Fanvid and fanfiction recs in the following fandoms: Everything, Everywhere All At Once, Farscape, Harry Potter, Marvel Cinematic Universe and Twisters.
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The first recs post of the year, feels like it's late, mainly because I've read a few multi-chaptered fics that were enjoyable enough if not worth reccing. Fic recs in the following fandoms: The Ballad of Wallis Island, Brooklyn Nine-Nine/Marvel Cinematic Universe crossover, Fairy Tales (Little Red Riding Hood), Veronica Mars, Vicky Bliss and The West Wing.
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Combined writing and fandom memes for 2025
Jan. 8th, 2026 08:03 amAs with last year, I won’t be doing the writing meme separately, because once again the only fanfiction that I posted in 2025 were three-sentence ficathon fills, all ten of them coming to a total of 1,108 words (which would make a respectable-for-me word count for one fic once upon a time.) Four were original works, two were from Mansfield Park, one the 2007 Persuasion adaptation, one Harry Potter, one St. Trinian’s and one for Wicked – Part 1. They can be found here. I don’t think I really wrote much else fictionwise over the year, perhaps some other drafts for the three-sentence ficathon, and some editing. Let’s hope 3SF inspires something and, ideally, something I watch or read sparks a fic.
I reposted seven fics (all ficlets), five of which are in the same collection, and there are still fics that need to be reposted here and at AO3.
My version of the fandom meme
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I reposted seven fics (all ficlets), five of which are in the same collection, and there are still fics that need to be reposted here and at AO3.
My version of the fandom meme
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Bumper recs post (12/12)
Dec. 31st, 2025 07:54 pmFinal recs post of the year (nothing from Yuletide 2025.)
Fic and fanvid recs in the following fandoms: The Decoy Bride, Ever After, Friends, I Am Dragon, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Scorpion, Top of the Lake and Uprooted.
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Fic and fanvid recs in the following fandoms: The Decoy Bride, Ever After, Friends, I Am Dragon, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Scorpion, Top of the Lake and Uprooted.
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Bumper recs post (11/?)
Nov. 15th, 2025 03:20 pmDouble the usual amount of recs for fanfiction and fanvids in the following fandoms: The Big Country (1958), Firefly, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Much Ado About Nothing, Original works, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and What Maisie Knew.
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Fanfiction and fanvid recs for these fandoms: The African Queen (book); Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Lord of the Rings RPF; Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Self-promotion, I guess
Sep. 7th, 2025 01:54 pmI’ve reposted the ‘Photographs and Memories’ collection of ficlets here (and on AO3) over the past month.
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Fanvid and fanfiction recs from these fandoms: Barbie; Catherine, Called Birdy; Dredd; Veronica Mars; and The West Wing.
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Photographs and Memories index
Aug. 11th, 2025 09:29 amIn July 2007, I wanted to commemorate having 500 posts memorised on my Livejournal. So, I wrote five ficlets, none rated higher than PG. See below for title, fandom and other details. The overall title and theme for the collection comes from the ER episode, 'Photographs and Memories'.
Disclaimer: None of the characters are mine, and I make no profit from this fan-written fiction.
Photographs and Memories one: we'll cross the seven seas
Swallows and Amazons, Universal. 358 words. Nancy, gen, post-series future fic.
Photographs and Memories two: paint it black
ER, Universal. 389 words. Neela (Neela/Ray), spoilers for all of season 13.
Photographs and Memories three: greet the day
Harry Potter (book canon, but with a nod to the movies), Universal. 504 words. Luna, gen. Spoilers for Deathly Hallows, but set during Chamber of Secrets.
Photographs and Memories four: superabundance
Sky High, Universal. 146 words. Warren, gen. Set post movie.
Photographs and Memories five: dressed in our finest scarlet and gold
Harry Potter, PG. 432 words. Angelina, (Angelina/Fred). Angst. Set post Deathly Hallows.
Disclaimer: None of the characters are mine, and I make no profit from this fan-written fiction.
Photographs and Memories one: we'll cross the seven seas
Swallows and Amazons, Universal. 358 words. Nancy, gen, post-series future fic.
Photographs and Memories two: paint it black
ER, Universal. 389 words. Neela (Neela/Ray), spoilers for all of season 13.
Photographs and Memories three: greet the day
Harry Potter (book canon, but with a nod to the movies), Universal. 504 words. Luna, gen. Spoilers for Deathly Hallows, but set during Chamber of Secrets.
Photographs and Memories four: superabundance
Sky High, Universal. 146 words. Warren, gen. Set post movie.
Photographs and Memories five: dressed in our finest scarlet and gold
Harry Potter, PG. 432 words. Angelina, (Angelina/Fred). Angst. Set post Deathly Hallows.
Fanfiction recs in the following fandoms: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, Lizzie Bennet Diaries, The Musketeers, The Night Circus and The Philadelphia Story.
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Heavy on the ficlets (by which I mean fics that are under the 1,000 word mark) in the following fandoms: Harry Potter, Lawless, Ms Fisher's MODern Murder Mysteries, Spinning Silver and Twisters. ( Read more... )
Movies watched in May
Jun. 1st, 2025 08:29 pmAs referred to here, I saw Thunderbolts* in the cinema. What I did not say was that a filling came out of my tooth while I was watching the trailers. Yes, I was eating a sweet at the time.
On streaming (on Prime): My Zoe. This came up in the science fiction section, so when it looked like a domestic drama (separated parents sharing custody of their daughter, Zoe, who then have to face something awful), I knew there would be more going on. There is, and I don’t want to spoil it. I’ll just say it’s intense, but judiciously handled (though I could quibble about some of the use of flashforwards and flashbacks.) The acting is seriously good from writer-director Julie Delpy, Richard Armitage, Daniel Bruhl, Gemma Arterton, Lindsay Duncan, and the kid is naturalistic. It’s dated 2021, so may not have had a UK cinema release.
She Said (on All4) is in the lineage of Spotlight (and yes, All The President’s Men), but, as the title suggests, from a female perspective. I thought the formal choices they made to foreground the survivors’ words, to show details of corridors or rooms, but nothing more, and not to show Weinstein’s face were effective, as was giving us enough details of the reporters’ personal lives to be invested in them and their investment. I don’t have strong feelings about the blending of some women playing themselves and others being represented by others. The wrongdoing revealed is horrifying and angering (and I was reminded at the top of Twohey and others reporting about Trump in this context and through the film of how NDAs are still a thing.)
I also rewatched Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning part 1 on the small screen. The action is still brilliant, but ( spoilers? )
This was in prep for Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (am amused that they dropped the ‘Dead Reckoning Part 2’. Am also not convinced that it will be the final final instalment if someone offers Cruise another couple of mad stunts he thinks he could pull off.) The action remains worth seeing in the cinema: ( Spoilers? ) The connective tissue is weaker. There was less of the Entity, it was more about what humans would do now that we were living in the Entity’s world, and although Hunt’s plan was clear, it didn’t really stand up to too much thinking about it.
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On streaming (on Prime): My Zoe. This came up in the science fiction section, so when it looked like a domestic drama (separated parents sharing custody of their daughter, Zoe, who then have to face something awful), I knew there would be more going on. There is, and I don’t want to spoil it. I’ll just say it’s intense, but judiciously handled (though I could quibble about some of the use of flashforwards and flashbacks.) The acting is seriously good from writer-director Julie Delpy, Richard Armitage, Daniel Bruhl, Gemma Arterton, Lindsay Duncan, and the kid is naturalistic. It’s dated 2021, so may not have had a UK cinema release.
She Said (on All4) is in the lineage of Spotlight (and yes, All The President’s Men), but, as the title suggests, from a female perspective. I thought the formal choices they made to foreground the survivors’ words, to show details of corridors or rooms, but nothing more, and not to show Weinstein’s face were effective, as was giving us enough details of the reporters’ personal lives to be invested in them and their investment. I don’t have strong feelings about the blending of some women playing themselves and others being represented by others. The wrongdoing revealed is horrifying and angering (and I was reminded at the top of Twohey and others reporting about Trump in this context and through the film of how NDAs are still a thing.)
I also rewatched Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning part 1 on the small screen. The action is still brilliant, but ( spoilers? )
This was in prep for Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (am amused that they dropped the ‘Dead Reckoning Part 2’. Am also not convinced that it will be the final final instalment if someone offers Cruise another couple of mad stunts he thinks he could pull off.) The action remains worth seeing in the cinema: ( Spoilers? ) The connective tissue is weaker. There was less of the Entity, it was more about what humans would do now that we were living in the Entity’s world, and although Hunt’s plan was clear, it didn’t really stand up to too much thinking about it.
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Past and future things
May. 25th, 2025 03:21 pmAs I haven’t been watching any TV that I’d post about (I will get around to it, and with the bank holiday, this week will be lighter), I reposted a fic yesterday!
Sweet (I could be your favorite girl), The O.C. PG. 368 words. Kaitlin/Spencer. Summary: Over the years, she’s been getting better and better at having things her own way. Fluff. Established relationship. Future fic. (First posted in April 2007.
I only lightly edited it, although I wanted to do something about the first two paragraphs and all the uses of ‘nibbling’, but it would have been too much. Wow, that was only a month after I last reposted a fic.
Apparently The Wheel of Time is cancelled (is it my fault for not getting around to watch the third season yet?) :( In possibly good news, I saw that pictures from Zootopia 2 were released. Admittedly, sequels don’t have a great record (especially of original properties), but I am excited about more adventures with Judy and Nick and exploring the world further. It will all come down to the script. While I get it that they won’t be developing the ship, and that's fine, that's what fic is for, I don’t want to see any love interests for either.
Sweet (I could be your favorite girl), The O.C. PG. 368 words. Kaitlin/Spencer. Summary: Over the years, she’s been getting better and better at having things her own way. Fluff. Established relationship. Future fic. (First posted in April 2007.
I only lightly edited it, although I wanted to do something about the first two paragraphs and all the uses of ‘nibbling’, but it would have been too much. Wow, that was only a month after I last reposted a fic.
Apparently The Wheel of Time is cancelled (is it my fault for not getting around to watch the third season yet?) :( In possibly good news, I saw that pictures from Zootopia 2 were released. Admittedly, sequels don’t have a great record (especially of original properties), but I am excited about more adventures with Judy and Nick and exploring the world further. It will all come down to the script. While I get it that they won’t be developing the ship, and that's fine, that's what fic is for, I don’t want to see any love interests for either.
Fanvid and fanfiction recs in the following fandoms: Dredd, Mission Impossible movie series, Pacific Rim, Singin' in the Rain and Spinning Silver.
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Self-promotion and Étoile
Apr. 27th, 2025 04:12 pmI reposted a ficlet yesterday: That Cooper Family Christmas Feeling, The O.C. PG. 280 words. Kaitlin, gen. Summary: Alt!world Kaitlin’s Christmas Eve night. AU. Post 4.07. ‘The Christmukk-huh?’ (March 2007)
Very seasonal! (Or not.) Very niche, as it expands a bit on the alt world Ryan and Taylor visited. Lightly edited from the original version.
Étoile 1.1 The Swap
Me a few weeks ago: Why is YouTube promoting this trailer at me?
Me last week: OH, it’s an Amy Sherman-Palladino project about ballet (never did get to see Bunheads) on Prime.
Me after watching the trailer: Oh, I am so watching this.
This is me after watching the first episode.
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Very seasonal! (Or not.) Very niche, as it expands a bit on the alt world Ryan and Taylor visited. Lightly edited from the original version.
Étoile 1.1 The Swap
Me a few weeks ago: Why is YouTube promoting this trailer at me?
Me last week: OH, it’s an Amy Sherman-Palladino project about ballet (never did get to see Bunheads) on Prime.
Me after watching the trailer: Oh, I am so watching this.
This is me after watching the first episode.
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Fanfiction recs in the following fandoms: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spinning Silver and Veronica Mars.
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Fanfiction recs in the following fandoms: Community, Firefly, Into the Woods, Jane Eyre and Little Women.
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AO3 meme part the second
Mar. 30th, 2025 02:26 pmAs seen via ![[dreamwidth.org profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
smallhobbit, part 2 of the AO3 meme. Questions 1-6 here.
7. Seventh Most Common Relationship:
Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s). Figures.
8. Eighth Drabble Posted:
I Love You In MPH (ER) Neela/Ray future fic.
9. Ninth Most Common Character:
Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)
10. Tenth Mature and/or Explicit Fic:
Not applicable.
11. Eleventh Most Recent Completed Fic:
Cub (Sanditon) My ‘how Leo got her hair cut’ story.
12. Twelfth Most Recent Story in Your Sixth Most Common Tag:
My sixth most common tag (Three Sentence Ficathon) only has 11 fics in it, which goes to show I’m erratic in my use of tags.
I skipped question 13 because it was about titles.
smallhobbit, part 2 of the AO3 meme. Questions 1-6 here.7. Seventh Most Common Relationship:
Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s). Figures.
8. Eighth Drabble Posted:
I Love You In MPH (ER) Neela/Ray future fic.
9. Ninth Most Common Character:
Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)
10. Tenth Mature and/or Explicit Fic:
Not applicable.
11. Eleventh Most Recent Completed Fic:
Cub (Sanditon) My ‘how Leo got her hair cut’ story.
12. Twelfth Most Recent Story in Your Sixth Most Common Tag:
My sixth most common tag (Three Sentence Ficathon) only has 11 fics in it, which goes to show I’m erratic in my use of tags.
I skipped question 13 because it was about titles.
