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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2025-05-24 02:18 pm

[ SECRET POST #6714 ]


⌈ Secret Post #6714 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2025-05-24 02:11 pm

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #961 ]

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #961 ]




The first secret from this batch will be posted on May 31st.



RULES:
1. One secret link per comment.
2. 750x750 px or smaller.
3. Link directly to the image.

More details on how to send a secret in!

Optional: If you would like your secret's fandom to be noted in the main post along with the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. If your secret makes the fandom obvious, there's no need to do this. If your fandom is obscure, you should probably tell me what it is.

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Optional #3: If you would like a transcript to be posted along with your secret, put it along with the link in the comment!

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smallhobbit ([personal profile] smallhobbit) wrote in [community profile] fan_flashworks2025-05-24 06:57 pm

Miss Marple: Fanfic: An Old Lady's Privilege

Title: An Old Lady's Privilege
Fandom: Miss Marple
Rating: G
Length: 200 words
Summary: Just an old lady taking a nap - or is she?

Smart Bitches, Trashy BooksSmart Bitches, Trashy Books ([syndicated profile] smartbitches_feed) wrote2025-05-24 08:00 am

Whatcha Reading? May 2025, Part Two

Posted by Amanda

Cozy seat in beautiful backyard flower gardenWelcome back to Whatcha Reading! Here’s how we’re wrapping up May:

Elyse: I just started This Monster of Mine. The author said the hero was inspired by Ben Barnes as the Darkling so …

Claudia: I’m struggling with the new Susanna Kearsley book, The King’s Messenger. ( A | BN | K | AB ) It’s told from the perspectives of multiple characters and to me it just feels jarring, like I don’t get to know any of them.

Amanda: What a coincidence, I picked up This Monster of Mine this week!

Tara: I just finished Dream a Little Dream by Melissa Brayden. ( A | BN | K | AB ) I want someone to make a mini series out of it now, because it has nighttime soap opera vibes.

Sarah: I was thinking about nighttime soaps this weekend. Dallas was my first really “grown up” show.

Carrie: I’m reading The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim. ( A | BN | K | AB ) I’m loving it but also finding it slow going and I’m not sure why.

Sarah: I am reading A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne. ( A | BN ) I think it was #1 in a category on Amazon that made me laugh — yes, “Magic romance.” Y’all, when Beyond Heaving Bosoms was released we were #1 in “movements and periods,” which meant that I’m forever charmed by the ?! bestseller tags.

This Monster of Mine
A | BN | K | AB
Amanda: Very surprised you’re reading that one lol

Sarah: This has been a curious reading experience. The Duskwalkers are like Leshens from Witcher and before that, mythology, and the whole “we eat people and absorb their humanity” is intriguing and also has some gaping plot holes. It also has some of the most clumsy, cumbersome sentences I’ve ever read.

“Her smile was haunting when he raised his head, knowing that she meant inside and not just how he had.”

At this point I’m reading to figure out how they get to the telegraphed ending: aside from schtupping and mundanity, there isn’t a lot of plot.

And I have learned that a few readers online think it is very heavily inspired by the anime/manga Ancient Magus Bride. I’m going to have to read that, too, huh? All in the name of “what is the monster type that would most interest me should I wish to embark upon monster romance.” I went with Leshen and look what happened, y’all.

Shana: Weirdly, I just put This Monster of Mine on hold at the library yesterday. Clearly this book is having a moment.

I’m reading Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. ( A | BN | K | G | AB ) I don’t usually like memoirs but this feel more like eavesdropping on a series of therapy sessions

Sarah: I listened to that book! It very much felt like I was listening in on things I wasn’t meant to hear.

The Poppy War
A | BN | K | AB
Kiki: I bought The Poppy War Trilogy by R. F. Kuang in audiobook on super-duper discount over a year ago and just started listening. I’m liking it so far, but I also know myself and know my odds of actually finishing a large fantasy series are…slim. Not a reflection necessarily of the book, just of my brain (and my love of an audiobook deal, seriously, the complete series was $6.00)

Sarah: That is a GOOD PRICE.

Kiki: For 60 hours of audiobook!

Sarah: HOLY CRAP.

Where are you going, Jupiter?

Kiki: Oh I’m one of those people who is always listening to something. Walking anywhere, cooking, cleaning, etc. and honestly a fair amount of my job can be done while listening to something too which helps.

Sarah: Same here. 60 hours my gosh. That’s a lot of chorin’.

So, whatcha reading? Let us know in the comments!

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Travis ([personal profile] torachan) wrote2025-05-23 11:10 pm
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Daily Happiness

1. Today is the start of a three day weekend! I'm very much looking forward to it.

2. The warm weather we had Tuesday and Wednesday seems to have been short-lived and we are back to having a bit cooler temps. We're going to Disneyland for lunch tomorrow rather than early morning, so I'm glad it's not supposed to be super hot.

3. I love how put out Chloe looks that Molly got the window spot first. Rather than go to any other sunny window in the house, she decided to just sit there and sulk lol.

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Travis ([personal profile] torachan) wrote2025-05-23 09:54 pm
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Weekly Reading

Currently Reading
Murder in Postscript
67%. My current audiobook and the first in a new historical murder mystery series. I'm enjoying it so far.

Riding the Rails
8%. Nonfiction about teenage hobos during the Depression. I picked this up from the library because it was mentioned on Tasting History in an episode where he did some sort of hobo stew. I only just got started but it's interesting so far, and reminds me of The Journey of Natty Gann, which I loved as a kid.

How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
14%.

Red Hail
11%.

The Clockwork Ghost
25%.

Architectural Follies in America
40%.

Recently Finished
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
At first I was finding this sequel a bit tiresome compared to the first as there was a really heavy focus on the romance and the adventure/mystery parts were really taking a backseat, but it picked up a lot in the second half and now I'm really looking forward to the next book in the series (which unfortunately is not out yet).

Parallel
Graphic novel about a gay German man who wants to reconcile with his estranged daughter. It goes back and forth between the past (from when he was young in WWII) through his two failed marriages, and the present day of the comic, which is the 80s, when homosexuality was still illegal. I didn't love the art style (it was sometimes hard to tell characters apart, especially with the two timelines) but I enjoyed the story.

Boku ga Shinu Dake no Hyaku Monogatari vol. 4-8
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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-05-23 11:35 pm
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Daily Check In

*\o/* Word Count Step Count Headache?
Daily 607 9,470 yes
Monthly 14,022 212,968 8 days
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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-05-23 09:39 pm
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Fandom50: #12

Oooh, 1987? I vaguely remember that year. 3 schools, since I left MS in the last term of 6th grade, finished it at a new one in FL, and started 7th grade down there (before moving back in the winter to finish back in MS). Let's see how many tabs I open. Hey only 22 catching my full attention. Let's narrow that down. hmm, 13? Let's do this.

length, and mention of reproductive choices )
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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2025-05-23 06:11 pm

[ SECRET POST #6713 ]


⌈ Secret Post #6713 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.


More! )


Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #959..
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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Althea Valara ([personal profile] althea_valara) wrote in [community profile] finalfantasy2025-05-23 04:44 pm
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Alphinaud meets Alphinaud!

I've posted about this before, last year but it bears posting about again now since there's a whole PC Gamer article about it: Colin Ryan, the English voice actor for Alphinaud in FFXIV, has been streaming the game over the past year (with a few months break to be on stage). Last weekend, he finished patch 2.55 of A Realm Reborn and started Heavensward, which means he heard himself in game for the first time. His reaction? ADORABLE:



I've caught most of his streams live, and I gotta say they are well worth watching. As a voice actor, he knows SOME of the story but not all of it, and it's a delight to see him put two and two together and something suddenly makes sense to him.

You can watch him on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/iamalphinaud
infinitum_noctem ([personal profile] infinitum_noctem) wrote in [community profile] fan_flashworks2025-05-23 05:00 pm

The Legend of Korra: Fanfiction: Demands Are Not Welcome Here, Turn and Walk Away

Title: Demands Are Not Welcome Here, Turn and Walk Away
Fandom: The Legend of Korra
Pairings: Korra/Asami Sato
Characters: Mako, Tenzin
Rating: G
Length: 80 words
Summary: 3 sentence fic. The Avatar finds a moment of peace with the ones she loves.

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Smart Bitches, Trashy BooksSmart Bitches, Trashy Books ([syndicated profile] smartbitches_feed) wrote2025-05-23 03:30 pm

Fantasy Romance, Meredith Duran, & More

Posted by Amanda

A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch

A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley is $1.99! This is book two in the Glimmer Falls series, which didn’t work for me as I prefer my paranormal romances to be a little darker. The heroine is a gym rat witch and the hero is a snarky demon with amnesia.

Calladia Cunnington curses the day she met Astaroth the demon, but when he shows up memoryless, why does she find him so helpless . . . and sort of hot?

Calladia Cunnington knows she’s rough around the edges, despite being the heir to one of small-town Glimmer Falls’ founding witch families. While her gym obsession is a great outlet for her anxieties and anger, her hot temper still gets the best of her and manifests in bar brawls. When Calladia saves someone from a demon attack one night, though, she’s happy to put her magic and rage to good use . . . until she realizes the man she saved is none other than Astaroth, the ruthless demon who orchestrated a soul bargain on her best friend.

Astaroth is a legendary soul bargainer and one of the nine members of the demon high council—except he can’t remember any of this. Suffering from amnesia after being banished to the mortal plane, Astaroth doesn’t know why a demon named Moloch is after him, nor why the muscular, angry, hot-in-a-terrifying-way witch who saved him hates him so much.

Unable to leave anyone in such a vulnerable state—even the most despicable demon—Calladia grudgingly decides to help him. (Besides, punching an amnesiac would be in poor taste.) The two set out on an uneasy road trip to find the witch who might be able to restore Astaroth’s memory so they can learn how to defeat Moloch. Calladia vows that once Astaroth is cured, she’ll kick his ass, but the more time she spends with the snarky yet utterly charming demon, the more she realizes she likes this new, improved Astaroth . . . and maybe she doesn’t want him to recover his memories, after all.

Add to Goodreads To-Read List →

You can find ordering info for this book here.

 

 

 

The Jasad Heir

The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem is $2.99 and a Kindle Daily Deal! This is book one in The Scorched Throne series. I heard about this one through a reading newsletter one of my friends sends out. She isn’t a big romance reader, but had great things to say about this fantasy romance.

Ten years ago, the kingdom of Jasad burned. Its magic outlawed; its royal family murdered down to the last child. At least, that’s what Sylvia wants people to believe.

The lost Heir of Jasad, Sylvia never wants to be found. She can’t think about how Nizahl’s armies laid waste to her kingdom and continue to hunt its people—not if she wants to stay alive. But when Arin, the Nizahl Heir, tracks a group of Jasadi rebels to her village, staying one step ahead of death gets trickier.

In a moment of anger Sylvia’s magic is exposed, capturing Arin’s attention. Now, to save her life, Sylvia will have to make a deal with her greatest enemy. If she helps him lure the rebels, she’ll escape persecution.

A deadly game begins. Sylvia can’t let Arin discover her identity even as hatred shifts into something more. Soon, Sylvia will have to choose between the life she wants and the one she left behind. The scorched kingdom is rising, and it needs a queen.

In this Egyptian-inspired debut fantasy, a fugitive queen strikes a deadly bargain with her greatest enemy and finds herself embroiled in a complex game that could resurrect her scorched kingdom or leave it in ashes forever.

Add to Goodreads To-Read List →

You can find ordering info for this book here.

 

 

 

The Wraith King

The Wraith King by Juliette Cross is 99c at Amazon! I mentioned this on Get Rec’d because I was certainly suckered in by a Goodreads ad. I’ve also had good experiences with Cross’s books in the past.

A brutal, bloody war against the ruthless Wraith King has cost the light fae more than innocent lives. Una Hartstone, Princess of Issos, learns the price the Wraith King demands to end the war once and for all. Her. In exchange for the safety of her people, she agrees to give her life—and her body—to her greatest enemy.

Gollaya Verbane is determined to fulfill his destiny and his god’s prophecy. When his seer points to the Princess of Issos as the key to the rise of the dark fae, he demands her submission. But when she finally yields, he realizes Una is much more to him than a priceless weapon.

A mystery that has haunted Una for years awakens when she is abducted and dragged back to Näkt Mir. The palace hides many dark secrets…and at least one traitor. A traitor determined to take King Goll’s throne—and all he possesses. What he doesn’t know is that Una’s magick is more powerful than he can imagine, and that Goll will burn the whole world to save her.

Add to Goodreads To-Read List →

You can find ordering info for this book here.

 

 

 

The Duke of Shadows

The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran is $3.99! We always get lots of comments when we feature a Duran title; many are hoping she’ll return to writing someday. If you need hope, I found a Reddit thread that mentioned Duran had updated her “About” page in the last couple years and makes references to finishing a manuscript.  Sarah reviewed it back in 2008 and gave it a B-:

Julian was tortured and noble, and though he didn’t change so much as come to own himself and the power at his disposal in both of the cultures that shaped him, his journey was fascinating. Julian was marvelous, and did things I wished heroes in other historical novels would do, including beating the ever living shit out of someone who truly deserved it, and being vindicated for doing so. YUM.

In a debut romance as passionate and sweeping as the British Empire, Meredith Duran paints a powerful picture of an aristocrat torn between two worlds, an heiress who dares to risk everything…and the love born in fire and darkness that nearly destroys them.

From exotic sandstone palaces…

Sick of tragedy, done with rebellion, Emmaline Martin vows to settle quietly into British Indian society. But when the pillars of privilege topple, her fiancé’s betrayal leaves Emma no choice. She must turn for help to the one man whom she should not trust, but cannot resist: Julian Sinclair, the dangerous and dazzling heir to the Duke of Auburn.

To the marble halls of London…

In London, they toast Sinclair with champagne. In India, they call him a traitor. Cynical and impatient with both worlds, Julian has never imagined that the place he might belong is in the embrace of a woman with a reluctant laugh and haunted eyes. But in a time of terrible darkness, he and Emma will discover that love itself can be perilous — and that a single decision can alter one’s life forever.

Destiny follows wherever you run.

A lifetime of grief later, in a cold London spring, Emma and Julian must finally confront the truth: no matter how hard one tries to deny it, some pasts cannot be disowned…and some passions never die.

Add to Goodreads To-Read List →

You can find ordering info for this book here.

 

 

 

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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-05-22 10:30 pm
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Daily Check In (Belated)

*\o/* Word Count Step Count Headache?
Daily 1,282 8,879 no
Monthly 13,415 203,498 7 days
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Linaewen ([personal profile] linaewen) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-05-23 07:02 am
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WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 23 -- Friday

Hello on Friday!  Looking back at the day today -- or yesterday, if today hasn't gotten going yet -- how did it go?

   - I thought about my fic once or twice
   - I wrote
   - I did some planning and/or research
   - I edited
   - I've sent my fic off to my beta
   - I posted today!
   - I'm taking a break
   - I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Looking forward, how are you planning to spend your weekend?

   - I'm going to make up for not writing all week by having a writing marathon
   - I'm going to keep writing at my current rate and see how it goes
   - I have other plans, but I might have time to get some writing in
   - I'm going to take a break from writing
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badly_knitted ([personal profile] badly_knitted) wrote in [community profile] fan_flashworks2025-05-23 12:53 pm

Torchwood: Fanfic: Naptime


Title: Naptime
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Twins, Nosy, Flufflets.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 638
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Naps are essential for busy parents as well as for toddlers.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 480: Nap.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.