Meta: High Potential
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shes_awesomesnowflake_challenge and I'm copying it here so more folks can see it. This show has a good set of awesome female characters. \o/High Potential
Overview
"High Potential" is a crime dramedy based around Morgan Gillory. She is highly gifted with an IQ of 160, and like many gifted people, most folks refuse to put up with her -- hence "high potential" being a mockery. Average adults don't like smart adults any better than average children like smart children, with predictably bad results. Thus she has wound up working as a cleaning lady at a police station. This leads her to pointing out an error in an investigation, which eventually brings her to work for the police as a civilian consultant.
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Postcards from America (01.27.26)
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slacktivist_feedCritical Role: Campaign 4, Episode 10
Jan. 27th, 2026 05:50 pmsettiaiAs with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
( Spoilers under the cut. )
Dept. of Cold and COVID
Jan. 27th, 2026 02:33 pmkaffy_rI thought I was coming down with the same bad cold that Bob was slowly recovering from. I don't get colds all that often, and I'd thought this one would pass me by, but nope, it appeared eager to settle in my head. Well, dang ... I headed for bed, hoping it wouldn't be too bad in the morning.
Around 3 a.m. Saturday I woke up with aches that signaled a potential temperature. And indeed I had one; 100.7, significantly higher than the 97.9 I usually run. I knew that colds don't feature fevers so I tested myself for COVID.
I didn't even have to wait the requisite 15 minutes, both lines were there in bright red within 30 seconds.
Welp.
I've felt like I've been hit by a truck ever since. I keep telling myself it's a smaller truck than it might have been, thanks to the booster shot I got last year (of course, I can't recall exactly when I got it, but I think it was in mid-summer.) but it's still a truck. I ran a lower temp on Sunday, and Monday and Tuesday, today, I haven't had a temperature since then and today I retook a test. At first, the only reaction was the control line. Huzzah! I was certain I'd gotten the first of the two negative tests I'd need to declare myself COVID free. As I said, Huzzah--
--except at the end of the 15 minute wait time, there it was, a faint but definite second line.
Welp. Again.
And it's still like being hit by a small truck.
Ah well, I'm getting some work done on my NTBP* novel, escaping a corner I'd painted myself into. And I'm also making some bread. That always comforts me.
And here, have something I wrote about cold decades ago. Since we're still in single digit temperatures with subzero windchills, it feels the same to me, although this was written after a relatively rare ice storm during a cold snap.
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March, 1995
Write Every day 2026: January, Day 27
Jan. 27th, 2026 10:19 pmtrobadoraToday's writing
Mostly structural work on an exchange fic, trying to wrangle it into a viable shape.
Tally
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badly_knitted, brithistorian, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadoraDay 27:
china_shop, trobadoraLet me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)
check in day 27
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Open Doors celebrates the completion of 9 (and one more) archive imports in 2025!
Jan. 27th, 2026 07:17 pmao3_news_feed
Open Doors is pleased to announce the completion of 9 archive import projects in 2025, plus an additional 5 subcollections, a total of over 34,000 works! We hope that you will find old and new favorites in the collections listed below.
Remembering Tiger Lily Roar
Completed: February 2025
Remembering Tiger Lily Roar is a memorial account for fanfiction written by Tiger Lily Roar, who was active in many fandoms, especially Young Justice. This memorial account was set up with the assistance of Open Doors with permission from Tiger Lily Roar’s family and is maintained by Eva.
Find works at the Remembering Tiger Lily Roar AO3 account.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Remembering Tiger Lily Roar import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Tiger Lily Roar Fanlore page.
due South Seekrit Santa
Completed: March 2025
due South Seekrit Santa (dSSS) is an annual gift exchange challenge for fans of due South. The dSSS archive was originally on http://dsss.crocolanthus.com/. After many attempts to communicate with the server admin/owner went unanswered, the crocolanthus dSSS archive went offline, and the domain name was lost. To preserve the archive, the works from the 2004-2009 exchanges were imported to AO3 by Open Doors and dSSS.
Find works at the due South Seekrit Santa AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the due South Seekrit Santa import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the due South Seekrit Santa Fanlore page.
Snow Lands
Completed: April 2025
Snow Lands was a fanfiction and fan comic archive for The Lion King (1994 animated movie) online until June 2023 and was run by Athari. The website hosted works in English and Russian and preserved some of the fandom’s masterpieces.
Find works at the Snow Lands AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Snow Lands’ import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Snow Lands Fanlore page.
Slash Advent Calendar
Completed: May 2025
The Slash Advent Calendar was a multifandom slash challenge that ran every December from 2002 to 2005. Founded by kira-nerys at Lady Kardasi Productions, it included works from fandoms such as Star Trek, Harry Potter, The Sentinel, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The archive went offline in 2010.
Find works at the Slash Advent Calendar AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Slash Advent Calendar import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Slash Advent Calendar Fanlore page.
My Mongoose Ezines
Completed: August 2025
My Mongoose is a Sentinel fanfiction and fanart ezine collection archive. In an effort to consolidate all My Mongoose Ezines, including all stories, art and miscellaneous, the creator and moderators decided to house the works at Archive of our Own.
Find works at the My Mongoose AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the My Mongoose import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the My Mongoose Fanlore page.
Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive
Completed: October 2025
Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive was a Saint Seiya fansite that started in 1998. It was an important early contributor to the Saint Seiya fandom, as one of the first sites on the internet to use English, unifying the uniquely global and diverse fan following. The site went offline in 2019, after which Tracy began contacting individual creators and collecting permission to ensure permanent preservation.
Find works at the Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive Fanlore page.
Oz Magi
Completed: November 2025
Oz Magi is an annual gift exchange for the HBO Oz fandom that has been active since 2004 on LiveJournal and Dreamwidth. The moderator created an AO3 collection for Oz Magi in 2012, but wanted to also archive the earlier fanworks. This will be an ongoing import, with each year’s fanworks being transferred across to AO3 on behalf of the creators.
The related imports of HBO Oz archives Unit B and Twisted Sisterhood are still in progress.
Find works at the Oz Magi AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Unit B, Twisted Sisterhood and Oz Magi import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Oz Magi Fanlore page.
InDeath.net Fan Fiction
Completed: November 2025
InDeath.net Fan Fiction is a fanfiction archive for the In Death book series by Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb. It was a sub-section of the InDeath.net forum community, and the forum had sections for discussing fanfiction posted to the InDeath.net Fan Fiction archive.
Find works at the InDeath.net Fan Fiction AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the InDeath.net import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the InDeath.net Fanlore page.
Absolution - The Inugrrrl Memorial
Completed: December 2025
Inugrrrl was a longtime fan and fanfiction writer of InuYasha and the InuYasha/Kagome pairing. In her own words, she was known for “writing characterization-breaking, smut-filled, angst-riddled, alternate universe pulp fiction without a hint of shame, regret, or apology.” She was active in the fanbase from 2005-2024. Inugrrrl tragically passed away in June of 2024 and her daughter wished for her mother’s fanworks to remain online for the fanbase to enjoy.
Find works written by Inugrrrl at the Absolution - The Inugrrrl Memorial AO3 account, and works gifted to Inugrrrl at the Inugrrrl's Gifted Fics collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Absolution - The Inugrrrl Memorial import announcement post. To learn the history of Inugrrrl or to share some stories of your own, check out the Inugrrrl Fanlore page.
And one more...
In June 2025, Open Doors imported the following subcollections from FictionAlley: AstronomyTower, HPInkPot, Riddikulus, Schnoogle, and TheDarkArts.
Find works at the FictionAlley AO3 collection.
ArtisticAlley is yet to be imported, which means the import of FictionAlley is still ongoing.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the FictionAlley import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the FictionAlley Fanlore page.
We want to give a huge THANK YOU to all of the archivists and volunteers who made these imports possible, as well as all the creators who have transferred or claimed their works! We look forward to importing more archives in 2026.
Commenting on this post will be disabled in 14 days. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding these imports after that date, please contact Open Doors.
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Open Doors celebrates the completion of 9 (and one more) archive imports in 2025!
Jan. 27th, 2026 07:13 pmotw_news_feedOpen Doors is pleased to announce the completion of 9 archive import projects in 2025, plus an additional 5 subcollections, a total of over 34,000 works! We hope that you will find old and new favorites in the collections listed below.
Remembering Tiger Lily Roar
Completed: February 2025
Remembering Tiger Lily Roar is a memorial account for fanfiction written by Tiger Lily Roar, who was active in many fandoms, especially Young Justice. This memorial account was set up with the assistance of Open Doors with permission from Tiger Lily Roar’s family and is maintained by Eva.
Find works at the Remembering Tiger Lily Roar AO3 account.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Remembering Tiger Lily Roar import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Tiger Lily Roar Fanlore page.
due South Seekrit Santa
Completed: March 2025
due South Seekrit Santa (dSSS) is an annual gift exchange challenge for fans of due South. The dSSS archive was originally on http://dsss.crocolanthus.com/. After many attempts to communicate with the server admin/owner went unanswered, the crocolanthus dSSS archive went offline, and the domain name was lost. To preserve the archive, the works from the 2004-2009 exchanges were imported to AO3 by Open Doors and dSSS.
Find works at the due South Seekrit Santa AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the due South Seekrit Santa import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the due South Seekrit Santa Fanlore page.
Snow Lands
Completed: April 2025
Snow Lands was a fanfiction and fan comic archive for The Lion King (1994 animated movie) online until June 2023 and was run by Athari. The website hosted works in English and Russian and preserved some of the fandom’s masterpieces.
Find works at the Snow Lands AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Snow Lands’ import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Snow Lands Fanlore page.
Slash Advent Calendar
Completed: May 2025
The Slash Advent Calendar was a multifandom slash challenge that ran every December from 2002 to 2005. Founded by kira-nerys at Lady Kardasi Productions, it included works from fandoms such as Star Trek, Harry Potter, The Sentinel, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The archive went offline in 2010.
Find works at the Slash Advent Calendar AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Slash Advent Calendar import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Slash Advent Calendar Fanlore page.
My Mongoose Ezines
Completed: August 2025
My Mongoose is a Sentinel fanfiction and fanart ezine collection archive. In an effort to consolidate all My Mongoose Ezines, including all stories, art and miscellaneous, the creator and moderators decided to house the works at Archive of our Own.
Find works at the My Mongoose AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the My Mongoose import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the My Mongoose Fanlore page.
Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive
Completed: October 2025
Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive was a Saint Seiya fansite that started in 1998. It was an important early contributor to the Saint Seiya fandom, as one of the first sites on the internet to use English, unifying the uniquely global and diverse fan following. The site went offline in 2019, after which Tracy began contacting individual creators and collecting permission to ensure permanent preservation.
Find works at the Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Stayka’s Saint Seiya Archive Fanlore page.
Oz Magi
Completed: November 2025
Oz Magi is an annual gift exchange for the HBO Oz fandom that has been active since 2004 on LiveJournal and Dreamwidth. The moderator created an AO3 collection for Oz Magi in 2012, but wanted to also archive the earlier fanworks. This will be an ongoing import, with each year’s fanworks being transferred across to AO3 on behalf of the creators.
The related imports of HBO Oz archives Unit B and Twisted Sisterhood are still in progress.
Find works at the Oz Magi AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Unit B, Twisted Sisterhood and Oz Magi import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the Oz Magi Fanlore page.
InDeath.net Fan Fiction
Completed: November 2025
InDeath.net Fan Fiction is a fanfiction archive for the In Death book series by Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb. It was a sub-section of the InDeath.net forum community, and the forum had sections for discussing fanfiction posted to the InDeath.net Fan Fiction archive.
Find works at the InDeath.net Fan Fiction AO3 collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the InDeath.net import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the InDeath.net Fanlore page.
Absolution – The Inugrrrl Memorial
Completed: December 2025
Inugrrrl was a longtime fan and fanfiction writer of InuYasha and the InuYasha/Kagome pairing. In her own words, she was known for “writing characterization-breaking, smut-filled, angst-riddled, alternate universe pulp fiction without a hint of shame, regret, or apology.” She was active in the fanbase from 2005-2024. Inugrrrl tragically passed away in June of 2024 and her daughter wished for her mother’s fanworks to remain online for the fanbase to enjoy.
Find works written by Inugrrrl at the Absolution – The Inugrrrl Memorial AO3 account, and works gifted to Inugrrrl at the Inugrrrl’s Gifted Fics collection.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the Absolution – The Inugrrrl Memorial import announcement post. To learn the history of Inugrrrl or to share some stories of your own, check out the Inugrrrl Fanlore page.
And one more…
In June 2025, Open Doors imported the following subcollections from FictionAlley: AstronomyTower, HPInkPot, Riddikulus, Schnoogle, and TheDarkArts.
Find works at the FictionAlley AO3 collection.
ArtisticAlley is yet to be imported, which means the import of FictionAlley is still ongoing.
For more information about the archive and its move to the AO3, see the FictionAlley import announcement post. To learn the history of the archive or to share some stories of your own, check out the FictionAlley Fanlore page.
We want to give a huge THANK YOU to all of the archivists and volunteers who made these imports possible, as well as all the creators who have transferred or claimed their works! We look forward to importing more archives in 2026.
Commenting on this post will be disabled in 14 days. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding these imports after that date, please contact Open Doors.
three sentence ficathon - second batch
Jan. 27th, 2026 07:05 pmqueenslayerbeeHere are the drabbles I wrote for the second post of the 3SF.
-Monstress, Maika/Tuya, "bloodless" (any, any, i may think of you softly from time to time but i'll cut off my hand before i ever reach for you again). dreamwidth link + ao3 link.
-The 100, Clarke/Josephine, "pillage" (Any, any, who left the blue veins of your throat unkissed?). dreamwidth link + ao3 link.
-DC comics, Mia Dearden, "better than being the prey" (Any, Any, Heart of a hunter). dreamwidth link + ao3 link.
-DC comics, Tara Markov, "hearsay" (Teen Titans (Any Media Type), Tara Markov, and they’d all be so disappointed / ‘cause who am I, if not exploited?). dreamwidth link + ao3 link.
While not for the 3SF, I've also written a triple drabble, bat-man and robins, featuring Dustin & Steve from Stranger Things ft. some talk about DC characters. Because why not mix two current interests.
Also these are the prompts I left, in case they inspire anyone :P
- Black Sails, Eleanor/Max, rose-tinted glasses.
- Black Sails, Max & Idelle, old women.
- Black Sails, Max & Silver, contrasts.
- Plecverse/Legacies, Hope/Lizzie, sirebond.
- Plecverse/Legacies, Ablah/Lizzie, 21st birthday.
- Plecverse/Legacies, Aurora/Lizzie, kindred spirits.
- Arrowverse/Batwoman, Ryan Wilder/Angelique Martin, reunion.
- Arrowverse/Arrow, Laurel/Nyssa, projections.
- Arrowverse/Legends of Tomorrow, Sara Lance/Amaya Jiwe, leadership.
- Buffyverse/BTVS, Tara/Willow, enchanted.
- Buffyverse/BTVS, Buffy/Drusilla, parallels.
- Buffyverse/BTVS, Kendra/Faith, crush.
T(ea) minus one month...
Jan. 27th, 2026 12:12 pmsettiaiThis one is at least useful, I'll give them that much. It's for Adagio, and I drink enough tea that I can definitely put a coupon to use.
Media Roundup: Bits and bobs
Jan. 27th, 2026 08:47 amforestofgloryGoat Magic by Kate Wheeler—Another graphic novel, this one with very cute goats. The art for this one was so cute and charming. I did feel a little bit frustrated with the politics, where there was some confusion about bad people vs bad systems. Also the romance kinda came out of nowhere (It didn’t help that I thought one of the main characters was like 12) Still a pretty fun book overall.
The Two Towers—Watched this with the kid and R, who as mentioned have recently finished reading the books. It’s fun to discuss the changes between the book and the movie with the kiddo! Also I forgot how good the armor details are in this! However a three hour movie with some chatting is a lot for me – at the end I was hitting sensory overload and needed to go sit somewhere quiet by myself for a while.
The Legend of the Demon Cat (2017)—I watched this movie with my group watch. It’s about a cat demon but also features Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi and various other historical figures. It was really good, though I’m having a hard time explaining why. It has a really big emotional range – some bits are creepy (and there is a bit of gore), some bits are sad, but some bits are really fun. And Bai Juyi’s character in this is great!
Unboxing Libby by Steph Cherrywell—My kid’s school is doing an optional book club, and this was the most recent book. I’ve been reading the books along with the kid and this is the third book this year. It’s about robots made to be kids toys who end up being used to simulate a human community on Mars. I really liked it! the friendship stuff was complicated and good!
Remember how I was all like “I guess I don’t read much original fiction anymore but I’m at peace with it” in my post about my 2025 media? Yet somehow I have read 10 books this month? They are mostly graphic novels which are quicker and easier for me, but still books are books. I don’t really expect to keep this up but it's nice for now.
While someone else is eating or opening a window*
Jan. 27th, 2026 03:53 pmoursinThinking about the 'how can you do/think about normal innocuous quotidien things' while shocking horrors are going on -
(Am not actually going to invoke pet genre of 'look at all these novels being written at a time when World War 2 was just about to begin/beginning'.)
This was just a coincidental thing that occurred to me when I was talking about something tangentially related when being a Nexpert for a journalist yesterday.
Who wanted to know about a certain sex manual v popular in its day and its author -
In the course of which I mentioned that it was not prosecuted for obscenity** unlike Eustace Chesser's Love without Fear (1940). One would have thought that possibly people had other things on their mind in 1940 than maximising matrimonial happiness, particularly considering that families were being broken up by men being conscripted into service, women being evacuated with their children, etc etc, but anyway, it was published, and sold several thousand copies before, in 1942, it was prosecuted for obscenity by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Again, one would think people had other things on their mind. Anyway, Chesser and his publisher decided to take the case to court and plead not guilty before a jury, bringing three medical witnesses for the defence. The jury was out for less than an hour before returning a 'not guilty' verdict.
***
Yesterday saw snowdrops appearing in the local park.
*WH Auden, Musée des Beaux Arts (1940)
**However, the Pope did put it on the Index.
Prompt: #479 - Frozen
Jan. 27th, 2026 10:10 amsweettartheart in 100wordsThis week's prompt is frozen.
Your response should be exactly 100 words long. You do not have to include the prompt in your response -- it is meant as inspiration only.
Please use the tag "prompt: #479 - frozen" with your response.
Please put your drabble under a cut tag if it contains potential triggers, mature or explicit content, or spoilers for media released in the last month.
If you would like a template for the header information you may use this:
Subject: Original - Title (or) Fandom - Title
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If you are a member of AO3 there is a 100 Words Collection!
Snowflake Challenge #13
Jan. 27th, 2026 02:16 amannavereTALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY SPACE YOU LIKE. It doesn’t need to be your favorite, or the one where you spend the most time (although it certainly can be). Maybe it’s even one that you’ve barely visited. But talk about that space and how it helps support fannish community.
This ended up being kind of a strengths and weaknesses for Dreamwidth and Discord post. They are the two places where I most frequently converse or observe others conversing, and here is what I have noticed.
Pro DW:
My main space is simply this network of DW journals, with links to AO3. It is designed for individual spaces. I like the archival qualities and the threaded comments, and the easy approachability of the conversations. Something I struggle with over on Discord is how conversations happen in real time and I tend to arrive after they have concluded. Older, interesting meta disappears several hundred scrolls above the current topic and the subjects I would have jumped on are over by the time I see them. Here, if I see an interesting post before I have to leave for work, it can wait and I can fire off a comment the instant I'm back home. And if I'm having a tough evening, it can wait until morning. I can even show up later than that. It is a very forgiving platform for the passage of time in the real world, where Discord is inherently linked to it.
If I have free time and open Discord, I sometimes face the irony that nobody is around until after I've given up and gone away. None of this is helped by my working Saturday afternoons. I feel like I miss all the good stuff over there. So Discord is mostly a place where I lurk, or do individual messaging like it's a phone on my computer.
DW is where I try to communicate to the world at large. It's also easier because Discord servers are a group area, a public space. If I go there to talk, I am inherently encroaching on someone else's time. "Stop what you're doing and talk to me!" Here, I have my own space, where I can feel like I'm not bothering anyone, especially with the wonder of cut tags, which make my posts completely voluntary to view.
On the paradoxical flipside, Discord is utterly terrible for shy fandom newcomers because it is a private public space. So much stuff is invite only and you can't see what you're stepping into before you do. I still only have the one server. I spent so much of the first couple years on DW scrolling through other people's journals, reading their comment sections and learning the etiquette by example. Discord would have made all of that research impossible and hindered my efforts to slowly learn how to talk to people.
Pro Discord:
However, there are a lot of people over there and the energy is palpable. That sense of somebody always being around in a server, and the layout where anything you haven't read getting bolded (the opposite of DW; you literally can't hide your words over there) means it is the go to place if you need swift advice.
First year I did the Shortcuts exchange, I was limited to DW, I was brand new, and the one person I saw offering to beta for others was my own assignment. I made a separate request, but failed to find someone else to beta my fic, and I felt great shame in this. Second year, I was on the Shortcuts Discord, and no sooner did I miserably type my request into the appropriate thread, without even having time to begin spiralling over the ways it could go wrong, when I got someone cheerily saying "sure thing!"
Also, the PM system over there works great and is super easy to switch over to, if a conversation starts to wander from the server topic, or just feels like it should be private. Sometimes the public-facing, archival quality of DW and AO3 actually hinders easy conversation. Sometimes I need to vent, and Discord having what amounts to a phone system makes that okay.
I also believe Discord is so high on energy because of the casual nature of its posting strategy. I wish more people would just fire off a casual thought on DW, but it is designed for long-form and that factors into the kind of thing people say. Posts take time to craft. People are expending higher resources, and that means a post which is met with silence is a bit crushing.
On Discord, you can just toss a quick sentence into the crowd. If it gets picked up and evolves into a conversation, great! If not, you lost about ten seconds. It is much easier to just hang out, to have a presence. I wish DW was more active, but I can see why it isn't. There have been plenty of times I haven't had the reserves for it, either. I get it. It's fun, but it's time consuming and can be very quiet.
Conclusions:
The best strategy is to use both, as they counterbalance each other's limitations. However, I think everyone will naturally have a preference. Mine is for DW. My adoption of Discord is slow, but I have learned to appreciate what it does for fandom. More so by making this post.
City on Fire (Metropolitan, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams
Jan. 27th, 2026 08:45 amjames_davis_nicoll
Having successfully fled her home city with the proceeds of a spectacular heist, Aiah must now build a new life on that foundation.
City on Fire (Metropolitan, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams
Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday
Jan. 27th, 2026 12:00 pmicon_uk in scans_dailyTalk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
Though it must be said that that has been harder and harder to avoid. It would be remiss to not acknowledge the growing efforts of those resisting authoritarian overreach, which has led to at least two deaths of late, and likely more. We name Renée Good and Alex Pretti as victims of this situation.
I will mention, on the UK side, more of the more extreme Tories from the last administration are defecting to the very very Right Wing Reform Party. I've seen this described as rats leaving the Titanic to discover they've landed on the Titan submersible. A confused mental image, but I understand what they mean.
The international stage defies any attempt at summary because where would be start, but that is part of the playbook, so let's not and focus on trivialities
The UK version of the Traitors ended with a remarkably tense finale where, with a sort of delicious irony, the Faithful wavered in their support, but the Traitors remained faithful to each other. There's probably a lesson in there.
Masters of the Universe got a teaser trailer which I think looks like a LOT of fun
And so did a series I didn't even know was happening Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord.
Starfleet Academy had it's most "college humour" episode so far, with a prank war breaking out between the Academy and the War College next door.
And Tom Baker and John Leeson are joining together again to play Holmes and Watson in a new audio drama! Which will also feature Nicholas Rowe, who played Young Sherlock in the Spielberg movie back in the 80's!
PDPHs 2/2: New #53-63
Jan. 28th, 2026 01:42 ammodzilla in fffxMinimum requirements: An art gift must be a completed comic at least 10 pages or 40 panels long; a fic gift must be a story at least 10,000 words long. You can also fulfil a pinch hit by giving two complete half-length works, if your recipient has opted into that for the fandom(s) you are creating in. Any work must be for a fandom your recipient has requested and one character/relationship/worldbuilding tag requested in that fandom, and must avoid their DNWs.
Pinch hits can now be claimed in 5k or 20-panel increments if the recipient has opted into receiving half-length works. Please say in your claim if you're claiming a pinch hit for 5k (fic) or 20 panels (comic), and for what fandom.
( Pinch hit #53 - art, fic - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom [Star Wars Sequel Trilogy/Star Wars: Ahsoka] )
( Pinch hit #54 - fic - Angel: the Series, Black Widow (Movie 2021), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Crossover Fandom [various] x2, DCU (Comics), Gothika (2003), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Original Work, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025) )
( Pinch hit #55 - art, fic - Invisible Inc. (Video Game), Betrayal at Krondor (Video Games), Neverwinter Nights: Mask of the Betrayer (Video Game), Sunless Sea, Tactical Breach Wizards (Video Game), Citizen Sleeper (Video Games), Original Work, Crossover Fandom [various] )
( Pinch hit #56 - art, fic - 9-1-1 (TV), 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Ouran High School Host Club - All Media Types )
( Pinch hit #57 - fic - Stranger Things (TV 2016) x2, Cool Runnings (1993), Real Genius (1985), Bandom, Good Omens (TV) )
( Pinch hit #58 - art, fic - Call of Duty (Video Games), Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Final Fantasy XV, Alex Rider (TV 2020), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, DCU (Comics) x2, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), The Witcher (TV) )
( Pinch hit #59 - art, fic - Crossover Fandom [various], DCU (Comics), Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Original Work, Final Fantasy XV, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Alex Rider (TV 2020), House M.D., Call of Duty (Video Games) )
( PARTLY CLAIMED - Pinch hit #60 - fic - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling x4, Superman (Movie 2025), Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, True Blood (TV) )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled with one 5k story.
( Pinch hit #61 - art, fic - Fire Emblem: Soen no Kiseki/Akatsuki no Megami | Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn, Leverage (US TV 2008), 幽☆遊☆白書 | YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom [various] )
( Pinch hit #62 - art, fic - 少年歌行 | The Blood of Youth (Live Action TV), 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV), 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV), 伪装者 | The Disguiser (TV), 少年白马醉春风 | Dashing Youth (Live Action TV), 杀破狼 | Sha Po Lang - priest )
( Pinch hit #63 - fic - The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Wolf 359 (Radio), Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Hermitcraft SMP, Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series )