Into the Void
Jul. 18th, 2025 07:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stonepicnicking_okapiThe sky is falling. Again.
I woke up at 3:30 am to the sound of dripping. And, yes, water was pouring into the apartment from the ceiling (in a spot about 4 feet from where the ceiling caved in three weeks ago).
At 5 pm (after an online request, a visit to the building office, and two phone calls), the maintenance decided to show up.
The upstairs apartment is vacant (?!) and the hot water tank burst. The water was turned off but the tank won't be replaced until next week (I'll believe it when I see it). Their tank, not ours, but that means residual dripping for a long time.
I've got a full-fledged auditory trigger now with the dripping. Add that to the sound of chainsaws.
And I'm getting some kind of tendonitis (pain in my inner left elbow and down to the hand, golfer's elbow) from taking care of client #1. It's a lot of tugging and pulling and yanking because of he's bed-bound and unable to move much.
But I made it through the first full week of work. And Minisculus passed to the next level of swimming so those are two good things.
I woke up at 3:30 am to the sound of dripping. And, yes, water was pouring into the apartment from the ceiling (in a spot about 4 feet from where the ceiling caved in three weeks ago).
At 5 pm (after an online request, a visit to the building office, and two phone calls), the maintenance decided to show up.
The upstairs apartment is vacant (?!) and the hot water tank burst. The water was turned off but the tank won't be replaced until next week (I'll believe it when I see it). Their tank, not ours, but that means residual dripping for a long time.
I've got a full-fledged auditory trigger now with the dripping. Add that to the sound of chainsaws.
And I'm getting some kind of tendonitis (pain in my inner left elbow and down to the hand, golfer's elbow) from taking care of client #1. It's a lot of tugging and pulling and yanking because of he's bed-bound and unable to move much.
But I made it through the first full week of work. And Minisculus passed to the next level of swimming so those are two good things.
FAKE Ficlet: Only Feel
Jul. 18th, 2025 05:43 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Only Feel
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG-15
Word Count: 579
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Before he met Dee, Ryo would have never imagined doing anything like this.
Written For:
peaked’s prompt ‘any, any, restraints,’ at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
threesentenceficathon.Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
( Only Feel... )
Ficlet: Standards
Jul. 18th, 2025 05:34 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Standards
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 553
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto isn’t impressed with the newest antique store in Cardiff, or with its proprietor, considering the man’s tastes dubious at best.
Written For: The prompt ‘any, any, I just don't trust a man who sells stuffed peacocks’, at
threesentenceficathon.Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters
( Standards... )
Stargate SG-1 Ficlet: Necessary Skill
Jul. 17th, 2025 07:36 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Necessary Skill
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O’Neill.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 457
Setting: Sometime during Children of the Gods.
Summary: Jack decides Daniel needs something to occupy him instead of drinking coffee and prowling around the base.
Written For: Challenge 483: Amnesty 80 at
fan_flashworks, using Challenge 47: Teaching.Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate SG-1, or the characters.
A/N: For PatriciaS.
Ficlet: Out Of Time
Jul. 17th, 2025 07:29 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Out Of Time
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, John Ellis.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 521
Spoilers: Out of Time.
Summary: Jack wishes he could have done more for John Ellis.
Written For:
sarajayechan’s prompt ‘any, any, and I would have stayed up with you all night if I'd known how to save a life’, at threesentenceficathon.Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters
( Out Of Time... )
I'm not even gonna say it, at this point
Jul. 17th, 2025 11:34 amerinm_4600Instead, just jumping right in with the WTFery Steve dropped on me, last night. The weather was HORRENDOUS. Traffic was even better, because of it.
For the past two-ish weeks, I've been plotting out a post-series drama and I've been jumping from ugly crying to laughing at myself for jokes that came out of nowhere to visualizing some scenes so hard I swear I can smell the sagebrush.
It's not normal.
Anyway.. there are two characters in the series who are the main slashpair. So much so that they made actual jokes about it in the show a few times. I'm not gonna yuck anybody's yum, but after nearly 20 years... I just don't see it. At all.
You tell me Kirk/Spock is a thing? Sure, okay. You tell me Spock/Bones is a thing? Sure, okay.
This feels (to me) like the equivalent of Riker/Worf and I just don't get it.
But that not the point.
( Steve is a little shit. )
Anyway...
I am now 100000% on the F1/F2 train and I am never getting off. EVER.
I hope you're all well and I love all your faces ♥
(copy/pasted from LJ, the old way)
For the past two-ish weeks, I've been plotting out a post-series drama and I've been jumping from ugly crying to laughing at myself for jokes that came out of nowhere to visualizing some scenes so hard I swear I can smell the sagebrush.
It's not normal.
Anyway.. there are two characters in the series who are the main slashpair. So much so that they made actual jokes about it in the show a few times. I'm not gonna yuck anybody's yum, but after nearly 20 years... I just don't see it. At all.
You tell me Kirk/Spock is a thing? Sure, okay. You tell me Spock/Bones is a thing? Sure, okay.
This feels (to me) like the equivalent of Riker/Worf and I just don't get it.
But that not the point.
( Steve is a little shit. )Anyway...
I am now 100000% on the F1/F2 train and I am never getting off. EVER.
I hope you're all well and I love all your faces ♥
(copy/pasted from LJ, the old way)
Tags:
- daily: thursday,
- fandom: from the f-list,
- fandom: i do rp things,
- fandom: i heart my ocs,
- fandom: i love movies,
- fandom: i love my lj,
- fandom: i love my otp,
- fandom: i ship it,
- fandom: i write fanfic,
- fandom: red vs blue (go blue!),
- fandom: steve the plotpapay,
- fandom: thud,
- real life: bill gates owns my soul,
- real life: dork moment,
- real life: gibbs-slap,
- real life: internet pets are trouble,
- real life: to do or not,
- real life: walter the drama llama,
- real life: what's with the weather?
Community Thursday
Jul. 17th, 2025 08:18 amvriddyCommunity Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.
Commented on common_nature.
Posted and commented on bnha_fans (final season later this year!)
Posting and commenting on getyourwordsout.
Dr Stone chit-chat on anime_manga.
Book chit-chat on booknook.
Signal boost:
- The sunflower_auction is returning. It's a online fanworks auction designed to raise money for nonprofit organisations that help the people of Ukraine fight back against Russia's invasion. Creator sign-ups will start next week. I expect I will participate again.
Word: Cavil
Jul. 16th, 2025 04:53 pmstonepicnicking_okapiWednesday's word is...
...cavil.
[kav-uhl]
1. to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about).
--
I found this in Murder in Zanzibar by M. M. Kaye.
It’s a pity that your taste in newspapers didn’t run to a smaller sized sheet, but who am I to carp and c-cavil?
...cavil.
[kav-uhl]
1. to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about).
--
I found this in Murder in Zanzibar by M. M. Kaye.
It’s a pity that your taste in newspapers didn’t run to a smaller sized sheet, but who am I to carp and c-cavil?
More pinch hits
Jul. 16th, 2025 07:19 pmvriddyAnd the last 3 pinch hits I wrote during my hurt/comfort/and/more binge were finally revealed, haha. Not unexpectedly, with the way delays worked out and all, the first one I wrote back in April was the last one to reveal last week! All caught up now.
Forwhumpex:
Sensory overload | Boku no Hero Academia | Hawks & Miruko | 1.8k words | rated T
Summary: Overtraining already hypersensitive feathers is bound to have long-term consequences. Hawks is utterly miserable, utterly on his own... and has been lying to himself for so long now, he kind of forgot the truth.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
Fordiegetic_exchange (I didn't know that word before participating btw! What a cool concept for an exchange!):
Totally fictional | Boku no Hero Academia | Dabi/Hawks | 800 words | rated T
Summary: In universe, someone is passionately writing a heartfelt, if somewhat unsympathetic, fanfic about Hawks.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
Forhurtcomfortex:
A game at which two can play | Boku no Hero Academia | Dabi/Hawks | 3.8k words | rated T
Summary: Members of the Creature Rejection Clan have infiltrated the PLF. To root them out, Toga comes up with the great plan of having Dabi and Hawks lure them out by being more obvious about their relationship in public. A PLF lieutenant debasing themselves with a heteromorph? Surely the CRC traitors will show their hand and target Hawks. What could possibly go wrong?
And thus Hawks ends up working an undercover mission for the PLF while technically already undercover at the PLF. Never a dull moment in his life.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
For
whumpex:Sensory overload | Boku no Hero Academia | Hawks & Miruko | 1.8k words | rated T
Summary: Overtraining already hypersensitive feathers is bound to have long-term consequences. Hawks is utterly miserable, utterly on his own... and has been lying to himself for so long now, he kind of forgot the truth.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
For
diegetic_exchange (I didn't know that word before participating btw! What a cool concept for an exchange!):Totally fictional | Boku no Hero Academia | Dabi/Hawks | 800 words | rated T
Summary: In universe, someone is passionately writing a heartfelt, if somewhat unsympathetic, fanfic about Hawks.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
For
hurtcomfortex:A game at which two can play | Boku no Hero Academia | Dabi/Hawks | 3.8k words | rated T
Summary: Members of the Creature Rejection Clan have infiltrated the PLF. To root them out, Toga comes up with the great plan of having Dabi and Hawks lure them out by being more obvious about their relationship in public. A PLF lieutenant debasing themselves with a heteromorph? Surely the CRC traitors will show their hand and target Hawks. What could possibly go wrong?
And thus Hawks ends up working an undercover mission for the PLF while technically already undercover at the PLF. Never a dull moment in his life.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
BtVS Double Drabble: The Last Waltz
Jul. 16th, 2025 05:31 pmbadly_knittedTitle: The Last Waltz
Fandom: BtVS
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Buffy, Angel.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 458: Waltz at
drabble_zone.Spoilers/Setting: The Prom.
Summary: Buffy has no one to dance with at the Prom.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
Tags:
FAKE Triple Drabble: Rained On
Jul. 16th, 2025 05:20 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Rained On
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: The weather is terrible, but Dee and Ryo still have to do their job regardless.
Written For: Weekend Challenge Prompt: Summertime, is the living truly easy?! at
1_million_words.Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( Rained On... )Tags:
Double Drabble: Certifiable
Jul. 16th, 2025 05:11 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Certifiable
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Lisa.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 874: Mad at
torchwood100.Spoilers: Fragments. Set pre-Cyberwoman.
Summary: Ianto must surely be out of his mind.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Certifiable... )Tags:
