Patreon Panel This Sunday: Making Non-Conformist Art Under Authoritarianism
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Every month, we hold a convention-style panel during which creators we work with have a guided discussion about a panel either requested by our backers on Patreon or selected by the poll of panelists! This month, we’ll be talking about Making Non-Conformist Art Under Authoritarianism.
Description: Authoritarian regimes throughout history have sought to eliminate dissent in part by eliminating non-conformist art, while subverting what art they permit to be created to serve their dominant narratives. As much of the world makes a turn toward hard-right fascistic authoritarianism, many creators grapple with the stress, fear, and danger of living and creating despite threats to their livelihoods and very lives. In this panel, we’ll have a candid discussion of how others have faced these threats in the past and how we are doing so in our day-to-day lives. We will discuss both the risks and necessity of continuing to make art by and about people – queer, POC, gender-diverse, disabled, neurodiverse, etc. – whose voices authoritarian governments seek to suppress.
Date: Sunday, November 30
Time: 2 p.m. Eastern time
Panelists: J. D. Rivers, Sebastian Marie, Puck Malamud, Rascal Hartley, Lucy K. R., and Shannon Lippert. Nina Waters will serve as moderator.
Did you know? Backers of our Patreon at the $7/month level not only can attend new panels, they can also view recordings of 14 past panels we’ve hosted on topics ranging from “What the Heck Even is Genre” to “Bullying and Harrassment in Fandom.”
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Books Received, November 22 — November 28
Nov. 29th, 2025 08:58 amjames_davis_nicoll
Eight books new to me. Five fantasy, one horror, two science fiction, of which two are series and six may not be.
Books Received, November 22 — November 28
Poll #33890 Books Received, November 22 — November 28
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11
Which of these look interesting?
View Answers
Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry (June 2026)
4 (36.4%)
The Franchise by Thomas Elrod (May 2026)
1 (9.1%)
Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden (July 2026)
1 (9.1%)
Obstetrix by Naomi Kritzer (June 2026)
5 (45.5%)
Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire (June 2026)
3 (27.3%)
Cursed Ever After by Andy C. Naranjo (June 2026)
2 (18.2%)
For Human Use by Sarah G. Pierce (February 2026)
0 (0.0%)
The War Beyond by Andrea Stewart (November 2025)
4 (36.4%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
8 (72.7%)
100fandomicons table for 2025
Nov. 29th, 2025 03:12 pmtinnyWith a single day to spare, I made the last icon for my ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
100fandomicons! As always, a few stubborn themes just didn't want to be filled by other challenges, so I had to make them specifically for the table. This year there were six of those. Hover for fandom:
key | books | blend
bow | mirror | bear
Here's the complete table, 100 icons in 100 different fandoms:
https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/766214.html
Concrit welcome! Comments adored! Credit appreciated! Take and use as many icons as you like. If you want to know whose textures and brushes I use, take a look at my resource post.
Previous icon posts:
100fandomicons! As always, a few stubborn themes just didn't want to be filled by other challenges, so I had to make them specifically for the table. This year there were six of those. Hover for fandom:
key | books | blend
bow | mirror | bear
Here's the complete table, 100 icons in 100 different fandoms:
https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/766214.html
Concrit welcome! Comments adored! Credit appreciated! Take and use as many icons as you like. If you want to know whose textures and brushes I use, take a look at my resource post.
DAY 29: THE COUNTDOWN INTENSIFIES
Nov. 29th, 2025 07:49 ammarcicat*total goal word count: 25,000
*total current word count: 24,500ish (SO. CLOSE.)
*I am every-so-slowly slogging through the last few chapters to connect the bits and pieces I've already written and (ever hopeful!) bring the story to some sort of conclusion.
*will it make sense? I have no idea
*will it have 25,000 words? oh, it's GONNA have 25,000 words!
*last sentence written: Then I did what I kept thinking about doing, and walked out of the room.
(*REMEMBER: repeating something twice means you forgot you already did it once, but repeating something three or more times makes it a THEME)
*total current word count: 24,500ish (SO. CLOSE.)
*I am every-so-slowly slogging through the last few chapters to connect the bits and pieces I've already written and (ever hopeful!) bring the story to some sort of conclusion.
*will it make sense? I have no idea
*will it have 25,000 words? oh, it's GONNA have 25,000 words!
*last sentence written: Then I did what I kept thinking about doing, and walked out of the room.
(*REMEMBER: repeating something twice means you forgot you already did it once, but repeating something three or more times makes it a THEME)
The Day in Spikedluv (Friday, Nov 28)
Nov. 29th, 2025 08:53 amspikedluvI hit Price Chopper and the Bakery while I was downtown. Later I dropped a book off at the library.
I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, did some house cleaning (swept kitchen and dining room, further swiffered and mopped dining room, and also dusted some of the furniture in the dining room (still have two items to clear off and dust), went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, shoveled the sidewalk, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, placed a couple of online orders, including Chewy, scooped kitty litter, and showered.
We had leftover turkey and sides for supper. I love Thanksgiving leftovers. I read fanfic. Dr. Pol was my evening background tv.
Temps started out at 30.9(F) and reached 34.5. The forecast called for 1-3 inches of snow during the day and an additional ‘less than an inch’ overnight, but we ended up getting much more than that. Pip shoveled off the deck after we ate (and made sure there was a path to the basement for the garage cats, lol!), and then he blew out the short walking trail. So we all went for a walk in the dark, which is kind of nice when there’s snow on the ground.
Mom Update:
Mom sounded okay when I called her, ( more back here )
I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, did some house cleaning (swept kitchen and dining room, further swiffered and mopped dining room, and also dusted some of the furniture in the dining room (still have two items to clear off and dust), went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, shoveled the sidewalk, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, placed a couple of online orders, including Chewy, scooped kitty litter, and showered.
We had leftover turkey and sides for supper. I love Thanksgiving leftovers. I read fanfic. Dr. Pol was my evening background tv.
Temps started out at 30.9(F) and reached 34.5. The forecast called for 1-3 inches of snow during the day and an additional ‘less than an inch’ overnight, but we ended up getting much more than that. Pip shoveled off the deck after we ate (and made sure there was a path to the basement for the garage cats, lol!), and then he blew out the short walking trail. So we all went for a walk in the dark, which is kind of nice when there’s snow on the ground.
Mom Update:
Mom sounded okay when I called her, ( more back here )
Weekly Chat
Nov. 29th, 2025 01:56 pmdancing_serpent posting in c_entThe weekly chat posts are intended for just that, chatting among each other. What are you currently watching? Reading? What actor/idol are you currently following? What are you looking forward to? Are you busy writing, creating art? Or did you have no time at all for anything, and are bemoaning that fact?
Whatever it is, talk to us about it here. Tell us what you liked or didn't like, and if you want to talk about spoilery things, please hide them under either of these codes:
or
Whatever it is, talk to us about it here. Tell us what you liked or didn't like, and if you want to talk about spoilery things, please hide them under either of these codes:
or
Seasonal Cards
Nov. 30th, 2025 12:40 ammificIt's that time of year again! Mine are more like New Year cards as I'm slow to start making them.
If you're on my card list but your mailing address has changed, let me know - replies to this post are screened.
And if you're not on my seasonal cards list and would like to be, also drop me a reply below, with your preferred postal name and address. I send them all over the world, so no worries about that.
If you're on my card list but your mailing address has changed, let me know - replies to this post are screened.
And if you're not on my seasonal cards list and would like to be, also drop me a reply below, with your preferred postal name and address. I send them all over the world, so no worries about that.
SGA Fic: Protector
Nov. 29th, 2025 10:35 amkat_lair***
Title: Protector
Author:kat_lair
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Evan Lorne/John Sheppard
Tags: Alternate Universe - Werecreatures, Pre-Slash, Power Dynamics, Military Ranks
Rating: T
Word count: 2,248
Summary:
fandomgiftbasket gift for logans_girl2001. I was struck by the idea which however turned out to be far too expansive to really do justice for. So what you have a is more of a start or a tease of a larger story I can make no promises about delivering. But hopefully hit the recipient's love for Were AUs and arranged marriage (of sorts) nonetheless... Unbetaed so if anyone spots a typo or mistake, please let me know.
Protector on AO3
( Protector )
***
Title: Protector
Author:
kat_lair Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Evan Lorne/John Sheppard
Tags: Alternate Universe - Werecreatures, Pre-Slash, Power Dynamics, Military Ranks
Rating: T
Word count: 2,248
Summary:
Author notes: Written as aJohn’s government assigned Protector arrives to Atlantis within a week of them re-establishing the connection to Earth. Only the high-ranking personnel warrant one, and since Sumner and his Protector both died and John had become the military leader of the expedition by default and bad luck, he apparently qualified now. He’d thought about fighting the order but both Elizabeth and Rodney had told him not to bother, because ultimately, he would either lose the argument or lose the command, there was no middle ground here.
So, along with supplies and guns and field rations and new personnel arrives one Major Evan Lorne, level three Protector.
Werecoyote.
fandomgiftbasket gift for logans_girl2001. I was struck by the idea which however turned out to be far too expansive to really do justice for. So what you have a is more of a start or a tease of a larger story I can make no promises about delivering. But hopefully hit the recipient's love for Were AUs and arranged marriage (of sorts) nonetheless... Unbetaed so if anyone spots a typo or mistake, please let me know. Protector on AO3
( Protector )
***
Dry your tears, darlings.
Nov. 29th, 2025 02:35 amindeliblesashaLately when people ask, "how are you doing these days!" I have taken to replying, I work in politics. So. Ha.
Then they make A Face and/or laugh a kind of horrified laugh? and/or say, oh my god I am so sorry.
But what I mean by "I work in politics" is that I volunteer in a horrifically high stress role.
I am a County Party Chair, which is a thankless job where you ask for money all the time and people yell at you for what your senators are doing and you constantly have to try and recruit volunteers for more thankless work and you help people get re-elected that you don't necessarily even LIKE but
Politically they align with your values enough that they're wildly better than the candidates bragging about calling the Nazis to report their neighbors and these days that means there's really no goddamn choice.
And I apparently have the self preservation instincts of a *snail* so in April I agreed to
Also be in charge of securing our statewide party elections.
I spend a LOT of fucking unpaid time working for other people's aspirations, hopes, and dreams.
It's worth it. Right now we are literally fighting every day to salvage what's left of our democracy.
But.
The thing is.
It's 1:30am and I am awake trying to reconcile this work that I do desperately trying to drag my party out of the rip currant of right-wing extremism disguised as that sexy fantasy called "bipartisanship"
And the fact that my friend has been dead for like, 60 hours but because she was a senator
the goddamn world feels entitled to the details of her family's grief.
Because her friends are legislators they started getting texts and phone calls from the press LESS THAN TWELVE HOURS after her life was tragically stolen
We're all fucking destroyed. But the work never stops.
Never pauses.
We've got state law dictating how long we get to grieve before we have to get back to electing people.
Human beings cannot survive the kind of sustained trauma we are all living with every day, anyway. How in the actual fuck are these wonderful people supposed to run without pause?
Let's face this way, then the winter sun catches the streaks in your makeup just-so on camera. Now wipe your tears, darlings, it's time to fight over what kind of life-saving medicine people are allowed to have!
The fucking rules say the clock is ticking down for when we're in violation of the law.
I hate my job.
My friend is dead.
And at the end of the day we saw each other so rarely that her absence will not leave a gaping hole in my day-to-day life. All I can do is use what energy I have to spare to try and support the people who will never be the same from this grief.
It's 1:50am and I'm still awake because I forgot to take my meds yesterday morning and didn't realize until the nausea hit at 10pm and I had no choice but to take them even though they'd make it hard to sleep.
Because I had to go sit at my (dead) friend's kitchen table to help make lists of how many death certificates will be needed for the insurance and the bank and the
And quietly keep her most beloved people from knowing that the law says we have to fill her fucking seat in 30 days and the fucking clock started ticking the *moment* she fucking died. So some of us are looking at fucking calendars while the tears streak our cheeks.
Dry those tears, darlings.
Get back to work.
I hate my job.
I can't quit my job.
I will not quit on the people breaking themselves every day to save as many lives as they can before their hearts give out and their spirits break.
Not even the ones I don't really like.
It's 2:00am and I can't sleep because when the sun comes up.
Well.
I'll have to go double check the statutes so I know how many ballots we'll have to count and how many of her friends will have to bury her one day and vote to replace her the next.
No person is replaceable.
I hate my job.
I will not give up.
I don't know how to quit.
When you return to the raw energy of the universe you are no longer constrained by the laws of time and space.
When you are stardust you can be anywhere and everywhere all at once.
I know she'll understand when the people broken by her loss are forced to dry their tears.
She had to do it too.
Then they make A Face and/or laugh a kind of horrified laugh? and/or say, oh my god I am so sorry.
But what I mean by "I work in politics" is that I volunteer in a horrifically high stress role.
I am a County Party Chair, which is a thankless job where you ask for money all the time and people yell at you for what your senators are doing and you constantly have to try and recruit volunteers for more thankless work and you help people get re-elected that you don't necessarily even LIKE but
Politically they align with your values enough that they're wildly better than the candidates bragging about calling the Nazis to report their neighbors and these days that means there's really no goddamn choice.
And I apparently have the self preservation instincts of a *snail* so in April I agreed to
Also be in charge of securing our statewide party elections.
I spend a LOT of fucking unpaid time working for other people's aspirations, hopes, and dreams.
It's worth it. Right now we are literally fighting every day to salvage what's left of our democracy.
But.
The thing is.
It's 1:30am and I am awake trying to reconcile this work that I do desperately trying to drag my party out of the rip currant of right-wing extremism disguised as that sexy fantasy called "bipartisanship"
And the fact that my friend has been dead for like, 60 hours but because she was a senator
the goddamn world feels entitled to the details of her family's grief.
Because her friends are legislators they started getting texts and phone calls from the press LESS THAN TWELVE HOURS after her life was tragically stolen
We're all fucking destroyed. But the work never stops.
Never pauses.
We've got state law dictating how long we get to grieve before we have to get back to electing people.
Human beings cannot survive the kind of sustained trauma we are all living with every day, anyway. How in the actual fuck are these wonderful people supposed to run without pause?
Let's face this way, then the winter sun catches the streaks in your makeup just-so on camera. Now wipe your tears, darlings, it's time to fight over what kind of life-saving medicine people are allowed to have!
The fucking rules say the clock is ticking down for when we're in violation of the law.
I hate my job.
My friend is dead.
And at the end of the day we saw each other so rarely that her absence will not leave a gaping hole in my day-to-day life. All I can do is use what energy I have to spare to try and support the people who will never be the same from this grief.
It's 1:50am and I'm still awake because I forgot to take my meds yesterday morning and didn't realize until the nausea hit at 10pm and I had no choice but to take them even though they'd make it hard to sleep.
Because I had to go sit at my (dead) friend's kitchen table to help make lists of how many death certificates will be needed for the insurance and the bank and the
And quietly keep her most beloved people from knowing that the law says we have to fill her fucking seat in 30 days and the fucking clock started ticking the *moment* she fucking died. So some of us are looking at fucking calendars while the tears streak our cheeks.
Dry those tears, darlings.
Get back to work.
I hate my job.
I can't quit my job.
I will not quit on the people breaking themselves every day to save as many lives as they can before their hearts give out and their spirits break.
Not even the ones I don't really like.
It's 2:00am and I can't sleep because when the sun comes up.
Well.
I'll have to go double check the statutes so I know how many ballots we'll have to count and how many of her friends will have to bury her one day and vote to replace her the next.
No person is replaceable.
I hate my job.
I will not give up.
I don't know how to quit.
When you return to the raw energy of the universe you are no longer constrained by the laws of time and space.
When you are stardust you can be anywhere and everywhere all at once.
I know she'll understand when the people broken by her loss are forced to dry their tears.
She had to do it too.
Media Roundup, Accidental Advent All-in-One Again
Nov. 29th, 2025 03:59 amkallowayI really need to catch up on these...
The Zen Diary - via JFF. It wasn't immediately clear to me at the beginning if this was a drama or a documentary and while it's more like some dramatized memoir, holy shit did it evoke a lot of feelings. Mostly wanting to punch the lead. Very well acted. A very good movie. Hated it.
Have a Song on Your Lips - via JFF. A fairly uplifting 'teaching choir' story with all sorts of complications. Also well acted and enjoyable.
Come Back Anytime - via JFF. Restaurant documentary.
Mottainai Kitchen - via JFF. Documentary about eliminating food waste.
Misc JFF shorts - via JFF and also on YouTube, several about sushi, yokai, music, and art...
The Scoop - via JFF. Hilarious as fuck double-crossing delight about an underground school paper and a writing club.
LOLO Itsukou Series 7: I Can't Hibernate with Books as a Pillow - via JFF, also on Youtube. By a group that writes short modern plays for student productions. Students in the school library on xmas eve. I'd watch more by this group.
Takano Tofu - via JFF. Sort of underwhelming drama about a family that makes Tofu and their complicated lives. Doesn't stick the landing at all but otherwise well acted.
Wizard Barristers - Yep, watched this again and still enjoyed it through the fanservice and whatnot does grate a bit. It's just the right kind of over-the-top that I sometimes need. I feel like the title basically explains the plot? Bonus for Moyo. Always bonus for Moyo.
Super Dimension Century Orguss - aka the one that didn't become part of Robotech and that's incredibly okay because Orguss is... There are some very good ideas in here but a lot that fail spectacularly and also a lot of absolute What The Fuck?! Listen, I watched Orguss so you don't have to.
E's Otherwise - rewatch as well. E's has some bumpy moments but manages to pull itself together by the end. The cross-dressing scenes still hold up incredibly well.
The Zen Diary - via JFF. It wasn't immediately clear to me at the beginning if this was a drama or a documentary and while it's more like some dramatized memoir, holy shit did it evoke a lot of feelings. Mostly wanting to punch the lead. Very well acted. A very good movie. Hated it.
Have a Song on Your Lips - via JFF. A fairly uplifting 'teaching choir' story with all sorts of complications. Also well acted and enjoyable.
Come Back Anytime - via JFF. Restaurant documentary.
Mottainai Kitchen - via JFF. Documentary about eliminating food waste.
Misc JFF shorts - via JFF and also on YouTube, several about sushi, yokai, music, and art...
The Scoop - via JFF. Hilarious as fuck double-crossing delight about an underground school paper and a writing club.
LOLO Itsukou Series 7: I Can't Hibernate with Books as a Pillow - via JFF, also on Youtube. By a group that writes short modern plays for student productions. Students in the school library on xmas eve. I'd watch more by this group.
Takano Tofu - via JFF. Sort of underwhelming drama about a family that makes Tofu and their complicated lives. Doesn't stick the landing at all but otherwise well acted.
Wizard Barristers - Yep, watched this again and still enjoyed it through the fanservice and whatnot does grate a bit. It's just the right kind of over-the-top that I sometimes need. I feel like the title basically explains the plot? Bonus for Moyo. Always bonus for Moyo.
Super Dimension Century Orguss - aka the one that didn't become part of Robotech and that's incredibly okay because Orguss is... There are some very good ideas in here but a lot that fail spectacularly and also a lot of absolute What The Fuck?! Listen, I watched Orguss so you don't have to.
E's Otherwise - rewatch as well. E's has some bumpy moments but manages to pull itself together by the end. The cross-dressing scenes still hold up incredibly well.
Boromir by electracution (SFW)
Nov. 29th, 2025 10:01 pmmific posting in fanart_recsFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Boromir
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (pastels)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: electracution on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely pastel drawing of Boromir. I love the use of minimal colours, and the few very effective white highlights. Aced the likeness, too.
Link: Boromir
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Boromir
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (pastels)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: electracution on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely pastel drawing of Boromir. I love the use of minimal colours, and the few very effective white highlights. Aced the likeness, too.
Link: Boromir
Another Long Weekend
Nov. 29th, 2025 03:25 amkallowayI hope anyone celebrating Turkey and/or Nap Day had a lovely one. Since I was out incredibly late (for me) on Thursday and couldn't get myself together to do more than shuffle around the house for a few hours, everything I'd meant to do on Friday will get done today... I think it's just run by the pharmacy, run by the PO, and maybe another shop to get gloves for the mitten tree at the library.
I've taken advantage of a couple of gunpla shop sales... and I got my gift from the second Secret Santa and just... what a wonderful and generous community. I am humbled.
Still have some stuff on my giveaway post and I might be adding more as I clean and whatnot. I'll probably post it toholiday_wishes by the end of the weekend.
I'm sure there's more but it's sure been a week and a weekend. I need a nap and probably some turkey...
I've taken advantage of a couple of gunpla shop sales... and I got my gift from the second Secret Santa and just... what a wonderful and generous community. I am humbled.
Still have some stuff on my giveaway post and I might be adding more as I clean and whatnot. I'll probably post it to
holiday_wishes by the end of the weekend. I'm sure there's more but it's sure been a week and a weekend. I need a nap and probably some turkey...
(no subject)
Nov. 28th, 2025 10:03 pmsnickficMeme nabbed from sushiflop, who also has the coded text if you want to do the meme yourself.
Go to your Works page on AO3, look at the tags, and see what the answers to these questions are. (Or any other site that has tags)
1. What rating do you write most fics under? Teen and up. Basically anything with a "fuck" gets marked at least teen, whatever else is in it.
2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
What's listed are Buffy, Hockey RPF, and SPN, but if I go to the MCU page, which includes all my fics that are in MCU subfandoms, that has the most works of any of my fandoms at 95.
3. What is your top character you write about?
Sidney Crosby with 33 fics. Still, all these years later!
4. What are the 3 top pairings?
Sid/Geno (hockey, 24 fics), Liam/Noel (Oasis, 23), and Spike/Buffy (BtVS, 14). Yes indeed, those are my OTPs. <3 Fourth is Dan/Herbert from Re-Animator, which feels right as well.
Despite writing a shit ton of MCU fic, I was too much of a multishipper for any of my ships to threaten the top here. My highest was Carol/Yon-Rogg, and I only wrote 8 for them.
5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Drabble (64), mpreg (50 jfc), and hurt/comfort (29). Zero percent surprised by the first two, but I'm a little surprised by the h/c count. I don't tend to think of myself as a h/c writer. However, I do like writing things that contain h/c, and I guess I'm good at tagging it when it applies...
6. Did any of this surprise you? e.g. what turned out to be your top tag.
I only need to write two more Gallaghercest fics for that to be my top ship! To be fair a bunch of the existing ones are less than 1k long, so Sid/Geno probably still wins by wordcount, but OTOH one of those Gallaghercest fics was 40k, so maybe not.
sushiflop, who also has the coded text if you want to do the meme yourself.Go to your Works page on AO3, look at the tags, and see what the answers to these questions are. (Or any other site that has tags)
1. What rating do you write most fics under? Teen and up. Basically anything with a "fuck" gets marked at least teen, whatever else is in it.
2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
What's listed are Buffy, Hockey RPF, and SPN, but if I go to the MCU page, which includes all my fics that are in MCU subfandoms, that has the most works of any of my fandoms at 95.
3. What is your top character you write about?
Sidney Crosby with 33 fics. Still, all these years later!
4. What are the 3 top pairings?
Sid/Geno (hockey, 24 fics), Liam/Noel (Oasis, 23), and Spike/Buffy (BtVS, 14). Yes indeed, those are my OTPs. <3 Fourth is Dan/Herbert from Re-Animator, which feels right as well.
Despite writing a shit ton of MCU fic, I was too much of a multishipper for any of my ships to threaten the top here. My highest was Carol/Yon-Rogg, and I only wrote 8 for them.
5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Drabble (64), mpreg (50 jfc), and hurt/comfort (29). Zero percent surprised by the first two, but I'm a little surprised by the h/c count. I don't tend to think of myself as a h/c writer. However, I do like writing things that contain h/c, and I guess I'm good at tagging it when it applies...
6. Did any of this surprise you? e.g. what turned out to be your top tag.
I only need to write two more Gallaghercest fics for that to be my top ship! To be fair a bunch of the existing ones are less than 1k long, so Sid/Geno probably still wins by wordcount, but OTOH one of those Gallaghercest fics was 40k, so maybe not.
Buckwheat granola
Nov. 28th, 2025 09:01 pmsonia posting in gluten_freeI bought a bag of Bob's Red Mill buckwheat groats on impulse, and they've been sitting in the cabinet for a while. Today I looked at the back, and found this Buckwheat Granola recipe. I had enough ingredients on hand (without the nuts and seeds), and gave it a try.
Ingredients:
2 cups Gluten Free Old Fashioned Rolled Oats or Gluten Free Organic Rolled Oats
1 cup Buckwheat Groats
1 cup Sliced Almonds
1/4 cup Shelled Sunflower Seeds
1/4 cup Organic Pumpkin Seeds
2 Tbsp White Hulled Sesame Seeds
1/2 cup Coconut Flakes
1/2 cup Honey
1/2 cup Maple Syrup
1/4 cup Coconut Oil
1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp Almond Extract
1 cup Dried Cranberries
( recipe )
Notes:
- I had the buckwheat, quick oats, shredded coconut, dried cranberries, and sweeteners. Turned out fine.
- I didn't have almond extract, but accidentally put in an extra slosh of vanilla extract. No problem.
- It is very very sweet, like making candy. For the future, I found this recipe from Katie Morford where the proportions look a little more like what I would want.
Ingredients:
2 cups Gluten Free Old Fashioned Rolled Oats or Gluten Free Organic Rolled Oats
1 cup Buckwheat Groats
1 cup Sliced Almonds
1/4 cup Shelled Sunflower Seeds
1/4 cup Organic Pumpkin Seeds
2 Tbsp White Hulled Sesame Seeds
1/2 cup Coconut Flakes
1/2 cup Honey
1/2 cup Maple Syrup
1/4 cup Coconut Oil
1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp Almond Extract
1 cup Dried Cranberries
( recipe )
Notes:
- I had the buckwheat, quick oats, shredded coconut, dried cranberries, and sweeteners. Turned out fine.
- I didn't have almond extract, but accidentally put in an extra slosh of vanilla extract. No problem.
- It is very very sweet, like making candy. For the future, I found this recipe from Katie Morford where the proportions look a little more like what I would want.