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FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

Well, okay, first, it means "my" fountain is boxed up like some kind of cheery alternate universe TARDIS for the winter, but I wanted to take some film of the snow falling around it anyway.

But second it means time for the ritual reposting of the SNOW SONG

SNOW!

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(repeated like a mantra while rubbing my temples) i will stay silly and not allow the world to make me bitter and cruel. i will stay silly and not allow the world to make me bitter and cruel. i wi

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All soups are good soups! And I only have 11 slots so I apologise in advance if your favourite isn’t here.

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Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out.

If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.How to Turn off Word’s AI Access To Your Content

I won’t beat around the bush. Microsoft Office doesn’t make it easy to opt out of this new AI privacy agreement, as the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings:On a Windows computer, follow these steps to turn off “Connected Experiences”:

File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Optional Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on optional connected experiences”

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My average writing experience:

"Alright I think I'm almost done actually-"

*Google doc grows second health bar and a choir starts singing in latin*

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YALL THE ONION BOUGHT INFO WARS IN THE BANKRUPTCY AUCTION

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I hope if you blaze pro-ship/anti-ship nonsense onto my dash that you wind up blocked by more people than you convince.

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help me write a fic

Prompts are:

outdoor walk

And

Nightmare

With bonus phrase "never again"

Now help me pick the pairing!

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Okay I got "flower" and "bleeding" on my hurt/comfort fic challenge prompt.

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All Fanfic Writers are invited! Especially those in a creative rut!

Comfort Fic Writing Challenge: A Triple Prompt Roulette!

Ready to write?

You can pick ANY fandom, character, ship, or length! The end goal is to create a lovely comfort, hurt/comfort, or angst/hurt/comfort fic for your readers to enjoy in the cozy season when we all especially crave that genre!

The challenge is to spin one, two, or all three of the roulette wheels below and to write a fic based on the prompt combos you land on.

This is a game meant to be fun and to tickle your muses; there are no deadlines, rules, or requirements! (And no prizes--sorry, lol!) Spin as many times as you like, until you land on something that inspires you!

Looking for pure comfort and fluff?

Start with Wheel #1! - Comfort Fic Elements

Want to upgrade to Hurt/Comfort?

Add Wheel #2! - Hurt Fic Elements

Shall we crank up the feels?

Throw in Wheel #3! - Angsty Phrases

Special Bonus Wheel for the Tolkien Fandom: Need help narrowing down your choices of characters? Tolkien Race

Suggestion: Get some follower/reader participation! Share your roulette results and start a poll seeking input on the fandom, character, or ship you should write about!

Happy Writing! Long live the Comfort Fic! <3

Please reblog to share the fun!

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Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova Thunderbolts* (2025) dir. Jake Schreier

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Harry Potter is like Star Wars in that, in its original incarnation, you aren't supposed to think about it, its world is a pastiche meant to provide suitable aesthetics for a simple and fun adventure story. And at that task it succeeded so thoroughly that it attracted a lot of people who wanted to think about it, and in its later incarnations it seems that its creators want to too. But this was a doomed thing from the start because it wasn't designed for that and was never going to succeed at it.

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I can’t remember if I’ve said this before but I think that if you make a Batman 1920s AU then you have to take into account that Bertie Wooster often spent time living in New York and Gotham City is just New York Noir and Bruce Wayne would probably cultivate the acquaintance of Bertie Wooster because Bertie is exactly the sort of person Bruce wants people to think he is, so it’s both birds of a feather camouflage and because he wants to observe Bertie for behavioural ideas.

Bertie, ray of sunshine that he is, thinks Bruce is jolly good fun and really quite barmy, but he already has a friend called Barmy and he can’t manage two Barmies so he affectionately dubs him Batty.

Consequently Bruce exists in a state of nagging uncertainty as to whether Bertie is the golden-hearted silly ass he so transparently appears to be, or is in fact one of his villains, knowing who he is and taunting him.