Previous poll reviewIn
the Neighbours poll, 56.8% of respondents know their neighbours well enough to nod and wave, 52.3% have each other's phone numbers/email and chat in passing, and 22.7% socialise/lend things. In ticky-boxes, cat photos came second to hugs, 59.1% to 70.5%. Thank you for your votes! ♥
ReadingListening to
Barrayar (Bujold's Vorkosigan saga) with Andrew. Other than that, just a little bit of fanfic.
KdramasI'm cooling on
Behind the Bar because a lot of the cases are deeply unpleasant.
For example:
the one that had me noping out is a doctor being accused of murder because a man she unsuccessfully treated on a plane is a convicted paedophile. (I ffwed the scene, so I don't know if the failure was deliberate.) The doctor is suspected because she treated the man's young victim in the past, and also refused to treat him then. I restarted
Strongest Delivery Man for Kim Sun-ho, the second male lead, but I don't much care about the main pairing (iirc, there's potential slashiness between the two guys, but it takes a while to get there). I started the first episode of
Our Universe, but backbuttoned when the toddler appeared. (Sometimes I can kidfic, but often I cannot.) Now, I don't know.
Other TVWe finished
Wonder Man. I liked it a lot -- imperfect characters, and the redemptive power of friendship, woohoo! (I didn't end up slashing the leads; Ben Kingsley is kind of terrible. But I could be persuaded.)
Still going on
The Pitt. Finished our rewatch of
We Are Lady Parts season 2. ♥ ♥ ♥
And a couple of movies:
The Friend in which Naomi Watts inherits a great dane from a friend; full of humanity and grief. And
Dancing the Invisible, a documentary about Jill Bilcock, an Australian film editor who's worked with Baz Luhrmann and many others; fascinating, full of close creative friendships and competence porn.
Audio entertainmentRelistened to John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme season 9, which is a series of interlinked sketched about multiple generations of a family. Being me, I still want OT3 fic for the most uptight/least likeable character, his wife and their good friend, lol.
Also, Writing Excuses, a Death of 1000 Cuts writing ramble, and one episode of You Can Learn Chinese. (Taking a mental health break from the politics.)
Writing/making thingsI posted my first fic of the year, a belated
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fandomtrees treat for
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teaotter:
Title: Honey Tea (1761 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 조립식 가족 | Family by Choice (South Korea TV)
Relationships: Kim Daewook/Yoon Jeongjae
Characters: Kim Daewook, Yoon Jeongjae, Kim Sanha
Additional Tags: Empty Nest Syndrome (sort of), Medicating with Alcohol, Insecurity, Define the Relationship talks, Friends to Lovers, Co-parents to lovers, Non-Linear Narrative, Set during episode 9
Summary: If ever there was a night for obliterating himself, it was tonight. The facts of Sanha leaving and the trials he’d face in Seoul were too depressing to contemplate, so Daewook let himself brood over smaller, more selfish miseries. His apartment was empty. Haejoon had left, too. Everything was changing, the family disbanded, and where did that leave Daewook? Left behind again. Thrown aside.
I'm currently noodling one of the things I started for Yuletide, but I'm not quite sure where it's going.
I've attempted two
Lady Parts drawings, neither of which came out right. But I have smudgers/blenders now (much thanks to those who suggested them!), so I'm messing around with shading more, which is fun.
Life/health/mental state thingsYesterday I wrote, drew Saira, drove, made a huge batch of dumplings, and stayed up too late doing dishes. Today, to no one's surprise, my arms are grumbly. So after this, we're going for a walk in the local bird sanctuary.
Some life-admin to-dos are looming over me. Avoid, avoid, avoid.
FoodI'm pretty sure the part of my scribbled down Korean pork dumpling recipe that says 20 ginger is actually supposed to be 2T ginger. If I'm right, I used way too much.
Good thingsAndrew and Halle. Smudgers! Learning. Dreamwidth. Fandom. TV and audiobooks. Sunshine and going for walks. WIPs. Early night tonight. The dishes are done -- thanks, past me!
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38
On the subject of the Oxford/serial comma
View AnswersI have firm opinions
18 (47.4%)
I have moderate preferences
15 (39.5%)
I'm officially neutral
1 (2.6%)
I don't know what it is
0 (0.0%)
always use it!
16 (42.1%)
only use it when necessary!
5 (13.2%)
never use it!
0 (0.0%)
each to their own
8 (21.1%)
I still don't know what it is
0 (0.0%)
other
2 (5.3%)
ticky-box of buying a random bargain bin product, imprinting on it, and spending the rest of your life trying to track down replacements
19 (50.0%)
ticky-box full of walnuts
14 (36.8%)
ticky-box full of squirrels with stopwatches
14 (36.8%)
ticky-box full of thirteen ways of putting on your shoes
8 (21.1%)
ticky-box full of hugs
26 (68.4%)
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Tuesday: Acts of Love
Feb. 10th, 2026 12:46 amAs a reminder, we are using a new posting schedule. Sundays are for Lonely Prompts and sharing the fills that you completed during the week, Tuesdays and Thursdays are for new themes and prompts, and Saturdays will remain a Free for All.
Today's theme, in honor of Valentine's Day, is acts of love. Prompts should have anything to do with actions a character takes in honor of someone they love - platonically or romantically.
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ DC, Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson, chivalry
+ Arcane, Caitlyn Kiramman/Vi, helping Vi move her stuff into the Kiramman family estate
+ Any, any, giving someone a "just because" gift
We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.
While the use of LJ's advanced search options is available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site, please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site but you are still more than welcome to participate.
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