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dreamwarsHi,
this is your weekly Star Wars chat post. Do you have news? Or... olds? *sad trumpet*
~ ~ ~
Bad jokes aside, what's your relationship to SW-related news? As in, how do you find out that Disney is Doing Something Star Wars - a new book is coming out, a new movie/show is announced...? Do you actively follow some sources? Do you learn about it on social media, or from a more well-informed friend? Or maybe you don't hear about it at all?
The Snake Prince and Other Stories
2026-03-16 10:46 ammarycatelli posting in booksThe Snake Prince and Other Stories: Burmese Folk Tales by Edna Ledgard
A varied collection. I think a little overwritten, but the tales are a new slice, fitting a new culture. Fairy tales, including a kind and unkind girls featuring a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and a unique take on burning the skin of the shape-shifted: the Naga prince is not killed but he is rendered mortal to live and grow old and die with his bride.
Also tales of fools and clever men, and animal tales.
Most are recognizable types, but not close to other variants.
A varied collection. I think a little overwritten, but the tales are a new slice, fitting a new culture. Fairy tales, including a kind and unkind girls featuring a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and a unique take on burning the skin of the shape-shifted: the Naga prince is not killed but he is rendered mortal to live and grow old and die with his bride.
Also tales of fools and clever men, and animal tales.
Most are recognizable types, but not close to other variants.
Long-term psychological effects of physical isolation
2026-03-16 04:12 amvoidbeetles posting in little_detailsHi!
I have a character in a sci-fi universe who ends up "shipwrecked" alone on a completely uninhabited planet for two years. The planet, and the specific environment he lands in, are perfectly habitable by humans (we are in soft scifi territory here, very Star Trek inspired) and he's able to survive with some effort. (The details of how are not really important to the story - I know at least that he's the kind of guy who'd be able to salvage some tech and emergency supplies from his wrecked ship, and I'm comfortable with brushing past the details of what exactly he brought with him - but if anyone's really interested in coming at it from that logistical angle, I won't stop you!)
What is more relevant to the story is how this experience would continue to affect him by the time he's back home safely. I think there are a bunch of possible avenues here and I'd love to see people's takes on how they would approach this or approach researching it. For example, here are some of my cursory thoughts:
I have a character in a sci-fi universe who ends up "shipwrecked" alone on a completely uninhabited planet for two years. The planet, and the specific environment he lands in, are perfectly habitable by humans (we are in soft scifi territory here, very Star Trek inspired) and he's able to survive with some effort. (The details of how are not really important to the story - I know at least that he's the kind of guy who'd be able to salvage some tech and emergency supplies from his wrecked ship, and I'm comfortable with brushing past the details of what exactly he brought with him - but if anyone's really interested in coming at it from that logistical angle, I won't stop you!)
What is more relevant to the story is how this experience would continue to affect him by the time he's back home safely. I think there are a bunch of possible avenues here and I'd love to see people's takes on how they would approach this or approach researching it. For example, here are some of my cursory thoughts:
- PTSD is certainly a likely long-term complication
- It's implied that his shipwrecking was not an accident/was engineered maliciously - I imagine this is something he has dwelt on heavily throughout the two years and will affect his ability to trust people (and to visit other uninhabited planets in the future!). Seems like it would be easy to get caught in delusional spirals in a situation like that.
- I know that prolonged isolation can cause hallucination/psychosis in some cases, especially in solitary confinement, sensory deprivation contexts, etc. Is that as much of a risk in this case? And if so, do you think he'd still be experiencing psychotic symptoms after the fact?
- One of his personality traits is that he's fairly attention-seeking - I think it's likely this incident will exacerbate that and make him more desperate for connection
- It'll probably alter how he approaches social situations in the future in general; that's something I'll definitely be thinking about
- Perhaps he got into the habit of talking to himself on the planet, and this never went away
flowing_river posting in pinchhitsEvent: Traumatic Experiences
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Due Date: March 22nd at 8PM PST
traumaticexperiences is a (psychological) trauma themed multifandom exchange. We have 1 returning pinch hit! You must write a fanfiction that is a minimum of 1000 words and include a requested fandom, relationship or solo character, and freeform in your fill. The collection will not reveal until everyone who requested 3 unique fandoms has received a gift that meets the minimum assignment requirements.
Assignment Requirements
PH 6 - Given (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Wind Breaker (Anime), Outlast (Video Games)
For more details/to claim, view the pinch hit post.
Event Link:
traumaticexperiencesPinch Hit Link: Current Pinch Hit Post
Due Date: March 22nd at 8PM PST
traumaticexperiences is a (psychological) trauma themed multifandom exchange. We have 1 returning pinch hit! You must write a fanfiction that is a minimum of 1000 words and include a requested fandom, relationship or solo character, and freeform in your fill. The collection will not reveal until everyone who requested 3 unique fandoms has received a gift that meets the minimum assignment requirements.Assignment Requirements
For more details/to claim, view the pinch hit post.
vriddyI really really like this story, it's filled with so many tropes and elements I love... I'm gonna have to try harder to get people into this manga so I can get someone else to read it XD Say hi to Mozu and his cat Oboro!
This is the little guy who needs saving! He has a frighteningly smart and competent cat friend!!
The executioner's rescue | The Serenade of Spring Thunder | Kagaribi/Rindou/Shisui, Kagaribi & Mozu | 5.5k words | rated T
Summary: Kagaribi is on the run with Rindou and Shisui, quite successfully pretending not to be falling in love if he says so himself. But when Mozu's cat appears, Kagaribi knows this is the end - the village's executioner has finally come for him. Except that Mozu is nowhere to be seen…
Kagaribi can betray their village, but he could never betray Mozu. Even if that means giving up on his chance at the scam called love… Rindou and Shisui, however, do not seem particularly impressed with his plan to leave them behind.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
This is the little guy who needs saving! He has a frighteningly smart and competent cat friend!!
The executioner's rescue | The Serenade of Spring Thunder | Kagaribi/Rindou/Shisui, Kagaribi & Mozu | 5.5k words | rated T
Summary: Kagaribi is on the run with Rindou and Shisui, quite successfully pretending not to be falling in love if he says so himself. But when Mozu's cat appears, Kagaribi knows this is the end - the village's executioner has finally come for him. Except that Mozu is nowhere to be seen…
Kagaribi can betray their village, but he could never betray Mozu. Even if that means giving up on his chance at the scam called love… Rindou and Shisui, however, do not seem particularly impressed with his plan to leave them behind.
Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
Performing some traffic maintenance today
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dw_maintenanceHappy Saturday!
I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!
If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.
Speak Up Saturday
2026-03-14 12:07 pmyourlibrarian posting in tv_talk
Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
Status of the WIPs
2026-03-14 01:28 pmvriddyI... think I'm caught up with Dreamwidth? If you were expecting a reply from me, let me know because I missed it! The exception is the replies to my latest K-9 translation post because I'm saving them for the next time I'm bursting with the need to talk about K-9 with someone and can't find any victim gentleperson to satisfy the hunger.
( Whoops ended up talking about K-9 anyway. How does this keep happening??? )
Anyway, writing! WIPs! Status!! I met my GYWO goal in January and February, but sacrificed March to the editing gods. So I've written... 288 words so far 😤😤 Unless I get possessed I am NOT meeting my monthly goal, but that's okay. I've got more stuff to edit!! And some fics ready to post, too.
Edited and ready to go (except for maybe a grammar check and/or... a title orz):
- Wind Breaker OT4, Chapter 4
- Chapter 1 for the K-9 LeopardTree fic (it got LONG!)
- K-9 triple drabble about Ren, because in canon she always seems to wait for injured teenage girls to wake up at the hospital, even at great personal cost (that is, nicotine withdrawal), and I find that interesting
- Spring Thunder rescue fic about Kagaribi & Co going to Mozu's rescue, together with Mozu's super smart cat :D
- A BNHA NagantMiruko fic I wrote nearly 3 years ago for an event that turned out not to happen, and I think it might be time to move on
Written, needs editing:
- Wind Breaker OT5, final chapter
- K-9 LeopardTree, chapters 2-5
Half-written:
- Blaaah a bunch but this is a month of editing and I'm not particularly thinking about them
vriddyI did a first round of editing to the end, and while in my head the last chapter was clunky (probably because I've changed direction on it about 3 times now), actually I was giggling and hiding my mouth behind my hand through most of it so I think it's okay :D The final sentence/paragraph however is clunky and doesn't work super well, but I have a bit of time to figure out something else.
Each chapter has a different PoV as each character figure some things out, and I like the story and how they all gravitate toward each other. However, the tone and narration are a bit distant, maybe a bit flat. It's the same mistake? flaw? that I saw in my OT3/multi-polyship Kn8 fic, where I was also spending a lot of brain power on "How would these characters fit together?". Maybe this is expected for the first few fics with a new ship. When I compare with DabiHawks for which I've written well over 100 fics (and over 200 with Hawks!), obviously I can't nail every nuance and subtlety of their emotions as easily. Yet. Anyway I still think there's good in there and I'm happy I wrote this :D I enjoy these characters so much.
Acting on instinct | Wind Breaker | Sakura/Nirei/Suou/Kiryuu/Tsugeura | 2.8k words (WIP, 3/5) | rated T
Summary: Something shifted for them all in that moment at Kiryuu's house. They all felt it. But Kiryuu was missing for it, so they can't do anything about it.
Not yet.
Read it on Dreamwidth or on AO3.
Each chapter has a different PoV as each character figure some things out, and I like the story and how they all gravitate toward each other. However, the tone and narration are a bit distant, maybe a bit flat. It's the same mistake? flaw? that I saw in my OT3/multi-polyship Kn8 fic, where I was also spending a lot of brain power on "How would these characters fit together?". Maybe this is expected for the first few fics with a new ship. When I compare with DabiHawks for which I've written well over 100 fics (and over 200 with Hawks!), obviously I can't nail every nuance and subtlety of their emotions as easily. Yet. Anyway I still think there's good in there and I'm happy I wrote this :D I enjoy these characters so much.
Acting on instinct | Wind Breaker | Sakura/Nirei/Suou/Kiryuu/Tsugeura | 2.8k words (WIP, 3/5) | rated T
Summary: Something shifted for them all in that moment at Kiryuu's house. They all felt it. But Kiryuu was missing for it, so they can't do anything about it.
Not yet.
Read it on Dreamwidth or on AO3.
Unsent Letters Pinch Hits Due April 25th
2026-03-13 11:55 pmlettersmod posting in pinchhitsEvent: Unsent Letters, an epistolary exchange
Event link:unsent_letters_exchange
Pinch hit link: https://unsent-letters-exchange.dreamwidth.org/26711.html
Due date: April 25th, 11:59PM UTC
Requirements: 1000 words of fic, at least 500 of which must be in a requested epistolary format.
PH 1 - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's x2, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Metal Fight Beyblade | Beyblade Metal Saga, ベイブレードバースト | Beyblade Burst (Anime), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/Audrelite
PH 2 - Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game) x2, The Protomen x2, Bionicle (Generation 1) x2
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/bluerosekatie
PH 4 - Wolf Hall Series - Hilary Mantel, Wolf in White Van - John Darnielle, Beau Travail (1999)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/fullborn
PH 5 - 違国日記 | Ikoku Nikki | Journal with Witch (Anime), Banana Fish (Anime & Manga), Limbo the King | King in Limbo (Manga), とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga), 准教授・高槻彰良の推察 - 澤村御影 | Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture - Sawamura Mikage
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/jessenigma
PH 6 - Bugsnax (Video Game), Crossover Fandom (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Keroro Gunsou), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Keroro Gunsou (Anime)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/malachiical
PH 7 - Medium (TV), NCIS: Los Angeles, Twin Peaks (TV 1990)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/NervousAsexual
PH 8 - Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/primeideal
To claim, please email unsentlettersexchange@gmail.com or comment on the pinch hit post: https://unsent-letters-exchange.dreamwidth.org/26711.html
Event link:
unsent_letters_exchangePinch hit link: https://unsent-letters-exchange.dreamwidth.org/26711.html
Due date: April 25th, 11:59PM UTC
Requirements: 1000 words of fic, at least 500 of which must be in a requested epistolary format.
PH 1 - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's x2, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Metal Fight Beyblade | Beyblade Metal Saga, ベイブレードバースト | Beyblade Burst (Anime), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/Audrelite
PH 2 - Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game) x2, The Protomen x2, Bionicle (Generation 1) x2
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/bluerosekatie
PH 4 - Wolf Hall Series - Hilary Mantel, Wolf in White Van - John Darnielle, Beau Travail (1999)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/fullborn
PH 5 - 違国日記 | Ikoku Nikki | Journal with Witch (Anime), Banana Fish (Anime & Manga), Limbo the King | King in Limbo (Manga), とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga), 准教授・高槻彰良の推察 - 澤村御影 | Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture - Sawamura Mikage
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/jessenigma
PH 6 - Bugsnax (Video Game), Crossover Fandom (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Keroro Gunsou), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Keroro Gunsou (Anime)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/malachiical
PH 7 - Medium (TV), NCIS: Los Angeles, Twin Peaks (TV 1990)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/NervousAsexual
PH 8 - Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/primeideal
To claim, please email unsentlettersexchange@gmail.com or comment on the pinch hit post: https://unsent-letters-exchange.dreamwidth.org/26711.html
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
2026-03-13 06:54 pmmarycatelli posting in booksTemples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz
A light discussion of Egypt. Admittedly covering a long period of history and so necessarily cursory in place. Discusses what records we have and what archeological evidence we have found, and various Pharaohs and changes.
A light discussion of Egypt. Admittedly covering a long period of history and so necessarily cursory in place. Discusses what records we have and what archeological evidence we have found, and various Pharaohs and changes.
Paint manufacture, storage and transport in Napoleonic Europe
2026-03-13 10:05 pmhyarrowen posting in little_detailsFor large-scale projects, specifically for ships. All my ship-related resources for the era are for the British Navy, and books on colour that I've read have been on artists' paints or dyes.
How would a French Imperial Navy vessel be painted, not at one of the big shipyards? Would it be mixed up on site from raw ingredients, or bought in? Would there be barrels, buckets with lids, cannisters, vats or what - and what would the paint be made of?
Searching online produces info on painting scale models, or contemporary pictures of ships. I found a chapter on ship decoration in Conway's History of the Ship: The Line of Battle but that doesn't have the early-in-the-process details I want. I found an article on the pre-Revolutionary Navy in the International Journal of Maritime History, by David Plouviez, that's too early and still doesn't cover paint.
Thank-you in advance.
How would a French Imperial Navy vessel be painted, not at one of the big shipyards? Would it be mixed up on site from raw ingredients, or bought in? Would there be barrels, buckets with lids, cannisters, vats or what - and what would the paint be made of?
Searching online produces info on painting scale models, or contemporary pictures of ships. I found a chapter on ship decoration in Conway's History of the Ship: The Line of Battle but that doesn't have the early-in-the-process details I want. I found an article on the pre-Revolutionary Navy in the International Journal of Maritime History, by David Plouviez, that's too early and still doesn't cover paint.
Thank-you in advance.
New Let's go Karaoke! fic: Locked in orbit (Kyouji/Satomi)
2026-03-13 07:22 amvriddyWatching the live-action movie motivated me to finally edit this fic! It doesn't actually work with the movie timeline and heavily relies on anime-only elements, but it is done :D
Locked in orbit | Let's go karaoke! | Kyouji/Satomi | 1.8k words | rated T
Summary: Kyouji has been in this time loop for a long time now, meeting Satomi and growing closer over and over, trying to keep him safe. Failing, sometimes. Those are the Bad Loops. If he plays his cards right though, Kyouji hopes he can make this loop the final one.
Read it on Dreamwidth or on AO3.
Locked in orbit | Let's go karaoke! | Kyouji/Satomi | 1.8k words | rated T
Summary: Kyouji has been in this time loop for a long time now, meeting Satomi and growing closer over and over, trying to keep him safe. Failing, sometimes. Those are the Bad Loops. If he plays his cards right though, Kyouji hopes he can make this loop the final one.
Read it on Dreamwidth or on AO3.