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trobadora) wrote2025-08-20 02:48 am
trobadora) wrote2025-08-20 02:48 amDear Rarepair creator
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rarepairexchange creator,
thank you so much for writing a story or creating art for me! I'll be absolutely thrilled about anything you can create about the relationships I requested, and everything important is in the requests themselves, but if you'd like even more info, general likes etc., here you go,
My AO3 account is![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Trobadora, and it's set to welcome treats.
General Preferences
( Likes & Dislikes/DNWs )
Fandoms and relationships
In somewhat alphabetical order - note that some sections are expanded compared to the sign-up form:
Jump directly to:
( 绅探 | Detective L: Huo Wensi/Luo Fei )
( Grimm: Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard/Juliette Silverton )
( 镇魂 | Guardian (TV): Ya Qing/Zhu Hong )
( Grimm/Guardian crossover: Renard/Ya Qing )
( Legend of the Seeker: Cara/Darken Rahl )
( Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Anastasia/Jabberwocky )
( Time Engraver Crossovers: Time Engraver/Zhao Yunlan, Time Engraver/Jiang Yang )
( 长公主在上 | Eldest Princess On Top: Li Yunzhen/Gu Xuanqing )
rarepairexchange creator,thank you so much for writing a story or creating art for me! I'll be absolutely thrilled about anything you can create about the relationships I requested, and everything important is in the requests themselves, but if you'd like even more info, general likes etc., here you go,
My AO3 account is
General Preferences
( Likes & Dislikes/DNWs )
Fandoms and relationships
In somewhat alphabetical order - note that some sections are expanded compared to the sign-up form:
Jump directly to:
- 绅探 | Detective L: Huo Wensi/Luo Fei
- Grimm: Nick/Renard/Juliette
- 镇魂 | Guardian (TV): Ya Qing/Zhu Hong
- Grimm/镇魂 | Guardian (TV) crossover: Renard/Ya Qing
- Legend of the Seeker: Cara/Darken Rahl
- Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Anastasia/Jabberwocky
- Time Engraver crossovers: Time Engraver/Zhao Yunlan, Time Engraver/Jiang Yang
- 长公主在上 | Eldest Princess On Top: Li Yunzhen/Gu Xuanqing
( 绅探 | Detective L: Huo Wensi/Luo Fei )
( Grimm: Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard/Juliette Silverton )
( 镇魂 | Guardian (TV): Ya Qing/Zhu Hong )
( Grimm/Guardian crossover: Renard/Ya Qing )
( Legend of the Seeker: Cara/Darken Rahl )
( Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Anastasia/Jabberwocky )
( Time Engraver Crossovers: Time Engraver/Zhao Yunlan, Time Engraver/Jiang Yang )
( 长公主在上 | Eldest Princess On Top: Li Yunzhen/Gu Xuanqing )
kaffy_r (kaffy_r) wrote2025-08-14 05:17 pm
kaffy_r) wrote2025-08-14 05:17 pm
Entry tags:
Dept. of Shallow
Thirst Trap Summer
WHAT??!?
I'm sitting here, freshly out of the increasing heat and humidity, loving the sunshine I'm healthily out of, loving the AC, loving the music that is playing altogether too damn loud in my earbuds, and I am reminded that it doesn't matter how old I am, I do, in fact, have the right to admire the physical beauty of guys, gals, gender nonconforming folks, agender humans - in fact, I have the right to admire all the beauty one can find in our delightfully diverse species.
Is this shallow? I'm sure it could be viewed that way. I'm certainly aware that one can't judge a book by its cover, that outward beauty can hide inner ugliness (the portrait of Dorian Grey is an excellent reminder), that looking at beautiful bodies all too often fetishizes the minds and hearts inside those bodies, especially if the view is of a sexual nature. I know that.
And yet I insist, selfishly I suppose, that I do have the right - arguably an occasional duty, since ignoring beauty might dishonor one of Mother Nature's gifts - that I'm not evil for looking at pretty people and breathing out an appreciative "Helloooo, Nurse!"*
And this summer, my continuing immersion in KPop provides me a delightful opportunity to appreciate beauty. Suggestively sexy beauty. Outright sexy beauty; you know - thirst trap beauty.
WHAT??!?
Here. Have some, courtesy of Ateez. Tell me I'm wrong later.
You're welcome.
* Those of you who grew up in the 90s undoubtedly recall the Warners Brothers. There you go!
WHAT??!?
I'm sitting here, freshly out of the increasing heat and humidity, loving the sunshine I'm healthily out of, loving the AC, loving the music that is playing altogether too damn loud in my earbuds, and I am reminded that it doesn't matter how old I am, I do, in fact, have the right to admire the physical beauty of guys, gals, gender nonconforming folks, agender humans - in fact, I have the right to admire all the beauty one can find in our delightfully diverse species.
Is this shallow? I'm sure it could be viewed that way. I'm certainly aware that one can't judge a book by its cover, that outward beauty can hide inner ugliness (the portrait of Dorian Grey is an excellent reminder), that looking at beautiful bodies all too often fetishizes the minds and hearts inside those bodies, especially if the view is of a sexual nature. I know that.
And yet I insist, selfishly I suppose, that I do have the right - arguably an occasional duty, since ignoring beauty might dishonor one of Mother Nature's gifts - that I'm not evil for looking at pretty people and breathing out an appreciative "Helloooo, Nurse!"*
And this summer, my continuing immersion in KPop provides me a delightful opportunity to appreciate beauty. Suggestively sexy beauty. Outright sexy beauty; you know - thirst trap beauty.
WHAT??!?
Here. Have some, courtesy of Ateez. Tell me I'm wrong later.
You're welcome.
* Those of you who grew up in the 90s undoubtedly recall the Warners Brothers. There you go!
kaffy_r (kaffy_r) wrote2025-08-09 10:01 pm
kaffy_r) wrote2025-08-09 10:01 pm
Entry tags:
- food,
- home stuff,
- k-pop,
- silly,
- weather
Dept. of Baking
Healthy Summer Living FTW
It was 95F or so today, with a heat index of 106F. So what did I do? I stayed inside, of course, where I could enjoy air conditioning.
Oh, and then I spent the entire afternoon baking. You know, that culinary art that involves working in a hot kitchen? Yeah.
Why yes, I can operate somewhat counter intuitively, why do you ask?
About four dozen peanut butter chocolate chip cookies (far fewer as of now, since Bob and I have been eating far too many of them), and two loaves of bread, due to come out of the oven in about 29 minutes. And I am untowardly pleased with myself.
Tomorrow, I help my friend RS install Zoom on her tablet; we were supposed to do it Friday, and then today, but she said it was too hot for me to come over. I suppose I won't tell her about my kitchen adventures. Heh.
I'm wondering if there's anyone out there on my f'list who's watched KPop Demon Hunters. I have folks elsewhere who've seen it and loved it as I do, but I'm wondering what people beyond my KPop stan circles think of it. It's not really how KPop operates, but it's a cute KPop fairy tale* with some truly ear-wormy songs. Anyone out there? Anyone? Bueller?
*One of the guys in one of the groups I love said he couldn't watch it because it wasn't how things actually operated. Bless - fairy tales don't work like the real world works, sweetie.
It was 95F or so today, with a heat index of 106F. So what did I do? I stayed inside, of course, where I could enjoy air conditioning.
Oh, and then I spent the entire afternoon baking. You know, that culinary art that involves working in a hot kitchen? Yeah.
Why yes, I can operate somewhat counter intuitively, why do you ask?
About four dozen peanut butter chocolate chip cookies (far fewer as of now, since Bob and I have been eating far too many of them), and two loaves of bread, due to come out of the oven in about 29 minutes. And I am untowardly pleased with myself.
Tomorrow, I help my friend RS install Zoom on her tablet; we were supposed to do it Friday, and then today, but she said it was too hot for me to come over. I suppose I won't tell her about my kitchen adventures. Heh.
I'm wondering if there's anyone out there on my f'list who's watched KPop Demon Hunters. I have folks elsewhere who've seen it and loved it as I do, but I'm wondering what people beyond my KPop stan circles think of it. It's not really how KPop operates, but it's a cute KPop fairy tale* with some truly ear-wormy songs. Anyone out there? Anyone? Bueller?
*One of the guys in one of the groups I love said he couldn't watch it because it wasn't how things actually operated. Bless - fairy tales don't work like the real world works, sweetie.
ruric (ruric) wrote2025-08-09 06:38 am
ruric) wrote2025-08-09 06:38 amEntry tags:
Weekend ahoy!
Work was busy Wednesday through Friday so not a huge amount of progress on #project65days.
It's now the weekend and day 12 of #project65days.
I'd planned to do half days on the allotment and half days cleaning the flat but due to weird sleep patterns (or lack of sleep) I'm going to do a full day on the flat today and tidy the tiny front garden. Then I plan to have an early night so I can do a full-ish day on the allotment tomorrow.
I've got a tip run around 9:30am today and at 10:30am tomorrow so I can get 2 hours of decluttering and sorting done before this morning's run.
Plan of action for Saturday:
* continue decluttering and load car
* tip run and garden centre
* pot up/sort out houseplants in bathroom
* wash and store empty plastic plant pots for use next year
* quick surface clean everywhere
* tidy & weed front garden
* prune roses
* empty and clean pots in front garden
* empty and clean pots on porch roof
* start tackling the chaos that is my bedroom (there's a whole 30 point bullet list for this)!
That will do for today. Onwards!
It's now the weekend and day 12 of #project65days.
I'd planned to do half days on the allotment and half days cleaning the flat but due to weird sleep patterns (or lack of sleep) I'm going to do a full day on the flat today and tidy the tiny front garden. Then I plan to have an early night so I can do a full-ish day on the allotment tomorrow.
I've got a tip run around 9:30am today and at 10:30am tomorrow so I can get 2 hours of decluttering and sorting done before this morning's run.
Plan of action for Saturday:
* continue decluttering and load car
* tip run and garden centre
* pot up/sort out houseplants in bathroom
* wash and store empty plastic plant pots for use next year
* quick surface clean everywhere
* tidy & weed front garden
* prune roses
* empty and clean pots in front garden
* empty and clean pots on porch roof
* start tackling the chaos that is my bedroom (there's a whole 30 point bullet list for this)!
That will do for today. Onwards!
kaffy_r (kaffy_r) wrote2025-08-08 06:47 pm
kaffy_r) wrote2025-08-08 06:47 pm
Entry tags:
Dept. of Farewell
James Arthur Lovell, Jr. 1927-2025
He never actually said "Houston, we have a problem." That was apparently his crew mate, Jack Swigert, who reportedly said "OK Houston, I believe we've had a problem here." Lovell then clarified the situation further, saying "We've had a problem here. We've had a main B bus undervolt."
It doesn't matter, ultimately, because Lovell's heroism wasn't because of what he said.
Lovell, the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970, was the face of a mission that turned from a potential tragedy to a victory of teamwork, both on the ground and in the cold and dark lunar landing module - a bloody-minded determination to get the crew home, using spit and baling wire (actually plastic bags, cardboard and duct tape) and on-the-fly math and physics problem-solving with pencils, papers and slide rules. Lovell played an active part in that kind of pre-smartphone computing; one of his many talents was engineering know how.
These two videos are both gripping, although the first (and possibly better) one is on a page that isn't as accurate as it might have been. The one from the NASA website is slightly dryer, but with a wealth of information.*
His life, from his birth in Cleveland to his death in Lake Forest, Illinois, was so much more than that admittedly defining moment. The Wikipedia article is rigorously complete. The Washington Post's story is a good one (possibly paywalled), and the Chicago Sun Times' story, which is not behind a paywall, comes from an excellent writer and full of hometown pride. The stories talk about Lovell's love affair with rockets and space, which started when he was a kid and never ended. The stories are so worthwhile to read.
Rest in honorable piece, Commander Lovell, and may you finally walk on the moon as you make your journey to the stars.
* YouTube has decided to be a mess today, so it might be worth avoiding it.
He never actually said "Houston, we have a problem." That was apparently his crew mate, Jack Swigert, who reportedly said "OK Houston, I believe we've had a problem here." Lovell then clarified the situation further, saying "We've had a problem here. We've had a main B bus undervolt."
It doesn't matter, ultimately, because Lovell's heroism wasn't because of what he said.
Lovell, the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970, was the face of a mission that turned from a potential tragedy to a victory of teamwork, both on the ground and in the cold and dark lunar landing module - a bloody-minded determination to get the crew home, using spit and baling wire (actually plastic bags, cardboard and duct tape) and on-the-fly math and physics problem-solving with pencils, papers and slide rules. Lovell played an active part in that kind of pre-smartphone computing; one of his many talents was engineering know how.
These two videos are both gripping, although the first (and possibly better) one is on a page that isn't as accurate as it might have been. The one from the NASA website is slightly dryer, but with a wealth of information.*
His life, from his birth in Cleveland to his death in Lake Forest, Illinois, was so much more than that admittedly defining moment. The Wikipedia article is rigorously complete. The Washington Post's story is a good one (possibly paywalled), and the Chicago Sun Times' story, which is not behind a paywall, comes from an excellent writer and full of hometown pride. The stories talk about Lovell's love affair with rockets and space, which started when he was a kid and never ended. The stories are so worthwhile to read.
Rest in honorable piece, Commander Lovell, and may you finally walk on the moon as you make your journey to the stars.
* YouTube has decided to be a mess today, so it might be worth avoiding it.
kaffy_r (kaffy_r) wrote2025-08-07 07:53 pm
kaffy_r) wrote2025-08-07 07:53 pm
Entry tags:
Dept. of Recovering Spoons
Hello and Hello and Hello
I'd written an entire post. It took a lot out of me. And I hit the wrong damn key and it's gone and it isn't recoverable. Believe me, I've tried. So here's what I can do.
Trigger warning follows for a bad mental situation, although it's much better now:
( I mean it. TW for self-harm shit. )And that's that. I think I can get back to relatively wholesome posting Real Soon Now.
I'd written an entire post. It took a lot out of me. And I hit the wrong damn key and it's gone and it isn't recoverable. Believe me, I've tried. So here's what I can do.
Trigger warning follows for a bad mental situation, although it's much better now:
( I mean it. TW for self-harm shit. )And that's that. I think I can get back to relatively wholesome posting Real Soon Now.