Babylon 5 fic + a poll about the script books
Jan. 4th, 2026 04:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sholioNew B5 fic, this one's just pure self-indulgence.
A Map on the Skin (Londo/G'Kar, 1700 wds, scars)
I have been thinking about how to handle posting material from the script books. There are 14 of them and scripts for all the episodes, plus alternate versions of some, so it's like. A lot. I figured I'd do a poll about what you want to see most. (Poll is under the cut for mild spoilers.)
( Poll about what you'd like to see from the books )
A Map on the Skin (Londo/G'Kar, 1700 wds, scars)
I have been thinking about how to handle posting material from the script books. There are 14 of them and scripts for all the episodes, plus alternate versions of some, so it's like. A lot. I figured I'd do a poll about what you want to see most. (Poll is under the cut for mild spoilers.)
( Poll about what you'd like to see from the books )
Babylon 5 script books, part 2
Jan. 3rd, 2026 10:43 pmsholioSome more random excerpts from the script books, currently going through season 2.
(At the present time, I've taken pictures of pages in the book and haven't transcribed it. Sorry for lack of legibility/accessibility! I will try to type them up later.)
( Spoilers for a lot of the show )
(At the present time, I've taken pictures of pages in the book and haven't transcribed it. Sorry for lack of legibility/accessibility! I will try to type them up later.)
( Spoilers for a lot of the show )
2575 / Fic - The Pitt
Jan. 3rd, 2026 10:51 pmsiriaHungry For It
The Pitt | Jack/Robby | ~3200 words | Thanks tosheafrotherdon for betaing.
(Also on AO3)
( When Robby showed up on his doorstep with some pretty good beer in tow, well, Jack didn't have the blood sugar reserves needed to stop him from making rash decisions. )
The Pitt | Jack/Robby | ~3200 words | Thanks to
sheafrotherdon for betaing.(Also on AO3)
( When Robby showed up on his doorstep with some pretty good beer in tow, well, Jack didn't have the blood sugar reserves needed to stop him from making rash decisions. )
2026: My Personal Hopes and Such for the Year
Jan. 2nd, 2026 08:23 pmailelieThe only resolution I make each year is this: I will like my life. I don't have to love it, but I do have to like it. If something is preventing from liking it, I have to address that thing and change it. This has been my yearly resolution for probably close to 10 years now.
Under the guidance of this resolution, I pushed for a promotion, I started therapy, I reached out to friends, I rebuilt a friendship with someone I'd not contacted in years, I took a sewing class, and more. This resolution is a rejection of passivity. Living by it is not always easy, but I strive.
That said, the start of the new year is always a good time to re-evaluate what matters to me and think about the kind of life I want to lead.
This year, I want to do (or at least move toward) the following:
These are not goals I can achieve and consider 'done' within a year, but they are headings. They will help me navigate the year and make decisions. Each of them connect back to values and priorities of mine, such as learning, creating, family, friends, bridge-building, health, self-control, and keeping my word.
For each, I've started brainstorming some first steps.
Under the guidance of this resolution, I pushed for a promotion, I started therapy, I reached out to friends, I rebuilt a friendship with someone I'd not contacted in years, I took a sewing class, and more. This resolution is a rejection of passivity. Living by it is not always easy, but I strive.
That said, the start of the new year is always a good time to re-evaluate what matters to me and think about the kind of life I want to lead.
This year, I want to do (or at least move toward) the following:
- Make significant progress on Lamplighters.
- Improve my understanding and facility with my (unofficially diagnosed)* ADHD.
- Be my strategic with my time.
- Increase my knowledge about and advocacy for justice.
- Cultivate more and stronger connections with others.
- Grow my hobbies.
These are not goals I can achieve and consider 'done' within a year, but they are headings. They will help me navigate the year and make decisions. Each of them connect back to values and priorities of mine, such as learning, creating, family, friends, bridge-building, health, self-control, and keeping my word.
For each, I've started brainstorming some first steps.
- For Lamplighters, I've joined Get Your Words Out. I am also strategizing ways to set up a consistent writing routine again since I can no longer maintain the one I had while I was laid off. (I am considering trying to go to bed earlier and becoming a morning person or shifting my work hours to the afternoon once I'm allowed to so that I can have mornings free to write).
- For ADHD, I am going to finally borrow or buy one of the books that were recommended to me last spring and read through it.
- For time strategies, I'll move my weekly planning and reflections to Sunday night since I'm no longer reserving time for them on Monday mornings.
- For advocacy, I will first finish reading Stamped from the Beginning. I'll also get involved with the anti-racism group in my church.
- For connections, I am attending a taco night with some fellow tutors later this month, and I am participating in a larp with some friends and many strangers.
- For hobbies, I have signed up for another sewing class starting later this month. (This also works in my favor for writing as I'd previously built a habit of writing for 30 to 60 minutes at the cafe by the studio before class).
Happy New Year!
Jan. 1st, 2026 12:16 pmsholioIt's 2026, and the winter-spring exchange cycle is getting underway!
Candy Hearts /candyheartsex is now in signups! This is a low minimum relationships exchange (gen or ship) that reveals on Valentines Day.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
purimgifts is also in signups! This is a low-minimum exchange for fanfic and/or podfic with a side helping of art, focused on characters who are at least one of: women, Jewish, or persecuted (preferably by evil viziers).
traumaticexperiences is a new exchange currently in nominations. Does what it says on the tin (an exchange about characters dealing with trauma).
amperslashexchange still has two lingering pinch hits, if anyone is interested! One is for Guardian (book, show, or RPF); the other has some various video game and book fandoms. At the current time, PHs are due on Jan 2 for a hopeful Jan 3 opening, but another extension is possible.
In other news, it sounds like LJ might be in its final death throes - see this bluesky thread from![[bsky.social profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_other.png)
rahaeli/synecdochic about it. She recommends that you save anything off there that you want to keep.
I've kept my LJ account all this time despite being aware of the risks because a) I want to keep my blog links active as long as possible since I had so much fic posted on there back in the day, and b) I don't want to lose the ability to manage the various communities I used to run or co-run (sgagenficathon and stargategenrec among them) just in case of a troll takeover or similar. It's still useful for me to be able to log in occasionally to view locked posts, and I've really appreciated LJ's continued existence as a fic archive as I've gotten into some older fandoms over the last few years. (Torchwood was especially that way - a *bunch* of fic was only on LJ and had never been ported over to other archives.)
So I was feeling a little wistful about no longer having that option in future fandoms, but then I got to thinking about the sheer longevity of it. It was 20 years ago when I got into LJ, circa 2005 or so. 20 years before 2005 was 1985. In 2005, almost nothing about the internet as I had known it in the mid to late 90s was still the same. So the fact that I could go dumpster diving for 15-year-old fanfic in Torchwood fandom was really extraordinary compared to the experience I would have had in 2005 looking for fic from 1990. The most important rule of the early internet for me was that nothing lasts forever, and while it's been nice to have the longevity of certain aspects of its current incarnation, all things internet will still pass eventually.
Still, if there's anything over there you want to save, of your stuff or someone else's, now would be the time.
Edit: As per a question in the comments, does anyone know a way to save an archive of pictures from LJ without having to do it manually? A tool, technique, etc ... this is not for me, but I'd like to help if possible!
Candy Hearts /
candyheartsex is now in signups! This is a low minimum relationships exchange (gen or ship) that reveals on Valentines Day.purimgifts is also in signups! This is a low-minimum exchange for fanfic and/or podfic with a side helping of art, focused on characters who are at least one of: women, Jewish, or persecuted (preferably by evil viziers).traumaticexperiences is a new exchange currently in nominations. Does what it says on the tin (an exchange about characters dealing with trauma).amperslashexchange still has two lingering pinch hits, if anyone is interested! One is for Guardian (book, show, or RPF); the other has some various video game and book fandoms. At the current time, PHs are due on Jan 2 for a hopeful Jan 3 opening, but another extension is possible.In other news, it sounds like LJ might be in its final death throes - see this bluesky thread from
rahaeli/synecdochic about it. She recommends that you save anything off there that you want to keep.I've kept my LJ account all this time despite being aware of the risks because a) I want to keep my blog links active as long as possible since I had so much fic posted on there back in the day, and b) I don't want to lose the ability to manage the various communities I used to run or co-run (sgagenficathon and stargategenrec among them) just in case of a troll takeover or similar. It's still useful for me to be able to log in occasionally to view locked posts, and I've really appreciated LJ's continued existence as a fic archive as I've gotten into some older fandoms over the last few years. (Torchwood was especially that way - a *bunch* of fic was only on LJ and had never been ported over to other archives.)
So I was feeling a little wistful about no longer having that option in future fandoms, but then I got to thinking about the sheer longevity of it. It was 20 years ago when I got into LJ, circa 2005 or so. 20 years before 2005 was 1985. In 2005, almost nothing about the internet as I had known it in the mid to late 90s was still the same. So the fact that I could go dumpster diving for 15-year-old fanfic in Torchwood fandom was really extraordinary compared to the experience I would have had in 2005 looking for fic from 1990. The most important rule of the early internet for me was that nothing lasts forever, and while it's been nice to have the longevity of certain aspects of its current incarnation, all things internet will still pass eventually.
Still, if there's anything over there you want to save, of your stuff or someone else's, now would be the time.
Edit: As per a question in the comments, does anyone know a way to save an archive of pictures from LJ without having to do it manually? A tool, technique, etc ... this is not for me, but I'd like to help if possible!
Привет! LiveJournal imports may be slow
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dw_maintenanceПривет and welcome to our new Russian friends from LiveJournal! We are happy to offer you a new home. We will not require identification for you to post or comment. We also do not cooperate with Russian government requests for any information about your account unless they go through a United States court first. (And it hasn't happened in 16 years!)
Importing your journal from ЖЖ may be slow. There are a lot of you, with many posts and comments, and we have to limit how fast we download your information from ЖЖ so they don't block us. Please be patient! We have been watching and fixing errors, and we will go back to doing that after the holiday is over.
I am very sorry that we can't translate the site into Russian or offer support in Russian. We are a much, much smaller company than LiveJournal is, and my high school Russian classes were a very long time ago :) But at least we aren't owned by Sberbank!
С Новым Годом, and welcome home!
EDIT: Большое спасибо всем за помощь друг другу в комментариях! Я ценю каждого, кто предоставляет нашим новым соседям информацию, понятную им без необходимости искать её в Google. :) И спасибо вам за терпение к моему русскому переводу с помощью Google Translate! Прошло уже много-много лет со школьных времен!
Thank you also to everyone who's been giving our new neighbors a warm welcome. I love you all ❤️
Some vid recs to close out 2025
Dec. 31st, 2025 02:28 pmsholioWell, as predicted, rec_cember went straight off a cliff, lol. I mean, to be fair, I was traveling for half the month, most of that time with other people, but I still hoped to get in another rec post or two than I actually did.
But I'll close out 2025 by reccing some vids! Since I got back into watching vids this past year, there are a bunch of new-to-me ones to share. For the Tumblr ones, since it now defaults to dash view (which you need to be logged in to see) I've tried to provide a non-logged-in version where possible.
We Didn't Start the Fire bybeccatoria - ATLA & Legend of Korra
There aren't very many canons that are long, varied, and epic enough to vid to this song, but this works really well and the clip selection is A++.
Ice Cream Man by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Pennyplainknits - Stranger Things season 3
I had a lot of problems with season 3 and Steve's sailor outfit was definitely one of them, but this is a very cute, fun, and playful vid about it!
80s horror summer by![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico)
legallybrunette1997 - 70s/80s slasher movies
Great editing and really goes for the retro vibe!
Human bykaydeefalls - X-Men movies, Mystique
I'm going through a nostalgia phase for these movies after rewatching the first two back in October, and this is a lovely vid that does a great job with Mystique's arc across the various movies.
Pink Pony Club bytorchwood-99 - Torchwood, Gwen [Non-logged-in Tumblr link]
A wonderfully edited vid that does a fantastic job using the song lyrics to tell the two sides to Gwen's story on the show: she discovers her true calling and blossoms when the secret world of aliens opens up to her, but loses some of her humanity along the way.
Shake It Out bydelovelie - Babylon 5 (major spoilers) [Non-logged-in Tumblr link)
A vid about breaking and getting up again.
Anti-Hero bycynicalangel80 - Babylon 5, Londo [Non-logged-in Tumblr link]
Great tragilarious vid about Londo's general everything.
What Was I Thinkin' bytafadhali - Star Wars OT, Han/Leia
A fun, bouncy vid set to honky tonk country that (surprisingly? unsurprisingly?) works really well for Han Solo.
If I Had $1,000,000 byjanuarium - Schitt's Creek
This canon/song pairing is INSPIRED and the editing and lip-syncing is great.
rec_cember went straight off a cliff, lol. I mean, to be fair, I was traveling for half the month, most of that time with other people, but I still hoped to get in another rec post or two than I actually did.But I'll close out 2025 by reccing some vids! Since I got back into watching vids this past year, there are a bunch of new-to-me ones to share. For the Tumblr ones, since it now defaults to dash view (which you need to be logged in to see) I've tried to provide a non-logged-in version where possible.
We Didn't Start the Fire by
beccatoria - ATLA & Legend of KorraThere aren't very many canons that are long, varied, and epic enough to vid to this song, but this works really well and the clip selection is A++.
Ice Cream Man by
I had a lot of problems with season 3 and Steve's sailor outfit was definitely one of them, but this is a very cute, fun, and playful vid about it!
80s horror summer by
Great editing and really goes for the retro vibe!
Human by
kaydeefalls - X-Men movies, MystiqueI'm going through a nostalgia phase for these movies after rewatching the first two back in October, and this is a lovely vid that does a great job with Mystique's arc across the various movies.
Pink Pony Club by
torchwood-99 - Torchwood, Gwen [Non-logged-in Tumblr link]A wonderfully edited vid that does a fantastic job using the song lyrics to tell the two sides to Gwen's story on the show: she discovers her true calling and blossoms when the secret world of aliens opens up to her, but loses some of her humanity along the way.
Shake It Out by
delovelie - Babylon 5 (major spoilers) [Non-logged-in Tumblr link)A vid about breaking and getting up again.
Anti-Hero by
cynicalangel80 - Babylon 5, Londo [Non-logged-in Tumblr link]Great tragilarious vid about Londo's general everything.
What Was I Thinkin' by
A fun, bouncy vid set to honky tonk country that (surprisingly? unsurprisingly?) works really well for Han Solo.
If I Had $1,000,000 by
This canon/song pairing is INSPIRED and the editing and lip-syncing is great.
Last fanfic(s) of 2025
Dec. 31st, 2025 12:14 pmsholioFirst of all, I finished the Murderbot gen action WIP that I've been posting in installments. (It also ended up being the longest thing I've put on AO3 since 2022 ...)
Combat System Critical (Murderbot TV-verse, 20K wds, gen)
SecUnit is on Preservation when an attempted assassination on a PresAux team member turns a quiet retreat at a backwater university into a fight for survival.
And my annual New Year's fic is up! Babylon 5 this time.
Five Kisses at the New Year (Babylon 5, 4300 wds, mostly gen)
What it says on the tin. 2257 to 2278.
I also liked the idea of doing B5 for my New Year's fic this year since the show itself is arranged around the turn of the year.
Combat System Critical (Murderbot TV-verse, 20K wds, gen)
SecUnit is on Preservation when an attempted assassination on a PresAux team member turns a quiet retreat at a backwater university into a fight for survival.
Brief spoilery notes on the Murderbot fic
I've had the idea of Gurathin's augments allowing him to survive being shot in the head with an energy weapon since I've been writing fic in this fandom, so that was the detail on which this plot pivoted. Of course then it took me absolutely ages to actually get to that part! I was a little worried that some other fic would do it in the meantime, and honestly I'm a little surprised that no one has.And my annual New Year's fic is up! Babylon 5 this time.
Five Kisses at the New Year (Babylon 5, 4300 wds, mostly gen)
What it says on the tin. 2257 to 2278.
Brief spoilery notes on the B5 fic
I went back and forth on whether to keep the final Londo & G'Kar scene (or maybe include it as apocryphal, or an outtake), and end on the hopeful note of Lochley and the new Ambassadors instead. That final scene is just pure self-indulgence (and maybe a bit of emotional h/c), but I decided to keep it; is it really a proper B5 fic if it doesn't stab you in the heart at some point?I also liked the idea of doing B5 for my New Year's fic this year since the show itself is arranged around the turn of the year.
2574 / Fic - The Pitt
Dec. 31st, 2025 05:01 pmsiriaThe King and Lionheart
The Pitt | Jack/Robby, AU | ~21,000 words | Thanks tosheafrotherdon for betaing, trinityofone for audiencing, and written for ![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
lissatxt for inspiring this whole thing.
"A good chunk of the Cardiology staff overheard the exact moment when Robby learned that he, Michael Robinavitch, M.D., was actually properly Michael Avraham Felip Robinavitch Bellpuig i Renaldi, Prince of the Blood and Duke of Castelcicciano, and the heir to the throne of the sovereign Kingdom of Vesperia and Its Islands."
Or, let's mash up The Pitt and The Princess Diaries.
Because of formatting, this is only available on AO3.
The Pitt | Jack/Robby, AU | ~21,000 words | Thanks to
sheafrotherdon for betaing, trinityofone for audiencing, and written for "A good chunk of the Cardiology staff overheard the exact moment when Robby learned that he, Michael Robinavitch, M.D., was actually properly Michael Avraham Felip Robinavitch Bellpuig i Renaldi, Prince of the Blood and Duke of Castelcicciano, and the heir to the throne of the sovereign Kingdom of Vesperia and Its Islands."
Or, let's mash up The Pitt and The Princess Diaries.
Because of formatting, this is only available on AO3.
Babylon 5 script books
Dec. 30th, 2025 09:27 pmsholioI ended up getting a bunch of these for myself as a pre-Christmas gift, which ended up being a post-Christmas gift, but I have been having an amazing time going through them. I'll post more detailed reactions and scans as I go back through the books from the start - right now I'm just skimming - but here are a few interesting little tidbits so far!
( Spoilers for the whole B5 series, obvs )
( Spoilers for the whole B5 series, obvs )
Fandom year in review
Dec. 30th, 2025 02:14 pmsholioI used to do these more regularly, back in the LJ and early DW days when a lot of people used to do end-of-year lists of their fic in case you'd missed anything, before so much of it was consolidated on AO3. I never really was that organized about it, but over time my (slightly chaotic) end-of-year fandom posts were taken over by my origfic roundup posts, and I stopped doing them entirely. But as this is my 20th (or so) year in LJ/DW fandom, perhaps this is a good time to start doing them again, especially since this was a very exciting and interesting year for me! (I also did a year-end roundup meme over on Tumblr, which is where some of this was originally consolidated.)
I'm still in Biggles, but I also got into three, count 'em, 3 new fandoms, although none of them were entirely new to me:
I posted 215,777 words of fic on AO3 according to their stats. (My personal accounting is 296,200, which includes all the promptfic and unfinished fics.) This is way up from the last couple of years, and I'm also starting to write longer fic again - everything I posted in 2023-24 was under 10K.
I started making vids again, and posted 3 (2 MASH as treats for last year's Festivids, 1 for Murderbot).
In general, I started being able to "do" visual media again last winter. I hadn't really been watching anything for the past couple of years, or watching vids, or really doing much of anything in a visual medium. Last winter I bought a tablet (Black Friday sale) that I planned to use for media watching, and it did in fact work out very well for that! I wanted it at least partly as a distraction from IRL, which has really been A Lot - not even speaking about world events, but just me personally. My stepdad died in January, and I've spent this past year traveling back and forth between my mom's place and here, helping her adjust. And then I got back into actual travel this fall, with a trip to England and then most recently Hawaii for the holidays. So it's been nice to have visual media as a kind of touchstone to anchor me by. I also read a lot.
I'm coming off a bad couple of years, in fandom and overall - I burned out, I lost some friends, I was kind of hard to deal with in general, I think. But this year has felt much better to me. I've been having an amazing time with my new shiny things, I'm creatively active and excited about writing in a way that I haven't really felt in years, and I really like a lot of what I wrote this year. There have still been ups and downs even with that, of course - I have *got* to get back in the habit of editing more before I post things, I know I'll be happier with it. But all in all, I like where things are for me now.
I honestly kind of hope I don't get into anything new in 2026, at least not right away, because I'm really happy with my current fandoms and I have lots more to "say" about them in fic, I feel!
I'm still in Biggles, but I also got into three, count 'em, 3 new fandoms, although none of them were entirely new to me:
- MASH: rewatch of a show I watched a lot as a kid, but hadn't actually seen again as an adult (except a scattered episode here and there). I didn't expect it to grab me fannishly, but that's what I get for guessing. I've drifted out again now, I think, but it was a good time and a really delightful nostalgia rush.
- Babylon 5: watched about two and a half seasons back in the 90s, always meant to go back and finish it before I got completely spoiled, fell as hard as I always suspected I would.
- Murderbot: read the first book years ago, didn't really vibe with it, turned out to love the show.
I posted 215,777 words of fic on AO3 according to their stats. (My personal accounting is 296,200, which includes all the promptfic and unfinished fics.) This is way up from the last couple of years, and I'm also starting to write longer fic again - everything I posted in 2023-24 was under 10K.
I started making vids again, and posted 3 (2 MASH as treats for last year's Festivids, 1 for Murderbot).
In general, I started being able to "do" visual media again last winter. I hadn't really been watching anything for the past couple of years, or watching vids, or really doing much of anything in a visual medium. Last winter I bought a tablet (Black Friday sale) that I planned to use for media watching, and it did in fact work out very well for that! I wanted it at least partly as a distraction from IRL, which has really been A Lot - not even speaking about world events, but just me personally. My stepdad died in January, and I've spent this past year traveling back and forth between my mom's place and here, helping her adjust. And then I got back into actual travel this fall, with a trip to England and then most recently Hawaii for the holidays. So it's been nice to have visual media as a kind of touchstone to anchor me by. I also read a lot.
I'm coming off a bad couple of years, in fandom and overall - I burned out, I lost some friends, I was kind of hard to deal with in general, I think. But this year has felt much better to me. I've been having an amazing time with my new shiny things, I'm creatively active and excited about writing in a way that I haven't really felt in years, and I really like a lot of what I wrote this year. There have still been ups and downs even with that, of course - I have *got* to get back in the habit of editing more before I post things, I know I'll be happier with it. But all in all, I like where things are for me now.
I honestly kind of hope I don't get into anything new in 2026, at least not right away, because I'm really happy with my current fandoms and I have lots more to "say" about them in fic, I feel!
2573 / Fic Year in Review, 2025
Dec. 30th, 2025 07:10 amsiria( My fic year in review: Biosphere, Doctor Who, ER, Fire Country, Interview with the Vampire, The Newsreader, A Nice Indian Boy, The Old Guard, The Pitt, Stargate Atlantis, Superman )
Added up, that gives me:
Word Count: 163,779
Fandoms: 11
Stories: 56
This is one of my all-time most prolific writing years, both in terms of total word count and in the fact that I averaged just over a fic a week. I guess vampires + doctors = inspiration. Who knew?
( My most average fics on AO3: word count, hits, kudos, bookmarks )
Added up, that gives me:
Word Count: 163,779
Fandoms: 11
Stories: 56
This is one of my all-time most prolific writing years, both in terms of total word count and in the fact that I averaged just over a fic a week. I guess vampires + doctors = inspiration. Who knew?
( My most average fics on AO3: word count, hits, kudos, bookmarks )
2572 / Generation Kill; Heated Rivalry
Dec. 29th, 2025 02:30 pmsiriaI'm home for Christmas and the New Year, hurrah. I've drunk a lot of tea, there have been mince pies, I've spent nice time with the nieces. I also had the peak "Irish village at the holidays" experience of having to make small talk for a few minutes with a man whose wife is—known to even far-flung diaspora members like myself, but unknown to him—having an open affair with the parish priest. This is the kind of wholesome experience that you just don't get in other places.
( Generation Kill )
( Heated Rivalry )
( Generation Kill )
( Heated Rivalry )
Christmas Update
Dec. 29th, 2025 07:19 amtielanIt went well.
I have finally worked out how to pav in this oven. Turn the heat waaaaaaaaay down to the lowest setting, then leave it for a couple of hours. Literally, a couple of hours.
I ended up doing it on Christmas morning and it worked beautifully!
( Christmas and Boxing Day )
Saturday I took entirely off, and Sunday I did some stuff around the house. The temps have calmed down a lot - to the point where I wasn't sleeping through the night unless I put an extra quilt on the bed - and so I could do some work I've been putting off for a while.
( of course it happens this week )
I should probably have some breakfast.
I have finally worked out how to pav in this oven. Turn the heat waaaaaaaaay down to the lowest setting, then leave it for a couple of hours. Literally, a couple of hours.
I ended up doing it on Christmas morning and it worked beautifully!
( Christmas and Boxing Day )
Saturday I took entirely off, and Sunday I did some stuff around the house. The temps have calmed down a lot - to the point where I wasn't sleeping through the night unless I put an extra quilt on the bed - and so I could do some work I've been putting off for a while.
( of course it happens this week )
I should probably have some breakfast.
Biggles promptfic (finishing up the year)
Dec. 26th, 2025 08:48 pmsholioWrapping up this year's prompts! This isn't entirely the last of them, but I think after this one, I'm done with the ones that sparked story ideas, so I'll be declaring prompt amnesty and starting over fresh in the new year.
Gen, late in canon, Erich + team with perhaps slight EvS/Biggles undertones, 1800 wds
Originally posted on Tumblr
( 1800 wds under the cut )
The prompt, which is somewhat spoilery for the fic
[from an anon] Biggles prompt- on a case they run into/are made to work with someone who was nasty to Biggles in his school-days, who tries to renew such treatment, and EvS, also involved with whatever they're investigating, finds himself possessed of both an unexpected protective urge and in the rare position to offer his own "you're better than the people you're working for" speechGen, late in canon, Erich + team with perhaps slight EvS/Biggles undertones, 1800 wds
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not a pav year
Dec. 24th, 2025 04:31 pmtielanBought carton egg whites to make the pav with. Didn't realise they'd overbeat so easily.
Ugh.
So I've made two pavs and neither one got to stiff peaks. Second time I actually looked up what went wrong and went "ARGH".
Do I try making a third?
Honestly, the last few years, my pav attempts have been somewhat substandard. They collapse and fall - I don't think I can get the gas oven cool enough for long enough to keep them from collapsing. It only goes down to about 120C before the dial cuts out and if possible you're supposed to leave it at around 80C for an hour.
Not an option in my oven.
I have a guest coming, too - invited a woman off a FB group "host a sister" who was bouncing around Christmas Day.
ETA: I ended up whipping up a third batch, and it's now in the oven. We'll try to bake the shell hard (high temp), then fluff the inside (long low temp).
Please please please please let this one work!
Ugh.
So I've made two pavs and neither one got to stiff peaks. Second time I actually looked up what went wrong and went "ARGH".
Do I try making a third?
Honestly, the last few years, my pav attempts have been somewhat substandard. They collapse and fall - I don't think I can get the gas oven cool enough for long enough to keep them from collapsing. It only goes down to about 120C before the dial cuts out and if possible you're supposed to leave it at around 80C for an hour.
Not an option in my oven.
I have a guest coming, too - invited a woman off a FB group "host a sister" who was bouncing around Christmas Day.
ETA: I ended up whipping up a third batch, and it's now in the oven. We'll try to bake the shell hard (high temp), then fluff the inside (long low temp).
Please please please please let this one work!