Challenge # 477: Lock And Key

Nov. 22nd, 2025 05:02 pm
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This week's challenge is:


Lock And Key


Reminder of Rules

Entries should be 100, 200, or 300 words exactly, excluding titles and headers.
Please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your drabble, though you can if you like.
Each challenge ends when the new challenge is posted, but if you're a few days late that's still fine.

NEW RULE: DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DRABBLES ARE ALSO ACCEPTED ;)

Have fun!




Thank you?

Nov. 22nd, 2025 10:59 am
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I just received 2 new pair of jeans, from something that had been on my wishlist back in July. If that was you, thank you.

If not, Amazon burped and repeated an order for me.

Drown them in a pail of caudle

Nov. 22nd, 2025 04:36 pm
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These people are AWFUL: Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world

(And I can't believe that there aren't women who didn't survive, particularly given the whole 'germs aren't a thing' ideology that's mixed up with it. Or at least pretty badly damaged.)

I've always been somewhat side-eyeing Grantly Dick Read and his gospel of 'natural childbirth' without fear and pain, because it was a bit vibes based on anecdotal stuff of his, but at least he was a trained medical professional, and he advocated antenatal classes teaching women what to expect when they went into labour, and giving them breathing exercises so that they could breathe through the contractions and so on and he did not suggest women giving birth alone without support.

This is also - like being anti-vaccine - coming from a very short period of historical time: in this case one in which maternal and infant mortality had plummeted and was no longer something people were more or less used to, or had at least heard cases of within their general circles.

These people are delusional.

Okay, there can be a lot wrong with modern obstetric practice - ?particularly in the USA, for reasons - but nature is so not your friend in this matter.

30 in 30: Crystal Series (McCaffrey)

Nov. 22nd, 2025 11:08 am
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AO3 Link | Storm Driven (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crystal Singer Trilogy - Anne McCaffrey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Killashandra Ree [Crystal Singer Trilogy]
Additional Tags: Drabble, Slice of Life
Summary:

Killashandra needs to beat the storm






Killashandra touched the cocooned crystal set briefly, reassuring herself that it really was free, it was hers, it was safe…

…and a discordant howl of wind reminded her of why she had hastened to pack it.

Her cutter was almost forgotten in the cargo bay, but she stumbled as she stood from the case with her new triad of blues. She hastened to get it clamped into its place; she vaguely remembered replacing it all too recently.

Another shriek of the incoming storm, and she threw herself into the pilot seat. In moments, she was racing Ballybran's fury to safety.
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Title: A Noticeable Lack of Enthusiasm
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes(ACD)/Original
Rating: G

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Three books new to me. All are fantasies, two are series.

Books Received, November 15 to November 21, 2025

Poll #33866 Books Received, November 15 to November 21, 2025
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 23


Which of these upcoming books look interesting?

View Answers

Mother of Death and Dawn by Carissa Broadbent (March 2026)
3 (13.0%)

Tides of Fortune by Lauryn Hamilton Murray (June 2026)
1 (4.3%)

Everybody’s Perfect by Jo Walton (June 2026)
17 (73.9%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
18 (78.3%)

day 22

Nov. 22nd, 2025 07:54 am
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*total goal word count: 25,000

*total current word count: honestly, who even knows at this point? certainly not me! I'm hoping to hit 20,000 by the end of the weekend

*last sentence written: That was true, at least.

*current writing strategy: TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES, NO PLOT JUST CHAT

*best thing about having a big writing goal: it makes all the other things I want to do seem WAY more fun -- holiday decorating? yes please! chores? sure!

(no subject)

Nov. 22nd, 2025 12:19 pm
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Happy birthday, [personal profile] gwyneira and [personal profile] ironymaiden!
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My second day in Georgia was 4WDing in the Vashlovani Nature Reserve, out towards Azerbaijan. We didn't cross over into Azerbaijan, and there was no intent to, but one of the warnings was that if we got cut off by fire in the Reserve then we might have to exit out via Azerbaijan, so take your passport with you!

(Curious question: on most of the groups for women travelling solo, there's all manner of warnings about travelling with your passport and how it's unwise to do so, but where do you keep it then... It seems to be a peculiarly American thing for women in the 50+ age range, especially those who aren't accustomed to travelling internationally, though, so I'm particularly curious if this is common among people I know.)

Vashlovani )

As I've said before, the women on this tour were the 'we're different and we're good with that' sort of women. Which made for excellent travelling companions.

Beta Post for Round 6

Nov. 22nd, 2025 10:42 pm
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This is the beta post for the 2024-2026 round of fffx.

Please comment below if you can offer brainstorming, critique, canon-checking, fact-checking, or tips on structure, perspective, or visual effects for art or stories in this exchange! Thank you to all volunteers.

Sign-up summary of requested fandoms
Requests in the app
Tag set

Please include a way to contact you. Here is an optional template to fill out:



Again, thank you!!

  • We also have outstanding pinch hits available.

  • Check-in week for this exchange is November 23-30.

Round 6 Schedule and Description

Nov. 22nd, 2025 09:53 pm
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FFFX stands for Five Figure Fanwork Exchange. It is a multifandom gift exchange for fanfic of 10,000+ words, and for comics of least 10 pages or at least 40 panels. FFFX is part of the Triple Crown multi-event challenge ([community profile] triplecrownofexchanges)

AO3 collection | Tag set | Browser app | Canon promo post | Beta post

Current Phase: Check-in week is upon us! Please look out for the check-in post, and either affirm that you're working on your assignment and expect to complete it, or default


Schedule

Nominations start: 18 August 2025
Nominations close: 27 August (11:59pm EDT)
Sign-ups start: 2 September
Sign-ups close: 11 September
Assignments out by: 13 September
Assignment Swaps / FINAL Letter Completion Deadline*: 21 September
Check-in Week**: 23-30 November
Assignments due: 24 January 2026 (11:59pm EST)
Works revealed: 28 February (5pm EST)
Creators revealed: 14 March (5pm EST)


Click/expand this details tag to see more explanations, covering assignment swaps, check-in week, and other topics

*How do assignment swaps work? This exchange allows you to trade in your current assignment for a different one. This is intended as a safety net. Maybe you tried a new fandom to match a request and it didn't work out. Maybe you matched on something safe, but fell in love with something else after assignments went out. Whether you can swap to the new assignment of your choice will depend on several factors, including whether several other people are already creating for it. You can ask for any other assignment before September 21. Between September 21, 2025, and the main deadline of January 24, 2026, you can still trade in the assignment you hold for another one, but only if the one you want is listed as a pinch hit.

If you're writing a letter, I recommend you finish it during sign-ups so that your assigned creator can use it right away, but that doesn't always happen. So there's a hard deadline: please complete any linked letters by September 21; if you are matched to a recipient whose letter is incomplete after September 21, you are welcome to ask to swap to any other recipient throughout the exchange.


**What is Check-In Week? This is when you contact the mod on a check-in post at this community to confirm that you are committed to fulfilling your assignment(s). If you do not check in, you will be defaulted.


FFFX follows the pattern of many other Archive-of-Our-Own-based multifandom exchanges. The pool of available fandoms is created by nominations (eight fandoms, with six characters or relationships each, per person, with selective additions possible during sign-ups). When signing up, you can offer and request as few as four fandoms (one for offers), with one character or relationship in each, or as many as ten fandoms, with ten relationships in each. You will match on one of those characters or relationships (OR matching). FFFX allows original works prompts. FFFX does not match on freeform tags or rating.

Because this is an exchange for long works and many creators like to have something to go on, you must fill out your AO3 requests with your choice of the following: prompts, or notes on what appeals to you about a fandom, or general likes, or some combination of these.

Fandom promotion posts and guides to where your canon can be found are encouraged.


The mod can be reached at mod.modzilla@gmail.com as well as through this Dreamwidth community.

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