memorizingthedigitsofpi

SO: "'We sell topsoil.' I never see anyone saying they sell bottomsoil."

Me: "I want my soil to be vers."

SO: "Hm?"

Me: "Soil that switches between top and bottom. I believe it's short for versatile, but I never inquired."

SO: "Maybe it's short for Versailles."

autobotscoutriella

public indecency

Summary: A club, an empty back alley, and a really bad idea.

Fandom: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Characters: Klavier Gavin/Daryan Crescend
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Semi-public sex and some really bad-idea exhibitionism
Notes: Still working my way through old prompts from the Phoenix Wright Kink Meme, this one from 2011. I'm only 14 years late!

( obviously it's Klavdar again, it'd be weirder if it wasn't )

Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: Marina - I Am Not A Robot

flo_nelja

Catégorie : Rester tout le temps avec Brindille (Amitié - Animaux - Soin - Aventurière - Changement - Jeunesse - Bande dessinée)

Aster vient d'une famille de sorciers où les filles apprennent la magie et où les garçons apprennent à se transformer en animaux, mais il veut apprendre la magie.

Aussi, une créature étrange fait disparaitre certains de ses cousins, et il devient ami avec une fille non-magicienne, ce qui est interdit par sa famille.

Malgré quelques thèmes sombres, c'est une histoire douce à propos d'apprendre à choisir ce qu'on veut faire et être ce qu'on est vraiment à l'adolescence. Contrairement à ce que je pensais, ce n'est pas explicitement trans, mais implicitement...

C'est peut-être un peu trop doux par rapport à la pression de la famille. Des fois cela semble cruel et à la scène d'après tout le monde est vraiment gentil et fait au mieux. L'ambiguité ne marche pas pour moi ; tout semble juste un peu trop optimiste.

J'aime beaucoup les personnages, et même si l'histoire peut être finie au tome 1, j'ai été ravie de les retrouver pour un tome 2 ! Il y a aussi un 3, que la médiathèque n'a pas, mais que je lirai à un moment ou un autre !

pauraque

Spooky season is here! This month I'll be reviewing books and games with a horror or generally Halloween-ish theme.

This vampire novella is said to have been an inspiration for Dracula (which I'll be reviewing next week) and gothic horror in general. It follows a lonely teenaged girl named Laura who lives with her widower father and their servants in a remote Austrian country house. When a passing carriage crashes near their property, they rush to help and find that the occupants are two older women and a girl Laura's age. One of the women begs them to take in her daughter Carmilla and allow her to recover from the crash, promising to return for her in a few months after she's finished her urgent but nebulous business elsewhere. This is all a bit suspicious given that Carmilla doesn't really seem injured and her mother has given strict orders that she's not allowed to reveal anything about herself or her family. But Laura is starving for the company of a girl her own age, and as for Carmilla, well... the modern reader will have already guessed that she's starving too.

I really enjoyed this. It definitely is rich with gothic atmosphere and prose that's literary but very clear. (Victorian prose can sometimes be a bit... much for me.) It is also very very very gay. It's not subtle or subtextual; Carmilla's passionate desire for Laura is overtly romantic as well as vampiric. Laura responds to this with flustered confusion, feeling both intense attraction and fear. It could be read as a cautionary tale of not inviting the scary lesbian into the house, but I found it more complex than that.

spoilery thoughts

Though written by a man, much of the narrative centers women. It does evoke the idea that women's agency is scary, but it's less in the way of men being threatened by it, and more from the perspective of a young woman who is fearful of claiming it and abandoning the safety of gendered expectations and conformity. It's a man who eventually takes over the action of identifying and destroying the vampire (though at first Carmilla physically overpowers him!) which makes sense because he doesn't see the ambiguity, he only sees the threat. The conclusion leans into the ambiguity, though, saying that Laura was never quite the same after her encounter with Carmilla, even though she survived. I think it is important that Laura's first-person narrative is framed as being told to a woman, confiding her past experiences to someone who might understand them.

I thought it was interesting that Carmilla's mother and her female companion are never seen again. I assume that the mother wasn't her birth mother, but rather her vampire-mother, the one who turned her, and maybe the other woman was her vampire-grandmother then? I wasn't completely sure how this worked beyond the maiden-mother-crone imagery of the trio. It did seem obvious that the "carriage crash" setup was a con—pretend Carmilla is hurt, play on people's sympathies to get them to invite her in. The loose thread of what happened to the others also resonates with the idea that once female agency is awakened, there's no closing the book on it.

Carmilla is in the public domain, so you can read it on Project Gutenberg if you like. It's a quick read!

prixmium

I have mentioned probably that specifically since July my creativity has kind of crashed and burned. It sucks a lot, and I had a very bad few days recently with my mental health. I feel a bit better at the moment, but I am still worried about my ability to maintain this outlook.

Currently, I am signed up for the bingo challenge at

fandom_empire and have been trying to track things over at

communal_creators.

Someone over at the latter suggested this word tracking spreadsheet template. Decided to try using it from today.

Current Mood: hopeful

malurette

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vriddy

Checked in for

getyourwordsout! It feels gooood to have met my monthly goal, for once :D I'm still desperately behind but it feels like I'm happily waddling along so it's all good. I'm learning and making progress!

Not having a title for the cursed witch is starting to feel like a loose teeth I can't stop poking at. I have a potential "series" title, although I just had an insight that if that feels like too much, I probably can smash the two sequel ideas I had into one book and make it into a hopefully more manageable duology instead, BUT also I know everything often ends up longer than expected, but also I end up thinking about how to contrast the book titles except that I have no titles at all yet!! Lol.

Come to me, title, come to me... *lays down breadcrumbs and hides around a corner in wait*

Current Mood: satisfied

malurette

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flo_nelja

Catégorie : La Bonne Auberge de la Pierre Levée (Fantasy - Quête - Médiéval - JDR - Livre dont vous êtes le héros - Voyageur - Musique)

Deux tomes : Arzhur est un chevalier déchu qui est recruté pour délivrer une princesse dans une tour. Mais Islen n'est pas ce qu'elle semble. Son père et sa mère veulent tous les deux la récupérer pour des raisons très différentes.

J'avais beaucoup aimé le premier tome, avec cette princesse à moitié humaine qui lutte pour savoir ce qu'elle est. J'aime moins le second tome qui se concentre plus sur le passé d'Arzhur et qui a un trope que je déteste (injustement accusé de viol), et même pas spécialement développé, écrit comme un cliché. Mais cela reste une histoire de fantasy intéressante, avec des références à des contes de fées qui sont tout à fait ce que j'aime.

Aussi, les dessins sont très beaux.

pauraque

After rewatching the Original Trilogy,

sdk and I allowed our enthusiasm to carry us forward into rewatching the Prequel Trilogy. That was... well, it was certainly a decision that we made.

I saw this movie in the theater and had not seen it since then. I knew it wasn't a cinematic masterpiece, but I did go in with a positive attitude hoping to enjoy some cheesy silliness and at least have fun razzing it. I'm afraid I was not able to maintain that attitude; I actually found the movie unpleasant to watch. So if you love it, maybe skip this post.

( cut for length and negativity )

In conclusion, I don't recommend this movie. I do, however, recommend this:

Watch on YouTube

Nonetheless we plan to persevere with Attack of the Clones, which I think I have seen part of. Maybe it will be better! Let me dream!

svgurl

kinktober-2025 is an October prompt challenge, with three prompts for each day in October. The challenge to use one or more to create a work (or you can swap out for the alternatives).

whumptober is a month long prompt-based whump themed fanwork challenge set in October.

flufftober is a month long prompt based fluff themed fanwork challenge taking place in October

angstober is an angst themed month long prompt event in October

polyamships is running Polyartober, a daily art poly ship prompt challenge set in the month of October.

dreamwars is a Star Wars fandom chat community.

ships20in20 is an icon challenge community where once sign-ups open, you claim a ship and make twenty icons based off the ship and the provided themes.

thestoryinside, a comm where you sign up to and pick books for a partner's TBR list based off voted for themes and vice versa, is open for October sign-ups until September 30th.

festivids, a rare fandom fanvid exchange, is open for sign-ups until October 3rd, 11:59PM UTC (I know the page says Sept 30th but it has been extended)

amperslashexchange, a fic and art exchange for ambiguous relationships that are hard to definitively classify as either platonic (&) or romantic/sexual (/), is accepting nominations until October 4th, 11:59PM UTC.

swrarepairs, a Star Wars rare pair (fewer than 250 fics on AO3 that are completed, in English, and over one thousand words) fanwork exchange, has opened sign-ups until October 4th, 11:59PM Eastern.

eatdrinkmakemerry, a multifandom exchange celebrating food and drink, is open for sign-ups until October 5th, 8:59PM Pacific.

gourdier

A few months ago... I want to say in July or August, at some point? I finished that The Story So Far bundle that my roommate and I borrowed from the library. Well, that plus Memory of Melody.

At the time of playing, I wrote up a review of KH1, but I wanted to get through all the discs as fast as possible before K had to go on vacation, so I didn't draft up any other review posts. Oops. I'll just... jot down what I remember of my impressions for posterity's sake, I guess. Is it worth noting that I played on Beginner for all of the games? Cuz if so, I'm noting it right here.

( Recollections will be fuzzy and under the cut. )

mistressofmuses

A mushroom sticker, which I bought after the lantern festival we went to last week.

This was a pretty good week! I spent the start of it with Taylor for belated birthday hangouts, which was nice. And toward the end of the week, I actually got some writing done, which also felt good. About the only thing I'm disappointed in was not getting any outdoor time, but it was cold and rainy all day the only day I had free to do so. Instead we splurged on a bit of Halloween decor, which I won't complain about, haha. Also happy with the amount of reading I got done, though still a bit short of my goal. Feeling the fall vibes, and hoping to lean into enjoying October... we'll see how easy the weather makes that for me to do!

Goals for the week:

I did get together with Taylor
I finished reading Tidal Creatures
I did not get any outdoor time
I did work on my WIP
I did continue on my DW posting, still trying to catch up
I worked on my book reviews
I did not work on my reading page
I got fresh branches for the katydids
I started reading Diavola
I dropped off Taylor's birthday gift (twice delayed due to UPS nonsense)
I watered plants

Tracked habits:

Work - 5/7
Household Maintenance - 3/7
Physical Activity - 1/7
Wrote 500/1000+ Words - 3/7 - all over 500 words
Wrote on 2nd+ Draft - 0/7
Meta Work - 5/7
Personal Writing - 4/7
Other Creative Things - 0/7
Reading - 7/7 - I finished reading Tidal Creatures and started Diavola, and I also reread some fanfic; Taylor and I started reading Overgrowth; Alex and I read more of Duma Key
Attention to Media -7/7 - Sunday and Monday I listened to Re: Dracula and music; Tuesday we watched the last episode of Adolescence, and started The Madness, but I fell asleep; Wednesday we finished The Madness; Thursday we had 20/20 in the background; Friday we watched Great British Bake Off and started Clickbait, and I listened to Re: Dracula; Saturday watched a paranormal video in the background and listened to Re: Dracula and some music.
Video Games - 0/7
Social Interaction - 7/7

Total words written: 1730 on my current WIP

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: Eads, CO

hannah

Because it's the world we live in, I got a virtual consultation on my wallet today. There's an assortment of leather repair shops in New York City, and they now offer the option of having someone check out a piece through video conferencing rather than legging it out to Midtown. My wallet's been getting fairly ragged for a while, so I figured it was time to look into seeing if it could be fixed. It turns out, not so much. The guy took one look at it and said that it probably wasn't possible, given the overall wear and weathering and and rips at the seams, and even fixing up the seams would be difficult. He gave a timetable of several days, if not weeks, and a price point of a few hundred dollars.

The thing about this wallet that's got me considering that price and timetable is that this is my wallet. To be clear, this is my only wallet. To be even more precise, this is still my first wallet. It's the wallet my parents bought for me when I'd have been five or six, old enough to be trusted with one. To illustrate how long I've had it, it's got the address and phone number of the house I grew up in. My hometown changed its area codes in 1997, and the number in my wallet has the old area code. When I told the leather guy I'd had it for at least 30 years, I wasn't exaggerating.

Besides the sheer emotional attachment to this thing, it's also a good wallet. It's got a clear slot for emergency contact information, it's got an ID pocket, it's got six thin credit card sleeves and a larger pocket for a few more, it's got a lot of room for bills, and it's got a coin purse. A coin purse! With a clasp! A coin purse with two pockets, one I use for pennies and one I use for all the other coins to make exact change that much easier to manage. That's not a feature on most modern wallets. It's barely a feature on vintage wallets, at least going by what's being offered on eBay.

A few hundred dollars to fix this would still be getting my money's worth out of this wallet. I'm also thinking that given I've had this over thirty years, it might be time to buy a second wallet for a good deal less than a few hundred dollars. Provided, that is, I can find one that's also capable of doing what this one does. Hopefully with all the same features, ideally for at least another thirty years.

Current Mood: nostalgic
Current Music: Calico Train - Steve Martin

petra

Mirror Kukalaka (Star Trek) is a searchable tag on AO3.

As of this writing, Mirror Spot (Star Trek) is not.

I am so glad that people are examining the question, "But what if the teddy bear was evil?"

Spot, too, deserves a rampage, being the best kitty.

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Fanfare for the Common Bajoran (the DS9 theme, which is not called that)

autobotscoutriella

I don't know where this headache came from, but I wish it would go away :( I've got another hour left at work and when I get home I need to do some dishes and fold some laundry.

Bribing myself to do the things: if I do the things instead of falling straight into bed when I get home, I can also bake some cheesy biscuits (including the usually-forbidden trip to the store outside of grocery day to get some more butter). We'll see if the lure of cheesy biscuits is enough.

Current Mood: sore

malurette

Title: Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer vacation
By: Sony Pictures/Genndy Tartakovsky
Language: English (+ closed captions)
Type: animation
Genre: family/bit of adventure
Length: 1h32
Release date: 2018

Where: on Netflix

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It was... ok? not great, not bad. Will i watch the fourth and last one now?
heh, maybe.

flo_nelja

( Il pleut des poèmes ) 8/10

( Quelqu'un se souviendra de nous, Nadège Da Rocha ) 7/10

( 100 queer poems ) 8/10

( Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro ) 7/10

( Magnus, une histoire pour tuer le temps, Laurent Peyronnet ) 5/10

( Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen ) 7/10

Progression : 79/52
"Risques de lecture" : Quelqu'un se souviendra de nous, Never Let Me Go, Northanger Abbey -> 37/26
Reddit fantasy bingo : 25/25

mistressofmuses

Too many pictures of my (or family's) pets is of course what takes up most of my camera roll.

So here are the fuzzy pets!

It's Bella!

One of her favorite bones. It makes me laugh when it looks like she's holding it like a cigar, lol.

Two more:

Always a majestic sleeper.

And of course some good psycho-puppy eyes.

And Jaspurr, mom and Taylor's cat!

He's so cute.

Three more:

Lookit the little toe beans!

This really is his natural state.

This picture was from Taylor. I bought him the little toy Dia de Muertos fish, because I thought it was cute. The utter tragedy, of having dropped it to the next stair. :(

ETA: Whoops, forgot one!

This one is from my mom. We just found it funny how much he looks like the cat on his food bag, haha.

The frog/toad/snake and invertebrates will get separate posts, so that it's not too damn long, ha.

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my apartment

petra

I used part of my stuck-in-bed-with-owies day to catch up on my story index of 2025, at the end of which I discovered I never finished updating the one from 2024. 2024 will have to wait, because at the moment I am just floored by how many fucking limericks I have written this year.

If you subscribe to me on AO3 and you don't like my poetry, I am so, so sorry (insincere). This will continue unabated, as I just came to the (un)fortunate realization that I can do limericks for Kinktober.

For anyone whose ears perked up at the mention of Kinktober, here's a possible kink list for you.

Current Mood: poetic
Current Music: The apples fermented inside the lamented

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petra - My straight man
autobotscoutriella - public indecency
flo_nelja - Pumpkin Autumn Challenge : Le garçon sorcière (Molly Knox Ostertag)
pauraque - Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1872)
prixmium - Word tracking spreadsheet/start of October
malurette - [book] The big game (ST:DS9)
vriddy - September GYWO check-in, and titles or lack thereof
malurette - [courts] Nuit de l'Animation 2025 - partie 1
flo_nelja - Pumpkin Autumn Challenge : Ténébreuse (Hubert, Mallié)
pauraque - Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
svgurl - fandom comms/events
gourdier - Kingdom Hearts Review Boogaloo
mistressofmuses - Habit Tracking: Week 39 (September 21 - September 27)
hannah - Built to last.
petra - Tag of the day
autobotscoutriella - (no subject)
malurette - [film] Hotel Transylvania 3
flo_nelja - Lectures de septembre
mistressofmuses - Monthlyish pet pics - 1 of 3 - The mammals!
petra - There once were subscribers so patient

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