Write Every Day: Day 19
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sanguinityIntro/FAQ
My check-in: Made a continuous read-through and minor revision of the last four chapters of the longfic. It feels solid. I really, really hope my beta likes it.
Day 19:china_shop, sanguinity
Day 18:badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, dswdiane, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora
Day 17:badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora
Day 16:badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilme
When you check in, please use the most recent post and say what day(s) you’re checking in for. Remember you can drop in or out at any time, and let me know if I missed anyone!
My check-in: Made a continuous read-through and minor revision of the last four chapters of the longfic. It feels solid. I really, really hope my beta likes it.
Day 19:
china_shop, sanguinityDay 18:
badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, dswdiane, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadoraDay 17:
badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadoraDay 16:
badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilmeWhen you check in, please use the most recent post and say what day(s) you’re checking in for. Remember you can drop in or out at any time, and let me know if I missed anyone!
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fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #7044 ⌋
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vital functions
Apr. 19th, 2026 08:17 pmkaberettReading. She's A Beast: up to November 2024. (Does it count as book research? Maybe, possibly: I'm having a lot of thoughts about the extent to which exercise reduces versus increases risk of injuries.)
Writing. I've... added another section or, perhaps, done another rearrangement? I continue to make notes on the current special interest that is movement? I am... not managing focussed writing time.
Listening. Hidden Almanac! I had The Realisation that it would be a good thing to play while we were laminating infinite potions! We have Emerged from the Accursed Hole! The paper wasps do architecture!
Cooking. O V E N. Still v excited about this. More Kaiserschmarrn, and I am about to bake some bread, and additionally and furthermore I successfully added protein to noodles.
Eating. A celebratory burger for reaching a nice round number on a lift. I have subsequently achieved said nice round number on a second lift, but that one is being banked for The Future.
More fancy bakery treats. :)
Exploring. On Wednesday A gave me a lift into town, and then rather than getting the bus the rest of the way to the gym I decided I would wander. Thus I encountered the former Enfield Electrical Works, a delightful building, and also had a brief adventure through a park I had not previously met.
Making & mending. Have I woven in the ends on A's glove? HAHAHAHAHA.
Growing. I have managed several short trips to the plot! And the free agapanthus I acquired from a garden post in Salisbury is looking happy with its new living arrangements. There are many things I wish to sow and none that I have got around to.
Observing. MANY BIRDS: a goldfinch on a trip down to the bakery! Ducklings! Multiple families of baby coots! The Egyptian goslings are all now happy to Paddle Industriously!
Plantwise: there is a fascinating tulip in a garden near coots the first that I do not understand at all; it's lily-flowered, with very pointed petals, and it started out all white except for some tiny blotches of red on the very very tips. The surprising (to me) part is that as it has unfurled further the red has gradually spread down the petal edges, and it's now got this bright red rim feathering ever-so-slightly into the still-white main body of the petal. (I do have photos and might even manage to post them, but not tonight.) The wisteria are firmly on their way out; my cherry tree has finally finally flowered; the redcurrant and gooseberry are flowering, and the josta is setting fruit. It's warm. I'm enjoying it so much.
halves of nothing at the center of time
Apr. 19th, 2026 03:12 pmmusesfoolI realize I never followed up on the vanilla cupcakes and they did stay moist for 4 days in an airtight container and didn't get that weird texture where you can tell they're going bad, nor did they dry out, so. A++ on the hot milk method. So I am making them today, as well as my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe (it is actually a cake recipe but it makes 40 mini cupcakes as written) and then tomorrow I will make whipped ganache for the vanilla and vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream for the chocolate, and bring them to work on Tuesday, since one of my attorneys is pregnant, and this is likely the last time she'll be in the office with us until the fall. She was all, "no need to make a fuss!" but my boss was like, "Cupakes? :D :D :D" so of course, I was also like, "Cupcakes! :D :D :D"
*
Today's poem:
Mother, Kitchen
By Ouyang Jianghe
(Translated from the Chinese by Austin Woerner )
Where the immemorial and the instant meet, opening and distance appear.
Through the opening: a door, crack of light.
Behind the door, a kitchen.
Where the knife rises and falls, clouds gather, disperse.
A lightspeed joining of life and death, cut
in two: halves of a sun, of slowness.
Halves of a turnip.
A mother in the kitchen, a lifetime of cuts.
A cabbage cut into mountains and rivers,
a fish, cut along its leaping curves,
laid on the table
still yearning for the pond.
Summer's tofu
cut into premonitions of snow.
A potato listens to the onion-counterpoint
of the knife, dropping petals at its strokes:
self and thing, halves of nothing
at the center of time.
Where gone and here meet, the knife rises, falls.
But this mother is not holding a knife.
What she has been given is not a knife
but a few fallen leaves.
The fish leaps over the blade from the sea
to the stars. The table is in the sky now,
the market has been crammed into the refrigerator,
and she cannot open cold time.
***
*
Today's poem:
Mother, Kitchen
By Ouyang Jianghe
(Translated from the Chinese by Austin Woerner )
Where the immemorial and the instant meet, opening and distance appear.
Through the opening: a door, crack of light.
Behind the door, a kitchen.
Where the knife rises and falls, clouds gather, disperse.
A lightspeed joining of life and death, cut
in two: halves of a sun, of slowness.
Halves of a turnip.
A mother in the kitchen, a lifetime of cuts.
A cabbage cut into mountains and rivers,
a fish, cut along its leaping curves,
laid on the table
still yearning for the pond.
Summer's tofu
cut into premonitions of snow.
A potato listens to the onion-counterpoint
of the knife, dropping petals at its strokes:
self and thing, halves of nothing
at the center of time.
Where gone and here meet, the knife rises, falls.
But this mother is not holding a knife.
What she has been given is not a knife
but a few fallen leaves.
The fish leaps over the blade from the sea
to the stars. The table is in the sky now,
the market has been crammed into the refrigerator,
and she cannot open cold time.
***
Culinary
Apr. 19th, 2026 07:25 pmoursinThis week's bread: brown oatmeal loaf: strong brown flour, medium oatmeal, turned out a little dense and crust a little cracking, the yeast that was rather delayed in transit coming to the end of its useful life.
Saturday breakfast rolls: (fresh yeast acquired) brown grated apple, light spelt flour, molasses.
Today's lunch: chestnut mushrooms quartered in olive oil, when checking recipe in Claudia Roden's New Book of Middle Eastern Food spotted the adjacent recipe for sweet and sour okra - saute for 5 minutes in olive oil, add sugar, salt, pepper and lemon juice (as I had half a lime going spare I also added that) and a little water and simmer for 20 or so minutes, I also added half of a red bell pepper than was going spare (possibly rather younger okra would have been nicer but this turned out quite well); aubergine cuts into rounds, placed on oiled foil on grill and grilled (turning a few times) until tender (the recipe was a little optimistic as to how long this might take) and then splashed with teriyaki sauce mixed with ginger paste; served with couscous with raisins.
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Apr. 19th, 2026 08:26 amskygiantsI've been meaning for months to write up Knight Flower, the Joseon-era kdrama about a RESPECTABLE WIDOW BY DAY, VIGILANTE BY NIGHT who spends her days dutifully kneeling by her husband's portrait and serving her mother-in-law and her nights running around town in a black mask dispensing justice by the sword.
I enjoyed this drama very much, but it's kind of an odd beast -- it's genuinely interested in the awful constraints on Joseon's women's worlds and widow's worlds in particular and wants to explore that seriously, and it also wants have our heroine be extremely cool and fight off five guys in an alley every episode and toss off a one-liner about it, and it also wants our [middle-aged! widow!] heroine to be a charming sitcom naif who gets comically overcome by the sight of a man's midriff and is shocked! shocked! to learn about some of the various injustices going on in Joseon despite the fact that she's been wandering the streets dispensing vigilante justice for ten years. (They attempt to square some of this circle by virtue of the fact that our heroine's arranged husband was killed! by bandits! on his very wedding day! and so she has spent ten years dutifully mourning a man she never actually met, let alone slept with.)
And because Lee Hanee is a talented actress, she can almost more or less pull all of that off and make RESPECTABLE WIDOW SECRET VIGILANTE JO YEO-HWA a coherent character -- helped in large part by the various interesting women around her, including:
- Yeo-hwa's hard-nosed and cynical teenaged maid, whom Yeo-hwa rescued off the streets as a teenager, and who has spent her years since then in the single-minded pursuit of enough money for An Independent Place, which she is going to move into JUST as soon as her chaotic mistress to whom she is unfortunately absolutely loyal is Out Of This Fucking House and No Longer Doing This Stupid Vigilante Shit
- Yeo-hwa's mother-in-law, who holds Yeo-hwa harshly to the extremely narrow line of conduct allowed for widows [go nowhere; speak to no one; serve your husband's family; accept that it's an embarrassment for you to be alive when your husband is dead] and sees her largely as a walking reputational vector for the family -- but hey, at least she would never pressure Yeo-hwa to commit honorable suicide, like some other mother-in-laws-of-widows of their acquaintance, so that's something! In any other drama this character would be a cruel stereotype but in this drama she's played by Kim Mi-kyung with sympathy and complexity; she's the immediate bane of Yeo-hwa's life, and nonetheless she and Yeo-hwa have spent a decade bound together as family with a kind of affection, and Yeo-hwa understands perfectly well that her mother-in-law is also trapped by the only rules she knows
- Yeo-hwa's business partner and accomplice, a merchant whom Yeo-hwa also rescued on the streets and who has also spent the time since then like You Could Just Leave This Fucking House, I will prepare a fake identity for you, it won't be hard
- the main female villain, ( who is somewhat of a spoiler though this all starts to come out pretty early on )
Obviously Jo Yeo-hwa also has a love interest. He's an honorable baby cop who wants to fight corruption and also has a backstory tied up in the ten-years-ago political plot. He's completely fine. His older brother, an upright schemer who's been helping the virtuous king lay long-term plots to take back control from his evil ministers,* has an very cute B-plot bookstore romance with the cynical maid that I frankly found much more compelling in the glimpses of it that we got. More compelling yet ( is spoilers again! )
*there's nothing kdramas love more than a virtuous king who's trying to take back control from his evil ministers
I enjoyed this drama very much, but it's kind of an odd beast -- it's genuinely interested in the awful constraints on Joseon's women's worlds and widow's worlds in particular and wants to explore that seriously, and it also wants have our heroine be extremely cool and fight off five guys in an alley every episode and toss off a one-liner about it, and it also wants our [middle-aged! widow!] heroine to be a charming sitcom naif who gets comically overcome by the sight of a man's midriff and is shocked! shocked! to learn about some of the various injustices going on in Joseon despite the fact that she's been wandering the streets dispensing vigilante justice for ten years. (They attempt to square some of this circle by virtue of the fact that our heroine's arranged husband was killed! by bandits! on his very wedding day! and so she has spent ten years dutifully mourning a man she never actually met, let alone slept with.)
And because Lee Hanee is a talented actress, she can almost more or less pull all of that off and make RESPECTABLE WIDOW SECRET VIGILANTE JO YEO-HWA a coherent character -- helped in large part by the various interesting women around her, including:
- Yeo-hwa's hard-nosed and cynical teenaged maid, whom Yeo-hwa rescued off the streets as a teenager, and who has spent her years since then in the single-minded pursuit of enough money for An Independent Place, which she is going to move into JUST as soon as her chaotic mistress to whom she is unfortunately absolutely loyal is Out Of This Fucking House and No Longer Doing This Stupid Vigilante Shit
- Yeo-hwa's mother-in-law, who holds Yeo-hwa harshly to the extremely narrow line of conduct allowed for widows [go nowhere; speak to no one; serve your husband's family; accept that it's an embarrassment for you to be alive when your husband is dead] and sees her largely as a walking reputational vector for the family -- but hey, at least she would never pressure Yeo-hwa to commit honorable suicide, like some other mother-in-laws-of-widows of their acquaintance, so that's something! In any other drama this character would be a cruel stereotype but in this drama she's played by Kim Mi-kyung with sympathy and complexity; she's the immediate bane of Yeo-hwa's life, and nonetheless she and Yeo-hwa have spent a decade bound together as family with a kind of affection, and Yeo-hwa understands perfectly well that her mother-in-law is also trapped by the only rules she knows
- Yeo-hwa's business partner and accomplice, a merchant whom Yeo-hwa also rescued on the streets and who has also spent the time since then like You Could Just Leave This Fucking House, I will prepare a fake identity for you, it won't be hard
- the main female villain, ( who is somewhat of a spoiler though this all starts to come out pretty early on )
Obviously Jo Yeo-hwa also has a love interest. He's an honorable baby cop who wants to fight corruption and also has a backstory tied up in the ten-years-ago political plot. He's completely fine. His older brother, an upright schemer who's been helping the virtuous king lay long-term plots to take back control from his evil ministers,* has an very cute B-plot bookstore romance with the cynical maid that I frankly found much more compelling in the glimpses of it that we got. More compelling yet ( is spoilers again! )
*there's nothing kdramas love more than a virtuous king who's trying to take back control from his evil ministers
Women in SF&F Month: Week 4 Schedule & Week in Review
Apr. 19th, 2026 05:34 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
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The fifteenth annual Women in SF&F Month continues with three new guest posts coming up this week, starting with a new one tomorrow. Thank you so much to last week’s guests for another wonderful week of essays!
The new guest posts will be going up on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday this week, but before announcing the upcoming schedule, here are last week’s essays in case you missed any of them.
All guest posts from April 2026 can be found here, and last week’s guest posts were:
- “The Gods Made Me Do It: Spirituality and Autonomy in They Made Us Blood and Fury” — Cheryl S. Ntumy (They Made Us Blood and Fury, Black Friday: Stories from Africa) discussed gods and religion in her newly rereleased fantasy novel, as well as some of the questions she kept in mind when writing it.
- “Reclaiming space in the great outdoors” — E. J. Swift (When There Are Wolves Again, The Coral Bones) shared about her love of the natural world and how this relates to the ideas she explores in her two latest science fiction novels.
- “The Fate of the Eldest Daughter” — Tesia Tsai (Deathly Fates) discussed how being an eldest daughter impacts the women she writes and their growth.
There is a giveaway of two copies of Samantha Mills’s upcoming collection Rabbit Test and Other Stories: one print copy for a US reader and an ebook for someone outside the US. This closes at the end of the day on Monday, April 20, so there are only a couple of days left to enter!
And there are more guest posts coming up this week, starting tomorrow! This week’s essays are by:
April 20: Isabel J. Kim (Sublimation, “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole“)
April 22: Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, Siren Queen)
April 24: Sonia Tagliareni (Deathbringer)
Pimp: The Hunting Party (TV series) by flareonfury
Apr. 19th, 2026 10:46 amflareonfury posting in smallfandomfestNever did one of these fandom pimps before, unless you count me gushing about fandoms on my journal.... so without further ado, I give you:
What Is the Show About?
( A secret prison. A killer escape. The hunt is on...... )
Main Characters (don't worry no major spoilers!)
( the characters.... )
If you liked...
Mindhunter, Fringe, Criminal Minds, The Blacklist, and various other similar cop related shows, you'd probably enjoy this show. It's filled with light and dark moments.
Where can I find it?
( Read more... )
The Fandom?
( Read more... )
The Hunting Party
What Is the Show About?
( A secret prison. A killer escape. The hunt is on...... )
Main Characters (don't worry no major spoilers!)
( the characters.... )
If you liked...
Mindhunter, Fringe, Criminal Minds, The Blacklist, and various other similar cop related shows, you'd probably enjoy this show. It's filled with light and dark moments.
Where can I find it?
( Read more... )
The Fandom?
( Read more... )
In which there are notes on touristing old South Wales
Apr. 19th, 2026 05:37 pmspiralsheepCymru, notes on various places from west to east.
1. Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr had unusually high quality graffiti, with visual humour, often hidden away in less obvious places. Within walking distance of the station there are also the ruins of Newcastle Castle castle (no, not that Newcastle Castle castle) - the name makes more sense in Cymraeg as Y Castell Newydd (That New Castle). The pleasantest cafes were full and the roads had few cars even outside the pedestrianised town centre. My favourite experience was seeing a carrion crow I've nickname King Crow-nute due to his preference for standing in the middle of a three way road junction cawing loudly at slowly approaching cars and vans in a magnificent but also futile territorial display - he could fly so I have no idea why he wasn't showing off in the tall tree overhead? Anyway, have advised the locals to re-brand as Brigand to make the place sound more exciting - don't change the spelling, only the pronunciation.... ;-)
2. Rhoose Cardiff International Airport (Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws) is the railway station with the longest official name in the UK. It also has a level crossing and raised platforms (and not much else) from which a patient spotter could simultaneously see a train on the tracks, a plane overhead, an airport bus at the bus stop, and a ship on the sea, in addition to the usual cars and bikes and pedestrians.
3. The coast path between Rhws and Barry is, of course, very uphill both ways but also with many delightful views and places to rest briefly (including loos and a cafe at Porthkerry country park near the viaduct).
4a. Beware the swan lake in Knap Gardens near the seafront in Barry as the mute swans there are especially massive and insistent on being fed, and look as muscular as if they've been protein-loading on discarded burgers since they were signets. They all simultaneously got the incorrect impression, from the other end of the lake, that I might feed them and they took off flying towards me with much flapping and surprising speed. So much forward momentum, in fact, that four of them in close formation couldn't stop and WHOOSHED low enough over my head to unsettle my hair with their downdrafts, while their flocking friends waterskied to a halt at my feet producing tidal waves of displaced water. The GIANT swans then intimidated me by hissing, and attempted to mug me for food I didn't actually have! As I walked swiftly away I saw the swan gang harassing a group of much smaller and less aggressive Canada Geese!!
4b. There's an excellent Muppet mural on a wall near Barry Docks station that's briefly visible from the west side of the train. I should go and find it on foot.
5. From Y Garth / Garth Hill the views of surrounding hills and the Bristol Channel / Môr Hafren with its islands are splendid on a rare clear day. I refuse to entitle it Garth Mountain though, even after The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain. Well worth walking the circuit footpath around the summit as the changing views are possibly even better than from the top of the Bronze Age burial mound on the summit... if hills can be said to have summits. ;-)
6. Cardiff still has some good graffiti and murals. My faves remain the ? Kiwi ? birds flying with the assistance of bunches of balloons or jetpacks (and crash helmets - safety first, lol!).
7. To Ebbw Vale Parkway from Cardiff / Caerdydd by train is my favourite rail ride up the Valleys and I suggest sitting on the east side of the carriage for the best views.
8. I strongly advise against visiting medieval castles during school holidays if you intend to ascend any of the many high and narrow spiral stairways without suffering unexpected small children hurling themselves at you as if they're invincible balls and your legs are bowling pins (or go to the castles retrofitted with lifts, lol, such as Caernarfon). No, RLY.
1. Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr had unusually high quality graffiti, with visual humour, often hidden away in less obvious places. Within walking distance of the station there are also the ruins of Newcastle Castle castle (no, not that Newcastle Castle castle) - the name makes more sense in Cymraeg as Y Castell Newydd (That New Castle). The pleasantest cafes were full and the roads had few cars even outside the pedestrianised town centre. My favourite experience was seeing a carrion crow I've nickname King Crow-nute due to his preference for standing in the middle of a three way road junction cawing loudly at slowly approaching cars and vans in a magnificent but also futile territorial display - he could fly so I have no idea why he wasn't showing off in the tall tree overhead? Anyway, have advised the locals to re-brand as Brigand to make the place sound more exciting - don't change the spelling, only the pronunciation.... ;-)
2. Rhoose Cardiff International Airport (Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws) is the railway station with the longest official name in the UK. It also has a level crossing and raised platforms (and not much else) from which a patient spotter could simultaneously see a train on the tracks, a plane overhead, an airport bus at the bus stop, and a ship on the sea, in addition to the usual cars and bikes and pedestrians.
3. The coast path between Rhws and Barry is, of course, very uphill both ways but also with many delightful views and places to rest briefly (including loos and a cafe at Porthkerry country park near the viaduct).
4a. Beware the swan lake in Knap Gardens near the seafront in Barry as the mute swans there are especially massive and insistent on being fed, and look as muscular as if they've been protein-loading on discarded burgers since they were signets. They all simultaneously got the incorrect impression, from the other end of the lake, that I might feed them and they took off flying towards me with much flapping and surprising speed. So much forward momentum, in fact, that four of them in close formation couldn't stop and WHOOSHED low enough over my head to unsettle my hair with their downdrafts, while their flocking friends waterskied to a halt at my feet producing tidal waves of displaced water. The GIANT swans then intimidated me by hissing, and attempted to mug me for food I didn't actually have! As I walked swiftly away I saw the swan gang harassing a group of much smaller and less aggressive Canada Geese!!
4b. There's an excellent Muppet mural on a wall near Barry Docks station that's briefly visible from the west side of the train. I should go and find it on foot.
5. From Y Garth / Garth Hill the views of surrounding hills and the Bristol Channel / Môr Hafren with its islands are splendid on a rare clear day. I refuse to entitle it Garth Mountain though, even after The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain. Well worth walking the circuit footpath around the summit as the changing views are possibly even better than from the top of the Bronze Age burial mound on the summit... if hills can be said to have summits. ;-)
6. Cardiff still has some good graffiti and murals. My faves remain the ? Kiwi ? birds flying with the assistance of bunches of balloons or jetpacks (and crash helmets - safety first, lol!).
7. To Ebbw Vale Parkway from Cardiff / Caerdydd by train is my favourite rail ride up the Valleys and I suggest sitting on the east side of the carriage for the best views.
8. I strongly advise against visiting medieval castles during school holidays if you intend to ascend any of the many high and narrow spiral stairways without suffering unexpected small children hurling themselves at you as if they're invincible balls and your legs are bowling pins (or go to the castles retrofitted with lifts, lol, such as Caernarfon). No, RLY.
AO3 collections for VidUKon 2026
Apr. 19th, 2026 06:16 pmcondnsdmlk posting in vidukon_cardiffIf you're premiering a vid at this year's con, we have two unrevealed AO3 collections you can add your vids to:
Premieres collection – for vids premiering in the Premieres show. Will be revealed once the Premiers show is live.
Themed premieres collection – for vids premiering outside of the Premieres show. Will be revealed after the con.
Premieres collection – for vids premiering in the Premieres show. Will be revealed once the Premiers show is live.
Themed premieres collection – for vids premiering outside of the Premieres show. Will be revealed after the con.
vignettes
Apr. 19th, 2026 11:33 ammarycatelliThis week's prompt is:
fuel 🪵
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
fuel 🪵
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
O sons and daughters, let us sing!
Apr. 19th, 2026 11:11 ammarycatelliAlleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
O sons and daughters, let us sing!
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Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
O sons and daughters, let us sing!
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Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Nomination Clarifications 3
Apr. 19th, 2026 07:56 amflowing_river posting in whumpexAll nominations have been reviewed at this time. If your nominations were rejected due to incorrect formatting, please read the previous post to see how to get your corrected nominations added to the tagset.
Please reply to this post with your clarifications by April 21st at 8PM PST. Nominations that are not clarified will not be accepted to the tagset.
Leech - Hiron Ennes
Solo: Hurt The Institute (Leech) - Is "The Insititute" a distinct, individual character or a group? If it is group that is a recognizable and established set of 6 or less characters, could the nominator list out who would be part of the group and reformat this as a group nomination rather then a solo nomination? Otherwise, could the nominator chose specific characters they would be interested in seeing from "The Institute".
The Other Side of Paradise - Glass Animals (Music Video)
Dave Bayley & Dave Bayley Clones (TOSOP) (Any Hurt) - Is "Dave Bayley Clones" a recognizable and established set of 6 or less characters? If so could the nominator list out who would be part of the group? Otherwise, could the nominator chose specific characters paired with Dave Bayley they would be interested in seeing from "Dave Bayley Clones"? "Original Dave Bayley Clone Character" would also be an accepted character as part of the relationship tag.
Original Work
Older Female CEO/Younger Plump & Curvy Female Employee who wears glasses (OW) (Hurt Employee) - We are not accepting mixed nominations this round (i.e. relationship tags with both / and & in them). Please reply if there is a relationship tag with only / or & you would be interested in seeing instead.
Hadestown - Mitchell
Eurydice & The Fates (Hadestown) (Hurt Eurydice) - Is "The Fates" a recognizable and established set of 6 or less characters? If so could the nominator list out who would be part of the group? Otherwise, could the nominator chose specific character(s) to pair with Eurydice they would be interested in seeing from "The Fates"?
Star Trek: The Original Series (TV)
James T. Kirk/Spock & Saavik (Star Trek: TOS) (Hurt Saavik) - We are not accepting mixed nominations this round (i.e. relationship tags with both / and & in them). Please reply if there is a relationship tag with only / or & you would be interested in seeing instead.
Final Fantasy X
Anima/Seymour Guado (FFX Series) (Hurt Anima) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Anima/Seymour Guado (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Anima) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Auron/Jecht (FFX Series) (Hurt Auron) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Auron/Jecht (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Auron) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Seymour Guado/Tidus (FFX Series) (Hurt Tidus) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Seymour Guado/Tidus (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Tidus) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Seymour Guado/Yuna (FFX Series) (Hurt Yuna) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Seymour Guado/Yuna (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Yuna) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Yuna/Yunalesca (FFX Series) (Hurt Yuna) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Yuna/Yunalesca (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Yuna) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Final Fantasy XII
Bergan/Ghis (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Bergan) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Drace/Fran (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Fran) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Drace/Vayne Carudas Solidor (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Drace) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Ghis/Halim Ondore IV (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Ghis) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Halim Ondore IV/Basch fon Ronsenburg (Ivalice Alliance) Hurt Basch) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Reddas/Zargabaath (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Reddas) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Vossler York Azelas/Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca/Basch fon Ronsenburg (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Basch) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
The Secret World
Solo: Hurt Player Character (The Secret World) - According to the Ao3 canonicals, there are specific player characters like "Dragon Player Character", "Illuminati Player Character", and "Templar Player Character". Could the nominator please chose a specific version of the player character they are interested in requesting?
Solo: The test subject from the Vali floors of Orochi Tower (The Secret World) - Is this character a distinct, individual character and would this description be recognizable to anyone who has consumed this canon? Additionally, could this character's name be condensed to something like "Vali Floors of Orochi Tower's Test Subject"?
Feel free to comment on this post or email us with your clarifications!
Please reply to this post with your clarifications by April 21st at 8PM PST. Nominations that are not clarified will not be accepted to the tagset.
Leech - Hiron Ennes
Solo: Hurt The Institute (Leech) - Is "The Insititute" a distinct, individual character or a group? If it is group that is a recognizable and established set of 6 or less characters, could the nominator list out who would be part of the group and reformat this as a group nomination rather then a solo nomination? Otherwise, could the nominator chose specific characters they would be interested in seeing from "The Institute".
The Other Side of Paradise - Glass Animals (Music Video)
Dave Bayley & Dave Bayley Clones (TOSOP) (Any Hurt) - Is "Dave Bayley Clones" a recognizable and established set of 6 or less characters? If so could the nominator list out who would be part of the group? Otherwise, could the nominator chose specific characters paired with Dave Bayley they would be interested in seeing from "Dave Bayley Clones"? "Original Dave Bayley Clone Character" would also be an accepted character as part of the relationship tag.
Original Work
Older Female CEO/Younger Plump & Curvy Female Employee who wears glasses (OW) (Hurt Employee) - We are not accepting mixed nominations this round (i.e. relationship tags with both / and & in them). Please reply if there is a relationship tag with only / or & you would be interested in seeing instead.
Hadestown - Mitchell
Eurydice & The Fates (Hadestown) (Hurt Eurydice) - Is "The Fates" a recognizable and established set of 6 or less characters? If so could the nominator list out who would be part of the group? Otherwise, could the nominator chose specific character(s) to pair with Eurydice they would be interested in seeing from "The Fates"?
Star Trek: The Original Series (TV)
James T. Kirk/Spock & Saavik (Star Trek: TOS) (Hurt Saavik) - We are not accepting mixed nominations this round (i.e. relationship tags with both / and & in them). Please reply if there is a relationship tag with only / or & you would be interested in seeing instead.
Final Fantasy X
Anima/Seymour Guado (FFX Series) (Hurt Anima) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Anima/Seymour Guado (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Anima) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Auron/Jecht (FFX Series) (Hurt Auron) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Auron/Jecht (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Auron) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Seymour Guado/Tidus (FFX Series) (Hurt Tidus) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Seymour Guado/Tidus (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Tidus) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Seymour Guado/Yuna (FFX Series) (Hurt Yuna) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Seymour Guado/Yuna (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Yuna) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Yuna/Yunalesca (FFX Series) (Hurt Yuna) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Yuna/Yunalesca (Final Fantasy X Series) (Hurt Yuna) - "Final Fantasy X Series" has it's own canonical fandom tag (as a metatag for "Final Fantasy X"). Can the nominator clarify if they are interested in fanworks for "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X Series"? The nomination will be updated accordingly.
Final Fantasy XII
Bergan/Ghis (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Bergan) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Drace/Fran (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Fran) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Drace/Vayne Carudas Solidor (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Drace) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Ghis/Halim Ondore IV (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Ghis) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Halim Ondore IV/Basch fon Ronsenburg (Ivalice Alliance) Hurt Basch) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Reddas/Zargabaath (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Reddas) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
Vossler York Azelas/Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca/Basch fon Ronsenburg (Ivalice Alliance) (Hurt Basch) - Is there a reason why this nomination is disambiguated with "Ivalice Alliance" rather then "Final Fantasy XII" or "FF XII"? Can the disambiguation be updated to match the fandom this tag was nominated under?
The Secret World
Solo: Hurt Player Character (The Secret World) - According to the Ao3 canonicals, there are specific player characters like "Dragon Player Character", "Illuminati Player Character", and "Templar Player Character". Could the nominator please chose a specific version of the player character they are interested in requesting?
Solo: The test subject from the Vali floors of Orochi Tower (The Secret World) - Is this character a distinct, individual character and would this description be recognizable to anyone who has consumed this canon? Additionally, could this character's name be condensed to something like "Vali Floors of Orochi Tower's Test Subject"?
Feel free to comment on this post or email us with your clarifications!