Bucky Barnes | Aromantic Bucky Barnes presents: Aromantic Bucky Barnes Fest (2026)
Mar. 19th, 2026 09:17 pm
Mar. 19th, 2026 09:17 pm
word game: shadow
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ficwipThis week's word is...
shadow
How to play: Find the word in any WIP and comment with the sentence containing it. Just the one, ideally! The less context, the more hilarious & interesting it can be.
Rules:
- All fandoms, all ships, all writers welcome
- Give a head's up for disturbing/distressing content
- If you share a sentence, please read some left by other writers and drop at least one person a comment. (If you leave the first comment, thanks for starting us off and please stop back later!)
shadow
How to play: Find the word in any WIP and comment with the sentence containing it. Just the one, ideally! The less context, the more hilarious & interesting it can be.
Rules:
- All fandoms, all ships, all writers welcome
- Give a head's up for disturbing/distressing content
- If you share a sentence, please read some left by other writers and drop at least one person a comment. (If you leave the first comment, thanks for starting us off and please stop back later!)
Carrot Halwa Cake
Mar. 18th, 2026 04:28 amnverland posting in creative_cooks
Carrot Halwa Cake
Prep Time20 minutes mins Cook Time40 minutes mins Cooling Time20 minutes mins Total Time1 hour hr 20 minutes mins Servings: 8
Ingredients
For the Caramelized Carrots
1 tablespoon vegan butter
3 cups (384 g) shredded carrots (About three and a half cups of chopped carrots, if you're going to shred them )
3 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons almond flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/8 teaspoon lime zest
For the Dry Ingredients
1 1/2 cups (187.5 g) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (59.15 g) almond flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
For the Spices
3/4 teaspoons cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/8 teaspoon each of ground nutmeg, cloves, and allspice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon lime zest
For the Wet Ingredients
1 cup (236.59 ml) non-dairy milk such as almond, soy, cashew, oat milk
1 tablespoon flaxseed meal mixed with 2 1/2 tablespoons of water
1/3 cup (73.33 g) brown sugar
3 tablespoons oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla powder
To Top the Carrots
2 tablespoons raw cashews or roasted, unsalted cashews
2 tablespoons raisins soaked in warm water for 10 minutes
1/2 teaspoon oil optional
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Vegan Corned Beef
Mar. 17th, 2026 04:46 amnverland posting in creative_cooks
Vegan Corned Beef
Yield: 4 prep: 5 MINUTES cook: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES total: 1 HOUR 35 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
US
For the basic vegan corned beef:
5 cups Water
1 Tbsp salt
1 tsp pickling spice
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 leaf bay leaf
1 small beet, or 1 tsp brown sugar and a few drops of red food coloring
2 14 oz packages tofu, or tempeh, or seitan
For a vegan corned beef and cabbage meal…
1 small Cabbage
4-6 small Potatoes
3-4 medium Carrots
METRIC
For the basic vegan corned beef:
1.18 L Water
1 Tbsp salt
1 tsp pickling spice
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 leaf bay leaf
1 small beet, or 1 tsp brown sugar and a few drops of red food coloring
2 396 g packages tofu, or tempeh, or seitan
For a vegan corned beef and cabbage meal…
1 small Cabbage
4-6 small Potatoes
3-4 medium Carrots
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Corned Beef Tacos with Beer Battered Fries
Mar. 17th, 2026 04:41 amnverland posting in creative_cooks
Corned Beef Tacos with Beer Battered Fries
Prep time: 20 MINUTES cook time: 8 HOURS total time: 8 HOURS
Ingredients
Corned Beef
2-3 pounds corned beef
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons cumin
2 teaspoons chipotle chili
1 ½ teaspoons onion powder
3 cloves garlic, minced or grated
½ cup orange juice
¼ cup lime juice
Toppings
1 cup plain Greek yogurt
Juice of 1 lime
¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
6-8 corn or flour tortillas, warmed
1 cup shredded sharp Irish cheddar
Shredded cabbage, for serving
Lime wedges, for serving
Beer Battered Fries
1 cup flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon salt + pepper
1 cup light beer
3 pounds russet potatoes cut into 1-inch sticks
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A little bit OPLA S2 stuff
Mar. 15th, 2026 03:37 pmnayeHaving been a One Piece fan since 2004, I was INCREDIBLY surprised when I went from "but why would you do that?" about the then forthcoming One Piece live action adaptation to head over heels in love with the writing, acting, production, and music. I was absolutely psyched for season two, which came out on Tuesday. My old friend shayera suggested getting together to watch it, so she came over to hang out with doctorskuld and me this weekend. We've all been into One Piece for 20+ years, and are fans of the magnitude where we have all written One Piece fic and made One Piece vid, as well as gone to events in Japan. (Seeing Oda Eiichiro live and getting to be in the crowd shouting "Arigatou!" at him is forever going to be a highlight of my fannish life.)
Which is to say: we are probably the worst kind of audience to try to please. But, of course, we all loved it. It is a tour de force in every way. THIS is how you adapt a manga! This is how you pour your heart and soul into making something so good it's impossible not to be won over by it.
I really was excited when the incomparable Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli released two tracks from the S2 OST (not yet released) ahead of the premiere. The first was the absolutely epic Pray to the Sun, featuring none other than THE HU as well as Declan de Barra. Listen to that sound! That is 100% what Elbaph music sounds like! It's got such a wild range of instruments, from Nordic nyckelharpa to Mongolian morin khuur, and those lyrics are - well. Let's just say that if you're up to date on the anime they will mean more than you may think.
Then they released their collaboration with baritone saxofonist Leo P, Whiskey Peak Saloon. Amazing energy! Amazing fun! I highly recommend Sonya Belousova's Instagram for lots of informative (and enthusiastic!) behind the scenes information on the OST.
As for the eight episodes - I am so glad season 3 is already in production, because I need more immediately. It's so bonkers and fun in the best way, at the same time as it manages to capture both the emotional heart of the story. And the production is so good?? Not just the amazing quality of everything from costume and props to sets, but the level of details that goes into everything - and also the way they've adapted the story...! There were so many great easter eggs, shout-outs, and treats for fans of the manga and anime, and I've put several on Tumblr already. Let's see...
This moment, when Dragon turns around in episode 1, and the camera focuses on the man standing behind him? Yeah, I made a teakettle noise of surprised delight. I also think there may be a relevant Wanted poster very out of focus in the background when they enter Loguetown.
Another fun Loguetown background thing that actually comes back in episode 5 is Hero of the Marines: The Musical about Garp. Just. The amount of namedropping that happens in the legible part of the review of said musical is astounding.
There's also a lot of legible text in the Baroque Works files that we see in episode 5.
Finally, for fans who've watched through Wano there is a huge easter egg standing around on Dorry's chest in episode 4. (I believe for fans up to date on the manga there are two Easter Eggs.)
...I say "finally" though I am pretty sure I am not done with discovering fun things in OPLA. I mean. I haven't even made a gif set for it yet...!
shayera suggested getting together to watch it, so she came over to hang out with doctorskuld and me this weekend. We've all been into One Piece for 20+ years, and are fans of the magnitude where we have all written One Piece fic and made One Piece vid, as well as gone to events in Japan. (Seeing Oda Eiichiro live and getting to be in the crowd shouting "Arigatou!" at him is forever going to be a highlight of my fannish life.)Which is to say: we are probably the worst kind of audience to try to please. But, of course, we all loved it. It is a tour de force in every way. THIS is how you adapt a manga! This is how you pour your heart and soul into making something so good it's impossible not to be won over by it.
I really was excited when the incomparable Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli released two tracks from the S2 OST (not yet released) ahead of the premiere. The first was the absolutely epic Pray to the Sun, featuring none other than THE HU as well as Declan de Barra. Listen to that sound! That is 100% what Elbaph music sounds like! It's got such a wild range of instruments, from Nordic nyckelharpa to Mongolian morin khuur, and those lyrics are - well. Let's just say that if you're up to date on the anime they will mean more than you may think.
Then they released their collaboration with baritone saxofonist Leo P, Whiskey Peak Saloon. Amazing energy! Amazing fun! I highly recommend Sonya Belousova's Instagram for lots of informative (and enthusiastic!) behind the scenes information on the OST.
As for the eight episodes - I am so glad season 3 is already in production, because I need more immediately. It's so bonkers and fun in the best way, at the same time as it manages to capture both the emotional heart of the story. And the production is so good?? Not just the amazing quality of everything from costume and props to sets, but the level of details that goes into everything - and also the way they've adapted the story...! There were so many great easter eggs, shout-outs, and treats for fans of the manga and anime, and I've put several on Tumblr already. Let's see...
This moment, when Dragon turns around in episode 1, and the camera focuses on the man standing behind him? Yeah, I made a teakettle noise of surprised delight. I also think there may be a relevant Wanted poster very out of focus in the background when they enter Loguetown.
Another fun Loguetown background thing that actually comes back in episode 5 is Hero of the Marines: The Musical about Garp. Just. The amount of namedropping that happens in the legible part of the review of said musical is astounding.
There's also a lot of legible text in the Baroque Works files that we see in episode 5.
Finally, for fans who've watched through Wano there is a huge easter egg standing around on Dorry's chest in episode 4. (I believe for fans up to date on the manga there are two Easter Eggs.)
...I say "finally" though I am pretty sure I am not done with discovering fun things in OPLA. I mean. I haven't even made a gif set for it yet...!
Performing some traffic maintenance today
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dw_maintenanceHappy Saturday!
I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!
If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.
A scattered weekly proof of life
Mar. 14th, 2026 11:24 amumadoshiI have worked. Uh. A lot. Over the past three weeks. o_o But now it's the weekend, and I don't currently have a rewrite to work on, and March Break lies ahead; the spring crunch isn't finished, but it's on hiatus for the week, and a normal workweek is a breath of fresh air at this point. (Also I'm taking a couple of days off during it.)
Yesterday work wrapped up early enough that I had an actual evening, so I was finally able to start Butterfly Effects, the fifteenth (!) InCryptid book. ("Finally" is a bit of a stretch, I guess, since it's still the release week, but this is a Sarah-narrated book. Mostly. SARAH.)
So my hopes for the weekend are pretty much: avoid napping (I don't find naps restorative and feel groggier after than before I started); finish reading Butterfly Effects; watch this week's The Pitt and hopefully the temporarily-streaming production of The Importance of Being Earnest withscruloose; get scruloose to redo my undercut; and (also with scruloose) do a second round of advance-prepping ten or so bags of the dry ingredients for my breakfast banana bread while also baking up a new batch of loaves. I think that last will also require decanting cinnamons from bags into jars, so maybe we'll manage a bit of other spice decanting/sorting while we're at it.
Yesterday work wrapped up early enough that I had an actual evening, so I was finally able to start Butterfly Effects, the fifteenth (!) InCryptid book. ("Finally" is a bit of a stretch, I guess, since it's still the release week, but this is a Sarah-narrated book. Mostly. SARAH.)
So my hopes for the weekend are pretty much: avoid napping (I don't find naps restorative and feel groggier after than before I started); finish reading Butterfly Effects; watch this week's The Pitt and hopefully the temporarily-streaming production of The Importance of Being Earnest with
scruloose; get scruloose to redo my undercut; and (also with scruloose) do a second round of advance-prepping ten or so bags of the dry ingredients for my breakfast banana bread while also baking up a new batch of loaves. I think that last will also require decanting cinnamons from bags into jars, so maybe we'll manage a bit of other spice decanting/sorting while we're at it.
Blackberry-Mint Julep
Mar. 14th, 2026 08:13 amnverland posting in creative_cooks
Blackberry-Mint Julep
Servings: 4
Ingredients
½ cup packed fresh mint leaves
1 pint blackberries
6 tablespoons sugar
½ cup bourbon
4 cups small ice cubes
4 sprigs mint, for garnishing
Directions
Roughly chop mint leaves.
Puree the mint, blackberries, and sugar in a blender. Press through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard seeds.
Rinse blender, then return puree to blender, and add bourbon and small ice cubes; blend until smooth. Divide mixture among 4 glasses. Garnish each with a mint sprig.
good news and bad news
Mar. 12th, 2026 08:40 pmyaaurensCardiology appointment was.... not particularly helpful.
The good news is, I have a heart! It is, according to the tech who did the ultrasound, anatomically correct and of an appropriate size!
The bad news is, this means I can no longer make Grinch jokes about myself. Alas!
No, really, the bad news is that there is no obvious reason for why my heart rate won't ever slow the fuck down. When we started the ultrasound, it was 140, and only got down to about 120 at the lowest, after lying on a table doing nothing for about 15 minutes. The tech asked about thyroid issues in the family and if I'd been tested for issues there, and yeah, that's been done every dang time with consistently clear results. Sooooooo yeah.
No idea what the next steps are; I'm going to shoot my PCP a message tomorrow if I don't hear from them and ask if they've received the results and what we should do next. I'm hoping the cardiologist himself (rather than the tech) will have some vague ideas, but I am not really expecting much.
Sigh. At least it's not likely my heart will explode any time soon?
The good news is, I have a heart! It is, according to the tech who did the ultrasound, anatomically correct and of an appropriate size!
The bad news is, this means I can no longer make Grinch jokes about myself. Alas!
No, really, the bad news is that there is no obvious reason for why my heart rate won't ever slow the fuck down. When we started the ultrasound, it was 140, and only got down to about 120 at the lowest, after lying on a table doing nothing for about 15 minutes. The tech asked about thyroid issues in the family and if I'd been tested for issues there, and yeah, that's been done every dang time with consistently clear results. Sooooooo yeah.
No idea what the next steps are; I'm going to shoot my PCP a message tomorrow if I don't hear from them and ask if they've received the results and what we should do next. I'm hoping the cardiologist himself (rather than the tech) will have some vague ideas, but I am not really expecting much.
Sigh. At least it's not likely my heart will explode any time soon?