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any, any, too kinky to torture: Hundred Line, Yugamu | AO3

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"Ooh, you've captured me. Whatever will you do with me?" Yugamu asks, already salivating in anticipation. "Will you torture me? Rip my nails out? Show me my entrails? Cut off my limbs, one by one?" Yugamu shivers excitedly, barely able to contain his excitement.


"Uh, Supreme Commander?" the Commander named Murvrum says, turning towards V'ehxness. V'ehxness gives Yugamu a look of contempt and frowns.


"Lock him in one of the cells but treat him well."


"W-well?" Murvrum squawks, and Yugamu's face falls.


"Yes." V'ehxness "He'll be ready to tell us everything in the morning."

any, any, canon is the fix-it: Naruto, Minato | AO3

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In his last life, Minato had failed. Kushina had been kidnapped by shinobi from Kumogakure, and then the Kyuubi had razed Konoha to the ground, and Minato couldn't do anything except die.


This time, Minato had the mind of an adult shinobi in the body of a young child. He wasn't going to fail Kushina or Konoha this time; he was going to become the strongest shinobi in Konoha.


After, there's a war, and Minato struggles without foresight of the future. He loses Obito, and then Rin. But at least he's alive, and Kushina is still here, too. They're even going to have a child together.


When Minato seals the Kyuubi with the Dead Demon Consuming seal, he knows that he won't get another chance at this life. But he came back to protect Konoha, and even though he failed in keeping Kushina safe again, he can at least protect their newborn son. So Minato dies for a second time, with gratitude in his heart that he had gotten a second chance at all.

any, any, always being the second choice: Hollow Knight Silksong, Lace/Hornet | AO3

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Lace had been created as a substitute for the Weavers, this she knew. Mother would always prefer the Weavers to Lace. Even long after the Weavers were gone, Mother chased their remnants and descendants even though she already had Lace. This red-cloaked spider was her mother's newest fixation, and Lace had tried to kill her out of spite.


So why did Lace saving her from the Void that she had summoned to swallow Mother? Lace had watched the little spider traverse Pharloom, stirring emotions in her that Lace struggled to name. She realized, as the void dragged her down, that she saved Hornet because Hornet cared. Hornet cared for Pharloom far more than Mother, and more than even Lace herself. Hornet deserved to live; Lace deserved whatever fate awaited her mother.


When Lace surfaced from the Void, she could only look at Hornet. Hornet, who had inexplicably leapt into the Void for her sake. To save Lace, something that she truly had not expected when she intervened to save Hornet from the Void. Of all the beings that Lace had known in her long life, not one of them had ever chosen her first, not until Hornet. Lace knew then, that she would follow Hornet forever, wherever she went, if only for the chance that she could experience this again, the joy of being chosen first.

braise

Jan. 30th, 2026 07:57 am
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braise (BRAYZ) - v., to cook (meat or vegetables) by browning in fat then simmering in a small quantity of liquid in a covered container.


Also sometimes called pot-roasting, though sometimes a distinction is made between the two while admitting they're closely related processes. Can be thought of as stewing in very little liquid, though typically braising uses larger cuts of meat. From French braiser, to braise, from braise, live coals, from Old French brese, from Germanic origin probably via Old Dutch.


And that's a week of culinary terms -- back next week with the usual mixed greens.

---L.

Snowflake Challenge #15 - conclusion

Jan. 30th, 2026 10:49 am
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Snowflake Challenge: A warmly light quaint street of shops at night with heavy snow falling.

Challenge #15. How Did the Fandom Snowflake Challenge Go?

Pretty well. I've completed all the challenges timely, did a couple of creative things (icons, mood boards), got to ramble about the Locked Tomb, interacted with a few peers (not much, but I was already pushing my socializing limits ;), even made a new friend! Joined a new creative community, got some great recs for games, books etc. (Thanks again to everyone who recommended Stray - I started to play, and it's truly an amazing game! and a prime example of Environmental Storytelling, which had turned up in one of my gamedev courses and apparently it's one of my favourite game design techniques.)

My DW posting definitely got a boost this month. Hopefully not crawling back under my rock in the end. (It's hard for me to do anything creative and even journaling without a structure of challenges... ;)

Big thanks to all the mods, and to all the participants! See you next year, I guess ;) Or maybe in other communities. While snooping around, just discovered a summer counterpart of this challenge, [community profile] sunshine_revival, it sounds cool :)
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Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: judestlispenard on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A gorgeous double portrait on the cover of an imaginary hockey magazine - really good likenesses, and they got Ilya's eye colour right! (none of this "his piercing blue eyes" crap). Beautiful work, and a cute snippet of their dialogue below.
Link: Hockey Magazine Portraits, backup link here

2026 Rules and Schedule

Jan. 30th, 2026 02:07 am
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2026 Schedule:

Nominations: February 1-15
Sign Ups: February 18-25
Assignments out by: February 27
Assignments due: April 12
Work Reveals: April 24
Creator Reveals: May 1

All deadlines are 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

AO3 Collection

Tagset

Nominations )

Sign Ups )

Matching )

Assignments )

Other )
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January 29 - 'If you could play only one instrument brilliantly, what would you choose? (If you're already brilliant at playing an instrument tell me another one you'd like to master).' for [personal profile] corvidology:

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(there are still slots open for the January Talking Meme here)

Vid Recs: Heated Rivalry

Jan. 29th, 2026 10:47 pm
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Seven vid recs for Heated Rivalry. (I cant figure out how to make a public post to my own journal, so I'm copying these here).

RUN BOY RUN [VID] Queerness Makes Queerness Possible by nordreys
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings:
Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Kip Grady/Scott Hunter, Shane Hollander & Scott Hunter, Scott Hunter & Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander & Ilya Rozanov
Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Scott Hunter (Game Changers), Kip Grady, Rose Landry, Svetlana Vetrova, Yuna Hollander, David Hollander
Additional Tags: queer syntax is infinite, queerness makes queerness possible, Hockey, Romance, the closet, Social Media, Representation, Love, Accidental Outing, Driving Into The Sunset
Series: Part 6 of vids
Summary:

queer syntax is infinite. queerness makes queerness possible.

being gay and being a hockey player and the years in between until something helps you realize change is possible.



Naked In Manhattan by sisabet
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV)
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov
Additional Tags: POV Shane Hollander, First Time, Fanvids, Video Format: Streaming
Summary:

Shane experiences a series of firsts.



[vid] Blow by bingeling
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV)
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Additional Tags: POV Shane Hollander, Sub Shane Hollander, Closeted Characters, Physical Triggers, Embedded Video, Captions Available, Download Available, Fanvids, Video Format: MP4, Video Format: Streaming
Summary:

You taste like cigarettes



[VID] 11:11 (16 words) by Nestra
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV)
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov
Additional Tags: Video, Embedded Video, Download Available, Subtitles Available, Canon-Typical Everything
Series: Part 20 of Vids by Nestra, Part 31 of Creator's Favorites
Summary:

I knew from the beginning.



Fine Not Fine [Vid] by jennavids
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov
Additional Tags: Fanvids
Summary:

and I've never been myself, I just follow orders

[A Hollanov video set to Fine Not Fine by Spector]



[Vid/Edit] Pilot With a Fear of Heights by technicallyverycowboy
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov
Additional Tags: Fanvids, shane "brave little toaster" hollander
Summary:

I've been thinking 'bout you all night
Like a pilot with a fear of heights



is it ever gonna be enough? [vid] by copperiisulfate
Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Characters: Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Video, Embedded Video
Summary:

a relationship study of sorts through the first season of the series

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