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Name: moon

Age group: mid 20's

Country: USA

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Main Fandoms: Genshin Impact, Final Fantasy (mainly VII right now)

Other Fandoms: Enstars, Kingdom Hearts, Nu:Carnival, various BL manga, etc.

Fannish Interests: fanfiction, roleplaying, shipping, cosplay, making ocs or self-insert ocs...

Ships: Lyney/Freminet, Albedo/Durin, Kazuha/Xiao, Childe/Scara, Cloud/Vincent, Cloud/Zack, Sora/Riku, Axel/Roxas, Eiden/Anyone, Yakumo/Rei... & more because I multiship!

Favourite Movies: Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle (I'm not really into movies except for Ghibli or stuff from my childhood honestly...)

Anime: Free!, Soul Eater, No.6, FMAB, Death Note, DRRR!!

Books/Manga: The Summer Hikaru Died, MDZS, currently reading The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish (lol)

Music: Plastic Tree, and a lot of bands in the visual kei scene! plus Vaundy, Aimer, Purity Ring, Paramore, Hayley Williams, etc.
Games: in terms of genres, I like rpgs, jrpgs, visual novels (and specifically otome games), and rhythm games (idol games)

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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk

Have you ever watched spinoff shows? What makes them more or less successful?

Are there any you wish had been made or are looking forward to?

cimorene

1. ( Reread: Georgette Heyer mysteries )

2.( Reread: almost all my DWJ books )

3.( Reread: Agatha Christie Parker Pyne short stories )

4. ( Wake Up Dead Man, the new Benoit Blanc movie )

5. ( Heated Rivalry )

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rydra_wong

... I just beat Ornstein and Smough.

For anyone who would like context -- Symbalily meets and gets to grips with O&S, from the timestamp: https://youtu.be/3TKhwbveyVE?si=14uuwYlVq1ywUwRk&t=5681

cimorene

My right shoulder has been making itself felt with a very small uncomfortable pain since I finished the first triplet sweater last Thursday. (Or before.)

You may remember that last spring I knitted way too much and did Something to it. When I consulted the health center advice, it said that barring certain more severe symptoms, you should rest it and take painkillers and just give it time and that it could take three months to feel better. So I did, and it didn't keep hurting after that. So I haven't talked to a doctor about it.

And that's why I was trying SO HARD to not knit too much when I started knitting again last month. I tried to knit only a few hours a day, though I did get into hyperfocus and knit for five hours a couple times. A couple of weeks ago I hit upon the idea of making myself read one complete paperback book per day to constrain how much time I could spend knitting. I thought it was going pretty well, but just the last few days I noticed this minor discomfort... I hoped it would go away with a few days of rest. But I've kept free of knitting, sewing, and even drawing and writing for five days now, and taken paracetamol even though it's not really that painful, more like mild discomfort.

But it's still like this! I'm afraid to start knitting in case it sproings again! And I'm even worried that targeted stretches might make it worse instead of better!

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Dear Prudence,

My sister and I are identical twins, but we grew up terrorizing each other. I was the girly girl, while she was on her way to a PhD in preschool. I had a learning disorder, and my sister would constantly correct people and say she wasn’t the ”stupid” one—I was.

My sister started the college track in ninth grade while I went to a middling school. Our parents did their best to treat us equally and celebrate our accomplishments, but you really can’t compare taking a beauty school test to getting a master’s at 21. I will admit I gave as good as I could get. If my sister were the smart one, I was the pretty one, which was stupid, as we were identical twins. I want to say we settled down and grew up to be close, but that would be a lie.

When I got married and was obsessed with all the details, our cousin jokingly called me a bridezilla, and my sister cut her off. She told her this was my big day, and it wasn’t like I accomplished anything else worth noting. This wasn’t the first or last time my sister said stuff like this. I have been married for 15 years and have two beautiful children. We used IVF and have a few embryos still left frozen.

My husband and I were debating whether to have a third child when my sister bulldozed in. She was ready to be a mom, had everything planned out, saved, and sorted, except her eggs weren’t viable. So the completely obvious solution was to give her our embryos!

We refused, and my sister threw a fit. I was apparently stealing her only chance to be a mother, and worse, my parents are on her side. They think that giving her the embryos costs us “nothing,” and we already have children, so I was denying my sister out of pure spite. I don’t know how I would feel if my sister bothered to ask rather than make a demand, but it was a demand and one that isn’t happening. My problem is that I am very afraid it might permanently poison my relationship with my parents. We were supposed to travel to their place for Christmas, but after all this, I am afraid to. Help!

—Twin Trouble

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Dear Care and Feeding,

When she was 8, we adopted “Alina.” She was the daughter of a close friend, and lost both her parents in an extra painful way. Understandably, she was in a lot of pain the first few years and needed extra parental support. But she worked hard in therapy, and we supported her, and at 15, she’s doing well. The problem is more with our other kids, her siblings. They love each other, but they are all convinced she needs extra care and protection all the time, when actually she’s ready to grow. She’s been pushing back at it, but I think it’s time for us to step in as parents. She says she needs room to mess up and have her own social life, and I think that’s fair.

A classmate asks Alina to the fall dance, and she accepts? Her 14-year-old brother steps in and tells him it will be a double date with him and his girlfriend. Alina dies of embarrassment. Our teens are going to swim at the public pool? Without Alina, they just go together. With Alina, her 16-year-old sister announces they must have an adult. This type of stuff seems to have ramped up since she started high school, and I don’t know how to dial it down. I’m glad her siblings love and support her, but they shouldn’t be taking on this extra role, and she’s also asked them to stop so she can learn on her own. We absolutely do not want to set up a weird dynamic between our kids, but it feels like it’s already started. I love that they look out for each other, but it needs to be appropriate. My husband and I had multiple conversations with the kids about this, but it only stops them from doing concrete examples we mention, not the overall behavior.

—Give Her Space

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Name: Soda (she/her)
Age group: Late 20s
Country: United States
Subscription/Access Policy: At this point, anyone is free to subscribe to my journal and comment on my posts. That said, I would prefer to interact with users who are at least 20 years old. I will not respond to comments by minors, and I will not subscribe to their journals or add them to my access list.

Main interests: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 and Splintered Fate mainly), Pokemon
Other interests: Anime, manga, western cartoons, comics, video games (mostly action platformers, puzzle games, RPGs, strategy games, and life/farming sims)
Fannish activities: Fanart, fanfiction, OCs, character design and development

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Like anyone, I have topics and things that make me uncomfortable, as well as some major squicks that I do not like to see under ANY circumstances. Please respect that.
Journal is SFW with a hard PG-13 rating; illustrations and written works may include things such as mild violence, blood, and swearing, and some sensitive topics may be present such as those surrounding mental health, grief, and trauma.
Besides my fannish interests, I like to post about the general going-ons in my life as well as show off any cool stuff I may have gotten.

Current Mood: curious
Current Music: Everything Goes On (Porter Robinson)

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It's almost nomination time for the Hugo Awards! As someone invested in recommendations as a type of critique/conversation, I'm thriving.

Worldcon in 2026 will be in LA. If you'd like to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Award, you can do so by being a member of the Seattle Worldcon or purchasing at least a WSFS membership from LAcon V. There's a medium-length guide here on the whole process. Nomination is step one: Seattle and LA WSFS members build the short lists as a collective.

However! Even if you don't plan to become a member (the membership fee is $50 and times are hard), everyone can share the things they would nominate if they could via the Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom, or make their own lists and post them on socials with the #HugoAward tag. Lots of people (it's me; I'm people) have gaps on their nomination forms and are looking for cool stuff to check out. Consider making a rec list/thread!

A disclaimer: the following are my personal nominations that I'll submit next year, not official Hugo finalists. I know the nominations/finalist language can be confusing. ( Read more... )

ysabetwordsmith

fuzzyred is hosting a pool for the Holiday Poetry Sale. There are no individual poem targets yet, just a general discussion of some favorite areas. If you're shopping for poetry, dive in!

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ysabetwordsmith

The Holiday Poetry Sale is now open on LiveJournal. Sponsors, start your engines! It runs Monday, December 15-Friday, December 19. All listed poems are half-price. If you spend $100 or more, you get the quarter-price rate. Watch to see if someone opens a pool; there is usually one for this event.

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ysabetwordsmith

Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says

Scientists have shown how deforestation leads to less rainfall in tropical rainforests. That's because the trees there soak up and release moisture, which rises to create clouds and more rain. Cutting down trees disrupts the cycle, reducing rainfall and leading to drought.

Drought, of course, makes it harder to grow coffee.

"When you kill the forest, you're actually also killing the rains, which is exactly what your crop needs to thrive in the long run," Higonnet says. "Even for people who don't much care about climate change and mass extinction, if they drink coffee and care about having coffee in the long run, this should be very scary for them."

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Title: Projects
Author:

kalira
Fandom: Mary Stayed Out All Night
Ship/Characters: Jung In/Mu Gyul/Mary
Rating/Category: T/Poly (OT3)
Prompt: Mary Stayed Out All Night (Korean drama), Jung In/Mu Gyul/Mary, knitting
Spoilers: Set ambiguously post-canon
Summary: Mary's busy hands and the warmth they work.
Notes/Warnings: N/A
Wordcount: 1,600

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Hidden dimensions could explain where mass comes from

A new theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental forces and particle properties may arise from the geometry of hidden extra dimensions. These dimensions could twist and evolve over time, forming stable structures that generate mass and symmetry breaking on their own. The approach may even explain cosmic expansion and predict a new particle. It hints at a universe built entirely from geometry.

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Today is sunny and cold, but less frigid than yesterday. It got down to 8 below last night.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches. I put out a new block of peanut suet.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 12/15/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen a female cardinal.

EDIT 12/15/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 12/15/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

I've seen a male cardinal.

EDIT 12/15/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

I've seen one female and two male cardinals, plus two mourning doves.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

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