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K-Drama Update #16: July Releases

S LINE | July 11
Cast: Lee Soo Hyuk, Lee Da Hee, Arin, Lee Eun Saem

S Line; the red line that ties you and your sexual partner. Hyun-heup has lived since birth in a world filled with red threads. When a single pair of glasses appears, granting the same power to those wearing them, she and a detective team up to halt this crisis and find the person behind it.
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Just Create - Shishi (guardian lions) Edition

What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?

Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

What do you just want to talk about?

What have you been watching or reading?

Chores and other not-fun things count!

Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky

The New School Reader: Fourth Book

The New School Reader: Fourth Book by Charles Walton Sanders

A 1856 book on elocution. Opens with discussions of how to say things, and then offers many samples of eloquent prose and poetry to praise on -- and to have your character formed by, since, as he writes, they were chosen toward that important end.

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Speak Up Saturday

Assortment of black and white speech bubbles

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

July Woods

( A walk in the July woods... )

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Fandom5K Pinch Hit due 25 July

Event: Fandom5K is an exchange for fic of 5,000 words or more and comics of 5 pages or more.
Event link:

fandom5k
Pinch hit link: On DW
Due date: 25 July

PDPH 10 - The West Wing, Neko no Ongaeshi | The Cat Returns, Severance (TV)

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1 week delay & 1 current pinch hit (now claimed!)

Hi, all--we're so close to the finish line! I'm announcing a 1 week delay at this time to ensure all our pinch hits are covered. The new reveals date is 26 July at 23:59 US Eastern. We have one pinch hit currently available, with upcoming deadlines on the 13th and the 18th.

Anyone who isn't signed up but is only pinch hitting can leave prompts at our treats for pinch hitters post! This is a great place to look if you're interested in creating treats.

This pinch hit is due 25 July at 23:59 US Eastern time, one day before our new reveals date.

If you can claim this pinch hit, please comment with your AO3 name. All comments are screened.

( CLAIMED - PDPH 10 - The West Wing, Neko no Ongaeshi | The Cat Returns, Severance (TV) )

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Bonneville Dam

After returning to the 84/30 we ended up at the Bonneville Dam in search of a bathroom! It was a good stop though as the view (and sound) of the dam was impressive. ( Read more... )

The Words of the Night

The Words of the Night by C. Chancy

A historian is on a plane to Korea when it is attacked by a dragon.

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Hazbin Hotel: VOXTEK Gift Baskets 2025

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Current Mood: calm

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Fanfiction Masterlist and Portfolio Templates

I shared this in

smallweb too, but since I know there's a lot of fannish folks here I thought these would be worth sharing here as well!

For anyone interested in making a site/section on their site for their fics, here's a really good template for a fanfiction masterlist that just got posted online! Created by

ceu. There's easy to follow documentation on how it works, and links to HTML tutorials if you're not familiar or need a refresher on there as well.

As said on the page showcasing the template too, it was inspired by this portfolio template by Kaylee Rowena. Which would be great for anyone who makes fanart! I might end up using this template myself whenever I get to revamping my art galleries on my own site.

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"The Tyrant Baru Cormorant" by Seth Dickinson

Today I finished the latest book in the Baru Cormorant series (fourth book remains to-be-released), The Tyrant Baru Cormorant. Y'all, Baru is so back.

! Spoilers for books 1 & 2 below !

If you've looked at other reviews for the series, you may have seen book 2, The Monster Baru Cormorant, referred to as the series' "sophomore slump." I disagree, but I understand where the feeling comes from. The Monster feels like a prelude, a setting of the board, for The Tyrant. The Monster puts all the pieces in place for the cascade of schemes and plays that come in The Tyrant. They almost feel like one book split into two (which is fair—taken together, they represent about a thousand pages and would make for one mammoth novel).

If you felt like Baru was too passive in The Monster and that there wasn't enough scheming going on, I can happily report those things are wholly rectified in The Tyrant. Having located the infamous and quasi-mythological Cancrioth at the end of The Monster, Baru wastes no time in whipping into full savant plotting mode.

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Outlander: Blood of My Blood Official Trailer

The official trailer for the Outlander spin-off, Blood of My Blood, is out, and guess what? There IS time travel!! I won't say who goes through the stones, but if you watch the trailer, you'll find out who it is. Blood of My Blood starts on Starz (in the US) on August 8.

Watch on YouTube

(I have to say, I am becoming more and more interested in/excited about this one!)

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2025,
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Two Pinch Hits, One New (and likely delay)

Thank you to all our pinch hitters. <3 Remember that anyone who isn't signed up but is only pinch hitting can leave prompts at our treats for pinch hitters post! This is a great place to look if you're interested in creating treats.

Ideally, these would be due 18 July at 23:59 US Eastern time, one day before our planned reveals date. However, it's possible I'll have to delay the collection opening to make sure all participants are covered, so if you know you can take one of these pinch hits but will need longer than the 18th, please let me know, and we can discuss.

A delay looks likely at this time, and I'll make an announcement about that tomorrow.

If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.

( PDPH 10 - The West Wing, Neko no Ongaeshi | The Cat Returns, Severance (TV) )

( CLAIMED - PDPH 13 - Naruto (Anime & Manga), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Original Work, Gundam Wing, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, House of the Dragon (TV) )

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Leaderboard and Unknown Group Tagging

I've set up a leaderboard on the Discord server now, that will show the number of groups each volunteer has tagged (complete tabs only count). If anyone is competitive, the number to beat for top spot is 11,707 groups! (That's 1.05% of all the groups.)

I've also set up the Unknown group tagging on the server for any volunteers who are interested in helping a little but don't feel up to tagging an entire tab. Each Unknown group is given a thread in the channel for Unknown group tagging, in which I copy and paste a few of the messages we have, or even a screenshot of the files within the files.zip, if that will be helpful. Anyone who can is invited to read, give additional information or insight into the topic, and/or attempt to tag the group, either on the spreadsheet directly (they can DM me for the link) or by simply listing in the thread which tags they would use. Contributions will be noted on a leaderboard just for Unknown tagging.

If you haven't tagged any groups yet, could you set aside just 5 minutes a day to help us with the Unknown groups?*

* The small scale helping as described above is limited to Discord users only; if you don't use Discord you'll need to claim an entire tab and work with the data yourself.

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Summer of Horror has one post-deadline pinch hit remaining. The deadline is July 11 at 11:59 PM EDT or negotiable. Minimums are 500 words or a nice sketch. Claiming and further info is at the post here.

PH 3 - FIC, ART - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)

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Post-deadline pinch hit for Summer of Horror

Summer of Horror could use your help! We have one pinch hit left, due July 11 at 11:59 PM EDT or negotiable. Minimums are 500 words or a piece of original art (no manips), either digital or on unlined paper. For claiming and more details, go here.

PH 3 - FIC, ART - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)

Thank you!

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Jane Austen Exchange - Nominations Open

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Lingering and Post-Deadline Pinch Hits for Early Bird Gets The Word Exchange (Due July 14)

Event: Early Bird Gets The Word is a fic and art exchange for small and inactive fandoms. Minimum 1000 words or detailed lineart.

Event link: earlybirdgetstheword

Pinch hit links: Here on the comm. Or below.

Due Date: July 14th 22:00 EDT.

To Claim: Please comment on the dreamwidth post with your AO3 username and the pinch hit number you want to claim.

( PH 1 - Animal Control (TV 2023), Degrassi the Next Generation, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV), The Good Place (TV), North of North (TV 2025), Only Murders in the Building (TV) )

( PH 4 - ケイ�ヤク | KeixYaku (TV), 御赐小仵作 | The Imperial Coroner (TV), 作りたい女と食べたい女 | Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna | She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat (TV) )

( PH 11 - Blue Period (Manga), Akatsuki no Yona | Yona of the Dawn, Advance Wars (Video Games 2001-2005; 2023), Tales of Berseria, K (Anime), Sengoku Basara, Tales of Legendia, Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games) )

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Incest Bingo Round 4

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