Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 09:26 pm

Thanks everyone on your comments on the last checkin; fabulous to see so many people making small progress. I do not have the oomph to reply individually, but I wish I did.

Instead! It has been a little over a week since the last checkin, and time for another one. What is one small win you have had in the last week in making your house a home?

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 05:53 am

Firsts to Share
HOW TO PLAY

β€’ Nothing novel here. Drop them muses, get some tags.
β€’ Respect preferences. Be as chill as the frost our rooftops.

PROMPTS
  1. ANGRY: ( a ) is angry at ( b ) for the first time
  2. BED: ( a ) and ( b ) share a bed for the first time
  3. CAR: ( a ) shares a ride with ( b ) for the first time
  4. COOKING: ( a ) cooks for ( b ) for the first time
  5. CRYING: ( a ) sees ( b ) crying for the first time
  6. DATE: ( a ) asks ( b ) out on a date for the first time
  7. DRUNK: ( a ) drunk calls/texts ( b ) for the first time
  8. FLOWERS: ( a ) gives ( b ) flowers for the first time
  9. HAND: ( a ) touches/holds ( b )’s hand for the first time
  10. HEARTFELT: ( a ) sends ( b ) a heartfelt text/audio for the first time
  11. HUG: ( a ) hugs ( b ) for the first time
  12. HURT: ( a ) sees ( b ) hurt for the first time
  13. HOME: ( a ) goes to ( b )’s home for the first time MESS ( a ) sees ( b ) in a messy state for the first time
  14. JOURNAL: ( a ) writes about ( b ) in their journal for the first time
  15. SAFE: ( a ) feels safe around ( b ) for the first time
  16. SEEN: ( a ) sees ( b ) for the first time
  17. SICK: ( a ) sees ( b ) sick for the first time
  18. SNOOZE: ( a ) falls asleep on ( b ) for the first time
  19. SUN: ( a ) and ( b ) watch the sunrise together for the first time
  20. TEXT: ( a ) texts ( b ) first after a long silence for the first time
  21. UPSET: ( a ) sends ( b ) an upset text/audio for the first time


+ MIX IT UP. SEND A SYMBOL IN RESPONSE TO MY TOP-LEVEL FOR MY CHARACTER TO:
  • 😘 kiss your character for the first time
  • πŸ€— hug your character for the first time
  • 😒 cry in front of your character for the first time
  • πŸ‘« hold your character’s hand for the first time
  • πŸ‘Š hit your character for the first time
  • πŸ” cook for your character for the first time
  • 🍻 get drunk with/in front of your character for the first time
  • 🎀 sing in front of your character for the first time
  • 🎨 show your character a special talent for the first time
  • 🏑 go to your character’s house for the first time
  • ✈️ travel with your character for the first time
  • πŸ›Œ sleep with your character for the first time
  • ❀️ tell your character "I love you" for the first time
  • πŸ–€ tell your character "I hate you" for the first time
  • 🩹 be injured in front of your character for the first time
  • πŸš‘ go to the hospital with/for your character for the first time
  • 🎁 give your character a gift for the first time

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 10:05 am
In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Though I am breaking that a little bit because of the sheer circus going on at the moment.

As one commentator put it, what the current administration is doing to the White House is aesthetically what a meth lab does to a regular house. They've cemented over the back garden, one entire wing has been demolished and is some sort of a "building project" that may never get finished and a cage fighting pit is being built on the front lawn.

And in terms of the concert that was being planned for the Semiquincentennial of the USA 80th birthday of a certain Mangled Apricot Hellbeast, it's like a musical version of the hoky- kokey except everyone immediately jumped out and did not jump back in again, with the possible exception of Vanilla Ice... who as the headliner of anything is just... sad.

Also, we're now in June, which in the US is Pride Month, and I think it's time we got back to more of our roots on S_D and celebrate the hell out of that, because good god almighty do we need to support our local queer communities, more on that shortly.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 04:26 pm
Previously, [personal profile] douqi shared a newsletter here. It's a series of webnovel recommendations by various groups of people: Part 1 compiles recommendations from students and fan translators; part 2 from webnovel authors and researchers; part 3 from professional literary translators and workers in the Chinese webnovel industry. When it was posted earlier, only part 1 was up. This is heads up that part 2 and 3 are now up.

Link: The Cold Window Guide to Chinese Internet Literature

I've picked two short reads from the series of recommendations, and I really enjoyed them so this doubles as a rec post.
Cut for length: Recs - End of the Bridge, Top of the Tower; An Exile Among Humanity; Sadfic Manifesto )
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 08:35 am

1) A day at the office, nice talking with the colleagues

2) Delicious leftovers for lunch

3) Hubby is going to training this evening, so I'm going to enjoy some me-time this evening when our daughter is sleeping. Going to take care of my feet and work some more on my crochet projects

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 12:10 am
I admit that I watched this mainly out of (morbid?) curiosity about what Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man would be like. Mostly I think it was about what you'd expect that to be like.

Spider-Noir - just the first episode )
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Monday, June 1st, 2026 11:21 pm
the phone sex +
sexting meme

what it says on the tin. leave a blank comment, include your preferences or a starter, it's all good. reply to others with a text, a dirty picture (please link all nsfw things!), misfires, misdials, drunk filthy voicemails, sexy skype sessions, whatever your heart desires.

Monday, June 1st, 2026 09:03 pm
15 Red Velvet "Feel my Rhythm" Icons



here
@[personal profile] redsaturn 
Monday, June 1st, 2026 10:59 pm
[community profile] birdfeeding is a community started on January 1, 2023. It's all about birdfeeding, birdwatching, and other topics relating to birds. It also touches on nature in general, and observations that may effect bird activity such as local weather. Both text and image posts are welcome. Now is a great time to join as hungry birds are easy to attract with a feeder.

Community resources include posts about birding events, nurseries that sell seeds or plants attractive to birds, bird identification apps, the benefits of birdwatching, and other useful materials. Check out the anchor posts from Three Weeks for Dreamwidth.


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Monday, June 1st, 2026 10:56 pm
Quick note that post-by-email and comment-by-email is (sometimes?) failing silently without actually posting right now! I'm pretty sure this is related to last night's shenanigans and will be fixed once Mark can finish the full fix for it, which he's working on, but if you've posted or replied by email in the last 24 hours, fish it out of your sent folder to check if it posted!

EDIT: This should be fixed as of around 7AM EDT! We *believe* everything that was stuck in the plumbing has been sent along to your journal or the comment thread it was meant for; it's definitely not where it was stuck anymore, at least.
Monday, June 1st, 2026 10:18 pm
Bedtime is repealed!

I must say, I really am enjoying the Mayor Mamdani experience. And go Knicks!

*
Monday, June 1st, 2026 08:58 pm


bonfire meme
because it's that time of year

 


It's a bonfire! No special rules, just come get toasty!
 


 how to play
1. Create a top-level!

2. Chat with others around the fire. Play games, share stories, get cozy.

  πŸ”₯ stay warm
  • autumn drinks Hot cocoa, warm apple cider... Delicious!
  • roasts Pass the marshmallows, please!
  • scary stories What was on the back of her car? Was it... a hook?!
  • alcoholic drinks Who's daring you to chug that Oktoberfest beer?
  • comfort Soft, cozy clothes are that much better near the fire.
  • guitar solo There's always that one... anyway, here's Wonderwall.
  • partied too hard The one stumbling over logs and slurring their words.
  • truth or dare The best thing about this game is that it can happen anywhere.
  • wood The fire's getting a little low.. you wouldn't mind scouting for more wood, would you?
  • chubby bunny How many marshmallows can you fit in your mouth?
  • deep chats Fires have a way of getting the truth out of people...
  • horror movie What was that noise? Someone should go investigate.
  • wildcard What happens at the fire, stays at the fire.


Monday, June 1st, 2026 11:21 pm
the (classic) meme




1. Post with your character and their name/canon/pref in the subject.
2. Post the tweet. (no blank top levels!)
3. Respond to people's tweets or tag them with your own.
4. In Classic Twitter form, IT CAN ONLY BE UP TO 140 CHARACTERS. And, yes, threadjacking is so encouraged.
5. #HashtagsAreFun
6. RETWEET!!

Monday, June 1st, 2026 06:15 pm
I may not answer (generally if it is rude, and y'all don't tend to be) but ask me anything at all.

Going to attempt to throw a question or meme up daily this month to get back in the habit of regular posting.
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Monday, June 1st, 2026 04:36 pm
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Pairings/Characters: McCoy & Spock & Kirk
Rating: T
Length: 152,048 words
Creator Links: PSW
Theme: just like canon

Summary: McCoy's transport is destroyed in what appears to be a containment field explosion, leaving no known survivors. The truth, however, is not so simple as that ...

Reccer's Notes: McCoy is kidnapped by non-Federation aliens that force him to work for them in a medical capacity treating other kidnapped individuals.  Meanwhile Kirk and Spock think McCoy has been killed in an explosion.  I think this fits the "just like canon" theme because the quality, plot, and the writing of this fic is as good as any Trek tie-in novel, and may in fact be better.  There is a quite a bit of hurt!Bones in this as he struggles to survive and try to escape the situation he is in.  At the same time Spock and Kirk are trying their best to deal with their grief over the loss of their friend, and not always doing that in the healthiest of ways.  All while there is a greater plot about these new aliens and what they are trying to achieve, and some original characters that I really enjoyed.    

Fanwork Links: AO3
Monday, June 1st, 2026 10:26 am
Fandom: Stranger Things
Pairings/Characters: Ensemble gen, with a focus on Steve Harrington
Rating: Teen
Length: 180,411 words
Creator Link: [archiveofourown.org profile] MrsEvadneCake
Theme: Just Like Canon, Gen, Epic Works

Summary:

Doom comes to Hawkins, Indiana. Population est. 30,000.

It's cold, that's all, and the breeze is kicking up. That's why Steve feels the chill go up his spine like someone dropped an ice-cube down his back.

"Why wouldn't I be real, El?"

"The Aboleth got you."

Reccer's Notes: This fic is just like a season of the show, with a new big bad and EVERYBODY (from S2) in it, the voices expertly rendered, and the story well told. Highly recommended.

Fanwork Link: In A Strange Land
Monday, June 1st, 2026 08:19 am
 Photograph of a mix tape. Just Like Canon, A Fancake Mix 2026 is written on the cassette's label alongside some heart doodles.
Our theme for June is just like canon!

The tag for this round is: theme: just like canon

If you're just joining us, be sure to check out our policy on content notes. Content notes aren't required, but they're nice to include in your recs, especially if a fanwork has untagged content that readers may wish to know about in advance.

Rules! )

Posting Template! )

Promote this round! )

Monday, June 1st, 2026 08:53 am
103 of 108. Warning for a sexual situation of ambiguous consent, but it’s one I have no trouble with.

The Defenders got its start with the roster you see here, a poorly socialized quartet that soon earned it the nickname of the β€œnon-team.” The Silver Surfer was more like a satellite orbiting the other three. It reached its greatest commercial success (with a different roster) under Steve Gerber, whose writing was more about indulging his subversive streak than brand reinforcement. This property seems like it’d suit the old JLI team down to their toenails. Gerber might have suggested using other body parts in that sentence. )