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More Arirang promo variety shows! This time, it's Taehyung's turn. He appeared in Jung Jaehyung's web show Fairy Jaehyung a year or so later after Hobi's guest appearance.

This is a super mellow episode in which Taehyung's unusually shy (or, better said, shyer than he tends to be around ppl he doesn't know.) Though he does light up whenever Jaehyung's doggy shows up (the show's filmed at Jaehyung's house.)

The conversation is pretty laid back--with some occasional LOLs courtesy of Taehyung's impish personality. English CCs are available.

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rattfan

I was going to write about books and TV when I got sidelined by last night's RL drama. I'm rereading the Murderbot books at the moment, preparatory to reading the new one, Platform Decay. By the time I get to it, I will have talked myself into the budget being quite able to stretch to a new book. Alas, it will be Kindle, because said budget won't stretch to all real books. At the moment I've just finished with book 2, Rogue Protocol, fresh in my mind after Swancon, where some friends ran an excellent panel discussing the books.

They only got about halfway through the series because there's a lot to discuss, plus the inevitable person or two in the audience who Would Not Shut Up. Lasers built into one's arms would solve so many frustrations. The panel helped me remember that I agree with Murderbot that the Miki robot was intensely annoying! And that ART may be an asshole, but it has been very helpful to Murderbot, enabling it to disguise itself as human, among other things.

On the screen side, I got a month's subscription to STAN, to cheer me up after Swancon ending, and because reading Murderbot encourages a frame of mind where I just want to sink into media and totally escape reality! I've got a list of shows I want to catch up with, and of course they're on different streaming services, so this will take me awhile. Right now I'm watching From's fourth season. Don't worry, I am not going to give any spoilers, so my review of the first two episodes consists of the word gibber. In an approving, my-gods-they-went-there way. Much better pace than some earlier episodes. Characters are actually communicating, to the extent that I might scream if I hear someone say, "We need to talk," one more time.

I also want to read Ann Leckie's new book, Radiant Star, and am seriously considering of getting that one as a real book. I love the Imperial Radch, my favourite Roman Empire in space/tea drinking/genderweird culture, but will read anything Leckie comes up with. It makes sense that I'm fond of both. Ann Leckie's review of Martha Wells' books was simply, "I love Murderbot!" It's hard to describe what I mean, but her style helps me immerse myself in the books to the extent that I forget there is any other reality while the book lasts. Can't stop myself trying to work out which gender each of the Radch characters are, though.

kalloway

I am surviving. Everything is kind of in hurry-up-and-wait mode. I am so tired of phone calls.

Currently I'm trying to make my old bedroom into a welcoming space. I don't think anyone has vacuumed or dusted in here since I moved out 14 years ago.

In my plans for the weekend that didn't happen, I was supposed to renew my DW account. At this point I don't even know where my card is for that. In my work bag? Which is? Hopefully at my place somewhere.

~~Anyway, could someone kindly float me a bit of DW paid time til I can find my own arse without a flashlight and map?~~ Thank you. ;_; Truly.

sewn

I went to the pictures. Ticket prices are through the roof so I rarely do it these days, but I wanted to go see the new He-Man movie with friend T, who is a massive fan. He-Man was never a thing for me as a kid because I'm too young for its heyday and I seldom played with ~boy toys~ so most of my familiarity with the IP is through the new She-Ra.

Well. More thruthfully, when I hear "He-Man" I rather think about... dan na naa naa, dan na naa naa, TAISTELU-JASKA!

Taistelu-Jaska (Jaska the Fighter) is a video series from when "funny" dubs of cartoon recuts were peak Finnish Youtube. I bet for a large chunk of a certain millennial demographic, Taistelu-Jaska is the definitive iteration of He-Man. I know I still often think of the truly iconic lines ("parempi nyrkki perseessä kuin asua Lohjalla" - 'better a fist up your ass than to live in Lohja'). It's just... so dumb especially trying to explain it in English, but it's also genius.

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Be as it may, we ended up having a really fun He-Man afternoon. We watched the 1987 Cannon Films version (I had seen it about a decade ago and had forgotten how much of it takes place on Earth) and an episode of the 1983 cartoon to prime ourselves. The first movie is... not terrible? And actually a really interesting project for Cannon to take on. It's just boring in a lot of places, especially the regular human drama bits.

The new movie might be a lot of things, and it is certainly not boring. I didn't know what to expect really and it was so much fun. :D

I avoided all possible spoilers so I didn't even know the cast. Teela is Veronica Riverdale! There's Idris Elba!? He was fantastic as always. And Adam is played by the prince from Red, White and Royal Blue. He was such a good choice for the type of character they went for. Very similar to David Corenswet's Superman. I think there's something to be said about the masculine softboy/babygirl male hero discourse, but I don't have a thinkpiece in me. Besides He-Man himself, the movie is very much similar to James Gunn's oeuvre in general, but I found it... more pleasant to my own sensibilities? I also really liked Bumblebee, so I think I just jive with Travis Knight's style.

The one strike against the casting is Jared Leto as Skeletor. He didn't do a bad job per se, but Skeletor was memorable mostly because of the writing -- the scriptwriters were having so much fun with him -- and the visuals. I feel like there are a dozen actors who would have delivered a really fun performance just as well. He didn't suck. It's just. Why would you hire Jared Leto. You don't need to do that, you know?

Still, that choice didn't detract from the whole. The visuals are so so pretty. The movie is looong (40 minutes longer than the Dolph one!) but it didn't feel like a slog at any point. The fights were well done. It was nice to see lots of melee fighting (with the POWER SWORD). It has a lot of jokes and a lot of them don't land, but it's very charming about it. The bad jokeyness won me over. Prince ~~Henry~~ Adam is buff, but in what I consider a realistic way. You know what I mean? There's like... a layer of fat tissue over his muscles and his veins aren't popping. He's like a regular, super buff but regular guy.

One of the absolute stars of the movie is the score. If you like power metal and Brian May shredding on the guitar, please listen to the score. For that alone I was glad we went to see it on the big screen. And then they even ( spoiler )

So yeah, it was fun! The plot is very standard hero's journey, but it's lovingly, thoughtfully made. I think for big He-Man fans there are a lot of fun details that I completely missed, but it works for the uninitiated perfectly well.

rionaleonhart

Yesterday, I was on the bus. It was almost empty; I was one of five passengers on the top floor, all of us travelling alone and scattered throughout the seating.

I was a little nervous when one of the other passengers - a man - left his seat at the front and walked back, past all the empty seats and the two men sitting between us, to sit next to me, the sole woman on the upper deck.

This story ends well.

( Being hassled, and then being rescued. )

Anyway! This whole thing really got me thinking about kindness and humanity and brief connections with strangers. I don't know the name of the man who helped me out, and it's very unlikely that I'll ever see him again. But I'm glad he was there, and I hope good things happen for him.

And, if you have your own tales of a stranger doing something kind for you, I'd love to hear them!

selenak

Naomi Novik: The Summer War: very charming novella, delivering on a variety of good-for-me-tropes. Dysfunctional siblings argueing, then working together and realising they care? Check! Neat twists on fairy tale motifs while still delivering a fairy tale? Check! Father who has his own story and is neither excused for his actions nor reduced to a one dimensional cliché? Check! It's not the easiest time for me right now for Darth Real Life reasons, and that's leaving aside the general mess the world is in, so I really enjoy delving into well written fiction where most of the characters aren't irresponsible toddler-like megalomaniacs and the plot makes sense.

Daredevil Born Again: Season 2 : Speaking of plots which work: s2 didn't have the problem of essentially being two shows grafted together, and so not only did they have a well executed overall seasonal arc, but the "new" characters were fleshed out, so didn't feel paper thin compared to the "old" ones. Back when I wrote about s1 I mentioned that all these "supervillain elected to high office despite electorate knowing about their past" plots - which comics came up with decades ago, both in DC with Lex Luthor and in Marvel with Kingpin - never felt as believable as now, it's more that "eventually, enough people see through these guys to rise against them" feels unduly optimistic. But within the show, I bought it. And really appreciated the episode where ( spoilery stuff happens )The thematic importance of this also came to bear in the season's last two episodes where ( spoilery stuff occurs ) Oh, and of course it was good to see (albeit only a few times in the last three eps or so - Jessica Jones again!

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Location: Bamberg

sholio

I was answering a comment over on AO3 on my old Stargate fic Old Soldiers Die Hard, the one with Annie the candystriper viewpoint OC, and got to thinking about the elapsed time since I posted it in 2006. She was probably meant to be in her late teens in the story, something like 17 or 18, which means that if she aged in realtime, she'd be in her late 30s now.

I was thinking about this in particular because it was always one of my most popular fics in that fandom, and people often asked for a sequel to that story about Annie grown up (and still do now and then). I don't mind being asked, although it is definitely not happening because I've long since moved on, but it's a bit wild to consider the passage of time in that particular way.

(Annie is grown up and doing fine, btw.)

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flamingsword

https://www.tumblr.com/terminusverge/818819426272067584/insomnia-productions-high-quality-tiktoks-otters baby otters learning to swim! So cute!

https://readfoundobject.substack.com/p/they-killed-normal-and-called-it

Have you noticed that the middle is gone from everything? Restaurants, companies, careers, music, retail, the economy itself. What replaced it is a barbell: one enormous weight on each end, nothing in the center, and most of us trying not to get crushed by the bar.

And the replacement does look better every single time, I grant you that. The A24 film is better than the $40 million adult drama from 2007, yeah, we can all agree on that. The Sweetgreen bowl is better than the Applebee’s chicken parm, sure. Your favorite Substack is sharper than the mid-list magazine that folded in 2019. Every replacement is a genuine upgrade. But every replacement serves fewer and fewer people.
[…]
Each time, the thing that died was the thing that served the most people with the least pretension, and each time, the thing that replaced it was a genuine improvement that served fewer people while flattering the taste of a specific class.

The pattern is so consistent it stops looking like a market correction and starts looking like a heist.

https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-esssentials-summer-2026 lofi music on Bandcamp

settiai

Antivan Nights (1246 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lucanis Dellamorte/Rook/Spite
Characters: Lucanis Dellamorte, Rook (Dragon Age), Spite (Dragon Age)
Additional Tags: Antivan Crow Rook (Dragon Age), Arlathan Exchange (Dragon Age), Elf Rook (Dragon Age), Female Rook (Dragon Age), Fluff, One Shot, Slice of Life
Summary: It was almost impressive just how quickly everything had gone wrong.

Current Mood: accomplished

musesfool

I made chicken pesto meatballs this afternoon and they're good, though they needed more than 10 minutes to reach 165°F (15 minutes worked out). I got 18 so I guess I made them smaller than directed? and they looked like they are swimming in oil when I took them out of the oven, because I guess the pesto (I used Buitoni since it was on sale) was full of oil, so I used a slotted spoon to lift them out and soaked it up with paper towels, so the cleanup wasn't that bad. I also didn't bother adding salt based on comments saying it was too salty - the pesto is what is seasoning the meat so I don't think I'm missing out.

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Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Shake It Out - Florence + the Machine

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unclutter

How goes the decluttering? Have you shifted anything out of the house? Found something to sort through? Had thoughts on things you can let go of?

Comments open to locals, lurkers, drive by sticky beaks, and anyone I've forgotten to mention.

Congratulations to everyone who has found and/or disposed on any clutter in the last week.

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bitesizedcleaning

Another week, another check in. What is one small win you have had in the last week in making your house a home?

note: I'm attempting to remember to do this once a week. Last year peaceful_sands did monthly challenges, and I'm working up to repeating at least one. If there is one you found useful, or one you think would be really useful for where you are at now, let me know and I'll prioritise that.

dhampyresa

I saw a trailer for Nolan's Odyssey before watching Project Hail Mary in theaters and at first i was fun trying to guess who each character was supposed to be, but then they showed a dog and I was like "oh so I'm not watching this movie then, ok". Just thinking about Argos is enough to make me tear up ;_;

badfalcon

Currently: Fics, Finals & Forehands

📚 Reading:
I once again seem to have accumulated seventeen (17!) books in progress, which is probably what happens when you combine ADHD with a bookshop habit and an inability to say "I'll finish this before I start something else." My main focus this week is Deadline by Mira Grant. I'm about 70% of the way through, and while some sections are still a little slow, I'm finding the conspiracy around the virus far more compelling than the politics that dominated Feed. Every time I think I know what's going on, Mira Grant introduces another layer, and I'm immediately hooked again.

🎧 Listening To:
I am absolutely loving Taylor Swift's new song. I have zero interest in seeing Toy Story 5, but the song itself somehow manages to sound like both old-school Taylor and current Taylor at the same time, which is a neat trick.

Also, for reasons known only to my subconscious, I've had John Barrowman's version of Sunset Boulevard stuck in my head for about two weeks. Not the entire musical. Not a selection of songs. Just Sunset Boulevard. On a loop. At this point I'm less listening to it and more being haunted by it.

📺 Watching:
I'm still really not watching much television. It's tricky when there's tennis on all the time! I haven't even watched Good Omens season three yet, which feels vaguely criminal given how much I love the first two seasons and the Ineffable Husbands. We are still making our way through season seven of Pointless on YouTube though, which continues to be one of my favourite comfort watches.

🎾 Tennis:
Roland Garros has been absolute carnage this year and I have loved every second of it. Even with Jannik's shock second-round exit.

The story of the women's singles tournament has absolutely been Maja Chwalińska. Ranked 114 in the world, came through qualifying, and somehow made the bloody final. I was completely invested by the end of it. Unfortunately for Maja, the person standing on the other side of the net was Mirra Andreeva.

Mirra! My baby girl! Nineteen years old and a Grand Slam champion.

I was genuinely in tears when she won.

Elsewhere, Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten made the men's doubles final but sadly came up short. Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori won the mixed doubles, while Katerina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend took home the women's doubles title. Tokito Oda won the men's wheelchair singles, although beating Alfie Hewett left me feeling simultaneously delighted and devastated. Diede de Groot won the women's wheelchair singles, while Alfie and Gordon Reid took home the men's wheelchair doubles title.

Honestly, as tournaments go, it's been a pretty good one for me.

The men's final was... less successful from a personal perspective. Flavio Cobolli had an incredible tournament and I was desperately hoping he could pull off one last upset, but unfortunately Alexander Zverev won the title. Ah well. Roland Garros gave me Mirra Andreeva lifting her first Grand Slam trophy and Maja Chwalińska making a completely ridiculous run from qualifying to the final, so I can't complain too much.

This ridiculous sport remains completely incapable of being boring.

🖊*Writing:
This week I submitted my final assignment of the academic year.

A 2500-word essay on the question "Was religion the main source of identity for early modern people?" My argument, in very broad terms, was that while religion permeated every aspect of early modern life, it wasn't the primary source of identity for most people. Instead, identity was constructed through overlapping forms of belonging: community, family, gender, social status, occupation, political allegiance, nationality, and emerging ideas of racial difference.

Or, put another way: I spent 2500 words explaining why the answer to a history question is "it's complicated."

🏫 Studying:
Nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

I am a free llama.

💭 Thinking About:
Finding a routine again.

Between essays, deadlines and life generally being Life, the last few months have felt a bit chaotic. I felt like I'd finally got into a decent rhythm with work and study... just as the academic year finishes and my work contract ends at the end of June.

Typical.

Still, that's a problem for Future Cassie. Present Cassie is choosing to enjoy not having an essay due.

📅 Planning:
Very little, actually, which feels wonderfully strange.

For the first time in months, I don't have an assignment hanging over my head. I suspect the next week will involve reading, tennis, catching up on all the things I've neglected while writing essays, and generally remembering what hobbies are.

There may even be fic.

No promises.

💖 Loving:
The absolute unpredictability of tennis.

The world number one being knocked out in the second round. A qualifier making a Grand Slam final. A nineteen-year-old winning her first Slam. Wheelchair tennis continuing to be some of the most impressive sport on the planet.

This is why I love this ridiculous sport.

Current Mood: disappointed

seekingferret

Vidukon was this weekend. I missed a bunch of it between Shabbat and other social obligations, but I had a group of Boston vidders over this morning to watch some of the vidshows and talk vidding. It was great.

My premiere was made last summer and is now finally live! I was flipping back through vidding discord and I've been saying "I wish I had a Miranda Bailey vidsong" since at least 2022, and I think I've been saying it at least a few years longer. I finally zeroed in on Florence + the Machine, and eventually this song started to seem more logical than some other options. So happy to have finally made my Bailey vid!

dog days (0 words) by seekingferret
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Grey's Anatomy
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Relationships: Miranda Bailey/Ben Warren
Characters: Miranda Bailey (Grey's Anatomy)
Additional Tags: Fanvids
Summary:

Happiness hit her like a train on a track

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hannah

Downtime (6 words) by Hannah
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carl/Eva Stratt
Characters: Eva Stratt, Carl (Project Hail Mary 2026)
Additional Tags: Microfic
Summary: 0500-0530.

Please enjoy this six-word story.

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: nothing now

umadoshi

It took us three stops on Friday to get enough tomato seedlings, but we did it. ^_^ ( the buying and planting of five tomato seedlings and a few other things! )

Current Mood: hopeful

glitteryv

I first knew of Kani via her guest appearance in an episode of I Live Alone featuring SHINee's Key. They're besties from way, way back and deffo have a good simpatico between them. Kani is also a choreographer (which is how she met Key.)

Anyways, she's also known for having a V. EXTROVERTED personality. Which is showcased in her show where she meets different celebs and idols.

For the last episode, Kani invited Hobi (who, like I've said in previous posts, was doing promo for the new album.)

Now, Kani is a v. energetic person and Hobi's public persona is the same. This was a Like Attracts Like-type of situation since both played off really well of each other. Even the surprise!host ended up being drawn in by their collective charm. Deffo a must-see even if you have no idea who these folks are! English CCs are available.

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