badly_knitted: (Drabble-Zone)
badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote in [community profile] drabble_zone2025-10-25 05:29 pm

Challenge # 473: Rocky Road


This week's challenge is:


Rocky Road


Reminder of Rules

Entries should be 100, 200, or 300 words exactly, excluding titles and headers.
Please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your drabble, though you can if you like.
Each challenge ends when the new challenge is posted, but if you're a few days late that's still fine.

NEW RULE: DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DRABBLES ARE ALSO ACCEPTED ;)

Have fun!




mark: A photo of Mark kneeling on top of the Taal Volcano in the Philippines. It was a long hike. (Default)
Mark Smith ([staff profile] mark) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2025-10-25 08:42 am

Database maintenance

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

settiai: (Dark & Stormy Night -- chatona)
Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-10-24 10:10 pm

Fannish Stuff

On the Critical Role front, a friend has sent me some very specific spoilers about last night's episode as well as timestamps to avoid, so I'm going to try to watch it again this weekend but this time going in prepared. When I watch this time, I'm going to very carefully fast-forward through some scenes to try to avoid being set off again like I was when I was watching it live. We'll see how it goes?

I've gotta admit, one of the biggest things that annoys me about Critical Role is their refusal to add content warnings of any type even now that they're prerecording. It was one thing when they were properly airing live, because that just wasn't possible, but now? It would definitely help to at least have an option to know in advance that an episode was going to include certain topics. They gave warnings for the Divergence miniseries, so it's definitely possible for them to do. They just... don't do it most of the time.

Let's see... I finally managed to get my Yuletide sign-up done earlier this afternoon. It took a lot longer than I was expecting, but I got it in so that's a relief. I'm having a few regrets about not trimming down my list of offers a bit more than I did, but that happens every year so we'll just see how it goes.

The Dragon Age Reverse Bang's deadline is Sunday, so my artist and I are both hurrying to get everything finished. My brain's a bit mush right now despite me napping after work, because A. I slept like crap and B. I think that I might be coming down with something, so I think that I'm going to go to bed in a bit so that I can plan on getting up early and curling up with my laptop to spend the day writing until I get this ever-growing monster of a fic done.
settiai: (Yuletide -- liviapenn)
Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-10-24 12:44 pm
Entry tags:

Dear Yuletide Writer(s),

Just to note: this year's requests include the Gargoyles cartoon, the movie Home Alone (1990), the Hornblower TV movies, the Peacemakers television show (2003), the book Stealing Fire by Jo Graham, the movie Titanic (1997), the movie The Wild Robot (2024), and the webcomic The Witch Wolf.

My AO3 account is [archiveofourown.org profile] Settiai.




First of all, relax! I'm far from being picky, and I can pretty much guarantee that I'll love whatever you decide to write me. These are nothing but guidelines for you to take to heart or ignore to your heart's content. Also, hey! You're writing me fic! In a tiny(ish) fandom that I adore! That's automatically a good reason for me to love you, no matter what. So, please, keep that in mind. Trust me, you can pretty much do no wrong. ♥

That said, I thought that I'd elaborate a bit on my eight requests in case, like me, you're the type of person who likes to have something to work with. If you're not that type of person, it's totally fine with me if you skip over anything/everything that I've included in this letter. Feel free to use and/or ignore as much of this as you want.

General Likes/Dislikes )

Gargoyles (Cartoon) )

Home Alone (Movies) )

Hornblower (TV) )

Peacemakers (2003) )

Stealing Fire - Jo Graham )

Titanic (1997) )

The Wild Robot (2024) )

The Witch Wolf (Webcomic) )

No matter what, please don't stress out about writing for me. I'll love whatever you give me, so don't worry. Write what makes you happy, and I can guarantee that I'll be happy in return.
settiai: (Critical Role -- settiai)
Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-10-23 11:55 pm

Critical Role

Okay, yeah, I think that I may no longer be watching Critical Role.

Rambling under the cut. )

ETA: In retrospect, I was definitely having a mild panic attack for a while there, so I've apparently found a fun new trigger. A friend is sending me some very specific spoilers and timestamps about last night's episode, so I'm going to try it again when I can go in prepared. It's not as bad as it initially seemed, but the way it was handled was definitely... not great.
settiai: (Siân -- settiai)
Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-10-23 12:10 am
Entry tags:

Aurendor D&D: Summary for 10/22 Game

In tonight's game, the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.
but_can_i_be_trusted: (Kowai Kagome)
Echo Invictus ([personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in [community profile] 100words2025-10-22 05:55 pm

[Challenge #465: True Or False] The Monkees: 'True Or...?'

Title: 'True Or...?'
Fandom: The Monkees
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] ficlet_zone

True Or...? )
settiai: (Brain -- chatona)
Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-10-22 08:42 pm

Fannish Stuff

I swear that it feels like time's speeding by the last few days, to the point where I haven't been able to get anything done. It's because I've been having to nap in the afternoons to make up for my lack of sleep at night, so it's not like I don't know why I feel like I have no spare time, but still.

D&D starts in about ten minutes, so that's going to take up the right of my night. Tomorrow, I have to finish up my Yuletide letter and sign-up whether my brain likes it or not. It's taking forever because I'm requesting multiple new fandoms this year, so I'm having to write those sections of the letter from scratch, but I'm running out of time so I've gotta get it finished.

Then I desperately need to finish my fic for the Dragon Age Reverse Bang by Saturday at the latest. It's due on Sunday, and both my artist and I are scrambling to finish up. The fic's one of those ones that decided to keep growing and growing on me, as isn't uncommon with that fandom, which hasn't exactly helped.

Come on, brain. Cooperate for just a few days. Please?
smallhobbit: (Default)
smallhobbit ([personal profile] smallhobbit) wrote in [community profile] 100words2025-10-22 05:17 pm

Hercule Poirot - Japp's Dilemma

Title: Japp's Dilemma
Fandom: Hercule Poirot
Rating: G

precibyss: (Default)
precibyss ([personal profile] precibyss) wrote in [community profile] drabble_zone2025-10-22 01:14 am
Entry tags:

We keep ending up here | Challenge 472: Lonely

Title: We keep ending up here
Fandom: Gintama
Author: [personal profile] precibyss 
Characters/Pairing: Hasegawa Taizou/Sakata Gintoki
Rating: G
Summary: Hasegawa has some thoughts and a certain swordsman comes and joins him

Challenge: #472 - Lonely by [community profile] drabble_zone 
Crossposted: my journal


Read more... )

fennectik: Anime (Anime)
fennectik ([personal profile] fennectik) wrote in [community profile] anime_manga2025-10-21 11:52 pm

Spy X Family voice actor temporarily steps down

Dani Chambers who voices Becky Blackbell (One of my favorite characters in the series,) is taking time off voice acting for voice therapy as stated on a post she made on X:

"This isn't permanent but when my voice comes back I can pop back in," Chambers said. "I'm currently in voice therapy to work on getting back to my normal range. But for now, Becky (and other baby voices) will be voice matched."

The announcement came hours before Season 3 of Spy X Family premiered on Crunchyroll.

Meanwhile, Chambers will still be providing her vocal talents to other characters in the show. Alongside voicing Becky Blackbell in Spy x Family, Chambers has also been in the English dubs of Solo Leveling, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and several video games, including Pokemon Masters and Genshin Impact. - gamesradar

You can read more about it here:

Link
thisaintbc: C6D Big Bang Art (oil painting). An image of an explosion in the shape of a maple leaf against a dark background, bracketed by text which reads "dS C6D Big Bang". (c6d big bang (explosion))
Mission ([personal profile] thisaintbc) wrote in [community profile] ds_noticeboard2025-10-21 09:23 pm

Complementary creators needed!

We have two works that so far have not received complementary claims for the due South/Canadian Six Degrees Big Bang. I know our extended schedule is running up against holiday exchanges, which makes signing up for this more complicated, but we have some really lovely primary works this year and I'd like everyone to get a complementary work if possible - so please, go take a look and see if there's something there that makes you feel inspired! 

The unclaimed creators are Creator 1 and Creator 6 in the complementary claims post; complementary works would be due November 21 (with a mandatory checkpoint on November 1). 
sweettartheart: Ink text on paper (100 words on paper)
empathy is a superpower ([personal profile] sweettartheart) wrote in [community profile] 100words2025-10-21 01:51 pm

Prompt: #465 - True or False

This week's prompt is true or false.

Your response should be exactly 100 words long. You do not have to include the prompt in your response -- it is meant as inspiration only.

Please use the tag "prompt: #465 - true or false" with your response.

Please put your drabble under a cut tag if it contains potential triggers, mature or explicit content, or spoilers for media released in the last month.

If you would like a template for the header information you may use this:

Subject: Original - Title (or) Fandom - Title

Post:
Title:
Original
(or) Fandom:
Rating:
Notes:




If you are a member of AO3 there is a 100 Words Collection!
drabblewriter: (Default)
Katie ([personal profile] drabblewriter) wrote in [community profile] 100words2025-10-21 07:05 am

[Prompt: #464: Eulogy] The Iliad: Eulogy

Title: Eulogy
Fandom: The Iliad
Characters/Ship: Polydamas (& Hector)
Rating: G

Read more... )
settiai: (Siân -- settiai)
Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-10-20 11:18 pm
Entry tags:

Story: A Point of No Return (D&D)

A Point of No Return (1600 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Half-Elf Character(s) (Dungeons & Dragons)
Additional Tags: Blood, Dungeons & Dragons Character Backstory, Eye Trauma, Magic, One Shot, Serious Injuries
Series: Part 2 of Aurendor
Summary: It was the last thing she ever saw out of her left eye.
flareonfury: (American Werewolf)
Stephanie ([personal profile] flareonfury) wrote in [community profile] fandom_icons2025-10-20 10:52 pm

DC & Marvel Icons + An American Werewolf of London Icons

Icons made for [community profile] seasons_of_fandom 

DC Icons
[03] Vampire!Barbara Gordon
[01] Vampire!Damien Wayne
[01] Witch!Wonder Woman
[01] Dick Grayson & Pumpkins
[02] Pamela Isley
[01] Zatanna Zatara

Marvel Icons
[02] Kitty/Vampire!Ororo Munroe
[01] Kitty Pryde & slime monster
[01] Vampire!Matt Murdock
[02] Vampire!Steve Rogers

Other Icons:
[03] An American Werewolf of London