3SF 26 #9

January 26th, 2026 23:01
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in my defense today has been kinda terrible and i'm still tired all the damn time XPPP but hey, more Beast Wars content in the world is never a bad thing

Beast Wars, Megatron - turning into a dragon

Beast Wars, OC - turning into a fox

Beast Wars, Rhinox - making it work

10trueloves: Trust

January 23rd, 2026 16:47
senmut: All five Justice League members standing in a circle (Comics: JLA YO)
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AO3 Link | To Heal With Trust (200 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Birds of Prey, Outsiders
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Roy Harper & Dinah Lance
Characters: Roy Harper, Dinah Lance
Additional Tags: Double Drabble, +Modern Age (1986-Present), Post-Crisis
Summary:

Dinah came to manage his recovery from the gunshots.



To Heal With Trust

"Slow and easy, yes, just like that. I have your head, just let your body float," Dinah said, confident and reassuring all in one.

Roy closed his eyes, his body already feeling less sore as he followed her instructions. When she'd shown up, thrown Ollie out, and told him to stay clear, Roy hadn't known what to expect. Now, living with her, Lian occupied by Oracle and Dinah's teammates, he knew he was in the best possible hands to recover.

The hot tub was set just warm enough to pull his muscles loose, salt-tanged for buoyancy, and she had him. She'd never let him fall under, while his body just floated, easing the stress of his physical therapy away. She pushed when they did it, but not so hard as to build injuries, and then… she always took care of him after.

He wasn't going to fail her, or his baby girl, by wallowing in the fear of the near-fatal shots. He would trust her, as he always had, letting her guide him. When he went back out there, he'd be as strong as he'd ever been.

It was just like when she put him back together from the drugs.

Link

January 23rd, 2026 15:24
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Hope and Courage, a poem about the USA I wrote in 2003.

Translation!

January 23rd, 2026 13:04
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На крыльях соблазна (154 words) by WTF Furry Anthro and Xeno 2026
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gargoyles (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Goliath/Elisa Maza
Characters: Goliath (Gargoyles), Elisa Maza
Additional Tags: Translation, Перевод на русский | Translation in Russian, Fandom Kombat, Winter Temporary Fandom Kombat 2026, Don’t copy to another site, Slice of Life, This Work Is Stolen If Not On AO3, Работа Украдена Если Не На АО3
Summary:

Элиза пользуется тем, что Голиаф слишком много думает.

WiP / Plot Bunny Corral

January 22nd, 2026 21:20
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~ Dreams of Her Own - https://archiveofourown.org/works/71432751 - Sequel prompts from [profile] ukiacatdragon - Eilistraee, the shroud of Lolth, Corellon, Arvandor's overwhleming goodness, plotting to nullify Lolth's plots via Sharr, the raid being brought up, Tall Ones finding Ellifain early, closure for drow and elf child, quest - 1,027 words

~ HLH shortcuts sequel - https://archiveofourown.org/works/74116516 - Joe and Rachel meet in Seacouver - 0 words

~ [community profile] 10trueloves - 3/10 written

~ [community profile] genprompt_bingo 0/5 written (Line Only)


Random Plot Bunnies to Hold Over

GenPrompt Fills:

~ A Moment of Understanding / Clarity - Commander Appo comes face to face with Atin (includes a horrific flashback to Ashla's death from Appo's POV)

~ Teenagers - Continue https://archiveofourown.org/works/12124011 - Rex and Ahsoka with Hera and Chopper

~ Telepathy - Long Distance Phone Calls in the Force: "You left me/He wanted me dead/I would have protected you/But could you really" / "It hurts/You always hurt, couldn't he get you better healing/There wasn't much of me left/He all but owns a master cloning world and you're stuck like that? Your benefits package sucks"

~ Freestyle Crossovers - Jurassic Park/X-Men crossover (late request for More Joy Day)

~ A Test of Worthiness - OPEN




~ Ahsoka the Daughter whispering guidance through time in Anakin's head. Starting in AotC TPM. Includes:
Okay no wonder some said I was just like you (her reaction to the reckless deal in TPM)
Hey Skykid, what's a guy with all the power thinking to make a point of having time for you? (Comics of the Padawan years)
Oh kriff he's so young (first meeting of Anakin and Rex)
I am SO shiny (Ahsoka arriving)

~ Fulcrum and Rex time travel to before Anakin runs to Mace.
~ Fulcrum accidentally pulls Anakin to Malachor in That Fight.

10trueloves: Noise

January 24th, 2026 17:21
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AO3 Link | Fly Boys and Pretty Birds (300 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Justice League (Franchise)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dinah Lance & Hal Jordan
Characters: Hal Jordan, Dinah Lance
Additional Tags: [JLA: Year One - 1998], +Modern Age (1986-Present), Post-Crisis, Triple Drabble
Summary:

It's a date, kind of a get to know each other thing.



Fly Boys and Pretty Birds

"So, do your own ears ring when you cut loose with that Cry of yours?" Hal asked with a rakish grin over the shared milkshake. He knew good and well that, despite her attempt to show off a maturity, she was all but jailbait for him.

He couldn't help himself, watching the way Dinah's lips wrapped around the straw, her eyes on him the whole while.

"Not unless it's amplified and directed back at me; found that out the hard way," she admitted. "I get white-noise effect, protecting me from it."

"Probably for the best; it's damned effective. The way you pushed Grundy — whoa, hey, what is it?"

"Reminded me too much of how I don't know the limits," she admitted, having lost her playful gamine look at the reminder. "It's not like I've had the ability to truly test it all that much in a controlled environment."

"How's a flight test range sound for setting that up?" Hal challenged. "We've got plenty of junk that you can demolish, I can get that kid Kord to come monitor with his doodads and spectra-whatevers?"

She lit back up, before giving him the most suspicious look he'd seen on her yet. "Hal, are you doing this to get something, or…"

"Scout's honor — yes I was one — that I want my teammate comfortable with her power." He then laughed a little. "The dates are completely separate from that. I like to earn a lady's graces the old-fashioned way."

She smiled at him. "Well, I do like the jacket, and you are rather handsome," she teased him. "Maybe my graces, as you put it, are within reach."

Hal smiled. "We'll just see how you feel after the movie." He had the feeling this friendship was going to last, even if that's all it was.

10trueloves: Surprise

January 22nd, 2026 20:38
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AO3 Link | Shelter in Danger (500 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DC Comics (General), Marvel Comics (General)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dinah Lance/Erik Lensherr
Characters: Dinah Lance, Erik Lehnsherr
Additional Tags: Crossover, +Modern Age (1986-Present)
Summary:

While trapped in a different universe, Dinah falls for another older man



Shelter in Danger

When Dinah Lance found herself catapulted into another dimension, it wasn't all that shocking. She's been tossed through time, sent to other worlds, and even touched alternate versions of her own world. To wake up in a world that was completely unlike her own as far as people and problems went, but still an Earth wasn't that hard to come to terms with.

No, the thing that shocked her was finding an older white-haired man with a harder sense of justice than she usually took for herself that stirred her emotions so strongly. Similarities to another man of her own world may have set the stage for growing closer, but it was Erik's ability to debate with her, to see her as a capable fighter in her own right, and his old-fashioned manners that sealed her doom.

There was just something irresistible in a man that opened doors for her but didn't think she needed to be in the kitchen for Dinah Lance.





She'd given her word that she would help defend this small island refuge. She wanted no part of his retaliatory strikes, but the people who were just trying to live their lives were under her protection. As Erik — Magneto currently — was deflecting the heavy artillery back into the attackers, Black Canary was ably working defense against the ground assault with his other combatants.

She had no idea how many amphibious vehicles she grounded permanently, how many people in deep-water gear were shoved back off the beach, but eventually Magneto gathered up all of the remaining debris from the assault and threw it out to join the artificial reef off his coastline. While he did that, she acquired one of her protein-gels, slaking a need for energy and liquid at once before seeing if she needed to help with injured.

Magneto landed beside her moments later, his hand going to the small of her back. She wasn't thinking about the likely human cost of the assault; mutants were feared and hunted here, and that force had come with the intent to kill or enslave from all she had managed to dig up.

"Your voice, my dear, is devastating. And yet you espouse more peaceful notions than I," he said with grim satisfaction over the results she'd gotten.

"I learned to modulate it over the years, so I get the effect I want," she said, shifting just slightly closer, her voice dipping into flirting tones.

"Hmm, and what effect do you wish now?" he asked, matching her tone, as that strong hand on her lower back shifted more to her hip and upper ass.

"The ability to be somewhere private and less clothed, of course," she told him.

He laughed, deep and throaty. "Oh, I like that direct approach." He guided her toward his own room, leaving the aftermath to his lieutenants. Dinah was more than happy with that choice, hoping if she distracted him long enough, he'd choose some other way than direct assault on the attacking nation.

The weather, by layers

January 22nd, 2026 15:35
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50-65 F? - One layer with a jacket.
35-50 F? - Double pants, jacket, hat and gloves.
20-35 g? - Double layers, jacket, hat, gloves, winter boots.
Below 20 F? - Double layers, jacket, hat, DOUBLE GLOVES, Utility Work Suit, winter boots.

And yes, I will wear that at any temp below 20, into the negatives, as witnessed by previous winters. And, since the wind USUALLY dies at night, it's actually not so bad to walk late, unless there's slippery ice on the road.
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I am sticking to 3 because, if you saw my last attempt at "top X list" I, uh, have trouble restricting.

These are not in specific order, just in the order I thought of them:
  • I'm curious
  • I'm Justice-oriented
  • I am actually 5 puns in a trench coat pretending to be human
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Christmas is my favorite holiday.  Its got joy, its got lights, its got music--what could be better!

This year I went a little fucking crazy deep into the Christmas music archives, adding as many Christmas songs and albums to my single streaming playlist as possible.  It now sits at an overwhelming amazing 1,594 songs for a total of 79 hours and 5 minutes!

There are so many songs I had never heard before adding them.  Many of my favorites from that bunch were written in the '60s, when Christmas music and lore were not so set in stone as we seem to think of them now.  (Even Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a modern invention, he of the Montgomery-Ward catalogue.  But I digress.)

Here is a couple of Top 10(ish) lists.  You may have heard of some of them, you may have heard of none of them (or maybe you know all of them??? if so, please share where, as I am constantly looking for more.)

Top 10 World-building songs:
  1. Jingle-O The Brownie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
  2. Uncle Mistletoe - The Three Suns
  3. Poppy the Puppy - Gene Autry
  4. The Three Little Dwarfs (Hard Rock, Coco, and Joe) - Gene Autry
  5. Little Klinker - Tennessee Ernie Ford
  6. Santa And The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
  7. Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol) - Bobby Helms
  8. Freddie, The Little Fir Tree - Gene Autry
  9. Socko, The Smallest Snowball - The Bell Sisters & Spike Jones & His City Slickers
  10. Christy Christmas - Brenda Lee

Honorary mentions (eclectic collection):
  1. Christmas Is A-Comin' - Bing Crosby
  2. Santa Claus, That's Me! - Vernon Dalhart
  3. Who's That Up On The Roof - The Caroleers
  4. The Stingiest Man In Town - The Four Lads
  5. The Christmas Blues - Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
  6. Christmas Rappin' - Kurtis Blow
  7. The Fairy On The Christmas Tree - BBC Orchestra & The Three Sisters
  8. The Bell That Couldn't Jingle - Burt Bacharach
  9. Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen
  10. The Night Before Christmas (In Texas That Is) - Montana Slim

Shout-out to the spoken word Christmas recordings:
  1. Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet) Parts 1 & 2 - Stan Freberg
  2. I Was A Teenage Reindeer - Jim Backus & Daws Butler
  3. I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas - Yogi Yorgesson
  4. Elvis For Xmas - Mad Milo
  5. Chinchy Old Scrooge - Phil Moore
  6. Blink Before Christmas - Phil Moore
  7. Santa Claus Proves There Is A Santa - Ernest Hare
  8. Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph - Ernest Hare

PODFIC!!!!

January 19th, 2026 19:55
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Their Holidays [Podfic] (44 words) by blackglass
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Leverage (US TV 2008)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Characters: Eliot Spencer (Leverage), Parker (Leverage), Alec Hardison
Additional Tags: Drabble, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:

A podfic of Their Holidays by Merfilly.

"They each have their own."



Family for Parker [Podfic] (44 words) by blackglass
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Characters: Parker (Leverage)
Additional Tags: Introspection, Triple Drabble, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:

A podfic of Family for Parker by Merfilly.



In the Tides of Their Thoughts [Podfic] (44 words) by blackglass
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: CC-5052 | Bly/Kit Fisto/Aayla Secura
Characters: Aayla Secura, Kit Fisto
Additional Tags: bly is not appearing, but he's talked about, stable threesome, Double Drabble, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:

A podfic of In the Tides of Their Thoughts by Merfilly.

"Bly is away, but not far from their hearts at all."

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I always feel like wishlists are so hard for me to create.  They feel a lot like asking for help, another thing I have a terribly hard time doing.  Yes, this is something I'm currently working on in therapy.  How is that going?  Haha, don't worry about it.

But, in the interest of Putting Myself Out There, here is a wishlist:
  1. Top surgery
    1. Oh, we're starting in Hard Mode I see... fun!
  2. A couple new multi-color packs of Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pens
  3. A good region-free DVD player
  4. Any kind of recommendations on how to learn written shorthand
  5. Advice on how to do candle magic when you can't burn candles
    1. Or, alternatively I guess, what to substitute for candle magic when you can't burn candles
  6. Recommendations for language learning apps that aren't Duolingo (or Rosetta Stone, only because I already have that)
  7. A year of Boot.dev
  8. Gift card(s) to Bookshop.org, Google Play Store, or BetterWorldBooks (the last of which might make me finally move my unending wishlist from Thriftbooks to BWB)
  9. Best places to learn Linux and such
  10. Obligatory newly-curated Amazon wishlist

please do not judge the fact that it took me 3 entire hours to post this single thing akdhgaolksdjflkhajd I sleep now before I break out in hives for Wanting Things and Letting People Know I Want Things
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Apologies for a link to a link, but I cannot for the life of me figure out DW image formatting and I do not care to learn tonight.

Cats, cats, and... cats???