ysabetwordsmith

Spring takes its time arriving in this part of the world, but when it's time, it happens quite suddenly. Almost overnight, trees change from bare and grey to covered in blossom or leafy and green. After the first gradual appearance of bulbs here and there (crocuses followed by a few daffodils), now there is a profusion of daffodils plus tulips also appearing. Even on a grey drizzly day like today, it's beautiful outside with all the spring colour.

I keep hearing about hot days in the DC area already, and I'm glad to be here, slightly further north, where the heat hasn't arrived yet. We had a slight taste of it, with some warm days in the middle of April, but it wasn't really hot, although the girls were outside in their bathers playing under the sprinkler.

I woke up to rain this morning; it continued until around lunch time, so I had a lazy morning and then went for a walk after lunch. I almost didn't go, but staying inside being sedentary all day didn't appeal.

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Hello everyone! I hope you had a fantastic month reading the book! I've gotten the discussion questions ready so let's enjoy some tea and chat;

Q1. How did you feel about the magic system in the book? Was it well described?

Q2. Did you have a favorite character in the book? A least favorite?

Q3. There was an extensive amount of world building through various methods (descriptions of food/ingredients/people and their actions), did you have a favorite moment in the story?

Q4. The book is the first in a duology, did the ending make you want to continue on in the story and pick up the second one or are you saying 'I'm good with just the first one'?

Q5. Betrayal was the name of the game, when did you start to realize certain characters were willing to do anything to meet their goals, including lying to everyone around them?

Q6. What sort of tea might you pair with this book? Include a snack too, that's always fun.

gilda_elise

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a novel of bold creativity and narrative genius that brings to life a world most people could never even dream of―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee

First published in 1997, Neil Gaiman’s darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of a major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy.

It is the story of Richard Mayhew, a young London businessman with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he discovers a girl bleeding on the sidewalk. He stops to help her—an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in Neverwhere—a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth. Neverwhere is home to Door, the mysterious girl Richard helped in the London Above. Here in Neverwhere, Door is a powerful noblewoman who has vowed to find the evil agent of her family’s slaughter and thwart the destruction of this strange underworld kingdom. If Richard is ever to return to his former life and home, he must join Lady Door’s quest to save her world—and may well die trying.

I tried reading American Gods awhile back, and just couldn’t get into it. So when this book was recommended I was somewhat hesitant to pick it up. But I’d watched the two seasons of Good Omens, so thought I’d give it a try. I’m so very glad I did.

I loved all the characters. Especially Richard, Door, and the Marquis. They’re rather quirky, yet so likable. And while the book’s focus is more on Richard, the reader gets enough of the other two to be totally enchanted by them. Their quest is not an easy one, yet neither Door nor the Marquis ever lose heart. They will do what they need to do, no matter how difficult. That is the world as they have always known it.

Richard, on the other hand, must make the leap from his world, the London Above that is safe, mundane, and known, to that of London Below, where there are talking rats and evil men are out to destroy Richard and his companions.

Once I finished the book I immediately started on How the Marquis Got his Coat Back, which is at the back of the book and a lovely little addition. There’s supposed to be a sequel in progress, but, given the allegations against Gaiman and the cancellation of practically anything he’s touched, I’m not holding my breath.

( Mount TBR 2026 Book Links 1-15 )

16. The Girl in the Green Glass Mirror by Elizabeth McGregor
17. Helen's Judgement (House of Atreus 2) by Susan C. Wilson
18. The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding by Joseph J. Ellis
19. The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell
20. Neverwhere (London Below #1) by Neil Gaiman

Thanks to

severina2001 for recommending this book.

pheloniusfriar

tl;dr A list of "one a day" (-ish) songs I posted on social media in March 2026, each with a short description included below. There is also a YouTube playlist link to listen to them all easily. I am doing this to share exceptional music and/or music videos in hopes you will find something "new to you" that you'll like.

Since I pulled all my stuff down from YouTube in response to the threats they were making to users of ad-blocking technology, and had recently left all the servers I was in on Discord due to their deeply concerning and dangerous business practices that had come to light, I had no place left to share my musical finds and interests. To that end, on March 3rd, I started posting one music video a day on the social media platforms I'm still on:

https://bsky.app/profile/pheloniusfriar.bsky.social

(Twitter-clone, given their private equity funding this platform is already starting to enshittify, so I might leave here too)

https://spoutible.com/pheloniusfriar

(Twitter-clone, had a couple of friends on here, crowd-sourced funding, but it seems a bit buggy at times)

https://hey.cafe/@pheloniusfriar

(a Canadian built platform, but all welcome, a cross between Twitter and Facebook with interesting differences, user funded though sale of "pro" accounts... human-coded, no AI was or will be used)

For convenience, I have started creating a monthly playlist on YouTube (just a playlist, no new content from me) and plan to make it public early in the following month. I will post the itemized list of songs here as well because YouTube is not a stable hosting platform (in the sense that videos are often removed so the lists break over time). Here is March 2026's playlist (if you would ever like to go on a musical journey):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNV8IWqM1cK9PPtX95d1GxXaQiNyw7sOG

There's no particular rhyme or reason (much less musical era or genre) that I'm following, it's what I felt like posting that particular day. I seem to be favouring new music (because I find it hard to find good new music), but I definitely post older stuff as well. Here is the list of songs, in order of posting, including any comments I made (again, since social media platforms are not very good repositories of information, and old posts are effectively gone because "ain't nobody got time to scroll back without very good reason"):

03/03 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Life Is Scary Horses

Since I am no longer on Discord, I've no place to share my music finds. I'm going to be starting a series of one song a day so I am no longer sad I can't share things. It'll mostly be videos, sometimes not if there isn't one, often new music, sometimes older. Any and all genres.

03/04 Ditonellapiaga - Che Fastidio!

Today's music, out of Italy. "How annoying!". Off of her upcoming (third) album "Miss Italia". It was her entry into the Sanremo Music Festival this year and took third place.

03/05 Squarepusher - K2 Central

Off their upcoming (14th?) album Kammerkonzert, a delicious jazz fusion vibe to tickle your ears and make your brain go brrr.

03/06 Marmozets - New York

Out of the UK. Off their upcoming (third) album CO.WAR.DICE, a classic punk pop send up in celebration of the eccentricity of New York City.

03/07 Shireen - Cloudweaver

Annicke Shireen brings her unique witch rock style out of the Netherlands. Characterized by intense vocals and musical drive, her videos are cinematic and evocative.

03/08 L'Rain - Pet Rock

Today's music post (by Taja Cheek as L'Rain, 2023, out of New York). Song is interesting (very dreamy and experimental) and the video is a lot of fun, featuring miniatures of furniture and instruments and stuff in a little house, with little rocks.

03/10 The Dø - The Wicked And The Blind

The Finish-French duo (band name pronounces like "deux"). Not super into a lot of their stuff, but this song is a lyrical and musical masterpiece. From a while back, but it's a song about cults and cult mentality, which is now mainstream and utterly toxic.

03/11 Salade De Bruit - Le Céleri

Out of Bordeaux, France. "Noise Salad - The Celery". Super fun high energy instrumental funk with a silly but very well produced video of the band as frustrated chefs (with bloopers at the end).

03/12 Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja

CW: very flashing lights, demonic chanting, hooded figures, skulls, drum and bass. (heh on the last four, for real on the first) Goes industrial more towards the end. Super lo-fi glitchy video I thought was effective.

03/13 Tycho - Forge

How was my week? Got home at 3PM, slept until 2AM. Going back to sleep soon. Today late music is music that is good for late nights. Chill but engaging. "Tycho: Elements of downtempo, ambient, and electronic styles, and often featuring analogue synthesizers and guitar."

03/14 Descartes A Kant - After Destruction

A favourite from 2023. Descartes a Kant is a gothic, art-punk, noise band out of Guadalajara. This was quite a departure. I liked their earlier stuff, but this song really hit home for me. Goes to illustrate as well that good front people are good actors.

03/15 Night Tapes - Storm

One of my favourite 2025 tracks. Not the kind of vocals I tend to like, but there's something about the progression and energy that makes this special. Out of the UK (she's from Estonia), they were roommates during the pandemic lockdown and this happened.

03/17 Oktobernatt - The List

Dropped two days ago, seriously intense and beautifully shot music video to go with the intense and well produced song. Six piece out of Berlin with musicians from all over Europe. CW: flashing lights.

03/18 Gwenno - Utopia

A song I've had on heavy rotation this year (when I first heard it). She's a Welsh artist known for releasing albums entirely in Cornish (this is English). The lyrics reflect her experiences when young, but it's the chorus and musical swells that captivate.

03/19 Laura Misch - Scrolls

Lilting and jazzy for today's music choice, dropped yesterday. Out of the UK, she is a "saxaphonist, singer-songwriter, electronic producer, and field recordist". She plays the rocks on a hill as part of this song. Shot on 16mm film.

03/20 Crystal Murray - Keystar

The delightful musical phrases and progressions work with her voice to bring a deeply chill and satisfying vibe. Franco-American from France, she comes from a jazz music business family.

03/21 Amon Tobin - Vipers Follow You

A music video masterpiece — one of the best I've ever seen for its production, acting, and impact. Seeped in dread even though nothing actually bad happens, it just portrays a deeply unsettling vision of a changed world. Out of Brazil, his albums are so lush.

03/23 Lannds - Hold My Place

I realllly liked this. Minimalist electronic music and simple beats that is filled to the brim with luscious vocals. Queer and out of LA, LANNDS is "a dreamy, psychedelic take on electro-pop". Simple and fun video for it as well.

03/24 Valentino Khan - Make Some Noise

‪Going back a decade with one of the most cursed #music videos ever made. CW: contains scenes of idiotic action/violence. American DJ and producer who has worked with a who's who of hit makers.

03/25 Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho

Beautiful new music from Ed O'Brien (of Radiohead). If you need to feel better about our world, this song delivers. The video was made with layered live video recordings (some shot with a drone). I needed this, I'm so weary from all the war, hate, and fear.

03/26 Poppy Ackroyd - For Those Who Wait

Going to stay with beautiful music for today's post (dropped yesterday). Need it for my soul. Composer and multi-instrumentalist performer out of the UK, this instrumental is off her upcoming sixth album 'Liminal'.

03/27 Earth Tongue - Dungeon Vision

Released a couple of months back. Super fun and cheesy video (with practical effects!) for this prog rock bop. It's always fun when bands let their nerd flag fly proud. Off their third album (of the same name), which came out last month. From New Zealand.

03/29 Say She She - Shop Boy

Today we get an entertaining bop from disco/funk band Say She She out of Brooklyn. The singers are all classically trained and tour and record with a backing band. I find it a bit repetitive, but it's still a fun groove.

03/29 Flea - Morning Cry

I did NOT have this on my 2026 Bingo Card: Australian-American performer Flea (bassist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers amongst other things) trained himself to play trumpet and released a jazz album of his own compositions and covers like Wichita Lineman and Maggot Brain. Wtf? 🤩

03/31 Ben Chapman - Feet On Fire

Today's music choice: psychedelic (think Pink Floyd), guitar focused, blues rock thing. Simple but effective video. Originally out of Lafayette, Georgia he seems to be in Nashville, Tennessee these days.

Current Mood: happy

cupcake_goth

June 2, 20206
NYC

AMC & AMC+ Present: The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only - LIVE

Lights Down. Volume Up. Fangs Out.

On the final stop of the band’s decadent North American tour, The Vampire Lestat transforms the Beacon Theatre into a cathedral of chaos. The night kicks off with the exclusive premiere screening of The Vampire Lestat—your first hit of the myth, the menace, and the music.

Then the one and only Lestat de Lioncourt hits the stage.

In full rock‑god form, Lestat unleashes a live musical performance soaked in swagger, spectacle, and immortal excess. This is part screening, part concert, part temptation—designed to shake the walls and leave the faithful wanting more.

One night. No restraint.

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This is one of those times that I'm sad I'm not an actual big-name influencer, because you just know some of those types will be flown out for this.

alobear

A Holy Maiden's Guide to Getting Kidnapped by Katy Nyquist follows Ysabel, a holy maiden with a healing gift that costs her a day of her life every time she uses it – she’s enslaved to a corrupt church until a dark lord comes on the scene and disrupts everything, including the state of Ysabel’s heart.
I went in a bit apprehensive – I thought the tone and humour level might not appeal to me – and it was a bit hit and miss.
This wasn’t helped by the audiobook narrator, who over-dramatised every aspect, including the irreverent tone – though the over-emphasis was lessened by speeding up the narration (which broke my New Year’s resolution, but not really because I did it to improve the listening experience rather than just to get through the book quicker.
The biggest problem was that the flippant tone diminished the depth of emotion for me, which meant the relationships didn’t ring true – it also didn’t feel to me as if the blind devotion of Ysabel’s followers was earned because we didn’t see how their relationships were developed – and this was the same for the romance, which felt like it got very intense far more quickly than was credible.
The stakes and emotion really ramped up towards the end and I got a lot more invested, but it did meant it felt very different in tone to the rest of the book.
Overall, I would say it’s a good book – well written and effective at what it’s trying to do – just not really for me.

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Title: An Old Trick
Fandom: Hercule Poirot
Rating: G

( An old trick )

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delphi

Fandom 50 #10

For 1987, we have a track off Robbie Robertson's first solo album after leaving The Band and following a decade of largely producing, collaborating, and doing soundtrack work. It's also one of my "two nickels" in terms of all-time favourite songs that ended up being covered by Rod Stewart exactly four years after they were released.

Broken Arrow by Robbie Robertson

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wangxianficfinder:

Fic Finder
Apr 29th
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1. Hii I am so desperate to find this fic I hope you can help me. All I remember is that Wwx dies saving Jin Zixuan and his diary/book somehow ends up in Nie Huiasang’s hands and it’s published. Everyone in the cultivation world finds out about the golden core transfer, Jin sect is hated and demolished(?), and Jin Ling is collecting the pages of Wwx diary. Wwx ends up reviving and meeting Jin Ling and that’s all I remember. It was published in 2021/2/3 on ao3 I think @uchihasimper2
FOUND? To Be Named by Suibian_613 (T, 39k, WangXian, WIP, Major Character Death, Canon Divergence, Out of Character, WQ is out of character, Everyone is probably ooc, canonical violence, Canonical Character Death, let WWX and JC become bros again, somewhat softer JC, he has better emotion handling because spoiler: JYL lives, Somewhat Sentient Burial Mounds, WN & JC Rivalry, Sibling Rivalry)
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2. hi ^_^ i hope you can help me find this fic i have been looking for it is like a reddit post and comments make wwx know he is being abused or make some one else know that wwx is being abused. i hope this make sense english is not my first language.
hi i am number 2 on the ficfinder that one is not the one i am looking for sadly, if it help i remember have comments in the fic that respond to the post
NOT FOUND! AITA for not contacting my family for 10 years after running away from home? by weiyus (T, 2k, WangXian, aita wwx edition, References to Past Child Abuse, references to verbal abuse, wwx sharing his life story in a long post, Happy Ending, Jiāng Family Bashing, Canon Jiang family characteristics)
FOUND? I’ve really got to ask by Anonymous (T, 1k, JL & WWX, background WangXian, they’re described but they don’t actually appear, POV Outsider, Modern, Not JC Friendly, Not Jiang Family Friendly)
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3.apologies in advance for how nonspecific this is because i only remember one detail about this fic which is that it was a modern au and there’s a scene where wwx asks lwj why he likes bunnies so much (i think while lwj is drunk? unsure though) and lwj responds “cute noses” and wwx internally screams about how cute that is
(i appreciate what you guys do so much; this is actually my second ficfinder request and my previous one got found so thanks for running this blog!)
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4. Hi! I am desperately searching for a fic, and I hope you can help. The premise is that Wwx is a powerful sorcerer sought after by the entire cultivation world. He hates those guys, though, so he decides to make an impossible competition: anyone who can steal the key to his heart from around his beloved black cat’s neck can marry him.
Cue LWJ and this cat becoming very good friends as LWJ searches for a way to genuinely win wwx over (without coercively stealing the key and depriving his beloved of the choice to be with him). I am honestly kicking myself for not bookmarking this fic. Please help! @wittytrixter
FOUND! 4 sounds like a threadfic by MimiSpearmint, podficced on ao3 🔒 [Coldread of] The Magic Key - A Threadfic by Mimispearmint by AuntieIroh (T, 2-2.5 H, WangXian, JC/WQ, LXC/NMJ, Magic, Witchcraft, Witch WWX, Cat WWX, WWX Has a Fear of Dogs, Marriage by Catchasing, Podfic & Podficced Works, Chatty Coldread, Coldread with Music, Empress WQ, Scholar LWJ, POV LWJ, Good Sibling LXC, Happy Ending)
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5. Hi! I’m looking for a fic where it’s a repeat of the sunshot campaign but after a few hundred years of the original? Basically the sects come together to summon the yiling patriarch and made mo xuanyu his vessel, but wwx only induced him to sleep (?) and walked around in his own body. The fic later tells us that wy was actually immortal and had spent his years watching over lz’s descendants, until this reincarnation of his soulmate. Reincarnated!lz bears so much resemblance to the original bc he fought hard to keep as much of himself so wy can love him again, is what one of the characters theorize to hammer in the fact to the poor oblivious boi that LZ LOVES YOU THEN AND NOW. Help would be appreciated, thanks! @chuwariwap
FOUND? Old Foreshadows by protos_metazu_ison (M, 15k, WangXian, YLLZ WWX, BAMF WWX, War, Universe Alteration, Sunshot Campaign, Translation into Español available, Translation into Русский available, [Podfic] Old Foreshadows by Saint_tuesday)
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6. Hi there! I am having a hard time finding this fanfic. Lan Xichen performs an illegal spell to find Lan Zhan’s soulmate which turns out to be Wei Ying. Lan Zhan is in the hospital severely injured on death’s door but his doctor, Wen Qing, has an experimental therapy to save his life requiring the help of his soulmate. At one point Wei Ying scales the hospital wall to get into Lan Zhan’s room so Lan Zhan isn’t alone on the anniversary of his Mom’s death. There is an orange cat named Salmon ( that almost got called Nachos but cats can’t eat that so they decided on Salmon.) lan Zhan is a professional musician in the orchestra. Wei Ying gets ran over by a car… the title was something about “Blanket White Linen” but I can’t find it, I don’t think that I remember it right 😅 any help finding this fanfic would be extremely appreciated! @andyousaidtruelovedidntexsist
FOUND? Bleachwhite Linen by MonocerosRex (T, 44k, WangXian, LXC & LWJ, LXC & WWX, JYL & WWX, JC & WWX, LSZ & WWX & LWJ, Modern, Soulmates, not the traditional kind of soulmates exactly, Hospitals, Fluff, Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Touch-Starved, lwj and wwx are the softest husbands and they aren’t even together yet, Getting Together, Marriage Proposal, Sibling Bonding, handwaving medical procedure and magical systems, worldbuilding is for chumps i’m here for the sugar, Sickfic, or more like convalescence fic but that isn’t a tag, POV Multiple, Family Feels, Family Fluff, lxc is a troll and he ships wangxian so hard, wwx deserves and gets gets hugs, Sharing a Bed, Hair Washing, Sleepy Cuddles, Hugs, JYL is a queen)
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7. Hi, I’ve been searching for this fic and I can’t find it, please help me 🥺
It’s basically a fic from Lan Shizun’s pov, in which he is appealed by lan zhan and the way he was acting around mo xianyu, not knowing who’s actually in the body (before wwx reveal, but i think the reveal will be part of the fic later on) and thinking his adopted father was a cradle robber for dating(?) someone so young and close to his age
If you cold find it it would be amazing 🩷 @crys35
FOUND? Help, My Dad Is Fucking Someone My Age!! by sweetlolixo (T, 3k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Humor, Crack, Fluff, Romance, Translation into Русский available, [Podfic] “Help, My Dad Is Fucking Someone My Age!!” by sweetlolixo by raitala)
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8. Hello! Please help me find this one fic where Wei Wuxian in Mo Xuanyu’s body woke up to Lan Wangji acting weird because it was actually his younger self that time travelled to the future after Wei Wuxian died. Wei wuxian finds out about this but he failed (or forgot) to confront him until the real Lan wangji of that time shows up. I hope that made sense please and thankyouu! @lunamooonn
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9. For the fic finder, I remember a fic where for some reason, Wei Wuxian lost his memories from after the sunshot campaign and he gets angry at Lan Wangji because he thinks he was forcefully taken to the cloud recesses. I don’t remember much else but I think Wei Wuxian eventually got his memory back and had to appologise to Lan Wangji because he said some hurtful things? Any help to find it would be appreciated!
FOUND! they keep the phoenix in a bamboo cage by Kieron_ODuibhir (T, 41k, WangXian, Amnesia, YLLZ WWX, but like in the sense of PTSD radish farmer era lmao, Angst, Humor, Dramatic Irony, Character Study, BAMF WWX, WWX in WWX’s Body, or it looks like it anyway on a cosmological level it’s probably still mxy’s, no dubcon beyond canon-typical misunderstanding kisses, and references to wangxian’s usual under-negotiated cnc, but essentially, fake Dark LWJ)
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10. Hii, I’m sorry. I tried following your tutorial but it didn’t work for me. If you could please help me find this fic. it’s name was keep your longings locked (or not) by lishens on ao3. the only thing i have now is a link. the author’s profile is existent, just not the fic. @yourlocalcatscammer
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11. Looking for a fic, it might of been deleted? I can’t remember the title, jsut that it had fucking in the title lmao. It was wei wuxian mpreg, not finished im pretty sure. @yuyuxwho
FOUND? 11 is probably When Life Gives You A Fucking Baby, which has been deleted from AO3, unfortunately.
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12. Hi! I’m looking for a fic where one of either LZ or WY has temporary amnesia. The other cares for him in like a cabin/cottage in the woods. It’s modern day maybe, they still have cultivation powers, but they’re more like superheroes. WY as the YLZ is considered a villain. There’s a confrontation near the end with LX and JC (and maybe others?) when they are found. Thank you for your help!
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13. a ficfinder request please! it was set during the cloud recesses study arc i think, and jiang cheng was telling wwx “you sound like the maidens you flirt with” when he talks about/to lwj or something? this is all i remember ;-; it was a conversation where jc was generally saying how annoying it was to watch wx interact i think. and wwx was like “what’s wrong with how i talk to him?” i know this is probably something that happens in a lot of fics but i will know the one when i see it!
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14. Looking for a fic where it’s a youngish Wei Ying. Wei Ying kills Wen Ruohan and everybody is shocked. He takes over the when clan and the other clans don’t know who he is. He eventually shows up riding the Xuanwu of slaughter. Making it clear hes the leader of the wens. @angiewriter
FOUND? Watch me ignite it by tawaen (T, 25k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Everyone Lives, Except WRH but he doesn’t count, POV LWJ, Cultivation World Critical, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiangs, Sect Leader WWX, BAMF WWX, LWJ is horny for YLLZ WWX and mad about it)
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15. Hello! I’m looking for this one fic and I’m pretty sure it’s named or tagged with something akin to “Wei Ying is friend shaped”. Unfortunately I don’t have a great memory on the plot but I do know that Nie Huaisang had a pretty large role/the story was told in his perspective
FOUND? Story-Shaped by lingering_song (T, 13k, NHS & WWX, WangXian, Post-Canon, Chief Cultivator LWJ, Inventor WWX, Found Family, NHS needs a new hobby, And apparently that’s spoiling his Wei-Xiong, Mentioned Character Death, Alcohol, Protective NHS, WangXian Endgame, Not JC Friendly, Not particularly gentry sects friendly overall tbh) which features supportive friend Nie Huaisang
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Thank you for all your suggestions and found fics, everyone!

#3, #8, #10, #12, and #13 need some suggestions still

https://wangxianficfinder.tumblr.com/post/815340171150147584

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Title: Rescue
Author:

goddess47
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Challenge: 10 out of 20
Length: 491
Warnings: None

Notes:

For

sweetandshort April 2026 10 out of 20 challenge - smoke

For

mcsheplets prompt #151 - invisible

For

sga_saturday prompt #540-543 - rescue

Summary:

John watched as Bates led the rescue mission.

Rescue on AO3

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sweetandshort

Title: Rescue
Author:

goddess47
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Challenge: 10 out of 20
Length: 491
Warnings: None

Notes:

For

sweetandshort April 2026 10 out of 20 challenge - smoke

For

mcsheplets prompt #151 - invisible

For

sga_saturday prompt #540-543 - rescue

Summary:

John watched as Bates led the rescue mission.

Rescue on AO3

james_davis_nicoll

The first 12 volumes of the Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, the guides for the Traveller tabletop science fiction roleplaying game from Mongoose Publishing.

Bundle of Holding: Traveller JTAS (from 2024)

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Title: Team Work
Author:

goddess47
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Challenge: 10 out of 20
Length: 384
Warnings: None

Notes:

For

sweetandshort April 2026 10 out of 20 challenge - arrow

For

mcsheplets prompt #148 - imprint

Summary:

They were still learning about Pegasus and working together. But Ford had faith they could make it work.

Team Work on AO3

glinda

Beats The Alternative (1180 words) by Glinda
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Eva Stratt
Additional Tags: Women In Power, Saving the World, Choices, Bittersweet
Summary:

The consensus is, that it would be preferable if they did not die.

Mostly this month, I've been watching ice hockey - I did the other kind of skating this weekend - day-dreaming about train journey's across Canada and watching Chernobyl. (There's a bit in the second episode where they go to a meeting and essentially ask permission to kill three men to save millions. I had a bunch of feelings about that combination of bureaucracy and brutal honesty in that exchange - not something you often see in 'saving the world' scenarios - and apparently I'm processing them via fic about Eva Stratt. I love her, your honour.) My escapism method is interesting I'll say that for it... Choices one might say.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Harry Styles - Sign of the Times

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no matter what anyone might want to ask or say , will always be physically faerie , this is just truth of selves . body is also undeniably mixed in sex characteristics . sometimes feel intersex identity is in sort of weird spot , as faeries would not necessarily categorise sex , or have standards of what is perisex and intersex , and therefore would like to not label as well .

even so , of course among humans , kossai exist in societies that do have these categories and standards - and sometimes so misinformed or blatantly cruel that there is nothing to do but to speak up and reveal . think everyone would benefit if none of these categories and standards could exist - if could speak plainly about possibilities of how bodies may look and act beyond two strict boxes , if everyone could access choices of hormones and surgeries without hurdles , and if no one was shaved down and torn apart to fit those boxes . maybe words like transgender and intersex would no longer be necessary beyond analysis of history . maybe that would be worth freedom .

anyway , people say fucking weird and invasive shit even before publicly out as intersex , so not as if hide protect in any way . would like to be in world where category is not necessary , but people will demand one , so intersex is answer . want to get nitty gritty , further into arbitrary binaries ? too bad , make some shit up ! would never want to hear truth anyway .

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To Finance Their Lifestyle, a Young French Couple Went to Cambodia to Steal Antiquities. They Did Almost Everything Wrong "Clara and André Malraux conspired to loot the pink temple of Banteay Srei, but their failure started a battle of reclamation"

https://www.metafilter.com/213044/temple-robbers

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Disorientation, by Elaine Hsieh Chou (DNF): A satirical humor about a Taiwanese American literature PhD student who discovers the canonical Chinese American poet she's writing her dissertation on is actually white. This got taken back by the library multiple times and so I finally have decided... I probably should just drop it... Even if I DO think I'm right at the point where she probably starts Learning Something!! The protag is just so unlikeable that it was a struggle. Her problems with identity and her problems generally are just so... high school / college level, not late grad school. The cringe of being reluctant to use "the r word" on a blatantly racist guy. But I also do kinda want to know what happens. Does she dump her yellow fever boyfriend? Does she finally become friends with the cool girl militant antiracist rival? I have one week left of this loan...

Cinder House, by Freya Marske: Cinderella retelling where Ella is the ghost of her childhood home. I thought it could've used more description of the ballet itself, vs more fluffy language for that part. I enjoyed it, but ultimately it felt a bit unsatisfying -- too much of a power fantasy maybe? I REALLY thought she was going to trans the prince given the hints too, but alas. However, the trapped in the house vibes were excellently done. Definitely felt that was the strongest emotional part of the book. The closure on why her stepmother kills her father and her was perfectly done.

The Wax Child, by Olga Ravn: The beeswax doll created by an accused witch in 17th century Denmark narrates the events as its mistress moves, makes friends, and is persecuted. I didn't really understand this one to be honest... The style was interesting, but I wonder if I was too distracted from paying enough attention to more subtle details that would've made it more satisfying?

Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer: A team is sent to explore a mysterious area which has unusual properties; all previous expeditions have ended in disaster. This was fine, but I don't think I'll continue to the sequel or ever reread this.

Empire of Sand, by Tasha Suri; Realm of Ash, by Tasha Suri: A duology set in a fantasy, Mughal India-ish land where the oppressed Amrithi dance magic. The first is the elder sister's, as she resists the assimilation of her stepmother and is discovered before being sent to serve with the Emperor's mystics; the second is the younger sister's, who had assimilated well before her husband died in a tragedy and now must discover why the empire is falling apart. They were a bit YA-ish and I see why there's some uncomfortableness in the world building in the context of modern politics. The magic bloodline stuff was a bit passé, but the romances were good and the endings satisfying. Basically what it says on the tin.

The Village Beyond the Mist, by Sachiko Kashiwaba: Young girl spends a summer in a magical village working odd jobs; inspired Spirited Away. Cute and satisfying! A kid's book really, but still enjoyable to adults.

Breakneck, by Dan Wang: The thesis is "America is run by lawyers, and China is run by engineers." I've read his annual letters for a while, so I was interested in the book. Some details I didn't know, some interesting anecdotes, and very readable. However, a lighter read than I expected -- I'm not really sure who would be the real audience for this, since I expect those casually interested would know most of this and if you're not at least casually interested, why are you reading a whole book about it...

Feeding Ghosts, by Tessa Hulls: Graphic memoir exploring her grandma's, her mom's and her trauma as her grandma fled to Hong Kong and then had a mental breakdown from which she never recovered. Heavy stuff, definitely a biased viewpoint -- but of course, a memoir ought to be biased.

Games wise, I finished with Balatro after I unlocked everything (I don't think I'm meant for roguelikes...), and am now addicted to Merge Teahouse. I think the combination of a true storyline with little idle game and organizing things...

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Україна офіційно звернулася до Ізраїлю дипломатичними та юридичними каналами з проханням вжити заходів щодо судна "Панорамітис".
https://censor.net/ua/n4000591

В Ізраїлі відмовилися розвантажувати судно з краденим українським зерном
В Ізраїлі не дозволили розвантажитися судну Panormitis, яке доставило зерно, ймовірно вивезене з тимчасово окупованих українських територій
https://censor.net/ua/n4000759

Російське судно з краденим українським зерном залишило територіальні води Ізраїлю
Україна зірвала спробу Росії легалізувати зерно, незаконно вивезене з тимчасово окупованих територій
https://censor.net/ua/n4000770

Україна стежитиме за судном Panormitis з український зерном і застерігає всіх від будь-якої співпраці з ним
https://censor.net/ua/n4000788

У ЄС попередили Ізраїль про можливі санкції за вантажі викраденого Росією українського зерна
У Євросоюзі звернулися до МЗС Ізраїлю щодо інформацію про те, що судно тіньового флоту РФ розвантажує викрадене українське зерно в порту Хайфи.
https://censor.net/ua/n4000811

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