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Joy Oladokun - "Easy Company" (Official Music Video)

The Music Gods are feeding me this month! I've only listened to the new album a few times through, but so far really loving it. They're really trying new things this go around.

muccamukk

A lot of these are just going to be headlines and decks, tbh. If I wait until I have A LOT of thoughts, I'm going to end up with a hundred more, and have to delete half of them for being outdated.

Indigenous Rights, Indigenous Art:
CBC: Coast Salish weaver shares her connection to land, lineage and natural dyes.
Myrna Crossley says weaving is her refuge and connects her to ancestors, spiritual practice and living culture.

The Discourse: Snuneymuxw Elder C’tasi:a shares traditional plant knowledge in new book.
Plant Teachings from my Auntie by Snuneymuxw Elder C’tasi:a and ethnobotanist Nancy Turner delves into traditional plants and plant medicine.

The Tyee: An Indigenous Housing Solution from the Heart.
The Skeetchestn Indian Band turns timber on its territory into modular housing kits based on a traditional cultural design.

The Tyee: To Name a Mountain Is to Name Our Kin.
Tahoma is a Puyallup name meaning 'the mother of all waters.' Six First Nations in Washington state relate to the mountain as kin. But George Vancouver renamed the mountain, also known as Mount Rainier, after his friend.
[Always lovely pictures in the Tyee Weekender essays.]

CBC: Denmark passes compensation bill for thousands of Inuit in Greenland forced to get IUDs.
Inuit women in Canada hope the Danish bill will encourage Canada to follow suit.
[YES. Let us talk about the eugenics in Canada!]

MacLean's: A Judge Recognized Aboriginal Title on Private Property. Panic Ensued.
How the Cowichan court battle is putting the real meaning of reconciliation to the test.
[Headline and deck a little bit burying the lede of this excellent article: to wit, politicians leveraging misinformation and racism to scare people into compliance.]

Feminism, Feminist Causes, Being Tired of Shitty Men:
Minas Karamanis: The Loneliest Point: On designing (academic) institutions for imaginary people.

A tenure system that expects a scholar to move across the country, away from family, into a city they can't afford, to work for a salary below what their training would earn them in industry, and then to perform optimally for six years under conditions of maximum personal disruption, is not selecting for the best scholars. It is selecting for the people who can tolerate the cockpit. And when someone can't, or won't, or leaves, or never shows up, the system doesn't count them. It counts the people who are left and calls the result a meritocracy.

[I FEELING LIKE THIS ABOUT BEING AN UNDERGRAD! (Which, to be clear, I'm doing okay with, but I don't think this system is designed for anyone on the margins.) How do people survive in professional academia?]

Rebecca Solnit: Gloria Steinem Helped Transform the World for Everyone.
[Solnit continues on her, "please remember what it was like before second wave feminism!" line.]

The Hollywood Reporter: Criminal Showrunner Ed Brubaker, Amazon MGM Sued for Hostile Work Environment by Production Assistant.
Ijaaz Noohu accuses the comic book powerhouse of sexual and racial harassment and assault, among several other claims.
[Given how he writes women, unsurprising, I guess. (Yes, I am still mad about Sharon Carter). It did make what comics to donate next an easier choice.]

In Relation to GenAI, and other notes about life on Al Gore's Internet:
I'm mostly lying down and avoiding this topic, but here's a handful of pieces that caught my interest. Both

gloss and

erinptah regularly have better round ups. ( I guess I had THINGS TO SAY after all, so cutting this for length. )

Speaking of Harry Potter:
I've been thinking about this a lot, and I've decided that I'm going to post about Harry Potter as little as possible going forward, ideally not at all. With the TV show coming up, it's going to be in the headlines a lot again, and I think it's good that people keep linking that back to the objective harm Rowling is inflicting on the trans community. However, I just want it to be erased from popular culture and current discourse, and I'm hoping to contribute to that with my silence. However, I'd like these two pieces to be my "final" comment.

JessieGender1: Harry Potter Is Manufacturing Your Complicity (video: 18 minutes).
Warner Bros. is making Harry Potter feel unavoidable and turning our discomfort with complicity into another tool for keeping the franchise profitable.
[The Tim Hortons thing still annoys me deeply.]

Variety: Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of The Matrix and How Harry Potter Fans Are "Supporting Trans Genocide."
[This is a really good interview, which is not fair to stick in the Harry Potter section, but I really like how she speaks to it, so here it is.]

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I would go back to bed in a New York minute (I have been out of bed precisely 1 hour as of this writing) but there is a cat on me, and she is not allowed in the bed.

I guess I will stay awake to provide the little old lady cat with a heating pad, i. e. my lap.

Current Mood: functional
Current Music: It's time for you to leave her

muccamukk

Accidentally dropped my boiled egg in my latte.

It's good to be on trend for once.

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Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Rating: Explicit
Length: 8492
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply. There's an age difference but Ilya's not underage. However, this is very much a clandestine relationship with a large power imbalance, so there's some ethical grayness.
Creator Links: anyabarnes on AO3, foundbyjohndoe on AO3
Themes: Mentors and proteges, First time, BDSM, AU: fork in the road

Summary: “Mr. Hollander.” Ilya swallows. “Is a pleasure to meet you, sir.” Pleasure is an understatement, but he can’t parse through English definitions fast enough to find a better word.
“Congratulations.” Mr. Hollander holds up his glass and nods towards Ilya. “No one deserves it more than you, kid. Your work ethic…” Mr. Hollander shakes his head, eyebrows raised, and lets out a low whistle. “You’re hungry. It’s impressive.”

Ilya Rozanov is the best damn rookie the NHL has ever seen. Shane Hollander, captain of the Metros and three-time Stanley Cup winner with over 700 career goals (not that Ilya is counting, thank you very much), just wants to help him celebrate.

Reccer's Notes: This is the first in a series of (currently) four fics about Mr. Hollander and puppy-Ilya. It's an AU 'verse where Shane is considerably older and a still-active and legendary NHL player, and Ilya's much younger and the rookie of the year. Ilya very much looks up to Shane, and the relationship that rapidly develops (with puppylike enthusiasm and full consent on Ilya's part) is a Dom/sub one. In a partial reversion of the usual HR dynamic, Ilya is a sub who tops and Shane is a dom who likes being fucked - but that's in later stories in the series. This is their first meeting, with the establishment of their veteran player/rookie and Dom/sub relationship. It's funny, well-written, and very hot. The podfic's also highly recommended.

Fanwork Links: Limelight on AO3, and the excellent podfic by foundbyjohndoe is here

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Fandom: The Lord of the Rings RPF
Pairings/Characters: Viggo Mortensen/Orlando Bloom
Rating: Explicit
Length: 80.000
Creator Links:

lady_razzle
Theme: Mentors and protégés

Summary: Orlando is and 18-year old A-level student. Viggo is his English teacher. Seems pretty straightforward, yes?

Reccer's Notes: Well, well, well... this story actually utilizes the 19-year age gap in a way no one else has done (to my knowledge), because in this story Viggo is actually Orlando's teacher. Yes, you are reading correctly. This story deals with a student/teacher relationship. If this squicks you out, it's probably safer if you skip this. If you are game, you can look forward to a lot of "we really shouldn't"-arguments interspersed with hot sex scenes. Apart from the subject matter and the fact that Razzle is an amazing writer, this story is interesting insofar as Orlando has a very go-get-them attitude. He's the driving force behind much of the plot. Most of the time, he's written as the more passive in the relationship, so if you want character dynamics that are a little off the beaten path, this might be something for you.

Fanwork Links: Abuse of Power @ LJ

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There once was a bald Illinoisan (253 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Victoria Metcalf, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski/Stella Kowalski/Ray Vecchio
Characters: Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser, Victoria Metcalf, Ray Kowalski, Stella Kowalski (due South)
Additional Tags: Limericks, Limerick Cycle, Poetry, Benton Fraser Swings Both Rays, Stella Kowalski Swings Both Rays, OT4, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
Summary:

In which the course of true love does not immediately run smooth, but everything eventually works out for the best.

Current Mood: i <3 rhymezone
Current Music: Oh, you speak to me in riddles / And you speak to me in rhymes

petra

The Human brain is actually the forebrain and the hindbrain, from the earliest stages of development. So are many, many, many other animals' brains.

Venus may have had a moon.

Current Music: All we wanna do is eat your brains -- we're not unreasonable

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Fandom: The Lord of the Rings RPF
Pairings/Characters: Viggo Mortensen/Orlando Bloom
Rating: Explicit
Length: 43.016
Creator Links: Salix on AO3
Theme: Mentors and protégés

Summary: Orli is curious... and you know what they say about curiosity and the cat. Luckily Viggo is around to help.

Reccer's Notes: This is a canon story taking place during the filming of The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand. In this, Orlando - who figures himself to be straight - wonders what it might be like to kiss a guy. But not any guy, mind you - it has to be someone special! So, embark on this journey with Orlando and watch Viggo teach him how to properly be gay. See how the term ViggoKisses (TM) was coined and observe how somehow feelings get added to the mix. So, in short: Come for the humour and the sexy shenanigans and stay for declarations of love!

Fanwork Links: AO3

petra

samwinjester has been drawing Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker as Nightwing and Starfire.

Come gaze upon the glory with me!

This is the first one -- beautifully self-indulgent, glorious choice of outfits, pose of cheesecake-beefcake-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-off-his-abs-too.

The first one I saw was this one, and it blew my goddamn mind. I laughed. I boggled. I stared. I spammed everyone I could find on Discord who would appreciate it.

And I commented that I saw Discowing Mullet Obi-Wan in my heart.

Ask, and ye shall receive! Linking to the version with my feedback because I know how to appreciate art.

Current Mood: overjoyed
Current Music: Stayin' alive

muccamukk

There was a bus going around with an advertisement for a local furniture company. One panel of the ad had fallen off, so for the longest time it just read:

Scan
Quality Ho

I think they've fixed it now, though. Haven't seen it for a bit.

petra

Stephanie Cole, whose work I loved in Cabin Pressure, has passed.

She had a splendid romance with Anthony Stewart Head's character.

I am going to listen to Vaduz (transcript here) and cry.

If you are just learning about ASH's audio comedy career, his first episode is Newcastle (transcript here) which is also the only Butawhiteman Can'tbekhan-free episode of Cabin Pressure, as he was sick during taping and someone else filled in as his role.

Not that I have EVER played it for ANYONE with a BC aversion except that once.

*

Also, happy Talk Like A Pirate Day.

Current Mood: mourning
Current Music: It makes you sound like a Disney toy

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Fandom: The Pitt
Characters/Pairings: Michael "Robby" Robinavitch/Dennis Whitaker, Trinity Santos, Jack Abbot, Dana Evans, Frank Langdon
Rating: Mature
Length: 18,907 words
Creator Links: Rhapsody_Bohemia on AO3
Theme: mentors & proteges, au,

Summary: Dr Robby can't stand the breakroom coffee anymore. He didn't care if that made McKay call him 'bougie' (which meant something other than an intubation bougie, he was now learning).

Dana usually enabled his caffeine habit. But now that she was on a well-deserved break from the Pitt, he has to make the journey to the staff cafeteria himself.

When he gets to know the sad-eyed barista behind the counter, he can't help but keep coming back for more.

A Hucklerobby Coffee Shop AU, featuring our favorite Nebraskan boy as a Med School dropout and the grouchy Dr Robby that we all know and love.

Reccer's Notes:
I fell hard for The Pitt with all the trauma and angst that goes into the series itself, because while I've worked in hospitals most of my adult life (pharmacy technician and pharmacy informatics), I've never seen a television series that actually gets a lot of it right. That's the thing about The Pitt, it just grabs you and won't let you go.

This is a nice little story where Dennis was in college, gets cut off by his parents, and is still at PTMC, but as a barista in the employee cafeteria. Robby meets him and they instantly have a connection. And when Robby finds out that Dennis was in school to become a doctor, he takes him under his wing.

A lot of The Pitt fics for Robby/Dennis go down the DOM/sub route, but this one doesn't. There's really no power dynamics or anything (which isn't my cup of tea, but YMMV). It's just two lonely people meeting each other, finding they have something in common, and then becoming closer. It starts out as strangers, grows to mentor/protoge, and really goes from there.

You know - like real life. Just like The Pitt really simulates real life.

Anyway, this is a beautiful, somewhat angsty fic that I adore, so sharing here.

Fanwork Links: Fic on AO3.

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Laura Cadman
Rating: Explicit
Length: 6655
Content Notes: No AO3 warnings apply. You'll need to remember that at one point in the story - but it's true!
Creator Links: rageprufrock on AO3
Themes: Mentors & proteges, First time, Pre-Canon, Backstory, Getting back together

Summary: "You can't possibly be this stupid," is what Rodney finally decides to start with.

Reccer's Notes: This is set considerably before canon, with Rodney as a young (short-term) high school teacher and John his sixteen-year-old student. As is frequently the case in Stargate Atlantis fandom, they fall for each other, and at one point it seems as though Rodney's going to betray his position. A clever - and very hot - fic, if you don't mind the author skating close to statutory rape (but, I promise, not actually going there). In the end all's well, even if they are stuck in Pegasus with life-sucking aliens.

Fanwork Links: Lock the Door - locked to AO3, and the podfic by twilight is here

petra

( fuck you john calvin )

Speaking of John Calvin, I should recommend Calvinball, a Calvin and Hobbes fancomic. It's brilliant. I love the creator's take on the protagonist, about whom I shall say nothing other than "HEADCANON ACCEPTED."

Current Mood: goddammit
Current Music: DaLaBengBa

petra

If you donate to Scarleteen, which provides inclusive sex and relationship advice for young people (fundraising as of September 2026), or to a food bank or pantry, the ACLU, or a bunch of other places, drop me a comment, and I will write you a drabble or a limerick.

N. B. Due to Scarleteen's fundraiser, the target amount for September is 7 USD, as opposed to the usual 25 USD!

The fandoms I will write in. I will also write original poetry.

Do Not provide me any information that doxxes you.

Repeat customers welcomed with open arms.

Please format your request: Fandom or Original; Drabble or Poem; Character(s) and/or Pairing if any; Optional Prompt.

For example: Sesame Street; Drabble; Cookie Monster/Cookies; Food is not a sometimes luxury.

If you didn't make the donation in US dollars, please check the exchange rate on your donation at a currency converter to confirm that it qualifies. No receipt necessary regardless of which currency you donate in or what comments you make; this is on the honor system.

Please publicize this post.

Works will be collected on the Archive of Our Own and in my Food Bank Thank-You tag on Dreamwidth.

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: The thing about explorers is they discover something that's already there.

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Fandom: The Count of Monte Cristo
Pairings/Characters: Edmond Dantès/Haydée, Abbé Faria
Rating: Gen
Length: 1,971 words
Creator Links: sanguinity on AO3
Theme: Mentors and protégés, just like canon, future fic, small fandoms

Summary: The Count of Monte Cristo acquires a new occupation: literary executor.

Reccer's notes: I received this fic as a treat for this year's

friendshipex , and I was over the moon with the results. Edmond's relationship with Faria is one of my favorite aspects of the novel; the father-son bond they form while in prison together, and the way Faria educating Edmond is what sets the stage for him to be able to go on his revenge quest later on. This fic feels like it could be the epilogue to the novel - after all, Edmond's poured the last several years (over half of his life!) into the revenge thing, it's easy to imagine that he'd sort of spiral trying to figure out what to do after that. I love the idea of him moving on to instead dedicate his time and energy to honoring his friend and mentor. I also love how his relationship with Haydée is portrayed in the fic, with her being supportive but not always knowing how to handle Edmond's moods. The tone here is very close to the original novel, so I highly recommend if you, like me, have become obsessed with this book.

Fanwork Link: AO3

petra

I have not watched the relevant video yet but the sheer promise of Jon Lovett (not that one) on HIGNFY is absolutely killing me with antici --

Speaking as someone who has written two in-universe Last Week Tonight stories, I assure you I take my political humor very seriously.

Current Mood: squee
Current Music: Singin' the Lovett or Leave It theme, natch

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lol I messed up back in January, so this month you have FOUR themes to pick from.

Poll #35080 round 191 theme poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 84

Pick the next theme of fancake:

Character Study
23 (27.4%)

Fluff
25 (29.8%)

Kink
12 (14.3%)

Meet the Family
24 (28.6%)

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muccamukk - Music Friday
muccamukk - Links List for September (Indigenous Art, Feminism, GenAI, HP)
petra - But I can't make my cat sad
muccamukk - protein-boost coffee achieved!
mific in fancake - Heated Rivalry: Limelight by anyabarnes
vamp_ress in fancake - The Lord of the Rings RPF: "Abuse of Power" by Razzle
petra - There once was a bald Illinoisan - due South limerick cycle for Ray Vecchio Day
petra - Science News: New model for understanding brains; possible astronomical history of Venus
vamp_ress in fancake - The Lord of the Rings RPF: "Educational Endeavours" by salixbabylon
petra - Fanart: Nightwing & Starfire - the Obi-Wan/Anakin of it all
muccamukk - found poetry?
petra - Things to do today: listen to Cabin Pressure and weep
squidgiepdx in fancake - The Pitt: First, Respect the Beans by Rhapsody_Bohemia
mific in fancake - SGA: Lock the Door by rageprufrock
petra - The voices that control me from inside my head
petra - Donate, get fic update: Scarleteen is fundraising
susieboo in fancake - The Count of Monte Cristo: Not Liberty, But Memory by sanguinity
petra - US Politics: Have I Got News For You (US) + Lovett or Leave It
runpunkrun in fancake - Theme Reminder: Mentors & Protégés
runpunkrun in fancake - Round 191 Theme Poll

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Music Friday

Links List for September (Indigenous Art, Feminism, GenAI, HP)

But I can't make my cat sad

protein-boost coffee achieved!

Heated Rivalry: Limelight by anyabarnes

The Lord of the Rings RPF: "Abuse of Power" by Razzle

There once was a bald Illinoisan - due South limerick cycle for Ray Vecchio Day

Science News: New model for understanding brains; possible astronomical history of Venus

The Lord of the Rings RPF: "Educational Endeavours" by salixbabylon

Fanart: Nightwing & Starfire - the Obi-Wan/Anakin of it all

found poetry?

Things to do today: listen to Cabin Pressure and weep

The Pitt: First, Respect the Beans by Rhapsody_Bohemia

SGA: Lock the Door by rageprufrock

The voices that control me from inside my head

Donate, get fic update: Scarleteen is fundraising

The Count of Monte Cristo: Not Liberty, But Memory by sanguinity

US Politics: Have I Got News For You (US) + Lovett or Leave It

Theme Reminder: Mentors & Protégés

Round 191 Theme Poll

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