Iconquest Icons - Post 3

Jan. 4th, 2026 01:10 pm
narnialover7: Outlander (Claire - Up close)
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These icons I made for Round #34 The Iconquest 2 over @ [community profile] retro_icontest.

Chapter 4 - Main Quest
For this quest I chose to icon simple icons. I really enjoy making simple icons and focus on cropping.
I believe all these would fall under the class Rouge.

simple1 simple2 simple3 simple4 simple5 
 simple6 simple7 simple8 simple9 simple10

Iconquest Icons - Post 2

Jan. 3rd, 2026 08:12 pm
narnialover7: Outlander (Jamie - Green)
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These icons I made for Round #34 The Iconquest 2 over @ [community profile] retro_icontest.

Chapter 5 Main Quest - Mystery Bag
I got the green bag. I had a lot of fun playing with all the fun textures.
Nobody pass out! I know I didn't use any of my football guys for this. Haha!
I think these would all fall in the Hero class. 

green1 green2 green3 green4 green5 
green6 green7 green8 green10 green12

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Jan. 3rd, 2026 02:25 pm
goodbyebird: X-Files: Mulder running off a long list of theories in the background, Scully ain't having it. (X-Files the nutbags are out there)
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+ Before I forget: My (lackluster) StoryGraph 2025 Reading Wrap-Up:Read more... )

+ Snowflake Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom
Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!


Working at sea, I can't have any pets and that is the saddest thing, woe me. However, in delightful news, my dad has turned into a complete dog dad. He's wheeling them around in a stroller when they go to the mall!

Here's their official 2025 Christmas pic!
two small dogs with their tongues out, wearing scarves and santa hats.

And then my brother has two big floofs, but I could only find a picture of one. This is Luke (Leia is missing in action):
an orange cat is laying on the table in front of a Christmas tree and next to a holiday themed metal popcorn bucket.

+ My new memory foam pillow felt way too hard and high when I went to bed last night, but this morning I woke up to a soft, fluffy cloud. I may just have to wedge it under my back for a couple of minutes to warm it up in the evening (my bedroom is an icebox and I like it that way).

+ Did my Mystery Box challenge for [community profile] retro_icontest, the color being orange, and obviously that means Scully and her royal mantle of hair!




H E R E at [community profile] spankulert <3

It's not quite Friday anymore, but have some X-Files fanart recs anyways. )

Cutie patooteys.

Jan. 2nd, 2026 09:34 pm
goodbyebird: The X-Files: Gif of baby Mulder and Scully (they are v v cute), "Oh no, babies." (X-Files oh noes)
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That's it, that's the post.
goodbyebird: Community: Remember when the Dean made announcements without costumes? (Community announcement)
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+ Two days into the new year, two episodes into season 1 of The X-Files. I know we all agree Gillian Anderson is hot stuff, but are we talking about it enough?? Also, I remember being very annoyed at Scully's reluctance to believe in the supernatural as the show went on, given how much she'd experienced by then, but WOW does she have the patience of a saint in the beginning. Mulder is lucky he's cute. Also also, they really did smoosh these two together like a pair of dolls they wanted to kiss right from the start. Shippers must have been eating the wallpaper by episode five.

Can't wait for less UFOs, more bizarre horror cases.

+ Went to the local mall with my mom today, and I am now the proud owner of a 50% off memory foam pillow. Fingers crossed I vibe with it.

+ While my mom was looking for things for her calendar, I happened to spy a shiny new hardback of Mona Awad's Bunny, with funky pink bunny endpapers and sprayed edges. And so, silly me, with the goal of reading my damn physical books, came home with yet another physical book. Le sigh. At least I'm 98% sure I will vibe with this book something fierce.

+ Just did the final tagging for the last check in post of [community profile] rec_cember. I'll be tallying the recs and fandoms covered tomorrow but spoiler: it's A LOT. If you're looking for something to read, I highly recommend having a look at the tag set. We got a really good variety.

+ Stranger Things has finally ended. I feel like they yanked Nancy out of the fic I recommend a couple of days ago and shoved her in there, and that was endlessly amusing. I just sat there squinting at it for a minute, going full headtilt. They very much indulged in a lengthy wrap-up that some will hate and others appreciate very much *cough* fandom *cough*. The final battle was extremely 80s. Also, what was the costuming department smoking? I am saving this quote for later. )

+ It's Snowflaking Time yay!
two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge January 1 - 31 in white cursive text

#1 The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

Just going to nab my sidebar intro real quick: Spoiler-adverse. Migratory fandom gopher. Vids occasionally, but never finishes. Also nursing a PhotoShop addiction. #1 fandom is awesome ladies.

Honestly just hope to see more people around ♥ (195 comments on the challenge post already, so that seems very likely lol) Not sure if the Create A Challenge Challenge is rolling around again, but if so, I am plotting.
picnicnic: vaxleth on colorful bg (vaxleth)
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Just making sure the icons I made this year are all posted before 2026 comes!



Read more... )

*sigh* of course I forgot to promote.

Dec. 31st, 2025 06:19 pm
goodbyebird: Fallout: Lucy seen from behind. (Fallout okie dokie)
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I'm running a Fallout icon battle here. You can sign up with caps until midnight tomorrow (I've supplied plenty to choose from but any s1 or 2 caps will do), but join in any time after.

Our boos deserve more icons!
goodbyebird: Xena: Gabrielle is being very familiar with Xena's boob plate. (Xena *grope*)
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+ [community profile] snowflake_challenge is a month long happening starting Jan 1st. Blog, tidy up your journal, meet new people. Always a good time, especially if you're looking to get back into the swing of things.

+ [community profile] goals_on_dw is a great place to find various challenges to carry with you into the New Year ([personal profile] colls' Fannish 50 is a really fun one!)

+ [community profile] comicsfanfiction has a great post up: Looking for Other Communities to Post to?

+ There's a Heated Rivalry community now: [community profile] gamechangerhr.

+ Guesss who managed one. whole. icon post. it's a meee.

01-04 stranger things
05-08 good trouble
09-15 wheel of time
16-16 babylon 5
17-25 comics
26-28 pluribus
29-41 interview with the vampire




H E R E.

Year In Fandom meme )

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Dec. 29th, 2025 09:33 pm
goodbyebird: "I'm great in bed. I can sleep for days." (TEXT I'm great in bed)
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+ I thiiiink I'm up to date on my comment replies? My inbox turned into a right mess with all the holiday emails thrown in, sorry if I've skipped over you.

+ Tis the time for End of Year Lists, and I enjoyed Every Sapphic Book I Read This Year by [youtube.com profile] Lesbiature.

+ I actually spotted the Beehive Books illuminated version of Carmilla in a local bookshop! I didn't know their fancy editions were becoming that widespread. I backed their very first kickstarter back in the day, happy to see they've expanded. Their editions are works of art. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for a sale so I can snap it up.

+ Finally installed Vegas Pro 22 I got from Humble Bundle, and there were separate ticky boxes for Vegas Pro and Deep Learning Model. I'm assuming that's their AI bullshit? If so, GOOD. Maybe I'll venture into discord again, most vidders have abandoned ship here and I'll very likely be in need of moral support. These gay vampires won't leave me alone and I may just have to do something about it. (this is 98% likely to never result in a finished vid, my track record is very conclusive)

+ Big shoutout to [community profile] lgbtrainbow for letting me do one icon at a time. Such a fun but also easy way to go about iconning. Though I now have three colors laying in wait for when they come back around lol. I am ready to pounce. Please join us and icon All The Gays.
(I may actually have an icon post before the year ends whee)

In the meantime I've written up not one but two tutorials based on earlier PSDs, because once again I'm having to re-learn how to make icons đź« 

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Rec-cember Day 29

Stranger Things
love is a battle i can win by [archiveofourown.org profile] palmviolet (24,653 words). Christmas 1994. Nancy faces her fears. The sense of found family and friendship in this <3 (also another Christmas fic yay)
She taps the end of her ballpoint on her lip and looks idly around the terminal. The bank of seats she’s sitting on is empty. But as she watches, actually, someone comes down to sit a few seats away from her. It’s a woman, short-haired, in men’s trousers and a collared shirt. She’s got sharp eyes and freckles dusted over her cheeks; the shirt, open at the throat, shows off the hint of warm brown collarbones.

She doesn’t sit for long. Soon enough she spots someone entering the terminal and she jumps to her feet, the sort of raw delight emanating off her that’s hard to look at. She rushes forward and embraces the person. Another woman. And it’s 1994, and the world’s come a long way, but not long enough for them to kiss here in public, but Nancy can tell that they want to. She can just tell. And she doesn’t know where this sense came from, where she learned it or when. How does she know? How does she know that’s what they want to do?

Not because she’s felt that way herself. She remembers the few times she and Jonathan were apart for any length of time, the way she’d feel itchy and unsettled the whole duration and yet still strangely reluctant to see him return. She wouldn’t kiss him in the airport, though she’d kiss back if he kissed her. It was a problem of knowing neither how to live with him nor how to live without him; it was a problem they all experienced with each other, moving away from New Hawkins in dribs and drabs as they did. Joyce calling Jonathan four times a day and forgetting the time difference, waking them just as they went to bed. Nancy doing the same to Mike and Holly, just in the mornings.

She checks her watch. It’s eleven twenty-eight; she puts her notebook away and gets her things together, passing the two women on her way out, and she has to avert her eyes. She can’t look at them. Her cheeks are furiously hot.