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Holiday Wish List

I have lost all track of how many years I have participated in this community, but it's always fun. I've already granted a couple wishes and plan to look at more. That said, here is my list.

ideas for a gratitude journal
Easy recipes (bonus if they're for instant pot or slow cooker)
Christmas cards
hot beverages for these cold winter days (the only things I'm not into are matcha and/or lavender. Otherwise, I am open to trying most things.)
gift cards for Uber, Instacart, or amazon
baby girl clothes for my reborn (1-3 month for the size)
fidget toys
anything from my amazon wish list
And last but not least, I would love to learn guitar but don't have one. A beginner guitar would be awesome

If you need my information, please feel free to PM me. Thank you, and I hope everyone has a happy holiday season.

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music

Bandcamp Friday

There are a few hours left in Bandcamp Friday. Instead of using Spotify, why not buy some music there? Coincidentally Grace Petrie has a new EP out.

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podcasts

podcast friday

There has been another round of great podcasts this week, but this is not an unbiased blog, and thus check out The Fiction Lab's "The Intersection Between Activism & Fiction with Rachel A. Rosen" and hear all about how fiction and real life activism inform each other, the challenges of telling political stories, and how to make your political stories (and activism) a little less on-the-nose.

Happy Holidays To You! (2025)

Hi, hello! My name is Azure, and I'm a queer and disabled young adult, and certifiable fandom geek. I'm look forward to fulfilling some wishes (I have a few bookmarked and fulfilled a few already!). In the meantime, here is my list!

˚˖𓍢ִ໋ ୧ ✉️ ‧₊˚ .⛸️ ❄︎ ⋅

1. Help me move! I'm currently saving up to move out of my parents' home! They forbid me from going on HRT, so I'm trying to move ASAP. Plus, I live in a red state with lots of anti-trans legislation.

My Paypal.me is here, and my Ko-fi is here!

2. Comments on my fics! I am AzureMist on AO3, and some fandoms I've written for include Dungeon Meshi, MILGRAM, Splatoon, and Pokémon, among other things! If you're familiar with any of the fandoms I've written for, from 2021 onward, I'd really, really appreciate it if you could spare some kind words!

3. Rec me your favorite indie games! I loooove indie games!!! Especially queer indie games. If you know any hidden gems fitting that description, please, tell me about them! Break out your niche itch.io faves!!! Some of my favorite games along these lines include In Stars and Time, Bad End Theater, Celeste, Fields of Mistria, Great God Grove, Smile For Me, Our Life: Beginnings & Always, and Dead Plate! (No games with incest, please.)

4. Digital giftcards! Specifically Nintendo eShop, Steam, Pokémon Center and DoorDash gift cards! I have a long gaming-related wishlist, so if you could help make even a dent in that, it would be very appreciated. The Pokémon Center is the official Pokémon merch store, and Pokémon is my one true fandom, so it makes sense why I would love some items from there (especially Pokémon plushies, as I collect them)! And lastly, DoorDash cards will be used for yummy holiday treats like cookies~!

5. Pledge to support the Starbucks strike! I know, I know, believe me, I know! This is the best time of year for Starbucks! But Starbucks workers are currently undergoing a national ULP strike to end the company's union busting, and demand better wages, amongst other things. I worked for Starbucks for a brief time this year, so it'd mean a lot if you could pledge to not cross the picket line.

6. Paid time on Tumblr! I'm azuremist! Tumblr is my main online platform of choice, so I'd get a ton of usage out of it.

7. Art of my OCs! I'm basically always looking for art of my fursona and persona! Since they're both fat like I am, it can be hard to find artists willing to draw them, so it'd be super appreciated. Linked is a page with each character's information and gallery!

8. Steam games! Steam gift cards too much of a hassle? I understand. (What kinda digital store doesn't let you send an e-gift card by email? In 2025??) Then maybe consider gifting me a game more directly with Humble Bundle! Specific games on my wishlist include Great God Grove, Volcano Princess, and Ikenfell! (Maybe even get me a surprise game, based off of my likes listed in #3? Yes, this is me inviting you to try to indoctrinate me into your video game fandoms!)

9. Support for my art accounts! A share, a kind comment, or maybe even a follow for any of my art accounts would warm my heart!! It's brutal out here for us artists online in this day and age... I am primarily active on Tumblr and Bluesky!

10. Spare my beloved's site some kind words! This one's a secret, okay? Don't mention that I sent you! But my long-suffering husband has a simple website! It contains things like some of his art, and a work-in-progress guide to shiny hunting. Pup often gets discouraged with pups site, and hasn't updated it in a while because of it. So, please consider looking around, then signing the guestbook at the bottom of the homepage with some kind words!

˚˖𓍢ִ໋ ୧ ✉️ ‧₊˚ .⛸️ ❄︎ ⋅

Thank you and happy holidays to you all! My email is azures.mist@protonmail.com, and my Steam account is azuremists!

Current Mood: sad
Current Music: Lorien Testard / Alice Duport-Percier - Until Next Life (Solo Voice)

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Holiday wishes for some pick-me-ups

Hi, I'm Nicky/Eirian/

shanaqui, participating here for the umpteenth year.

I wasn't sure if I'd make a post this year, but this morning our eldest and much beloved rabbit died, and you know what... I could use any excuse for a pick-me-up and to think about something else. 2025 has been filled with personal loss (I also lost my grandmother this year), and I need some cosiness and love.

PHYSICAL STUFF:

1. A book from my Amazon wishlist. The most recent additions are the things I want most; I've also indicated priority on some stuff. Books are my biggest comfort, so it's a biggie for me. Books can be sent direct to me via the wishlist.

2. If you prefer getting books from non-Amazon places, that is very valid. Book vouchers for Kobo UK, Bookshop.org UK, Waterstones UK or National Book Tokens work well as an alternative way to treat me to a book. My email address is thebrightspark [at] gmail [dot] com.

FANDOM STUFF:

3. Recs or new fics for the Liushen pairing from The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System. I love Liu Qingge and Shen Yuan together, but I don't like it when it splits up an established relationship between Luo Binghe and Shen Yuan (I love them too, Binghe deserves happiness), so we're mostly talking AUs/canon divergences. Right now I'm most interested in happy stuff. Explicit is OK. Bingliushen is also okay.

4. Liushen art/art recs. Pretty much the same here as above!

5. Recs or new fics for the Huaqing pairing from Heaven Official's Blessing/TGCF. I have really come to adore Hua Cheng and Mu Qing as a couple, picturing allll that devotion soaking into Mu Qing's insecurities, and the two of them being total assholes to everyone together. Again, I don't like it to split up Hualian (I love Hualian!), so it'd be AU/canon divergence. Xianle quartet all together is also fine if that gels better.

6. Huaqing art/art recs. Same again. I haven't actually seen any Huaqing art and I'd love to. Donghua or manhua appearances are both fine.

7. Recs for MDZS Wangxian fic. I've only just read the books, let's get me reading. I'm probably looking most for slice of life stuff over really plotty stuff. I'm done having my heart lacerated, I just want them to be happy! AU/canon divergence is fine.

OTHER STUFF:

8. Recs for non-fiction books. I read a wide array of subjects, most recently including: nineteenth century fashion, the Bayeux Tapestry, the history of children's literature, tuberculosis, pyramids, the Cheapside jewelry hoard, the Soviet space program, folk music, medieval manuscripts, healthcare in the UK in WW2, valkyries, ancient Mesopotamia... Having read about something before doesn't preclude me from reading something else on the topic, and conversely not having read something probably doesn't mean I'm not interested.

9. Recs for danmei/baihe you love. I've read MXTX's work and The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish (and have a few others lined up like The Husky and His White Cat Shizun and Guardian). I would prefer to read editions published in English rather than fan translations, but I can always keep an eye out for something you love getting a translation...

10. Recs for manga/manhwa/graphic novels/etc. I've recently enjoyed A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation, A Boy Named Rose, The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter, A Side Character's Love Story, Home Sick Pilots, Solo Leveling, Tied to You, Love Everlasting... yeah, a bit of a weird mix. So I'd love to hear about the ones others enjoy that might tickle my interest.

Thanks, and a warm and safe December to all. ♥

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class action lawsuit

Blast from the past...

In the different country that is the past, I used to own/operate a tiny little ISP in my tiny little town. It accepted credit cards, subject to the excessively high merchant account fees that were the order of the day. Now, I sold the ISP in 2007 and it doesn't have an EIN any more since we sold that to someone else. It hasn't filed a tax return in years. The business is closed.

But there's been a class action suit about the interchange fees related to accepting credit cards. I don't understand shit about it, but the business DID accept credit cards during the timeframe covered by the lawsuit.

( As you know, Bob, I enjoy my Class Action Money )

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The price of coffee

Two years and change ago, I discovered coffee at home as a doable, cost-saving thing. Sometimes I am a little late to the party of Obvious Things, but better late than never.

I ran some preliminary numbers on the cost to determine that yes, it was boatloads cheaper to make coffee at home. To that end, I have been making a concerted effort to do my coffee at home instead of buying it out and about. And I have better numbers now on how that is going.

( Come and see! )

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four nice things make a December post

I switched my Fic Updates DW Journal over to “entries are displayed in the journal-specific style” mode, realized for the first time how glitchy it looks on mobile, and spent a good chunk of today fussing with borders/margins/font sizes until I finally felt better about it.

The journal has mostly been “crossposting links from AO3” for a decade now, but in the past couple years I had a resurgence of using it for “behind-the-scenes about the writing” posts (all for Cover of Knight reasons). Finally came around to thinking, you know what, I want them to look customized.

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Sometimes you post a thing and it just hits, huh? I put that art of “Lydia Deetz singing Gravity” on DA, and overnight it became the most popular thing I’ve uploaded there in years.

“DA doesn’t want live-action superheroes, it wants Cartoon Ladies” isn’t exactly news, but still. Watching those numbers zoom upward sure was something.

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This mural of a giant kitten is amazing. (By Oriol Arumi at Torrefarrera Street Art Festival in Torrefarrera, Cataluna, Spain.)

Fund artists! Think of how many other cool things they could do!

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Speaking of support for artists:

Anyone reading this who makes Clip Studio assets? I have points that need to be spent/gifted before the end of the year, so drop a link to yours (here’s a link to mine, for comparison) and I’ll send you some.

I have over 6,000 Clippy to burn, so please share this around. I’ll give some to everyone who responds, until/unless I run out.

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Season's Greetings~!

Hi, I'm

kalloway. This is my fourth year participating. (Posting, at least. I've been elf-ing around for far longer.) I'm mostly after the stuff in your closets and will give you stuff from mine. If you need a physical or virtual address for me, please comment or send a PM. I'm in the US, which unfortunately makes shipping even more dire this year than usual.

1. Gundams! If you have any old Gundam stuff, I'll happily take it off your hands, especially model kits. Any condition is fine. Built or unbuilt for model kits, seriously any condition. They'll be used for learning/experiments.
Here's an example of a full project from the summer.

2. Any other model kits of any type that you're never going to build. Building models this past year has been really good for my mental health and keeping my hands busy has kept away the doomscrolling. (I do mean anything from robots to cars to tanks to airplanes to dioramas of buildings, etc.)

3. Any modeling/model kit supplies you're not going to use.

4. Support my model kit habit with giftcards from this crabby small business: Gunpla Hermit's Shop. If you need my email, lmk or just PM me the code.

5. Fanart of Dantarg from Romancing SaGa 2/RomSaGa Re;univerSe wearing a sweater/warm gear for winter. Here is a reference post.

6. I started building a new personal writing archive in 2023 and stalled out on it earlier this year. I keep getting overwhelmed with how much there is to do and can't decide out where to start. So if there's a smaller section/fandom that's unclickable or seems sparse, give me a nudge to work on it. (Fanfic/Original, everything is Choose Not to Warn atm as I sort out how to list content notes. There is explicit written content. If you want any other info please leave a comment.)

7. I'm giving away some manga/anime/dvds/etc. that have been to too many nerd sales and just need new homes. (US-only, sorry. Shipping sucks.) Please take a look.

8. Amazon Wishlist. It's mostly books and fun stuff and used is fine. If you'd rather shop from your bookshelf/your local store/bookshop.org/etc., just let me know so I can take things off the list.

9. .hack//G.U. vol. 3 (Tatsuya Hamazaki) - the light novel adaptation for the series. It's the only volume I've just never been able to find. Any readable condition is fine.

10. Gankutsuou vol. 2 (Mahiro Maeda) - the manga adaptation. Again, any readable condition is fine.

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Reading Wednesday

Just finished: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Couldn't put this one down, which is why I'm tired this morning. It's dark academia meets gothic with three rather compelling heroines who've been cursed by witches. Like most gothics, it's more about the atmosphere than the mystery, though I did really enjoy ( spoilers ). And I loved all three characters, which, in true SMG style, are very driven, to the point of alienating most of the people in their lives, and very lifelike.

I am glad I was warned for ( another spoiler )

Oh it's also super adorable to see the "ancient department heads" at Stoneridge College. This is best not spoiled.

Currently reading: Nothing, but I have a hold that should be coming in soon at the library so it's time to read all my short books.

Current Location: Straya

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Happy Holidays

Hiya, this is my first wishlist. Wishing everyone a happy holiday season from Australia!

1. I collect comic books and really enjoy comics from the 80's and 90's. I prefer DC (Superman or Superman adjacent). If you happen to have any old comics laying around just collecting dust I would love to take them off your hands. They don't have to be in mint condition. Even if they are falling apart as long as they are readable I would love them.

2. As mentioned above , I am a Superman and fan and love the Lois/Clark pairing. I would enjoy any fanfic recs, specifically if it's fluffy. My favourite Superman fandoms are My Adventures with Superman, Lois & Clark & the James Gunn Superman movie. I am not a Smallville fan (I really tried, promise).

3. I'm looking to make more connections and friends around the world and would love some penpals/email/discord friends. I am neurodivergent and physically disabled. Some of my interests are Superman (duh), Taylor Swift, my dog & animals in general. I enjoy writing fanfic. I would love to write/chat to anyone. You can email me at 90stvfangirl @ gmail . com for my address or other details. Or DM me!

4. TV show recommendations. I like most genres, but favour horror/sci-fi. Some of my favourite shows ever are Buffy, Lois & Clark, Bones, X Files (I love to ship...), Evil. So anything with those vibes. I'm currently watching Pluribus and loving it! I also don't mind current shows like Grey's, 9-1-1, SVU.

5. Comic book recommendations. I bought myself a Kindle Color and I'm loving reading comics on it. I have a Kindle Unlimited account (free for 3 months), so any Kindle Unlimited comic recommendations would be amazing. Some comics I enjoy besides Superman are Fables, Saga, The Walking Dead. I wouldn't mind trying Batman, but where to start?

6. My very random amazon wishlist.

7. Read and comment on my fanfic! 90sfangirl79

8. Donate to the www.heartfoundation.org.au/ or your country’s equivalent!

Thank you everyone! <3

Current Mood: thankful

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Happy Holidays!

I am in the United States (NJ) and live with my finicky cat. I appreciate anything you might do/get for me! If my address is needed, please message me!

My wishes:

1) a cat toy for an 8 year old finicky cat who hates balls, springs, wands, and bird toys that chirp and "fly"

2) an extra long pink fitted sheet with deep pockets

3) large statement earrings or Christmas earrings

4) cards for Christmas or my Birthday (12/21)

5) some love for my fics at https://archiveofourown.org/users/Disney_Dark if you like any

6) anything Disney Princess, tangible or not

7) book recs for recipe books that focus on fruitarian diets

8) Disney songs played on a piano or other instrument that I can use in Youtube videos (with credit)

9) warm socks

10) any from my Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3BQYW1LIXKIK8

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Tamsin's Wishes

Hi everyone,

I'm Tamsin. I am a social worker and currently training to become a therapist. I live in Austria. I've been participating in this comm for years, first on lj and then here on dw and I'm looking forward to taking part again. I already have some lists bookmarked where I hope I'm able to fulfil some wishes.

Used/self-made items are lovely and very welcome.

1. Something from my amazon wish list amazon us / amazon germany

2. Poetry books - books with poems in them, books analyzing poetry, books about writing poetry

3. Chocolate - I'm not big on liquor-filled stuff and raisins, otherwise I'm up for anything. I have a giant sweet tooth. I've gotten to try some cool stuff through this community

4. Jewelry - I'm especially fond of bracelets and necklaces

5. A care package - I love fandom, books, food, owls, sloths and surprises.

6. Tell me about your favorite book reviewers - I read in a wide range of genres, in german and english. I'm on the look out for interesting, thoughtful reviewers. For example I really like Jo Walton Reads. But honestly am open to check out anyone that you enjoy and would recommend.

For my address please PM me.

As always, thank you for looking at my list! I hope you’ll have many moments of contentment, creativity and joy this holiday season. Happy Holidays!

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Pony pony update: Bad pony riding and some pics

Wait what? I thought the ponies were being good?

( It's (bad) pony riding and not (bad pony) riding. Read more? )

Current Mood: peaceful

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I really don't know what happened, and why I go so long without posting. It's been a week! Over a week? IDK.

Thanksgiving came and went. Hopefully all of you had a nice one, or if you don't celebrate, hopefully you had a restful Thursday. I spent mine with Blair's family, and wow, there were like 40 people there and five different tables laden with food. The event had to be held in their garage, where there was enough space to lay out that many tables.

I made maple bacon pecan blondies and a big bowl of elote to contribute to the feast, and both were generally well-liked, which made me happy.

Blair and I went Black Friday shopping, and actually had a great time. It was bustling enough at the mall to feel like a festive event, but not so crazy that it was stressful. We finished our Christmas shopping, and I got a few clothing items that were on super sale. We had dinner at a nearby hole in the wall called The Hungry Peddler, and then rounded out the night by getting our Christmas tree and a bunch of ornaments and lights, then coming home and setting it all up.

Saturday, we got a winter storm. It snowed all day long, from early morning to late night, without stopping. Waking up on Sunday was almost a little surreal for me, seeing absolutely everything covered in pristine unbroken white. We didn't go anywhere on Sunday, preferring to stay in and be cozy, and avoid what was sure to be hazardous driving.

All in all, it was a pretty great Thanksgiving weekend. It's getting a lot colder though, and my Southern Californian body is finding it hard to withstand, even indoors (we haven't run the heat at all, because honestly, we haven't really needed to in this apartment building). I'm just glad I had the foresight to buy myself a proper winter coat last week before The Big Chill set in.

When I got home from work this evening, we curled up on the couch; Blair with her presentation preparation, me with a stack of holiday cards. I've got them all done and filled out! By December 1st. Fancy that. If you'd like a holiday card from me and you haven't spoken up yet, do please let me know. Either comment here and I'll message you, or you can feel free to message me.

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Season's Greetings!

Hello all! I learned about this comm this year and it's such a sweet idea, I'm excited to take part! No worries if folks can't fill my wishes, of course, but thank you for looking at my list at all - and may everyone's holiday season be wonderful!

1. Dreamwidth Points - Dreamwidth's paid time features are so great, and I keep finding more and more icons I like, so points I could put towards paid time or additional icon slots would be very appreciated!

2. Fic Recommendations - For Hazbin Hotel or Pokemon Horizons. Both are new favorite media I got really into this past year, and finding fic for large fandoms like Pokemon and Hazbin Hotel can get a little overwhelming, so I'd love recommendations of your favorite fics! The main things I'd like to read for Hazbin are: Husk/Angel Dust fic, or fic with a focus on Abel, Sir Pentious, Lucifer, or Emily. For Horizons, I'd be interested in fic focused on Friede, the friendship(s) between Roy, Dot, and/or Liko, and the bond between Roy and his team, as well as general slice of life on the Brave Olivine before the timeskip. In either fandom, I'm not interested in crackfic, character/ship bashing, porn without plot for Hazbin/smut fic in general for Horizons, or fics containing character death. Also, if you're recommending a fic for Pokemon Horizons, please note that I'm watching the English dub, and want to avoid spoilers for anything after HZ089, "Where the Adventure Leads," thank you!

3. 100x100 Icons - I can always use more Pokemon icons, and especially would love icons of any of the new Mega Evolutions in Legends Z-A or the characters Naveen, Taunie, Lida, L, or Mable from the same game, or icons of Friede, Cap, Roy, Dot, Liko, or any of their Pokemon from Pokemon Horizons!

4. Digital Giftcards - to Barnes and Noble, Hot Topic, Amazon, or the Nintendo eShop; you can DM me for my email address!

5. YouTube Recommendations - I'm a big fan of YouTubers who create content focused on art and character design, such as GinjaNinjaOwO, Momopurin, Prickly Alpaca, and TheStarfishface. I'd love to add more to my subscription list!

Again, thank you for checking out my list, and whatever you're celebrating or observing this time of year - if anything - I wish you the very best time!

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Soricel's wishlist

Hi everyone! This is my first time doing this, and I'm a little shy about it, but here goes! I would love it if you...

1.) Rec'd me some stuff! Right now I'm mostly on the hunt for webcomics, anime, C-dramas, or audio dramas of the modern-day slice-of-life variety, ideally with little to no romance and at least a couple queer characters in the cast. Also happy to check out some fics that fit this bill, even if the original fandom doesn't.

2.) Ranted at me about stuff you love! It's always fun for me to hear about things people are into, and often people's enthusiasm rubs off on me and I check out things I might not otherwise. I'd love to hear about what/who you love and why.

3.) Commented on a fic or podfic of mine, especially this pe-canon Raven Cycle thing starring the 300 Fox Way crew. It's probably my favorite fic I've written, and sadly it remains uncommented upon. :(

4.) Are a nonbinary person in your 30s/40s/older and would like to be DW friends or even better email penpals and share experiences/tips/etc.

5.) Told me about something you did/tried to do this year that made you a little happier and that I might wanna try too.

I think that's it! I love that this is a thing! Thank you! <3

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Peasina's Wishes

Hello friends,

I’m pea, a 30-something podficcer, Pokémon-fan, and craft-lover from the UK 👋 This is my eighth time participating in Holiday Wishes, and I look forward to the kind, wholesome interactions this event encourages all year. Thank you so much to anyone who grants any of my below wishes. You’re amazing!

1. DW Points – This was my first year having a paid DW account, and I love having access to extra icons, polls, and the search function! Any number of points you’d be kind enough to gift me would be extremely appreciated.

2. Female YouTuber recs – It’s always lovely to find a new YouTuber to binge, and I’d love to support more women making videos about topics I enjoy such as crafts, hobbies, LGBTQ+ themes, video games, and Pokémon. Some of my current favourites are: brattyxbre (zines), Emma Thorne (religion, LGBTQ+ rights, conspiracy theories), Karen Puzzles (jigsaw puzzles), Kyra/Strawberry Pokémon (Pokémon TCG collecting), Memoria (video games), Royalty Soaps (soap and candle making), and Shiny Catherine (Pokémon shiny hunting).

3. Paid Discord things – If you have any of those free trials of Discord Nitro to give out, I’d love to be the lucky recipient of one, especially from 22 Dec onward (when I’m taking part in a Discord-based fan event that’s always easier with Nitro.) My Discord username is ‘alittlesunshine’ – feel free to friend me. I also have a wishlist associated with my account with ~~two~~ one cute profile add-on I’d love to have, if you’re feeling extra generous.

4. Comments on any works in the PokePodProject collections — I co-mod

pokepodproject, an event that aims to create a fic and podfic for every Pokémon, and I would be delighted if the participants got more attention on their works. I’d appreciate it so, so, so much if you showed them (fic and/or podfic) some love. All are under 1k/10 mins. Here are some links to help you navigate:
Gen one: AO3 Collection | Spreadsheet of Works | Audiobook Anthology Downloads
Gen two: AO3 Collection | Spreadsheet of Works | Audiobook Anthology Downloads

5. Something to open for Christmas – I don’t really get gifts at Christmas, and not to sound shallow, but I do really enjoy having something to open. If you’d like to send me a little surprise, I’d be so grateful and will probably cry happy tears. Here’s a few things I like, if it helps: purple, pink, wax melts (citrus, coffee, sugary scents), stickers, sweets/candy, beads, handmade items (I LOVE crafts!! anything you made will excite me), Pokémon (especially steel and fairy types and any gen one Pokemon), and fruit-themed items. Please DM me for my address 💖

Thank you for looking at my wish list, and thank you again in advance for your kindness if you grant any of my wishes. Happy Holidays!

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season's greasons

Hello and happy holidays! May whatever your celebrations are be joyous, restorative, and blessed if they are religious.

1. Craft supplies donations for schools. Of course check with your local schools to see if this is something they really need, but I was until recently a TA in a special school and we were absolutely desperate for craft supplies that no one was donating. Fabric, even just in scraps, is especially valuable this time of year. Anything you have in your stash that you're not using, please see if you have a local school (particularly a special school) that could make use of it!

2. High quality, durable cat toys. My little guy is joyously destroying every toy he gets, and I simply don't have enough money to be replacing them at the speed he goes through them. I'd happily take recommendations (not Kong), or if you want to send me physical items, I'll have contact info at the bottom of this post.

3. Stickers. I'm long distance with one of my partners and we write lots of physical letters. I like to decorate the envelopes with stickers but my stash is running low and I'm having trouble finding cool stickers I like - most shops I find on Ko-fi and such are based in the US, and getting anything sent from the US is a very hit-or-miss prospect these days. I will again take recs - UK-based shops preferred, since I know most of the EU (understandably) won't ship to us either - or if you have spares you'd like to get rid of, contact info is at the bottom of this post. Themes I like: cats, mythology, folklore and folk art, vintage florals, spooky/witchy/Halloween things, hearts.

4. Washi tape. Same note as with the stickers - I keep finding local artists listing washi tape on their website and it must be going out of stock within minutes! No one seems to be able to keep it in stock, unless there is some vast washi tape-making supply shortage of which I'm unaware. If you have recs or any physical items you'd like to get rid of, I'm happy to take either.

5. Dreamwidth points. Always appreciated!

6. One more player for Vampire Heist. I'm running a homebrew D&D mini campaign on StartPlayingGames and we're one player short of starting. If you'd like to (fictionally) force the British Museum to repatriate some stuff, come play with us!

7. Anything off my Giftful wishlist. The wishlist is here and contact info's at the bottom of this post.

8. Commissions. I recently left my job because for a number of reasons it was killing me, and while I'm very happy with having given myself the gift of mental and physical health, I could use some work! I offer both writing and editing commissions, and I especially love editing, so if you've got some writing you'd like eyes on - anything from fic to novels - I'd be happy to help.

9. Eyes on my writing. It's really a struggle out there for writers trying to keep scrapers from stealing their work, and I've had to lower the visibility of my writing past what I would ideally have. All my writing is available for free on

yarnofariadne_writes, though you do have to join the community (I'll swiftly approve - I'm just trying to keep out the bots). I'm in the process of cross-posting to my website as well. My books are also available for very low prices, and I'm happy to send out review copies for reviewers.

10. Word of mouth. Following on from the above, if you enjoy what I write, please tell someone! Writing reviews on Goodreads/Storygraph/Pagebound is always a kindness, and even just telling a friend you think would be into what I write would be very much appreciated.

You can DM me here on Dreamwidth, or send me an email at victoriacaroline at tuta dot com.

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D&D seems like it's spreadsheets with a story draped over it.

Right now I'm listening to a song that I kind of like. It's catchy and funny and honestly resembles a lot of D&D campaigns that I have not played but have watched from the sidelines.

( Are you going to link the song? )