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Oct. 28th, 2025 09:50 pm
Dept. of Sometimes You Win
kaffy_rHey Guys, Guess What? C'mon Guess!
Nah, you don't have to guess.
Remember back when I was having fun with the American medical system, which appeared bound and determined to prevent me from having access to Brexpiprazole*, aka Rexulti for less than $400 per month. I told you about my favorite superhero-who-should-have-a-nobel-prize-for-awesomeness, Nicki who practically turned herself inside out to get me the meds without breaking my bank.
Back on Sept. 2, I told y'all about that. I haven't updated you about what's happened since then. And up until yesterday, any news I could have told you was simply "nothing has worked, and I'm too exhausted to die on this fucking hill." First because neither link that Nicki gave me resulted in any help. And then the original superhero in my life, Bob, found a better link for one of the organizations that Nicki hoped might help. And sure enough, both he and Nicki were right about that organization; I just might be eligible a program that would provide me Rexulti for zip, zilch, nada until the end of the year, and then could do the same for next year as long as I applied again.
So I put together the application, and marched it to Nicki; she filled in the shrink's part of the application and faxed it off (faxes! Modernity!) to the organization.
I had a little frisson of hope when the organization texted me to let me know indirectly that my application had been received. But when I saw the envelope in our post box Friday, I had a bad feeling. Sure enough, they rejected me, saying, "your diagnosis doesn't meet our requirements". I read it and said the whole not-dying-on-this-fucking-hill bit. But the look Bob gave me made me reluctantly (and irritably) decide I'd leave a message to Nicki in her voice mail very early Monday morning, basically to say that this had happened, and why, and should I set up an appointment with my shrink to figure something else to prescribe me. Part of me - a very small part of me, mind - remembered something else, something just enough to ensure I made the call; that Medicare had used the sameexcuse reason when it initially refused to cover it, so who knew, maybe the same thing could happen in this case.
Didn't hear from Nicki Monday, but was gearing up to call her and actually talk to her rather than leave a message today, when she called. She'd apparently called around 8:30 a.m. but I was fast asleep. She got my voice mail, and redid the application, using a different diagnosis code. She told me she sent it at 4 p.m. Monday, and at 2 a.m. Tuesday the organization left an email telling her that the decision had been reversed, and I had been accepted into the program.
Reversed.
Accepted.
She was so happy for me!
This evening, I got a text letting me know that my 2025 supply had been shipped. That fast.
I shouldn't have to be celebrating like a mad thing because Nicki the superhero who deserves a Nobel Prize for Awesomeness once again proved that she should wear the damn cape and is probably capable of flying if told that would help one of her boss's patients.
I shouldn't have to depend on the kindness of strangers to keep my sanity.
Fucking American "health" system.
And I'm still celebrating like the mad thing I would surely be without this med. And I'm going to be happy about it.
* Hey, I can now say and spell the generic name!
Nah, you don't have to guess.
Remember back when I was having fun with the American medical system, which appeared bound and determined to prevent me from having access to Brexpiprazole*, aka Rexulti for less than $400 per month. I told you about my favorite superhero-who-should-have-a-nobel-prize-for-awesomeness, Nicki who practically turned herself inside out to get me the meds without breaking my bank.
Back on Sept. 2, I told y'all about that. I haven't updated you about what's happened since then. And up until yesterday, any news I could have told you was simply "nothing has worked, and I'm too exhausted to die on this fucking hill." First because neither link that Nicki gave me resulted in any help. And then the original superhero in my life, Bob, found a better link for one of the organizations that Nicki hoped might help. And sure enough, both he and Nicki were right about that organization; I just might be eligible a program that would provide me Rexulti for zip, zilch, nada until the end of the year, and then could do the same for next year as long as I applied again.
So I put together the application, and marched it to Nicki; she filled in the shrink's part of the application and faxed it off (faxes! Modernity!) to the organization.
I had a little frisson of hope when the organization texted me to let me know indirectly that my application had been received. But when I saw the envelope in our post box Friday, I had a bad feeling. Sure enough, they rejected me, saying, "your diagnosis doesn't meet our requirements". I read it and said the whole not-dying-on-this-fucking-hill bit. But the look Bob gave me made me reluctantly (and irritably) decide I'd leave a message to Nicki in her voice mail very early Monday morning, basically to say that this had happened, and why, and should I set up an appointment with my shrink to figure something else to prescribe me. Part of me - a very small part of me, mind - remembered something else, something just enough to ensure I made the call; that Medicare had used the same
Didn't hear from Nicki Monday, but was gearing up to call her and actually talk to her rather than leave a message today, when she called. She'd apparently called around 8:30 a.m. but I was fast asleep. She got my voice mail, and redid the application, using a different diagnosis code. She told me she sent it at 4 p.m. Monday, and at 2 a.m. Tuesday the organization left an email telling her that the decision had been reversed, and I had been accepted into the program.
Reversed.
Accepted.
She was so happy for me!
This evening, I got a text letting me know that my 2025 supply had been shipped. That fast.
I shouldn't have to be celebrating like a mad thing because Nicki the superhero who deserves a Nobel Prize for Awesomeness once again proved that she should wear the damn cape and is probably capable of flying if told that would help one of her boss's patients.
I shouldn't have to depend on the kindness of strangers to keep my sanity.
Fucking American "health" system.
And I'm still celebrating like the mad thing I would surely be without this med. And I'm going to be happy about it.
* Hey, I can now say and spell the generic name!
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Oct. 28th, 2025 11:31 pm
Round 155 Schedule
xandromedovna posting in fic_rushAnother time change weekend?!?! It truly is a frightening thing to behold, but here is the Chart of Temporal Mysteries for this extra spooky Round. Please go Spotting for Errors, and if any Mods are available to anchor the haunted house, please do so! I'll just wait here in the Time Maze until the penguins find me.
| GMT | EDT* (Toronto) | CDT* (Chicago) | PDT* (Seattle) | CET (Berlin) | AEST (Brisbane) | Designated Mod | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour -23 | midnight | 8pm Thu | 7pm Thu | 5pm Thu | 1am Fri | 10am Fri | xandromedovna |
| Hour -17 | 6am Fri | 2am Fri | 1am Fri | 11pm Thu | 7am Fri | 4pm Fri | |
| Hour -11 | 12pm Fri | 8am Fri | 7am Fri | 5am Fri | 1pm Fri | 10pm Fri | |
| Hour -5 | 6pm Fri | 2pm Fri | 1pm Fri | 11am Fri | 7pm Fri | 4am Sat | lilly_c |
| Hour 0 | 11pm Fri | 7pm Fri | 6pm Fri | 4pm Fri | midnight | 9am Sat | lilly_c |
| Hour 1 | midnight | 8pm Fri | 7pm Fri | 5pm Fri | 1am Sat | 10am Sat | |
| Hour 6 | 5am Sat | 1am Sat | midnight | 10pm Fri | 6am Sat | 3pm Sat | lilly_c |
| Hour 12 | 11am Sat | 7am Sat | 6am Sat | 4am Sat | 12pm Sat | 9pm Sat | |
| Hour 18 | 5pm Sat | 1pm Sat | 12pm Sat | 10am Sat | 6pm Sat | 3am Sun | |
| Hour 24 | 11pm Sat | 7pm Sat | 6pm Sat | 4pm Sat | midnight | 9am Sun | |
| Hour 30 | 5am Sun | 1am Sun | midnight | 10pm Sat | 6am Sun | 3pm Sun | lilly_c |
| Hour 31 | 6am Sun | 1am Sun x2 | 1am Sun | 11pm Sat | 7am Sun | 4pm Sun | reference only |
| Hour 32 | 7am Sun | 2am Sun | 1am Sun x2 | midnight | 8am Sun | 5pm Sun | reference only |
| Hour 33 | 8am Sun | 3am Sun | 2am Sun | 1am Sun | 9am Sun | 6pm Sun | reference only |
| Hour 34 | 9am Sun | 4am Sun | 3am Sun | 1am Sun x2 | 10am Sun | 7pm Sun | reference only |
| Hour 35 | 10am Sun | 5am Sun | 4am Sun | 2am Sun | 11am Sun | 8pm Sun | reference only |
| Hour 36 | 11am Sun | 6am Sun | 5am Sun | 3am Sun | 12pm Sun | 9pm Sun | |
| Hour 42 | 5pm Sun | 12pm Sun | 11am Sun | 9am Sun | 6pm Sun | 3am Mon | lilly_c |
| Hour 47 | 10pm Sun | 5pm Sun | 4pm Sun | 2pm Sun | 11pm Sun | 8am Mon | xandromedovna |
| Hour 48 | 11pm Sun | 6pm Sun | 5pm Sun | 3pm Sun | midnight | 9am Mon | xandromedovna |
| Round Ends | midnight | 7pm Sun | 6pm Sun | 4pm Sun | 1am Mon | 10am Mon | xandromedovna |
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Oct. 28th, 2025 09:39 pm
Blackout Bingo- Fall Fest
kiramaru7 posting in allbingoName: Kiramaru7
Bingo Community:allbingo
Card Theme: Fall Fest
Prompts: Let's break stuff, Rain / Storm, Wine, Crow / Raven
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Prompts: Let's break stuff, Rain / Storm, Wine, Crow / Raven
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Oct. 28th, 2025 06:34 pm
A very belated watching post
thisbluespiritI see the last time I properly did some little write-ups of anything I'd been watching was about June, and that was a catch up one, so I'm forever out of date, but I'll see if I can do better now!
Suspected Person (1942) - a UK B-movie thriller, which I recorded off TPTV because it featured Clifford Evans, Patricia Roc and William Hartnell, and indeed, generally, the only thing worth saying about it was that I did enjoy watching Patricia Roc and Clifford Evans play brother and sister, and William Hartnell did his best to try and steal the film in his scenes, but everything else was very meh and run of the mill. Fine if you want a bonus bit of Hartnell! Or CE & PR, but not of any note for anything else, really. I only wrote this here, because it does prove I still have judgment and therefore my comments on the rest might be worth more.
Death Valley (BBC TV 2025) This was one of the many cosy detective shows I watched over the summer, and it was pretty good! A bit uneven, in that the two main characters were great & so was their odd friendship, but quite a few of the mysteries were very so-so, even for this kind of thing, although they did get better. Gwyneth Keyworth as Janie Mallowan, socially awkward detective with issues, and Timothy Spall as John Chapel, reclusive actor who used to playMaigret/Poirot her favourite TV detective Caesar, were very good together, though & I enjoyed them a lot.
Stephen Poliakoff's The Tribe (BBC 1998), only available via somebody's VHS recording on YT, unless you live in R1, where you might be able to snag a DVD, but the BBC somehow didn't even include it on their Poliakoff at the BBC set. (Why, yes, I AM annoyed that I cannot have a DVD of the Stephen Poliakoff that stars Jeremy Northam, even if it seems reasonable even on small acquaintance with Poliakoff to suggest that it is second tier Poliakoff. Is that not what completist DVD sets for significant playwrghts are for?) It stars Jeremy Northam, Joely Richardson, Anna Friel, Trevor Eve & Laura Fraser, plus Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Julian Rhind-Tutt & is all about a very 90s collection of concerns - creating different kinds of living spaces and the hypocrisy of those who grew up in the 60s having the sexual freedom of expression and creativity that they refuse to allow the 90s to have.
( More details about The Tribe ) Anyway, it and its themes still linger in my head, so I'm very grateful to the YT uploader.
The Halfway House (1944), starring Mervyn & Glynis Johns and Esmond Knight. This is another film I recorded off TPTV because it's summary was "a bunch of strangers get stranded together." ( For WWII moralising and ghosts )
Anyway, I have no regrets over every film I've recorded off TPTV because of the summary being "bunch of random mid-century Brits get stranded somewhere," and I will continue to snag any others I see - if there are any more!
Suspected Person (1942) - a UK B-movie thriller, which I recorded off TPTV because it featured Clifford Evans, Patricia Roc and William Hartnell, and indeed, generally, the only thing worth saying about it was that I did enjoy watching Patricia Roc and Clifford Evans play brother and sister, and William Hartnell did his best to try and steal the film in his scenes, but everything else was very meh and run of the mill. Fine if you want a bonus bit of Hartnell! Or CE & PR, but not of any note for anything else, really. I only wrote this here, because it does prove I still have judgment and therefore my comments on the rest might be worth more.
Death Valley (BBC TV 2025) This was one of the many cosy detective shows I watched over the summer, and it was pretty good! A bit uneven, in that the two main characters were great & so was their odd friendship, but quite a few of the mysteries were very so-so, even for this kind of thing, although they did get better. Gwyneth Keyworth as Janie Mallowan, socially awkward detective with issues, and Timothy Spall as John Chapel, reclusive actor who used to play
Stephen Poliakoff's The Tribe (BBC 1998), only available via somebody's VHS recording on YT, unless you live in R1, where you might be able to snag a DVD, but the BBC somehow didn't even include it on their Poliakoff at the BBC set. (Why, yes, I AM annoyed that I cannot have a DVD of the Stephen Poliakoff that stars Jeremy Northam, even if it seems reasonable even on small acquaintance with Poliakoff to suggest that it is second tier Poliakoff. Is that not what completist DVD sets for significant playwrghts are for?) It stars Jeremy Northam, Joely Richardson, Anna Friel, Trevor Eve & Laura Fraser, plus Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Julian Rhind-Tutt & is all about a very 90s collection of concerns - creating different kinds of living spaces and the hypocrisy of those who grew up in the 60s having the sexual freedom of expression and creativity that they refuse to allow the 90s to have.
( More details about The Tribe ) Anyway, it and its themes still linger in my head, so I'm very grateful to the YT uploader.
The Halfway House (1944), starring Mervyn & Glynis Johns and Esmond Knight. This is another film I recorded off TPTV because it's summary was "a bunch of strangers get stranded together." ( For WWII moralising and ghosts )
Anyway, I have no regrets over every film I've recorded off TPTV because of the summary being "bunch of random mid-century Brits get stranded somewhere," and I will continue to snag any others I see - if there are any more!
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Oct. 27th, 2025 10:39 pm
UK Boys' Boarding Schools circa 1914
dragonbat2006 posting in little_details I tried Googling and got general info on curriculum, specific schools, and alumnae pages, but not the specific details I'm looking for.
My main character is an upper class 13-year-old boy who, due to long-term illness/frailty was educated by tutors at home, but is now being sent away to school. (Probably England, but since he lives in Yorkshire, I'm not completely opposed to it being Scotland if it turns out that there are significant differences in school experiences between the two countries and Scotland would work better for my character.)
1. Would most pupils begin classes in the fall term as is typical today? As in, would it be realistic for him to begin in September? Or was it more of a rolling admissions thing?
2. How far in advance would his father need to contact the school to enrol/register him? Would there normally be an entrance exam, or would it normally be, 'We accept anyone who can pay the fee, provided there's space'?
3. When it comes to letters to and from home, would there be any reasonable expectation of privacy, or would it be common for staff to read each piece of correspondence? Specifically, the boy has a female cousin of the same age with whom he's quite close. Would he get into any sort of trouble for writing to her or would her letters to him be delivered?
4. If she were in the vicinity of the school, would it be possible for them to meet under the auspices of a chaperone, or would that be totally unheard of?
5. How much would the outbreak of WWI impact him? I would guess that some of the younger teachers would have enlisted over the summer and some of the older boys talking about hoping it won't be over before they get a chance to get in it. Would that mean larger than expected classes?
Thanks so much!
My main character is an upper class 13-year-old boy who, due to long-term illness/frailty was educated by tutors at home, but is now being sent away to school. (Probably England, but since he lives in Yorkshire, I'm not completely opposed to it being Scotland if it turns out that there are significant differences in school experiences between the two countries and Scotland would work better for my character.)
1. Would most pupils begin classes in the fall term as is typical today? As in, would it be realistic for him to begin in September? Or was it more of a rolling admissions thing?
2. How far in advance would his father need to contact the school to enrol/register him? Would there normally be an entrance exam, or would it normally be, 'We accept anyone who can pay the fee, provided there's space'?
3. When it comes to letters to and from home, would there be any reasonable expectation of privacy, or would it be common for staff to read each piece of correspondence? Specifically, the boy has a female cousin of the same age with whom he's quite close. Would he get into any sort of trouble for writing to her or would her letters to him be delivered?
4. If she were in the vicinity of the school, would it be possible for them to meet under the auspices of a chaperone, or would that be totally unheard of?
5. How much would the outbreak of WWI impact him? I would guess that some of the younger teachers would have enlisted over the summer and some of the older boys talking about hoping it won't be over before they get a chance to get in it. Would that mean larger than expected classes?
Thanks so much!
Oct. 27th, 2025 01:41 pm
Dept. of Memes
kaffy_rMusic Meme FTW
I have an unfinished meme exercise sometime in the past, possibly about four years ago. But I'm not going to go back to that one, why do that when I can try another one and only get halfway through it? This one's about music, and that feels like one I actually might get through. It's worth a try at least. Many thanks toshipperslist for the list of music-related questions. Let's see how this turns out.
1. A song that you discovered this month: Since I already talked about RM's "Tokyo" a few days ago, I'm going give you a solo piece by Yeosang, a member of the eight-man KPop group Ateez. He's one of the members who I've discovered well after becoming fond of some of his group mates. He's a lead dancer, what's known as a sub-vocalist - he has a nice deep voice - and a "visual," which is a thing I understand, but which isn't one of my favorite bits of KPop culture. (Yes I enjoy them being pretty, but I don't like the idea of "pretty face" being an official position especially since the members of any idol group have to be good at everything. Everything.)
This song is full of near-operatic symphonic swagger. I'd like it even if it was all in Korean because of how it's put together, and how well Yeosang and his dance crew use it in this music video. The English subtitles give me a little more of a hint about what the song means to him, and that's another reason I like it.
I have an unfinished meme exercise sometime in the past, possibly about four years ago. But I'm not going to go back to that one, why do that when I can try another one and only get halfway through it? This one's about music, and that feels like one I actually might get through. It's worth a try at least. Many thanks to
shipperslist for the list of music-related questions. Let's see how this turns out. 1. A song that you discovered this month: Since I already talked about RM's "Tokyo" a few days ago, I'm going give you a solo piece by Yeosang, a member of the eight-man KPop group Ateez. He's one of the members who I've discovered well after becoming fond of some of his group mates. He's a lead dancer, what's known as a sub-vocalist - he has a nice deep voice - and a "visual," which is a thing I understand, but which isn't one of my favorite bits of KPop culture. (Yes I enjoy them being pretty, but I don't like the idea of "pretty face" being an official position especially since the members of any idol group have to be good at everything. Everything.)
This song is full of near-operatic symphonic swagger. I'd like it even if it was all in Korean because of how it's put together, and how well Yeosang and his dance crew use it in this music video. The English subtitles give me a little more of a hint about what the song means to him, and that's another reason I like it.
Oct. 27th, 2025 07:40 pm
Blackout Bingo 2x2 Fall Fest - 2 cards
smallhobbit posting in allbingoTitle: Hallowe'en at Holmes Hall
Fandoms: Sherlock (BBC)/Hamlet
Ratings: G
Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Jim Moriarty, Sebastian Moran, Horatio, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Laertes, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern, Hamlet, Polonius, Hamlet Snr
Prompts: Hay Ride, Frighten, Prank, Smarties (Generic table)
Hallowe'en at Holmes Hall on AO3
Title: A Capital Fog
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Ratings: G
Pairings: Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mrs Hudson
Prompts: Poisonous Atmosphere, Disguise, Fog, Beekeeping (Sherlock Holmes table)
A Capital Fog on AO3
Fandoms: Sherlock (BBC)/Hamlet
Ratings: G
Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Jim Moriarty, Sebastian Moran, Horatio, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Laertes, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern, Hamlet, Polonius, Hamlet Snr
Prompts: Hay Ride, Frighten, Prank, Smarties (Generic table)
Hallowe'en at Holmes Hall on AO3
Title: A Capital Fog
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Ratings: G
Pairings: Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mrs Hudson
Prompts: Poisonous Atmosphere, Disguise, Fog, Beekeeping (Sherlock Holmes table)
A Capital Fog on AO3
Oct. 27th, 2025 03:26 pm
Alphabetical fic meme
john_amend_allMemed from thisbluespirit and pedanther:
thisbluespirit and pedanther:
Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.
- Ac Velut In Somnis (DW / Knightmare, 30179 words)
- Between the Old Year and the New (S&S / Lord Peter Wimsey, 4361 words)
- Child of the Gods (DW / Federation of the Hub, 3892 words)
- Death on the Marsh (DW / Doctor Syn, 19455 words)
- Extra-Curricular Activity (DW, 12014 words)
- False Arrest (DW, 943 words)
- Genius and Geniality (DW, 30233 words)
- How The Other Half Lives (DW, 3366 words)
- In the Bag (DW / Adam Adamant Lives!, 1843 words, major character death)
- Just Keep On Trying (DW / Portal, 3091 words)
- Klepsmnemon (DW, 36398 words)
- Legman (Red Dwarf / Miss Marple, 515 words)
- Mayhap You'll Never See Such Another (Professor X / Inspector Morose, 1239 words)
- Near Miss (DW / Blackadder, 100 words)
- Old Shame (DW, 1172 words)
- Party Piece (DW / Kaldor City, 1015 words)
- The Quest of the Chocolates (DW, 735 words)
- Red for Danger (AAL! / Green Knowe series, 594 words)
- Samantha's Turn (DW, 6355 words)
- Thy Ravish'd Hair (DW / The Goon Show, 3297 words)
- Unbearable (DW [This Time Round], 3696 words, author chose not to warn)
- Valen's Angels (B5, 864 words)
- With Hilarious Consequences (DW, 568 words)
- (For 'X' I'm afraid I've drawn a blank)
- You'll Have Had Your Alternate Reality (You'll Have Had Your Tea, 1000 words)
- Zombie (DW, 100 words)
Total score: 25/26, from 354 works on AO3.
I was pretty sure I wouldn't have any trouble with Z, and in the end I didn't even need to venture out of AO3 to exhume Zoë Heriot and the Elf-Knight to get there. If I ever do take up my keyboard again I'll have to consider what can be done with X, though.
Oct. 26th, 2025 05:46 pm
Alphabetical Fic Meme
thisbluespiritNew-to-me fic meme snagged from astrogirl:
Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.
LIkeastrogirl, I went for the first fic for each letter, saving only once or twice where I really didn't want to, because it's not as if it's a rule in this meme.
A - An Absolutely True And In No Way Fabricated Account of the Difficult, Dangerous and Entirely Improbable Invention of the Biscuit (Bleak Expectations, Sir Philip Bin)
B - Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me (Public Eye, Frank Marker/Helen Mortimer)
C - Cameo (Sapphire & Steel, Jasper, Tin, Jet)
D - Damned Giraffe (Discworld, Death, Death of Rats, A Giraffe)
E - Each A Glimpse And Gone Forever (Chalet School/Doctor Who, Seventh Doctor, Hilda Annersley, Ace McShane)
F - Fading Fast (Spooks, Ruth Evershed/Harry Pearce, Beth Bailey)
G - A Gallifreyan at Blandings (Blandings/Doctor Who, Tenth Doctor, Galahad Threepwood, Earl of Emsworth, Constance Keeble, Beach, the Empress of Blandings).
H - Half an Angel (Shadow of the Tower, Henry VII/Elizabeth of York)
I - I Do, I Do, I Do (The Month of Sundays Remix) (Doctor Who, Thirteenth Doctor/Most of her other selves, Yaz, Graham, Ryan).
J - Jo Grant, Assassin For Hire (Doctor Who. Jo Grant, the Brigadier, Third Doctor).
K - Keeping Secrets (Blake's 7, Dayna Mellanby/Del Tarrant)
L - Ladies in Waiting (The Hardest Part) (15th C RPF, Margaret Beaufort, Elizabeth of York).
M - Made For Each Other (Adam Adamant Lives! Adam Adamant & Georgina Jones).
N - Nature Is Red (Doctor Who, Tenth Doctor/Leela).
O - Of Elements and Existence (Sapphire & Steel/Discworld, Steel, Death, Sapphire, Ridcully, Silver, Nanny Ogg, Granny Weatherwax, Ponder Stibbons).
P - Painted Smiles (Blake's 7, Servalan).
Q - Quandrangle (Sapphire & Steel, Sapphire & Silver & Steel).
R - Random Factors (Good Omens/Doctor Who, Aziraphale, Vicki Pallister).
S - Salt of the Earth (Doctor Who, Mrs Martha Tyler, Jack Harkness, Twelfth Doctor).
T - Take the Second Path (OUaT, Regina Mills/Emma Swan, Rumplestiltskin, Cora Mills).
U - Unbreakable (OUaT, Regina Mills).
V - Valley of the Shadow (Dracula 1968, Jonathan Harker/Mina Harker).
W - Waiting For the Sky to Fall (Enemy at the Door, Philip Martel & Dieter Richter).
X -
Y - you asked me how i knew (my true love was true) (The Lady Vanishes, Iris Henderson/Gilbert Redman).
Z -
That was an interesting way to go through the fic, and a pretty representative mix of fandoms, really. Most surprising thing to me was that I only have one work beginning with K. And that's 24/26, as I don't have either an X or a Z, but those are hard letters to casually have in your titles. I clearly need to work on that, presumably in the SFF fandoms, heh.
astrogirl:Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.
LIke
astrogirl, I went for the first fic for each letter, saving only once or twice where I really didn't want to, because it's not as if it's a rule in this meme.A - An Absolutely True And In No Way Fabricated Account of the Difficult, Dangerous and Entirely Improbable Invention of the Biscuit (Bleak Expectations, Sir Philip Bin)
B - Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me (Public Eye, Frank Marker/Helen Mortimer)
C - Cameo (Sapphire & Steel, Jasper, Tin, Jet)
D - Damned Giraffe (Discworld, Death, Death of Rats, A Giraffe)
E - Each A Glimpse And Gone Forever (Chalet School/Doctor Who, Seventh Doctor, Hilda Annersley, Ace McShane)
F - Fading Fast (Spooks, Ruth Evershed/Harry Pearce, Beth Bailey)
G - A Gallifreyan at Blandings (Blandings/Doctor Who, Tenth Doctor, Galahad Threepwood, Earl of Emsworth, Constance Keeble, Beach, the Empress of Blandings).
H - Half an Angel (Shadow of the Tower, Henry VII/Elizabeth of York)
I - I Do, I Do, I Do (The Month of Sundays Remix) (Doctor Who, Thirteenth Doctor/Most of her other selves, Yaz, Graham, Ryan).
J - Jo Grant, Assassin For Hire (Doctor Who. Jo Grant, the Brigadier, Third Doctor).
K - Keeping Secrets (Blake's 7, Dayna Mellanby/Del Tarrant)
L - Ladies in Waiting (The Hardest Part) (15th C RPF, Margaret Beaufort, Elizabeth of York).
M - Made For Each Other (Adam Adamant Lives! Adam Adamant & Georgina Jones).
N - Nature Is Red (Doctor Who, Tenth Doctor/Leela).
O - Of Elements and Existence (Sapphire & Steel/Discworld, Steel, Death, Sapphire, Ridcully, Silver, Nanny Ogg, Granny Weatherwax, Ponder Stibbons).
P - Painted Smiles (Blake's 7, Servalan).
Q - Quandrangle (Sapphire & Steel, Sapphire & Silver & Steel).
R - Random Factors (Good Omens/Doctor Who, Aziraphale, Vicki Pallister).
S - Salt of the Earth (Doctor Who, Mrs Martha Tyler, Jack Harkness, Twelfth Doctor).
T - Take the Second Path (OUaT, Regina Mills/Emma Swan, Rumplestiltskin, Cora Mills).
U - Unbreakable (OUaT, Regina Mills).
V - Valley of the Shadow (Dracula 1968, Jonathan Harker/Mina Harker).
W - Waiting For the Sky to Fall (Enemy at the Door, Philip Martel & Dieter Richter).
X -
Y - you asked me how i knew (my true love was true) (The Lady Vanishes, Iris Henderson/Gilbert Redman).
Z -
That was an interesting way to go through the fic, and a pretty representative mix of fandoms, really. Most surprising thing to me was that I only have one work beginning with K. And that's 24/26, as I don't have either an X or a Z, but those are hard letters to casually have in your titles. I clearly need to work on that, presumably in the SFF fandoms, heh.
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Oct. 25th, 2025 04:19 pm
Dept. of The Darkest Timeline
kaffy_rThis is Chicago. This is America
I'll be back with other things to say, happy things, or at least I hope so.
But right now, I give you this, taken as a screen shot from video a neighbor took as the ICE thugs ambushed him, and who shared it on some local news sites.
It's my city.
It's my adopted country.
He's my neighbor.
He's my brother.
They don't care.
The cruelty, the racism and xenophobia, is the point.
I'll be back with other things to say, happy things, or at least I hope so.
But right now, I give you this, taken as a screen shot from video a neighbor took as the ICE thugs ambushed him, and who shared it on some local news sites.
It's my city.
It's my adopted country.
He's my neighbor.
He's my brother.
They don't care.
The cruelty, the racism and xenophobia, is the point.
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