Prince of Tennis fic

12 April 2026 06:42 pm
thawrecka: (Default)
[personal profile] thawrecka
Celebration Chance (1029 words) by thawrecka
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Tennis no Oujisama | Prince of Tennis
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fuji Shuusuke/Kawamura Takashi
Characters: Fuji Shuusuke, Kawamura Takashi, Kikumaru Eiji
Additional Tags: Fluff, post nationals, First Kiss
Summary:

Kawamura is still injured, but Fuji takes a chance on what he wants anyway.

Today's Adventures

11 April 2026 09:12 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Today we went to the Small Business Fest held just outside Booth Library at Eastern Illinois University. It was several times bigger than we expected, which was awesome. It wrapped around the entire square, and one side had booths down both sides of the walkway. This was nearly the size of the old Celebration fest, with very similar offerings.  They do this twice a year now, spring and fall.

Read more... )
thawrecka: (Default)
[personal profile] thawrecka
I finished the Nationals OVAs! They're fun. It's a shame they don't have more time to expand some matches, but also I think some things work better animated than they did for me in the manga. Yukimura v Ryoma seemed so silly to me in the manga, but in the OVAs I'm like, oh, I get it: Yukimura visits his trauma on other people with his tennis style that aims to make people feel like they're being betrayed by their bodies and don't enjoy tennis anymore, so Ryoma defeats him in the psychological battle by still liking tennis. It's not deep, but somehow it works better for me in the OVAs than it did when I speed read through it.

Though I'm a bit sad that the original anime series cannibalised bits of what happened during the Fuji v Niou match for the Fuji v Tezuka match it put in towards the end of the original anime, because it means anime Fuji v Niou seems so much less interestingly weird.

Once again I feel like I don't understand why there isn't tons of fic about Oishi's desperate unrequited feelings for Tezuka. Everyone is weird about Tezuka obvs, but Oishi is the most so.

also lmao, Inui capturing Tezuka smiling on video

Also also, for the most part I think Tezuka's sexuality is leaving everyone on read, but during the yakiniku insanity when Inui was trying to fly mouth first towards Atobe and then Tezuka dakked Inui before he fell on the grill... that seemed more like Tezuka trying to stop Inui from trying it on with his man than anything.

Philosophical Questions: City

11 April 2026 08:02 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

What would a perfect city be like?

Read more... )

Food

11 April 2026 05:29 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Truckloads of food are being wasted because computers won’t approve them

Modern food systems may look stable on the surface, but they are increasingly dependent on digital systems that can quietly become a major point of failure. Today, food must be “recognized” by databases and automated platforms to be transported, sold, or even released, meaning that if systems go down, food can effectively become unusable—even when it’s physically available.

Read more... )
autobotscoutriella: teenage Ema Skye writing in a notebook (AA1 Ema)
[personal profile] autobotscoutriella
Today's to-do list, with a few items already checked off because I was going to post this earlier and forgot:

- fold laundry
- put up hummingbird feeder
- clean out dead plants from the porch garden and get the pots back in shape
- reply to AO3 comments
- put away winter decorations and get out the spring ones
- pick up groceries
- write 200 words on either Forsaken Road or broken beaten damned (I picked broken beaten damned but I might poke Forsaken Road later)
- crosspost some fic from FFA and the PWKM

I had some feline help with the plants ("Springs, what's in your mouth? Give me that. GIVE ME THAT. No, you can't eat the chives. Leave the wasp ALONE."), so I anticipate summer gardening will be somewhat more exciting than it was when Prowl was content to nap under the chairs while I worked. I need to go get some more pots, because mine are in pretty sad shape after a decade of being left out in all weather, so I may need to add a quick trip to Lowe's on the way home to my to-do list, but we'll see how it goes.

EDIT: I finished! And made that trip to Lowe's and organized the shed while I was at it. A productive day.

Birdfeeding

11 April 2026 12:08 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Today is mostly sunny and mild.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/11/26 -- We went out to a Small Business Fest today.  We spent about 3 1/2 hours there, a lot longer than expected, but it was four or five times the size I expected and really awesome.  :D  But now my nose is pink from the sun and my legs feel like they're about to fall off, so that limits my yardening potential for the day.

On the way into town, we saw two turkey vultures visiting the remains of a possum at the edge of the yard.

EDIT 4/11/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/11/26 -- I potted up most of the remaining flowers.

EDIT 4/11/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I potted up the last of the flowers.
 
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.  *goflopnow*

Moonscrolling.

11 April 2026 06:31 pm
goodbyebird: Last of Us: Joel is smiling. He's not traumatized. He's not emotionally shut down. Shhh. (Last of Us and nothing bad happened ever)
[personal profile] goodbyebird
+ They landed safely huzzah! Science!!

+ Graveyard Keeper is free on Steam for a short while.

+ Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species.

+ Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth.

+ Forest growth in the EU outpaces harvesting.

+ Elusive nightjar birds making remarkable comeback, conservationists say.

+ Discovered the on board kiosk stocked my favorite potato chips this trip \o/

(no subject)

11 April 2026 10:04 am
scifirenegade: (marquis 2)
[personal profile] scifirenegade
[personal profile] vriddy's account on her experiences on tiny fandoms is an interesting read.

About The Man Without Desire (1923): This film has it all! Rococo, death, suspended animation via magic, people being the clones of their ancestors, a man being a fish out of water for five in-world minutes, erectile disfunction. Yet! It never goes all the way (and I'm bummed about it).

I would say this was a weird metaphor for comphet while being gay, but Novello was never really in the closet. And I'm talking about Novello less because he starred in the movie and mote because he was one of the producers.

(I would have said this was a metaphor for asexuality, but Vittorio, the man without desire himself, dies at the end. ED, comphet or asexuality, any lens you look at this movie through, is yikes.)

More Needlepoint!

10 April 2026 08:28 pm
lightbird: http://coelasquid.deviantart.com/ (Default)
[personal profile] lightbird
I finished 2 more ornament gifts for friends.

Previously I needlepointed the owl design and finished it with ecru cording for the edge. This time I did brown cording and I also tried out long stitch to make the feathers look more feathery.

Owl!
owl


second ornament under cut )
conuly: (Default)
[personal profile] conuly
Edit: fuck, I forgot to include Smallville! Uh, vote for that as the last option I guess.

1. Results will be non-binding

2. I will not watch anything starring anybody who then went on to perform in the God's Not Dead franchise. This isn't even about their abhorrent beliefs, it's about their apparently low artistic standards. I only am barely including Xena on this list because we can just skip crossover episodes. Please do let me know if I accidentally listed a Big Mistake in that regard

Poll #34464 Old TV
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 41


What are we gonna watch together?

View Answers

Teen Wolf
4 (9.8%)

Stargate (any)
17 (41.5%)

Xena
14 (34.1%)

X-Files
12 (29.3%)

Scrubs
6 (14.6%)

Something else that you'll put in the comments
4 (9.8%)

Space Exploration

10 April 2026 06:06 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Scientists think dark matter might come in two forms

Dark matter may come in two flavors—finally explaining why its signals appear in some galaxies but vanish in others.

A mysterious glow of gamma rays at the center of the Milky Way has long hinted at dark matter, but the lack of similar signals in smaller dwarf galaxies has cast doubt on that idea. Now, researchers propose a bold twist: dark matter might not be a single particle at all, but a mix of two different types that must interact with each other to produce detectable signals.

Gaming

10 April 2026 05:59 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Did you grow up regularly playing board games (either with your family, or in other contexts)? Do you feel that this affected the prominence (or lack of prominence) of board games in your later life?

Read more... )

(no subject)

10 April 2026 03:57 pm
lycomingst: (Default)
[personal profile] lycomingst
I got my car back after paying a TREMENDOUS amount. Well, the car is 17 yrs old and the back wheels were about to fall off or something. I didn't get the air conditioning fixed because I ain't going nowhere hot. I just suffer driving to Safeway.

Birdfeeding

10 April 2026 01:19 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Today is cloudy and mild.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

I am excited to see that the yellow violet has propagated itself, and now there are two little clumps blooming in the forest garden.  :D

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I pulled weeds out of two pots so I can plant pansies and violas in them.

I've seen a male cardinal and heard a squirrel barking.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I made one pot with a black viola and a black pansy, intending to add some other black plant later.  I made another with a black viola, a black pansy, a purple-and-white viola, a blue-shaded viola, and a white alyssum.  I watered the pots and added some sticks to discourage squirrels from digging in them.

I also tested out a trick that I saw in a video.  Take a large garden staple, push the tines down into a narrow pot, squeeze together like tongs, and pull the plant out.  It takes a bit of practice to make it work, but it does work better than other methods I  have tried for safely extracting plants from those multipacks.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I made a pot with a black viola, a black pansy, a purple-and-yellow pansy, and a white alyssum.

The weather is turning cooler and the breeze is picking up.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I made 3 pots with various shades of purple, yellow, and orange pansies and violas.  For now these are on the white planters alongside the big pot of mixed Johnny-jump-ups.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I made a pot with a mauve pansy, a couple different violas, and a white alyssum.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/10/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I am done for the night. 

Random Roman Remains

10 April 2026 05:13 pm
purplecat: Black and White photo of production of Julius Caesar (General:Roman Remains)
[personal profile] purplecat

High curved stone brick walls with low stone seating around the edge and a channel through the middle.
The Bath House, Chesters Roman Fort