July 12th, 2025
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posted by [personal profile] brithistorian at 11:23pm on 12/07/2025 under , ,

Two days ago, Twice and Blackpink both had comebacks on the same day: Twice's "This is for" and Blackpink's "뛰어(JUMP)" (links go to the videos, so as not to spam your feed with two embedded videos).

Blackpink's song is a 1-song single, per YG's strategy of keeping Blinks starved for new music from Blackpink, while Twice's song is part of a 14-song album, keeping with JYP's strategy of giving Once as much music as they could possibly want from Twice. I prefer the JYP strategy — at first I was a bigger fan of Blackpink than of Twice, but eventually I got tired of waiting for new songs from Blackpink.

Two interesting things I noticed:

  • Twice Jeongyeon has had difficulty meeting the ridiculous weight standards imposed on K-pop idols (i.e. still not fat by any measure), so in recent comebacks Twice's stylists have started dressing everyone but Jeongyeon in midriff-baring tops. I don't know if this was done at the company's request or at Jeongyeon's, but they did it again this time.
  • Blackpink's song actually includes the English lyric "Are you not entertained?"
flareonfury: (Holtzmann)
For the Fannish 50, since I haven't really been around lately (probably closer to 5+ years which is horrible to think about since I spend so much of my time working and for the last few years didn't even really have my computer technically set up til last December - so I spent the last few years off and on Tumblr but that's so draining sometimes because you just reblog everything and barely interact with anyone so needless to say I'm trying to step back from that site. I miss the LJ days.)

Anyway, I figured I'd go over some of my newer 50 favorite characters that are from newer fandoms of at least 10 years old. So while they are numbered, they are in no way a ranking - just simply thought of them first. Also I still love all my other favorites but just focusing on new ones right now.
{WORK IN PROGRESS}

the list behind the cut... )
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I've got an idea about the plotting one of my fics, but I'm not sure if the idea I've got right now is the right thing. So. . . if any of you have read my fic "Turning of the Year" — or if you feel like reading it right now — and you'd like to give your input on the future course of the story (at the risk of possibly getting spoiled), send me a message.

flareonfury: (Kenzi/Dyson)
Meme provided by [community profile] journalmemes. So that community required people to comment with the questions they want answered, but I just want to answer them.

40 questions for shippers.... )
merryghoul: road (Default)
Title: Claudia de lioncourt
Creator: [tumblr.com profile] haflacky
Prompt: colored art
Fanwork Type: fanart
Fandom: Interview with the Vampire (TV)
Character: Claudia de Lioncourt
Rating: G
Warnings: none

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mekare: Thirteen with her new sonic (13 happy)
badly_knitted: (Dee & Ryo black & white)
 


Title: Pink Shirts
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Dee has a lot of pink shirts…
Written For: Challenge 483: Amnesty 80 at 
[community profile] fan_flashworks, using Challenge 476: Pink.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
location: my desk
Mood:: 'tired' tired
badly_knitted: (Eleven & TARDIS)
 


Title: Prevention
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 939: ‘Insular’ at 
[community profile] dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: The Doctor intends to prevent a disastrous situation.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
 


 
Mood:: 'tired' tired
location: my desk
badly_knitted: (Eyebrow Raise)
 


Title: Dirty Job
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Owen.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 873: Salvage at 
[community profile] torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Owen and Ianto go on a Rift retrieval.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
location: my desk
Mood:: 'tired' tired
purplecat: Drawing of the Seventh Doctor (Who:Seven)

Cover of Doctor the Matrix by Robert Perry & Mike Tucker.  Sylvester McCoy surrounded by four tardises.
scifirenegade: Wheat Field with Cypresses (van gogh)
posted by [personal profile] scifirenegade at 08:34am on 12/07/2025 under ,
Finished reading Gay Berlin yesterday yay!

I'm just gonna say, one does not need to time travel there. Or travel to Berlin point. What happened there in the late 19th century-early 1930s is the same that's happening everywhere today. History is a circle, for better or for worse (mostly worse).

And speaking of circles, I never fully read Conrad Veidt's Wikipedia article because some sources seemed iffy. But good to know that, thanks to unpublished correspondence, some of Connie's belongings (cigarette case and lighter) are at the Margaret Herrick Library, plus the notebooks a fan gave to Lili. Hopefully they won't be burned.
Mood:: 'lazy' lazy
July 11th, 2025
flareonfury: (Bucky Barnes)
posted by [personal profile] flareonfury at 08:30pm on 11/07/2025 under , ,
[personal profile] atlantablack had this on their journal.... and I haven't filled one of these out in ages so I figured why not, also figured I could join in on the [community profile] goals_on_dw's Fannish 50 (or at least try to)


20 fanfic reading questions.... )
lannamichaels: Brachos 2a, caption: "There's a debate about that" (daf yomi)


Fun with idolatry and "I'm doing Avoda Zara" jokes! The perek ended yesterday but RL is being busy.

The absolute requisite note on Avoda Zara is one that gets stressed constantly, which is that this is referring specifically to the religious groups amongst whom the tanaim and amoraim were living, and only them. Among the reasons the commentators have said this for a long time is 1) actual real differences between the avoda zarah described in the mishna/gemara and the goysche practices they lived amongst, combined with 2) because if they kept to all of this, there would be many practical problems, because they were a lot more interconnected by that time and working in specific professions, and 3) the outside world thinks it gets a say in Jewish religious texts and would be violently offended if this refers to them.

But definitely there were times when dealing with Artscroll commentary when I had to snap and actually look up when the Meiri lived, and it's like, ah, 13th century France, I understand completely.


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lannamichaels: Astronaut Dale Gardner holds up For Sale sign after EVA. (Default)
posted by [personal profile] lannamichaels at 01:51pm on 11/07/2025 under ,


So I hated the first part of episode 10, and liked the last ~8 minutes, those were great, truly great. But I really didn't need what came before that; I liked how Murderbot slipped away at the end of the first novella. Oh well.

In general, overall, I really enjoyed Murderbot The Television Show, although there were parts of it I had to skip or not watch. They did a really good job at translating a novella into a tv show; the changes were understandable and made sense for the medium, even when they were ones I disliked. The show fleshed out the characters very well, and they had just so so so so much fun with the in-universe tv shows.

If this show has one thesis, it is Murderbot = Gurathin, and with my complaints about the first part of episode 10, I did like how it went so, are you not convinced that Murderbot = Gurathin yet? Here, let me show it to you again.

Anyway, I assume five seconds after the end of ep10, ART says hello. (okay that's probably not ART. But it would make sense to begin s2 immediately after s1 ends)

scifirenegade: (writing | sylv & ian & 83)
Title: Give Chase
Rating: General
Fandom: The Blue Parrot (1953)
Pairing(s) / Character(s): Bob
Warnings: n/a
Spoilers: not really

Note: For [community profile] fic_promptly. Prompt was "Any police fandom, any, getting a flat tyre while chasing a suspect". Also for [community profile] sweetandshort's This and That challenge, the theme is Rare Fandoms.

On AO3
On Squidge

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Mood:: 'drained' drained
badly_knitted: (Dee & Ryo black & white)
 


Title: Classy Classic
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee, Bikky.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Word Count: 2086
Summary: Dee and Ryo have completed the restoration of the classic car they’ve been working on, so now they’re going to show her off.
Written For: Weekend Challenge: Red, White & Blue at 
[community profile] 1_million_words.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
 
 


location: my desk
Mood:: 'tired' tired
badly_knitted: (I'll Take This One)
 


Title: Taking Care Of Business – Part 3
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Alice, Steven, Ianto, Gwen, Agent Johnson.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3556
Spoilers: Children of Earth Fix-it.
Summary: Jack and Ianto join forces and decide what to do next.
Written For: Weekend Challenge ‘Oh The Places You'll Go 2,’ at 
[community profile] 1_million_words.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.


location: my desk
Mood:: 'tired' tired
July 10th, 2025
purplecat: The Eighth Doctor. (Who:Eight)
posted by [personal profile] purplecat at 07:40pm on 10/07/2025 under , ,
I see I thought yesterday was Thursday and posted a "Throwback Thursday" post. So for today have a post from my "list of things to be posted"


Grace from Doctor Who, smiling Grace from Doctor Who. Grace from Doctor who in blue opera gown, running down corridor. Grace from Doctor Who - close up of face. Grace from Doctor Who chewing pencil next to microscope.


Snagging is free. Credit is appreciated. Comments are loved.
badly_knitted: (BSP 5 - Dee & Ryo)
 



Title: Anywhere With You
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 773
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: Ryo has been offered a position on a new task force, but there’s a serious downside.
Written For: [personal profile] sarajayechan
’s prompt ‘any, any pairing, anywhere I would have followed you’ at [community profile] threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
 
 


Mood:: 'tired' tired
location: my desk
badly_knitted: (Immortal)
 


Title: Taking Care Of Business – Part 2
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Dekker, Agent Johnson, Alice, Steven, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2573
Spoilers: Children of Earth Fix-it.
Summary: Jack struggles to find a way to stop the 456.
Written For: Weekend Challenge ‘Oh The Places You'll Go 2,’ at 
[community profile] 1_million_words.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
 

Taking Care Of Business – Part 2... )
location: my desk
Mood:: 'tired' tired

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