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fancakeFandom: Sherlock (BBC TV 2010)
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, John Watson
Rating: Explicit
Length: 4400 words
Theme: Crack Treated Seriously
Summary: Sherlock and John swap bodies. John doesn't want to talk about it.
Creator Links: Rhuia
Reccer’s Notes Sex pollen on Earth requires some shenanigans, but add in body swap and we’ve got a deep dive into how this combo would affect these two’s self-knowledge and desire. Very explicit, very steamy, very funny.
Fanwork Link Once, Twice
glitteryv posting in recthethingEvery Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool other fanvids/kinds of fanworks/fics/fanart/podfics/fancrafts/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool other fanvids/kinds of fanworks/fics/fanart/podfics/fancrafts/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
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lizzybuffy200829. It's Tom Sellek's birthday - have you ever seen him in anything you've enjoyed?
I enjoyed him in "Three Men and a Baby" and "Friends."
I enjoyed him in "Three Men and a Baby" and "Friends."
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pronker posting in fancakeFandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairings/Characters:
Celeborn/Haldir of Lothlórien, Celeborn/Galadriel | Artanis, Orophin/Rúmil of Lothlórien, Boromir/Théodred, Aragorn | Estel/Elrond Peredhel, Arwen Undómiel/Éowyn, Frodo Baggins/Sam Gamgee, Elladan/Elrohir/Erestor (Tolkien), Gandalf | Mithrandir/Saruman | Curunír, Gimli (Son of Glóin)/Legolas Greenleaf, Sauron | Mairon/Witch-King Of Angmar, Éomer Éadig/Faramir (Son of Denethor II), Gollum/Gríma Wormtongue, Elrond Peredhel/Glorfindel, Denethor II/Théoden Ednew
Rating: Mature
Length: 7,126 words
Creator Links: AO3 Profile
Theme: Crack Treated Seriously
Summary: Théoden and Denethor hunt the elusive Slash Fairy after she makes them ... do things. Over and over. Featuring the horses of Middle Earth, with music by Fountains of Wayne, Celine Dion and Kenny Loggins.
Reccer's Notes: This month's theme is "ideas that are very, very bonkers, but approached with the utmost dedication to making it work within whatever passes for reality in that fandom." Author's dedication is key in this humorous tale of slash spreading like a glorious spready thing in the LOTR world and you'll believe that Denethor and Théoden-King need each other whether they realize it or not. The fairy is merely the mechanism. Just check out the other pairings and revel the night away! I especially liked that femmeslash was included, and also horses.
Fanwork Links: The Slash Fairy Cometh
Pairings/Characters:
Celeborn/Haldir of Lothlórien, Celeborn/Galadriel | Artanis, Orophin/Rúmil of Lothlórien, Boromir/Théodred, Aragorn | Estel/Elrond Peredhel, Arwen Undómiel/Éowyn, Frodo Baggins/Sam Gamgee, Elladan/Elrohir/Erestor (Tolkien), Gandalf | Mithrandir/Saruman | Curunír, Gimli (Son of Glóin)/Legolas Greenleaf, Sauron | Mairon/Witch-King Of Angmar, Éomer Éadig/Faramir (Son of Denethor II), Gollum/Gríma Wormtongue, Elrond Peredhel/Glorfindel, Denethor II/Théoden Ednew
Rating: Mature
Length: 7,126 words
Creator Links: AO3 Profile
Theme: Crack Treated Seriously
Summary: Théoden and Denethor hunt the elusive Slash Fairy after she makes them ... do things. Over and over. Featuring the horses of Middle Earth, with music by Fountains of Wayne, Celine Dion and Kenny Loggins.
Reccer's Notes: This month's theme is "ideas that are very, very bonkers, but approached with the utmost dedication to making it work within whatever passes for reality in that fandom." Author's dedication is key in this humorous tale of slash spreading like a glorious spready thing in the LOTR world and you'll believe that Denethor and Théoden-King need each other whether they realize it or not. The fairy is merely the mechanism. Just check out the other pairings and revel the night away! I especially liked that femmeslash was included, and also horses.
Fanwork Links: The Slash Fairy Cometh
marcicatBe a Goldfish WEEK 4: An Oldie But a Goodie and Bonus ONE: Epic Crossover Event: collaboration with starandrea
Kitchen Raktajino Recipe
*1/4 tsp dried minced ginger (added to the grounds before brewing)
*1/4 tsp roasted garlic powder
*2 drops liquid smoke
*1/2 tsp molasses
*add sweetener and half & half as desired
Kitchen Raktajino-lite
*stir in some molasses
*2 drops liquid smoke
*make it fancy with a few shakes of roasted garlic powder
Beautiful collage bystarandrea celebrating this glorious kitchen adventure!
[image description: Three photographs of a mug of raktajino and ingredients, surrounded by quotes. From top to bottom: 1. "You're the second person to order that today. What is it?" 2. That's actually surprisingly delicious. 3. You really can put garlic in anything. 4. I tried it without molasses first, and it wasn't quite weird enough. The molasses helped. 5. RAKTAJINO 6. Still not sure I can taste the liquid smoke. 7. "Coffee that's forged in battle and sweetened with the blood of my enemies."]
The Full Adventure:
*Background, Preparation, & Day 1
*Day 2
*Day 3 (with full recipe)
*Day 4 (lite recipe) & collage
starandrea Kitchen Raktajino Recipe
*1/4 tsp dried minced ginger (added to the grounds before brewing)
*1/4 tsp roasted garlic powder
*2 drops liquid smoke
*1/2 tsp molasses
*add sweetener and half & half as desired
Kitchen Raktajino-lite
*stir in some molasses
*2 drops liquid smoke
*make it fancy with a few shakes of roasted garlic powder
Beautiful collage by
starandrea celebrating this glorious kitchen adventure![image description: Three photographs of a mug of raktajino and ingredients, surrounded by quotes. From top to bottom: 1. "You're the second person to order that today. What is it?" 2. That's actually surprisingly delicious. 3. You really can put garlic in anything. 4. I tried it without molasses first, and it wasn't quite weird enough. The molasses helped. 5. RAKTAJINO 6. Still not sure I can taste the liquid smoke. 7. "Coffee that's forged in battle and sweetened with the blood of my enemies."]
The Full Adventure:
*Background, Preparation, & Day 1
*Day 2
*Day 3 (with full recipe)
*Day 4 (lite recipe) & collage
penaltywaltz posting in wipbigbangJust a friendly reminder that you can start posting fic updates to the platform of your choice for the mini bang in three days if you want to space out multi chapter fics! Posting to the Tumblr and Dreamwidth accounts will start on International Fanworks Day, which is February 15th.
AO3 collection will be created and posted January 31st.
AO3 collection will be created and posted January 31st.
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lizzybuffy200828. Have you ever played a kazoo?
No, I haven't. I don't think the noise would have gone over well at home...
No, I haven't. I don't think the noise would have gone over well at home...
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marcicatDAY 4: RAKTAJINO-LITE
Because sometimes you realize that you have very little ginger and garlic on hand relative to the (somewhat alarming) amount of molasses and liquid smoke you now own. (Maybe that's just me?)
aka: The day 3 recipe was great, but this one's easier!
*stir in some molasses
*2 drops liquid smoke
*make it fancy with a few shakes of roasted garlic powder
starandrea made an amazing collage to celebrate this fantastic kitchen adventure! I LOVE IT!
[image description: Three photographs of a mug of raktajino and ingredients, surrounded by quotes. From top to bottom: 1. "You're the second person to order that today. What is it?" 2. That's actually surprisingly delicious. 3. You really can put garlic in anything. 4. I tried it without molasses first, and it wasn't quite weird enough. The molasses helped. 5. RAKTAJINO 6. Still not sure I can taste the liquid smoke. 7. "Coffee that's forged in battle and sweetened with the blood of my enemies."]
Because sometimes you realize that you have very little ginger and garlic on hand relative to the (somewhat alarming) amount of molasses and liquid smoke you now own. (Maybe that's just me?)
aka: The day 3 recipe was great, but this one's easier!
*stir in some molasses
*2 drops liquid smoke
*make it fancy with a few shakes of roasted garlic powder
starandrea made an amazing collage to celebrate this fantastic kitchen adventure! I LOVE IT![image description: Three photographs of a mug of raktajino and ingredients, surrounded by quotes. From top to bottom: 1. "You're the second person to order that today. What is it?" 2. That's actually surprisingly delicious. 3. You really can put garlic in anything. 4. I tried it without molasses first, and it wasn't quite weird enough. The molasses helped. 5. RAKTAJINO 6. Still not sure I can taste the liquid smoke. 7. "Coffee that's forged in battle and sweetened with the blood of my enemies."]
jedibuttercupSo, I only made it about half-way through the Snowflake Challenge this year before getting derailed. (Although I will at least finish answering comments!) Part of it's due to RL being exhausting thanks to family injuries and a massive current work project, but part of it is something extra and unexpected.
Tripod (the website hosting site) appears to be finally dying. I've had a site there since at least 2002, maybe even 2000, I think before it was owned by Lycos; the public-facing parts of my page hadn't been updated in years, but I still used it for things like image hosting all the time, and I kept a few things there (scraps of original fiction and poetry, for example) that had never been added to any other archive. But this month I got a weird email notice that the monthly credit card billing had failed, and that if it wasn't corrected within 16 days I'd lose my subscription features. This was the error referenced:
The error message is 'Batch Submitted No Results,Cleanup'.
Which ...has nothing to do with my actual credit card info, as far as I can tell. But I still tried to log in to check. Well, I'd noticed that my paid jedibuttercup domain name had been intermittently having issues forwarding to the underlying tripod web address before, but now it only gives "This site can't be reached" errors. Direct HTML links to my shellpatine tripod site still connect, but when I try to access the admin side of the site at all (to check the aforementioned financial info, or see what files actually are saved there that are not linked on the public webpages such as the photos), all I get are 500 errors that claim "There has been an error with one of our scripts".
It doesn't seem like Lycos is answering support requests, either. I think it's going the way of the dodo.
And then, of course, there are recent developments with LJ going full Russian... and there are a lot of old Dreamwidth posts here that were scraped over when I first transferred that still contain a lot of internal LJ links, photos hosted there, and so on. (I can't see those at work at all; our IT company now filters LJ out entirely for, well, being Russian). I'd like to go ahead and completely purge my old LJ, but I am a little wary of doing that until I've checked all those links (especially photos &etc.).
So, two birds, one fix, although more urgent for one reason than the other. I've started opening every post on my Dreamwidth in the evenings, beginning with the oldest, and have been working my way back through them fixing or eliminating LJ links; grabbing any link that went to my private site, modifying it to use the tripod address, and seeing if it linked to something I want to save; and so on. It's ... a lot. I've still got several years' worth to go through.
It's not all terrible, though. I get to look at all my old photos from when I posted them regularly, and I've found some of that original work, now being rehomed on AO3 under the college pseud behind the name of the failing site: shellpatine. :)
Tripod (the website hosting site) appears to be finally dying. I've had a site there since at least 2002, maybe even 2000, I think before it was owned by Lycos; the public-facing parts of my page hadn't been updated in years, but I still used it for things like image hosting all the time, and I kept a few things there (scraps of original fiction and poetry, for example) that had never been added to any other archive. But this month I got a weird email notice that the monthly credit card billing had failed, and that if it wasn't corrected within 16 days I'd lose my subscription features. This was the error referenced:
The error message is 'Batch Submitted No Results,Cleanup'.
Which ...has nothing to do with my actual credit card info, as far as I can tell. But I still tried to log in to check. Well, I'd noticed that my paid jedibuttercup domain name had been intermittently having issues forwarding to the underlying tripod web address before, but now it only gives "This site can't be reached" errors. Direct HTML links to my shellpatine tripod site still connect, but when I try to access the admin side of the site at all (to check the aforementioned financial info, or see what files actually are saved there that are not linked on the public webpages such as the photos), all I get are 500 errors that claim "There has been an error with one of our scripts".
It doesn't seem like Lycos is answering support requests, either. I think it's going the way of the dodo.
And then, of course, there are recent developments with LJ going full Russian... and there are a lot of old Dreamwidth posts here that were scraped over when I first transferred that still contain a lot of internal LJ links, photos hosted there, and so on. (I can't see those at work at all; our IT company now filters LJ out entirely for, well, being Russian). I'd like to go ahead and completely purge my old LJ, but I am a little wary of doing that until I've checked all those links (especially photos &etc.).
So, two birds, one fix, although more urgent for one reason than the other. I've started opening every post on my Dreamwidth in the evenings, beginning with the oldest, and have been working my way back through them fixing or eliminating LJ links; grabbing any link that went to my private site, modifying it to use the tripod address, and seeing if it linked to something I want to save; and so on. It's ... a lot. I've still got several years' worth to go through.
It's not all terrible, though. I get to look at all my old photos from when I posted them regularly, and I've found some of that original work, now being rehomed on AO3 under the college pseud behind the name of the failing site: shellpatine. :)
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reeby10 posting in snowflake_challengeIntroduction Post *
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Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 * Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9 * Challenge #10 * Challenge #11 * Challenge #12
Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.
( Fandom Snowflake Challenge #14 )
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on. You might just find your newest obsession!
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.
Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.
( Fandom Snowflake Challenge #14 )
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on. You might just find your newest obsession!
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.
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marcicatDAY 3: A GLORIOUS VICTORY
*1/4 tsp dried minced ginger (added to the grounds before brewing)
*1/4 tsp roasted garlic powder
*2 drops liquid smoke
*1/2 tsp molasses
*add sweetener and half & half as desired
RECIPE NOTES:
*1/4 teaspoon of roasted garlic powder was better than 1/2 -- less of the, uh, throat-burning sensation after each swallow? I also stirred it more (read: at all) as I drank to keep it all from settling to the bottom
*I couldn't really identify the flavor as ginger, but I tried the coffee directly after brewing and said 'tastes bad, that's got to be the ginger.'
*I added everything except the liquid smoke this time to see if it was making a difference. Pre-liquid smoke, this tasted mostly like coffee with molasses. The liquid smoke really brought out the garlic, and provided an unexpectedly delicious depth of flavor.
IN CONCLUSION
*I now have a LOT of opinions about raktajino.
*This was delicious, but could it be easier?
*I've got one more day of home coffee before Be a Goldfish Week 4 is officially over, and I'm planning to try leaving out the ginger and garlic. BE CURIOUS! BE WEIRD! BE CAFFEINATED!
*1/4 tsp dried minced ginger (added to the grounds before brewing)
*1/4 tsp roasted garlic powder
*2 drops liquid smoke
*1/2 tsp molasses
*add sweetener and half & half as desired
RECIPE NOTES:
*1/4 teaspoon of roasted garlic powder was better than 1/2 -- less of the, uh, throat-burning sensation after each swallow? I also stirred it more (read: at all) as I drank to keep it all from settling to the bottom
*I couldn't really identify the flavor as ginger, but I tried the coffee directly after brewing and said 'tastes bad, that's got to be the ginger.'
*I added everything except the liquid smoke this time to see if it was making a difference. Pre-liquid smoke, this tasted mostly like coffee with molasses. The liquid smoke really brought out the garlic, and provided an unexpectedly delicious depth of flavor.
IN CONCLUSION
*I now have a LOT of opinions about raktajino.
*This was delicious, but could it be easier?
*I've got one more day of home coffee before Be a Goldfish Week 4 is officially over, and I'm planning to try leaving out the ginger and garlic. BE CURIOUS! BE WEIRD! BE CAFFEINATED!
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lizzybuffy200827. Up-Helly-Aa is a vibrant fire festival celebrated in the UK Shetland Islands tonight. Thousands gather to witness the breathtaking sight of a longship ablaze, illuminating the night sky. Do you have any similar local winter or summer celebrations?
No, not that I am aware of. Our part of the US seems to have forgotten that traditions existed before the US was found and settled.
No, not that I am aware of. Our part of the US seems to have forgotten that traditions existed before the US was found and settled.
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mific posting in fancakeFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Anne Teldy, Carson Beckett, Radek Zelenka, Jennifer Keller
Rating: Explicit
Length: 18,013
Content Notes: Graphic depictions of violence. Jeannie, Rodney's sister, has died long before the story starts. Academic ethics are somewhat compromised!
Creator Links: Telesilla on AO3, helens78 on Audiofic Archive
Themes: Crack treated seriously, First time, Friends to lovers, Animal transformation, Werecreatures, Complete AU, Interspecies pairing, Research, Worldbuilding (I had difficulty finding actual tags to reflect some of these because while there's a minor character werewolf in this, most of the Weres aren't wolves.)
Summary: John Sheppard has had over twenty years to come to grips with the fact that every four or five weeks, he turns into a mountain lion. Like most Were, he accepts that that's just the way it is, and so he's not particularly interested when he learns that researchers at the local university are trying to to develop drugs that will help Were control their cycles. Then he meets Dr. Rodney McKay, a brilliant but irascible biochemist with reasons of his own for spearheading the university's Were research and John suddenly finds himself struggling with more than just his attraction to McKay.
Reccer's Notes: Werewolves, or in this case, Werecreatures in general, are a popular crack fantasy trope. This story's excellent as it turns the fantasy trope into a real minority of individuals having Were genes, forced to change cyclically to an animal form. In this story's interesting worldbuilding, Were are discriminated against and find it hard to get jobs and live as full members of society. John is a werecougar and he meets Rodney who's a scientist running a research trial to test a new drug intended to suppress mandatory cycling. The story is crack "taken seriously" as there's no fantasy element. This is a genetically-driven thing, with Were a slightly different species to humans. Their cycles vary according to gene expression, and aren't moon-driven. Plus, in this world, Telesilla shows the politics of discrimination against Were, with John initially resisting the research as he's angry that they're yet again being viewed as humans with a sickness that needs treatment. The story has lots of plot and drama, a great developing relationship with Rodney, and a satisfying conclusion. Very much recommended!
Fanwork Links: Where the Brave Dare Not Go, it's locked to AO3 so here's a Wayback link
Excellent podfic by helens78 here
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Anne Teldy, Carson Beckett, Radek Zelenka, Jennifer Keller
Rating: Explicit
Length: 18,013
Content Notes: Graphic depictions of violence. Jeannie, Rodney's sister, has died long before the story starts. Academic ethics are somewhat compromised!
Creator Links: Telesilla on AO3, helens78 on Audiofic Archive
Themes: Crack treated seriously, First time, Friends to lovers, Animal transformation, Werecreatures, Complete AU, Interspecies pairing, Research, Worldbuilding (I had difficulty finding actual tags to reflect some of these because while there's a minor character werewolf in this, most of the Weres aren't wolves.)
Summary: John Sheppard has had over twenty years to come to grips with the fact that every four or five weeks, he turns into a mountain lion. Like most Were, he accepts that that's just the way it is, and so he's not particularly interested when he learns that researchers at the local university are trying to to develop drugs that will help Were control their cycles. Then he meets Dr. Rodney McKay, a brilliant but irascible biochemist with reasons of his own for spearheading the university's Were research and John suddenly finds himself struggling with more than just his attraction to McKay.
Reccer's Notes: Werewolves, or in this case, Werecreatures in general, are a popular crack fantasy trope. This story's excellent as it turns the fantasy trope into a real minority of individuals having Were genes, forced to change cyclically to an animal form. In this story's interesting worldbuilding, Were are discriminated against and find it hard to get jobs and live as full members of society. John is a werecougar and he meets Rodney who's a scientist running a research trial to test a new drug intended to suppress mandatory cycling. The story is crack "taken seriously" as there's no fantasy element. This is a genetically-driven thing, with Were a slightly different species to humans. Their cycles vary according to gene expression, and aren't moon-driven. Plus, in this world, Telesilla shows the politics of discrimination against Were, with John initially resisting the research as he's angry that they're yet again being viewed as humans with a sickness that needs treatment. The story has lots of plot and drama, a great developing relationship with Rodney, and a satisfying conclusion. Very much recommended!
Fanwork Links: Where the Brave Dare Not Go, it's locked to AO3 so here's a Wayback link
Excellent podfic by helens78 here
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- fandom: stargate atlantis,
- length: 10.000 - 20.000 words,
- length: 60+ minutes,
- non-fic recs: podfic,
- theme: au,
- theme: au: complete au,
- theme: au: complete au: animals,
- theme: crack treated seriously,
- theme: first time,
- theme: friends to lovers,
- theme: interspecies pairings,
- theme: research,
- theme: shapeshifting,
- theme: worldbuilding