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Link spam: Enjoying problematic works/authors

Starting to process my backlog of links. Originally, I started collecting this particular list when the allegations about Neil Gaiman surfaced last year (if you've been lucky enough to miss that, but want to learn more, muccamukk's round-up post is still an excellent place to get an overview).

It's always hard when stories, songs, shows, etc that made a difference to you turn out to be created by someone who's done or is doing horrible things. I always find it hard when it's followed by a demand to just stop liking whatever it was, as if that's as easy as snapping your fingers to remove the impact of sometimes formative stories from one's life.

Here are a few links that helped me navigate this, whenever it happens, since it happens often. If you only have energy for one link, I'd recommend making that the first one. It's nuanced and practical.

Dealing with Authors Who are Jerks, Bastards, or Downright Evil in Real Life by writinginthedarktw. "But how should we react when a writer we admire, or who we have a personal relationship with, turns out to be a not-so-good person? The short answer, of course, is you can react any damn way you wish. There’s no right way. But I can share with you how I attempt to navigate these rough waters."

( 4 more links: 1 for library workers, 2 on how putting people on a pedestal does no one any good, 1 on a specific fandom )

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Torchwood: The ripple effect (Challenge 452 - Ripple)

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Current Mood: charmed
Current Music: There's Klingons on the starboard bow. Scrape them off, Jim!

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recommendation

Recommendation: love is an affliction by WerewolvesAreReal, ST:TOS Hanahaki Disease

I deeply enjoyed reading a Star Trek: The Original Series story in which Hanahaki is nonfatal and limited to Vulcans. I enjoyed it all the more because I didn't read the tags beyond noting that it's General Audiences and No Warnings Apply. Having now read the tags and finished the story, which ends hopefully, I recommend that you give the story a try if the idea of Spock coughing up flowers of unrequited love appeals to you -- but page down and skip the tags, unless there are common pairings in the fandom that you need to avoid.

love is an affliction

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2025,
nominations

Nominations Clarification #2

Gentle reminder to disambiguate relationship nominations (add the fandom name in parentheses behind your nomination). This will help us approve your tags faster.

The tagset currently has nominations for both North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell and North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell|UK TV. Nominators, would you rather keep book nominations and TV nominations separate (in which case I will duplicate nominations currently under the umbrella tag into both sub-fandoms), or would you rather combine them under the single Gaskell|UK TV tag?

I've already heard from the book-only nominator (thank you).

The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
Celeborn/Galadriel (Tolkien)
Celebrían/Elrond Peredhel
Elrond Peredhel/Ereinion Gil-galad
Frodo Baggins/Rose Cotton/Sam Gamgee

Please nominate under a specific media type (books, movies, animated series?)

Star Wars - All Media Types
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker (SW)
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Darth Vader (SW)

Please nominate under the specific instalment (Original Trilogy, Sequel Trilogy, Clone Wars, Rogue One?).

The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Nominations have been accepted under Marvel Cinematic Universe.

X-Men (Movieverse)
Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier (X-Men Movieverse)

Please nominate under Original Timeline Movies or Alternate Timeline Movies.

Creator's Choice of Fandom
Male Character/Male Character (CCoF)
Any Female Character/Any Male Character (CCoF)

Sorry, we aren't accepting Creator's Choice of Fandom in this exchange.

La Nonne Sanglange (opera) - Charles Gounod
Google search turns up an opera named 'La Nonne Sanglante'. Is that what you meant?

The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
Link/Mipha (Legend of Zelda)
Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda)

Please nominate under a specific media type (individual game, manga, movie?).

Doctor Who
The fifteenth doctor/Rouge (Doctor Who)

Please nominate under Doctor Who (1963) or Doctor Who (2005).

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Name:circii or bunnii

Age: 30s

Country: Australia

I mostly post about: My journal is very new, i think I decided to make it because I was feeling a bit low and just wanted to write about my feelings and interests and hopefully find like-minded people. I'm also trying to make my web experience a more pleasant one, so I like looking at journals and personal websites. Indie web, small web, that kind of thing I yearn for so I might share things I find! But so far, I like to yap about my daily life and my practice in fighting games. I just started a fight log so I can hopefully more clearly see my progress! I will probably generally just talk about other things like anime, video games and maybe I'll post art or photos taken on my digicam. Also I'm queer and figuring things out still lmao

My hobbies are: Currently I'm focused in on fighting games (granblue rising, but I'm also a street fighter and guilty gear enjoyer), working on my art, vtubing, crochet and the smallest smattering of baby guitar when I can find time after all that. Other interests that can come back into my rotation is language study (Japanese and Spanish), miniature painting, nail art, weightlifting, snorkeling (I dream of scuba/free diving tho!)

My fandoms are:I'm not deep in any fandom at the moment but I enjoy content from sailor moon, granblue, guilty gear, general DnD stuff, hololive, vshojo and arcane. I'm also a huge Lady Gaga fan. And a lover of My Chemical Romance.

I'm looking to meet people who: I think are cool! I enjoy reading other people's day-to-day life and their passions, might get me excited about something new , too! If we hype over similar things that's a tasty cherry on top ;9

My posting schedule tends to be: aiming for at least a few times a week.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: if you don't support LGBTQ+, if you excuse any wars, if you support generative AI, you know if you lean in those kinds of directions - please don't talk to me.

Before adding me, you should know: I'm sorry if my post was too long! And I might be using this as a form of therapy (cuz therapy is expensive) so if I do post something that's a bit heavier, I'll learn how to put it behind a cut and maybe make it friends only. But I think I'll try and keep cheery here! I'm still learning how to use this site

Prompt 2506: Symmetry

Today's prompt is: symmetry

• You have 2 days time to submit an icon for this prompt (in other words, until prompt 2508 gets posted)!
• Prompt 2504 has been closed.
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Current Mood: cheerful

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Potter&EvenMore Fest

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!reminder

Reminder

Check out our current challenge: NUMBERS - here.
We have 3 entries so far!

But you still have 2 DAYS to enter :)

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Fanfic, Burn Notice, Michael/Sam/Fiona, ireland

Title: (Never Go) Home
Author:

kalira
Fandom: Burn Notice
Ship/Characters: Michael/Fiona/Sam
Rating/Category: T/Poly (OT3)
Prompt: Burn Notice, Michael/Sam/Fiona, ireland
Spoilers: general through S3 E09 (episode: Long Way Back)
Summary: Michael might find homesickness entirely alien - for that matter, Sam's not much better - but no matter what the problem, or the hurt, they've always got each others' backs - and maybe this problem of Fiona's is another they'll be able to handle together. One day.
Notes/Warnings: N/A
Wordcount: 1,111

Read on AO3

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round: 52,
voting

Round 52: Voting!

WOW! We have 12 wonderful sets this time for voting. Thanks for the turnout.

Voting ends on 10th June, 2025.
Voting is for your THREE favorite ICONS per set and for your THREE favorite SETS:

( vote here )

Current Mood: i'm a drag
Current Music: I deal my own deck: sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces

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movie: star wars

The time Padmé lost an Amidala look-alike contest

Padmé, much like Dolly Parton, loses an Amidala look-alike contest. How many of the entrants are in drag? I leave that as an exercise for the reader.

There are definitely drag king portrayals of Anakin and Obi-Wan in their heyday, possibly including makeouts with each other and/or drag king clones.

Anyone who has seen The Empire Strips Back knows what drag!Luke Skywalker is wearing, and as for Leia -- well, I could insert any number of pictures of people doing Leia drag, in any number of costumes, and she’s not even royalty in this galaxy. Who even knows how many hotass drag kings lust after Han’s gender, too.

Current Mood: happy
Current Location: my desk

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Check-In Post - June 6th 2025

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.

This Week's Question: We all probably have multiple WiPs, but which of yours has been hanging around longest, waiting to be finished?

If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Seasons of Fandom- Round 1 Starting Soon!

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Seasons of Fandom- Round 1 Starting Soon!

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Seasons of Fandom- Round 1 Starting Soon!

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misc

Seasons of Fandom- Now Open To New Members!

Introducing

seasons_of_fandom, an interactive fandom challenge community/landcomm that allows you to create work for any fandom you can think of! We were previously

lands_of_magic, a name we ran under for over 10 years, but we figured we needed a facelift and a name change since it has been a long time since we had only focused on fantasy fandoms. We welcome TV, movies, books, games, music, anime, celebrities... almost anything goes! We have all kinds of challenges- writing, graphics, games, and some challenges that are miscellaneous fanworks! This round we'll also be trying out monthly drabble and icon contests.

We have four wonderful teams- The Spring Court, The Summer Court, The Autumn Court, and The Winter Court.

Sign-ups for new members start today, and though our first round under our new name doesn't start until August, we will have two challenges open before the round officially starts. To sign up, all you have to do is read the rules and fill out the survey here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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!tips and resources

Miscellaneous Tips & Tricks

I’ve been playing around with the style system, and while it isn’t much, I’ve learned a few things that I feel are worth sharing.

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Made in Korea by Jeremy Holt (2022)

Next up for Pride Month media, I read Made in Korea, a graphic novel about an android called Jesse who is purchased by a childless couple to be their daughter. Both the author Jeremy Holt and the illustrator George Schall are nonbinary (they/them).

parents gaze at an inactive android child in a box and marvel that she is beautiful

parents gaze at an inactive android child in a box and marvel that she is beautiful

I had mixed feelings about this one. On the positive side, I really liked how the themes of identity and coming to know oneself were explored. Jesse's story is at least partly a metaphor for transnational adoption (Holt is an adoptee) and also resonates with more general feelings about not being the child your parents expected and needing to grow out of their narrative about you. Gender identity is directly addressed, which I love to see in an android story! It bugs me when androids uncritically accept a binary gender role based on the anatomy they're built with, even when the story digs into their personhood and free will in other ways. This book does not assume that an android built to look anatomically female is a girl, nor does it assume that if androids existed they would all be built with binary anatomy!

The major aspect that did not work for me was the plot element of

( a school shooting. (cut for content) )

So there was a lot that I liked, but also a pretty big section of the narrative that seemed totally out of place and mishandled. I don't regret reading the book and I think some aspects will stick with me in a good way, I just wish it had kept the focus on its strengths.