OFMD: bloom & wilt by redshift
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fancakeFandom: Our Flag Means Death
Pairings/Characters: Izzy/Ed, Izzy/Ed/Stede
Rating: E
Length: 31,803 words
Creator Links: redshift
Theme: Unreliable narrator
Summary: Izzy has spent years at Edward's side. The occasional petal here and there, the intermittent rasp that makes itself a permanent home in the hollows of his throat, the cough that comes and goes; it's all worth it, to be the person Ed turns to. It's a price he pays willingly.
Now, though. Now, Izzy knows what love looks like on Edward Teach, and it is soft and sweet and open and nothing like what Izzy has ever been able to give. Izzy's place is at Edward's side, and it's killing him.
That's okay. He's always wanted to die for something that matters.
Reccer's Notes: Izzy has hanakaki disease, and I love how the author writes it likes it's an almost chronic illness. Izzy is an unreliable narrator in how he thinks about Ed and Stede and their motivations. We as the reader can tell by their actions that their intentions are not what Izzy probably thinks, but Izzy's thought's are very much coloured by the experience he is going through and he's not seeing things for how they truly are, and of course he refuses to talk to Ed about his feelings and what going on, which only makes everything worse.
One note, this is canon-divergent after season one.
Fanwork Links: AO3
Pairings/Characters: Izzy/Ed, Izzy/Ed/Stede
Rating: E
Length: 31,803 words
Creator Links: redshift
Theme: Unreliable narrator
Summary: Izzy has spent years at Edward's side. The occasional petal here and there, the intermittent rasp that makes itself a permanent home in the hollows of his throat, the cough that comes and goes; it's all worth it, to be the person Ed turns to. It's a price he pays willingly.
Now, though. Now, Izzy knows what love looks like on Edward Teach, and it is soft and sweet and open and nothing like what Izzy has ever been able to give. Izzy's place is at Edward's side, and it's killing him.
That's okay. He's always wanted to die for something that matters.
Reccer's Notes: Izzy has hanakaki disease, and I love how the author writes it likes it's an almost chronic illness. Izzy is an unreliable narrator in how he thinks about Ed and Stede and their motivations. We as the reader can tell by their actions that their intentions are not what Izzy probably thinks, but Izzy's thought's are very much coloured by the experience he is going through and he's not seeing things for how they truly are, and of course he refuses to talk to Ed about his feelings and what going on, which only makes everything worse.
One note, this is canon-divergent after season one.
Fanwork Links: AO3
2645 / Fic - The Pitt/ER
Jul. 5th, 2026 08:32 pmsiriaStart Your Note in Evening Air
The Pitt/ER | Jack/Robby, Mel/Santos, Carter | ~3100 words | For![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
ghostalservice, who wanted something in my Brotherhood series, to the prompt 'karaoke.'
(Also on AO3)
( John and Robby do karaoke. )
The Pitt/ER | Jack/Robby, Mel/Santos, Carter | ~3100 words | For
(Also on AO3)
( John and Robby do karaoke. )
Me-and-media update
Jul. 5th, 2026 01:14 pmchina_shopPandemic life
I've been relatively slack about masking lately (supermarket always; other public situations, it depends on how busy it is, how well-ventilated, and what quality of interaction I want to have). So far I've escaped unscathed. *knocks on wood* *tries not to pathologise my low-level tiredness*
Previous poll review
In the Reading speed poll, 55.8% of respondents estimate their reading speed as faster than average, which ha, is probably about right, or maybe on the low side given Dreamwidth's self-selection. One fifth of respondents went for "average", and 23.1% said "it would be faster if my so-called attention span didn't keep dropping out."
In ticky-boxes, raindrops (48.1%) came second to hugs (65.4%), followed by stripes waiting for a cat (44.2%). Thank you for your votes! ♥
Reading
Slowly listening to Borders of Infinity by Bujold, read by Grover Gardner with Andrew, mostly while doing the dishes.
The only thing I've read in text is a beginner story in Chinese about a stray cat who's found a home. It's sliiiightly above the "see Spot run" level, but not much.
Kdramas/Cdramas
We're watching the last two episodes of Miraculous Brothers tonight, and I'm really hoping it'll stick the landing. If it does, I might do a write-up. It's a good show, and I can see it appealing to people who aren't regular Kdrama-watchers too.
Still rewatching Love Scout with Pru. We're nearing the end.
And on my own, I'm watching The First Frost (Cdrama), which is pathologically repressed m/f roommates-to-lovers. Both of them are skittish for reasons, and I'm enjoying every tiny crumb of progress. I'm about halfway through. (Note: the leads are super pretty. There's probably AI-enhancement going on, blah, but I'm (thankfully) mostly oblivious to that and trying not to think about it.)
Other TV
Wow, it's been a month!! Not that we've been watching a huge amount, but still.
We finished Blocco 181 season 1 (gangs, drugs, interracial tension, m/m/f threesome), watched all of The Other Bennett Sister (really excellent! A+!) and The Tourist season 2 (Irish-Australian black comedy about a hitman with amnesia; season 1 is set in small-town Australia, and season 2 is set in Ireland), and have just started season 2 of Blocco 181 (so far plenty of gangs, drugs and interracial tension).
Sitcoms: Dinosaur (Glaswegian woman with autism and her sister), Fisk (socially awkward Australian and her law office), and People of Earth (support group for "alien experiencers," with Wyatt Cenac).
My sister and I are watching White Collar season 1, awwww.
Once we've finished Miraculous Brothers with our friend, I think we're going to try Legends (hapless customs agents vs drug traffickers in 1980s Britain).
Online life
I have five bursting-at-the-seams browser windows open, which is three too many. I'm going to give myself an amnesty and cull them. | Saw on Instagram a reference to Deepstash (socmed with factual content from books instead of AI slop). I think it was in an ad, though, so who knows? Anyone? It's paid, so I couldn't just give it a try. Not that I have time for another platform anyway. I'm already not quite keeping up with Dreamwidth (but almost). *waves to you all*
Writing/making things
I finished a flashfic (of the niche interest variety), and in the week since posting it have written approximately a dozen words of fiction, total. Like, I poked briefly at the "flashfic" I was writing before that, but mostly it's been rewatch comments and political submissions. Basically, writing and I are on a break. (But it's not long tillguardian_wishlist, at which point I'll want to get my head back in the game.)
Life/health/mental state things
I got three political submissions in last week. The last one was just four paragraphs of yelling/scolding, but still.
I'm spending infinitely more time on my phone than I did pre-Chinese, and thanking the stars for my stylus. (Against the odds, I haven't lost it, but I did buy a back-up shaped like a pencil and another backup shaped like a ballpoint pen and incorporating a real ballpoint, a flashlight, and an alleged phone stand that doesn't work (but not a digital clock, because this isn't the 1980s) for $3.50 each, just in case.)
House/car
( State of car, storage/organising, and the oven saga continued. )
Language Learning
( Cut for length. )
Goals
One more political submission to go (graaaaar).
Get the oven in this year, and maybe re-carpet the living room(???).
Get my Chinese reading level up to Elementary by my birthday.
Link dump
Video clip from The Sheep Detectives on the nature of God (Tumblr, via a friend) | I'm sure there were other things I was going to put here, but I really want to get this posted.
Good things
Reading in a new-to-me language (magic!). Biking weather. The gradual imposition of order on my house. Andrew, Halle, my sister, my friends. Hope for the upcoming NZ election (it could go either way, so there is room for hope). TV-watching dates. A wealth of Asian media.
I've been relatively slack about masking lately (supermarket always; other public situations, it depends on how busy it is, how well-ventilated, and what quality of interaction I want to have). So far I've escaped unscathed. *knocks on wood* *tries not to pathologise my low-level tiredness*
Previous poll review
In the Reading speed poll, 55.8% of respondents estimate their reading speed as faster than average, which ha, is probably about right, or maybe on the low side given Dreamwidth's self-selection. One fifth of respondents went for "average", and 23.1% said "it would be faster if my so-called attention span didn't keep dropping out."
In ticky-boxes, raindrops (48.1%) came second to hugs (65.4%), followed by stripes waiting for a cat (44.2%). Thank you for your votes! ♥
Reading
Slowly listening to Borders of Infinity by Bujold, read by Grover Gardner with Andrew, mostly while doing the dishes.
The only thing I've read in text is a beginner story in Chinese about a stray cat who's found a home. It's sliiiightly above the "see Spot run" level, but not much.
Kdramas/Cdramas
We're watching the last two episodes of Miraculous Brothers tonight, and I'm really hoping it'll stick the landing. If it does, I might do a write-up. It's a good show, and I can see it appealing to people who aren't regular Kdrama-watchers too.
Still rewatching Love Scout with Pru. We're nearing the end.
And on my own, I'm watching The First Frost (Cdrama), which is pathologically repressed m/f roommates-to-lovers. Both of them are skittish for reasons, and I'm enjoying every tiny crumb of progress. I'm about halfway through. (Note: the leads are super pretty. There's probably AI-enhancement going on, blah, but I'm (thankfully) mostly oblivious to that and trying not to think about it.)
Other TV
Wow, it's been a month!! Not that we've been watching a huge amount, but still.
We finished Blocco 181 season 1 (gangs, drugs, interracial tension, m/m/f threesome), watched all of The Other Bennett Sister (really excellent! A+!) and The Tourist season 2 (Irish-Australian black comedy about a hitman with amnesia; season 1 is set in small-town Australia, and season 2 is set in Ireland), and have just started season 2 of Blocco 181 (so far plenty of gangs, drugs and interracial tension).
Sitcoms: Dinosaur (Glaswegian woman with autism and her sister), Fisk (socially awkward Australian and her law office), and People of Earth (support group for "alien experiencers," with Wyatt Cenac).
My sister and I are watching White Collar season 1, awwww.
Once we've finished Miraculous Brothers with our friend, I think we're going to try Legends (hapless customs agents vs drug traffickers in 1980s Britain).
Online life
I have five bursting-at-the-seams browser windows open, which is three too many. I'm going to give myself an amnesty and cull them. | Saw on Instagram a reference to Deepstash (socmed with factual content from books instead of AI slop). I think it was in an ad, though, so who knows? Anyone? It's paid, so I couldn't just give it a try. Not that I have time for another platform anyway. I'm already not quite keeping up with Dreamwidth (but almost). *waves to you all*
Writing/making things
I finished a flashfic (of the niche interest variety), and in the week since posting it have written approximately a dozen words of fiction, total. Like, I poked briefly at the "flashfic" I was writing before that, but mostly it's been rewatch comments and political submissions. Basically, writing and I are on a break. (But it's not long till
guardian_wishlist, at which point I'll want to get my head back in the game.)Life/health/mental state things
I got three political submissions in last week. The last one was just four paragraphs of yelling/scolding, but still.
I'm spending infinitely more time on my phone than I did pre-Chinese, and thanking the stars for my stylus. (Against the odds, I haven't lost it, but I did buy a back-up shaped like a pencil and another backup shaped like a ballpoint pen and incorporating a real ballpoint, a flashlight, and an alleged phone stand that doesn't work (but not a digital clock, because this isn't the 1980s) for $3.50 each, just in case.)
House/car
( State of car, storage/organising, and the oven saga continued. )
Language Learning
( Cut for length. )
Goals
One more political submission to go (graaaaar).
Get the oven in this year, and maybe re-carpet the living room(???).
Get my Chinese reading level up to Elementary by my birthday.
Link dump
Video clip from The Sheep Detectives on the nature of God (Tumblr, via a friend) | I'm sure there were other things I was going to put here, but I really want to get this posted.
Good things
Reading in a new-to-me language (magic!). Biking weather. The gradual imposition of order on my house. Andrew, Halle, my sister, my friends. Hope for the upcoming NZ election (it could go either way, so there is room for hope). TV-watching dates. A wealth of Asian media.
Poll #34804 Music listening habits
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45
Listening to music
View Answers
all the time
13 (28.9%)
most days
11 (24.4%)
sometimes / occasionally
12 (26.7%)
only incidentally / rarely
4 (8.9%)
only in specific settings (eg, car, walking, etc)
9 (20.0%)
other
1 (2.2%)
Background noise
View Answers
music
21 (46.7%)
tv or radio
7 (15.6%)
RL sounds dominate my soundscape (family, flatmates, animals, etc)
14 (31.1%)
podcasts / audiobooks
7 (15.6%)
I like quiet
25 (55.6%)
other
3 (6.7%)
Ticky-box full of
View Answers
having two or fewer streaming subscriptions
12 (27.3%)
fairies of the biting variety
11 (25.0%)
ferreting out the nuances of word usage
22 (50.0%)
lemons on the lemon tree
24 (54.5%)
hugs
36 (81.8%)
more hugs
39 (88.6%)
Navy Seal Copypasta (Internet meme): Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical, by Copypasta Sings.
Jul. 4th, 2026 03:02 pmfull_metal_ox posting in fancakeFandom: Navy Seal Copypasta (Internet meme): Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical, by Copypasta Sings.
Pairings/Characters: Self-insert OC.
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 287 words; 3:52
Content Notes: Unreality, stalking threats, death threats, Critical Research Failure (U.S. military), Lyrical Dissonance, macho edgelordship, profanity. The archived original 4chan forum discussion under the OP link gets even nastier.
Creator Links: Copypasta Sings:![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico)
copypastasings7991; the OP, for obvious reasons, remains ultra-classified.
Theme: Unreliable Narrator, Filk, Music, Non-AO3 Works, Social Media
Reccer's Notes: This trash-talking ßadass Boast by a Master of Gorilla (sic) Warfare and Top Army Sniper of the Navy SEALs has inspired a zillion adaptations and memetic mutations; dramatic readings have tended to the most gravelly depths-of-the-scrotum basso the speaker can muster.
Copypasta Sings takes it in a diametrically opposite direction, setting the lyrics to a sensitive singer-songwriter acoustic ballad.
Fanwork Links: Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZMbs5PC64
Pairings/Characters: Self-insert OC.
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 287 words; 3:52
Content Notes: Unreality, stalking threats, death threats, Critical Research Failure (U.S. military), Lyrical Dissonance, macho edgelordship, profanity. The archived original 4chan forum discussion under the OP link gets even nastier.
Creator Links: Copypasta Sings:
Theme: Unreliable Narrator, Filk, Music, Non-AO3 Works, Social Media
Reccer's Notes: This trash-talking ßadass Boast by a Master of Gorilla (sic) Warfare and Top Army Sniper of the Navy SEALs has inspired a zillion adaptations and memetic mutations; dramatic readings have tended to the most gravelly depths-of-the-scrotum basso the speaker can muster.
Copypasta Sings takes it in a diametrically opposite direction, setting the lyrics to a sensitive singer-songwriter acoustic ballad.
Fanwork Links: Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZMbs5PC64
Weekly chat reminder
Jul. 3rd, 2026 11:28 pmsnycock posting in ts_bluejunglePlease join us for the TS chat on Saturday, July 4th, at 7 pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/19:00 UTC. That could be as early as 12 noon if you’re on the west coast of North America, or 3 pm if you’re on the east coast, or 7 pm in the UK, or Sunday morning in Australia or New Zealand.
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.”
Due to the US holiday we’re postponing the episode watch to next week. For this week, let’s talk about how Jim and Blair would celebrate the Fourth of July.
See you there!
the 4th of July
Jul. 3rd, 2026 05:18 pmelaynaI was 12 in 1976, I remember the excitement of celebrating that the country was 200 years old. Everyone seemed united in joy. I don't remember specific events, I'm not sure if my family did anything, only the overwhelming enthusiasm for acknowledging the anniversary.
I don't feel any of that excitement this year. Most of the references, jokes, etc., about the 250th anniversary focus on whether we'll survive as a country. I share the stress and concern. Our government is doing many horrible things that violate what I understand to be our values.
And yet, I have to believe that we'll get through this disaster, that at some point, we'll again have a government that believes in protecting and supporting all of our people, not just the Epstein class of grifting oligarchs and pedophiles. I can't accept our future is all chaos and destruction, so my fingers are crossed and I keep writing postcards to voters.
For the love of our country and the entire world, please vote, and vote in a way that constructively stops Republican enablers of the orange felon getting elected. Please.
Anyway, my house is clean, food is ready to be prepped. There's a neighborhood parade tomorrow and I will get lunch from a food truck. Then 13 people (though my nephews are Swifties, so now 13 is a lucky number) will come to my house for dinner and fireworks. The cats will be trapped inside all day, which they won't like but will appreciate when the noise starts. It should be a nice day and I will be celebrating the future. I hope all Americans enjoy the holiday.
I don't feel any of that excitement this year. Most of the references, jokes, etc., about the 250th anniversary focus on whether we'll survive as a country. I share the stress and concern. Our government is doing many horrible things that violate what I understand to be our values.
And yet, I have to believe that we'll get through this disaster, that at some point, we'll again have a government that believes in protecting and supporting all of our people, not just the Epstein class of grifting oligarchs and pedophiles. I can't accept our future is all chaos and destruction, so my fingers are crossed and I keep writing postcards to voters.
For the love of our country and the entire world, please vote, and vote in a way that constructively stops Republican enablers of the orange felon getting elected. Please.
Anyway, my house is clean, food is ready to be prepped. There's a neighborhood parade tomorrow and I will get lunch from a food truck. Then 13 people (though my nephews are Swifties, so now 13 is a lucky number) will come to my house for dinner and fireworks. The cats will be trapped inside all day, which they won't like but will appreciate when the noise starts. It should be a nice day and I will be celebrating the future. I hope all Americans enjoy the holiday.