[#271] LIFELINE (TORCHWOOD)
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fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #271 - In the nick of time
Title: Lifeline
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: M
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto is faced with the stark realisation that what he wanted most of all might cost him his life.
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Title: Lifeline
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: M
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto is faced with the stark realisation that what he wanted most of all might cost him his life.
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fiber redux
Aug. 30th, 2025 06:04 pmyhleeCloud is SO HAPPY with her new nesting material:
Y'all. I'd missed an earlier message (thanks, FaceBook!) but I managed not to pick out sheep fleece (breed unknown). Due to the holiday weekend, this wasn't an in-person transaction, although I hope to return in a bitand be able to talk to the farmer in person!
...I am sitting on a few pounds each of alpaca (definitely huacaya, not sure if one is suri) and angora goat fiber a.k.a. MOHAIR. Mind you, I would have been very happy to work with raw WOOL.
Well, I'll be picking through vegetable matter and sorting this VERY SLOWLY for the rest of 2025 lol. :) I do own hand carders but I think I save my pennies for a drum carder for the holidays...
Y'all. I'd missed an earlier message (thanks, FaceBook!) but I managed not to pick out sheep fleece (breed unknown). Due to the holiday weekend, this wasn't an in-person transaction, although I hope to return in a bitand be able to talk to the farmer in person!
...I am sitting on a few pounds each of alpaca (definitely huacaya, not sure if one is suri) and angora goat fiber a.k.a. MOHAIR. Mind you, I would have been very happy to work with raw WOOL.
Well, I'll be picking through vegetable matter and sorting this VERY SLOWLY for the rest of 2025 lol. :) I do own hand carders but I think I save my pennies for a drum carder for the holidays...
8/30/2025 Loop Rd and Laurel Cyn Tr west
Aug. 30th, 2025 11:42 ammrkinchThis weekend is forecast hot (for here) and there were more cars at the Loop Road gate than I can recall seeing, people getting out while it was cool, I guess. This morning I took another bit of trail I hadn't taken since I started going north out of the Nature Area, just a short connector between Loop Road and the service road. I found nothing unexpected, bar maybe the Cliff Swallow, but it was nice to be in the trees away from the road even briefly. ( The list: )
I remembered there being some tricky places in the trail and there definitely were, including one partial washout that I don't expect to be passable after another winter. That trail is now on the long list of things I'm glad I did and don't anticipate ever doing again.:)
I remembered there being some tricky places in the trail and there definitely were, including one partial washout that I don't expect to be passable after another winter. That trail is now on the long list of things I'm glad I did and don't anticipate ever doing again.:)
"A Quiet Evening at Home" AU Dracula & Mina Mature Fic - Inspired by Dracula: A Love Tale (2025)
Aug. 30th, 2025 10:36 amearthspirits posting in historiumFandom: Dracula: A Love Tale (2025), Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897 novel)
Characters: Dracula, Mina Murray, Maria, The Priest, Original Character
Relationships: Dracula / Mina / Maria
Era: 19th Century
Era: 19th Century
Title: A Quiet Evening at Home
Rating: Mature - As the characters are depicted in a consensual romantic and very cozy ménage à trois.
Please note: There are film spoilers (of a sort), although I have changed details to better suit my story.
Word Count: 1,159
Summary: In my gentle redemptive AU story, I very much diverge from canon. Vlad Dracula and Mina Murray are happily married, and living in the French countryside, with their devoted companion, Maria.
Summer round works revealed!
Aug. 30th, 2025 01:01 pmlittlefics posting in seasonsofdrabblesWorks are now revealed! Please take a moment to leave a comment on your gifts, and enjoy the haul of drabbles this round! Thank you to all who participated, especially our pinch hitters!
The authors reveals will take place 48 hours from now on Monday, September 1, 1:00pm Eastern Time—a tiny period of secrecy for tiny fics.
You are welcome to continue treating during and after the anonymous period!
Please get in touch if you have any questions. Should you receive a gift that is not for a fandom, character, and drabble type you requested, or that contains a DNW, reach out to us ASAP.
The authors reveals will take place 48 hours from now on Monday, September 1, 1:00pm Eastern Time—a tiny period of secrecy for tiny fics.
You are welcome to continue treating during and after the anonymous period!
Please get in touch if you have any questions. Should you receive a gift that is not for a fandom, character, and drabble type you requested, or that contains a DNW, reach out to us ASAP.
Well, that escalated
Aug. 30th, 2025 11:24 amyhlee
Sheep and alpaca! Raw unprocessed fiber bought directly from a local-ish farmer. I reckon processing this will be my hobby project for the rest of the year.
Fiber animal wonders about her own fate. :) :) I have...10g of catten floof (which is very spinnable!).
ETA: Also, this may have happened /o\
8/29/2025 Inspiration Trail
Aug. 29th, 2025 12:45 pmmrkinchI had decided that this morning I would walk down regardless but in fact while there was low overcast there wasn't fog on the ground, and there was far less windy. I was lucky to get a parking place, as what I surmise was the entire Berkeley High class of 2026 was there, complete with noisy cars and loud music, wrapped in blankets and looking east towards a sunrise they couldn't see. Anyway, I put on a light windbreaker over my jacket and set out. It felt quiet but I got a pretty good list including a Western Tanager and my first Fall migrant warbler, a Black-throated Gray! Not an extended view, but the face is unmistakable, so that very exciting. ( The list: )
I turned around by the huge oak at the point, walking back to sit in the dip for a while. The Western House Wren was still around and a Western Flycatcher was chipping. At one point I almost saw a shadow, but that was brief and the clouds thickened up again. Even so, it was the best morning there in a while.
I turned around by the huge oak at the point, walking back to sit in the dip for a while. The Western House Wren was still around and a Western Flycatcher was chipping. At one point I almost saw a shadow, but that was brief and the clouds thickened up again. Even so, it was the best morning there in a while.
[#271] Perfect Timing (Torchwood)
Aug. 29th, 2025 07:02 pmbadly_knitted posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #271 – In The Nick Of Time
Title: Perfect Timing
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Des Llewellyn, Intergalactic Man of Mystery, aka Ianto Jones, along with his faithful sidekick, take on a mission to rescue a kidnapped child.
Collection on track to open tomorrow!
Aug. 29th, 2025 12:23 pmlittlefics posting in seasonsofdrabblesHello everyone! We are on track to open the collection as scheduled on Saturday, August 30, 1:00pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown).
Big thank you to our wonderful pinch-hitters!
As we wait eagerly for reveals, why not write a treat? You can see all requests in the requests app. Treats can be posted any time, whether before or after reveals.
Big thank you to our wonderful pinch-hitters!
As we wait eagerly for reveals, why not write a treat? You can see all requests in the requests app. Treats can be posted any time, whether before or after reveals.
spinning cont'd
Aug. 28th, 2025 01:17 pmyhlee
Current WIP: a gorgeous merino-silk-angelina blend.
Testing out a Dreaming Robots e-spinner, the Electric Eel Wheel 6.1. It's terrific and very easy to assemble and get running (at least after the learning curve on the Ashford Traveller treadle wheel). I hear the even more budget-friendlier Electric Eel Nano 2. (about $140 USD) 1 is fiddly, but I wonder. My use case for this is plying, which I find ungodly miserable.
Meanwhile, the local fiber animal is "helping" again. Cloud's floof is VERY spinnable so we're just randomly gathering catten floof while brushing her incredibly soft coat (she's mostly undercoat, and it's WILDLY soft).
(Sorry for the messy floor...I'm still under the weather and spinning is soothing/)
How to spam
Aug. 28th, 2025 12:48 pmpetraProtip: If you are trying to convince people on the non-commercial platform of AO3 to give you money for fanart, or links to their bank information so you can scam them, don't leave identical gushing-but-generic comments on two of their fanworks.
Fellow fanwork creators: if you get this sort of solicitation, report it to Abuse.
Fellow fanwork creators: if you get this sort of solicitation, report it to Abuse.
Forthcoming TTRPG Kickstarter: Ex Tenebris
Aug. 28th, 2025 10:26 amyhleePre-launch for Ex Tenebris, a "a gothic space investigation TTRPG" forthcoming from Black Armada.
I will be writing a scenario [Update #2] for this game. :3
:goes back to orchestration homework:
Beyond the dark emptiness of space, beyond dreaming, lies the Tenebrium. Only you can unearth its mysteries, defeat the twisted horrors that lurk there, and keep humanity from becoming prey.
In Ex Tenebris, you play a ragtag team of investigators, protecting the Republic of Stars from terrifying supernatural threats. You will face sorcerers and cults, dark technology from lost civilisations and the slobbering terrors lurking in the nightmare realm of the Tenebrium.
I will be writing a scenario [Update #2] for this game. :3
:goes back to orchestration homework:
Community Recs Post!
Aug. 28th, 2025 09:56 amglitteryv posting in recthethingEvery Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool fancrafts/fics/podfics/fanvids/fanart/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool fancrafts/fics/podfics/fanvids/fanart/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
[#271 | In the Nick of Time] Challenge Post
Aug. 27th, 2025 10:42 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweekly| Challenge 271: In the Nick of Time |
just before the last moment when something can be changed or something bad will happen Maybe your characters are running just a little bit late for something they promised they’d attend, and have to scramble to make it. Maybe they’ve been rushing as fast as they can to stop the bad guy’s plans from being enacted, and they’re running out of time. Maybe there’s exactly one minute left before the doors open for the biggest night of their lives, and they’re not quite ready. Whatever it is...will they make it? Write a story about something happening in the nick of time. If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
| Challenge ends Monday, September 1 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 271 – in the nick of time • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here |