That's where it is (600 words) by Petra
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala
Additional Tags: Drabble and a Half, Drabble Sequence, Alternate Universe - Soulmates
Series: Part 2 of The Shoop Shoop Soulmate Song
Summary:
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People read and reviewed, so I wrote more.
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala
Additional Tags: Drabble and a Half, Drabble Sequence, Alternate Universe - Soulmates
Series: Part 2 of The Shoop Shoop Soulmate Song
Summary:
A variety of ways in which Anakin meets his soulmate.
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People read and reviewed, so I wrote more.
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This infrared view of Jupiter by Webb is illuminating.
It's not that all my fandoms involve funny British dudes, but there does seem to be a trend.
At least this one is a cooking channel? Sorted Food.
worth it (2321 words) by marginaliana
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sorted (Website) RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ben Ebbrell/Barry Taylor
Characters: Barry Taylor, Ben Ebbrell
Additional Tags: First Time, Blowjobs, Safe oral sex, no families au
Summary:
At least this one is a cooking channel? Sorted Food.
worth it (2321 words) by marginaliana
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sorted (Website) RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ben Ebbrell/Barry Taylor
Characters: Barry Taylor, Ben Ebbrell
Additional Tags: First Time, Blowjobs, Safe oral sex, no families au
Summary:
"Ebbs. Listen." But what could he say that wouldn't sound crass or a joke or both? He'd thought about it for days and decided in the end to wing it, only now he was here winging it and he still had no better idea. Maybe this was going to crash and burn no matter how he introduced the idea. Maybe he was going to ruin a friendship and none of this would be worth it. But something in him knew he had to try.
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1. I got my tattoo wrap stuff from Amazon this afternoon but I actually think I'm just going to go without it. I took off the bandage a few hours ago and there hasn't been any seepage (there was a bit in the bandage). But both Carla and I would like to get more tattoos in the future, so it will be good to have on hand.
2. Carla had been wanting to go to an English pub, so we went down to the King's Head for lunch and got fish and chips. It was so good. It's a little too far to walk for Carla right now, so we took the train, which still gets us a good walk between the station and home and the station and the restaurant (which is down near the Promenade and mall, so we checked out some shops while we were there, too). It was a nice afternoon and the sun wasn't too bad on the way there, though we were definitely feeling it on the way home.
3. Every weekend I've got it on my to-do list to do a little more planning for our upcoming trip to Japan and we're making good progress.
4. Look at that Ollie face!
2. Carla had been wanting to go to an English pub, so we went down to the King's Head for lunch and got fish and chips. It was so good. It's a little too far to walk for Carla right now, so we took the train, which still gets us a good walk between the station and home and the station and the restaurant (which is down near the Promenade and mall, so we checked out some shops while we were there, too). It was a nice afternoon and the sun wasn't too bad on the way there, though we were definitely feeling it on the way home.
3. Every weekend I've got it on my to-do list to do a little more planning for our upcoming trip to Japan and we're making good progress.
4. Look at that Ollie face!
What have you been working on and how are things going? Found any cool resources to share? Or just want to say hi?
I used one of my Christmas gift cards to order a 12" carbon steel frying pan. I have a cast iron one but it is very heavy. I don't need it often, but when I do I'm always worried I'm going to drop it when it's full of hot food and I have to transfer it from stove top to oven or broiler, or vice versa. So we'll see how the carbon steel pan goes. I love the one I have for crepes, but it is much smaller and flatter.
It was top of mind this weekend because I decided to make this skillet chicken parm, but I was able to use my 10" (enameled) cast iron pan for it, which is more manageable, since I only had 2 chicken breasts. And it was pretty good! I made the Marcella Hazan simple tomato sauce for it and it worked out well. It's definitely easier than breading and frying a bunch of cutlets, and it gives a decent approximation of the best bits, which are the breading and cheese and sauce all melding together.
Then today I made this slow cooker creamy lemon chicken and it was okay - needed more lemon, imo, and also after reading the comments, I was prepared and added more cornstarch when the sauce didn't thicken much. I also thought it was weird that they want you to brown the chicken in butter first, but not saute the shallot and garlic. I didn't bother with searing the chicken, since generally I don't bother when I'm using the slow cooker, but I did saute the shallot and garlic first and added the dried herbs and let them sizzle for about 30 seconds before removing the pot from the stove and fitting it into the Instant Pot.
So it's been nice and cozy in here while the weather has been stupidly cold. Sadly, I have to go to a conference on Tuesday, when the high is supposed to be like 20°F. The agenda sounds interesting but I already told my boss if it was snowing I was staying home, but I don't think I can bail if it's just super cold but clear and dry. Who runs a conference in New York in January!? This is the time of year to be someplace warm. (Not that they would pay for me to go to a conference someplace warm! We're not even paying for this one - the tickets are comped because our head of HR is moderating a panel.)
I'm just glad I don't have to go out tomorrow, when it will be messy.
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It was top of mind this weekend because I decided to make this skillet chicken parm, but I was able to use my 10" (enameled) cast iron pan for it, which is more manageable, since I only had 2 chicken breasts. And it was pretty good! I made the Marcella Hazan simple tomato sauce for it and it worked out well. It's definitely easier than breading and frying a bunch of cutlets, and it gives a decent approximation of the best bits, which are the breading and cheese and sauce all melding together.
Then today I made this slow cooker creamy lemon chicken and it was okay - needed more lemon, imo, and also after reading the comments, I was prepared and added more cornstarch when the sauce didn't thicken much. I also thought it was weird that they want you to brown the chicken in butter first, but not saute the shallot and garlic. I didn't bother with searing the chicken, since generally I don't bother when I'm using the slow cooker, but I did saute the shallot and garlic first and added the dried herbs and let them sizzle for about 30 seconds before removing the pot from the stove and fitting it into the Instant Pot.
So it's been nice and cozy in here while the weather has been stupidly cold. Sadly, I have to go to a conference on Tuesday, when the high is supposed to be like 20°F. The agenda sounds interesting but I already told my boss if it was snowing I was staying home, but I don't think I can bail if it's just super cold but clear and dry. Who runs a conference in New York in January!? This is the time of year to be someplace warm. (Not that they would pay for me to go to a conference someplace warm! We're not even paying for this one - the tickets are comped because our head of HR is moderating a panel.)
I'm just glad I don't have to go out tomorrow, when it will be messy.
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Had a moment last week where I was like "that Parent Trap post canon fic where the twins encounter Meredith in an airport is, like, basically done, I just need to smooth it all out, how long could this possibly take, 10 minutes" and then had the horrified realization that this fic is in my Started In 2023 folder. Truly, I have no intuitive understanding of time.
On the other hand, when doing a quick note to self on this to figure out the time period, I gave in and referred to the twins as Allie and honestly it just makes life so much easier.
Meredith is so much fun to write, she's got such a specific point of view.
"Oh, girls, girls, girls," Meredith chides them. "Let bygones be bygones! I don't hold a grudge. You made your point perfectly clear: you weren't going to allow your father to use me like that. I respect that in a preteen. You knew your minds and you were looking out for me, truly."
Also and here's a bit from my initial notes from the rewatch, which informs the whole thing:
but wow yeah annie's being such a jerk here, and meredith is rising to it and kind of liking it. I think she sees Annie as more of an intellectual equal than Nick is.
Hi, welcome to this week's instalment of the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch! Watch half an episode a week, and then come and chat about it here in comments. Or you can just jump into the comments without rewatching, of course!
Here is last week's half-episode. On to the second half!
Episode 9, from 22:52:
Summary: Everyone arrives at Qingxi village. Outside the guesthouse, Xiao-Guo finds a skull, and Wang Zheng explains her tribe's customs, disguised as rumours she's heard. A villager in a mask and wig tries to scare them away; the village head explains that a guard was murdered two days ago and everyone's wary of outsiders. He takes Zhao Yunlan and Zhu Hong to the crime scene. They see a light and explore further, and Zhao Yunlan reveals he has the Sundial with him when it starts resonating. Zhu Jiu tells the Hanga tribesmen to kill Wang Zheng, blaming her for their being trapped by the Awl, and they attack the guesthouse. Wang Zheng tries to sacrifice herself, but no one will let her. Zhao Yunlan and Zhu Hong arrive, and she has to take the gun from him and fire herself because he's paralysed by flashbacks of his mother's death. At night, Wang Zheng leaves on her own and goes into the mountain. Zhu Jiu is pleased - it's all going according to his plan.
Quote:
Zhao Yunlan to Wang Zheng: "See, what do I keep telling you? Don't keep dieting all the time, being skinny isn't good for you!"
Detail:
This episode gives us an update for who was in which car when! I'll put all of it here for completeness' sake, even though it includes stuff from the first half of the episode:
1st leg (Dragon City to car breakdown):
- Zhao Yunlan's jeep: Zhao Yunlan (driving), Da Qing (passenger seat), Wang Zheng and Zhu Hong in the back
- Other SID car: Chu Shuzhi (driving), Lin Jing (passenger seat), Guo Changcheng in the back
- University group car: not shown, but presumably Xiao-Quan driving since he assumes he'll drive after the breakdown
- Zhao Yunlan's jeep: Lin Jing (driving), Zhu Hong (passenger seat), Wang Zheng and Guo Changcheng in the back
- Other SID car: not seen, but must be Chu Shuzhi and Da Qing
- University group car: Zhao Yunlan (driving), Shen Wei (passenger seat), Jiajia and Xiao Quan in the back
- Zhao Yunlan's jeep: Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng, Zhu Hong, Wang Zheng (shown waiting at Qingxi village when the other two cars arrive)
- University group car: until the jacket-sharing stop, Lin Jing (driving), Jiajia (passenger seat), Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan in the back. After the stop, not shown. (We do see all of the above plus the village head after they got out, but that's not conclusive.)
- Other SID car: not shown, though it arrives behind the university car, and there's a shot with a blurry Da Qing in the background, outside on the passenger side. (If the village head did ride with all the others, the third car was Da Qing and Xiao-Quan only, and maybe Xiao-Quan got to actually drive for this leg! *g*)
Questions: What's your favourite bit in this half-episode? Which SID character gets the best moment? When Shen Wei questions Wang Zheng, how much does he already know about her? Would you like to go on a field trip with Shen Wei, even though he might end up hypnotising you? Do you sympathise with the villagers? Is speechifying Zhu Jiu's greatest talent? If you've read the novel, any thoughts on about how the drama compares?
(These are all just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like! You don't have to be keeping up with the rewatch to join in!)
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I started writing this ages ago as a treat for a horror exchange, though I can't now remember for whom or which exchange - if it sounds like something you might have requested, it's probably for you! It grew out of all proportion - it was going to be about 500 words - and picked up all kinds of other things including some of my experience of Berlin, and after a great deal of wrestling with the ending I have finally finished it. I was going to think of a cleverer title for it, this one was because I was listening to 'Bonnie Jean Cameron' a lot while writing it, but I accidentally posted it with this working title (which is slightly better than the other working title of Horror Soulbonding) and decided to let it stick.
Title: aye blythe blink
Content: angst with a happy ending, nightmares, hallucinations, soulbonding as horror, Biggles/EvS, 11k words
Summary: Biggles starts to have strange nightmares. Algy looks for a solution.
( the only thing they could recommend )
Title: aye blythe blink
Content: angst with a happy ending, nightmares, hallucinations, soulbonding as horror, Biggles/EvS, 11k words
Summary: Biggles starts to have strange nightmares. Algy looks for a solution.
( the only thing they could recommend )
One rainy day Kanade, a high school student, finds a mouse-sized cat in his room. It's a fairy cat or "palm-sized cat!" They are elusive magical creatures which sometimes adopt humans, but mostly behave like ordinary cats. Only extra-tiny!
That's about it for the plot. What this manga is actually about is showing an incredibly adorable tiny cat being an incredibly adorable tiny cat. It's an incredibly adorable manga. Proof:
My latest Guardian fanworks: fandomtrees edition!
Jan. 18th, 2026 06:51 pmfacethestrange posting in sid_guardianAll fics: 3x drama, 1x novel, 1x rpf. :) (There were also other Guardian and Guardian-adjacent works created for fandomtrees, including but not limited to gifts I received, so check out the collection. :D)
The Arrangement (604 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Arranged Marriage, Alternate Black-Cloaked Envoy | Hei Pao Shi Identity Reveal, Early in Canon, but vaguely after episode 8, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Established Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Summary: "If I had never met you, I'd say that Hei Lao-ge is far more than I would ever deserve. And he is, but I have met you, and—"
Shen Wei swallows, and Zhao Yunlan feels the sudden need to backpedal. "I don't mean that I would propose to you right now. I just wish we had more time."
Twice (331 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: set between the Envoy reveal and the time loop reveal, Secrets, Reveals, Tenderness, Kissing
Summary: "Shen Wei-ah... Have we really met before?"
I'll Do It (313 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ye Zun & Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei & Ye Zun & Zhao Yunlan, Background Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Ye Zun (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Hair Braiding, Trauma Recovery, Ye Zun is rescued and safe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Developing Friendships, LanZun can be read as pre-relationship or platonic
Summary: "Gege did this for me," Ye Zun says, trying to sound offhanded but clearly gauging Zhao Yunlan's reaction. "I bet he has never done anything like this for you."
For Now (343 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen San/Shen Wei (Guardian), Da Qing & Shen San & Shen Wei (Guardian)
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Shen San (Guardian), Da Qing (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Domestic, Cuddling & Snuggling, Bittersweet, Not-So-Accidental Cat Acquisition
Summary: "Yao-xiong, look what I found! This little fellow just followed me home, I couldn't possibly say no."
Skilled (344 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Interview, Implied Sexual Content, Light-Hearted, Long-ge has many skills that occasionally make Bai Yu distracted and one-track-minded, Established Relationship
Summary: A thousand thoughts per second cross Bai Yu's mind, none of them relevant— No, most of them are extremely relevant. Alas, none of them are appropriate during a live interview.
fandomtrees, including but not limited to gifts I received, so check out the collection. :D)The Arrangement (604 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Arranged Marriage, Alternate Black-Cloaked Envoy | Hei Pao Shi Identity Reveal, Early in Canon, but vaguely after episode 8, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Established Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Summary: "If I had never met you, I'd say that Hei Lao-ge is far more than I would ever deserve. And he is, but I have met you, and—"
Shen Wei swallows, and Zhao Yunlan feels the sudden need to backpedal. "I don't mean that I would propose to you right now. I just wish we had more time."
Twice (331 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: set between the Envoy reveal and the time loop reveal, Secrets, Reveals, Tenderness, Kissing
Summary: "Shen Wei-ah... Have we really met before?"
I'll Do It (313 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ye Zun & Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei & Ye Zun & Zhao Yunlan, Background Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Ye Zun (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Hair Braiding, Trauma Recovery, Ye Zun is rescued and safe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Developing Friendships, LanZun can be read as pre-relationship or platonic
Summary: "Gege did this for me," Ye Zun says, trying to sound offhanded but clearly gauging Zhao Yunlan's reaction. "I bet he has never done anything like this for you."
For Now (343 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen San/Shen Wei (Guardian), Da Qing & Shen San & Shen Wei (Guardian)
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Shen San (Guardian), Da Qing (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Domestic, Cuddling & Snuggling, Bittersweet, Not-So-Accidental Cat Acquisition
Summary: "Yao-xiong, look what I found! This little fellow just followed me home, I couldn't possibly say no."
Skilled (344 words) by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Interview, Implied Sexual Content, Light-Hearted, Long-ge has many skills that occasionally make Bai Yu distracted and one-track-minded, Established Relationship
Summary: A thousand thoughts per second cross Bai Yu's mind, none of them relevant— No, most of them are extremely relevant. Alas, none of them are appropriate during a live interview.
When frozen in writing, there's nothing like a bulleted list to trick yourself into making words. ( Read more... )