wickedwords

Hi! Thank you so much for volunteering to write me a story in any of my chosen fandoms. If you are stuck, I hope this letter gives you some ideas for things you can write. If you already have an idea for the characters I asked for, go for it. If your idea involves other characters in supporting roles -- canon characters or original characters -- I am fine with that. I want you to have fun writing the story and not stress every detail I have suggested.

If you are here looking for potential treat-inspiration, I would love to get a little something extra in my stocking if you felt like writing it. Treats are always loved.

( My Requests: Star Trek: Lower Decks, What Moves the Dead, Hidden Legacy Series )

Hi! Thank you so much for volunteering to write me a story in any of my chosen fandoms. If you are stuck, I hope this letter gives you some ideas for things you can write. If you already have an idea for one of the characters I asked for, go for it. If it involves more characters than the ones I requested, I am fine with that. I want you to have fun writing the story and not stress every optional detail I have suggested.

If you are here looking for potential treat-inspiration, I would love to get a little something extra in my stocking if you felt like writing it.

( Details Below )

Hi! Thank you so much for volunteering to write me a story in any of my chosen fandoms. If you are stuck, I hope this letter gives you some ideas for things you can write. If you already have an idea for one of the characters I asked for, go for it. If it involves more characters than the ones I requested, I am fine with that. I want you to have fun writing the story and not stress every optional detail I have suggested.

( Stuff I Like and Tropes I Love )

Do Not Wants:

DNW: Non-canonical permanent disability or death of requested characters. Canonical death is fine! Currently dead and loving it, all good. Dead but feeling better, that's awesome too.
DNW: Requested character being pregnant. Having had kids is fine, I just don't like the 'being pregnant' thing. But you might be able to convince me that Boimler can carry it off.
DNW: GRIMDARK. Angst is triple-plus good, but not unrelenting misery.
DNW: Social embarrassment, like dropping a bowl of food all over a friend at a big party and drawing everyone's attention. Unless it's part of a caper/heist/ploy, then it's okay.

My Requests:

Fandom: The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles
Phoebe Stephens-Prince
Maisie Jones (The Will Darling Adventures)

Original: Maisie and Phoebe in France, and/or the first time they realized they were attracted to each other.

Extra: I really love both of these characters, and want to explore more of their relationship. They come from completely different worlds, and while I envision Phoebe was a little daring in her sexuality before meeting Maisie, what was Maisie's life like? I'd love to see more about her along with their relationship together.

Fandom: Ghosts (US TV 2021)
Thorfinn (Ghosts US TV 2021)
Flower (Ghosts US TV 2021)

Some quick ideas:

1) Flower and Thorfinn after his funeral as they get past the awkwardness.

2) "Tell me about your Norse orgies and I'll tell you about mine"

3)'You wrestled a bear"

"I hugged a bear."

"Either way, it is a very Viking thing to do."

Extra: I just think it would be fun to see the two of them interact a bit -- watch TV together, Thorfinn try to teach her wrestling, her try to teach him how to tell psychedelic mushrooms from regular mushrooms, etc. How has their life and relationship changed since the livings have come around? All good on including other characters, original characters, and creating a story that explains why things with the ghosts work the way they do, or bringing the basement ghosts upstairs.

Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)
Beckett Mariner

It was hard for me to pick the characters I wanted, but I know I want the story to focus on Mariner. Add in any of the other characters you want, including Jennifer "Jen" Sh'reyan. I would enjoy seeing Jen and Mariner on a date or working together to save the ship.

Extra: I love the whole Lower Decks team! I'd love more on Mariner and her mother, Mariner and her Dad, Mariner and Boimler, Mariner and Tendi, or anything involving the whole team. I'd also like to see a time travel episode with them, where they are back in the past at some event -- maybe something not even in the current series -- and they have to fix an issue without anyone knowing that they were there and did it. Big stories or small, two characters or a whole slate of them, I'd love to see more of Mariner and the lower decks team interact.

Thanks again!

Enjoy writing your story and I'm sure I'll love reading it. All of the details are optional, and I’m happy to leave specifics up to you. Like I said, I love these characters and I'll love whatever you choose to write in any of these fandoms. I'm really looking forward to it!

I got a wonderful story in 痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。| BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt so I'll Max Out My Defense. (Anime) fandom. The show is cute, about a young girl who must have extraordinary luck being talked into playing her first MMORPG by her best friend, and the wacky hijinks that ensue. The story feels like an episode, and Maple and Sally's relationship is front and center as the first Christmas event in the game rolls around. Very sweet, very cute, and I enjoyed it a lot.

All I want for Christmas is Loot by Tren

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: Show warnings

Category: Gen

Fandom: 痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。| BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt so I'll Max Out My Defense. (Anime)

Relationship: Maple | Honjou Kaede & Sally | Shiromine Risa

Characters: Maple | Honjou KaedeSally | Shiromine Risa

Additional Tags: Christmas, MMORPGs

Meanwhile, I wrote a Hidden Legacy series story for sadlikeknives, where Arabella Baylor becomes Stephen Jiang's bodyguard. sadlikeknives and I matched on at least 3 fandoms, and as I had just finished Emerald Blaze in the Hidden Legacy series, I had to write about my favorite snarky character in it, Arabella. Again, I envisioned a novel that had to be cut down to a short story to meet the deadline. :)

Part Time Bodyguard by rachael sabotini (rache, wickedwords)

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: F/M

Fandom: Hidden Legacy Series - Ilona Andrews

Relationship: Arabella Baylor & Stephen Jiang

Characters: Arabella Baylor, Stephen Jiang

Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Bodyguard, Cozy

My Late December/Early Jan got kind-of crushed by needing to do a outpatient procedure by the year end due to insurance changes -- all good, and I don't have to go back for 5 years -- and I was just pulling myself out of that funk when I got sidetracked by the coup. So sorry to be late with announcements, and I have read hardly anything on Dreamwidth because of it. I hope you are all doing okay.

At the beginning of the month, J and I talked about how we would do thanksgiving this year. In the past, if we hadn't driven several hours to see our extended families, we'd get together and make a thanksgiving. J would make the pies and the green bean casserole, while Lar and I would prep and bake the turkey in the big oven in the ADU then do the rest of the side dishes here in the main house. (A thanksgiving for six people that was too large to contain to just one house!)

We're going to do a variation on that, still using all of the ovens we have available. We decided to do a simple thanksgiving this year, and ordered a pre-made meal from the grocery store and pies from a local bakery. B will pick it up the day before during 'senior hours', and then the reheating will be divided between the households; he'll drop off the items we will reheat on our front porch, and then J will deal with the rest. She's also getting the pies 'contactless delivery' directly from the bakery to her house.

Day of, everyone reheats everything with a planned dinner time, then we take half the turkey and the reheated dishes to their place and leave it outside their door. At the same time, we'll pick up our half the pies and reheated sides from their place. Everyone will eat in their homes -- we'll get on zoom later, and share a piece of pie and glass of wine together, the way we have done for birthdays this year.

It's not the same as all eating together, but it's as close as we are going to get this year. I'm looking forward to it.

I lost most of this week to the election. I got the basics done - dishes, groceries, meals, laundry -- and I slept most nights thanks to melatonin and 'relaxing sleep sounds' before bed. However Tuesday night was terrible, and I could not sleep that night; I got maybe 4 hours with the stress, and anxiety dreams waking me up again and again. I spent most of Wednesday avoiding everything and read a book. So when I woke up Thursday and things were better, I was able to work on picking my life back up again, including going to my online Tai Chi for Better Balance class on zoom. Today I felt almost back, though I still didn't get everything I wanted to accomplish completed. What I did was good enough.

Here's hoping that things improve a little more over the weekend.

Hi! Thank you so much for volunteering to write me a story in any of my chosen fandoms. If you are stuck, I hope this letter gives you some ideas for things you can write. If you already have an idea for one of the characters I asked for, go for it. If it involves more characters than the ones I requested, I am fine with that. I want you to have fun writing the story and not stress every optional detail I have suggested.

( Stuff I like: )( Tropes I Love )( Possible Yuletide sub-challenges: )( Do Not Want: )( Original Request: Julie and the Phantoms, Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt so I'll Max Out My Defense, Harley Quinn, Innkeeper Chronicles - Ilona Andrews )

A couple of weeks before my birthday, my husband asked what I wanted this year.

I replied that what I wanted, he couldn't give me.

"Oh? What's that?"

"No bad news."

"How about we turn the internet off for a day instead?"

I stared at him open mouthed. "You, sir, are a genius."

We didn't turn off the internet, but we did shut down the computers and turn the phones and kindles to airplane mode for 12 hours - 8 am to 8 pm. The TVs stayed dark too, and we played a board game in the evening after dinner. It was a beautiful thing, and I heartily recommend it.

The group Lar was working for terminated all of their contractors at the end of June, and we got maybe three business days notice that it was happening. Our healthcare coverage ended then, but on Lar's last time contracting through this company, we got a month's grace on converting over to COBRA. The process of ending the coverage is automated to align with the end of the contract, but they overwrote the info so we paid it out of the last check with the company.

This time due to the short notice -- along with the standard COVID stuff and the fourth of July holiday -- coverage ended on the 30th and we only found out because I renewed my prescriptions today and went to my dentist appointment. We've being e-mailed versions of the forms we have to fill out, so we should have everything straightened out today or tomorrow. But it also means we will most likely have to pay out of pocket for the stuff I did today, and get it all reimbursed once we can confirm that we are set up for COBRA, which should be retro to the first of the month.

it's annoying, and it makes me anxious, and that is pretty much par for the course.

I've decided not to renew Sandy and my vid site this year. I have downloaded what exists on the site and will try to upload it to the internet archive. Most of what we have is already in that collection, but there are some SGA, HL and misc fandoms that aren't yet uploaded. I'll post a link once I finish with the ones that are in a format that can be uploaded, and have the vids available through A03.

In the meantime, the site will be going down once my cancellation goes through.

ETA: The domain will be the first thing to go, and it will expire mid-to-late August. So plenty of time for anyone to download stuff that they want if I don't get things uploaded to the IA in a timely fashion.

Quick update - These are the books I finished over the last couple of months. I am currently working on "The City We Became", which is definitely a thinky-think type of book. It'll take me more time than I thought to get through it.

Fantasy/Horror
30. Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Muir, Tamsyn

31. Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children Series, #5) by McGuire, Seanan
I may have already talked about these two. I liked the mystery/quest aspects of both stories a lot.

Gay Paranormal Romance

32. Single White Incubus (Supernatural Selection #1) by Russell, E.J.

33. Vampire With Benefits (Supernatural Selection #2) by Russell, E.J.
37. The Druid Next Door (Fae Out of Water, #2) by Russell, E.J.
I like the Supernatural Selection series more than the Fae Out of Water. I skip read a lot of Druid Next Door.

Urban Fantasy

34. Boundary Haunted (Boundary Magic, #5) by Olson, Melissa F.
I have read so many books set in this universe -- I think 3 or 4 series worth -- that they are blurring together. Need a break before I do another one.

SF

35. Star Trek: Discovery: The Way to the Stars by McCormack, Una
16 year old Tilly runs away from boarding school. It is what it says on the label. :)

36. The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut, #2) by Kowal, Mary Robinette
Not quite up to the calculating stars, but still good. I'm excited for the next one too.

38. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Wells, Martha

I still love murderbot and ART. :)

Last week, I made green french lentil picnic salad. I love making this for warm weather days, as it's cool and tart and the whole thing sits for a day to soak up the vinaigrette that I make for it. The trick is to get the lentils just right, so they aren't too hard or too soft after resting for that final day.

Lar and I chatted as I worked, cutting up the vegetables and both of us sorting through the green lentils to make sure it was all good after I pulled the bag from the shelf. But something went wrong this time, and while the lentils were soft enough to be called cooked, they just weren't right. There was a grittiness to them that I didn't remember, and it lacked the favor and punch that I expected. "Maybe it needed more time," I muttered to myself, and I could not get past the fact that it just wasn't what I wanted.

Today, I went to the cupboard to get the bag of green peas for the split pea soup I planned to make tonight. The only thing I found was a bag of green french lentils instead. :)

Yesterday I went out to pull some of the dandelions on the rocky back hill, and put on gloves and stole one of my husband's long-sleeved flannel shirts as I have issues with nettles and other prickly plants, so I am always on high alert when I do weeding. I kept hearing a rustle in the bushes. I caught sight of some movement and noticed brown fur scampering away from me, and was all 'Rats! Ahhhhhh!!! Rats in the rocks. Ahhhh! '

I decided to move to a different location.

While there, I spied a small brown bunny --not a rat after all. It passed by me, crossing our sloped yard and down to the flat meadow-like areas near the neighbor's house.

From under the trees, the neighbor's cat took an interest in it as well. He didn't launch after it, but was obviously keeping an eye out for opportunity.

When a second small brown rabbit joined the first, I decided I was done for the day and distracted the cat with my 'happy to see you voice' while the two rabbits scampered down the drive and out to freedom.

The cat gave me a disgusted look, and headed back to his place. Naturally, I went back inside as the garden is a very busy place.

( Can I remember how to do a cut tag? )

We had a goal of making it ten days without grocery shopping, and today we met that goal. Lar will go out in the next few days, but in the meantime, I made some fabulous chickpea tikka masala:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/chickpea-tikka-masala/15989/

Lar made naan, so we bailed on making rice, and the dish did not need it. There were some modifications: I only had 1/2 of a large onion. Also I didn't have the tomatoes it called for , so I substituted a can of diced, fire-roasted and a can of the costco box of tomato sauce I am still working through. I used 1 tbls dried cilantro instead of 1/2 cup fresh, but that works in a fairly sauce-y meal. I absolutely would make this again.

Also Lar replaced the battery in my car so it works again. The old battery died a couple of weeks ago due to inactivity, and we didn't stress about it since we weren't going anywhere anyway. There's an auto parts store at the bottom of the hill, so Lar placed the order online then drove down today to get curb side delivery. They popped the new one into the back of Lar's truck, and took the old one for disposal. Such an quick fix for the problem!

Hope you are doing okay.

The first of March, we decided not to go out to restaurants anymore because of the coronavirus spread in the community. Since then, My life seems to consist of cooking, cleaning, books, and netflix, with a small amount of exercise to break up the day. So far, the star baking items have been:

Week 1: Larry's Naan bread
Week 2: Yellow cake with Chocolate Frosting
Week 3: Tie - Berry pie and Banana bread
Week 4: Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cake with Broiled Coconut Topping
Week 5: Tie - Rosemary, Sea Salt, and Olive Oil crackers and Larry's Homemade Pizza dough (New York Style)

I still have a pre-made pie shell, so that might become either a quiche or I might do a pudding or custard based pie. Or I could go all out and try a pot pie instead!

I haven't managed to do my book list, but I have read around 29 books so far this year -- so much more than I planned. I'm loving my library ebooks this year. I've grouped them by interest. No real reviews on them, but happy to discuss anything I've read. Plus my cat refuses to let me do a cut tag.

Rivers of London Series/Graphic Novels

1. The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London, #6) by Aaronovitch, Ben

This was in progress last year, and I finished it New Year's Day

12. Rivers of London: Night Witch by Aaronovitch, Ben

22. Rivers of London: Black Mould by Aaronovitch, Ben

29. Rivers of London: Detective Stories by Aaronovitch, Ben

Urban Fantasy (all of these are a single universe)

2. Trail of Dead (Scarlett Bernard, #2) by Olson, Melissa F.

7. Hunter's Trail (Scarlett Bernard, #3) by Olson, Melissa F.

9. Midnight Curse (Disrupted Magic, #1) by Olson, Melissa F.

10. Boundary Crossed (Boundary Magic, #1) by Olson, Melissa F.

11. Boundary Lines (Boundary Magic, #2) by Olson, Melissa F.

16. Boundary Born (Boundary Magic, #3) by Olson, Melissa F.

17. Blood Gamble (Disrupted Magic, #2) by Olson, Melissa F.

24. Boundary Broken (Boundary Magic, #4) by Olson, Melissa F.

25. Shadow Hunt (Disrupted Magic, #3) by Olson, Melissa F.

Historical Romance

3. Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1) by Charles, K.J.

4. Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1) by Sebastian, Cat

13. Proper English by Charles, K.J.

20. Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys, #2) by Charles, K.J.

28. Think of England by Charles, K.J.

I read this because I liked the lesbian couple from Proper English. I ended up liking this one a lot, as the main characters were very Starsky & Hutch AU.

Paranormal Romance

23. Storm Haven by Hawk, Jordon L.

Don't love this series as much as I want to love it, so haven't gone through them all yet

27. Cutie and the Beast (Fae Out of Water, #1) by E. J. Russell

New author for me, and very fun, light read.

Light Fantasy/SF

5. Sweep with Me by Andrews, Ilona

This was done as a serial, and I read it in progress. I like the universe, and the stories are very light with some romance.

21. Imaginary Numbers (InCryptid #9) by McGuire, Seanan

6. The Raven Tower by Leckie, Ann

Amazing. I love how the story starts and you think it's about one thing, and it twists as it goes along so at some point it becomes another.

8. Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) by Leckie, Ann

14. Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2) by Leckie, Ann

15. Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch #3) by Leckie, Ann

18. The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut, #1) by Kowal, Mary Robinette

19. The Lady Astronaut of Mars (Lady Astronaut #4.5) by Kowal, Mary Robinette

26. First Flight by Kowal, Mary Robinette

Friday we ordered take out for the first time in three weeks. I'd seen an article interviewing the owner of the mexican restaurant at the bottom of our hill, and he talked about the rough time they are having -- they have 2 restaurants, and 5 people working on take out and delivery orders but they aren't turning a profit. So we decided to order something last night, and Lar picked up. We descended on the enchiladas, corn chips, and soft tacos like we were ravenous wolves or something. Or at least cats that didn't think they'd been fed for a day. It took us maybe 15 minutes to eat, and oh, it was so, so good.

However, it did break through a mental barrier I had: We picked up Starbucks this morning too. We're going back to eating at home, but it was like the high from a couple of 'cheat meals' when you're on a diet. I think that's the only way to explain how it felt.

We are in the process of rescheduling/canceling our big trip to England in June, and I am pretty sad about that but I think it's for the best. I'm not sure what the summer or fall will bring, and planning for next year seems safe; I'm hoping that the canal boat rental company we have reservations with will make it through.

Meanwhile, we are all about the cooking! It's become a form of entertainment for us, and it's amazing the things you can make around the house. We made a vat of an simple chicken curry in the Instant Pot, and Lar tried his hand at Naan.

The recipe I used for the curry started with this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/simple_chicken_curry_95336

I made a vat of it though, and modified it for the instant pot. Instant pot instructions came from this other recipe for butter chicken:
www.aspicyperspective.com/perfect-instant-pot-butter-chicken-curry/

I liked the garam masala and smoked paprika idea, so I swapped those in for some of the curry powder when I put together the instant pot. Honestly, It came out great but the big hit was my husband's Naan:

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/14565/naan/

He used the pancake griddle to make it, and it came out amazing. Huge hit with everyone, and quite easy to do. Highly recommend.

My house is about 5 miles from the Life Care Center of Kirkland, and J's father-in-law lived there for awhile. My little city of Redmond had some of the first responders help with the mass evac of the facility, so we are at 3/4 staffing right now. The mayor declared a state of emergency to get help with that, but needless to say, the city government is being incredibly cautious right now.

Such as: I usually go to Tai Chi on Thursdays - but all of the senior programs and city classes with more than 10 people were canceled as of last night. It's going to be on a week-to-week basis that they decide whether or not to close. I cannot imagine that they will reopen next week, or that I would go if they do.

Still planning on individuals coming over to the house, but we are no longer meeting friends at restaurants. I do have one final fast food outing scheduled for a friend's house, where we will pick up and eat at her place to minimize contact with workers. Not the best, but we've got two months (more or less) of build up to go through before we get to peak; at the moment, the risk of infection is low, so one final hurrah.

Lar has been advised to work from home as much as possible; no one should go into the office. We are going to have to figure out a place where I can put my computer as his con calls are already loud and annoying to me. Maybe it's time to reclaim the living room from the cats, and set myself up with an office there.

Per the research I've seen, it looks that the bulk of the infection spread outside of china will hit around the early part of summer, right when we have scheduled our trip to England. I am waiting a couple of weeks to confirm that expectation, but if it happens, we will probably cancel early so we can get something of a refund. We aren't flying United, but given that the company is already canceling international flights into April, I think that we might not be able to get there by June anyway. I do have trip insurance, so I could wait until something happens that actually prevents us from going and make a claim then, or I can do it this month and have everything settled. Argh. Decisions.

At least the taxes are done. No refund, but nothing to pay either. One more worry down.

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