Cuddle Party

Everyone needs contact comfort sometimes.  Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime.  So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace.  Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.

We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket.  It has a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs.  A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper.  The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone.  There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity.  Come snuggle up!

Story: "Coming in from the Cold: Thursday: Digging for Answers" Part 8

This story belongs to the series Love Is For Children which includes "Love Is for Children," "Hairpins," "Blended," "Am I Not," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys,""Saudades," "Querencia," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," "Touching Moments," "Splash," "Coming Around," "Birthday Girl," "No Winter Lasts Forever," "Hide and Seek," "Kernel Error," "Happy Hour," "Green Eggs and Hulk,""kintsukuroi," "Little and Broken, but Still Good," "Byzantine Perplexities," "Up the Water Spout," "The Life of the Dead," "If They Could Just Stay Little," "Anahata," "When the Wheels Come Off," "Against His Own Shield," "Coming in from the Cold: Saturday: Building Towers," "Coming in from the Cold: Sunday: Shaking Foundations," "Coming in from the Cold: Monday: Memorial Day," "Coming in from the Cold: Tuesday: Facing Fears," "What Little Boys Are Made Of," "Rotten Fruit," "Keep the Homefires Burning," and "Their Old Familiar Carols Play."

Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Betty Ross, Natasha Romanova, Tony Stark, Maria Hill, Nick Fury, Sam Wilson, JARVIS, DUM-E, U, Butterfingers
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Food issues, religion, past alcohol abuse, sparring, minor injury, insecurity, nonsexual ageplay, tactile issues, forgiveness, games, PTSD, boundary issues, HYDRA, teamwork, SHIELD, laboratory, messy medical details, facing the past, memory issues, frustration, interpersonal dynamics, emotional challenges, past abuse, and other angst.
Summary: Phil manages the household as Tony takes Steve and Bucky to a baseball game, and later spars with Betty and Bruce. Later that day, Bruce helps Bucky figure out some things about his body.
Notes: Team as family. Competence. Friendship. Comfort food. Emotional first aid. Nostalgia. Hot tub. Protectiveness. Hurt/comfort. Science. #coulsonlives.

Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7. Skip to Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13.

Warning: This post involves some messy medical details and references to unpleasant past experiences for Bucky and Bruce. If this is touchy territory for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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New verses in "The Inner Transition"

Based on an audience poll, the poem "The Inner Transition" has 28 new verses.  Stylet enjoys a hot meal and then melts down over the puppies.

I'm happy to see this storyline advancing, because there are a bunch more Stylet poems available, and siliconshaman has some stories that will get posted as more of these appear.  \o/

Taking Medical Abuse to a Whole New Level

... this guy branded his initials on the livers of at least two patients.

There is not enough W in TF for this.  O_O

Man, if this happened in Terramagne, that dude would probably be found floating facedown in the Thames with derogatory remarks branded, carved, inked, and otherwise inscribed on his corpse in forty-odd different languages.

Poetry Fishbowl Report for November 7, 2017

This session's theme was "outlandish occupations." I wrote from noon to 6 AM, so about 14 hours accounting for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 10 poems on Tuesday and another 14 later.

Participation was up, with 22 comments on LiveJournal and another 57 on Dreamwidth. Please welcome new prompter Dale Beaver.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the November 7, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"The Crookedness of the Serpent"
"Driving on Ice"
"Lateral Moves"
"A Long, Colorful Bracelet"
"Not Your Grandmother's Monster Hunter"
"People in Extreme Circumstances"
"Seeing the World Through Colored Glasses"
"Stretched by New Experiences"
"Tending the Wind"
"The Touch of a Friendly Hand"
"What Polar Bears Require"
"The Willingness to Learn"

"The Open Gyre" (standalone, September 5, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl)
"Extraordinary People" (Polychrome Heroics, October 3, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl spillover)
"The Mere Knowledge of Friendship" (Polychrome Heroics: Shiv, September 5, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl spillover)


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list for November 7, 2017. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

Currently sponsored poems from this session have been posted. This month's donors include: bairnsidhe, Anthony & Shirley Barrette, janetmiles, and ng_moonmoth.

The Poetry Fishbowl made its $200 goal, so "Extraordinary People" is the free epic. It also made the $250 goal, so that's one tally toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl project also has a permanent landing page.