BtVS: Feeling Rough [Challenge 469: Rough]
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Title: Feeling Rough
Fandom: BtVS
Author:
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Characters: Buffy.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 469: Rough.
Spoilers/Setting: Killed By Death.
Summary: Buffy feels awful, but she’s on patrol anyway.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
Feeling Rough
Round 179: Uncommon Settings
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Our theme for October is uncommon settings!
These are places you don't commonly see represented in fanworks, either in a specific fandom or fandom in general.
The tag for this round is: theme: uncommon settings
If you're just joining us, be sure to check out our policy on content notes. Content notes aren't required, but they're nice to include in your recs, especially if a fanwork has untagged content that readers may wish to know about in advance.
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How to Use DW's Image Hosting
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Today, while scrolling my Reading Page, I was greeted by purple boxes containing a message from imgur: "This content not viewable in your region." It's because of stupid new laws in the UK that have also stopped me from looking at fanart on AO3 and many other websites (🙄), and yeah I'm annoyed, but I thought I'd try to channel my annoyance into something helpful!
If you include images in your DW posts, such as icon batches or community banners, are you aware of DW's inbuilt image hosting? I feel like a lot of people are, so ignore this post if that's you, but if you're not... I'd already written the below guide for someone who reached out to me a few years ago asking for help, so I've tweaked it a little and hope it's helpful to anyone who might stumble across it.
Please note: DW-hosted images only display on DW.
( Guide under here... )
If you include images in your DW posts, such as icon batches or community banners, are you aware of DW's inbuilt image hosting? I feel like a lot of people are, so ignore this post if that's you, but if you're not... I'd already written the below guide for someone who reached out to me a few years ago asking for help, so I've tweaked it a little and hope it's helpful to anyone who might stumble across it.
Please note: DW-hosted images only display on DW.
( Guide under here... )
due South: A Balanced Diet by seascribble
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Fandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker
Rating: Teen
Length: 1929
Creator Links: seascribble on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, First time, Friends to lovers, Domestic
Summary: Ray is actually starting to like oatmeal.
Reccer's Notes: Set towards the end of the quest to find the Hand of Franklin and afterwards, once their relationships's established, this story weaves together scenes featuring Ray Kowalski, Fraser, Dief, and food of various types - some delicious, some less so, and all telling the tale of their relationship. Lovely.
Fanwork Links: A Balanced Diet (or, Four Vaguely Interrelated Vignettes about Ray, Fraser, and Food)
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker
Rating: Teen
Length: 1929
Creator Links: seascribble on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, First time, Friends to lovers, Domestic
Summary: Ray is actually starting to like oatmeal.
Reccer's Notes: Set towards the end of the quest to find the Hand of Franklin and afterwards, once their relationships's established, this story weaves together scenes featuring Ray Kowalski, Fraser, Dief, and food of various types - some delicious, some less so, and all telling the tale of their relationship. Lovely.
Fanwork Links: A Balanced Diet (or, Four Vaguely Interrelated Vignettes about Ray, Fraser, and Food)
SGA: Vanilla by Punk
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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Madison Miller, Jeannie Miller
Rating: G
Length: 1552
Creator Links: Punk on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, First time, Humor
Summary: Rodney doesn't know whether he should go for the ice cream or Sheppard's mouth.
Reccer's Notes: A charming first time story where Rodney's lust for a real-vanilla ice cream cone is transmuted into lust for John, with Jeannie berating and cheering them on from the sidelines. Fun, and an excellent outcome for everyone except the ice cream!
Fanwork Links:
Text on AO3: Vanilla
Podfic read by Punk: Vanilla [podfic]
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Madison Miller, Jeannie Miller
Rating: G
Length: 1552
Creator Links: Punk on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, First time, Humor
Summary: Rodney doesn't know whether he should go for the ice cream or Sheppard's mouth.
Reccer's Notes: A charming first time story where Rodney's lust for a real-vanilla ice cream cone is transmuted into lust for John, with Jeannie berating and cheering them on from the sidelines. Fun, and an excellent outcome for everyone except the ice cream!
Fanwork Links:
Text on AO3: Vanilla
Podfic read by Punk: Vanilla [podfic]
Chromatic Characters Podfic Anthology VI!
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This is the official post for the sixth annual Chromatic Characters Podfic Anthology! This year, the anthology contains 57 podfics, featuring 52 characters of color, read by 18 podficcers.
This year's optional theme was: persistence.

cover art by
silverandblue
Listening options:
Links to the text of the fics, where you can go to leave kudos and comments for the wonderful authors, can be found in the "comments" section in the metadata of each mp3 file as well as in the spreadsheet. Thank you to
Avanie,
godoflaundrybaskets,
wilfriede0815,
wjgravity, and
cosmicology for technical beta. We also thank the 5 cultural sensitivity betas who lent their time and knowledge to this anthology.
The bonus collection for podfics longer than the maximum for the CCPA and/or extra submissions can be found here.
You can find the full AO3 collection for this year here. Please feel free to leave feedback/comments on this post! You can also follow the podficcers to their individual AO3 accounts to find more of their work:
429_CarCrash,
AirgiodSLV,
bluedreaming,
blackglass,
cosmicology,
deepestbluesky,
farkenshnoffingottom,
flowerparrish,
godoflaundrybaskets,
kbirb,
kitsuneheart,
LittleRedRobinHood,
mific,
MistbornHero,
pezzax,
semperfiona,
Tipsy_Kitty, and
wilfriede0815.
This year's optional theme was: persistence.

cover art by
Listening options:
- The Chromatic Characters Podfic Anthology VI podbook, (m4b format, 63 kbps, 153 mb, 05:30:53), with chapter stops for individual podfics
- A zip file (236 mb) with all the anthology podfics in mp3 format
- A spreadsheet with direct audio links or links to the AO3 pages where you can download individual anthology podfics and leave feedback
Links to the text of the fics, where you can go to leave kudos and comments for the wonderful authors, can be found in the "comments" section in the metadata of each mp3 file as well as in the spreadsheet. Thank you to
The bonus collection for podfics longer than the maximum for the CCPA and/or extra submissions can be found here.
You can find the full AO3 collection for this year here. Please feel free to leave feedback/comments on this post! You can also follow the podficcers to their individual AO3 accounts to find more of their work:
Prompt: #462 - Royalty
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This week's prompt is royalty.
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: #462 - royalty" 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.
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Subject: Original - Title (or) Fandom - Title
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Original (or) Fandom:
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Notes:
If you are a member of AO3 there is a 100 Words Collection!
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: #462 - royalty" 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.
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[Challenge #461: Futile] Original Poem: Slippery
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Title: Slippery
Fandom: Original poem (Greek myth references)
Rating: G
Warning: pretty vaguely, but political content
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Fandom: Original poem (Greek myth references)
Rating: G
Warning: pretty vaguely, but political content
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Marvel: To The Heart by kyburg
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Fandom: Marvel Comics, MCU
Pairings/Characters: Kamala Khan, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson,
Rating: Not rated
Length: 5k
Creator Links:
kyburg
Theme: food, trauma, team, characters of color
Summary:
It's a service day at the Masjid. Lentils, rice and everything nice.
What isn't nice are some the memories.
Good people make you their friend. Good friends know how to get to the heart of the matter.
Reccer's Notes: This is about the Avengers meeting Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel. But it's also about friendship, and trauma, and memory, and moving on.
Fanwork Links: To The Heart
Pairings/Characters: Kamala Khan, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson,
Rating: Not rated
Length: 5k
Creator Links:
Theme: food, trauma, team, characters of color
Summary:
It's a service day at the Masjid. Lentils, rice and everything nice.
What isn't nice are some the memories.
Good people make you their friend. Good friends know how to get to the heart of the matter.
Reccer's Notes: This is about the Avengers meeting Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel. But it's also about friendship, and trauma, and memory, and moving on.
Fanwork Links: To The Heart
Master Set Thoughts
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I just realised I can make polls on here! :O
As my Magnemite master set (a collection of all the Magnemite Pokemon TCG cards) nears completion, I've been thinking about how to share it. I have a lot to say—such as talking about my favourite illustrations, where I found particular cards, facts about them, etc.—and I'm unsure how best to compile all those thoughts. I'm considering either a long post with lots of pics/scans or a video where I flip through my binder and talk about the cards out loud. Which of these sounds more interesting to you?
Thank you for sharing your opinion! If you have no preference, you can select both options ^^
As my Magnemite master set (a collection of all the Magnemite Pokemon TCG cards) nears completion, I've been thinking about how to share it. I have a lot to say—such as talking about my favourite illustrations, where I found particular cards, facts about them, etc.—and I'm unsure how best to compile all those thoughts. I'm considering either a long post with lots of pics/scans or a video where I flip through my binder and talk about the cards out loud. Which of these sounds more interesting to you?
Poll #33673 Magnemite Collection
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8
How would you like to see my Magnemite card collection?
Thank you for sharing your opinion! If you have no preference, you can select both options ^^