paper Girls. It will break your heart.

FANART

Marisa Coulter and her daemon (show version) by @crab-milk.
"and there was no border between sky and sea" by @sanctus-ingenium.
Bug Lady by @fluffffpillow.
Rebecca de Winter's shadow by @haimeart.
Ellen Ripley and the alien by Paolo Rivera.
Éowyn, ready for battle by @annajolras.
A wolf-woman by @wolfskulljack-art.
Frankenstein's creature based on the Fallen Angel by @rozenmarchen.

I received a podcast of one of my fics for holiday_wishes!

It's a Supernatural fic where I eventually added a second chapter in reply to a prompt here on tumblr ("rewrite something in a different character's POV"; the first chapter was from Sam's POV, the second from Castiel's) and the people making the podcast did something creative with it, first doing the fic as it is and then combining both chapters into a third one.

That event is still open to leave gifts, as are sapphic stocking stuffers and fandomtrees. Feel free to peruse other people comments (in the first case) and tags (in the second) to see if you want to leave someone a present!

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: ABBA - The Winner Takes It All

Unofficial Pirate Day!

Headsup: some of these fics might require an ao3 account to be read.

BLACK SAILS

FANFIC

A Death Full of Light to Consume Me by angryhausfrau. 1k, E. Maxanne, post-canon. A lovely fic written for a prompt of mine: "I have lost myself in the sea many times with my ear full of freshly cut flowers, with my tongue full of love and agony."
The Power of a Story by medusine. 3.2k, E. Have you ever wanted to read a hilarious yet poignant and metatextually relevant story where Flint tells a dirty story to his crew? Well, here it is. Implied Flint/Miranda and explicit Flint/Silver.
el cuentacuento by straddling_the_atmosphere. 4.6k, not rated. This one seems pretty popular already, but I'll still recommend it because it's a very interesting view at Silver's past and how he uses narrative and stories to obscure it, insinuate about it, obfuscate it, etc.
A Long Dark Throat by greenforsnow. 4.9, E. Silvermadi with... a very complex Silverfilntmadi situation. Silver and Madi, fantasizing about Flint together, all paired with Silver's... personality. Some of the best, most harrowing smut I've read, as well as a perfect Silver voice.
i'm a black ocean leaping and wide by loosedindecember. 6k, M. Post-series, Madi-centric (includes both Madi/Eme and Madi/Silver, but it's mainly about her). An interesting, and idealistic view at the possibilities after canon.
No Monuments by ballantine. 11.1k, not rated. Solaris AU, Silverflint. GREAT fic, one of those perfect examples of what an AU should be. I love the way each character has been "translated" into this setting, Max and Silver especially.

FANART

MISCELLANEOUS

FANFIC

Cat and Mouse (The Centre edition) by Terapsina. ~600 words. A Root/Shawn AU of The Pretender. Quite interesting premise.
What if Rincewind was a witch by @discworldtour. ~950 words, not rated. Just a fun Discworld premise.
The Worst Day of the Rest of Your Life by Marzi. 14.1k, T. Debbie Grayson, from Invincible, is stuck in a time loop of the s1 finale. The show itself might've been a letdown for me, but those s1 family dynamics and this fic were great payoff for watching it for a while.

FANART

Original F/F art of two medieval nuns by @sillygobbo.
Darius and Laila from The Essence of the Equinox by jjflorentina. I encourage everyone to read the series! This other post also features an illustration of Serafina, a key character in the saga, by Rachel Bostick. AND another one of Darius in his skeleton throne by @rhigu.
Faith Lehane and her knife by @thehauntedrocket. And on the opposite end of the spectrum, some cute art of Buffy featuring some of her outfits by @phoebeebies.
Sammie Moore from Pluribus playing his guitar by @faitokie.

THE LOCKED TOMB

FANFIC

varsouviana by cristabeloct. 1.6k, T. A short, pre-lyctorhood Cytherea/Loveday fic. Mandatory if you want to read some REALLY good pining.
and they were roommates by HerenorThereNearnorFar. 2.7k, T. Pre-Apocalypse (I) Mercymorn/Cristabel that does a great job of exploring who their characters could've been. I love Mercy's righteous fury, in particular.
settle up in heaven by liesmyth. 3k, T. Some Kiriona/Harrow corpse action. A+ stuff.
Incident Report by notheragain. 4.5, E. Pre-series Corona/Judith. It's described as "Judith files an official report to admit to Cohort Intelligence that she, despite all her best efforts, got laid." and it is exactly what that should be.
we're kings among runaways (on the bus mall) by NotAFicWriter. 11.2k, T. Also known as the Abortion Fic (there should be more abortion fics!!). I'm not usually into modern AUs, but every once in a while there are some that are undeniably absolute gems. Gideon's voice in particular is perfect here.
as long as it is day by liesmyth. 18.3k, T. Time-loop fic!! Set right near the end of HtN!!! With a great Gideon and great Gideon-John and Gideon-Wake scenes!!! The WORST family reunion ever, indeed. And an incredible read.

FANART

Ianthe, the Saint of Awe by @cowboythethird.
Alecto stabbing Jod by @sidelys. Please look at it, very creative collage style.
Cytherea vs Camilla scene by @rosenkranz-does-things. I love how they illustrates scenes, such as this one of Camilla and Nona on the beach.
Lyctor Harrow by @jannerk-art.
Awake Remembrance of These Valiant Dead by @deirdressart.
Gideon with a mullet by @maezanilla.

MISCELLANEOUS

FANFIC

idle hands by ElasticElla. 1.1k, E. Short Magnus/Camille fic, set in the Shadowhunters tv show, my first active fandom. Perfect showcase of the inherent moral ambiguity of immortal lovers too caught up in themselves <3
Anthropology by Riona. 3.2k, T. A conversation between Mark and Helena written after 2x04 of Severance aired.
The Blues Run the Game by coyotesuspect. 7,4k, M. Post-canon Hustlers fic that dives into what the immediate aftermath of the article could've been like for Destiny. And gives some much needed joy to her and Ramona.

FANART

WLW vampire art by @adalheidis. Not officially Carmilla but it has that vibe lol.
Lady Stoneheart by @polysucks.
Buffy/Faith + Pom Pom Squad by @softest-butch.
Helly R and Helena Eagan by @office-anomaly. The Helly-Helena art in this fandom goes hard, like this one by @arrgh-whatever.
Also in Severance, there's some great Gemma Scout art, like this one from @poofyfysh or this one by @rosenkranz-does-things.
Natasha Romanov as a ballerina by @birthdaytoast.
IWTV Claudia as the vampire with a pearl earring by @zamanassad.

THE MURDERBOT DIARIES

I just read this series in October (in about a week...) and already I've gotten a glimpse to a pretty creative fandom.

FANFIC

Murderbot/Mensah Distraction Kissing [WIP] by satai. ~1k, G. Self-explanatory. It says WIP, but it stands on its own. Good characterization and a fun set-up for these characters, who are, IMO, quite an underappreciated relationship.
Closed Loop System by One_of_Them (greenbean_paste). ~1.5k, T. Two SecUnits try to get keep their humans safe. PLEASE do click in this fic. It's interactive, a choose-your-own-adventure type... where you advance by playing minesweeper. Then, after you've played around with that one, read Ending win-three: Governor Module Hack by katabatic_winds (~1k, G), an alternate ending.
Supervisor Leonide is Objectively Attractive .ptp by The_Onion. 1.7k, G. Another what-it-says-on-the-tin fic. Murderbot acknowledges the aesthetic beauty of exactly two humans in the series, and one of them being LEONIDE is just so, so funny.
How I'm Imagining You by jriracha. 7.2k, E. ART fantasizes about doing surgery on ITS dear SecUnit. A+ robot porn.
Murderbot's Law by pendrecarc for 20thcenturyvole. 10.7k, T (ao3 account necessary). A whodunit featuring Murderbot and Mensah in a story that feels like just another installment of the series.

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@ghostcashewart on tumblr has some really adorable android art. Some of my favourites are the one of ART and Murderbot Watching Media together in Artificial Condition, his Miki design (also featured in this scene where Miki lies for Murderbot), an illustration of Amena doing Murderbot's hair, one of Murderbot's rescue by Three, and this last one with ART/Perihelion and Iris as a child. His ART and Miki's design are lovely.
Murderbot and Mensah in Exit Strategy by @eagleeyethree.
Murderbot and Mensah ballroom dancing by @dooplissss
Perihelion in its golden cage by @shadelorde. This Perihelion design (very clearly inspired by Raava from Legend of Korra, aka one of my favourite parts of that show) is amazing.

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la petite mort by howlingmoonrise (TheDarkStoryteller). 3.8k, T. This is a Barbie/Dracula crossover (and a Barbie/Dracula romance) and I urge you to read it. AMAZING fic, I swear.
Nomon by interlude. 6.4, T. Fic set in the time jump between season 4 and season 5 of The 100, focused on Bellamy/Echo and the Space Kru. The premise is basically, what if Echo got pregnant? I'm not one for pregnancy stories unless they fit specific criteria, but this one definitely passes the test.
Lamb to the Slaughter by angelfishofthelord. 85k, G (... I would not agree with this rating LOL). If you like whump, this fic has it in spades. It's a Supernatural what-if of that episode in s14 where John appears, Because. What if instead of Castiel losing his memories, the Winchesters did? And they encountered a strange creature in their bunker that they do not remember... Featuring Castiel being put through the ringer + a badass Mary Winchester.

FANART

Queen Bitterblue in her city at night, from the Graceling series, by @riseupriseupandcomealong. And to add something else from this fandom, this drawing of Bitterblue's statue by @coppakee.
Two Pluribus pieces: Carol + the Hivemind as Gustav Klimt's Death and Life painting by @clover-fell-over, and Carol + Zosia/The Hivemind + Helen as that Twelfth Night picture by @mxdamred.
Eerie fanart of Samantha Strong from Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by @bearoutofmind.
Some lesbian archers by @yimmygee. Original art and gorgeous.
Disney's Aurora/Maleficent, with knight!Aurora by @marascomics.

WELCOME TO A MIA-CENTRIC EVENT THIS DECEMBER 21st

Another Mia Day is coming!

Did you want to create something for #aSpeedyEquinox and didn't get to finish? This is your chance to participate in another Miaposting round as we dedicate some time to this underappreciated character.

All kinds of fanwork are welcome, and we encourage you to participate with anything, low-pressure. Write a short drabble, draw a doodle, post about one (1) song that makes you think of Mia, tell us about an issue of hers you liked, use one (1) panel for an edit. The goal is to enjoy yourself and talk about Mia.
The only caveat: NO AI-created works.
For obvious reasons, this (Jaymia) blog won't reblog creations of a shippy nature that don't involve Jaymia, but we encourage you to post anything Mia-related, regardless, for us all to enjoy.
Tag your posts with #aSpeedySolstice or drop a mention to @dearhoodharbor if you want us to see them and reblog them.
There are no limits to the kind of topics or ratings that can be featured in this works. It's left to the creator's discretion whether they warn for any specifics, but we ask that they be clear about the ratings.

Be polite and respectful to your fellow fans, don't start shit, and don't let drama started by others distract you from the goal: Mia-posting.

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Current Mood: calm
Current Music: The Pretty Reckless - For I Am Death

This is something I've talked about before (mainly in DMs), and it's probably something that'd only have crossover appeal to a handful of people (and at least one that might hate it to pieces xD). But I often think about writing the equivalent to Steferine's plot in season 5 of The Vampire Diaries for Dick and Catalina Flores. Some tags left on a recent post of mine prompted me to want to talk a bit about it here.

The explanation: Katherine and Stefan met over a century ago; Stefan was initially attracted and drawn to her, but she used compulsion (mind control) during their "relationship", to keep him docile and accepting of the fact that she was... well, a murderous monster. She fed on him, violated him, raped him.

The important part: season 5, over 150+ years later. Katherine has been stripped of her powers, turned human, and had what amounted to a terminal illness (her 500+ years were catching up to her). Stefan, who at the time had been feeling vulnerable and sought to grasp for control, ended up choosing to have a one night stand with Katherine. She took this as ~reconnecting, as another step in their grandiose love story. To him, this was closure.

Later, she's on her (supposed) deathbed and Stefan extends her some grace, using his own vampiric powers in order to offer her some closure in (what he thinks are) her last moments, conjuring images of a happier version of her human youth: with the newborn daughter that was taken from her for having a baby out of wedlock and the family that was brutally slaughtered when Katherine refused to be a sacrificial pawn in someone else's schemes.

This is not really the end of Katherine this season, because instead of going quietly in that good night (as if), she hijacks the body of her doppelganger (a younger vampire with her own romantic past with Stefan) and tries to ~seduce him back. She's found out, and Stefan gets to be the one to deliver the killing blow.

(She returns as the final boss in the very last season, and he stabs her + sacrifices himself in the process in order to save the world. They die together in a literal fiery embrace -one of his past victims summons hellfire, it's a long story-; this is not relevant to the point of this post, I just like it, for Reasons).

I don't know yet what the equivalent of this story would be for Dick and Catalina. The killing is (most likely) out, for obvious reasons; Dick wouldn't find closure in that, or in Catalina dying in an unrelated or different manner (and I don't want to kill her). Neither of them have vampiric power nor do I want to give it to them LOL (here we could draw some parallels between vampirism/vigilantism, though each of their relationships with it is basically inverted from Steferine's).

But I would want that same feeling of... Catalina being in a vulnerable, "lower" place than she once was [1], and this allowing Dick to approach her from a moral high ground, where he can... idk how to explain this. Afford? Being ~heroic and generous towards her in a way that makes him feel soooo good about himself, as opposed to how miserable he felt when he was actually with her in Devin Grayson's run, when he felt "stuck" with her and tried to find something sympathetic in her and clearly loathed every second together and used it as self-punishment. And then yeah, the part where Catalina manages to turn the tables on him, and he now must be proactive to stop her. We'll see.

[1] As I typed that I just had a great idea of how to do this 😈. This is why I love blabbing on tumblr dot com, thank you everyone.

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Current Music: FKA twigs - Measure of a Man

I'm participating in a couple of dreamwidth events for the winter holidays where you can leave me gifts :P

One is holiday_wishes, where I'd like to get some fanmixes/fanart/etc. of my own fanworks, femslash fic (with some suggestions), or lesbian media recommendation (taking that definition as extensively as you want).

The other is fandomtrees, where I'm requesting fic and art from DC comics (Wonder Woman/the amazons), The Locked Tomb (various female characters and combinations between them), and The 100 (some Octavia kinky femslash), as well as female-centric (F/F, F&F, or character-centric) multifandom fic recs.

You can also sign up yourself for these events up to December 31st and December 5th, respectively (read the rules throughoutly first!). A dreamwidth (or OpenID) account is necessary to participate in holiday_wishes, but you can submit your request & post comments on fandomtrees without one.

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: The Pretty Reckless - I Wanna Be Your Christmas Tree

Would there be any interest to participate (in whatever manner, even if it's just prompting) in a F/F giftbox event centered around the female characters of the Batfamily?

The gist of it would be an event where you can request any F/F ship (without genderswaps) as long as it has at least one (1) bat in it. It could be bat/bat, or bat/some other woman. The prompts could be fic, meta, fanart, icons... and include any DC fandom (comics, films, shows, etc.). Everyone would have their individual gift basket, and anyone, whether they signed up or not, could leave them treats.

The kinks would need to be ironed out, but I guess the schedule could be... submissions in December, prompts go out in January, gifts due to the end of February (for Femslash February, although my experience with giftbox events is that delays are common).

Basically, I'd like to spread some love for F/F ships, and for the female characters in the Batclan, and I'd want to know if there'd be interesting in any of that around here ^-^

summer 🐚❤️‍🔥

flocking apart. Youth. Parallels & Themes. The Robin who died and the Speedy who lived.

autumn 🎃🍂

on reflection. Melancholy | Magic and Monsters. It's surprising what we cling to, when we're

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zeal. Vulnerability | Case Fic. A big damn hero and a damsel in distress.

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x marks the spot. Humour | Flaws & Skills. Jason is hot for teacher.

On top of the drabbles, I also posted a few edits set in a Role Reversal AU (robin!Mia, speedy!Jason) for this event, all compiled here!

With this, I complete the alphabet meme :P

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Rosalía - La Perla

I borrowed this from

lumiosecity!

1. What rating do you write most fics under?
Teen and Up, with 74 fic out of 142, a little more than half of them. To be honest, I tend to be cautious with my tagging: some things might fit under General Audiences, but if there's any doubt or element that could raise it, I put Teen, just in case. Mature is a distant second with 46.

2. What is your most-tagged category? (F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi, or Other?)
Femslash reigns supreme with 53! F/F, Gen (47 at the moment) and F/M (45 right now, but if I finish two drafts, by this weekend it'll catch up with Gen) are usually very close together, with F/F usually a bit above the other two. M/M really lags behind with... 7 fics, as of today aldsfkjñl. But it will change in the future, as I ship my most written male character with more than a few dudes.

It will never get on the other three's level though xD

Multi has 5, and it will raise a bit too (I also ship my favourite dude in an F/M/M ot3 AND my favourite gal in a specific F/F poly arrangement, so).

3. What are your top 3 fandoms?
The DCU with 47 fics, 44 of which are tagged DCU (Comics), 23 as Batman (Comics), and 15 as Batgirl (Comics). As you see, I'm exhaustive LOL. But I'm counting all those as only one fandom, DCU. Second spot goes to Supernatural with 21 fanworks, and the third is a tie between The 100 (TV) and the Plecverse (The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms) with 11 fanworks each.

4. What is your top character you write about?
Right now, it's a tie between Jason Todd and Cassandra Cain, with 13 each. Jason will get top spot this weekend, and he won't have a hard time staying around the top with all the WIPs I have where he's a protagonist, a love interest, a deuteragonist, a secondary/antagonistic menance, a ghost hunting the narrative... or several of the above at once lol. But tbh a lot of DC characters have good chances and are close to those numbers. It usually depends on fandom events that can make the numbers change, and Cass herself does have a week in January that I might try to write something for.

5. What are the 3 top pairings?
The gold is for Castiel/Meg from Supernatural with 10, most of which are edits (I REALLY went out when I organised a ship event while I was active in the fandom lol), and the silver for Caroline/Klaus as the runner-up with 6. The bronze is a triple tie between Steph/Cass, Jason/Mia Dearden, and Isabelle/Raphael (from Shadowhunters) with 4 fics each, but Jason/Mia will be on the rise (Steph/Cass will probably make appearances too, but I am a fan of them as messy exes first and foremost, so keep that in mind!).

6. What are the top 3 additional tags?
My top tags are Drabble (59), Pre-Reboot (32) and Femslash February (30).

7. Did any of this surprise you? (e.g. what turned out to be your top tag.)
Absolutely none of it lol, I tend to be very aware of my ~general trends. I like what I like :P. The only thing I can say is that the presence of SPN or Shadowhunters is a bit outdated because I have abandoned those fandoms. Sometimes I do get a bit of an itch for Bela Talbot in particular (and even less often, other SPN women), but I try to ignore it xD, I have other priorities now.

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Hayley Williams - Good Ol' Days

Today was a very active day, fandom-wise!

First, fandomgiftbasket revealed everyone's gifts today. I ended up posting quite a few things. I'm pretty proud, ngl.

First, some icon sets I'm quite happy with:

18 icons of Timmy Todd (from The New Batman Adventures, Superman: The Animated Series, and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker)
8 icons of Ellen Hutter from Nosferatu (2024).
6 Yellowjackets icons, 3 for Laura Lee/Lottie and 3 for Shauna/Taissa.

I also posted a Cass+Jason+Steph+Tim edit, which can be reblogged here on tumblr.

And I posted four fics for this event:

a Tim/(Steph)/Cass 1.1k one-shot set after War Games.
500 words of Dinah (+ Shiva) character study.
a post-ADITF Lonnie epistolary 1.5k one-shot where he investigates Jason's death.
a Prue & Paige drabble (exactly 100 words) from the original Charmed.

Plus also expanded on some queer headcanons meta on Hal/Dinah/Ollie (+ Roy), that I crossposted on tumblr here and on dreamwidth here.

You can also check out the gifts I received here!

And at last, I just posted quick on the draw, a compilation of my Jaymia Role Reversal AU edits in ao3, to have them all together in one place. With some bonus (but thankfully short!) author notes, because I couldn't help myself :P

Current Mood: complacent
Current Music: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream

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