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aurumcalendula) wrote2025-10-26 02:14 pm
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I had a pretty nice birthday yesterday!
The weather was colder than I'd like, but still nice for archery. I ended up trying a dessert from a local bubble tea place afterward that was very tasty. It was called strawberry pancakes on the menu (which makes me think of flapjacks by default), but was more like mini crepes or the pancakes than come with moo shu filled with a strawberry and whipped cream.
( photos of the dessert in question )
I also saw both a Downy Woodpecker and Carolina wren at the suet feeder the other day, which was neat!
( photo of birds )
The weather was colder than I'd like, but still nice for archery. I ended up trying a dessert from a local bubble tea place afterward that was very tasty. It was called strawberry pancakes on the menu (which makes me think of flapjacks by default), but was more like mini crepes or the pancakes than come with moo shu filled with a strawberry and whipped cream.
( photos of the dessert in question )
I also saw both a Downy Woodpecker and Carolina wren at the suet feeder the other day, which was neat!
( photo of birds )
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scans_daily2025-10-26 03:06 pm
tcampbell1000) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-26 03:06 pmReagancomics (6 of 7): Getting Kinda Mean About Nancy
Readers who wanted to see Reagan in an actual Captain America story could get one the following year, in Captain America v1 #344, 1988. This issue doesn't feature much of Reagan's real personality for obvious reasons, but it does acknowledge his weird tendency to call Nancy "Mommy."
( I mean, it's better than if she called him 'Daddy.' )
shakalooloo (shakalooloo) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-26 07:46 pm
shakalooloo) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-26 07:46 pmEntry tags:
Judge Death 2025 Mega Special
I am of the camp that thinks 2000ad's Dark Judges are overused. But a Halloween special, with a story on each one of them, and an excuse for a new Bolland cover piece? No complaints!
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shakalooloo (shakalooloo) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-26 07:41 pm
shakalooloo) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-26 07:41 pmSpirits of Violence #1
Oh, great, another relaunch/re-titling for Ghost Rider. Yaaay...
But wait! This title actually contains some cool stuff!
Great looking new villains (could use a little less alliteration on their names, though):
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The return of the Gun Nuns!
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And an inventive - and therefore acceptable - way to get around the Penance Stare!
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But wait! This title actually contains some cool stuff!
Great looking new villains (could use a little less alliteration on their names, though):
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The return of the Gun Nuns!
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And an inventive - and therefore acceptable - way to get around the Penance Stare!
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shakalooloo (shakalooloo) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-26 07:33 pm
shakalooloo) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-26 07:33 pmStrange Tales (2025) #1
It probably only exists to maintain a trademark, but the art here is really nice! Some Young Avengers and Runaways get trapped in a Jumanji/D&D hybrid, and only the Scarlet Witch can save them.
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Lynn | Settiai (settiai) wrote2025-10-26 12:25 pm
settiai) wrote2025-10-26 12:25 pm
Entry tags:
Yuletide Assignment
As did everyone participating, I got my Yuletide assignment this morning, and I'm very interested in seeing how this goes.
I had no idea what to expect, so it caught me a little by surprise, but that's definitely not a bad thing. That's part of why I tend to offer a ridiculous number of fandoms for this exchange so that I have no way of knowing what I'm going to get for my assignment. I managed to trim it down a little from the 111 fandoms that I was originally going to offer, but the number didn't go down all that much.
It's one of the many, many, many fandoms that I threw in my bucket list because knew I'd be able to write almost anything for it but would definitely need a canon review first, as it's been a while. So, you know, it looks like that's going to be something I need to do in the next few weeks.
I had no idea what to expect, so it caught me a little by surprise, but that's definitely not a bad thing. That's part of why I tend to offer a ridiculous number of fandoms for this exchange so that I have no way of knowing what I'm going to get for my assignment. I managed to trim it down a little from the 111 fandoms that I was originally going to offer, but the number didn't go down all that much.
It's one of the many, many, many fandoms that I threw in my bucket list because knew I'd be able to write almost anything for it but would definitely need a canon review first, as it's been a while. So, you know, it looks like that's going to be something I need to do in the next few weeks.
cyberghostface (cyberghostface) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-25 03:09 pm
cyberghostface) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-25 03:09 pmEntry tags:
New look at the Joker/Lex fusion
Someone on Twitter said "We are witnessing levels of yaoi never conceived before" and yeah that seems apt.
( The Merger )
( The Merger )
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dw_maintenance2025-10-25 08:42 am
mark) wrote in dw_maintenance2025-10-25 08:42 amDatabase maintenance
Good morning, afternoon, and evening!
We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)
I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.
Ta for now!
tcampbell1000 (tcampbell1000) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-25 09:48 am
tcampbell1000) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-25 09:48 amReagancomics (5 of 7): Addled vs. Evil
Reagan starred in one of DC's highest-profile "graphic novels" of the 1980s, but he could have starred in both. The idea of using Nixon as President didn't occur to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons until some time after Watchmen's initial outline, and there are times when its Nixon is more of a stand-in or proxy for Reagan (Watchmen #8).
( 'I never traded arms for [expletive deleted] hostages!' )
goodbyebird (goodbyebird) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-25 03:28 pm
goodbyebird) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-25 03:28 pmDoctor Strange #1 (Dec 2025)
The Stephen Strange we saw in Doctor Strange of Asgard was still stinging from the loss of his Sorcerer Supreme status, and his focus was on gaining enough power to return to Earth, give Doctor Doom a bloody nose, and reclaim his title. None of that happened, because just when he’d gained the power, the way home was cut off from him.
The journey he’s on now is a difficult one. He’s still preoccupied with Earth, still feels that urgent need to return to Clea, to deal with his responsibilities there, but now he finds himself dealing with the responsibilities foisted upon him by his title of Sorcerer Supreme of Asgard. He originally sought that power out of a selfish need, so now he has to deal with those ramifications.
- Derek Landy
( Issue 1 preview )
Lynn | Settiai (settiai) wrote2025-10-24 10:10 pm
settiai) wrote2025-10-24 10:10 pm
Fannish Stuff
On the Critical Role front, a friend has sent me some very specific spoilers about last night's episode as well as timestamps to avoid, so I'm going to try to watch it again this weekend but this time going in prepared. When I watch this time, I'm going to very carefully fast-forward through some scenes to try to avoid being set off again like I was when I was watching it live. Because gods only know the last thing I need is another accidental panic attack.
We'll see how it goes?
I've gotta admit, one of the biggest things that annoys me about Critical Role is their refusal to add content warnings of any type even now that they're prerecording. It made sense when they were properly airing live prior to 2020, because that just wasn't possible, but now? It would help a lot of people to at least have an option to know in advance that an episode was going to include common triggers. They gave warnings for the Divergence miniseries, so it's definitely possible for them to do. They just don't do it most of the time.
Let's see...
I finally managed to get my Yuletide sign-up done earlier this afternoon. It took a lot longer than I was expecting, but I got it in a few hours before the deadline so that I still had time to go back and make a few small edits before they closed. So that's a relief at least. I'm having a few regrets about not trimming down my list of offers a bit more than I did, but that happens every year, so it's not exactly something new.
The Dragon Age Reverse Bang's deadline is Sunday, so my artist and I are both hurrying to get everything finished. My brain's a bit mush right now despite me napping after work, because A. I slept like crap and B. I think that I might be coming down with something, so I think that I'm going to go to bed in a bit so that I can plan on getting up early and curling up with my laptop to spend tomorrow writing until I get this ever-growing monster of a fic done.
We'll see how it goes?
I've gotta admit, one of the biggest things that annoys me about Critical Role is their refusal to add content warnings of any type even now that they're prerecording. It made sense when they were properly airing live prior to 2020, because that just wasn't possible, but now? It would help a lot of people to at least have an option to know in advance that an episode was going to include common triggers. They gave warnings for the Divergence miniseries, so it's definitely possible for them to do. They just don't do it most of the time.
Let's see...
I finally managed to get my Yuletide sign-up done earlier this afternoon. It took a lot longer than I was expecting, but I got it in a few hours before the deadline so that I still had time to go back and make a few small edits before they closed. So that's a relief at least. I'm having a few regrets about not trimming down my list of offers a bit more than I did, but that happens every year, so it's not exactly something new.
The Dragon Age Reverse Bang's deadline is Sunday, so my artist and I are both hurrying to get everything finished. My brain's a bit mush right now despite me napping after work, because A. I slept like crap and B. I think that I might be coming down with something, so I think that I'm going to go to bed in a bit so that I can plan on getting up early and curling up with my laptop to spend tomorrow writing until I get this ever-growing monster of a fic done.
tcampbell1000 (tcampbell1000) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-24 06:16 am
tcampbell1000) wrote in scans_daily2025-10-24 06:16 amReagancomics (4 of 7): Disillusionment
1985 was a bye year for Reagan, prominent-comic-book-wise. The Crisis on Infinite Earths passed without a single presidential address.
( My fellow Americans, and all citizens of the world, I call upon us all to stand together against the white menace of the Anti-Monitor. No arsenal, and no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women, except maybe an antimatter wall that destroys everything it touches...Bobby, this needs a rewrite. )