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profiterole_reads) wrote2025-12-26 05:39 pm
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2025 Favourites
In no particular order. This is content I've read and watched in 2025, not necessarily content released in 2025.
Books
1. The Moonstone Covenant by Jill Hammer: f/f/f/f heroic fantasy. This standalone novel about four wives investigating the death of Olloise's parents and ending up in the middle of a political plot is beautifully written, like old-school fantasy.
2. The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons: f/f/m heroic fantasy. This standalone novel about a team having to steal a dragon's hoard has an amazing plot and fun characters.
3. On Silver Shores by VT Hoang: m/m urban fantasy with an intersex protagonist. This novel about a half-siren detective and an analyst investigating rebel werewolves gave me intense feels.
4. Sugar & Vice by Allie Therin: m/m murder mystery/urban fantasy. This series about an empath and a specialist investigating murders in a world where empaths are tracked down has the slooooo~west burn.
5. Letifer by TD Cloud: m/m murder mystery/urban fantasy. This novel about a human cop and a vampire enforcer secretly teaming up to investigate serial killings is perfect for fans of Vampire: the Masquerade and Kindred: the Embraced.
6. Five to Love Him by Alexa Piper: m/m urban fantasy. This novel about a hive's mate has the most adorable fluff, as well as a couple of very hot sex scenes. I love stories about beings who have one consciousness and several bodies.
7. [French] Ainsi soient-illes by Auriane Velten: urban fantasy where angels are agender and use écriture inclusive (gender-neutral language) probably invented by the author + a trans female protagonist. If you loved the story of the manga Angel Sanctuary, go for this novel!
8. Everyday Aliens by Polenth Blake: collection of science fiction short stories with many non-binary characters. These brilliant stories are very experimental, told from the aliens' strange POVs, and are reminiscent of Bogi Takács's writing.
9. [Spanish] Herederas de Safo by AM Irún: f/f adventure. This novel about a museum curator and an insurance agent having to recover one of Sappho's amphoras is a nice mix of adventure, humour and romance.
10. The Ministry of Guidance and Other Stories by Golnoosh Nour: collection of contemporary short stories with some f/f, m/m and bi f/m. These modern, even rebellious, stories offer a daily look at the Iranian culture.
TV shows
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Books
1. The Moonstone Covenant by Jill Hammer: f/f/f/f heroic fantasy. This standalone novel about four wives investigating the death of Olloise's parents and ending up in the middle of a political plot is beautifully written, like old-school fantasy.
2. The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons: f/f/m heroic fantasy. This standalone novel about a team having to steal a dragon's hoard has an amazing plot and fun characters.
3. On Silver Shores by VT Hoang: m/m urban fantasy with an intersex protagonist. This novel about a half-siren detective and an analyst investigating rebel werewolves gave me intense feels.
4. Sugar & Vice by Allie Therin: m/m murder mystery/urban fantasy. This series about an empath and a specialist investigating murders in a world where empaths are tracked down has the slooooo~west burn.
5. Letifer by TD Cloud: m/m murder mystery/urban fantasy. This novel about a human cop and a vampire enforcer secretly teaming up to investigate serial killings is perfect for fans of Vampire: the Masquerade and Kindred: the Embraced.
6. Five to Love Him by Alexa Piper: m/m urban fantasy. This novel about a hive's mate has the most adorable fluff, as well as a couple of very hot sex scenes. I love stories about beings who have one consciousness and several bodies.
7. [French] Ainsi soient-illes by Auriane Velten: urban fantasy where angels are agender and use écriture inclusive (gender-neutral language) probably invented by the author + a trans female protagonist. If you loved the story of the manga Angel Sanctuary, go for this novel!
8. Everyday Aliens by Polenth Blake: collection of science fiction short stories with many non-binary characters. These brilliant stories are very experimental, told from the aliens' strange POVs, and are reminiscent of Bogi Takács's writing.
9. [Spanish] Herederas de Safo by AM Irún: f/f adventure. This novel about a museum curator and an insurance agent having to recover one of Sappho's amphoras is a nice mix of adventure, humour and romance.
10. The Ministry of Guidance and Other Stories by Golnoosh Nour: collection of contemporary short stories with some f/f, m/m and bi f/m. These modern, even rebellious, stories offer a daily look at the Iranian culture.
TV shows
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Vriddy (vriddy) wrote2025-12-26 04:35 pm
vriddy) wrote2025-12-26 04:35 pmEntry tags:
New K-9 fic: Show of trust (Ren/Oboro/Fujimaru/Kagari)
Friend told me that Uncategorized Fandoms don't show up on your AO3 dashboard, and now I'm mournfully looking at my K-9-less dashboard, like poking at a scab... but also wondering if I'll have written enough for the fandom to show above the cut when it does eventually get wrangled XD
Show of trust | K-9 | Fujimaru Jin/Hizuki Ren/Kagari Yukito/Oboro Yuushirou | 1.6k words | rated T
Summary: Oboro and Fujimaru are down, while Ren and Kagari are left to face off an ever-growing mob of sin users on their own.
Read it on Dreamwidth on AO3.
Show of trust | K-9 | Fujimaru Jin/Hizuki Ren/Kagari Yukito/Oboro Yuushirou | 1.6k words | rated T
Summary: Oboro and Fujimaru are down, while Ren and Kagari are left to face off an ever-growing mob of sin users on their own.
Read it on Dreamwidth on AO3.
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rec_cember2025-12-26 04:10 pm
goodbyebird) wrote in rec_cember2025-12-26 04:10 pmNo check-in for today
I'll post the final check-in for the event on the 1st of January, so if you're planning any big Top Reads of the Year post or some such, we'll get those in there as well! I hope you're all having a cozy time <3
wickedgame (wickedgame) wrote in lgbtrainbow2025-12-26 02:12 pm
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round #18 - voting tie-breakers.
Please vote for your favourites in the comments. If your icon is in the tie-breaker, just leave it blank.
Voting will close in 2 days!
3rd Place
7.
11. 
12. 
Best Composition
5.
9. 
3rd Place:
Best Composition:
♦ The next color is BLUE
Voting will close in 2 days!
3rd Place
7.
11. 12. Best Composition
5.
9. 3rd Place:
Best Composition:
♦ The next color is BLUE
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-26 03:33 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-26 03:33 am
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ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-26 01:29 am
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dark_kana (dark_kana) wrote in 3_good_things_a_day2025-12-26 09:18 am
dark_kana) wrote in 3_good_things_a_day2025-12-26 09:18 amFriday 26/12/2025
1) our daughter slept till 8h30. So we could enjoy a nice lie in as well
2) it's cold but really sunny, so we're going for a walk in the park with my mum and her dog
3) wearing a new dress
2) it's cold but really sunny, so we're going for a walk in the park with my mum and her dog
3) wearing a new dress
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-26 12:58 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-26 12:58 amPoem: "Genuinely Sufficient Resources"
This poem is spillover from the February 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from alchemicink, dialecticdreamer, kellan_the_tabby, and rix_scaedu. It also fills the "Taking It Slow" square in my 2-1-25 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.
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alchemicink, dialecticdreamer, kellan_the_tabby, and rix_scaedu. It also fills the "Taking It Slow" square in my 2-1-25 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.( Read more... )
siberian_angel (siberian_angel) wrote in thestoryinside2025-12-26 08:24 am
siberian_angel) wrote in thestoryinside2025-12-26 08:24 amEntry tags:
January Sign Ups
It's officially time to sign up for January! Buddy assignments will be posted on the 1st. You'll have until the 5th to choose books for your partners.
The themes for January will be:
THRILLER // NON-FICTION // FEMALE AUTHOR
You must choose books with one or a combination of these genres and themes for your buddy. If you think your buddy might have a problem picking from your TBR pile, please mention that in your comment.
Please sign up in the comments:
Also:
• Our December Discussion is still open!
Echo Invictus (but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in 100words2025-12-25 11:06 pm
but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in 100words2025-12-25 11:06 pmEntry tags:
[Challenge #474: Welcome] Original Fiction: 'December's Joy'
Title: 'December's Joy'
Fandom: Original Fiction
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted todrabble_zone. Merry Christmas from but_can_i_be_trusted.
( December's Joy )
Fandom: Original Fiction
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to
drabble_zone. Merry Christmas from but_can_i_be_trusted.( December's Joy )
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote in followfriday2025-12-26 12:44 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote in followfriday2025-12-26 12:44 amEntry tags:
Follow Friday 12-26-25
Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).
Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-26 12:17 am
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mayfic (mayfic) wrote in 1character2025-12-26 05:34 am
mayfic) wrote in 1character2025-12-26 05:34 amAstarion, Then and Now
Character: Astarion
Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3
Theme set: Gamma
Rating: M
Warnings: References to rape, abuse and violence. Basically Astarion backstory-typical things
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Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3
Theme set: Gamma
Rating: M
Warnings: References to rape, abuse and violence. Basically Astarion backstory-typical things
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glacier_kitty (glacier_kitty) wrote2025-12-25 08:40 pm
glacier_kitty) wrote2025-12-25 08:40 pmChristmas 2025!
This morning, Ryan made everyone scrambled eggs and cinnamon rolls, and after we ate he made a drink called sahlab, a Middle Eastern "pudding," made with milk, sugar, vanilla, etc, topped with cinnamon and I think pistachios. It tasted like cinnamon-y warm milk. It made definitely made me full for awhile haha. After that we opened presents..there were a lot more under the tree this year, it seemed like. Of course Curti had to come check everything out lol. Jo got me a bowl he MADE with Curti's name on it and pawprints on the bottom, with glacial blue colors! It's SO cool, it looks professionally made! I also got cat themed PJs and socks, a Doordash gift card, a Barnes and Noble gift card (which I got early, because it was going to snow the next day and then get super cold again), a booklight (yay, I can read on the bus if it's too dark now!), a bookstore jigsaw puzzle, some plush dragons from How to Train Your Dragon (I guess mom knows how much I love that movie haha), and an Amazon gift card from Dana (there might be more, but I can't remember at the moment :P). A great haul for everyone this year! Later we had a pot roast dinner..Ryan made SUPER fancy carrots, with cream fraiche and other stuff on them..I am definitely full now lol (mom got a popcorn maker, and thought about using it tonight, but we are WAY too full..maybe we'll try again tomorrow :P). Last year mom and I had the stomach flu during Christmas, and had to delay opening presents..this Christmas was definitely way more fun LOL
( pics from the day! )
22. Some things you want to start doing: Probably do housework more often..I'm just so tired a lot of the time though :P
23. The most valuable lesson you've learned this year: I am stubborn and can definitely get through a lot..it was definitely a hard year, especially with Abby dying and the move at work. I hope 2026 will be better!
24. Your favorite holiday traditions: Opening presents, yummy food, listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra, (not a Christmas song, but one of my favorite songs right now is "Night Castle"..I love the guitars and of course the lyric "stairways hidden behind curtains" haha), etc
25. Your feelings and beliefs about the holidays: They're exhausting, but fun too. The stores start putting out Christmas things earlier every year, it seems like O_o
( pics from the day! )
22. Some things you want to start doing: Probably do housework more often..I'm just so tired a lot of the time though :P
23. The most valuable lesson you've learned this year: I am stubborn and can definitely get through a lot..it was definitely a hard year, especially with Abby dying and the move at work. I hope 2026 will be better!
24. Your favorite holiday traditions: Opening presents, yummy food, listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra, (not a Christmas song, but one of my favorite songs right now is "Night Castle"..I love the guitars and of course the lyric "stairways hidden behind curtains" haha), etc
25. Your feelings and beliefs about the holidays: They're exhausting, but fun too. The stores start putting out Christmas things earlier every year, it seems like O_o
LONELY PROMPTS WEEK::26 DECEMBER § DAY 5
In the past, we had a "winner" who completed the most fills each day, and at the end of the week, we'd announce an overall winner. But this time around, we're doing things differently! There are no winners or “losers,” just prompts that have been filled. At the end of the week, we'll share a roundup of all the lonely prompts that have been filled.
Friday's Theme: One Fandom or Many Fandoms
More Information: You have a choice: either pick one fandom and fill as many prompts for it as you can, or write a single fill for as many different fandoms as possible.
If you leave a request, please make sure it follows the theme for the day and that each request is a new comment.
You are more than welcome to fill any lonely prompts, but only the prompts filled for the current theme will be counted for the daily totals. I will, however, include a list of those who completed other prompts when I compile the roundup at the end of the week.
Please number your fills when leaving more than one in a comment. This helps me when I'm ready to count them up.
To find those elusive Lonely Prompts, you can go into the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.
To get things going, a few rules that I ask you all to follow.
1. You can only request five prompts to be filled. Please create a new comment for each prompt request.
2. You can request no more than three prompts from the same fandom.
3. You can, however, fill as many prompts as you'd like!
4. In the subject line, be sure to say whether this is a request or a fill!
5. You must link back to whatever the prompt is in the community logs (whether filling or requesting it be filled), and, if you're filling the prompt, please complete the fill as a response to the original prompt.
6. If you are filling an "any/any" prompt, please let us know what fandom (or, if original, say so!) you're using for the response.
7. If you filled any lonely prompts earlier this week, this is the place to share them!
8. Finally, we now have a community at AO3. If you have an AO3 account, please post your fills there. More information on how to do this is located at this link.
How to link:
[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)
or:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."
HAPPY REQUESTING/WRITING/FILLING!