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muccamukk) wrote2025-12-14 12:11 am
muccamukk) wrote2025-12-14 12:11 amRandom perspectives in time
Eighty years before this year, WWII ended.
Eighty years before WWII ended, the American Civil War ended.
So we are as far away from (or as close to) WWII, as the people in WWII were from (or to) the Civil War.
IDK, it's interesting to think about. Something Elizabeth Samet has written about, a bit, too.
I only wrote a very short version of that fic where Steve Rogers was a civil war vet, who was frozen until Tony from Iron Man Noir found him, but I was always fond of that idea.
Eighty years before WWII ended, the American Civil War ended.
So we are as far away from (or as close to) WWII, as the people in WWII were from (or to) the Civil War.
IDK, it's interesting to think about. Something Elizabeth Samet has written about, a bit, too.
I only wrote a very short version of that fic where Steve Rogers was a civil war vet, who was frozen until Tony from Iron Man Noir found him, but I was always fond of that idea.
a scintilla of time (scintilla10) wrote2025-12-12 09:05 pm
scintilla10) wrote2025-12-12 09:05 pmEntry tags:
Rec-cember: Stranger Things art recs
A few art recs for Stranger Things!
Putting the first few behind a cut because even the titles/descriptions have minor spoilers for season 5.
[Steve & Dustin] by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
bluismie (SFW)
Devastating Steve & Dustin hug that gave me all the feels omg.
[Rockin' Robin] bywichuizz (SFW)
Poster promoting Rockin' Robin (and her radio board operator Steve). Love the retro comics style of this!
strawberries & clementines bybunnypeony (SFW)
Super sweet, flirty Robin/Vickie! I love the soft colours. And there's hand-holding!
halloween means season 2 AUs 🎃 bytoktopus-art (SFW)
Steve, Max, Dustin & Eddie (implied Steve/Eddie). Very funny and cute reactions to Steve with his baseball bat!
clothes swap, as a treat bymollymurakami (SFW)
Steve/Eddie, dressed in each other's clothes! Love this, very fun.
'This Is Music' Inspired by J.C.Leyendecker by thediktatortot on bsky (SFW)
Fabulous portrait of Eddie Munson with his guitar.
Putting the first few behind a cut because even the titles/descriptions have minor spoilers for season 5.
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[Steve & Dustin] by
Devastating Steve & Dustin hug that gave me all the feels omg.
[Rockin' Robin] by
Poster promoting Rockin' Robin (and her radio board operator Steve). Love the retro comics style of this!
strawberries & clementines by
Super sweet, flirty Robin/Vickie! I love the soft colours. And there's hand-holding!
halloween means season 2 AUs 🎃 by
Steve, Max, Dustin & Eddie (implied Steve/Eddie). Very funny and cute reactions to Steve with his baseball bat!
clothes swap, as a treat by
Steve/Eddie, dressed in each other's clothes! Love this, very fun.
'This Is Music' Inspired by J.C.Leyendecker by thediktatortot on bsky (SFW)
Fabulous portrait of Eddie Munson with his guitar.
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Muccamukk (muccamukk) wrote2025-12-12 12:44 pm
muccamukk) wrote2025-12-12 12:44 pmEntry tags:
Billy Bragg, keeping on keeping on
Lyrics in the description.
a scintilla of time (scintilla10) wrote2025-12-09 05:59 pm
scintilla10) wrote2025-12-09 05:59 pmEntry tags:
Stranger Things 501-504
These episodes dropped during a busy time, so I'm only now caught up. ( Spoilers behind the cut )
a scintilla of time (scintilla10) wrote2025-12-09 05:02 pm
scintilla10) wrote2025-12-09 05:02 pmEntry tags:
Epistolary recs!
My tree is up at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fandomtrees! I always have a blast with these kinds of events, so looking forward to perusing all the trees soon. :D
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A trio of epistolary recs forrec_cember!
#toobadsosad by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
DontStopHerNow
Selfie, Eliza/Henry, 1100 words, no archive warnings apply
This is a hysterical texting fic with sharp, funny character voices! And it makes excellent use of timestamps and emoji to add to the story.
A gentle man and a scholar byisevsianne
Our Flag Means Death, Ed/Stede, 7500 words, no archive warnings apply
Modern AU consisting of a series of emails about letters. Contains outrageous flirting and even more outrageous obliviousness. Very cute and fun!
from the mortal realm bymixtapestar
Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers, Lady Chirp & Lord Squak, 500 words, no archive warnings apply
Delightfully charming and fun post-canon letter, featuring excellent puns and an excellently frothy Chirp voice.
fandomtrees! I always have a blast with these kinds of events, so looking forward to perusing all the trees soon. :D* * * * *
A trio of epistolary recs for
rec_cember!#toobadsosad by
Selfie, Eliza/Henry, 1100 words, no archive warnings apply
This is a hysterical texting fic with sharp, funny character voices! And it makes excellent use of timestamps and emoji to add to the story.
Eliza 9:18pm : Freddy and I broke up again. #toobadsosad
Eliza 9:18pm : It's really for good this time.
(Read by Henry at 9:36pm)
A gentle man and a scholar by
Our Flag Means Death, Ed/Stede, 7500 words, no archive warnings apply
Modern AU consisting of a series of emails about letters. Contains outrageous flirting and even more outrageous obliviousness. Very cute and fun!
Stede Bonnet unearths potential evidence that his 18th century ancestor could be the Gentleman Pirate, and contacts a top pirate historian Edward Teach, an expert on the dreaded pirate Blackbeard, to get to the bottom of it. An email correspondence sparks something more than just academic research.
from the mortal realm by
Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers, Lady Chirp & Lord Squak, 500 words, no archive warnings apply
Delightfully charming and fun post-canon letter, featuring excellent puns and an excellently frothy Chirp voice.
Lady Chirp Featherfowl's letter to her dearest cousin, Lord Squak Airavis.
wrennette (wrennette) wrote2025-12-06 02:38 pm
wrennette) wrote2025-12-06 02:38 pmEntry tags:
read later
just dropping some links in here to things i've either read recently and might want to find again, or have been meaning to read and not gotten to yet, so i can close a couple tabs.
- The hardest working font in Manhattan: https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/
- anarchism starts in the now: hope for a better future: https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/anarchism-in-the-now/
- Notes on Living a Translated Life: https://hyperallergic.com/notes-on-living-a-translated-life/
- The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.: https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-fired-me-but
- A Collective Bargain: https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/23/a-collective-bargain/
- The Endless Appetite for Fanfiction: https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/endless-appetite-fanfiction
- Open access collections on JSTOR: Advancing scholarship and visual literacy in 2025: https://about.jstor.org/blog/open-access-collections-on-jstor-advancing-scholarship-and-visual-literacy-in-2025/
- Plague Poems: https://jayhulme.com/blog/plague-poems
- The Trans & Autistic Guide to Cruising: https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/the-trans-and-autistic-guide-to-cruising
- New archaeology at abandoned Oregon town reveals hidden lives of Black logging families: https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/17/maxville-archaeology-oregon-black-history/
- 40 ACRES AND A LIE: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/40-acres-and-a-lie/
- The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Exclusive Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined: https://www.wired.com/story/titan-submersible-disaster-inside-story-oceangate-files/
- How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More: https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/artificial-intelligence/turn-off-ai-tools-gemini-apple-intelligence-copilot-and-more-a1156421356/
Muccamukk (muccamukk) wrote2025-12-06 08:19 am
muccamukk) wrote2025-12-06 08:19 amThirty Six Years
Thirty-six years ago today, a lone gunman murdered fourteen women at Polytechnique Montréal, before taking his own life.
The names of the women were:
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
CBC: Montreal to honour 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony.
Globe & Mail: Progress on combatting intimate-partner violence stalling under new government, advocates fear.
The names of the women were:
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
CBC: Montreal to honour 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony.
Globe & Mail: Progress on combatting intimate-partner violence stalling under new government, advocates fear.