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([personal profile] aurumcalendula Mar. 6th, 2026 10:42 pm)
The Xena fanvid VHS arrived safely!

There's 30 fanvids on it (~2 hours of time in total)

Most don't have vidders listed.

I think it might be a mix of VCR and digital vids (there's some with effects and/or fanart included) and I think the tape is from sometime after 2001 (since there's footage of the finale in some vids).

Some (not all) have significant horizontal pink and green lines - I'm wondering if that's from the VHS or the footage in those vids (and/or a result of me initially having the VCR set on LP instead of SP).

I have a DVD-R of it recorded in LP quality and I'm recording one in SP quality.

list of vids )
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([personal profile] conuly Mar. 6th, 2026 09:15 pm)
I'm worried I lost my kindle when I misplaced my red bag in which everything is. Well, not everything, but perhaps my kindle. Or maybe not. My kindle might be under my bed. If it's not under my bed, I'll have to replace it sooner or later. I'm a bit wary of looking and finding out one way or another.

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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith posting in [community profile] common_nature Mar. 6th, 2026 09:28 pm)
Today was unseasonably warm and sunny, so I took pictures around the yard. The first few are from indoors, then the rest are the house yard.

Walk with me ... )
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([personal profile] adafrog posting in [community profile] fandom_checkin Mar. 6th, 2026 07:20 pm)
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #34333 Daily poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 12

How are you doing?

I am okay
7 (58.3%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
5 (41.7%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
4 (33.3%)

One other person
6 (50.0%)

More than one other person
2 (16.7%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
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([personal profile] sarajayechan posting in [community profile] fandom_icons Mar. 6th, 2026 07:28 pm)
[47x] Xenoblade Chronicles (Rex, Pyra, Mythra, Nia)
[65x] Hazbin Hotel (Angel Dust)
[35x] RWBY (Blake/Yang)

Teasers:


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([personal profile] case posting in [community profile] fandomsecrets Mar. 6th, 2026 06:37 pm)

⌈ Secret Post #7000 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #999.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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([personal profile] marycatelli Mar. 6th, 2026 06:11 pm)
Seven characters.

Each one has to have a different favorite elemental attack.

I hit the climax and realize that here, there is no evading it.

So I have to backtrack through the story to figure out which each one did.

sigh Better notes needed.
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([personal profile] muccamukk Mar. 6th, 2026 02:49 pm)

I guess the joint tour is going well. This is the most wholesome fucking shit I've ever seen.
Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 11 by Waco Ioka

And so we begin in medias res -- spoilers ahead for the earlier versions

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I was supposed to finish the February Challenge Stuff I Love: Top Ten Edition by [personal profile] dreamersdare in February, but I'm a fuck up lol
Challenge 3: Make a Top Ten list for your favourite music picks and share what you love about them.

My Top 10 current favourite albums, in no particular order:


1. A Fever You Can't Sweat Out by Panic! At The Disco


It still baffles me that such a groundbreaking album was made by teenagers. At their age, I was partying and getting drunk every week, not producing a quadruple-platinum-certified album lol. I love so many things about it, but if I could choose just one, it would be Ryan’s lyricism. He has such a way with words - it’s mind-blowing. Time to Dance will always be one of my favourite songs, both lyrically and instrumentally. Also, I Write Sins Not Tragedies and its music video hold a special place in my heart - it was one of the first I ever saw on TV (I remember asking my stepbrother the name of “that videoclip where a woman kisses a guy and ends up with smudged lipstick” lmao).

2. Infinity On High by Fall Out Boy

Lyrically, this is one of my favourite FOB albums (THANK YOU, PETE WENTZ). I love that it keeps elements of their earlier works, but also goes beyond that. That's one of the things I most like about the band - they never stay on their comfort zone. This is also why I adore Folie à Deux too (I almost put it on the list). Btw, I have a fond childhood memory attached to IOH. My father had a PS2 with SingStar, which is a karaoke game. One of the songs available was This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race. Needless to say, I was hooked. Patrick's vocals... ugh... I love him.

3. Born This Way by Lady Gaga

11-year-old me was SHOOK when this came out (and very grateful for my mother's lack of English knowledge lol). This is bold, innovative, thought-provoking - basically everything I value when it comes to art. BTW was also crucial for me to accept myself as bisexual. Back then, outside the Little Monster bubble, I had practically no support.

4. The Family Jewels by Marina

Listening to the album when I was a teenager certainly changed my brain chemistry. I remember thinking Marina (then Marina and the Diamonds) was the only person who could truly get me lol. I'm too insecure and have family issues, therefore each song is basically my anthem. Oh No! will always be one of my favourites, since I'm someone who feels like they're the worst, but (sometimes) acts like they're the best.

5. Virgin by Lorde

This album perfectly sums up my struggles with womanhood and adulthood. These past few years, navigating all of that has been tough... I'm a grown woman, but I don't feel like one, ya know? It's refreshing to be able to relate so deeply to someone else's experience. And the fact that Lorde is only a bit older than me, living authentically and putting this raw truth into her music, makes me feel like I’m going to be okay.

6. Splinter by Sneaker Pimps

I’ve been a Chris Corner fangirl for ages, so it’s no surprise Sneaker Pimps are among my favourites. NME’s review of Splinter got it right - the lyrics are “strangely meaningful without saying anything,” and the album is “as compelling as it is claustrophobic.” Most people prefer Kelli Ali’s vocals, but I relate more to the emotional vulnerability in his voice. This is the type of music I play when I want to take a moment to be contemplative and melancholic.

7. Fanfare by Dorian Electra

I absolutely love Dorian Electra and was lucky enough to attend two concerts from the Fanfare World Tour (plus their after-parties). At the second one, I actually met them, and it was honestly one of the best moments of my life. Dorian is such a nice person, really. I told them how much I loved the Idolize remix that Count Baldor produced for the Brazilian after-party, and they sent him a video of me asking for it to be released lol (spoiler: it was never officially released). Anyway, this post isn’t about how I met Dorian Electra - it’s about Fanfare. I just love the concept, since parasocial relationships really fascinate me, and I find the visual identity of this era incredibly consistent and compelling.

8. Live Through This by Hole

Yeah, I know, Courtney Love can be awful, but Hole’s sound is irresistible, and her screams are pure therapy. I was deep into grunge and riot grrrl as a teen, so of course I love this album. It fills me with righteous, chaotic female rage - which is good.

9. Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos by Otto

Who knew Otto getting cheated on by Alessandra Negrini would lead to one of my favorite albums? Kafka references + Brazilian rhythms = eargasm. I must say that Crua is absolutely one of my all-time favorite songs.

10. Almost Here by The Academy Is...

I love pop‑punk, so naturally, I love this album. It’s pure nostalgia - I can’t even explain it. It takes me back to better days, when I was still figuring myself out but somehow happier. Also, I might be slightly obsessed with William Beckett (you can probably tell from my profile picture).
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([personal profile] immortalje posting in [community profile] dailyicons Mar. 6th, 2026 09:58 pm)

Today's prompt is: two toned



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([personal profile] hrj Mar. 6th, 2026 11:57 am)
I prefer not to duplicate content on multiple platforms, largely through laziness. And I tend to assume that if people are interested in the content I post on a particular platform, they'll follow me on that platform.

That said, I'm posting a couple of multi-part long-form essays over at my Alpennia.com blog that people might possibly be interested in.

One is an 8-part series presenting and analyzing the primary source material on 18th century pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, in addition to presenting and analyzing the narratives about them in the General History of the Pirates. This is part of my usual Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog.

The other will be a 16-part series entitled The Theory of Related-ivity: A History and Analysis of the Best Related Work Hugo Category. If you were the sort of fannish data nerd who enjoy the article Charting the Cliff that Camestros Felapton and I wrote a couple years ago, this may also be your thing. Related-ivity will also be mirrored on File 770. (I haven't started posting this one yet.)

So you have several ways of reading, if that's something you want to do. I'd love it if you read (and commented) at the Alpennia.com blog. The blog also has a RSS feed here at Dreamwidth but I have no way of being notified about comments on it. And, as noted, Related-ivity will also appear on File 770 (where you can also comment) but obviously the LHMP series won't appear there. It occurs to me that, given that the RSS feed on Dreamwidth doesn't like image files, it's probably a poor choice for Related-ivity, since you won't be able to see the figures and tables.

Why is life so complicated?
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([personal profile] smallhobbit Mar. 6th, 2026 07:40 pm)
A couple of weeks ago I bought two potted plants, which have since come into full flower


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([personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] get_knitted Mar. 6th, 2026 07:26 pm)

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: What is a craft that you tried but abandoned?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!



I had to catch the bus home after work on Tuesday, instead of my regular train, but this longer, more frustrating journey was made somewhat enjoyable by the conversation two teenage boys were having behind me. They began the trip updating their respective mothers over the phone that they were going to be late home (with many repeated 'love you Mum! Yeah, love you Mum!' and so on), then pivoted to the epic online sleuthing they had undertaken when one of their friends claimed to have a new girlfriend but only provided photographic evidence of this ('It was so easy! All I had to do was reverse image-search the photo and it was obvious he'd just taken photos of a random girl on Instagram and Pinterest!'), then pivoted to the sort of inane philosophising that teenagers think is deep ('Religion is obviously just a tool for social control ... all wars in history were started because of religion — apart from economic wars'), and finally, having exhausted all other lines of conversation, started talking about how much they loved cheese and just naming different types of cheese ('Halloumi!' 'Gouda!' 'Do you know you can make your own mozzarella?' and so on).

I found the whole thing kind of endearing, and it certainly provided entertainment over the course of the 50-minute bus ride.

I never use headphones in public spaces as I like to stay alert, so I have overheard the most ridiculous things over the years, including:

  • A woman updating one of her friends about a family member who had just been released from prison

  • A guy spending the entire hour-long train ride from Cambridge to London instructing his letting agent on how to make a legal case for evicting a tenant from his property

  • A guy spending the entire Cambridge-London train ride talking through various complex financial market trades he was making

  • A young guy explaining to his girlfriend (I was sitting across from them on one of those sets of four seats around a table) that his afternoon had involved a) stealing a car, b) being chased by police as he attempted to steal said car, c) crashing the car in the police car chase and getting injured, d) the police attempting to take him to the emergency department at the hospital but refusing to go ('The car owner decided not to press charges, so I said to the police that if they weren't arresting me I didn't want to go with them to hospital') — all at absolute top volume such that the entire crowded carriage could hear every single word


  • I have also overheard so many specialist doctors call up their colleagues and convey huge amounts of sensitive patient information over the phone, in the reception area of our library, seemingly oblivious to the fact that a person sitting at a reception desk is actually a human being with functioning ears.

    I find it absolutely excruciating to talk over the phone in public — anything more than arranging meeting times/places or letting someone know I'm running late and I'll basically immediately tell the person that I'll call them back when I'm at home — so it's always mind-boggling to me the amount of highly personal stuff that some people feel comfortable discussing at top volume in crowded public transport.

    So, my question for this week's open thread: what is the strangest thing you've ever overheard on public transport?
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    ([personal profile] aurumcalendula Mar. 6th, 2026 11:35 am)
    I was watching [personal profile] killabeez's awesome Special Ops: Lioness fanvid the other day, and now I have a bit of a vidbunny for a different fandom.

    Any idea if there's a cover of Can't Help Falling in Love with a similar vibe, but with a male vocalist? (there's a ton of covers of it, but I haven't found one that fits what I'm looking for yet)
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