第四年第二百八十二天
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女 part 10
媒, media; 嫁, to marry (as a wife, see yesterday); 嫉, jealousy; 嫌, to dislike ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=38
语法
拿 vs 带
https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/na2-dai4-difference/
词汇
终于, finally; 始终, throughout ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/
Guardian:
难道烛九的媒介是光, could Zhu Jiu's medium be light?
黑袍使是大家的英雄，不是给你们拿来当谈资的, the Black-Cloaked Envoy is everyone's hero, not something for you lot to pick up and gossip about
终于告一段落了, things have finally settled down
Me:
别把我嫌弃，我不会嫉妒你。
带他一起来。
女 part 10
媒, media; 嫁, to marry (as a wife, see yesterday); 嫉, jealousy; 嫌, to dislike ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=38
语法
拿 vs 带
https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/na2-dai4-difference/
词汇
终于, finally; 始终, throughout ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/
Guardian:
难道烛九的媒介是光, could Zhu Jiu's medium be light?
黑袍使是大家的英雄，不是给你们拿来当谈资的, the Black-Cloaked Envoy is everyone's hero, not something for you lot to pick up and gossip about
终于告一段落了, things have finally settled down
Me:
别把我嫌弃，我不会嫉妒你。
带他一起来。
out tomorrow - The Prestley Ghost!
Oct. 17th, 2025 01:20 pmluninosityI've got a novella out tomorrow, the 18th! "The Prestley Ghost" is a Regency-era paranormal MM romance, with a mischievous (but also sometimes helpful!) ghost haunting a country village, and a medium (from a family of folklorists and psychic experts) who's supposed to help him move on...but Charles might not, in fact, want Alex to do that, after all...
And look at that luscious cover!
JMS Books here! (on sale!)
Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: Lucas' Idea
Oct. 17th, 2025 04:15 pmsmallhobbit posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Lucas' Idea
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 481 words
Summary: Lucas has a brilliant idea; nearly everyone else is sceptical
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 481 words
Summary: Lucas has a brilliant idea; nearly everyone else is sceptical
[#278] Into The Forest (Original)
Oct. 17th, 2025 01:55 pmbadly_knitted posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #278 – Dark Forest
Title: Into The Forest
Fandom: Original.
Rating/Warnings: PG / None
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1000
Summary: There were no trees in sight when they’d parked, but now there’s a whole forest…
Thunderbolts - fanfic - pancakes and other revelatory things
Oct. 17th, 2025 08:48 amfadedwings posting in fan_flashworksTitle: pancakes and other revelatory things
Fandom: Thunderbolts
Characters: Robert “Bob” Reynolds/John Walker & other members of the team
Length: 845 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: no standard warnings apply
Notes: written forfan_flashworks “Brilliant” and Post-July Breaks Bingo “You know, I almost forgot how much of a jerk you can be.”
More Notes: This is a sequel to “the beauty of dangerous things” but can easily stand on it’s own.
Vibes: pining, pre-relationship, pre-slash, getting feelings, beginnings, Bob’s POV, food, cooking, breakfast, team as family
Summary: Bob has feelings while watching John make breakfast for the team.
( pancakes and other revelatory things )
Fandom: Thunderbolts
Characters: Robert “Bob” Reynolds/John Walker & other members of the team
Length: 845 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: no standard warnings apply
Notes: written for
fan_flashworks “Brilliant” and Post-July Breaks Bingo “You know, I almost forgot how much of a jerk you can be.”More Notes: This is a sequel to “the beauty of dangerous things” but can easily stand on it’s own.
Vibes: pining, pre-relationship, pre-slash, getting feelings, beginnings, Bob’s POV, food, cooking, breakfast, team as family
Summary: Bob has feelings while watching John make breakfast for the team.
( pancakes and other revelatory things )
[series] 7 Bears
Oct. 17th, 2025 01:44 pmmaluretteTitle: Seven Bears
By: studio Folivari
Language: original English, went with the French dub
Type: 3D animation
Genre: fractured fairy tale
Length: 20 episodes x 13 minutes
Release date: 2025
Where: on Netflix
Episodes are a bit out of order--the last one is the last indeed, but many could use so rearrangement in viewing order?
In a full-of-clichés bordering on parodic fairy tale land, seven stupid little bears live together and mine for potatoes (you'll have to excuse it; it looks like European Middle Ages so should not have them but there's magic and anachronistic stuff, so)
So we have Snow White, a Mexican Cinderella, Scheherazade in trainers, a black Prince Charming, his white King father and white Prince Charmless brother--don't even ask--a Witch and her goth Fairy teenage daughter
etc
It's stupid indeed and very fun!
(mais c'est un peu dommage que les studios français produisent directement en anglais non ?)
By: studio Folivari
Language: original English, went with the French dub
Type: 3D animation
Genre: fractured fairy tale
Length: 20 episodes x 13 minutes
Release date: 2025
Where: on Netflix
Episodes are a bit out of order--the last one is the last indeed, but many could use so rearrangement in viewing order?
In a full-of-clichés bordering on parodic fairy tale land, seven stupid little bears live together and mine for potatoes (you'll have to excuse it; it looks like European Middle Ages so should not have them but there's magic and anachronistic stuff, so)
So we have Snow White, a Mexican Cinderella, Scheherazade in trainers, a black Prince Charming, his white King father and white Prince Charmless brother--don't even ask--a Witch and her goth Fairy teenage daughter
etc
It's stupid indeed and very fun!
(mais c'est un peu dommage que les studios français produisent directement en anglais non ?)
第四年第二百八十一天
Oct. 17th, 2025 07:42 amnnozomi posting in guardian_learning部首
女 part 9
娶, to marry a woman; 婆, grandmother, old lady; 婚, marriage ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=38
With regard to the words for "to marry" 娶 and 嫁 my 偶像 Chao Yuen Ren tells a story of translating a lecture in which the lecturer referred to "unmarried women and unmarried men," and he confused the two and reported in Chinese on 沒有嫁的男人跟沒有娶的女人, men who have not gone as wives and women who have not taken wives, getting a roar of laughter from the audience. ETA: see http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/articles.php?issue=025&searchterm=025_translation.inc
词汇
中部, middle part; 中华民族, Chinese [ethnic] nation; 初中, middle school; 当中, among; 集中, concentration ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/
Guardian:
沈教授，结婚了吗？肯定有女朋友吧, Professor Shen, are you married? You must have a girlfriend
其实在你的理解当中你畏惧并不是死亡, certainly as you understand it it's not death you fear
Me:
我婆婆结婚的时候习惯还不一样。
中部最重要，你好好看。
女 part 9
娶, to marry a woman; 婆, grandmother, old lady; 婚, marriage ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=38
With regard to the words for "to marry" 娶 and 嫁 my 偶像 Chao Yuen Ren tells a story of translating a lecture in which the lecturer referred to "unmarried women and unmarried men," and he confused the two and reported in Chinese on 沒有嫁的男人跟沒有娶的女人, men who have not gone as wives and women who have not taken wives, getting a roar of laughter from the audience. ETA: see http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/articles.php?issue=025&searchterm=025_translation.inc
词汇
中部, middle part; 中华民族, Chinese [ethnic] nation; 初中, middle school; 当中, among; 集中, concentration ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/
Guardian:
沈教授，结婚了吗？肯定有女朋友吧, Professor Shen, are you married? You must have a girlfriend
其实在你的理解当中你畏惧并不是死亡, certainly as you understand it it's not death you fear
Me:
我婆婆结婚的时候习惯还不一样。
中部最重要，你好好看。
[livre] La vache bizarre
Oct. 16th, 2025 10:36 ammaluretteTitre : La vache bizarre
Auteures : Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu et Caroline Picard
Langue : français
Type : album jeunesse
Genre : animalier ?
1ère parution : 2021
Édition : Lucca
Format : carré,
(lu sur le stand du Téètras Magique au Festival des Livres d'En Haut parce que le titre est rigolo en soi,
et puis mon frère et sa compagne appellent "la vache bizarre" un cheval du voisinage)
Un singe curieux a rencontré une vache bizarre ! Comprenez, un gros mammifère inconnu qu'il essaie de faire coller à quelque chose de familier.
Au fur et à mesure qu'il décrit ses bizarreries il devient de plus en plus clair que ça n'était pas une vache mais en fait...
Bah c'était rigolo mais sans grand intérêt si on a plus de trois ans et demi ?
Auteures : Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu et Caroline Picard
Langue : français
Type : album jeunesse
Genre : animalier ?
1ère parution : 2021
Édition : Lucca
Format : carré,
(lu sur le stand du Téètras Magique au Festival des Livres d'En Haut parce que le titre est rigolo en soi,
et puis mon frère et sa compagne appellent "la vache bizarre" un cheval du voisinage)
Un singe curieux a rencontré une vache bizarre ! Comprenez, un gros mammifère inconnu qu'il essaie de faire coller à quelque chose de familier.
Au fur et à mesure qu'il décrit ses bizarreries il devient de plus en plus clair que ça n'était pas une vache mais en fait...
Bah c'était rigolo mais sans grand intérêt si on a plus de trois ans et demi ?
[#278 | Dark Forest] Challenge Post
Oct. 15th, 2025 11:21 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweekly| Challenge 278: DARK FOREST |
Some forests are peaceful, beautiful places, perfect for a romantic walk or a quiet camping trip – but not this one. Legends swirl about ghosts or monsters, ancient stories of something sinister waiting under the trees. Unknown creatures howl at night, and the shadows seem darker even at the forest’s edge. Sometimes people who go into the forest don’t come back at all – or they come back changed. Write a story about a dark forest. If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
| Challenge ends Monday, October 20 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 278 – dark forest • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here |
Kim Possible: Fanfiction: Brilliant Minds
Oct. 15th, 2025 06:30 pminfinitum_noctem posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Brilliant Minds
Fandom: Kim Possible
Rating: G
Length: 45 words
Summary: The Possibles live up to their name.
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Fandom: Kim Possible
Rating: G
Length: 45 words
Summary: The Possibles live up to their name.
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第四年第二百八十天
Oct. 16th, 2025 06:22 amnnozomi posting in guardian_learning部首
女 part 8
娇, lovable; 娘, mother; 娱, to amuse ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=38
语法
Uses of 所
https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/suo-structural-particle/
词汇
制定, to formulate; 制度, system; 制造, to manufacture; 制作, to make ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/
Guardian:
我跟她撒撒娇就行了, I just need to sweet-talk her a little
你所谓的大英雄已经在我的肚子里了, your big so-called hero is already in my belly
这是我制定的游戏规则, these are the game rules I have drawn up
Me:
她很喜欢中国的内娱。
你要先明白那边制度再说。
女 part 8
娇, lovable; 娘, mother; 娱, to amuse ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=38
语法
Uses of 所
https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/suo-structural-particle/
词汇
制定, to formulate; 制度, system; 制造, to manufacture; 制作, to make ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/
Guardian:
我跟她撒撒娇就行了, I just need to sweet-talk her a little
你所谓的大英雄已经在我的肚子里了, your big so-called hero is already in my belly
这是我制定的游戏规则, these are the game rules I have drawn up
Me:
她很喜欢中国的内娱。
你要先明白那边制度再说。
Wednesday Reading Meme for Oct 15 2025
Oct. 15th, 2025 02:10 pmkitewithfishI have been having a very joyful and messy and self-centered couple of days! I had a day off on Monday, so I rearranged my office to better suit my incoming winter needs and to provide a lot more organized space for my craft materials. It felt just really wonderful and kind to myself to do all of that, and put the effort into my own space and happiness (even if it did make a mess and take up space and involve some sweat and dust.)
What I’ve Read
The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould – Man, this is such a good book. Gould is just looking over several situations of learned and respected men being wildly motivated by social biases and clinging hard to the idea that science proves their biases right. It’s a fascinating case where it can be nearly fucking impossible for someone to notice their own bigotry and expectations pushing them to confirm that in their work. This is from the 1990s but addresses much earlier cases and I think should be read as a really valuable historical launching point for a more robust interest in how people actually DO science at a basic level. (This edition also contains some good essays on The Bell Curve, a very bigoty book about using science to confirm your existing racist beliefs. Those are good on their own but I skipped them because I was already pretty riled up.) Highly recommend if you like Michael Hobbes’s work.
What I’m Reading
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club – Dorothy Sayers – 67% An elderly man is found dead at his gentleman’s club, and establishing the time of his death becomes crucial for executing his will when it’s revealed he died the same day as his sister. Did he die just before her, so that all her wealth passes to her lady companion? Or just after, so that her wealth joins his estate and passes nearly entirely to his eldest son? Oh, and maybe one of these three potential heirs killed him! I really do wish there was an audiobook of this one available to me, but I am unwilling to pay money for it as a one off. I should look into a collection of Sayers novels as a single audiobook to see if there's a bargain to be had.
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs by Marc David Baer – I am 2% into this audiobook that came from the library yesterday and pushed me to finish Mismeasure to the end in a burst. So far, really interesting – I seem to be on a history kick. (Not strictly related to this book, but, I hate to say it: Our times are heartbreakingly precedented. )
Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin – A bit slow for me? Honestly, the best parts are in fact the culture and world building – Ged is hitting the Just Some Guy button for me a lot.
What I’ll Read Next
Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
The Fortunate Fall by Cameron Reed
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
What I’ve Read
The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould – Man, this is such a good book. Gould is just looking over several situations of learned and respected men being wildly motivated by social biases and clinging hard to the idea that science proves their biases right. It’s a fascinating case where it can be nearly fucking impossible for someone to notice their own bigotry and expectations pushing them to confirm that in their work. This is from the 1990s but addresses much earlier cases and I think should be read as a really valuable historical launching point for a more robust interest in how people actually DO science at a basic level. (This edition also contains some good essays on The Bell Curve, a very bigoty book about using science to confirm your existing racist beliefs. Those are good on their own but I skipped them because I was already pretty riled up.) Highly recommend if you like Michael Hobbes’s work.
What I’m Reading
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club – Dorothy Sayers – 67% An elderly man is found dead at his gentleman’s club, and establishing the time of his death becomes crucial for executing his will when it’s revealed he died the same day as his sister. Did he die just before her, so that all her wealth passes to her lady companion? Or just after, so that her wealth joins his estate and passes nearly entirely to his eldest son? Oh, and maybe one of these three potential heirs killed him! I really do wish there was an audiobook of this one available to me, but I am unwilling to pay money for it as a one off. I should look into a collection of Sayers novels as a single audiobook to see if there's a bargain to be had.
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs by Marc David Baer – I am 2% into this audiobook that came from the library yesterday and pushed me to finish Mismeasure to the end in a burst. So far, really interesting – I seem to be on a history kick. (Not strictly related to this book, but, I hate to say it: Our times are heartbreakingly precedented. )
Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin – A bit slow for me? Honestly, the best parts are in fact the culture and world building – Ged is hitting the Just Some Guy button for me a lot.
What I’ll Read Next
Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
The Fortunate Fall by Cameron Reed
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
Descents and delays
Oct. 15th, 2025 12:26 pmraptureofthemoonBusy at work again. It's not a steady busyness, it's a scattered busyness. Too many projects in too many areas in too many languages, all which need finalizing or touch ups (from important content to cosmetic) interspersed with doing interviews this week and last, and it just becomes so much white noise in my head.
It's my least favorite thing about the work I do, where I do it. This type of busyness. It bleeds into my life outside of work. It keeps my mind spinning in preparation for the next day, the next week.
Which is why I'm here, writing this entry, trying to steal back a little steadiness. But loading up this journal was also a reminder that I got sidetracked from the last moment I spent here. When I selected "post" I was confronted with my unfinished entry I started last Friday. So I'll finish it now.
Fromthefridayfive
1. ... things you can't live without.
Time to myself.
I'm not only an introvert, but I'm also an only child. I grew up very good at entertaining myself and being comfortable in my own company. Even in my 40s, I'm still working hard to find a balance between relationships with others and my relationship with myself. How much time do I exert outward? How much time inward?
2. ... of the best moments in your life.
Part of me wants to say the day I got married... But it's not so much the day I got married as that brief, intangible moment when it settled in me that I'd found someone I wanted to partner with in life. My husband and I have been together for 22 years. We moved in together after four years of dating (once I'd graduated college). Sometime in between that fourth year and the eighth (when we got married), came that moment.
Another best moment is seemingly surface level but there's hidden depth. For my high school graduation present, my parents took me to San Antonio to see The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre. I dragged my best friend along with me. San Antonio itself was fun to explore but the Majestic was beautiful. And the musical? Well, I'd been listening to the original cast soundtrack for two or three years at that point, so I knew the thing by heart but I fell in love all over again hearing and seeing Ted Keegan as the Phantom.
3. ... celebrities you can't stand.
Right wing conservative podcasters/influencers. I don't think I need to delineate. They're all white cloth cutouts.
4. ... books you enjoy(ed) reading.
There are so many to choose from, but I'll pull a few from my top tier list of books I often reread.
Poppy Z. Brite's (Billy Martin) Lost Souls for its poetic language and new to me, at least, take on vampires.
Patricia McKillip's (RIP) Something Rich and Strange written for the Froud Faerielands series, which I first read when I was maybe 12 or 13 and which left an indelible mark with the use of language and the ecological themes.
Peter S. Beagle's Tamsin for its prose, his characterization of teen girls with cat best friends and the beautiful and hauntingly fun story.
Susan Kay's Phantom for taking what was a somewhat flat ghost story and spinning it into a gothic tale of grief, loss, love.
5. ... items in your purse/backpack/on your desk.
It's my least favorite thing about the work I do, where I do it. This type of busyness. It bleeds into my life outside of work. It keeps my mind spinning in preparation for the next day, the next week.
Which is why I'm here, writing this entry, trying to steal back a little steadiness. But loading up this journal was also a reminder that I got sidetracked from the last moment I spent here. When I selected "post" I was confronted with my unfinished entry I started last Friday. So I'll finish it now.
From
thefridayfive1. ... things you can't live without.
Time to myself.
I'm not only an introvert, but I'm also an only child. I grew up very good at entertaining myself and being comfortable in my own company. Even in my 40s, I'm still working hard to find a balance between relationships with others and my relationship with myself. How much time do I exert outward? How much time inward?
2. ... of the best moments in your life.
Part of me wants to say the day I got married... But it's not so much the day I got married as that brief, intangible moment when it settled in me that I'd found someone I wanted to partner with in life. My husband and I have been together for 22 years. We moved in together after four years of dating (once I'd graduated college). Sometime in between that fourth year and the eighth (when we got married), came that moment.
Another best moment is seemingly surface level but there's hidden depth. For my high school graduation present, my parents took me to San Antonio to see The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre. I dragged my best friend along with me. San Antonio itself was fun to explore but the Majestic was beautiful. And the musical? Well, I'd been listening to the original cast soundtrack for two or three years at that point, so I knew the thing by heart but I fell in love all over again hearing and seeing Ted Keegan as the Phantom.
3. ... celebrities you can't stand.
Right wing conservative podcasters/influencers. I don't think I need to delineate. They're all white cloth cutouts.
4. ... books you enjoy(ed) reading.
There are so many to choose from, but I'll pull a few from my top tier list of books I often reread.
Poppy Z. Brite's (Billy Martin) Lost Souls for its poetic language and new to me, at least, take on vampires.
Patricia McKillip's (RIP) Something Rich and Strange written for the Froud Faerielands series, which I first read when I was maybe 12 or 13 and which left an indelible mark with the use of language and the ecological themes.
Peter S. Beagle's Tamsin for its prose, his characterization of teen girls with cat best friends and the beautiful and hauntingly fun story.
Susan Kay's Phantom for taking what was a somewhat flat ghost story and spinning it into a gothic tale of grief, loss, love.
5. ... items in your purse/backpack/on your desk.
In my purse, which is a medium sized messenger bag, I have the expected: my wallet, my keys.
There are a small handful of errant pens (because one never knows when one needs to write longhand).
When I'm actually leaving my house, into the bag goes my phone, and either a physical book or a notebook of some type or my Remarkable tablet, depending on what medium I feel like writing in.
Dear Yuletide Author
Oct. 15th, 2025 09:26 amopalsongDear author,
Thank you :)
You are the best! I'm sure I'll love anything you make. I have all the stuff about fandoms/pairings/prompts at the bottom in easy to read lists so skip to that if you want.
( Do Not Wants )
( DO Wants )
On to the important stuff - Fandom Specifics and Prompts:
( Sex Wizards )
( Scare-ority )
( Booktok RPF )
Thank you again, you are amazing!!
Opalsong
Thank you :)
You are the best! I'm sure I'll love anything you make. I have all the stuff about fandoms/pairings/prompts at the bottom in easy to read lists so skip to that if you want.
( Do Not Wants )
( DO Wants )
On to the important stuff - Fandom Specifics and Prompts:
( Sex Wizards )
( Scare-ority )
( Booktok RPF )
Thank you again, you are amazing!!
Opalsong