The Friday Five for 3 October 2025: Senses
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ardnaid.
1. Do you ever wonder if the way you see things visually aren't how other people see them?
2. What kind of sounds are the most annoying?
3. When walking through a store, do you shop with your hands by touching/feeling the texture of things?
4. If you could only smell three scents for the rest of your life, what would they be?
5. What sorts of things do you savor when eating them?
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ardnaid.1. Do you ever wonder if the way you see things visually aren't how other people see them?
2. What kind of sounds are the most annoying?
3. When walking through a store, do you shop with your hands by touching/feeling the texture of things?
4. If you could only smell three scents for the rest of your life, what would they be?
5. What sorts of things do you savor when eating them?
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Queen Demon Playlist
Oct. 2nd, 2025 08:42 pmmarthawellsI did a playlist for Witch King (https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/627157.html) when it first came out in 2023, and now here's one for Queen Demon:
Seven Devils - Florence + Machine
Burning - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bando - ANNA with MadMan and Gemitaiz
Bringing Murder to the Land - Anton Newcombe and Dot Allison
Bulletproof vs. Release Me - The Outfit
I Owe You Nothing - Seinabo Sey
W.I.T.C.H. - Devon Cole
Egun (theme from Manhunt) - Danielle Ponder
Warm - SG Lewis
Disease - Lady Gaga
Which Witch (Demo) - Florence + Machine
you should see me in a crown - Billie Eilish
Bakunawa - Rudy Ibarra, with June Millington, Han Han, and Ouida.
Seven Devils - Florence + Machine
Burning - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bando - ANNA with MadMan and Gemitaiz
Bringing Murder to the Land - Anton Newcombe and Dot Allison
Bulletproof vs. Release Me - The Outfit
I Owe You Nothing - Seinabo Sey
W.I.T.C.H. - Devon Cole
Egun (theme from Manhunt) - Danielle Ponder
Warm - SG Lewis
Disease - Lady Gaga
Which Witch (Demo) - Florence + Machine
you should see me in a crown - Billie Eilish
Bakunawa - Rudy Ibarra, with June Millington, Han Han, and Ouida.
i could've done better, but i don't mind
Oct. 2nd, 2025 06:56 pmmusesfoolUgh, I woke up at 3:30 this morning coughing my lungs out and didn't really sleep much after that. It's that itchiness in my throat and chest that make me think allergies, especially given that I haven't really been around people except at the dentist's office yesterday, so I don't think it's covid? But who knows at this point? My quest to get this year's flu/covid shots has been derailed a couple of times but I am off again next Friday, so that is going to be my next attempt.
In more fannish news, I read that Dungeon Crawler Carl has been optioned for tv, and now I want a Carl vid to Mike Ness's version of "Don't Think Twice."
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In more fannish news, I read that Dungeon Crawler Carl has been optioned for tv, and now I want a Carl vid to Mike Ness's version of "Don't Think Twice."
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resizing while keeping proportions without using aspect-ratio
Oct. 2nd, 2025 05:37 pmpixellated posting in style_systemhi again! this is more of a general html/css question, but it has to work within dreamwidth's constraints, so i decided to ask it here. please let me know if this isn't the appropriate comm for this. i hope i used the right tags for this post.
here's what i'm trying to achieve (this would be displayed inside the most recent entry on my journal, so i can use regular CSS and not just inline, in case this matters):
i want to have a big box, and inside it a picture and a small box below that. i want the big box to resize responsively while keeping its proportions: suppose its width:height ratio is 1:2; i want it to keep that ratio always. as it resizes, i want the picture and small box inside to also resize while also keeping their proportions.
normally this would be really easy to do with
assuming this is true and i can't use
thanks again for your time!
here's what i'm trying to achieve (this would be displayed inside the most recent entry on my journal, so i can use regular CSS and not just inline, in case this matters):
i want to have a big box, and inside it a picture and a small box below that. i want the big box to resize responsively while keeping its proportions: suppose its width:height ratio is 1:2; i want it to keep that ratio always. as it resizes, i want the picture and small box inside to also resize while also keeping their proportions.
normally this would be really easy to do with
aspect-ratio (<- this is a link to mozilla's developer resources) but that property doesn't seem to work on dreamwidth -- when i put it in my custom CSS, it doesn't seem to do anything, and it gets highlighted in red. (it works okay when i try it in online CSS editors, so i think it's not my mistake that's causing this.)assuming this is true and i can't use
aspect-ratio on DW, i need to cobble together some other solution, but i'm completely out of ideas. is this possible to achieve without aspect-ratio, or should i just change my idea to something that can be done on DW?thanks again for your time!
Highlander: HLH_Shortcuts, the annual Highlander Fanfic Exchange
Oct. 2nd, 2025 08:33 ambrightknightie posting in fandomcalendarSign-ups are now open for hlh_shortcuts 2025, the long-running annual Highlander Holiday Shortcuts fanfiction exchange!
When:
How:
Yay, Highlander fun and friends! Come play with us?
hlh_shortcuts 2025, the long-running annual Highlander Holiday Shortcuts fanfiction exchange!When:
- Sign-up: October 1 to 11, 2025 at 11:59PM CDT on AO3
- Receive assignments: By October 14, 2025
- Default deadline: November 20, 2025
- Submissions: By December 15, 2025 on AO3
- Stories revealed: The first on December 20, 2025 (the winter solstice, Duncan's birthday) and the rest a few per day as long as they last, per tradition
How:
- This year's collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/hlhshortcuts2025
- Instructions: HLH_Shortcuts AO3 Sign-Up Guide + HLH_Shortcuts AO3 Submission Guide + HLH_Shortcuts AO3 Defaulting Steps + Find a beta-reader / be a beta-reader
Yay, Highlander fun and friends! Come play with us?
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Rec Roundup
Oct. 1st, 2025 08:03 pmdelphi posting in ourflagmeansgayCross-posting a couple of recent-ish recs from my journal:
Until It Doesn't Hurt by![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico)
CATastrophy
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Characters/Relationships: Izzy Hands + Ed/Izzy breakup and background Ed/Stede + elements of Izzy/Lucius
Medium: Vid
Length: 2:49
Rating: SFW (some scenes of violence, including a non-fatal self-inflicted gunshot)
My Bookmark Tags: angst, ambiguous ending, former relationship, fights & breakups, injury, heartbreak, self-harm
Song: "Until It Doesn't Hurt" by Mother Mother
Note: Contains some flickering and flashing lights.
Excerpt:
Legacy by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
SpaceCadetGlow
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Ship: Izzy Hands/Benjamin Hornigold
Medium: Fic
Length: 2184 words
Rating: Explicit
My Bookmark Tags: PWP, happy ending, established relationship, backstory, fantasies, genderplay, breeding, foot fetish
Summary: Captain Hornigold has a habit of fucking Izzy before raids. This time, though, he seems overly concerned about his legacy, if anything should go awry.
Excerpt:
This is a scorching-hot and wryly funny story about Hornigold springing some new kinks on Izzy, who's a little more preoccupied with the fact that they're about to go into battle. It's the kind of character-driven PWP I love, where Izzy's pragmatism and lack of an imagination leave him fundamentally unable to get on board with the elaborate narrative Hornigold's weaving, up until something physically clicks for him and his horizons expand. Izzy's point of view is wielded masterfully here, painting a vivid picture of Hornigold's psychology both through what Izzy is capable of understanding and what he isn't. This one left me snickering and swooning in equal measure.
Until It Doesn't Hurt by
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Characters/Relationships: Izzy Hands + Ed/Izzy breakup and background Ed/Stede + elements of Izzy/Lucius
Medium: Vid
Length: 2:49
Rating: SFW (some scenes of violence, including a non-fatal self-inflicted gunshot)
My Bookmark Tags: angst, ambiguous ending, former relationship, fights & breakups, injury, heartbreak, self-harm
Song: "Until It Doesn't Hurt" by Mother Mother
Note: Contains some flickering and flashing lights.
Excerpt:
I want to fight, I want to bite / I want to swallow all the lightThis is just a gorgeous three minutes of angst that perfectly captures Izzy's s1 and s2 journey away from Ed, with the way he swings between wanting to lash out and ruin lives but always coming back to just having to bear being left and being hurt. It's a great choice of song paired with crisp editing, making perfect use of moments of fire and self-isolation from the show without ever being too on the nose.
Legacy by
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Ship: Izzy Hands/Benjamin Hornigold
Medium: Fic
Length: 2184 words
Rating: Explicit
My Bookmark Tags: PWP, happy ending, established relationship, backstory, fantasies, genderplay, breeding, foot fetish
Summary: Captain Hornigold has a habit of fucking Izzy before raids. This time, though, he seems overly concerned about his legacy, if anything should go awry.
Excerpt:
"Nothing in this life is guaranteed. Do you ever think about legacy, my dear?"
Izzy shakes his head. He'd been twelve when he'd joined up with the Navy, or so he'd told them. That'd put him around twenty-four now – less than half of Captain’s age, he'd guess, and without any of the status in society that makes a man inclined to worry about things too far down the road.
"The mark we leave on the world," Captain continues. "The proof that we were here." He steps out of his boots and trousers. "For many men, it’s children. But I have not been so blessed."
Izzy has a feeling he knows why, as he perches naked on the edge of the Captain's bed.
This is a scorching-hot and wryly funny story about Hornigold springing some new kinks on Izzy, who's a little more preoccupied with the fact that they're about to go into battle. It's the kind of character-driven PWP I love, where Izzy's pragmatism and lack of an imagination leave him fundamentally unable to get on board with the elaborate narrative Hornigold's weaving, up until something physically clicks for him and his horizons expand. Izzy's point of view is wielded masterfully here, painting a vivid picture of Hornigold's psychology both through what Izzy is capable of understanding and what he isn't. This one left me snickering and swooning in equal measure.
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Challenge 493: Garden
Oct. 2nd, 2025 12:37 pmchina_shop posting in fan_flashworksOur new challenge is:
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GARDEN
As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, 10th October. No sign-up required.
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You can view stats for
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ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)Admin: Challenge closed
Oct. 2nd, 2025 12:25 pmchina_shop posting in fan_flashworksThe Wrench challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: A Difficult Decision bybadly_knitted
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: From Worst To Better bydarkjediqueen
Discworld: Fanfiction: Ridcully and the Stuck Drawer bysmallhobbit
Terraria: Fanfiction: Flames of the Heart byinfinitum_noctem
Torchwood: Fanfic: Whodunnit bym_findlow
Unchained Love: fanfic: an irresistible force byteaotter
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Handyman byveronyxk84
Greek Myth: Fanfic: Homeward Bound bydrabblewriter
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fan Fic: Two Ants byapachefirecat
垂涎 (Desire): Fanfic: small with insipidity (dripping with—) bybluedreaming
White Collar: fanfic: Thursday byhighlander_ii
Also, congratulations to those who earned badges and name tags this round:
china_shop earned 25 Challenge Streak (SILVER), The Map Maker, The Map Maker (SILVER), The Prognosticator (SILVER), The Prognosticator (GOLD), and The Time Turner.
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Next challenge coming right up.
The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: A Difficult Decision by
badly_knittedS.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: From Worst To Better by
darkjediqueenDiscworld: Fanfiction: Ridcully and the Stuck Drawer by
smallhobbitTerraria: Fanfiction: Flames of the Heart by
infinitum_noctemTorchwood: Fanfic: Whodunnit by
m_findlowUnchained Love: fanfic: an irresistible force by
teaotterBuffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Handyman by
veronyxk84Greek Myth: Fanfic: Homeward Bound by
drabblewriterTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fan Fic: Two Ants by
apachefirecat垂涎 (Desire): Fanfic: small with insipidity (dripping with—) by
bluedreamingWhite Collar: fanfic: Thursday by
highlander_iiAlso, congratulations to those who earned badges and name tags this round:
china_shop earned 25 Challenge Streak (SILVER), The Map Maker, The Map Maker (SILVER), The Prognosticator (SILVER), The Prognosticator (GOLD), and The Time Turner.\o/ \o/ \o/
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The breath that passed from you to me
Oct. 1st, 2025 07:12 pmmusesfoolRabbit, rabbit! Gotta start the month out right!
According to the dentist, my teeth are mostly fine but another old filling has started to crack so he wants to take it out and put a crown on it. Since I have money in my FSA because I didn't order new glasses, I said let's do it! So as long as he gets the approval from my insurance, I should be having that done on 10/22. I'll probably still have to pay about $500 out of pocket, but that's better than the whole $1500. As always, he marveled about the Maryland bridge I have, which has been in place since 1994; even when I got it, my dentist at the time said it would probably only last 5 years, so it's quite impressive. "Those dentists back then knew what they were doing!" he told me today, and I wanted to be like, "1994 wasn't that long ago," but it was 31 years ago apparently. That just seems wrong.
Anyway, I could barely stay awake on my way home, so I crawled into bed and ended up sleeping for THREE HOURS, which I was not expecting. I will take it though.
I made pancakes for dinner, but as I was mixing up my wet ingredients, I put what I thought was vanilla in the mixing cup, but as soon as I smelled it, I knew it was the wrong bottle. It turned out to be fior di Sicilia, which is lovely and smells like an Italian bakery, but is not what I wanted in my pancakes. Whoops. The vanilla bottle is the same size, so I have now rearranged that shelf so the vanilla remains in front and the fior di Sicilia is back behind a bunch of stuff. I also redid my wet ingredients - it was only an egg and some milk, so not a huge loss to start over.
Now I'm going to watch the new episode of Slow Horses and then later, the season premiere of Abbott Elementary.
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According to the dentist, my teeth are mostly fine but another old filling has started to crack so he wants to take it out and put a crown on it. Since I have money in my FSA because I didn't order new glasses, I said let's do it! So as long as he gets the approval from my insurance, I should be having that done on 10/22. I'll probably still have to pay about $500 out of pocket, but that's better than the whole $1500. As always, he marveled about the Maryland bridge I have, which has been in place since 1994; even when I got it, my dentist at the time said it would probably only last 5 years, so it's quite impressive. "Those dentists back then knew what they were doing!" he told me today, and I wanted to be like, "1994 wasn't that long ago," but it was 31 years ago apparently. That just seems wrong.
Anyway, I could barely stay awake on my way home, so I crawled into bed and ended up sleeping for THREE HOURS, which I was not expecting. I will take it though.
I made pancakes for dinner, but as I was mixing up my wet ingredients, I put what I thought was vanilla in the mixing cup, but as soon as I smelled it, I knew it was the wrong bottle. It turned out to be fior di Sicilia, which is lovely and smells like an Italian bakery, but is not what I wanted in my pancakes. Whoops. The vanilla bottle is the same size, so I have now rearranged that shelf so the vanilla remains in front and the fior di Sicilia is back behind a bunch of stuff. I also redid my wet ingredients - it was only an egg and some milk, so not a huge loss to start over.
Now I'm going to watch the new episode of Slow Horses and then later, the season premiere of Abbott Elementary.
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Thursday Pinch Hit ✎ Clothes and Accessories [DW]
Oct. 2nd, 2025 10:42 pmToday's theme is clothes and accessories. Prompts and fills must have something to do with articles of clothing, wearable accessories, or a full outfit (including disguises and costumes).
Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^
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. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
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 things started...
+ author's choice, any +/ any, Character A recognizes Character B by their [necklace, bracelet, ring, etc]
+ author's choice, any (+/ any), a mismatched socks kind of a day
+ any old-timey or fantasy fandom, any (+/ any), a cape or a cloak with a hood
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tag=clothes and accessories