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candyheartsex nominations are open!

Anyone want to coordinate?

I'm considering ( fandoms and ships under the cut )

Let me know if there's anything else you want me to slip in to an empty spot (or anything you're particularly relying on my including!)

aurumcalendula

ClaireBell poster featuring Bell and Claire on a bunk bed

(8 × ~45 minutes (TV version) or ~60 minutes (uncut version))

Claire and Bell meet in a place no one enters by choice: prison. Wrongly convicted of drug possession, Bell begins her fifteen-month sentence only to find herself targeted by a powerful group within the grounds. Even the warden turns a blind eye to their actions. Her only path to safety is to go to Claire, a violent inmate no one dares mess with. Nothing is as easy as she'd hoped. As their bond deepens, their path reaches a crossroads and they must choose between life and love. (MyDramaList)

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http://existentialcomics.com/comic/634

PERSON: "Human reason alone has brought us out of the dark ages of the past. Through human intelligence, we have move from scratching a living from hunting and gathering to constructing mighty civilizations!"PERSON: "Stupidity? How?!"PERSON: "Are you kidding? Stupidity has contributed so much!"PERSON: "Think about the first man who ever rode a horse."PERSON: "Then one day, one man thought: i bet i could ride it! This man i believe we can only describe as a total idiot. It's an idiot thing to try, after all."PERSON: "For a thousand years men kept horses for their meat and milk."PERSON: "And yet, this idiot impacted history more than any of your genius books. "PERSON: "Think about how many more people rode horses than read your smart philosophy books. It's mind boggling, isn't it? That idiot is so much better than you."

http://existentialcomics.com/comic/634

juan_gandhi

Я так вижу, среди моих собеседников на фесбуке в гениях числятся Булгаков да, похоже, Стругацкие.
Так понимаю, что ещё они читали Курочку Рябу, и больше всё. Ну, может быть, Ле Гуин, что ли.

С музыкой та ж фигня, мне кажется; в великие композиторы записаны Меркури и БГ. Ну, может быть, ещё Равель, у него Болеро годится как аккомпанемент к сексу.

Эх. Прохладнее бы надо ко всему этому.

sovay

Since the light is officially supposed to have returned in my hemisphere, it is pleasing that my morning has been filled with the quartz-flood of winter sun. I could not get any kind of identifying look at the weird ducks clustered on their mirror-blue thread of the Mystic as I drove past, but I saw black, blue, buff, white, russet, green, and one upturned tail with traffic-cone feet.

On the front of ghost stories for winter, Afterlives: The Year's Best Death Fiction 2024, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, is now digitally available from Psychopomp. Nephthys of the kite-winged darkness presides over its contents, which include my queer maritime ice-dream "Twice Every Day Returning." It's free to subscribers of The Deadlands and worth a coin or two on the eyes of the rest.

For the solstice itself, I finally managed to write about a short and even seasonal film-object and made latkes with my parents.

spatch and I lit the last night's candle for the future. All these last months have been a very rough turn toward winter. I have to believe that I will be able to believe in one.

Current Music: The Mountain Goats, "Rocks in My Pockets"

conuly

So, I'm reading something about an abusive relationship. So toxic, in every tiny respect. But the commenters! You've got a handful of them happily chirping things like "Oh, Abuser is trying so hard! He's really just controlling because he's worried, but look, he's trying to make Abusee happy!" and we've got another handful saying things like "I don't get why Abusee doesn't just leave. I mean, he's in public, is he scared of getting hit? In public? Like, geez."

Like... do you people know what sort of story you're even reading? Or, in the latter case, do you know anything about humans!?

Some people should not be allowed to comment on anything. WTF.

(Though, that having been said, the very first rule of running away and changing your name is never pick a fake name that has any connection to your real life. And because of this, our protagonist got kidnapped back by his abuser and his goon squad. Again. Well, the plot had to happen somehow, I guess, but still.)

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Posted by Zach Weinersmith

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/comparative

Click here to go see the bonus panel!

Hovertext:
Accidentally drew Ricardo like an aging Superman. Will substantiate with backstory later.

Today's News:

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/comparative

lexin

I had a Tesco delivery last Friday. No problem.

I forgot that I’d booked one for yesterday by mistake and then forgot to cancel it. So we got a load more food. I’m sure

aunty_marion and I will manage to eat most of it. At least, we can hope.

Cat news

Geraint is beginning to settle in, he hasn’t yet bitten Marion. And we’re managing to train him to be a bit less hit-and-miss with his litter tray. He’s also beginning to get on with Opal. So, progress.

Edited to add: we have discovered that Geraint is deaf.

Current Location: Bangor
Crossposts: https://lexin.insanejournal.com/332181.html

philomytha

Sholio wrote a wonderful variation on the evergreen 'presumed dead' trope and invited continuations, and since there are certain kinds of temptation I don't even bother trying to resist, I wrote some more for it.

Sholio's fic (second one down)

( 1400 words of waking up after being presumed dead (Biggles gen) )

chickenfeet

https://operaramblings.blog/2025/12/22/opera-revue-at-granite-brewery/

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Posted by Daily Otter

https://dailyotter.org/posts/2025/12/22/whos-this-funny-dressed-guy

Via Cape May County Zoo

https://dailyotter.org/posts/2025/12/22/whos-this-funny-dressed-guy

rmc28

The hot yoga place has two levels of classes: "hotpod flow" and "nurturing flow". In January I found the nurturing one a bit too relaxing and slow, and I've been doing the free yoga classes through work pretty consistently all year, so I thought sure, I'll be fine in the standard class. I'll have to modify some of the harder positions but I'm used to that.

It was hot in the class. Not sauna hot, but I was definitely finding it harder than I'd expected based on the January classes. I took the teacher at her word about it being fine to take breaks and drink water as needed, but well before the end I just had to stop, sit, and let my heart rate come down. She checked in with me, and I assured her that I know my body and I'm not going to let myself faint, but yes it was harder than I'd expected. I've switched my classes for the next couple of days to the "nurturing flow", so we'll see how that goes.

slightly gross body stuff

My workout clothes were saturated when I finished. I thought I was sweaty after Huskies practice (two hours skating hard, trying to keep up with young men), but this was a new level. Luckily I had a hoodie and skirt to throw over the top for the bike ride home - it's a weirdly mild December week but not so mild I wanted evaporative cooling all the way. Absolutely everything went in the wash when I got home.

I emptied my 950ml water bottle in/just after the practice, and had another couple of litres of water over the course of the evening, this time with my trusty electrolyte tablets, and managed to see off the lurking dehydration headache. I'm going to make sure there's electrolytes in the in-class bottle too from tonight onward.

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Also, remember our pinch hitters' prompts post! If you weren't signed up and you're pinch hitting, your rare fandom prompts are very welcome!

If the pinch hit you're interested in has been claimed, you are still welcome to post treats!

claimed - PH #226: Lancer (Roleplaying Game), 蟲師 | Mushishi (Anime & Manga), とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga), Mystery Flesh Pit National Park - Trevor Roberts, Pressure (Roblox), 悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲 | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Request 1 by SailorSpellcheck
Lancer (Roleplaying Game)
Characters: Terror (Lancer RPG), Mirth (Lancer RPG), Endeavor (Lancer RPG), Worldbuilding (Lancer RPG)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Treats OK!
Please see my letter for more canon-specific prompts and likes!
General DNWs
- Sexual or explicit content (however, violence and gore and body horror are A-OK)
- Excessive or gratuitous violence and gore for no narrative reason
- Major themes regarding the heat-death or otherwise non-supernatural end of the universe
- Major homophobia, transphobia, acephobia, arophobia, or racism (canon typical, if present, is fine)
- Major real-world religious themes (canon-typical is okay though)
- Death or violence to pets, especially cats
- Crushing of snails or crabs or other small creatures
- Very major plot points centered around protagonists infighting/misunderstanding each other. Basically just please go light on misunderstanding-based conflict. Should be fine as long as it doesn't last too long and it gets resolved. (Please contact the mod if you need clarification from me on what's okay or not!)
- Permanent Major Character Death
- Characters losing their powers permanently, if relevant
- Unrequested gender and/or sexuality headcanons
- Unrequested AUs or major setting changes
General Likes
- angst
- fluff
- missionfic/casefic
- gore
- body horror (especially of the fishy variety)
- the ""fucked up escaped lab experiment"" trope
- mermaids
- aliens
- psychics
- political intrigue
- strong platonic bonds and nonsexual intimacy
- detailed imagery and scene-painting
- asexual/aromantic headcanons
Canon-Specific DNWs:
- Union-bashing (pointing out Union's flaws is fine, such as the unethical material foundation of the post-capital purported utopia, but just please don't bash Union)
- Corpro apologia. It's fine to write from corpro POVs so long as this is not presented as a genuine attempt to absolve any corpros of wrongdoing
- Machine apologia (as in, the Machine, from Wallflower)

Letter:
https://write.ellipsus.com/edit/860c76c2-b82b-40c6-8a5b-7102a224fe89

Request 2 by SailorSpellcheck
蟲師 | Mushishi (Anime & Manga)
Characters: Ginko (Mushishi), Worldbuilding (Mushishi)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Treats OK!
Please see my letter for more canon-specific prompts and likes!
General DNWs
- Sexual or explicit content (however, violence and gore and body horror are A-OK)
- Excessive or gratuitous violence and gore for no narrative reason
- Major themes regarding the heat-death or otherwise non-supernatural end of the universe
- Major homophobia, transphobia, acephobia, arophobia, or racism (canon typical, if present, is fine)
- Major real-world religious themes (canon-typical is okay though)
- Death or violence to pets, especially cats
- Crushing of snails or crabs or other small creatures
- Very major plot points centered around protagonists infighting/misunderstanding each other. Basically just please go light on misunderstanding-based conflict. Should be fine as long as it doesn't last too long and it gets resolved. (Please contact the mod if you need clarification from me on what's okay or not!)
- Permanent Major Character Death
- Characters losing their powers permanently, if relevant
- Unrequested gender and/or sexuality headcanons
- Unrequested AUs or major setting changes
General Likes
- angst
- fluff
- missionfic/casefic
- gore
- body horror (especially of the fishy variety)
- the ""fucked up escaped lab experiment"" trope
- mermaids
- aliens
- psychics
- political intrigue
- strong platonic bonds and nonsexual intimacy
- detailed imagery and scene-painting
- asexual/aromantic headcanons
Canon-Specific DNWs:
- Ginko dying
- Modern-day worldbuilding

Letter:
https://write.ellipsus.com/edit/860c76c2-b82b-40c6-8a5b-7102a224fe89?theme=ultraDark

Request 3 by SailorSpellcheck
とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
Characters: Coco (Tongari Boushi no Atelier), Euini (Tongari Boushi no Atelier), Olruggio (Tongari Boushi no Atelier)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Treats OK!
Please see my letter for more canon-specific prompts and likes!
General DNWs
- Sexual or explicit content (however, violence and gore and body horror are A-OK)
- Excessive or gratuitous violence and gore for no narrative reason
- Major themes regarding the heat-death or otherwise non-supernatural end of the universe
- Major homophobia, transphobia, acephobia, arophobia, or racism (canon typical, if present, is fine)
- Major real-world religious themes (canon-typical is okay though)
- Death or violence to pets, especially cats
- Crushing of snails or crabs or other small creatures
- Very major plot points centered around protagonists infighting/misunderstanding each other. Basically just please go light on misunderstanding-based conflict. Should be fine as long as it doesn't last too long and it gets resolved. (Please contact the mod if you need clarification from me on what's okay or not!)
- Permanent Major Character Death
- Characters losing their powers permanently, if relevant
- Unrequested gender and/or sexuality headcanons
- Unrequested AUs or major setting changes
General Likes
- angst
- fluff
- missionfic/casefic
- gore
- body horror (especially of the fishy variety)
- the ""fucked up escaped lab experiment"" trope
- mermaids
- aliens
- psychics
- political intrigue
- strong platonic bonds and nonsexual intimacy
- detailed imagery and scene-painting
- asexual/aromantic headcanons
Canon-Specific DNWs:
- Coco joining the Brim Hats
- Character death of any of the main girls (Coco, Agott, Tetia, Richeh), but injury is fine

Letter:
https://write.ellipsus.com/edit/860c76c2-b82b-40c6-8a5b-7102a224fe89?theme=ultraDark

Request 4 by SailorSpellcheck
Mystery Flesh Pit National Park - Trevor Roberts
Characters: Worldbuilding (Mystery Flesh Pit), Permian Basin Superorganism (Mystery Flesh Pit)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Treats OK!
Please see my letter for more canon-specific prompts!
General DNWs
- Sexual or explicit content (however, violence and gore and body horror are A-OK)
- Excessive or gratuitous violence and gore for no narrative reason
- Major themes regarding the heat-death or otherwise non-supernatural end of the universe
- Major homophobia, transphobia, acephobia, arophobia, or racism (canon typical, if present, is fine)
- Major real-world religious themes (canon-typical is okay though)
- Death or violence to pets, especially cats
- Crushing of snails or crabs or other small creatures
- Very major plot points centered around protagonists infighting/misunderstanding each other. Basically just please go light on misunderstanding-based conflict. Should be fine as long as it doesn't last too long and it gets resolved. (Please contact the mod if you need clarification from me on what's okay or not!)
- Permanent Major Character Death
- Characters losing their powers permanently, if relevant
- Unrequested gender and/or sexuality headcanons
- Unrequested AUs or major setting changes
General Likes
- angst
- fluff
- missionfic/casefic
- gore
- body horror (especially of the fishy variety)
- the ""fucked up escaped lab experiment"" trope
- mermaids
- aliens
- psychics
- political intrigue
- strong platonic bonds and nonsexual intimacy
- detailed imagery and scene-painting
- asexual/aromantic headcanons
Canon-Specific DNWs:
- Insinuating that the pit has some evil eldritch higher purpose and wants to end the world or something
- Anything related to the aphrodisiac properties of ballast (usage or mention of ballast for its other properties is fine, though)

Letter:
https://write.ellipsus.com/edit/860c76c2-b82b-40c6-8a5b-7102a224fe89?theme=ultraDark

Request 5 by SailorSpellcheck
Pressure (Roblox)
Characters: Sebastian Solace (Pressure), Worldbuilding (Pressure)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Treats OK!
Please see my letter for more canon-specific prompts!
General DNWs
- Sexual or explicit content (however, violence and gore and body horror are A-OK)
- Excessive or gratuitous violence and gore for no narrative reason
- Major themes regarding the heat-death or otherwise non-supernatural end of the universe
- Major homophobia, transphobia, acephobia, arophobia, or racism (canon typical, if present, is fine)
- Major real-world religious themes (canon-typical is okay though)
- Death or violence to pets, especially cats
- Crushing of snails or crabs or other small creatures
- Very major plot points centered around protagonists infighting/misunderstanding each other. Basically just please go light on misunderstanding-based conflict. Should be fine as long as it doesn't last too long and it gets resolved. (Please contact the mod if you need clarification from me on what's okay or not!)
- Permanent Major Character Death
- Characters losing their powers permanently, if relevant
- Unrequested gender and/or sexuality headcanons
- Unrequested AUs or major setting changes
General Likes
- angst
- fluff
- missionfic/casefic
- gore
- body horror (especially of the fishy variety)
- the ""fucked up escaped lab experiment"" trope
- mermaids
- aliens
- psychics
- political intrigue
- strong platonic bonds and nonsexual intimacy
- detailed imagery and scene-painting
- asexual/aromantic headcanons
Canon-Specific DNWs:
- Postcanon human Seb
- Painter, if you choose to write him as receiving/having a motile body, with a body that has guns
- I'm fine with mentioning Seb has a wife but please don't mention Zerum as that wife. Otherwise, please no shipping Seb with anyone.

Letter:
https://write.ellipsus.com/edit/860c76c2-b82b-40c6-8a5b-7102a224fe89?theme=ultraDark

Request 6 by SailorSpellcheck
悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲 | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Characters: Alucard (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

Treats OK!
Please see my letter for more canon-specific prompts!
General DNWs
- Sexual or explicit content (however, violence and gore and body horror are A-OK)
- Excessive or gratuitous violence and gore for no narrative reason
- Major themes regarding the heat-death or otherwise non-supernatural end of the universe
- Major homophobia, transphobia, acephobia, arophobia, or racism (canon typical, if present, is fine)
- Major real-world religious themes (canon-typical is okay though)
- Death or violence to pets, especially cats
- Crushing of snails or crabs or other small creatures
- Very major plot points centered around protagonists infighting/misunderstanding each other. Basically just please go light on misunderstanding-based conflict. Should be fine as long as it doesn't last too long and it gets resolved. (Please contact the mod if you need clarification from me on what's okay or not!)
- Permanent Major Character Death
- Characters losing their powers permanently, if relevant
- Unrequested gender and/or sexuality headcanons
- Unrequested AUs or major setting changes
General Likes
- angst
- fluff
- missionfic/casefic
- gore
- body horror (especially of the fishy variety)
- the ""fucked up escaped lab experiment"" trope
- mermaids
- aliens
- psychics
- political intrigue
- strong platonic bonds and nonsexual intimacy
- detailed imagery and scene-painting
- asexual/aromantic headcanons
Canon-Specific DNWs:
- Alucard with no baggage about his vampire lineage
- Shipping Alucard with anyone (I know this is games canon but I will nonetheless make an exception for background/implied/mentioned trephacard)
- Dracula as an entirely perfect father, or conversely, Dracula as a completely awful father
Letter:
https://write.ellipsus.com/edit/860c76c2-b82b-40c6-8a5b-7102a224fe89?theme=ultraDark

CLAIMED - PH #227: Nana (Anime & Manga), Lamb - Christopher Moore, Tenkuu no Escaflowne | The Vision of Escaflowne, The Godfather (1972 1974 1990), Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Movie 2022)

Request 1 by 1candyangle
Nana (Anime & Manga)
Characters: Oosaki Nana, Komatsu Nana | Hachi
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Nana likes: devotion, support, consequences to addiction, multiple types of love, good or bad relationships. Make up, break ups, opening/closing relationships to new partners.
General likes: when characters are given a reason to cry, possessiveness, feral behaviour, action,
fucky/toxic relationships, power dynamics, food, music, loving each other too much to function, and humor (puns, ridiculous situations, dark irony)
Smut is welcomed. No preference in dynamics or omegaverse designations.
Go wild, go unhinged, have fun.
General soft dislikes: sissification, non-canon age differences, pet-like animal-human hybrids (werewolves, cursed creatures and monsters do not count as hybrids)
DNW: heavy recreational drug or alcohol use in a positive light (non-con drugging is fine, same with a passing glass of wine, just no drunk or high shenanigans please. Dealing with the aftermath of a binge session is more than okay in the context of addiction), cheating, sexual content under age 13, graphic eye trauma

No letter

Request 2 by 1candyangle
Lamb - Christopher Moore
Characters: Biff (Lamb), Maggie (Lamb), Josh (Lamb)
My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

Lamb likes: theology (insane and standard), world building, the Implications, unconditional love, conditional love, AUs of all flavours
General likes: when characters are given a reason to cry, possessiveness, feral behaviour, action, fucky/toxic relationships, power dynamics, food, music, loving each other too much to function, and humor (puns, ridiculous situations, dark irony)
Smut is welcomed. No preference in dynamics or omegaverse designations.
Go wild, go unhinged, have fun.
General soft dislikes: sissification, non-canon age differences, pet-like animal-human hybrids (werewolves, cursed creatures and monsters do not count as hybrids)
DNW: heavy recreational drug or alcohol use in a positive light (non-con drugging is fine, same with a passing glass of wine, just no drunk or high shenanigans please. Dealing with the aftermath of a binge session is more than okay in the context of addiction), cheating, sexual content under age 13, graphic eye trauma

No letter

Request 3 by 1candyangle
Tenkuu no Escaflowne | The Vision of Escaflowne
Characters: Van Fanel, Kanzaki Hitomi, Dilandau Albatou

Escaflowne likes: Van and Hitomi saving each other, or little quiet moments when their guards are down and they show their genuine affection. Mecha battles are always fun, same with world building. For Dilandau, his brain and crazy intrigue me, I love him.
General likes: when characters are given a reason to cry, possessiveness, feral behaviour, action,
fucky/toxic relationships, power dynamics, food, music, loving each other too much to function, and humor (puns, ridiculous situations, dark irony)
Smut is welcomed. No preference in dynamics or omegaverse designations.
Go wild, go unhinged, have fun.
General soft dislikes: sissification, non-canon age differences, pet-like animal-human hybrids (werewolves, cursed creatures and monsters do not count as hybrids)
DNW: heavy recreational drug or alcohol use in a positive light (non-con drugging is fine, same with a passing glass of wine, just no drunk or high shenanigans please. Dealing with the aftermath of a binge session is more than okay in the context of addiction), cheating, sexual content under age 13, graphic eye trauma

No letter

Request 4 by 1candyangle
The Godfather (1972 1974 1990)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

Godfather likes: nitty-gritty mafia life, fun with tropes (conventionally playing it straight or turning a common mafia trope on its head), real world implications, generational trauma, violence to make statements, poor life choices
General likes: when characters are given a reason to cry, possessiveness, feral behaviour, action, fucky/toxic relationships, power dynamics, food, music, loving each other too much to function, and humor (puns, ridiculous situations, dark irony)
Smut is welcomed. No preference in dynamics or omegaverse designations.
Go wild, go unhinged, have fun.
General soft dislikes: sissification, non-canon age differences, pet-like animal-human hybrids (werewolves, cursed creatures and monsters do not count as hybrids)
DNW: heavy recreational drug or alcohol use in a positive light (non-con drugging is fine, same with a passing glass of wine, just no drunk or high shenanigans please. Dealing with the aftermath of a binge session is more than okay in the context of addiction), cheating, sexual content under age 13, graphic eye trauma

No letter

Request 5 by 1candyangle
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Movie 2022)
Characters: Any
My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)

Weird Al likes: absolute insanity and crackfic would be fun, or lean into the ridiculousness of everything and play it straight. Feel free to experiment with unconventional formats if you like to (1st person pov, outsider, songfic, poetry, etc)
General likes: when characters are given a reason to cry, possessiveness, feral behaviour, action, fucky/toxic relationships, power dynamics, food, music, loving each other too much to function, and humor (puns, ridiculous situations, dark irony)
Smut is welcomed. No preference in dynamics or omegaverse designations.
Go wild, go unhinged, have fun.
General soft dislikes: sissification, non-canon age differences, pet-like animal-human hybrids (werewolves, cursed creatures and monsters do not count as hybrids)
DNW: heavy recreational drug or alcohol use in a positive light (non-con drugging is fine, same with a passing glass of wine, just no drunk or high shenanigans please. Dealing with the aftermath of a binge session is more than okay in the context of addiction), cheating, sexual content under age 13, graphic eye trauma

No letter

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https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/12/22/children-in-danger-part-two

New Comic: Children In Danger, Part Two

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/12/22/children-in-danger-part-two

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Preview

76 icons from various Thai BL dramas ( 4 minutes , Jack & Joker , KinnPorsche , Love in the air , Love mechanics , Manner of Death , Only Friends , Sotus, The Heart Killers , Triage )

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Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov (background relationship), Jackie Pike, Original Characters, Background & Cameo Characters
Rating: Teen
Length: 2407
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: Ravenestra on AO3
Themes: Hurt/comfort, Canon LGBTQ+ characters, Women being awesome, Female friendship, Unconventional format and style, Humor, Teams

Summary:

Sarah
Does anyone have the number for Shane's girl from Boston? I feel bad that they've been seeing each other for this long and we've never added her here.
Jackie
Oh good point! Let me ask Hayden.
Jackie has added Lily to the conversation
Lily
what
what is this

Or: Ilya Rozanov is, apparently, one of the girls.

Reccer's Notes: This stems from the pseudonyms Ilya and Shane use over the years to text each other (Lily and Jane). The Montreal WAGs (Wives & Girlfriends) grouptext realizes that Shane's "girl", Lily, hasn't been added, partly as Lily is based in Boston not Montreal. So Ilya gets added to the grouptext and (of course) fits right in. The fic's probably more enjoyable and easier to figure out if you know canon, and I also found I picked up more of the humor and details on a second reading. It's an amusing fic, but also about (largely) female support systems, and shows that NHL partners are not unlike military wives. Very well done. (In addition, there's another story WAG Support Network inspired by this one, written in a more usual format, which is also great and adds some extra details.)

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Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Yuna Hollander, David Hollander, Hayden Pike, Zane Boodram, Evan Dykstra
Rating: Explicit
Length: 26,873
Content Notes: contains depictions of homophobia and slurs, state-sanctioned and from individuals
Creator Links: pucksandpower on AO3
Themes: hurt/comfort, angst (with a happy ending), established relationship, canon LGBTQ+ characters, character development, au: fork in the road

Summary: One security camera. One leaked video. One choice that changes everything.

Ilya Rozanov loses his country, his team, and his shot at Olympic gold in a single night. But he doesn’t lose Shane, and that makes all the difference.

A story about finding home in a person, not a place. About choosing love over legacy. And about winning the medal you never knew you needed, standing next to the one person who matters most.

Reccer's Notes: Time to emerge from my Heated Rivalry obsession, with... Heated Rivalry recs! This goes au after the book (after season 1 of the show), so I guess it's a little spoilery if you haven't read the book or seen season 1. The plot takes a very different turn at the 2018 Korean Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. It's told from Ilya's point of view after what initially seems an utter disaster following which he has to flee the Russian authorities. Although it starts with trauma, most of the story is about how Ilya's life is rebuilt, with Shane being central to that, as are his teammates, and Shane's parents. It's an engaging story with great characterization and fun banter between Ilya and Shane, Ilya often being his usual in-your-face, snarky self. A heartwarming story with plenty of comfort to offset the initial hurt.

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The Girl Genius comic for Monday, December 22, 2025 has been posted.

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20251222

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I picked up three pinch-hits for

ficinabox!

Still Here Together for Shinzuku206
Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Laurence & Temeraire
Hurt/Comfort, Hospitalization, Plushies, Recursive Fic

After his injury, Laurence is confined to the hospital for many weeks. Temeraire bears up bravely — then Laurence, too, learns what it is to worry.

Direct sequel to

shinzuku206's story, With You By My Side, in which Laurence is hospitalized with a broken leg, and Temeraire is very sweet about it.

I, of course, had to make it worse. ;-)

(Don't worry: despite it all, Laurence and Temeraire are still very sweet together.)

Privileges of the Purse for StableState
Doctor Odyssey
Max, Avery, Tristan, Original Character
Worldbuilding, Humor

Most people wouldn't put a CT scanner on a cruise ship. The owners of the Odyssey aren't most people.

Or: Max meets Hugh "Doc" Laurent.

StableState prompted:

Who put a full-sized CT scanner on a cruise ship? Not to mention the HGTV feature wall of unlabeled medication in glass bottles (on a boat. With waves.) or the gene sequencer. Even the usual equipment is oddly gold and sleek. They have to be custom-ordered, or medical design is very different in our world.

I read that prompt, laughed, and immediately grabbed the pinch-hit. "Privileges of the Purse" is my best crack at the first three questions.

(The final question is unaddressed in the story, but I assert there is a medical supplier out there who does fake-gold-plated medical equipment for a few select customers overly invested in faux-opulence; chief among them is the Trump Organization.)

What Does the Spleen Do? for stablestate
What Does the Spleen Do? ft. Harvard Medical School Class of 2016
Cryptic Crossword

A splenic (but not asplenic!) cryptic criss-cross.

Just after I finished my Temeraire story, a second pinch-hit came up for StableState. After I confirmed with the mods that my "excess" 600 words from the first pinch-hit could be applied to this one, I picked it up. After all, there had been a second prompt of theirs that had interested me: one for a music video about spleens.

Fic In A Box has options for non-traditional fills: in addition to stories and art, it's possible to create works that fit various format or media opt-ins, one of which is cryptic crosswords. Which StableState had opted into for the spleen prompt! And what a lucky coincidence, I had just that week downloaded a course on how to do cryptic crosswords! I had read the first three chapters! Surely that was enough knowledge to design my own cryptic crossword??

(

grrlpup laughs and confirms that I have always been like this.)

So I sailed in and did my best. It was fun! My grid was sub-standard (and I need to figure out how it is that people make up good grids), but it was neat to try to make up clues.

Happily, I had the wisdom to ask

seekingferret, who is well-versed in all things puzzles, to beta. He warned me off the worst of my errors, kindly informed me that what I had created is called a criss-cross and not a crossword, and confirmed that it was in fact solvable.

(I am... not sure that anyone has solved it who isn't Ferret? But the recip left a nice thank you, and I shall be content with that.)