Orchid updates! (Let's practice image posting with new site!)
Oct. 21st, 2025 06:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickI've got some orchids. More orchids than you probably think, if you've been keeping track, and more KINDS of orchids than just phalaenopsis. Phals are fine and there's nothing wrong with having them but I am not ever... satisfied. I'm probably one of those Schulyer sisters, a fucking difficult and perpetually angry one, if there is one of those.
Obviously there are now more orchids. You knew this was happening. But there are also ones I've had for more than a full year.
( Come and see the orchid pictures! )
Obviously there are now more orchids. You knew this was happening. But there are also ones I've had for more than a full year.
( Come and see the orchid pictures! )
Weeks 41 and 42 - bit of a write off
Oct. 21st, 2025 10:49 pmruricWeek 41 (6-12 Oct) was ridiculously productive at work which left little time for anything else and then on 10th I got either a bad cold or the current round of Covid, so that was mostly about surviving the days and the crashing out in the evenings. So the last 14 days haven't exactly been productive.
#ORJENISE100 didn't get much done the last couple of weeks but I am plugging away at my master email account.
HOME: spiralled a bit back into chaos when I wasn't well - but have more or less clawed the kitchen, bathroom and hallway/stairs back from the brink!
HEALTH: it was a rough 10 days!
LIFE ADMIN: no progress for the last 2 weeks.
DIGITAL DECLUTTER: got my main email account down to 12500 emails before I got sick. Need to get back to that!
GARDENING/ALLOTMENTING: nope.
COOKING/EATING: spent the last week living on tins of soup!
READING/LISTENING: nope.
WATCHING: quite enjoying Murder Before Evensong (an 80s version of Grantchester)!
CREATING/LEARNING: I did drag my unwell self to a pumpkin crochet class on Sunday 12 October and have since made 2 small and one medium pumpkins.
CATS: all good.
VOLUNTEERING: not recently.
SOCIALISING: Yes withravurian last weekend two showings at the BFI London film festival. Pillion on Saturday night, a funny and quirky coming of age film starring Harry Melling (who I only recently realised is Patrick Troughton's grandson) and Alexander Skarsgard. Excellent performances and it's getting good reviews. The director had the cast and a lot of the crew on stage before the showing and Skars knows how to dress for his audience. *G* The back up Sunday morning for The History of Sound starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'connor- beautifully shot film about love, loss and folk music. Cracking soundtrack too. Then we went for lunch.
WORK: still busy but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
This week is shaping up to be busy but not awful and the weekend should involve time spent on the allotment in the garden.
#ORJENISE100 didn't get much done the last couple of weeks but I am plugging away at my master email account.
HOME: spiralled a bit back into chaos when I wasn't well - but have more or less clawed the kitchen, bathroom and hallway/stairs back from the brink!
HEALTH: it was a rough 10 days!
LIFE ADMIN: no progress for the last 2 weeks.
DIGITAL DECLUTTER: got my main email account down to 12500 emails before I got sick. Need to get back to that!
GARDENING/ALLOTMENTING: nope.
COOKING/EATING: spent the last week living on tins of soup!
READING/LISTENING: nope.
WATCHING: quite enjoying Murder Before Evensong (an 80s version of Grantchester)!
CREATING/LEARNING: I did drag my unwell self to a pumpkin crochet class on Sunday 12 October and have since made 2 small and one medium pumpkins.
CATS: all good.
VOLUNTEERING: not recently.
SOCIALISING: Yes with
ravurian last weekend two showings at the BFI London film festival. Pillion on Saturday night, a funny and quirky coming of age film starring Harry Melling (who I only recently realised is Patrick Troughton's grandson) and Alexander Skarsgard. Excellent performances and it's getting good reviews. The director had the cast and a lot of the crew on stage before the showing and Skars knows how to dress for his audience. *G* The back up Sunday morning for The History of Sound starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'connor- beautifully shot film about love, loss and folk music. Cracking soundtrack too. Then we went for lunch. WORK: still busy but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
This week is shaping up to be busy but not awful and the weekend should involve time spent on the allotment in the garden.
MultiLingYule 2025
Oct. 21st, 2025 08:48 pmmorbane posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
yuletideThe MultiLingYule mini-challenge is for works in languages other than English.
Maybe there are very few fanworks in your first, second, etc language, and you'd love to connect with a fellow speaker who's also a fellow fan.
Maybe you're learning a new language and getting a gift in it would be a delightful way to improve your fluency.
Maybe you just want to talk about how much you love conlangs and invite someone to incorporate conlangs into your gift.
The possibilities are multi-ple!
On the creation side: unless someone has clearly indicated that a non-English work would suit as their only gift, gifts of that kind need be posted in Yuletide Madness, regardless of length. Works can only go in the main collection if they fulfil all the same requirements as an assigned gift.
Similarly, someone may be delighted to get a gift in a language you've just started to learn, and connect with you over enthusiasm for that language, but if you're posting a gift in the Main rather than the Madness collection, it should probably either be in a language you're fluent in or in a language you can call on fluent help for.
On the (tangential) beta side, people who can check text snippets, lines of dialogue, etc, in multiple languages are extremely valuable and appreciated, and if you can offer this service, please consider doing so when the beta post goes up.
Maybe there are very few fanworks in your first, second, etc language, and you'd love to connect with a fellow speaker who's also a fellow fan.
Maybe you're learning a new language and getting a gift in it would be a delightful way to improve your fluency.
Maybe you just want to talk about how much you love conlangs and invite someone to incorporate conlangs into your gift.
The possibilities are multi-ple!
MultiLingYule is an opt-in challenge similar to Crueltide and Interactive Fiction. Comment here to let people know
-if you are interested in receiving gifts in languages other than English
-what languages those are
-what you're prompting (link your letter; if you don't have a letter, you can link your prompts on the app after requests are revealed)
-any other useful notes.
With a Mod Hat On
On the requesting side: if you would be happy if a gift in a different language were your only gift, please also note this in the optional details of your sign-up form. This prevents mod panic when we go to check assignments and need to figure out if someone can actually read their gift!On the creation side: unless someone has clearly indicated that a non-English work would suit as their only gift, gifts of that kind need be posted in Yuletide Madness, regardless of length. Works can only go in the main collection if they fulfil all the same requirements as an assigned gift.
Similarly, someone may be delighted to get a gift in a language you've just started to learn, and connect with you over enthusiasm for that language, but if you're posting a gift in the Main rather than the Madness collection, it should probably either be in a language you're fluent in or in a language you can call on fluent help for.
On the (tangential) beta side, people who can check text snippets, lines of dialogue, etc, in multiple languages are extremely valuable and appreciated, and if you can offer this service, please consider doing so when the beta post goes up.
AWS outage
Oct. 20th, 2025 10:11 amalierak posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_maintenanceDW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
multifandom icons.
Oct. 19th, 2025 04:29 pmwickedgame posting in iconicFandoms: Bed Friend, Echo, Euphoria, Fallout, Hawkeye, I Will Turn Back This Time, Jessica Jones, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Mako Mermaids, Moon Knight, Motorheads, Mr. Robot, Ransom Canyon, Superman & Lois, Wednesday, Yellowjackets
rest HERE @mundodefieras
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mundodefieras Babytide 2025
Oct. 19th, 2025 08:22 aminvisiblestring posting in yuletideA mini challenge for people interested in fics regarding characters being pregnant, having babies, and raising children. Can be for a single character or a ship, fluffy or angst, good or bad parents! The sky’s the limit.
To enter, copy/paste and fill out the following form:
AO3 Username:
Letter Link:
Fandoms:
DNWs (if any):
Prompts:
To enter, copy/paste and fill out the following form:
AO3 Username:
Letter Link:
Fandoms:
DNWs (if any):
Prompts:
Short-Form Fiction and Poetry 2025
Oct. 18th, 2025 04:40 pmembraidery posting in yuletideThank you to donutsweeper for finding many of these! Feel free to ask me to add canons that would fit.
Ballad of the Mari Lwyd - Vernon Watkins
Benlian - Oliver Onions
Casting the Runes - M. R. James
The Changeling - psychomachia
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came - Robert Browning
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Den lille Havfrue | The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen
Fandom For Robots - Vina Jie-Min Prasad
FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns
For Sale: Baby Shoes Never Worn - Anonymous
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti
The Green Hills of Earth - Robert Heinlein (Short Story)
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers - Alyssa Wong
Jorinde und Joringel | Jorinde and Joringel (Fairy Tale)
La Barbe bleue | Bluebeard - Charles Perrault
Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke (short story collection)
The Library of Babel - Jorge Luis Borges
Little Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tale)
Lucifer's Wife - Eleanor M. Ingram
mulberry down!! - Nicole Kornher-Stace
Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad - M. R. James
Sandkings - George R. R. Martin
Seventy-Two Letters - Ted Chiang
Solitude - Ursula K. Le Guin
Sonata for Harp and Bicycle - Joan Aiken
A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman
There is No Antimemetics Division - qntm
Two Loves - Lord Alfred Douglas (Poem)
The Very Pulse of the Machine - Michael Swanwick
Wind Will Rove - Sarah Pinsker
Wulf and Eadwacer (old English, modern English)
Yudah Cohen Series - Rebecca Fraimow (one, two, three)
Ballad of the Mari Lwyd - Vernon Watkins
Benlian - Oliver Onions
Casting the Runes - M. R. James
The Changeling - psychomachia
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came - Robert Browning
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Craobh-Òir agus Craobh-Airgid | Gold Tree and Silver Tree (Fairy Tale)
The Day Before the Revolution - Ursula K. Le Guin
Den lille Havfrue | The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen
Fandom For Robots - Vina Jie-Min Prasad
FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns
For Sale: Baby Shoes Never Worn - Anonymous
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti
The Green Hills of Earth - Robert Heinlein (Short Story)
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers - Alyssa Wong
Jorinde und Joringel | Jorinde and Joringel (Fairy Tale)
La Barbe bleue | Bluebeard - Charles Perrault
Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke (short story collection)
The Library of Babel - Jorge Luis Borges
Little Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tale)
Lucifer's Wife - Eleanor M. Ingram
mulberry down!! - Nicole Kornher-Stace
Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad - M. R. James
Sandkings - George R. R. Martin
Seventy-Two Letters - Ted Chiang
Solitude - Ursula K. Le Guin
Sonata for Harp and Bicycle - Joan Aiken
A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman
There is No Antimemetics Division - qntm
Two Loves - Lord Alfred Douglas (Poem)
The Very Pulse of the Machine - Michael Swanwick
Wind Will Rove - Sarah Pinsker
Wulf and Eadwacer (old English, modern English)
Yudah Cohen Series - Rebecca Fraimow (one, two, three)
Østenfor sol og vestenfor måne | East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Fairy Tale)
Wrapping Paper 2025
Oct. 18th, 2025 02:45 pmkaranguni posting in yuletideThe Wrapping Paper art challenge for Yuletide is an opportunity for those who love art to opt-in to giving and receiving art treats! Comment here to request art, and/or read the comments to find someone to treat.
Please be sure to post your treats to the Madness Collection; art is not permitted in the main collection. Please respect your recipient's wishes as to whether they'd like art as a treat. Tag your treats with "Wrapping Paper" to help them be found!
If you want to receive art, please provide this info in the comments:
Happy treating!
(If you're here from the future in 2026 and want to post Wrapping Paper yourself because it's taken a while to go up: feel free!)
Today I learned...
Oct. 18th, 2025 12:08 pmwhich_chickI'm watching a youtube on Belgians in the Congo. This is not the song-time Belgians in the Congo, it's the later 1800's Belgians in the Congo, but whatever. (The song is this one and of course that's gonna be Billy Joel instead of some modern band because I have the olds). Belgians were in the Congo for a long damn time, none of it good. I'm watching it because this morning I was just kind of... Why is Belgian chocolate?
( Do not judge me. Sometimes I just wonder why things are. )
( Do not judge me. Sometimes I just wonder why things are. )
Well that borked my plans
Oct. 18th, 2025 10:28 amruricI had a very productive week at work 6th-10th October.
Unfortunately I was incubating something and on the evening of Friday 10th I went to bed very early and woke up sick on Saturday. I made it to a pumpkin crochet class on Sunday and survived the week at work by staying as far away as possible from colleagues and more or less going to bed as soon as I got home and living on tinned soup and pasta.
Still not feeling great but a bit better than last weekend but I have done nothing around sorting the flat out - in fact many things spiralled backwards because I had very few spoons the last 7 days!
I am hoping to reclaim my kitchen and bathroom today.
Apparently Question of the Day is
The definition of an antique is something that is 100 years old – do you own anything that old?
Yes - most of the furniture in the cottage and flat is probably that old, as are some pictures and ornaments, my oil lamp collection and some of my jewellery, plus several books.
Unfortunately I was incubating something and on the evening of Friday 10th I went to bed very early and woke up sick on Saturday. I made it to a pumpkin crochet class on Sunday and survived the week at work by staying as far away as possible from colleagues and more or less going to bed as soon as I got home and living on tinned soup and pasta.
Still not feeling great but a bit better than last weekend but I have done nothing around sorting the flat out - in fact many things spiralled backwards because I had very few spoons the last 7 days!
I am hoping to reclaim my kitchen and bathroom today.
Apparently Question of the Day is
The definition of an antique is something that is 100 years old – do you own anything that old?
Yes - most of the furniture in the cottage and flat is probably that old, as are some pictures and ornaments, my oil lamp collection and some of my jewellery, plus several books.
Interactive Fiction in the 2025 Tagset
Oct. 18th, 2025 07:59 ammoontyger posting in yuletideThis is a roundup of IF in the tagset, with links and nominated characters. There aren't many, but they're spread over a few categories, so can be hard to find. There are a few things I weren't sure if they counted or not, so this is just the ones I was certain of. Let me know if I've missed something and I'll add it.
16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds
1. Claire (16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds)
2. Lucy (16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds)
Changeling Charade on Choice of Games website or Steam
1. Alistair Farrington
2. Rowan Forester
3. Valentine Dupont
4. Worldbuilding (Changeling Charade)
Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets Choice of Games website or Steam
1. Alistair (Freshman Magic)
2. Halim (Freshman Magic)
3. Main Character (Freshman Magic)
4. Worldbuilding (Freshman Magic)
Keeper Series - Brynn Chernosky (tumblr link, but it has links to places to play in the sidebar)
1. Astrid Adtaz (Keeper Series)
2. Cressida Monroe (Keeper Series)
3. Female Main Character (Keeper Series)
Lady Thalia series (interactive fiction)
1. Margaret "Mel" Williams (Lady Thalia series)
2. Matthew "Yorkie" Barker (Lady Thalia series)
3. Oscar Knight (Lady Thalia series)
4. Theodora "Thalia" Knight (Lady Thalia series)
Stay? - E. Jade Lomax
1. Esteban
2. Myka
3. Jo
4. Worldbuilding
Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives - Jeffrey Dean Choice of Games website or Steam
1. Arundel
2. Qui
3. Robert Ward
16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds
1. Claire (16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds)
2. Lucy (16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds)
Changeling Charade on Choice of Games website or Steam
1. Alistair Farrington
2. Rowan Forester
3. Valentine Dupont
4. Worldbuilding (Changeling Charade)
Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets Choice of Games website or Steam
1. Alistair (Freshman Magic)
2. Halim (Freshman Magic)
3. Main Character (Freshman Magic)
4. Worldbuilding (Freshman Magic)
Keeper Series - Brynn Chernosky (tumblr link, but it has links to places to play in the sidebar)
1. Astrid Adtaz (Keeper Series)
2. Cressida Monroe (Keeper Series)
3. Female Main Character (Keeper Series)
Lady Thalia series (interactive fiction)
1. Margaret "Mel" Williams (Lady Thalia series)
2. Matthew "Yorkie" Barker (Lady Thalia series)
3. Oscar Knight (Lady Thalia series)
4. Theodora "Thalia" Knight (Lady Thalia series)
Stay? - E. Jade Lomax
1. Esteban
2. Myka
3. Jo
4. Worldbuilding
Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives - Jeffrey Dean Choice of Games website or Steam
1. Arundel
2. Qui
3. Robert Ward
Podcasts/Audio Series in the 2025 Tagset
Oct. 17th, 2025 06:39 pmelidelio posting in yuletideI started listening to so many great things last year thanks to making this list, so I'm back at it again with a compilation post for podcasts, audio dramas, actual plays, and radio shows in the tagset with links on where to find them on the internet (they can usually be found in your favourite podcatcher with little issue). I've also included links to transcripts when available.
Please comment with anything I've missed!
( Read more... )
Please comment with anything I've missed!
( Read more... )
Unconventionyule
Oct. 16th, 2025 10:46 pmmimihylea posting in yuletideUnconventionyule is a mini-challenge to help people who like unconventional formats find one another's requests, whether that’s poetry, epistolary, spreadsheets, social media, puzzles, or other unusual mediums. Please remember that works in the main collection must still be at least 1000 words, but shorter works can be submitted to the Madness collection!
To participate, simply copy-paste the following into a comment:
AO3 Name:
Letter Link:
Requested Fandoms:
Format(s): (e.g. epistolary, poetry, spreadsheets, social media)
(Optional) Prompts:
Tag your work with Unconventionyule and/or Unconventional Format to help others find your works!
To participate, simply copy-paste the following into a comment:
AO3 Name:
Letter Link:
Requested Fandoms:
Format(s): (e.g. epistolary, poetry, spreadsheets, social media)
(Optional) Prompts:
Tag your work with Unconventionyule and/or Unconventional Format to help others find your works!
Chromatic Yuletide 2025
Oct. 16th, 2025 07:27 pmmoontyger posting in yuletideChromatic Yuletide is a collection post for Yuletide requests that include characters of colour. Posting here doesn't obligate you to do anything, but it helps writers find your requests and treat you.
Posting requirements:
Your request centers around at least one character of colour.
(I acknowledge there are some shortcomings with the "person of colour" descriptor. I'm also not going to police who is or isn't a character of colour; please just use your best judgment.)
To participate, simply copy-paste the following into a comment:
AO3 name:
Letter link:
Fandom:
Characters:
What is it? description of canon or a link to a canon promo (optional)
What kind of thing am I requesting? also optional
If you post a fic for Yuletide with one or more POC characters, tag it with Chromatic Yuletide so people can find it easily!
Posting requirements:
Your request centers around at least one character of colour.
(I acknowledge there are some shortcomings with the "person of colour" descriptor. I'm also not going to police who is or isn't a character of colour; please just use your best judgment.)
To participate, simply copy-paste the following into a comment:
AO3 name:
Letter link:
Fandom:
Characters:
What is it? description of canon or a link to a canon promo (optional)
What kind of thing am I requesting? also optional
If you post a fic for Yuletide with one or more POC characters, tag it with Chromatic Yuletide so people can find it easily!
Webcomic fandoms you can offer/request in Yuletide 2025
Oct. 16th, 2025 05:33 pmerinptah posting in yuletideA roundup all the webcomic fandoms in the 2025 tag set (plus all the characters you can request for each one), including links to where you can read them online. Fandoms are in the order/format AO3 puts the tags in.
I tried to flag everything that was (a) NSFW and/or (b) at least partly paywalled. If I missed any examples of that, please let me know!
( Comics, on the web, (mostly) free to get and easy to read )
TransTide 2025
Oct. 15th, 2025 06:36 pmmoontyger posting in yuletideWhat is TransTide?
Since trans headcanons and the portrayal of trans characters can be personal for many people, writers might be nervous to write trans headcanons without invitation. This mini challenge is for people to signal that they would love to receive trans headcanons, as well as to showcase their requested fandoms with canon trans characters.
Note that this exchange is open to nonbinary characters as well.
To participate, simply copy-paste the following into a comment:
AO3 name:
Letter link:
Likes and DNWs:
Fandom:
Characters:
Details:
If you post a fic for Yuletide with one or more trans characters, tag it with TransTide so people can find it easily
Since trans headcanons and the portrayal of trans characters can be personal for many people, writers might be nervous to write trans headcanons without invitation. This mini challenge is for people to signal that they would love to receive trans headcanons, as well as to showcase their requested fandoms with canon trans characters.
Note that this exchange is open to nonbinary characters as well.
To participate, simply copy-paste the following into a comment:
AO3 name:
Letter link:
Likes and DNWs:
Fandom:
Characters:
Details:
If you post a fic for Yuletide with one or more trans characters, tag it with TransTide so people can find it easily
Poems and Ballads in the 2025 tagset
Oct. 15th, 2025 04:05 pmlarryhammer posting in yuletideHere’s a list of all poems (including ballads and traditional songs) in the 2023 tagset, with links to texts as best I can find, and a notation of original language if not English. Please let me know of any additions or corrections.
Allison Gross (Traditional Ballad)
Ballad of the Mari Lwyd - Vernon Watkins
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came - Robert Browning
Flower Fairies - Cicely Mary Barker
The Epic of Gilgamesh [Akkadian]
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti
Heer Halewijn (Traditional Ballad) [Dutch]
Her strong enchantments failing - A.E. Housman
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight - Anonymous (Song)
Nibelungenlied [Middle High German]
The Odyssey - Homer [Ancient Greek]
The Romance of Silence [Old French]
Summoned By Bells - John Betjeman
Tam Lin - Anonymous (Song)
Two Loves - Lord Alfred Douglas
The Waste Land - T. S. Eliot
Wulf and Eadwacer [Old English] (original, modern English translations one, two, three, note)
赠答诗 - 金车美人 (弘农) | Poems Composed in Reply - Beautiful Woman in a Golden Carriage (Hong Nong) [Classical Chinese]
Bonus: poets for RPFing in the tagset include:
Allison Gross (Traditional Ballad)
Ballad of the Mari Lwyd - Vernon Watkins
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came - Robert Browning
Flower Fairies - Cicely Mary Barker
The Epic of Gilgamesh [Akkadian]
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti
Heer Halewijn (Traditional Ballad) [Dutch]
Her strong enchantments failing - A.E. Housman
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight - Anonymous (Song)
Nibelungenlied [Middle High German]
The Odyssey - Homer [Ancient Greek]
The Romance of Silence [Old French]
Summoned By Bells - John Betjeman
Tam Lin - Anonymous (Song)
Two Loves - Lord Alfred Douglas
The Waste Land - T. S. Eliot
Wulf and Eadwacer [Old English] (original, modern English translations one, two, three, note)
赠答诗 - 金车美人 (弘农) | Poems Composed in Reply - Beautiful Woman in a Golden Carriage (Hong Nong) [Classical Chinese]
Bonus: poets for RPFing in the tagset include:
- Richard I of England (in 12th Century CE RPF)
- Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Herman Melville (in 19th Century CE Literary RPF)
- Enheduanna (in Mesopotamian RPF)
- Christopher Marlowe (in 16th Century CE RPF and in Shakespeare RPF)
- Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare (in Shakespeare RPF)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, and Sappho (in Women's Literary RPF).
Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational
Oct. 15th, 2025 01:13 pmrabidsamfan posting in yuletideIt is time once more for the Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational!
Are you going through the tagset, thinking about your signup, and getting lured down plotbunny holes?
Well, if you are entranced by tiny canons, luscious fandom promos, or letters with prompts that you absolutely adore, and you've got to do something to appease the itty bitty plot bunnies that are nibbling at your ankles, the Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational is back to meet all your "I don't have time or brain enough to do 1000 words, but that idea is still keen" needs.
How does it work?
Write drabbles or drabble series for Yuletide Madness. Proper ones, where the text of each drabble is exactly 100 words, please. Ficlets are fun, but not all ficlets are drabbles in just the same way as not all poems are sonnets. (You can, of course, post a 1000 word tale told in drabbles, where each chapter/bit is exactly 100 words to the main Yuletide collection, if you like. Just be sure that it is eligible to fulfill the main gift rules for that recipient.)
Give them to people.
Add "yumadrin" or "Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational" to the tags.
That's it!
*******
As of the start of Yuletide 2025 we have created 939 drabbles, the oldest ones from 2013 when the Invitational. We are so close to a thousand! These little mini-gifts are a lot of fun to give, and to get, and they're fun to create as well. Check out the tag to see what we mean!
https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Yuletide%20Madness%20Drabble%20Invitational/works
Are you going through the tagset, thinking about your signup, and getting lured down plotbunny holes?
Well, if you are entranced by tiny canons, luscious fandom promos, or letters with prompts that you absolutely adore, and you've got to do something to appease the itty bitty plot bunnies that are nibbling at your ankles, the Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational is back to meet all your "I don't have time or brain enough to do 1000 words, but that idea is still keen" needs.
How does it work?
Write drabbles or drabble series for Yuletide Madness. Proper ones, where the text of each drabble is exactly 100 words, please. Ficlets are fun, but not all ficlets are drabbles in just the same way as not all poems are sonnets. (You can, of course, post a 1000 word tale told in drabbles, where each chapter/bit is exactly 100 words to the main Yuletide collection, if you like. Just be sure that it is eligible to fulfill the main gift rules for that recipient.)
Give them to people.
Add "yumadrin" or "Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational" to the tags.
That's it!
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As of the start of Yuletide 2025 we have created 939 drabbles, the oldest ones from 2013 when the Invitational. We are so close to a thousand! These little mini-gifts are a lot of fun to give, and to get, and they're fun to create as well. Check out the tag to see what we mean!
https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Yuletide%20Madness%20Drabble%20Invitational/works