Community Thursday

Jun. 19th, 2025 07:39 am[personal profile] vriddy
vriddy: christmas gnome (gnome)

Community Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.


Over the last week...

Vigilantes chit-chat on [community profile] bnha_fans.

Commented on [community profile] summerofthe69.

Commented on [community profile] newcomers.

Commented on [community profile] common_nature.

Promoted [site community profile] dw_maintenance, [community profile] style_system in various comments.

Signal boost:

  • Via [site community profile] dw_community_promo, massive blast from the past but someone started a [community profile] monkeyisland community :D

  • Sign-ups are open for the 7TH ROUND of [community profile] comment_bingo! :D "the goal is to have more fun and have an excuse to leave feedback! It is a Bingo community that involves commenting on other people's works based on the prompts provided, rather than creating your own."

Old Timey Fandom Settings :)

Jun. 18th, 2025 01:44 pm[personal profile] sweetsorcery posting in [community profile] addme_fandom
sweetsorcery: (wwii_raf_letsgo)
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.
thepasteldyke: forget-me-not where the flowers make the shape of a heart (forget-me-not heart)
Hi, I made a few icons, the anime/manga ones are specifically Super Sonico and Mars Red. =)

Preview!
same image as previous, but with a yellow border Super Sonico with pocky in her mouth, a bat wing next to her Mars Red Suwa from volume 2's cover Mars Red Takeuchi pulling down his lower eyelid and sticking out his tongue

(Link to the rest)

Pinch hits revealed!

Jun. 15th, 2025 01:56 pm[personal profile] vriddy
vriddy: Jacket Hawks with a cocky smile (cocky hawks)
While I was actively writing BNHA fic a couple of months ago, I also ended up picking up a couple of pinch hits which have since been revealed!

Exploring Hawks' complicated relationship with his mother in [community profile] unsent_letters_exchange:

Appendix B | Hawks & Toomie | 1.2k words | rated T
Summary: At sixteen, a week after being taught how to break into a computer, Hawks breaks into the Hero Public Safety Commission's database to look up his own file. Whatever he expected to find in there, it didn't include dozens of letters from his mother.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.

And indulgent Dabi/Hawks vampire AU for the [community profile] fangfrenzyficexchange :D

Addiction in the making | Dabi/Hawks | 1.4k words | rated T
Summary: Hero society's best kept secret might be that every Pro Hero in the Top 10 is turned into a vampire. Dabi knows, though he doesn't realise that Hawks' secret is a little different...
Read it on Dreamwidth or on AO3.

Guess I'm Greyplatonic

Jun. 15th, 2025 12:19 pm[personal profile] abyssal_sylph
abyssal_sylph: A pride flag with 8 stripes. From top to bottom the stripes are; hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo & violet. (og queer flag)
So I recently remembered aplatonic people existed because of It Was Never About Friends by [archiveofourown.org profile] mimicsunraiys (Shuichi/Maki fic for NDRV3). And now I think I'm greyplatonic. Now its hard to describe this to people who have no clue what that means (as I've learned), and I'm likely not the person to go to for this since I just figuered this out. But it got me curious about aplatonic people. Do you guys know of aplatonic characters from media or fanfic? leave them in the comments; I'm curious.
gerard_way_is_sexah: (Default)
Description: Do you have a Naruto fanfiction you'd love to read, but just can't seem to find? A familiar trope, ship, or character you can't get enough of? A piece of fanart you want to see come to life? Are you a fan creator who wants fresh inspiration and a fun, low-stakes challenge? The r/NarutoFanfiction Discord server is hosting a fest/prompt meme for Naruto fanworks - and we would love for you to join! Naruto fans of all ages (13+) are welcome to cheerlead, submit ideas for fanworks they'd like to see, and create fanworks for others. Fic minimums for filling a prompt are 500 words and art minimums are a finished piece. 

Prompting Period: Now-June 20

Works due & revealed: September 10

Creators revealed: September 17

An AO3 account is required for participation, and joining the r/NarutoFanfiction Discord server is highly recommended. By joining the server, you can participate in conversations about the event, make suggestions for this and future server events, and contact the moderators directly. For full event rules and for more information on how a fest/prompt meme works, please check the AO3 collection profile. If you don't wish to join the server, but still wish to participate and ask questions about the event, you may e-mail gerardwayissexah@gmail.com as well.

Links: 
AO3 Collection Profile (signup and view submitted prompts)
Discord Server Join Link (never expires)
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Description: NejiTen Month is a monthlong event for fans of the romantic pairing between Neji Hyuga/Hyuga Neji and Tenten. Fanart, fanfiction, moodboards, podfics, edits, and other kinds of fanworks are welcome! Prompts posted to Tumblr are just for inspiration - feel free to disregard, complete out of order, or combine however you please. There are no minimums for either the amount of effort put into a work, or the number of works you post for the event. It's all welcome! 
Schedule: Post works to Tumblr and/or Archive of Our Own (AO3) July 1-July 31st.
Posting: Tag works on Tumblr with #nejitenmonth2025 in the first five tags so the mod can reblog everything. Please tag on AO3 with NejiTen Month 2025 or something similar. The AO3 collection is also an option.
Links:
Tumblr Blog
Full Event Rules
AO3 Collection

NejiTen Month event calendar with prompts
vriddy: Sakura from Wind Breaker pointing at himself (me?)
Murder, I say!! Lol. A few panels under the cut, so spoilers for a few scenes but not really plot stuff.

MURDER! A.k.a., fatal doses of polyshipper catnip XD )

Community Thursday

Jun. 12th, 2025 06:34 am[personal profile] vriddy
vriddy: Hawks waving and leaving (bye bye)

Community Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.


Over the last week...

Chit-chat on [community profile] bnha_fans.

Signal boosts:

  • [community profile] worderlands' next event at the end of the month will be a daily 3-sentence flash fiction challenge. I know a few people in my circles enjoy that kind of event!
sakuramod: (Default)
[community profile] sakuraexchange is a spring exchange for relationships in Japanese media, run on Dreamwidth and AO3. Participants create a fic or art piece for one of their assigned recipient's requested fandoms and relationships, and receive in return a fic or art piece for one of their requested fandoms and relationships. Detailed exchange guidelines are here, at our DW community.

We have several pinch hits (unfilled requests) currently in need of creators. If you might be able to fill one of these requests by the current due date (June 20, 11:59PM UTC / 7:59PM EDT), please comment on the pinch hit post with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you'd like to claim.

The minimum requirements are 1000 words for fic, or clean lineart on unlined paper for art.

Available pinch hits (click through for details):

PH 2 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, 殺し愛 | Koroshi Ai (Manga), 2.5次元の誘惑 | 2.5-jigen no Ririsa | 2.5 Dimensional Seduction (Anime)

PH 4 - 爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー | Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (TV), 魔法つかいプリキュア! | Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! | Mahou Girls PreCure!, 仮面ライダーギーツ | Kamen Rider Geats, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne | Phantom-Thief Jeanne (manga), Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne | Phantom-Thief Jeanne (Anime)

PH 10 - わんだふるぷりきゅあ! | Wonderful PreCure! (Anime), Crossover Fandom, Show By Rock!! (Video Games), 美男高校地球防衛部HAPPY KISS! | Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Happy Kiss!, Tokyo Mew Mew Olé (Manga), Fairy蘭丸~あなたの心お助けします~ | Fairy Ranmaru: Anata no Kokoro Otasuke Shimasu (Anime)

PH 16 - 終ノ空 remake | Tsui no Sora Remake, Tsukihime (Visual Novel & Anime), Kara no Kyoukai | The Garden of Sinners

Thank you very much!

What-ho all

Jun. 11th, 2025 11:56 am[personal profile] zan77 posting in [community profile] addme_fandom
zan77: (Default)
Name: Zan
Age group: 40s but rapidly heading towards 50s
Country: UK
Subscription/Access Policy: Public, at time of writing

Fannish Interests: Right now I'm mainly into Djo, Stranger Things (as my icon suggests, I'm having somewhat of a Joe Keery year), The Terror, Severance, and my attention to the MCU has been revived somewhat by Agatha All Along, Thunderbolts and (hopefully!) Fantastic Four.

I enjoy reading golden age detective fiction, fantasy, romance and historical non-fiction. I've written a small number of fics but am trying to get out of a block and write some more.

I've been a long time but mostly lurky presence in fannish spaces since the early 2000s, and can also be found as zan77 on tumblr


I like to post about: Not many posts on my dreamwidth yet but I'm hoping to use it to get back into the habit of longer posting.


About Me/Other Info: Outside of fandom I'm also an amateaur bellydancer and enjoy crochet. As I officially enter Fandom Old territory I've started to yearn for the old Livejournal style interactions of my youth! Hoping to find some like-minded souls to talk to.

Beta edit preps: COMPLETE

Jun. 10th, 2025 09:31 am[personal profile] vriddy
vriddy: Studious, smiling Eri (studious)

...Just the preps, I haven't started on the actual edits yet XD But I have a roadmap and an extensive list of actionable steps, and I'm glad I do. Working offline using Pomodoro, like I mentioned the other day was super effective.

A disadvantage, I suppose, is that I can't have conversations back-and-forth in GoogleDoc comments, which is something I dearly enjoy doing with fanfic (either as beta-reader or beta-readee!). I think maybe it's just too much, on a turnaround of 40k words at once. Also because I needed to let it rest, folks might not be so interested in a reply 6 months later on a reaction they don't remember having about a story they fuzzily recall 😅 Having said that, I did write to folks after chopping their feedback into the roadmap, to thank them again and share a general reaction to their reactions :D

Stuff to ponder )

It took me 17h41 to go through all 7 beta-readers' feedback. (Thanks again everyone for offering, I am so grateful :D). I'm going to have a brief interlude now (well, brief is the plan XD). Ideally, I'd like to use that time to write something original but SHORTER so I can bask in the self-indulgence of inventing fun worldbuilding, which I loooove doing. But on the other hand, Wind Breaker Volume 22 just came out and drove me insane with the OT5 vibes so I may have to write something for that instead XD

I 100% intend to break down the work and take regular breaks when I start actually following the roadmap, if only to make the structural changes then giving it a bit of space so I can make sure the major changes didn't break something else important. I expect overall it'll likely take longer than the 17h41 prep time, so I better pace myself! I think I should learn very interesting things throughout the process. I'm already thinking about what to be careful about in the Soul Thief story, when I get back to it.

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