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also a bonus non-fic rec, if you're curious about tastings (either alcohol, tea, coffee, etc) this video where James Hoffman introduces Tom Scott to coffee is a very solid introduction to the basic approaches: youtube.com/watch?v=Z-iNAyu-ej

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: this is tagged alternate universe but its more of a different first meeting style canon divergence — everyone still has the same skillsets and life circumstances you’d expect for something set shortly pre-canon (which is to say, Eliot doesn’t have Stockholm syndrome, he’s just unexpectedly charmed by the full force of Hardison and Parker’s Hardison and Parker-ness)

If you haven’t watched Leverage, its a show about a bunch of thieves deciding to run ridiculous heists to get back at capitalists on behalf of the people screwed over by capitalism. its a little dated at this point (it ran like 2008-2012) but v fun & one takes ones very nearly canon poly triads where one can them

Lucky numbers (10745 words) by Silence89
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alec Hardison/Parker, Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Wrong Number AU, First Meetings, Fluff, Mild Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

“You got a wrong number, so you went to the park in the middle of the night, found a guy in a pool of blood, and brought him to your apartment,” Eliot says, filling in the blanks. Maybe, he considers, he’s still hallucinating. Or just delirious.

In which Hardison can't resist a stray, Eliot has Stockholm syndrome, and Parker is Parker.

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this still hasnt solved the issue of what to call the store we buy milk from lmao

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Tiny stores which typically sell some mix of grocery items, snack foods & (occasionally) prepared food times such as sandwiches, often compensating for a smaller selection and slightly higher prices through the convenience factor of their accessible near-residential locations (aka, the place you go when you just need to run out for some milk or a banana) are called:

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: a slightly introspective? look at Chihiro’s life after the end of Spirited Away & how her experiences might shape the way she looks at the world. softly domestic 💛

The Rock and The River (17441 words) by Pi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Haku | Nigihayami Kohakunushi/Ogino Chihiro
Additional Tags: Future Fic, Post-Canon, College, food service, bartending, Magic places, Parent Death
Summary:

Chihiro takes magic and bends it around herself to make a place in the world.

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i've generally been aiming towards the 'low knowledge of canon necessary' side of things with these recs but with this one i can cheerfully assert that it's easy enough to follow without having ever seen Strange New Worlds at all because that's how i read it -- time travel, psychic bonds, and wildly divergent cultural understandings of romance make polyamory negotiations either much simpler or more complicated than they would usually be but everyone manages a charming amount of adult communication in between the usual day to day shenanigans of a starfleet ship

Look me in the eyes (50090 words) by marcicat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Spock/T'Pring (Star Trek), Christine Chapel/Spock/T'Pring, Christine Chapel/Spock/T'Pring/James T. Kirk
Additional Tags: Crew as Family, Crew Before HQ, vulcan bonding, Family is complicated, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hemmer Lives, conversations in space
Summary:

AU. What if Christine and T’Pring had started talking after the katra-swap episode?

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📟🐱 GlitchCat Sunday Post, 04 December 2022 

The GlitchCat offers news and updates from our corner of the fediverse to yours.

§ Instance News :—

• A lot of people on this instance have been participating in , a hashtag for recommending whatever you want to recommend in the month of December. I’ve been using it mostly as an excuse to reshare some of my old fanfiction bookmarks, but you can rec anything you like!

§ From Our Users :—

• @Lady had a p·r which was recently merged to GlitchSoc. This is a slightly revised version of code which we’ve been rolling here on GlitchCat for some time; at some point I will need to port over the changes.

§ Holidays and Observances :—

• 🥾 December 05 is Clauseen, the final day of Hallowtide in the KIBI calendar.

• 🧑‍🎄 December 06 is Clausmas, a·k·a Sinterklaas Day or the Feast of St Nicholas. Basically nothing is known about St Nicholas, and this day epitomizes the KIBI practice of using fictitious or legendary saints’ days to reappropriate Catholic/Christian traditions away from their religious underpinnings (in this case, Christmas; compare St Valentine). In this case, the recentring on 06 December is especially apt, as Saint Nicholas is actually the template from which we got a lot of our (quasi‐secular) Christmas traditions from, e·g Santa Claus. My take? Celebrate Santa on Santa’s day and leave Christmas in the dust.

• December 06 also marks the beginning of Yuletide, a·k·a “the holiday season”.

• 🕊 December 10 is Nobelmas, also known as Alfred Nobel Day or, per the United Nations, Human Rights Day. If ever you wanted a day to celebrate peace on earth and goodwill to men, this is a great day for it.

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I have put my Cassian Andor thoughts and feels into this #Andor vid. It's less than 3 (spoilery, spoilery) minutes, so a quick watch on YouTube! youtu.be/eBQB8bmv43k

It's also on AO3 for download: archiveofourown.org/works/4341

Song: Patterns
Artist: Simon and Garfunkel

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OOC, because kim can actually communicate his feelings to at least a moderate extent, sorry i know thats unrealistic

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RECOUNTINGS FOR THE RECOUNTING DANCE

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(see above poll description)

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on disability and access needs 

i want to take some time for international cripples day to talk about conflicting access needs and why "accessible" isn't a catchall.

basically, access needs can conflict. this is true in every space, but in the physical realm, let's talk stimulation. some folks *need*, for one reason or another, to make sudden noises, shouts, or have a lot of stimulation around them. others *must not* be around that, for trauma, epilepsy, or overstimulation. and that's okay! folks who need to be noisy or stimulated aren't being ableist, as long as they're aware of what they bring to the space and how to navigate around it.

things that help one person *can* be the same that hinder another. similarly, image descriptions! many folks (be they visually impaired, unable to understand the relevant parts of an image, or without a good internet connection to download images) need them. but you know who it can take spoons to write them as? *also visually impaired people*, cognitively impaired people, folks who are just Tired. this requires nuance (but community encouragement *is* fantastic)

also, content warnings. they are an accessibility tool. they're also a way to have to think about categorizing your posts, and potentially folks who are already currently traumatized having to take *more* time to explain their trauma

access needs conflict! it's fine! live with it, get over it when someone *can't* do something, and be chill

#disability #accessibility

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An extremely on brand for me : a murder mystery with a side of court politics & secret identity shenanigans

The Fox's Grief (38617 words) by nirejseki
Chapters: 9/9
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Beautiful Detective With Peerless Martial Arts/Frail Secret Spymaster He‘s Trying To Seduce
Additional Tags: Mystery/Procedural, vaguely ancient China, Secret Identity, Politics, Age Difference, Royalty, Murder, Bureaucracy, Asthma, Rescue
Summary:

No one in their right mind would ever seriously try to woo Lin Ronghu, the Emperor's infamously ruthless (if unofficial) spymaster.

Not that that's stopped the local legend, a (self-described) beautiful detective with peerless martial arts. His crush is a major inconvenience - at least until there's a murder that puts Lin Ronghu's most hated political nemesis straight in the frame. Since Lin Ronghu can't believe that anyone would be that stupid, he decides that maybe having a private detective around might be good for something after all...

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For the third day of #DecRecs I bring you one of my very favorite SFF shorts "The Witches of Athens" by Lara Elena Donnelly

strangehorizons.com/fiction/th

One of my ultimate comfort rereads this story features sisterhood, coffee shops, and a queer romance

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: Namjoon-centric in honor of Indigo? Not actually the namgi fic I was failing to find a few weeks ago but it does contain a similar understanding of the importance of avoiding eye contact lmao

The Thirst Trap (16616 words) by sequoiasem
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kim Namjoon | RM/Min Yoongi | Suga
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Adjacent, oblivious namgi, Friends to Lovers, Feelings Realization, Love Confessions, sending each other hot pictures for educational purposes
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Namjoon wants to learn to take hotter selfies. Who better to teach him than Yoongi?

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@Satsuma In Australia, these are called "milk bars".

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Tiny stores which typically sell some mix of grocery items, snack foods & (occasionally) prepared food times such as sandwiches, often compensating for a smaller selection and slightly higher prices through the convenience factor of their accessible near-residential locations (aka, the place you go when you just need to run out for some milk or a banana) are called:

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I don’t normally recommend things but I’ll give a try. to start: I’ll recommend the tabletop role-playing game Strike!

It’s a very charming setting-neutral (but action-focused) game that was perhaps the first of the games that decided to combine a D&D-4e-inspired but streamlined tactical combat mini game and combine it with a rules-light core system for situations where that doesn’t apply (or isn’t warranted). Its core rules are centered around simple d6 rolls and learning new skills by trying unskilled rolls. Its combat system has some very delightful class designs, such as the class that’s about playing two different characters and a very cool take on three variations of the classic “Vancian” magician. Its bipartite class/role system also means you can satisfy almost any sort of role in the team with any class.

It is available at strikerpg.com/ or jimbozig.itch.io/strike

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this fanfiction is like breath of the wild if breath of the wild actually grappled with any of the themes it invoked

archiveofourown.org/works/1504

this album is good to listen to while reading it

ericbuchholz.bandcamp.com/albu

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