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Hello~

Name: Holly
Age group: Mid-30's
Country: United States (West Coast)
Subscription/Access Policy: Anyone can subscribe, but all access list people are vetted beforehand! Prefer 25+, but 18+ is an absolute must.

Main Fandoms: The Elder Scrolls (Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, ESO), Baldur's Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda ( Ocarina of Time --> Twilight Princess), Silent Hill (1-4)

Other Fandoms: The Witcher (books up to The Tower of the Swallow and Witcher 3), Dragon Age (Origins --> Inquisition), Fallout (3, New Vegas, 4, Prime Video series), Dishonored (1&2), The Evil Within/Psychobreak (1&2), The Longest Journey trilogy, The Devil Came Through Here trilogy, Bridgerton, The Sims (1-4), Ancient Magus Bride, Apothecary Diaries, Arcane (Netflix, I've never played LoL and I never will), Once Upon A Time (up to Season 5 I think???), Harry Potter (I do not support the author's stance against trans people, I just enjoy the fanworks at this point), Life Is Strange (1 & Before The Storm).

Fannish Interests: Playlists, writing, art, moodboards, theory essays, character studies, fan-OC discussions, psychology

OTPs and Ships: Halsin/Astarion (BG3), Gortash/Durge (BG3), Severus/Lily (HP), Tom/Bellatrix (HP), Harry/Draco (HP), Ganondorf/Zelda (LoZ), Jayce/Viktor (Arcane)

Favourite Movies: Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Pan's Labyrinth, Death Becomes Her, Shaun of the Dead, Forrest Gump, The Witches of Eastwick, Practical Magic

Music: Classical, classic/hard rock, symphonic metal, folk music, grunge

Before you follow: I write lengthy annotations of novels I'm reading that may be intended for 18+, and some of my creative works veer in that direction as well, so PLEASE no minor interactions! 🙏🏻 I also curse a lot, and talk about some heavy subjects that occur in my own life (under cut and with content warnings in the Reason for Age Restriction field, like a civilized netizen), so if that's not your cup of tea, we might have issues connecting.

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Friday Five: School

from

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1. Who was your favorite teacher?
Mrs. Taylor. Ronnie Taylor. She was awesome.

2. Why was that teacher so special?
When my best friend and I entered her class in the 6th grade she had taught our older sisters. Both of us were stressed out about that because both of our sister could be serious problems. But she loved both our sisters and us. Our social group loved her and she knew it. She kind of played favorites and let us stay inside the air conditioned class during recess where we'd talk or play with some kind of sack (it couldn't have been a hackey sack). She was strict but as long as we were good she was fine.

She loved an old show called Rider's in the Sky and I remember her and her love of that western. She also loved the California Raisins. She had a bank or statue of a California Raisin. While we were playing with that sack or ball we broke it. She'd stepped out. We were horrified and we didn't hide it. I remember Diane who actually through the sack being so upset Mrs. Taylor would hate her. She wasn't even mad. She did tell us we shouldn't have been throwing the thing in the classroom but I remember her hugging us and telling us we were already forgiven. We did try to glue it together for her.

She used to invite her students over (in groups with parents permission). I never got to go over but many did. I don't think my mom was against it. There was just never any time. When I was an adult and was visiting the area my best friend and I stopped by her house. She was outside in her yard. She immediately recognized us and though she was tiny she hugged us fiercely. We talked with her for a while.

Debbie (my BFF) texted me last year, I think, because she found that Mrs. Taylor had died. We were so heartbroken. It felt worse to me that she was only a couple hours away in Reno. I could have gone to see her but I was a year too late.

Still she was a teach that made all her kids love her and she was never far from your thoughts.

3. Do you think teachers get paid enough?
I don't know what teachers get paid all over the country but in California they make enough. They don't work the whole year and still make much more than I do. If I made that I'd have so much more financial freedom.

4. Do you have a favorite year of school?
Despite loving me 6th grade teacher. My favorite year was my freshman year of highschool. Most people act like that was the worst year for them but I loved it. I loved the rallies. I loved most of my classmates. I loved the friends I had and I enjoyed going to school. I gained a good group of friends in junior high and while a lot of them didn't go to the same highschool as I did... I was able to "collect" some great friends. We had a blast together and made great memories. Unfortunately, I didn't get to have the other 3 years with these friends because we moved. And I continued my highschool in a tiny school. I hated it.

5. If you could travel back in time and tell yourself something now that would have helped you get through school, what would you say?
Fight harder to go to the regular highschool. Don't give up on college just because it is boring as hell. And maybe be less afraid of what people think of you. Be you and if they don't like it then it is there loss.

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Community Recs Post!

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fancrafts/podfics/fics/fanart/fanvids/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.

Nominations Closed

Signups will open June 27. Keep an eye out for the post! :)

Last day for nominations!

You have approximately 24 hours to nominate, if you can think of tropes/prompts you want that aren't in the tagset, and still have available slots.

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Hello!

Name: Amorette or Via
Age group: 17+..I'm in college!
Country: USA
Subscription/Access Policy: all posts are public unless it's a vent, in that case only very close friends. Otherwise I am not picky. :)

Main Fandoms: Jurassic park / Jurassic World, Zenless Zone Zero, Wuthering waves
Other Fandoms: Minecraft, Dead rails (roblox), CRK, Pokemon, Animal Crossing
Fannish Interests: Digital art, Rarepairs / selfshipping
OTPs and Ships: Toya x Airi (pjsekai) , Neuvilette x Zhongli (GI), Jane x Sethos (ZZZ), Owen x Claire (Jurassic world)

Favourite Movies: All of the jurassic park + Jurassic world movies...
TV Shows: Kitchen Nightmares, Bar rescue
Music: Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Ghostemane, Kim Dracula, Rammstein, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Megurine Luka
Games: Wobbledogs, Webbing Journey, Wolf Quest, Planet Zoo, JWE2, Planet Crafter
Comics/Anime/Misc: D4DJ, Idolm@ster, Yuru Yuri, Yuri is my job, Harukana Recieve

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Fic recs (WWE, AEW, Doctor Who)

Five WWE, two WWE/AEW crossovers, and one Doctor Who fic at the link.

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Hello!

Name: Jazari, goes by Jaza or Timmy as well.
Age group: 19, probably pretty young for this site's standards but I love using older styled websites! Very willing to learn the culture around here :] I have friends between 16-40 but for here I would prefer 18+ due to the nature of what I want to post on my journal.
Country: USA
Subscription/Access Policy: Nothing fancy, I won't be hiding any posts but all content will be tagged appropriately so you can avoid me venting/rambling about personal stuff rather than my fandom content if you want!

Main Fandoms: Super Mario, JJBA, Fairly Oddparents, Dreamworks Trolls
Other Fandoms: Pizza Tower, Sega (in general), Animal Crossing, CRK, Minecraft, Rabbids, Snowboard Kids
Fannish Interests: Music (the more obscure the better!), Data Hording, Writing, Digital Art
OTPs and Ships: I am a OC x Canon/SelfShipper so my OTPs are all my OC, LOL! But as for my Canon x Canon ships: JotaPol (Jotaro x Polnareff), LuGoo (Luigi x Gooigi), Luigi x Mr. L, Luisley (Luigi x Peasley), Bowigi (Bowser x Luigi), PerIrep, Mareach (Mario x Peach), Bowsario (Bowser x Mario), Ecks x Ten x Shun, and so, so much more. Just keep in mind I love shitting on Luigi x Daisy so if you're a fan of that sorrrry :P

Favourite Movies: Minecraft Movie, Trolls Band Together, TSMBM, the Sonic movie trilogy
TV Shows: I usually use the TV to binge Dateline NBC nowadays.
Books: AO3
Music: Check out my music hoard!
Games: I have played over 200 Mario series games excluding remakes and rereleases. Oh, and I also like Placcid Plastic Duck Simulator.
Comics/Anime/Misc: I collect doujinshis from my interests, I think that counts :]

Nice to meet you all and thanks for reading!

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Hello

Name: Regis
Age group: Legal enough to drink but old enough not to want to do it.... OK! I am 46. LOL!
Country: United States
Subscription/Access Policy: I am pretty open but it's good to know that I hate Trump.

Favourite Movies: Friday the 13th, Star Wars, SAW, Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, MCU, DCU, Ghostbusters, Bullet Train, Back to the Future, James Bond, Mission Impossible, Ocean's 11 remake, Logan Lucky, The Conjuring, Tales from the Crypt presents Demon Knight, Steel Magnolias, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Frighteners, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Evil Dead
TV Shows: Myster Science Theater 3000, Gotham, Smallville, Lucifer, Man from U.N.C.L.E., Perry Mason, Columbo, GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, Given, Love Stage, Sherlock, Murder She Wrote, Poirot, Yu Yu Hakusho, The Real Ghostbusters, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Oblongs, The Venture Bros., Doctor Who, Gravity Falls
Books: Battle Royale, Hearstopper, The Book of Bill, Troy Comics the Whole Shebang. Crystal Lake Memories
Music: Panic at the Disco, Alanis Morrisette, Pink, The Killers
Games: Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Ace Attorney, Monster Boy, Mortal Kombat, You Don't Know Jack, Borderlands Mega Man

...And Many More!

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Community Recs Post!

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool podfics/fics/fanart/fanvids/fancrafts/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.

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Nominations open for P4Lxchange!

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Nominations Open!

Nominations are now open for Partners 4 Life Exchange!

What do I do?

1) First, go look at the tagset. Think about what tropes or prompts you'd like to request or write for EO. Are any of them missing from the tagset?

2) If so, click on the Nominate button in the upper right. It will bring you to a page with 20 fields you can type into.

3) Type each trope/prompt you would like into a field. Try to imitate the formatting of the other tags in the tagset, including capitalization. For instance, you'll notice that Soulmate AU-specific tropes/prompts begin with "Soulmate AU - ", and SVU-specific AUs relating to specific episodes or arcs begin with "SVU: ".

4) When you finish typing a trope/prompt, type a comma to finalize that field.

5) When you have added all the tropes/prompts you want (or have filled up your nominations), click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page.

You will be able to edit your nominated tropes/prompts until they are approved, and you will be able to add new nominations as long as there are blank fields in your nomination form. Nominations will remain open until Wednesday, June 25.

Go forth and nominate! :)

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Old Timey Fandom Settings :)

Name:

sweetsorcery
Age group: Adult
Country: New Zealand
Subscription/Access Policy: Free Spirits over 18 who don't post excessively about News and Politics

I'm going to put OTPs and Ships under their fandoms, as I have quite a few.

Main Fandoms: Biggles series - W E Johns (Biggles/Thomas Moorven, Algy Lacey/Ginger Hebblethwaite, Biggles/Erich von Stalhein, Bertie Lissie/Ian Ross, Algy/Ginger/Bertie); Famous Five - Enid Blyton (Julian Kirrin/Dick Kirrin)

Other Fandoms (I still sometimes write in these, or they're new to me and I might even just have WIPs so far):

LIT - Victorian/Edwardian Ghost Stories & Adventure Stories:
Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson (Alan Breck Stewart/David Balfour), The Attic - A M Burrage (Stanley Forbes/Derek Wilson), Lot No. 249 - Arthur Conan Doyle (William Monkhouse Lee/Abercrombie Smith), Thurnley Abbey - Perceval Landon (Alastair Colvin/Narrator), Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad - M R James (Professor Parkins/Colonel Wilson), Initiation and H.S.H. - Algernon Blackwood (Arthur/Malahide, H.S.H./Delane), Dracula and Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker... I keep adding to the list of inspiring vintage horror canons.
I also run a community for Vintage Horror with M/M potential:

kindreadspirits

TV:
Vienna Blood (TV) (Max Liebermann/Oskar Rheinhardt), Colditz (1972) (Kommandant Karl/John Preston), Hornblower (TV) (Hornblower/Pellew, Hobbs/Wellard), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV) (Napoleon/Illya, Napoleon, Satine), Agatha Christie's Poirot (Poirot/Hastings, Poirot/Shaitana), All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV) (Siegfried Farnon/Tristan Farnon)

FILMS:
Aces High (1976) (Sinclair/Croft), The Haunting (1963) (John Markway/Luke Sanderson), Lord of the Rings (Jackson Movies) (Boromir/Faramir, Celeborn/Haldir), Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence/Ali), The Trollenberg Terror (1958) (Alan Brooks/Philip Truscott), Thunder Rock (1942) (David Charleston/?), Morning Departure (1950) (Manson/Snipe), The Way to the Stars (1945) (David Archdale/Johnny Hollis)... I'm a huge fan of vintage British War Movies (also an ever growing list),

THEATRE:
Journey's End - R C Sherriff (and its numerous adaptions in different mediums)

Historical RPF:
18th and 19th Century RPF (Vivaldi/Farinelli, Keats/Shelley), Ancient Egypt RPF

Fannish Interests: Writing, Reading, Exchanges and Challenges, possibly going to try my hand at some more Vidding in future; I get hooked on most of my vintage fandoms through audiobooks and story readings

Favourite Feelgood Movies (mostly independent of fannish creations): Lost Horizon (1937), The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), The Colditz Story (1955), The Haunting (1963), The Innocents (1960), The Night My Number Came up (1955), Morning Departure (1950), Death on the Nile (2004), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Dean Spanley

Favourite TV Shows: Famous Five (70s series), Sherlock Holmes (Granada Series), Sapphire and Steel, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Vienna Blood, The Children of the Stones, most classic Star Trek

Authors: Algernon Blackwood, M R James, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, A M Burrage, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh Walpole, A J Alan, Bram Stoker, Jules Verne

Music: British Dance Bands from the 1920s - 1940s, Baroque Music (incl. Opera very selectively), Romantic Era Music, Pop from the 1950s - 1980s, Tango, Swing, World Music

Games: nope

Comics/Anime/Misc: not really, but I love Ghibli films

Other Info about Me: I have fibromyalgia and C-PTSD. I do mostly post about fandom and writing, but now and then, I vent about the fact that daily pain and fatigue impact my life badly; if you're someone who only wants perfectly healthy friends... that's not me.

Current Mood: working
Current Music: Natalie Kills - Saturday Night

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FIC: Can You Hear My Heart Through the Prison Bars (The Walking Dead)

Can You Hear My Heart Through the Prison Bars (1074 words) by anr
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Daryl Dixon/Carol Peletier
Characters: Daryl Dixon, Carol Peletier
Additional Tags: 5 Times, Season 3, prison era, Hurt/Comfort, Touch, Grief
Summary: It's the warmest sleep he can remember.
(aka, Five times Daryl and Carol touch.)

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A few recs from Diagetic Exchange

diegetic_exchange is for in-universe fanfic/RPF/etc. Here are some things I enjoyed from it!

Babylon 5

Stars Uncrossed: My Vorlon Sex Story! (1300 words, explicit)
OF COURSE there is Vorlon/human reader insert smut on Future Space AO3, and of course there are some very recognizable Space AO3 usernames in the comments. The author's notes are also pure gold. MINBARI DNI.

Megamind

Am I the Asshole for impersonating someone else to be with my girlfriend? (700 words, Megamind/Roxanne)
The most in-character thing ever. The comments are great, and also extremely in character.

Murderbot Diaries

Bot Sacrifice (600 wds, gen)
Sanctuary Moon fanfic with ART's inline beta comments. Hilarious and very them, and also very touching.

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EO fanfic exchange coming up!

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