elisi's humble abode

The parents have been visiting for the past week (it was my mother's 75th on Sunday), so I have barely looked at the internet for... days.


A few things/random links:

Kerk wrote fic (200 word/double-drabble):

Fics for 2025 # 001 ~ Chasing Cars (written for Halfamoon)
FANDOM: GL's / Kdramas

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UK Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations

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Washington Post (article from 2017 - back when they still had a spine): The 12 Early Warning Signs of Fascism
Guess how many Trump has already checked off.

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Is Somebody Doing Something?!
Yes. Let me break it down for you.
(Substack link, sorry 🙁)

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Came across this on a friend's DW (and am now subscribed)

Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg linked to this in her 3rd of Feb post:

Who Goes Nazi?
Famous Dorothy Thompson essay from 1941

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Al Jazeera: How Sudan and Palestine made it to the Super Bowl
The Sudanese and Palestinian people have made it clear they will not let systemic suppression silence them.

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I realised that I never posted here about posting Chapters 4 and 5 of In the Sight of Angels (and Ghosts), mine and promethia_tenk's Good Omens/Dead Boy Detectives cross-over.

(There were only supposed to be 5 chapters, but we split the last chapter because it became unwieldy...)

What have Keir Starmer’s cabinet members said about LGBTQ+ issues?
(I'm not keen on Starmer, but there are allies in Parliament now???)

Starmer confirms Rwanda deportation plan 'dead'

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If you have any money to spare, masakochan has set up a Go Fund Me for Top Surgery.<3

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And finally, Kerk made me aware of a new Doctor Who reactor. This is not normally news, but he watched the new season FIRST, and has now gone back and started S1. It's fascinating, and he's absolutely delightful. :)

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ETA: How could I forget! kaffy_r posted fic: Bubble Tea
Summary: Summary: The Doctor wasn't sure how many plates the mysterious entity that brought them all together could handle, nor could she figure out why all the plates were in the air. What she did know was that she had to get all the plates - her friends and colleagues - safely out of the holding pen in which they found themselves.

(It's a big crossover fic, go have a look if you are curious.)

kerk_hiraeth wrote a delightful little Good Omens (book)/BtVS (AU) crossover:

Jukyō no tōchi? a.k.a. Confucian Reigns

Or on Ao3 here.

Summary: Just a moment where favourite characters meet in a moment of accidental fannish timey-wimey-ness.

No warnings etc. Characters/pairings: Anathema/Newt, and Tara/Faith. :)

The author of The Therapy Fic (Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach* - or: 'Crowley Goes To Therapy') is writing a companion fic for Aziraphale:

Angel-Centered Therapy Through A Multicultural Lens: An Integrative Approach

Only 4 chapters so far. I AM NOT OKAY. GIVE ME MOAR. *grabby hands*

*If you have not read this, then... go. read.

Antytila have a new song out:



And then a (short) fic by kerk_hireath, which I've been meaning to rec.

Fools are those that believe that a smile is a sign of happiness
Fandom: Transit Girls
Word count: 1000 words
Summary: This story is about the aftermath for Mirai & Nao and is set just before xmas, just after the conclusion of the series.
Also on AO3

Via Owls, wonderful news:

Season 2 is officially setting sail. #OurFlagMeansDeath pic.twitter.com/bjGC7mLktz

— HBO Max (@hbomax) June 1, 2022

And via silverusagi, a delightful fic:

to live with your soul in the grave
Summary is pretty spoilery, so all I'll say is that it's a story of Mary meeting Ed. And it's just as great as you'd expect. :)

Today is a GOOOOOOOOOD day, because Owls has posted the next chapter of 'Meet the Neighbours' - you know the one where Missy & Twelve move in next door to Crowley & Aziraphale:

Chapter 5
Chapter Summary: Crowley is ding dang doodly bananas.

It's been, um, almost half a year since Chapter 4? But trust me, the wait has been worth it. I love this chapter ridiculously much, it teeters on an impossible edge of hilarity and agitation, paired with the most delightful domesticity.

Go read! And remember: No liquids near keyboard. Owls has an incredibly imagination, I have simply stood by & encouraged the amazingness.

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And since we're on the topic of Good Omens, a reminder that Michael Sheen is an actual real life angel:

Michael Sheen turns himself into a 'not-for-profit' actor

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Finally, because Christmas is so very nearly here and this is suitably awesome:

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Wizards in Winter (Official Music Video) [HD]

(I love love love LOVE that they took my favourite house-lights video and turned it into their actual official video!)

Fannish things today. :)

By thenewbuzwuzz, possibly the single best response to the whole Whendon situation:

"Fuck Joss Whedon": a found poem of AO3 tags
Summary: A little experimental joke poem about forcibly removing the artist from the art.

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Thoughtful & insightful Tumblr post:

Race & Culture in fandom

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And a regular good oldfashioned [covid] fic:

Torchwood does Zoom
Summary: As a result of the nationwide lockdown, the country has begun to do all their work from home whenever possible. Including Torchwood.

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Finally, I came across this for reasons I can no longer recall. Possibly because of Perseverance, but I am glad I finally discovered it:

Vid: To Touch The Face of God by destina
Fandom: multi (NASA IMAX, From The Earth To The Moon, The Right Stuff, archival footage)

It's FRIDAY. So let's have GOOD THINGS.

First of all - Friday:

Friday by girlpire

Summary:

Today is the longest day of Angel's life, and the only person who understands is the last person he wants to be around.

Today is the shortest day of Spike's life. He just doesn't know it.

If you only had one day to live the rest of your eternity, how would you spend it? Who would you spend it with?

girlpire is one of my favouritest writers (and a good friend), and I was thrilled when she recently got an AO3 and began uploading her old works. And Friday is... one of THOSE stories. Something that stays with you - something that you can't describe adequately, but that is effortlessly better than 99% of anything else you ever come across.

Just the concept is brilliant: It's a Groundhog Day story, but from the perspective of one of the people caught in the loop. And it's so well done. (I'm gushing, but it really is that good, and that clever.) Please note the tags (just in case there is anything triggering) - it's a dark story in many ways. Mostly though: Mmmmmmm, Spangel.

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Other good things:

Is there any good news today?
(Tumblr post with lots of things from The Happy broadcast)

War Horse creators' refugee puppet set for epic walk
A giant puppet of a child, made by the War Horse creators, is to embark on a 5,000-mile walk from Syria to the UK to "rewrite the narrative about refugees".

A Message from Members of the UK and Irish Publishing Community
We stand in support of trans and non-binary people and their rights.
(** This list of 1,521 was updated from the original list posted on September 30, 2020 and which had over 200 names.)

And here is the corresponding list for the US and Canada.

A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were 'beautifully surprising'
Participants found housing faster, boosted food security and reduced spending on substances, study found

For anyone needing Arwen/Aragorn joy in their life

ETA: The friends who drove a bus behind the Iron Curtain
In the summer of 1968, a group of friends adapted a double-decker bus and took it on a journey to Eastern Europe. Sponsored by two Scotch whisky-makers, they encountered Soviet tanks, a Romanian beer shortage and a perilous Yugoslavian mountain pass.

And finally, today's art. For once not by a woman artist, but by Joseph Cornell who is one of my alltime favourite artists:


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So, you should all watch Dracula. (BBC/Netflix)

Then you should all go watch Promethia's new vid:

Helsing

(Link goes to Dreamwidth, on AO3 here)

Do NOT watch without watching the show, since it is really REALLY worth it to be unspoiled. And goodness, the casting. Best Dracula ever. And allllllll the mirrors.

(Also spoilers in the comments to this post!)