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Precise, controlled, obedient. Shaped to serve it, Noir bore an unquestionable devotion to the Mélodis name.

Yet, defying reason, he stood in the laboratory once again. A foolish indulgence, a weakness he could neither justify nor deny.

“Welcome, Saphyr,” Luchino greeted, calm as ever.

No one needed to know how these visits stretched. If asked, he was merely fulfilling obligation. If questioned, the scholar was valuable to the family's business.

Luchino only waited, never demanded.

It wasn’t comfort what Noir sought, only a release from the burden of duty. And the warmth, simply incidental. Believing that lie, too, was foolish.

ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/74822346
drabble collection: https://archiveofourown.org/series/5457861

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visualjyushi

I spent about two hours last night trying to figure out how to make English patches work on my modded ps vita. It was kind of a headache, but I did it. I'm excited about finally being able to play at least one of the Amnesia fandisks now. Also, Dialovers!!! It's kind of crazy that I've been into these series for a decade and am only now getting to play them... Wild. I just have to get through a short shift at work tomorrow, and then I have a week off to potentially play through some 👀

Before work today, I also finished styling a wig for one of my cosplans. My spouse is obsessed with Lyney from Genshin Impact and thrifted his cosplay hoping he'd fit in it, but it actually fits me better. So, I'm going to be my spouse's anime husband for one of our next cons. (I also like Lyney but not quite to the same extent LOL.) I finally got his wig done today. I just need to make some minor alterations on the cosplay itself before it's con-ready. It's looking like we're both probably going to be doing a lot of Genshin cosplays next year. Unless a new hyperfixation emerges...

I think around the time I started posting here, I mentioned working on a Cloud cosplay. Which I plan to do again!! His wig got totally destroyed by Boston wind and sitting in my car for days after that so... I will be fixing him sometime soon. I only wore him for one day, and it wasn't a con. I want to actually bring him to one next year!!! Especially since my partner wants to be Aerith again as well. The last time he wore her, I was Noctis instead lol.

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gentlewolves

I can see 2k26 not a far off. Now, she is closer than ever before, eyes brimming with a myriad of possibilities, body curled around future opportunities, and in the darkest part of her loins, heartbreak wrapped in the rotting flesh of what I will lose. I am a mere soldier before the passage of time. I cannot return, and I cannot remain unmoved, and so one must press forward to win in this battle of time. To experience so much of life that time cannot tame your memory.

Here is the truth of it. There is no lack of creativity in me, but where I fall short in is discipline and, often times and most importantly I believe, energy. Between my constant fatigue and the taxing schedule of a PhD student, I find writing more exhausting and time consuming than I can afford. But this year, I hope to change that. I hope to make time, when I can. To allow the creative part of me allotted time in my day to bloom. How imperative it is for one to make time and room for a soul to grow. Otherwise, the lack of room, the lack of challenges, allows for stagnancy.

Still, hope remains. Where failure has persisted, there is a thought that follows me: Perhaps this is the year. For what, you may ask. For rediscovery. For curiosity. For feeling. For dreaming. For revelation. For love. For obsession.

I have stated it before to several friends, but in the last three years, I have self-indulgence in creativity to be a struggle. What might the reason be? Too many eyes. Perfectionism, and being too harsh on oneself. But 2k26 is the year for letting go of that. For discovering embarrassment and exploring oneself. It is the year of becoming insufferably weird and excited and self indulgent about the things you dream up. That is the only way dreams are realized.

I’ve made an entire document to realize this, which, perhaps will be a later post, but for now, I have established not resolutions, but promises. Creative promises to myself. (Promises to myself because I strongly believe that a person is the most precious entity to themself, and every promise made to one’s self is a sacred pact which must be kept. We must be individuals of our word, for if we lie to ourselves, what else do we have? Build credibility with yourself, and confidence will soon follow.)

To myself, I promise that I will:

Be patient with myself, and take time.
Look deeper, feel completely, express thoughts bravely, and remain gentle and earnest.
Focus on loving the process of writing rather than the product (I realize that as a perfectionist, I'm always trying to get to the product and not enjoying the process)
Write badly intentionally!!! (So that I don't take myself too seriously and hold myself to such a high standard that i don't have muse to finish my creative projects)
Work on smaller fics/finish things! (If you can finish a story within 7k and get used to finishing, it will be easier to write longer form, which is what I want to do)
I'd like to write every day, and try to finish a fic each month, even if I don't publish it. (And then, to keep myself accountable, record a monthly review here)
Just enjoy the Journey and have fun (writing is one of the only hobbies I have for myself and I don't want to lose it to not feeling good enough)
Less social media/focus on creation! (Migrating from Bsky to Dreamwidth/interacting with fandom through creating fanfics, moodboards (the aesthetics!!!), Pinterest boards, gifs, and webweaving)

Perhaps, when I am far enough removed from the carnage of 2k25, I will write a reflection of my creative year. But until then, thank you for reading, kind soul, and to you I wish all the brilliance that 2k26 holds in her bosom.

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Friend told me that Uncategorized Fandoms don't show up on your AO3 dashboard, and now I'm mournfully looking at my K-9-less dashboard, like poking at a scab... but also wondering if I'll have written enough for the fandom to show above the cut when it does eventually get wrangled XD

Show of trust | K-9 | Fujimaru Jin/Hizuki Ren/Kagari Yukito/Oboro Yuushirou | 1.6k words | rated T

Summary: Oboro and Fujimaru are down, while Ren and Kagari are left to face off an ever-growing mob of sin users on their own.

Read it on Dreamwidth on AO3.

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sodomhipped

Title: the things that might have healed me

Fandom: The Outsiders

Pairing: Dallas/Ponyboy

Rating: Gen

Warning: None

Tags: Canon Compliant, Slice of Life, Missing Scenes

Author’s Note: This is a companion series to “ashes and dust.” Like “ashes and dust,” this work will be a series of nonchronological, short ficlets. Each chapter is meant to be read as a separate, complete story. However, these will be overtly shippy.

The title references "Dust and Ashes."

And, as usual, thanks to my partner for editing this and making it far better than it otherwise would have been.

Summary:

Romance happens in Tulsa, Oklahoma, too.

Story One: Smoke [Dallas/Ponyboy]

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I gave up on being religious or even a true believer a long time ago, but it's impossible to resist the Christmas spirit. That's why everyone celebrates it, Catholic or not. It's kind of beautiful in a way.

It was nice to log on and see everyone saying it: Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, the one thing we all have in common regardless of where you are. And of course I am familiar with the concept of holidays, haha, but none feel as large and all-encompassing as Christmas. I feel all weird and sentimental tonight. I'm pretty sure anything could bring me to tears right now.

Partly I suppose it's because it's my first Christmas alone. I'm away from my family, the farthest I've ever been. And like I said, my roommate is in Austria, I don't really have any close friends here, I'm alone. But I'm not lonely.

I miss my family and my friends but I'm okay.

Even though I told myself I wasn't going to, my parents told me it was fine, so I decided to splurge a bit. I bought myself a whole Oreo cake from the grocery store and ate Indomie. It was so good; I'm stuffed. I did continue through Letters to Milena but it was getting so unfalteringly romantic that it's only making me more emotionally fragile. Maybe I'll finish it tonight, or maybe tomorrow.

Anyway, I know nobody reads these logs, that they're really only for me, but Merry Christmas! I have a whole year ahead of me and no doubt there will be pain and difficulty— But I was happy today.

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seraphikiss

Title: wake of the king
Fandom: identity v
Rating: G
Warnings: no archive warnings apply
Word Count: 11,688
Status: one shot
Relationship/Characters: norton campbell | prospector/orpheus deross | novelist
Tags: introspection, relationship study
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"i find that your company is quickly becoming my favorite part of palace life."

"you're a strange man, orpheus."

on a quiet balcony, a crown is set aside, and a story begins.

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More fics I enjoyed this year! Long(ish) fics, all 10k+.

( Heated Rivalry )

( The Murderbot Diaries )

( Sports Night )

( My Hero Academia )

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vriddy

Wow, vriddy wrote a fic? Wonder what fandom it could be about...............

Good luck, Yuu-san | K-9 | Fujimaru Jin/Hizuki Ren/Kagari Yukito/Oboro Yuushirou | <700 words | rated T

Summary: Fujimaru accidentally discovers a new weakness of Oboro.

Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.

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ashkitty

Outside revisiting old fics, I've been at my parents for the better part of a week. It's been a lot of work, but I love Christmas and I love my family, so I'm happy to be able to do things for them.

My mom got to come home today. After the long-term care hospital she was in a skilled nursing facility for a while, getting OT and PT to build her strength back up. Recovery takes a long time (I read somewhere you should assume a month of recovery for every week you were bedridden - I don't expect this to take a whole seven years, but it's fine if it's slow going for a while). She's still in a wheelchair a lot of the time and likely will be for a while. We went to church, and everyone was very kind. The point is that she's home for Christmas, which is the one thing I wanted most.

Nadolig llawen, friends. I hope you all have whatever sort of holiday you like best.

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ashkitty

Day 12! We made it!

We end where we began, with Star Trek. This is the first K/S Advent fic I wrote, and the most enduring. I loved being able to make a world that is completely strange, completely alien, and to give the Enterprise a mission where while there is danger, there’s nothing trying to attack or harm them. Space is dangerous, but also wondrous, and the crew should get to enjoy that sometimes.

Snowflakes (Star Trek Reboot, Kirk/Spock, G)

‘Spock was already pulling out his tricorder. "It appears to be...life, Jim. Plant life," he said slowly. Spock had a lot of ways of speaking slowly. There was the way that meant he was thinking, and the way that meant he was thinking Jim was an idiot. There was a way that meant he was absolutely determined not to laugh, and a way that meant he was still processing something shocking. This was a new one, though, Jim thought. It was almost wonder.’

Song: O Holy Night

Rec: Wizards in Winter by Vibishan (Calvin & Hobbes/Young Wizards, G)

The one where Calvin becomes a wizard. I don't know what else to say about it beyond that - but look, you know (if you know Young Wizards) that the younger the wizard, the more raw power. And that wizards are offered the Oath when they're needed. Anyway, I knew from the beginning this was the rec I wanted to end on.

Merry Christmas.🎄🎁❄️

Back to Day 11.

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Community Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.

Over the last week...

Posted and commented on bnha_fans. The comm is really active in all sorts of good ways, which is LOVELY! :D

Commented on goals_on_dw.

Posted & commented on getting_started about whether image links also get redirected when using a rename token. The answer is YES which is pretty cool and good to know :D

Signal boosts:

Someone is asking about the kind of CSS allowed on Dreamwidth over at newcomers, in case any of you have more tips and paths to share.

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elian_panatomicpublishing

I read a lot of fic, and have a truly excessive number of bookmarks on Ao3, so I figured it would be fun to go through my bookmarks from 2025 and create a rec list of some of the fics I really enjoyed. First rec list: multimedia fic!

( DCU (Comics) )

( Heated Rivalry )

( Miraculous Ladybug )

( The Murderbot Diaries )

( Sherlock & Co. )

( Pacific Rim )

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Happy holidays to everyone!

I spent part of my day tagging along with my spouse while they got tattoos. Coincidentally, I've been eyeing the work by another artist at the same shop, so I decided to make an appointment with them for early January while we were there. I technically shouldn't be spending that much money, but I think it's okay to treat myself for once. January is also my birthday month, and the tattoo is something I've wanted for a while. It will be Free! (anime) related, because that series is near and dear to my heart.

While I was waiting for my partner, I ended up finishing Volume 5 of the No.6 novel series. I've been slowly working my way through all of them, and every time I get back to it, I feel my love for No.6 (and specifically, Nezushi) being reignited. Reading the novels just offers so much more insight to the characters and their relationships with each other. Being able to see Shion's inner thoughts about Nezumi and vice versa has been making me feel deranged.

( Short Vol.5 ramble... )

Anyway, at our house, we won't be doing much in terms of celebration other than eating really, but I hope everyone is able to enjoy their holiday :)

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