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As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann. Totally enthralled by this. It was ~600 pages and I read it in less than 4 days kind of enthralled. Extremely well written and gut-wrenching historical fiction set in 1600s England. Tortured, obsessive, unreliable narrator POV character Jacob has an okay life until he burns it to the fucking ground and then he does it all over again, like holy fuck. Described as 'erotic', which is very true, but manages to do it without being explicit. I am wrecked by ( spoilers ) I will be thinking about this one. (So many trigger warnings. Be fully prepared if you consider reading this book.)

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Watched another short series Agatha Christie adaptation Why Didn't They Ask Evans? This one definitely did not telegraph the twists like Seven Dials but almost to the opposite point where I'm like wait, did all the pieces fit together?

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Title: Deserted
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Willaway, Varian, Liana, Scott, Fred.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 497: Ghost Town at

drabble_zone.
Setting: After the series.
Summary: The travellers stumble across a deserted settlement, but what happened to the people?
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Quadruple drabble.

( Deserted... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Title: Not A Dream
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 551
Spoilers: Children of Earth. Fix-it.
Summary: On a distant planet, in a seedy bar, Jack finds something he never expected to find.
Written For: The prompt ‘Any, Any, You want this to be true’, at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

( Not A Dream... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

mific

So I'm into hockey fics now, and just realised there's a treasure trove of Helenish hockey rpf to be read. HR has taught me the basics of the hockey world, which makes the rpf easier to get into even if I don't really know the players. And I'll follow Helenish pretty much everywhere.

Two recs for now, Leon Draisaitl/Connor McDavid. Both locked to AO3.

Obligations. A long, slow burn story in an alpha/beta/omega-verse, and Helenish's worldbuilding within that is extraordinary, just as good as the way 'Take Clothes Off As Directed' deepened BDSM-verse. They're teammates on the Oilers, interacting with a mass of assumptions, miscommunication, hopeless denial, and obliviousness, so most of the fic is pining and unspoken longing badly hidden behind defences. They get there in the end, despite knowing how bad it'll be with the Press and twitter and their coaches and agents (the reactions of others plus their own idiocy replace RL homophobia as barriers), and there's finally some gorgeous hot as hell sex to enjoy after being edged for the rest of the story. It's from Leon's pov, and ends with a quiet paean to the hockey life. (17,681)

Silver Lining Playbook. Connor's pov, set at and after the recent Olympics. Non-linear plot, starting with them hooking up angrily and fake-casually, and only later we learn they used to be together then broke up due to the usual miscommunication and stubbornness. The ending's hopeful rather than resolved, and Connor's characterisation is excellent. Where the fic above was all repressed feelings and eventual fucking, this one's all fucking until eventually they talk about feelings. Very nice. (7212)

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Title: Almost Love
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Susan Ivanova, Marcus Cole.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 350
Spoilers/Setting: Rising Star.
Summary: Susan is grieving for what might have been if she’d only taken the chance.
Written Using: The prompt ‘Heal’ from my B5 prompt table.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Triple drabble and a half, 350 words.

( Almost Love... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Title: Crowded
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 497: Ghost Town at

drabble_zone.
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Coney Island has never seemed so crowded.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Crowded... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Title: Persuasion
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Tosh, Rhys, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 912: Refuse, at

torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Aliens can be stubborn.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Persuasion... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

mific

Ok I lied about going to bed.

Hilarious vid “To Be A Princess” -
set to some musical song, possibly Disney? By theburialofstrawberries.

https://www.tumblr.com/mific/813728132898177024/shane-as-princess

mific

As often happens, after all the dramatic warnings cyclone Vaianu was only a period of heavy rain and moderate winds where I live. Just another Sunday. More flooding elsewhere, but not too bad. Oh well, at least I got my camping gear out ready for any future power cuts. off to bed with me now, night all!

spiralicious

People with Disabilities	Circus/Carnival	Crack!fic
Modeling	WILD CARD	Winter Wonderland
The Staff	Royalty	Lost/Stranded

Current Mood: confused
Current Location: from francis with love

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Title: Difficult Ascent
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: Some days, Ryo feels like everything is against him.
Written Using: The tw100 prompt ‘Carry’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.

( Difficult Ascent... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Title: Messy Job
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: The Doctor.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 1016: ‘Spore’ at

dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Nothing is harder to deal with than fungal infestations.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.

( Messy Job... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Title: Opting Out
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Twins.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 912: Refuse, at

torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto is having trouble with the twins.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Opting Out... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

mific

Minor update to yesterday's post.

One of those scary buzzy alerts on my phone just now, for the cyclone later today and tomorrow. No change from yesterday, just grumbling that I hate how those alerts startle me and raise my anxiety. Which is the point, I know! The eerie calm has broken - a light wind now and I just looked up and saw sun on the garden, but a sky becoming dark and lowering beyond. Peak cyclone time is the small hours of Sunday morning. Guess I'd better go outside and see what needs tidying away, then find the camping gas box in the garage. I'm very lucky that's all I need to do.

pebbleinalake

thefridayfive questions for 4/10/26

1. What was the last book you read (or are currently reading)?
"First Degree" by David Rosenfelt (part of the Andy Carpenter mystery series)

2. What was the last movie you watched?
Project Hail Mary! Very obsessed with this movie. Going to see it for the fourth time this weekend lol.

3. What television series are you currently watching?
Currently introducing my roommate to Star Trek. We're watching random episodes from TNG, ENT, and TOS. Still trying to convince her to give VOY a chance.

4. What are some of your favorite blogs or communities online?
I have a lot of love for the indie web community. Most of the people I've met in those spaces are very passionate and dedicated to the hobby. It's always fun to see people sharing the new tips/tricks they've figured out.

5. What social media do you belong to and check often?
A few weeks ago, I would have said tumblr. It's the only social media site I belong to. But I've taken a step back from that site for a little while to recharge and get away from some of the fandom toxicity I'd been seeing. So at the moment I don't really have a social media account to check on.

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I'm watching a show where a man in a position of some authority blames a man with greater power for the death of his son. He kidnaps the guy and takes him out to the middle of the desert, leaving him to die. He is emotionally upset by what he has done, but feels it was necessary. His wife is distraught when she founds out, upset that her husband has done this horrible act, despoiling the memory of their son with murder, not even sharing his burden with her.

And it makes me think of this other show where a man in a position of some authority blames a man with greater power for the death of his son. And he schemes with mercenaries on a plan that kills a significant number of people and is intended to kill thousands more, but gets prevented. He doesn't seem to be particularly traumatized by what he has done, but fairly self-righteous about being driven to it. His wife is not distraught when she finds out. She is in fact delighted that her husband has killed a bunch of people to find vengeance for their son's death and encourages him on.

Do I even need to say which couple is Native American and which is white?

And now that I've set that up, I'm not sure where I want to go with it. Multiple paths pull me. But mainly it's been interesting to think about, how very culturally different people can be, and how my own cultural background has helped create my reactions of what is wrong and right and what people 'ought' to do. Also, it is good to watch different types of media.

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Title: Safe And Sound
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Willow/Tara.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 653
Spoilers: Seeing Red Fix-It.
Summary: Bullets are flying outside, but the one that enters the house misses Tara.
Written For: Prompt ‘BtVS, Any, canon character death didn’t happen,’ at

spring_renewal 2026.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or the characters.

( Safe And Sound... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Title: Making A Splash
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 686
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Much to Ianto’s disgust, Jack has dragged him out on a Rift retrieval in the pouring rain.
Written For:

topaz_eyes’ prompt ‘Any, any, puddle jumping,’ at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

( Making A Splash... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

mific

I haven't posted garden pics for a while due to autumn untidyness - so far as Auckland has an autumn, which is not very. Still green, just cooler and wetter. Also, I've been busy enjoying and making fanworks and have neglected the garden as it slides inexorably into disrepair. But everything's still green, and I do enjoy looking out at it so I thought you might like some views from my windows and doors. Overcast today so not ideal photography conditions, but as Cyclone Vaianu is bearing down on us in 36 hrs I figured I'd get pics now in case it's chaos by Monday. First time my landlord's property manager has ever emailed tenants with a cyclone warning and info about how to batten down! If I was still in my leaky house in the bush I'd be very worried but this flat's in a safe place - solid construction, high ground but not exposed, no big unsafe trees nearby - so fingers crossed. I'll roust out my camping gas stove and lamp in case of power cuts, and we'll see. Hope you're all safe from extreme weather events!

( pics here... )

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Damn, okay. Disturbingly recognizable dystopia.

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In TV, I finished Shrinking (season 3). Continues to be a solid, funny show. This would have been a good series ending but it sounds like they're already renewed for season 4 so will see where that goes. Fuck Parkinson's.

Also watched Seven Dials which I guess is considered a series despite being just 3 episodes. I think it was fine although none of the twists were surprising. Maybe I've read so much Agatha Christie that the general patterns are recognizable.

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FAKE Double Drabble: Crowded

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HR vid rec - To be a princess

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