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| Most societies have certain mores that are unspoken rules; humanity itself even has such conventions, grilled subconsciously into our minds for our own safety. Don't go out alone at night. Avoid getting wet when it's cold. Don't pick fights with those stronger than you...okay, some of us missed the boat on the last one, but the point still stands. Society's rules tend to be more variable, though they apply to most aspects of life - including sex. In fact, bending the rules on what's considered acceptable in romance and sexual encounters can lead to anything from ostracization to death, depending on the time and culture. So, play it close to the chest if you're going to do a big, big, big t a b o o. Is it worth the risk? How to Play- Comment with your character and preferences. Be sure to include what you want and what you DON'T WANT. Blank comments are fine; info is even better! ( trigger warning ) |
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The dust has settled, and nobody is coming to clean up the wreckage.
You might have been crushed under the weight of it. Or you dragged yourself across the finish line only to realize the price of victory was everything you actually cared about keeping. The heavy door swung shut, the bargain was struck, and the ink dried before you understood what you'd agreed to lose.
Select your ruin. Then figure out what you're doing with whatever's left standing.
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otw_news_feedEvery month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with Linwëlin, who volunteers as a Tag Wrangler on the Tag Wrangling committee.
I wrangle tags for several smaller fandoms and I help with translating tags from Spanish to English so they can be wrangled. I mostly pick up fandoms to wrangle that have a majority of Spanish tags.
I think the most interesting part of translating tags is finding the different meanings of words in different regional dialects other than my own español rioplatense. It’s fascinating to me how within the same language a word can have a ton of different meanings, or the same concept can be named a ton of different ways. Look up all the ways you can say ‘popcorn’ in Spanish and you’ll see what I mean!
It all depends on my energy and pain levels, but I usually break it up into smaller chunks of time (just an hour or two at a time) as often as possible because that’s what I can usually manage best.
Sometimes, though, I get in The Zone™ and I might only realise it’s been eight hours when my partner calls me for dinner!
I joined fandom later in life than most others I know, but I found the community just in time—it’s helped me through some of the roughest moments in my life. It’s provided an escape, a way to express my creativity when all my other hobbies were inaccessible to me.
I don’t have disposable income to donate, but I do have spare time, and I wanted to give back somehow to this community that has given me (and many others) so much. When I saw the call for Spanish-speaking volunteers back then, I decided to give it a shot!
Managing my own time and energy without burning myself out is the hardest part. I’m disabled, and my chronic pain (along with the medication I take and the side effects of it all) means that I have to be very careful about pacing myself if I don’t want to crash and burn.
I would like to spend a lot more time wrangling than what I can feasibly (and sustainably) do on an average week, but my health has highs and lows. Sometimes I can sit down for eight hours and have a blast translating and shovelling a ton of tags, and sometimes I can only sit for half an hour and only manage to do one or two tags. Sometimes I’ll only be able to do the bare minimum for a couple of weeks, and then I’ll bounce back.
The biggest challenge is accepting that not every day will be a satisfying marathon of productivity and efficiency, give myself some grace, and try to work with my limitations, not against them. I end up achieving a lot more when I manage that.
I mention all this because I was a bit afraid when I applied that my disability would make it impossible to keep up with the commitment of volunteering, but I’ve found that not only can I, but I enjoy it immensely. I’ve found community and support within the OTW, and personally I’ve never felt alone or lacking in help and resources. I hope this gives a new perspective to someone reading this who might be on the fence about it!
I read a lot of fic, and fandom is my main creative outlet, especially on hard days. I love writing, and lately I’ve been listening to and learning how to record podfic as well. I like to participate in drabble writing events, sprints, and other mostly-small challenges.
I’m also trying to learn how to draw! I have a lot of scenes I’ve pictured in my mind and I hope to someday be able to bring them out into the real world.
Now that our volunteer’s said five things about what they do, it’s your turn to ask one more thing! Feel free to ask about their work in the comments. Or if you’d like, you can check out previous Five Things posts.
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mificdrawesome. The prompts are getting more Halloween-flavoured as we near the end of the month. As before, click or touch for full size, esp. with the more detailed ones.  |  |
| Drink up (Dracula has a fondness for twinks) | Up the garden path |
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| Nocturnal (the Cheshire cat always freaked me out a bit) | Orb (should have just called this one "capitalism") |
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| Wherever I lay my hat... | Eye candy (your classic evil clown) |
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madmeemey posting in bakerstreet| The Reincarnated Lovers Meme | ||
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| Everyone knows the feeling of when you see someone and you know you've seen them before. Isn't that a part of déjà vu? But what if the connection you have with that person goes beyond the superficial recognition of familiarity? Perhaps you were connected once...in the most intimate of ways. Some religions and philosophies believe in reincarnation of souls, and it's said that souls could be reincarnated together - once again to follow out the same path they did before. Or maybe not. Maybe it could be a second chance for fixing things that went wrong before, like the a tragedy or circumstances keeping you apart. But can you take that chance? Do you even want to? HOW TO PLAY
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Some people are affectionate with everyone. Others would sooner chew glass than admit they have feelings. Either way, there's usually someone who gets special treatment.
You get away with things nobody else could. They remember little details, make exceptions to their own rules, and occasionally let you see a side of themselves they keep well hidden.
Ask them about it, though, and they'll swear you're imagining things.
• Post your character, canon, and any preferences.
• Tag around! Decide who's going soft for whom, or make it mutual.
• Pick a prompt or roll RNG. Unspoken crushes, established relationships, and reluctant affection are all welcome.
( The Prompts )badly_knittedbadly_knitteddrabble_zone. badly_knittedbadly_knittedruanchunxian’s prompt ‘Doctor Who, any Classic Who Doctor & any New Who companion, that's who you used to be?’, at threesentenceficathon. badly_knitted - FAKE Quadruple Drabble: Battling Evilbadly_knitted - Doctor Who Drabble: No Way Outbadly_knitted - Double Drabble: Rumourstreefiddie in bakerstreet - Tabooooooogrinded in bakerstreet - Smut Picture Promptshemlocksock in bakerstreet - Bad endotw_news_feed - Five Things Linwëlin Saidmirrormirrormeme in bakerstreet - Trick or treat me to some shipping textsmific - Drawtober days 19-24badly_knitted in fan_flashworks - Ship Challenge: Stargate SG-1: Fanfic: Riskylucy_roman in fan_flashworks - The Lost Hour: Chuck: Fanfiction: One Hourxkcd_feed - Forms of Waterkinking in bakerstreet - Knock 'em up. I mean out. Knock 'em out.feudalfairytales in bakerstreet - Oralmadmeemey in bakerstreet - Crossed oceans of timecase in fandomsecrets - [ SECRET POST #7231 ]adisastergay in bakerstreet - Take my revolutionsarafina in bakerstreet - Softiebadly_knitted - The Fantastic Journey Quadruple Drabble: Seeing Redbadly_knitted - Doctor Who Ficlet: First Impressionssyntheid