AO3 Link | Cat and Bird (300 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DC Comics (General)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Selina Kyle & Dinah Lance
Characters: Selina Kyle, Dinah Lance
Additional Tags: Triple Drabble, Post-Crisis, +Modern Age (1986-Present)
Summary:

Selina's in the neighborhood

Cat and Bird

"Hey there, little birdie," came a voice from above Dinah, and she looked up to see her friend Selina on the roof. That made Dinah's mood much better, and she hastily made use of the fire-escapes — and walls — to get up there.

"Hey yourself, tabby cat," she said with a grin, barely breathing hard for that exercise. "A bit out of your territory, aren't you?" She plopped herself down on the roof-edge next to the other girl.

"Hmm, came to check on one of the ones that got adopted out, make sure it was on the up and up."

"This neighborhood? It better be, or word will get around. Bunch of nosy people around. And Dad hears all the rumors like that."

"Nice older couple, and the kid was from their faith. How he wound up in a Catholic orphanage is anyone's guess," Selina said, giving Dinah the clues to keep her own ears out for the kid.

"Glad you decided to stick around when you got done," Dinah admitted, leaning over against Selina.

"Knew you'd be out sooner rather than later. Make any money today?"

"No; this tutoring is a trade. I help the blockhead learn, Mom gets her bad cooler fixed for free."

"You seem to be the one giving up time and effort a lot for these trades," Selina said, disapproving.

"Family business, Selina. Have to support mom somehow, and Dad uses it as an excuse to keep her off my back when I go out in the evenings." She slung her arm around Selina's shoulders and squeezed. "I get what I need."

"If you say so." Selina shrugged. "C'mon. I know who's working the door at the Regal. We can catch a movie and be irresponsible teenagers for once."

Dinah considered, then grinned broadly. "Sounds fun!"

queenslayerbee

Recs every day for this event would've been a little too much for me, so instead, I decided to put together a bit of a larger list, mixing some of the most prevalent fandoms I'm currently into + some miscellaneous recs for everyone ^-^

THE MURDERBOT DIARIES

I just read this series in October (in about a week...) and already I've gotten a glimpse to a pretty creative fandom.

FANFIC

Murderbot/Mensah Distraction Kissing [WIP] by satai. ~1k, G. Self-explanatory. It says WIP, but it stands on its own. Good characterization and a fun set-up for these characters, who are, IMO, quite an underappreciated relationship.
Closed Loop System by One_of_Them (greenbean_paste). ~1.5k, T. Two SecUnits try to get keep their humans safe. PLEASE do click in this fic. It's interactive, a choose-your-own-adventure type... where you advance by playing minesweeper. Then, after you've played around with that one, read Ending win-three: Governor Module Hack by katabatic_winds (~1k, G), an alternate ending.
Supervisor Leonide is Objectively Attractive .ptp by The_Onion. 1.7k, G. Another what-it-says-on-the-tin fic. Murderbot acknowledges the aesthetic beauty of exactly two humans in the series, and one of them being LEONIDE is just so, so funny.
How I'm Imagining You by jriracha. 7.2k, E. ART fantasizes about doing surgery on ITS dear SecUnit. A+ robot porn.
Murderbot's Law by pendrecarc for 20thcenturyvole. 10.7k, T (ao3 account necessary). A whodunit featuring Murderbot and Mensah in a story that feels like just another installment of the series.

FANART

@ghostcashewart on tumblr has some really adorable android art. Some of my favourites are the one of ART and Murderbot Watching Media together in Artificial Condition, his Miki design (also featured in this scene where Miki lies for Murderbot), an illustration of Amena doing Murderbot's hair, one of Murderbot's rescue by Three, and this last one with ART/Perihelion and Iris as a child. His ART and Miki's design are lovely.
Murderbot and Mensah in Exit Strategy by @eagleeyethree.
Murderbot and Mensah ballroom dancing by @dooplissss
Perihelion in its golden cage by @shadelorde. This Perihelion design (very clearly inspired by Raava from Legend of Korra, aka one of my favourite parts of that show) is amazing.

MISCELLANEOUS

FANFIC

la petite mort by howlingmoonrise (TheDarkStoryteller). 3.8k, T. This is a Barbie/Dracula crossover (and a Barbie/Dracula romance) and I urge you to read it. AMAZING fic, I swear.
Nomon by interlude. 6.4, T. Fic set in the time jump between season 4 and season 5 of The 100, focused on Bellamy/Echo and the Space Kru. The premise is basically, what if Echo got pregnant? I'm not one for pregnancy stories unless they fit specific criteria, but this one definitely passes the test.
Lamb to the Slaughter by angelfishofthelord. 85k, G (... I would not agree with this rating LOL). If you like whump, this fic has it in spades. It's a Supernatural what-if of that episode in s14 where John appears, Because. What if instead of Castiel losing his memories, the Winchesters did? And they encountered a strange creature in their bunker that they do not remember... Featuring Castiel being put through the ringer + a badass Mary Winchester.

FANART

Queen Bitterblue in her city at night, from the Graceling series, by @riseupriseupandcomealong. And to add something else from this fandom, this drawing of Bitterblue's statue by @coppakee.
Two Pluribus pieces: Carol + the Hivemind as Gustav Klimt's Death and Life painting by @clover-fell-over, and Carol + Zosia/The Hivemind + Helen as that Twelfth Night picture by @mxdamred.
Eerie fanart of Samantha Strong from Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by @bearoutofmind.
Some lesbian archers by @yimmygee. Original art and gorgeous.
Disney's Aurora/Maleficent, with knight!Aurora by @marascomics.

META

Some thoughts on the Frankenstein family and their pseudo-incestuous relationships by @frankingsteinery and others.
Analysis of the current trends of "dark" romantasy love interests by @goblins-riddles-or-frocks. Some thoughts on Deathless by the same poster here.
Willow and Tara's beginnings and how modern audiences misunderstand them by @coraniaid. Another great Buffyverse meta on the shortcomings of season 3 by @herinsectreflection here.
Captain Kirk's diegetic makeup by @anghraine. I would recommend any meta post of hers, really, especially those about Star Trek: TOS and about Pride and Prejudice. This one unites both, analyzing two mothers: Amanda Grayson and Lady Anne Darcy, and how audiences react to them.
The value of anachronistic female characters by @susandsnell. She and @goblins-riddles-or-frocks, mentioned above, share the spotlight on a post that critics Katniss Everdeen's writing. Hot-button topic, but one that I still think back to with some bitterness, not gonna lie.

I hope there's something here for everyone. Enjoy!

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DEAR HARRIETTE: I have twin sons who are in college at different schools. They are good kids but a bit young for their age. I don't think either of them has ever dated. I have always taught them that they should have enough money to take a woman out on a date, and right now they aren't working. I offered to give them some cash to help them in case they do want to take someone on a date, but so far neither has taken me up on it. Have I done something wrong as a mother? Why are they so delayed? -- Arrested Development

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agonyaunt

Dear Care and Feeding,

My sister openly doesn’t like me (and has said so publicly and directly), though we manage well enough for family events. I get along with my brother and his wife, but they are horrible at communication and interact with my sister more frequently. My dad gets along with all of us and is good at communication, but lives in denial of all weird family dynamics.

Around every holiday season or major family function, I get left out of crucial information regarding plans, transportation, emergency changes, etc. One consistent hurdle: Brother or Dad tells Sister something and assumes she will pass it on to me, and she doesn’t. I have explicitly told them both to stop doing this, and they just forget, leaving me scrambling when they ask why I haven’t RSVP’d/contributed to a group gift/etc. On the flip side, neither of my siblings is particularly good about getting back to me when I reach out to them, so asking directly doesn’t help either. (Brother and his wife are notoriously bad at responses with everyone, so it’s not personal, just frustrating.) One workaround I’ve discovered is to ask Dad to reach out on my behalf, because that guarantees an actual response, but it’s irritating that I have to resort to that to get basic information like, “What time do you expect me to arrive at your house?” Is there anything I can do to make this easier?

—It’s Mean Girls Meets Finding Dory

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Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Daredevil: Born Again, Doctor Who, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, Made in Heaven, Outlander, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Romil & Jugal, Stay By My Side, The White Lotus, Triage, Wednesday

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sholio

I figured that I'd group these together as they're by the same author. I wanted to talk about this anyway, because this is one of the more gratifying experiences I've had with leaving comments on older fic. Basically, I commented on a long WIP that hadn't been updated in several years, and the author not only wrote the rest of it but ALSO, to my delighted amazement, posted another long fic in the same universe, and started posting some new fanart too. It was wonderful. ♥ Never be afraid to comment even years later; sometimes you not only make someone's day but get lovely fanworks in return.

( 3 Londo/G'Kar Babylon 5 recs (by the same creator) cut for spoilers )

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More Joy Day announced

Jane Siberry has a new song free to download - Very Political, called "bailout" and it hit hard

Scarpetta, the Patricia Cornwell series, is getting a TV Show.
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Sheriden/Delenn gif set with Tolkien words

A "Punny" photo
SarahSeeAndersen cartoon about cats and hot pads
Kermit the Assassin and further commentary

Sissy Spacek Photo set

The Restorer and the Butler - haunted house story
The Kents and the Pediatrician - DC Comics fanfic
Human and Alien - a story of Uncanny Valley
Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus in their later years - Fic and art

Good Wicked! meta
Mood board for the original Thrawn Trilogy

jjhunter

The pearl at my ear is a lacquered grey seed
My lips strong red from wind's chaffing
I do not feel my middle age as any lessening
Here I am, a portrait of myself more vividly

Among old oaks I am still a hot young thing
Mind like a swallow sketching possibility on the wing
They say uncertainty ferments fear
I feel the old familiar thrill of stepping out of known into becoming

___

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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aethel

1. Dreamwidth's December points bonus has started. dw_news also has an update on some of the state-level censorship legislation.

2. I found another quirky booktuber to watch: Michael K Vaughan. See Classics of Literature…or ARE they?

3. I recently watched The Green Knight and thought the scenes I could see were very pretty, but it seemed to be less gay than the poem?? I need to reread the poem.

4. 2025 reading progress: 102 books

Most recently finished: Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I had previously read this one as a teenager; the concept is interesting, but this time I couldn't help noticing that it mainly consisted of men explaining things to each other--no action, no female characters.

Most recently abandoned: Mr Collins in Love

Currently reading: Native Nations (will probably have to return this to the library before I finish); Ancillary Sword (I listened to the audiobook of Ancillary Justice, but the whole trilogy was sitting on the bookshelf in paperback, so I couldn't stop at just one); Salt Magic, Skin Magic (same author as Mr Collins in Love, but with characters who aren't the most annoying character in Jane Austen); and A Princess of Mars (I expected it to be dated and sexist, but I didn't realize the hero was a former Confederate soldier)

reeby10

It's Spotify Wrapped time of year! I always think it's fun, so I thought I'd share mine here if anyone's interested in seeing the extent to which t-pop has overtaken my listening in the past six months :)

But uh speaking of Spotify, I have been hearing some not great things about it lately (ICE ads, donations to Trump, AI "artists", etc.). Not that I actually really like it anyway, it's just convenient. So I'm thinking of switching, I'm just not sure what site/app is better. Anyone have recs?

southernmedicine

I started watching Pluribus, and I think it's really good! I'm genuinely excited when a new episode drops.

I've also started watching Heated Rivalry. If you like hockey and M/M, wow, are you about to be spoiled. Admittedly, there is more softcore pron than there is hockey, but there it is. There are only three episodes out so far and they have been quite indulgent, plus it's just an enjoyable show, imo.

I wasn't going to sign up for

fandomtrees this year, because I still need to finish my FTH fic, but the FOMO was too real. So I've signed up after all, and am going to try my hardest not to fumble it the way I did with the last event.

We had a scare this week with the pup. She hurt herself jumping off the bed, and for the first day she had a limp. By the second, she couldn't walk. By the third, she couldn't even stand. I got a distressed text from Blair while I was at work, telling me that she had set Velma down to potty outside and the poor dog had just fallen over and lain there in the snow. We got in contact with her vet and took her in first thing the next morning, and we waited several hours since we didn't have an appointment, but that was alright. We learned she had likely sprained her wrist joint, and then also she had a pinched nerve that was making it difficult, almost impossible, for her to use one of her back legs. She got put on two kinds of medication, one for pain and the other for inflammation, and she's doing much better.

I am cold. I am freezing. It is 26 degrees right now and that's the warmest it's been all week. It's getting into the negatives already! Thank god I sprung for that good winter coat a couple weeks ago, or I'd be screwed about now. Still, I love the snow. It's really pretty, and this Southern Californian still finds it magical when it's fluttering around out there.

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agonyaunt

[Originally posted in chat; I have added paragraphs for readability]

My brother has organized an ill-advised surprise party for my father's 75th birthday.

Our father is a complete introvert and also very exacting. He likes things to be a certain way, and gets tense and angry if everything is not perfectly to his taste. He hates loud places and large groups of people. Unfortunately, he's always used excessive alcohol to handle social engagements and gets belligerent when drunk.

Because of all of this, I was surprised when my brother, "James" told me that he'd planned a surprise birthday party of 30 guests for my dad at a new restaurant. The guest list includes the following extremely awkward confirmed attendees: our aunt (dad's semi-estranged sister) who is an overbearing religious fanatic none of us can stand; our mother (dad's ex-wife) who is resented by our dad and hated by our aforementioned aunt because of the divorce; and a number of neighbors who our dad has been feuding with off and on for the last 20 years.

I asked my mom why she was going along with this and she said James called in a big favor she owed him and she felt like she couldn’t say no, so he’s pulling out all the stops to make this happen.

I don't know how James could possibly think this is a good idea, except that he has a huge ego and believes this will be some fairy tale reunion where everyone will suddenly make nice. I don't mean that James is a bad guy but he has a tendency to steamroll over people and do things "for their own good." Every argument I've made against this party has prompted him to lecture me and act like he knows so much better because he's 7 years older than me.

It's true that my Dad can be difficult but I don't want him to feel ambushed on his birthday. If James keeps refusing to cancel should I warn my dad? Or do I just kick back with a glass of wine and watch the drama unfold?

( response and update )

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genarti

I have various longer posts to make (job transition news, a write-up of a truly hilarious theater experience, etc), but in the meantime, a quick post to let you know that the Murderfish anthology, which I have a story in, is now officially out and available for purchase!

Murderfish is, as it says on the tin, an anthology of stories about murderous fish. (Its predecessors were Murderbirds and Murderbugs, which cracks me up every time I think about it.) Each story features a different kind of sea life, as well as very cool art of them all! I haven't read all the rest yet, but I'm excited to, and it looks like there are a whole lot of genres involved. My story, "In Sheets of Seaweed," is about a woman in the simultaneously privileged and precarious position of being a prince's mistress, who dreams increasingly of sharks calling to her; I called it my "shark selkie" story for a long time before I thought of a title, and in fact after. I'm very fond of this story, and I'm delighted it's found a home at last.

The ebook is available here and the paperback here. The audiobook is coming soon, but hasn't been unveiled quite yet.

Those are both Amazon links, though not affiliate ones. If you're like me and prefer to avoid buying things through Amazon, full support, but for the moment that's all I have. I've asked if it'll be available on other sites as well, and I'll update when I get an answer.

skygiants

I am home! with my own cats! and my own computer!! This is very exciting because I have spent most of the last two weeks traveling, including last Monday when I spent about 24 hours total stumbling through different airports getting rerouted onto different flights before finally getting to achieve my dearest wish at that point, Be Horizontal.

In the course of that extremely long day I watched two French movies on planes:

( Au revoir là-haut/See You Up There )

( La venue de l'avenir/Colors of Time )

lightreads

At Midnight Comes the Cry

3/5. Tenth in this series of mysteries about the episcopal priest and the police chief (they are married with baby at this point).

I’m always happy to spend more time with these characters, but I’m gonna be honest here: I come to this series for small town stuff and mysteries and a light but intense approach to relationships. I do not come for white nationalist terrorism or action movie stuff. And yet, guess what I got here.

This also feels like a final book, with a weirdly pasted on ‘five years later’ epilogue. Which is fine if that’s how it is, but I was disappointed in the treatment that a secondary couple got. She is so good at relationships that shouldn’t work but do. In this case, a divorced woman in her thirties with young kids and a history in the porn industry, and an early twenties rookie on the police force. She does messy but magnetic so well, and she let them develop over many books. So I found the conclusion(?) to their story here, and how little attention was paid to the thorny emotional stuff between them, to be uncharacteristic and disappointing. Same take on the resolution(?) of the addiction plotline.

Content notes: White nationalism of several flavors, violence (domestic and otherwise)

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