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Suspicion of the Guards


ONLINE E-BOOK (html, epub, mobi, pdf, and xhtml)

Free at my website.


The Motley Crew (The Thousand Nations). When a young man named Dolan flees from the north, he faces danger on all sides. The Northern Army wants him back. The Empire of Emor wants him dead. His native homeland of Koretia may not want him at all. And his only protection is a man with motives that are mysterious and possibly deadly.

New installment:

3 | Suspicion of the Guards. Why bother to guard a man who has the ability to torment you?


REISSUES

Already available free at my website, these two omnibuses are now also available at AO3, SqWA, and Ream.

Law Links: Novel and Side Stories (The Three Lands). Few events are more thrilling in a young man's life than a blood feud between two villages. Or so Adrian thought.

Death Mask: Novel and Side Stories (Death Mask). For eighteen years, he has survived in an army unit where few soldiers live more than two or three years. Now he finds himself in circumstances where his life is a living hell. Will the soldier who defied death find that life is too great a challenge?


BLOG FICTION

Tempestuous Tours (Crossing Worlds: A Visitor's Guide to the Three Lands #2). A whirlwind tour of the sites in the Three Lands that are most steeped in history, culture, and the occasional pickpocket.

New installments:


NEWS & UPCOMING FICTION

As of January 20, Amazon Kindle began allowing customers to download some of its DRM-free ebooks in epub and pdf. I've opted in my e-books to this program.

My apologies to Ream readers for the formatting quirks in the Ream editions of Law Links and Death Mask. I worked with Ream's forever-patient customer service for eight months to try to work out the conversion problems I encountered, before I had to give up. The text isn't affected by the formatting issues, you'll be happy to know.

"Heir" (The Three Lands: Blood Vow side story) – delayed because of my concussion last year – will be my next release.

Holly Poly

Feb. 1st, 2026 04:18 pm
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[community profile] holly_poly went live earlier today, and my gift this year was a lovely Baldur's Gate 3 F/F/F longfic. 💕

We're Stronger Now. Lae'zel/Shadowheart/(Female Black Dragonborn Eldritch Knight) Tav. 11,343 words. Set in Act 3.

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Feb. 1st, 2026 03:37 pm
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My head is being held hostage by my sinuses. Joy...not. My lungs are good. This is unusual. I've covid and flu tested and I am negative for both. No fever, but sometimes dizzy. Bah.

I am happy that the recent N'or Easter has headed out to sea. There has been no measurable melt from last week's storm as the temps have been arctic. I expect to see polar bears when I look out my window at the frozen bay.

I really need it to warm up a tad. I have to drag out a spot to put trash cans. I also have to dig out the oil fill pipe that is buried .

Hoping my sinuses clear for tomorrow. It's time again to do month end and the boss is only gibing me 6 days to complete as she is going on vacation. Hopefully I can have all the statements by Friday. I have no control over when they become available and it seems like they are not bound by any investment guidelines/deadlines to have them printed since they are participation loans and not CDs or other types of investments.

Friday is the young temp's last day. The Boss blew it by not offering her full time earlier so she left for higher pay. I wish her well as I like her, but she will not last as a teller at Bank of America as she won't hack their retail quotas. It's a shame as she got along well with the team. The boss told me that she was just about to offer her the job and let he train on being my back up.

Sad she blew it because things are changing with Dad and a back up would be good. The guy I was hoping to train has deliberately dropped the ball on a few things now so I dont think he's a good fit. Oh well.

Monthly Media Roundup - Jan 2026

Feb. 1st, 2026 08:26 pm
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Decided to start a monthly thing where I look back at what I read/watched/etc. over the past month. Mostly for myself and to keep track of that stuff, bc I tend to forget. But also to get myself to post here more often lol.

Read more... )

February check-in poll

Feb. 1st, 2026 03:14 pm
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After a very quiet couple of months on this community, there were 16 posts in January. I’m not posting a round-up: this is a check-in poll, including space in the comments to discuss reither what you’ve done recently, or what you’re planning to do.

Also, I just noticed the comment from a month ago that we would probably need a Venezuela tag. If you need a tag added, please DM me.


Poll #34160 February check-in
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 26


In the last couple of months, I

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called one or both of my senators
16 (61.5%)

called my member of Congress
12 (46.2%)

called my governor
8 (30.8%)

called my mayor, state representative, or other local official
2 (7.7%)

voted
2 (7.7%)

did get-out-the-vote work, such as postcarding or phone banking
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/letter/email/fax to a government official or agency
13 (50.0%)

went to a protest
9 (34.6%)

attended an in-person activist group
4 (15.4%)

went to a town hall
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone or online training
4 (15.4%)

participated in community mutual aid
8 (30.8%)

donated money to a cause
19 (73.1%)

worked for a campaign
0 (0.0%)

did text banking or phone banking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
14 (53.8%)

not a US citizen, but worked in solidarity in my community
3 (11.5%)

committed to action in the current month
9 (34.6%)

did something else--tell us in comments
5 (19.2%)



As usual, you can comment on the pinned post or DM me if you want a tag added or other help with the community.

January book bingo

Feb. 1st, 2026 07:26 pm
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Graphic novel or comic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/232479447-fate
No sex/romance: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77661.The_Daughter_of_Time
Novella: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201750645-queen-b

Substitution list:
*Over 300 Pages
*Book in Series
*LGBTQ+
*Recommended
*POC Author
*Multiple POVs - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81307313-the-birthday-reunion
*Classic/Retelling
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Free Space
*Anthology/Collection
*Biography/Memoir
*Friendship
*Name in the Title
*Movie/TV Tie-in
*With a Woman Protagonist
*From the Library
*Thriller/Suspense
*Set Somewhere You've Been
*Non-Human POV
*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling
*Under 100 Pages - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230824619-death-row
*Romance Plot or Sub-plot
*Translated
*With a Blue Cover - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213713209-the-wasp-trap
*Horror or Paranormal - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203578707-what-the-woods-took
*Colour in the Title
*Seasonal Read
*Number in title
*Three word title
*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook
*Written by an author from your state or country
*Animal on the cover
*Disability or Mental health
*Read a book from the year you were born
*Mythology
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Dystopian
*Book mentioned in another book
*Diverse reads
*One word title
*Award Winning/Bestseller
*Disabled Author
*Non-western Setting
*Set in your state/country
*Title is at Least Five Words Long
*Indigenous author
*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)
*Re-read

Highlander Sequel Fic

Feb. 1st, 2026 01:07 pm
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AO3 Link | Closing Up Shop: Seacouver (1335 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Highlander Movieverse, Highlander The Series
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rachel Ellenstein [Highlander Movieverse], Joe Dawson [Highlander the Series]
Additional Tags: First Meetings, Post-The Gathering (Highlander)
Summary:

And then a few years passed...



Closing Up Shop: Seacouver

While Connor and Duncan were being themselves, Rachel was a little out of sorts. Tessa was a nice lady, one so recently brought into knowing what they were. However, Tessa was an artist, and driven currently by a piece that Rachel could already see would be lovely. The boy Richie was a little rash and Rachel didn't fully feel a connection to him yet, but she would work on that, after Connor explained why Duncan and Tessa were watching over him.

No, she just needed to be mindful of her own wishes and need to stretch her legs currently. Dinner could be for socializing. Right now, she had sights to see, stores to discover, and a need to be away from the casual masculinity contests the pair of cousins indulged themselves in during these infrequent reunions.

That in mind, Rachel turned her steps to a brisk walk in the same district the couple lived and worked in, ducking into shops as they caught her idea, pausing to sample the food about midmorning, and slowly circling back around.

A bookstore caught her eye, and she slipped within to browse, hopeful of something to keep her entertained until Connor decided they had played the game of risk long enough in this reunion.

She glanced over to the only other person present —

— and was thrown back to a lovely day spent with a kind young man.

She had not survived for so long as Connor's daughter and self-appointed protector from the world at large to give away her suspicion of the man's convenient location so near to Duncan when he had appeared in her life so close to the changing tides in Connor's own life. For half a moment, she almost wished Brenda had not decided Connor was too overwhelming, that it had been his wife on this trip instead of herself.

But she had never been a coward, and understood perfectly well why Connor and Brenda were separated now. She could — would — handle this meeting now upon her.

"Stepped away from your photography in favor of book collections, Mister Dawson?" she asked in a charming voice, letting her smile reflect the surprise of seeing a man of her past so far from where they had met.

"Miss Ellenstein, what a surprise." He stood, using the cane to do so, and Rachel added more details to the picture she was building. He was noticeably older, as she herself was, the reliance on the cane a bit more pronounced, but his smile was still making his face light up with disarming sincerity.

Who was Joe Dawson, that he was mortal and yet so close to the lives of those like her Connor?

"Also, the books are less finicky about lighting and framing," he added as he walked over to her. "Looking for anything of particular interest?"

"Browsing, actually, passing the time. It's an eclectic neighborhood, it seems."

"You could say that," Joe agreed. "If anything catches your eye, I am always up to negotiate with an astute antiquities dealer such as yourself."

That he was firmly the center of her attention was not something she betrayed, only smiling and moving on to browse.

"Perhaps we could find the dessert we had no room for in New York?" she offered as he was moving back to the table he'd been working from.

"I can think of nothing better for this evening."

Connor would tell her she was playing with fire, when there was something so far amiss. Rachel preferred to see it as gathering intelligence on potential flashpoints.





Rachel passed the first part of the meal with Joe in conversation about what she had seen, and he offered ideas of new places to visit while she was in town. As she played the tourist, she considered just how to go about learning why he was here, so close to Connor's cousin after she'd met him in the aftermath of Connor's endgame against the Kurgan.

As the dessert course was delivered, Rachel glanced over and caught Joe studying her. He gave the smile and bashful look for being caught, and she found herself responding to that on a level she deemed dangerous.

Not necessarily in a physical danger sense, but to Connor's safety, and that of Duncan and his chosen family, she decided firmly.

"I had the impression you were more easterly in your setting, when we first met," Rachel said, giving him the faintest smile.

"Better opportunities out this way for me." He took a bite, chased it with the wine, and then shifted his body language a little. Rachel wasn't quite sure what to make of it, but it put her more on guard. "What about you? No more restoration and purchasing of antiquities?"

"Here and there, but more by appointment with travel benefits." Rachel tried her own tiramisu, decided she could name three places that served better, and sipped her coffee to wash it down. "Retirement allows me more opportunities in many ways, to keep an eye on my interests."

"Most people choose to turn their attention to new things when they let go of their old lives," Joe mused. "I suppose there's exceptions to anything that could be normal about humans, though."

"I find it is a good life, to keep an eye on those people or events that stand out," she answered. "After all, even those of us that prefer to live life a day at a time might be caught up in extraordinary events."

Had that been a shading of his eyes, something in memory haunting him now? Did he have a person like Connor that had saved him, and that was how he was connected? It couldn't be Duncan; she'd mentioned stopping in the book shop and making this date in his hearing without a single spike of interest.

And Duncan, for all he was a veteran of his years, still had difficulty masking himself.

"To observe something is to change it, or be changed by it," Joe pointed out. "Getting caught up in the ways and lives of the unusual ones can be a difficult thing."

"I am certain that is so, but I learned as a child that just standing by doesn't keep you any safer, or those you care about," she said softly. "Which may be why I took to the antiquities so easily. Every object holds some story, if you can just trace the history of it. People can be much the same."

"Very true," Joe said, giving the faint smile and change of body posture to move the conversation away from this.

Who was the one for Joe? And was Joe scouting others to mark targets, or warn of danger? Rachel rather hoped it was the latter, as she asked his opinion of a local museum, letting the double-layered words drop for now.





"Have a good night?" Connor asked as he took her jacket from her.

"Waiting up for me?" Rachel retorted, before leaning in to kiss his cheek.

"Maybe."

"Yes."

He smiled, his eyes crinkling up as that little catching laugh came out, before he offered for her to precede him into the sitting room. She settled in a chair, listening, but it seemed Duncan and Tessa must be out from the quiet. She still wasn't certain if Richie actually lived here or was just in and out.

"I think he knows someone like you, but I also don't think he's a danger," Rachel said, meeting Connor's eyes.

"Then… I'll warn Duncan that he's been seen near us before, and hopefully my little cousin can be a sensible man about the risks he takes."

"Hmm, he's as much a MacLeod as you," she pointed out, getting a warm laugh in response.

"Hey, I can dream!" Connor rebutted. "We are still flying out tomorrow."

Rachel nodded. "For the best." She would also hope this did not cause Duncan new grief in the long run, but her duty was to Connor… even if Connor saw it the other way around.

Lake Lewisia on holiday

Feb. 1st, 2026 10:48 am
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As is traditional, Lewisia will be on holiday for the month of February. Posts will resume on Monday, March 2nd, on their usual schedule.

In the meantime, remember that our communities are what we make them and who we make them with. We can choose to live in a world full of libraries and community centers with robust programming, social services to help people build and rebuild safe and fulfilling lives, arts and crafts that enrich and inspire everyone, and yes, peculiar strangers who are both part of the community and part of the local mythology.

If you have ever found yourself thinking, “I wish my town could be like that,” consider how you can help make that happen.

www.standwithminnesota.com/

Done This Week

Feb. 1st, 2026 10:15 am
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Miracle of miracles, fun was had! My request for my birthday--oh, shit, I’m 40 now...

Huh.

Anyway!

My birthday activity request was to take a trip to Solvang--technically Danish, but still thematically appropriate for me Swedish language pursuits and general Scandinavian interests. There is a bookstore there (and Hans Christian Andersen museum) that had a chance of having Moomin books, maybe even in the original Swedish. (Spoiler: no Swedish versions currently in stock, but I bought up their stock of English versions.) So we made a day of it, with Pepper in tow.

The timing of everything was perfection. We had precisely enough time to do all the things I wanted to, plus one extra unplanned stop, and got home exactly in time to feed the horses at the usual hour. Utterly stress-free. I obtained books and stickers and a truly alarming quantity of baked goods. The place was simply overrun with grackles, a bird that was intermittently present when we first moved to our new place but have since left, so it was like seeing an old friend (or a few hundred). It was a very, very good day.

In a lovely surprise, the next day, our neighbor let mum know he was done working on her tractor. He’s been attempting to fix it for a few months now. What started as one known problem became a whole cluster of uncovered issues, a few things he broke accidentally in the repair process, and some improvements. It’s a 1955 Massey Ferguson, and while my dad had sort of kept up with maintenance on it, it was really showing its age and the need for significant part replacements. I wrecked my back trying to get the brush hog hooked up to it again, but such is life. Mum got to twirl around, doing battle with the grass armies that have overtaken everything, and the tractor didn’t have the slightest problem. Considering it previously could only run for about 20 minutes before needing to be hosed down to deal with its overheating problems, this is stunning. She’s very happy.

I’m sad to be going back to work tomorrow. My work phone was blowing up during the week with team chats that I resolutely ignored. So I’m sure I’m going to come back to A Situation. But that is still officially not my problem for a few more hours.

Lewisia: still on break

Day job: none hours with left beef

Cleaning: attempted to fix the weed whacker but it’s still having problems of a mysterious nature

Crafting: finished attaching the “antici...pation” patches to the battle jacket and reattached the one I took off to make room for them, finished the dorky little cotton washcloth I’ve been crocheting for three thousand years

Gardening: watered all the succulents for the first time in *mumblety* months, first pass of weed whacking the castle garden

Reading: Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire (a bit of a transitional book, trying to do a bunch in multiple threads of the series, and the charm of all the characters makes that work just fine, a bit of a road trip story)

Watching: Revolutionary Girl Utena episodes 30 to 34

Listening: Dan Avidan and Super Guitar Bros volume 1 (yep, that sure is what it says on the tin, I have now finished the process of living backwards through this particular series), the self-titled album from bbno$ (he guested on the Game Grumps, I wanted to know what his music was like, the answer is “frantic ADHD swagger,” which is apparently something I like [see sbassbear’s album], and he’s also vocally pro trans and queer people, earworms the whole way through)

Playing: Animal Crossing still, la la la, creating island decorating projects for myself, thinking about redesigning a massive area, living my best, most pointless life

Clock Mouse: 125 minutes of planning work

Adopting a Ritual

Feb. 1st, 2026 01:05 pm
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Fandom: Good Omens
Pairings/Characters: Aziraphale/Crowley
Rating: T
Length: 5437 words
Creator Links: iamtheenemy (Steph)
Theme: Inept in love

Summary: Crowley gets orders to seduce Aziraphale to the dark side. It goes about as well as you might expect.

Reccer's Notes: Crowley gets orders from Hell to seduce Aziraphale, and Crowley can't really bring himself to try, despite some half-hearted  attempts.  That's the first half of the fic, the second half is the two of them after the almost apocalypse, and it's very sweet, even if Crowley's brain stops functioning a few times. 

Fanwork Links: AO3

Check-In Post - Feb 1st 2026

Feb. 1st, 2026 06:02 pm
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Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: What is your favourite thing to make?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!



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Crafting mojo, what's that? I sure wouldn't know, because mine went out the window mid-month.

I started off decently, getting 31 rows done on a sleeve. Problem is, I had hoped to not only finish that sleeve this month, but do its pair as well. That didn't happen. At least I made SOME progress, but there's some tinking/fixing in my future, because I see a miscrossed cable, grrr.

A knitted sleeve for a cardigan, in progress.
[Image Description: A knitted sleeve for a cardigan, in progress. It features deep ribbing at the cuff, with a cable running up the center of the sleeve. The cable is teal in color and the rest of the sleeve is gray.]

There's a community on Ravelry doing a CRAFTO bingo board this year, and you know I love a crafting challenge, so I am attempting to take part. One of the squares is "A Favorite Designer", so I made my TENTH Lacy Crochet Kerchief by Kristen TenDyke:

A crocheted triangular kerchief. The edges are in green, and the center is lace in white.
[Image Description: A crocheted triangular kerchief. The edges are in green, and the center is lace in white.]

Early in the month, I started a fingering weight shawl. I had hoped to do lots on it in January but I'm maybe ten rows in, which giving that it's an asymmetric triangle that starts at a point, is pretty much NOTHING.

Also, for CRAFTO we're allowed two entries a month, so towards the end of the month I searched for something quick to make. I attempted baby booties, a headband, a knit 3D heart, and a knit flat applique heart, and none of them worked for me. I think my hands just don't want to knit right now; things felt awkward and fumbling and I just had no patience for it. Which SUCKS because most of my bigger projects that I want to do this year are knitted projects. I ended up not turning in a second project, which probably means I'm out of the running for a prize, but whatever.




This was my first month taking part in [community profile] getyourwordsout, and I had some success, but not much. First: I probably did work that I wouldn't have if I wasn't taking part in the challenge. That's good! But I was supposed to write on ten days, and managed five, and for some of THOSE, I counted creative [community profile] snowflake_challenge posts, which felt a bit like cheating.

I have a bunch of [community profile] ladiesbingo fics I want to finish, so hopefully I can work on that this month.




I messed around with my Neocities site this month, successfully figuring out an auto dark mode for it! That's not live on the site yet, just on my local copy, but I'm proud at myself for doing that. I also did another chunk of the Shadowbringers recap, but that hasn't been HTMLized for Neocities yet. Soon. Finally, I started documenting FFBE Season 2, but quickly fell into despair when I realized just how much there is to do. But hey, if I can do Season 1, I can do Season 2. Just hoping Season 2 doesn't take over four years like Season 1 did.




StoryGraph was doing a One Page a Day reading challenge in January, and I took part in that. I succeeded! Some days I even read more than a page!

I had started off with Contact but that was a bit too heavy for me, so I bounced off that and turned to a "safe" author for me and read a novella by Courtney Milan, "The Pursuit Of...". This was a good read. I liked both the main characters a lot, and LOVED the cheese storyline. Fun romp, would read again.

Then I started a reread of To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. This is also a "safe" book for me. I do enjoy her time travel series as a whole, but this one's a COMEDY rather than the serious nature of the other books, and it's a delight to read. I'm only a few chapters in but it's been fun already.

Given that I had signed up on StoryGraph to read 6 books this year, and I'm on my second one on February 1st? That's good progress! Am pleased. I probably wouldn't have done it had StoryGraph not had its challenge this month.

Why I Reject Fascism

Feb. 1st, 2026 11:58 am
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Fascism is a form of social cannibalism; it will eat us everywhere it takes root, and it cannot help our species long survive.

Fascism cannot fight climate change, because fascism will not admit limits to its control, not even self-evident limits imposed by basic properties of physics.

Fascism cannot save our children, because fascism is too busy eating them first. Fascism cannot save white people from their own fears of slave rebellions and economic overturns, because fascism will eat them too when fascism has finished eating the rest.

Everywhere fascism goes, it steals and gluts itself on the labor of the people it targets. It divides, and it eats, and it masturbates over its hollow assertions of power and purpose and ascendance.

Most human societies have strong taboos against cannibalism. The ones that don’t have equally strong limits on when it is socially appropriate, or they themselves don’t long survive.

Why do we allow cannibals to walk among us and openly pick their targets to maim and hurt and murder for their dinner tables?

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Writing Roundup: January 2026

Feb. 1st, 2026 08:21 am
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Written in January: 16,433 words. 12,022 of fanfiction, the rest in assorted other writing.  

Posted: 3 short fics. Distractions (Geraskefer, 495 words), Sky Full of Stars (Jilco, 1,338 words), and Sentiment and Blushes (Elizabeth/Darcy, 200 words). 

As usual, I have a lot of WIPs going. In January I've worked on fics for Arcane, DC, Frankenstein, Kingsman, Pride and Prejudice, Star Wars, and the Witcher. 
    

Round 183: Inept in Love

Feb. 1st, 2026 08:45 am
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Photograph of two kingfishers perched on a branch. One is surrounded by a cloud of pink love hearts and the other has a single question mark over its head. Text: Inept in Love, at Fancake.
Bring out your failboats! Our theme for February is inept in love.

These fools are unlucky in love—whether it's due to inexperience, obliviousness, social anxiety, or their own terrible choices—or are so in love they can't function properly. This trope is sometimes called "Idiots in Love," but as "idiot" is an ableist term, I ask that you don't use it in your recs, and just as there are all kinds of love, this theme is for all kinds of relationships.

The tag for this round is: theme: inept in love

If you're just joining us, be sure to check out our policy on content notes. Content notes aren't required, but they're nice to include in your recs, especially if a fanwork has untagged content that readers may wish to know about in advance.

Rules! )

Posting Template! )

Promote this round! )

Valentine's Bingo

Feb. 1st, 2026 04:36 pm
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For [community profile] allbingo this month, there's a Valentine's challenge, for which I'm using the romantic prompts.


DancingTaking It Slow
Dinner for TwoLove at first sight

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