July Theme + Request List
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tardis_libraryRecs of any sort may be posted at any time, but in addition we have monthly themes. tardis_library's theme for June is now closed, and here is our new theme for July:
Seventh Doctor // Game
"You always know. You just can't be bothered to tell anyone. It's like it's some kind of game, and only you know the rules."
This month is the seventh month of the year and coincidentally, it's the turn of the Seventh Doctor to hog the spotlight. Bring out your favourite fanworks for Seven and anything and anyone from their era or works that feature games in any way, or, as ever, both.
Post your recs to the community in the normal way any time from now until midnight on 31st July 2025 in your timezone. (See Info & Guidelines for posting template and instructions). Recs posted for monthly themes have their own tag with banners at the end of the year for reccers who posted something for at least six out of the twelve themes over the year. (Just let me know if you prefer not to receive banners.)
When making your post, add the tag "other: monthly theme". (The mods can take care of any other needed tags if you prefer, but a challenge/theme tag could easily be missed.)
Our current Seasonal Challenge is Reccer's Bingo, which is open for sign ups for cards and posting recs until 21 September 2025.
Request List
Anyone may also request any specific recs they'd like to see. (e.g. "Fourth Doctor fic, not on Teaspoon," "Cheerful Bill Potts artwork," "Leela vid," "recent Ten/Rose," etc.) If you are only interested in one medium (fic/vid/art etc/), don't forget to specify.
Current requests:
* Classic Who fanvids, any Doctor/TARDIS team (music, no/minimal audio quotes preferred), especially out there on tumblr/YT -thisbluespirit
* Twelfth Doctor h/c that's not on AO3 (any pairing or gen) -ruuger
* Rose/Nine fic, any genre, anywhere - anon
* Jack/Esther fic (Torchwood) -chamilet
* Babyfic and/or de-age fic, any era/any team -romanajo123
* Fanworks in more unusual media (not Art, Fic, or Vids) -lurking_latinist
* Gen fic featuring the Doctor's scarf any era -liadt
* fic set after Planet of Giants that focus on the events of that story -scifirenegade
Make your requests in the comments here to be added to the list. (Anon commenting is on.) If you make a rec that fills any of these requests, please add the "other: request" tag to your entry so it can be found easily.)
Any other questions? Ask here or at the Info & Guidelines post, or PM the mod.
tardis_library's theme for June is now closed, and here is our new theme for July:Seventh Doctor // Game
"You always know. You just can't be bothered to tell anyone. It's like it's some kind of game, and only you know the rules."
This month is the seventh month of the year and coincidentally, it's the turn of the Seventh Doctor to hog the spotlight. Bring out your favourite fanworks for Seven and anything and anyone from their era or works that feature games in any way, or, as ever, both.
Post your recs to the community in the normal way any time from now until midnight on 31st July 2025 in your timezone. (See Info & Guidelines for posting template and instructions). Recs posted for monthly themes have their own tag with banners at the end of the year for reccers who posted something for at least six out of the twelve themes over the year. (Just let me know if you prefer not to receive banners.)
When making your post, add the tag "other: monthly theme". (The mods can take care of any other needed tags if you prefer, but a challenge/theme tag could easily be missed.)
Our current Seasonal Challenge is Reccer's Bingo, which is open for sign ups for cards and posting recs until 21 September 2025.
Request List
Anyone may also request any specific recs they'd like to see. (e.g. "Fourth Doctor fic, not on Teaspoon," "Cheerful Bill Potts artwork," "Leela vid," "recent Ten/Rose," etc.) If you are only interested in one medium (fic/vid/art etc/), don't forget to specify.
Current requests:
* Classic Who fanvids, any Doctor/TARDIS team (music, no/minimal audio quotes preferred), especially out there on tumblr/YT -
thisbluespirit* Twelfth Doctor h/c that's not on AO3 (any pairing or gen) -
ruuger* Rose/Nine fic, any genre, anywhere - anon
* Jack/Esther fic (Torchwood) -
chamilet* Babyfic and/or de-age fic, any era/any team -
romanajo123* Fanworks in more unusual media (not Art, Fic, or Vids) -
lurking_latinist* Gen fic featuring the Doctor's scarf any era -
liadt* fic set after Planet of Giants that focus on the events of that story -
scifirenegadeMake your requests in the comments here to be added to the list. (Anon commenting is on.) If you make a rec that fills any of these requests, please add the "other: request" tag to your entry so it can be found easily.)
Any other questions? Ask here or at the Info & Guidelines post, or PM the mod.
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Costume Bracket: Round 4, Post 4
Jul. 1st, 2025 07:16 pmpurplecatTwo Doctor Who companion outfits for your delectation and delight! Outfits selected by a mixture of ones I, personally, like; lists on the internet; and a certain random element.
( Outfits below the Cut )
Vote for your favourite of these costumes. Use whatever criteria you please - most practical, most outrageously spacey, most of its decade!
Voting will remain open for at least a week, possibly longer!
Costume Bracket Masterlist
Images are a mixture of my own screencaps, screencaps from Lost in Time Graphics, PCJ's Whoniverse Gallery, and random Google searches.
( Outfits below the Cut )
Vote for your favourite of these costumes. Use whatever criteria you please - most practical, most outrageously spacey, most of its decade!
Voting will remain open for at least a week, possibly longer!
Costume Bracket Masterlist
Images are a mixture of my own screencaps, screencaps from Lost in Time Graphics, PCJ's Whoniverse Gallery, and random Google searches.
string things
Jul. 1st, 2025 09:13 ampocketmouseI'm still marvelling at having a hobby that I'm willing to spend money on -- I went to a weaving conference last week (got a first-timer scholarship, which covered admission and room and board, but I splurged and got a single room, so paid a little extra) which meant buying extra yarn for the workshop, and then even though I'm well out of storage room and have said multiple times I need to make some things before I buy more stuff, I bought 7 more cones of yarn (some of it was on sale! the rest was just really pretty hand-dyed!). Some of it I can definitely think of things to do with it, the rest I'll just have to try and keep an eye out for ideas, because I don't want it to sit forever.
And I talked to people too, constantly, the whole weekend. My god. By day 2.5 I was wiped, I am not an extrovert by any means. But folks chatted throughout classes, in the hallways, just wherever. I walked out of the dinner hall and ended up talking with some random woman whose name I never caught for like 10 minutes. Plus, also, I ran into a friend from local fandom cons who I hadn't seen in like 10-ish years (MJ and Con.txt). Neither of us were doing fiber things back then, so it was really a (pleasant) surprise.
Anyway now I am back home and waiting for work to ramp back up -- it always slows down in the summer due to end-of-fiscal-year purchasing deadlines, but today starts the new FY, so I'm just waiting for the word that budgets are loaded into the system, and I can start doing work again. Things are also wonky because DC passed an energy savings bill recently, so in order to comply we're finally getting around to converting the building to LED lighting -- which means shuffling folks' offices and encasing the stacks in protective material. We don't have an end date and the last construction project went on and on and on, so folks are just crossing fingers that impact will be minimal on the full-term researchers starting in the fall. I'm planning to hide in my new office with a fucking door so I can avoid chatty opinionated elder coworker for once in my life. My god this would be an amazing time to finally get a new job and quit.
Oh! I almost forgot. I also managed to blitz through all of Elementary in the last month or so, after having had it on my 'to watch' list for years. There are some parts of it that left me kind of 'meh,' and for someone who's great at identifying prosthetic-forehead Star Trek actors in other roles by only their eyes, I could not for the life of me identify Johnny Lee Miller in 3/4 profile shots on multiple occasions. My brain also kept replacing him in my memory with Darren Nichols. I think it was something about the overly upright posture (and also the dramatics). These things mostly resolved themselves by probably midway through season 2, by which point I could focus on things like how unsexy Mycroft was. It's a shame but unsurprising that there isn't more fic. I need to find something to watch that does have a lot of fic, but I haven't come up with anything yet. Though I think the latest season of Leverage: Redemption just finished, or is about to, and that sounds like it should give me something to sink my teeth into.
And I talked to people too, constantly, the whole weekend. My god. By day 2.5 I was wiped, I am not an extrovert by any means. But folks chatted throughout classes, in the hallways, just wherever. I walked out of the dinner hall and ended up talking with some random woman whose name I never caught for like 10 minutes. Plus, also, I ran into a friend from local fandom cons who I hadn't seen in like 10-ish years (MJ and Con.txt). Neither of us were doing fiber things back then, so it was really a (pleasant) surprise.
Anyway now I am back home and waiting for work to ramp back up -- it always slows down in the summer due to end-of-fiscal-year purchasing deadlines, but today starts the new FY, so I'm just waiting for the word that budgets are loaded into the system, and I can start doing work again. Things are also wonky because DC passed an energy savings bill recently, so in order to comply we're finally getting around to converting the building to LED lighting -- which means shuffling folks' offices and encasing the stacks in protective material. We don't have an end date and the last construction project went on and on and on, so folks are just crossing fingers that impact will be minimal on the full-term researchers starting in the fall. I'm planning to hide in my new office with a fucking door so I can avoid chatty opinionated elder coworker for once in my life. My god this would be an amazing time to finally get a new job and quit.
Oh! I almost forgot. I also managed to blitz through all of Elementary in the last month or so, after having had it on my 'to watch' list for years. There are some parts of it that left me kind of 'meh,' and for someone who's great at identifying prosthetic-forehead Star Trek actors in other roles by only their eyes, I could not for the life of me identify Johnny Lee Miller in 3/4 profile shots on multiple occasions. My brain also kept replacing him in my memory with Darren Nichols. I think it was something about the overly upright posture (and also the dramatics). These things mostly resolved themselves by probably midway through season 2, by which point I could focus on things like how unsexy Mycroft was. It's a shame but unsurprising that there isn't more fic. I need to find something to watch that does have a lot of fic, but I haven't come up with anything yet. Though I think the latest season of Leverage: Redemption just finished, or is about to, and that sounds like it should give me something to sink my teeth into.
June Book Log
Jul. 1st, 2025 01:31 amastrogirlAnd that's half a year's reading down! Here's the latest:
( 39.Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe )
( 40. Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer )
( 41. Unseen Universe by Caroline Harper )
( 42. Mrs, Presumed Dead by Simon Brett )
( 43. The Pursuit of Grouchiness: Oscar the Grouch's Guide to Life by Oscar the Grouch )
( 44. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay )
( 45. One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America by Gene Weingarten )
( 39.Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe )
( 40. Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer )
( 41. Unseen Universe by Caroline Harper )
( 42. Mrs, Presumed Dead by Simon Brett )
( 43. The Pursuit of Grouchiness: Oscar the Grouch's Guide to Life by Oscar the Grouch )
( 44. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay )
( 45. One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America by Gene Weingarten )
Round 152 Dates
Jun. 30th, 2025 08:37 pmxandromedovna posting in fic_rushCongratulations! You have activated the Ticky Box of Unclear Consequences! I'm sure that will become important later....Anywho, Round 152 will be next weekend, 4-6 July. Mods, please confirm your availability by claiming an anchor post or just generally flailing in my direction, and if you've ever wanted to be a Mod, please do that!
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Rebuilding journal search again
Jun. 30th, 2025 03:18 pmalierak posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_maintenanceWe're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Sacsayhuaman
Jun. 30th, 2025 06:01 pmpurplecatSacsayhuaman is a massive Inca fortress, called the House of the Sun, on a hill top above Cusco. We were taken up their on our first day in Peru, walked around the site and then walked back down into Cusco.
( It is quite a thing )
( It is quite a thing )
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Dept. of Dreams
Jun. 29th, 2025 03:44 pmkaffy_rI Try to Save the World in My Sleep
I don't dream nearly as much as I used to, or at least I don't remember the dreams I probably have. I think most people have that experience, especially as they grow older. But there are dreams I remember, and they are almost always of a type.
In all of them, I'm trying to save someone, or many someones. I'm always so very slow, my limbs sticky with dream physics, but I keep trying, even though sometimes I know that what I can do isn't nearly enough.
( Dreams underneath )
I don't dream nearly as much as I used to, or at least I don't remember the dreams I probably have. I think most people have that experience, especially as they grow older. But there are dreams I remember, and they are almost always of a type.
In all of them, I'm trying to save someone, or many someones. I'm always so very slow, my limbs sticky with dream physics, but I keep trying, even though sometimes I know that what I can do isn't nearly enough.
( Dreams underneath )
Narnia, fic, the heat is terrible
Jun. 29th, 2025 03:57 pmlyssie- that latter is entirely true. Heat is terrible. (it was windy and heat index of 100+, and gross out and just awful)
- I need to make myself a Narnia icon.
- Aside from the bits I've been gathering up and posting from the 3SF (I need to get 2024 up, too), I have actually written two Narnia fics. One of them far more crack-filled than the other.
Detours by Lamplight - just gen, me ranting in polite text about that stupid lamppost. I blame the BTS conversations, since they were all so pleased about how it looked like it grew out of the ground in the movie.
The Recruitment for the (Averted) Apocalypse Job - Leverage fusion, because that's how my brain works at 11 at night when absently thinking, Susan is Sophie, isn't she... It's a modern AU.
Aside from that, I've been reading through all of the Narnia tag (again), or the type of thing I want to read, at least. Reader fic? No, get that shit away from me, I've been muting those authors. Self-insert/OC/Girl Marries Peter and/or Ed fic? Not read, but not muted since it's not as terrible. Most slash I'm giving a pass (I'm sorry, dudes are boring, I don't read most of the Peter & Edmund on their own fic, either).
I have absolutely picked up Pevensies/everyone and Caspian/Pevensies even more than I had, though. Like, Caspian Had A Goal, and that was to bang each of them once they were old enough. I also don't mind Caspian/Peter or Caspian/Edmund. I don't mind Caspian/Susan, though if it's Susan's Only True Love Ever I'm very meh on it. Caspian/Lucy is adorable.
I am less bothered by the Pevensie incest fic than I once was. (I can't throw stones here, I've written it, even if I posted it anon) I don't mind it in any configuration, but I'm also... ambivalent about it. Once I've made up my mind how I want to load it on AO3, I'll upload the bulk of the 3SF fics (it's the titles, ok, it's always trying to come up with titles that stalls me. I hate titles. And summaries, while we're at it. Fuck them)
And on that note, I'm going back to glaring at this stupid fic that won't write itself. Maybe I will shift gears and work on something else.
- I need to make myself a Narnia icon.
- Aside from the bits I've been gathering up and posting from the 3SF (I need to get 2024 up, too), I have actually written two Narnia fics. One of them far more crack-filled than the other.
Detours by Lamplight - just gen, me ranting in polite text about that stupid lamppost. I blame the BTS conversations, since they were all so pleased about how it looked like it grew out of the ground in the movie.
The Recruitment for the (Averted) Apocalypse Job - Leverage fusion, because that's how my brain works at 11 at night when absently thinking, Susan is Sophie, isn't she... It's a modern AU.
Aside from that, I've been reading through all of the Narnia tag (again), or the type of thing I want to read, at least. Reader fic? No, get that shit away from me, I've been muting those authors. Self-insert/OC/Girl Marries Peter and/or Ed fic? Not read, but not muted since it's not as terrible. Most slash I'm giving a pass (I'm sorry, dudes are boring, I don't read most of the Peter & Edmund on their own fic, either).
I have absolutely picked up Pevensies/everyone and Caspian/Pevensies even more than I had, though. Like, Caspian Had A Goal, and that was to bang each of them once they were old enough. I also don't mind Caspian/Peter or Caspian/Edmund. I don't mind Caspian/Susan, though if it's Susan's Only True Love Ever I'm very meh on it. Caspian/Lucy is adorable.
I am less bothered by the Pevensie incest fic than I once was. (I can't throw stones here, I've written it, even if I posted it anon) I don't mind it in any configuration, but I'm also... ambivalent about it. Once I've made up my mind how I want to load it on AO3, I'll upload the bulk of the 3SF fics (it's the titles, ok, it's always trying to come up with titles that stalls me. I hate titles. And summaries, while we're at it. Fuck them)
And on that note, I'm going back to glaring at this stupid fic that won't write itself. Maybe I will shift gears and work on something else.
How to help
Jun. 29th, 2025 02:17 pmelisiIf you want to donate to help people in Gaza, The Sameer Project is a good choice.
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I don't really have any interest in Glastonbury, but if you're curious about what's happening this year (ie Kneecap specifically), here's a video laying a lot of it out very clearly:
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And a Petition: Legislate to Reverse Supreme Court Decision on Transgender Women
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I don't really have any interest in Glastonbury, but if you're curious about what's happening this year (ie Kneecap specifically), here's a video laying a lot of it out very clearly:
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And a Petition: Legislate to Reverse Supreme Court Decision on Transgender Women
Dept. of Success
Jun. 27th, 2025 05:30 pmkaffy_rGot Through to the IRS
Huzzah!
I don't have to say much about it, but yes, I managed to complete my IRS account, and got approved for a timed repayment plan. Huzzah indeed!
Huzzah!
I don't have to say much about it, but yes, I managed to complete my IRS account, and got approved for a timed repayment plan. Huzzah indeed!
Knife tip geometry!
Jun. 27th, 2025 10:49 pmellerFirst things first: no, this is not a comprehensive list of knife tip geometries! There are so many of them - and most of them so highly specialized - that, if you need one of them, you know... XD So, in order to give a "beginner-friendly" overview, I've narrowed it down to four types that are common enough you may actually encounter them in real life without having to look for them in a specialized store.
Let's look at these in some detail! (With the caveat that, of course, tip geometry is not the only thing that determines a knife's overall function. Material matters. Blade thickness matters. Grind matters. Handle design matters. Size matters. XD And so on. Really, this can only serve as a rule-of-thumb - but we have to start somewhere when trying to determine what a knife is for, right?)
( Explanations of these four knife tips. )
Anyway... This (grossly over-simplified, I know) entry will hopefully help you identify what kind of blade you are dealing with, what its strengths and weaknesses are, and what tasks people will likely use it for. (None of this is intended as legal or professional advice; don't sue me, yadda, yadda. If you do dangerous shit with sharp objects, I'm not responsible.)
Let's look at these in some detail! (With the caveat that, of course, tip geometry is not the only thing that determines a knife's overall function. Material matters. Blade thickness matters. Grind matters. Handle design matters. Size matters. XD And so on. Really, this can only serve as a rule-of-thumb - but we have to start somewhere when trying to determine what a knife is for, right?)
( Explanations of these four knife tips. )
Anyway... This (grossly over-simplified, I know) entry will hopefully help you identify what kind of blade you are dealing with, what its strengths and weaknesses are, and what tasks people will likely use it for. (None of this is intended as legal or professional advice; don't sue me, yadda, yadda. If you do dangerous shit with sharp objects, I'm not responsible.)
Round 152 Poll
Jun. 26th, 2025 08:05 pmxandromedovna posting in fic_rushAnother one!
Poll #33294 Round 152 Dates
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11
When should we have Round 152?
View Answers
4-6 July
6 (54.5%)
11-13 July
5 (45.5%)
18-20 July
3 (27.3%)
25-27 July
4 (36.4%)
1-3 Aug
2 (18.2%)
what's the rush?
5 (45.5%)
what's the Rush?
3 (27.3%)
what's this rash?
2 (18.2%)
what does this ticky box do?
7 (63.6%)
why am I asking YOU all these questions?
5 (45.5%)