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Title: Ave Caesar
Author:

unendingwanderlust
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Buffy Summers/Rupert Giles
Rating: Explicit (NC17)
Length: 2,685 words
Summary: For ex-cavalry officer Rupert Giles, duty always comes first. His task to escort the Roman emperor's latest captive should be easy. But one look at his fiery slave and Giles wants to put his own desires before everything else. For Buffy, her powerful, battle-honed captor has her head in conflict with her heart. Bound by a new-found bondage of emotions, it's not long before Buffy wonders whether she wants to come out of this perilous journey to Rome with her virtue intact!

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/66336622

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Rec time! Did you read/watch/listen to something you really liked and would love other people to know about, too? Don't have the time or energy to make a full promo post, or think such a small thing doesn't merit a separate entry?

Here's your chance to share with the class! Just drop a comment with a link and maybe a couple of words in description. No need to overthink things, it can be as simple as Loved this! or OMG, look at that!. (You don't need to keep it short, though, write as much as you want.)

Check out the previous entries, too!

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This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

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rionaleonhart

I've been playing Deltarune! I've replayed chapters one and two, and I've also finished the new chapter three; I haven't played the fourth chapter yet.

For the benefit of anyone who's trying to avoid spoilers, this entry has two different cuts. The first cut contains my thoughts from revisiting the first two chapters (mainly disjointed speculation, including speculation on the Snowgrave route), with no spoilers for the new material, and the second cut contains my thoughts on chapter three.

( Thoughts on the first two chapters of Deltarune. )

And now on to chapter three!

( Thoughts on chapter three of Deltarune. )

One of the most striking things about Deltarune, like Undertale before it, is how dense this game is with fun little details. It takes every opportunity to slip in a secret or a joke. You're constantly rewarded for poking around, for trying new things, for taking a second look. It's an approach that makes the world such a pleasure to explore.

I'm looking forward to playing chapter four; please try not to give anything away in the comments!

bluapapilio

Prologue

Part 2 reread:

Oscar is extremely protective of Brad, he's probably his guarddog. Keith is a drunk? Faith is Brad's younger brother and a charlatan, Junior is the son of a famous hero and hates being called short. Billy is an informant.

Part 3:

1. Nova explains Substance, which landed on Earth 50 years ago and is what gives people superpowers which they use to collect remaining Substance around the world and help with disasters. Lily is an instructor and probably the most powerful superhero woman. She retired after getting married. Jay is a senior (senpai) hero who represents the mentors and Akira is his fanboy.

I was just wondering if there was going to be an outside conflict in this story: there's a terrorist group called Eclipse. I wonder if they have spies in the school. What is their end goal? To drive out all Substance? Are they the 'humanity deserves the disasters coming for them and should all die' type?

2. Oh no, Akira and Will got Brad and Oscar as their leads, it's so over for them;; Also I feel like there's no benefit to putting two childhood friends together, it's hard to get closer than that like Jay said. And they made Brad the leader of the whole 13th gen!

Gast and Ren got Victor and Marion as their leaders, Victor must be the one mentioned by Nova whom he's working with.

Hahah Faith and Leonard (Junior) got put in the same team with Keith. I wonder why no major hero got assigned to them?

Gray and Billy were assigned Jay and Asch.

Part 4:

Faith meets Gray, who's got social anxiety and is a bit older than the others. Oh noo Asch is one of his leaders and he's an asshole bully, poor Gray. 😭

I HATE ASCH SO MUCH WTF

Victor seems nice at least, he made Gray feel better. If he does anything to hurt him later...🗡🗡🗡

Part 5:

Marion is arrogant, Akira said he looked like a girl wtf he does not, Leonard took offense, he must be Marion's fanboy.

Akira had better have some character growth because aghhhh.

My current feelings on a few of the chars:

Like: Victor, Jay, Gray, Nova
Don't like: Akira, Asch, Marion

Basically hot-blooded and arrogant characters are not doing it for me lol

Current Mood: hot

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rionaleonhart

I am legally required to write this Hundred Line/Horizon Zero Dawn crossover. Yugamu and Nil are both so horny for murder; it would be a travesty if they never met!

Title: Kindred Spirits
Fandom: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy/Horizon Zero Dawn
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Yugamu/Nil
Wordcount: 1,200
Summary: Yugamu and Nil meet and murderflirt. Look, someone had to write this.

( Kindred Spirits )

lessonsinescapology

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whimsyful

Incredible and incredibly wild revenge thriller, with an unusual format. The plot kicks off with middle school teacher Yūko Moriguchi’s farewell speech to her students: she’s retiring after the tragic death of her young daughter Manami. But Moriguchi has recently discovered that her daughter’s drowning was not an accident, but murder, and it was committed by two of her own pupils. And since she is not satisfied with Japan’s lax juvenile crime laws, she has decided to take revenge into her own hands…

There are six chapters total in this book, each of which is a different monologue or “confession” of some kind: a teacher’s farewell speech, a letter submitted to a magazine’s writing contest, diary entries etc. This rotation of close first and second person unreliable narrators is terrifically effective. Each character’s voice is very well differentiated, and there is a great sense of each individual’s personality, biases, and what they do and don’t know about what’s actually going on. Each chapter also has some revelation that upends what you thought you knew—it’s definitely not the sort of format that can be sustained for long, but it goes on for just long enough and then ends with a bang. I do think that the first chapter is basically a perfect short story all on it’s own, and none of the subsequent chapters hits quite the same high, but I liked the fleshing out of what were pretty one note villains enough to enjoy the rest of the book.

Do some of the plot points strain credulity? Yes. Does Moriguchi’s (former) class contain a truly incredible number of middle schoolers willing to do horrible things at the drop of a hat? Also yes. But I found this a short little gem of a suspense thriller, with some social commentary on the role of teachers, the role of parents, and how both can irrevocably influence kids as they grow up.

P. S. There is also a very faithful and beautifully shot movie adaptation which I actually watched first, but of the two I prefer the book.

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Title: Wedding Date With the ER Doctor
Author: tinystarsfic
Fandom: The Pitt (TV show)
Pairing/Characters: Mel King/Frank Langdon
Rating: Teen (for an implied sex scene)
Length: 2,355
Summary: A risk-taking emergency doctor brings her handsome colleague to a wedding
Notes: Based on this synposis

Link:Wedding Date With the ER Doctor

bluapapilio

5x03: The guys go after Ronan to get the scroll but Morro gets away with it. Kai promises their money from the tea shop to him in return for a different way to learn Airjitzu. Meanwhile Nya's water training is not going well because of her fear of being weak. My question is, if those Air weapons from Ronan's shop were so effective, why don't they keep using them?

5x04: So the different way is the haunted mansion of the sensei who created Airjitzu. Lmao when they tried to break in the windows when the door was unlocked. Cole: "Oh, okay." 😆 Nya runs away from training with Ronan's help to be Samurai X again (even though it was actually working, she just couldn't see it through her insecurity) but Morro's lackeys are in her cave and she can't do anything without water, and surprise surprise, Ronan saves her. The guys make it out of the mansion with the scroll after facing their fears...except Cole, who stopped to pick up the fallen scroll, and he became a ghost.

5x05: Really sweet moment between Cole and Nya, he was able to turn his hand solid to hug her. Lmao Zane has a pirate accent now. Everyone encouraging Cole and each other. :') Cole realized he could possess things! Morro didn't make it into the eye of the storm.

5x06: "Be the key, Cole! Be the key." X'D Morro made it to the Cloud Kingdom and got the sword, but with help from Lloyd Kai got it back and they escaped. They don't know where the tomb is though.

5x07: Aaand Ronan took the sword to Morro but then Morro tells him to bring the ninjas to him so Ronan says fuck that, they're my friends now and my soul isn't worth this bullshit. They find out where the tomb is thanks to Ronan at the end.

5x08: They get the crystal from the tomb and free Lloyd, but Morro snatches the crystal and escapes. They have their powers back now too. Nya stepped up with her powers as well. When they were looking at the reflections of their future selves, Cole didn't have one. :< Jay saw himself with Nya.

5x09: Skylor makes an appearance! She owns? works at? a restaurant now. Lloyd manages to get the crystal but Morro distracts him with mentioning his father long enough to revive his mistress. Man nothing goes right for the ninjas;;

5x10: Last episode of season 5. Lloyd gets sent where his dad is who tells him to do what he has to to save Ninjago. Ronan sends everyone off while he holds off Morro. I love the callbacks in this show, the running gags and foreshadowing. Poor Stiix, they've been put through the ringer. Aw, Lloyd let himself be left behind by Morro because he saw that it would save the day. He's grown so much imma cry. So did Garmadon just dissolve like the ghosts? He didn't look like a ghost though.

Where could things go from here in season 6? 🤔

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haitangkitty

It's been almost a year since i got into LE SSERAFIM.I've gotten into many new kpop groups in the past year and a half but they're the only one that i have the same amount of excitement after the honeymoon phase. I would say that they're my ult group. I actually listen to their music every day i haven't gotten bored of their songs they are just so good. The members, visuals, message, lyrics, vibe, fandom - i love everything about them, they are just a very lovable group. I'm so happy that this year has been successful for them and the hate train ended. They recently published their Japanese single "Different". The new JP album will also have a single "Kawaii", that will be a title track to Netflix My Melody&Kuromi series!

Right now they have been touring in Japan and Yunjin was on a one month break because she had back issues. Luckily she is recovered now and they will continue touring: they will do two concerts in Tokyo Dome for the first time! It was actually my dream to travel to Japan to see them there but unfortunately i'm unemployed and have no savings ;_;

Watch on YouTube

I love this song! Fresh vibes for the summer. I'm only annoyed that it's so short...
Fans have already pointed out how they put a song about being different during Pride Month! They also performed it with rainbow visuals. Both Yunjin and Chaewon have showed support for the community this month (and Sakura earlier in her career).

Watch on YouTube

I had to put the English version too because the visualizer is just so amazing. I need a le sserafim game asap!

I feel like i'm at a point in kpop where i've found the artists i'm really into. I've been checking new 5th gen artists just for the excitement of something new but i feel like i've found my thing now. Before i got back into kpop last year i actually only listened/stanned SM groups and now it's almost only Hybe groups. I've talked earlier on my blog about digital minimalism and curating my social media experience and how i engage with art. Kpop can be very consumerist, fast paced, chaotic hobby if you want it to. Luckily i left twitter and i use less tiktok and i only watch edits and don't care for fanwars, South-Korea "lifestyle" or recycled discourse. I really only buy stuff i'm 100% into and i don't collect multiple versions of the same album, i just get my favorite version. I also recently joined a kpop dance cover group(my first one!) for "older" fans and it has been super fun. I've been thinking about taking more dance classes next autumn now that i got more confidence to dance.

For Rolling Stone Japan August issue. I need to get my hands on this. I started collecting physical magazines when i got into Stray Kids (been collecting magazines with Hyunjin covers). I've been slowly getting into fashion and overall appreciating and looking for different aesthetics/visuals. I recently found shoes from a thrift store i manifested: silver sneakers with pink laces!

Also the new ILLIT song that dropped today "Do The Dance" has Yunjin credited as one of the songwriters! Even though i'm not ILLIT's target audience they do have a really cute vibe and i love the magical girl concept for this comeback.

Also if you're interested in getting into Le Sserafim i recommend this site !

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Title: The Angel Trap
Author: Glory_Jean
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing/Characters: Dean Winchester/Castiel
Rating: PG
Length: 1694
Summary: Not long after Cas returns from the empty, Dean and Cas get drawn into an undercover case by their favorite wayward young hunters. But they quickly realize it’s not what they expect. Meanwhile even though Dean knows he isn’t relationship material he’s having trouble keeping his feelings to himself. Cas and this case are not helping matters. Not to mention this pack of annoying kids. Claire and Alex have a plan. Patience and Kaia are along for the ride. Jack is just having a good time.

Notes: Season 13 if most of that *waves hands* Apocalypse World stuff didn’t happen. Don’t worry about it. It’s total crack.

Link: https://glory-jean.dreamwidth.org/226620.html

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I got this Taiwanese baihe space fantasy because I was already ordering a load of books from Taiwan anyway and thought I might as well take full advantage of having to pay the shipping fee. According to the cover copy and author's foreword, this is the first in a planned series of novels set in the same universe, and possibly involving the same characters.

In the Starsriver (月祈, pinyin: yue qi. The literal title translation is 'moon prayer'; In the Starsriver is the English title chosen by the author) is fundamentally a space fantasy f/f YA novel. The plotline is almost painfully simple: it's the story of space princess Cynthia, her space knight Leona, her space arranged marriage fiancée Flora (also a space princess, but the butch kind), and their joint coming-of-age. And there's not really a whole lot more to it than that.

( very vague, almost homeopathic spoilers )

I read the print edition of the novel from Must Muster Publisher, a Taiwanese outfit that seems to specialise in lesbian literature.

rionaleonhart

More of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! I've beaten the two Axons and I've just entered the Monolith.

( Spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. )

In this game, I often find myself facing a powerful enemy, failing, going 'well, this is obviously impossible' and then beating them on the second try. It's pretty satisfying!

I've started prioritising Agility to a ludicrous extent. Pouring all of my points into it, neglecting all of my other stats. It's just so useful!

bluapapilio

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sophia_sol

I'm aphantasic - I do not and cannot create pictures in my mind's eye. My mind does not have an eye. But there have been just a few times very recently where in the first moments upon waking in the morning, there's an image in my mind and I feel like I can SEE it. Like, see it see it! As if I were looking at it with my eyes! It always vanishes within a few moments, but my god, is that a glimpse into what it's like to NOT be aphantasic??

Now, though, I'm wondering which of several things is true:

1. Am I weirdly suddenly able to access a tiny amount of picturing things, out of nowhere?

Or

2. Is the dreamy confusion of waking up making me *feel* like I'm picturing things but not *actually* picturing things? It lasts so briefly that I actually can't be sure!

Or

3. Have I always genuinely able to picture things in my sleep, but not awake, but because I only conscsiously experience dreams through the medium of remembering them, I've never been able to tell that - and a change in recent sleeping habits means I have been holding on to a snatch of a dream just long enough to get the sense of it with my waking mind?

Or something else????

Anyway these brief snatches of mind-pictures have been a baffling thing to experience, as something I've never previously been able to do in my life ever, and all of a sudden I'm a little more of a true believer that other people DO do this thing all the time!

It always seemed so fake to me before. So made up. How could a person PICTURE things?! That's just a metaphor, surely! We're using words about images to describe the experience of thinking about a thing, because the actual experience of thinking is so unlike anything in the physical world that there are no words to describe it! Right? Right????

I guess for lots of people, they literally are creating pictures in their head with their brains, all the time.

WILD.

Now I really wish I had a better way to explain what my experience of thinking is like, tbh. Because all I have is metaphor, to translate it into words! But those metaphors are apparently concrete factual experiences to other people, so I won't be successfully communicating!

This is similar to my experience with words, btw. I *can* think in words, more than I can with pictures, but that's me deliberately creating the words and sentences. I'm translating my thoughts into words with conscious effort.

My thoughts aren't words. My thoughts aren't pictures. My thoughts are thoughts!

How are so many people's thoughts NOT just thoughts!

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Some of these double as song translations—if English subtitles don't automatically appear, please tap the CC button.

Hikaru no Go: "Brightest Star in the Sky" (gen, ensemble cast)

Watch on YouTube

Description: An ensemble-cast video of the characters and the various journeys they take to get where they need to be. (Hug compilation at the end :P)

Notes: Some flashing transitions. There's also a vertical version here.

Also on: AO3

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Justice in the Dark: "Sinner" (Luo Weizhao/Pei Su)

Watch on YouTube

Description: Short (30-second) video about physical touch and UST, from Luo Weizhao's PoV.

Notes: Clips sourced from eps 1–21.

Also on: AO3

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Justice in the Dark: "Borrowing" (Luo Weizhao/Pei Su)

Watch on YouTube

Description: Luo Weizhao borrows bits and pieces of everything to protect Pei Su: the length of a river to carry him to shore, a patch of Paradise to keep him warm.

Notes: Flashing lights at around 1:00; Clips are from eps 1–27, with major spoilers for up to ep 16. Also I spent a lot of time on the lyric translation :')

Also on: AO3 / tumblr

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BONUS: Also subbed the new(!!!) updates for the Mo Du / Silent Reading audio drama:

June 8 update: a message from Fei Du, Luo Wenzhou, and Luo Yiguo

June 9 update: Fei Du and Luo Wenzhou's VAs read out passages from Macbeth

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unendingwanderlust in unconventionalcourtship - Ave Caesar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Buffy Summers/Rupert Giles)
dancing_serpent in c_ent - Quick Rec Wednesday
geraineon in cnovels - Read-in-Progress Wednesday
rionaleonhart - Does Anyone Know What An E-Mail Is?
bluapapilio - Game Check-in: HELIOS Rising Heroes
tinny in fandomcalendar - Icontalking: Ask The Maker
rionaleonhart - Fanfiction: Kindred Spirits (The Hundred Line/Horizon Zero Dawn, Yugamu/Nil)
lessonsinescapology - (no subject)
whimsyful - Confessions, by Kanae Minato (trans. Stephen Snyder)
tinystarsfic in unconventionalcourtship - Wedding Date With the ER Doctor (The Pitt)
bluapapilio - Animation Check-in: 🌪 Ninjago
haitangkitty - get a taste of something...different!
glory_jean in unconventionalcourtship - The Angel Trap (Supernatural Fic)
sushiflop - Shubeik Lubeik
titconao3 in fandomcalendar - DaredavilExchange 2025!
douqi in baihe_media - In the Starsriver (月祈) by Yue Xiao Yi (月小伊): Review
rionaleonhart - Possible Candidate For My All-Time Favourite Soundtrack.
bluapapilio - Anime Check-in: 🌲Osomatsu-san
sophia_sol - aphantasia
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Ave Caesar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Buffy Summers/Rupert Giles)

Quick Rec Wednesday

Read-in-Progress Wednesday

Does Anyone Know What An E-Mail Is?

Game Check-in: HELIOS Rising Heroes

Icontalking: Ask The Maker

Fanfiction: Kindred Spirits (The Hundred Line/Horizon Zero Dawn, Yugamu/Nil)

(no subject)

Confessions, by Kanae Minato (trans. Stephen Snyder)

Wedding Date With the ER Doctor (The Pitt)

Animation Check-in: 🌪 Ninjago

get a taste of something...different!

The Angel Trap (Supernatural Fic)

Shubeik Lubeik

DaredavilExchange 2025!

In the Starsriver (月祈) by Yue Xiao Yi (月小伊): Review

Possible Candidate For My All-Time Favourite Soundtrack.

Anime Check-in: 🌲Osomatsu-san

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Fanvids: Hikaru no Go, Justice in the Dark

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