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addme_fandomWhat I go by: Ren (they/them)
Bit About Me: Nonbinary, bisexual, old (okay, over 40), parent, writer, admin worker and disabled, living in Wales.
Where else I can be found online: so many places lol
What I post about: Art, writing, fanfic, mostly my life in general - my kids, my health, my hobbies
Hobbies & Interests: I like to write, to draw, archery, colouring, gaming (I have a swtich and a PS5), fanfiction. This is one of the few places, as well as pillowfort, where my fandom side and my actual life intersect.
Fandoms/characters/ships if fannish: I like Stargate, Star Trek, Rizzoli & Isles, Dr Who, Castle, NCIS, Bones, MCU, Dragon Age. I dabble a lot and hope around a lot - I mostly write in whatever I'm watching at the time. I prefer femslash, I dislike m/m.
Other things I want you to know about me: I have two kids, both girls, one is a cancer survivor and had a liver transplant. I've been married for 13 years to my American wife.
What I'm looking for in friends/blogs to follow: Anyone who still loves Stargate as much as me, but anyone who's into the same stuff as me, or happens to be a geeky parent.
Follow Friday 11-7-25
Nov. 7th, 2025 12:38 amysabetwordsmith posting in followfridayGot any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).
Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
Well, I've picked out a new set of frames
Nov. 7th, 2025 12:20 amconulyIt was a penny more than the old ones, so there's that. (But I paid for super expedited shipping, so actually it's like $40 more.)
They're green. I'm not so sure about this, but there will be NO MORE TAKE-BACKS. I triple checked that they weren't safety glasses with the things on the side, which would've been great if I was in a field where I needed those but, as it is, was unwearable, and they're the exact same measurement as my old glasses, I checked that as well.
They're green. I'm not so sure about this, but there will be NO MORE TAKE-BACKS. I triple checked that they weren't safety glasses with the things on the side, which would've been great if I was in a field where I needed those but, as it is, was unwearable, and they're the exact same measurement as my old glasses, I checked that as well.
I used the election to read In Other Lands
Nov. 6th, 2025 10:07 amconulyI liked it, but that was because I liked laughing at how stupidly oblivious the protagonist was to his not-rival's extraordinarily obvious crush on him. And also because I like most things I read.
But then, here I was, 20 minutes from the finish line, our two dudes are about to finally resolve all their deep-seated personal issues that have kept them apart - and my coworkers start a loud conversation right next to me and they will not shut up. I did, eventually, have to ask them to please stop for half an hour so I could finish my book.
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But then, here I was, 20 minutes from the finish line, our two dudes are about to finally resolve all their deep-seated personal issues that have kept them apart - and my coworkers start a loud conversation right next to me and they will not shut up. I did, eventually, have to ask them to please stop for half an hour so I could finish my book.
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#40 Another Idea (part 1 of 1, complete)
Nov. 6th, 2025 11:17 pmdialecticdreamerAnother Idea
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1260
[Sunday, May 10, 2020, early evening]]
:: Liana and Beverly visit, bringing another possible solution. Part of the Edison’s Mirror universe. ::
Back to Ed’s Worries
To the Edison's Mirror Index
On to
Aidan had just put the last, newly dried dish into the cupboard when the doorbell downstairs rang. He dried his hands on the towel that had just wiped the last plate, then hurried toward the stairs.
At the front door, he opened it, a smile twitching at the corners of his mouth but not settling in place. “Hello, Liana. Hello, Beverly. Would you like to come in?”
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By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1260
[Sunday, May 10, 2020, early evening]]
:: Liana and Beverly visit, bringing another possible solution. Part of the Edison’s Mirror universe. ::
Back to Ed’s Worries
To the Edison's Mirror Index
On to
Aidan had just put the last, newly dried dish into the cupboard when the doorbell downstairs rang. He dried his hands on the towel that had just wiped the last plate, then hurried toward the stairs.
At the front door, he opened it, a smile twitching at the corners of his mouth but not settling in place. “Hello, Liana. Hello, Beverly. Would you like to come in?”
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Ricky made is through his surgery
Nov. 6th, 2025 09:34 pmbrithistorianWe took Ricky off at the hospital this morning. He went into surgery at about 1:00 and got out several hours later. He had at least three stents plus one medicated balloon, so his cardiac function should be improved quite a bit. After A. and I did some things we had to do around the house, we went to Ricky's to take care of his dogs and also did some cleaning up so that his place will be at least a little safer for him to come home to tomorrow.
We've got to pick him up at the hospital between 8:30 and 10:00 a.m. (depending on when the doctor does rounds, I suppose).
Thanks for all the good wishes that you've sent to Ricky!
Ollie's Queens joins Dreamwidth
Nov. 6th, 2025 08:58 pmflareonfury posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
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olliesqueens is a dreamwidth community dedicated to het & gen relationships of Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow, thus "Ollie's Queens". The community was imported from LiveJournal, it originally focused on the Smallville version of Oliver Queen het & gen relationships. Since lack of works posted to LJ for awhile and since Smallville had ended back 2011 (Smallville Season 11 ended in 2014) & Arrow ended in 2020, Ollie's Queens has since opened up to any universe Oliver Queen exists in, including comics, animation, films, and shows of course.
Doesn't matter if it's Canon ships or Unconventional pairings, or how rare the pairings are! If you write or want to rec something you love! PLEASE SHARE.
werewolvesden >> for werewolves lovers
Nov. 6th, 2025 08:49 pmflareonfury posting in dw_community_promo
werewolvesden is a dreamwidth community dedicated to any fandom or media that related to werewolves or other wereanimals or shapeshifters (from folklores to latest show or film). Feel free to post your fanworks, recs, start discussions or feel free to pimp your fandom if you feel like you need to make more people aware of it.This community was inspired by the lovely
vampiremedia ♥ I love vampires but I also love werewolves just as much and there's sooo many fandoms out there that just doesn't get the justice they deserve so I figured why not!
Fanfiction: Within Reach (The Hundred Line, Yugamu/Takumi)
Nov. 6th, 2025 11:24 pmrionaleonhartI can't believe I already have a fic called At Arm's Length. It would be the perfect title for this!
Title: Within Reach
Fandom: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
Rating: 14
Pairing: Yugamu/Takumi
Wordcount: 3,300
Summary: As a bonding exercise, Sirei commands Takumi and Yugamu to share a room. Staying in the same room as Yugamu is, unsurprisingly, kind of a nightmare.
Warnings: Yugamu being creepy. Canon-typical mild body horror. Temporary amputation. The problem with writing about Yugamu Omokage is that you end up with bizarre warnings even when you're just trying to write a bedsharing fic.
( Within Reach )
Title: Within Reach
Fandom: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
Rating: 14
Pairing: Yugamu/Takumi
Wordcount: 3,300
Summary: As a bonding exercise, Sirei commands Takumi and Yugamu to share a room. Staying in the same room as Yugamu is, unsurprisingly, kind of a nightmare.
Warnings: Yugamu being creepy. Canon-typical mild body horror. Temporary amputation. The problem with writing about Yugamu Omokage is that you end up with bizarre warnings even when you're just trying to write a bedsharing fic.
( Within Reach )
pipped
Nov. 6th, 2025 06:46 pmcosmolinguistI expected my appeal of the decision to deny me disability welfare benefits was rejected.
This money is supposed to be for the extra costs of being disabled -- taxis, a cleaner, assistive tech, whatever you need. It's not supposed to pay your rent and bills but it did for me, for years. I'm grateful it doesn't any more.
What's unexpected is how hard this has hit me. It just...fucking sucks to be dispassionately informed that my needs have not been detected (again).
Thankful Thursday
Nov. 6th, 2025 05:32 pmmdlbearToday I am thankful for...
- The Black Blood of the Earth - Funranium Labs. NO thanks for Bronx making it impossible to get back to sleep at 5am.
- My daughter (who I just got off a video call with).
- Video calls. And having alternatives to Zoom. (We used Discord.)
- MDN Web Docs
- Remembering stuff in time.
Outgunned by Riccardo “Rico” Sirignano & Simone Formicola (Translated by Caterina Arzani)
Nov. 6th, 2025 09:00 amjames_davis_nicoll
Miss the action movies of the recent past? Now you and your fellow gamers can recreate them.
Outgunned by Riccardo “Rico” Sirignano & Simone Formicola (Translated by Caterina Arzani)
It's the Great Pumpkin Pie, Charlie Brown! 🤣
Nov. 5th, 2025 09:06 pmcanyonwalkerWere you the kind of cruel kid who watched seasonal cartoon specials like It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and thought, "Mmm-mmm, that overgrown gourd's gonna make one hell of a good pumpkin pie when I kill it and bake it!" 😈 ...Okay, no, I wasn't that kind of cruel kid either. But now that I've thought of the joke I wish I were. 🤣
Anyway, tonight we were at Costco and found that now that Halloween is over, indeed the Great Pumpkin indeed was caught, killed, and baked.
Hawk and I were going to buy other kinds of sweets, probably his- and hers packages of cookies, but then we saw this huge pie— for a hugely cheap price. It's 2.5x the size of a typical supermarket bakery pumpkin pie for half the price.
You could easily slice 12 decent servings from this one pie.
We're not 12 people though, nor even 6. Since it's just the two of us I promptly parted the pie into thirds once we got home and packed two the chunks away in the freezer. The remaining one-third I left in the fridge.
...Well, minus one-quarter of the last one-third. That went onto my plate and into the microwave to warm up for dessert tonight.
Anyway, tonight we were at Costco and found that now that Halloween is over, indeed the Great Pumpkin indeed was caught, killed, and baked.
Hawk and I were going to buy other kinds of sweets, probably his- and hers packages of cookies, but then we saw this huge pie— for a hugely cheap price. It's 2.5x the size of a typical supermarket bakery pumpkin pie for half the price.
You could easily slice 12 decent servings from this one pie.
We're not 12 people though, nor even 6. Since it's just the two of us I promptly parted the pie into thirds once we got home and packed two the chunks away in the freezer. The remaining one-third I left in the fridge.
...Well, minus one-quarter of the last one-third. That went onto my plate and into the microwave to warm up for dessert tonight.
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#39 Ed’s Worries (part 1 of 1, complete)
Nov. 5th, 2025 11:09 pmdialecticdreamerEd’s Worries
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1174
[Sunday, May 10, 2020, midafternoon]
:: On the walk home, Ed’s worries spill out. Part of the Edison’s Mirror universe. ::
Back to Warnings and Weirdness, part 2
To the Edison's Mirror Index
On to
The grass crunched as the trio walked single file along the narrow, almost shoulderless ribbon of black tarmac. None carried plants, nor a pack of seeds. Ed, walking behind Vic and ahead of Aidan, coughed to clear his throat. “I don’t know if I like this place anymore,” he began. His voice shook. “Vic… do you still have the energy to get us out of here?”
Vic rubbed the back of his neck. “Once. Definitely not twice. But Ed, we could end up somewhere much, much worse.”
“They’re not targeting you,” the preteen snapped. “You met Laina more properly than I did. I saw her at the same time that you did, but you talked to her, alone.” Ed threw his hands up. “People keep threatening us, and I’m fed up with it!”
( Read more... )
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1174
[Sunday, May 10, 2020, midafternoon]
:: On the walk home, Ed’s worries spill out. Part of the Edison’s Mirror universe. ::
Back to Warnings and Weirdness, part 2
To the Edison's Mirror Index
On to
The grass crunched as the trio walked single file along the narrow, almost shoulderless ribbon of black tarmac. None carried plants, nor a pack of seeds. Ed, walking behind Vic and ahead of Aidan, coughed to clear his throat. “I don’t know if I like this place anymore,” he began. His voice shook. “Vic… do you still have the energy to get us out of here?”
Vic rubbed the back of his neck. “Once. Definitely not twice. But Ed, we could end up somewhere much, much worse.”
“They’re not targeting you,” the preteen snapped. “You met Laina more properly than I did. I saw her at the same time that you did, but you talked to her, alone.” Ed threw his hands up. “People keep threatening us, and I’m fed up with it!”
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