Ecru #4, Techelet #4 [The Fulcrum]
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rainbowficName: A New Year
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #4: Talk, Techelet #4: Tashlich (casting off sins)
Styles and Supplies: Life Drawing, Gift Wrap, Panorama, Stain ("The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity."), Novelty Bead ("petting", given here)
Word Count: 1634
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Setsiana, Sapfita, Qhoroali
In-Universe Date: Night of 1911.9.5.6; 1912.1.1.1
Summary: A new year arrives, and with it, a change of heart.
( A New Year )
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #4: Talk, Techelet #4: Tashlich (casting off sins)
Styles and Supplies: Life Drawing, Gift Wrap, Panorama, Stain ("The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity."), Novelty Bead ("petting", given here)
Word Count: 1634
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Setsiana, Sapfita, Qhoroali
In-Universe Date: Night of 1911.9.5.6; 1912.1.1.1
Summary: A new year arrives, and with it, a change of heart.
( A New Year )
[ SECRET POST #6713 ]
May. 23rd, 2025 06:11 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6713 ⌋
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Warm Heart #6 [Starfall]
May. 23rd, 2025 08:56 pmthisbluespirit posting in rainbowficName: Leftovers
Story: Starfall
Colors: Warm Heart #6 (Comfort)
Supplies and Styles: Novelty Bead (From 11 Years of Rainbowfic Space Month "sauce") + Thread
Word Count: 2604
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray/Leion Valerno, Imenna Pollens. Follows on directly from Something Fishy
Summary: Leion attempts to thank Viyony.
( Leftovers )
Story: Starfall
Colors: Warm Heart #6 (Comfort)
Supplies and Styles: Novelty Bead (From 11 Years of Rainbowfic Space Month "sauce") + Thread
Word Count: 2604
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313; Viyony Eseray/Leion Valerno, Imenna Pollens. Follows on directly from Something Fishy
Summary: Leion attempts to thank Viyony.
( Leftovers )
Pimp: Rhythm Heaven by torchicwpip (Welkamo)
May. 23rd, 2025 11:06 amtorchicwpip posting in smallfandomfest(Ignore the fact that I only submitted one prompt for this series and then forgot to do more before the deadline whoops)
Rhythm Heaven is a series of rhythm games published by Nintendo. If you know the Warioware series, it’s kind of like that: a bunch of wacky minigames where you hit the buttons (or the stylus, depending on the game) to the rhythm of the music. But what kind of minigames can you expect? Well, we’ve got:
- A monkey and a mandrill (his name is Mandrill) coach you in golf
- You, an astronaut, must translate a Martian’s message to the people of Earth
- You, a Martian, must translate a farmer’s tinder profile to the Martians back on base
- You are a little seal that must step and roll
- Tap dancing with monkeys!
- a watch operated by high-fiving monkeys (this is a great game for people who like monkeys)
- ping pong in space!
- baseball in space!
- a guy who has been stuck in the basement until he masters karate (in French it’s been 55 years)
You can earn little tidbits of lore for doing well in minigames, in the form of Reading Material and Rhythm Items (the latter is a Megamix-exclusive). But the fandom also makes a lot of their own headcanons, lore, and ships!
As of writing this, there are four games in the series: the original game for the Game Boy Advance (known in the fandom as Rhythm Tengoku, as it was never localized outside of Japan, and Rhythm Heaven Silver, named after a popular fan translation), Rhythm Heaven for the DS, Rhythm Heaven Fever for the Wii, and Rhythm Heaven Megamix for the 3DS.
Green Lantern #179
May. 23rd, 2025 05:49 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Len Wein
Pencils and inks: Dave Gibbons
Green Lantern has been called away on an urgent mission, so it falls to somebody else to save Ferris Aircraft. Enter: The Predator. The Destruction Team won’t have time to bleed!
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Episode 3 Available Now
May. 23rd, 2025 10:47 ammarthawellsIt's Murderbot Day again, though the episode actually dropped yesterday on Murderbot Eve.
Here's an interview with David Goyer where he says nice things about me:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/05/22/murderbot-ep-david-s-goyer-on-alexander-skarsgrd-and-staying-true-to-martha-wells-books/
“No one was interested. They were like, ‘This is just RoboCop’ and we were like, ‘No, it's not at all. It's the anti-RoboCop,'” Goyer recalled. “It's about neurodivergence. It's about humanity.”
And an interview with Paul and Chris:
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/05/the-making-of-apple-tvs-murderbot/
Paul Weitz: The first book, All Systems Red, had a really beautiful ending. And it had a theme that personhood is irreducible. The idea that, even with this central character you think you get to know so well, you can't reduce it to ways that you think it's going to behave—and you shouldn't. The idea that other people exist and that they shouldn't be put into whatever box you want to put them into felt like something that was comforting to have in one's pocket. If you're going to spend so much time adapting something, it's really great if it's not only fun but is about something.
Here's an interview with David Goyer where he says nice things about me:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/05/22/murderbot-ep-david-s-goyer-on-alexander-skarsgrd-and-staying-true-to-martha-wells-books/
“No one was interested. They were like, ‘This is just RoboCop’ and we were like, ‘No, it's not at all. It's the anti-RoboCop,'” Goyer recalled. “It's about neurodivergence. It's about humanity.”
And an interview with Paul and Chris:
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/05/the-making-of-apple-tvs-murderbot/
Paul Weitz: The first book, All Systems Red, had a really beautiful ending. And it had a theme that personhood is irreducible. The idea that, even with this central character you think you get to know so well, you can't reduce it to ways that you think it's going to behave—and you shouldn't. The idea that other people exist and that they shouldn't be put into whatever box you want to put them into felt like something that was comforting to have in one's pocket. If you're going to spend so much time adapting something, it's really great if it's not only fun but is about something.
Forever People #6
May. 23rd, 2025 02:34 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Jack Kirby
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Mike Royer
Darkseid doesn’t take kindly to the Forever People trashing his theme park.
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Lust #30. Afterglow
May. 23rd, 2025 09:46 amanalogbasilisk posting in rainbowficUniverse: Magikverse
Story: The Runes In My Blood
Colour: Lust #30. Afterglow
Supplies and styles: miniature, life drawing, silhouette, resin
Resin:fandom_empire Fortune Wheel Week 2 - Breakfast In Bed & drabble_zone - Amnesty #45
Word count: 100
Rating: M
Warnings: mentioned sex
Summary: my Mother told me to keep my expectations low when it comes to men.
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Story: The Runes In My Blood
Colour: Lust #30. Afterglow
Supplies and styles: miniature, life drawing, silhouette, resin
Resin:
fandom_empire Fortune Wheel Week 2 - Breakfast In Bed & drabble_zone - Amnesty #45Word count: 100
Rating: M
Warnings: mentioned sex
Summary: my Mother told me to keep my expectations low when it comes to men.
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Digital Terrarium, part two
May. 23rd, 2025 07:33 amrynlingI’m still daydreaming about the Digital Terrarium magazine, and this is what I’m considering:
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Part of my motivation for creating a magazine like this is that, as someone with a female-coded name, it’s 99.99% impossible to get anyone to respond to my pitch emails, even when we’re mutuals on social media and I send them a direct message to ping them about the pitch.
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If there’s still to this day no real space for soft and queer (and vaguely female-coded?) voices in video game writing – and if there’s no space for someone like me specifically – then there needs to be more space. Simple as.
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Part of my motivation for creating a magazine like this is that, as someone with a female-coded name, it’s 99.99% impossible to get anyone to respond to my pitch emails, even when we’re mutuals on social media and I send them a direct message to ping them about the pitch.
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If there’s still to this day no real space for soft and queer (and vaguely female-coded?) voices in video game writing – and if there’s no space for someone like me specifically – then there needs to be more space. Simple as.
SFFest37: Rules Reminder & Claiming Post
May. 23rd, 2025 07:34 amspikedluv posting in smallfandomfestIs everyone ready?!! Prompts are now available for claiming! Please read the following rules before you claim a prompt.
( Rules for Claiming Prompts and Posting Submissions )
That’s it for the rules! Now for something fun: if you submit three or more fanfic and/or fanart, in any combination, you will receive a lovely button acknowledging your contribution tosmallfandomfest!
Complete List of Prompts
(If you notice that your prompt is incorrect, please comment here and let me know immediately so I can correct it. Once the prompt has been claimed I won’t be able to change it.
Also, if you notice typos, pairings not being listed uniformly, or large fandoms that slipped through, please let me know so I can fix/make a note of them for the next round. Thank you.)
Please reserve this post for claims and questions about the current round.
If you have questions about the fest in general, please ask them here.
If you have questions about what fandoms qualify, please ask them here.
( Rules for Claiming Prompts and Posting Submissions )
That’s it for the rules! Now for something fun: if you submit three or more fanfic and/or fanart, in any combination, you will receive a lovely button acknowledging your contribution to
smallfandomfest!Complete List of Prompts
(If you notice that your prompt is incorrect, please comment here and let me know immediately so I can correct it. Once the prompt has been claimed I won’t be able to change it.
Also, if you notice typos, pairings not being listed uniformly, or large fandoms that slipped through, please let me know so I can fix/make a note of them for the next round. Thank you.)
Please reserve this post for claims and questions about the current round.
If you have questions about the fest in general, please ask them here.
If you have questions about what fandoms qualify, please ask them here.
Excalibur #45
May. 23rd, 2025 12:30 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Alan Davis
Pencils: Alan Davis
Inks: Mark Farmer
Nightcrawler tries to turn the Technet in to a competent team. Pray for him.
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Detective Comics #621
May. 23rd, 2025 10:31 amiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Alan Grant
Pencils: Norm Breyfogle
Inks: Steve Mitchell
This issue is told via flashback as Batman tells Tim what happened to his parents.
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Detective Comics 2025 Annual #1 - "Batman, Do Not Solve My Murder"
May. 22nd, 2025 11:50 pmlaughing_tree posting in scans_daily
I had a really good time kind of finding my level with Batman. I think the notes I got back for the first draft was that my Batman was a little too chummy and a little too quirky and a little too friendly. He needs to be a little bit spikier. And I was like, "Yeah, I get that." -- Al Ewing
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Two similar letters, originally posted years apart
May. 22nd, 2025 06:43 pmconuly posting in agonyaunt1. Dear Carolyn: My mom basically despises my boyfriend, “Tom,” because he didn’t graduate from college and works a blue-collar job. She is so rude to him, we can’t even be around her. She defends this by saying that looking at us together makes her feel disgusted, she can’t help how she feels, and she’s being as nice as she can given the intensity of her feelings. Tom actually cried after our last dinner with my parents.
Tom and I are 24, are independently financially stable and have lived together for six months — another source of my mother’s angst, but I suspect if I were “shacking up” with a more “eligible” bachelor, she would deal just fine. Although I am beyond furious at her treatment of Tom, I don’t want to lose her. Our relationship no longer resembles the mother-daughter bond we used to have. I’m also scared about what this is doing to my parents’ marriage. My dad is saying things to her in a tone I’ve never heard before — telling her that her behavior is unacceptable, that she needs to stop. She just gets defensive and yells at him. I don’t want my relationship to be their undoing.
I love Tom and could see us getting engaged in a year or two. However, I’m actually thinking about breaking up with him over this, although I know evil shouldn’t triumph. But I feel like he’s on one side, and on the other side is my relationship with my mom AND my parents’ relationship AND the potential to have it all if I meet a college-educated suitor. (I feel like a horrible person saying this.)
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2. Dear Annie: I am a 26-year-old woman deeply in love with someone my parents can't stand. He's not what they envisioned for me; he's rough around the edges, has tattoos, rides a motorcycle and works with his hands for a living. My parents like clean-cut, college-educated types in suits, and he's the complete opposite.
Yes, he has a bit of a "bad boy" past. He's made some mistakes in his younger years -- got into trouble, partied too hard, even had a brush with the law. But that was years ago. Since then, he's turned his life around. He's steady, loyal, hardworking, and treats me with more respect and care than anyone I've ever dated.
Despite all that, my parents won't give him a chance. They're polite when he's around, but I can tell they're just waiting for me to wake up and realize he's "not good enough." They constantly drop hints about finding someone "more suitable" or "more stable," and it's starting to wear me down. I feel caught in the middle -- between a man I love and parents I don't want to disappoint.
I'm not blind to his flaws, but I believe in the man he is now. How do I move forward when the people I've always looked to for support can't accept the person I've chosen? Am I being naive for thinking love is enough, or are my parents judging him unfairly? -- Torn Between Love and Loyalty
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Tom and I are 24, are independently financially stable and have lived together for six months — another source of my mother’s angst, but I suspect if I were “shacking up” with a more “eligible” bachelor, she would deal just fine. Although I am beyond furious at her treatment of Tom, I don’t want to lose her. Our relationship no longer resembles the mother-daughter bond we used to have. I’m also scared about what this is doing to my parents’ marriage. My dad is saying things to her in a tone I’ve never heard before — telling her that her behavior is unacceptable, that she needs to stop. She just gets defensive and yells at him. I don’t want my relationship to be their undoing.
I love Tom and could see us getting engaged in a year or two. However, I’m actually thinking about breaking up with him over this, although I know evil shouldn’t triumph. But I feel like he’s on one side, and on the other side is my relationship with my mom AND my parents’ relationship AND the potential to have it all if I meet a college-educated suitor. (I feel like a horrible person saying this.)
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2. Dear Annie: I am a 26-year-old woman deeply in love with someone my parents can't stand. He's not what they envisioned for me; he's rough around the edges, has tattoos, rides a motorcycle and works with his hands for a living. My parents like clean-cut, college-educated types in suits, and he's the complete opposite.
Yes, he has a bit of a "bad boy" past. He's made some mistakes in his younger years -- got into trouble, partied too hard, even had a brush with the law. But that was years ago. Since then, he's turned his life around. He's steady, loyal, hardworking, and treats me with more respect and care than anyone I've ever dated.
Despite all that, my parents won't give him a chance. They're polite when he's around, but I can tell they're just waiting for me to wake up and realize he's "not good enough." They constantly drop hints about finding someone "more suitable" or "more stable," and it's starting to wear me down. I feel caught in the middle -- between a man I love and parents I don't want to disappoint.
I'm not blind to his flaws, but I believe in the man he is now. How do I move forward when the people I've always looked to for support can't accept the person I've chosen? Am I being naive for thinking love is enough, or are my parents judging him unfairly? -- Torn Between Love and Loyalty
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[ SECRET POST #6712 ]
May. 22nd, 2025 06:38 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6712 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 08 secrets from Secret Submission Post #959..
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Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.