The Captain's Mistress (Nautilus TV)
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unconventionalcourtshipThe Captain's Mistress (8526 words) by meridian_rose
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Nautilus (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Humility Lucas/Captain Nemo | Prince Dakkar
Characters: Humility Lucas, Captain Nemo | Prince Dakkar (Nautilus), Crew of the Nautilus (Nautilus TV)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Romance Novel, based on a romance novel summary, Period Typical Attitudes, Unconventional Courtship 2025, Community: 100fandoms, 100 fandoms dreamwidth
Summary: To escape an arranged marriage, spirited Humility Lucas has staged her own death and — disguised as a boy — fled to London and a life of freedom.
Yet her plans to masquerade as an independent youth are thwarted by an encounter with Captain Nemo, the powerful and dangerously attractive Prince Dakkar.
Link: The Captain's Mistress
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Nautilus (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Humility Lucas/Captain Nemo | Prince Dakkar
Characters: Humility Lucas, Captain Nemo | Prince Dakkar (Nautilus), Crew of the Nautilus (Nautilus TV)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Romance Novel, based on a romance novel summary, Period Typical Attitudes, Unconventional Courtship 2025, Community: 100fandoms, 100 fandoms dreamwidth
Summary: To escape an arranged marriage, spirited Humility Lucas has staged her own death and — disguised as a boy — fled to London and a life of freedom.
Yet her plans to masquerade as an independent youth are thwarted by an encounter with Captain Nemo, the powerful and dangerously attractive Prince Dakkar.
Notes: Based on the romance novel summary The Accidental Mistress by Tracy Anne Warren
Link: The Captain's Mistress
Bolted Production Update & Playtests
Jun. 24th, 2025 05:01 am![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
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Some quick updates on my Wondermark card game Bolted!
I’m working on getting this game finished and off to print, but there are still a few things to iron out.
Specifically: One big change that I’ve introduced is an extra mechanic that allows for additional strategic choice in the game. If you don’t want to play a card onto your creature, you can instead “scrap” that card for a variety of different effects.
This opens up a new dimension of strategy and also allows for the creation of combos that can be really fun to pull off! I think it’s a great new wrinkle for the game.
Join Virtual Playtesting With Me
I’m now doing more playtesting to confirm:
- That the secondary effect options are interesting without being too overwhelming.
- That the effects I’ve designed are fun, and affect the game flow positively.
- That what you can do is clearly explained to players.
To get in more reps with the updated rules, I’m hosting more virtual playtesting this week:
Feel free to grab a slot at: picktime.com/wondermark
If you’ve played before, I’d love to have you back! If you’ve never played, I’d love to have you too!
Unsupervised Playtesting
Pretty soon, I’m going to be sending out the rulebook to folks to confirm it’s clear and understandable. Please feel free to sign up here if you want to be on that specific review list!
(If you’ve signed up for this earlier, I’ve still got your info and will be in touch soon enough.)
Other Updates
- I THOUGHT I was basically done with the art for this game, but then I unfortunately stumbled across thousands of additional vintage images. (As documented here.) This might necessitate some new additions.
- I’m going into much more detail on the finer points of game updates and design over on my Discord. Feel free to pop in there to ask any questions or get into the nitty-gritty with me!
- If you happen to be in Seattle, I’m also doing in-person playtesting most Wednesdays at the Playtest Northwest meetups. Drop me a line on Discord if you want to connect in-person at one of those.
- I’m pretty excited about this game, friends!!
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Experience
Jun. 23rd, 2025 11:25 amsmbc_comics_feed
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It'd be worth having this just for photos of the shamefaced users emerging from the experience machine door.
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bio
Jun. 22nd, 2025 11:25 amsmbc_comics_feed
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The only one of those that isn't true is none of them.
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Uterus: yeeted
Jun. 22nd, 2025 10:31 ambironic( Discussion of menstruation, reproductive organs, surgery recovery )
I took off work ’til the end of the month. My mom came for a week, my sister for almost a week, and now it’s “vacation” with daily-ish friend visits. I’m hoping my brain will permit playing around with a vid for some of the time. I have ideas for a show and a movie, neither of which I had any plans to vid until compelling songs presented themselves.
I took off work ’til the end of the month. My mom came for a week, my sister for almost a week, and now it’s “vacation” with daily-ish friend visits. I’m hoping my brain will permit playing around with a vid for some of the time. I have ideas for a show and a movie, neither of which I had any plans to vid until compelling songs presented themselves.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sin
Jun. 21st, 2025 11:25 amsmbc_comics_feed
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Look, if those exegesis guys get to find whatever they want in the text, so do the rest of us.
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Dandelions (Hazbin Hotel Angel Dust/Husk)
Jun. 20th, 2025 08:26 pmcornerofmadness posting in unconventionalcourtshipTitle: Dandelions
author:cornerofmadness
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Pairing/Characters: Angel Dust/Husk
Rating: explicit
Length: 24,404
Summary: Even though Angel is still under Valentino’s thumb, he has secretly signed on as Charlie Morningstar’s man, a protector, a faithful friend, whatever she needs and what she needs now is his help to find out who is stalking her (even if she thinks she can handle it herself)
Husker is more concerned with his casinos and clubs and his wild parties than he is with whatever reason Valentino wants him to take his best porn star to bed. He assumes Valentino is trying to get him in his debt but Husker prefers his lovers to have some brains, something - if the rumors are true – Angel Dust is lacking. But when he is being framed for trying to kill the Princess of Hell, Husker throws his lot in with Angel and the rest of Charlie’s people to clear his name.
Notes: Sorry, I wrote the post date wrong
Only the last chapter contains sexual content, though sexual innuendo and non-graphic scenes are laced throughout the story
The blurb I used:( under here )
Link: here on AO3.
author:
cornerofmadnessFandom: Hazbin Hotel
Pairing/Characters: Angel Dust/Husk
Rating: explicit
Length: 24,404
Summary: Even though Angel is still under Valentino’s thumb, he has secretly signed on as Charlie Morningstar’s man, a protector, a faithful friend, whatever she needs and what she needs now is his help to find out who is stalking her (even if she thinks she can handle it herself)
Husker is more concerned with his casinos and clubs and his wild parties than he is with whatever reason Valentino wants him to take his best porn star to bed. He assumes Valentino is trying to get him in his debt but Husker prefers his lovers to have some brains, something - if the rumors are true – Angel Dust is lacking. But when he is being framed for trying to kill the Princess of Hell, Husker throws his lot in with Angel and the rest of Charlie’s people to clear his name.
Notes: Sorry, I wrote the post date wrong
Only the last chapter contains sexual content, though sexual innuendo and non-graphic scenes are laced throughout the story
The blurb I used:( under here )
Link: here on AO3.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Corpse
Jun. 20th, 2025 11:25 amsmbc_comics_feed
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I had a note for about a year that was just 'least appropriate way to call shotgun' and this was the best I could do.
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Icebreaker Week: Day 5
Jun. 20th, 2025 08:23 amshmaylor posting in pod_togetherToday's questions should help springboard you into the creation period, allowing you to start proposing ideas and thinking about how you want to shape your project.
*According to author/professor/activist/historian Ibram X Kendi, all actions are either racist or antiracist, and cannot be neutral. We're drawing from that framework with the question. In this case, practicing antiracism would mean (in the words of participant bluedreaming) "creation with an active consideration and recognition of conscious and subconscious racism in writing and other portrayals, with a concerted effort to learn and do better, and an openness to critique and suggestion."
This is our last icebreaker, we hope that groups have found them informative and helpful! Quick reminder, the first check in is on July 6th but, as always, you're welcome to contact the mods at any time for whatever reason.
- What are some ideas you have for how this collaboration could be specifically created for voice?
- What are some ideas you have for how to practice antiracism* while making this collaboration? (if you're stuck on this question, you can check out some of the resources linked at our content moderation policy post for a starting place, or ask the Discord community for ideas.)
- How do you feel about the idea of bringing additional people on board to create your project? If it’s something you’re interested in, would you want to bring them in at this early creation stage, or just bring them on during the podficcing process to add additional voices? (Please feel free to contact the mods for assistance if you do decide you’d like to add more creators to your project—or feel free to reach out to friends on your own!)
*According to author/professor/activist/historian Ibram X Kendi, all actions are either racist or antiracist, and cannot be neutral. We're drawing from that framework with the question. In this case, practicing antiracism would mean (in the words of participant bluedreaming) "creation with an active consideration and recognition of conscious and subconscious racism in writing and other portrayals, with a concerted effort to learn and do better, and an openness to critique and suggestion."
This is our last icebreaker, we hope that groups have found them informative and helpful! Quick reminder, the first check in is on July 6th but, as always, you're welcome to contact the mods at any time for whatever reason.
Prosecutors' Night Out
Jun. 20th, 2025 05:56 amao3cykesquill_feedby CruciPuzzled
Mandatory work outings. Nobody likes them, nobody needs them. But orders are orders, and the Chief Prosecutor must comply.
Four Prosecutors walk into a bar. How they get out, is another story.
(Set 5 years after Spirit of Justice)
Words: 11903, Chapters: 4/6, Language: English
- Fandoms: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney
- Rating: General Audiences
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: F/M
- Characters: Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth, Garyuu Kyouya | Klavier Gavin, Yuugami Jin | Simon Blackquill, Ichiyanagi Yumihiko | Sebastian Debeste | Eustace Winner
- Relationships: Kidzuki Kokone | Athena Cykes/Yuugami Jin | Simon Blackquill, Garyuu Kyouya | Klavier Gavin/Houzuki Akane | Ema Skye, Ichijou Mikumo | Kay Faraday/Ichiyanagi Yumihiko | Sebastian Debeste | Eustace Winner, Karuma Mei | Franziska von Karma & Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth
- Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor, Fluff and Angst, Post-Gyakuten Saiban 6 | Spirit of Justice
Mirror Uhura
Jun. 20th, 2025 06:08 pmmificGoing slowly with my into-a-bar fic, but meanwhile, I made art of Uhura from the mirror universe to celebrate Juneteenth day. Click through for the full size pic on AO3.
infinite punchlines from LearnedLeague's Best Worst Answers
Jun. 19th, 2025 04:06 pmjesse_the_kI always enjoy the wide variety of postcards which appear regularly from fflo. Tuesday, fflo posted about the "Best Wrong Answers" to LearnedLeague. These are a series of punchline-worthy responses to Jeopardy!-style questions. For example:
In photography, the overall brightness of an image is determined by the "exposure triangle" of aperture, shutter speed, and a third factor which is a measure of the sensitivity of the camera's sensor (or the film) to light. This third factor is known as what?
- REMEMBERING TO TAKE THE LENS CAP OFF
Even though I got online before the WWW, I’d never heard of LearnedLeague, which is a very dedicated group of trivia fiends. Here’s what I found:
Like any tight-knit community, there’s a ton of jargon. Participants are called LLamas (the double L matching Learned League). Membership is by invite only, though there is some public content at
LearnedLeague.com
Some of the world-readable "Best Worst Answer" tallies follow the URL pattern
https://learnedleague.com/hist/awards/100.php
Where 100 references the season—I had some fun plugging in random numbers.
From season 97:
A Wind in the Door (1973), A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978), and Many Waters (1986) continue the story first told by author Madeleine L'Engle in what 1962 novel?
- 3 REASONS TO HAVE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE
Public, unofficial Learned League groups on Reddit and Facebook. More fun to be had from grazing the #BestWrongAnswers tag on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bestwronganswers
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Slam
Jun. 19th, 2025 11:25 amsmbc_comics_feed
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I feel like I could at least respect if political leaders would knock down legal barriers with a folding chair, instead of just ignoring them.
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Icebreaker Week: Day 4
Jun. 19th, 2025 09:11 amklb posting in pod_together- Suggest ways that the podficcer(s) might be involved in the writing process that would work well for you.
- Suggest ways that the writer(s) might be involved in the podficcing process that would work well for you.
- If one or more group members become unhappy or uncomfortable with how the collaboration is going, what are your preferences for how it would be handled? (For example, a preference that your partner(s) tell you right away if something bothers them, a preference that they give you some time after telling you something heavy for you to process and respond, etc. Please note that for any conflict that cannot be resolved within a single conversation, we STRONGLY ENCOURAGE coming to the mods for support and not allowing things to escalate! Participants should also all feel welcome and encouraged to come straight to the mods without having talked to their partner first if that feels safer/better!)
- What is the maximum project length that works for you? Is there a period of time where your partner will not be able to contact you for many days? Is there anything else along these lines that you want to let your partner know about in advance?
