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kaberett... are a placeholder, because I have spent most of today fighting either The Cobnuts or The Apples, so here is proof of life & I will hopefully come back and edit this post tomorrow. <3
kaberettsome things!
Sep. 5th, 2026 10:42 pmkaberettToday I have not made sage cobnut salted caramel (recipe courtesy of the National Trust but not alas online anywhere that I can tell), nor gone on to use it in a medlar sticky toffee pudding, but I have got a puck of medlar pulp out of the freezer and I have got a carrier bag containing 2.2kg of cobnuts husk and all down to a much smaller bowl containing approximately 640g of cobnuts in the shell. I theoretically require 300g of shelled cobnuts. I am at this stage in proceedings plagued by the nagging feeling that last time I bothered doing anything with cobnuts, Several Years Ago, I declared it fun as a one-off but far too much like work.
I have managed to run a full dehydrator of apple slices, though, and we have more negatively priced electrons tomorrow, so sticky toffee pudding is now a Tomorrow Job.
... as is another load of apples for dehydrating, and hopefully the second batch of fig jam, and ideally also a bunch of stewed apples.
Meanwhile this evening has included introducing A to The Man In Seat 61, or rather thinking "I should tell A to look at..." and then looking over to see A had already got there. Excellent! I thought, and commented more or less the foregoing.
... A had not previously been aware of this site -- it had merely come up high in the search results for a journey they're thinking of making. There now exist A Number of Open Tabs...
today's achievements have almost all involved food
Sep. 3rd, 2026 11:19 pmkaberettI have Gathered, inter alia:
- a 2kg bag of cobnuts (still VERY MUCH in their husks so usable weight is going to be... less), destined for some combination of sage & cobnut salted caramel (to go with medlar sticky toffee pudding)/blackberry and cobnut jam/an Ottolenghi courgette and cobnut salad (made with allotment squash but not alas my own basil)
- cream, to make said caramel
- not quite as much flour as I wanted (1.5kg each of wholemeal and white bread flour; 1kg spelt) because the shop was inexplicably out of 1.5kg bags of flour
- some ... fascinating ... discounted-because-no-one-had-bought-them Quorn Protein Snacks, which we turn out to not actually hate
I have also: strained the yoghurt (slightly more than I intended but nobody is exactly going to object); converted the resultant whey into two proto-loaves of bread (one wholemeal fig & pumpkin seed & spelt, one mostly-white poppy & caraway) to be baked tomorrow morning while our energy supplier will pay us to wiggle electrons; Had Therapy; spent time with The Child. Sleep now? Sleep now.
kaberettAssociative, not causative, but I am abruptly feeling rather more hopeful about the way I think the migraine's been Worse over the past few months; I'd been quietly concerned that maybe it was just... continuing... to escalate... but maybe there is an addressable Issue after all!
(I've not been managing to keep a headache diary, or indeed keeping up with much in my notebook. I have today successfully taking steps towards unfucking said situation and am feeling much better. Fingers crossed it sticks.)
Hugo Win for Murderbot
Sep. 2nd, 2026 02:36 pmmarthawellsI was so thrilled and happy that Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, Britta Rowings, Dan Balgoyen from Depth of Field Productions, and David Dastmalchian (who plays Gurathin) and and Keith Levine from Phantom Four, and Stan Pham from CBS, were able to come to the LA WorldCon and the Hugo Awards to accept the Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form Hugo for "All Systems Red" (written by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, directed by Roseanne Liang).
If you want to see us onstage, the Hugo Awards were streamed live and are now up on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyarB0EVaM.
Our category is at about 2:09:00, with Ronald Moore presenting. (And you can see me in my pretty dress.)
Chris Weitz and Andrew Miano also came early to do a panel with me, with Brenda Clough as moderator, on adapting the book to the screen, but I think you have to be a member of the virtual convention to see that one.
The list of Hugo nominees and winners is here: https://www.lacon.org/2026hugos/
If you want to see us onstage, the Hugo Awards were streamed live and are now up on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyarB0EVaM.
Our category is at about 2:09:00, with Ronald Moore presenting. (And you can see me in my pretty dress.)
Chris Weitz and Andrew Miano also came early to do a panel with me, with Brenda Clough as moderator, on adapting the book to the screen, but I think you have to be a member of the virtual convention to see that one.
The list of Hugo nominees and winners is here: https://www.lacon.org/2026hugos/
Blood for the Bloodmoon
Sep. 2nd, 2026 08:36 pmschneefinkIf you are curious about Vampire Survivors, there is currently a month-long charity drive where you can get a free copy of the base game + latest DLC with proof of a blood donation (or financial donation to a related organisation, or a post on social media) here: Blood for the Bloodmoon
It is a very fun, easy game for if you want to spend some time (or a lot of time) not thinking too much but getting the fun brain chemicals for killing more and more monsters with increasingly fancy weapons and characters. As a bonus, the bestiary is hilarious.
It is a very fun, easy game for if you want to spend some time (or a lot of time) not thinking too much but getting the fun brain chemicals for killing more and more monsters with increasingly fancy weapons and characters. As a bonus, the bestiary is hilarious.
Teeth and money and shelves and bed
Sep. 1st, 2026 10:26 pmschneefinkI've had an ache in my jaw for the last three weeks and I thought at first it was just a result of stress and then maybe an inflammation, but no, another root canal. Uuugh.
I have the least amount of money in my checking account since many many years but that's a good thing, I finally got around to investing most of it. When it comes to money it's very much "do as I say, not as I do" for me, because how many times have I told clients to do exactly that before... (I also haven't done my personal tax return in many years. It's fine, mine is not mandatory, but I would get some money back if I wasn't lazy. This year for sure, probably.)
My parents were here this weekend and helped put up the last shelves, I have a well organized storage room now and a lot more space, very convenient. Have I mentioned that I love my new apartment? With their help I also finally hung up the quilt I made with my family, and some prints I got at a convention (I even got a frame for them!, which I rarely bother with so it feels extra fancy.) My fandom display corner in the living room, full of figures and prints and pins etc., is looking great already; I'm still waiting for a couple more things I ordered but then I'll definitely post a picture.
Next step, organizing some things, especially documents, that got put into drawers in a big pile. I'll get around to it eventually. And putting up some more art - maybe a photo wall, like LB has? Still thinking about it.
I'm a bit behind on sleep, quite a bit of it self-inflicted because I was watching or reading things until late into the night, but I still dislike the consequences of my own actions. Boo.
I signed up for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
ficinabox. I'm hoping to create things with some different mediums again, looking forward to it. Now I just need to finish my letter and the swap requests. ...but I should probably go to bed now.
I have the least amount of money in my checking account since many many years but that's a good thing, I finally got around to investing most of it. When it comes to money it's very much "do as I say, not as I do" for me, because how many times have I told clients to do exactly that before... (I also haven't done my personal tax return in many years. It's fine, mine is not mandatory, but I would get some money back if I wasn't lazy. This year for sure, probably.)
My parents were here this weekend and helped put up the last shelves, I have a well organized storage room now and a lot more space, very convenient. Have I mentioned that I love my new apartment? With their help I also finally hung up the quilt I made with my family, and some prints I got at a convention (I even got a frame for them!, which I rarely bother with so it feels extra fancy.) My fandom display corner in the living room, full of figures and prints and pins etc., is looking great already; I'm still waiting for a couple more things I ordered but then I'll definitely post a picture.
Next step, organizing some things, especially documents, that got put into drawers in a big pile. I'll get around to it eventually. And putting up some more art - maybe a photo wall, like LB has? Still thinking about it.
I'm a bit behind on sleep, quite a bit of it self-inflicted because I was watching or reading things until late into the night, but I still dislike the consequences of my own actions. Boo.
I signed up for
ficinabox. I'm hoping to create things with some different mediums again, looking forward to it. Now I just need to finish my letter and the swap requests. ...but I should probably go to bed now.August recs: 3 time travel outsider pov fics
Aug. 31st, 2026 10:11 pmschneefinkLast day of the month still counts. Both time travel and outsider PoV are tropes I love so combinations are a treat.
The Stranger Inside My Son, by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Mademoiselle_A, Modao Zushi/MDZS
80k, gen with background canon pairings
Summary: Jiang Cheng goes back in time and decides there are a lot of people he won't give a damn about in this new life.
But Jiang Fengmian doesn't know that.
Why I like it: Jiang Fengmian is the last person to realize that Jiang Cheng changed. He has no clue what is happening, and seeing the changes through his eyes is a lot of fun, with all the things he has no chance to understand but the reader of course does. I really enjoyed the fix-it, too.
panoramic byremrose, Project Hail Mary
10.8k, gen
Summary: "I'll keep you updated. In the meantime, go back to sleep. When you need to worry, I'll tell you."
"Heh." Ryland ran his hand down his face. "It's terrible you know that it actually makes me feel better. What would I do without you?"
"Explode at a colleague at a conference and get expelled from academia and become a middle school teacher." Eva said, promptly.
"Wow, you've thought about that way too hard." Ryland laughed. "Middle schoolers might not vape in class, though. Maybe I should switch."
"Let's not joke."
or: fourteen conversations where ryland grace doesn’t realize eva stratt is a time traveller
Why I like it: Ryland & Eva friendship <3 this was lovely. Do I think it is plausible, eeeh, but I enjoyed it a lot.
Guard byCheshireSense, Bleach
18k, Ichigo/Kisuke
Summary: Later, Kisuke will remember and tease, "Were you really obsessing over me, Ichigo? Oh my, I have my own personal stalker!", and get an elbow to the face for his troubles.
At the moment though, all he can think is I've impressed someone, and I'm safe, and - looking at his new lord - Who are you?
Why I like it: Another wonderful thing about time travel + outsider PoV is that it often comes hand in hand with competence porn, and this one, where Ichigo is part of the Shihouin clan and takes Kisuke as his ward, has that in wonderful spades.
The Stranger Inside My Son, by
80k, gen with background canon pairings
Summary: Jiang Cheng goes back in time and decides there are a lot of people he won't give a damn about in this new life.
But Jiang Fengmian doesn't know that.
Why I like it: Jiang Fengmian is the last person to realize that Jiang Cheng changed. He has no clue what is happening, and seeing the changes through his eyes is a lot of fun, with all the things he has no chance to understand but the reader of course does. I really enjoyed the fix-it, too.
panoramic by
10.8k, gen
Summary: "I'll keep you updated. In the meantime, go back to sleep. When you need to worry, I'll tell you."
"Heh." Ryland ran his hand down his face. "It's terrible you know that it actually makes me feel better. What would I do without you?"
"Explode at a colleague at a conference and get expelled from academia and become a middle school teacher." Eva said, promptly.
"Wow, you've thought about that way too hard." Ryland laughed. "Middle schoolers might not vape in class, though. Maybe I should switch."
"Let's not joke."
or: fourteen conversations where ryland grace doesn’t realize eva stratt is a time traveller
Why I like it: Ryland & Eva friendship <3 this was lovely. Do I think it is plausible, eeeh, but I enjoyed it a lot.
Guard by
18k, Ichigo/Kisuke
Summary: Later, Kisuke will remember and tease, "Were you really obsessing over me, Ichigo? Oh my, I have my own personal stalker!", and get an elbow to the face for his troubles.
At the moment though, all he can think is I've impressed someone, and I'm safe, and - looking at his new lord - Who are you?
Why I like it: Another wonderful thing about time travel + outsider PoV is that it often comes hand in hand with competence porn, and this one, where Ichigo is part of the Shihouin clan and takes Kisuke as his ward, has that in wonderful spades.
vital functions
Aug. 30th, 2026 11:21 pmkaberettCelebrating. RAIN. MULTIPLE PROPER DAYS OF IT.
Reading. I have given up on Weathering (Ruth Allen), in that I had struggled through only a little of the first post-introduction chapter when it autoreturned to the library a second time, and by this point I'd taken several screenshots to send to people for yelling purposes. ("To put therapy in a replicable, familiar, closed box of a closed room, in a clinical environment, is to say an individual thing got broken and now must be shut away to get fixed ... Therapy has no echo in nature when you see it behind closed walls, sealed in to medicalised or clinical environments, disconnected from the messy edges of the encroaching world"!!! THE COCOON METAPHOR IS STARING YOU IN THE FACE.) It has had its second chance; I think alas it is not for me.
HOWEVER. I am back on my EatYourBooks indexing bullshit! And have thus read Jams with a Twist (Kylee Newton, National Trust), which I will be keeping, at least for now; and I am most of the way through Notes from the Jam Cupboard (Mary Tregellas), which I will ALSO be keeping, because in addition to the fine Brythonic surname she............. has a Mitteleuropäische family history of the form "her mother moved to Devon from Czechslovakia, For Love", followed by spending a fair bit of time in Austria as an adult, and I am finding her very soothing company. Not quite finished this one (I have yet to actually read the final chapter on breads), but aaaaalmost! Almost. I swear the next book will be one I am going to actually give back to the charity shop--
And meanwhile, in another part of the forest, I have also made a start (thank you the library) on Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global (Laura Spinney). I have thus far greatly enjoyed the introduction and a good chunk of the first chapter (on Proto-Indo-European's own parent language); there are many excellent Language Facts and also many excellent facts that are not directly about language; I am Having A Good Time and Do Recommend.
Listening. We've wrangled a whole pile of potions for the upcoming last event of the year! We have therefore also listened to a bunch more Hidden Almanac! We're just edging into summer 2017. Georgina is being Threatened but has not yet Arrived...
Playing. More Color Bus Trip, and also Tukoni: Forest Keepers!!! Or at least our first run through; there are 9 Steam Achievements we have not yet Achieved so we will be doing at least one more in the relatively near future, and it is just as soothing and delightful as the prologue and does a really good job of incorporating but largely not repeating the material from the prologue. V v v happy about this.
Cooking. The veg box brought us multicoloured beetroot, so, a variant on the caramelised onion and butternut squash tart, with rings of sliced beetroot in Colours Various and also rosemary in the custard. Since I was making pastry I made a double batch and turned the other half into approximately apricot-pistachio squares, with some figs in addition to apricots; this time I did double the frangipane, or rather all of its ingredients except the sugar, and this was very satisfactory. Will attempt to remember to do again in future. (Hi, future Alex who is looking for notes on this topic!)
I have also made Fig Soup, by which I mean Approximately Fig Jam But I'm Working Myself Up To Boiling It Up Some More. Alas I do not think half sugar to the weight of fig is sufficient for my textural purposes so plausibly I will just... empty everything back into the pan and add... another kilo of sugar. (And then I desperately need to repeat the process with the rest of the figs...)
Eating. FIGS. Strawberries. More of my mother's beans. A has been making akuri. Generally it is a season of abundance and feasting that I am greatly enjoying.
Making & mending. Iiiiii need to actually tie off the ends for patch #1 and move on to patch #2.
Growing. DID I MENTION THE RAIN.
I have furthermore sown some kohlrabi and some fennel. We Shall See.
Fic in a box 2026
Aug. 30th, 2026 11:50 pmschneefinkHi! I'm very excited about FIAB and look forward to whatever you create :D
General likes: angst with a happy ending, strong friendships, intimacy, power differentials, complicated relationships, relationships forged under pressure/people who are friendly but not that close forced to work together and becoming close as a result, loyalty, sacrifice, forced to make difficult choices, dealing with awkward situations, emotional h/c, time travel and time loops, fix-it fic, canon divergence AUs, competent characters, adventures, hugs, non-sexual kink, missing scenes, additional worldbuilding, exploration of game mechanics...
General DNWs: tragic/hopeless endings, hurt no comfort, self-harm for mental health reasons, torture portrayed as "necessary" and/or effective information gathering, explicit on-screen sex, unwanted pregnancy or pregnancy scare, terminal illnesses in permadeath settings, non-reversible age regression, STDs taken seriously (crack is fine), crossovers/fusions with non-related canons, superhero AUs
MIO: Memories in Orbit (Video Game)
Solo: The Keepers (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Lura (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: The Pearls (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Ati (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Mio (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Samsk (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Samsk & Tomo (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Shii (MIO: Memories in Orbit)
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If you are unfamiliar with this game, I highly recommend it! Here is a short overview.
The story of the game spans centuries and I'm interested in all of it: from when they built the Vessel and came up with the concept of the Pearls, the stories of the very first Keepers, life on-board the Vessel and the Pearls that kept it alive; to the story of Noden's rebellion; to the fall-out and what happened after. And I'd also love to read/see more about so many characters during those events!
The Pearls: the Voices in general, but also those whose names we know in particular. How did things change for them, after what happened to Lura, and then of course after Asma found the right planet?
The Keepers: again, Keepers in general – how are they created, how are they and their purpose perceived, what are the relationships between Keepers of previous and new Voices etc. – and those we see. During the game none of them appear to have a close contact or a close relationship to their Voice anymore – what happened?
Lura: the whole Embedding is fascinating to me: who got chosen and why, how where they prepared, what did they think of it – and then of course what did happen to her, and is she really trapped forever…
Samsk & Tomo: a lovely friendship story that I'd enjoy seeing more of. I really like the theory that Samsk used to be Halyn's Keeper but then left.
Mio & Ati: Like Asma and Khlia, they must have been close at some point, but appear to have grown apart over many centuries. Their fight is a tragedy that could have been avoided so easily if only Mio hadn't forgotten Ember and the coordinates – and have I mentioned that I like happy endings? Ahem.
I'd also really like something about Mio & Mel, or Mio & Ember, or even two characters that didn't interact at all in canon (did Ati and Tomo work together in their respective searches at some point?) You can't really go wrong here.
Art likes: I love the game's art style, I love the designs of both the characters and the Vessel, and I love the color palette. I'd be delighted to see more of any of that. Something with multiple characters interacting would be cool, or something with a character in a specific place, or focused on the atmosphere of a specific area. Or schematics of different parts of the Vessel, maybe how it looked like before the overgrowth or places we haven't seen.
In general I like colorful art more than monochrome, though pieces in mostly one color with a few splashes in other colors can also be very cool, and I like light effects.
There's many cool options for in-universe documents: a report of what happened after Noden's rebellion, or much smaller issues, or articles about an upcoming Embedding or memoires of someone chosen, or reports by an underling of Dr. Halyn…
A TTRPG adventure on the Vessel would also be so cool! I've played different systems before (not a solo TTRPG but I'd be delighted to try that out too.) Or interactive fiction, or a vid, that would be amazing.
Fandom-specific DNWs: Asma and Khlia as twins
Hermitcraft SMP
joehillssays & ZombieCleo (Hermitcraft) Cubfan135 & GoodTimesWithScar (Hermitcraft) Solo: ConVex (Hermitcraft) Ethoslab & Grian (Hermitcraft) Ethoslab & ZombieCleo (Hermitcraft) Cubfan135 & GoodTimesWithScar & Joe Hills (Hermitcraft) Grian/Cubfan135/GoodTimesWithScar (Hermitcraft) Cubfan135/GoodTimesWithScar (Hermitcraft) Solo: ZombieCleo (Hermitcraft)
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First of all, the fact that I had fewer prompts for this fandom initially does not mean I like it less than the others, it just means I started with the others and then life happened and I ran out of steam. But I love it a lot!
I just want to gesture wildly at the server and ask for more of that, please. So many wild shenanigans, unexpected storylines that often go way further than initially expected, different team-ups, people becoming closer by roleplaying their characters in truly wild situations… What if Scar decides to become an alien overlord next season who tries to conquer the server, and what if Etho and Cleo unexpectedly find themselves as leaders of the resistance? Or what if Joe Hills becomes a sea monster and Convex are delighted. etc. etc.
Or I would also love something a bit more angsty than canon. What if something bad happened and they had to help each other through it?, I would enjoy that very much. What if they were vulnerable together. What if they accidentally hurt each other more than intended and then try to fix it.
(I will add more prompts for the characters this week.)
Fandom-specific DNWs: RL references (e.g. Katy Bee and Mr Finnegan), major roles for Iskall, Stress, Skizz, or Impulse
Video Blogging RPF
Charles | Grian & Joe Hills (VBRPF)
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Fandom-specific DNWs: AUs in which they are not Hermits
About RPF "canon": I don't care about details like what kind of set-up they use or what their favorite food is etc., no worries about things that only came up in a livestream once and don't really have a huge impact
Grian & Joe Hills: These two are not at all on the same wavelength at any time and I find it fascinating. They are both very involved in server things behind the scenes and constantly busy, but the way they approach their content creation is very different. They have also had very different levels of success, which means e.g. changes in viewership impact them to very different degrees. Grian delights in playing different characters, Joe insists he is always himself. They have so many friends in common and somehow still manage to rub each other the wrong way constantly.
Please imagine them in a get-along-shirt: force them to work together, to solve a crisis or to help a friend or to escape a cave-in. Or show how their relationship developed/develops over a longer time and how they eventually get to some kind of better understanding despite their different opinions. Or maybe an in-game conflict gets out of control and spills over and they have to manage the fall-out eventually – or the opposite, a behind-the-scenes conflict spills over. Maybe Scar and Cleo or others are nearby facepalming and/or trying to nudge them along and/or trying to contain the damage.
Mentioning past server controversies is fine, but I would prefer no focus on the current Skizz stuff.
General likes: angst with a happy ending, strong friendships, intimacy, power differentials, complicated relationships, relationships forged under pressure/people who are friendly but not that close forced to work together and becoming close as a result, loyalty, sacrifice, forced to make difficult choices, dealing with awkward situations, emotional h/c, time travel and time loops, fix-it fic, canon divergence AUs, competent characters, adventures, hugs, non-sexual kink, missing scenes, additional worldbuilding, exploration of game mechanics...
General DNWs: tragic/hopeless endings, hurt no comfort, self-harm for mental health reasons, torture portrayed as "necessary" and/or effective information gathering, explicit on-screen sex, unwanted pregnancy or pregnancy scare, terminal illnesses in permadeath settings, non-reversible age regression, STDs taken seriously (crack is fine), crossovers/fusions with non-related canons, superhero AUs
MIO: Memories in Orbit (Video Game)
Solo: The Keepers (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Lura (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: The Pearls (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Ati (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Mio (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Samsk (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Samsk & Tomo (MIO: Memories in Orbit) Solo: Shii (MIO: Memories in Orbit)
MIO
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If you are unfamiliar with this game, I highly recommend it! Here is a short overview.
The story of the game spans centuries and I'm interested in all of it: from when they built the Vessel and came up with the concept of the Pearls, the stories of the very first Keepers, life on-board the Vessel and the Pearls that kept it alive; to the story of Noden's rebellion; to the fall-out and what happened after. And I'd also love to read/see more about so many characters during those events!
The Pearls: the Voices in general, but also those whose names we know in particular. How did things change for them, after what happened to Lura, and then of course after Asma found the right planet?
The Keepers: again, Keepers in general – how are they created, how are they and their purpose perceived, what are the relationships between Keepers of previous and new Voices etc. – and those we see. During the game none of them appear to have a close contact or a close relationship to their Voice anymore – what happened?
Lura: the whole Embedding is fascinating to me: who got chosen and why, how where they prepared, what did they think of it – and then of course what did happen to her, and is she really trapped forever…
Samsk & Tomo: a lovely friendship story that I'd enjoy seeing more of. I really like the theory that Samsk used to be Halyn's Keeper but then left.
Mio & Ati: Like Asma and Khlia, they must have been close at some point, but appear to have grown apart over many centuries. Their fight is a tragedy that could have been avoided so easily if only Mio hadn't forgotten Ember and the coordinates – and have I mentioned that I like happy endings? Ahem.
I'd also really like something about Mio & Mel, or Mio & Ember, or even two characters that didn't interact at all in canon (did Ati and Tomo work together in their respective searches at some point?) You can't really go wrong here.
Art likes: I love the game's art style, I love the designs of both the characters and the Vessel, and I love the color palette. I'd be delighted to see more of any of that. Something with multiple characters interacting would be cool, or something with a character in a specific place, or focused on the atmosphere of a specific area. Or schematics of different parts of the Vessel, maybe how it looked like before the overgrowth or places we haven't seen.
In general I like colorful art more than monochrome, though pieces in mostly one color with a few splashes in other colors can also be very cool, and I like light effects.
There's many cool options for in-universe documents: a report of what happened after Noden's rebellion, or much smaller issues, or articles about an upcoming Embedding or memoires of someone chosen, or reports by an underling of Dr. Halyn…
A TTRPG adventure on the Vessel would also be so cool! I've played different systems before (not a solo TTRPG but I'd be delighted to try that out too.) Or interactive fiction, or a vid, that would be amazing.
Fandom-specific DNWs: Asma and Khlia as twins
Hermitcraft SMP
joehillssays & ZombieCleo (Hermitcraft) Cubfan135 & GoodTimesWithScar (Hermitcraft) Solo: ConVex (Hermitcraft) Ethoslab & Grian (Hermitcraft) Ethoslab & ZombieCleo (Hermitcraft) Cubfan135 & GoodTimesWithScar & Joe Hills (Hermitcraft) Grian/Cubfan135/GoodTimesWithScar (Hermitcraft) Cubfan135/GoodTimesWithScar (Hermitcraft) Solo: ZombieCleo (Hermitcraft)
Hermitcraft
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First of all, the fact that I had fewer prompts for this fandom initially does not mean I like it less than the others, it just means I started with the others and then life happened and I ran out of steam. But I love it a lot!
I just want to gesture wildly at the server and ask for more of that, please. So many wild shenanigans, unexpected storylines that often go way further than initially expected, different team-ups, people becoming closer by roleplaying their characters in truly wild situations… What if Scar decides to become an alien overlord next season who tries to conquer the server, and what if Etho and Cleo unexpectedly find themselves as leaders of the resistance? Or what if Joe Hills becomes a sea monster and Convex are delighted. etc. etc.
Or I would also love something a bit more angsty than canon. What if something bad happened and they had to help each other through it?, I would enjoy that very much. What if they were vulnerable together. What if they accidentally hurt each other more than intended and then try to fix it.
(I will add more prompts for the characters this week.)
Fandom-specific DNWs: RL references (e.g. Katy Bee and Mr Finnegan), major roles for Iskall, Stress, Skizz, or Impulse
Video Blogging RPF
Charles | Grian & Joe Hills (VBRPF)
VBRPF
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Fandom-specific DNWs: AUs in which they are not Hermits
About RPF "canon": I don't care about details like what kind of set-up they use or what their favorite food is etc., no worries about things that only came up in a livestream once and don't really have a huge impact
Grian & Joe Hills: These two are not at all on the same wavelength at any time and I find it fascinating. They are both very involved in server things behind the scenes and constantly busy, but the way they approach their content creation is very different. They have also had very different levels of success, which means e.g. changes in viewership impact them to very different degrees. Grian delights in playing different characters, Joe insists he is always himself. They have so many friends in common and somehow still manage to rub each other the wrong way constantly.
Please imagine them in a get-along-shirt: force them to work together, to solve a crisis or to help a friend or to escape a cave-in. Or show how their relationship developed/develops over a longer time and how they eventually get to some kind of better understanding despite their different opinions. Or maybe an in-game conflict gets out of control and spills over and they have to manage the fall-out eventually – or the opposite, a behind-the-scenes conflict spills over. Maybe Scar and Cleo or others are nearby facepalming and/or trying to nudge them along and/or trying to contain the damage.
Mentioning past server controversies is fine, but I would prefer no focus on the current Skizz stuff.
i am out of brain
Aug. 27th, 2026 11:45 pmkaberettso instead have a pointer to the watchface I have settled on for my Garmin, because: rainbow.
(the main thing I wanted was a face that I didn't hate the look of that actually told me how many steps I have done so far today that didn't round to 1sf. that it lets me shoehorn in a bunch of other useful-to-me information is a bonus. and did I mention? rainbow.)