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meli @melijade.bsky.social · Dec 15

Another sample from the #yuumori reborn as a villain AU I've been working on. Longer #wip sample than usual (2 tweets? skeets?? worth). You would think this would be the lighthearted AU, but lol there is *so much angst* because William reincarnates into the place of...

He wished it were so simple as physically breaking down the door, but with years of abuse separating them, the physical barrier was the least of his problems. He knocked softly. "Louis..
he called out quietly.
"Please leave me alone," came the tiny, muffled reply.
"You don't have to open the door,"
William assured him. "In fact...please don't. I don't know that I'm ready for that either." William took a deep breath, willing his voice to steady. "I owe you so many apologies, Louis. More than you even know. And you deserve to hear them from me face to face, but until you are comfortable with that please let me assure you that I will never hurt you again. I swear it. I won't even come near you unless you allow it. If.." William's voice

finally broke, "If I break my word, you may do with me what you will-my life will be utterly forfeit to you." In truth, his life was forfeit either way, being unable to raise a hand against either of his brothers.
If that day arrived, he truly had no means of defense.
Silence stretched for what felt like hours until William hung his head, convinced that Louis had simply ignored him. When finally..
"Okay," Louis answered, voice quiet but so close that it sounded like he was just on the other side of the door. William leaned his head against the wood and closed his eyes.
"Are you still there?" Louis asked.
"Yes."
"Why?"

William bit his lip. He had said what he wanted and ought to leave. To try again tomorrow. To not press too hard. But his heart ached to hug his brother, and if he could not have that...
"May I recite you a story?" William asked.
"...a story?"
It was a ridiculous request, a remnant of a time when it had been just them against the world in a past they no longer shared.
When Louis had fallen asleep every night to the sound of William voicing the characters. When he had read the plays so many times they were imprinted on his heart.
"I didn't know you knew any stories." The original William hadn't. But this was no longer his story. And the Lord of Crime had always been a storyteller.

William smiled.
"Scene One. The Sea-coast. Enter Viola, Roberto, and two sailors.
He woke to a pointy shoe prodding his shoulder and an exasperated sigh he knew all too well.
"Is this some new intimidation tactic?"
William opened his eyes blearily from where he had slumped against the door.
"Albert??" he asked sleepily.
"Honestly. This is a new low, even for you," Albert said, reaching over him to knock on the door. "Louis! It's okay now.
I saved you some breakfast."
William sat up as Louis cracked the door open and eyed him warily. And William stared back, unable to accept that this was his new reality.

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 8h

I know someone I'm mutuals with on here can do this, I'm just blanking on names

I also know Dave is super cool to work with. I certainly enjoyed murdering him with giant wheels of cheese 🤷‍♀️

Dave D’Alessio @dalessio-dave.bsky.social · 8h

Looking for a cover artist for self-published book trilogy. Mecha story with a boy and girl main characters. Something mildly cartoony that will punch in thumbnail.

Yes, paid! Four covers total, for each volume and an omnibus edition.

If you have a site you want me to look at, let me know.

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meli @melijade.bsky.social · 14h

From my reborn in an otome game #yuumori AU
#WIPSnips

"You've changed, Sherly" Mycroft said.
"Oh yeah?" Sherlock stretched, basking in what felt like the closest thing to a compliment he could expect. "I'd hope so. I've been practicing sparring with William almost every day."
"Not what I meant." Mycroft said, his voice sounding odd.
Sherlock had just enough time to realize something was wrong before he found himself with a very real knife at his throat. He held up his hands in surrender. Over the years he'd been subject to all manner of Mycroft's surprise attacks, enough to recognize when he meant business. "Mycroft..." he said slowly. "It's me."
"But who are 'you' exactly?" Mycroft asked. “Your resemblance is so convincing that I thought at first this was some sudden leap in maturity on your part, but now I'm certain—you aren't my brother any more than your fiancé is who he claims to be."
Sherlock sucked in a breath. He had anticipated that Mycroft might be suspicious of him, but he hadn't expected it would extend to William as well.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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錦糸月 @nisikiiiii.bsky.social · Nov 11

「秘密の中庭」

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Lise @infinitebadger.bsky.social · 1d

This ad is absolutely beautiful and should be required watching for every Dem candidate and office holder. THIS is how you appeal to voters.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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meli @melijade.bsky.social · 2d

I love how I’ve record nothing of use on FB and instead just annoyed the heck out of everyone I know with every time I got a new musical on dvd

“I’m watching this incredibly obscure musical and why aren’t you, a history of fb memories”

meli @melijade.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently yesterday was the anniversary of me watching Morimyu OP2 for the first time back in 2022 and my life changing irrevocably forever. #yuumori

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meli @melijade.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, no idea! I wrote a bit of that part at one point but like with anything I write, I don’t know that I’ll keep it once I write the parts around it

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 2d

Nothing bad happens to the pets in my book because I am so tired of bad things happening to them in real life. Buy a book, pay a vet bill. 😭

Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 11d

My big sale for the month is live! Ghosts both real and imagined feature this month--save on tons of books when buying direct, including print and audio:
payhip.com/skyladawncam...

A promo graphic that says "October Scares" against a night sky and leafless tree branches. Stories of hauntings and horror on sale all month long including audio, print, and bundles." There are several book covers for some of the included titles.

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24/7 Laptop Ōkamization @ator.bsky.social · 3d

queen. i mean. monarch

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ステージナタリー @stage.natalie.mu · 3d

ミュージカル「最後の事件」上演決定
韓国発の二人芝居をトリプルキャストで

コナン・ドイル役：加藤和樹・矢崎広・髙橋颯
ホームズ役：渡辺大輔・太田基裕・糸川耀士郎

▼コメントあり
https://natalie.mu/stage/news/643720

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meli @melijade.bsky.social · 3d

To which HC points out that Black Water is a hypocrit, and oh boy is that its own whole bottle of angst that XL will end up counseling him through (probably, I have not written this far yet)

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meli @melijade.bsky.social · 3d

Hmm…probably the reveal that SL and HC are the same person, because that happens late in this fic…and I’ve been enjoying writing some very nuanced moments with Black Water in the time before it where he *wants* to tell XL and gets angry at HC for not being honest

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 5d

Preorder book 4 THE REANIMATOR'S FATE in ebook, paperbacks coming in January: books2read.com/trm4

You can also find my all my ebooks in itchio: karajorgensen.itch.io
Or in library systems!

Check out my free between book short stories/novellas at karajorgensen.com/freebies

Available now at your favorite digital store!

The Reanimator's Fate by Kara Jorgensen

books2read.com

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Jess Zimbabwe @jzimbabwe.bsky.social · 4d

Even for the corporatist @seattletimes.com, this paragraph from their profile of Katie Wilson is appallingly classist.

I already supported @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social for Mayor *and* I’m more impressed by her lived small apartment experience, which will help our city solve its housing challenge.

A burden bigger than her apartment

Wilson’s apartment can’t be more than 600 square feet. It’s packed with books and wallpaper-plastered along the edges where the walls meet the ceiling, giving it the denlike feel of a speakeasy. At night, she and her husband put their 2-year-old daughter to sleep in a crib in their bedroom, before wheeling her into the living room when it’s their turn to sleep.

It’s just the sort of home one might imagine for a scrappy organizer, but far from Harrell’s 7,000-square-foot Seward Park home, more typical of a big-city mayor. The incongruity between its diminutive size and the enormous scope of the job Wilson wants is dizzying.

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meli @melijade.bsky.social · 4d

Probably a healthy balance of both. I tend to write mostly lighthearted comedic stories (and ridiculous crack) but I always try to include deeper emotional moments. Hopefully I can live up to how masterfully MXTX balances this dynamic ahahaha (I won’t but I can try)

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 4d

this is how I, a resident of LA, found out that the Palisades fire was arson, that they caught the guy, and that he used gen AI to work his way up to doing the crime

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 4d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

"Under the new law, landlords must provide a stove capable of generating heat for cooking and a refrigerator capable of safely storing food for new leases starting Jan. 1, 2026."

A fridge for every apartment in California, thanks to a new law

California renters will no longer have to hunt down a fridge. Starting next year landlords will be required to provide refrigerators and stoves with new leases.

www.yahoo.com

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meli @melijade.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much! I love these two so much and I like the ghost realm best of all the realms in TGCF, so yes, I’ll probably explore that a bit because I intend to spend most of this longfic in just Ghost City. The main focus of this will revolve around cooking, though:

BWX gambles Xie Lian away as a bride to Ghost King Hua Cheng as what he thinks will be a new form of torment. Instead, Hua Cheng wins the love of his life...who promptly tells him he doesn't want to marry but will work off the debt at Paradise Manor honorably instead. Except none of the staff are willing to take him.
Enter San Lang, a young member of Hua Cheng's staff who doesn't actually seem to have a job himself but is at least willing to help Xie Lian figure out what he might do to work off his debt-cooking...for ghosts?!
(XL has some serious doubts that this is a good idea)
A somewhat Bed and Breakfast for Spirits / somewhat God of Stars AU

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 7d

oh this is cool. If you're on the fence about getting my new Gothic romance ALL OF US MURDERERS (out tomorrow!) you can read the first two chapters here!

Scary house / flickering gaslight / ghosts??? / terrible family secrets / gay second chance romance / hero with ADHD / Gothic nonsense

thenerddaily.com

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meli @melijade.bsky.social · 6d

From my #TGCF Bed and Breakfast for Spirits AU
#WIPSnips

Time moved differently in the ghost realm and was tricky to tell given that the sky never changed.
Even still, the time between when Xie Lian returned to the kitchen and when San Lang finally found him there seemed to drag on forever as he paced, and shooed curious ghosts away, and laid his head on the counter despairingly, and shooed curious ghosts away again. He didn't dare cook anything and kept the exterior door firmly closed, but the missing connecting door to Paradise Manor was a real problem. Hours must have surely passed before he heard a muffled "Gege?" and the tables he had finally nailed together and used to block the doorway shifted forward just enough for San Lang to peek through.
"May I come in?" San Lang asked softly, but Xie Lian was already prying back the tables to make room for him.
Xie Lian shoved the tables back against the opening once he was through, already seeing many ghostly heads peeking in from behind him, and when he turned San Lang was watching him with raised eyebrows.
"Gege's so strong!"
Xie Lian laughed wetly, the tears he hadn't been able to cry earlier finally springing to his eyes at the sound of a friendly voice.
"Are you okay?!" San Lang's voice was tight with alarm and Xie Lian tried to nod his head reassuringly,

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6d

my kingdom for an electorate with a memory longer than roughly one week

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Jennifer Rose @jenni4iowa.bsky.social · Jun 20

We have T-shirts!

Geriatric Millennial

Geriatric Millennial. A Portion of All RAYGUN Sales Raise Money For Organizations That We Support. White Screen Print on a Heavy Metal T-shirt (100% Combed Ringspun Cotton). Cut and sewn sweatshop fre...

www.raygunsite.com

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Mayke Arth ( SpookyWoogie ver.🎃 ) @mayke-arth.bsky.social · 13d

it's the final day of september! and the final of my Septembit! I enjoyed a lot doing this one, so I made a blog post with all of the tiles and descriptions! (Even though I put all of them here too 😅, but there are other things there)

www.maykearth.com.br/en/post/sept...

#septembit #pixelart #ドット絵

A pixel art image showing a gadget with a mini city in it

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 8d

Really, the only people with the skills and stamina to deal with people who think the plagiarism machine is their friend, are parents of toddlers.

They're used to dealing with people who can't read, think weird things, and keep desperately trying to do stupid and dangerous things.

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