Community Recs Post!
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recthethingEvery Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool fics/fanvids/fanart/other kinds of fanworks/fancrafts/podfics have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool fics/fanvids/fanart/other kinds of fanworks/fancrafts/podfics have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
Closing some tabs.
Apr. 30th, 2026 03:22 pmgoodbyebirdI joined in on lowering the urn for my grandmother yesterday. Unbeknownst to me, I had signed up for a full day of eating and talking at my aunt's. So now my brain is proper parboiled and I've reverted to couch potato. Making this the perfect time for: a real mishmash of links to clear out my tabs.
eta wipe-out and my period got together on crushing me and here I am, 2 days running, glued to said couch. (the weather is so nice outside, ugh *glares balefully at state of self*)
+renay posted her 50th Intergalactic Mixtape 🥳 So many great links to find within, highly recommend. There's a reason it got nominated for the Hugos.
+ Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle.
+ Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground. Really powerful music video.
Film created by Massive Attack (working with US photo artist thefinaleye). This montage work portrays a momentous American epoch that is yet to be named, and comes in the aftermath of the largest public protests in American history - focused on opposition to ICE raids, the militarisation of domestic forces, and state authoritarianism.
And Bette Midler did ALL YOU FASCISTS (Bound to Lose) <3
+ The passive income trap that ate a generation.
Where it went wrong is that the whole movement confused "build a good product that scales" with "build any mechanism that extracts money without you being involved." I don't think that confusion was accidental. I think the confusion was the point. Because if you're teaching people to build real businesses, you have to sit with hard, boring questions about whether anyone actually wants what you're selling. But if you're teaching people to build "passive income streams" you can skip all of that and go straight to the fun tactical shit. How to run Facebook ads, how to set up a Shopify store in a weekend, how to write email sequences that manipulate people into buying things they don't need.
+ What I learned about billionaires at Jeff Bezos' private retreat.
+ Italy Suspends Defense Agreement With Israel Amid Mounting Public Pressure to Cut Ties.
+ A French city cut its marine pollution — and its seagrass bounced back.
+ NASA has an official Artemis II gallery. Go look at the pretty pretty spaaaace.
+ Japan’s Zine Boom: Self-Made Magazines Take Off in the AI Era.
Japan’s current zine boom is a bit of a divergence from these subcultural scenes of the past. Rather than zines being the extension of some other cultural practice, zines themselves are the focal point of the new movement. Zine content spans all manner of genres and interests: a kid’s self-published children’s books, a young mother’s child-rearing tips, an old couple’s poetry chapbook.
Giving up on the rest of the tabs to see if I can make it into the bath 🤞
eta wipe-out and my period got together on crushing me and here I am, 2 days running, glued to said couch. (the weather is so nice outside, ugh *glares balefully at state of self*)
+
renay posted her 50th Intergalactic Mixtape 🥳 So many great links to find within, highly recommend. There's a reason it got nominated for the Hugos. + Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle.
+ Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground. Really powerful music video.
Film created by Massive Attack (working with US photo artist thefinaleye). This montage work portrays a momentous American epoch that is yet to be named, and comes in the aftermath of the largest public protests in American history - focused on opposition to ICE raids, the militarisation of domestic forces, and state authoritarianism.
And Bette Midler did ALL YOU FASCISTS (Bound to Lose) <3
+ The passive income trap that ate a generation.
Where it went wrong is that the whole movement confused "build a good product that scales" with "build any mechanism that extracts money without you being involved." I don't think that confusion was accidental. I think the confusion was the point. Because if you're teaching people to build real businesses, you have to sit with hard, boring questions about whether anyone actually wants what you're selling. But if you're teaching people to build "passive income streams" you can skip all of that and go straight to the fun tactical shit. How to run Facebook ads, how to set up a Shopify store in a weekend, how to write email sequences that manipulate people into buying things they don't need.
+ What I learned about billionaires at Jeff Bezos' private retreat.
+ Italy Suspends Defense Agreement With Israel Amid Mounting Public Pressure to Cut Ties.
+ A French city cut its marine pollution — and its seagrass bounced back.
+ NASA has an official Artemis II gallery. Go look at the pretty pretty spaaaace.
+ Japan’s Zine Boom: Self-Made Magazines Take Off in the AI Era.
Japan’s current zine boom is a bit of a divergence from these subcultural scenes of the past. Rather than zines being the extension of some other cultural practice, zines themselves are the focal point of the new movement. Zine content spans all manner of genres and interests: a kid’s self-published children’s books, a young mother’s child-rearing tips, an old couple’s poetry chapbook.
Giving up on the rest of the tabs to see if I can make it into the bath 🤞
For your consideration.
Apr. 30th, 2026 07:00 amgoodbyebirdTomorrow is BandCamp Friday, meaning the artist gets a lot more of the money when you purchase their music. So I figured I'd recommend some recent-ish albums for y'all to check out.
War Child Records - Help 2.
Insupport of War Child's vital work delivering immediate aid, education, specialist mental health support, and protection to children affected by conflict around the world.
HELP(2) features an incredible line-up of contributors including Anna Calvi, Arctic Monkeys, Arlo Parks, Arooj Aftab, Bat For Lashes, Beabadoobee, Beck, Beth Gibbons, Big Thief, Black Country, New Road, Cameron Winter, Damon Albarn, Depeche Mode, Dove Ellis, Ellie Rowsell, English Teacher, Ezra Collective, Foals, Fontaines D.C., Graham Coxon, Greentea Peng, Grian Chatten, Kae Tempest, King Krule, NilĂĽfer Yanya, Olivia Rodrigo, Pulp, Sampha, The Last Dinner Party, Wet Leg and Young Fathers.
My World Is The Sun - Dominique Fils-Aimé
I've been listening to this a bunch the last couple of days. Soothing and emotional. Most likely my purchase tomorrow.
Anjimile - You're Free To Go
A songwriter that's new to me. Introspective, queer, aching, joyful. Reminds me it's been way too long since I've listened to Tracy Chapman.
Fantasy Life - Begonia
A voice I fell in love with the second I heard it. Soft, playful, great lyrics.
Altogether Stranger - Lael Neale
Indie pop tinged with strangeness in the best way.
The Former Site of - The New Pornographers
Complex arrangements and playfulness, but with a somber backbone.
And while I have you here I'm going to be a big sneaky cheeky and solicit your help in choosing my song for April. I have three I just can't decide between. Be my tie breakers? 🙏
trying times
make something up
wish you could see me i'm killing it
War Child Records - Help 2.
Insupport of War Child's vital work delivering immediate aid, education, specialist mental health support, and protection to children affected by conflict around the world.
HELP(2) features an incredible line-up of contributors including Anna Calvi, Arctic Monkeys, Arlo Parks, Arooj Aftab, Bat For Lashes, Beabadoobee, Beck, Beth Gibbons, Big Thief, Black Country, New Road, Cameron Winter, Damon Albarn, Depeche Mode, Dove Ellis, Ellie Rowsell, English Teacher, Ezra Collective, Foals, Fontaines D.C., Graham Coxon, Greentea Peng, Grian Chatten, Kae Tempest, King Krule, NilĂĽfer Yanya, Olivia Rodrigo, Pulp, Sampha, The Last Dinner Party, Wet Leg and Young Fathers.
My World Is The Sun - Dominique Fils-Aimé
I've been listening to this a bunch the last couple of days. Soothing and emotional. Most likely my purchase tomorrow.
Anjimile - You're Free To Go
A songwriter that's new to me. Introspective, queer, aching, joyful. Reminds me it's been way too long since I've listened to Tracy Chapman.
Fantasy Life - Begonia
A voice I fell in love with the second I heard it. Soft, playful, great lyrics.
Altogether Stranger - Lael Neale
Indie pop tinged with strangeness in the best way.
The Former Site of - The New Pornographers
Complex arrangements and playfulness, but with a somber backbone.
And while I have you here I'm going to be a big sneaky cheeky and solicit your help in choosing my song for April. I have three I just can't decide between. Be my tie breakers? 🙏
trying times
make something up
wish you could see me i'm killing it
Poll #34538 Song of the Month
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4
GBBs April Banger
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James Blake - Trying Times
0 (0.0%)
James Blake - Make Something Up
0 (0.0%)
The New Pornographers - Wish You Could See Me I'm Killing It
4 (100.0%)
[#299 | Uprising] Challenge Post
Apr. 30th, 2026 12:09 amfanweeklymod posting in fandomweekly| Challenge 299: UPRISING |
It’s dangerous. Even success will probably result in some collateral damage, and failure could have catastrophic consequences. But sometimes, things are just so bad that there’s really only one way out: rising up and doing something about it, no matter the costs along the way. Would your characters participate in an uprising, given the chance? Would they lead it? Or would they try to stop it, for whatever reason? How does it work out for them? Write a story about an uprising. If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
| Challenge ends Monday, May 4 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 299 – uprising • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here |
[#298 | Disappearance] Results Post
Apr. 30th, 2026 12:08 amfanweeklymod posting in fandomweeklyHere are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #298 – Disappearance!
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 3751
Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those.
You may now post your Challenge 298 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there.
( This week's finalists are... )
Total Challenge Words Written: 3751
Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!
autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those.You may now post your Challenge 298 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there.
Journey to Bad Vibes Mall
Apr. 29th, 2026 10:06 pmcimoreneToday I finally made my expedition to the mall with rancid vibes! The plan was: 5 min. walk ➡️ 33 min. on bus ➡️ 10 min. walk to suburban shopping center.
Right away, on the way there I missed my bus stop and had to walk back a kilometer from the next one. The signs pointing the way to the mall just petered out when the huge fortress came in sight, and so did the sidewalk; and having never approached it other than by car, I couldn't see a way in. I ended up hiking around half of it and walking into the parking garage, and I arrived overheated even though it was cold and so windy my eyes kept watering behind my sunglasses.
At the mall I did find the main things I was looking for, but I also got confused trying to say my phone number out loud in Finnish and could only recover it by writing it; and also later got flustered and went to a café with mediocre baked goods instead of the bakery I had been planning to eat at. There were TWO sets of charity facers camped out in the main intersections of the mall, too, which added random anxiety that the day didn't need.
When leaving I found the route back to the sidewalk, which requires walking through the grounds of the apartment block next to the mall. (There's a taxi stand on the opposite side, so you must be able to reach a sidewalk there, but that's useless for my bus route.) My hip and knee both started feeling slightly stiff as I was walking back to the bus, something that has never happened when I was out walking before, and I had to slow down a bit because I couldn't stop and do range of motion exercises there. And then I got lost trying to follow the map to the bus stop, and ended up at the wrong bus stop and had to look up directions from there, and missed the bus, but that all took so long that by the time I got to the right bus stop the next one was less than 10 minutes away.
The part of the edge of Turku where this mall is has very little pedestrian infrastructure - it's highways and overpasses and no shade and parking lots. It does have paved sidewalk/bike paths beside the road, but they are plainly a grudging afterthought. It FEELS hostile there. In future if I need to go to a mall by bus I will definitely take the hour trip to downtown Turku instead, even though that will mean lots more people around. (And if you're going by car, Mylly is a much nicer mall than Skanssi.)
Right away, on the way there I missed my bus stop and had to walk back a kilometer from the next one. The signs pointing the way to the mall just petered out when the huge fortress came in sight, and so did the sidewalk; and having never approached it other than by car, I couldn't see a way in. I ended up hiking around half of it and walking into the parking garage, and I arrived overheated even though it was cold and so windy my eyes kept watering behind my sunglasses.
At the mall I did find the main things I was looking for, but I also got confused trying to say my phone number out loud in Finnish and could only recover it by writing it; and also later got flustered and went to a café with mediocre baked goods instead of the bakery I had been planning to eat at. There were TWO sets of charity facers camped out in the main intersections of the mall, too, which added random anxiety that the day didn't need.
When leaving I found the route back to the sidewalk, which requires walking through the grounds of the apartment block next to the mall. (There's a taxi stand on the opposite side, so you must be able to reach a sidewalk there, but that's useless for my bus route.) My hip and knee both started feeling slightly stiff as I was walking back to the bus, something that has never happened when I was out walking before, and I had to slow down a bit because I couldn't stop and do range of motion exercises there. And then I got lost trying to follow the map to the bus stop, and ended up at the wrong bus stop and had to look up directions from there, and missed the bus, but that all took so long that by the time I got to the right bus stop the next one was less than 10 minutes away.
The part of the edge of Turku where this mall is has very little pedestrian infrastructure - it's highways and overpasses and no shade and parking lots. It does have paved sidewalk/bike paths beside the road, but they are plainly a grudging afterthought. It FEELS hostile there. In future if I need to go to a mall by bus I will definitely take the hour trip to downtown Turku instead, even though that will mean lots more people around. (And if you're going by car, Mylly is a much nicer mall than Skanssi.)
In which there are fact, fiction, and downright forgery
Apr. 29th, 2026 02:08 pmspiralsheep- Current reading quotation 1: "[...] echo to the sounds of amateur and professional pirates, policemen, fairies and Japanese schoolgirls."
- Current reading quotation 2: "Normal is playing dress-up."
- Current reading quotation 3: "Bröstvårta Nipple
I must have been very distracted as a child not to have noticed this. We must, as a people, hold nipples in very low regard in Sweden."
- Books read to end of April 2026, part half of two: 45
37. The Book Forger, by Joseph Hone, 2024, non-fiction, fictionalised biography, history, crime, 4/5
Well-researched and, frankly, fun true crime book in which the main crime is forgery used to defraud rich people, with secondary crimes of stealing from the British Museum (oh, the irony!).
I have two nitpicks:
Firstly, the author has chosen to write-up this material in a style occasionally dramatising incidents according to the conventions of prose fiction (with people's thoughts & descriptions of facial expressions &c), which some readers might reasonably object to as populist entertainment rather than strictly biographical history. I didn't mind in this case as Hone is a good enough history writer to get away with it. He also presents his takes without giving equal weight to other opinions, but he does acknowledge that other interpretations have been made and signposts them for readers - with references.
Secondly, Hone also very much wants to present his two protagonists as heroes detecting the villainous antagonist but this presents a problem because Pollard was not a heroic person. He failed to work at school and college, and was ushered into a scholarship and degree at Oxford through the intervention of his influential father. He betrayed his wife, Kay Beauchamp (a teacher and elected local councillor), and his erstwhile friends and colleagues by spying on them for MI5 and providing regular detailed reports of their activities. The only actual evidence Hone provides to angle Pollard as a hero rather than a selfish scumbag involves Hone pretending that Beauchamp and her communist circles were behaving badly by... publishing a mass circulation national newspaper (oh noes!) and... someone who suggested opposing the violent expansionism of Imperial Japan, exactly like those other well known commies the British Empire and Winston Churchill (lmao).
[/nitpicks]
38. The Last Enchanted Places, by Ian Bradley, 2026, non-fiction travel, 4/5
A guide to 18 European spa towns: 7 in Britain, 4 in Germany, 3 in Czechia, 2 in Austria, and 1 each in Belgium and Switzerland. Descriptions of each town including their history and the current availability of water cures, by drinking or dunking, along with the author's memoirs of his own pilgrimages to the waters. At the end of each section is a list of 6 things to do and relevant novels to read whilst in town.
Bradley, a minister in the Church of Scotland, has a very British sense of humour about his beloved spas:
( Quotations unsuitable for readers of a delicate disposition. )
( Three delightful children's books, offered as an apology for the above quotations. )
- Current reading quotation 2: "Normal is playing dress-up."
- Current reading quotation 3: "Bröstvårta Nipple
I must have been very distracted as a child not to have noticed this. We must, as a people, hold nipples in very low regard in Sweden."
- Books read to end of April 2026, part half of two: 45
37. The Book Forger, by Joseph Hone, 2024, non-fiction, fictionalised biography, history, crime, 4/5
Well-researched and, frankly, fun true crime book in which the main crime is forgery used to defraud rich people, with secondary crimes of stealing from the British Museum (oh, the irony!).
I have two nitpicks:
Firstly, the author has chosen to write-up this material in a style occasionally dramatising incidents according to the conventions of prose fiction (with people's thoughts & descriptions of facial expressions &c), which some readers might reasonably object to as populist entertainment rather than strictly biographical history. I didn't mind in this case as Hone is a good enough history writer to get away with it. He also presents his takes without giving equal weight to other opinions, but he does acknowledge that other interpretations have been made and signposts them for readers - with references.
Secondly, Hone also very much wants to present his two protagonists as heroes detecting the villainous antagonist but this presents a problem because Pollard was not a heroic person. He failed to work at school and college, and was ushered into a scholarship and degree at Oxford through the intervention of his influential father. He betrayed his wife, Kay Beauchamp (a teacher and elected local councillor), and his erstwhile friends and colleagues by spying on them for MI5 and providing regular detailed reports of their activities. The only actual evidence Hone provides to angle Pollard as a hero rather than a selfish scumbag involves Hone pretending that Beauchamp and her communist circles were behaving badly by... publishing a mass circulation national newspaper (oh noes!) and... someone who suggested opposing the violent expansionism of Imperial Japan, exactly like those other well known commies the British Empire and Winston Churchill (lmao).
[/nitpicks]
38. The Last Enchanted Places, by Ian Bradley, 2026, non-fiction travel, 4/5
A guide to 18 European spa towns: 7 in Britain, 4 in Germany, 3 in Czechia, 2 in Austria, and 1 each in Belgium and Switzerland. Descriptions of each town including their history and the current availability of water cures, by drinking or dunking, along with the author's memoirs of his own pilgrimages to the waters. At the end of each section is a list of 6 things to do and relevant novels to read whilst in town.
Bradley, a minister in the Church of Scotland, has a very British sense of humour about his beloved spas:
( Quotations unsuitable for readers of a delicate disposition. )
( Three delightful children's books, offered as an apology for the above quotations. )
Nut brittle
Apr. 28th, 2026 09:00 pmcimoreneAnybody have a favorite recipe for nut brittle? I guess I'm just never going to be able to buy it in a store again and making it would be much easier than ordering it from far away.
May London meetup
Apr. 28th, 2026 04:16 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
captainawkward_feedAnnouncement: the audience for these has changed, so I’m going to do them once every three or four months instead of monthly. So please come to this May one if you’re interested, there won’t be another until probably August.
9th May, 1pm, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, SE1 8XX.
We will be on Level 5 blue side (the upper levels are no longer closed to non-ticket-holders), but I don’t know exactly where on the floor. It will depend on where we can find a table.
I have shoulder length brown hair, and will have my plush Chthulu which looks like this:
Please obey any rules posted in the venue.
The venue has lifts to all floors and accessible toilets. The accessibility map is here:
Click to access 21539-32_Access-Map_DIGI.pdf
The food market outside (side away from the river) is pretty good for all sorts of requirements, and you can also bring food from home, or there are lots of cafes on the riverfront.
Other things to bear in mind:
1. Please make sure you respect people’s personal space and their choices about distancing.
2. We have all had a terrible time for the last six years. Sharing your struggles is okay and is part of what the group is for, but we need to be careful not to overwhelm each other or have the conversation be entirely negative. Where I usually draw the line here is that personal struggles are fine to talk about but political rants are discouraged, but I may have to move this line on the day when I see how things go. Don’t worry, I will tell you!
3. Probably lots of us have forgotten how to be around people (most likely me as well), so here is permission to walk away if you need space. Also a reminder that we will all react differently, so be careful to give others space if they need.
Please RSVP if you’re coming so I know whether or not we have enough people. If there’s no uptake I will cancel a couple of days before.
kate DOT towner AT gmail DOT com
The cat separation dilemma
Apr. 28th, 2026 07:47 pmcimoreneJust imagining talking to a new therapist or new friendly acquaintance, like...
"Oh? Why do you think you've been in that depressed rut for so long?"
"Well, I haven't been in the same room as my wife in two years because of our special-needs cat."
(I have been, but not to sleep, and usually not for more than half an hour or an hour at a time.)
This situation all happened a bit at a time and seemed reasonable all along, like the boiling frogs. But taking a step back and looking at it every now and then is disorienting (and even more depressing).
"Oh? Why do you think you've been in that depressed rut for so long?"
"Well, I haven't been in the same room as my wife in two years because of our special-needs cat."
(I have been, but not to sleep, and usually not for more than half an hour or an hour at a time.)
This situation all happened a bit at a time and seemed reasonable all along, like the boiling frogs. But taking a step back and looking at it every now and then is disorienting (and even more depressing).
Star Wars: staring down the barrel of the hot sun by magneticwave
Apr. 28th, 2026 10:47 pmmific posting in fancakeFandom: Star Wars
Characters/Pairings: Luke Skywalker/Din Djarin, Grogu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Bo-Katan Kryze, Korkie Kryze
Rating: Gen
Length: 25,754
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: magneticwave on AO3
Themes: Arranged marriage, Kidfic (has a child), AU - fork in the road, Humor
Summary: “Gone to a Child of the Watch, the Darksaber has,” Grand Master Yoda announces in his creaky little voice. “Peace, there is not, and yet peace, there must be.”
Reccer's Notes: On first glance this may not seem to fit the Arranged Marriage theme, but hear me out. In this AU the Republic won, and Luke is a renowned hero who is viewed with some misgivings by many other Jedi after gaining a reputation for (highly effective) violence in the war. Partly to get rid of Luke, he's instructed to accompany Obi-Wan on a diplomatic mission to Mandalore to investigate the fate of the Darksaber, and of course they meet Grogu. This causes a dilemma as Grogu must be trained, but he can't be separated from Din, who's struggling with having the mantle of the Mand'alor thrust upon him, and with the political factions of Mandalore. What makes this feel like an Arranged Marriage fic is the combination of a slightly disreputable hero being kind of exiled to a royal court (effectively), and machinations bringing him and the ruler together. In this case, the yentas are Obi-Wan, and, to a much greater degree, the Force. Luke's perspective is irreverent and funny - he struggles for jedi calm but just can't help being an action hero. It's beautifully written, and a great read.
Fanwork Links: staring down the barrel of the hot sun
Characters/Pairings: Luke Skywalker/Din Djarin, Grogu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Bo-Katan Kryze, Korkie Kryze
Rating: Gen
Length: 25,754
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: magneticwave on AO3
Themes: Arranged marriage, Kidfic (has a child), AU - fork in the road, Humor
Summary: “Gone to a Child of the Watch, the Darksaber has,” Grand Master Yoda announces in his creaky little voice. “Peace, there is not, and yet peace, there must be.”
Reccer's Notes: On first glance this may not seem to fit the Arranged Marriage theme, but hear me out. In this AU the Republic won, and Luke is a renowned hero who is viewed with some misgivings by many other Jedi after gaining a reputation for (highly effective) violence in the war. Partly to get rid of Luke, he's instructed to accompany Obi-Wan on a diplomatic mission to Mandalore to investigate the fate of the Darksaber, and of course they meet Grogu. This causes a dilemma as Grogu must be trained, but he can't be separated from Din, who's struggling with having the mantle of the Mand'alor thrust upon him, and with the political factions of Mandalore. What makes this feel like an Arranged Marriage fic is the combination of a slightly disreputable hero being kind of exiled to a royal court (effectively), and machinations bringing him and the ruler together. In this case, the yentas are Obi-Wan, and, to a much greater degree, the Force. Luke's perspective is irreverent and funny - he struggles for jedi calm but just can't help being an action hero. It's beautifully written, and a great read.
Fanwork Links: staring down the barrel of the hot sun
[#298 | Disappearance] Voting Post
Apr. 27th, 2026 11:47 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweeklyHere are the entries for this week's challenge:
( List of entries )
In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (all three spots) in order to be counted. First place votes are worth 3 points, second place votes are worth 2 points, and third place votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.
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Second Place: 88. Another Fic Title
Third Place: 47. Finally a third fic title goes here
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Voting closes Wednesday, April 29, at 9:00PM EST.
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In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (all three spots) in order to be counted. First place votes are worth 3 points, second place votes are worth 2 points, and third place votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.
When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:
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Fandom_Empire Round-Up
Apr. 27th, 2026 07:56 pmelian_panatomicpublishingI had heaps of fun participating in fandom_empire!
I've participated before, but I'm notoriously bad at not giving up after a couple of weeks. Super proud of myself that I posted at least one fill for every week. And it gave me a good reason to practice making icons, which I've been having a lot of fun with lately. I ended up with 89 points at the end, which I was pretty happy with. Maybe next time I'll do the team challenge as well?
( Some fun banners! )
And a huge thank you toprisca for running the event, and for the DW Points!
fandom_empire! I've participated before, but I'm notoriously bad at not giving up after a couple of weeks. Super proud of myself that I posted at least one fill for every week. And it gave me a good reason to practice making icons, which I've been having a lot of fun with lately. I ended up with 89 points at the end, which I was pretty happy with. Maybe next time I'll do the team challenge as well?
( Some fun banners! )
And a huge thank you to
prisca for running the event, and for the DW Points!Mountain Goats Tour '26
Apr. 27th, 2026 07:48 pmelian_panatomicpublishingI just got back from holiday!
I was super lucky that I was able to get tickets to four of the shows in the Mountain Goats Aus/NZ Tour. I had such an amazing time following them around, and even got one of my song requests played! My only regret is that I didn't do more shows (joking... mostly). I met so many wonderful people, and it was very cool seeing the familiar faces at all the shows. I did record all the shows I went to, and I think they all turned out okay except the Adelaide show (because I recorded more of the crowd than the band :( I'm so annoyed at myself). I'll figure out how to get those up onto the Internet Archive in the next couple of days.
Photos to come!
I was super lucky that I was able to get tickets to four of the shows in the Mountain Goats Aus/NZ Tour. I had such an amazing time following them around, and even got one of my song requests played! My only regret is that I didn't do more shows (joking... mostly). I met so many wonderful people, and it was very cool seeing the familiar faces at all the shows. I did record all the shows I went to, and I think they all turned out okay except the Adelaide show (because I recorded more of the crowd than the band :( I'm so annoyed at myself). I'll figure out how to get those up onto the Internet Archive in the next couple of days.
Photos to come!
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Apr. 27th, 2026 02:38 amashenmoteI wonder why there was a all hands on board crow uproar at 2:30 in the morning? Huh.
I like this one so I put it here and tumblr.
I like this one so I put it here and tumblr.
[#298] AS IF I WAS NEVER THERE (VALDEMAR SERIES - MERCEDES LACKEY)
Apr. 27th, 2026 09:22 amimhilien posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #298 - Disappearance
Title: as if I was never there
Fandom: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: No
Word Count: 219
Summary: Even though Talia ran away, there was always a cost.
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Title: as if I was never there
Fandom: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: No
Word Count: 219
Summary: Even though Talia ran away, there was always a cost.
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Catholic church question, early 1700s
Apr. 26th, 2026 01:06 pmdinogrrl posting in little_detailsI'm (still) writing a fantasy story set in early 18th century Venice, and there's several scenes of the main character and her family attending Mass or otherwise being inside their church. It's not a big cathedral, more like a well-attended neighborhood church.
My question is probably very stupid but where the heck do the men put their hats while attending Mass or whatever else they're in there for? Do they just like, put their hats beside themselves on their seats? Or just hold onto them on their laps or some other way? Or would your average 18th century Catholic church have a sort of coat room or somesuch? My google-fu is failing in finding a church layout from that time period or text explanation, though I did find a good article about priests wearing wigs...
My question is probably very stupid but where the heck do the men put their hats while attending Mass or whatever else they're in there for? Do they just like, put their hats beside themselves on their seats? Or just hold onto them on their laps or some other way? Or would your average 18th century Catholic church have a sort of coat room or somesuch? My google-fu is failing in finding a church layout from that time period or text explanation, though I did find a good article about priests wearing wigs...