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Myy May TBR turned out to be more of a suggestion.

The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life you Deserve by Drew Afualo
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

I read What Moves the Dead because I managed to read What Feasts at Night. And although I didn't get to The Brides of High Hill, I did reread The Empress of Salt and Fortune and grab When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain on my way to it. :D

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projects: let's get literate!

Title: Because I Promised You
Fandom: Arcane
Music: Dawn, The Front by Talos
Summary: Two sides of the same coin. Inextricably bound.
Notes: Premiered at

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DW | AO3 | Tumblr | Bluesky | Youtube

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It's been a slightly quieter month since the last check-in, but still busy:
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Thanks to everyone who posted. Here's a check-in poll to tell us what you've been doing:

Poll #33196

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 20

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In the last month, I

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called one of my senators
10 (50.0%)

called my other senator
10 (50.0%)

called my congressmember
6 (30.0%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my mayor, state rep, or other local official
2 (10.0%)

did get-out-the-vote work, such as postcarding or phone banking
0 (0.0%)

voted
1 (5.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax to a government official or agency
9 (45.0%)

went to a protest
3 (15.0%)

attended an in-person activist group
2 (10.0%)

went to a town hall
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone or online training
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
13 (65.0%)

worked for a campaign
1 (5.0%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
12 (60.0%)

not a US citizen, but worked in solidarity in my community
1 (5.0%)

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
2 (10.0%)

committed to action in the coming month
5 (25.0%)

As always, everyone is free to make posts about any issues and actions they think the comm should know about. You can also drop some information into a comment to our sticky post if you'd like the mods to do it.

If you're looking for information on anything else, you can use our tags to check for any ongoing actions or resources relevant to the issues you care about. I try to keep the tag list up-to-date. If you need a tag added, you can DM me.

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Title: Blue Song
Fandom: The Blue Caftan (2022)
Music: Your Song by Elton John
Summary: How wonderful life is while you're in the world.
Notes: Premiered at

vidukon_cardiff 2025
Warnings: major character death

AO3 | Tumblr

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Title: Can't Help Falling In Love
Fandom: 双兔 | Soul Sisters (2024)
Music: Can't Help Falling in Love by Kacey Musgraves
Summary: 'some things are meant to be'
Notes: Premiered at

vidukon_cardiff 2025!
Warnings: quick cuts and flashing lights

AO3 | bsky | DW | tumblr | YouTube

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movie: soul sisters | 双兔

Title: 5 Out Of 6
Fandom: 风声 | The Message (2020)
Music: 5 Out Of 6 by Dessa
Summary: 'I ain't afraid of it'
Notes: Premiered at

vidukon_cardiff 2025!
Warnings: quick cuts and flashing lights, old film effects (sepia filter and random dark spots and lines) in some footage, violence, major character death

AO3 | bsky | DW | tumblr | YouTube

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movie: the bllue caftan

Title: I Don't Even Care About You
Characters: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
TV Series: Teen Wolf
Music: I Don't Even Care About You by MISSIO
Length: 1:57
Streaming/download at: DW | Tumblr

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tv: teen wolf

Surprise! By a heroic effort of

eruthros, a virtual Vid Party happened at this year's Wisconline.

Here is the playlist for the whole show, including warnings/notes and links to watch the vids.

I want to highlight one Premiere: Deep Space by

garrideb

If you check out and enjoy any of the vids from this show, I know the creators would really appreciate a comment!

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Last year I wrote an essay about cozy SFF. I started out writing a passionate defense of cozy SFF, then I wasn't quite happy with it and put it on the shelf for a while. When I got back to it, I realized there were some things about the current moment of cozy SFF that I don't really like. So I had to edit my piece. But even then I felt the conversation was getting away from me.

I've only become more frustrated with what's being marketed as cozy SFF and the discourse around it. I find the stuff being published isn't digging into the themes that I want to see. Meanwhile the discourse is both dismissive and full of moral panic. I think both that domestic labor and community building are important and worth telling stories about and shouldn’t be dismissed, and that it's ok to read soft comforting stories. I wish people would calm down a bit.

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There's so many bad things going on requiring our attention that the cuts/firing in the meteorology and climate science communities gets less attention, but having a fully staffed NOAA is an important issue. Right now, there is a 100-hour livestream going on to call attention to how vital these services are, especially as hurricane season is upon us. I have it on in the background right now.

What can we do? Watch the livestream, call our Representatives, and go to 5 Calls for sample script/letters.

Info and schedule: The Weather and Climate Livestream

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rG4ePBqD-E

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Title: California Dreamin'
Characters: Ensemble - Derek Hale, Peter Hale, Scott McCall, Liam Dunbar, Isaac Lahey, Vernon Boyd, Jackson Whittemore
TV Series: Teen Wolf
Music: California Dreamin' cover by Sia
Length: 3:36
Notes: Werewolf centric
Streaming/download at: DW | Tumblr

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Just 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".

Title: I Cry for Love
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character/Pairing: Faith Lehane, Buffy/Faith
Music: "I Cry for Love" by Carrie Rodriguez
Summary: I bend I don't break / If I want I just take / If I cut I bleed / If I bleed I don't cry / Don't cry, don't cry

AO3 | DW | Tumblr

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tv: buffy the vampire slayer

Let's Get Literate! June 2025 Hopefuls

Vid: Arcane || Because I Promised You [Jayce & Viktor]

end-of-May check-in

Vid: "Blue Song" (The Blue Caftan)

New Vid: Can't Help Falling In Love | Soul Sisters

New Vid: 5 Out Of 6 | The Message (2020)

Derek/Stiles Fan Video - I Don’t Even Care About You

Wiscon Vid Party 2025 complete playlist with warnings

Domestic Labor and Community Building Rec List

Weather and Climate Livestream

Teen Wolf Fan Video - California Dreamin'

new Andor vid

New Vid: I Cry for Love (BtVS)

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