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No. 22: “All the battles I want to win, nothing matters but giving in.”
Self-Sacrifice | Collar | Hunted for Sport

Babylon 5, Cartagia arc [800 wds] - also on Tumblr

( 800 wds under the cut )

sholio

The post-October Whumptober catchup continues, with more of the ones I wrote last month, but wasn't sure about.

No. 27: “Would you even want me, looking like a zombie?”
Surgical Scars | X-Ray | Bedside Vigil

Murderbot TV, Gurathin & Bharadwaj gen, 800 wds
Also on Tumblr

( 800 wds under the cut )

runpunkrun

Amina al-Sirafi, who, at a low moment, describes herself as a criminal, a sinner, a foul-mouthed middle-aged woman with a bad knee, is a Muslim pirate in the 12th century, retired. She lives off the grid and takes care of her daughter and their crumbling home, but—isn't it always the way—that one last job pops up that she can't refuse, on account of the extortion.

Her adventures include cons, jailbreaks, battles at sea, an ex(kinda)-husband, superpowered wizards, exotic explosives, even more pirates, giant tentacle monsters, an island filled with bird people, and a ship's cat that's no good at catching mice. But first she has to get the band back together.

I really enjoyed this. It's energetic and funny and tense and full of naturalistic historical detail. It's also quite violent and gory, which I enjoyed less. But the crew is a squabbly family that would do anything for each other, the settings are described with care, and Amina's foul voice and bad knee make her entirely relatable. I felt like her flexible relationship with the principles of her religion was handled well, especially when balanced with her unwavering faith in god, and I appreciated seeing the world through her eyes.

Contains: graphic violence, gore, descriptions of dead bodies; doing things your religion tells you not to; threats of rape; fear of heights; a character questioning their gender (if applicable) that may lead to some feelings of misgendering.

sholio

As mentioned earlier, I have some Whumptobers to catch up on (half finished, or ones I was a little uncertain about posting) so those will continue into November.

No. 15: “You can take a break, if you just tell me that it hurts.”
Failed Rescue Attempt | Body Part in the Mail | Live-Streamed Torture

1000 wds, Murderbot POV (TV-verse)
Also posted on Tumblr.

( 1000 wds under the cut )

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runpunkrun

Moody photograph of the ocean from an outlook. In the foreground, two dirty hands claw their way up over the edge toward the viewer. Text: Mystery & Suspense, at Fancake.

fancake's theme for November is mystery & suspense. If you have any questions about this theme, or the comm, come talk to me!

sholio

A couple of quick things I wrote for Fandom Giftbasket:

Firefly (Biggles/EvS, G, 1500 wds)
An evanescent moment on the journey home from Sakhalin.

Vaguely inspired by a photo of fireflies in India.

Birds (Alliance-Union, Meg/Dek, 500 wds)
Posted as a commentfic snippet, just a soft little moment for them after a rider ship mission.

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yuletide

Here we go. Please watch this post! We will update here as each batch goes out:

Candy? SENT as of 6:47 PM PST 11/4!

Drinks? SENT (twice, lol) as of 6:51 PM PST 11/3!

Books? SENT as of 6:39 PM PST 11/3!

( INSTRUCTIONS & REMINDERS )

SENDING DEADLINE: Friday, November 21, 2025

Extensions/Defaulting: Pre-research your post office/courier service hours, and plan to send as early as you can! BUT if your best-laid plans fail, and you need an extension -- we get it! Please bypass the shame spiral and email us ASAP. We want to know what's going on but rarely hesitate to grant brief extensions, especially to historically reliable swappers.

And, of course, if you need to default for any reason, the above is doubly true!! Life happens, but if you let us know as soon as it does, we can help out your recipient AND probably have you back next year with minimal anxiety.

One More Time: don't forget to check in at Swaps Central! And a safe, merry Swapstide to all!

Current FAQ and very old resources post here, for anyone who needs them. Questions and comments here or via email, as always.

Kat & Livi & Helen

Current Mood: excited

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[5] Emilia Clarke
[5] Nina Dobrev
[5] Shailene Woodley

Find them all here.

anr

When the Sun Won't Let You Sleep (1267 words) by anr
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Palm Springs (2020)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nyles/Sarah Wilder
Characters: Nyles (Palm Springs), Sarah Wilder
Additional Tags: time loops, Missing Scenes, 5 Times, Kissing
Summary: "Just saying," he says, reclining on his pool float. "We're both here, and alone, and wearing very little clothing..."

(aka, Five times Sarah thinks about kissing Nyles.)

Current Mood: relieved
Current Music: Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

sholio

Rewatching Babylon 5's "Ship of Tears" and (parts of) "War Without End" was definitely not conducive to ending up in the most cheerful frame of mind this evening. It's so good, though.

( Something I noticed in Ship of Tears )

topaz_eyes

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sholio

trickortreatex and

fandomgiftbasket both revealed this weekend. I have gifts to coo over!

Trick or Treat:

Beware of Gurathin Bearing Gifts (Murderbot, gen, 580 wds)
Fun and playful with some nice little cultural details, and a tantalizing hint of a future mission to come.

Fandom Giftbasket:

Jala, Tujula, and Fraught Understanding by

pushkin666 (Babylon 5, Londo & G'Kar, 700 wds)
This is lovely, a possibly-late-in-series vignette with a little bit of cultural exchange (via food/drink) and a little hard-won wisdom/acceptance.

Keepsake by

opalmatrix (Murderbot, gen, 3200 wds)
A really enjoyable, very slightly AU slice-of-life on Port FreeCommerce in which Ratthi takes MB shopping for the first time. Great in-character interactions and a lovely ending!

Zayd & Marwan by

celli (Murderbot, gen, 750 wds)
Murderbot, Mensah's kids, and cats. Cute and fun!

topaz_eyes

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sholio

Whumptobers will continue ~~until morale improves~~ probably a ways into November, since I'm still having a good time with it, and I have a few incomplete ones.

Alt Prompt: Organ Theft
Murderbot & Tarik, 800 wds (bookverse, post-System Collapse)
Also on AO3: Grand Theft Human

( 800 wds under the cut )

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justcreate

What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?

Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

What do you just want to talk about?

What have you been watching or reading?

Chores and other not-fun things count!

Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky.

sholio

And fic #1000 turned out to be .... a follow-up to the time travel Biggles fic that I wrote for Out of Order Exchange. I had threatened to write what happened between Algy and Erich in 1918, and here it is.

Out of Time (2300 wds, Algy & Erich, gen)

The first one should probably be read first, if you haven't already.

And there it is, and here's to the next 1000!

lyssie

Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

Snagged from

thisbluespirit

My own criteria for pulling titles: sorted by publishing date on fanfiction.net, then started randomly at the top, skipping to a different fandom if possible each time, then went to the bottom and scrolled up, skipping by fandom. Eventually, I had to sort by title and pick the first, since it was easier.

A - Atom Bomb Blues (Crossover, Cowboy Bebop/Stargate: Atlantis, Jet, Laura Cadman)
B - Brief Moments of Lucidity (Crossover, Buffy:tvs/Excalibur (Ellis), Willow Rosenberg, Kitty Pryde)
C - Connection (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Kendra AU)
D - Dust is Part of the Process (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Carolyn Barek AU)
E - Every Single Word (Stargate: SG-1, Jack O'Neill)
F - Future's Never Gonna Lay Down (BSG2003, Kara Thrace/Sam Anders)
G - The Girl From Down the Block (Eureka, Jo Lupo)
H - How Crazy I Am (Crossover Angel/Buffy, Angelus, Faith)
I - Inescapable (NCIS, Ziva David)
J - Just Rhythm (Aeon Flux movie, Aeon/Sithandra)
K - Kate's Alley (Excalibur AU Ellis era, Kitty Pryde, Kurt Wagner, Piotr Rasputin)
L - Long Gone Before Daylight (X-Files, Dana Scully)
M - Midmorning Storm on a Beach (X-Men circa 1996, Storm)
N - Nights in Purple Satin (Marvel, Domino and Natasha Romanova)
O - Of Ships and Strings and Sealing Wax (Infinity Watch, Adam Warlock)
P - Punch and Circumstances (Blake's 7, Vila Restall)
Q - Quite The Thing (Painkiller Jane: TV, Jane Vasko)
R - Research, Dinner, A Bet and Two Kisses (X-Men group circa 1996, Angelo and Jubilee, Beast and Monet)
S - Sitting in a Tree (Stargate: Atlantis, Elizabeth Weir, Teyla Emmagan)
T - Through Every Torn Curtain is Burning Violins (BBC Sherlock, Molly/Sherlock)
U - Unresisted Challenge (Crossover, BSG03/Stargate: SG-1, Kara Thrace/Sam Carter [I totally cheated])
V - Velocity (Farscape, Aeryn Sun)
W - When Life is Common (Excalibur, Ellis's run, Teamfic)
X -
Y - Yesterday of Freedom (Crossover, BSG03/X-Men, Jean Grey is Phoenix)
Z -

No X or Z, though my fic titles file tells me I have a Z out there though it's not published.

# of fics: 524 on fanfiction.net, 140 on AO3 (some are dupes), round to 640?

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Coldplay - God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

sholio

Another of the alt prompts written earlier in October.

“I hear you’re alive, how disappointing.”
Biggles & EvS, 600 wds, enemies-era

( 600 wds under the cut )

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sholio - Whumptober Day 22: Hunted for Sport [B5]
sholio - Whumptober Day 27: Surgical Scars [Murderbot]
runpunkrun - The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty (aka S.A. Chakraborty)
sholio - Whumptober Day 15: Live-streamed Torture (Murderbot)
topaz_eyes - Elementary Fan Fiction: "A Time Too Far"
runpunkrun - Fancake's Theme for November: Mystery & Suspense
sholio - Fic in brief
patrokla in yuletide - Yuleswaps 2025: ALL MATCH-UPS SENT!
geekilicious in fandom_icons - 150 Icons - Lois Lane (Superman [2025])
ladysheps in fandom_icons - 15 Actresses Icons
anr - FIC: When the Sun Won't Let You Sleep (Palm Springs)
sholio - This show still has its hooks in my brain
topaz_eyes - Emergency! Fan Fiction: "Epithetical Introductions"
sholio - Gifts everywhere!
topaz_eyes - GYWO for October 2025
sholio - Whumptober Alt: Organ Theft (Murderbot)
silvercat17 in justcreate - Just Create - Lobster Edition
sholio - My 1000th fic on AO3!
lyssie - Meme time: Alphabetical Fic Meme
sholio - Whumptober Alt: “I hear you’re alive, how disappointing.” [Biggles]

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Reading

Whumptober Day 22: Hunted for Sport [B5]

Whumptober Day 27: Surgical Scars [Murderbot]

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty (aka S.A. Chakraborty)

Whumptober Day 15: Live-streamed Torture (Murderbot)

Elementary Fan Fiction: "A Time Too Far"

Fancake's Theme for November: Mystery & Suspense

Fic in brief

Yuleswaps 2025: ALL MATCH-UPS SENT!

150 Icons - Lois Lane (Superman [2025])

15 Actresses Icons

FIC: When the Sun Won't Let You Sleep (Palm Springs)

This show still has its hooks in my brain

Emergency! Fan Fiction: "Epithetical Introductions"

Gifts everywhere!

GYWO for October 2025

Whumptober Alt: Organ Theft (Murderbot)

Just Create - Lobster Edition

My 1000th fic on AO3!

Meme time: Alphabetical Fic Meme

Whumptober Alt: “I hear you’re alive, how disappointing.” [Biggles]

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