Mirror Lake
Jul. 2nd, 2025 11:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tiggymalvernI went hiking yesterday! Something I've done almost none of this year, with all the stuff going on taking up my time, with planning permission and Kuro being chronically ill and just ugh. When I got back from the birdwatching weekend in Yakima, I said, 'And now I'll start going hiking!' and then promptly twisted my knee weeding the garden, so didn't hike for three weeks while it stopped aching.
Anyway, hiking happened!
I've done Mirror Lake before, but last time I did the longer route via the Pacific Crest Trail. You need a high clearance vehicle to get there unfortunately (I went with a friend that time). So with my very much not-high-clearance car, I took the shorter route, and figured that would be better for testing out my knee anyway.
( Mirror Lake - the short version )
Anyway, hiking happened!
I've done Mirror Lake before, but last time I did the longer route via the Pacific Crest Trail. You need a high clearance vehicle to get there unfortunately (I went with a friend that time). So with my very much not-high-clearance car, I took the shorter route, and figured that would be better for testing out my knee anyway.
( Mirror Lake - the short version )
[From Litha to Lammas]: Having No Objections, Harry/Theo preslash, 5/6, PG-13
Jul. 2nd, 2025 10:49 pm[Songs of Summer]: Wellspring, Harry/Blaise, R, 1/4
Jul. 2nd, 2025 11:07 amlomonaaerenTitle: Wellspring
Disclaimer: J. K. Rowling and associates own these characters. I am writing this story for fun and not profit.
Pairing: Harry/Blaise, past Harry/Ginny
Content Notes: Angst, drama, EWE, violence, curses, Master of Death Harry Potter
Rating: R
Summary: Blaise encounters a devastated Harry Potter in a pub in Knockturn Alley and discovers that Potter, unexpectedly, sheds the raw magic Blaise needs to navigate his hereditary curse. He arranges for them to help each other.
Author’s Notes: This is one of my “Songs of the Summer” fics that I’m posting between the summer solstice and the first of August. It should have three or four parts.
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Disclaimer: J. K. Rowling and associates own these characters. I am writing this story for fun and not profit.
Pairing: Harry/Blaise, past Harry/Ginny
Content Notes: Angst, drama, EWE, violence, curses, Master of Death Harry Potter
Rating: R
Summary: Blaise encounters a devastated Harry Potter in a pub in Knockturn Alley and discovers that Potter, unexpectedly, sheds the raw magic Blaise needs to navigate his hereditary curse. He arranges for them to help each other.
Author’s Notes: This is one of my “Songs of the Summer” fics that I’m posting between the summer solstice and the first of August. It should have three or four parts.
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On writing
Jul. 2nd, 2025 11:25 amindybagginsI want to start posting here more often again! So a meme on writing - feel free to steal it if you want to do it too!
🍓 How did you get into writing fanfiction?
I was one of those kids who had a feral childhood back in the nineties. My mother would work evenings and I'd be left alone to watch TV and put myself to bed, so I remember watching The X-Files from the time that I was like, 8? So once we got our first computer I looked it up, found fanfiction, and read it vicariously. After that came Lord of the Rings, which was the first fandom I wrote in.
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🍓 How did you get into writing fanfiction?
I was one of those kids who had a feral childhood back in the nineties. My mother would work evenings and I'd be left alone to watch TV and put myself to bed, so I remember watching The X-Files from the time that I was like, 8? So once we got our first computer I looked it up, found fanfiction, and read it vicariously. After that came Lord of the Rings, which was the first fandom I wrote in.
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[From Litha to Lammas]: Having No Objections, Harry/Theo preslash, 4/6, PG-13
Jul. 1st, 2025 10:57 pmDouble Drabble: Recognition (Albus Severus, Slughorn)
Jul. 1st, 2025 09:26 pmlightofdayeTitle: Recognition
Rating: PG
Characters & Pairing: Albus Severus Potter, Horace Slughorn
Word Count: 2 x 100
Content: mildly cracky/non-serious, canon typical violence, Al has a temper
Disclaimer: The characters, settings and HP Franchise as a whole are owned by JKR and not by me. I make no profit from writing this piece of fanfiction.
Summary: Al encounters trouble on the train.
A/n: Unbeta'd. Written for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
hp_nextgen100's Prompt #329: "Lightning". At the risk of underming myself, not the best, only one I could think of. Please ignore that Slughorn's career would have had to have lasted well over seventy years for him to teach nextgen.
( Recognition )
Rating: PG
Characters & Pairing: Albus Severus Potter, Horace Slughorn
Word Count: 2 x 100
Content: mildly cracky/non-serious, canon typical violence, Al has a temper
Disclaimer: The characters, settings and HP Franchise as a whole are owned by JKR and not by me. I make no profit from writing this piece of fanfiction.
Summary: Al encounters trouble on the train.
A/n: Unbeta'd. Written for
hp_nextgen100's Prompt #329: "Lightning". At the risk of underming myself, not the best, only one I could think of. Please ignore that Slughorn's career would have had to have lasted well over seventy years for him to teach nextgen.( Recognition )
[From Litha to Lammas]: Having No Objections, Harry/Theo preslash, 3/6, PG-13
Jun. 30th, 2025 10:20 pmSlytherin Affections
Jun. 30th, 2025 10:53 pmbleedingangel84Title: Slytherin Affections
Author/Artist:bleedingangel84
Rating: PG
Warnings: Fluff
Word Count: 124
Written for: JMDC 223-deal;dove_drabbles 140-Make time for yourself.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. Rights belong to the respective creators.
Notes: I apologize if this is too late, but I hope readers enjoy.
Summary: Harry and Draco have very Slytherin ways of showing affection.
( Harry/Draco )
Author/Artist:
bleedingangel84 Rating: PG
Warnings: Fluff
Word Count: 124
Written for: JMDC 223-deal;
dove_drabbles 140-Make time for yourself.Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. Rights belong to the respective creators.
Notes: I apologize if this is too late, but I hope readers enjoy.
Summary: Harry and Draco have very Slytherin ways of showing affection.
( Harry/Draco )
Rebuilding journal search again
Jun. 30th, 2025 03:18 pmalierak posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_maintenanceWe're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
[From Litha to Lammas]: Having No Objections, Harry/Theo preslash, 2/6, PG-13
Jun. 29th, 2025 10:03 pmA Few Films I Watched Recently
Jun. 29th, 2025 09:40 amtiggymalvernMars Express French animated sci-fi film, tackling the subject of rights for non-human intelligences. These include both robots and dead people who have had their brains uploaded into robot bodies. Two cops tracking down hackers who 'jail-break' the artificials from their restrictions find themselves involved in a conspiracy of corruption and political manipulation.
It's a really good film, with a well balanced combination of action and ethical debate. It's also very French. Is it a good ending? Is it a sad ending? It might be a bit of both - like the real world, it's complicated, and who knows what the future holds?
Heretic A bottle psychological horror film, with a main cast of just three. Two young mormons visit the house of a man who wants to discuss theology and religion, but they soon start to get a bad feeling about their situation.
Hugh Grant is fantastic playing against type as an evil manipulator, slowly dragging people into a web of death and despair. Some of the religious commentary got a bit heavy-handed, even while valid, but overall I enjoyed it. A good example of what can be done with a small cast and a few sets.
Conclave Loved it! It's 90% political drama, with all the conspiracy and back-stabbing expected of the genre, that just happens to have the trappings of the Roman Catholic Church. It has a fantastic ensemble cast, with not a weak link among them. And of course I loved the ending, which absolutely cannot be spoiled.
It's a really good film, with a well balanced combination of action and ethical debate. It's also very French. Is it a good ending? Is it a sad ending? It might be a bit of both - like the real world, it's complicated, and who knows what the future holds?
Heretic A bottle psychological horror film, with a main cast of just three. Two young mormons visit the house of a man who wants to discuss theology and religion, but they soon start to get a bad feeling about their situation.
Hugh Grant is fantastic playing against type as an evil manipulator, slowly dragging people into a web of death and despair. Some of the religious commentary got a bit heavy-handed, even while valid, but overall I enjoyed it. A good example of what can be done with a small cast and a few sets.
Conclave Loved it! It's 90% political drama, with all the conspiracy and back-stabbing expected of the genre, that just happens to have the trappings of the Roman Catholic Church. It has a fantastic ensemble cast, with not a weak link among them. And of course I loved the ending, which absolutely cannot be spoiled.
[From Litha to Lammas]: Having No Objections, Harry/Theo preslash, 1/6, PG-13
Jun. 28th, 2025 09:38 pmlomonaaerenTitle: Having No Objections
Disclaimer: J. K. Rowling and associates own these characters. I am writing this story for fun and not profit.
Pairing: Harry/Theo preslash
Content Notes: AU starting with first year, arranged marriage, angst, present tense, short scenes, canon-typical violence, minor character deaths
Rating: : PG-13
Summary: AU. Harry finds out during his first year that, for some reason, his parents set up a betrothal contract for him with Theo Nott. Theo doesn’t seem to have any objections to it, which puzzles Harry, given that he’s a Slytherin and all. But as the years pass, Harry begins to understand some of what he might gain from this.
Author’s Notes: This is the second of my “From Litha to Lammas” chaptered fics being posted between the summer solstice and the first of August. It covers first and second year, and will eventually have sequels.
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Disclaimer: J. K. Rowling and associates own these characters. I am writing this story for fun and not profit.
Pairing: Harry/Theo preslash
Content Notes: AU starting with first year, arranged marriage, angst, present tense, short scenes, canon-typical violence, minor character deaths
Rating: : PG-13
Summary: AU. Harry finds out during his first year that, for some reason, his parents set up a betrothal contract for him with Theo Nott. Theo doesn’t seem to have any objections to it, which puzzles Harry, given that he’s a Slytherin and all. But as the years pass, Harry begins to understand some of what he might gain from this.
Author’s Notes: This is the second of my “From Litha to Lammas” chaptered fics being posted between the summer solstice and the first of August. It covers first and second year, and will eventually have sequels.
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Jun. 28th, 2025 11:12 amtiggymalvernOne of the many reasons a clover lawn is superior to a grass lawn. The bees like the flowers, and it feeds the rabbits and deer.
All the construction going on hasn't stopped the visitors!
All the construction going on hasn't stopped the visitors!
Fic: Gifted (Teddy/James/Victoire)
Jun. 28th, 2025 12:24 pmlightofdayeTitle: Gifted
Rating: NC-17
Characters & Pairing: Teddy Lupin/James Sirus Potter/Victoire Weasley
Word Count: 380
Content: PWP, threesome - MMF, slash/bi-men, anal sex, directed sex
Disclaimer: The characters, settings and HP Franchise as a whole are owned by JKR and not by me. I make no profit from writing this piece of fanfiction.
Summary: It's James' birthday but is he getting a gift or is he the gift?
A/n: Fortorino10154 on her birthday. Hope it's a good one.
( Gifted )
Rating: NC-17
Characters & Pairing: Teddy Lupin/James Sirus Potter/Victoire Weasley
Word Count: 380
Content: PWP, threesome - MMF, slash/bi-men, anal sex, directed sex
Disclaimer: The characters, settings and HP Franchise as a whole are owned by JKR and not by me. I make no profit from writing this piece of fanfiction.
Summary: It's James' birthday but is he getting a gift or is he the gift?
A/n: For
torino10154 on her birthday. Hope it's a good one.( Gifted )