Activity #94 - Technique Waterfall
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I don't feel up to Ask the Maker yet, so first we'll have a short activity until mid-June (and then Ask the Maker).
Now we'll make sets of icons following water down a waterfall! Under the cut, there is a list of techniques in the shape of a waterfall.
( technique waterfall! )
Rules:
* You have to start at the top (on any square that has no other directly above it, not necessarily the top left) and then go straight down or diagonally down. Make one icon for each square you come across (of course using that technique). It's your choice where you start, and whether you go straight down or diagonal on each step. You can go both left-down or right-down. Just never go horizontally or up.
* Each set of icons has to be of consecutive squares you come across on the way from top to bottom. You don't have to go all the way down - you can start at the top and only make two icons, that's okay. Minimum set size is two icons.
* If you want to make more than one set, you can. You can choose a new starting point (has to be one of the top squares) for each set.
Please ask me if you have any questions. Let me know if there's a problem with the graphic, I can also provide the techniques as plain text.
* You can make as many icons as you like (if you need a goal, five is a good number :))
* There is no minimum, 1 icon is enough to enter this activity
* Please submit your icons (and URLs!) to this post, all in one comment (if possible)
* Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of this community
* I will collect all the icons from the comments and make a result post
* Everyone can leave comments on the inspiration and activity result posts
* There is no voting
Deadline: Saturday, June 14 2025, your end-of-day
Reclaimed by Seth Haddon
May. 28th, 2025 05:31 pmprofiterole_readsReclaimed by Seth Haddon was amazing, as usual! The scholar Saba Vasili, a refugee from Kerinsk who now lives in Zvensia, is accused of inventing a machine that opened the astral sea and killed hundreds of people. He must prove his innocence with the help of Ambassador Luan Zek of the Rezwyn Empire.
This is the third book in the World of Reforged series, but they can be read more or less independently. Here, we get to learn even more about this original magic system.
Saba Vasili is a trans man with anxiety. I thought his dysmorphia was very well-written, without being too depressing. Luan Zek has an old leg injury and uses a cane. There's major m/m, as well as some f/f.
This is the third book in the World of Reforged series, but they can be read more or less independently. Here, we get to learn even more about this original magic system.
Saba Vasili is a trans man with anxiety. I thought his dysmorphia was very well-written, without being too depressing. Luan Zek has an old leg injury and uses a cane. There's major m/m, as well as some f/f.
Not long 'til posting
May. 28th, 2025 03:35 pmliadt posting in unconventionalcourtshipPosting starts in June! I hope all is going well and for the undecided sign ups don't close until the 10th June.
California Melt
May. 28th, 2025 04:41 amnverland posting in recipecommunity
California Melt
Ingredients
4 slices whole-grain bread, lightly toasted
1 avocado, sliced
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/3 cup sliced toasted almonds
1 tomato, sliced
4 slices Swiss cheese
Directions
Preheat the oven broiler.
Lay the toasted bread out on a baking sheet. Top each slice of bread with 1/4 of the avocado, mushrooms, almonds, and tomato slices. Top each with a slice of Swiss cheese.
Broil the open-face sandwiches until the cheese melts and begins to bubble, about 2 minutes. Serve the sandwiches warm.
Commenting on last year's gifts + change to 2025's round.
May. 28th, 2025 07:47 pmrarepairmod posting in rarepairexchangeHello, Pears!
I'm excited to be running another round of Rare Pair Exchange for 2025. I've appearciated the enthusiasm to see this exchange return!
If you participated in the exchange last year (2024 round), please make sure you have commented on all of your gifts. This exchange has a mandatory rule that all gifts must be commented on (with a good faith effort) for participants to be able to participate again. If you cannot comment on your gift for any reason, please contact me at rarepairexmod@gmail.com. A handy link, if you need it: The 2024 AO3 collection.
If you have not commented on your gifts by the time the 2025 round begins, you will not be able to participate in this round of the exchange.
Please comment on all of your gifts by Monday 4 August (11.59pm EDT).
I will be revising the rules and guidelines for the 2025 round and posting them in the next few weeks. Please note the eligibility criteria remains the same, but we will be adding podfic to our list of mediums allowed in the exchange.
See you in August!
I'm excited to be running another round of Rare Pair Exchange for 2025. I've appearciated the enthusiasm to see this exchange return!
If you participated in the exchange last year (2024 round), please make sure you have commented on all of your gifts. This exchange has a mandatory rule that all gifts must be commented on (with a good faith effort) for participants to be able to participate again. If you cannot comment on your gift for any reason, please contact me at rarepairexmod@gmail.com. A handy link, if you need it: The 2024 AO3 collection.
If you have not commented on your gifts by the time the 2025 round begins, you will not be able to participate in this round of the exchange.
Please comment on all of your gifts by Monday 4 August (11.59pm EDT).
I will be revising the rules and guidelines for the 2025 round and posting them in the next few weeks. Please note the eligibility criteria remains the same, but we will be adding podfic to our list of mediums allowed in the exchange.
See you in August!
2025 Schedule and Important Links.
May. 28th, 2025 07:37 pmrarepairmod posting in rarepairexchangerarepairexchange is a fanwork exchange focusing on rare ships (romantic and/or sexual). We define "rare" as relationships having less than 250 works on AO3, are completed and written in English, and filtered using the otp:true filter. We have a minimum requirement of 1,000 words (or work equivalent) and allow fic, art, and podfic. You must have an AO3 account and be 18+ to participate.
2025 Schedule:
- Nominations: Monday 4 August to Sunday 10 August
Tagset clean-up: Monday 11 August to Tuesday 12 August
Sign-ups: Wednesday 13 August to Wednesday 20 August
Assignments out: Sunday 24 August at the latest
Works due: Sunday 21 September
Collection reveals: Sunday 5 October
Creator reveals: Sunday 12 October
The exchange runs on EDT/EST time. All deadlines are 11:59pm EDT/EST.
Important links
- Rules and guidelines | AO3 Collection | Tagset | AO3 app | Promote your ships | Treat a pinch hitter
Email: rarepairexmod@gmail.com
Current Phase
- Waiting for our rare 🍐s to ripen.
(no subject)
May. 27th, 2025 06:08 pmautobotscoutriellaApparently my power is out, so I will be staying at the bookstore for the rest of the evening or until it comes back on. I'm not exactly getting anything written, but I also don't want to turn off the computer, so...here I am!
I really need to buckle down and work on Sonata, but I'm not feeling the kind of subtle editing that this chapter needs right now (some rough stuff going on IRL that's making it hard to focus). So instead I'm writing Klavdarpollo accidental kitten acquisition, working on the PWKM spreadsheet, and playing around with an Ace Attorney/Texts From Last Night Tumblr blog.
(Apparently my mental solution to "I'm nostalgic for 2011" is to just...do the stuff I was too shy to do in 2011, LOL.)
I really need to buckle down and work on Sonata, but I'm not feeling the kind of subtle editing that this chapter needs right now (some rough stuff going on IRL that's making it hard to focus). So instead I'm writing Klavdarpollo accidental kitten acquisition, working on the PWKM spreadsheet, and playing around with an Ace Attorney/Texts From Last Night Tumblr blog.
(Apparently my mental solution to "I'm nostalgic for 2011" is to just...do the stuff I was too shy to do in 2011, LOL.)
Tech/code question
May. 27th, 2025 07:37 pmelisheva_m posting in little_detailsI'm trying to write a scene where two co-workers are trouble-shooting a new custom security or encryption routine. Someone else (who isn't present) wrote the code and he will have been careful to ensure it works before sending it to them. So maybe something in the implementation of it?
The scene is dual purpose, showing their interaction growing closer while also hiding something else in plain sight. The tech part of it can be whatever is plausible and easy to convey without bogging it down in details. I am so out of touch with that sort of thing I don't know what's plausible any more.
What could go wrong with uploading the new code into their office network or onto their phones which would need a bit of trouble-shooting? The kind of thing one person might overlook and another catch. Preferably with them being literally close while they do this. And again - easy to convey without bogging it down in details. Jargon is fine.
Edit: Turns out jargon is not fine. Well it would be in the sense I meant, but that's not how it was taken. Am overwhelmed by how much I can't understand well enough to follow here, let alone distill into a few phrases. I know the readers for my lakorn-novel are non-existent but I can't swamp them with details.
Edit 2: Sorry to have bothered everyone. I'm just going to trash this. It was a stupid idea in the first place. Thank you for your time.
The scene is dual purpose, showing their interaction growing closer while also hiding something else in plain sight. The tech part of it can be whatever is plausible and easy to convey without bogging it down in details. I am so out of touch with that sort of thing I don't know what's plausible any more.
What could go wrong with uploading the new code into their office network or onto their phones which would need a bit of trouble-shooting? The kind of thing one person might overlook and another catch. Preferably with them being literally close while they do this. And again - easy to convey without bogging it down in details. Jargon is fine.
Edit: Turns out jargon is not fine. Well it would be in the sense I meant, but that's not how it was taken. Am overwhelmed by how much I can't understand well enough to follow here, let alone distill into a few phrases. I know the readers for my lakorn-novel are non-existent but I can't swamp them with details.
Edit 2: Sorry to have bothered everyone. I'm just going to trash this. It was a stupid idea in the first place. Thank you for your time.
Birdfeeding
May. 27th, 2025 12:24 pmysabetwordsmith posting in birdfeedingToday is cloudy and mild.
I haven't fed the birds yet, but I've seen sparrows and house finches at the feeders.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a catbird, and a mourning dove. Three fox squirrels were chasing each other around the trees. :D I heard a blue jay but didn't see it.
I put out water for the birds.
An iris is blooming brilliant primary yellow under the maple tree. :D It smells slightly sweet but not as strong as some others.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- I planted 4 green pear seeds in pots.
I watered the patio plants including the strawberry towers.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- I watered the septic garden.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- Of the 6 pots of Ozark coneflowers sowed 2/3/25, 4 pots had two sprouts and 2 pots had one sprout, making this among the most successful winter efforts and definitely one to repeat. I planted these toward the north end of the west strip of the prairie garden.
Yellow coreopsis and pink sweet William are blooming in the prairie garden. :D
EDIT 5/27/25 -- Of the 6 pots of prairie coneflowers sowed 2/3/25, 1 pot had two sprouts and 4 pots had one sprout, making this among the most successful winter efforts. I planted these toward the north end of the west strip of the prairie garden.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- Of the 6 pots of grayhead prairie coneflowers and 6 pots of black-eyed Susans sowed 2/23/25, none sprouted, so I probably won't bother with those again.
I sowed 6 pots with side-oats grama, 6 pots with river oats, and 6 pots with switchgrass.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- Of the 6 pots of purple prairie clover sowed 2/3/25, 1 had a single sprout and 1 had several sprouts. Another pot for a different species also had 1 sprout, not sure how that happened. I planted those in the notch of the prairie garden.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- I watered the newly planted things in the prairie garden.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
I haven't fed the birds yet, but I've seen sparrows and house finches at the feeders.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a catbird, and a mourning dove. Three fox squirrels were chasing each other around the trees. :D I heard a blue jay but didn't see it.
I put out water for the birds.
An iris is blooming brilliant primary yellow under the maple tree. :D It smells slightly sweet but not as strong as some others.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- I planted 4 green pear seeds in pots.
I watered the patio plants including the strawberry towers.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- I watered the septic garden.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- Of the 6 pots of Ozark coneflowers sowed 2/3/25, 4 pots had two sprouts and 2 pots had one sprout, making this among the most successful winter efforts and definitely one to repeat. I planted these toward the north end of the west strip of the prairie garden.
Yellow coreopsis and pink sweet William are blooming in the prairie garden. :D
EDIT 5/27/25 -- Of the 6 pots of prairie coneflowers sowed 2/3/25, 1 pot had two sprouts and 4 pots had one sprout, making this among the most successful winter efforts. I planted these toward the north end of the west strip of the prairie garden.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- Of the 6 pots of grayhead prairie coneflowers and 6 pots of black-eyed Susans sowed 2/23/25, none sprouted, so I probably won't bother with those again.
I sowed 6 pots with side-oats grama, 6 pots with river oats, and 6 pots with switchgrass.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- Of the 6 pots of purple prairie clover sowed 2/3/25, 1 had a single sprout and 1 had several sprouts. Another pot for a different species also had 1 sprout, not sure how that happened. I planted those in the notch of the prairie garden.
EDIT 5/27/25 -- I watered the newly planted things in the prairie garden.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
new Andor vid
May. 27th, 2025 12:58 pmbrainwane posting in viddingJust came across this on Bluesky: a Star Wars: Andor vid, centering on Season 2 Dedra, using Taylor Swift's "I Can Do It With A Broken Heart".
A Waltz in the Garden - AU Dracula & Mina Tale - Inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
May. 27th, 2025 09:42 amearthspirits posting in historiumFandom: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Characters: Dracula, Mina Murray, Lucy Westenra + Original Characters.
Pairing: Dracula / Mina
Era: 19th Century
Era: 19th Century
Title: A Waltz in the Garden
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,264
Summary: At a summer dance, Mina meets an intriguing stranger.
Note: I created this romantic little tale to honor Bram Stoker and World Dracula Day - May 26. On this day in 1897, his novel "Dracula" was first published.
special round #3 - years.
May. 27th, 2025 04:47 pmwickedgame posting in lgbtrainbow
Welcome to our third special round!
First of all, this round will run independently from the regular pass-it-on, which means you can still enter single icons and keep the rainbow going.
THEME: YEARS
Easy Mode; Make a rainbow.
Hard Mode; Make a rainbow with fandoms that premiered in 7 different years.
Extra Hard Mode; Make a rainbow with fandoms that premiered in 7 consecutive years.
Guradian (2018) | Jane the Virgin (2014) | Sex Education (2019) | The Royals (2015) | The Good Place (2016) | Unforgotten Night (2022) | Street Fighter 6 (2023)
nightbulbs | laurels | innocously | kitamikeita | supernova | wickedgame | breyzyyin
♦ for this round you have to make a full set of 7 icons, 1 for each color of the rainbow (example above)
♦ post your set to the community with subject RAINBOW: username
♦ if you have any questions, ask in the comments
♦ the round will be open for one month, deadline is 27th June