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Ack, I'm late! These went live on AO3 three days ago 🤦‍♀️ But hey, they're here now, and that's better than nothing, right? Now I need to go heap praise on my podfic recording counterparts!

Fandom: Pokémon
Summary: It's Amity the Unown's favorite time of year
Mirrors: AO3
Wordcount: 641
Ships: None
Notes: For

pokepodproject's Into the Unown mini-round, featuring Unown A; title is taken from "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music. Check out the Podfic version!
Fic: Let's Start at the Very Beginning (It's a Very Good Place to Start)( Let's Start at the Very Beginning (It's a Very Good Place to Start) )

Fandom: Pokémon
Summary: Someone keeps messing with Kaylee's street art, and she's going to find out who.
Mirrors: AO3
Wordcount: 586
Ships: None
Notes: For

pokepodproject's Into the Unown mini-round, featuring Unown K; check out the Podfic version!
Fic: ( Vandalism )

Current Mood: enthralled

starandrea

As soon as I said, "I think the dahlias are going to be fine," this happens.

That is, I had largely written off the remaining seven containers of unsprouted dahlias, since by now even the latest starter is six inches tall, and I knew going in that three of the containers had likely duds. I figured four more were unexpectedly the same.

NOPE. What am I going to do with this one? It's in the "spa room" with the ivies for now, as there is no more room on the dahlia shelf in the closet.

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(Good work, little dahlia. I'm very happy to see you.)

Also, the Solomon's Seal is back in the patio garden! I planted it under the porch (with some ferns) the year after we moved in, so it knows it has to get an early start if it wants any sun before the other plants show up.

(The picture isn't tilted. The Solomon's Seal grows at an angle to lean into the light.)

Plus some crocuses (yay!) and Daphne helping out in the garden like she does.

( sprouts, blooms, and paws )

aurumcalendula

No dice on my most recent attempt re: the StudioWorks Wiseguy season 1 DVDs :( Disc 3 is not recognized by any player I have.

duckprintspress

I wanted to thank everyone who boosted our posts and/or made a purchase from us during the Trans Rights Readathon (you can read about the fundraiser here) and therefore enabled us to add to our baseline $50 donation to the Trevor Project! With y’all’s support, we raised our donation to $81.47, and today I went ahead and made that donation – I added a few extra dollars to cover the processing fees for them.

Thank you all – we couldn’t have done this without you!

Wondering when you can next help Duck Prints Press help others? We’ll be back this June with our fourth-annual Pride Bundles for Charity! The 2026 bundles are still in planning, but we’ll have one collection of general imprint short stories, one of explicit imprint short stories, and one of artwork, and we’re tentatively looking at splitting our donation this year between the Queer Liberation Library and the Transgender Law Center.

If you want to keep abreast of what Duck Prints Press is doing and make sure you are among the first to hear when we launch our 2026 Pride Bundles for charity, I encourage you to visit our Contact page and follow us on the platform(s) of your choice and/or sign up for our newsletter!

snowazalea

I have added three more dolls to my “keep” list after some thinking. It was good to reflect on how to approach the hobby and make some corrections to my collecting. Often I have to just try something to see if I like it, and if not, I shouldn’t beat myself up about it. I don’t think it’s realistic to see myself as keeping every one of my dolls for the rest of my life, either. If there are some lifelong keepers, that will be awesome, but I want to stay open to change always.

I decided I want to keep my vintage babies because I had been so interested in some displays on Pinterest. I realized I really want to try them, and I have the space.

I also considered how the meaning of writing has either changed or become clearer to me over the years with experience. Primarily, writing is for me now. I find I shy away from putting my work online because it was never intended to be rated or judged, and people online seem increasingly conditioned to do that. Writing helps me process my experiences and reveals my desires to me. If I wanted to share writing online, it would be writing about writing, to help others write for themselves rather than an audience.

duckprintspress

I actually wrote this yesterday, but I was traveling and only on mobile so it got posted to the Discord I do reading stuff in but no where else. So, crossposting today, even tho it's already inaccurate (I've finished two of my current reads since when I wrote this).

1. What are you currently reading?

The Beauty's Blade by Feng Ren Zuo Shu: I have only 80 pages left and I still have no idea why the ml would even tolerate the mc, much less love her. The jianghu chaos is kinda fun, at least.
Yona of the Dawn vol 28 by Mizuho Kusanagi
Yellow omnibus 1 by Makoto Tateno: I read the first volume of this in lile 2006 and was always curious what happened, so I'm finally reading the whole thing on Libby. Very easy to forget with 20+ years distance how much rapey stuff and weird underage stuff was in ancient yaoi lmao. And this was one I liked! Not near as bad as the ones that led me to stop reading the whole genre for a long time.

2. What have you recently finish reading?

Gachiakuta vol. 3 by Kei Urana
Dandadan vol. 14 by Yukinobu Tatsu
A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation vol. 4 by Misaki: this really is Lout of Count's Family a little to the left and much gayer and tbh I'm here for it.
Real-Time Fever by Taberu Kasumi: weird blackmail mlm explicit thing about two students, one of whom is a camboy sort of. It was meh.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime manga vol. 11 by Fuse
I've Seen it All vol. 1 and 2 by Shouko Takaku: speaking of old yaoi, this was a surprisingly fun couple books (there's at least one more but it's not on Libby) about a doctor who is an expert on penile health and surgery and the rando be runs into and is like "I can tell by his appearance that his penis is perfect and I must have him." It's crack adjacent but idk it made me smile.
Yona of the Dawn vol. 25 to 27 by Mizuho Kusanagi
Dinosaur Sanctuary vol. 7 by Itaru Kinoshita
Sakamoto Days vol. 21 by Yuto Suzuki

3. What will you read next?

Novels: my hold on the next volume of Apothecary Diaries came through so probably that, then Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell is still next.

Graphic novels from the (physical) library: still Daybreak vol. 2 by Moosopp.

Graphic novels from the (digital) library: Just Like Mona Lisa vol. 3 is the only one due imminently.

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starandrea

The dahlias are 6 inches tall on a 14-inch shelf, with a 23-inch replacement shelf available below them. They are five weeks old with five weeks to go until the frost-free date. At this rate I think we might make it. v

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The cannas, on the other hand, are apparently growing roots instead of greenery. Very sensible! They are two weeks old and still only an inch of growth showing above the soil. This is, dare I say, very sustainable. I do not have enough soil or space to pot all of them, but I might pot a few more to give them a head start on May. v

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More seedlings have appeared! Here they are on their way upstairs to the sun. v

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And here I am, sunning them and my dog at the same time. v

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In conclusion, some mini-daffodils. v

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shipperslist

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mekare

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aurumcalendula

I finally got a chance to catch up on To Embers We Return and Dragon Subjugation Incantation's most recently translated chapters! I'm really enjoying both of them and am looking foward to seeing how how their plots and romances continue to develop!

I'm a bit annoyed there hasn't (afaik) been any announcements yet from Seven Seas re: baihe licenses. I'm hoping Rosmei does a decent job with their two (they released inital volumes of The Creator's Grace and At the World's Mercy recently, but my order from Yiggybean won't arrive until sometime in May).

Last night I managed to get a full timeline for my ClaireBell fanvid draft! I'm not sure if it lives up to the song I chose, but I'm really happy with sections of it.

snowazalea

This morning I'm having my Laos Meung Honeybee tea, but the caffeine just hasn't hit yet.

I have changed into my 40s in that all I can think about is sleeping in. Lying in bed, I persuaded myself to get up by reminding myself there are three days in the near future I can sleep in: Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday.

The last two afternoons, I have been going to a coffee or tea shop after work and writing at least one page before I go home. But today, I'm going to go straight home after work. I'm starting to feel tired and burned out already.

This week, I have been reflecting on how easy and enjoyable it was for me to write in the afternoons after school in junior high and high school. Even in college, I wrote entire novels. I feel like I didn't spend that much time studying. But I passed. I wouldn't change anything about that. But what happened? My first couple of jobs, I continued to write. It really ebbed noticeably in the early 2010s. And I've written since then, but it's been a real effort. I tried to look up some stuff about it being harder once you get older, but all I found were articles and posts swearing that it doesn't change at all, and people get more creative when they get older because they have more experience. Huh. Maybe it's just me then.

But I do have higher standards for myself and my environment. I spend my mental energy planning meals and chores. I don't feel free to daydream about characters in the absorbing way I once did. I might forget something. And I do. If I make a conscious effort, I can do it.

What brought it on was looking up about some Harlequin romances, and remembering how I had wanted to and planned to write for that line for so long. I made some submissions in college and early work life. I always thought I would be a romance writer. When I think of... just not letting that happen, I feel some panic. I've got to think of where I would want to submit to, though. Harlequin is still around, but it looks to have diminished over the years.

starandrea

I know some people (especially in the west) have lots of legitimate concerns about LLM as AI, and many of them will not be as amused as I am by the ways in which Google's AI results present themselves in response to partial searches.

Nonetheless, I smiled at the return when I attempted to verify Old Dominion as the performer of the song "Snapback." I typed the opening lyrics "strictly out of curiosity" into google and accepted the suggestion "strictly out of curiosity what would happen"

Google's AI overview replied, "Based on the lyrics to 'Snapback' by Old Dominion, if you got with them, they would likely kiss you, skip rocks, and start something new together that night. They would focus on you in a snapback, T-shirt, and Ray-Bans, taking midnight selfies and making memories."

My point is, I'm not sure today's weather was strictly necessary.

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douqi

There's a phenomenon in at least three major British cities where the gay district is located right next to Chinatown. I mused on this as I finished my breakfast at a Hong Kong-style cafe in Brick Lane and crossed the street to the queer bookshop.

But there, I'm getting ahead of myself.

So despite all my resolutions about not letting work take over my life, work unhinged its jaws wider than I thought them possible and swallowed me whole, and now I'm only just managing to briefly resurface because things have slowed down for Easter. I'm already dreading the return to work next week. Down with capitalism, etc.

ANYWAY I managed to get down to London last week to see Cynthia Erivo's one-woman performance of Dracula and also to eat things. Dracula was fun mostly as a spectacle. I'm not sure it really holds up without that element, especially given the odd decision to have Cynthia Erivo straight-up narrate the letters/diaries from the novel itself instead of adapting them as dialogue.

Perhaps equally (or more) interesting, food pictures (I was mostly hanging out in Brick Lane/Shoreditch, hence the selection).

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thawrecka

Glitter (196 words) by thawrecka
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jennifer's Body (2009)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jennifer Check/Anita "Needy" Lesnicki
Characters: Jennifer Check, Anita "Needy" Lesnicki
Additional Tags: Resurrection, Short, Nonnies Made Me Do It
Summary:

The 17th time Jennifer resurrects and finds Needy all over again...

First posted here on FFA.

starandrea

Oh, right. That was what happened when I wrote Lan Xichen/Nie Mingjue; it's coming back to me.

That is just 2000 words of soap opera, right there.

“I’m sorry,” Lan Huan says, and it’s more bitingly sarcastic than he’s been in years. “What did you want me to think? I slept with you and you decided to die. What exactly am I supposed to take from that?”

(Also it's chapter 28/30 in a story that's 14th in a million-word series, so I'm not claiming it makes sense out of context. But I really enjoyed rereading it.)

shipperslist

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duckprintspress

A graphic on a pale blue background. Top text reads Writing Fanfiction, Writing Original Fiction: Similarities and Differences - a Duck Prints Press panel. Saturday, April 11 8 a.m. Eastern time. In the center are clipart of a tablet with an image vaguely reminiscent of AO3's interface, and a book. Bottom text reads join patreon.com/duckprintspress for exclusive access.

This Saturday at 8 a.m. we’ll be hosting our Patreon panel for April 2026: Writing Fanfiction, Writing Original Fiction: Similarities and Differences. We’ll be joined by a group of authors mostly located outside the US – Neo Scarlett, J. D. Rivers, Vee Sloane, Dei Walker, and MJ Kiwiana – to compare and contrast our experiences in writing fanfiction and original fiction!

Description: Views on how similar writing fanfiction is to writing original fiction vary widely, and form a spectrum ranging from peoplew who feel that writing fanfic and writing ofic are completely different exercises to whose who believe that writing each is identical. As with most continua, the reality of similarities and differences is more nuanced in the majority of cases, with how they are alike and how they differ depending on the writer, the style, the genre, and other variables. In this panel, we’ll look at these intersections to discuss where we fall personally in our views, how we find writing fanfic and ofic to be similar, how we find it to be different, what skills we’ve found portable across the two, and which we haven’t.

If you’re already a backer at the $7/month level, I hope you’ll join us, and if not – back our Patreon at the $7/month level or higher and join us LIVE for this panel to chat and ask your questions. Better yet, you’ll also get access to the recordings of the 19 (!!!) previous panels we’ve held!

rogueslayer452

++ After seventeen years since the site launched, Archive Of Our Own is finally exiting its beta testing phase. They announced this the day after April Fool's when they did the hilarious joke of changing the "beta" on the site to "omega" (as part of the A/B/O, a.k.a. Omegaverse, trope), which was a clever way of announcing the transition from finally getting out of beta the day after. Bless AO3, truly.

++ Everything involving the Artemis II mission around the moon has been utterly captivating.

I actually wasn't aware this was going to happen, so when I heard about that they launched people to the moon I unfortunately thought this was something in relation to SpaceX, but I was thankfully corrected that this was a NASA mission and my mood shifted to being utterly delighted. Just every single update we're getting from their mission thus far has been amazing, because while we've been to the moon before this is the first mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. I'm someone who loves space, and any kind of space exploration where it favors science and the human curiosity of understanding what lies beyond the stars is worthy to be excited about.

Current Mood: enthralled
Current Music: Jeff Satur - Black Tie

thawrecka

Hello!

I'm

thawrecka, and I'm excited to read whatever you write. If you want to see more about what I like about these canons, or if you want to find more of what I like in fiction feel free to browse here or my tumblr.

If you're the person assigned to me, hi! :D If you're someone else, I also welcome treats.

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soc_puppet - Fics: Let's Start at the Very Beginning; Vandalism
starandrea - "seeing her face in town was like springtime coming around" (meredith edwards)
aurumcalendula - (no subject)
duckprintspress - Trevor Project Donation
snowazalea - Reflections
duckprintspress - WWW (Wednesday) Thursday
lessonsinescapology - (no subject)
starandrea - "the day's too pretty gotta get some sun" (mark mcguinn)
shipperslist - Reading Wednesday 2026, #14
mekare - Art and Update (Hiroshige 10)
aurumcalendula - (no subject)
snowazalea - On writing romance novels
starandrea - "strictly out of curiosity, what would happen if you got with me" (old dominion)
douqi - The Gay Village is Next to the Chinese Quarter
thawrecka - Jennifer's Body fic
starandrea - 30 nights of revelry at koi tower
shipperslist - yes, but…
duckprintspress - Patreon Panel This Saturday: Comparing and Contrasting Writing Fanfic and Original Fic
rogueslayer452 - Earth to Luna.
thawrecka - Fandom5k letter

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