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Title: The Investment
Author: pairatime
Fandom: Hit The Floor (tv)
Pairing/Characters: Jude/Zero & Laura
Rating/Category: PG
Prompt: Jude secretly contacts Laura
Spoilers: Season 3. Who Laura is.
Summary: Jude sets up a meeting to talk with Laura to find out why.
Notes/Warnings: This is a follow up to The Letter but all you really need to know is Jude sent Laura a few letters, she returned them.

Link:AO3

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fandomweekly

Title: New Year, New Start
Fandom: Torchwood
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: The New Year has just begun, but Torchwood Three are still trying to sort themselves out after the events of the previous year.
Word Count: 1000
Written For: Prompt 285 – Fresh Start.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters. They belong to the BBC.

( New Year, New Start... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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smallfandomfest

Title:Cookies and Clean-up
Author: pairatime
Fandom: Shelter (2007)
Pairing/Characters: Zach/Shaun & Cody
Rating/Category: PG
Prompt: They make a mess of the kitchen while baking cookies for Cody’s class (or author’s choice), but Zach and Shaun have fun cleaning up after Cody’s in bed
Spoilers: The movie
Summary: Shaun helps Cody make cookies, Zach and Shaun talk after.

Link:AO3

lebateleur

Challenge #1

The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

I really enjoy seasonal observances. August through New Year's Day is full of them and then...nothing, which is one reason why I look forward to

snowflake_challenge each year. I also love being fannish about things. That's harder to do once the yearly grind picks up around March and offline obligations start to eat up much of my energy, so if nothing else, I can get a little dose of fannishness in at the start of the year, and hopefully keep that energy going through the next 11 months.

two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

これで以上です。

squidgestatus

I think we've finally uncovered the last issue ::knock wood::

First off, a couple of months back, some of the internal components of SquidgeWorld failed, and we had to move the drives and RAM to a new piece of hardware. That hardware, while slower, was working fine until the internal disk drive became corrupted - so earlier this week we ran through a disk correction, which led to a database file corruption and then cleanup.

Then yesterday things started to go pear-shaped again, and subsystems like the search function started to crash. After a bit of diagnosing, it appears that not only had that hardware fan gone bad, but it corrupted the RAM chips as well. Those RAM chips seemed to work for the most part, but during some of the intense processing, would bomb the entire server.

So this morning we've replaced the RAM chips and brought the Archive back up. And so far ::knock wood:: things appear to be working just fine.

Because we should (at least theoretically) be good now, I've also re-enabled Downloads. Give the server a little try and let me know if you find anything hinky.

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lebateleur

These have turned into more of a record of how duo keeps resetting my progress in these courses rather than my progress itself. On the other hand, it is interesting to have a record of how that enshittification plays out month over month, as 30+ minutes of daily practice each month results in less "progress" through each lesson that I'd recorded the month before.

Chinese — Finished 1/9 of Rookie Unit 8; legendary through Rookie Unit 3
Dutch — Finished 1/2 of Explorer Unit 3; legendary through Rookie Unit 6
Gaelic — Finished 1/3 of Explorer Unit 14; legendary through the Explorer Unit 10
Hindi — Finished 4/5 of Unit 1; backburnered to focus on the letters
Indonesian — Finished Explorer Unit 17; legendary through Explorer Unit 10
Japanese — Finished Trailblazer Unit 4; legendary through Traveler Unit 20
Korean — Finished 1/3 of Rookie Unit 6; legendary through Rookie Unit 5
Latin — Finished 1/3 of Rookie Unit 6
Manx — Finished lesson 9 of the Loayr Gaelg 2 textbook
Welsh — Finished 1/3 of Rookie Unit 6; legendary through Rookie Unit 3

これで以上です。

anne

My watching buddy and I binged the first 24 episodes in something like two days, then hit the Netflix wall and had to wait for the last four episodes. We finished the last two yesterday. Verdict: it's the second-best revenge drama I've seen. (Obviously Nirvana in Fire is the best. Not being as good as NiF isn't an insult.) I need to rewatch to see if they left breadcrumbs for some of the twists, but I think they actually did.

Comparisons to NiF are inevitable because Liu Yijun (Xie-houye) and Wang Jinsong (Yan-houye) have big meaty roles in this one too. And they're SO good. Cheng Yi does a stellar job of being quietly unhinged. There's a usurping gege and a huangdidi (<--please laugh, I'm so proud of that). Face-changing! Betrayals! Women just doing their jobs! And unlike a lot of shows where the conflict is "oh those horrible steppe barbarians vs Us, the Noble People of the Central Plains"...there's no genocide. There are war crimes and torture, mostly on the steppe side because it's still a mainland drama, but no culture gets wiped out, and the point of the show is that power for power's sake is bad, actually.

anne

Last night I watched what I believe to be a pinnacle of the vertical-drama form: https://mydramalist.com/782382-define-your-style

Mistreated real da-xiaojie gets left at the altar and decides to keep her one-night-stand in style. Hilarity ensues! The ML, Liang Si Wei, was also in the three others I watched this week. He seems to specialize in playing wifeguys, which is great, and I think he has a Ryan Cheng Lei clause in his contract requiring him to take off his shirt at least once every ten minutes. (This is not a complaint.) I gather from Mydramalist that the novel this is based on has been adapted A LOT, so I might need to investigate further. There's even a historical version where the domineering CEO has become the crown prince! So that's my "brain has melted" watching sorted for the immediate future.

The keyword, for the curious, seems to be "jiejie romance."

scrubjayspeaks

As mentioned previously, I don’t use streaming music services. So I do a DIY end-of-year wrap-up for my music listening. Obviously, I listened to music I already owned as well, but this is the highlight reel of the year’s new purchases.

I feel like this summary could just be a copy-paste from last year: more instrumental music, less pulled from the classics I missed in my youth. A lot of musicians I love had new albums this year, so I spent a fair amount of time listening to very current music.

I had a lot of weird one-offs, often found via poking around on Bandcamp. I often found that while I liked them enough to buy and listen to the whole thing, the albums did not tend to stick for me. That's okay--I know I sometimes come back to music years later and rediscover it when I'm ready. I don't mind.

Top album of the year was, without question, Djo's The Crux. If other albums this year lacked in stickiness, it's because this album was goddamn flypaper. The longer I listened, the more I got out of it, circling back around to tracks that didn't immediately grab me and suddenly finding something to love.

New albums* heard: 64--down yet again, I had fewer multi-album weeks, in part because I bought fewer short/light albums that needed to be bundled to make enough for a week's listening
*(discretely purchased music items, includes singles, EPs, and other short forms along with “full” albums)

Contributing artists: 54 (not counting multi-artist compilations)--same as last year

Oldest album: An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, 1972

Newest album: Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan (The Mountain Goats, November 7, 2025)

Top artists by albums: Louie Zong continues to lead in this category with four albums, but this wasn't a big year for me to dive deep into the back catalogs

Most repeated albums: Even In Arcadia (Sleep Token), This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway (Lola Young), The Crux (Djo), Coydog (Carter Vail)

Tracks of note: Stunner (Carter Vail), Nervous Dancer (Louie Zong), Anoana (Heilung), We Will All Go Together When We Go (Tom Lehrer), March of Cambreadth (Alexander James Adams), Charlie's Garden (Djo), Alibi (Hurray For The Riff Raff), Factories In Heaven (The Scoffs), SCRAP HEAP (Louie Zong)

Current Mood: cheerful

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larryhammer

With Yuletide authorships revealed, I can admit that I wrote a crossover between two very Welsh literary artifacts, both requested by the recipient. One is technically a verse closet drama and the other a technically-prose radio drama, but they are remarkably consonant in style and substance. Maybe because they were both written by Welsh Modernist poets, though that both are set by seaside also helped:

Behind Stars and Under Hills (1551 words) by lnhammer
Fandom: Ballad of the Mari Lwyd - Vernon Watkins, Under Milk Wood (Radio)
Characters: Captain Cat, Rosie Probert, Mr Ogmore, Mr Pritchard, Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard
Additional Tags: Welsh Folklore, solstice rituals, Dreams, Ghosts, Inspired by Poetry, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Mild Sexual Content, faux Dylan Thomas, honestly faux Dylan Thomas ought to be an archive warning
Summary: The Dead return. Those Exiles carry her, they who seem holy and have put on corruption, they who seem corrupt and have put on holiness.

They strain against the door on a moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.

Basically it’s the dead characters of Under Milk Wood bring the Mari Lwyd to Llareggub.* The tag “faux Dylan Thomas” is, I feel, obligatory,** but so is the confession that I did steal some passages of real Thomas to prop up my fake tissue. There’s not much to the story aside from bringing out the consonance of the two works, but weaving together the two fibers was fun.

Fwiw I was matched on “Ballad of the Mari Lwyd,” and if you’re not familiar with it, here’s a copy.

* Which, remember, is “bugger all” backwards.
** It is not sociable to thrust Dylan Thomas, cod or kosher, upon people without warning.

---L.

Subject quote from Freedom, Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar.

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sid_guardian

For Yuletide, I wrote for Zhu Yilong's Thermos "Flower Series" commercials - if you're not familiar with them, they're worth a watch! Here's a playlist with most of them (though the first video is a bit atypical), and here's one more commercial.

Here's what I wrote (I talk a bit more about it on my journal, in case you're interested):

One story for the "Flower Series" commercials - this features Zhu Yilong's character as a dragon, and a white cat whose human form I imagined as played by Bai Yu::
Heart-Seed, Heart-Flower (8,465 words)
Fandom: Thermos "Flower Series" Commercials
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Characters: Zhu Yilong's Character (Thermos "Flower Series" Commercials), White Cat (Thermos "Flower Series" Commercials)
Content Tags: Magic Flowers, Magic Waters, Dragons, Cats, Shape-Shifters, Multiple Worlds, Lonely Wanderers, Magical Quests, Saving Worlds with a Magic Bottle

Summary:

The bottle was plain and unadorned, the lotus pattern that would have signalled the success of his quest nowhere in evidence.

He'd failed.
And one Guardian crossover for the above (a Guardian canon divergence/fix-it for the ending):
Dragon of Flowers, Dragon of the City (2,275 words)
Fandoms: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), Thermos "Flower Series" Commercials
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Characters: Da Qing, Zhu Yilong's Thermos Character, Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei, SID team
Content Tags: Canon Divergence (for Guardian), Episode Related, Episode 37, Fix-It, Hallows Shenanigans, The Wick of the Guardian Lantern, Magical Flowers, Cross-dimensional Wanderers, Saving Worlds with a Magic Bottle, Dragon City is named after a dragon

Summary:

Lao-Zhao leaned forward, resting an elbow on a knee. "I thought you got all your memories back."

"Yeah, yeah." Da Qing waved a hand in the air, dismissively. "Not remember like 'I don't know my past', remember like 'where did I put my keys'. Except not my keys."

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goodbyebird

+ Two days into the new year, two episodes into season 1 of The X-Files. I know we all agree Gillian Anderson is hot stuff, but are we talking about it enough?? Also, I remember being very annoyed at Scully's reluctance to believe in the supernatural as the show went on, given how much she'd experienced by then, but WOW does she have the patience of a saint in the beginning. Mulder is lucky he's cute. Also also, they really did smoosh these two together like a pair of dolls they wanted to kiss right from the start. Shippers must have been eating the wallpaper by episode five.

Can't wait for less UFOs, more bizarre horror cases.

+ Went to the local mall with my mom today, and I am now the proud owner of a 50% off memory foam pillow. Fingers crossed I vibe with it.

+ While my mom was looking for things for her calendar, I happened to spy a shiny new hardback of Mona Awad's Bunny, with funky pink bunny endpapers and sprayed edges. And so, silly me, with the goal of reading my damn physical books, came home with yet another physical book. Le sigh. At least I'm 98% sure I will vibe with this book something fierce.

+ Just did the final tagging for the last check in post of

rec_cember. I'll be tallying the recs and fandoms covered tomorrow but spoiler: it's A LOT. If you're looking for something to read, I highly recommend having a look at the tag set. We got a really good variety.

+ Stranger Things has finally ended. I feel like they yanked Nancy out of the fic I recommend a couple of days ago and shoved her in there, and that was endlessly amusing. I just sat there squinting at it for a minute, going full headtilt. They very much indulged in a lengthy wrap-up that some will hate and others appreciate very much *cough* fandom *cough*. The final battle was extremely 80s. Also, what was the costuming department smoking? ( I am saving this quote for later. )

+ It's Snowflaking Time yay!

#1 The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

Just going to nab my sidebar intro real quick: Spoiler-adverse. Migratory fandom gopher. Vids occasionally, but never finishes. Also nursing a PhotoShop addiction. #1 fandom is awesome ladies.

Honestly just hope to see more people around ♥ (195 comments on the challenge post already, so that seems very likely lol) Not sure if the Create A Challenge Challenge is rolling around again, but if so, I am plotting.

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trobadora

My second Yuletide fic is a crossover! My recipient prompted for a Guardian crossover with Da Qing, so I included a tiny cameo in Heart-Seed, Heart-Flower - and then I couldn't resist writing more about what happened.

Because:

Da Qing is always so much fun to write!

I had a dragon! And Dragon City should have a dragon in its history, right?

And most importantly, my story was already about someone travelling realms and healing worlds with magic water/flowers, so naturally I had to have him do the same for Guardian and provide a fix-it there, too. *g*

(The story turned out very Guardian-heavy, so it's just as well that I didn't manage to finish it in time to put it in the main collection.)

Also, I have to share this because I used it for the fic, and it's very cool: Here is a time-lapse video of a cotton plant! It has white flowers, while the one in the story is yellow, but still. *g*

**

Dragon of Flowers, Dragon of the City (2,275 words)
Fandoms: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), Thermos "Flower Series" Commercials
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Characters: Da Qing, Zhu Yilong's Thermos Character, Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei, SID team
Content Tags: Canon Divergence (for Guardian), Episode Related, Episode 37, Fix-It, Hallows Shenanigans, The Wick of the Guardian Lantern, Magical Flowers, Cross-dimensional Wanderers, Saving Worlds with a Magic Bottle, Dragon City is named after a dragon
A/N: Many thanks to

china_shop for beta-reading!

Summary:

Lao-Zhao leaned forward, resting an elbow on a knee. "I thought you got all your memories back."

"Yeah, yeah." Da Qing waved a hand in the air, dismissively. "Not remember like 'I don't know my past', remember like 'where did I put my keys'. Except not my keys."

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pairatime in smallfandomfest - Fanfic: Hit The Floor (tv); Jude/Zero & Laura; Jude secretly contacts Laura
badly_knitted in fandomweekly - [#285] New Year, New Start (Torchwood)
pairatime in smallfandomfest - Fanfic: Shelter (2007); Zach/Shaun & Cody; They make a mess of the kitchen while baking cookies for
lebateleur - Snowflake Challenge #1 - Icebreaker Challenge
squidgestatus - SquidgeWorld Maintenance Take 2
kingstoken in fandomtrees - Mod Post: Needy Trees Update
luminousdaze in capspiration - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
senmut in reference_library - Library Update January 2, 2026
lebateleur - December Language Roundup
anne - Vendetta of An
anne - RIDICULOUS fun
scrubjayspeaks - 2025 Music Wrap-Up
rekishi - Heated Rivalry Ep 2 (includes spoilers for other episodes, probably)
larryhammer - “i’mma wade, i’ma wave through the waters / tell the tide ‘don’t move’”
trobadora in sid_guardian - Two stories (one Guardian-adjacent, one Guardian crossover)
princessofgeeks - Shane Hollander's hair plus spoilers
princessofgeeks - MCU AU rec
goodbyebird - Agent Mulder believes we are not alone.
overmore - The one new year's resolution for writing i have
trobadora - FIC: Dragon of Flowers, Dragon of the City (Guardian/Thermos "Flower Series) [Teen]

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Fanfic: Hit The Floor (tv); Jude/Zero & Laura; Jude secretly contacts Laura

[#285] New Year, New Start (Torchwood)

Fanfic: Shelter (2007); Zach/Shaun & Cody; They make a mess of the kitchen while baking cookies for

Snowflake Challenge #1 - Icebreaker Challenge

SquidgeWorld Maintenance Take 2

Mod Post: Needy Trees Update

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

Library Update January 2, 2026

December Language Roundup

Vendetta of An

RIDICULOUS fun

2025 Music Wrap-Up

Heated Rivalry Ep 2 (includes spoilers for other episodes, probably)

“i’mma wade, i’ma wave through the waters / tell the tide ‘don’t move’”

Two stories (one Guardian-adjacent, one Guardian crossover)

Shane Hollander's hair plus spoilers

MCU AU rec

Agent Mulder believes we are not alone.

The one new year's resolution for writing i have

FIC: Dragon of Flowers, Dragon of the City (Guardian/Thermos "Flower Series) [Teen]

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