Rebuilding journal search again
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dw_maintenanceWe're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Lord Peter Wimsey: Tea For Two by Beatrice_Otter
Jun. 30th, 2025 11:17 pmmific posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fancakeFandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Characters/Pairings: Harriet Vane & Mary Wimsey
Rating: Gen
Length: 1951
Creator Links: Beatrice_Otter on AO3
Themes: Female relationships, Female friendship, Female characters
Summary: "I was complaining to my brother about how few friends I had, and he suggested that you might be an interesting person to know."
After Harriet is exonerated, she and Mary Wimsey meet for tea.
Reccer's Notes: A lovely, quietly perceptive story about two slightly lonely women finding commonalities and starting to become friends - one of Lord Peter's more successful machinations. It's beautifully written and the author's note at the end is interesting if you're a fan of the Wimsey books.
Fanwork Links: Tea For Two
Characters/Pairings: Harriet Vane & Mary Wimsey
Rating: Gen
Length: 1951
Creator Links: Beatrice_Otter on AO3
Themes: Female relationships, Female friendship, Female characters
Summary: "I was complaining to my brother about how few friends I had, and he suggested that you might be an interesting person to know."
After Harriet is exonerated, she and Mary Wimsey meet for tea.
Reccer's Notes: A lovely, quietly perceptive story about two slightly lonely women finding commonalities and starting to become friends - one of Lord Peter's more successful machinations. It's beautifully written and the author's note at the end is interesting if you're a fan of the Wimsey books.
Fanwork Links: Tea For Two
Dirty Pair cameo in Patlabor (?)
Jun. 29th, 2025 11:24 pmfennectik posting in anime_mangaCame accross this cropped screenshot someone mentioned was from Patlabor on which two very familiar looking girls are passing by. Not sure of this was a dedicated cameo or just coincidence, but am trying to see what episode and sweies from Patlabor its from.
Its still pretty neat.
EDIT: Thanks to a reply below, I got told its most likely from episode 2 of the Patlabor OVA.
Its still pretty neat.
EDIT: Thanks to a reply below, I got told its most likely from episode 2 of the Patlabor OVA.
Deadloch: Keep On Gruckin' by kirazi
Jun. 30th, 2025 09:48 ammific posting in fancakeFandom: Deadloch
Characters/Pairings: Dulcie Collins/Eddie Redcliffe/Cath York
Rating: Explicit
Length: 5010
Content Notes: not kidding about the rating
Creator Links: kirazi on AO3
Themes: Female relationships, Femslash, Polyamory, Friends to lovers
Summary: βThis is not a good idea, love,β Dulcie says, keeping her tone level. βI know I said Iβd try to be more open to change, and I hear and respect your opinion, I truly do, but this is β itβs like the hobby farm. Itβs really not going to work.β
βI just think,β Cath says, bright-eyed and earnest, βthat it would be a healing experience for me. For us both! To share that kind of intimacy. I am committed to working through my anxiety about you fucking your partner and Iβm sure that would be so much more manageable for me if we fucked her first. Together.β
(Eddie needs a gruck. Dulcie and Cath offer to help her out.)
Reccer's Notes: This is a polyamory fic where Cath decides she and Dulcie should have sex with Eddie so as to manage her anxiety that Dulcie might be unfaithful with Eddie (as happened in the past with a former partner at work). There's some nice psychological and historical exploration as Dulcie tries to work out what's going on, and the eventual sex is hot and well-written. What I like most is the character voices and dialogue for the three of them, which are spot on. It's also very funny, as are Eddie's creative takes on the English language.
Fanwork Links: Keep On Gruckin'
Characters/Pairings: Dulcie Collins/Eddie Redcliffe/Cath York
Rating: Explicit
Length: 5010
Content Notes: not kidding about the rating
Creator Links: kirazi on AO3
Themes: Female relationships, Femslash, Polyamory, Friends to lovers
Summary: βThis is not a good idea, love,β Dulcie says, keeping her tone level. βI know I said Iβd try to be more open to change, and I hear and respect your opinion, I truly do, but this is β itβs like the hobby farm. Itβs really not going to work.β
βI just think,β Cath says, bright-eyed and earnest, βthat it would be a healing experience for me. For us both! To share that kind of intimacy. I am committed to working through my anxiety about you fucking your partner and Iβm sure that would be so much more manageable for me if we fucked her first. Together.β
(Eddie needs a gruck. Dulcie and Cath offer to help her out.)
Reccer's Notes: This is a polyamory fic where Cath decides she and Dulcie should have sex with Eddie so as to manage her anxiety that Dulcie might be unfaithful with Eddie (as happened in the past with a former partner at work). There's some nice psychological and historical exploration as Dulcie tries to work out what's going on, and the eventual sex is hot and well-written. What I like most is the character voices and dialogue for the three of them, which are spot on. It's also very funny, as are Eddie's creative takes on the English language.
Fanwork Links: Keep On Gruckin'
Round 28: something you love
Jun. 29th, 2025 02:02 pmthesleepingbeauty posting in retro_icontest
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I picked βBarbieβ (the doll in general, not just the movie) for three reasons: 1. Nostalgia. Barbie was such a HUGE part of my childhood and she continues to bring me a lot of comfort now that Iβm an adult who collects dolls too. 2. Fashion. Being able to restyle/dress up my Barbie dolls in different looks has always been one of my favorite things to do. 3. Imagination. I love that Barbie has had over 200+ different careers and itβs fun to imagine myself in all of those different jobs as well.
PS: Mods, could I please have a username tag?
Coffee Social Sunday
Jun. 29th, 2025 12:00 pmbedes posting in dunmeshiCoffee Social Sunday is a weekly post for low-pressure chit-chat about anything on your mind in the Dunmeshi universe! Is there anything you're currently reading, creating, thinking about, considering creating, watching or rewatching? Tell us! But remember to hold onto your specific fanwork recs to instead share under the current Quick Recs post.
If you're new, this is also a good place to introduce yourself! We have a suggested template for this, but we emphasize the 'suggested' part. Disregard it if you'd like!
Please note that the comments on this post may contain spoilers for anime-onlys, per our spoiler policy. As for everyone else: if possible, try to mark your spoilers clearly!
Share your thoughts, ask for help, and cheer your fellow fans on!Now, what monsters would be good ingredients for coffee...
If you're new, this is also a good place to introduce yourself! We have a suggested template for this, but we emphasize the 'suggested' part. Disregard it if you'd like!
Please note that the comments on this post may contain spoilers for anime-onlys, per our spoiler policy. As for everyone else: if possible, try to mark your spoilers clearly!
Share your thoughts, ask for help, and cheer your fellow fans on!
Spring anime, and into summer
Jun. 29th, 2025 08:23 ampetrea_mitchell posting in anime_manga(Crossposted from my journal.)
Apocalypse Hotel was great. Just great. Go watch it. It's definitely on my Hugo ballot next year.
Kowloon Generic Romance ended very well, even if the finale didn't quite have time to spell out every last detail of what was going on. Presumably the manga, which is ending soon, will be able to explain better. Recommended with some disclaimers: there are some very male-gaze camera angles at first but they stop after episode 2, and there is someone who initially appears to be a depressingly stereotypical queer villain but ultimately becomes three-dimensional and far more sympathetic.
Zatsu Tabi continued to be exactly what it appeared to be, a low-key story about travel and introduction to some of Japan's lesser-known tourist attractions.
Sword of the Demon Hunter is continuing into summer, but I have to say this: The choice to fridge someone in the first episode wound up feeling more and more out of place as the story went on. The subsequent story isn't grimdark at all; eventually it's about a guy hanging out in a soba shop with his friends and taking on jobs with an emphasis on how his work heals the community. Even the demons are mostly sympathetic at this point. So I'm not sure why the author chose to do that, other than he couldn't think of another way to get the protagonist out of his comortable village life and out into the world.
For next season, the shows I'm looking at fall into three categories:
Shows I am truly interested in checking out: Bullet/Bullet, Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show, The Earthbound Mole, Onmyo Kaiten Re: Birth Verse
Show I would be checking out if it weren't on Netflix: The Summer Hikaru Died
Shows I should be excited about on paper but am not really: Cute High Earth Defense Club Haikara!, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun season 2 part 2, Ruri Rocks
Apocalypse Hotel was great. Just great. Go watch it. It's definitely on my Hugo ballot next year.
Kowloon Generic Romance ended very well, even if the finale didn't quite have time to spell out every last detail of what was going on. Presumably the manga, which is ending soon, will be able to explain better. Recommended with some disclaimers: there are some very male-gaze camera angles at first but they stop after episode 2, and there is someone who initially appears to be a depressingly stereotypical queer villain but ultimately becomes three-dimensional and far more sympathetic.
Zatsu Tabi continued to be exactly what it appeared to be, a low-key story about travel and introduction to some of Japan's lesser-known tourist attractions.
Sword of the Demon Hunter is continuing into summer, but I have to say this: The choice to fridge someone in the first episode wound up feeling more and more out of place as the story went on. The subsequent story isn't grimdark at all; eventually it's about a guy hanging out in a soba shop with his friends and taking on jobs with an emphasis on how his work heals the community. Even the demons are mostly sympathetic at this point. So I'm not sure why the author chose to do that, other than he couldn't think of another way to get the protagonist out of his comortable village life and out into the world.
For next season, the shows I'm looking at fall into three categories:
Shows I am truly interested in checking out: Bullet/Bullet, Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show, The Earthbound Mole, Onmyo Kaiten Re: Birth Verse
Show I would be checking out if it weren't on Netflix: The Summer Hikaru Died
Shows I should be excited about on paper but am not really: Cute High Earth Defense Club Haikara!, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun season 2 part 2, Ruri Rocks
PINCH HITS AVAILABLE AT CASEFIC EXCHANGE (DUE FRIDAY 18 JULY).
Jun. 29th, 2025 08:11 amcasemod posting in anime_mangacaseficexchange is looking for pinch hitters to fulfil requests that include anime and manga fandoms.PH 13 (comic, fic) - η΅γη©Ί remake | Tsui no Sora Remake, A Girl Corrupted by the Internet is the Summoned Hero?!, Tsukihime (Visual Novel & Anime)
The pinch hits are currently due Friday 18 July at 11:59pm Eastern time.
The exchange requires a completed work of a minimum of 3,000 words for fanfiction or a minimum of 10 panels for a comic. (We also allow a recording of a completed fic of 3,000 words minimum with "casefic" as one of its tags, but these requests are not asking for podfic.) Works must include a fandom, character/ship and be of a medium that the recipient has requested. You must have an AO3 account to participate.
If you would like to claim, please comment on the pinch hit post. Thank you!
From space girls to catgirls
Jun. 28th, 2025 03:55 pmfennectik posting in anime_manga
What a lucky guy
Finished Episode 2 of the Dirty Pair series and will continue it as much as I get the time to do do so.
Speaking of Anime watching, am also resuming All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku (say that ten times fast,) which I haven't got to finish it ever since I owned a VHS tape with a couple episodes long ago. That's something I need to rectify.
Also trying to finish Patlabor the Mobile Police to move on to other series like Dr. Stone and the last season of My Hero Academia. There are other series I'm eyeing but for now, I'm trying to finish what I had watched before in order to move forward.
Watching Dirty Pair
Jun. 28th, 2025 01:48 amfennectik posting in anime_manga
Up till now I've only watched the OAVs and the reboot Dirty Pair Flash which didn't attract me as much as the old timy whimy series. I never even knew a series existed until I stumbled into them on youtube. I gotta say there's a lot of what you can learn from here which potentially connects to said OAVs, and the 80s scifi feel of its phenomenal.
Dirty Pair is a gallant guilty pleasure of mine.
Iron Falls with a Thud
Jun. 28th, 2025 02:02 pmsetsuled posting in disneyplusshowsI finally got through the first three episodes of Ironheart that premiered on Wednesday. I find it very dull. I think the main problems for me are the characters, performances, and plot. The special effects are okay. It's not, and I want to be emphatic about this, it's not bad because it's woke.
( Mild spoilers behind the cut )
Ironheart is available on Disney+.
