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addmeName:Sami
Age:30's
I mostly post about:A little of everything I guess.
My hobbies are:Writing, Reading
My posting schedule tends to be: Pretty sporadic.
When I add people, my deal breaker is:If you're only reaching out when you need something, and never reciprocating support or interest in what's going on with me.
Before adding me, you should know: Nothing really. I like to think I'm a pretty laid back person. I'm a good listener and I'd be happy to meet some new people here.
WorldCon has Loaded (ISH)
Aug. 14th, 2025 10:11 ammuccamukkThey seem to have fixed the technical issues (*knocks on wood, scratches a stay, turns around three times*) and I have gone to several panels! Both a virtual one of Nigerian authors and a filmed one of an in-person panel.
ETA: Both 10:30 panels I want to see either not streaming or not with sound.
ETA2: Caught the back half of one 10:30 panel (idk if the other one ever worked), and the sound was back for most of the noon panel, though it dropped out completely ten minutes from the end. Folks attending have been amazing with posting running notes to the discord, linking to works mentioned by the panellists.
ETA: Both 10:30 panels I want to see either not streaming or not with sound.
ETA2: Caught the back half of one 10:30 panel (idk if the other one ever worked), and the sound was back for most of the noon panel, though it dropped out completely ten minutes from the end. Folks attending have been amazing with posting running notes to the discord, linking to works mentioned by the panellists.
Shine
Aug. 13th, 2025 10:10 pmolivermossThis is a serious historical BL show from Thailand, very different from what I usually see in Thai and other BL shows. The trailer alone is amazing. I really want to see it, but so far the only option seems to be a Thai streaming service and IDK if it's subtitled and it wants me to pay via a phone QR code. I am really, really hoping this gets put out on other distribution because it looks amazing.
Battleship!!
Aug. 13th, 2025 04:52 pmsnickficI signed up for Battleship this year, my second time, knowing that I would leave for vacation nine days in. That seemed fine, since I figured eight days of Battleship would probably be enough for me, and then I burned out in six days. 😅 Still, I received some things and I wrote a bunch of things, and as always the team atmosphere was very fun. I'll put the stuff I wrote in a different post.
Things I received:
no alarms and no surprises by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
ElasticElla, Suspiria 2019, Susie/Madame Blanc, 800 words. A trippy little post-canon piece, and the one gift I received for one of my requests.
Dirty Water bydarkrosaleen, Jaws/The Witch crossover, Martin Brody/Thomasin, 900 words. I got offered this in DMs (as someonetimes happens in Battleship), and the combo was so wild I couldn't resist.
Wrist Day byNary, Letterkenny, Jonesy/Katy/Reilly, 1.5k. A very silly PWP with the humor and voices of the show, which I adopted when it was offered up on discord (as also sometimes happens in Battleship).
Things I received:
no alarms and no surprises by
Dirty Water by
Wrist Day by
What I'm Doing Wednesday
Aug. 13th, 2025 05:05 pmsage( books (Hodgson, Greene & Arroyo, Rudhyar, Tyl, Gillig, Al-Rashid. Abulafia) )
yarning
I went to yarn group Sunday and learned one of our members is moving away next week. That is sad. I finished sewing together a bunny and started a new one, and my shoulder didn't protest too much, so that was a nice surprise. I finished the eyes and faces of 2 bunnies yesterday and need to take photos and list them. It felt good to be crocheting again.
healthcrap
I'm so worried about my parents and various other things that it's affecting my sleep. I always have trouble getting into Deep sleep, and lately the fitbit is registering single digit minutes in deep, and I've been having stupid insomnia. I need probably to start doing yoga nidra again, but I'm blocked about it for some reason. Like I'm blocked about Yoga and Pilates. Except that is at least partly due to it being so damned hot. There is little I can do about the things I'm stressing over, and yet. It's so frustrating. ( cut for discussion of weight loss )
house
I've done a fair bit of cleaning/chores today to counteract the worry. And hopefully the insomnia.
astrology
Mercury stationed direct in the wee hours of Monday, so communication and travel snafus are diminishing over the course of the week.
#resist
Monday, 9/01: Workers over Billionaires (#5051)
I hope you're all doing well! <333
yarning
I went to yarn group Sunday and learned one of our members is moving away next week. That is sad. I finished sewing together a bunny and started a new one, and my shoulder didn't protest too much, so that was a nice surprise. I finished the eyes and faces of 2 bunnies yesterday and need to take photos and list them. It felt good to be crocheting again.
healthcrap
I'm so worried about my parents and various other things that it's affecting my sleep. I always have trouble getting into Deep sleep, and lately the fitbit is registering single digit minutes in deep, and I've been having stupid insomnia. I need probably to start doing yoga nidra again, but I'm blocked about it for some reason. Like I'm blocked about Yoga and Pilates. Except that is at least partly due to it being so damned hot. There is little I can do about the things I'm stressing over, and yet. It's so frustrating. ( cut for discussion of weight loss )
house
I've done a fair bit of cleaning/chores today to counteract the worry. And hopefully the insomnia.
astrology
Mercury stationed direct in the wee hours of Monday, so communication and travel snafus are diminishing over the course of the week.
#resist
Monday, 9/01: Workers over Billionaires (#5051)
I hope you're all doing well! <333
WorldCon 404 Not Found
Aug. 13th, 2025 01:34 pmmuccamukkSo technical issues have taken out the Seattle WorldCon streaming platform, all recorded panels didn't get recorded, and no streaming panels are currently being broadcast. (Apparently some of the earlier streams happened? I missed them.)
The first half a day just got wiped out.
So glad they committed to expanding the virtual experience due to people not being able to attend for Politics reasons. It's off to a flying start.
ETA: It did start working about half way through the fourth panel slot.
ETA2: Panel slot five has video but not sound.
ETA3: No audible sound on the Martha Wells q&a. Giving up for the day.
The first half a day just got wiped out.
So glad they committed to expanding the virtual experience due to people not being able to attend for Politics reasons. It's off to a flying start.
ETA: It did start working about half way through the fourth panel slot.
ETA2: Panel slot five has video but not sound.
ETA3: No audible sound on the Martha Wells q&a. Giving up for the day.
ETA FOUND!!! Tony injured and trapped....
Aug. 12th, 2025 04:38 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
avengers_search_feedETA-found! See comments below for link.
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It was an older fic – I don’t recall if it was on AO3 or FFN…. Tony and the team were on a mission – unfortunately I don’t recall the circumstances of the mission other than it might have been somewhere in Europe. Tony was doing his Iron Man thing – helping and taking care of baddies. Something happens and he is ‘dropped’ or ‘falls’ down a crevasse or something similar. He’s pretty badly injured and trapped in a very difficult place to rescue him from. I think that JARVIS was still operational and after some effort manages to contact Cap and the rest of the Avengers…. I think….
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Bruce and I think it was Cap – manage to finally get to Tony but they cannot remove him from the underground caves/caverns easily. I think they used the Iron Man armor to act as a ‘compression suit’ (help stop or slow internal bleeding) and to act as a ‘stretcher’ to get Tony out of the caves. Some areas are very tight not even easily passing the suit through much less have Bruce or Cap accompanying him.
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They finally get him to an area where rescue services can then help get him the rest of the way to medical help. I’ve tried a few searches but there are so many MCU/Avengers stories out there I haven’t found it. Any help – pointers, ideas and/or links would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for any help.
FF:FS timeline thoughts.
Aug. 12th, 2025 06:37 ammuccamukkNot sure if anyone else here is into this movie. I'm picking away at the sex pollen fic, but I haven't written fic in long enough that it was slow going the first few days, and now I'm afk while visiting my parents (elder millennial has not warmed to writing fic on phone). Meanwhile, I'm trying to work out the latest backstory.
It's been long enough since I read any F4 comics that I read the wiki to remember the origin story (since the movie just summarises it). The following is a vague stab at a timeline?
( No real spoilers )
Thoughts? Corrections? Anyone just want to talk about the movie?
It's been long enough since I read any F4 comics that I read the wiki to remember the origin story (since the movie just summarises it). The following is a vague stab at a timeline?
( No real spoilers )
Thoughts? Corrections? Anyone just want to talk about the movie?
Appointment Week
Aug. 12th, 2025 02:36 amazurelunaticI have:
* 3 appointments tomorrow, all remote (for later today versions of "tomorrow", because I rarely get to sleep before midnight)
* 2 appointments Wednesday
* Only one appointment Thursday, but it looks like a doozy
* The morning primary care adjacent appointment on Wednesday got scheduled today (Monday) by using the magic combination of phrases "my oncologist said" and "new lump"
* (it's probably a ganglion cyst, since I have a history of those going back to the 1980s)
And then I managed to drive myself to Pained Noises & a complete lack of energy today by:
* ( Read more... )
* 3 appointments tomorrow, all remote (for later today versions of "tomorrow", because I rarely get to sleep before midnight)
* 2 appointments Wednesday
* Only one appointment Thursday, but it looks like a doozy
* The morning primary care adjacent appointment on Wednesday got scheduled today (Monday) by using the magic combination of phrases "my oncologist said" and "new lump"
* (it's probably a ganglion cyst, since I have a history of those going back to the 1980s)
And then I managed to drive myself to Pained Noises & a complete lack of energy today by:
* ( Read more... )
Weapons
Aug. 11th, 2025 11:37 pmolivermossI saw people say that hearing anything about the film will spoil it and it's best to go in cold, so I decided to actually see a movie in a theater. Also, if i am going to go to a theater, a hundred degree day is a good choice.
( Minor spoilers, and I don't actually think this movie is as easily spoiled as I'd heard. )
( Minor spoilers, and I don't actually think this movie is as easily spoiled as I'd heard. )
Murder in the Trembling Lands (Ben January #21)
Aug. 11th, 2025 10:20 pmsholioWorking on belatedly writing up some books I've read lately.
A new Ben January book came out in July, and I had tremendous fun with it! This is one of the books in the series where Hambly goes Full Pulp with the plot, and she is delightful at it - buried treasure, pirates, abandoned houses crumbling in the swamp, identity shenanigans, long-lost relatives ...
( Spoilers )
A new Ben January book came out in July, and I had tremendous fun with it! This is one of the books in the series where Hambly goes Full Pulp with the plot, and she is delightful at it - buried treasure, pirates, abandoned houses crumbling in the swamp, identity shenanigans, long-lost relatives ...
( Spoilers )
OASIS CONCERT
Aug. 11th, 2025 11:13 amsnickficOn July 26 I saw Liam and Noel and the rest at their second night of five at Wembley Stadium in London, which has a capacity of around 90k and was completely sold out.
( So much more. So much. )
So yeah. Great concert, absolutely mind-blowing tour, my ship has gone from "will they ever speak to each again" to NIGHTLY HUGS AND HANDHOLDING. Everything about this reunion has exceeded my wildest dreams.
( So much more. So much. )
So yeah. Great concert, absolutely mind-blowing tour, my ship has gone from "will they ever speak to each again" to NIGHTLY HUGS AND HANDHOLDING. Everything about this reunion has exceeded my wildest dreams.
....!!!
Aug. 10th, 2025 07:44 pmazurelunatichttps://comicbook.com/anime/news/homestuck-animated-series-hazbin-hotel-creators/
From the little I've absorbed about Hazbin Hotel, the creators might just be the correct kind of disturbed to do justice to Homestuck.
From the little I've absorbed about Hazbin Hotel, the creators might just be the correct kind of disturbed to do justice to Homestuck.
I write stuff. Gay stuff. Very gay stuff.
Aug. 10th, 2025 08:28 pmandrew_ashling posting in add_a_writerName: Andrew Ashling
Location: Europe
About My Journal: I have my own website, Ximerion, but I wanted a backup. So, my journal will mostly provide info about my books.
The sticky post provides an overview of all my books. It contains links to more specialized posts for each book. Or, at least, that’s the intention, because at this moment it is still very much a WIP. I will complete the info gradually.
I also will publish larger excerpts of my books. At the time of writing there are two. One from Dagger of Deception, the first of a series of medieval mysteries, with gay amateur sleuths, called Rahendo & Ryhunzo Mysteries. The other is from the second book of the same series, Last of the Line, projected publication late September or October 2025. I will post more excerpts later.
Finally, I plan posting some more personal musings, as well as quotes I stumble upon on the internet.
What I Write: I like to call my main series, Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse Epic Historical Fantasy with Gay Main Characters. They’re full of action, political intrigue, battles, and, sort of, gay dark romance. They’re not for the faint of heart.
The Rahendo & Ryhunzo Mysteries are set in the same world, parallel to the main action, but are far more lighter fare. Almost cozy mysteries, perhaps.
My most recent book—at the time of writing—is a novella, The Conqueror, also set in the same world. It’s about a second plane character who has left the main action. While I found the rest of his story interesting to explore, it has no place in the main series.
I’ve also written a dystopian stand-alone novel, A Dish Served Cold, a few satirical short stories, and a short thriller.
Recently, I’ve begun entertaining writing bona fide Historical Novels. We’ll see…
What I Read: History, Historical Fiction, Fantasy and whatever I find interesting.
Could I Edit Someone Else's Work: Maybe. Given the time, which I haven’t. The more important question is, “Would I be good at it?” Probably not. I would try to rewrite Someone Else’s Work in my own style. So, except for basic typo-hunting, no.
