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StarWatcher ([personal profile] starwatcher) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2025-10-29 05:57 pm
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Daily Check-in

 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Wednesday, October29, to midnight on Thursday, October 30. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33771 Daily Check-in
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 20

How are you doing?

I am OK.
10 (52.6%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
9 (47.4%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
8 (40.0%)

One other person.
9 (45.0%)

More than one other person.
3 (15.0%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 
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ffutures ([personal profile] ffutures) wrote2025-10-29 07:59 pm
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Another Cthulhu / Horror Bundle - Tentacles 7

This is an all-new bundle of games, sourcebooks and adventures based on the Cthulhu Mythos from a variety of authors and publishers, the seventh Bundle Of Holding annual collection of this type.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Tentacles7

 

Like all of these bundles it's a mixed bag, hopefully containing something for everyone that likes the background. Since multiple games systems are represented here some adaption may be needed - for example, if you're playing the original Call of Cthulhu game some adventures will need conversion from "old school revival" D&D-like rules. There's some systemless background material, such as a book on cults, but this is more diverse than a lot of these bundles and more work is likely to be needed to get the maximum bang for your buck.

Not sure if this is the last horror offering before Halloween, but it seems likely. We should know what comes next before long...
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StarWatcher ([personal profile] starwatcher) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2025-10-28 06:33 pm
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Daily Check-in

 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Tuesday, October 28, to midnight on Wednesday, October 29. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33769 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 27

How are you doing?

I am OK.
15 (55.6%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
12 (44.4%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
10 (37.0%)

One other person.
13 (48.1%)

More than one other person.
4 (14.8%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 
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StarWatcher ([personal profile] starwatcher) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2025-10-27 06:05 pm
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Daily Check-in

 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Monday, October 27, to midnight on Tuesday, October 28. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33768 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 27

How are you doing?

I am OK.
16 (59.3%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
11 (40.7%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
9 (33.3%)

One other person.
14 (51.9%)

More than one other person.
4 (14.8%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 
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ffutures ([personal profile] ffutures) wrote2025-10-27 09:22 pm

Alphabetical Story Meme

Seen multiple places, the idea is to go through the titles of all the fanfic you've written then link to one story for each letter of the alphabet, or as many as possible, with the usual rules about A and The not being part of the title. I'm ignoring one story where the title is a number only, and ignoring any punctuation before the first word. Depending on the site I either have 145 works written (AO3), 202 (Fan Fiction Net) or 189 (Twisting the Hellmouth) - the discrepancy is because some short story collections are e.g. separate drabbles on Fanfiction.net or were merged as a single story on the other sites, and so forth. TTH was the first site I ever posted to, so I decided to go through there first. I've decided to go for the first completed story for each letter, or unfinished stories if there's nothing else for a given letter. A LOT of these, are Buffy or Buffy crossovers, since that was the main thing I was posting in my early days. Quite a few are Drabbles, 100 words plus title. I've only included round robins if I began them.


A - Apocrypha - Buffy Drabble
B - Bring Me The Head of Harry Potter - Buffy/Angel/multiple crossovers
C - Contract Negotiation - Buffy/The Destroyer crossover
D - Double Life - Buffy/Miracleman crossover Drabble
E - Encore - Buffy
F - Favour - Buffy/Preacher crossover
G - Green - Buffy/DC Comics drabble
H - Hyperion - Buffy/The Saint crossover
I - The Intern - Veronica Mars/Lois and Clark
J - Jenny the Vampire Slayer - Buffy/Jenny Sparks fusion
K - The Key to Byzantium - Buffy/Stargate SG1 crossover
L - Legend - Buffyverse
M - Manhunters - CSI/Buffy
N - Names - Buffy/Angel/Multiple crossover Drabble
O - ...Or May I Call You Buffy - Buffy
P - Potential Problem CSI/Buffy crossover
Q - Question - Young Wizards/Surprise crossover Drabble
R - Reciprocity - Buffy/LotR crossover Drabble
S - Should Have Gone To Vegas - CSI/Angel crossover
T - They Might Be Drabbles - Pushing Daisies/crossovers drabbles round robin
U - Unexpected Outcome - Buffy/Dogma crossover Drabble
V - Vulnerable - Buffy/Harry Potter crossover Drabble
W - Wish - Buffy/Books of Magic crossover Drabble
X -
Y - Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept - Buffy/Mission Impossible crossover Drabble
Z - The Zippo - Buffy drabble

The most recent of these was posted in 2011, with no new letters after that though I'm very tempted to write an X as a Buffyverse Halloween story to complete the set - I have a series of them in which something unfortunate happens to Xander, Sunnydale, or the world in general, but I've never used his name to begin the title...
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ffutures ([personal profile] ffutures) wrote2025-10-27 08:29 pm
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Another Horror Bundle - Cthulhu Reborn

This is a massive bundle of Cthulhu Mythos RPGs and settings from Cthulhu Reborn, a project to create a D100-based system based wholly on open rules sets and source material from Lovecraft which is definitively out of copyright - a lot of material in previous Mythos games has come from authors and works whose copyright status is unclear or definitely not available for free use. The basic offer is material set mainly in the 1920s, the extended offer includes multiple rules system and adventures in different eras from the past to the far future.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/CthulhuReborn

 

I think that this is an extremely good offer, which takes the Cthulhu Mythos back to its roots and provides everything needed to run, write (and possibly publish) your own adventures without having to worry too much about inadvertently falling foul of arcane copyright law. It's relatively cheap and contains several thousand pages of useful material, if you have any interest in role-playing in this genre it's well worth a look.
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ffutures ([personal profile] ffutures) wrote2025-10-27 12:43 pm
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Looking a bit old...

For various reasons I wanted to check what Lillly Potter was supposed to look like according to the films etc., and realised that she and James Potter (both about 21 at the time of their deaths) were played by much older cast - Geraldine Somerville (born 1967) and Adrian Rawlins (born 1958).

So by 2010, when Deathly Hallows 1 was released, she was 43 and he was 52. This isn't just a minor discrepancy - even allowing for the stress of war etc., both look way too old for the roles, and James is visibly balding.

There don't appear to be actors for them in the TV series cast, not surprising if they're starting with the first book, but I hope that they will try to get things right. Meanwhile, I've got the young Raquel Welch in that role in my current Harry Potter fanfic, and I think that's as good a mental image as any.
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mecurtin ([personal profile] mecurtin) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2025-10-26 09:30 pm
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Daily Check-In

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Sunday, October 26, to midnight on Monday, October 27 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33765 Daily check-in poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 30

How are you doing?

I am OK
16 (55.2%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
13 (44.8%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
12 (40.0%)

One other person
13 (43.3%)

More than one other person
5 (16.7%)



Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
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adafrog ([personal profile] adafrog) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2025-10-25 06:04 pm
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Daily Check In.

Early today because I'm going to an organ concert. :D
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Saturday to midnight on Sunday (8pm Eastern Time).



This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25

How are you doing?

I am okay
11 (44.0%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
14 (56.0%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
7 (28.0%)

One other person
13 (52.0%)

More than one other person
5 (20.0%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
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Mark Smith ([staff profile] mark) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2025-10-25 08:42 am

Database maintenance

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

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adafrog ([personal profile] adafrog) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2025-10-24 06:48 pm
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Daily Check In.

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #33759 Daily poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25

How are you doing?

I am okay
12 (48.0%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
13 (52.0%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
7 (28.0%)

One other person
14 (56.0%)

More than one other person
4 (16.0%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.