Friday, January 1st, 2027 03:32 pm
Books:

January
Thursday Murder Club
Changeover

TV:

January
Hunting Wives 1-8
Reacher 1, 2 . . .
Les Miserable 1
The Lowdown (R)- 1


Movies:
January
Wizard of Oz (R)
One Battle After Another (R)
All We Imagine as Light
Thursday Murder Club
The Fall
Thursday, January 8th, 2026 03:04 pm
+ Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page
Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!


Our lovely [personal profile] renay has been doing Intergalactic Mixtape, and there's so much goodness linked, and so many great books talked about. Big Recommend. The 2025 Reading Recap is also up at [community profile] ladybusiness.

+ Once again, it's not Friday, but it is More Joy Day, so fanart recs it is! This time, for K-Pop demon Hunters. Read more... )

+ And another thing for More Joy Day: [community profile] fandomtrees reveals is in two days, on the 10th 17th. I'm on my way now to snoop around for stockings!

+ Haute & Freddy released a new music video. First song of the year for me :D We've been getting so many joyful queer multi-fandom vids to Pink Pony Club, and deservedly so; I really feel this tune's more than capable of being a stand in.

+ Mwhaha this totally qualifies as a Community Thursday, that's one down for 2026 *fistpump*
Thursday, January 8th, 2026 10:56 am
Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page. Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!

We all know about Connections and Wordle, but here are some browser games that last longer and are great for keeping from going insane during Zoom meetings:

2048 Cupcakes. I still play 2048 in times of need, but it's so much more fun with colorful cupcakes.

Squares. If you like word games, here you go. Find all the words in the four by four grid. The dictionary this game uses is highly idiosyncratic, which can be frustrating; how is THIS a word that counts but THAT is only a bonus word?? But it does add to the challenge!
Thursday, January 8th, 2026 12:36 pm
Terminated my SFWA membership as of today (modulo administrative steps), which I wrote and requested. My contact was friendly and efficient.

I requested this for multiple reasons, of which the recent Nebula-and-AI rules change handling fiasco was only the latest. I'm done.

To sf/f writer-folk, good luck out there.

I'm running an infection and I have work to do; comments disabled.
Thursday, January 8th, 2026 11:44 am
AO3 link | Improv for a Rainy Day (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragonriders of Pern
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Robinton [Dragonriders of Pern]
Additional Tags: Drabble, More Joy Day
Summary:

Prompt: Pern/Robinton/Hey kids, let's put on a show!



Improv for a Rainy Day

The rain was unending, it seemed to Robinton. Tempers were fraying, there were apprentices in mischief, and worst… the wine delivery was delayed.

Robinton looked over the packed hall, thinking of future assignments. That did not alleviate this.

"Gentlemen and ladies," he said as he rose. "I propose a challenge, for all ranks, by table! Improvisational skills on display, one and all! A demonstration of pantomime and lyrics, displaying an historic event! To be presented tomorrow at this very same time."

He saw the challenge take hold, the spark of creativity even in those who groaned, and sat back down.






AO3 link | Doctor Care (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elim Garak/Julian Bashir
Characters: Julian Bashir, Elim Garak
Additional Tags: Drabble
Summary:

Prompt: DS9, Garak + Bashir (friendship or (pre)slash, you decide!), respite



Doctor Care

"How many different ways do I need to inform you that you must rest, Doctor!" Garak finally snapped, after losing count of how many times the man had gotten up to prowl for something to do.

"But — "

"No." Garak went and took him by his arm, one of his own going behind Julian's waist to escort him firmly back to the chaise lounge Garak had installed for this. "Superior or not, you need to let your body rest while the fever runs its course."

Julian sighed, settling, and Garak sat beside him, keeping close contact.

"Tell me a story?"

"Yes."

Thursday, January 8th, 2026 12:16 pm
It looks like there were two bills regarding Venezuela introduced yesterday:

H.Con.Res.68 - To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/68

and

S.3595 - A bill to prohibit the use of funds for the deployment of United States military or intelligence personnel in Venezuela for certain purposes.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3595


(I saw the AP mention that a war powers resolution to limit further attacks on Venezuela advanced in the Senate, but I'm unclear if that referred to either of these)
Thursday, January 8th, 2026 10:08 am
Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fanart/fanvids/fics/podfics/fancrafts/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
Thursday, January 8th, 2026 12:51 am


The official line was that Justice League America would be the funnier title and Justice League Europe would be the more serious one, but things weren’t working out that way so far. As JLA #30 took that title to new depths of darkness, JLE #6 was Giffen and DeMatteis’ most ridiculous issue yet, its plot shamelessly engineered for maximum absurdity. Rumiko Takahashi couldn’t have done it better. )