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SweetSorcery ([personal profile] sweetsorcery) wrote in [community profile] addme_fandom2025-06-18 01:44 pm

Old Timey Fandom Settings :)

Name: [personal profile] sweetsorcery
Age group: Adult
Country: New Zealand
Subscription/Access Policy: Free Spirits over 18 who don't post excessively about News and Politics

I'm going to put OTPs and Ships under their fandoms, as I have quite a few.

Main Fandoms: Biggles series - W E Johns (Biggles/Thomas Moorven, Algy Lacey/Ginger Hebblethwaite, Biggles/Erich von Stalhein, Bertie Lissie/Ian Ross, Algy/Ginger/Bertie); Famous Five - Enid Blyton (Julian Kirrin/Dick Kirrin)

Other Fandoms (I still sometimes write in these, or they're new to me and I might even just have WIPs so far):

LIT - Victorian/Edwardian Ghost Stories & Adventure Stories:
Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson (Alan Breck Stewart/David Balfour), The Attic - A M Burrage (Stanley Forbes/Derek Wilson), Lot No. 249 - Arthur Conan Doyle (William Monkhouse Lee/Abercrombie Smith), Thurnley Abbey - Perceval Landon (Alastair Colvin/Narrator), Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad - M R James (Professor Parkins/Colonel Wilson), Initiation and H.S.H. - Algernon Blackwood (Arthur/Malahide, H.S.H./Delane), Dracula and Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker... I keep adding to the list of inspiring vintage horror canons.
I also run a community for Vintage Horror with M/M potential: [community profile] kindreadspirits

TV:
Vienna Blood (TV) (Max Liebermann/Oskar Rheinhardt), Colditz (1972) (Kommandant Karl/John Preston), Hornblower (TV) (Hornblower/Pellew, Hobbs/Wellard), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV) (Napoleon/Illya, Napoleon, Satine), Agatha Christie's Poirot (Poirot/Hastings, Poirot/Shaitana), All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV) (Siegfried Farnon/Tristan Farnon)

FILMS:
Aces High (1976) (Sinclair/Croft), The Haunting (1963) (John Markway/Luke Sanderson), Lord of the Rings (Jackson Movies) (Boromir/Faramir, Celeborn/Haldir), Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence/Ali), The Trollenberg Terror (1958) (Alan Brooks/Philip Truscott), Thunder Rock (1942) (David Charleston/?), Morning Departure (1950) (Manson/Snipe), The Way to the Stars (1945) (David Archdale/Johnny Hollis)... I'm a huge fan of vintage British War Movies (also an ever growing list),

THEATRE:
Journey's End - R C Sherriff (and its numerous adaptions in different mediums)

Historical RPF:
18th and 19th Century RPF (Vivaldi/Farinelli, Keats/Shelley), Ancient Egypt RPF

Fannish Interests: Writing, Reading, Exchanges and Challenges, possibly going to try my hand at some more Vidding in future; I get hooked on most of my vintage fandoms through audiobooks and story readings

Favourite Feelgood Movies (mostly independent of fannish creations): Lost Horizon (1937), The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), The Colditz Story (1955), The Haunting (1963), The Innocents (1960), The Night My Number Came up (1955), Morning Departure (1950), Death on the Nile (2004), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Dean Spanley

Favourite TV Shows: Famous Five (70s series), Sherlock Holmes (Granada Series), Sapphire and Steel, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Vienna Blood, The Children of the Stones, most classic Star Trek

Authors: Algernon Blackwood, M R James, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, A M Burrage, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh Walpole, A J Alan, Bram Stoker, Jules Verne

Music: British Dance Bands from the 1920s - 1940s, Baroque Music (incl. Opera very selectively), Romantic Era Music, Pop from the 1950s - 1980s, Tango, Swing, World Music

Games: nope

Comics/Anime/Misc: not really, but I love Ghibli films

Other Info about Me: I have fibromyalgia and C-PTSD. I do mostly post about fandom and writing, but now and then, I vent about the fact that daily pain and fatigue impact my life badly; if you're someone who only wants perfectly healthy friends... that's not me.
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yourlibrarian ([personal profile] yourlibrarian) wrote in [site community profile] dw_community_promo2025-06-17 07:02 pm
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Every Kind of Craft now open!



Do you make crafts? Do you like to look at crafts? Would you like to get (or give) advice about crafts? All crafts are welcome. Share photos, stories about projects in progress, and connect with other crafty folks.

You are welcome to make your own posts, and this community will also do a monthly call for people to share what they are working on, or what they've seen which may be inspiring them. Images of projects old or new, completed or in progress are welcome, as are questions, tutorials and advice.

If you have any questions, ask them here!
paradoxcase ([personal profile] paradoxcase) wrote in [community profile] rainbowfic2025-06-17 02:17 pm

Light Black #13 [Crimes Against Romance]

Name: Passunder
Story: Crimes Against Romance (Alternative title: Be Gay, Do Crime)
Colors: Light Black #13: Rotate
Styles and Supplies: Life Drawing, Gesso, Gift Wrap, Thread, Portrait, Graffiti (May-June Parents Challenge), Oils (your character is gay and loves their life), Acrylic (June 16 2025: "Your character finds a journal or a letter that explains or reveals something important that they would never have known otherwise.")
Word Count: 6030
Rating: Technically G, but there are hints of non-G-rated stuff happening off-screen
Warnings: Introduction of 15 different on-screen characters, and a couple off-screen characters who are haunting the narrative
Characters and Established Relationships: (deep breath) Aubrey Bren/Irfan Pai, River Bren/Tabitha Bren, Gail Bren, Jeanine Bren, Anne Bren/Gavin Newson Bren, Benjamin Bren, Daniel Bren, Noah Bren, Andrew Bren Goss/Vamsi Goss, Sadie Gregory, Bess Gregory
Dates: March and April of 1996 (but see the Gesso Notes about the passage of time)
Summary: Aubrey discovers secrets in his grandmother's house during a Passover seder.
Notes: This is my tawdry gay Sims telenovela a story I came up with for some sims in an ancient Sims 2 neighborhood about organized crime and crooked lawyers that I never got to realize because the neighborhood got deleted in 2013, but this story has never been deleted from my brain. Silvercat said on the Discord that this kind of Sims story about original characters counts as original and counts as Gesso for Rainbowfic purposes, so I figured I would actually write it up and post it. There should be 33 more installments, but most of the rest of this won't come until after I've finished the Fulcrum, because I want to use a completely different set of lists for it. I technically could have waited to post this, too, since I'll be using Light Black for a long time still to come, but this particular scene was burning a hole in my brain and I had to write it now. I've added notes about the Gesso borrowings, since I don't expect people to actually be familiar with 20-year-old video games, and also included the in-game portraits of all of the sims, since I do actually still have them.

As was hopefully communicated by the telenovela title, this story runs on high octane interpersonal drama and really tropey romance, which is kind of par for the course for stories I come up with for my sims, really, although this specific piece of it is uncharacteristically normal. This is also very much a grey-versus-black morality story - the protagonists are not really good guys, and don't have a lot of illusions about that, but they should at least be significantly more sympathetic than the antagonists.

Passunder )

Gesso Notes (1499 words) )

Sim Pictures and Notes (2698 words) )
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shallowness ([personal profile] shallowness) wrote2025-06-17 08:11 am

Sense and Sensibility (1971) 2/4

Sense and Sensibility ep 2 – ‘A Parting and a Journey’

Read more... )
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Punk ([personal profile] runpunkrun) wrote in [community profile] fancake2025-06-16 08:46 am
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Round 176 Theme Poll

Poll #33259 round 176 theme poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 96

Pick the next theme of fancake:

Books & Writing
30 (31.2%)

Protest & Revolt
26 (27.1%)

Working Together
40 (41.7%)

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mific ([personal profile] mific) wrote in [community profile] fancake2025-06-15 12:55 pm

MCU: when i die i’ll sacrifice (more than enough for the afterlife) - podfic by Quietnight

Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America, The Avengers
Characters/Pairings: Natasha Romanov/Maria Hill, James 'Bucky' Barnes/Steve Rogers, James 'Bucky' Barnes/Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, Nick Fury, Phil Coulsen, various MCU characters
Rating: Mature
Length: 04:21:03 (41,322 words)
Content Notes: Graphic depictions of violence, abuse of children by the Red Room, recollection of past pet death
Creator Links: Quietnight on the Audiofic Archive, Quietnight on AO3, notcaycepollard on AO3
Themes: Female relationships, Action/adventure, Families of choice, Time travel, Fix-it

Summary: The fall is longer than Natasha expects.

It’s tears cold on her face, teeth bitten all the way through her lip and the taste of copper in her mouth; she’s falling and falling and then, bracing for impact—she wakes up.

Reccer's Notes: This is one of my favourite podfics by one of my favourite podficcers, and it's a tour de force. It's a long story by notcaycepollard that puts right Natasha's death with the soul stone - instead of dying she's sent back in time to the moment in her Red Room training she most regrets, and from that moment lives her life anew and, with her knowledge of the first time around, is able to fix the worst, most tragic disasters and losses of canon. It starts with Natasha rescuing her sister trainee black widows from the Red Room, plus Bucky the Winter Soldier who's there as well. There's a lovely, slow-burn relationship with Maria Hill in the story, but the key relationships for Natasha are with her sisters, aged from a four-year-old to teenagers when they escape, and the podfic's centre is the found family they create. The fix-it aspects are enormously satisfying and Quietnight's reading is, as ever, nuanced and fluent, beautifully performed - including all the Russian names and words, and a pleasure to listen to. An epic story and a wonderful podfic, stirring and heartwarming, and infinitely better than canon.

Fanwork Links: when i die i’ll sacrifice (more than enough for the afterlife) on the Audiofic Archive, and on AO3
(the fic is the first in a series of three stories)

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Lune Soldier ([personal profile] glitteringstars) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-06-14 12:01 pm
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Check In: Day 14

Happy Saturday! How has writing been today?

-Awesome!
-Pretty good!
-Haven't written today (yet)!
-Haven't written today (life)!
-Taking a rest!

Today's question: where do you like to write? At a specific place in your home? A cafe? A local library?
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garryowen ([personal profile] garryowen) wrote in [community profile] fancake2025-06-14 09:06 am

Star Trek AOS: How to Write Letters Home to Your Sisters by Danahid

Fandom: Star Trek AOS (Reboot)
Pairings/Characters: Nyota Uhura
Rating: G
Length: 1866 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] danahid
Theme: Female relationships

Summary:

I took the stars from my eyes and then I made a map.

There are rules of diplomacy that you have been trained to follow. There are realities that you have been educated to expect. You are poised and dedicated and intelligent and professional, and there are horrors in the universe that you don’t want your sisters to know. There are false maps to terrible places that you don’t want your sisters to follow. You know that you can’t protect them from everything, but this you can protect them from for a little while longer.


Reccer's Notes: I am partial to stories that explore why people join Starfleet, and this is an excellent example. While the story talks about Uhura's motivations, it also explores her relationship with her younger sisters. She is both inspiration and protector to them, and she's very aware of her role.

This story takes on both the promise and sacrifice of going beyond traditional roles. Yes, Uhura accomplishes so much, but those accomplishments come at a cost, a cost she doesn't want her sisters to know about because she wants them to find their own way.

Danahid's writing is always exact and meticulous and beautiful, and this story is no exception. There's so much in these 1800 words, including a beautiful ending.

Fanwork Links: How to Write Letters Home to Your Sisters
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some kind of snark faery ([personal profile] arcanetrivia) wrote in [site community profile] dw_community_promo2025-06-13 06:45 pm
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Holy Monkey Bladders! It's Monkey Island™.

Ahoy there, adventure gamers! [community profile] monkeyisland is a community for the beloved classic game series Monkey Island, featuring the comedic swashbuckling adventures of the improbably-named Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate™. Anything about Monkey Island is fair game: your own fanworks (art, fic, videos, games, music, cosplay, memes/silliness, whatever), recs of others' fanworks, livestreams/let's-plays, discussions, news and articles, tips for messing about in the game resources or scripting, requests for hints, screenshots, all that good stuff. If Monkey Island is your jam rum rum and jam (it's an old pirate favorite, everybody knows that), then come on over and have a grog.

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svgurl ([personal profile] svgurl) wrote in [site community profile] dw_community_promo2025-06-13 03:22 pm
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Comment Bingo Round 7

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Lune Soldier ([personal profile] glitteringstars) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-06-13 04:07 pm
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Check In: Day 13!

Happy Friday!! Time for another check in! How was everyone's writing today?

-Awesome!
-Moving along!
-Life has taken priority!
-I rested!

Today's discussion:

Do you have any favorite planning methods? (Bullet points, writing it all vaguely out, the three act/six act structure, etc.)
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Humph ([personal profile] spiralsheep) wrote in [community profile] endings2025-06-13 04:23 pm

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But the voice at the other end was all too familiar. And if I am going to be honest, it was one that, had I not been wearing two cardigans and a vest, I would have said made my blood run cold.
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mific ([personal profile] mific) wrote in [community profile] fancake2025-06-13 08:16 pm

SGA: Walk Beside Me by Rachel500

Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Gen. Teyla Emmagan & Sam Carter, Evan Lorne
Rating: Teen
Length: 8824
Content Notes: canon-typical violence, minor character death
Creator Links: Rachel500 on AO3, ArwenLune on AO3, ArwenLune on Audiofic Archive
Themes: Female relationships, Action/adventure, Friendship, Women being awesome

Summary: When a diplomatic mission is interrupted by the Wraith, Sam and Teyla wrestle their personal demons to work together and find a way back to Atlantis.

Reccer's Notes:
This is set soon after Sam Carter comes to Atlantis to replace Elizabeth, and both she and Teyla initially grapple with her new role. Teyla, unlike John and Rodney, had no prior knowledge of Sam Carter and can't help missing Elizabeth and not fully trusting Carter. Then a mission goes badly wrong and they're thrown together, and have to find a way through their feelings as they deal with the dangerous situation. It's a gripping read with interesting character explorations and a satisfying ending. There's also a podfic version, excellently read by ArwenLune.

Fanwork Links: Walk Beside Me on AO3
And the Podfic, read by ArwenLune

paradoxcase ([personal profile] paradoxcase) wrote in [community profile] rainbowfic2025-06-12 03:53 pm

Ecru #8, Techelet #6 [The Fulcrum]

Name: A Final Return
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #8: Judge, Techelet #6: Olam Haba'a (the world to come)
Styles and Supplies: Panorama, Glue (June 12 2025: "It's a good day to express your thoughts and feelings, Gemini. Whether it's a loved one who'd appreciate affectionate words or a colleague who requires instruction, communication will come more easily than usual. You have a practical nature. Often you say what you think is required and not much else. Yet others may need you to say a lot more. Consider this as you go about your day."), Brushes (June 12 2025: Impute)
Word Count: 2625
Rating: PG
Warnings: Discussion of Slavery
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali
In-Universe Date: 1912.1.1.2
Summary: Setsiana talks to Qhoroali while they return to Nwórza.
Notes: This is the last post of Part 1 of the Fulcrum (and the last Ecru prompt, as well). In terms of Rainbowfic posts, this is almost exactly 1/3 of the way through the full story. Thank you guys for reading! There will be a short break where I post two non-Fulcrum-related things, and then I will be back with the beginning of Part 2.

A Final Return )