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dw_maintenanceRobby has managed to put in a temporary fix for the site errors and things failing to refresh or not showing up where they should! The permanent fix is going to need Mark's experience, and unfortunately -- seriously, this literally never fails -- Mark has been on an international flight all day, because of course he has. (Never. Fails. He and I are not allowed to both take vacation at once.)
The site will work just fine with the temporary fix in place, things just might be a little slow here and there. We'll keep you updated.
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fancake(The full title is too verbose for DW’s header limit.)
Fandom: “Subways Of Your Mind”, AKA “The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet” (FEX song); Lostwave
Pairings/Characters: Gen; invitation to the audience.
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 3:16
Content Notes: No AO3 Warnings Apply; the song was identified and claimed in 2024; role-playing unreality galore in the comments.
Creator Links: (YouTube):![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico)
hailey-ks7mg
Theme: Journey & Travel, Fanvid, Folklore & Fairytales, Gen, Non-AO3 Works, Research, Social Media
Summary: if you don’t know the song in this video it’s known as “the most mysterious song on the internet”. It’s a new wave/post punk song that was originally played on a german radio station between 1982-1984. no one knows it’s name or who created it, leading to a several year search for it’s origins that inspired me to make this edit.
i recommend watching whang’s videos on the subject if you want to learn more :)
• The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet - Tales From the Internet
• The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet UPDATE
driving ambiance + footage is of the autobahn motorway in germany and is from the channel rarbi.art
https://www.youtube.com/user/rarbiart/
note: this video was made for creative purposes only. all music and images belongs to the original creators. no copyright infringement intended.
Reccer's Notes: Commenterdj-ov2it’s summary:
People think of this as a meme but keep in mind. One singular day in early 80s northern germany, a couple thousand people were listening to this song and of those, a whole lot might have been driving a car. This exact video - albeit in an abstract sense - has HAPPENED before and those people are mostly still very much alive. Hell, my close relatives might be some of them.
Fanwork Links: the most mysterious song on the internet but it's playing on your car radio in 1980s germany, by hailey.
Fandom: “Subways Of Your Mind”, AKA “The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet” (FEX song); Lostwave
Pairings/Characters: Gen; invitation to the audience.
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 3:16
Content Notes: No AO3 Warnings Apply; the song was identified and claimed in 2024; role-playing unreality galore in the comments.
Creator Links: (YouTube):
Theme: Journey & Travel, Fanvid, Folklore & Fairytales, Gen, Non-AO3 Works, Research, Social Media
Summary: if you don’t know the song in this video it’s known as “the most mysterious song on the internet”. It’s a new wave/post punk song that was originally played on a german radio station between 1982-1984. no one knows it’s name or who created it, leading to a several year search for it’s origins that inspired me to make this edit.
i recommend watching whang’s videos on the subject if you want to learn more :)
• The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet - Tales From the Internet
• The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet UPDATE
driving ambiance + footage is of the autobahn motorway in germany and is from the channel rarbi.art
https://www.youtube.com/user/rarbiart/
note: this video was made for creative purposes only. all music and images belongs to the original creators. no copyright infringement intended.
Reccer's Notes: Commenter
People think of this as a meme but keep in mind. One singular day in early 80s northern germany, a couple thousand people were listening to this song and of those, a whole lot might have been driving a car. This exact video - albeit in an abstract sense - has HAPPENED before and those people are mostly still very much alive. Hell, my close relatives might be some of them.
Fanwork Links: the most mysterious song on the internet but it's playing on your car radio in 1980s germany, by hailey.
honey, don't you fool around
May. 31st, 2026 09:36 pmmusesfoolI meant to post earlier but then I kind of dozed off, whoops! Yesterday, I took my 90 mini cheesecakes and Baby Miss L's books and headed out to my sister's for Alyssa's birthday barbecue that was postponed from last weekend due to all the rain. Well, unfortunately, the weather yesterday was not really conducive to an outside party, so we ended up staying in the house. And my youngest niece, whose birthday was also yesterday, already had plans, so she (and my brother's family) couldn't make it. But it was nice.
When I got home today, I ended up having a long call with Friend L, who let me know that she's moving back to Atlanta (after being in New York for 30 years) to help out her sister with their mom, whose health has been declining. I kind of had a feeling this was going to happen, with how often she was going down there and how long she was staying each time, but she was in denial about it for a while. Hopefully I'll get to see her before she goes, and we can always facetime.
I also did the May recs update, and though there was some wonkiness with DW earlier, I think it's fixed now.
unfitforsociety has been updated for May 2026 with 8 recs in 2 fandoms:
* 7 Heated Rivalry
* 1 The Pitt
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When I got home today, I ended up having a long call with Friend L, who let me know that she's moving back to Atlanta (after being in New York for 30 years) to help out her sister with their mom, whose health has been declining. I kind of had a feeling this was going to happen, with how often she was going down there and how long she was staying each time, but she was in denial about it for a while. Hopefully I'll get to see her before she goes, and we can always facetime.
I also did the May recs update, and though there was some wonkiness with DW earlier, I think it's fixed now.
unfitforsociety has been updated for May 2026 with 8 recs in 2 fandoms:* 7 Heated Rivalry
* 1 The Pitt
***
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May. 31st, 2026 08:59 pmdenise posting in dw_maintenanceWe're aware of site traffic issues and are working to fix them for the people who are having problems! (The tactics the damn bot traffic uses are endlessly shifting, and they're really good at looking like real traffic, sigh.)
Merlin: We Can Always Run by kairennart (Personaje), queerofthedagger
May. 31st, 2026 07:40 pmsasheneskywalker posting in fancakeFandom: Merlin
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Leon & Arthur Pendragon, Morgana & Arthur Pendragon, minor Elyan/Gwaine, minor Gwen/Morgana
Rating: Mature
Length: 148,000 words
Creator Links:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
queerofthedagger Personaje
Theme: journey & travel, slow burn, road trips, hurt/comfort, fix-it, friends to lovers, angst (with a happy ending)
Summary: Arthur has always had distant dreams of leaving Camelot. They were never more than a wistful fantasy, at least once he grew up.
Finding out about Merlin’s magic changes everything though, and not only because Arthur would do more to keep Merlin safe than he cares to admit. What follows are secrets upon secrets, allowing the dreams to slip back in as all his father’s lies unravel around him. Slowly but surely, Camelot feels less like a home and more like a gilded cage, and Arthur isn’t so certain anymore whether he’s the right person to carry this legacy. If he even wants to.
One final secret, one opportunity, and suddenly the dreams aren’t mere dreams anymore. Merlin wouldn’t be Merlin if he didn’t follow wherever Arthur goes, and as they try to outrun Uther’s manhunt for them, they have to learn to live a life that’s about more than duty, other’s expectations, and a destiny that has never once cared for them.
Or: Arthur long since expected that one day, he might have to flee Camelot with Merlin. He just never thought that he would be the reason.
Reccer's Notes: Fantastic fic about Merlin and Arthur traveling the world together, having adventures, helping people, being general badasses, and falling in love. I love the way Merlin and Arthur’s relationship develops throughout the story <3
Content Notes: canon-typical violence
Fanwork Links: We Can Always Run
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Leon & Arthur Pendragon, Morgana & Arthur Pendragon, minor Elyan/Gwaine, minor Gwen/Morgana
Rating: Mature
Length: 148,000 words
Creator Links:
Theme: journey & travel, slow burn, road trips, hurt/comfort, fix-it, friends to lovers, angst (with a happy ending)
Summary: Arthur has always had distant dreams of leaving Camelot. They were never more than a wistful fantasy, at least once he grew up.
Finding out about Merlin’s magic changes everything though, and not only because Arthur would do more to keep Merlin safe than he cares to admit. What follows are secrets upon secrets, allowing the dreams to slip back in as all his father’s lies unravel around him. Slowly but surely, Camelot feels less like a home and more like a gilded cage, and Arthur isn’t so certain anymore whether he’s the right person to carry this legacy. If he even wants to.
One final secret, one opportunity, and suddenly the dreams aren’t mere dreams anymore. Merlin wouldn’t be Merlin if he didn’t follow wherever Arthur goes, and as they try to outrun Uther’s manhunt for them, they have to learn to live a life that’s about more than duty, other’s expectations, and a destiny that has never once cared for them.
Or: Arthur long since expected that one day, he might have to flee Camelot with Merlin. He just never thought that he would be the reason.
Reccer's Notes: Fantastic fic about Merlin and Arthur traveling the world together, having adventures, helping people, being general badasses, and falling in love. I love the way Merlin and Arthur’s relationship develops throughout the story <3
Content Notes: canon-typical violence
Fanwork Links: We Can Always Run
Due South: About a Riv by china_shop
Jun. 1st, 2026 12:11 ammific posting in fancakeFandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Ray Vecchio/Stella, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio
Rating: Explicit
Length: 9254
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: china_shop on AO3
Themes: Journey and Travel, Road trips, Polyamory, Action/Adventure, First time, Friends to lovers, Post-canon
Summary: Fraser finds a 1971 green Buick Riviera in Ottawa, and takes Ray Kowalski and Diefenbaker on a road trip to Florida to deliver it to Ray Vecchio.
Reccer's Notes: A rollicking tale, interestingly structured in a series of 1st person POVs moving from Ben to Ray K to Ray V. They each elaborate on different aspects of the action plot (which involves a road trip to drive the Riv from Canada down to Florida), and on the developing relationships between Ben, Ray and Ray, the Rays often dissing each other and cutting in to say "what he didn't tell you was this..."
It's fun, interesting, with great characterisation, and the non-linear structure absolutely works. During all the drama, Stella quietly breaks up with Ray V in a believable, no-fault way, and it ends happily with Ben, Ray and Ray working things out together. Excellent reading!
Fanwork Links: About a Riv
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Ray Vecchio/Stella, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio
Rating: Explicit
Length: 9254
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: china_shop on AO3
Themes: Journey and Travel, Road trips, Polyamory, Action/Adventure, First time, Friends to lovers, Post-canon
Summary: Fraser finds a 1971 green Buick Riviera in Ottawa, and takes Ray Kowalski and Diefenbaker on a road trip to Florida to deliver it to Ray Vecchio.
Reccer's Notes: A rollicking tale, interestingly structured in a series of 1st person POVs moving from Ben to Ray K to Ray V. They each elaborate on different aspects of the action plot (which involves a road trip to drive the Riv from Canada down to Florida), and on the developing relationships between Ben, Ray and Ray, the Rays often dissing each other and cutting in to say "what he didn't tell you was this..."
It's fun, interesting, with great characterisation, and the non-linear structure absolutely works. During all the drama, Stella quietly breaks up with Ray V in a believable, no-fault way, and it ends happily with Ben, Ray and Ray working things out together. Excellent reading!
Fanwork Links: About a Riv
Podcast rec
May. 31st, 2026 10:24 amrydra_wongVia sabotabby, A Meal of Thorns, from the Ancillary Review of Books.
Jake Casella Brookins (whom I have loved ever since he described Prophet as “Gay X-files slash where they walk away from The Hurt Locker and wind up in Solaris instead”) and a guest do deep exegesis on a sf/f (or adjacent) book.
Every ep I've listened to has been really good.
(Also OMG the next ep is on The Fifth Head of Cerberus.)
sabotabby, A Meal of Thorns, from the Ancillary Review of Books.Jake Casella Brookins (whom I have loved ever since he described Prophet as “Gay X-files slash where they walk away from The Hurt Locker and wind up in Solaris instead”) and a guest do deep exegesis on a sf/f (or adjacent) book.
Every ep I've listened to has been really good.
(Also OMG the next ep is on The Fifth Head of Cerberus.)
Very short health update
May. 31st, 2026 10:15 amrydra_wongFor once in my life, for once in my entire fucking life, it appears that I may actually have been Lacking The Vitamin.
(Iron.)
(Iron.)
Well, Grace never! - Project Hail Mary story, gen
May. 30th, 2026 10:45 pmpetraWell, Grace never! (1296 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ryland Grace & Rocky
Characters: Ryland Grace, Rocky
Additional Tags: Language Barrier, Languages and Linguistics, language learning
Summary:
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Couldn't be me finding Grace's internal dialogue in the novel entirely ridiculous because I have personally had conversations with middle school teachers while they weren't in front of kids.
...
Couldn't be me posting two stories in one day. Hi, I have a new fandom. Strap in!
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ryland Grace & Rocky
Characters: Ryland Grace, Rocky
Additional Tags: Language Barrier, Languages and Linguistics, language learning
Summary:
There is a slight hiccup in Grace's search for a new teaching job.
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Couldn't be me finding Grace's internal dialogue in the novel entirely ridiculous because I have personally had conversations with middle school teachers while they weren't in front of kids.
...
Couldn't be me posting two stories in one day. Hi, I have a new fandom. Strap in!
SGA: Pictures from a Moving Car by Punk
May. 31st, 2026 02:06 pmmific posting in fancakeFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Walter Harriman
Rating: Gen
Length: 1000
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: Punk on AO3
Themes: Journey and Travel, Roadtrips, Established relationship, Friendship
Summary: The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step of getting Rodney McKay in the damn car.
Reccer's Notes: A fun short fic (exactly 1000 words as it was written for the "pic for 1000" challenge) where they're back on Earth and John drags Rodney away from Science for a road trip. Lovely banter and companionship, and Rodney being very Rodney. Note that if you open 'reader view' in the AO3 post you can see the prompt picture :D
Fanwork Links: Pictures from a Moving Car on AO3
Podfic read by Punk on the Audiofic Archive
Characters/Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Walter Harriman
Rating: Gen
Length: 1000
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: Punk on AO3
Themes: Journey and Travel, Roadtrips, Established relationship, Friendship
Summary: The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step of getting Rodney McKay in the damn car.
Reccer's Notes: A fun short fic (exactly 1000 words as it was written for the "pic for 1000" challenge) where they're back on Earth and John drags Rodney away from Science for a road trip. Lovely banter and companionship, and Rodney being very Rodney. Note that if you open 'reader view' in the AO3 post you can see the prompt picture :D
Fanwork Links: Pictures from a Moving Car on AO3
Podfic read by Punk on the Audiofic Archive
Grace touch penis, command - Project Hail Mary story, Grace/Rocky
May. 30th, 2026 07:56 pmpetraGrace touch penis, command (3483 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ryland Grace/Rocky
Characters: Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Ryland Grace
Additional Tags: Food Kink, Mutual Masturbation, Xenophilia, It's Not Cheating If It's In Space, Rocky is a Monsterfucker (Project Hail Mary), Ryland Grace is a Monsterfucker (Project Hail Mary), Ryland Grace Isn't Allosexual He Just Loves Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ryland Grace/Rocky
Characters: Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Ryland Grace
Additional Tags: Food Kink, Mutual Masturbation, Xenophilia, It's Not Cheating If It's In Space, Rocky is a Monsterfucker (Project Hail Mary), Ryland Grace is a Monsterfucker (Project Hail Mary), Ryland Grace Isn't Allosexual He Just Loves Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
Summary:
Rocky enjoys his leaky companion's prostate maintenance and ingestion, and learns the English word for "pervert."
Miners Support the Lesbians and Gays
May. 30th, 2026 08:39 pmrydra_wongOkay, not just the miners; the trade unions as a whole showed the fuck up (and have already been showing up for trans rights in the UK in a big way). But it was, also, very much the miners:
The Guardian: ‘Bigger and better than ever’: how Durham Pride beat Reform’s funding axe with help from the miners
(For those who don't know the particular history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbians_and_Gays_Support_the_Miners )
The Guardian: ‘Bigger and better than ever’: how Durham Pride beat Reform’s funding axe with help from the miners
[The LGBTQ+] community “showed their heroism” during the miners’ strikes, he said. “They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”
He added: “That relationship’s prevailed ever since, [and so] the Durham Miners’ Association have decided to make this a priority in County Durham.”
(For those who don't know the particular history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbians_and_Gays_Support_the_Miners )
US Politics: An Episcopalian reverend who gets it
May. 30th, 2026 01:43 pmpetraA friend linked me to the Substack of Rev. Brooks Cato, in full knowledge that I am an atheist who finds Christianity as a theoretical monolith deeply questionable. This reverend differentiates between his faith and Christo-fascism explicitly and directly, and has a deep well of compassion. He is doing the work I admire the figure of Jesus Christ for doing.
For an example of his writing for anyone who has ever had gender feelings, or loved someone who has gender feelings, his piece: The Myth of Biblical Masculinity. He tells it like he sees it, and he sees clearly.
For an example of his writing for anyone who has ever had gender feelings, or loved someone who has gender feelings, his piece: The Myth of Biblical Masculinity. He tells it like he sees it, and he sees clearly.
RIP Marcia Lucas
May. 30th, 2026 12:27 pmpetraMay her memory be a blessing.
I am going to watch the non-special edition of Star Wars: A New Hope tomorrow night in honor of the fact that she made it a coherent movie. If anyone would like to sync-watch with me, drop me a note! I can hook you up with an illicit AVI so you can cast it to your TV.
I am going to watch the non-special edition of Star Wars: A New Hope tomorrow night in honor of the fact that she made it a coherent movie. If anyone would like to sync-watch with me, drop me a note! I can hook you up with an illicit AVI so you can cast it to your TV.