It's Turnabout Serenade week (the dates of the concert/court case from Ace Attorney 4 case 3), and I don't have any fic written for it! (In my defense, it's because I've been so busy writing the sequels to the follow-up I already wrote to that case. Sonata is my "look how much I love Turnabout Serenade" fic, it's a tough act to follow.)

I could always polish up and post the missing scene from until I bring you home on AO3, and maybe pick a Klavier/Daryan kink meme prompt to fill. I need sleep before I do any of that, but come on, it's my favorite Ace Attorney case, it'd be really nice to do something. (Also I think my neighbors are finally out of fireworks, so maybe I can stop staying up until 3 AM now.)

Welcome to “Tennis Tuesday”, my new series of recurring posts with a weekly round-up of news and updates about Italian tennis.

Featured this week:

• Wimbledon: Sinner secures a semi-final spot
• Wimbledon: quarter finals for Cobolli and Paolini
• ATP/WTA Titles Won so Far (Italian players only)
• Current ATP/WTA Rankings (Italian players only)

( Tennis Tuesday — Week #27 )



See you next week with Tennis Tuesday! 🎾

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So yesterday’s intent was to go to town, see A Perfect Life, then Bleach and Backrooms. So let’s see how that went.

Before I went through The Mandalorian And Grogu soundtrack finally came, yipee! Strnage lc though the physical disc has one less track than Spotify does which I didn’t notice until I ripped it this morning.

The trip to town went ok. I went a lil early to check if the co-op by the station had the mandalorian drinks cause I saw they were on offer but alas they just had the fruit shoots and the Robinsons cordials (which I may stoke up on the mango one is really nice)

In town I didn’t do much, just popped in Poundland then went straight to the cinema.

Trailers for A Private Life
Wild Horse Nine: Looks like it could be funny but I’m not sure it’s something I’d watch
Camp Miasma: I was sold on this the moment Gillian’s character said ‘there’s a whole at the bottom of the lake where the films come from’ so glad it has a date
There was a music thing I missed the title of
Tony: something about the life of Anthony Bourdain, looks like it could be pretty good, again, not sure I’d see it myself

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About two thirds of the way through my right eye started aching so I spent the back half of it with my eye closed or covered up. That was fine to finish off something but not upideal to watch a whole other thing, thankfully I just got the ticket for A Private Life, cause there was an hour ago between it and Bkeach I intended to use for lunch then come back.

So instead I left, popping in Aldi to kill time before getting on the train home. Of course the train had issues too. It stopped at the station before home and stayed there for over 10 minutes without explanation.

I don’t mind that much that I didn’t see Bleach, cause I’m sure I’d be lost, but I might be able to see Backrooms cause it has been extended a few days next week. (Though I am hoping to do Minions And Monsters/Evil Dead Burn and The Odyssey next week.) I do wanna get the Moana cup the cinema is getting for mum, cause one topper is Heihei so 8 wanna get it before we see it (if we do) cause she loves him for some reason.

Once home I pretty much flopped, watched Castle, did some two point hospital (badly) and then waited for The Pale Horse to come on sky mix. It was an ok adaption and one of those things were you were spotting people. There was Louise Jameson and Jean Marsh among others. Plus there was one guy I couldn’t place, I recognised his voice but couldn’t place him cause of his glasses. Then he took them off and I saw it was Andy Serkis. I guess Clark Kent just wearing glasses isn’t a bad disguise as people think.

I didn’t do much after it. I yapper to a friend, did a little gaming but the call cut out then my eyes went achy so I just went up to bed.

This morning after putting the soundtrack on my laptop, then pod thing, I watched a Heated Rivalry ep (I meant to last night). The rest of the day is gonna be waiting on the food shop, then Seapeekay’s subathon and then… Who knows.

Written for the prompts, 201 Avidulous, and 202 Abate, at vocab_drabbles 
Title: These days and these hours of fury
Fandom: Miami Vice
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: M
Characters/Pairing: Sonny/Rico
Words: 483
Summary: Sonny and Rico rest in the eye of the storm. Together they are a force of nature.
Notes: Title and lyrics from "Yes I Am," by Melissa Etheridge. Rico's song. Unrepentant use of Imagery and metaphor.




( These days and these hours of fury )

I talked previously about a new online writing software/word processor called Skrib. I have since tried it out. What I liked about it was the search function, being able to toggle between documents from the sidebar, and having the planning/brainstorming board right there alongside my draft. However, I decided it's not for me based on a suggested edits feature that will literally give you suggestions for what to do with your sentences. Skrib purports to be anti-Gen AI and granted, the editorial suggestions feature isn't generating sentences. But telling you what you can do with your sentences comes too close and makes me uncomfortable. I know people use Grammarly or ProWritingAid for the same thing, but I personally don't like it. And it's not useful to me. My editing process is very gut-checky and vibes-based.

So I'm going to stick to Ellipsus. They've recently introduced a premium plan on top of their free one. Their free plan is great: I can have all the projects/documents I want and sync them to the cloud automatically, which covers the basics for me. And I can use timers, focus mode, and add collaborators. The premium plan introduces custom themes and something opt-in called 'emboss' which is like your writing fingerprint (it shows how many sessions you wrote the document in, typing speed, and other stuff meant to show you wrote it yourself, without using AI checkers). I'm irritated that our writing tools now are having to help writers prove they didn't use AI.

Title: Pre Muster Conversation
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Size/length/word count etc.: 504
Prompt: 057: Red
Fandom/Ship: The Kingdom; Yang Dongsik | Louis, Jung Seungbo | Dann
Notes/Warnings: None
Summary: Seungbo talks to Dongsik before going into the military.

( Dongsik hated that haircut. )

Find the table with the list of fics here

oomf asuraid has her own ama july activity, so i might as well join the bandwagon early. i've been drawing so much lately that i feel bad for not sharing much writing.

so let's give it a shot! :D

feel free to pick a date and ask me a question or two.

7. What fictional animal is your favourite, and why? Could also be a real animal!! - asuraid


8. Which fictional character do you want to put through a blender (lovingly/hatingly) and why? (I say this as someone who has a beloved character I adore and my love language for him is wishing he'd covered in his own blood) - asuraid

Now that Duq’arael has been brought back into the spotlight thanks to Camille’s story in Endfield, I think it's worthwhile to have a closer look at the motivation he displays throughout the story of Arknights. Endfield shows to the reader in-universe information that mentions that Duq’arael killed his older brother Danso. Let’s have a closer look at the circumstances that led to this incident. It is true that by killing Danso Duq’arael got a hold on the Blood of Tekaz, but it is important to keep in mind that Duq’arael never wanted to have the black crown. He killed his brother because in his eyes Danso was bringing a false peace and Duq’arael, who had lived through real and actual peace, only wanted to have the real thing instead of a sad imitation. The Black Crown would have been his to take when he killed Danso, but he actively rejected it because he hates everything connected to the crown. Taking power that comes with a system he fundamentally disagrees with was something he never wanted.

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