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xfirefly9x (xfirefly9x) wrote in worderlands2025-08-12 12:10 pm
xfirefly9x) wrote in worderlands2025-08-12 12:10 pmEntry tags:
Surprise 3-sentence challenge
Based on feedback from the last post, it's looking like a month-long prompt table challenge is going to be our next big challenge. Look out for that in September, starting on the 1st!
Meanwhile, here's another mini challenge - the same as the last 3-sentence challenge, only I'm leaving you with several prompts to choose from (using a table, so I can get some practice in with the HTML). And there's only going to be this post.
Guidelines:
♦ Write a 3-sentence story inspired by a prompt from the below table.
♦ You can write one 3-sentence story or write many (for different prompts or even the same prompts); it's entirely up to you.
♦ One story per comment please. This makes it easier for others to provide feedback.
♦ You can use the prompt with the exact wording, or in a way where it's clear you've drawn inspiration from it.
♦ There are no deadlines, and there won't be any follow-up post for this challenge.
♦ Enjoy the other stories and leave feedback if desired. ♥
Table code in case anyone wants a copy (please link back to Worderlands):
Meanwhile, here's another mini challenge - the same as the last 3-sentence challenge, only I'm leaving you with several prompts to choose from (using a table, so I can get some practice in with the HTML). And there's only going to be this post.
Guidelines:
♦ Write a 3-sentence story inspired by a prompt from the below table.
♦ You can write one 3-sentence story or write many (for different prompts or even the same prompts); it's entirely up to you.
♦ One story per comment please. This makes it easier for others to provide feedback.
♦ You can use the prompt with the exact wording, or in a way where it's clear you've drawn inspiration from it.
♦ There are no deadlines, and there won't be any follow-up post for this challenge.
♦ Enjoy the other stories and leave feedback if desired. ♥
| 001. | You're mine | 002. | A last whisper | 003. | Starting over | 004. | Turbulent | 005. | Distracting |
| 006. | Birdsong | 007. | Digging deep | 008. | Self-destruct | 009. | Lost in the wilderness | 010. | Never let go |
Table code in case anyone wants a copy (please link back to Worderlands):
annathecrow (annathecrow) wrote in tv_talk2025-08-10 09:00 pm
annathecrow) wrote in tv_talk2025-08-10 09:00 pmEntry tags:
Community promo: Dreamwars, a Star Wars community
Do you like Star Wars? Disney is busy making TV shows set in the Galaxy Far Far Away: Acolyte, Andor, Bad Batch, Skeleton Crew, Visions... would you like a place to talk about them with people who might not be so much into TV shows in general, but will happily geek out with you about the five-second appearance of Glup Shitto in the background?
Come to dreamwars!
We're a Dreamwidth community about all things SW, from comics to movies to tabletop gaming, and everything in between. We do a weekly "chat post" every Monday, but you're welcome to just post into the community whenever - share a rec list, write a review, maybe start a watch-along? We'll be happy to have you.
Come say hi!
Stepnix (stepnix) wrote in anime_manga2025-08-09 10:50 pm
stepnix) wrote in anime_manga2025-08-09 10:50 pmEntry tags:
Otakon licensing announcements
Discotek and AnimEigo both announced new licenses at this year's Otakon!
From Discotek we have...
Megaman (USA series)
Shin-chan (English dubbed version)
Urotsukidoji: Sequels of the Overfiend
Goldenboy
Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro redubbed
Sgt Frog: The Movies
Zegapain
Digimon Movies 406
Monster: The Complete Series
Higurashi: When They Cry Kai
Higurashi: When They Cry Rei
Project ARMS
Zone of the Enders: Complete Collection
New Aim for the Ace
...and toku series like Kamen Rider Amazon and Kikaider 01
From AnimEigo we have...
Hotori: Simply Wishing For Hope
Alien Nine
...and updates on their release of Looking for the Full Moon, a magical girl series that's intrigued me for a while now.
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Speak Up Saturday
Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
Commissioner Clawseau 🔎 (casemod) wrote in anime_manga2025-08-06 07:00 pm
casemod) wrote in anime_manga2025-08-06 07:00 pmEntry tags:
Pinch hits at Casefic Exchange!
caseficexchange is looking for pinch hitters to fulfil requests that include anime and manga fandoms.About the event: Casefic Exchange is a fanwork exchange focusing on investigations. These can be solving murders, retrieving stolen items, finding missing people, missions, and mysteries. As long as it has an investigation as its core theme, it fits with the exchange. We are an AO3 exchange; you must have an account and be 18+ to participate.
Minimum requirements: We allow three mediums: a minimum of 3,000 words for fanfiction, a minimum of 10 panels for a comic, or a recording of a completed fic of 3,000 words minimum with "casefic" as one of its tags. Works must include a fandom, character/ship and be of a medium that the recipient has requested.
Event link:
caseficexchange.Pinch hit link: Current pinch hits.
Due date: Friday 22 August at 11:59pm EDT.
Available post-deadline pinch hits:
Thank you for considering!
yourlibrarian (yourlibrarian) wrote in tv_talk2025-08-05 10:31 am
yourlibrarian) wrote in tv_talk2025-08-05 10:31 amEntry tags:
TV Tuesday: 1984
The upcoming cancellation of The Late Show has been in the news a good bit since the announcement. The network has also had to implement a bias monitor. It sounds like this will have a narrow focus and will look for specific references rather than possibilities of bias balanced across the network.
What cases of government interference in programming have you noticed or objected to in the past. How has this varied across countries? And does it depend on the type of programming? For example South Park did a very widely discussed episode on Trump at the start of its new season.
kay_brooke (kay_brooke) wrote2025-08-05 10:56 am
kay_brooke) wrote2025-08-05 10:56 amEntry tags:
July 2025 Books
Nine books read this month, including one DNF.
Previous books posts:
Books 1-9 (January)
Books 10-15 (February)
Books 16-24 (March)
Books 25-33 (April)
Books 34-41 (May)
Books 42-49 (June)
( 50. The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman - 4.5 stars )
( 51. The Regulators by Richard Bachman - 3.5 stars )
( 52. Number One Fan by Meg Elison - 4 stars )
( 53. Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch - 4 stars )
( 54. Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley - DNF )
( 55. The Longest Autumn by Amy Avery - 3 stars. SPOILERS )
( 56. The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan - 3.5 stars )
( 57. F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton - 3 stars )
( 58. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - 4 stars )
Have you read any of these? What did you think?
Previous books posts:
Books 1-9 (January)
Books 10-15 (February)
Books 16-24 (March)
Books 25-33 (April)
Books 34-41 (May)
Books 42-49 (June)
( 50. The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman - 4.5 stars )
( 51. The Regulators by Richard Bachman - 3.5 stars )
( 52. Number One Fan by Meg Elison - 4 stars )
( 53. Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch - 4 stars )
( 54. Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley - DNF )
( 55. The Longest Autumn by Amy Avery - 3 stars. SPOILERS )
( 56. The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan - 3.5 stars )
( 57. F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton - 3 stars )
( 58. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - 4 stars )
Have you read any of these? What did you think?
xfirefly9x (xfirefly9x) wrote in worderlands2025-08-04 08:30 am
xfirefly9x) wrote in worderlands2025-08-04 08:30 amEntry tags:
What should our next event be?
What should we do for our next event?
- another week-long word count challenge with questions to answer (like "700 to 7k")
- another week-long "3-sentence story" challenge (or 1-sentence, 4-sentence, etc)
- a week-long daily drabble challenge
- a month-long mini prompt table challenge where you aim to write multiple stories
- a challenge of a month or two to write a single short story (theme provided or choose your own), swap for critiques, and edit so you end up with a polished story suitable for submitting to anthologies
- a challenge where the community cowrites a story (one person writes a paragraph/max 5 sentences in the comments, then the next person writes the next paragraph, etc)
- something else
- another week-long word count challenge with questions to answer (like "700 to 7k")
- another week-long "3-sentence story" challenge (or 1-sentence, 4-sentence, etc)
- a week-long daily drabble challenge
- a month-long mini prompt table challenge where you aim to write multiple stories
- a challenge of a month or two to write a single short story (theme provided or choose your own), swap for critiques, and edit so you end up with a polished story suitable for submitting to anthologies
- a challenge where the community cowrites a story (one person writes a paragraph/max 5 sentences in the comments, then the next person writes the next paragraph, etc)
- something else
xfirefly9x (xfirefly9x) wrote in worderlands2025-08-04 07:40 am
xfirefly9x) wrote in worderlands2025-08-04 07:40 amEntry tags:
Surprise 24-hour challenge
From when you see this post, you have 24-hours to write something for the following prompt:
It's only when I reach the other side
Bonus points if you a) finish a story, and b) it's a 100-word drabble (or a double or triple drabble).
Feel free to share your story in the comments - or a link to it, if you've posted it elsewhere. If you don't finish the story, feel free to share your word count and any comments on the progress you made. :)
ETA: You can use the prompt with the exact wording, or in a way where it's clear you've drawn inspiration from it.
(Prompt from Believe You by Slow Coast.)
It's only when I reach the other side
Bonus points if you a) finish a story, and b) it's a 100-word drabble (or a double or triple drabble).
Feel free to share your story in the comments - or a link to it, if you've posted it elsewhere. If you don't finish the story, feel free to share your word count and any comments on the progress you made. :)
ETA: You can use the prompt with the exact wording, or in a way where it's clear you've drawn inspiration from it.
(Prompt from Believe You by Slow Coast.)
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Speak Up Saturday 🌿
Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
Mekachu04 (mekachu04) wrote in anime_manga2025-07-31 05:31 pm
mekachu04) wrote in anime_manga2025-07-31 05:31 pmEntry tags:
A month of Kidd Pirates [One Piece] Sketches - July
Fandom: One Piece
Author/Artist: Mekachu04
Title: July Punk Aibou Sketches
Pairing: Eustass Kidd & Killer
Rating: teen? it varies from gen/all audience to teen
Word Count: art
Highlight for Warnings: *some implied death/violence but nothing graphic. all are unfinished sketches so clothes might not all be there. *
Disclaimer: Kidd, Killer, the Kidd Pirates and other characters belong to the world of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. I'm just playing in the sandbox. this is my first time sharing here - i hope this is okay?
AN: I'm trying to draw something everyday. So most of these are drawn at about 3-5am in about an hour or two at work during the down time.
( thumbnails linking to each day under cut )
Author/Artist: Mekachu04
Title: July Punk Aibou Sketches
Pairing: Eustass Kidd & Killer
Rating: teen? it varies from gen/all audience to teen
Word Count: art
Highlight for Warnings: *some implied death/violence but nothing graphic. all are unfinished sketches so clothes might not all be there. *
Disclaimer: Kidd, Killer, the Kidd Pirates and other characters belong to the world of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. I'm just playing in the sandbox. this is my first time sharing here - i hope this is okay?
AN: I'm trying to draw something everyday. So most of these are drawn at about 3-5am in about an hour or two at work during the down time.
( thumbnails linking to each day under cut )
ldybastet (ldybastet) wrote in anime_manga2025-07-30 08:21 pm
ldybastet) wrote in anime_manga2025-07-30 08:21 pmEntry tags:
Peacock Pride [Arbitro/Akira; R]
Title: Peacock Pride
Fandom/Pairing: Togainu no Chi - Arbitro/Akira
Summary: Akira has had the bad fortune of getting captured by Arbitro.
Rating: R
Content: Canon-compliant awfulness, loss of consciousness, kidnapping, non-con...
Disclaimer: Togainu no Chi and all the characters in it are owned by Nitro+CHiRAL. I'm only borrowing them. No disrespect intended and I'm not earning any money from writing this. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 400+ words. Written for the prompt them's the breaks, but this is what it turned into. Many thanks tozabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me, as well as cheering me on! :)
Read it here: DW | AO3
Fandom/Pairing: Togainu no Chi - Arbitro/Akira
Summary: Akira has had the bad fortune of getting captured by Arbitro.
Rating: R
Content: Canon-compliant awfulness, loss of consciousness, kidnapping, non-con...
Disclaimer: Togainu no Chi and all the characters in it are owned by Nitro+CHiRAL. I'm only borrowing them. No disrespect intended and I'm not earning any money from writing this. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 400+ words. Written for the prompt them's the breaks, but this is what it turned into. Many thanks to
zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me, as well as cheering me on! :)Read it here: DW | AO3
ldybastet (ldybastet) wrote in anime_manga2025-07-29 08:05 pm
ldybastet) wrote in anime_manga2025-07-29 08:05 pmEntry tags:
Super Moisture Milk [Sasaki/Miyano; PG]
Title: Super Moisture Milk
Fandom/Pairing: Sasaki to Miyano - Sasaki/Miyano
Summary: When Miyano gets a sunburn, it's Sasaki's time to shine.
Rating: PG
Content: Fluff, teenage boy romance, hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: I did not create these characters, they belong to Harusono Shô. I'm just borrowing them to act out my fantasies, while not earning any money whatsoever from it.
Notes: 550+ words. Written for the prompt sunburn. I've had great help fromzabimitsuki with beta and suggestions. :)
Read it here: DW | AO3
Fandom/Pairing: Sasaki to Miyano - Sasaki/Miyano
Summary: When Miyano gets a sunburn, it's Sasaki's time to shine.
Rating: PG
Content: Fluff, teenage boy romance, hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: I did not create these characters, they belong to Harusono Shô. I'm just borrowing them to act out my fantasies, while not earning any money whatsoever from it.
Notes: 550+ words. Written for the prompt sunburn. I've had great help from
zabimitsuki with beta and suggestions. :)Read it here: DW | AO3
yourlibrarian (yourlibrarian) wrote in tv_talk2025-07-29 12:59 pm
yourlibrarian) wrote in tv_talk2025-07-29 12:59 pmEntry tags:
TV Tuesday: Pinching Pennies
A recent article talks about the financial crisis in British TV. U.S. streamers also spent more lavishly on TV shows 5 years ago than they are now, with some shows never even being shown to an audience.
Are there things you would miss if budgets ended up being cut 30% or more from what we've seen in recent years? What sort of programming might you miss?