3 weeks for Dreamwidth event

Apr. 26th, 2026 07:46 am
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[community profile] 3weeks4dreamwidth runs April 25 to May 15 this year. The event celebrates the anniversary of, and promotes activity on, Dreamwidth, this lovely platform that you're enjoying right now.

Dreamwidth is my social media. I love this text-focused, algorithm-free, async format; it feels really comfortable and accessible to me. (I feel like I understand it, which is just not at all true of other platforms.) I love getting to keep up and interact with all of you! I wish only that more folks might feel like Dreamwidth is a place where they would like to engage these days, in general and overall, but especially fannishly. ♥

You? You're still here, evidently! What joy does DW bring you these days?

Needy Girl Overdose ‒ Episode 4

Apr. 26th, 2026 10:30 am
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No other piece of media that I’m aware of has struck this balance of individual streamers and the concept of streaming being a source of inspiration, while also acknowledging that this industry and social space is deeply harmful to the people participating in it.
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I'll spend the next 3 weeks posting one meme daily for you to get unstuck! You can do them in any order you want or answer as many of the questions as you want. Adapt it to your journal and watch the meme change and evolve as it gets passed around!

You can find my three weeks for dreamwidth memes at this tag.
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When Agents of the Four Seasons isn't trying so hard to cram all of this international espionage and fantasy action into its plot, its dramatic beats can land surprisingly well.
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While it might horrify the class that Iruma makes it a whole performance complete with a love letter, he’s doing for Elizabetta what he did for Clara and Purson and tried to do for Kiriwo: he’s seeing her.

Back from Vienna

Apr. 26th, 2026 09:19 am
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 We went on vacation this month and it was so wonderful! We did a group tour of Vienna, Austria, our first time doing something like that, and I have to say, it was really nice to have someone else organize the trip. We had a great time. Learned about the Hapsburgs, learned a lot about Mozart and Haydn, went to an opera, saw some of the countryside, had lunch on the Danube, saw a fantastic minerals collection at the Natural History museum, saw so much good art, ate really good food. It was really fun.




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Apr. 26th, 2026 01:54 pm
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After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get out a new book by him each year.

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Apr. 26th, 2026 05:15 am
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Snarfed this from [personal profile] jesse_the_k:

Reply to this post saying 'icon', and I will tell you my favorite icon of yours.

Spread the love: copy this to your own journal, showing one of your own favorite icons.
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SGA: Lighter Than a Feather

Apr. 26th, 2026 05:09 am
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 Lighter Than a Feather (25395 words) by esteefee

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate AtlantisThe Sentinel (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Radek Zelenka, Ladon Radim, Dahlia Radim, Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg, Carson Beckett, Elizabeth Weir, Torren John Emmagan, Aiden Ford, Simon Banks
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Sentinels & Guides, But that’s just background, Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Historical, Kinda, Another background pairing I won’t spoil, First Time, Kinda Cracky, Team as Family, Warning for Elizabeth bashing, She's the villain in this fic
Summary:
After the Mage Wars, Dr. Rodney McKay settled down in Lanta to do some founding using his perfectly situated workshop at the edge of town. Is it his fault the locals mistake his electrical experiments as more magic bound to start the troubles all over again?

What other magical secrets does the town of Lanta hold?

"John, Ronon, Rodney, and Teyla crouching the bushes looking dirty and alert for danger.

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Apr. 26th, 2026 12:42 pm
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Happy birthday, [personal profile] ookpik!
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Title: Fragile As Hope
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Londo, Adira.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 250
Spoilers/Setting: Day of the Dead.
Summary: For a little while, Londo allows himself to hope.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 513: Amnesty 85, using Challenge 389: Fragile.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.




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Transformative and participatory information behaviours – for starters

The premise of fandom studies is that fannish works and cultures are distinctive. So, in this case, fannish information behaviours are distinctive. One way, specifically that they are distinctive is that


fanworks, in both physical and digital form, are seen to take a central place in the information environment;


Price, L.; Robinson, L. (2017). ‘Being in a knowledge space’: Information behaviour of cult media fan communities. Journal of Information Science, 43(5), 649-664. doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2020-0089


It is not the primary source that takes central space in fannish information systems but transformative works, this transformation being the unique way fans alter the information. (That the information is altered is in itself not in opposition to general information behaviours. Organisation and dissemination, for example, can also be framed as alteration of data without considering any other processes.)


In the same research, there were some statements that the majority of fans participating in the experiment agreed on:


Fans collect information for other fans in the form of creating rec lists, link lists, wikis, tutorials, guides, etc.


Other fans are an important discovery tool and source of information.


Certain fans act as information sources or gatekeepers for the wider fan community.


Price, L.; Robinson, L. (2017). ‘Being in a knowledge space’: Information behaviour of cult media fan communities. Journal of Information Science, 43(5), 649-664. doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2020-0089


These statements also place fandom (other fans, fanworks as in rec lists, fan community) in the focus of these information behaviours. If we squint, we can also catch the participatory nature of fandoms, that of the active consumer: here are the tutorials and guides you can follow, here are the lists leading you to further information and here are the fanworks where you have to place together how it builds on canon yourself.


There is an old joke in humanities where a professor proclaims something to be a social construct. The audience finds that a really interesting starting point and urges them to keep talking. They say, no, that was the conclusion. So, let us start here and continue with the scholarship the researchers of both fandom studies and information sciences have provided us with.

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Apr. 26th, 2026 12:04 pm
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Bad news for the week: Ticia's kidneys are failing, and she's lost a lot of weight since her last check-up. She's been with us for 11 of her 19 years; I don't know how long she'll last. But I've ordered kidney diet cat fud and high-calorie treats. About all I can do. She makes me think of Rodin's "Belle Heaulmière".

And of course that's on top of everything else going wrong in the world. Also, I'm not getting much done. And I somehow screwed up my order for a Travelpro backpack, and left off the house number. Fortunately I was able to update the address, so I got it the next day. It's supposed to fit under an airplane seat, though I have my doubts. It's also supposed to be blue, but it's a really dark blue.

I did have a zoom call with my financial advisor Thursday, mostly about estate planning. Seems like a good time for it. And I heard back from the place that repaired Scarlett -- they're going to look for the missing charger. Fingers crossed. Also heard from the place that's repairing Lizzy; they have no idea what's wrong and are consulting with the factory. I suggested that they should send us a replacement. Haven't heard back about that.

Big congratulations to this year's href=https://filkontario.ca/2026/04/19/2026-filk-hall-of-fame-inductees/ >Filk Hall of Fame inductees, Margaret Davis, Tim Griffin, and Amy McNally. For more musical mayhem, have some Angine de Poitrine

Also, Krakens in the Cretaceous. Possibly as long as 19 meters. Better hope your time machine doesn't land in the water.

Notes & links, as usual )

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Well, I'm cautiously optimistic. My stomach doesn't feel too bad this morning and I didn't throw up after eating yesterday, so that's a bonus. Jess was a little nauseous yesterday, so now I'm wondering if indeed it's a stomach bug that just is slow moving because of Mounjaro. In short, I have no idea. I'm terrified to take my Mounjaro shot today, just in case it was that. If it turns out that it is, I'm going to have to hold it for the cruise. I'll go back on Rybelsus for two weeks. It won't do a ton, but it also wont make me barf my way through the cruise.

We're down to 11 days. Aaah! I feel like I'm mentally running in circles with my arms in the air, just yelling. It's so close! And it still doesn't feel really real, but it's starting to. Especially since the Boarding Passes dropped yesterday. Even feeling assy, I immediately printed them out and tucked them safely in my luggage. As I mentioned yesterday, I don't trust the wifi in the terminal or my BIL's grasp of technology, so I have them saved 3 separate places.

I think, if my stomach maintains behaving itself, we're going to pack Jess' suitcase today. I also need to shift a few things in mine. I moved most of what was in my now personal item into my carryon, and I want to shift a few things from the suitcase to the personal item, and maybe add a lightweight fleece or rain jacket in there, just in case Seattle/Vancouver are having weather. Right now, it's calling for mostly cloudy, but that could change quickly. I have a very light rain jacket that packs tiny, so I may use that. I've already got my rain hat in there. I also want to pack my bathing suit, in case I use the balcony hottub before our suitcases arrive. I don't expect that to be a problem, because most Pinnacle Suite people get their luggage pretty quickly.

For Jess' luggage, we're starting from scratch. But I'll make sure they have enough of everything. I am the (over)packing queen. As a comedian said, "I pack like I'm expecting to shit myself twice a day on vacation." For me that means underwear for the trip, plus 2 extra.

I know we have free laundry for the trip, but the bag isn't very big, so we're going to have to ration who washes what based on what's dire. I've got 7 pairs of leggings, which shouldn't need washing, and 7 tops which might. Bathing suits will probably be okay unless the pool is especially chlorine-laden. Socks might need laundering, we'll see.

I did get a new bathing suit that I'm wearing at the very least on our balcony. It's a goth/industrial bikini top, and high waisted shorts. I don't know if I'm brave enough to wear it to the thermal spa, but we'll see. Jess says it looks hot, but they're biased. I'll probably stick with a regular suit if I go to the pool. Mostly because I don't trust a bikini to stay put if I try swimming.

I definitely am overpacking on bathing suits. I've got 3, which may be excessive. Or not, who knows. I only packed one for Disney, and we swam a lot in the evenings. The pool is only open til 9pm or 10pm, so we'll have to make our evening swims early. I'm not a huge nightlife person, though I do plan to hit the Rolling Stone Rock Room and the Billboard Onboard dueling pianos at least once each. Mostly, I plan to relax, though. It's going to be a nice easy cruise, without a ton of plans. We have one excursion per port, and nothing strenuous. We'll check out the towns a bit, and then go on our excursions, and then come back to the ship and take it easy. I know the sister and BIL are psyched about the BB King Blues Club, so they'll probably be frequenting that. I appreciate that once we're on the ship, there will be different activities, so they won't be in our back pocket the whole time. I'm sure we'll do some things together, but generaly, they'll be doing their thing and we'll be doing ours.

Some of the stuff is showing up on the app as far as daily programming, so that's cool. Right now, it's a lot of promotional stuff, but more is showing up as the time passes. I can't wait for them to start posting some of the enrichment programs. They have programs that give you information about the ports, and things to see and do that I'd like to go to. They also have nightly movies near the pool, though most of those look like family friendly stuff, and not my thing.

Mostly, I want to watch the British Columbia and Alaska shoreline go past. I plan to spend as much time on the deck as possible. We've got this amazing deck that goes on forever. It's got a table and chairs, some more chairs, and then the small jacuzzi and a couple of lounge chairs. It's going to be cold, so some of this might need to be adjusted. I don't know if I'll be able to have my coffee on deck as it may be 30 degrees. Or maybe I will. I've got fleece leggings and a nice jacket and I am stubborn. I can sit out for a while, then jump back in bed and steal Jess' warms.

And now, a meme:

Getting to know me meme swiped from [personal profile] dine via [personal profile] maevedarcy

Origin of your username: I picked it up while I was in Metallica fandom. I wrote a fic about a lonely banshee finding love, and it's a misspelling of the Gaelic version of banshee. I picked it up soon after, and it's stuck. Before that I was PHRHiannon in wrestling fandom.

I always order this food: If a restaurant has short rib, I will be all over that 9 times out of 10. Lately, I have been on a Fish and Chips kick, though.

Current overused emoji: Probably the laughing til you cry face. I use that a lot on Discord. That and hearts of varying colors.

Current favorite show: Tough one. I don't watch a ton of TV. I've watched exactly one Heated Rivalry and one Pitt episode, but I liked both. I just don't have a ton of spare time when my sister's not in the living room. I recently watched Amazing Digital Circus on YouTube and enjoyed that. The short episodes suit both my ADHD and the right time commitment.

Current favorite book: Always Feed, by Mira Grant, with His Magesty's Dragon by Naomi Novak. Both are my comfort reads. I also love anything non-horror by T. Kingfisher and John Scalzi.

Current favorite video game: I don't really have one. My computer is a Macbook, so that cuts me out of a lot of games. I enjoy listening to Jess watching Let's Plays, but that's about it.

Song on repeat: Probably either Hear my Hope fromt he Hazbin Hotel Soundtrack or something by Ghost. I'm predictable.

Last thing you really got into: What qualifies as "really into?" I haven't been in a fandom since Supernatural, and I quit that after season 4-5, so that's a good 17 years ago. I was tangentially into Marvel for a while after Winter Soldier and into The Old Guard for a hot minute. I think D&D is still my fandom of choice, honestly.

Oddly specific thing that brings you joy: Giving Jess hugs while they're still sleep-warm. It makes me happy.

phone wallpaper: Lock screen is an awesome picture of Jess from our Disney vacation. We're on the pier near sunrise getting ready to take the boat to the Magic Kingdom, and they look happy and relaxed. I'm hoping to get a new one in Alaska that I can update it to one sans boobs. The regular wallpaper is the Aurora Borealis over Alaska. It's very pretty and soothing.

What smell makes you happy: I love the smell of cooking bread, especially when I make it. I also love the smell of sandalwood and amber. Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab has some wonderful perfumes that make me happy. Current favorite is Black Rider.

Morning, night, or other type: I love my early mornings before anyone is up. It gives me a few minutes to chill and wake up before I have to people.

What’s your work/profession: I don't even know what to call what I do these days. It's part call center drone/part schedule sniper/part sort of supervisor? It's an interesting mix that I'm still kind of figuring out.

And on that note, I'm going to hop off and drink some coffee and see how that settles. Everyone have a stellar Sunday!

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