3 different posts in a trenchcoat
Jul. 10th, 2026 02:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greetingsfrommaars3 nice things
- choir concert went well. we even successfully prepared all of the planned songs in time for the concert, which did not happen last year
- saw my friend for the first time in a few years! had an arepa and apple soda for the first time :)
- made ice cream! mango and passionfruit (cue "passionfruit" by the boyz)
fandom stuff
DC: this will be apparent when i get to this month's fic roundup, but my spiral into dc fandom continues. i'm beginning to resign myself to the possibility of becoming a dc fic writer... the ideas are surfacing in my head, and i can't find existing fic that executes them the way i want. i've mostly decided that i'm willing to read fandom-blind but not write fandom-blind, so you may start hearing from me about dc comics along with everything else! i've read the original run of the sandman before, but that's it. was sort of relieved to see someone in a discord server recommend tim drake's run as robin as a starting point, because that guy is my blorbo, my poor little meow meow (at least in fanon lol).
NCT: completely unsurprised to learn that winwin has left nct. it does kinda have me looking at my last surviving nct fic wips with resignation... i think there's only one left where all the main characters are still members of nct. i know i could still write them, but i also feel like maybe it's time to move on...
Drawfee: another year, another successful trans rigs fundraiser stream :') more than $100k raised!! i think the bit of having their friends call in as fellow truckers is a fun way to involve guests while keeping the simulated road trip format. also, i don't have context for this because i'm not caught up on episodes, but for weeks the drawfee sippers community on tumblr has been gradually all drawing themselves into a liminal basement party together! party in the backrooms!! (i think this is the originating post.) it's so cute.
complaining about work
work is pretty miserable right now. another team has been gradually dragging the entire department into its ongoing project management disaster (i keep joking that they're consuming everyone like no-face from spirited away). everything needs to be done yesterday, half of it is not fully designed or well understood, the requirements change from week to week after you've already finished building your part of it. our product manager is out for a couple weeks, and she's going to come back to everything on fire and everyone running around screaming (even more than before, that is).
i'm kind of hoping i outlast the peak of gen ai enthusiasm at work rather than it outlasting me. some of my coworkers use ai in ways that make me lose professional respect for them even as i'm still personally fond of them, and it makes me grit my teeth a little.
Fic: First Shift
Jul. 10th, 2026 12:14 pmandersenmomCreator: andersenmom
Title: First Shift
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Word count: 817
Prompt: 061: Green
Fandom/Ship: &Team, Enhypen; Byun Euijoo | EJ, Park Sunghoon
Notes/Warnings: Relies heavily on the Dark Moon canon (more specifically The Blood Altar part of it), with a splash of my own head canon thrown in.
Summary: EJ helps Sunghoon accept both sides of his heritage.
( The sun had already set. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
andersenmomTitle: First Shift
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Word count: 817
Prompt: 061: Green
Fandom/Ship: &Team, Enhypen; Byun Euijoo | EJ, Park Sunghoon
Notes/Warnings: Relies heavily on the Dark Moon canon (more specifically The Blood Altar part of it), with a splash of my own head canon thrown in.
Summary: EJ helps Sunghoon accept both sides of his heritage.
( The sun had already set. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
100 Exceedraft E13 fanworks posted + a community post
Jul. 10th, 2026 12:19 pmg_uavaDone with sharing 100 fanworks about Exceedraft E13 for 100 days in a row! All fanworks are posted on BSky. It's great to experience what's it like to have 'fresh' fanworks every day, even if all of it is made by me. And there won't be more unless I make more 🥲
I set out to create not only 100 fanworks in total, but more specifically a greater number of meta or fan essays than I've ever written about any fandom. For the past 15 weeks, I've posted at least one meta per week on BSky and this week, I also shared one meta over on ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fictional_fans: Creating a GIF or a collage.
Unusually for posts on DW communities, this one has hardly any responses. Perhaps that's because it talks about photo editing, and there might not be many photo editors on DW who like to discuss that creative skill, or perhaps there's less activity overall on a weekday (which was when I shared my meta). In any case, I'd like to keep trying first writing meta based on my unpopular interest, then repurposing it as a prompt for a more general discussion to invite input from others of various fannish backgrounds and influences.
Fic: Broken Delusion
Jul. 9th, 2026 11:25 amandersenmomTitle: Broken Delusion
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Word count: 782
Prompt: 060: Slate
Fandom/Ship: Enhypen; Park Sunghoon/Shim Jaeyun | Jake
Notes/Warnings: (eg. spoilers, triggers, warnings etc. or CNTW)
Summary: Accidents in Kpop sometimes killed, sometimes maimed, and Sunghoon didn’t know which way this one would go.
( The accident shook Sunghoon more than he’d expected. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Word count: 782
Prompt: 060: Slate
Fandom/Ship: Enhypen; Park Sunghoon/Shim Jaeyun | Jake
Notes/Warnings: (eg. spoilers, triggers, warnings etc. or CNTW)
Summary: Accidents in Kpop sometimes killed, sometimes maimed, and Sunghoon didn’t know which way this one would go.
( The accident shook Sunghoon more than he’d expected. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
Fic: Color Therapy
Jul. 8th, 2026 05:33 pmandersenmomTitle: Color Therapy
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Size/length/word count etc.: 763
Prompt: 059: Rose
Fandom/Ship: Xdinary Heroes, Seventeen; Kwak Jiseok | Gaon, Lee Seokmin | DK
Notes/Warnings: (eg. spoilers, triggers, warnings etc. or CNTW)
Summary: Jiseok just wanted some sort of peace.
( Colors helped. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Size/length/word count etc.: 763
Prompt: 059: Rose
Fandom/Ship: Xdinary Heroes, Seventeen; Kwak Jiseok | Gaon, Lee Seokmin | DK
Notes/Warnings: (eg. spoilers, triggers, warnings etc. or CNTW)
Summary: Jiseok just wanted some sort of peace.
( Colors helped. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
small amusements in media references
Jul. 8th, 2026 02:53 pmbluedreamingUnexpected bingo square: Nietzsche quote in my Thai BL 😂
(I originally shared this on discord because that’s where I put microposting these days and then I figured: why not here?)
(I originally shared this on discord because that’s where I put microposting these days and then I figured: why not here?)
Dreamwidth reading woes
Jul. 8th, 2026 11:39 ambluedreamingWhen things are stressful, I often find myself gravitating even more towards the relative calmness of Dreamwidth. However, I’ve been struggling with how to actually read updates here.
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So, I’m stuck!
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So, I’m stuck!
August Ask Me Anything
Jul. 8th, 2026 09:55 pmadoreI'm enjoying this meme my DW friends are doing (matsushima and blackcatofmisery off the top of my head) so I'll be doing it too, for the month of August! How it works is, you pick a day and ask a question in the comments of this post. I'll answer it with a post on that day. I'm curious about what y'all are curious about.
1matsushima: Do you like your name? If you were to choose a new name, what would it be and why?
2matsushima: What book(s) made you want to be a writer?
3china_shop: How did you come to start watching Kdramas, and what do you like most about them?
4radiokomorebi: How does your average day go by lately? How do you schedule your work and other activities (and make sure you stick to it or improvise) and decide on rest days?
5soricel: How do you define cozy literature, and what draws you to it?
6 7 8
9yarnofariadne: Do you have any writing rituals?
10
11diaryoflife: What is your fav show (tv/Netflix/YT/whatever, interpret how you want) and what is your ritual for watching it?
12 13 14 15
16blackcatofmisery: Is there a creature, real or imagined, that you feel you identify with somehow?
17blackcatofmisery: Going a more fantastic route from the 16th: Is there a real or imagined creature's ability/behavior that you wish you could have?
18diaryoflife: What is your fav icon and why do you like it?
19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26
27kat_lair: If money and practicalities weren't a consideration, what kind of pet would you like?
28kat_lair: What's your favourite (or one of them) fanfic trope to read and/or write?
29kat_lair: Share a happy childhood memory
30
31radiokomorebi: What's your favourite poem you wrote?
matsushima and blackcatofmisery off the top of my head) so I'll be doing it too, for the month of August! How it works is, you pick a day and ask a question in the comments of this post. I'll answer it with a post on that day. I'm curious about what y'all are curious about.1
matsushima: Do you like your name? If you were to choose a new name, what would it be and why?2
matsushima: What book(s) made you want to be a writer? 3
china_shop: How did you come to start watching Kdramas, and what do you like most about them? 4
radiokomorebi: How does your average day go by lately? How do you schedule your work and other activities (and make sure you stick to it or improvise) and decide on rest days? 5
soricel: How do you define cozy literature, and what draws you to it? 6 7 8
9
yarnofariadne: Do you have any writing rituals? 10
11
diaryoflife: What is your fav show (tv/Netflix/YT/whatever, interpret how you want) and what is your ritual for watching it? 12 13 14 15
16
blackcatofmisery: Is there a creature, real or imagined, that you feel you identify with somehow? 17
blackcatofmisery: Going a more fantastic route from the 16th: Is there a real or imagined creature's ability/behavior that you wish you could have? 18
diaryoflife: What is your fav icon and why do you like it?19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26
27
kat_lair: If money and practicalities weren't a consideration, what kind of pet would you like? 28
kat_lair: What's your favourite (or one of them) fanfic trope to read and/or write? 29
kat_lair: Share a happy childhood memory30
31
radiokomorebi: What's your favourite poem you wrote?
Writing software/word processors pt.2
Jul. 7th, 2026 07:50 amadoreI 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.
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.
fic: Pre Muster Conversation
Jul. 6th, 2026 06:56 pmandersenmomTitle: 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
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
We'll go down in history
Jul. 6th, 2026 06:19 pmkat_lair***
I don't care about football but I do care about Trans people living their best lives. This is 25min documentary by a colleague of mine on TRUK United, world’s first all-trans football team, and it is a joyful watch.
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I don't care about football but I do care about Trans people living their best lives. This is 25min documentary by a colleague of mine on TRUK United, world’s first all-trans football team, and it is a joyful watch.
***
Fic: Burn it Down
Jul. 6th, 2026 11:07 amandersenmomTitle: Burn it Down
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Size/length/word count etc.: 674
Prompt: 058: Ash
Fandom/Ship: Enhypen; Sunghoon, Sunoo
Notes/Warnings: Sequel to New Inmate
Summary Sunghoon watched as the institution burns.
( Not sorry to see it go. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Size/length/word count etc.: 674
Prompt: 058: Ash
Fandom/Ship: Enhypen; Sunghoon, Sunoo
Notes/Warnings: Sequel to New Inmate
Summary Sunghoon watched as the institution burns.
( Not sorry to see it go. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
124 ☆ happy oops it's already july
Jul. 6th, 2026 11:59 amtinkaton➤ Someone find my motivation for me because it must be dead in a ditch somewhereeee. I have been reading my friends list (slowly, I'm always behind lol) but not been commenting on much. 🥲 And I kept meaning to write up an entry but obviously haven't!! Clearly... I think spreading my journaling out to various places (here, my media log, my physical journal, etc) is making me too lazy to update in multiple locations.
➤ Though speaking of journals lmao I caved and got a super cheap Hobonichi Techo Original A6, 2026 edition, but I'm going to use it next year as a daily journal and just ignore the year/days. I know, I know, I just said I'm too lazy to keep up with multiple journaling locales, but listen...I miss the Hobonichi paper sjhkjsfsdfs now that I'm using a fake Weeks it's just not as nice... So we'll see!! I'm already itching to get a cute cover and start using it but I have to wait until January. 😩
➤ I was finally forced out of Samsung Messages on my phone and now I have to use shitass Google Messages because Samsung hates me personally. 😑 It sucksss give me back my color customization!! However at least now I can see the emoji reacts from Apple users in group texts jsdhfkjsdf it was so funny before because it'd just be like "So-and-so liked [full original text]" five times in a row.
➤ Okay ending with a random music rec, I just stumbled across this Korean duo that debuted at the beginning of the year named dodree who combine pop with traditional Korean music. Apparently both women have a traditional art background (one is a pansori singer and one does dance). This is their latest release; they only have like, 5 songs out so far but I listened to all of them and really enjoyed them so I hope they continue to make music!
➤ Though speaking of journals lmao I caved and got a super cheap Hobonichi Techo Original A6, 2026 edition, but I'm going to use it next year as a daily journal and just ignore the year/days. I know, I know, I just said I'm too lazy to keep up with multiple journaling locales, but listen...I miss the Hobonichi paper sjhkjsfsdfs now that I'm using a fake Weeks it's just not as nice... So we'll see!! I'm already itching to get a cute cover and start using it but I have to wait until January. 😩
➤ I was finally forced out of Samsung Messages on my phone and now I have to use shitass Google Messages because Samsung hates me personally. 😑 It sucksss give me back my color customization!! However at least now I can see the emoji reacts from Apple users in group texts jsdhfkjsdf it was so funny before because it'd just be like "So-and-so liked [full original text]" five times in a row.
➤ Okay ending with a random music rec, I just stumbled across this Korean duo that debuted at the beginning of the year named dodree who combine pop with traditional Korean music. Apparently both women have a traditional art background (one is a pansori singer and one does dance). This is their latest release; they only have like, 5 songs out so far but I listened to all of them and really enjoyed them so I hope they continue to make music!