520 Day things, part one!

May. 22nd, 2025 11:13 pm
trobadora: (Guardian - team)
[personal profile] trobadora
Second day of not-a-zombie-ness! And I do wonder if it's connected to the fact that I finally managedd to write (and finish!) a fic again ...

For this year's Guardian 520 Day exchange, I wrote for [archiveofourown.org profile] AVAAntares. Protective and possessive Shen Wei, yes! And not in the way you'd maybe expect. *g* This story owes a lot to my beta [personal profile] china_shop, who made me make it immeasurably better:
The Consultant (3,830 words)
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationship: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei, Gao Jingfeng
Content Tags: Episode Related, Episode 13, Canon Divergence, Protective Shěn Wēi, Possessive Shen Wei, Shen Wei's secrets, Dancing Around an Envoy Reveal, Zhao Yunlan's Self-Worth Issues, Pre-Relationship

Summary:

Never mind the chaos of the ruined wedding all around them: this was a different trainwreck altogether. Shen Wei - Dixingren Shen Wei, Black-Cloaked Envoy Shen Wei who must have used his powers to break Zheng Yi's spell - had drawn Minister Gao's attention.

And I received fantastic artwork for another of my stories, A Thread as Red as Blood, which is a post-YOHE first time at the SID. Just look at what [personal profile] facethestrange made - it's so good, and captures both the scene in my fic and the canon aesthetic so well!
Attuned by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationship/Characters: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Content Tags: Implied Sexual Content, Post-Coital Cuddling, Tenderness, Forehead Touching, Inspired by Fanfiction, Fanart, Drawing

Summary:
They leaned against each other, Shen Wei still straddling him, their foreheads touching, both breathing hard. Zhao Yunlan felt sweat cooling on his skin as his heart came down from its race.

"Shen Wei," he murmured, just for the pleasure of saying his name.

"I'm sorry," Shen Wei said, sounding not at all sorry. "I suddenly found I couldn't wait a moment longer."
Illustration for A Thread as Red as Blood by Trobadora.

(This post is part one because once I've made my way through the collection I hope to post recs. Such a bounty in there!)

wait, what?

May. 21st, 2025 08:52 pm
trobadora: (Dude - where's my LJ? by just_like_rogue)
[personal profile] trobadora
It's been almost two months since I've posted here?!
  1. That can't be right. But it is??

  2. I mean, I have been in a complete slump for nearly three months now, and today is the first day in ages that I don't feel like a zombie, but still. How did that happen?!

  3. It didn't and doesn't feel like I was away from here for that long at all!

  4. But I guess that's because I've actually been commenting a lot - I've been on DW! I've been reading my flist, and replying to posts and comments! And I've been part of the 60-billion-comment club over at [community profile] sid_guardian, aka the excellent Guardian discussions happening in the comments of the novel readalong posts, and [personal profile] china_shop's delightful drama polls, where we can't shut up about our fandom. *g*

  5. What I haven't done in all that time is any real writing, other than the one exchange fic that went live last night. Just a bunch of alibi sentences and false starts. Pretty sure that made the zombie issue worse; I always feel worse when I'm not writing. But in addition to the slump, time and energy have both been at a low ebb.

  6. So, uh, yeah. Two months! For reasons, but I'm glad to finally be breaking that streak.

In conclusion, hi, everyone! I hope to actually post more again now, and not fall into a slump again right away. (Fingers crossed!)

Coming soon (I HOPE): Guardian 520 Day Reverse Exchange reveals (preview: I wrote a fic! I got fantastic artwork for one of my fics! There's a delightful bounty of stuff in the collection that I need to sit down to properly enjoy and comment on!) and also other updates.
kat_lair: (GUARDIAN RPF - ZYL)
[personal profile] kat_lair
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Title: no finer details than yours
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: Guardian RPF
Character: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Tags: Sensuality, Getting Together, Drabble Series/Sequence (Mix & Match)
Rating: T
Word count: 100 + 100 + 100 + 300 + 300

Summary: Anything is possible when you want it bad enough.

Author notes:
This was my [community profile] seasonsofdrabbles assignment, written for [personal profile] facethestrange whose likes I had fun shoving in here.

no finer details than yours
on AO3

no finer details than yours )


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BTS Ficlet: Metamorphosis

May. 18th, 2025 05:13 pm
kat_lair: (GEN - castle with ghosts)
[personal profile] kat_lair
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Title: Metamorphosis
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Character: Kim Namjoon | RM, Kim Seokjin | Jin, Min Yoongi | Suga, Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Park Jimin (BTS), Kim Taehyung | V, Jeon Jungkook
Tags: Metamorphosis, Ambiguous Relationships, OT7, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Ficlet
Rating: G
Word count: 544

Summary: The scales appear slowly. They bloom across his arms, like cherry blossoms opening in the spring, pale pink at first before deepening into fiery crimson.

Author notes:
Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'metamorphosis'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.

Metamorphosis on AO3

Metamorphosis )
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WoT Drabble: Burgeoning

May. 17th, 2025 10:02 am
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[personal profile] kat_lair
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Title: Burgeoning
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: Wheel of Time (both book and tv-show applicable I think)
Character: Nynaeve al'Meara
Tags: Drabble, Women in Power
Rating: G
Word count: 100

Summary: It unfurls inside her.

Author notes:
Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'burgeoning'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.

Burgeoning on AO3


Burgeoning )

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Firefly Ficlet: Grow Together

May. 16th, 2025 07:19 pm
kat_lair: (GEN - bloom where you're planted)
[personal profile] kat_lair
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Firefly ficlet in the year 2025? More likely than you think.

Title: Grow Together
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Kaylee/River/Simon
Tags: Ficlet, Sibling Incest, Pre-Relationship, Gardens/Gardening
Rating: G
Word count: 501

Summary: Kaylee brings her the seeds but it’s Simon who hauls in the compost.

Author notes:
Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'germinate'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.

Grow Together on AO3


Grow Together )

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Stranger Things recs

May. 14th, 2025 10:09 am
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[personal profile] lunabee34
Infernally Yours (Or, the Epic Love Story of Sir Stefan the Brave and Orcus the Demon-Lord) by xoxoLadyAz
Steddie, Max/El, Nancy/Robin, Jonathan/Argyle
Steve starts playing DnD with the kids in '85.

so this is what the volume knob's for by greatunironic
Dustin and Erica gen
This is part of a series, but you don't need to read the other installments to read this one; all you need to know is that Steve has been presumed dead since Starcourt.

So Scarlet it Was Maroon by reskaye and t1red_gay
Steddie
I haven't been reading many of the Eddie is a vampire or Eddie comes back wrong fics, but this one caught my eye. Nice and angsty and partially epistolary with Steve writing letters to an Eddie he thinks he'll never see again.

Restless Heart Syndrome by IvoryWitch
Steddie
As Eddie recovers in the hospital, the sight of Steve keeps setting off his heart monitor. LOL

Movie Night by jk_rockin
Series
Steddie
Super hot smut.

Landslide by fullofbeansandspunk
Steddie
Eddie helps Steve explore music.

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May. 13th, 2025 01:02 pm
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[personal profile] lunabee34
1. Fiona and I went to see the musical of the movie Waitress with a colleague, her daughter, and mother-in-law. It was really funny and surprisingly moving; I teared up multiple times. It was also surprisingly risque, and I might have hesitated on taking Fiona if I'd realized there would be so much simulated sex. LOL

2. [personal profile] sweettartheart sent me the most amazing Pride flag Star Trek communicator. It has gone on my work bag with all my other pins. I love it!

3. We are still really enjoying The Dragon Prince. don't spoil me please! )

4.
Buried Deep and Other StoriesBuried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I enjoyed this whole collection, but I especially enjoyed the Rome + Dragons and the Pride and Prejudice + Dragons stories. My favorite story of all is a kind of Vandermeer/Atwood/Bacigalupi mashup that is just fantatsic.



View all my reviews

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)System Collapse by Martha Wells

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I will never get tired of reading about the ongoing adventures of Murderbot, ART, and their humans.



View all my reviews

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May. 9th, 2025 09:51 am
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[personal profile] lunabee34
1. The semester is finished! I made myself sick Tuesday and Wednesday with the grading and the going to graduation (getting hot activates all my autoimmune stuff, and we couldn't eat lunch until like 2, which activated a migraine), but now it's done, and I'm so so glad. Last semester I went down to the wire grading and said never again, but I did it again this semester. I need to be firmer in my resolve not to procrastinate my grading.

2. Fiona has once again gotten the most AR points (this reading program they do) in the whole school. That's my genius baby.

3. I took Dylan to a new rheumatologist yesterday. We saw three people who worked together as a team to put together an investigative/diagnostic plan. I know it doesn't mean anything, but I've got hopes that these people might be able to help them.

4. We are watching Dragon Prince. The first 3 seasons were a rewatch, but now we're into the new seasons. It's such a good show. I love all the same-sex couples and the interracial couples and interspecies couples. It's just a damn good show.

5. Have a Stranger Things rec:

no retreat, baby, no surrender by alivingfire
Series where Hawkins is a post-apocalyptic hellhole after Vecna.
Steddie + Robin/Nancy
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