vriddy: K-9 Volume 1 Cover (k-9)
I've fallen in love with this manga and am continually surprised at how few people seem to have heard of it, so here's my humble attempt to spread the word :D (This is a cross-post from my journal, where I'm also delighted to discuss this fandom anytime :D :D)

It only took one promo picture to get me to check it out:

A man with fluffy hair with bloodied face holding the cheek of a smoking woman with a bloodied face, text in English

...I didn't really ask any more questions after that. Bonus impact for stumbling on it in Japanese because the "kept pet" implied in the verb is lovely, and obviously plays with the K-9/"police dog" title.

Anyway, meet Oboro on the left - he's great - and Ren on the right - she's great. The art is beautiful, and everyone is very pretty.

About the world

Some people have special abilities, most of which are not well understood. Only one thing is known for sure: these abilities manifest after someone commits a crime. For example, the criminal from the first chapter is an arsonist and can control/become fire. (Somewhat unrelated, but this is pretty fun coming in from the Boku No Hero Academia world, because it's like a universe in which only bad guys get a quirk.) Here, these abilities are called "sins." In the Japanese, it's simply the kanji for crime with "sin" written in katakana beside it.

This seems pretty simplistic at first glance, but that slowly changes as we drill deeper into the worldbuilding and learn the nuances of these abilities and how they manifest. The implications are deeply fucked up, with often devastating consequences that I'm totally here for as my heart gets shattered again and again.

The story premise

Our plucky detective Ren is selected to join Division 9, a newly created division that pairs a detective with a sin user in order to fight fire with fire -- what could possibly go wrong?! I love her. She kicks so much ass.

Woman with a leg up kicking some dude in the face mid-stride

So, who's our main cast?

Short character profiles )

Four characters looking way too cool as they step through a broken wall

TOGETHER THEY FIGHT CRIME! More specifically, crime related to sin users. But they also get their asses kicked and handed over to them quite a bit, haha.

A bit more on the story and on them )

Where to read? How many chapters are out?

37 chapters, 3 volumes. Totally possible to catch up in a reasonable amount of time! )


Bonus scythe, for fellow appreciators of the Rule of Cool
Man holding a scythe made of blood

MGS: Rat in a Foxhole by thelonebamf

Dec. 25th, 2025 09:23 pm[personal profile] 22degreehalo posting in [community profile] fancake
22degreehalo: (Hamilton Tells Your Story)
Fandom: Metal Gear Solid
Pairings/Characters: Snake/Otacon
Rating: G
Length: 13,779 (1:33:04)
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] thelonebamf
Theme: Amnesty, Ambiguous Relationships, Angst (With A Happy Ending), Hurt/Comfort, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Trauma & Recovery, Pre-Canon

Summary: Snake returns from Operation N313, lauded a hero and finds the latest shipment of Foxhound recruits already at the camp. Still struggling to sort out his thoughts about the mission, he finds his attention drawn to one rookie in particular, a scrawny, unassuming runt who can't seem to stay out of trouble.

Reccer's Notes: This just works so damn well as an alternate first meeting for these two! It's such a dismal, pessimistic setting - as expected with this canon - but the way these two forge a connection, finding some degree of comfort and caring and hope - makes me really emotional! And I love the use of the book, as well! (Also somehow even though I always knew the Hal connection to 2001: A Space Odyssey I never noticed how Dave fits in to it, too?! 🀦)

Fanwork Links: Rat in a Foxhole [podfic], Rat in a Foxhole
vriddy: K-9 Volume 1 Cover (k-9)
I've fallen into a new manga head-first, and hope to maybe entice some of you out there to check it out, if it seems like it might be relevant to your interests :D If you enjoy OT4 ships, it can work as a mini-primer on themβ™‘ too, but no need for shipping goggles to enjoy this series, it's really really good as it is! Crossposted to my journal.)

It was hard for me to figure out how to even start a promo post, because it only took one picture to get me to try it out:

A man with fluffy hair with bloodied face holding the cheek of a smoking woman with a bloodied face, text in English

...I didn't really ask any more questions after that. Bonus impact for stumbling on it in Japanese because the "kept pet" implied in the verb is lovely, and obviously plays with the K-9/"police dog" title.

Anyway, meet Oboro on the left - he's great - and Ren on the right - she's great. The art is beautiful, and everyone is very pretty.

About the world

Some people have special abilities, most of which are not well understood. Only one thing is known for sure: these abilities manifest after someone commits a crime. For example, the criminal from the first chapter is an arsonist and can control/become fire. (Somewhat unrelated, but this is pretty fun coming in from the Boku No Hero Academia world, because it's like a universe in which only bad guys get a quirk.) Here, these abilities are called "sins." In the Japanese, it's simply the kanji for crime with "sin" written in katakana beside it.

This seems pretty simplistic at first glance, but that slowly changes as we drill deeper into the worldbuilding and learn the nuances of these abilities and how they manifest. The implications are deeply fucked up, with often devastating consequences that I'm totally here for as my heart gets shattered again and again.

The story premise

Our plucky detective Ren is selected to join Division 9, a newly created division that pairs a detective with a sin user in order to fight fire with fire -- what could possibly go wrong?! I love her. She kicks so much ass.

Woman with a leg up kicking some dude in the face mid-stride

So, who's our main cast?

Short character profiles )

Four characters looking way too cool as they step through a broken wall

TOGETHER THEY FIGHT CRIME! More specifically, crime related to sin users. But they also get their asses kicked and handed over to them quite a bit, haha.

A bit more on the story and on them )

Where to read? How many chapters are out?

37 chapters, 3 volumes. Totally possible to catch up in a reasonable amount of time! )


Bonus scythe, for fellow appreciators of the Rule of Cool
Man holding a scythe made of blood
sonofgodzilla: (Acchan Christmas ~ !)
Title: Finders Keepers
Universe: Kamen Rider Gotchard, B-Robo Kabutack
Prompt: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: S02E08 - I, Eye Guy
Character(s): Kugimiya Licht, Harima Shiroi, Captain Tonborg, OCs
Rating: U
Warnings: N/A
Summary: This, thought Kugimiya Licht, was less than ideal, a waste of his time even. Through the course of their investigation, they had uncovered the cache of aged Octi-Eye cards buried in the ground, there was nothing contest. Finders keepers, as the children he had watched outside the window of his villa on the Palatine Hill had oft been moved to call out.
Length: 1858 words
Author's Notes: WWTHYWC! #22. Merry, merry Christmas, friends πŸŽ„πŸŽ‰πŸŽπŸ’πŸ° also: external link.

judge

Finders Keepers )
22degreehalo: (Nutcracker and the 4 realms)
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
Pairings/Characters: Luo Binghe/Shen Qingqiu
Rating: T
Length: 4,491
Creator Links: [profile] boomchick
Theme: Amnesty, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Magic, Mythical Creatures: Demons, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Spells & Curses, Trauma and Recovery

Summary: Luo Binghe's healing powers falter in the shape of the wounds Xiu Ya once gave him. He does the only logical thing--HIDES IT.
Shen Qingqiu knows something is wrong with his husband, but finding out what is going to hurt...

A sweet little post-canon fic about healing, plotted with and illustrated by the incredible Falcities for the SVSSS Gotcha for Gaza

Reccer's Notes: This is such a sweet, thoughtful fic! Binghe always tries so hard to be strong, and never really quite escapes the trauma reaction that he doesn't deserve help or that suffering is just something to be endured. In this post-canon fic, his husband gets the opportunity to tell him otherwise and show him just how much he loves all parts of him, including the demonic parts!

It also has quite possibly my favourite (and very appropriate to the themes!) no beta tag ever: No beta but we live regardless

Fanwork Links: blood, leave no stain
22degreehalo: (Touhou YuyuMyon)
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
Pairings/Characters: Luo Binghe/Shen Qingqiu
Rating: T
Length: 3,248
Creator Links: [personal profile] marquisguyun
Theme: Amnesty, Character Development, Domestic, Happy Endings, Hurt/Comfort, Time Travel

Summary: Luo Binghe had suffered through numerous life-changing revelations since waking up on the floor of the woodshed. First he had thought he was dead and a ghost, then he'd been informed he was in the future, then they'd tried to tell him that he was a demon. But still, the most unbelievable thing this strange future version of his shijie had tried to convince him of was that he was married to their shizun.

Reccer's Notes: This was written for the prompt 'Time Travel - Character discovers future self is apparently happy in the MOST unlikely relationship', and truly I cannot think of a better canon ship for that than this pair πŸ˜„ This is so sweet, and baby Binghe's POV is so perfectly young and hurt and yearning and protective-instincts-inciting...! And then the canon couple themselves are just so very sweet and perfect... <33 Such love!!!

Fanwork Links: the future is a foreign country

The grift of the Magi

Dec. 25th, 2025 09:51 am[syndicated profile] metafilter_feed

Posted by chavenet

"Those trees matter and the people that are doing that work, the women who are breaking their backs, sitting for 12 hours a day sorting these resins, they all matter." from Why the world is running out of frankincense [BBC]

Seasons Greetings to all!

Dec. 25th, 2025 08:11 am[personal profile] icon_uk posting in [community profile] scans_daily
icon_uk: (Katie Cook Doug)
In some years past I've commissioned a Christmas card image along suitable themes, but this year that didn't work out.

However, with the VERY kind permission of the original aritst, phierie on tumblr, whose love for the OG New Mutants and in partricular with a certain omniliguist close to my heart (when he's not being a genocidal repaint of Apocalypse filtered through both the 90's and WWE) I have been given permission to share this charming little scene

In happier, simpler times )


Happy Thingie.

Dec. 25th, 2025 12:41 am[personal profile] curiosity posting in [community profile] holiday_wishes
curiosity: A full moon in a star-filled sky over a winding highway. (Picto: Road and Sky)
Y'all, it has been a year.

I'm Cat. Mid-40's AuDHD/C-PTSD who keeps on truckin'. Keeping it short and sweet because my spoons are in the negative.

1.) My bestie [personal profile] lilliane posted her list earlier this month. Check it out. Her brain surgery is on the 29th so if you have good wishes or prayers, she's taking those too.

2.) I don't have any lists or fancy wishes. I'm in need of Amazon or Kroger gift cards. That's it. I'm looking at a new year with no way to afford health insurance so whatever I can put in to getting basics is more cash I can put towards my medication.

3.) Be excellent to each other. Do your daily clicks.

That's it. Be safe, be merry, don't let the world grind you down.

Peace.

Life Day!!

Dec. 25th, 2025 07:59 am[personal profile] sonofgodzilla
sonofgodzilla: (Acchan Christmas ~ !)
Special Night

Happy Life Day everyone!! πŸŽ„πŸŽ‰πŸŽπŸ’πŸ°

We crawled back in the car last night in the dead of night, and every inch of the way, I was convinced it was going to breakdown and we were going to be forced to push it back all the way to my mother's house. I was so angry with my work yester-day, so frustrated with everything, but to-day is going to be better; this is the one time of year, regardless of religion, that it feels like people try to be better, and I want to both join them in doing that and celebrate that with them too.

And to you also, friends, I hope you have a lovely, lovely day! πŸ’
starandrea: (Default)
Wishing you and yours a peaceful season and a lovely holiday ♥



"put a little holiday in your heart
it'll put a little shuffle in your step
give you a song that you can sing
with a melody you can't forget

and if you want to join in a little harmony
to keep the world from tearing apart
you know where to look
you gotta put a little holiday in your heart"

--leann rimes

Posted by storybored

ProPublica has launched a new app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them. "...you can enter your drug name and any information on the label of your pill bottle about the company that may have made it. If you don't have a company name, you can enter the color of your pills, or any markings on them, details that can lead you to information for your specific drug. From there, you can learn the name of the actual manufacturer (not the company that simply repackaged or distributed it). And you can also see the address for the factory that produced it. If the factory has been inspected by the FDA, we'll show you the inspection reports and any subsequent warning letters."

Dept. of Ambivalence and Hope

Dec. 24th, 2025 10:24 pm[personal profile] kaffy_r
kaffy_r: Japanese wood print of snowncovered bridge (Bridge in winter ukiyo-e)
Christmas Eve Thoughts

I'm sitting in the livingroom, listening to Kpop rather than Christmas music of either secular or Christian origin. I've been prepping for Christmas Day, when we'll entertain four friends, and the house is full of the smell of two types of dressing cooked tonight so that I don't run the risk of overcooking it in the same oven as the tiny turkey (10.5 pounds) I bought for our somewhat unexpected meal. Unexpected, because we hadn't planned to do Christmas at all; one of our friends texted to ask if we were doing Christmas, possibly because they remembered that I'd said I wanted to invite them to a post-Thanksgiving dinner, and I just texted back "Yep!" because they've been very good to us, and this was one way we could repay them.

We jumped into "Emergency Christmas" mode, and I've already completed the cranberry orange relish and the Green Slime (it's a 1950s/60s recipe I got from Bob's mom, and it's not a canonical Christmas for our friends unless this is part of the menu, lime jello, cream cheese, maraschino cherries and all.) Tomorrow morning I'll stuff the bird with some of the dressing that didn't get baked tonight; I'll bake the veggie side-dish Bob and I chose; I'll make the peach cobbler I decided on instead of pie because cobbler is much, much easier to make. Then it's on to sweeping and damp-mopping the diningroom before putting extra leaves in the table and setting the Christmas board. 

Last year, we were both despondent about the federal election and, without having the kids and Harlan here to be Christmasy for, we spent the day in a bit of a funk. To put it mildly. 

A year later, the despondency has lifted a bit, but we still hadn't thought about Christmas much. We had improved enough to buy gifts for our three closest friends, and their son, but we'd expected to share them on New Year's Eve. Instead, that text came, and the rest is recent history. 

And tonight, I got a comment on my AO3-archived story, "It Was Wonderful," a fanfic based on "It's a Wonderful Life," which Bob, Andy, and I have loved for years. For several years on Christmas Eve, I've reshared the fic, which I originally posted on my LJ, then on Dreamwidth, and I eventually posted it on AO3, and was always tickled when I got the few kudos I did for it. 

The comment was thoughtful and that would have been all I needed to read. But the person then asked if they could do a podfic. They were polite, said they'd understand if I didn't want them to do that because they'd still love the story. I checked them out and found that they a) weren't the type of scammers apparently infesting the archive these days (people pretending to be fans of stories, then working around to asking for money to "create fan art" for stories) and b) were experienced podficcers. 

I told them I'd be honored. It's the first time anyone's done that for one of my pieces, and it seems like a lovely and unexpected Christmas gift. 

I'm not much of a believer these days - not a Christian, certainly, although my experience with Christianity growing up in a house filled with love was very good, and that experience colored the way I approach spirituality. But as Bob has often said, and I believe him, some stories are true even if they never happened. The story of a child born in a stable and placed in a manger for warmth, a child who angels sang to sleep, who shepherds approached quietly after having heard the lullabies, a child who was a hope of peace ... well, that's not a bad story to happen, even if it never did. 

And then there's "It's a Wonderful Life," and "It Was Wonderful." You can find the latter at the link, should you like to read it, either the first time or perhaps for another time. 

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. Peace be unto all, even those who don't celebrate. I am lucky to know all of you. 

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