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More B5 fic! This is one that I wrote some time ago, but haven't posted mostly because I was completely stuck for a title, until the right one fell into my lap. (I'm honestly delighted with how the titles for this little series have been working out; they're coming out so nicely multi-layered.)

Dedicated (1600 wds, gen, mostly G'Kar)

This is a follow-up to Devotional, the one I wrote a while back in which Londo reads G'Kar's book, post-canon. When I wrote that, I liked the idea that G'kar at some point gets a chance to read Londo's annotations in his book ... so that's what this is.

sholio

Yet another instance of the Whumptober prompts basically being used for creative inspiration, but not really whump as such.

I feel this works equally well for TV-verse (future) or bookverse (probably post-System Collapse, but it could be somewhere between Fugitive Telemetry and Network Effect).

No. 20: "That's New."
Symptomatic | Fancy Event | Resignation

( 450 wds under the cut )

sholio

I return to Whumptober! Obviously the days are completely off at this point, but I'm doing a bit of catch-up.

No. 13: “How dull is it to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished.”
Never Enough | Insignia | Forced Retirement

Biggles & EvS, late in canon (600 wds)
Also posted on Tumblr.

( 600 wds under the cut )

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DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.

melagan

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Sign-ups: continue until October 26

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kass

Dear Yulewriter,

Thank you so much for writing me a story. Write something that makes you happy, and it will make me happy.

In general I am a big fan of chosen family, happy endings, people being good at things, people helping each other be better together than they were apart, theology of all kinds, wit and banter, and kindness. I'm happy with anything (any situation, any rating) that feels right to you given the characters at hand. I'm open to AUs or to going deeper into the worldbuilding of any of these canons.

Please, no betrayal or unquenchable grief or people being awful to each other or despair. There's enough of that in RL (especially these last few years.) On Yuletide morning I want something that makes me smile. Thank you kindly.

Most of this note is my standard Dear Yulewriter letter -- these are the things I've been saying year after year, and I've been doing Yuletide since... 2003 I think? but this year I am really struck by the extent to which I want to see these characters get to experience joy. Maybe because the world has been difficult, in a variety of ways, for the last several years in a row? Anyway: this is just to say, thank you for figuring out how to bring these characters some sweetness.

In closing: yay Yuletide! Yay you! Thank you so much!

There's nothing below the cut that wasn't also in my Yuletide sign-up, but I include my requests here for anyone who's curious or maybe wants to write an extra treat.

Kass

( The Naturalist Society by Carrie Vaughn; the Toby Daye series by Seanan McGuire; Murderbot / tv show. )

esteefee

ooh belated happy birthday to

wpadmirer !!! 🎈🎂🥳🎈 hope you were feted as you deserve!

sorry I'm late, I was at No Kings and baby sitting and stuff.

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Poll #33735 round 180 theme poll

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 94

Pick the next theme of fancake:

Mystery & Suspense
41 (43.6%)

Protest & Revolt
28 (29.8%)

Whump
25 (26.6%)

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Fandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Ray Vecchio, Harding Welsh, Renfield Turnbull, Sam Franklin
Rating: Mature
Length: 26,765
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: feroxargentea on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friendship, First time, Action/adventure, Complete AU, In Space

Summary: Androids are going missing on the giant spaceship Chicago! A Mountie and a space cop team up to investigate why, and to find their friend before it’s too late.

Reccer's Notes:
As I mentioned earlier, there are very few due South fics set in space - and this is an excellent one! The familiar due South characters and settings are translated into space, with their base being on the Spaceship Chicago, and Vecchio in trouble over at spacehub Vegas. There's action, adventure, banter, romance, plot and drama as Fraser and Ray work to solve the case and rescue Vecchio. A cracking read!

Fanwork Links: Build a Rocket, Boys!

mrshamill

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Current Mood: excited

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fancake

Fandom:
Marvel Cinematic UniverseCaptain America (Movies)Marvel (Comics)
Pairings/Characters: Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson
Rating: Gen
Length: 4,117
Creator Links: HSavinien on AO3
Theme: Medieval Jousting, warrior recognizing warrior

Summary: Sir Samuel meets another knight lately returned from war shortly before the Midsummer tournament.

Reccer's Notes: One of the things I love about historical fiction is getting the voice of the time right. One of the things I love about fanfiction is getting the voices of the characters right. This marvelous story does both and so much more.

Fanwork Links:Le Chevalier au Faucon

Current Mood: hopeful

thefourthvine

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Hi!

I am going to provide you with all the details I can, because that is who I am as a person. Thank you so, so much for writing in one of these fandoms. See you on the 25th!

( Likes/DNWs and General Stuff )

( Between Silk and Cyanide -- Leo Marks, Leo Marks, Forest Yeo-Thomas )

( blink-182 )

( Blue Prince, Worldbuildling, Simon P. Jones )

( Nomads, Eileen Flax, Veronique Pommier )

melagan

Watch on YouTube

sholio

I am traveling and sightseeing with

helen_keeble and having a LOVELY time. I've also watched about as many movies in the last three days as I normally do in six months. It's been great! I figure I'll just write them up quickly here. The end of spoilers for each movie are marked, so you can pick and choose which to read about.

Thunderbolts - watched on the plane, really enjoyed it!

( Thunderbolts details and spoilers )

Kpop Demon Hunters - what fun, I can see why it's so popular!

( Kpop Demon Hunters details and spoilers )

We also rewatched the first two X-Men movies from the early 2000s. I don't think I've seen them since they first came out!

X-Men (original 2000 movie) - This held up really well.

( X-Men details and spoilers )

X2 - Most of it was a great time, but then the end happened.

( X2 details and spoilers )

mrshamill

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Current Mood: sad

mific posting in

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Carson Beckett, Radek Zelenka, Jack O'Neill, Janet Fraiser
Rating: Mature
Length: 3592
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: smilebackwards on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Action/adventure, First time, Complete AU, Fusion

Summary: Atlantis Prime is the best Jaeger ever built. Of course it is, Rodney built it himself. Too bad he can’t find anyone Drift compatible to pilot it with him.

John Sheppard was one of the best Jaeger pilots the program had, until he lost his partner in a Kaiju attack off the coast of Alaska. He’s not eager to go back, but the right Drift partner might just convince him.

Reccer's Notes: There are very few Stargate Atlantis AUs set in the Pacific Rim universe, and this is an excellent one. It's in two parts, a Fanvid trailer and then the story. Rodney (with Zelenka) has repaired and re-engineered the jaeger Atlantis Prime but can't find a partner to pilot it. John's a traumatised ex-jaeger-pilot who, after Holland's death, is reluctant to return to the fray. There's romance too, as part of them becoming drift-compatible. The trailer vid is cleverly done and works well with the story - both are very much recommended.

Fanwork Links: Antarctic Drift
and the Fanvid is here
(the works are locked to AO3)

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Please join us for the weekly TS chat on Saturday, October 11th, at 7 pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/19:00 UTC. That could be as early as 12 pm if you’re on the west coast of North America, or 3 pm if you’re on the east coast, or 8 pm in the UK, or early Sunday morning in Australia or New Zealand. If you’ve recently started or ended Daylight Savings Time where you are, be aware that chat may be an hour earlier or an hour later than you have been used to.

We’re in the usual place: http://us25.chatzy.com/81935648447483. There’s nothing to download or install, just choose a name and a color and click on “join chat.”

This week our topic is: what’s your favorite trope? Hurt/comfort? Drama? Angst? Romance? Come prepared to discuss and tell us about your favorite fics with that trope.

And on October 25^th we’ll be reading something spooooooky for nearly-Halloween – Jane Davitt’s Rag and Bone, which you can find here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/78184

See you there!

mrshamill

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Current Mood: melancholy

melagan

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Sign-ups: Are now thru October 26

The where, when, how, and rules can be found HERE

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Page Summary

sholio - Babylon 5 fic: Dedicated
sholio - Whumptober Day 20: Fancy Event (Murderbot)
sholio - Whumptober Day 13: Forced Retirement (Biggles)
alierak in dw_maintenance - AWS outage
melagan - reminder -SGA secret Santa
kass - Dear Yulewriter
esteefee - hbd wpadmirer!
runpunkrun in fancake - Theme Reminder: Uncommon Settings
runpunkrun in fancake - Round 180 Theme Poll
mific in fancake - due South: Build a Rocket, Boys! by feroxargentea
mrshamill - Best news I've had in MONTHS
minoanmiss in fancake - MCU: Le Chevalier Au Faucon by HSavinien
thefourthvine - Dear Yuletide 2025 Author
melagan - I dig it
sholio - Movies!
mrshamill - Today would have been my 40th wedding anniversary.
mific in fancake - SGA: Antarctic Drift by smilebackwards
snycock in ts_bluejungle - Weekly chat reminder
mrshamill - Blog, part the second
melagan - SGA Secret Santa sign ups.

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