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Augmented Chord (2809 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Quinlan Vos, Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Quinlan Vos
Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Quinlan Vos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, AU of an AU, Splinter Sect, Nonmonogamous Relationship
Summary:

Obi-Wan wants this, but it's more than he bargained for.

An AU of an AU, set in roselightfairy's Splinter Sect universe. Set after Shaping Change and contains spoilers for the AU up to that point.

Basic Timeline for The Cemeteries of Amalo Trilogy (The Witness for the Dead/The Grief of Stones/The Tomb of Dragons) (1631 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Meta, Canon Timeline, resources
Summary:

Timeline for The Witness for the Dead, The Grief of Stones, and The Tomb of Dragons. The first two books take place over approximately 2 months, near the first anniversary of the reign of Edrehasivar VII Drazhar; the third book has a longer timeline but covers around 40 days in day-to-day detail.

I have also made a spoiler-free concordance of months, dates, etc. in my directory of overly-specific Osreth spreadsheets.

Cat in Boots (2474 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Original Characters
Additional Tags: Origin Story, Fairy Tale Style
Summary:

An old wonder-tale from the Eastern Ethuveraz about a talking cat who cleverly enlists help from the gods to gain power, wealth, and the hand in marriage of a princess for his penniless and baseborn master. In folkloristics, Cat in Boots is classified as a subtype of "The Cat as Helper". This version of the tale has been translated from Ethuverazhin by Sambrazhed and Manithor of the University of Chadavelo, Barizhan.

As compasses (3981 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Idra Drazhar & Maia Drazhar, Idra Drazhar/Paru Tethimin, Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazhar, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Thara Celehar/Iäna Pel-Thenhior, Orchenis Clunethar/Uleviän Clunetharan
Characters: Idra Drazhar, Maia Drazhar, Paru Tethimin, Csevet Aisava, Iäna Pel-Thenhior
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Emperor Idra Drazhar, Archprelate Maia Drazhar, Idra & Maia's Excellent Railroad Adventure
Summary:

The Emperor of the Elflands doesn't want to be doing what he's doing, but at least his favorite uncle is along for the ride.

Edit: now part of a series: Emperor Idra & Archprelate Maia AU

part one

1. sent in deposit check for chimney repairs (which are going to eat pretty much the entire household repair budget for this calendar year)
2. agreed with spouse re: repairs to elderly car rather than replacing elderly car at this time
3. scheduled maintenance for other, slightly less-elderly car 
4. called water authority re: wtf no water at my house??? (answer: planned outage a quarter-mile away is unexpectedly unplanned much larger outage continuing well past end of planned outage, sorry! halfway through a load of laundry? too bad!) 

Arrangements made since yesterday:
1. purchase and installation of a dishwasher, and haul-away of old dishwasher which has been broken since December
2. purchase and installation of a water heater, and haul-away of old water heater which needs a repair involving a $300 backordered part. for a water heater not already at EOL I would wait, but not for one whose next trick is likely to be "...and there goes the tank" on account of being elderly.
3. estimate for repair of chimney that is leaking inside the house

Hey so broke & dislocated ribs, very fun times for me. I'm healing up pretty well, as these things go.

One thing I did run into is that -- look, I am very busty. My usual bra is a 34K, and that means I have to wear a bra to keep the weight of the breast itself off the damaged rib -- but of course the bra hurts, too. So I went looking for how to manage that situation and I....not that I don't understand the impulse to help? but people who have naturally smaller breasts -- by which I mean anything under an F-cup UK sizes for small band sizes, it's different at larger band sizes -- need to stop giving breast management tips to people with large breasts. The difference in managing these situations is substantial. (And I noticed SEVERAL people with, like, 36B-cup breasts offering advice and then there was a gap in reported cup sizes and then F+ cup people came in, which -- my GENERAL experience is that people with C+ cups understand there's a management difference, and a LOT of B-cup people absolutely the fuck do not, and it's incredibly annoying. Like C-DD people are all "ooh, that has to suck" and B people are "I have useful advice" YOU DO NOT, STFU.)

Like. I'm sorry. Layering two camisoles is a small boob support trick. And all the small boob people replying to large boob broken rib people had suggestions like that -- two camis! lightweight compression top! front-close bralette! etc.

Actual large boob people tips were very different and were things like "use gaffer tape to relocate the weight of the breast" and "buy an entirely new bra with these specific qualities".

By the way, here's what worked for me:
- a back brace for additional support/preventing me from moving in ways that hurt
- using kinesthesiology tape (instead of gaffer tape) to shift the weight of my breast to my upper pectoral area & collarbone -- this provided instant and substantial relief.
- using a bra expander to make my band a little less firm, but still allow support for the bust

Some people report success with basques sized up a band size or two, but I have not tried that, because I had all the other stuff in my house.

if anyone has any ideas where to get very soft, but NO COTTON, pull-on trousers or leggings for kids, please let me know. zippers very much not preferred.

my kids love very soft cotton clothes, but that is actively dangerous for overnight hikes in cool weather, so I'm on a quest for things that will protect them from ticks, wick moisture, and unlike cotton, won't give them hypothermia if it rains.


edit, 9/15/21: what turned out to work best for my particular kids was Eddie Bauer Extra Mile Trail Tight Leggings. These are available in the "girl" section of Eddie Bauer online. Both my kids are nonbinary & love leggings in all colors, luckily for me.

Gammer Gurton's Garland (12091 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, John Watson/Other(s)
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, John Watson, Rosamund Mary "Rosie" Watson, Mummy (Sherlock), Eurus Holmes
Additional Tags: Nursery Rhymes, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Bisexual John Watson, Demisexual Sherlock Holmes
Summary:

Sherlock and John try to rebuild their lives in Eurus's wake.

She has one more bomb to drop.

via killabeez  (because it seemed fun):

Rules: List the first lines of your last 10 published stories.
See if there are any patterns yourself, or have other people say what they notice.

1. Their Harmony Foretells (Good Omens): One of the first things Crowley noticed about Aziraphale was that he rang like a bell.


2. the hours I spend with you (Good Omens): Crowley stopped by the bookshop, mostly because he hadn't seen Aziraphale for nearly a week.


3. stable (may 2029) (Sherlock):"Who's Rosie?"


4. while the iron is hot (Sherlock Holmes stories): I came home late from my club one evening to find Holmes laying papers out upon the floor, clearly hard at work on a case.


5. THE BEDROOM DOOR, being a Treatise by MISS ROSAMUND WATSON on the Importance of Knocking in Preserving Familial Harmony and Protecting the Innocence of Young Girls (Sherlock): Ever afterwards, Rosie was proud that she managed not to scream and slam the door to her dad’s bedroom, but instead merely yelped out "I'm SO sorry"; and closed it quickly and quietly.


6. the sunlight clasps the earth (Sherlock Holmes stories): I had long been aware of a certain aesthetic appreciation of my friend Watson; when first I met him, he was thin and ill, although anyone could see his features were good enough.


7. that cell collided with this one (Sherlock): Ella had recommended his new therapist, and John had taken that recommendation to Mycroft.


8. we're not free (2015) (Sherlock): Mary touched John's back as he did the washing up, and he smiled at her, but it was a brittle smile, thin.


9. saturday morning, playground, coffee (22 June, 2024) (Sherlock): Caroline heard Freya scream in delight, and looked up from her book in time to see Rosie Watson grab Freya's hands and spin her around.


10. the other side of an invisible wall (14-15 October, 2025) (Sherlock): Sherlock could not have predicted how much he loved sleeping spooned with John, John's body solid at his back, John's arm over his waist, John's breath on his neck.

Patterns: well, it's a little odd, because many of these are in the same series -- all but one of the Sherlock stories are part of every choice you make creates a universe. I feel like that skews things, although...they're not out of the general way of what I write. You can tell that I tend to drop you right into whatever POV I'm using, but I think most people who do any kind of tight POV on the regular will do that.

I like to start with an interaction or a direct mention of a primary relationship in the story. So, for example, in number 4, I wrote:  I came home late from my club one evening to find Holmes laying papers out upon the floor, clearly hard at work on a case. but I could've started it I spent a long evening at my club, only heading home once the hour was late. I didn't, because I wanted to bring Watson's relationship with Holmes to the foreground from the start, and I will usually choose to foreground a relationship or interaction over scene-setting.