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WEE WOO WEE WOO IT'S YOUR LAST DAY TO DONATE DECKS FOR DOUBLE DONATIONS MONTH! This is your reminder that you have 8 deck donation slots available to you!

I try not to spam about this too much outside a mention when I'm looking for trades but given it's a special month and we've had an influx of new players, this is your reminder that the DECK DONATION ADOPTION CENTER is here for you! If you don't have all your slots filled up give it a visit! Get those sweet, sweet card donor rewards AND the nice feeling of helping your fellow players with their mass deck dreams. 

(On the other side of the coin, if you have too many images for even a double-donations month to handle, drop them off! Drop them ALL off! I am once again reminding people there is no such thing as "spamming the dono center". Seriously, seeing it get super full of goodies brings me nothing but joy. <3)

Card for allbingo [prompts taken from the bingo generator]

2 of Wands	Page of Pentacles	5 of Pentacles	3 of Pentacles	9 of Wands	2 of Pentacles	4 of Cups
7 of Wands	10 Wheel of Fortune	7 of Cups	10 of Swords	0 The Fool	Page of Swords	4 of Swords
6 of Swords	7 of Swords	10 of Wands	17 The Star	Queen of Pentacles	5 of Swords	6 of Wands
21 The World	18 The Moon	4 of Pentacles	Ace of Pentacles	Page of Cups	5 The Hierophant	Ace of Cups
9 of Pentacles	10 of Pentacles	10 of Cups	8 of Wands	4 The Emperor	16 The Tower	2 of Swords
Ace of Swords	20 Judgement	5 The Devil	6 of Pentacles	7 of Pentacles	6 The Lovers	3 of Cups
2 The High Priestess	King of Pentacles	6 of Cups	Queen of Swords	3 of Swords	Knight of Pentacles	9 The Hermit

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Prompt list from whumptober [prompts written below the cut]



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I've been meaning to post all month, but Snowflake didn't appeal to me all that much, plus there's a lot of history there for me, even if I wasn't directly involved with the drama.

However, one thing I will be taking from Snowflake is the top 10 lists, outsourced. Ask me for any and I'll answer in the comments!

I am also going to make a little wishlist, much smaller than the one for Christmas. This is stuff that would make me happy:

1. Jigsaw puzzles
2. PS5 gift cards
3. Subscriptions to my ko-fi, which I'm planning to turn into a place to share all my TTRPG card, homebrew, merch and map designs
4. 4. Art of my PCs from the TTRPG campaigns I play in

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It's been a pretty stressful month, money-wise. We've managed, but it is what it is. Doesn't help that it's cold and that I'm the only person in this house who's capable of not taking things out on other people. I've been doing jigsaw puzzles and deleting photos from my backlog and trying to figure out a permanent set-up for my day-a-page planner, which I keep meaning to post about to journalsandplanners. I took pics and everything.

One upside that's been keeping me sane is the soft light my friend Nate got me, which I use to get selfies even when it's too dark because winter. It helps my self-esteem a lot, even if I'm more aware of the way my skin keeps breaking out. I figure most of that is coming from the same place as the daily nightmares.

Challenge #10

Choose something you love and create a mini mood collection of three (or more) items that evoke your feelings about it. You don't have to limit yourself to visual media, or collect the items into a special format like a square (though you can if you'd like).

01-12 the x-files s1



H E R E

01-04 stranger things
05-08 good trouble
09-15 wheel of time
16-16 babylon 5
17-25 comics
26-28 pluribus
29-41 interview with the vampire



H E R E

Challenge #9

Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)

Since I already talked about my all-time favorite trope last year, internalized homophobia, I'll talk about another favorite: character studies!

"Character Study" is actually my most-used tag on AO3 (if we're not counting "Betaed", which I don't), and that's because I absolutely adore both writing and reading them. The name of the game is exactly what I love about fanfic: getting into a character's head.

In writing, it's a very fulfilling exercise. It's an exploration of the character in question, and how you (you, specifically!) interpret their actions, their motivations, and their mental state. And, in reading, it's a fun way to explore how other people interpret the character, helping you appreciate your faves through a fresh set of eyes!

Vermis: Sounds of the World
https://radagasttenderofbeasts.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-of-the-world-vermis-vol-1-melodies-of-the-unknown

The top comment on this album says it best:

Every track fits that book like skin on bone. Same fever-dream vibe. You get that ache again—nostalgia for a game you never played.

Also: I got the cassette, but no cassette player. Therefore, the cassette tape lays untouched until a future adventurer pulls it from my clasped, mummified hand; it is an object of puissance.

I've been working on these two zines for a few days now and I'm thrilled to finally put them out into the world! Both are 100% handmade, as usual. I've only decided not to scan the drabbles because, even though you can read my handwriting, it looks a lot more proper with every page typed up like this when presenting the thing online. But yes, the actual zine is all done by hand because that's how I like to make my zines :)

Title: Ursula Garvey takes pictures
Fandom: Bad Sisters
Characters: Ursula, Eva, Bibi, Grace, and Becka Garvey
Rating: T
Length: Sixteen total pages (two zines) displayed in pairs.
Notes: Done with Chinese ink.
Summary: Two minizines about Urs taking pictures of her sisters, with illustrations in one of them and drabbles that correspond to those illustrations on the other.

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I can't believe it's almost the end of January already! There’s just about 12 days left to get your fanwork submission or pimp posted this round! (Or make another claim. *g*) Good luck!

I hit Walmart while I was downtown and Stewart’s on the way home.

I did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went for a walk with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter.

I made a pumpkin pie because mom asked me to. (I make it in a small shell, so put some of the pumpkin filling in a small pyrex dish. I took her that dish. She had it when I made it before Thanksgiving and really enjoyed it.)

I went with one of my own teas again this morning, Celestial Seasonings’ Mandarin Orange Spice. This blend combined the tart flavor of mandarin oranges with aromatic spices, cloves, and coriender to create a bright. lively brew that transports tea drinkers to exotic destinations with every sip. I wouldn’t say I was transported anywhere, but it tasted good.

My stomach tried to rebel on me again this morning. ( cutting for those who don't care to read )

We went to Texas Roadhouse with friends for supper, yay! I managed to write ~300 words on my SFBB fic and Zoo Tampa was my background tv in the evening. I wish I’d gotten more written, but between going downtown, visiting mom, and eating out, there wasn’t much time for it.

Temps started out at 19.4(F) and dropped to 15.6 before I left the house! There was sun in the morning, but then it was overcast. Temps reached 27.3. The roads were good in the morning, but the wind picked up, so we ran into some snow blown into the road on our way to Texas Roadhouse.


Mom Update:

Mom was doing ~okay when I saw her. She seemed tired. She’d already eaten, but even so she had some of the pumpkin pie filling I took her. Sister A was there when I arrived and Ian showed up after. Her BFF showed up later in the afternoon and Sister S was there when I called in the evening. She had a nice string of visitors, which she likes.

This is my first time posting here, hope I'm doing it right

Fandom: The Pitt

Pairings/Characters: Mel King/Frank Langdon

Rating: Explicit

Length: 15,986

Creator Links: Lirazel on Ao3, lirazel

Theme: Crack treated seriously, (not really) unrequited love, (something) made them do it, sex pollen

Summary:

There are all kinds of protocols in place to prevent this sort of thing, but of course they mean exactly nothing when faced with the reality of emergency medicine.

Frank and Trinity both complain that Mel has no sense of self-preservation, but she’s actually a very careful and responsible person. Despite what they say, she never puts herself in danger if she can help it, she feels that she makes level-headed decisions even under pressure, and even if she usually finds people hard to read, she’s read The Gift of Fear and is pretty sure she can tell when someone has actually malicious intent.

Pretty sure until, with no warning at all, a patient—Griffin Jackson, white male, 27, complaining of chest pains—pulls out a tiny jar of neon-yellow powder and pops off the top.

Reccer's note: This is a classic fandom trope (sex pollen) treated seriously. Mel and Frank are just co-workers in canon, but in canon it's obvious they have a connection and this fic explores how much they might grow to mean to each other, and it does so while keeping them (and all other characters that appear) tremendously in character. The sex is, of course, very hot too. :D And the fic also does consent right!

Fanwork Links: i want to be the one patrolling your border

Mods, we need a tag for The Pitt and the pairing too maybe, please? Thank you.

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Challenge #10: Big Mood (Board).
CHOOSE SOMETHING YOU LOVE AND CREATE A MINI MOOD COLLECTION OF THREE (or more) ITEMS THAT EVOKE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT IT. You don’t have to limit yourself to visual media, or collect the items into a special format like a square (though you can if you’d like).

I love putting on music to set the mood while I'm writing. Among other things, but I get a bit more involved with Writing Playlists than with Studying Playlists or Workout Playlists (where I often just download a instrumental blues/trap youtube playlists respectively and call it a day LOL). I download my music instead of using spotify or similar services, so I can always drag the few chosen songs I want for a while, switch it up, add and remove songs, have them on repeat if that's what's working at the moment... And I always use instrumental music, because it's great for building an atmosphere without distracting me. 

I thought I'd share the songs I've been putting on to write lately! Although other than some outlining/looking over WIPs, these days I've mostly just done a handful of threesentenceficathon prompts lol (you can see them here, alongside my own prompts in the first post of the event. #selfpromo).

• Dave Porter - A Carol for Carol. The entirety of Pluribus's soundtrack is in rotation, but this one is my favourite.
• Bear McCreary - Wondrous Love. Black Sails's soundtrack (and Bear McCreary in general) is another recurrent visit around here LOL.
• Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin, strings, and basso continuo in A minor RV356 No. 6 Op.3 "L'estro Armonico."
• Christophe Beck - Close Your Eyes.
• Clint Mansell - Lux Aeterna. Usually I pick songs he did for Black Swan but this one is getting to me more, lately.
• Ara Malikian - Bachelorette (Björk cover).
• Lolita Ritmanis - Catwoman: Chase Me.
• Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL - Beautiful Lie. Another A+ soundtrack IMO.
• Angelo Badalamenti - Laura Palmer's Theme.
• Kerenza Peacock - Dancing Folk: I. First Movement.
• Gwenifer Raymond - Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark.
• Bioshock soundtrack - Welcome to Rapture. I can't concentrate enough to play videogames but I sure love their OSTs.
• Jed Kurzel - The Covenant. The Alien prequels' soundtrack also goes in and out a lot lol.

I would love to hear your favourite instrumental songs, albums, film or videogame soundtracks... More to add to the list :P

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