To the Future (Traansformers [G1], Optimus Prime & Midnight [OC])
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no_true_pairTitle: To the Future
Fandom: Transformers [G1]
Pairing/Characters: Optimus Prime & Midnight [OC]
Content Notes: None
Prompt: September Twenty-eight - 1 & 5 - where do we go from here?
They were sitting on a platform in Iacon City, looking out over the war-strewn landscape of their homeworld. It wasn't Midnight's by birth, and she was pretty sure that Earth would always come first in some ways for her, but this place was a cradle of her people.
"What now, papa? Where do we go from here? How do we make the peace last?"
"Forward, always, but with an eye to past mistakes," Optimus rumbled, letting her lean against him. "We build peace by finding common ground, and making a fair society."
She out-vented, then nodded. "Only thing to do."
Fandom: Transformers [G1]
Pairing/Characters: Optimus Prime & Midnight [OC]
Content Notes: None
Prompt: September Twenty-eight - 1 & 5 - where do we go from here?
They were sitting on a platform in Iacon City, looking out over the war-strewn landscape of their homeworld. It wasn't Midnight's by birth, and she was pretty sure that Earth would always come first in some ways for her, but this place was a cradle of her people.
"What now, papa? Where do we go from here? How do we make the peace last?"
"Forward, always, but with an eye to past mistakes," Optimus rumbled, letting her lean against him. "We build peace by finding common ground, and making a fair society."
She out-vented, then nodded. "Only thing to do."
Where Do We Go From Here? (Spooks/Sherlock Holmes, Adam Carter, Ferret)
Sunday, September 28th, 2025 02:11 pmsmallhobbit posting in no_true_pairTitle: Where Do We Go From Here?
Fandom: Spooks/Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Pairing/Characters: Adam Carter & Ferret
Content Notes: No warning needed
Prompt: September 28th - where do we go from here?
Where Do We Go From Here? on AO3
Fandom: Spooks/Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Pairing/Characters: Adam Carter & Ferret
Content Notes: No warning needed
Prompt: September 28th - where do we go from here?
Where Do We Go From Here? on AO3
Wow, Look at This Leaf on the Water Floating Right in Our Direc-ARRRGH!
Sunday, September 28th, 2025 11:30 am
Hawkeye: Slice of Life by aimmyarrowshigh
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 10:33 pmbeatrice_otter posting in fancakeFandom: Hawkeye, MCU
Pairings/Characters: Clint Barton, Kate Bishop, Bucky Barnes
Rating: teen
Length: 5k
Creator Links:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
aimmyarrowshigh
Theme: food, team,
Summary:
“I’m not saying you need to decide right now. Or any time soon. But someday, you might want to walk away. And you’re luckier than most of the… superheroes… that I’ve ever known because you know what normal looks like. You know how to be normal. You can go back to normal if it’s what you want. And I know it’s not what you want right now, and I respect that, but I’m glad that it’s an option.”
Or, Clint and Kate challenge each other to prove they're the better New Yorker because they know the best food spots. Truths about superhero life and life in general come out along the way as they eat through the five boroughs.
Reccer's Notes: I love the humor and the support, and the way Clint mentors Kate.
Fanwork Links: Slice of Life
Pairings/Characters: Clint Barton, Kate Bishop, Bucky Barnes
Rating: teen
Length: 5k
Creator Links:
Theme: food, team,
Summary:
“I’m not saying you need to decide right now. Or any time soon. But someday, you might want to walk away. And you’re luckier than most of the… superheroes… that I’ve ever known because you know what normal looks like. You know how to be normal. You can go back to normal if it’s what you want. And I know it’s not what you want right now, and I respect that, but I’m glad that it’s an option.”
Or, Clint and Kate challenge each other to prove they're the better New Yorker because they know the best food spots. Truths about superhero life and life in general come out along the way as they eat through the five boroughs.
Reccer's Notes: I love the humor and the support, and the way Clint mentors Kate.
Fanwork Links: Slice of Life
Batman: Scheherazade by Cerusee
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 10:26 pmbeatrice_otter posting in fancakeFandom: Batman
Pairings/Characters: Jason Todd, Alfred Pennyworth
Rating: Gen
Length: 12k
Creator Links:Cerusee
Theme: food, trauma, family, angst,
Summary:
Alfred angles himself so he can stir the diced pancetta, sizzling away in the pan, and watch Jason at the same time. “You’ve never shared the particulars of your…missing years.”
"Yeah.” The rhythmic thunk thunk of the knife against the wood falters. “The missing years."
"I wish you would.”
Or, the one where Alfred drags the tale of Jason’s death and resurrection out of him piece by horrifying piece.
Reccer's Notes: There are a lot of stories about Jason reconciling with his family and them learning all the things that happened to him from his death and resurrection onwards. This has a lovely focus on Alfred, and the trauma that Jason suffered, and their relationship
Fanwork Links: Scheherazade
Pairings/Characters: Jason Todd, Alfred Pennyworth
Rating: Gen
Length: 12k
Creator Links:
Theme: food, trauma, family, angst,
Summary:
Alfred angles himself so he can stir the diced pancetta, sizzling away in the pan, and watch Jason at the same time. “You’ve never shared the particulars of your…missing years.”
"Yeah.” The rhythmic thunk thunk of the knife against the wood falters. “The missing years."
"I wish you would.”
Or, the one where Alfred drags the tale of Jason’s death and resurrection out of him piece by horrifying piece.
Reccer's Notes: There are a lot of stories about Jason reconciling with his family and them learning all the things that happened to him from his death and resurrection onwards. This has a lovely focus on Alfred, and the trauma that Jason suffered, and their relationship
Fanwork Links: Scheherazade
DS9: Hunger Pangs, by AuroraNova
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 10:15 pmbeatrice_otter posting in fancakeFandom: Deep Space Nine
Pairings/Characters: Kira Nerys
Rating: Gen
Length: 871 words
Creator Links:AuroraNova
Theme: food and cooking, worldbuilding, trauma & recovery, old fandoms, gen, female characters, backstory
Summary: Starfleet personnel mistake minor inconveniences for real suffering. Kira knows the difference all too well.
Reccer's Notes: This is short, but it packs a punch and explores the differences in perspective between Kira and the rest of the command staff in a very visceral way.
Fanwork Links: Hunger Pangs
Pairings/Characters: Kira Nerys
Rating: Gen
Length: 871 words
Creator Links:
Theme: food and cooking, worldbuilding, trauma & recovery, old fandoms, gen, female characters, backstory
Summary: Starfleet personnel mistake minor inconveniences for real suffering. Kira knows the difference all too well.
Reccer's Notes: This is short, but it packs a punch and explores the differences in perspective between Kira and the rest of the command staff in a very visceral way.
Fanwork Links: Hunger Pangs
Sherlock: you are what you eat (and you know what that is) by coloredink
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 12:33 pmgarryowen posting in fancakeFandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock/John
Rating: Mature
Length: 3044 words
Creator Links:coloredink
Theme: Food and cooking
Summary: He just wanted John right down to the amino acids that made up his body, and he wanted them in his own body.
Content notes: Cannibalism. Sort of.
Reccer's Notes: This fic exemplifies what I loved about Sherlock fandom: the potential to explore rather uncommon ideas and concepts of love. Like Sherlock wanting to actually consume a physical part of John because he loves John so much. Coloredink is a fantastic writer on the sentence level, and they perfectly capture the energy of the Sherlock/John dynamic while also being funny as hell.
Fanwork Links: you are what you eat (and you know what that is)
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock/John
Rating: Mature
Length: 3044 words
Creator Links:
Theme: Food and cooking
Summary: He just wanted John right down to the amino acids that made up his body, and he wanted them in his own body.
Content notes: Cannibalism. Sort of.
Reccer's Notes: This fic exemplifies what I loved about Sherlock fandom: the potential to explore rather uncommon ideas and concepts of love. Like Sherlock wanting to actually consume a physical part of John because he loves John so much. Coloredink is a fantastic writer on the sentence level, and they perfectly capture the energy of the Sherlock/John dynamic while also being funny as hell.
Fanwork Links: you are what you eat (and you know what that is)
Remember to Be Sea Otter Savvy!
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 12:00 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
daily_otter_feedToday is the last day of Sea Otter Awareness Week 2025 and if you’ve been here for previous SOAWs, you know we have to include this video at some point - enjoy!
New Curtains (Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes/Dr Watson)
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 12:32 pmsmallhobbit posting in no_true_pairTitle: New Curtains
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Pairing/Characters: Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson
Content Notes: No warning needed
Prompt: September 27th - favourite colours
New Curtains on AO3
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Pairing/Characters: Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson
Content Notes: No warning needed
Prompt: September 27th - favourite colours
New Curtains on AO3
Keep the Plan (Transformers [Bay movies/Bumblebee], Meagtron & Charlie Watson)
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 06:29 amsenmut posting in no_true_pairTitle: Keep The Plan
Fandom: Transformers [Bay movies/Bumblebee]
Pairing/Characters:
Content Notes: violence, blood
Prompt: September Twenty-seven - 3 & 8 - favorite colors
( Charlie didn't care )
Fandom: Transformers [Bay movies/Bumblebee]
Pairing/Characters:
Content Notes: violence, blood
Prompt: September Twenty-seven - 3 & 8 - favorite colors
( Charlie didn't care )
Leverage: simple machines, by vexedquestion
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 12:15 ambirdylion posting in fancakeFandom: Leverage
Pairings/Characters: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Rating: M
Length: 61264 word long series (first work with 20345 words, second with 40919)
Creator Links:vexedquestion
Theme: food & cooking, bisexual/pansexual characters, polyamory, series
Summary:
part 1: you do not have to be good.
Come hell or high water, Eliot is going to figure this out.
part 2: your place in the family of things
He's here, he's queer, he's sort of getting used to it, or, Eliot realizes that he still has some work to do on understanding himself. With bonus new!team members.
Reccer's Notes:
This story features an Eliot Spencer who might have, in the back of his mind, known that he wasn't fully straight, but didn't let it sink in until he got close to having a relationship with Parker and Hardison. Growing up with the background homophobia of his childhood, and then the Don't Ask, Don't Tell of the military, he didn't think about it, didn't apply labels such as "bisexual" to himself. So realizing that he indeed wants a relationship with Parker and with Hardison leads to some serious reconsidering and soul-searching as he works through that. It is very much a "coming out later in life" story. The first part focuses on coming out to himself and his partners, and the second part focuses on finding his place in the wider queer community.
These stories feature a copious amount of food metaphors in the likes of "bretzels", actually co-owning a brewpub, and Eliot working through his feelings in late-night visits to the kitchen, and showing Parker and Hardison he loves them by cooking them food. The second part of the series especially is set in the brewpub as kind of a home base and develops the location as a legit place of business. For example Eliot creates longdrinks for the pub that convey his feelings, and they each are described at the end of chapter, it's delightful.
I like how the story portrays it as a multidimensional three-way-relationship: Each of the duos have their own relationship, and also the three of them function together in a way that's different than their two-way-relationships. Much like in canon, actually. Eliot is the POV character, and he has important scenes with Parker along, with Hardison alone, and with them both.
The first part is about figuring out how they work as a relationship together, about Eliot figuring out his queerness in relation to Parker and Hardison. The second part is about how that interacts with the outside world, portrayed through some very nicely flashed out side characters from the brewpub as well as another group of (rather young, very queer) criminals they're recruiting. In the second part especially, the focus is on their polyamory in that outsiders learn about it, and especially Eliot learns to show his love for his people.
Fanwork Links:
simple machines series link, ao3-locked
you do not have to be good. part one, ao3-locked
your place in the family of thingspart two, ao3-locked
Pairings/Characters: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Rating: M
Length: 61264 word long series (first work with 20345 words, second with 40919)
Creator Links:
Theme: food & cooking, bisexual/pansexual characters, polyamory, series
Summary:
part 1: you do not have to be good.
Come hell or high water, Eliot is going to figure this out.
part 2: your place in the family of things
He's here, he's queer, he's sort of getting used to it, or, Eliot realizes that he still has some work to do on understanding himself. With bonus new!team members.
Reccer's Notes:
Bisexual/pansexual Characters
This story features an Eliot Spencer who might have, in the back of his mind, known that he wasn't fully straight, but didn't let it sink in until he got close to having a relationship with Parker and Hardison. Growing up with the background homophobia of his childhood, and then the Don't Ask, Don't Tell of the military, he didn't think about it, didn't apply labels such as "bisexual" to himself. So realizing that he indeed wants a relationship with Parker and with Hardison leads to some serious reconsidering and soul-searching as he works through that. It is very much a "coming out later in life" story. The first part focuses on coming out to himself and his partners, and the second part focuses on finding his place in the wider queer community.
Food & Cooking
These stories feature a copious amount of food metaphors in the likes of "bretzels", actually co-owning a brewpub, and Eliot working through his feelings in late-night visits to the kitchen, and showing Parker and Hardison he loves them by cooking them food. The second part of the series especially is set in the brewpub as kind of a home base and develops the location as a legit place of business. For example Eliot creates longdrinks for the pub that convey his feelings, and they each are described at the end of chapter, it's delightful.
Polyamory
I like how the story portrays it as a multidimensional three-way-relationship: Each of the duos have their own relationship, and also the three of them function together in a way that's different than their two-way-relationships. Much like in canon, actually. Eliot is the POV character, and he has important scenes with Parker along, with Hardison alone, and with them both.
The first part is about figuring out how they work as a relationship together, about Eliot figuring out his queerness in relation to Parker and Hardison. The second part is about how that interacts with the outside world, portrayed through some very nicely flashed out side characters from the brewpub as well as another group of (rather young, very queer) criminals they're recruiting. In the second part especially, the focus is on their polyamory in that outsiders learn about it, and especially Eliot learns to show his love for his people.
Fanwork Links:
simple machines series link, ao3-locked
you do not have to be good. part one, ao3-locked
your place in the family of thingspart two, ao3-locked
Euphemisms (Transformers [Bay Movies], Thundercracker & Scion [OC])
Friday, September 26th, 2025 09:33 amsenmut posting in no_true_pairTitle: Euphemisms
Fandom: Transformers [Bay Movies]
Pairing/Characters: Thundercracker & Scion [OC]
Content Notes: none
Prompt: September Twenty-six - 6 & 7 - double meaning
Thundercracker looked up as Scion came in, that same heel-lifted walk 'Screamer used, and he knew the rust-bit would hate to be reminded of the similarity.
"I cannot ask any other Seeker," Scion said with a huff. "And I'm not about to ask Powerglide; he already thinks I am lacking knowledge.
"Do you have a language program with … euphemisms?"
Thundercracker wanted to smile, even laugh, but the rust-bit was dead serious, and the look implied Scion had missed something thrown at him and been humiliated by the response.
"Yeah. Give me a moment and I'll send you a language file."
Fandom: Transformers [Bay Movies]
Pairing/Characters: Thundercracker & Scion [OC]
Content Notes: none
Prompt: September Twenty-six - 6 & 7 - double meaning
Thundercracker looked up as Scion came in, that same heel-lifted walk 'Screamer used, and he knew the rust-bit would hate to be reminded of the similarity.
"I cannot ask any other Seeker," Scion said with a huff. "And I'm not about to ask Powerglide; he already thinks I am lacking knowledge.
"Do you have a language program with … euphemisms?"
Thundercracker wanted to smile, even laugh, but the rust-bit was dead serious, and the look implied Scion had missed something thrown at him and been humiliated by the response.
"Yeah. Give me a moment and I'll send you a language file."
Multifandom: Late Treat Bonanza - sign-ups/posting open
Friday, September 26th, 2025 02:01 pmchacusha posting in fandomcalendar
Link:
latetreatbonanza | AO3 CollectionDescription: Do you have a late gift that you started a long time ago and need a little push to finish up? Post it for Late Treat Bonanza! Late Treat Bonanza is an event designed to motivate people to finish up old gifts for a deadline. You can add your late gifts to our collection, which will keep it hidden until everything gets revealed all at once on December 25th! We also provide a 1-week anonymous period to make it a Secret Santa-like gifting occasion. If you've been having trouble finishing up a late treat, maybe this event will provide you the motivation you need!
Even if you aren't planning on making anything, if you've signed up for exchanges and other gift-giving events in the past, you may want to sign up to indicate your interest in receiving late gifts. People already working on treats or looking for some old requests for inspiration might be motivated to create something for you!
* Note that Late Treat Bonanza is now running once a year during this Christmas time period, so get your late treats in now while you can!
Schedule:
Sign-ups end/works due: 24 December 23:59 PST (UTC-8)
Creator reveals/collection closed: 31 December 23:59 PST (UTC-8)
Sea Otters Don't Give a Shell
Friday, September 26th, 2025 11:35 amdaily_otter_feedVintage memery incoming! Via Monterey Bay Aquarium, which writes:
Remember the iconic video “Honey Badger Don’t Care”? Well, the hilarious voice behind the viral hit is back, but this time with an otterly important message to share for Sea Otter Awareness Week. Find out why otters aren’t just cute little fluffballs, but tough, tenacious survivors!
Struts (Transformers [G1], Starscream & Midnight [OC])
Thursday, September 25th, 2025 05:05 pmsenmut posting in no_true_pairTitle: Struts
Fandom: Transformers [G1]
Pairing/Characters: Starscream & Midnight [OC]
Content Notes: none
Prompt: September Twenty-five - 2 & 5 - heat of the moment
( It wasn't a lack of self-preservation )
Fandom: Transformers [G1]
Pairing/Characters: Starscream & Midnight [OC]
Content Notes: none
Prompt: September Twenty-five - 2 & 5 - heat of the moment
( It wasn't a lack of self-preservation )
À Rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans; Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Black Feasts, by Idlewild Designs.
Thursday, September 25th, 2025 05:20 pmfull_metal_ox posting in fancakeFandom: À Rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans; Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Duc Jean des Essientes, Gray Mouser
Rating: General Audiences (although most of the beverages might be deemed Mature, depending on your country.)
Length: 542
Creator Links: Idlewild Designs (archived); I’ve not succeeded in recovering a name for the site owner.
Theme: Food & Cooking, Book Fandoms, Meta, Pre-AO3 Works, Research, Old Fandoms, Small Fandoms
Summary: The two literary passages cited serve that purpose:
Dining off black-bordered plates, the company had enjoyed turtle soup, Russian rye bread, ripe olives from Turkey, caviare, mullet botargo, black puddings from Frankfurt, game served in sauces the color of liquorice and boot-polish, truffle jellies, chocolate creams, plum-puddings, nectarines, pears in grape-juice syrup, mulberries and black heart cherries. From dark-tinted glasses they had drunk the wines of Limagne and Roussillon, of Tenedos, Valdepeñas and Oporto. And after coffee and walnut cordial, they had rounded off the evening with kvass, porter and stout.
— a black feast held to mourn the loss of the Duc des Esseintes's virility in A Rebours, by Huysman
The collation on the little ebony table beyond the coffin consisted entirely of black foods. By sight and then by nibbling and sipping the Mouser discovered their nature: thin slices of a very dark rye bread crusted with poppy seeds and dripped with black butter; slivers of charcoal-seared steak; similarly broiled tiny thin slices of calf's liver sprinkled with dark spices and liberally pricked with capers; the darkest grape jellies; truffles cut paper thin and mushrooms fried black; pickled chestnuts; and of course, ripe olives and black fish eggs—caviar. The black drink, which foamed when he poured it, turned out to be stout laced with the bubbly wine of Ilthmar.
— Fritz Leiber, "Bazaar of the Bizarre"
Reccer's Notes: With Halloween impending, this seemed an apropos topic.
Idlewild Designs was a 2000’s Geocities purveyor of Gothic, fantasy, literary, occult, rustic, Art Nouveau, and otherwise Bohemian aesthetic living tips; here they expand and elaborate upon the two literary feasts described, with potential ingredients listed by category and outlinks to recipes. (The site was still very much under construction by the time Geocities shut down; I’m assuming the business, at least in that stage, is by now as dead as Bela Lugosi and that this post doesn’t violate the OTW’s advertising ban.)
( Literary_context. )
So what items might you add to the list? Some suggestions of my own:
( Continue. )
Fanwork Links: Black Feasts, by Idlewild Designs (archived.)
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Duc Jean des Essientes, Gray Mouser
Rating: General Audiences (although most of the beverages might be deemed Mature, depending on your country.)
Length: 542
Creator Links: Idlewild Designs (archived); I’ve not succeeded in recovering a name for the site owner.
Theme: Food & Cooking, Book Fandoms, Meta, Pre-AO3 Works, Research, Old Fandoms, Small Fandoms
Summary: The two literary passages cited serve that purpose:
Dining off black-bordered plates, the company had enjoyed turtle soup, Russian rye bread, ripe olives from Turkey, caviare, mullet botargo, black puddings from Frankfurt, game served in sauces the color of liquorice and boot-polish, truffle jellies, chocolate creams, plum-puddings, nectarines, pears in grape-juice syrup, mulberries and black heart cherries. From dark-tinted glasses they had drunk the wines of Limagne and Roussillon, of Tenedos, Valdepeñas and Oporto. And after coffee and walnut cordial, they had rounded off the evening with kvass, porter and stout.
— a black feast held to mourn the loss of the Duc des Esseintes's virility in A Rebours, by Huysman
The collation on the little ebony table beyond the coffin consisted entirely of black foods. By sight and then by nibbling and sipping the Mouser discovered their nature: thin slices of a very dark rye bread crusted with poppy seeds and dripped with black butter; slivers of charcoal-seared steak; similarly broiled tiny thin slices of calf's liver sprinkled with dark spices and liberally pricked with capers; the darkest grape jellies; truffles cut paper thin and mushrooms fried black; pickled chestnuts; and of course, ripe olives and black fish eggs—caviar. The black drink, which foamed when he poured it, turned out to be stout laced with the bubbly wine of Ilthmar.
— Fritz Leiber, "Bazaar of the Bizarre"
Reccer's Notes: With Halloween impending, this seemed an apropos topic.
Idlewild Designs was a 2000’s Geocities purveyor of Gothic, fantasy, literary, occult, rustic, Art Nouveau, and otherwise Bohemian aesthetic living tips; here they expand and elaborate upon the two literary feasts described, with potential ingredients listed by category and outlinks to recipes. (The site was still very much under construction by the time Geocities shut down; I’m assuming the business, at least in that stage, is by now as dead as Bela Lugosi and that this post doesn’t violate the OTW’s advertising ban.)
( Literary_context. )
So what items might you add to the list? Some suggestions of my own:
( Continue. )
Fanwork Links: Black Feasts, by Idlewild Designs (archived.)