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I finished my 2025 Book Bingo card! I am very late finishing this year, and I almost thought I wouldn't complete it in time. With everything going on in my real life it was very hard to concentrate on reading. Thank God for short books and audiobooks, I could listen to those while I was doing other things like cleaning, sorting, packing, etc. Also, the 2026 card is ready, so go check that out if you haven't seen it.

Behold my complete card!



Reading Wrap-up )

Pluribus

Dec. 23rd, 2025 05:57 pm
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I subbed to Apple TV for a month to watch the shows I mentioned in an earlier post. So far, I've watched Severance and Plur1bus. I really liked Severance and will post about it later.

general feelings about Pluribus )

more specific/spoilery thoughts )

edit:
comparing themes in Severance )
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Well. Almost there. I'm not cooking Christmas dinner this year—Bun and MRBun2B have invited us there—but tomorrow I am producing Afternoon Tea for them, plus BIL, Boy, and MrBun2B's parents. The most concise way I have found of referring to this couple is "Bun's in-laws", though they are not that at present. Beast feels there should be a word for this relationship, but I don't think there is. Am I wrong?

*

Have spent an hour or so arranging holly (we have a tree with berries!), ivy, acuba japonica and white lilies (still in bud) to decorate the dining room. Very casual arrangements, but I like the effect. Also very economical, as all the greenery was culled from the garden and we only needed to buy two bunches of lilies. If any of you is worried about the cat, I can promise there will be *no* difficulty keeping her out of the dining room, when it is filled with People. She can have a nice, peaceful Christmas Day to recover.

*

Final chorus engagement for the year was at the Hamlet Centre last Friday. Now that the chorus is so much younger, a large proportion of members are working during the day )we used to have more pensioners and housewives) so there were only five of us, but we duly turned up. This particular version of the Hamlet Centre is for young adults with various disabilities. In the past we've also sung at the children's version, which is usually delightful because at least one little girl always got up and danced as we sang. I wasn't expecting a dancer this time, but I was wrong! There were a couple of kids there, and the little girl danced!

With only five of us—three Leads and two Baritones—there wasn't a lot we could do in terms of Christmas repertoire, but there was a recording of various Christmas songs which we sang along with, and we did manage to throw in Silent Night, White Christmas and the Carol of the Bells acappella. I harmonised happily as the mood took me.

It's a fairly unique experience. It's always kinda bizarre and quite joyous. I didn't take part last year, for reasons of New Hip, and remembered all over again why it is a good thing to do. I think the three newcomers among us were all hooked!
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December 22-26 is Lonely Prompts Week and it will be a challenge week! Each day will have a different theme for you to base the prompts you fill on.

In the past, we used to have a "winner" who completed the most fills every day, and at the end of the week, we'd announce an overall winner. But this time around, we're doing things differently! There are no winners or “losers”, just prompts that have been filled. At the end of the week, we'll be sharing a round-up post of all the lonely prompts that have been filled.

Tuesday's Theme: Same List, New Choice

More Information: Fill prompts from one specific day of the week. Pick only prompts that come from Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or so on.

If you leave a request, please make sure it follows the theme for the day and that each request is a new comment.

You are more than welcome to fill any and all lonely prompts, but only the prompts filled for the current theme will be counted for the daily totals. I will however include a list of those who filled other prompts when I do the round-up at the end of the week.

Please number your fills when leaving more than one in a comment. This helps me when I'm ready to count them up.


To find those elusive Lonely Prompts, you can go into the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.

To get things going, a few rules that I ask you all to follow.

1. You can only request five prompts to be filled. Please create a new comment for each prompt request.
2. You can request no more than three prompts from the same fandom.
3. You can, however, fill as many prompts as you'd like!
4. In the subject line, be sure to say whether this is a request or a fill!
5. You must link back to whatever the prompt is in the community logs (whether filling or requesting it be filled), and, if you're filling the prompt, please complete the fill as a response to the original prompt.
6. If you are filling an "any/any" prompt, please let us know what fandom (or, if original, say so!) you're using for the response.
7. If you filled any lonely prompts earlier this week, this is the place to share them!
8. Finally, we now have a community at AO3. If you have an AO3 account, please post your fills there. More information on how to do this is located at this link.

How to link:

[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)

or:

http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."

HAPPY REQUESTING/WRITING/FILLING!

Check-In Post - Dec 23rd 2025

Dec. 23rd, 2025 06:38 pm
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Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: Does anyone have any plans for making Christmas gifts or cards?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!



December: Bingo

Dec. 23rd, 2025 07:18 pm
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It's bingo time again. Let's have some fun with the following table:

greengold
redorange




To complete the challenge, grab all the prompts and blackout the card. You can do single works or combine the four prompts in one work.
No one will blame you when you decide to do only one or two prompts, though.

Allowed are fics up to 500 words, small poems like haiku or similar, icons (100x100 px), and small graphics up to 500 px width x height. Please stay to the maximum, even if you decide to use all prompts in one work.

All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome, as are original work and real-person work.

Please tag your work with all relevant tags.

This challenge runs until December 31, at midnight in your time zone.

:::

Challenge Reminder:
10 out of 20
This or That

Decorating Atlantis

Dec. 23rd, 2025 12:37 pm
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You know this is exactly what would happen if John and Rodney were tasked with decorating Atlantis.

John-and-Rodney-decorate-Atlantis.png
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Title: A Minor Inconvenience
Author: [personal profile] goddess47
Character(s): Harry Potter, Severus Snape
Pairing(s): Harry/Severus
Rating: PG
Length: 100


Summary:

Wizards would barely notice!


Notes:

For [community profile] adventdrabbles prompt Day 19 - snowy village

For [community profile] sweetandshort December 2025 prompt - snowed in


In the Eye of the Beholder on AO3

 

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Title: Please Don’t Cry
Fandom: FAKE
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: Vol. 3, Act 9.
Summary: Dee never knows what to do when someone is crying.
Written For: 
[personal profile] jigglygrlcarrie
’s prompt ‘Any, any, “Don’t cry”, at [community profile] threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble and a half, 350 words.
 
 


Doctor Who Drabble: Overprotective

Dec. 23rd, 2025 04:37 pm
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Title: Overprotective
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Fourteenth Doctor, Donna.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 985: ‘Fuss’ at 
[community profile] dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Donna gives the Doctor a piece of her mind.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
 
 


Double Drabble: Beached

Dec. 23rd, 2025 04:28 pm
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Title: Beached
Author: 
[personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 897: Beach, at 
[community profile] torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Something weird is going on in the Hub.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 


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Fandom: Game Changers series (Heated Rivalry)
Characters/Pairings: Hayden Pike & Shane Hollander, Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Hayden Pike/Jackie Pike, Montreal team ensemble
Rating: Mature
Length: 5450
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: gurlsrool on AO3
Themes: Friendship, Five things, Humor, Outsider pov, Established relationship, Canon LGBTQ+ characters

Summary: “I don’t hate him!” Hayden says, which is only true because hate doesn’t quite capture it. No, he despises Rozanov. In his defense, everyone with a pulse and without the last name Hollander does.

Or: 5 times Hayden doesn’t get Shane and Ilya’s relationship, +1 time he does.

Reccer's Notes: This is set just after the end of the Heated Rivalry book so I guess mild spoilers for ep 6 follow (it's really not very spoilery). In the fic, Shane and Ilya have acknowledged their feelings and are exclusive, and Shane's told Hayden, his best friend on the Montreal team. The story focuses on Hayden's incredulity and his conviction that Ilya Rozanov is a giant dick (which Ilya delightedly feeds into). The more Hayden learns about Shane's relationship with Ilya, the more horrified he gets (the bottoming, their mild D/s dynamic). Then, in the sixth part, he sees another side of Ilya entirely. The story's very well written and extremely funny, with brilliant characterization of Hayden, Ilya, and Shane. A ton of fun!

Fanwork Links: fresh out of any good judgment

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Title: Sacrifice
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Delenn, Neroon, Lennier.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 400
Spoilers/Setting: Moments of Transition.
Summary: Neroon accepted his role in Delenn’s plan because it showed wisdom. The rest was the calling of his own heart.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 501: Amnesty 83, using Challenge 419: The Last Word.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Quadruple drabble.



2026 Book Bingo Card!

Dec. 22nd, 2025 08:33 pm
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Introducing the 2026 Book Bingo Card!



Don't forget if you are having trouble filling some of the squares you are allowed two substitutions and two wild cards, substitutions are substituting one category for another, I'll post a substitution list below, wild cards can be any book you want, including fanfiction, the fanfiction should be over 50,000 words and fanfiction can only be used once for a wild card square.

Substitution list:

*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs
*Classic/Retelling
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Non-Human POV
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Under 100 Pages
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*With a Blue Cover
*Horror or Paranormal
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Number in title
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*Indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Re-read

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