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Meta: High Potential

2026-01-27T23:20:02Z

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

I wrote a promo introduction for "High Potential" for snowflake_challenge and I'm copying it here so more folks can see it. This show has a good set of awesome female characters. \o/

High Potential

Overview

"High Potential" is a crime dramedy based around Morgan Gillory. She is highly gifted with an IQ of 160, and like many gifted people, most folks refuse to put up with her -- hence "high potential" being a mockery. Average adults don't like smart adults any better than average children like smart children, with predictably bad results. Thus she has wound up working as a cleaning lady at a police station. This leads her to pointing out an error in an investigation, which eventually brings her to work for the police as a civilian consultant.

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Opinions requested

2025-03-30T11:22:50Z

Posted by: elisheva_m

Hello,

I'd like to know what others make of the end of one of the scenes in the lakorn-novel I'm writing. The friend who's read it missed part of what I had hoped to convey.

The FL is pretty awesome.

Fandom: None - original fiction. Genre is Thai lakorn (you don't need to be familiar)
Pairings: het (OC)
Rating/Warning: No CW. Teen and up
Length: 614 words
Notes: See post intro. Impressions re the ending are fine. Anything else if you feel like it.

It's this post here.

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Meta: Nimona

2025-03-02T06:05:43Z

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

This is spliced together from several of my posts about Nimona.

Why I Love Nimona

I love Nimona.

I love the fact that she's a polymorph who can take any shape. She uses them all with fluid grace and great effect in combat.

I love the fact that she refuses to define herself as more than "Nimona." She won't try to be anything else but what she is. She just wishes other people would accept her for who she really is.

I love how casually destructive and violent she is, especially when it comes to tearing down symbols of the corrupt social order. And she breaks a few things in Ballister that he frankly needs broken. We could use someone like that in local-Earth.

I love how she is wild and fierce and free, a forest spirit even in the city. She brings a breath of fresh air everywhere she goes.

It's not so much one scene as one character, one aspect of Nimona -- that she's chaos incarnate. The trailer really captures that sense; this movie is so, so queer in all the best ways. That's Nimona for you. At least with her, life is never boring.

I grok that.

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Uhuramonth 2025 prompt list

2024-12-02T20:23:51Z

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

malainastar in uhuramonth has posted "Uhuramonth is taking place January 2025."

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Meta: "Why I Love Wednesday Addams"

2023-03-31T06:33:03Z

Wednesday TV Series (The Addams Family) Meta

2023-03-10T20:15:14Z

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

As part of the March Meta Matters challenge over on marchmetamatterschallenge, I've written about the recent series Wednesday. All links have been archived with the Wayback Machine and/or Archive.fo.

* Overview
* Interesting Aspects
* Episodes
* Promising Crossovers
* Relevant Dreamwidth Communities
* Memorable Fanworks

This series has a high number of compelling female characters, compared with other canons. If you're looking for a new fandom with strong fanwork potential, this is well worth exploring.

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FIC: Wild-Berry Wine (original f/m)

2022-09-15T17:49:38Z

Posted by: duskpeterson

Wild-Berry Wine (835 words)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences.
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply.
Fandom: Original Work.
Relationships: Original Female Character/Original Male Character.
Characters: Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s).
Additional Tags: Ancient History, secondary world fantasy, Romance, newlyweds, Royalty, transnational marriage, Culture Shock, Domestic, Wine, don't need to read other stories in the series
Note: Centered on the female character, but with a male narrator.

"They say that Koretian wild-berry wine is an acquired taste."

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Ladies' Bingo 2022-2023 (Round 10)

2022-09-04T09:56:05Z

Posted by: purplecat

Link: Ladies' Bingo Round 2022-2023 (Round 10) Sign-ups

Event Description: ladiesbingo is a bingo challenge for creative works about the relationships between women. It runs for seven months (from September until March).

The motivation behind the community is to encourage people to make creative works focused on female characters and their relationships.

Round 10 (2022-2023) is now open.

Important Dates:
Sign-ups Open: September 1st 2022
Posting: September 1st 2022 - March 31st 2023
Amnesty: April 1st 2023 - August 31st 2023

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Ladies' Bingo 2021-2022 (Round 9)

2021-09-08T10:35:26Z

Posted by: purplecat

Link: Ladies' Bingo Round 2021-2022 (Round 9) Sign-ups

Event Description: ladiesbingo is a bingo challenge for creative works about the relationships between women. It runs for seven months (from September until March).

The motivation behind the community is to encourage people to make creative works focused on female characters and their relationships.

Round 9 (2021-2022) is now open.

Important Dates:
Sign-ups Open: September 1st 2021
Posting: September 1st 2021 - March 31st 2022
Amnesty: April 1st 2022 - August 31st 2022

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Ladies' Bingo 2020-2021 (Round 8)

2020-09-03T15:48:16Z

Posted by: purplecat

Link: Ladies' Bingo Round 2020-2021 (Round 8) Sign-ups

Event Description: ladiesbingo is a bingo challenge for creative works about the relationships between women. It runs for seven months (from September until March).

The motivation behind the community is to encourage people to make creative works focused on female characters and their relationships.

Round 8 (2020-2021) is now open.

Important Dates:
Sign-ups Open: September 1st 2020
Posting: September 1st 2020 - March 31st 2021
Amnesty: April 1st 2021 - August 31st 2021

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Ladies' Bingo 2019-2020 (Round 7)

2019-09-01T19:23:18Z

Posted by: purplecat

Link: Ladies' Bingo Round 2019-2020 (Round 7) Sign-ups

Event Description: ladiesbingo is a bingo challenge for creative works about the relationships between women. It runs for seven months (from September until March).

The motivation behind the community is to encourage people to make creative works focused on female characters and their relationships.

Round 7 (2019-2020) is now open.

Important Dates:
Sign-ups Open: September 1st 2019
Posting: September 1st 2019 - March 31st 2020
Amnesty: April 1st 2020 - August 31st 2020

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Fic: Birthday Celebration

2019-05-16T05:03:55Z

Posted by: dhamphir

Title: Birthday Celebration
Author: dhamphir
Fandom: SG-1
Pairing: Janet/Kris (OFC)
Rating: G
Word Count: ~550
Summary: Janet is planning a surprise for Kris.
Spoilers/Timeline: AU. Takes place in the universe established in The Prophecy, so post Heroes (s07e17-18).
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to B.W., J.G., MGM and Gekko. No copyright infringement intended and no money being made. Kris Fraiser is mine.
A/N: Written for fluffbingo, prompt: silk.

Birthday Celebration

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Fic: The Blade

2019-04-29T18:14:15Z

Posted by: dhamphir

Title: The Blade
Author: dhamphir
Fandom: SG-1
Pairing: Janet/Kris (OFC)
Rating: G
Word Count: ~1020
Summary: Kris builds an Areth self-defense weapon that looks suspiciously familiar to Janet.
Spoilers/Timeline: AU. Takes place in the universe established in The Prophecy, so post Heroes (s07e17-18).
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to B.W., J.G., MGM and Gekko. No copyright infringement intended and no money being made. Kris Fraiser is mine.
A/N1: Written for fluffbingo, prompt: lights, 100prompts, table 1/prompt 13: test, and genprompt_bingo, prompt: half-life.
A/N2: Thanks to my betas quiethearted and gin_akasarahsmom.

The Blade

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Fic: Anniversary Tradition

2019-04-15T02:12:03Z

Posted by: dhamphir

Title: Anniversary Tradition
Author: dhamphir
Fandom: SG-1
Pairing: Janet/Kris (OFC)
Rating: G
Word Count: ~1040
Summary: They have plans for their anniversary.
Spoilers/Timeline: AU. Takes place in the universe established in The Prophecy, so post Heroes (s07e17-18).
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to B.W., J.G., MGM and Gekko. No copyright infringement intended and no money being made. Kris Fraiser is mine.
A/N1: Written for fluffbingo, prompt: perfume.
A/N2: Special thanks to my wonderful beta jazwriter!

Anniversary Tradition

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Fic: Virus

2019-04-08T08:24:03Z

Posted by: dhamphir

Title: Virus
Author: dhamphir
Fandom: SG-1
Pairing: Janet/Kris (OFC)
Rating: G
Word Count: ~1130
Summary: Janet has to battle a virus brought back to the SGC from off-world.
Spoilers/Timeline: AU. Takes place in the universe established in The Prophecy, so post Heroes (s07e17-18).
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to B.W., J.G., MGM and Gekko. No copyright infringement intended and no money being made. Kris Fraiser is mine.
A/N1: Written for fluffbingo, free space: (touch), 100prompts, prompt: gloves, and genprompt_bingo, prompt: tired.
A/N2: Special thanks to my wonderful beta jazwriter.

Virus

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Drabble: Dancing

2019-04-07T23:19:10Z

Posted by: dhamphir

Title: Dancing
Author: dhamphir
Fandom: SG-1
Pairing: Janet/Kris (OFC)
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Summary: Cassie has never seen her mother so happy.
Spoilers/Timeline: AU. Takes place in the universe established in The Prophecy, so post Heroes (s07e17-18).
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to B.W., J.G., MGM and Gekko. No copyright infringement intended and no money being made. Kris Fraiser is mine.
A/N1: Written genprompt_bingo, prompt: a gentle fall of rain.
A/N2: Special thanks to my betas jazwriter and quiethearted.

Dancing

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Fic: You Call That A Problem?

2019-04-02T01:25:10Z

Posted by: dhamphir

Title: You Call That A Problem?
Author: dhamphir
Fandom: SG-1
Pairing: Janet/Kris (OFC)
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~1175
Summary: "There's just one little problem when I do that."
Spoilers/Timeline: AU. Takes place in the universe established in The Prophecy, so post Heroes (s07e17-18).
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to B.W., J.G., MGM and Gekko. No copyright infringement intended and no money being made. Kris Fraiser is mine.
A/N1: Written for fluffbingo, prompt: ready.
A/N2: Special thanks to my betas: quiethearted and jazwriter.

You Call That A Problem?

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Fic: Visiting Paradise

2019-02-21T23:43:38Z

Posted by: dhamphir

Title: Visiting Paradise
Author: dhamphir
Fandom: SG-1
Pairing: Sam/Janet
Rating: G
Word Count: ~740
Summary: Janet desperately needs a break.
Spoilers: None. AU, set @ season 9-10 but O'Neill is in command of the SGC.
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to B.W., J.G., MGM and Gekko. No copyright infringement intended and no money being made.
A/N1: Written for fluffbingo, prompt: veg out, and 100prompts, table 1/prompt 18: beach
A/N2: Special thanks to my wonderful beta jazwriter! All mistakes are my own.

Visiting Paradise

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Ladies' Bingo 2018-2019 (Round 6)

2018-09-02T13:11:22Z

Posted by: purplecat

Link: Ladies' Bingo Round 2018-2019 (Round 6) Sign-ups

Event Description: ladiesbingo is a bingo challenge for creative works about the relationships between women. It runs for seven months (from September until March).

The motivation behind the community is to encourage people to make creative works focused on female characters and their relationships.

Round 6 (2018-2019) is now open.

Important Dates:
Sign-ups Open: September 1st 2018
Posting: September 1st 2018 - March 31st 2019
Amnesty: April 1st 2019 - August 31st 2019

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Doctor Who art: I'll show you around

2018-07-11T13:12:31Z

Posted by: mekare

Time for more art of awesome ladies on television! Bill was a lovely companion and I'm grateful she got a happy send-off off the show, ( spoiler ).

Fandom: Doctor Who
Title: I'll show you around
Rating: G
Characters: Bill Potts, Heather
Genre: femslash
Preview:

Full view: here in my journal

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Rec: Hannah Gadsby, and two portraits (G)

2018-07-05T11:27:10Z

Posted by: mekare

1. I did a review and rec post of stand-up comedian Hannah Gadsby's fantastic show Nanette here.

Trailer:

But beware, warnings for stories about homophobia and rape in her programme.

2. Two fantastically complicated and real ladies from Canadian shows Due South and Slings&Arrows:

in my journal

Preview: Francesca Vecchio

Preview: Ellen Fanshaw

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Fic: Nerys and the Emissary

2018-04-28T03:50:01Z

Posted by: beatrice_otter

Title: Nerys and the Emissary
Fandom: Deep Space Nine
Characters: Kira Nerys, Benjamin Sisko
Author: beatrice_otter
Beta: sixbeforelunch
Rating: Gen
AN: I was watching the first episode of DS9 for the first time in years, and it struck me how white/colonialist the underlying assumptions are. It's the Civilized Foreigner Come To Help The Benighted Natives who can find the Temple! The Other Civilized Foreigner checking the historical databases for things the Benighted Natives have known for years is the one who notices the blatantly obvious pattern the Benighted Natives have never figured out and Solves The Mystery! The Civilized Foreigners go off (with no native people!) to find The Mystic Treasure! (At least there is some variety, in that the Civilized Foreigners are a black man and a white woman, instead of white men.) And I asked myself: why the HELL is Kira going along with all of this? Why is she just … letting this happen?

On AO3. On tumblr.

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Ladies' Bingo 2017-2018 (Round 5)

2017-09-01T19:55:07Z

Posted by: purplecat

Link: Ladies' Bingo Round 2017-2018 (Round 5) Sign-ups

Event Description: ladiesbingo is a bingo challenge for creative works about the relationships between women. It runs for seven months (from September until March).

The motivation behind the community is to encourage people to make creative works focused on female characters and their relationships.

Round 5 (2017-2018) is now open.

Important Dates:
Sign-ups Open: September 1st 2017
Posting: September 1st 2017 - March 31st 2018
Amnesty: April 1st 2018 - August 31st 2018

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Art: Alex Danvers & Maggie Sawyer from Supergirl (femslash)

2017-08-25T16:45:04Z

Posted by: mekare

Hey all, I drew two awesome ladies from Supergirl today and thought I'd share. I haven't waxed poetic about Supergirl here before - but the show should be right up this comm's alley: loads and loads of awesome female characters: heroes, villains, best friends, sisters, daughters, yes and a lovely lesbian couple: Alex & Maggie.

Title: Alex&Maggie
Rating: G
Medium: pencil
Note: drawn from a screenshot from the series 2 finale (no spoilers though)

I really love especially how Alex is handled in the show - she's the title heroine's sister and their relationship always is the most important for Supergirl - even when love interests (later on) turn up. ( spoilers for Supergirl season 2 )

Preview:

Full image in my journal.

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