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musesfoolSo I haven't written anything fictional since about January 2024 and mostly haven't even had any ideas, and then one morning last week (maybe the week before? I'm not sure - what even is time?), I woke up and was like, I could write a short DCC story set pre-collapse where Carl posts to AITA about breaking up with Bea and potentially stealing Donut. I told ![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
angelgazing about it and she was of course, very encouraging, and all, you should totally write that! But alas, I did not, though I did think about it longer than most ~ideas~ I've had over the last 2 years.
This morning, she texted me a link and someone wrote it! In a brief post on Threads of all places, but it was exactly that. And she was like, I only recognized it because you'd already told me about it! And I was like, see, I don't even have to write it because someone else already did!
Nice to know that even without writing anything, I am still tapped into the fannish hive mind. *wry*
In other fannish news: Ted Lasso season 4 trailer!!!! August 5th!!! I AM EXCITE!!!
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This morning, she texted me a link and someone wrote it! In a brief post on Threads of all places, but it was exactly that. And she was like, I only recognized it because you'd already told me about it! And I was like, see, I don't even have to write it because someone else already did!
Nice to know that even without writing anything, I am still tapped into the fannish hive mind. *wry*
In other fannish news: Ted Lasso season 4 trailer!!!! August 5th!!! I AM EXCITE!!!
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and you feel the glass sudden in your veins
Apr. 30th, 2026 08:38 pmmusesfoolI meant to have the recs update done earlier, but I fell asleep and then I had to make dinner etc. etc. But it is done now:
unfitforsociety has been updated for April 2026 with 14 recs in 4 fandoms:
* 10 Heated Rivalry
* 1 The Pitt
* 2 Batfamily and 1 Batfamily/Avengers crossover
***
Today's poem:
If your mirror breaks
by Joy Kogawa
if when you are holding a
hand mirror when you are
sitting in the front seat of a car
and the mirror breaks
you must stop everything quickly
step on the brakes
leap from the car
if when you are holding in
your arms a mirror and you
feel the glass sudden in your veins
if your throat bleeds with
brittle words and
you hear in the distance the
ambulance siren
if your mirror breaks into
a tittering sound of tinkling glass
and you see the highway stretch
into a million staring splinters
you must stop everything gently
wait for seven long years
under a sky of whirling wheels
if your mirror breaks
oh if your mirror breaks
***
And that's a wrap on National Poetry Month 2026!
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unfitforsociety has been updated for April 2026 with 14 recs in 4 fandoms:* 10 Heated Rivalry
* 1 The Pitt
* 2 Batfamily and 1 Batfamily/Avengers crossover
***
Today's poem:
If your mirror breaks
by Joy Kogawa
if when you are holding a
hand mirror when you are
sitting in the front seat of a car
and the mirror breaks
you must stop everything quickly
step on the brakes
leap from the car
if when you are holding in
your arms a mirror and you
feel the glass sudden in your veins
if your throat bleeds with
brittle words and
you hear in the distance the
ambulance siren
if your mirror breaks into
a tittering sound of tinkling glass
and you see the highway stretch
into a million staring splinters
you must stop everything gently
wait for seven long years
under a sky of whirling wheels
if your mirror breaks
oh if your mirror breaks
***
And that's a wrap on National Poetry Month 2026!
***
and there's no room out there
Apr. 30th, 2026 08:00 pmunfitforsocietyBatfamily
Bandaids for Bullet Wounds by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
voidapologist
Jason gets drunk to celebrate his birthday after his return to Gotham, and ends up killing the Joker — but not in costume. One little slip up, and suddenly Batman knows that Jason Todd is alive and in Gotham, and seeks to bring him home with the help of Crime Alley’s new vigilante, Red Hood. Oh heart.
the fawcett proposition byTheRoodHed
Batman assigns the Justice League to gather intelligence on Red Hood's expanding criminal empire. Clark can't see through the lead. Diana's operative gets made in seconds. Hal discovers movie night. Barry gets speed bumps.
Captain Marvel gets desk work.
Billy Batson buys a bus ticket.
(Or: a homeless twelve-year-old realizes that the crime lord of Gotham has built everything the system never gave either of them, and decides to ask for help. Jason Todd was not expecting to acquire a kid, and yet.) This series is SO GREAT! Billy asks the Red Hood for help with community building in Fawcett and both of them get a family (and a better life for themselves and their neighborhoods) out of it. Oh my heart!!!
✭
Crossover
Avengers/Batfamily
Blue Divergence bymysterycyclone
"Forgive me, Tony."
Tony can't move. He freezes in place, hand twitching above the changed arc reactor. Confusion, followed by shock, followed very quickly by fear driven anger as Tony snap his eyes back to Strange.
Strange meets his gaze and says, "When you find him, ask Tim for help." AU of Dark Matter (previously recced), where Tony is also sent to the DCU by Strange during the battle on Titan.
✭
Bandaids for Bullet Wounds by
Jason gets drunk to celebrate his birthday after his return to Gotham, and ends up killing the Joker — but not in costume. One little slip up, and suddenly Batman knows that Jason Todd is alive and in Gotham, and seeks to bring him home with the help of Crime Alley’s new vigilante, Red Hood. Oh heart.
the fawcett proposition by
Batman assigns the Justice League to gather intelligence on Red Hood's expanding criminal empire. Clark can't see through the lead. Diana's operative gets made in seconds. Hal discovers movie night. Barry gets speed bumps.
Captain Marvel gets desk work.
Billy Batson buys a bus ticket.
(Or: a homeless twelve-year-old realizes that the crime lord of Gotham has built everything the system never gave either of them, and decides to ask for help. Jason Todd was not expecting to acquire a kid, and yet.) This series is SO GREAT! Billy asks the Red Hood for help with community building in Fawcett and both of them get a family (and a better life for themselves and their neighborhoods) out of it. Oh my heart!!!
✭
Crossover
Avengers/Batfamily
Blue Divergence by
"Forgive me, Tony."
Tony can't move. He freezes in place, hand twitching above the changed arc reactor. Confusion, followed by shock, followed very quickly by fear driven anger as Tony snap his eyes back to Strange.
Strange meets his gaze and says, "When you find him, ask Tim for help." AU of Dark Matter (previously recced), where Tony is also sent to the DCU by Strange during the battle on Titan.
✭
with a shot off the glass
Apr. 30th, 2026 07:57 pmunfitforsocietyThe Pitt
enough for you to be open wide bySiria
"Do you like karaoke?" Trinity asked, which wasn't a question that Mel could answer in a particularly empirical manner. Mel generally found bars and clubs to be intimidating. But maybe that might be different if she went into one of them with a friend? <333
✭
enough for you to be open wide by
"Do you like karaoke?" Trinity asked, which wasn't a question that Mel could answer in a particularly empirical manner. Mel generally found bars and clubs to be intimidating. But maybe that might be different if she went into one of them with a friend? <333
✭
but then there's the 5-on-5 story
Apr. 30th, 2026 07:53 pmunfitforsocietyHeated Rivalry
Bird Set Free byHth
His heart. Ilya does have one of those – that’s not a crime, is it? He keeps it on its leash, never lets it run loose to bite and steal and cause chaos. You know it's high quality yearning when it's happening even while they're together having sex. <333
Building A Home bymerakily
The ice is where Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov fall in love, but the (mostly Asian) grocery stores in Montreal are where they learn how to be in love with each other.
In which Ilya learns about mochi, Shane learns about Russian milk bags, and they both learn how to breathe. Together. Oh heart. Now I really want the story where Ilya makes mochi with Yuna.
Cliff's Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week (Is Probably Going Better Than Ilya's) bypetroltogo
Ilya disappears in Sochi. Half-way across the world his team does its best to help. Their best is more than anyone could have foreseen. This is laugh out loud hilarious. Highly recommended.
the comments are a dumpster fire bytrickysnail
Five times Shane and Ilya ran into each other's burner accounts online. This is so cute!
Is this thing on? byARustySpork
after an injury on the ice forces Shane into an early retirement, he and Svetlana start a podcast. This is so fun!
Of all the florists in Boston bylilliesinwater
Shane gets hurt in the Boston vs. Montreal game. Ilya crashes out and buys all the lilies in Boston for him.
No one knows about them.
Except for Ilya's new florist, who never asked to get involved in dumb hockey boys and their messy drama. Also, Cliff is a good friend. Aw, this is super sweet.
Protected Person bychinesebakery
Shane finds out on Twitter.
Not from a lawyer or a teammate or even one of the journalists who've been calling nonstop since the FanMail video went viral. He finds out at 6:47 am, still in bed, that Russia is coming for Ilya. Propaganda charges. Passport revocation. Return to the Russian Federation required.
What follows is weeks of watching everything fall apart. Ilya's career. Their safety. The system that was supposed to protect them. Shane keeps playing while Ilya can't. The lawyers file paperwork and say to wait. Montreal demands silence.
Shane faces a choice: keep his head down and trust the process, or burn down his career and force the world to pay attention.
He chooses fire. Wistful and thoughtful - a good read.
the sum of its parts byFlameHazel18
this is a super cute social media series.
sure grandpa, let’s get you to bed bygoldenraeofsun
Scott’s age is Rozanov’s favorite topic, but now that Scott has come out, he shudders to think about what Rozanov will throw at him this season.
Or, 5 times Rozanov makes fun of Scott for being old, and 1 time he makes fun of Scott for being gay. Aw this is so cute!
You, me, and Lily by Anonymous
Jackie Pike finds "Lily's" number and tries to reach out. <333 I am so invested in Jackie and Ilya's friendship!
✭
Bird Set Free by
His heart. Ilya does have one of those – that’s not a crime, is it? He keeps it on its leash, never lets it run loose to bite and steal and cause chaos. You know it's high quality yearning when it's happening even while they're together having sex. <333
Building A Home by
The ice is where Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov fall in love, but the (mostly Asian) grocery stores in Montreal are where they learn how to be in love with each other.
In which Ilya learns about mochi, Shane learns about Russian milk bags, and they both learn how to breathe. Together. Oh heart. Now I really want the story where Ilya makes mochi with Yuna.
Cliff's Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week (Is Probably Going Better Than Ilya's) by
Ilya disappears in Sochi. Half-way across the world his team does its best to help. Their best is more than anyone could have foreseen. This is laugh out loud hilarious. Highly recommended.
the comments are a dumpster fire by
Five times Shane and Ilya ran into each other's burner accounts online. This is so cute!
Is this thing on? by
after an injury on the ice forces Shane into an early retirement, he and Svetlana start a podcast. This is so fun!
Of all the florists in Boston by
Shane gets hurt in the Boston vs. Montreal game. Ilya crashes out and buys all the lilies in Boston for him.
No one knows about them.
Except for Ilya's new florist, who never asked to get involved in dumb hockey boys and their messy drama. Also, Cliff is a good friend. Aw, this is super sweet.
Protected Person by
Shane finds out on Twitter.
Not from a lawyer or a teammate or even one of the journalists who've been calling nonstop since the FanMail video went viral. He finds out at 6:47 am, still in bed, that Russia is coming for Ilya. Propaganda charges. Passport revocation. Return to the Russian Federation required.
What follows is weeks of watching everything fall apart. Ilya's career. Their safety. The system that was supposed to protect them. Shane keeps playing while Ilya can't. The lawyers file paperwork and say to wait. Montreal demands silence.
Shane faces a choice: keep his head down and trust the process, or burn down his career and force the world to pay attention.
He chooses fire. Wistful and thoughtful - a good read.
the sum of its parts by
this is a super cute social media series.
sure grandpa, let’s get you to bed by
Scott’s age is Rozanov’s favorite topic, but now that Scott has come out, he shudders to think about what Rozanov will throw at him this season.
Or, 5 times Rozanov makes fun of Scott for being old, and 1 time he makes fun of Scott for being gay. Aw this is so cute!
You, me, and Lily by Anonymous
Jackie Pike finds "Lily's" number and tries to reach out. <333 I am so invested in Jackie and Ilya's friendship!
✭
113 Doctor Who Icons! The Dot Border Batch
Apr. 30th, 2026 04:39 pmannabeth_roses posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fandom_iconsAbout 95% Eleventh Doctor, with a few Eleven & Rory, Eleven & Amy, and one of Amy by herself.
Teasers:
icons here @ my journal
Teasers:
icons here @ my journal
And Even, Even if They Take Away the Stove, by Miron Białoszewski, translated by Czeslaw Milosz
Apr. 30th, 2026 09:30 amrunpunkrunAnd Even, Even if They Take Away the Stove
My Inexhaustible Ode to Joy
I have a stove
similar to a triumphal arch!
They take away my stove
similar to a triumphal arch!!
Give me back my stove
similar to a triumphal arch!!!
They took it away
What remains is
a grey
naked
hole.
And this is enough for me;
grey naked hole
grey naked hole.
greynakedhole.
( HOLE )
My Inexhaustible Ode to Joy
I have a stove
similar to a triumphal arch!
They take away my stove
similar to a triumphal arch!!
Give me back my stove
similar to a triumphal arch!!!
They took it away
What remains is
a grey
naked
hole.
And this is enough for me;
grey naked hole
grey naked hole.
greynakedhole.
( HOLE )
D&D
Apr. 30th, 2026 11:04 amsettiaiWelp. D&D certainly happened last night.
It started out with us rolling initiative (which was expected considering how the previous game ended), so we knew it would be pretty much nothing but combat. The DM consistently rolled high, though, while the rest of us rolled low on everything including initiative. Add in the fact that all of the enemies had flight capabilities while only two of the group did, two of the people on the ground had no distance attacks, and the other two depended on magic against enemies who cause double spell slots to be expended within 100 feet of them... well, needless to say, things didn't go well.
By the end, the sorcerer/cleric was dead, one paladin was unconscious, the fighter/warlock was unconscious, the NPC who'd banished several enemies from the field lost concentration and those additional enemies returned, the other paladin was in the single digits after being brought back up, and my cleric was at almost full health but 100+ feet away from the rest of the group (as she'd gotten boxed in by some enemies near her who she'd just managed to kill). So the wizard decided to say "fuck it" and pull six cards from the Deck of Many Things mid-combat in the hope of getting something helpful.
Of course, he only got to pull five cards (none of which were particularly helpful), because the fifth one was Donjon and he immediately disappeared to an extradimensional sphere. 🙃
At that point, it was looking like my cleric might be the only character who'd have any chance of surviving as she was far enough away not to have to use double spell slots as the enemies she was fighting were down, and she did have Dimension Door so she could potentially run. The only other PC still on their feet was the paladin, who decided to take a page from the wizard's book and start pulling from the deck as well.
He pulled the Fates, which essentially lets you pick any moment in time and undo it.
... yeah, needless to say we stopped the game at that point, because that's going to be something to figure out before next week. We're definitely going to undo this combat. The question is what specific point in time do we want to pick as the changing point in the hope it will give us a better chance of surviving (and hopefully winning).
It started out with us rolling initiative (which was expected considering how the previous game ended), so we knew it would be pretty much nothing but combat. The DM consistently rolled high, though, while the rest of us rolled low on everything including initiative. Add in the fact that all of the enemies had flight capabilities while only two of the group did, two of the people on the ground had no distance attacks, and the other two depended on magic against enemies who cause double spell slots to be expended within 100 feet of them... well, needless to say, things didn't go well.
By the end, the sorcerer/cleric was dead, one paladin was unconscious, the fighter/warlock was unconscious, the NPC who'd banished several enemies from the field lost concentration and those additional enemies returned, the other paladin was in the single digits after being brought back up, and my cleric was at almost full health but 100+ feet away from the rest of the group (as she'd gotten boxed in by some enemies near her who she'd just managed to kill). So the wizard decided to say "fuck it" and pull six cards from the Deck of Many Things mid-combat in the hope of getting something helpful.
Of course, he only got to pull five cards (none of which were particularly helpful), because the fifth one was Donjon and he immediately disappeared to an extradimensional sphere. 🙃
At that point, it was looking like my cleric might be the only character who'd have any chance of surviving as she was far enough away not to have to use double spell slots as the enemies she was fighting were down, and she did have Dimension Door so she could potentially run. The only other PC still on their feet was the paladin, who decided to take a page from the wizard's book and start pulling from the deck as well.
He pulled the Fates, which essentially lets you pick any moment in time and undo it.
... yeah, needless to say we stopped the game at that point, because that's going to be something to figure out before next week. We're definitely going to undo this combat. The question is what specific point in time do we want to pick as the changing point in the hope it will give us a better chance of surviving (and hopefully winning).
They are being swarmed. They are being devoured.
Apr. 29th, 2026 08:10 pmmusesfoolToday's poem:
Bright Wings
I was walking in the garden looking for the intermediaries
between me and the clear light. I had left the hose running
much too long. Something was eating holes in the ear-soft
leaves of the morning glories. I saw for the first time
that the neighbor was growing corn - the yellow shocks
were leaning just above the cinder-block fence, and they
looked delicate and scruffy, like city corn, like alien corn,
and suddenly there was so much to be done, so much to
put in order, not the ordinary business of loving and dying,
but the ordinary business that comes bundled with them:
Sunlight behaved perfectly in every corner, the shadows breathed
in their one direction and told stories, our cat crouched in the flower bed
aching to kill something: How do you explain being so convinced,
so utterly taken by the idea that beauty is somehow moral?
I mean in this day and age? I mean now when no one can even get
that equation to hold up? But the ants have formed a black
ribbon that leads to a dead snail. But the Pipers and Cessnas
and Beechcraft are circling and banking for the airport with
so much color and precision. But the dogs two houses down
have heard the mail-carrier's foot, and they have erupted.
This is not the argument I'm looking for. And I have been lazy.
Tangerines and lemons have swollen and dropped from their
impatient branches. They lie among the fern and the vine, bruised
and mushy. They are being swarmed. They are being devoured.
--Frank X. Gaspar
***
Bright Wings
I was walking in the garden looking for the intermediaries
between me and the clear light. I had left the hose running
much too long. Something was eating holes in the ear-soft
leaves of the morning glories. I saw for the first time
that the neighbor was growing corn - the yellow shocks
were leaning just above the cinder-block fence, and they
looked delicate and scruffy, like city corn, like alien corn,
and suddenly there was so much to be done, so much to
put in order, not the ordinary business of loving and dying,
but the ordinary business that comes bundled with them:
Sunlight behaved perfectly in every corner, the shadows breathed
in their one direction and told stories, our cat crouched in the flower bed
aching to kill something: How do you explain being so convinced,
so utterly taken by the idea that beauty is somehow moral?
I mean in this day and age? I mean now when no one can even get
that equation to hold up? But the ants have formed a black
ribbon that leads to a dead snail. But the Pipers and Cessnas
and Beechcraft are circling and banking for the airport with
so much color and precision. But the dogs two houses down
have heard the mail-carrier's foot, and they have erupted.
This is not the argument I'm looking for. And I have been lazy.
Tangerines and lemons have swollen and dropped from their
impatient branches. They lie among the fern and the vine, bruised
and mushy. They are being swarmed. They are being devoured.
--Frank X. Gaspar
***
fandom hugs
Apr. 29th, 2026 08:05 pmsixbeforelunch posting in fandom_iconsStargate SG1 x9
Star Trek: The Next Generation x6
Star Trek: Nemesis x2
Star Trek: Picard x1
Star Trek: Deep Space 9 x3
Star Trek: Voyager x3
Star Trek: Lower Decks x5
Star Trek: Prodigy x1
Star Trek cast photos x2
DCU x4
It's been a hard, uh, decade. It's okay if you need a hug ... or 36.
Preview:
33 more over at my journal.
Star Trek: The Next Generation x6
Star Trek: Nemesis x2
Star Trek: Picard x1
Star Trek: Deep Space 9 x3
Star Trek: Voyager x3
Star Trek: Lower Decks x5
Star Trek: Prodigy x1
Star Trek cast photos x2
DCU x4
It's been a hard, uh, decade. It's okay if you need a hug ... or 36.
Preview:
33 more over at my journal.