"Broken Ice" by Marina Vivancos

Jun. 10th, 2026 09:27 pm
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I read the description of this novel and went “Uh, this is Mattdrai with the names scrubbed off and I think I know which fic it is” and I ordered the novel and yep, it absolutely is. It's So is the Longing and I'm kinda surprised it's still online.

And yeah, I'm old-school enough to feel weird about people doing this to their fanfic and earning money wit it, no matter if it is RPF or FPF.

The way the backgrounds/names and so on were changed just makes the whole thing so hilarious. Connor is Russian. Leon is Swedish but randomly has a Portuguese background. The Tkachuks are Canadian (I LOLed so hard). The Edmonton Oilers are now a team a Florida (OUCH). So fucking absurd.

The fic/book itself is the usual slightly mediocre and slightly out of character A/B/O stuff. It's very dramatic, there is a lot of sex, there are the typical misunderstandings of the fanfic and romance novels genre. I think it might work better in the actual RPF version than it does like this.

Not bad but still a very weird read for me.

Reading, Listening, Watching

Jun. 10th, 2026 08:07 pm
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Reading I'm still reading Frazer Hines' Evil of the Daleks but I also started reading Modern Control Systems because I really need to know more about Control Systems particularly since, via a convoluted set of circumstances, I've inherited a PhD student who has papers full of phrases like "Lyapanov Equations" and I wouldn't know a Lyapanov equation if it introduced itself in the street. I am currently stuck on the first equation in the book which describes a spring damper system. I do not understand this equation and I've been returning to it and intervals for three days and have consulted wikipedia. I think I need a more basic "modelling physical systems using differential equations" book before I move on to control systems.

Listening Starship Alexandria in which Adrian Tchaikovsky and Emma Newman (two authors I have not read, but intend to) review books and films that I often haven't read. In this case Piranesi which sounds interesting but not so much so that I think it will earn a place on the to read pile.

Watching I am still snowed under by marking, so still nothing.

June Manga TBR 7

Jun. 10th, 2026 09:28 am
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Used my manga TBR boardgame. I read 9/10, DNF'ing one, on my last board.

Avatar:

Ciel
Skill:
Cover two prompts with one manga


Roll #1:

A 1, prompt: adventure drama - Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito.

Roll #2:

A 3, Double Prompts. Mystery element + read a popular manga - Detective Conan.

Roll #3:

Another 3 and the trap tile. Prompt: contemporary. I'll go ahead and use my skill to cover Detective Conan.

Roll #4:

Went back, roll is 4 and Double Prompts again. Slice of life drama + only has one volume - Boku-tachi wa Mada Aoku.

Roll #5:

A 3 and the trap tile once again. Prompt: Sci-fi romance - Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei.

Roll #6:

Went back, new roll is 3, prompt: romance element - Dengeki Daisy.

Roll #7:

A 5 and the TBR tile. 46x42 is Love on Hold.

Roll #8:

A 1, prompt: transported to another world - Silver Diamond.

Roll #9:

A 2, prompt: fantasy drama - GACHIAKUTA.

Roll #10:

A 4, prompt: roommates - Free Punch.

Roll #11:

Another 4, prompt: historical action - Time Traveled to Meet You.

Roll #12:

A 3, prompt: magical girl/boy - Shugo Chara!.

Roll #13:

A 4, prompt: comedy historical - Golden Kamuy.

Roll #14:

A 6 and Double Prompts. Action adventure + sci-fi element - One Punch Man.

Roll #15:

A 2, prompt: published between 05'-'10, that took forever and I removed a bunch - Finger Stinger. What a name.

Roll #16:

Another 2, prompt: BDSM - Inran Joushi no Private Porno .

Roll #17:

A 5 and the end, reward is Mairimashita! Iruma-kun.


~Manga TBR List~


[Villainess/Fantasy] Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito ✔️
[Mystery] Detective Conan ✔️
[BL/Romance] Boku-tachi wa Mada Aoku
[GL/Fantasy] Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei ✔️
[Romance/Mystery] Dengeki Daisy ✔️
[BL/Romance] Love on Hold ✔️
[Fantasy] Silver Diamond
[Action/Fantasy] GACHIAKUTA ✔️
[BL/Romance] Free Punch
[BL/Time Travel] Time Traveled to Meet You
[Magical Girl] Shugo Chara!
[Historical/Action] Golden Kamuy
[Action/Superhero] One Punch-Man
[BL/Romance] Finger Stinger ✔️
[BL/Romance] Inran Joushi no Private Porno
[School Life/Fantasy] Mairimashita! Iruma-kun ✔️

x4 shoujo/josei, x5 shounen/seinen, x7 BL, x1 GL

June Manga Wrap-Up 6

Jun. 9th, 2026 09:18 pm
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 Read ch. 14 of Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito!

 Read ch. 14 of Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun.

 Read v5 ch. 1 of  Akuyaku Reijou desuga, Shiawase ni Nattemesemasu wa!.

 Read ch. 2 of Partition.

 Read Kamoku na Shinyuu ga Tada no Muttsuri deshita, rated it 6.5/10. 

 Read ch. 4 of Core Scramble.

 Read chapter 62 of Men of the Harem.

 Read Mairimashita! Iruma-kun ch. 205.

[personal profile] haunted_cherries
My coworkers: hey we’re getting boba after work, you in?

Me: *pulls a whole ass Irish Goodbye and literally fades from existence*

Y’all the way I left work and just straight up dissociated my way home, like I got in my car, I BLINKED, I WAS HOME. xD Cue me just—



What a year this week has been, amirite fellas? xD

Silliness aside, I finally had a chance to sit down and read Ellipsus’ latest blog post, and it talked about having sidequests on the way to finding your will to write again! It was a short, interesting read, and I forgot how important sidequests are for pretty much everything. xD

For my own “sidequest”, I took a trip down memory lane by cracking open the Gaping Maw of my WIPs and as I was going through, I realized that some were nearing completion and it made me double take like “DAMN GURL JUST LOCK IN”.

Now that I had my epiphany, I guess I’ll do something about it. Time will tell. xD

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Jun. 9th, 2026 09:34 pm
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Still enjoying the Legend of Vox Machina - each season is slightly better than the last, the characters (six leads) all have good arcs, and it's a adult animation. (ie. There are sex scenes, battles, and swearing, thank you very much. And sardonic ribald humor. With British accents.)

It's streaming on Prime, and each episode is 20- 30 minutes each.

It's about a bunch of adventurers who band together to fuck shit up. Has a gunslinger, two magical elves, a woodland spirit, a cleric gnome, a singing magical gnome, and an giant orc. Music, chaos, romance, adventure, magic and adventure ensues - while they fight dragons, warlocks and other beasties along the way. High fantasy at its comedic best.

Time got away from me. Off to bed.

Life lessons with cats

Jun. 9th, 2026 09:18 pm
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...well, I finally remembered why I never play video games on my actual TV. Who knew motion controls would be so appealing to kittens?

(Everyone. Everyone knew that.)

(The TV is fine, the kittens are fine, and I did not actually want their Super Mario Galaxy assistance.)
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End Results

Jun. 9th, 2026 07:25 pm
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1) When I came across this article about basketball players turned broadcasters, what it made me think of was a faceoff on The Floor where a former baseball player was up against a former WNBA player on the topic of basketball players.

It was really clear the baseball guy never watched the WNBA. He did get some of their players but missed too many and lost the match, whereas the female player did just as well with both sexes. I thought, for once, misogyny did a man in.

2) Another month, another rotten experience with healthcare providers. Read more... )

3) Being on Board Game Arena, I have not bought a physical game in some time. However while they have a great assortment of games, including well known ones, what they don't have is media content games. So when I saw this game on clearance at Wal Mart a while back, I decided to give it a try.



We finally broke open the box this past weekend. Right off the bat it seemed like a cute game full of Ted Lasso callbacks. Read more... )

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Jun. 9th, 2026 08:30 pm
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i hate amphoreous. it's easily the worst arc in all of honkai star rail. poorly written with only one single likeable character in the entire cast (anaxa and even then i'm not that crazy about him. i just like his design and personality lmao). also i fucking HAAAAATE that poorly written mary sue (phainon) with a passion. fuck him and every single freak that likes him.
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The first episode of The Vampire Lestat is everything I wanted. There he is, my gloriously messy Brat Prince. Poor impulse control, hiding his insecurities and broken heart by performing hedonism, and yes, my egotistical vampire rock star boyfriend.


There’s a great fan theory going around related to the first scenes, and I agree with it. (It ties into later books of the series, so I won’t go into it. But it makes SO MUCH SENSE.)
 

I haven't gone looking for discussion around this, but I'm curious as to how the show fans who haven't read the books are dealing with the end of the first episode. Because yes, the trailers implied they were Going There, but whoooooo, it's canon in the show, and I kinda want to see the people melting down about OMG
 PROBLEMATIC. 

Quick post, cool event!

Jun. 9th, 2026 05:52 pm
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I have things to answer here and elsewhere, I know, and that alone should stop me from finding even More Things To Do but, alas, I am not immune to Things. So.

I thought I'd pimp Sapphic Summer 2026 since it's The Thing of the moment (well, you know, apart from yet another [community profile] femslashfete fic that ended up far too long to be posted on the week its prompt came up and which shall show up at an amnesty at some point... As well as the second and final alternative ending to Under this roof which, yes, I still need to type and post in the not so distant future... *Sigh*. See! Things!! Lots of them!!!) :)

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Frank15's Winx Reviews: 2x19-2x21

Jun. 9th, 2026 10:27 pm
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In which Frank15 thinks Timmy deserves torture from Dark Bloom (!) then follows the Winx on vacation, as Charmix comes into play

Episode 45: Shadows in Bloom )
Episode 46: The First Charmix )
Episode 47: Trouble in Paradise )

June Manga Wrap-Up 5

Jun. 9th, 2026 10:20 am
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 Read ep. 4-6 of Lady Crystal is a Man!

 Read ch. 6-7 of Time Traveled to Meet You.

 Read ch. 204 of Mairimashita! Iruma-kun!

 Read ep. 58-61 of Men of the Harem

 (Re)read One Punch Man ch 10-11.

 Read ch. 13 of Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru!

 Read ch. 274 of Boku no Hero Academia.

 Read ch. 186 of Kimetsu no Yaiba.

 Read ch. 4 of Silver Diamond!

 Read ch. 13 of Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito!

 Read ch. 3 of Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to.

 Read Bakeneko Katatte Sourou, rated it 9.5!!.

 Read Nagahama to Be, or Not to Be volume 1, rated it 10/10!! 

 Read ch. 13 of EniDewi

June Manga TBR 6

Jun. 9th, 2026 10:23 am
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Used my manga TBR boardgame. I read 15/15 on my last board. I got really lucky and two of the BL were really good!!

Avatar:

Natsume
Skill:
Re-draw a prompt once


Roll #1:

A 4, Double Prompts. Costume on cover + only has one volume - Child Epicurean.

Roll #2:

A 6, human/non-human relationship - Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito.

Roll #3:

A 2, prompt: animal on the cover - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (raccoons on v.5).

Roll #4:

A 6, prompt: oldest published manga on list romance drama (using skill) - Akuyaku Reijou desuga, Shiawase ni Nattemesemasu wa!.

Roll #5:

A 4, coworker/coworker relationship - Partition.

Roll #6:

A 2, prompt: kuudere character - Kamoku na Shin'yuu ga Tada no Muttsuri deshita.

Roll #7:

A 6, prompt: author/artist collab - Men of the Harem.

Roll #8:

A 1, prompt: reincarnated in a game world. - Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei.

Roll #9:

A 5, prompt: love interests who don't get along - Core Scramble.

Roll #10:

A 4 and the end. Reward is Mairimashita! Iruma-kun.

That was a shorter once. :o

~Manga TBR List~


[BL] Child Epicurean DNF
[Villainess/Fantasy] Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito ✔️
[Comedy/School Life] Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun ✔️
[Villainess] Akuyaku Reijou desuga, Shiawase ni Nattemesemasu wa! ✔️
[GL/Comedy] Partition ✔️
[BL/Comedy] Kamoku na Shin'yuu ga Tada no Muttsuri deshita ✔️
[Politics/Reverse Harem] Men of the Harem ✔️
[GL/Fantasy] Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei ✔️
[BL/Sci-Fi] Core Scramble ✔️
[School Life/Fantasy] Mairimashita! Iruma-kun ✔️

x3 shoujo/josei, x2 shounen/seinen, x3 BL, x2 GL

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