Friday Five

Jan. 2nd, 2026 12:12 am
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Below are the questions from [community profile] thefridayfive for this week.

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Happy New Year, Smallweb!

Jan. 2nd, 2026 01:16 am
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What have you been working on and how are things going? Found any cool resources to share? Or just want to say hi?
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The sum of ourselves (468 words) by Petra, Teland
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Roy Harper & Koriand'r & Jason Todd
Characters: Roy Harper, Koriand'r (DCU), Jason Todd
Additional Tags: Nostalgia, Crack, Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Canon
Summary:

Red Hood and the Outlaws sit around chewing the fat after their first successful mission.

Poem: "Heartspur"

Jan. 1st, 2026 11:39 pm
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This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "silver-tongued" square in my 5-1-25 card for the Colors Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with [personal profile] fuzzyred. It belongs to A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows series.

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There is no stagnation in the heavens;
They spin on, shedding their light, as we watch.
So too, below, change both kneads and leavens,
Now squashing flat, now lifting heart and crotch.
The dearest lover's touch, once memorized,
Arouses in absentia, but its shade
Can't match the novel zing of lust surprised.
The chaos factor that brings us arrayed
To catch new paramours, or woo the caught,
Is lightning flash astonishment that's chased
In renewed union and a clinch red-hot,
With new-found passion or love long-embraced.
So bring to bed good novelties and play,
That you may keep love fresh, as dawn starts day.

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Many happy returns of the day, dear heart!

No Reason 21/23

Jan. 2nd, 2026 05:01 am
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Posted by Erin Ptah


Thorn: You can stop any time you need. I know it’s . . . “icky.”

Leif: That is not a problem.

That just means . . . when Manager Ludolf asks me about what we did today . . .

. . . I can describe this until he says “stop, that’s icky, I don’t want to hear it.”

Róta: Right back to work with you, pal. Ludolf can’t debrief tonight.

Leif: Why not?

Róta: It’s icky and you don’t want to hear it.

Watch "The Other Large Thing"

Jan. 1st, 2026 09:45 pm
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Love Death + Robots "The Other Large Thing" S4 E05 2025 Full Episode

This anthology show is hit-or-miss. Some episodes are meh, some cringeworthy, but the hits are among the best science fiction ever created. This is one of the best. It's a cautionary tale, and if you know cats ... disturbingly plausible. Also hilarious. Do not watch with mouth full.

I adore the pairing, too, such a memorable set: Dingleberry Jones and his minion Thumb Bringer.