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Title: Lucky Dee
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 491: I Feel Lucky.
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: It’s Dee’s lucky day; he can just feel it.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.

Lucky Dee

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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conuly

Not me specifically, I don't think, she just wants to offload a rabbit on somebody.

I actually would like a rabbit, but I think I probably have enough pets. Also, my sister would surely lose her mind.

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conuly

And was there not a king somewhere who said:
“Back, waves! I do command you!” I forget
His name, beloved, or his race, and yet
I know the story and am comforted.
The tides will rise, are rising—see, they spread
About your robes, your ermine will be wet,
Your velvet shoes, your dear dear feet! Ah let
Me warn you, sir, the waves will reach your head!

My king, my kingly love, how shall we stay
The bold broad lifting of this lovely sea?
What is the master word that we must say
To bring these roaring waters to the knee?
The other king went scampering away!
Will you so do? Or will you drown with me?

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This poem is by Leonora Speyer

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mdlbear

Not a very good week. Lots of anxiety -- my impending trip to Seattle, income tax, events in the world, and phone calls to repair places. We got (scooter)Lizzy back from getting her flat tire repaired, but now she has an electrical problem and won't go. We were supposed to get Scarlett-the-carlet back this week, but she still has an electrical problem. I need to make another call about Lizzy. Tomorrow.

On the other hand, I did go for a walk six days out of seven this week. It's better than usual, and about time. The only way I can do it appears to be going out before breakfast. Any later and I run into deliveries and appointments.

Substack is using Persona for age verification -- that's the same one that exposed 700,000 Discord users' data a while back. So has LinkedIn. There are plenty of good alternatives to Substack -- you're reading one right now. Discord is another matter, but people are looking. In either case, moving a community never goes well.

I've ordered a copy of "The Magic of Code" by Samuel Arbesman. See also, The World Inside the Crystal. I started working on a book based on that idea, a long time ago.

If you're an Emacs user you might want to look at This bad -- it says so on the tin -- version of emacs implemented purely from Unix shell commands I'm not sure I would advise it. If you're a web developer, you definitely shouldn't look at this 8086 emulation written entirely in CSS and HTML5. There are some things...

If you're into sewing, you definitely should take a look at FreeSewing, a collection of free parametric sewing patterns.

( Notes & links, as usual )

Current Mood: anxious
Current Location: Schildhaven in Den Haag
Current Music: not much

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Welcome! Here is our space to squee about the current theme and tell others a bit about our crafting interests.

Below are the thematic questions for this months fest. Fill in as much or as little of it as you wish, depending on your interests as they relate to National Crafting Month.

My Name (how I wish to be known):
Type(s) of Crafting that I’ve tried:
I consider myself a Beginner, Intermediate, Master, or Other:
Crafting I’ve loved and/or loathed:
Project I’m particularly proud of:
Something I learned the hard way:
Something I haven't done yet, but I'd like to try:
Biggest crafting frustration(s):
Something else I'd like to share:

Feel free to copy this Meet and Greet into your blog as well as filling it out here.

Current Mood: hopeful

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Welcome to National Crafting Month! This is my fifth time guest hosting a bingo, and I hope we all have fun! Read more and see the Public Cards below the cut, as well as some ways to Increase Difficulty, and the potential Rewards...
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Current Mood: hopeful

rmc28

Books on pre-order:

Platform Decay (Murderbot 8) by Martha Wells (5 May)
Radiant Star (Imperial Radch) by Ann Leckie (12 May)
Unrivaled (Game Changers 7) by Rachel Reid (1 Jun 2027)

The release of the third Heated Rivalry book - which was only announced in January after the TV adaptation got wildly popular - is pushed back by eight months. I'm assuming this is to allow Rachel Reid more time to finish it and/or engage with the adaptation of the second book, The Long Game.

Books acquired in February: none (wow)

Borrowed books read in February:

The Hidden Oracle (Trials of Apollo 1) by Rick Riordan [3]
Camp Half-Blood Confidential by Rick Riordan [3]
The Dark Prophecy (Trials of Apollo 2) by Rick Riordan [3]
The Burning Maze (Trials of Apollo 3) by Rick Riordan [3]
The Tyrant's Tomb (Trials of Apollo 4) by Rick Riordan [3]
Camp Jupiter Confidential by Rick Riordan [3]
The Tower of Nero (Trials of Apollo 5) by Rick Riordan [3]
The Singer of Apollo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5.5) by Rick Riordan

It's been a really intense month, mostly with ice hockey commitments, so what reading I have managed has been entirely the ongoing Riordan read-through. Trials of Apollo successfully grows Apollo from intensely irritating in the first few chapters of the first book to someone I cried over in the last book. Plus I have now watched both seasons of the Disney+ adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians and oh boy do I have Opinions, especially on the second season. They get a lot of details right, the casting is excellent, and yet they get the heart of the story so so wrong. (Will I still watch season 3 when it comes out? Probably! Maybe they won't mess it up as badly?)

Anyway. Onward into March.

[3] Physical book

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Name:

cornerofmadness
Card Theme: Valentine's fest
Prompts: Ethical Sluts, Body Worship, free space, Refusing to Be Wrong, Toxic Relationships
Fandoms: Hazbin Hotel
My Card: My Card

( my fills under here )

Current Mood: busy

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I made blackout on my 2-1-26 card for the Valentines Bingo fest! \o/

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Current Mood: accomplished

cornerofmadness

So along the lines of you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, I'm sending in my Overlook story in a few minutes as soon as the submission form opens. I had thought I'd titled and formatted this and had a cover letter.

I didn't.

I searched everywhere but all I had was the edited copy but nothing else.

Huh. Mentally breaking the lenten promise of not talking bad about myself.

So no science saturday today because I had to spend hours, formatting, title conjuring (which I hate and I was SURE I had a title for this and that ELD had liked it but neither of us remembered what that was) and making the cover letter.

Weirder, the online places I saved for this no longer had links to the form. To the open call yes but only as a secondary source. I KNOW I had the link to the main source. I did finally find it googling around but damn. It's like this is cursed.

I know I don't have much of a shot not with all the big name horror in this thing already but there is a tiny chance and I'm taking my shot. Say a little wish for luck for me. thanks

Otherwise today was...disappointing because it was beautiful and I wanted to hike and had no one to go with so I didn't (to be fair to myself it would have been insanely crowded) Heck even Jackson was so crowded I had to cut thru housing plans just to keep moving to where I needed to be.

Mom sensed I was depressed today (and funnily enough she had sent me a witches ball set in Weirton this coming October)

Also had a weird dream that my former coworker L was yelling at me for not picking up my phone and I said it was off and I didn't realize it. Why? Your mother keeps calling me. Your father is in a coma. Mom doesn't have L's number and dad is fine just fyi. Thanks for more nightmares brain

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: The Mummy

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Good morning! Good afternoon! Good evening!

The signups period has passed, and signups have now closed. Matching has been run, and our two currently unmatchable participants have been emailed and have 24 hours to get back to me before we proceed to send the assignments! (There will be no potential cascading, so no other people have been emailed.)

If your username starts with T or S please check your email! If you're concerned that this might be you, and your email was eaten by a void who doesn't want your HA success, please feel free to contact the modmail at highadrenalinemod@gmail.com.

Hap's current plan appears to be building a giant coffee machine in preparation for assignments dropping sometime in the next 24 hours. I'll just go wish them luck with that.

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conuly

This is some wag the dog garbage, but with worse naming, isn’t it.

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heron61

At this point, I suspect that civil war in the US in inevitable, and may be the "best" of a series out truly terrible options, since if we don't have one, I fear that when our our side takes control of the US again, the politicians involved won't deliver the sort of serious consequences (long prison sentences and in some cases executions) to keep the fasc from trying again in less than a decade. Also, I remain haunted by a quote I saw on Facebook several weeks ago "When they write histories of this time, they'll say that the US civil war started on January 6, 2021", I have great difficulty saying this is incorrect.

heron61

In years past, I've said that if the US attacked Iran I'd purchase and fly an Iranian flag, but after the Iranian government killed so many protesters, I can't. Instead, we have three nations at war, the US and Israel vs Iran, and the absolute best outcome for the entire planet would be all three of the leaders of these three nations to die in the war asap.

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Live in Hope (266 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Small Prophets (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kacey & Michael Sleep
Characters: Kacey (Small Prophets), Michael Sleep
Summary: Michael and Kacey have nothing to do but wait.

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10 out of 20

A bit early this time ;). You can still post your February works until today, midnight in your timezone.

Under the cut, you will find a list of 20 prompts for March. Your mission is to grab at least 10 of them and create a little something for it. Keep in mind, even if it is not the meaning of the challenge, no one will punish you when you only grab one or two prompts. Every work is welcome.

To complete the challenge, you can create up to ten single works or combine one or more prompts in one work.

Allowed are fics up to 500 words, small poems, icons (100x100 px), and small graphics up to 500 px width x height. Please stay to the maximum, even if you use more than one prompt in your work.

All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome, as are original works and real-person works.

When posting directly to

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When posting your works, please use any appropriate tag. When a tag is missing, use 'tag needed'.

This challenge runs until March 31, midnight in your timezone.

( March Prompt List )

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Well, not really compared to the rest of my feeds, but something like a flood.

nearby things

FAKE: Lucky Dee [Challenge 491: I Feel Lucky]

Hemlocke Springs - Sever the Blight

One of my coworkers keeps trying to give me a rabbit

She says, being forbidden:

Done Since 2026-02-22

NATIONAL CRAFTING MONTH MEET AND GREET

NATIONAL CRAFTING MONTH BINGO FEST

To-read pile, 2026, February

Valentine's Fest Bingo

Bingo

Taking my shot

Signups Closed, Matching Run, Two Unmatchables Emailed

Bingo: Line (Round 28)

Jesus fuck again with this shit?

Fics: Femslash February Round up [Meroron/Purirun/Uta, You and Idol PreCure)

Civil War Musings

War Again

Fic: Live in Hope (Small Prophets)

March 2026: 10 out of 20

Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Challenge 491 - Not So Lucky

yours truly

February 2026

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