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Happy Pride month! I hope everyone gets to read, write, create, or enjoy something queer this month 💜

Anyway, let's see how May's goals turned out...

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And now, some goals for June:

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Good luck to everyone's creative endeavors in June! (And feel free to tell me about your own plans if you want!)

P.S. Unrelated to goals, but I noticed that I'm only 5 fics away from 400 total posted on ao3. Neat!

ashelterofpages

Welp, we sure are in June, aren't we? Not sure how that happened but there sure is a bunch of stuff coming up.

- I leave for Minneapolis on the 12th. I'm going to be up there from then until the 25th.
- During that time, I'm going to 4th Street Fantasy with my friend M. I'm also staying with them, which is exciting because I will get to give so many cat snuggles!
- After that, I'm going to Seattle and will be there until sometime in August. I haven't bought my ticket back to Florida yet because of not being sure when I'd actually be coming back.
- I'm hopefully getting my new glasses before I leave. We're not absolutely sure it's going to happen, but the specialist who helped me get the prescription put in a rush order, so we're crossing our fingers.

So yeah, that's a lot, but I think it's going to be a very good summer! I'm mostly excited for traveling, though I admit to being a little bit nervous I've never flown Delta before, so I'm not sure how they are. Alaska has always been great and I usually fly with them, but the Delta tickets were cheaper this go around, so I took those instead since I was buying two tickets instead of one.

I'm also trying to pick up art again. It's very much not my strong suit, but I've always loved visual art and wanted to be an illustrator even before I wanted to be a writer. As a child who's always been low vision, you can imagine how well this has gone for me, but I still come back to it again and again, which tells me it's something I still want to be doing in some way.

I dug out some watercolors and alcohol markers as and I also have my iPad, so we'll see what happens there. I'm curious/excited to see if getting my new glasses will make a difference for this endeavor too.

So, even though I've got all the things going on, I think I'm going to try and make it a point to post here on DW every day. Either an actual post like this, or bullet points, or even just a sentence or two. Maybe there will be art progress tracking, or writing tracking, or who knows what! We'll just have to see.

If you happen to be curious about anything, please feel free to ask me btw. I've seen multiple people bring up doing AMAs, and that might be fun to do for some of the posts.

(By the way, the posting every day idea was inspired by

soricel so I blame them for this.)

meganehaven

tomorrow, june 1st, will be Dashuri's 5th bday!! wild how time passes... ive had her since she was 7 months old (':
likely wont be able to give her treats tho bc of her temporary prescription urinary diet, where she cant eat ANYTHING else. and she has tons of toys already, my bf requested we dont get her more until she breaks a few lol

aside from it being her birthday, early that morning is her followup vet appointment. well see if her bladder stone dissolved w the prescription food.. if not, she will have to get surgery. depending on how much surgery would cost, i will likely need to open a gofundme for it + aftercare. im prepared to do so if i have to..

i suppose i can say Dashuri's bday gift is the new scratcher i got her yesterday!! her old one was super worn + she threw up on it, so i was finally able to get her a new one!! that way shes not just scratching up her cat tower lol (:

once my bf and i finished assembling it, she IMMEDIATELY hopped on to scratch before we could even grab catnip!! waited so politely while we worked on it.. shes so smart :D

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also happy early pride month everyone!! <3

hoping to draw something simple for pride month, idk what yet tho. last year i drew my sona/Sannan with our respective pride flags! idk if i wanna do selfship again or ocs...? we shall see! ill brainstorm soon

meganehaven

Watch on YouTube

The merciless light destroys everything...
This body, these flowers are all burning up.
Goodbye, I'll go to sleep here now
And go towards the stars where you are waiting.

i really love how miku was tuned here! the emotion... auuu.. she truly is such a versatile voicebank, i love to see how sooo many diff ppl utilize her voice! :D

sadly the original uploads for this song are gone, so best i got is this reupload with fansubs. i love it sm tho...!

let me know your thoughts if you listen! <3

alchemicink

Been being lazy/resting today and actually kinda forgot about the weekly summary until just now 😅 Here we go!

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stardust_rifle

god a lot of suburbanite cis women exist in this truly bizarre life-limiting state of paranoia which makes me insane, like yes, i live alone in an apartment, yes, i take the subway by myself, sometimes after dark. yes, i am completely comfortable commuting back home in the dark so long as i've done the commute before, yes, i am completely comfortable going for walks in the evening around my neighborhood, yes, i am completely comfortable riding the bus alone and commuting to places on foot, and every time i actively mention these things to like 90% of cis women who don't live in the city and regularly do them they react like i've just said that i enjoy rolling myself in tartar sauce and throwing myself into lion's dens for fun

stardust_rifle

First time getting jumpscared by the OG LiveJournal posting of a fic I've already read on Ao3! Very surreal experience, honestly.

(Fic is The Dragon Saga, for the curious, and I'm absolutely going to be going into it in detail when I write that meta about Megumi's treatment in Gackt/Hyde stuff, because the author does some interesting stuff with her.)

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I've now seen "running away to have a secret gay wedding in Canada" as a plot point in multiple fics by different authors. I think it's really charming when you see a fic that could have only been written at a specific time (like that one fic I found about a still-living Atsushi mourning Issay's death) or that is so clearly of its era.

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*rubs little pawsies*

I love fandom drama. I love tales of deception. I have found a truly delightful little story for you all that incorporates both.

More detail at this link, but an author, who was both into Die/Kaoru (Dir en grey) and the TV show Prison Break, was apparently maintaining two different identities for the purpose of taking fics written for one fandom by other people, changing the names, and publishing them as fanfics for the other fandom. When both fandoms realized what was going on, they deleted both journals and fled fandom.

My absolute favorite quote to come out of this whole ordeal is this, from a summary post describing some of the signs in the fic that was plagiarized.

Die being built like a brick house construction worker. My limited understanding of that fandom is that would not be a reasonable description of Die.

We only ship twinks here, sire.

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I am cataloguing every single comment I see about The Horrible Scourge of Diru Fujos Writing Toshiya As A Teenaged Girl for the inevitable Fanlore article. Example!

I'm not sure if this should be under warnings but...my Toshiya isn't going to look anything like the standard fanfic Toshiya. That means he isn't going to be wearing skirts or mascara, his major pastime will be making music rather than shopping, and there will be very little giggling or other girliness (seriously folks, when I saw them he was wearing motorcycle boots and looking generally very dude-like). sauce 4 m's reference

alchemicink

This week: Nox is finally back in action in Zeztz, and Akane's competitor updates an old story.

I decided to drop Girl Rules even though there are only two episodes left. The show just frustrates me too much at this point.

Title quote comes from Akane-banashi this time. Spoilers, as always, below:

Kamen Rider Zeztz (episode 36)

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Akane-banashi (episode 8)

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stardust_rifle

When I was a child of roughly 7-8 and regularly being dragged into Catholic church, the only book I was allowed to read during services was an illustrated Bible meant for kids slightly older than me which left out all of the sex but absolutely none of the violence. I read that thing over and over, to the point that even today I have very specific memories of specific (very bloody) illustrations.

I'm 90% certain that that's why I'm Like This.

stardust_rifle

I'm searching for a roleplay partner, once more... this time I'm searching for someone who's interrested [sic] in yuri, a.k.a. taking male Jrockers and transforming them into women. Yes.

God bless our nyota yuri warriors. They got no comments offering to roleplay with them, because geniuses always go underappreciated in their time.

(they offered mana, which immediately put "gackt but he's a girl" into my brain, and i got so horny thinking about an arrogant asshole hot butch lady that i nearly passed out. new fic idea for the pile!)

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While sadly the comm deg_fanficrants has been deleted, enough posts have been saved for me to get a general idea of what people were complaining about (it's 40% "stop writing Shinya and Toshiya as acting like teenage girls" and 40% "stop writing Kyo as an edgelord who cuts himself"), there was enough left to pull out out a couple... special entries/quotes.

This glorious post, which devolves into a mod getting into a pissfight with another user, and must be read to be believed. I am fucking eating popcorn.

This is probably a problem is other fandoms too. I remember, in the Yuugiou [sic] fandom, whenever the characters had anal sex, they wouldn't even use lubrication because the writer assumed that the blood would be enough to lubricate it! It's so crazy. At least fanfic in Dir en Grey use condoms and lube.

This quote actually made me burst out laughing.

(Also captured on the Wayback Machine was a post that was too depressing for me to link- someone went "hey why does everyone write Toshiya's dad as evil and abusive", found an interview where Toshiya mentioned his father hit him once, and from there the comments devolved into "well MY parents slapped me around when i was a kid and i turned out FINE, i don't get why the Kids These Days all think that makes you ABUSIVE" nonsense)

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Finally, I encountered a fic that had "implications of foot fetishism" in the header and described one guy sucking the other guy's toes in detail. I shudder to think of what the author thinks straight-up foot fetishism is.

alchemicink

A food-related batch of questions for

thefridayfive!

1. In an average week, how many nights do you eat home-cooked dinners?

I'd say at least half, but usually probably more than that. I try to cook as much as possible, so I'll have leftovers for lunch the next day. But sometimes it depends on whether I have evening meetings that week.

2. Do you plan your meals out in advance, or just wing it?

Gotta plan it out! I'm not a great cook, so I'm still pretty bad at winging it right now.

3. How many nights per week do you eat out or order food delivered?

Well I never get food delivered because I live in the middle of nowhere and that's not available 😂 but I do occasionally buy dinner on my way home from work (maybe once every other week) and sometimes I get invited to my parents for dinner too.

4. Do you keep a stock of nonperishable foods from which you could whip up a meal or two if you needed to?

I have lot of pasta and rice...

5. Have you ever tried preparing meals for the week all at once, say, on the weekend?

Not for the full week, but occasionally I'll make a big batch of something like Japanese curry on Sundays, and then have that for lunch for the next several days. I usually run out by Wednesday/Thursday though, and I still have to come up with dinner those days too. But it is nice on occasion to have fewer meals to worry about that week.

stardust_rifle

i believe men can be fujoshi if they really want to

alchemicink

As I was driving to work this morning, a black bear casually ran across the road and into the woods on the other side. Thankfully I was just far enough away that it didn't hit my car (but if I'd been a minute earlier, maybe it would have 😱)

It was probably medium-sized I think? Not a tiny cub, but not really very big either. Then again, I couldn't tell you what size a full-grown black bear is supposed to be 😅 They are still relatively rare around here.

Anyway, my first thought was "holy [insert expletive of your choice here]" but then my second thought was "if a black cat crossing your path allegedly brings bad luck, what kind of luck do you get with a black bear?"

The answer remains a mystery 🤔

meganehaven

High Priest Solithe Fennessec

i love my ocs so much. this piece was originally going to be experimental painting sort of render, but early on i got frustrated with the specific method i had seen explained by another artist. perhaps its just not for me! but rather than abandon the whole piece due to frustration, i refined the sketch and colored it. (:

Solithe is one of my most beloved ocs, the high priest and leader of Fauseria (country in my oc universe, Technomagic). born into this role, and inherited the title early at age 17 when their uncle, the previous high priest,
was killed by Lord Mordulus ae Ethyron personally (Lord Verasius ae Ethyron's father, previous emperor of Ethyria). despite all hardships, Solithe embraces their duty and devotion to their god Onn. theyre also the first high priest in generations to master healing magic, an incredibly rare art that few successfully learn even the basics of. theyre everything to me!!

if anyone has any questions about them, feel free to leave a comment! :D

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id love to share more art of them, as well as draw them more often. id like to give them an updated fullbody ref sometime too! and i can share art others have made for me as well (:

speaking of art, ill be doing artfight this year too! its gonne be my 10th year.. super excited!! i havent fully updated my character bios and connections yet, but im MeganeHaven on artfight!

hope to see some of you guys there~ <3

alchemicink

Happy Sunday! I have safely returned from my weekend anime convention trip! I'll write separate posts about that later. Instead, here's what I have to share from the past week (which feels like a million years ago now)

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princessal

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💭 creative
🌏 The Room of Profound Darkness
🎵 Kurenai Tsuki - Susumu Chiba

elyusion

Does anyone know if there's a secret third cover by a Japanese group to complete the trifecta? And if they're all covering some overseas song that I haven't heard before but will stumble into a few months or years down the line (100000 such cases)?

*May 29th edit because I entirely forgot to mention: I did learn, however, that the opening sample is from You Don't Love Me (No No No) by Dawn Penn.
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I felt suspicious that that too was a sample, so I looked into it. That Dawn Penn song's opening is actually sampling Wake the Town by U-Roy, so who knows which one those later songs were using as a reference.*
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💭 normal
🎵 take a guess pal

stardust_rifle

utterly adore omega/omega stuff in omegaverse. what if you were a gay guy who was also a lesbian

stardust_rifle

Author's note on an mpreg fic.

Okies, before you all start screaming in your adorable fangirl way 'OMFG, Shin-shin is faaaat!? How could you!!!11 *sobbies*' I will remind you he is pregnant, it's natural!

You people are weak and will not survive the winter.

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Found someone advertising their Ye Olde Proxy Service (http://mukunoki-jp.net). Sadly, all the Wayback Machine captures are very broken, but as I've been archiving, I keep remembering how good we have it, nowadays, as a fandom. You can just dump your fic on Ao3 instead of going through the trouble of posting to 3-4 different LJ comms and maybe your own personal website, and trust that people will actually find it. Dealing with proxy services involves using Actual Companies instead of "some guy with a website". You can stream foreign music legally instead of relying on shady download links. I know reminiscing about the Good Old Days is everyone's favorite pasttime, but, like, can we just stop and go "holy shit, all of this would have been literally unimaginable ten years ago???"

(and this is also true for anime fandoms, like, jesus christ i can't even begin to describe how wild it is that shit like "crunchyroll" or "anime on netflix" or "being able to buy anime merch off of amazon" and "mainstream celebrities being openly anime fans" exists!!! like this shit is crazy if you sit down and think about it!!!)

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Found a Gackt/Mana comm with one dedicated user who was still posting in 2023. The dedication. The power. The unbridled "no sir, i will not be getting out of this chair" energy. I have no choice but to bow down at their feet.

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Third instance of seeing a hide/Yoshiki fic start off with some kind of reference to the author's girlfriend or wife. It's not like them being the Pairing Of Choice For Sapphic Fujogya makes no sense, but it is very charming.

~~and mildly inflates my conviction that my bandoman yaoi of choice is superior to your bandoman yaoi of choice~~

stardust_rifle

Fanlore is great because it means you stumble upon these really wonderful blasts from the past. I might start calling myself a trannyslasher now.

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alchemicink - June '26 writing goals
ashelterofpages - but the knight might rise up and investigate the grid
meganehaven - tomorrow is Dashuri's birthday...
meganehaven - Song Rec: Heath by OkameP
alchemicink - Weekly summary: May 24 - May 30, 2026
stardust_rifle - (no subject)
stardust_rifle - M Digs Through Jrockyaoi Archives And Pulls Out Interesting Shit Part 26
alchemicink - "to be honest, it couldn't make me laugh" (Weekly TV reviews)
stardust_rifle - (no subject)
stardust_rifle - M Digs Through Jrockyaoi Archives And Pulls Out Interesting Shit Part 25
alchemicink - Friday Five answers (5/29/26)
stardust_rifle - this post is very general but it is also specifically about kaya
alchemicink - What kind of luck do you get when a black bear crosses your path?
meganehaven - a meeting with the high priest
alchemicink - Weekly summary: May 17 - May 23, 2026
princessal - Hikaru no Go Month 2026 (Part 4)
elyusion - The 내 얘길 들어봐 & 爱你 Connection
stardust_rifle - being a bi dude who used to be a lesbian is such a weird positionality honestly
stardust_rifle - M Digs Through Jrockyaoi Archives And Pulls Out Interesting Shit Part 23
stardust_rifle - why did we stop trying to reclaim tranny?

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Song Rec: Heath by OkameP

Weekly summary: May 24 - May 30, 2026

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M Digs Through Jrockyaoi Archives And Pulls Out Interesting Shit Part 26

"to be honest, it couldn't make me laugh" (Weekly TV reviews)

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M Digs Through Jrockyaoi Archives And Pulls Out Interesting Shit Part 25

Friday Five answers (5/29/26)

this post is very general but it is also specifically about kaya

What kind of luck do you get when a black bear crosses your path?

a meeting with the high priest

Weekly summary: May 17 - May 23, 2026

Hikaru no Go Month 2026 (Part 4)

The 내 얘길 들어봐 & 爱你 Connection

being a bi dude who used to be a lesbian is such a weird positionality honestly

M Digs Through Jrockyaoi Archives And Pulls Out Interesting Shit Part 23

why did we stop trying to reclaim tranny?

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