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i did it all for the robins ([personal profile] musesfool) wrote2025-12-07 07:25 pm

trying to change momentum

This weekend seemed especially short. I woke up this morning with a headache and spent a couple of hours just lying down with my eyes covered, waiting for the Excedrin to kick in. Then I planned to make cranberry orange scones but my heavy cream was frozen, so that was delayed until it was liquid enough to pour. The funny part is that the recipe wants it to be almost frozen when you use it, but not quite as frozen as mine was.

Anyway, after waiting a bit, I made the scones and they turned out well (pic - that is also my new grey "spatter" pattern quarter sheet pan, lined with parchment).

I didn't make the glaze because I'd planned to sprinkle the scones with cranberry orange sugar, but then I forgot to do that. *hands* They still taste good!

I also made that garlic and bread soup again, but I got distracted and burned my croutons. *sadhair* Soup is still delicious, though. I wish I'd remembered to buy some arugula so I could have soup and salad, but alas, I didn't think of it when I was putting my grocery order together.

Speaking of grocery orders, when did Costco stop selling the 3 lb brick of Philadelphia cream cheese? I need it for the frosting for the red velvet cupcakes for Christmas, but I guess I will have to spend a little more and get what I need from Stop and Shop instead. *hands*

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icon_uk ([personal profile] icon_uk) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-12-07 11:42 pm

So let's start the week with something both hot AND cold

By which I mean, my pick of this years DC "Sweater Weather" covers, due in February 2026.

And it wasn't exactly a difficult choice as it's: Nightwing #134

Travis Moore draws m'boy again )
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i did it all for the robins ([personal profile] musesfool) wrote2025-12-06 08:25 pm

on the first roll of the dice

I was so glad to log off last night and put a period on this work week. This morning, I had to be up for the cleaning service at 9 am, and they told me the company is closing, but the team who has been cleaning my place for the last 7 years is going out on their own and wants to keep me as a client, so I will get in touch with them in the new year to set up the new arrangement. I hope it all goes smoothly!

I also made another 2 lbs of candied pecans, so I have six jars filled and have to wash the other jars so they can also be filled.

Then I took a nap that felt way longer than it was, and so even though it's only like 8:20 I keep thinking it's 11:30 pm or something. Time is so weird.

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tcampbell1000 ([personal profile] tcampbell1000) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-12-06 09:19 am

Beetle + Bee = Zombie Ant: JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #26-27 (JLI 33)



Warning for psychological horror. This isn’t Black Swan or anything, but there’s some scary mind-control stuff, and the penultimate page shown here has an image that stayed with me for a few days. Also some mild misogyny.

The series title shifts from “Justice League International” to “Justice League America” (no “of”) to distinguish its team from Justice League Europe.

The story starts with that American team avoiding the ringing phone like a bunch of Zoomers.

Don’t fret, fellas, I’m sure the Atom didn’t REALLY need to reach you guys anyway. )
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rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote2025-12-05 08:07 pm

Please give me excuses to talk about my hyperfixations (again)

Largely the same as before:

Currently trying to support a friend in a Very Bad Situation and it's desperately anxiety-inducing and my brain is trying to eat itself, which also makes me less useful as support, which is bad.

So if anyone would like to ask or discuss anything about Prophet or Dark Souls or IWTV or climbing or, you know, any of the somewhat cheering topics I sometimes ramble about, PLEASE DO. "More of a comment than a question" questions also very welcome.

I cannot guarantee replies in a timely or consistent manner (because of the Situation and also the bad state of my brain) but it would be deeply appreciated nonetheless.


Except that THANK FUCK my friend is now out of the Very Bad Situation (and please let him remain so, please please please).

My brain is just trying to eat itself because it's prone to doing that and it's been a very very hard year (and I'm having yet another IC flare-up, joy).
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laughing_tree ([personal profile] laughing_tree) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-12-04 07:01 pm

Venom #251

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Writing Otto was a real treat. Once I noticed how often I was making him toss out a literary allusion to show off how clever he is, his whole personality just locked into place. -- Al Ewing

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i did it all for the robins ([personal profile] musesfool) wrote2025-12-04 09:15 pm
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so he takes it to the net

I keep meaning to post and then being too tired to string two thoughts together. Work remains stupidly busy, but I just need to get through Tuesday and it'll all be downhill from there. *crosses fingers* Even if so far only 6 board members have agreed to come in person to the suddenly in-person board meeting. I'm hoping a bad showing will discourage the folks who keep insisting we do stuff in person, but I guess we'll see what happens.

Outgoing CEO keeps trying to orchestrate the first half of 2026 and my boss and I are both like, wtf? but incoming CEO seems to be okay with going, nah, we're not doing that. I haven't been in those meetings, but the stuff coming out of it makes me feel like she's trying to prop up other internal candidate who wasn't chosen to be CEO, which would be 100% on brand for both of them.

In better news, my raise was in my check today, and allegedly the catch-up payment (it's retro to July 1) will be coming in the next pay period, just in time to start paying off Baby Miss L's Christmas gifts. I got a most delightful video of her singing "Let It Go" last night. <333 She's so cute!

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mastermahan ([personal profile] mastermahan) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-12-04 12:59 am

Absolute Green Lantern #9



Introducing the Absolute versions of not one, but two of the most beloved characters in DC history!

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tcampbell1000 ([personal profile] tcampbell1000) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-12-03 08:36 pm

Vampire, Weak End: ACTION COMICS #577, JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #25 (JLI 32)



Warning for mass grave scenes, likely suicide, and overall “humanity sucks” vibes. After establishing themselves as “the funny League,” Giffen, DeMatteis, and Templeton would spend about six issues going dark, and that run starts right here. But before that…

In Action Comics #577, 1986, Keith Giffen broke out one of his AP English vocab words and created Caitiff, the first and now-last vampire. The word “caitiff” means “wretched, contemptible person” or occasionally “villain,” and it shares roots with “captive.” But the word wasn’t generally associated with vampires, AFAIK, until the launch of Vampire: the Masquerade in 1991. It’s possible that VtM got the idea from this. Dialogue by Robert Loren Fleming.

Right from the start, Caitiff lived down to his etymology.

He was hiding in the sewers and didn’t even make it look fun the way the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did. )
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laughing_tree ([personal profile] laughing_tree) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-12-03 06:02 pm

The Mortal Thor #3 - "The Father of Lies"

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Weirdly, I’d actually been the last person to touch Donald Blake after Donny Cates gave him the role of God of Lies – I was writing a crossover between Thor and Venom, and the main plot point Donny requested was that Blake should become the Serpent at the end, so he obviously had some plans for that status quo that were sadly curtailed, so I wasn’t planning to do much with them at first. But then, the closer I got to actually writing the story, the more Blake wove himself back in. -- Al Ewing

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Gaelle ([personal profile] heartsfate) wrote in [community profile] fandom_icons2025-12-03 01:13 pm

159 Icons from S2 E1 "Sir Pentious" of Hazbin Hotel

[4] Alastor
[5] Angel Dust
[6] Baxter
[5] Chaggi (Charlie & Vaggi)
[18] Charlie
[2] Cherri Bomb
[2] Heaven
[4] Husker
[11] Lucifier
[6] Morningstars (Lucifir & Charlie)
[4] Niffty
[2] Staticdoll (Velvette & Vox)
[3] Staticmoth (Valentino & Vox)
[1] Angel, Charlie & Vaggi
[1] The Vees
[12] The Sinner from Trust Us
[2] Vaggi
[22] Valentino
[17] Velvette
[29] Vox
[2] Valentino's drawing of Vox

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