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mom

2026-03-24T22:14:34Z

My mother passed early this morning. Some of you know she’s had a rough year health-wise on top of her dementia. So. Nothing can ever hurt her again.

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FIC: (the time was neither wrong nor right)

2025-12-29T20:00:40Z

(the time was neither wrong nor right) (962 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock, James T. Kirk & Spock
Characters: James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek)
Additional Tags: Post-Episode: s03e12 Plato's Stepchildren (Star Trek: The Original Series), T'hy'la (Star Trek), Kolinahr (Star Trek)
Summary:

Four years and two hundred seventy-six days into the five-year mission, Spock initiates a conversation.

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FIC: The View from T'Khut (Complete).

2025-12-06T22:11:19Z

The View from T'Khut (50669 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 9/9
Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk/Spock, Sarek & Spock (Star Trek), Spock & Spock Prime, James T. Kirk & Spock
Characters: Spock (Star Trek), Spock Prime, James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura, T'Pau (Star Trek), Sarek (Star Trek), Vulcan Characters (Star Trek), Crew of the Starship Enterprise
Additional Tags: Vulcan Culture (Star Trek), Vulcan Mind Melds (Star Trek), Vulcan Language (Star Trek), jj abrams should be ashamed of himself, Vulcan history, Vulcan mythology, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, symbiotic red algae
Series: Part 1 of The View from T'Khut
Summary:

Part I: The Absent World. The planet vanishes, but her people go on.

Part II: An Archaeology of Loss. The world-death left a scar in spacetime, and a void in the heart of the Federation.

Part III: Time and Darkness. In which Ambassador Spock fires unexpected shots.

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The View from T'Khut

2025-11-27T19:25:26Z

The View from T'Khut (5776 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/8
Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk/Spock, Sarek & Spock (Star Trek), Spock & Spock Prime
Characters: Spock (Star Trek), Spock Prime, James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura, T'Pau (Star Trek), Sarek (Star Trek), Vulcan Characters (Star Trek), Crew of the Starship Enterprise
Additional Tags: Vulcan Culture (Star Trek), Vulcan Mind Melds (Star Trek), Vulcan Language (Star Trek), jj abrams should be ashamed of himself, Vulcan history, Vulcan mythology, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, symbiotic red algae
Series: Part 1 of The View from T'Khut
Summary:

Part I: The Absent World. The planet vanishes, but her people go on.

Part II: An Archaeology of Loss. The world-death left a scar in spacetime, and a void in the heart of the Federation.

Part III: Time and Darkness. In which Ambassador Spock fires unexpected shots.

This story was a very long time coming. I have had the title for it for over a decade, and this summer I realized what story went with that title. It is complete but being posted in parts over the next few weeks and runs about 50K words all told.

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laurajv @ 2025-11-21T21:47:00

2025-11-22T02:47:48Z

The Sunblade of the Ceredada (100 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: Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar
Characters: Csethiro Ceredin, Maia Drazhar
Additional Tags: Drabble
Summary:

A conversation.

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Alphabet meme

2025-10-27T12:13:20Z

Picked up the AO3 alphabet meme from viridian5:

Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, 'A' and 'The' do not count for 'a' and 't'. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

Is this is when I am punished for not having uploaded all my old fic to AO3? Let us find out.

A: As compasses. The Goblin Emperor, Idra & Maia
B: Baresark. due South, Fraser/RayK
C: Contamination. Sherlock, casefic
D: Dry Cell. Highlander, Duncan & Methos
E: Exhalation. Star Trek x The Sentinel, Jim/Blair. Second in a series.
F: From Sweet Fellowship Comes Nectar. LOTR, Legolas/Gimli
G: Gammer Gurton's Garland. Sherlock, Sherlock/John, Eurus.
H: hold fast (hold steady). Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Cody, OC/OC
I: I spread my dreams under your feet. Star Trek 2009, Spock/Uhura.
J: [nothing]
K: Kaiidth. Star Trek 2009, Spock, T'Pring, T'Pau, Stonn
L: Lied: Lay My Heart Naked. LOTR, Legolas/Gimli.
M: Maybe Next Time. The Sentinel, Jim/Blair.
N: Numberless the ways, and imperceptible. LOTR, Legolas/Gimli.
O: Once Upon A Time. Highlander, Methos/Kronos.
P: a picnic planned for you and me. Good Omens TV, Aziraphale/Crowley
Q: [nothing]
R: Roust. Written with basingstoke. due South, Fraser/RayK.
S: ship's night, residential deck, third corridor. MCU, Loki & Thor
T: Tech. Hockey RPF, gen
U: unsuitable. The Bone Key, A Theory of Haunting. Blanche Parrington Crowe, Griselda Parrington, & the unfortunate Kyle Murchison Booth.
V: Valse a deux temps. due South x The Sentinel, Fraser/RayK, Jim/Blair
W: The Wrong Tree. Sherlock, Sherlock/John.
X: [nothing]
Y: [nothing]
Z: [nothing]

21/26. I'm almost certain uploading my old fic would not have helped. What I should stop doing is using so many I and W titles and branch out a little more.

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FIC: Open Water (Star Trek, K/S)

2025-07-21T04:18:41Z

Open Water (6287 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock, Amanda Grayson & Spock, Sarek & Spock (Star Trek)
Characters: James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek), Amanda Grayson, Sarek (Star Trek), Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Vulcan Characters (Star Trek)
Additional Tags: Episode: s02e05 Amok Time (Star Trek: The Original Series), Episode: s01e14 Court Martial (Star Trek: The Original Series), Episode: s02e19 The Immunity Syndrome, Episode: s02e15 Journey to Babel, Family Issues
Summary:

The Intrepid is an offer, and a threat, and eventually a lifeline, but Spock cannot be other than he is.

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Fic: Augmented Chord, Star Wars, Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan/Quinlan

2025-03-25T03:40:17Z

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.

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Fic: Winter Passes (The Goblin Emperor)

2025-03-16T03:36:25Z

Winter Passes (5821 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: Arbelan Drazharan & Chenelo Drazharan, Arbelan Drazharan & Maia Drazhar, Maia Drazhar & Chenelo Drazharan
Characters: Maia Drazhar, Arbelan Drazharan, Chenelo Drazharan
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Varenechibel's A+ Parenting
Summary:

Varenechibel relegates Chenelo to Cethoree, rather than Isvaroë.

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updated: timeline reference for Cemeteries of Amalo trilogy

2025-03-12T22:09:32Z

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.

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Fic: I have measured out my life with coffee spoons (My Two Dads)

2025-01-10T03:37:01Z

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons (9241 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: My Two Dads (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Joey Harris/Michael Taylor (My Two Dads), Canon-Typical Joey/others, Canon-Typical Michael/others
Characters: Michael Taylor (My Two Dads), Joey Harris (My Two Dads), Nicole Bradford, Margaret W. Wilbur
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Lack of Realism, Canon-Typical Joey & Michael Dating Behavior, Pining, Bisexuality, Getting Together, See You In September Never Happened
Summary:

Nicole's dads vs. the empty nest.

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fic: cat in boots

2025-01-04T21:05:41Z

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.

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Fic: Introduction, Anticipation, Unification, Valediction, Devotion, Constancy (The Goblin Emperor)

2025-01-02T12:33:05Z

Introduction, Anticipation, Unification, Valediction, Devotion, Constancy (3153 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: Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazhar
Characters: Csevet Aisava, Maia Drazhar
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Archprelate Maia Drazhar, The Inherent Eroticism of Talking to Your Crush In an Isolated Chapel, 5+1 Things
Series: Part 2 of Emperor Idra & Archprelate Maia AU
Summary:

Five times Csevet and Maia met, and one time they parted.

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Fic: As compasses (The Goblin Emperor)

2024-12-15T15:21:19Z

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

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laurajv @ 2023-08-26T11:33:00

2023-08-26T15:35:14Z

I always forget that if I go on vacation in August, the weeds WILL make my entire garden an impenetrable jungle by the time I come back. It took me half an hour to clear the morning glories off of ONE apple tree. It's going to take probably 6 hours total for the orchard bed. I haven't even thought about the vegetable beds yet, honestly considering pulling out the hardware and cardboarding it over and rebuilding on top.

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adulting also describes when things are expensive but not fun, part two

2023-03-16T02:13:33Z

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!)

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hamantashen

2023-03-09T12:20:50Z

So a few years back I found that my usual sources of hamantashen all set off my stupid autoimmune disease (I assume this has to use with whatever margarine they are using). as a result I have been attempting to make my own but they all taste wrong to me. (....I suppose this could have to do with the margarine I am using?) The recipe I've tried that is closest to what I remember is this one: https://yaykosher.com/classic-hamentashen/

anyway, I am wondering if anyone has a recipe they like that they can share? Or tips? Or is it possible there are regional trends in hamantashen such that I'm going to need a local recipe?

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adulting also describes when things are expensive but not fun

2023-01-31T00:13:21Z

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

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laurajv @ 2022-07-04T02:01:00

2022-07-04T06:10:16Z

a thing I am seeing more & more in fanfic these days is authors marking out sex scenes as "optional", and giving people info on where to skip if you don't want to read that part.

and! like! more tools for curating one's reading experience! care for your audience! that's -- I understand where it's coming from, is what I'm saying.

but it also means the sex scenes are really, really boring. Like. so boring. because if they're optional extra scenes, they aren't there to illuminate character or plot, they're just there to be....sex. this is the most boring kind of sex, in fiction or real life. it's so boring that the few times i have bothered to read one of these optional scenes my eyeballs turned to dust and my heart shriveled up like a prune and my liver withered and my vagina locked and barred the door.

I've always skimmed way more sex scenes than I read, because frankly most people aren't good at writing sex that illuminates character or plot, but some of the optional scenes make normal boring sex writing look like high erotic art.

yes, i am being very mean here, but that's because it should be impossible to write sex this boring AND YET here human beings go, managing it handily! once again humankind does the impossible! go us! this is up there with airplanes and telecommunication!

also, there are some things i don't like about oldschool slash aesthetics in fanfic but i gotta say when you have 90% oldschool slash aesthetics in your fanfic but also use "cum" as a verb i get whiplash. but that is a rant for another time, even though it is Related to the whole incredibly boring sex thing.

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rib updates!

2022-03-08T16:15:07Z

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.

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laurajv @ 2022-02-27T19:54:00

2022-02-28T00:55:50Z

i, in my infinite wisdom, have managed to break my ribs while mountain biking. please hold your applause but also please understand if i don't get back to you about literally anything

it is currently very hard to think in terms longer than a tweet

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hiking clothes for sensory sensitive kids

2021-08-23T03:33:13Z

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.

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FIC: This Long and Sure-Set Liking (Good Omens, A/C)

2020-01-10T21:59:54Z

This Long and Sure-Set Liking (or, Handsome Exasperated Demon Pounds Angelic Manifestation of The Concept of Temptation) (5161 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale's Barber (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Facial Shaving, Grooming, Under-negotiated Kink, D/s, Nonhuman Biology
Summary:

When Crowley offers to help Aziraphale with a temporary inconvenience, he expects nothing more than an afternoon of pretending nonchalance while serving the angel's whim. Little does Crowley know that Aziraphale is leading him into temptation. With handsome demons (not devilmans), sexy straight razors, and wily angels, this story will prove love.

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Fic: Gammer Gurton's Garland

2019-12-30T02:11:47Z

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.

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fic: a picnic planned for you and me (good omens)

2019-07-14T15:27:30Z

a picnic planned for you and me (6137 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Gabriel (Good Omens), Uriel (Good Omens)
Summary:

in which there is some unexpected fallout from switching places.

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