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This is an unlisted video, and I'll probably delete it before long, but if you like babies...

This is my grandson, on the day of his cousin's school sports day.

Oswin (you can see her at the start of the video) won the 1500m, much to her delight. She's useless at sprints, but our family have the legs for long distance.

Theo managed to improve his personal best on the 5m shuffle by a significant margin :)

Introduction Post * Meet the Mods Post * Friending Meme * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

( Sunshine Revival Challenge #1 )

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

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Post-deadline pinch hit for Summer of Horror

Summer of Horror could use your help! We have one pinch hit left, due July 11 at 11:59 PM EDT or negotiable. Minimums are 500 words or a piece of original art (no manips), either digital or on unlined paper. For claiming and more details, go here.

PH 3 - FIC, ART - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)

Thank you!

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Jane Austen Exchange - Nominations Open

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2025,
pinch hits

Two Down, Three to Go

Unfortunately, we still have one unclaimed pinch hit as well as the return of two more pinch hits. As such, we will delay the Collection opening by one further week.

The new (tentative) opening date will be July 16th 20:00 EDT.

The new Pinch Hit deadline will also be one week from today at July 14th 22:00 EDT.

These are the current pinch hits. To claim, please comment on this post with the name/number of the pinch hit you would like and your AO3 username! Comments are screened.

You may also email us at sleepymod@mailfence.com

( PH 1 - Animal Control (TV 2023), Degrassi the Next Generation, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV), The Good Place (TV), North of North (TV 2025), Only Murders in the Building (TV) )

( PH 4 - ケイ�ヤク | KeixYaku (TV), 御赐小仵作 | The Imperial Coroner (TV), 作りたい女と食べたい女 | Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna | She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat (TV) )

( PH 11 - Blue Period (Manga), Akatsuki no Yona | Yona of the Dawn, Advance Wars (Video Games 2001-2005; 2023), Tales of Berseria, K (Anime), Sengoku Basara, Tales of Legendia, Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games) )

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Incest Bingo Round 4

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Tuesday, 8th July 2025

Editor's Note: If your item was not linked, it's because the header lacked the information that we like to give our readers. Please at least give the title, rating, and pairing or characters, and please include the header in the storypost itself, not just in the linking post. For an example of what a "good" fanfic header is, see the user info. Spoiler warnings are also greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Off-Dreamwidth Links
Blogtor Who: Video of the Day – Doctor Who: Belinda and the Fifteenth Doctor, 2025
Blogtor Who: Master Replicas Doctor Who TARDIS Collection
Blogtor Who: Video of the Day – Doctor Who: The Story & The Engine, 2025

(News from

doctorwhonews_feed and

blogtorwho_feed, among others.)

Discussion and Miscellany

nwhyte on Castrovalva, by Andrew Orton (and Christopher H. Bidmead)

purplecat with Costume Bracket: Round 4, Post 5

Fanfiction
Complete
Taken by

badly_knitted (G | Tenth Doctor, Martha)

Recommendations

romanajo123 recommends Smothered by Shivver

If you were not linked, and would like to be, contact us in the comments with further information and your link.

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Multifandom: Enemies to Lovers Exchange 2025

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mod: masterlist

Unconventional Courtship Masterlist 2025

It's the end of another

unconventionalcourtship round! Many thanks to all that participated this year. Whether you wrote fic, read fic, signed up, made banners, promoted the fest or fell down the UC Generator rabbit hole your participation was very much appreciated.

Now the fest is over here is this year's masterlist to peruse while you give yourself a pat on the back!

Here is this year's masterlist of fic:
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New Multifandom Challenge Comm Signups Open NOW

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uc_xmen drabble-a-thon/prompt meme

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Current Mood: accomplished

[Bridgerton - Kanthony] You above all else

You above all else (9847 words) - Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (on dreamwidth)

Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Bridgerton (TV Show)
Rating: Teen and Up
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Relationships: Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sharma
Characters: Anthony Bridgerton, Kate Sharma, the Bridgerton family plus Simon Hastings, the Sharma family.
Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Regency setting, Angst, Pining, The Gulf between Social Classes, Canonical Character Death Referenced, Eldest Children Syndrome, Time Jumps, Unconventional Courtship 2025
Summary:

Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma were inseparable as children since he’d defended her from an irate tutor. Once she thought there was something more growing between them until grief and the divergent demands of their positions drew them apart.

To Kate, the warm, close knit Bridgerton family lead a charmed life and spending Christmas with them is both an honour and a relief from the challenges her own little family face.

But when she comes face-to-face with Anthony again, she hardly recognises him in the cold, aloof man he's become. Worse, he seems to see her as a spinster maid, below his notice, and an outsider

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Inspired by HOME TO FAMILY by ANN EVANS

Amnesty post - sorry this is late!

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New Challenge Comm! Please Sign Up!

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Fic Promptly, a Comment Fic Community - Challenge Week 4

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New pinch hit

Below, you'll find all Pinch Hits you can claim at the moment. Click for details. Deadline the same as usual assignments (3rd of August).

PH 2 Ace Combat (Video Games), Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors, League of Legends, Dishonored (Video Games)

PH 3 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan

PH 4 Twin Peaks (TV 1990), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games), RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993)

PH 6 A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Merlin (TV), The Lord of the Rings (Jackson Movies)

If you'd like to claim, comment here with your pick and your ao3 name. Comments are screened. If you reply without an account, include an email so that we can contact you. You can also email us at allbutromance@gmail.com

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[MULTIFANDOM] PolyamShippingDay - July 2025

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Saturday 5 July 2025

Do you have a Doctor Who community or a journal that we are not currently linking to? Leave a note in the comments and we'll add you to the watchlist (

doctor_watch).

Editor's note: Because of the high posting volume and the quantity of information linked in each newsletter, doctor_who_sonic will no longer link fanfiction that does not have a header. For an example of what a "good" fanfic header is, see the user info. Spoiler warnings are also greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Off-DW News
Blogtor Who's Friday Video of the Day is from The Story and the Engine
Blogtor Who looks at the upcoming Titan Comics title The Prison Paradox (Fifteenth Doctor)
nwhyte reviews the novel Fear Death by Water (Fifteenth Doctor)

(News from

doctorwhonews_feed and

blogtorwho_feed, among others.)

Communities and Challenges

dw100: Challenge #1048: stray

Discussion and Miscellany

purplecat with the cover of the novel The Shadow in the Glass

Fanfiction
Completed
Perfectly Aligned by

badly_knitted [Doctor | G]

Recommendations

paranoidangel recommends the fic All the Ragged People: A 7th Doctor ShortTrip by theOther [Ace, Seven | All Ages]

If you were not linked, and would like to be, contact us in the comments with further information and your link.

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Sunshine Revival Challenge #2

Challenge #2

Tunnel of Love
Journaling: The romance of summer! What do you love? Write about anything you feel sentimental about or that gets your heart pumping.
Creative: Write a love poem to anyone or anything you like

Oh man neither one of these challenges was made for me. Summer is not my favourite season, that would be Autumn, I know very basic white woman of me. Plus, I grew up on a farm, so summer always meant work. I guess I do like how fast and easy it is to get dressed in the mornings, just throw on shorts and a t-shirt and you're good. I also love all the summer fruit we get this time of year, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, etc, yummy!

I'm not a person who really writes poetry anymore (I dabbled a little bit when I was teenager). I got nothing against it, I enjoy other people's poetry, it just not something I enjoy doing myself.

As recompense for my lack of creativity please accept his famous poem about Sherlock Holmes:

Watch on YouTube

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DaredevilExchange 2025!

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Post-Deadline Pinch Hits for Sakura Exchange (Due July 11)

sakuraexchange has two pinch hits still in need of creators! If you might be able to fill one of these requests by the current due date (July 11 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT), or negotiable), please comment on the pinch hit post with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you'd like to claim.

The minimum requirements are 1000 words for fic, or clean lineart on unlined paper for art.

Available pinch hits (click through for details):

PH 4 - 爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー | Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (TV), 魔法つかいプリキュア！ | Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! | Mahou Girls PreCure!, 仮面ライダーギーツ | Kamen Rider Geats, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne | Phantom-Thief Jeanne (manga), Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne | Phantom-Thief Jeanne (Anime)

PH 16 - 終ノ空 remake | Tsui no Sora Remake, Tsukihime (Visual Novel & Anime), Kara no Kyoukai | The Garden of Sinners