The Property of Hate Volume 4
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Something fishy!
Jun. 12th, 2025 10:18 pmcosmolinguistToday for work, I saw someone spell fisticuffs as "fisty cuffs" and a) that is adorable and b) it also makes me realize what a strange word fisticuffs is!
So naturally I looked it up.
c. 1600, fisty cuffes, from fist (n.) + cuff (n.) "a blow", with the form perhaps in imitation of handiwork.
Well! That's such a boring etymology, but... nice to see the spelling returned to something more like the original!
I said this on fedi and a friend's response has been delighting me ever since:
I always misread it as fishticuffs, so always had an image in my head of some kind of betta fish boxing, complete with gloves over fins
That made me giggle. They're an artist so I asked if they would draw this some time. I am wondering how a fish gets boxing gloves on its fins...
Thankful Thursday
Jun. 12th, 2025 09:47 pmmdlbearToday I am thankful for...
- Thomann and Sweetwater. Minor grumps at Thomann for having a US site that looks tempting until you find out that shipping and tariffs are added at checkout. Major grumps at my old standby, Musician's Friend, whose site is totally broken when seen from Europe. Major grumps at ME for not having installed a VPN yet.
- Online filk circles. NO thanks to the weird audio problems I was having tonight during Eurofilk. But I got one song (The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of) out. (I wrote it for my father, who died 26 years ago. And Father's Day is this Sunday.)
Not feeling terribly thankful today. Sorry.
Comment Bingo summer edition
Jun. 12th, 2025 01:06 pmcornerofmadness| line art Black Widow Hazbin Hotel | a fic that's over 5k | leave a comment on twitter The Cutest Hazbin Hotel | a fic not on AO3 | a crossover |
| a fic with multiple chapters | a work that made you happy | a work from a tv show canon Out Of The Shadows Buffy the Vampire Slayer | a fic with more than 5 additional tags | a work that inspired you |
| a work from your newest fandom | fanart | FREE SPACE | a work from a comedic canon | a work from a fandom with an open/ongoing canon |
| a work from a rec list | a work from a mystery/thriller canon | a fanvid | a fic that's under 1k | leave a comment on fanfiction.net |
| a work from a fandom you don't normally seek out | a remix | 5 drabbles (works of 100 words each) | a work from a Reverse Big Bang | a work from an action/adventure canon |
Community Recs Post!
Jun. 12th, 2025 08:50 amglitteryv 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 fics/fanart/fanvids/fancrafts/podfics/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 fics/fanart/fanvids/fancrafts/podfics/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.
Contemplating July activities
Jun. 11th, 2025 11:57 pmsholioAfter a couple of years of really struggling with mood and creativity, between burnout and family issues and god knows what (and I know I've been hard to deal with in fandom, at times), things are suddenly ... good! I can write again, I'm signing up for exchanges, whatever has been blocking me has gotten a whole lot better.
July is my birthday month, therefore Best Month, obviously, and I would really like to try to do some kind of "post a short fic every day" thing if I can make it work. Unfortunately I'm suffering a dearth of appropriate challenges, because of course now that I want one and have the mental bandwidth to do something with one, daily month-long prompt challenges and/or bingo card challenges for July are nowhere in sight. The closest thing is July Break Bingo, but I've asked for cards for this before, and I just ... never really do anything with them; I appreciate that it exists, but I think I need more of a - I don't know, social element to it, I guess? Less open-ended, more directed? Their cards just don't really click with me somehow. And I can't find a Tumblr prompt/whump/whatever themed promptfest thing for July.
So I'm kicking around a few different ideas. Why not throw it out to a completely nonbinding poll?
July is my birthday month, therefore Best Month, obviously, and I would really like to try to do some kind of "post a short fic every day" thing if I can make it work. Unfortunately I'm suffering a dearth of appropriate challenges, because of course now that I want one and have the mental bandwidth to do something with one, daily month-long prompt challenges and/or bingo card challenges for July are nowhere in sight. The closest thing is July Break Bingo, but I've asked for cards for this before, and I just ... never really do anything with them; I appreciate that it exists, but I think I need more of a - I don't know, social element to it, I guess? Less open-ended, more directed? Their cards just don't really click with me somehow. And I can't find a Tumblr prompt/whump/whatever themed promptfest thing for July.
So I'm kicking around a few different ideas. Why not throw it out to a completely nonbinding poll?
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25
What should I do for July?
View Answers
A custom bingo card/prompt list created (by me) from all my favorite tropes
13 (52.0%)
A personal challenge to finish older inbox prompts/unwritten prompts from past fests
8 (32.0%)
Find a prompt list from a previous (non-July) fest that I didn't do at the time, and use that
5 (20.0%)
Ask my flist for new prompts until I get 31 of them for fresh inspiration
9 (36.0%)
Run a comment fest over at the Biggles comm
6 (24.0%)
Something else that I will suggest in comments
0 (0.0%)
[June 10 out of 20] BtVS: Fic: Crypt Hunting
Jun. 12th, 2025 07:51 amveronyxk84 posting in sweetandshortTitle: Crypt Hunting
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting:
Summary: Set in S4, some time between eps. 4x12 “A New Man” and 4x13 “The I in Team” | Spike has finally found a crypt to live in.
Notes: also for #481 Charity byfan_flashworks
Prompts [#1-#5]: charity - dangerous - hunting - sick - tired
Also on my journal
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( Crypt Hunting )
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:
veronyxk84Characters/Pairing: Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting:
Summary: Set in S4, some time between eps. 4x12 “A New Man” and 4x13 “The I in Team” | Spike has finally found a crypt to live in.
Notes: also for #481 Charity by
fan_flashworksPrompts [#1-#5]: charity - dangerous - hunting - sick - tired
Also on my journal
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( Crypt Hunting )
(no subject)
Jun. 12th, 2025 05:42 pmchina_shopHaha, I just signed up for a free online Harvard course on a whim,[1] and having spent the last few months in the Three Billion Comments Club on sid_guardian, naturally I'm diligently replying to people's comments in the discussion sections of the course, too. What could possibly go wrong?
(You don't have to reply to everyone, china! This is not your circus! /o\)
[1] Someone on my flist pointed out a while ago that there are a bunch of free online courses.
sid_guardian, naturally I'm diligently replying to people's comments in the discussion sections of the course, too. What could possibly go wrong? (You don't have to reply to everyone, china! This is not your circus! /o\)
[1] Someone on my flist pointed out a while ago that there are a bunch of free online courses.
Write Every Day Day 12
Jun. 12th, 2025 12:32 amcornerofmadness
I think this realization is an important one.
Noodled on the new Hazbin thing trying to get it there by Friday’s deadline, made 1200 words so good job me.
Let me know what day you’re reporting in for. If I've missed you on the tally let me know. Feel free to jump in at any time.
Day eleven -
china_shop, cornerofmadness, badly_knitted, nafs, luzula, cmk418, trobadora, sylvanwitch, carenejeans, ysilme, goddess47, ( other days )
Habit Tracking: Week 22 (June 01 - June 07)
Jun. 11th, 2025 09:18 pmmistressofmuses
For the start of Pride month, a sticker from NerdyKeppie's "Proud to the Bone 2" pin collection.
And my tiny printout of the show flyer, since we don't get hard copy tickets anymore.
(It's a bit hard to write this from the perspective of it being the week Before, but I'm trying.)
This was a fairly busy week! It was a good week, and I made it through the first big rush of busy, but still feel like I have a lot to catch up on. FastCAT, the gardens, and the concert were all really good. Work was average to fine. I do hope to do more reading and writing next week, since it feels like that's where progress is most stagnant.
Goals for the week:
- I did post my book reviews for May
- I started, but didn't finish, catching up on DW
- I watered my plants
- I read more of Maeve Fly
- I did my getyourwordsout check-in: 1666 words written in May, bringing the ytd total to 58483
- We went to the Botanic Gardens with my mom and Taylor
- We did Bella's FastCAT
- I talked to mom and saw her briefly on her birthday
- We went to the Aesthetic Perfection show
- I wrote up and posted my June writing goals
- I printed off some short stories for my mom
- I put my laundry away
- I still haven't cancelled the dentist appointment
- I still didn't make it to the bank
- I still didn't finish part 3 of the snowflake outline
- Alex did get rent paid
Tracked habits:
- Work - 5/7
- Household Maintenance - 3/7
- Physical Activity - 3/7
- Wrote 500/1000+ Words - 2/7 - one day of over 1000, one day of over 500
- Wrote on 2nd+ Draft - 0/7
- Meta Work - 5/7
- Personal Writing - 5/7
- Other Creative Things - 3/7
- Reading - 6/7 - mostly I started reading Maeve Fly, and read some Duma Key with Alex
- Attention to Media - 7/7 - Sunday I had some youtube in the background at work; Monday half-watched some exploration videos; Tuesday had storm chasing and abandoned place videos in the background; Wednesday was more storm chasing in the background; Thursday we watched some storm chasing (they found an impressive tornado!) and I listened to music (mostly Aesthetic Perfection in preparation for the show on Friday); Friday we went to the concert; Saturday listened to music (mostly Whorticulture, Solar Fake, and Aesthetic Perfection.)
- Video Games - 0/7
- Social Interaction - 5/7
Total words written: 4712 on my book reviews and writing plans
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I am still very sad, and I'm trying to strike the balance between "being gentle with myself" and "wallowing."
The urge to slap CVS into next week
Jun. 11th, 2025 09:57 pmcornerofmadnessSo I went to pick up an ungodly amount of meds from the cvs near the parents' they texted me yesterday about 2 that it was too early to fill. I get there and get the others but NOT my toujeo insulin. Where is this?
CVS - um it's on hold
Me - you texted me about everything else why not this?
CVS - we don't know
Me - WHY is it on hold?
CVS - you have to get in another line to ask that question
Me- goes to other line, muttering
CVS - we don't know WHY it's on hold
Me - is it covered because my insurance keeps threatening to kick this one out of formulary.
CVS -yes, we can fill it now or do you want to come back?
Me - i live 18 miles away. FILL IT (took them over an hour to manage it which should be a good thing because they didn't have the humalog yesterday. You know the most common insulin out there)
I keep saying I'll be doing a pride month book rec and I keep failing so here have all the LGBT books I've read this year (amazon links, no covers because I'm tired and in pain)
Books:
Under This Red Rock YA, horror/mystery, heavy on mental health issues
Disco Witches of Fire Island magic realism 1980s so this is steeped in both the casual sex scene and the horrors of the rise of AIDS (so this is not really a happy story)
Graphic Novels
Carmilla: The First Vampire Chinese-American retelling of Carmilla (in two volumes)
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich fantasy rom-com
here.Les Normaux: A Dark and Dreamy Tale of Forbidden Love, Dare to Be Seduced by the Supernatural (Les Normaux, 1) supernatural romance webtoon
Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus
If you have questions or want to chat about any of them please do
What I Just Finished Reading:
The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan PI mystery very much enjoyed this (no having the sleuth do something stupid to get in danger!)
West By God - horror, this was...honestly it could have been a journalist mystery without any supernatural elements and been better for it.
What I am Currently Reading:
Anima rising - a good reads Frankenstein retelling giveaway win but also real person fanfic of Klimt and others and so far it's not great.
Dark Entry - a short suspense/horror novel I got last year
A Spell to Wake the Dead - a YA horror arc that is...good but man one of the main characters I want to drop in the ocean
What I Plan to Read Next: Something for the popsugar challenge probably or one of the books I won from Goodreads
CVS - um it's on hold
Me - you texted me about everything else why not this?
CVS - we don't know
Me - WHY is it on hold?
CVS - you have to get in another line to ask that question
Me- goes to other line, muttering
CVS - we don't know WHY it's on hold
Me - is it covered because my insurance keeps threatening to kick this one out of formulary.
CVS -yes, we can fill it now or do you want to come back?
Me - i live 18 miles away. FILL IT (took them over an hour to manage it which should be a good thing because they didn't have the humalog yesterday. You know the most common insulin out there)
I keep saying I'll be doing a pride month book rec and I keep failing so here have all the LGBT books I've read this year (amazon links, no covers because I'm tired and in pain)
Books:
Under This Red Rock YA, horror/mystery, heavy on mental health issues
Disco Witches of Fire Island magic realism 1980s so this is steeped in both the casual sex scene and the horrors of the rise of AIDS (so this is not really a happy story)
Graphic Novels
Carmilla: The First Vampire Chinese-American retelling of Carmilla (in two volumes)
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich fantasy rom-com
here.Les Normaux: A Dark and Dreamy Tale of Forbidden Love, Dare to Be Seduced by the Supernatural (Les Normaux, 1) supernatural romance webtoon
Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus
If you have questions or want to chat about any of them please do
What I Just Finished Reading:
The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan PI mystery very much enjoyed this (no having the sleuth do something stupid to get in danger!)
West By God - horror, this was...honestly it could have been a journalist mystery without any supernatural elements and been better for it.
What I am Currently Reading:
Anima rising - a good reads Frankenstein retelling giveaway win but also real person fanfic of Klimt and others and so far it's not great.
Dark Entry - a short suspense/horror novel I got last year
A Spell to Wake the Dead - a YA horror arc that is...good but man one of the main characters I want to drop in the ocean
What I Plan to Read Next: Something for the popsugar challenge probably or one of the books I won from Goodreads
Make an ass out of u and me - Star Wars story on the theme of "Obi-Wan: Virgin and/or Whore"
Jun. 11th, 2025 09:32 pmpetraMake an ass out of u and me (1431 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker, Depa Billaba/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Shaak Ti/Quinlan Vos, Aayla Secura & Anakin Skywalker
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Aayla Secura, Quinlan Vos, Shaak Ti, Depa Billaba
Additional Tags: A+ Jedi Pedagogy, Polyamory, POV Outsider
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker, Depa Billaba/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Shaak Ti/Quinlan Vos, Aayla Secura & Anakin Skywalker
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Aayla Secura, Quinlan Vos, Shaak Ti, Depa Billaba
Additional Tags: A+ Jedi Pedagogy, Polyamory, POV Outsider
Summary:
Anakin has the most boringly perfect master in the entire Jedi Order. Some masters go on interesting missions; Obi-Wan does diplomatic missions where he sits at a table and says, "Hm, well…" a lot till he gets his way. Some masters have showy, dangerous lightsaber styles; Obi-Wan does Soresu, which is as purely defensive as anything anyone has ever devised. Some masters are fully-rounded people who drink and laugh and dance; Obi-Wan stays in with his three best friends and talks about philosophy all night, because he is a perfect Jedi, and so are they.