I wrote something!
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melaganThe month of September almost slipped by without finishing my ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
trope_of_the_month prompt.
It's a coffee shop AU. *gasp* I couldn't go with the never-an-Atlantis version. That's been done and done well by others. So, I went a different direction.
AR-1 finds the Pegasus equivalent of a coffee house. Things go about as you'd expect.
Taster's Choice (1994 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Peter Kavanagh, Ronon Dex
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
trope_of_the_month prompt.It's a coffee shop AU. *gasp* I couldn't go with the never-an-Atlantis version. That's been done and done well by others. So, I went a different direction.
AR-1 finds the Pegasus equivalent of a coffee house. Things go about as you'd expect.
Taster's Choice (1994 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Peter Kavanagh, Ronon Dex
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
[Fanfic] Mysterious Encounter
Sep. 29th, 2025 10:33 pmshuufleur93Title: Mysterious Encounter
Fandom: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Person of Interest (TV)
Word Count: 973
Type: OS
Rating: General Audiences
Relationships: Ethan Hunt & Sameen Shaw
Additional Tags: Hurt Sameen Shaw, Crossover, Happy Ending
Summary: Sameen hadn't expected to stumble upon a crime in the middle of a gala.
Notes: This fic has been written for No True Pair's 8 Character Challenge prompt: 3 & 5 - that could have gone better. I wanted to publish on time but alas life (and my own hubris) stopped me, so amnesty posting it is!
AO3 Link: Mysterious Encounter
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Fandom: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Person of Interest (TV)
Word Count: 973
Type: OS
Rating: General Audiences
Relationships: Ethan Hunt & Sameen Shaw
Additional Tags: Hurt Sameen Shaw, Crossover, Happy Ending
Summary: Sameen hadn't expected to stumble upon a crime in the middle of a gala.
Notes: This fic has been written for No True Pair's 8 Character Challenge prompt: 3 & 5 - that could have gone better. I wanted to publish on time but alas life (and my own hubris) stopped me, so amnesty posting it is!
AO3 Link: Mysterious Encounter
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Fic: Two Ships
Sep. 29th, 2025 10:10 amandersenmomTitle:Two Ships
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Size/length/word count etc.: 870
Prompt: 019: Wine
Fandom/Ship: Enhypen, Oneus; Park Sunghoon, Yeo Hwanwoong
Notes/Warnings: Refers to both Enhypen and Oneus’s lore
Summary Sometimes, vampires need a specific kind of blood. The bar caters to those dietary restrictions.
( In the same place but not interacting. This time. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
Rating: G
Type: Fic
Size/length/word count etc.: 870
Prompt: 019: Wine
Fandom/Ship: Enhypen, Oneus; Park Sunghoon, Yeo Hwanwoong
Notes/Warnings: Refers to both Enhypen and Oneus’s lore
Summary Sometimes, vampires need a specific kind of blood. The bar caters to those dietary restrictions.
( In the same place but not interacting. This time. )
Find the table with the list of fics here
Fannish50 #36: SF9
Sep. 29th, 2025 09:49 amandersenmomI have a long, weird relationship with SF9. I love their debut song, Fanfare, it's still one of my favorite songs. I've heard a few other songs, and I was pretty unimpressed.
( And then Kingdom happened. )
( And then Kingdom happened. )
12 Week Year WAM Week 01
Sep. 29th, 2025 09:45 amandersenmomWeekly Score: 82.3% (93/113)
Goal 1: Do Physical Therapy Exercises. 96% (93/113)
Review: This one turned out to be the easiest, which I knew. It's going to stay the same, the only changes being what I end up doing with my elbow, so I'll keep doing that.
Goal 2: Take Care of Myself. 46% (11/24)
Review: I knew this one was going to be the hardest, because I'm not good at taking care of myself. I need to reword one of the tactics, because I'm not up for that quite yet, but still, I think I'm doing pretty well as far as that goes. I'm a little disappointed in myself, but I am aware that I'm not doing what I should be, and that actually helps. Like, I think it'll keep it top of mind, and things will develop from there.
Goal 3: Finish GYWO Build-a-Bingo and 100Ships. 50% (4/8)
Review: Because I have been using these challenges to get me writing again, I wasn't too surprised that I didn't have much going on there. I have had a rough time of it, and a lot of that has to do with actually posting. It's a problem. Still managing to be gentle with myself, recognizing that my mental state is weirdly... off. Possibly because I'm more affected by being an empty nester than I expected. I'm not sure.
Intentions for the future: Both G1 and G2 are going to remain static, although I'm going to change the walk from 20 minutes to take a walk. I don't even care if it's 20 minutes, just get outside and walk. G3: I have quite a few things to do on this: I have a fair number to post, to submit, and I need to request a new board. Gotta get moving on this, because time is running out!
Goal 1: Do Physical Therapy Exercises. 96% (93/113)
Review: This one turned out to be the easiest, which I knew. It's going to stay the same, the only changes being what I end up doing with my elbow, so I'll keep doing that.
Goal 2: Take Care of Myself. 46% (11/24)
Review: I knew this one was going to be the hardest, because I'm not good at taking care of myself. I need to reword one of the tactics, because I'm not up for that quite yet, but still, I think I'm doing pretty well as far as that goes. I'm a little disappointed in myself, but I am aware that I'm not doing what I should be, and that actually helps. Like, I think it'll keep it top of mind, and things will develop from there.
Goal 3: Finish GYWO Build-a-Bingo and 100Ships. 50% (4/8)
Review: Because I have been using these challenges to get me writing again, I wasn't too surprised that I didn't have much going on there. I have had a rough time of it, and a lot of that has to do with actually posting. It's a problem. Still managing to be gentle with myself, recognizing that my mental state is weirdly... off. Possibly because I'm more affected by being an empty nester than I expected. I'm not sure.
Intentions for the future: Both G1 and G2 are going to remain static, although I'm going to change the walk from 20 minutes to take a walk. I don't even care if it's 20 minutes, just get outside and walk. G3: I have quite a few things to do on this: I have a fair number to post, to submit, and I need to request a new board. Gotta get moving on this, because time is running out!
Writing; Anime; Homestuck
Sep. 29th, 2025 10:42 amhamimi_fkStill trying to get back into writing so I pulled the trigger and finished the half-completed fifth chapter to my Pokemon/Hunger Games/Cabin in the Woods fic. It read short and quick to me (and a bit incomplete), but it's somehow over a thousand words, idk how but I won't complain. It got a few hits but no new likes, which is fine. It's my pet passion project because sometimes you just have to scratch those odd ideas in your head.
With two other fics newly begun (one Pokemon - Gold/Silver fic and one Delicious in Dungeon - Marcille/Falin), I felt a bit embolden and just now decided to apply to scoop up a pinch hit for an exchange. I also decided not to stress myself too much with my ladiesbingo card and plan to aim for just 500-word stories to keep it low pressure. If I write more, cool. If not, also cool. I gradually hope to rebuild my writing ability because dammit if I don't miss it.
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Speaking on fandomy things - I started watching anime more regularly. I've been slacking pretty hard on them for years for literally no reason. But I've been paying for Crunchyroll the past couple of months because my son needed to see the rest of One Piece and Netflix shit the bed with the episodes they have (he recently passed the 1000 episode mark, and holy shit, I'm proud of him - dunno if I'll jump into the series with similar gusto any time soon). I finally realized, after several months, that I'm an idiot and should be using it too since I'm paying for it, lol.
Current anime watch list:
- Chainsaw Man (episode 4)
- My Hero Academia (season 6)
- Spy X Family (season 1)
- Am I Actually the Strongest? (episode 3)
- Delicious in Dungeon (episode 20)
It's tempting to jump into more series but I'm trying to restrain myself so I actually finish a show! Like, Chainsaw Man is currently on-hold while I finish at least one of the others on the list. My Hero Academia is also a bit on hold cuz I was watching it with my son but he's extremely focused on finishing One Piece and he can only watch one anime at a time (boo). He's been working on it for almost a year, to put our hiatus in perspective.
I'm also trying to get back into mangas. I've realized nothing beats holding a manga in hand so I'm alowly building a small "newer" collection (I have some books from back in my teen years, so they're "old" now). My Hero Vigilantes is the forefront of my collection so far. I haven't read it yet - gonna wait until I get caught up with anime again. Yes, I know I don't have to, but I want some content in the same universe to consume once I get caught up to the main series.
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Also, the pilot for Homestuck the Animation dropped recently and I'm pretty hyped. Some ppl were complaining it was too short and missed a lot of content but it was just a pilot, not the complete series, or even a snapshot of a season. Episodes could be longer which would help. There's also ppl complaining about the voices, but clearly they have no idea who voices the characters so their opinions can eat ass. I just hope the fandom doesn't get toxic again and fuck it up for the rest of us fans who are generally excited.
I hadn't considered it before, but I might end up writing HS fanfic again. I don't know if that's a good thing or not. O_O Probably not. But I mean... I did write a lot of it. ^-^;;
With two other fics newly begun (one Pokemon - Gold/Silver fic and one Delicious in Dungeon - Marcille/Falin), I felt a bit embolden and just now decided to apply to scoop up a pinch hit for an exchange. I also decided not to stress myself too much with my ladiesbingo card and plan to aim for just 500-word stories to keep it low pressure. If I write more, cool. If not, also cool. I gradually hope to rebuild my writing ability because dammit if I don't miss it.
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Speaking on fandomy things - I started watching anime more regularly. I've been slacking pretty hard on them for years for literally no reason. But I've been paying for Crunchyroll the past couple of months because my son needed to see the rest of One Piece and Netflix shit the bed with the episodes they have (he recently passed the 1000 episode mark, and holy shit, I'm proud of him - dunno if I'll jump into the series with similar gusto any time soon). I finally realized, after several months, that I'm an idiot and should be using it too since I'm paying for it, lol.
Current anime watch list:
- Chainsaw Man (episode 4)
- My Hero Academia (season 6)
- Spy X Family (season 1)
- Am I Actually the Strongest? (episode 3)
- Delicious in Dungeon (episode 20)
It's tempting to jump into more series but I'm trying to restrain myself so I actually finish a show! Like, Chainsaw Man is currently on-hold while I finish at least one of the others on the list. My Hero Academia is also a bit on hold cuz I was watching it with my son but he's extremely focused on finishing One Piece and he can only watch one anime at a time (boo). He's been working on it for almost a year, to put our hiatus in perspective.
I'm also trying to get back into mangas. I've realized nothing beats holding a manga in hand so I'm alowly building a small "newer" collection (I have some books from back in my teen years, so they're "old" now). My Hero Vigilantes is the forefront of my collection so far. I haven't read it yet - gonna wait until I get caught up with anime again. Yes, I know I don't have to, but I want some content in the same universe to consume once I get caught up to the main series.
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Also, the pilot for Homestuck the Animation dropped recently and I'm pretty hyped. Some ppl were complaining it was too short and missed a lot of content but it was just a pilot, not the complete series, or even a snapshot of a season. Episodes could be longer which would help. There's also ppl complaining about the voices, but clearly they have no idea who voices the characters so their opinions can eat ass. I just hope the fandom doesn't get toxic again and fuck it up for the rest of us fans who are generally excited.
I hadn't considered it before, but I might end up writing HS fanfic again. I don't know if that's a good thing or not. O_O Probably not. But I mean... I did write a lot of it. ^-^;;
September writing challenge complete!
Sep. 29th, 2025 07:49 ammarcicatOkay, this one kind of got wonky on me at the last minute, because I really should have learned by now not to have two versions of the same file in use at the same time... ANYWAY, MOVING ON. Also, I realized that I never added any of my Battleship Exchange fics to dreamwidth this year, so there's an item for the to-do list. But here is what I wrote in September!
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Title: A SecUnit's Guide to Academic Conferences
Author: marcicat
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells)
Rating: T
Characters: SecUnit | Murderbot, ART | Perihelion, Amena Mensah, Ayda Mensah, Iris, Tarik, Three, Gurathin
Tags: Post-System Collapse, Team as Family, Academic Conferences, Enrichment
Summary: One spaceship, two constructs, three humans, and two augmented humans attend an academic conference. What could possibly go wrong?
Author's Note: My writing for the no_true_pair September 2025 Eight-Character Challenge
Dreamwidth
AO3
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Title: A SecUnit's Guide to Academic Conferences
Author: marcicat
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells)
Rating: T
Characters: SecUnit | Murderbot, ART | Perihelion, Amena Mensah, Ayda Mensah, Iris, Tarik, Three, Gurathin
Tags: Post-System Collapse, Team as Family, Academic Conferences, Enrichment
Summary: One spaceship, two constructs, three humans, and two augmented humans attend an academic conference. What could possibly go wrong?
Author's Note: My writing for the no_true_pair September 2025 Eight-Character Challenge
Dreamwidth
AO3
seasons_of_fandom | BONUS CHALLENGE - BOOK TITLE POETRY
Sep. 28th, 2025 08:25 pmflareonfuryThe below is for seasons_of_fandom bonus challenge "Book Title Poetry"
Specifics:
» For this challenge we are arranging book titles into poems. You can use any kinds of books (fiction, non-fiction) as long as what you create resembles poetry and becomes a story.
» A poem must have at least five lines!
» To get full points, you can make six 5-line poems, one 30-line poem or anything in between.
» The shortest poem with only five lines can’t have more than two one-word book titles.
My "Poems":
One
Would you rather,
a dish best served hot,
a game of hearts and heists,
love, hate & clickbait,
the hating game
Two
Love & other disasters,
bull moon rising,
a discovery of witches,
such sharp teeth,
a touch of ruin
Three
Best laid plans,
the hat trick,
faking with benefits,
the fiancée farce,
So That Happened
Four
When You Least Expect It
Said No One Ever
Plot Twist,
For Butter or worse,
Sit, Stay, Love
Five
Royal Valentine,
fortune favors the duke,
while the duke was sleeping,
her royal highness,
the heart principle
Six
A Thousand Heartbeats,
no one is alone,
sink or swim,
practice makes perfect,
Two Rogues Make a Right
seasons_of_fandom bonus challenge "Book Title Poetry"Specifics:
» For this challenge we are arranging book titles into poems. You can use any kinds of books (fiction, non-fiction) as long as what you create resembles poetry and becomes a story.
» A poem must have at least five lines!
» To get full points, you can make six 5-line poems, one 30-line poem or anything in between.
» The shortest poem with only five lines can’t have more than two one-word book titles.
My "Poems":
One
Would you rather,
a dish best served hot,
a game of hearts and heists,
love, hate & clickbait,
the hating game
Two
Love & other disasters,
bull moon rising,
a discovery of witches,
such sharp teeth,
a touch of ruin
Three
Best laid plans,
the hat trick,
faking with benefits,
the fiancée farce,
So That Happened
Four
When You Least Expect It
Said No One Ever
Plot Twist,
For Butter or worse,
Sit, Stay, Love
Five
Royal Valentine,
fortune favors the duke,
while the duke was sleeping,
her royal highness,
the heart principle
Six
A Thousand Heartbeats,
no one is alone,
sink or swim,
practice makes perfect,
Two Rogues Make a Right
No True Pair 2025 8 Character Round
Sep. 28th, 2025 05:50 pmsenmutNo True Pair 8 Character Round 2025 (5200 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 28/28
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Optimus Prime, Starscream (Transformers), Thundercracker (Transformers), Megatron (Transformers), Charlie Watson, Mikaela Banes, Original Femme Character(s) (Transformers), Original Seeker Character(s) (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Snippets, Background Relationships, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
Summary:
or here on SquidgeWorld
( 28 ficlets )
Chapters: 28/28
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Optimus Prime, Starscream (Transformers), Thundercracker (Transformers), Megatron (Transformers), Charlie Watson, Mikaela Banes, Original Femme Character(s) (Transformers), Original Seeker Character(s) (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Snippets, Background Relationships, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
Summary:
28 ficlets involving a madlibs style matching between all 8 chosen characters.
or here on SquidgeWorld
( 28 ficlets )
SkyStar Week 2025
Sep. 28th, 2025 05:14 pmsenmutSkyStar Week 2025 (1500 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Transformers Generation One
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jetfire | Skyfire/Starscream (Transformers)
Characters: Jetfire | Skyfire (Transformers), Starscream (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Snippets, SkyStar Week 2025, Dysfunctional Relationships, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon
Summary:
or here on SquidgeWorld
( 7 ficlets )
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Transformers Generation One
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jetfire | Skyfire/Starscream (Transformers)
Characters: Jetfire | Skyfire (Transformers), Starscream (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Snippets, SkyStar Week 2025, Dysfunctional Relationships, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon
Summary:
7 days of prompted drabbles
or here on SquidgeWorld
( 7 ficlets )
All Ships Week 2025
Sep. 28th, 2025 11:50 amflareonfurySo discovered that there is All Ships Week (October 20-26), and I'm not sure if I'm going to participate in it or not yet because who knows what my work schedule will be but I'm very tempted to do so. If I do participate, I think I'm going to use some small fandom pairings since I'm tempted to try the smallfandombang, but I don't think I have it in me to write an actual 10k+ word fic.
Pairings I've been thinking of doing is Sabrina/Harvey (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Tyler/Wednesday (Wednesday), Nick/Adalind (Grimm), Nathan/Annalise/Gabriel (TBSTDH), Michael/Liz (Roswell), Hayley/Wheezer (SkyMed), Larson/Heller (Doc -new ship/show alert!-), and Dani/Lito/Hernando (Sense8). Probably a few others I can't think of right now...
This year's prompts are:
Activity Bingo (do these any day)
smallfandombang, but I don't think I have it in me to write an actual 10k+ word fic.Pairings I've been thinking of doing is Sabrina/Harvey (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Tyler/Wednesday (Wednesday), Nick/Adalind (Grimm), Nathan/Annalise/Gabriel (TBSTDH), Michael/Liz (Roswell), Hayley/Wheezer (SkyMed), Larson/Heller (Doc -new ship/show alert!-), and Dani/Lito/Hernando (Sense8). Probably a few others I can't think of right now...
This year's prompts are:
Monday - October 20
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Tuesday - October 21
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Wednesday - October 22
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Thursday - October 23
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Friday - October 24
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Saturday - October 25
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Sunday - October 26
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Activity Bingo (do these any day)
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Writing - September 2025
Sep. 28th, 2025 03:33 pmsmallhobbitThis has been a poor month, definitely the worst this year, as I've written only 5.6K words. However, I've reached just under 94K for the year, so still ahead of schedule for my annual goal of 120K.
As might be expected, there's not much to highlight this month. Forallbingo Pirate Fest I wrote Poirot Beside The Sea which gave me a chance to write some more Hercule Poirot.
And today I finished posting forno_true_pair You Can't Keep A Good Eight Down with the last pairing being Adam Carter and Ferret.
Looking forward I have myspook_me entry to complete - I like the picture, but I need to get on with the writing. There should be new challenges for allbingo and whatif_au as well as my regular challenges. So maybe a few more words.
As might be expected, there's not much to highlight this month. For
allbingo Pirate Fest I wrote Poirot Beside The Sea which gave me a chance to write some more Hercule Poirot.And today I finished posting for
no_true_pair You Can't Keep A Good Eight Down with the last pairing being Adam Carter and Ferret.Looking forward I have my
spook_me entry to complete - I like the picture, but I need to get on with the writing. There should be new challenges for allbingo and whatif_au as well as my regular challenges. So maybe a few more words.100% (sort of)
Sep. 28th, 2025 08:20 ammarcicatWe're 100% of the way through the no_true_pair 2025 eight-character challenge! (From a time-based perspective! Not necessarily from a writing progress perspective!)
Updates this week:
*THERE IS NOW A TITLE: A SecUnit's Guide to Academic Conferences
*I've reached my goal of 300+ words for each prompt. But I have not actually wrapped up the story. (As Murderbot might say: UGH)
*today's prompt: "where do we go from here?" GOOD QUESTION!!!
*ONE DAY TO GO: LET'S WIN THIS THING
Updates this week:
*THERE IS NOW A TITLE: A SecUnit's Guide to Academic Conferences
*I've reached my goal of 300+ words for each prompt. But I have not actually wrapped up the story. (As Murderbot might say: UGH)
*today's prompt: "where do we go from here?" GOOD QUESTION!!!
*ONE DAY TO GO: LET'S WIN THIS THING
Assassin world, Korean Netflix film version
Sep. 28th, 2025 08:04 pmcaramarieKill Boksoon (d. Byun Sung-hyun, 2023)
Solo mum and assassin Boksoon struggles both with assassin politics and raising a teenaged daughter. I really enjoyed this!( Read more... )
Mantis (d. Lee Tae-sung, 2025)
The spin-off movie, which continues the theme of ‘man is blatantly in love with woman who pretends to be oblivious’.( Read more... )
(I have only now realised that Byun Sung-hyun who directed/wrote Kill Boksoon and cowrote Mantis is also responsible for The Merciless.)