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cyareEpisode 1 and 2 came out on Friday and I really, really liked them!
There's a discussion going on at![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
murderbotbookclub right over here and in a few posts at MurderbotTV's community on Pillowfort, please come hang out! In the meantime, I'm gonna write some of my spoilery thoughts under the cut.
( Spoilers for my favourite socially awkward SecUnit )
There's a discussion going on at
murderbotbookclub right over here and in a few posts at MurderbotTV's community on Pillowfort, please come hang out! In the meantime, I'm gonna write some of my spoilery thoughts under the cut.( Spoilers for my favourite socially awkward SecUnit )
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BTS Ficlet: Metamorphosis
18/5/25 17:13kat_lair***
Title: Metamorphosis
Author:kat_lair
Fandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Character: Kim Namjoon | RM, Kim Seokjin | Jin, Min Yoongi | Suga, Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Park Jimin (BTS), Kim Taehyung | V, Jeon Jungkook
Tags: Metamorphosis, Ambiguous Relationships, OT7, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Ficlet
Rating: G
Word count: 544
Summary: The scales appear slowly. They bloom across his arms, like cherry blossoms opening in the spring, pale pink at first before deepening into fiery crimson.
Author notes: Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'metamorphosis'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.
Metamorphosis on AO3
( Metamorphosis )
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Title: Metamorphosis
Author:
kat_lair Fandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Character: Kim Namjoon | RM, Kim Seokjin | Jin, Min Yoongi | Suga, Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Park Jimin (BTS), Kim Taehyung | V, Jeon Jungkook
Tags: Metamorphosis, Ambiguous Relationships, OT7, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Ficlet
Rating: G
Word count: 544
Summary: The scales appear slowly. They bloom across his arms, like cherry blossoms opening in the spring, pale pink at first before deepening into fiery crimson.
Author notes: Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'metamorphosis'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.
Metamorphosis on AO3
( Metamorphosis )
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Sherlock Sunday: The Naval Treaty
18/5/25 10:30stonepicnicking_okapi"The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" was published in the Oct-Nov 1893 edition of The Strand.
Here's the summary:
Percy Phelps, a Foreign Office employee, seeks Sherlock Holmes' help after a valuable naval treaty is stolen from him. Holmes deduces it was taken by someone using the back stair. Phelps, still recovering from an illness and being cared for by his fiancée Annie, lays out the case. Holmes investigates, suspecting the involvement of the Tangeys and clerk Gorot. Lord Holdhurst reveals the treaty hasn't reached foreign governments yet. Returning to Briarbrae, Holmes discovers the hired nurse has been dismissed by Phelps. That night, someone tries to break into Phelps' room with a knife, but flees when caught. Holmes secretly orders Annie to stay in the room and has Phelps and Watson leave for London. After uncovering Joseph as the thief, Holmes retrieves the stolen treaty from him after a brawl.
I think this story is most notable for Holmes' Rose Speech:
'There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,' said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. 'It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.'
What the Annotated says about the moss rose: 1. intensely fragrant, 2. with large blossoms and many petals, 3. petals and sepals appear to be covered in green or reddish moss, 3. mutated from damask and cabbage roses, 4. in the language of flowers a moss rosebud means 'confession of love.' and in Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone Sergeant Cuff has thoughts on the moss rose not being grafted to the dog rose.
I think the subplot in BBC Sherlock's episode "The Great Game" was based on this. That why I kept thinking that it was a Mycroft story when it isn't in canon (in the show, Mycroft brings the case to Sherlock and Sherlock pawns it off on John).
The Annotated also says that the Oxford English dictionary credits this story with the first usage of the word 'snick' to mean a sound:
Then grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp, metallic snick.
And I think another feature of interest is the melodramatic flair of Holmes to put the recovered top secret documents under a covered breakfast of curried chicken. I mean, really:
Here's the summary:
Percy Phelps, a Foreign Office employee, seeks Sherlock Holmes' help after a valuable naval treaty is stolen from him. Holmes deduces it was taken by someone using the back stair. Phelps, still recovering from an illness and being cared for by his fiancée Annie, lays out the case. Holmes investigates, suspecting the involvement of the Tangeys and clerk Gorot. Lord Holdhurst reveals the treaty hasn't reached foreign governments yet. Returning to Briarbrae, Holmes discovers the hired nurse has been dismissed by Phelps. That night, someone tries to break into Phelps' room with a knife, but flees when caught. Holmes secretly orders Annie to stay in the room and has Phelps and Watson leave for London. After uncovering Joseph as the thief, Holmes retrieves the stolen treaty from him after a brawl.
I think this story is most notable for Holmes' Rose Speech:
'There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,' said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. 'It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.'
What the Annotated says about the moss rose: 1. intensely fragrant, 2. with large blossoms and many petals, 3. petals and sepals appear to be covered in green or reddish moss, 3. mutated from damask and cabbage roses, 4. in the language of flowers a moss rosebud means 'confession of love.' and in Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone Sergeant Cuff has thoughts on the moss rose not being grafted to the dog rose.
I think the subplot in BBC Sherlock's episode "The Great Game" was based on this. That why I kept thinking that it was a Mycroft story when it isn't in canon (in the show, Mycroft brings the case to Sherlock and Sherlock pawns it off on John).
The Annotated also says that the Oxford English dictionary credits this story with the first usage of the word 'snick' to mean a sound:
Then grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp, metallic snick.
And I think another feature of interest is the melodramatic flair of Holmes to put the recovered top secret documents under a covered breakfast of curried chicken. I mean, really:
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To remind us of the world that we lost
18/5/25 23:44shadowhivePost time! Mostly Who related cause oh boy that was a lot.
Friday night I finished the second Classic Doctors New Monsters 2 with Day Of The Vashta Nerada which may be my fav of the four stories. It’s an Eighth Doctor story and the audios of him always make me sad he never got a full televised series. But this was such a great story obviously it’s inspired by Jurassic park (one of the guys even has a name similar to Nedry).
Also yesterday I finished the year of Night Vale I was listening too and damn, I’m so glad that the university of what it is arc is over cause I hated Doctor Lubelle (even more so in those last ep) but damn her fate felt so fitting and so satisfying.
The rest of the day was spent distracting myself by watching Murder She Wrote and playing fortnite and generally avoiding the internet causa spoilers cause we get major warnings that something was going down.
Thoughts on the Doctor Who ep, The Interstellar Song contest which despite the name is not the fun camp ep you might expect. (And there’s gonna be major spoilers cause it’s an ep that, again surprisingly, has some)
( Read more... )
After that I watched the actual song contest and, like before it was good but felt… I dunno. And then there was the end were Isreal somehow came second and it’s obvious that it’s down to Zionists just voting en masse and rigging the system. Thankfully they didn’t win and Austria did but it’s still disappointing both they were there and people were giving then 12’s.
Bleh.
Today I watched Rogue One which I wanted to do after Andor, as many others have cause it’s the number 1 film on Disney+ right now. And damn the whole thing is so good but I’m surprised how many things just.l. Gave me extra feels this time. It wasn’t just the scenes with Cassian (especially the last one), it was Galen’s message, it was the sense that so much was sacrificed to get to this point. And also that Krennic had a very bad not good few days with leaks and how he ended up screwed over just like Dedra did. (And damn him saying ‘Who are you?’ too)
Now it’s time to poke the laptop before dnd and then… who knows?
Friday night I finished the second Classic Doctors New Monsters 2 with Day Of The Vashta Nerada which may be my fav of the four stories. It’s an Eighth Doctor story and the audios of him always make me sad he never got a full televised series. But this was such a great story obviously it’s inspired by Jurassic park (one of the guys even has a name similar to Nedry).
Also yesterday I finished the year of Night Vale I was listening too and damn, I’m so glad that the university of what it is arc is over cause I hated Doctor Lubelle (even more so in those last ep) but damn her fate felt so fitting and so satisfying.
The rest of the day was spent distracting myself by watching Murder She Wrote and playing fortnite and generally avoiding the internet causa spoilers cause we get major warnings that something was going down.
Thoughts on the Doctor Who ep, The Interstellar Song contest which despite the name is not the fun camp ep you might expect. (And there’s gonna be major spoilers cause it’s an ep that, again surprisingly, has some)
( Read more... )
After that I watched the actual song contest and, like before it was good but felt… I dunno. And then there was the end were Isreal somehow came second and it’s obvious that it’s down to Zionists just voting en masse and rigging the system. Thankfully they didn’t win and Austria did but it’s still disappointing both they were there and people were giving then 12’s.
Bleh.
Today I watched Rogue One which I wanted to do after Andor, as many others have cause it’s the number 1 film on Disney+ right now. And damn the whole thing is so good but I’m surprised how many things just.l. Gave me extra feels this time. It wasn’t just the scenes with Cassian (especially the last one), it was Galen’s message, it was the sense that so much was sacrificed to get to this point. And also that Krennic had a very bad not good few days with leaks and how he ended up screwed over just like Dedra did. (And damn him saying ‘Who are you?’ too)
Now it’s time to poke the laptop before dnd and then… who knows?
Doctor Who
18/5/25 12:58scripsiI just realized I haven’t mentioned DW yet, but I have of course watched it. In general I think it’s better than the last season. I adore this Doctor! And though I like Ruby, she sometimes felt like a rerun of Rose. I love Belinda, though. She’s a great character and I hope she will stick around for more than one season.
And now Mrs. Flood’s secret is revealed!
Spoilers and a prediction musing under the cut.
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And now Mrs. Flood’s secret is revealed!
Spoilers and a prediction musing under the cut.
( Read more... )
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update 17 May 2025
17/5/25 14:07meridian_roseSo it's been about six weeks since I last posted and I am once again trying to catch up.
I finish and post a fic to AO3 last month so yay me I guess! And then IDK, falling behind.
Holiday in Bude would have been nicer with better weather. Again, along with previous holidays, maybe I should make a photo collage and write more. We got back late Saturday and did dawn vigil Easter Sunday service!
This got a bit longer than anticipated so, cut tags (I hope they work okay, advanced formatting isn't something I do much of these days!):
( Books and TV )
( Dreamwidth Communities )
( Pinterest WTF )
Lots of feelings in general, I guess.
My one shared photo this month is two; one my nephew took on my phone using a filter I didn't know I had. I'm a bull in this photo! We're at the Crooklets Beach Café in Bude. I'm informed that an episode of the TV series "Alex Rider" filmed part of an episode here. The second photo is a shot of the interior.
I finish and post a fic to AO3 last month so yay me I guess! And then IDK, falling behind.
Holiday in Bude would have been nicer with better weather. Again, along with previous holidays, maybe I should make a photo collage and write more. We got back late Saturday and did dawn vigil Easter Sunday service!
This got a bit longer than anticipated so, cut tags (I hope they work okay, advanced formatting isn't something I do much of these days!):
( Books and TV )
( Dreamwidth Communities )
( Pinterest WTF )
Lots of feelings in general, I guess.
My one shared photo this month is two; one my nephew took on my phone using a filter I didn't know I had. I'm a bull in this photo! We're at the Crooklets Beach Café in Bude. I'm informed that an episode of the TV series "Alex Rider" filmed part of an episode here. The second photo is a shot of the interior.
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- #i have a lot of feelings,
- #personal/family stuff,
- #so much whining,
- community: gywo,
- community: intoabar,
- community: sunshine-revival,
- fandom: books/literature (any),
- fandom: fairy tales or myths,
- fandom: nautilus,
- fandom: rivals tv,
- landcomm: lands-of-magic,
- person: aidan turner,
- person: luke pasqualino,
- theme: folklore/myths & legends,
- website: pinterest,
- website: unconventional courtship
WoT Drabble: Burgeoning
17/5/25 10:02kat_lair***
Title: Burgeoning
Author:kat_lair
Fandom: Wheel of Time (both book and tv-show applicable I think)
Character: Nynaeve al'Meara
Tags: Drabble, Women in Power
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: It unfurls inside her.
Author notes: Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'burgeoning'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.
Burgeoning on AO3
( Burgeoning )
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Title: Burgeoning
Author:
kat_lair Fandom: Wheel of Time (both book and tv-show applicable I think)
Character: Nynaeve al'Meara
Tags: Drabble, Women in Power
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: It unfurls inside her.
Author notes: Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'burgeoning'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.
Burgeoning on AO3
( Burgeoning )
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Firefly Ficlet: Grow Together
16/5/25 19:19kat_lair***
Firefly ficlet in the year 2025? More likely than you think.
Title: Grow Together
Author:kat_lair
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Kaylee/River/Simon
Tags: Ficlet, Sibling Incest, Pre-Relationship, Gardens/Gardening
Rating: G
Word count: 501
Summary: Kaylee brings her the seeds but it’s Simon who hauls in the compost.
Author notes: Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'germinate'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.
Grow Together on AO3
( Grow Together )
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Firefly ficlet in the year 2025? More likely than you think.
Title: Grow Together
Author:
kat_lair Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Kaylee/River/Simon
Tags: Ficlet, Sibling Incest, Pre-Relationship, Gardens/Gardening
Rating: G
Word count: 501
Summary: Kaylee brings her the seeds but it’s Simon who hauls in the compost.
Author notes: Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'germinate'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.
Grow Together on AO3
( Grow Together )
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Collage Journaling: Agatha journal
16/5/25 12:18
3 Weeks 4 Dreamwidth (2025) Day 21 - the end
15/5/25 15:11stonepicnicking_okapiSo I finally made my sticky post with all the puzzles that DW friends recommended during the Snowflake Challenge. So today's prompt is...
Day 21: rebus
A rebus is a pictogram word play. Like this offer of escort.
May I see you home, my dear?
For housekeeping purposes, here are the past prompts.
( 3Weeks4Dreamwidth prompts )
ETA: I realize I forgot all the ficlet comms! [head smack] so they are:sweetandshort, 100words, drabble_zone, fffc, emotion100, vocab_drabbles
And the website/DW comm shout-outs
DAY 21: my Puzzle sticky post: https://stonepicnicking-okapi.dreamwidth.org/606650.html
DAY 20:fandomcalendar [for learning about challenges, exchanges, and new comms]
DAY 19:kindreadspirits [for vintage horror & ghost stories and all the gayness therein]
DAY 18:endings [caption-less postings of the last sentence of works]
DAY 17:common_nature [for pretty photos of birds, sunsets, flowers, etc.]
DAY 16:prettygoodword [word-a-day fun]
DAY 15:get_knitted [craft comm--one of the best comms on DW]
DAY 14:bitesizedcleaning & unclutter [for cleaning and decluttering]
DAY 13:booknook [books & reading, another of DW's best, imo]
DAY 12: ficlet comms:sweetandshort, fffc
DAY 11:1word1day [more word-a-day goodness]
DAY 10: ficlet comms:drabble_zone, 100words
DAY 9:super_effuctive [porn fic promptfest until 31 May]
DAY 8: ficlet comm:emotion100, vocab_drabbles
DAY 7:journalsandplanners [for planners]
DAY 6:the_scent_of_lilacs [for Dracula & Nosferatu fandoms]
DAY 5: DW userdine [for interesting news-of-the-day mostly around art, nature, history, cat photos, and other goodies]
DAY 4:beautifulmechanical [for music, they've had a great set of challenges for 3Weeks4Dreamwidth]
DAY 3: Sherlock Holmes encyclopedia: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Sherlock_Holmes,_Consulting_Detective
DAY 2: poetry: https://poets.org/
DAY 1: random question generator: https://randomwordgenerator.com/question.php
I forgot to add the questions! I really am scrambled today.
Day 21: Do you believe there is only one other person in the world for you or many?
(Except in fanfic for fun) I don't believe in soulmates or that everyone has one (and only one) soulmate. There are many different combinations and permutations, and life is long for some and cut short for others, so NO (not only one) and NO (not many either)! The concept of soulmates also interjects magic where hard work and emotional maturity and many other elements related to individuals and the society they live in matter more.
( Full list of 3Weeks4Dreamwith questions )
Day 21: rebus
A rebus is a pictogram word play. Like this offer of escort.
May I see you home, my dear?
For housekeeping purposes, here are the past prompts.
( 3Weeks4Dreamwidth prompts )
ETA: I realize I forgot all the ficlet comms! [head smack] so they are:
sweetandshort, 100words, drabble_zone, fffc, emotion100, vocab_drabblesAnd the website/DW comm shout-outs
DAY 21: my Puzzle sticky post: https://stonepicnicking-okapi.dreamwidth.org/606650.html
DAY 20:
fandomcalendar [for learning about challenges, exchanges, and new comms]DAY 19:
kindreadspirits [for vintage horror & ghost stories and all the gayness therein]DAY 18:
endings [caption-less postings of the last sentence of works]DAY 17:
common_nature [for pretty photos of birds, sunsets, flowers, etc.]DAY 16:
prettygoodword [word-a-day fun]DAY 15:
get_knitted [craft comm--one of the best comms on DW]DAY 14:
bitesizedcleaning & unclutter [for cleaning and decluttering]DAY 13:
booknook [books & reading, another of DW's best, imo]DAY 12: ficlet comms:
sweetandshort, fffcDAY 11:
1word1day [more word-a-day goodness]DAY 10: ficlet comms:
drabble_zone, 100wordsDAY 9:
super_effuctive [porn fic promptfest until 31 May]DAY 8: ficlet comm:
emotion100, vocab_drabblesDAY 7:
journalsandplanners [for planners]DAY 6:
the_scent_of_lilacs [for Dracula & Nosferatu fandoms]DAY 5: DW user
dine [for interesting news-of-the-day mostly around art, nature, history, cat photos, and other goodies] DAY 4:
beautifulmechanical [for music, they've had a great set of challenges for 3Weeks4Dreamwidth]DAY 3: Sherlock Holmes encyclopedia: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Sherlock_Holmes,_Consulting_Detective
DAY 2: poetry: https://poets.org/
DAY 1: random question generator: https://randomwordgenerator.com/question.php
I forgot to add the questions! I really am scrambled today.
Day 21: Do you believe there is only one other person in the world for you or many?
(Except in fanfic for fun) I don't believe in soulmates or that everyone has one (and only one) soulmate. There are many different combinations and permutations, and life is long for some and cut short for others, so NO (not only one) and NO (not many either)! The concept of soulmates also interjects magic where hard work and emotional maturity and many other elements related to individuals and the society they live in matter more.
( Full list of 3Weeks4Dreamwith questions )
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Puzzles!
15/5/25 14:38stonepicnicking_okapiI love puzzles! And other DW users do, too. Here are some that have been suggested and/or recommended (in no order):
1. Exit game puzzle
2. Jigsaw puzzles
Physical puzzle brands: Re-marks, Cavallini, Galison with art by Michael Storrings, White Mountain and Ravensburger
Online jigsaw puzzles: https://thejigsawpuzzles.com/
3. Sudoku
Variant sudoku and rat maze sudoku as described on the Cracking the Cryptic Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CrackingTheCryptic
jigsaw sudokus (with tricky shapes)
3doku
4. The Simon Tatham collection of puzzles, 40 different puzzle games, including a nonogram game
[nonogram=picture logic puzzles in which cells in a grid must be colored or left blank according to numbers at the edges of the grid to reveal a hidden picture]called "Pattern", which contains randomly-generated nonogram puzzles from any size that the player wants.
5. Yeardle for history buffs.
6. Waffle, a word game
7. kenken= an arthimatic and logic puzzle where the objective is to fill a grid with digits so that no digit appears more than once in any row or any column. KenKen grids are divided into heavily outlined groups of cells –– often called “cages” –– and the numbers in the cells of each cage must produce a certain “target” number when combined using a specified mathematical operation (one of addition, subtraction, multiplication or division).
8. Logic puzzles at Griddlers net: https://www.griddlers.net/home
9. Quordle
10. Squaredle
11. Quad nerdle
12. Connections, which is part of the NYTimes family of games: https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords
13: the AARP also has a collection of games: https://www.aarp.org/games/category/all-games/
1. Exit game puzzle
2. Jigsaw puzzles
Physical puzzle brands: Re-marks, Cavallini, Galison with art by Michael Storrings, White Mountain and Ravensburger
Online jigsaw puzzles: https://thejigsawpuzzles.com/
3. Sudoku
Variant sudoku and rat maze sudoku as described on the Cracking the Cryptic Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CrackingTheCryptic
jigsaw sudokus (with tricky shapes)
3doku
4. The Simon Tatham collection of puzzles, 40 different puzzle games, including a nonogram game
[nonogram=picture logic puzzles in which cells in a grid must be colored or left blank according to numbers at the edges of the grid to reveal a hidden picture]called "Pattern", which contains randomly-generated nonogram puzzles from any size that the player wants.
5. Yeardle for history buffs.
6. Waffle, a word game
7. kenken= an arthimatic and logic puzzle where the objective is to fill a grid with digits so that no digit appears more than once in any row or any column. KenKen grids are divided into heavily outlined groups of cells –– often called “cages” –– and the numbers in the cells of each cage must produce a certain “target” number when combined using a specified mathematical operation (one of addition, subtraction, multiplication or division).
8. Logic puzzles at Griddlers net: https://www.griddlers.net/home
9. Quordle
10. Squaredle
11. Quad nerdle
12. Connections, which is part of the NYTimes family of games: https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords
13: the AARP also has a collection of games: https://www.aarp.org/games/category/all-games/
