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Jun. 28th, 2025 08:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
badfalconWe are coming up to the point in the year where I usually post a warning that we are coming into the two weeks of the year where I get very excited about the sportsball...
...except, I don't know if you've noticed at all over the last year...
... but I haven't exactly *stopped* being very excited about the sportsball. At All.
I keep most of my squee and ramblings to my tennisblr but you can absolutely feel free to come friend me over there, should you wish to experience the full impact.
So. Um. FORZA JANNIK! 🧡🎾🦊😁
...except, I don't know if you've noticed at all over the last year...
... but I haven't exactly *stopped* being very excited about the sportsball. At All.
I keep most of my squee and ramblings to my tennisblr but you can absolutely feel free to come friend me over there, should you wish to experience the full impact.
So. Um. FORZA JANNIK! 🧡🎾🦊😁
REC: Untitled Ouizzy Vampire AU Gifset by by emilee (Our Flag Means Death, Frenchie/Izzy Hands)
Jun. 24th, 2025 09:55 pmdelphiFandom 50 #21
Untitled Ouizzy Vampire AU by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
derekstilinski
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Relationship: Frenchie/Izzy Hands
Medium: Gifset
Length: 3 gifs
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: dark/horror, ambiguous ending, constructed reality, au: supernatural, infatuation, temptation, fear play, bloodplay (distantly implied)
Description:
This is my second rec for a constructed reality graphic from this same creator, and this one uses some absolutely brilliant editing to bring together what I'm pretty sure is Vengeance Is Mine and an episode of the TV show Bedlam (neither of which involve vampires) to create an AU where vampire!Frenchie and human!Izzy have a charged encounter in an abandoned church. The application of colour, the selection of eyelines, and the addition of other small edits all make this incredibly convincing, and the concept itself is very, very good to me.
I imagine this Izzy having some sort of protective interest in the church—a paid caretaker, a nosy neighbour, maybe a former vicar or member of the congregation who lost his faith after some tragic event. Whatever it is, he intends to roust out whoever's been squatting there, only to slide straight through "Oh no, he's hot" to "Oh fuck, that's a vampire" and into a dark and hot standoff between charmed predator and captivated prey.
Seriously, this is the gift ofderekstilinski's work. Three gifs and a fully formed universe full of potential stories pops into existence.
Untitled Ouizzy Vampire AU by
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Relationship: Frenchie/Izzy Hands
Medium: Gifset
Length: 3 gifs
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: dark/horror, ambiguous ending, constructed reality, au: supernatural, infatuation, temptation, fear play, bloodplay (distantly implied)
Description:
In the first gif, Izzy steps uncertainly through the doorway of an abandoned church and stops in front of a flight of stairs. Frenchie jumps out at him theatrically onto the landing above, grinning in front of a full-length panel of stained glass. In the second, Frenchie's eyes glow and his lips part in the dark confines of a confessional. In the shadows on the other side, we glimpse Izzy's rapt and frightened eyes. In the third, Frenchie says something tensely and then flashes a persuasive fanged smile in the vestibule of the church, intercut with Izzy staring at him and swallowing hard, one hand pressed to the side of his face and neck.
This is my second rec for a constructed reality graphic from this same creator, and this one uses some absolutely brilliant editing to bring together what I'm pretty sure is Vengeance Is Mine and an episode of the TV show Bedlam (neither of which involve vampires) to create an AU where vampire!Frenchie and human!Izzy have a charged encounter in an abandoned church. The application of colour, the selection of eyelines, and the addition of other small edits all make this incredibly convincing, and the concept itself is very, very good to me.
I imagine this Izzy having some sort of protective interest in the church—a paid caretaker, a nosy neighbour, maybe a former vicar or member of the congregation who lost his faith after some tragic event. Whatever it is, he intends to roust out whoever's been squatting there, only to slide straight through "Oh no, he's hot" to "Oh fuck, that's a vampire" and into a dark and hot standoff between charmed predator and captivated prey.
Seriously, this is the gift of
it's always something
Jun. 24th, 2025 04:24 pmarchersangelso, about 2 1/2 years ago we got our very first smart phones. and in order to protect them we got otterbox cases from their defender line, which have a hard inner piece with a textured rubber-ish piece on the outside. well, about 2 months ago i noticed the cover over the charging port was tearing where it connects to the main body of the rubber-ish piece.
i don't know why this happened. we charge the phones at pretty much the same rate & don't open the covers to an extreme angle to take the charger in and out. the one on my brothers case is fine.
since otterbox has a warranty, my brother looked into what you have to do to file one. he did a chat with an otterbox representative to get going on that. they don't have the color that i got, fort blue, which i don't mind. i didn't really care for the color, it looks more purple in most lighting conditions. they just have black now, which is what my brother has. so i'm keeping the hard inner piece piece that i had, which is a light gray, in order to tell the difference between our phones (his is black.) and i'm going to put a piece of tape in the top edge/back so when i have both of our phones in my backpack (i put them in the cushioned area meant for a laptop) so i can feel to tell them apart especially when it's dark.
the otterbox representative asked my brother in the chat if we still had the phone the case was for. he was like ....yes. apparently we are two of the few people that keep their phones for longer than 2 years.
i don't know why this happened. we charge the phones at pretty much the same rate & don't open the covers to an extreme angle to take the charger in and out. the one on my brothers case is fine.
since otterbox has a warranty, my brother looked into what you have to do to file one. he did a chat with an otterbox representative to get going on that. they don't have the color that i got, fort blue, which i don't mind. i didn't really care for the color, it looks more purple in most lighting conditions. they just have black now, which is what my brother has. so i'm keeping the hard inner piece piece that i had, which is a light gray, in order to tell the difference between our phones (his is black.) and i'm going to put a piece of tape in the top edge/back so when i have both of our phones in my backpack (i put them in the cushioned area meant for a laptop) so i can feel to tell them apart especially when it's dark.
the otterbox representative asked my brother in the chat if we still had the phone the case was for. he was like ....yes. apparently we are two of the few people that keep their phones for longer than 2 years.
Andor Season 2, oh my!
Jun. 24th, 2025 12:30 pmgrey853I watched season one of Andor when it first came out. I liked it well enough and felt it was the best of all the SW series they've created. However, two weekends ago I binged watched Andor Season 2 and OMG, it was one of the best series I've watched in forever. Nobody was talking about how good this was, so I'd put off getting Disney Plus. But I've now seen it and it was terrifyingly close to what's happening now with the rise of fascism.
I personally thought it was brilliant, great script, great acting, a perfect lead in to Rogue One. The only question I have is about the baby at the end. I mean WTF? Why leave us hanging?
I personally thought it was brilliant, great script, great acting, a perfect lead in to Rogue One. The only question I have is about the baby at the end. I mean WTF? Why leave us hanging?
Icons: Teen Wolf [20in20]
Jun. 23rd, 2025 01:49 pmpebbleinalakeChallenge: ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
tvmovie20in20
Claim: Teen Wolf
Deadline: July 10th, 2025
I had a lot of fun with this round! The provided textures were very challenging (in a good way) and it was fun trying to figure out ways to utilize them in the icons.
( icons under cut )
tvmovie20in20Claim: Teen Wolf
Deadline: July 10th, 2025
I had a lot of fun with this round! The provided textures were very challenging (in a good way) and it was fun trying to figure out ways to utilize them in the icons.
( icons under cut )
A Hip & Knee Update
Jun. 22nd, 2025 12:44 pmbadfalconYou know how you always hear that healthcare in this country is a postcode lottery? Yeah you don't realise how true that is until you move postcodes
So as y'all know I've been having joint issues since I was a teenager, had surgery for a tracking issue on my right knee, and knew that I had 'asymmetry between the ilia and the orientation of the acetabulum' and that my left leg was shorter than the other. I understood that my pelvis was wonky, basically.
But Devon, despite being the ones who completely fucking missed it all when I was a kid, are making up for it now, and I have a full report with a few different things going on. Some of it I expected, and some of it was new to me.
🦴 The Summary (In Doctor Speak):
Mild degenerative changes in both hips (early osteoarthritis)
Subchondral sclerosis (thickening of bone under worn cartilage)
Narrowing of joint spaces
Bony lipping and overcoverage of the femoral heads (impingement)
Asymmetry between the two sides of my pelvis and hip sockets
A projection (a kind of bony overgrowth) from the top of both hip sockets
Mild degenerative changes in the right knee, with some tendon-related inflammation
🧠 What That Actually Means:
In plain English: my hips are wearing down a bit - not dramatically, but enough to show changes on imaging. There’s less cushioning cartilage, and the bone underneath is reacting by thickening. There are also bony overgrowths, and my hip sockets are shaped in a way that is putting extra stress on the joint.
That asymmetry between the two sides of my pelvis and the “extended projection” from my hips sockets means I’ve had an unusual joint structure for a long time and has grown extra bone to balance it out...
The right knee is joining the party too, with some inflammation where tendons anchor into bone. Delightful.
🧭 So What Now?
I have an invitation to a 'long-term condition care planning' appointment where I find out what happens next. I've been in chronic pain for like 30 years and I didn't even know 'long-term condition care' was a thing until now. The doctor's report says the arthritis is 'mild' in terms of x-ray severity but as anyone with chronic pain knows, “mild” on paper doesn’t always match what your body feels.
Next steps will probably include:
- Physio, to keep everything moving and reduce pain
- Maybe pain meds or topical treatments
- Watching how things evolve and deciding whether more imaging is needed (like MRI) to get a clearer picture, especially around the hip structure
💬 How I’m Feeling:
Honestly, it's a lot. I'm tired. I'm frustrated and angry. But there's a lot of relief. There's a name for it. There is actually something wrong. It's not been in my head since I was a teenager. Knowing there's a structural reason for what I'm feeling, for the pain I've been in for so long, for how I struggle to move, for my day-to-day experiences for decades.
And I have a Li who can advocate for me when I can't do it myself. I've spent so many years not being listened to, to being brushed aside - but Li is helping me ask for the support I need, speaking up for me, for being incredibly clear to medical professionals that this is not something we're happy for me to have to just live with any more without further investigation. She's the one who insisted on the x-rays when we saw the doctor last month for the pain and stiffness and got the bursitis diagnosis.
So now we have the start of some answers an
Happy Solstice
Jun. 21st, 2025 11:36 amelisiI give you Lara Fabian and Dimash performing 'Adagio' live at the Wembley arena in London, 03/06/2025:
(This is from Lara's concert, Dimash was a guest. Longer version here including Lara's introduction of Dimash and their interactions after finishing the song. Also - mostly for myself - here is Mansur's video. He's Dimash's younger brother and accompanied him on the trip.)
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And from The Good Law Project: Pick a side – hate or Pride. "We’re teaming up with Stop Funding Hate to tell these companies to drop GB News. This Pride, let’s make support really mean something."
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And finally: Click this video to be the reason +700 families in Gaza received water🥹🇵🇸
Many good links in the description.
(This is from Lara's concert, Dimash was a guest. Longer version here including Lara's introduction of Dimash and their interactions after finishing the song. Also - mostly for myself - here is Mansur's video. He's Dimash's younger brother and accompanied him on the trip.)
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And from The Good Law Project: Pick a side – hate or Pride. "We’re teaming up with Stop Funding Hate to tell these companies to drop GB News. This Pride, let’s make support really mean something."
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And finally: Click this video to be the reason +700 families in Gaza received water🥹🇵🇸
Many good links in the description.