Challenge: Blood on the Rocks - Blood on Stone, by Himring
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tolkien100Author: Himring
Source / Fandom: The Silmarillion, The Children of Hurin, History of Middle-earth
Rating: Teens
Warnings: multiple canonical character death
Characters: Andvir
Disclaimer: The death of Turin's outlaws on Amon Rudh is by Tolkien; so is the character of Andvir, Androg's son, but as far as I know Tolkien never completely wrote him into the narrative. This is just one way of imagining the scene.
A/N: This drabble shows Andvir sharing his experiences, later, probably in dialogue with Dirhavel (author of the Narn).
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Source / Fandom: The Silmarillion, The Children of Hurin, History of Middle-earth
Rating: Teens
Warnings: multiple canonical character death
Characters: Andvir
Disclaimer: The death of Turin's outlaws on Amon Rudh is by Tolkien; so is the character of Andvir, Androg's son, but as far as I know Tolkien never completely wrote him into the narrative. This is just one way of imagining the scene.
A/N: This drabble shows Andvir sharing his experiences, later, probably in dialogue with Dirhavel (author of the Narn).
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important vulture updates
Feb. 27th, 2026 11:01 pmradiantfractureDid you know vultures are sexually monomorphic? Females and males look so much alike that it's difficult to sex them unless you personally watch one lay an egg (and even then bird genes are delightfully unpredictable). Just another awesome vulture fact I learned from the raptor centre insta.
Further, condors (aka Really Big Vultures) can reproduce via parthenogenesis. Here are some excellent queer bird stickers. I have ordered the asexual condor and the trans kookaburra.
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Further, condors (aka Really Big Vultures) can reproduce via parthenogenesis. Here are some excellent queer bird stickers. I have ordered the asexual condor and the trans kookaburra.
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And then I was myself as hard as I could be
Feb. 27th, 2026 09:06 pmpetraI'm working on identity porn for tomorrow because the Virginwan Weekend over on tumblr has it as a prompt, and y'all could've knocked me over with a feather when I saw it listed. A fest for deflowering my blorbo, and it has my word? OMG!
Even though what I meant back when I arguably made the word up (c. August, 2005 | Fanlore) and what the AO3 tag means do not tend to coincide.
My version is "A and B know each other extremely well. They have complicated identities -- maybe secret, but not secret from each other. They kink on acting out a subset of their identities for each other."
I am writing My Kind of Identity Porn on the occasion of Anakin's knighting.
( It goes like this. )
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Tagging this put Patricia O'Callaghan's cover of Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man" in my head, so here, have Charmax's awesome femslash vid to it.
Even though what I meant back when I arguably made the word up (c. August, 2005 | Fanlore) and what the AO3 tag means do not tend to coincide.
My version is "A and B know each other extremely well. They have complicated identities -- maybe secret, but not secret from each other. They kink on acting out a subset of their identities for each other."
I am writing My Kind of Identity Porn on the occasion of Anakin's knighting.
( It goes like this. )
*
Tagging this put Patricia O'Callaghan's cover of Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man" in my head, so here, have Charmax's awesome femslash vid to it.
Status
Feb. 27th, 2026 02:47 pmsartoriasYu know the world situation, which adds its mite ( for definitions of "mite,"watch out for falling pianos) to the stress closer by. The worst of it is feeling helpless to do much besides donate money to the outer stresses and listen as I can to the inner. Which I have been doing, in spite of our income dwindling. But this is a common plight.
My brain did go into revolt, and a bit of OT3 fantasy comedy of manners unspooled itself over the past month and a half or so. I wouldn't mind that happening again because it keeps me busy--besides various books and TV shows. But none of those have lit my fire quite as much as having a brainmovie again.
I do have Katherine Arden's latest here, and it looks good. But it's called The Unicorn Hunters and appears to be based on the tapestries so splendidly displayed in New York. Very handsome tapestries, but whew. Those boys strutting their tight breeches and little short jackets and perfect hair were a bunch of brutes. The tapestries illustrate an exercise in human cruelty, and the news is kind of overflowing with that, so I'm waiting for the right mood for the book.
II've done some rereads, and some new reads, I continue to listen to audiobooks while trudging my daily steps.
Oh! edited to add: I watched the Plympics ice skating and ice dancing. Some really lovely stuff, though they do seem to be obsessed with the quad spin.
My brain did go into revolt, and a bit of OT3 fantasy comedy of manners unspooled itself over the past month and a half or so. I wouldn't mind that happening again because it keeps me busy--besides various books and TV shows. But none of those have lit my fire quite as much as having a brainmovie again.
I do have Katherine Arden's latest here, and it looks good. But it's called The Unicorn Hunters and appears to be based on the tapestries so splendidly displayed in New York. Very handsome tapestries, but whew. Those boys strutting their tight breeches and little short jackets and perfect hair were a bunch of brutes. The tapestries illustrate an exercise in human cruelty, and the news is kind of overflowing with that, so I'm waiting for the right mood for the book.
II've done some rereads, and some new reads, I continue to listen to audiobooks while trudging my daily steps.
Oh! edited to add: I watched the Plympics ice skating and ice dancing. Some really lovely stuff, though they do seem to be obsessed with the quad spin.
Prompt 2772: Desire
Feb. 27th, 2026 09:48 pmimmortalje posting in dailyiconsToday's prompt is: desire
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Never tasted anything like you before
Feb. 27th, 2026 02:26 pmsovayI was supposed to spend the afternoon with my husband and instead I am about to spend it at the doctor's. The one is obviously much preferable to the other. Have a photo I took yesterday when I was out and walking and thought I had a decent chance of doing something human with the end of my week.
Canadian Politics + The West Wing plotbunny, seeking good home, coauthor, or beta
Feb. 27th, 2026 01:11 pmpetraREPORT: Mark Carney calls Canadian Men’s Hockey locker room to offer consolation RRSP advice from The Beaverton (US : The Onion :: Canada : The Beaverton) has left me wanting a conversation between the venerable-but-still-kicking former POTUS Jed Bartlet and Mark Carney, at any point in the last umpty years.
I can't write it by myself because a) I haven't watched TWW in over a decade and I was also stoned at the time, b) I have only a layperson's grasp of economics, and c) I watched and enjoyed Mark Carney's speech at Davos but that's all I know about him.
wernnaa suggested starting with a Planet Money episode to give them something to talk about, but I haven't been a regular listener in years.
Would anyone like to a) adopt, b) coauthor, or c) beta this bunny if I attempt to write it?
(Jed, in my reading, is not heterosexual because Leo McGarry is Leo McGarry, but I am not at all sure he'd hit on Carney or v.v.)
I can't write it by myself because a) I haven't watched TWW in over a decade and I was also stoned at the time, b) I have only a layperson's grasp of economics, and c) I watched and enjoyed Mark Carney's speech at Davos but that's all I know about him.
wernnaa suggested starting with a Planet Money episode to give them something to talk about, but I haven't been a regular listener in years.Would anyone like to a) adopt, b) coauthor, or c) beta this bunny if I attempt to write it?
(Jed, in my reading, is not heterosexual because Leo McGarry is Leo McGarry, but I am not at all sure he'd hit on Carney or v.v.)
Snowdrop Day
Feb. 27th, 2026 02:29 pmbookscorpion posting in common_nature
I went to the cemetery today and it was the first warm day of spring - even the wind was warm, and all the birds were going absolutely nuts, they were so loud. The snowdrops are in full bloom everywhere and they look so incredibly lovely against the leaf litter.
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iconthat final reminder & small extension
Feb. 27th, 2026 06:07 amluminousdaze posting in iconthatChallenge 201: Texturize 2
One day extension!
Now open until Sunday, 1 March 2026 [PST]
⏰{New Countdown Clock}
Currently, there are eight participants! 👍🏽
Entries will be accepted until I make the closing post.
One day extension!
Now open until Sunday, 1 March 2026 [PST]
⏰{New Countdown Clock}
Currently, there are eight participants! 👍🏽
Entries will be accepted until I make the closing post.
Photos: House Yard
Feb. 26th, 2026 11:06 pmysabetwordsmith posting in common_natureToday I took some pictures around the yard and did a couple of garden crafts. These are from the house yard and savanna. (See the Worm Bin and the Water Garden.)
( Walk with me ... )
( Walk with me ... )
Becoming Someone I Like
Feb. 26th, 2026 10:42 pmlb_leeRogan: You know, it's funny. I was looking back through some of the old entries in this blog, about my ridiculous experiences at the 2019 Straight Pride protest and the 2025 Clown March, how I ended up writing my own future with Send In the Clowns. and it just dawned on me: I've become someone I really like and respect.
Free for All Saturday, Week 9 [DW Edition]
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Hey, y'all, hope you're doing well. This week's Free for All is brought to you, in part, by jet lag. XD;, I shouldn't be awake, but perhaps it's a reasonable writing hour wherever you may be! There are no themes to follow for prompts or fills. If, perhaps, you missed a prompt theme that you liked, or you've had any ideas that didn't really work with Tuesday's or Thursday's posts, then today's your chance to prompt 'em. Be free, and have fun! ✎
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