Challenge: Fire and Ice - Ill News comes to the Iron Hills, by Himring
Mar. 22nd, 2026 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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tolkien100Source / Fandom: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Appendices
Rating: Teens
Warnings: reference to multiple canonical character death
Characters: Dwarfwoman from the Iron Hills (OC)
Disclaimer: The fate of the Durin's Folk is canonical, but Groa is my OFC.
A/N: Also for a B2MeM prompt.
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Announcement From The Mods
Mar. 22nd, 2026 08:20 amgrundyscribbling posting in tolkienrsbWe will NOT be posting updates/announcements here this round.
The pinned post, with this year's schedule and links, has been updated. However, we will not be routinely posting here over the course of TRSB26 - major announcements will be made on Tumblr, Discord, and by email.
At the conclusion of TRSB25, we asked participants to fill out a survey to give us feedback and potential improvements. Of the survey responses, only two used DW as a communication method, and only one felt it worked well. Looking at that feedback, the mods concluded our effort is better directed to the more heavily used communication methods. The mod team only has so much time/energy we can put into the event, so we don't want to spend it on something that isn't useful to participants.
If you have questions for the mod team, please email or ask on Tumblr.
New to dreamwidth!
Mar. 22nd, 2026 10:42 ammesona posting in addmeName: Mint
Age: 22
I mostly post about: Daily life and hobby updates
My hobbies are: I enjoy Vocaloid music, Vtubers, Anime/manga, literature, birdwatching, knitting and crochet, playing rhythm games. I'm also a programmer and may bring up tech stuff occasionally. I'm learning to draw.
My fandoms are: Current hyperfixation is NBA (go Nuggets). I keep up with F1 casually. I follow paleontology and aviation news. Currently reading JJBA, Chainsaw Man, slowly watching Dark Winds. Check my About Me sticky for the full list of stuff.
I'm looking to meet people who: Are also writing personal journals and forming community. Besides that, people who write or read more structured content. Such as personal journal, hobby updates, recipes, guides, media reviews, short stories. Bonus if you're posting outside of America (I'm from Southeast Asia myself).
My posting schedule tends to be: Few times a week.
When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Obviously don't be bigoted, though I assume most people on this site aren't. Probably won't come up often, but I'm not a big fan of people who post inflammatory or reactionary takes.
Before adding me, you should know: I will probably be posting about experiences with mental/physical health stuff, as I am AuDHD and am working through cPTSD. It won't be my main topic, but just a heads up that some of my posts will be heavy, and they'll have a content warning if they are.
Just Create - Straw Edition
Mar. 21st, 2026 08:31 amsilvercat17 posting in justcreateHalfway
Mar. 18th, 2026 04:27 pmatherleisureTo the Waist
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Mar. 15th, 2026 10:53 amraytheraven posting in addmeAge: I was on LJ in the early 2000s if that tells you anything
I mostly post about: IRL things currently, but I might post thoughts about media I consume or happenings in the world occasionally. I don't really post fannish things often even though there are fandoms I enjoy. Most of my journal is currently public.
My hobbies are: reading, tinkering, learning languages (Spanish primarily), video games, listening to podcasts and being in nature when the weather and my body allow for it.
My fandoms are: Star Trek (TNG, DS9, VOY primarily), Baldur's Gate 3, Dungeon Crawler Carl, The Orville, The Sims and similar games (I am so excited for Paralives y'all).
I'm looking to meet people who: Post about their lives and passions. I enjoy hearing about hobbies and interests, even if they aren't my own.
My posting schedule tends to be: I strive for at least weekly, sometimes more sometimes less.
When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Racism, sexism, transphobia, queerphobia, fundamentalism or anything supporting the fascists.
Before adding me, you should know: I'm neurodivergent and mostly anti-AI. LLM technology has its place, but in its current form I feel it has been actively harmful for humanity and is being used as a giant grift by tech oligarchs. It is most definitely not a replacement for human created art and knowledge.
Performing some traffic maintenance today
Mar. 14th, 2026 01:04 pm![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png){kind=small}
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dw_maintenanceHappy Saturday!
I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!
If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.
Bathing Suit
Mar. 14th, 2026 11:49 amatherleisureSpring and Autumn, by Himring
Mar. 14th, 2026 10:23 amhhimring posting in tolkienshortfanworksTitle: Spring and Autumn
Text type / Format: Poem (free verse)
Source / Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: G
Word Count: 122
Summary: A poem in honour of the B2MeM anniversary, for the March challenge.
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Film Diary January abnd February 2026
Mar. 13th, 2026 11:32 amamado1Jan 16: Black Phone 2, rollicking good fun, absolutely hilarious, new favorite horror movie. When the Grabber came out on his sinister little ice skates I fell in love.
Jan 17: American Psycho, fav. Finally made Rich watch it.
Jan 18: Longlegs, which I love but STILL doesn't stick in my memory after multiple rewatches. I'm astonished to see it here and realize I've rewatched it that recently.
Jan 31: What Lies Beneath, with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Ghost movie. Very long and a bit tedious at times but I'd still call it a bit of a forgotten gem. The way Ford is written as an abusive husband is perf, and to me at least it reads like real lived experience from the writer.
Feb 04: Bomb Hunters, documentary on Cambodian scrappers.
Feb 04: Iron Lung, Markiplier's new movie.
Feb 06: Shadow Magic, Chinese film from 2001-ish about the introduction of silent films to China.
Feb 08: John Carpenter's The Fog.
Feb 16: Blades of Glory, yeah the ice skating movie with Will Ferrell. Unabashed fan of this film. The real Yuri on Ice.
Feb 19: Power of the Dog rewatch. FFFFFUCK it's so good.
Feb 20: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Genuinely, the musical sequences are so skilled.
Feb 22: 8 Seconds (the Lane Frost story).
Feb 24: The Endurance (documentary)
Feb 27: The Quick and the Dead - the made-for-TV HBO Western with Sam Elliott, 1987. Not the Sam Raimi one from 95.
Feb 27: This Boy's Life, AMAZING EXPERIENCE watching this with my dad and listening to him giggle at all the sad parts.
Feb 28: Dead of Winter. Not fantastic but worth a watch. Basic thriller with admirable pretensions to art.
Feb 28: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Yuri on Asphalt. Did NOT remember the fully passionate French kiss between Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell at the end.
Finished Items
Mar. 12th, 2026 06:08 pmatherleisureI finished the 1896 bag for bathing dress etc.
I finished the March bookmark I started when we were visiting my in-laws at the holidays. I started the April one but only made it as far as the border.
I made a lot of progress on my 1880's cotton stocking. I gave myself a 10-row per day quota to meet and did so nearly every day. Some days I did more than 10 rows. I now only have 25 rows until I get to start the decreases.
I made good progress on the cross-stitch that's for a gift. The top half is finished, but there are a lot more stitches in the bottom half than the top half so I'm really only about a third of the way finished.
I started another knit 1930's bathing suit. I am working on the first part of the shorts for the front.