Firefly
Nov. 30th, 2025 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ranunculusThe last four days have been riding days. The weather is glorious, sunny and just the right temperature. I started with a very short session, then worked in the arena for two days before going out on a trail ride with Carrie and Juno. Firefly was all fired up today, full of energy and impatient to go, go, go. We worked on quiet and walking. I bet she is sore tomorrow. Even with all that energy Firefly was really pretty good. She is paying attention, has learned to walk ON the trail and is gaining confidence. She is very attuned to weight and leg aids which is lovely. At the top of Fairview Hill I got off and walked down. No sense in arguing with the horse all the way down the hill.
Here is Firefly after a good grooming.
Here is Firefly after a good grooming.
Early winter
Nov. 30th, 2025 04:47 pmranunculusThe very last of the fall color is starting to fade, but not these leaves, seen here glowing in the late afternoon sun.
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( More... )Revamped Favourite (MSTings)
Nov. 30th, 2025 06:38 pmkrpalmerWhile asking myself “what can I post about here next?” I happened to think of a project creeping towards completion, and pushed to finish it at last just so I could mention it. After revamping my home page last year (but well over “a year” ago when counting in months), my thoughts had turned to a sub-page where I’d talked up “some of my favourite MSTings.” Aware of all the time that had passed since I made that page and the links that had “rotted” in that time, I decided to revamp it. Rewriting my descriptions was a slow process, though; I suppose I was thinking they would have to “stick around” in a way these posts don’t quite have to.
( Additions and contemplations )
( Additions and contemplations )
Airbus issues recall of over 6,000 A320 aircraft for software rollback
Nov. 30th, 2025 03:54 pmthewayneThis is... interesting. In October, an A320 operated by Jetblue was en route from Cancun to Newark when it suffered an unexpected loss of altitude. It made an emergency landing in Miami. No injuries or damage to the aircraft. The FAA directive reported that the October flight "experienced a malfunction in its elevator aileron computer (ELAC), which is a computer that controls the plane’s pitch or nose angle. Airbus believes that solar flares—intense and concentrated streams of electromagnetic solar radiation—may have corrupted the data and caused the ELAC to malfunction, suddenly sending the aircraft plunging down."
The article goes on to say "The fix for the issue is a relatively quick revert to earlier software before the planes can fly again, except for some jets that may require a complete hardware replacement." (emphasis mine)
Now, this raises some questions. First, why does reverting the software to a previous version fix the problem? Obviously reinstalling software would fix a corruption issue, unless there was hardware damage, in which case you'd have to replace the hardware and then reinstall the software. Since you're reverting the software, that implies that the older software had some self-healing features that could detect if something had damaged the program and it could reload part or all of itself from safe storage, not unlike error-correcting memory. And personally, if I were designing software for aviation that would fly on aircraft, I'd like to have this feature. I have no idea if their software can do this.
But this is the big question: if the software can self-repair, WHY WOULD SUCH A FEATURE BE REMOVED? Clearly such a feature would take a lot of resources, both occupying computer memory (overhead) and processing power (CPU resources) with its monitoring. BUT THIS IS A FIELD WHERE YOU WANT BOTH BELT AND SUSPENDERS! I just don't get why you would dumb-down a program.
The other question is why the computer doesn't have increased shielding? Granted, you cannot completely shield equipment in aircraft against high-energy particles, it's just not practical. The particles are too energetic, the weight and size of such shielding would be prohibitive. And because aircraft fly at high altitude, you don't have as much atmosphere acting as an attenuator, slowing down the particles a little bit. This is why living at high altitude, such as Russet and I do at 9,000', people have increased rates of thyroid problems and cataract formation: we are exposed to harsher sunlight and more directly hit by higher energy sunlight, where as people living at sea level get the full benefit of a skyful of air slowing things down.
So a couple of questions linger over this. Reloading an older version of the software shouldn't take long: after it's reloaded, the flight crew will have to confirm the ELAC system is functioning as expected. And if it doesn't load properly, it's probably due to damage to said system and the plane will have to be taken out of service pending replacement of the computer. Disruptions to air travel to accommodate things like this will cost the airlines a lot of money and result in hordes of angry passengers whose travel plans are being disrupted.
https://gizmodo.com/how-solar-flares-could-have-corrupted-an-airbus-plane-2000693690
The article goes on to say "The fix for the issue is a relatively quick revert to earlier software before the planes can fly again, except for some jets that may require a complete hardware replacement." (emphasis mine)
Now, this raises some questions. First, why does reverting the software to a previous version fix the problem? Obviously reinstalling software would fix a corruption issue, unless there was hardware damage, in which case you'd have to replace the hardware and then reinstall the software. Since you're reverting the software, that implies that the older software had some self-healing features that could detect if something had damaged the program and it could reload part or all of itself from safe storage, not unlike error-correcting memory. And personally, if I were designing software for aviation that would fly on aircraft, I'd like to have this feature. I have no idea if their software can do this.
But this is the big question: if the software can self-repair, WHY WOULD SUCH A FEATURE BE REMOVED? Clearly such a feature would take a lot of resources, both occupying computer memory (overhead) and processing power (CPU resources) with its monitoring. BUT THIS IS A FIELD WHERE YOU WANT BOTH BELT AND SUSPENDERS! I just don't get why you would dumb-down a program.
The other question is why the computer doesn't have increased shielding? Granted, you cannot completely shield equipment in aircraft against high-energy particles, it's just not practical. The particles are too energetic, the weight and size of such shielding would be prohibitive. And because aircraft fly at high altitude, you don't have as much atmosphere acting as an attenuator, slowing down the particles a little bit. This is why living at high altitude, such as Russet and I do at 9,000', people have increased rates of thyroid problems and cataract formation: we are exposed to harsher sunlight and more directly hit by higher energy sunlight, where as people living at sea level get the full benefit of a skyful of air slowing things down.
So a couple of questions linger over this. Reloading an older version of the software shouldn't take long: after it's reloaded, the flight crew will have to confirm the ELAC system is functioning as expected. And if it doesn't load properly, it's probably due to damage to said system and the plane will have to be taken out of service pending replacement of the computer. Disruptions to air travel to accommodate things like this will cost the airlines a lot of money and result in hordes of angry passengers whose travel plans are being disrupted.
https://gizmodo.com/how-solar-flares-could-have-corrupted-an-airbus-plane-2000693690
signed up for a 2026 Medicare plan
Nov. 30th, 2025 04:35 pmredbirdI signed up for a 2026 Medicare Advantage (part C) plan today. I had it narrowed it down to two plans, and decided yesterday which one I like better. There are minor differences--in particular, the one I chose has a lower copay for physical therapy--but there don't seem to be significant differences. It also has a slightly better rating, according to the Medicare.gov site, by half a star, but that might not be significant (an average 3.7 rounds to 3.5, and 3.8 rounds to 4).
Now, it should just be a matter of telling various doctors and pharmacies that my insurance has changed as of Jan. 1st, and maybe dealing with a new mail-order pharmacy for the Kesimpta.
They gave me a confirmation number, and if I don't hear from the company in the next few days I will call. (Normal open enrollment ends Dec. 7, but I have a "special election period" that runs through February.)
Now, it should just be a matter of telling various doctors and pharmacies that my insurance has changed as of Jan. 1st, and maybe dealing with a new mail-order pharmacy for the Kesimpta.
They gave me a confirmation number, and if I don't hear from the company in the next few days I will call. (Normal open enrollment ends Dec. 7, but I have a "special election period" that runs through February.)
Dept. of Where the Hell Are They?
Nov. 30th, 2025 03:27 pmkaffy_rHelp!
As probably most of you know, I normally enter a Holiday and Christmas card writing frenzy around this time of year. Last year I didn't, since the outcome of Nov. 5 depressed me so badly.
This year I decided to revive the tradition; I'm not going to let Cheetoh ruin another holiday season for me. And for the most part, writing and addressing cards has been as much fun as it always was.
Just one problem: my Gmail contacts list has turned wonky, and I've lost way too many of the addresses I've used to send y'all cards in the past.
So, in the spirit of beating whatever the hell group of gremlins invaded my contacts, and more importantly, in the spirit of sending cards to everyone to whom I've sent cards before, can I ask folks to give me their IRL addresses? If you're not comfortable with that, could you send me an email address to which I can send an e-holiday card?
If you're ok with that, just DM me. You will make this old blue-haired broad very happy.
As probably most of you know, I normally enter a Holiday and Christmas card writing frenzy around this time of year. Last year I didn't, since the outcome of Nov. 5 depressed me so badly.
This year I decided to revive the tradition; I'm not going to let Cheetoh ruin another holiday season for me. And for the most part, writing and addressing cards has been as much fun as it always was.
Just one problem: my Gmail contacts list has turned wonky, and I've lost way too many of the addresses I've used to send y'all cards in the past.
So, in the spirit of beating whatever the hell group of gremlins invaded my contacts, and more importantly, in the spirit of sending cards to everyone to whom I've sent cards before, can I ask folks to give me their IRL addresses? If you're not comfortable with that, could you send me an email address to which I can send an e-holiday card?
If you're ok with that, just DM me. You will make this old blue-haired broad very happy.
1SE for November 2025
Nov. 30th, 2025 05:05 pmnanilaApparently I went for a lot of canal walks this month. This was partly because both children were off school for multiple days with a high fever, and I worked from home far more than I’d planned. There are even more cats than usual, too, because I made a lot of new, temporary moggie friends in Cyprus.
The Elf Meme!
Nov. 30th, 2025 10:34 amflamingswordBack in the heyday of Livejournal this went around -- my friend nyyki is revivifying it here. It’s Elf Meme II: Son of Elf Meme! Okay, maybe not that, but we could all use some connection and holiday cheer, right?
Step One:
Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered ... whatever you're comfortable with) to your journal. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love an icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD")
to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/living space/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post - whether it's your address, or just to ping your DMs, or your bare-faced email address if that’s how you roll - where a Holiday Elf could get in touch with you.
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your journal so that the holiday joy can spread.
Step Two:
Surf around your friends list (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the
important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and
if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use - or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound
for free - do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday
elf - to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not - it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll
have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special, which is a great feeling.
1. I could use some books to help me think differently about other peoples headspaces. If there’s a book that explained a different type of person to you, I’d like to hear about it. Possibly also to borrow the book?
2. Tea recommendations? Tell me what teas you like, and why. If you are getting rid of a tea that you wanted to like but can’t really deal with, you can send it here, I’m basically a bottomless pit of plant-flavored hydration. *sips tea*
3. When I downsized to move here, I gave awaymy soul the stencils for messing with my bullet journal and I am now wishing I had not. If you have bujo stuff you don’t use, I am in the market for all of that stuff.
4. I want to start getting rid of some of the Japanese EGL fashion dresses that I have, most of them are an Asian XL or XXL in size. I need an accountability buddy for listing them on LaceMarket or someone to give them to who will love them and take them out of my closet. If you can help with either thing, give me a DM.
5. I could use someone’s brain to pick about how to do website stuff for modern HTML and Wordpress, and especially if you know how to do this for any blind/vision impaired folks. People who can help my friendnyyki navigate doing this for herself.
6. I want That MotherFucker Over There to not be president, so light a candle or whatever that looks like for you. Please.
7. I really need someone to talk to about doing Shadow work who knows their own emotional safety limits. I don’t know how to talk about the wack shit that happened to us when we were kids that made us think we were better off cutting off whole parts of ourselves, while also having to deal with looking out for someone else’s distress and feeling like I have to manage their feelings. The task switching is way harder in that state, and I want people to be safe, but I also need to stay on task with an accountability buddy or something. Idk. Something along those lines.
8. A multitude, a plethora, a veritable cornucopia of different colors of blue paint. I want to do something new to my painting, bc I am bored of it looking like this.
9. I want links to pet pictures. Do you have a pet? I want to see them, and tell you why they look like a good pet.
10. I want you to have good end-of-2025 holidays, and I want to help spread that love around.
So, when you see this post a wish list? And let me see what I might be able to help you with.
Hit my DMs for anything, or I’m on Discord as @.flamingsword - yes there is a period before my name.
[Edit: there’s a blank copy to use in the comments]
nyyki is revivifying it here. It’s Elf Meme II: Son of Elf Meme! Okay, maybe not that, but we could all use some connection and holiday cheer, right? Step One:
Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered ... whatever you're comfortable with) to your journal. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love an icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD")
to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/living space/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post - whether it's your address, or just to ping your DMs, or your bare-faced email address if that’s how you roll - where a Holiday Elf could get in touch with you.
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your journal so that the holiday joy can spread.
Step Two:
Surf around your friends list (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the
important part:
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and
if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use - or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound
for free - do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday
elf - to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not - it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll
have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special, which is a great feeling.
1. I could use some books to help me think differently about other peoples headspaces. If there’s a book that explained a different type of person to you, I’d like to hear about it. Possibly also to borrow the book?
2. Tea recommendations? Tell me what teas you like, and why. If you are getting rid of a tea that you wanted to like but can’t really deal with, you can send it here, I’m basically a bottomless pit of plant-flavored hydration. *sips tea*
3. When I downsized to move here, I gave away
4. I want to start getting rid of some of the Japanese EGL fashion dresses that I have, most of them are an Asian XL or XXL in size. I need an accountability buddy for listing them on LaceMarket or someone to give them to who will love them and take them out of my closet. If you can help with either thing, give me a DM.
5. I could use someone’s brain to pick about how to do website stuff for modern HTML and Wordpress, and especially if you know how to do this for any blind/vision impaired folks. People who can help my friend
nyyki navigate doing this for herself. 6. I want That MotherFucker Over There to not be president, so light a candle or whatever that looks like for you. Please.
7. I really need someone to talk to about doing Shadow work who knows their own emotional safety limits. I don’t know how to talk about the wack shit that happened to us when we were kids that made us think we were better off cutting off whole parts of ourselves, while also having to deal with looking out for someone else’s distress and feeling like I have to manage their feelings. The task switching is way harder in that state, and I want people to be safe, but I also need to stay on task with an accountability buddy or something. Idk. Something along those lines.
8. A multitude, a plethora, a veritable cornucopia of different colors of blue paint. I want to do something new to my painting, bc I am bored of it looking like this.
9. I want links to pet pictures. Do you have a pet? I want to see them, and tell you why they look like a good pet.
10. I want you to have good end-of-2025 holidays, and I want to help spread that love around.
So, when you see this post a wish list? And let me see what I might be able to help you with.
Hit my DMs for anything, or I’m on Discord as @.flamingsword - yes there is a period before my name.
[Edit: there’s a blank copy to use in the comments]
Final update on AO3 tag wrangling
Nov. 30th, 2025 09:44 ambrithistorianI finally got an answer on my AO3 tag wrangling application. I was not selected. I'm feeling pretty pissed-off and crappy and unwanted over the whole thing. I'll be over here having a pity party today; feel free not to come — I don't even like interacting with me when I'm in this kind of mood.
ETA: A couple of hours later, I'm feeling somewhat better.
November 2025 in Review
Nov. 30th, 2025 10:29 amjames_davis_nicoll
21 works reviewed. 11 by women (52%), 10 by men (48%), 0 by non-binary authors (0%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 8 by POC (38%).
Book by book, closer to aleph null.
November 2025 in Review
The Incredible Umbrella (Incredible Umbrella, volume 1) by Marvin Kaye
Nov. 30th, 2025 09:17 amjames_davis_nicoll
An academic's dismal prospects are transformed by a magical umbrella.
The Incredible Umbrella (Incredible Umbrella, volume 1) by Marvin Kaye
Terrifying
Nov. 30th, 2025 08:29 ampoliphilo I'd never shown my watercolours before.
One of my friends called them "terrifying"
Another said, "I see the inside of your head is even stranger than I thought."
No-one else said anything.
1. Sabbat
2. Transformation
3. If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him
4. In Hiding
One of my friends called them "terrifying"
Another said, "I see the inside of your head is even stranger than I thought."
No-one else said anything.
1. Sabbat
2. Transformation
3. If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him
4. In Hiding
If you saw and enjoyed Zootopia, DEFINITELY see the sequel!
Nov. 30th, 2025 12:22 amthewayneWe just got back from seeing it, and it is a fantastic sequel! They brought back pretty much the entire cast, though they did replace the mayor. I'm not going to talk about the plot at all, except to say that the script writers did a wonderful job on the story. And I'm going to leave it at that.
One thing is that I would strongly recommend re-watching the original movie before going to this one. It starts like a week after the end of the first movie and hits the ground running. Or hopping.
:-)
Oh, there's a 40 second clip at the end of the credits. There's something at the very end of the clip that I'm not sure if it's foreshadowing Zootopia 3 or not, I guess we'll find out when it gets made and released. NINE YEARS between the first and second movies, I hope we don't have to wait that long for #3.
One thing is that I would strongly recommend re-watching the original movie before going to this one. It starts like a week after the end of the first movie and hits the ground running. Or hopping.
:-)
Oh, there's a 40 second clip at the end of the credits. There's something at the very end of the clip that I'm not sure if it's foreshadowing Zootopia 3 or not, I guess we'll find out when it gets made and released. NINE YEARS between the first and second movies, I hope we don't have to wait that long for #3.
Recommendation: Retrograde & my new favorite minced oath
Nov. 30th, 2025 01:01 ampetraI am reading Retrograde, an Old Guard story, off a recommendation from the Rec Center newsletter. It is charming, and I am more than happy to forgive it its comma splices for the well-told tale of Nicky waking up at a different point in his own history every time he dies.
What made me pause to cry laughing was actually a footnote in the fic that "'Snails" is a minced oath for "God's nails," as cited in Green's Dictionary of Slang from 1599.
I haven't giggled this hard at something snail-related since the Barricades Con did a snéance (a snail séance) to ask Victor Hugo a few burning questions.
I am also sad all over again that they didn't name the sequel 2 Old 2 Guard, and that it wasn't good, but that is a Doylistic set of concerns, and when I am enmeshed in the story, I don't care so much.
What made me pause to cry laughing was actually a footnote in the fic that "'Snails" is a minced oath for "God's nails," as cited in Green's Dictionary of Slang from 1599.
I haven't giggled this hard at something snail-related since the Barricades Con did a snéance (a snail séance) to ask Victor Hugo a few burning questions.
I am also sad all over again that they didn't name the sequel 2 Old 2 Guard, and that it wasn't good, but that is a Doylistic set of concerns, and when I am enmeshed in the story, I don't care so much.
Qualcom's already changing Arduino's TOS and causing concern
Nov. 29th, 2025 07:34 pmthewayneI posted recently about Qualcom buying Arduino, and sure enough, changes are happening and they are not being well received. Specifically, the terms of service agreement has a stipulation that you cannot reverse engineer certain parts of code supplied by Arduino/Qualcom.
The issue being that formerly, before the Qualcom acquisition, Arduino was open source. All of the code was free and open: you could read it, change it, fix errors and upload the fixes to the world. Well, now parts of the code are locked behind Qualcom's corporate doors, never to be seen. Which is the antithesis of open source. And not in the least bit surprising.
Basically Qualcom may make changes to the core OS that may break user code and libraries, and it may become impossible to debug. But I'm sure there will be a paid support tier that will route your tickets to "top experts".
Another change noted that the new "current terms say that users grant Arduino the:
non-exclusive, royalty free, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, irrevocable, to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law … right to use the Content published and/or updated on the Platform as well as to distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish and make publicly visible all material, including software, libraries, text contents, images, videos, comments, text, audio, software, libraries, or other data (collectively, “Content”) that User publishes, uploads, or otherwise makes available to Arduino throughout the world using any means and for any purpose, including the use of any username or nickname specified in relation to the Content." So any code that you write and upload to Ardcom, or should it be Quadrino, can be taken by them and monitized with nothing going back to you - pure profit for Qualcom.
I can see the OS getting forked really soon, and as long as the forked OS works on the Arduino hardware, people ignoring the Qualcom version of the software. And if Qualcom does something like putting certificates into the hardware and forcing people into their OS, people will be dropping it at a phenomenal rate.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/11/24/2144256/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition
The issue being that formerly, before the Qualcom acquisition, Arduino was open source. All of the code was free and open: you could read it, change it, fix errors and upload the fixes to the world. Well, now parts of the code are locked behind Qualcom's corporate doors, never to be seen. Which is the antithesis of open source. And not in the least bit surprising.
Basically Qualcom may make changes to the core OS that may break user code and libraries, and it may become impossible to debug. But I'm sure there will be a paid support tier that will route your tickets to "top experts".
Another change noted that the new "current terms say that users grant Arduino the:
non-exclusive, royalty free, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, irrevocable, to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law … right to use the Content published and/or updated on the Platform as well as to distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish and make publicly visible all material, including software, libraries, text contents, images, videos, comments, text, audio, software, libraries, or other data (collectively, “Content”) that User publishes, uploads, or otherwise makes available to Arduino throughout the world using any means and for any purpose, including the use of any username or nickname specified in relation to the Content." So any code that you write and upload to Ardcom, or should it be Quadrino, can be taken by them and monitized with nothing going back to you - pure profit for Qualcom.
I can see the OS getting forked really soon, and as long as the forked OS works on the Arduino hardware, people ignoring the Qualcom version of the software. And if Qualcom does something like putting certificates into the hardware and forcing people into their OS, people will be dropping it at a phenomenal rate.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/11/24/2144256/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition
It's Dark Outside Cards - 2025
Nov. 29th, 2025 08:46 pmpetraAlso open to people for whom it is Not Dark Outside in the Southern Hemisphere.
Let me know if you'd like a holiday card, with or without short verse or prose, or a short piece of fiction in your inbox.
Even if you know I have your address, if you want a physical card, I would appreciate your leaving it in a comment on this post -- all comments are screened -- so I don't have to hunt for it. I'm in the US and have a pile of domestic and international stamps just waiting to come see you.
Please format your request like so:
I would like [a physical card/just a physical card, no fiction/just a piece of fiction or verse sent digitally], please.
If you want a physical card:
Envelope Name
Address formatted the way your country likes them done
Card Name (if different from envelope name):
If you want some words:
Please write me a [drabble or poem], [silly or serious or smutty or author's choice], for [one or more of these fandoms (the fandoms I know)] on the theme of [my favorite trope(s)]. Please avoid mentioning [winter holidays I don't celebrate].
Optional if you want to reciprocate:
I'm planning on sending holiday cards and don't have your address. Please provide it [at this link or in a reply comment].
Let me know if you'd like a holiday card, with or without short verse or prose, or a short piece of fiction in your inbox.
Even if you know I have your address, if you want a physical card, I would appreciate your leaving it in a comment on this post -- all comments are screened -- so I don't have to hunt for it. I'm in the US and have a pile of domestic and international stamps just waiting to come see you.
Please format your request like so:
I would like [a physical card/just a physical card, no fiction/just a piece of fiction or verse sent digitally], please.
If you want a physical card:
Envelope Name
Address formatted the way your country likes them done
Card Name (if different from envelope name):
If you want some words:
Please write me a [drabble or poem], [silly or serious or smutty or author's choice], for [one or more of these fandoms (the fandoms I know)] on the theme of [my favorite trope(s)]. Please avoid mentioning [winter holidays I don't celebrate].
Optional if you want to reciprocate:
I'm planning on sending holiday cards and don't have your address. Please provide it [at this link or in a reply comment].
I just gotta be me
Nov. 29th, 2025 08:00 pmpetraThere is currently a meme going around Tumblr of looking at the AO3 to see which of one's fanworks has the fewest hits. Mine is currently a drabble of Shakespeare/Marlowe titled from Stephen Sondheim.
As Jack points out, said fanwork could only be more on-brand for me if it involved mentor/student or one person/everyone else.
BRB, contemplating Kit/everybody and/or Will/everybody.
Oh thank goodness, I have the right icon for this post!
As Jack points out, said fanwork could only be more on-brand for me if it involved mentor/student or one person/everyone else.
BRB, contemplating Kit/everybody and/or Will/everybody.