Jan. 9th, 2026 11:56 pm
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tellshannon815
On many of the fannish websites we use, our history is easily compileable into "pages". When we look back through those pages, sometimes we stumble upon things that we think are rather cool.
Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page
Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!
Rather than actual last pages, since I feel like I've spent a lot of time the last couple of days tracking Storm Goretti (which oddly passed more or less right over me with very little impact in terms of snow), I'll just ramble that I've spent most time recently on my DW reading page, on Dark's fandom wiki to remind myself of Gretchen the dog's history for Challenge #2 as she was my chosen pet, and AO3.
Jan. 9th, 2026 09:27 pm
Getting caught up.
tellshannon815
Today’s challenge is a chance to express your love to fandom, and what better way than a love letter? If you feel really creative, the letter doesn’t have to come from you. You could write as your favourite character, someone completely fictitious or your past or future self - or just as you in this moment.
Write a love letter to fandom. It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.
To Dark,
You're complicated as hell, and I'm not over the fates that the vast majority of the characters ended up with in the finale (even though the family tree makes it difficult to see how it could easily end any other way. Believe me, I've spent the last two years trying to work out a way that I can do it for one particular fic.) But you have great casting (seriously, just take a look at the Young/Middle aged/Old actors. At least one of the actors playing an 81 year old version of one character still surprises people to this day that he's not the 48 year old version in makeup and a wig.) and characters, and have provided me with so much writing inspiration.
To Lost,
My first fandom, and still my all time favourite, the one that first got me exploring the backstories of lesser ficced characters (and trust me, you have a lot) and playing with timelines, the one that first led me to start getting to know other fans, and the one that still has some influence over a lot of my more recent fandom choices. (Except you, Mr. Smoke Monster. Even 15 years on, you can jog on.)
To From,
The other one of my all time top three, that I wish was more appreciated and better known, but trust me, I'm trying to rectify that. Loving the characters, enjoying the mystery (we are starting to get answers at this point, so it doesn't seem to be a "making it up as they go along" thing) and you were the source of my favourite piece of fandom merch (Jade's cat shirt).
Jan. 9th, 2026 05:15 pm
Snowflake Challenge Day #5
kingstokenChallenge #5
In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts.
This one is fun and easy. My wishes are:
1. Check out my fandomtree and if you'd like you can leave me a little something under my tree. I'm asking for Sherlock Holmes (Granada and Rathbone films), The Great Mouse Detective, Our Flag Means Death, Doctor Who, and Dead Boy Detectives. The deadline is Jan 17th.
2. Kudos and Comments on my fanworks! My AO3, I've created fanworks for Star Trek, Good Omens, Sherlock Holmes, Supernatural, OFMD, and many more!
3. Go to arab.org and "click to help", it's free and all money raised is donated to UN agencies.
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Jan. 8th, 2026 12:44 pm
Done with the Mega Icon Upload
nondenomifanIf you unfollowed me because I was updating so many icons, I'm done now and probably will never do that many at once again. Sorry about that! Just had a backlog to make up for.
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Jan. 8th, 2026 12:52 am
Books | Reading & Just Finished
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booknook. If I can remember to keep this up for every "Wednesday Reading Progress" that would be great or maybe every other week. I don't normally post comments on Goodreads just ratings so this might be a good way to remember my feelings about a particular book/author. Please note that I mainly read Romance books, other genres are usually secondary.
In this case, some of my thoughts were already posted in a previous post.
Currently Reading:
( currently reading... )
Just Finished:
( just finished (today)... )
Finished within the last week:
( finished within the last week... )
booknook. If I can remember to keep this up for every "Wednesday Reading Progress" that would be great or maybe every other week. I don't normally post comments on Goodreads just ratings so this might be a good way to remember my feelings about a particular book/author. Please note that I mainly read Romance books, other genres are usually secondary.In this case, some of my thoughts were already posted in a previous post.
Currently Reading:
( currently reading... )
Just Finished:
( just finished (today)... )
Finished within the last week:
( finished within the last week... )
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Jan. 7th, 2026 09:46 pm
Agents of SHIELD
innitmarvelous_ogI admit I first started watching this series because I loved Phil Coulson in the MCU.
And I admit the first eps of the series are not my favorite because they had too much monster/strange thing of the week spiel but when they hit the Clairvoyant storyline and especially Season 1 Ep 10 "The Bridge" where they started hitting their stride, I started liking the series more. The tie in story to Captain America: The Winter Soldier sealed the deal and I was hooked on the series from there on out.
The very first relationship I loved on the series was the Dad/Daughter relationship between Coulson and (Skye) Daisy because he really was her Dad in every way that counted but blood.
I think towards the end of S1 and into S2 is when I started falling in love with the other characters.
Wow they're so young in the ep I am watching now, especially Fitz!
ETA: I took what I wrote here and expanded on it for my first Fannish 50 entry HERE!
And I admit the first eps of the series are not my favorite because they had too much monster/strange thing of the week spiel but when they hit the Clairvoyant storyline and especially Season 1 Ep 10 "The Bridge" where they started hitting their stride, I started liking the series more. The tie in story to Captain America: The Winter Soldier sealed the deal and I was hooked on the series from there on out.
The very first relationship I loved on the series was the Dad/Daughter relationship between Coulson and (Skye) Daisy because he really was her Dad in every way that counted but blood.
I think towards the end of S1 and into S2 is when I started falling in love with the other characters.
Wow they're so young in the ep I am watching now, especially Fitz!
ETA: I took what I wrote here and expanded on it for my first Fannish 50 entry HERE!
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Jan. 7th, 2026 06:50 pm
Miami Vice Poetry - Hopeless Heart
mxcatmoonWritten for the prompt, Verboten, at vocab_drabbles
Title: Hopeless Heart
Fandom: Miami Vice (TV)
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: PG
Words: 65
POV: Sonny Crockett (Sonny/Rico)
Notes: About the ‘author’. With the few fandoms I’ve done poetry for in the past, I’ve used a special pseudonym for the specific character pov, just for fun. For Josef’s poems in Moonlight, I used JK Fitz, his initials and Fitz(gerald) the name he was using when he lived in NYC, just because it sounded cool. Sunshine Superman is Sonny’s, because I think it fits him both in terms of irony and his true nature.
vocab_drabbles Title: Hopeless Heart
Fandom: Miami Vice (TV)
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: PG
Words: 65
POV: Sonny Crockett (Sonny/Rico)
Notes: About the ‘author’. With the few fandoms I’ve done poetry for in the past, I’ve used a special pseudonym for the specific character pov, just for fun. For Josef’s poems in Moonlight, I used JK Fitz, his initials and Fitz(gerald) the name he was using when he lived in NYC, just because it sounded cool. Sunshine Superman is Sonny’s, because I think it fits him both in terms of irony and his true nature.
by Sunshine Superman
Feelings achingly verboten
Words remaining unspoken
Truth buried at the bottom of a bottomless pit
Cruising dark streets
That keep my secrets
Screaming inside
With a whimper, not a bang
Lies of omission haunt the narrative
Self-deceit rules the scene
Denying my soul’s other half
Tasting hopeless, yet unable to give up hope
Holding ‘someday’ close like a talisman
Knowing someday will never come
Feelings achingly verboten
Words remaining unspoken
Truth buried at the bottom of a bottomless pit
Cruising dark streets
That keep my secrets
Screaming inside
With a whimper, not a bang
Lies of omission haunt the narrative
Self-deceit rules the scene
Denying my soul’s other half
Tasting hopeless, yet unable to give up hope
Holding ‘someday’ close like a talisman
Knowing someday will never come
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Jan. 7th, 2026 06:21 pm
Snowflake Challenge Day #4
kingstokenChallenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page
Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!
I wasn't sure I understood this challenge at first, but it looks like people are just sharing cool things they've come across on the internet, so here is a short list of cool things I've come across lately in no particular order:
- Star Wars art from a zine on Fanlore of Han, Leia, Luke and Chewbacca
- Art of Holmes and Watson in their jammies
- It was Sherlock Holmes' birthday yesterday, so please enjoy this vid highlighting all the different actors who have played Holmes throughout the years
- I recently listened to this podcast Curse of: America's Next Top Model, it goes into the show's history and the problematic nature of the show, also did you know the models never even got paid for their time on the show?!
- A poster for the 50th anniversary re-release of Goncharov, the greatest film that never existed
- Angel Aziraphale and Angel Crowley art
Anyways, I could keep going, but I don't want it to be too long. I hope you found something you enjoy!
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Jan. 7th, 2026 01:27 pm
2026 Snowflake Challenge #1-2
mxcatmoonCatching up...
Challenge #1
The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.
Hi, I'm Cat Moon and I'm a Miami Vice-aholic.
I used to be a nice, normal fan who posted about different fandoms and wrote a variety of stuff. Now I've got the MV monkey on my back. I have no intentions of kicking the habit any time soon, though. Forgive me.
And I'm doing the challenge because it's fun, and because I always do it, and because it'll help make my journal posts more regular for a while.
Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom
Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!
Last year, I would have enjoyed this challenge, but I'll be honest and say that I'm still not over losing my Chewy. Talking about him will just make me too sad. (I'm like Rico Tubbs, I push my grief down deep and distract myself with other things). Hmm, maybe I can try to find a way to relate every challenge to Miami Vice somehow, that'd be fun... A challenge within a challenge.
I just wrote a MV ficlet about Sonny and Rico adopting a stray cat, though. It was inspired by an episode where they got an orange kitten for Gina. It relates because my Chewy was orange. And his name when I got him was Sonny. Even though I wasn't in the fandom back then, I enjoyed Miami Vice when it was on and so I instantly related his name to Crockett and didn't rename him (Chewy was a nickname because he always wanted to chew on things he wasn't supposed to, especially plastic bags). The universe is strange and weird, because now I'm into Miami Vice in a big way and writing fic about them having an orange cat.
The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.
Hi, I'm Cat Moon and I'm a Miami Vice-aholic.
I used to be a nice, normal fan who posted about different fandoms and wrote a variety of stuff. Now I've got the MV monkey on my back. I have no intentions of kicking the habit any time soon, though. Forgive me.
And I'm doing the challenge because it's fun, and because I always do it, and because it'll help make my journal posts more regular for a while.
Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom
Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!
Last year, I would have enjoyed this challenge, but I'll be honest and say that I'm still not over losing my Chewy. Talking about him will just make me too sad. (I'm like Rico Tubbs, I push my grief down deep and distract myself with other things). Hmm, maybe I can try to find a way to relate every challenge to Miami Vice somehow, that'd be fun... A challenge within a challenge.
I just wrote a MV ficlet about Sonny and Rico adopting a stray cat, though. It was inspired by an episode where they got an orange kitten for Gina. It relates because my Chewy was orange. And his name when I got him was Sonny. Even though I wasn't in the fandom back then, I enjoyed Miami Vice when it was on and so I instantly related his name to Crockett and didn't rename him (Chewy was a nickname because he always wanted to chew on things he wasn't supposed to, especially plastic bags). The universe is strange and weird, because now I'm into Miami Vice in a big way and writing fic about them having an orange cat.
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Jan. 7th, 2026 03:58 pm
Fannish December
tinnyHeated Rivalry dominated December:
Heated Rivalry! It was so good! It's on HBO Max and Crave. I really liked the first two episodes, there was a ton of sex, and other people much more eloquently explained why that's not a bad thing: the sex is the plot!
I hated ep three, depriving me of the main pairing I love, but I see how it's necessary as context for later episodes. Since I knew that going in, I waited until I was ready for it and just treated it like a different show. That worked for me. I loved the last three episodes again, there was a ton of romance. *A lot* of thought went into the show, and it's all intentional, and that's such a change from the things I usually watch where I rant at the writing all the time. Here, there's almost nothing to rant at. Plus, it's pretty much exactly what I'm most looking for in a tv show: m/m sex and m/m romance. \o/ I will probably read some of the books this year, and likely write up a review for the show if I find the time.
For now, let me direct you to
* my friendmachinistm's heated rivalry tag
* the heated rivalry commgamechangerhr
* the hockey podcast "What Chaos!" reacting to every single episode with genuine enthusiasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7Pok5nDRc
Love on the Turquoise Land (17/32) - a modern fantasy/horror cdrama with Dilraba Dilmurat as a mystical sword fighter. I started watching for her, and by now probably would still be watching even if she wasn't on it. It's ... not good, exactly, but I love it anyway? I got over halfway through it in a few weeks. The horror aspect is not my thing at all, but it was only strong in the first episodes, and after that it started focusing more on vampire rituals and a general good vs evil fight and the horror took a backseat. I'm happy with that! I am very much enjoying Dilraba's actual voice (yay! she doesn't usually get to dub herself! This is cool!) and seeing her fight monsters. I am ranting at how illogical all the vampire lore is (they're called Earth Fiends but everything screams vampire to me), but fwiw once you disengage your science brain, it's fine. Giving the vastly overpowered FL a damsel-in-distress moment made me grit my teeth, but it did lead to the ML taking care of her for three eps straight, and I am not complaining about that at all. The character interactions are really good! I love the fighting, bantering, h/c, and budding romance between the ML and FL. The central mystery sounds interesting, and even though I don't trust the book author (who also wrote Parallel World) to plot herself out of a wet paper bag, the plot seems to hold together so far. Since Heated Rivalry has finished, this is the show I'm most motivated to watch right now. It's on viki.
Our Times (03/38), a 90s retro "IT students go professional" cdrama with Wu Lei and Hou Minghao. The costumes are amazing (bell bottom jeans and corduroy jackets galore), and I really am enjoying the retroness of it all, especially the way the cut scenes are interspersed with actual old footage from Chinese cities, e.g. the construction of the tower in Shanghai. I immediately imprinted on Wu Lei's character (who is a bit of an arrogant asshole but gets beaten up twice in the first episode woah, see another cap). I only watched three eps so far, but liked those a lot. The only downside is that the show triggers my embarrassment squick (they are so incompetent as computer salesmen omg!), so I have to go through it slowly with many breaks. We'll see. It's on wetv and youtube.
Still The Long Ballad (43/48), I don't want it to end. omg why do I love this show so much? I haven't loved a historical cdrama this much since Lost You Forever. Whenever Ashile Sun is on screen I go awwwwww. I'll enjoy the rest of the drama at a slow pace, while it continues to give me life. <3
I haven't dropped A Moment But Forever yet, but also haven't watched a whole ep this month.
I got halfway through Love at Night, and once the leads got together, which always makes me happy and is the main reason I watch anything, I immediately lost my motivation to continue, lol. I guess it just wasn't otherwise good enough. I might pick it up again, once I'm done with Turquoise Land? Maybe? I'm not holding my breath, though.
I realized that To My Shore is airing now, a Chinese BL (one of those sneaky international China-Thailand co-productions), and I watched half an ep, but I think it's too dark for me. For whatever reason, they keep picking the non-con ones to produce. *sigh* I prefer my romance consensual.
Extraordinary, a shorty cdrama with 20 15-min episodes about a computer nerd who transmigrates into a playboy in the past and basically transforms his family into the richest family around using his modern knowledge of business and weaponry. There's a cross-dressing FL (who he immediately sees through, lol), but otherwise it's mostly comedy of the type I'm not too fond of, and I dropped it again after a few eps.
The HPI watchalong finished season 5. Unfortunately, there are no subs (yet) except French ones. We tried auto-translated English ones *once* and then decided that French will have to do. We enjoyed it very much but now it's over. *sob*
We started Nothing But You after that. Now on episode 6 already, we're going through it fast because we don't want to spend a year on it. So far looking good in the *show everyone how good this cdrama is* department. \o/
Still watchalong-ing When A Snail Falls in Love with my other friend, and will move on to Nothing But You after that as well.
TV finished
Heated Rivalry! It was so good! It's on HBO Max and Crave. I really liked the first two episodes, there was a ton of sex, and other people much more eloquently explained why that's not a bad thing: the sex is the plot!
I hated ep three, depriving me of the main pairing I love, but I see how it's necessary as context for later episodes. Since I knew that going in, I waited until I was ready for it and just treated it like a different show. That worked for me. I loved the last three episodes again, there was a ton of romance. *A lot* of thought went into the show, and it's all intentional, and that's such a change from the things I usually watch where I rant at the writing all the time. Here, there's almost nothing to rant at. Plus, it's pretty much exactly what I'm most looking for in a tv show: m/m sex and m/m romance. \o/ I will probably read some of the books this year, and likely write up a review for the show if I find the time.
For now, let me direct you to
* my friend
machinistm's heated rivalry tag * the heated rivalry comm
gamechangerhr* the hockey podcast "What Chaos!" reacting to every single episode with genuine enthusiasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7Pok5nDRc
TV new (ongoing)
Love on the Turquoise Land (17/32) - a modern fantasy/horror cdrama with Dilraba Dilmurat as a mystical sword fighter. I started watching for her, and by now probably would still be watching even if she wasn't on it. It's ... not good, exactly, but I love it anyway? I got over halfway through it in a few weeks. The horror aspect is not my thing at all, but it was only strong in the first episodes, and after that it started focusing more on vampire rituals and a general good vs evil fight and the horror took a backseat. I'm happy with that! I am very much enjoying Dilraba's actual voice (yay! she doesn't usually get to dub herself! This is cool!) and seeing her fight monsters. I am ranting at how illogical all the vampire lore is (they're called Earth Fiends but everything screams vampire to me), but fwiw once you disengage your science brain, it's fine. Giving the vastly overpowered FL a damsel-in-distress moment made me grit my teeth, but it did lead to the ML taking care of her for three eps straight, and I am not complaining about that at all. The character interactions are really good! I love the fighting, bantering, h/c, and budding romance between the ML and FL. The central mystery sounds interesting, and even though I don't trust the book author (who also wrote Parallel World) to plot herself out of a wet paper bag, the plot seems to hold together so far. Since Heated Rivalry has finished, this is the show I'm most motivated to watch right now. It's on viki.
Our Times (03/38), a 90s retro "IT students go professional" cdrama with Wu Lei and Hou Minghao. The costumes are amazing (bell bottom jeans and corduroy jackets galore), and I really am enjoying the retroness of it all, especially the way the cut scenes are interspersed with actual old footage from Chinese cities, e.g. the construction of the tower in Shanghai. I immediately imprinted on Wu Lei's character (who is a bit of an arrogant asshole but gets beaten up twice in the first episode woah, see another cap). I only watched three eps so far, but liked those a lot. The only downside is that the show triggers my embarrassment squick (they are so incompetent as computer salesmen omg!), so I have to go through it slowly with many breaks. We'll see. It's on wetv and youtube.
TV continued
Still The Long Ballad (43/48), I don't want it to end. omg why do I love this show so much? I haven't loved a historical cdrama this much since Lost You Forever. Whenever Ashile Sun is on screen I go awwwwww. I'll enjoy the rest of the drama at a slow pace, while it continues to give me life. <3
I haven't dropped A Moment But Forever yet, but also haven't watched a whole ep this month.
TV (dropped)
I got halfway through Love at Night, and once the leads got together, which always makes me happy and is the main reason I watch anything, I immediately lost my motivation to continue, lol. I guess it just wasn't otherwise good enough. I might pick it up again, once I'm done with Turquoise Land? Maybe? I'm not holding my breath, though.
I realized that To My Shore is airing now, a Chinese BL (one of those sneaky international China-Thailand co-productions), and I watched half an ep, but I think it's too dark for me. For whatever reason, they keep picking the non-con ones to produce. *sigh* I prefer my romance consensual.
Extraordinary, a shorty cdrama with 20 15-min episodes about a computer nerd who transmigrates into a playboy in the past and basically transforms his family into the richest family around using his modern knowledge of business and weaponry. There's a cross-dressing FL (who he immediately sees through, lol), but otherwise it's mostly comedy of the type I'm not too fond of, and I dropped it again after a few eps.
Rewatches/Watchalongs
The HPI watchalong finished season 5. Unfortunately, there are no subs (yet) except French ones. We tried auto-translated English ones *once* and then decided that French will have to do. We enjoyed it very much but now it's over. *sob*
We started Nothing But You after that. Now on episode 6 already, we're going through it fast because we don't want to spend a year on it. So far looking good in the *show everyone how good this cdrama is* department. \o/
Still watchalong-ing When A Snail Falls in Love with my other friend, and will move on to Nothing But You after that as well.
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Jan. 7th, 2026 11:46 am
Things learned in December
tinnyI was unfortunately not very consistent about writing down things in December. Once I realized on December 6 that I'd already forgotten three things again that I'd failed to note down, my motivation dropped considerably for the next two weeks. Which is why there are now only
( 8 (+2 related) things I learned in December )
( 8 (+2 related) things I learned in December )
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Jan. 6th, 2026 11:25 pm
First 2026 (not Sunday) Check In - Miami Vice edition
mxcatmoon No, it's not Sunday, but I haven't done any of these in a while, and that's the title of my post series, so.
I've written two stories this year so far, which is a good start even though they're both short. I've got to get cracking on my prompt fill for
Small Fandom Fest, too. Yikes! And I've got my main series to work on, and a continuation of a fic that was originally only going to be a short one-shot, but popular demand inspired me to expand it...
This show, this show. I can't believe the stuff it has me doing! I'm almost ashamed to admit. Stuff I swore I would never do. Like sign up with TikTok. Forgive me. I still hate it. I only want to see Miami Vice related vids, and the short length of a lot of them is ridiculous. I found a new-to-me artist though, who posted one of his songs to an MV video. But serious, I really hate it. Very annoying site.
I post a lot of episode reactions on Tumblr now, instead of just lurking like I used to do. I've been taking notes and making screencaps as I watch the episodes. I'm considering making some gifs, now that I have the means to do it... Heck, if I had the patience I could make music videos. I made a Sonny/Rico playlist (well, several of them on my classic Media Player, but one online for sharing). I've started making memes, and oh yeah, I've also started using screenshots/photos to make Titles for my fanfic. Sheesh!
I was just lurking on r/Miami Vice on Reddit and thinking about how this show truly had something for everyone. Men, women, people of all genders and sexual orientations, slash fans, action fans, cishet men who loved the cars/boats/guns/bikini-clad women, there was POC diversity, social commentary that's still relevant today, gorgeous men... And we're all still here thirty years later, happy as pigs in shit. 😀😁🤣
ETA: I forgot to mention the poetry: I've started writing MV poems, too! I only do it occasionally, just with a couple of characters/fandoms that particularly inspire me that way. I should have known, though, with an angst-puppy character like Sonny Crockett.
I've written two stories this year so far, which is a good start even though they're both short. I've got to get cracking on my prompt fill for
Small Fandom Fest, too. Yikes! And I've got my main series to work on, and a continuation of a fic that was originally only going to be a short one-shot, but popular demand inspired me to expand it...
This show, this show. I can't believe the stuff it has me doing! I'm almost ashamed to admit. Stuff I swore I would never do. Like sign up with TikTok. Forgive me. I still hate it. I only want to see Miami Vice related vids, and the short length of a lot of them is ridiculous. I found a new-to-me artist though, who posted one of his songs to an MV video. But serious, I really hate it. Very annoying site.
I post a lot of episode reactions on Tumblr now, instead of just lurking like I used to do. I've been taking notes and making screencaps as I watch the episodes. I'm considering making some gifs, now that I have the means to do it... Heck, if I had the patience I could make music videos. I made a Sonny/Rico playlist (well, several of them on my classic Media Player, but one online for sharing). I've started making memes, and oh yeah, I've also started using screenshots/photos to make Titles for my fanfic. Sheesh!
I was just lurking on r/Miami Vice on Reddit and thinking about how this show truly had something for everyone. Men, women, people of all genders and sexual orientations, slash fans, action fans, cishet men who loved the cars/boats/guns/bikini-clad women, there was POC diversity, social commentary that's still relevant today, gorgeous men... And we're all still here thirty years later, happy as pigs in shit. 😀😁🤣
ETA: I forgot to mention the poetry: I've started writing MV poems, too! I only do it occasionally, just with a couple of characters/fandoms that particularly inspire me that way. I should have known, though, with an angst-puppy character like Sonny Crockett.
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Jan. 6th, 2026 10:59 pm
Snowflake Challenge #1 + Cultivativity
tinny
I had expected the first Snowflake Challenge to be "update your intro", so I did that. :D It wasn't quite that, though. The first part of the challenge was "introduce yourself", so I guess close enough. :D Snapshot of my current dw profile page:
I only updated the icon comms and changed a few icons in the color bars. Nothing much new, really.
The second part was "why do you do the challenge and what you you hope to gain from it"? Idk? I'll just see which challenges speak to me and then I do them. I did this in previous years as well, and it suits me fine. I usually just pick a few challenges that I like, no more than five, usually, and then I do those.
Here's my post from 2025: challenges 2-6 challenges 14+ and my own
Here's my post from 2024: only challenge 5, the icon scavenger hunt
Here's my post from 2023: challenges 5-10, 12 and 13
Lets see what this year brings, shall we? :D
What I'll also do this year is try and think about my creative process, and there's a new comm for that:
cultivativityI'm looking forward to this, too!
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Jan. 6th, 2026 04:09 pm
Miami Vice ficlet - Reminders of Miami
mxcatmoonWritten for the prompts, 170 Ineluctable, 175 specious atvocab_drabbles
Title: Reminders of Miami
Fandom: Miami Vice (TV)
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: PG
Words: 668
Characters: Sonny/Rico
Summary: Sonny, Rico, and a cat. A study in Cute.
Notes: This fic in in the same ‘universe’ as my story, “Baby Ducks,” but works fine as a standalone, too.
Inspired by the scene in “Death and the Lady,” where the boys got a kitten for Gina, because I died of cute. Also, I have a special interest. I lost my own orange baby last year, after 14 years of companionship. When I got him, he’d been named Sonny. Yes, I had an orange cat named Sonny. Of course I didn’t change his name, but I did mostly call him Chewy since he was always chewing on things he shouldn’t (especially plastic bags).
( Memories of Miami )
vocab_drabbles Title: Reminders of Miami
Fandom: Miami Vice (TV)
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: PG
Words: 668
Characters: Sonny/Rico
Summary: Sonny, Rico, and a cat. A study in Cute.
Notes: This fic in in the same ‘universe’ as my story, “Baby Ducks,” but works fine as a standalone, too.
Inspired by the scene in “Death and the Lady,” where the boys got a kitten for Gina, because I died of cute. Also, I have a special interest. I lost my own orange baby last year, after 14 years of companionship. When I got him, he’d been named Sonny. Yes, I had an orange cat named Sonny. Of course I didn’t change his name, but I did mostly call him Chewy since he was always chewing on things he shouldn’t (especially plastic bags).
( Memories of Miami )
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Jan. 5th, 2026 08:44 pm
Fandom Year in Review: 2025
kingstokenStole this from lebateleur
Your main fandom last year?
Sherlock Holmes, various adaptations but Holmes in general
Your favorite movie watched last year?
I didn't watch many, but I would say K-Pop Demon Hunters, it's very fun.
However, I also watched all the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films this year and my favourites were The Spider Woman and The Woman in Green.
Your favorite book read last year?
If I can chose a children's book, I'm going to say Basil of Baker Street. I was delighted by it, so many Holmes references, and a good little mystery and adventure story.
Your favorite TV show of the year?
I watched the good chunk of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series year, and I loved it! It's very book accurate, and where they did makes some changes it works out well.
Also, Interview with a Vampire season 2 was fantastic!
But also, I'm currently working my way through Heated Rivalry and I'm enjoying it so far.
Your favorite video game of the year?
I didn't really play any games this year unfortunately. I started The Beekeeper's Picnic, but unfortunately never finished it, but hopefully some day.
Your favorite song, album, or artist to listen to this year?
Song: Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters (it is such a great sing-along, belt it out type of song)
Album: K-Pop Demon Hunters Soundtrack (so many great bangers on that, although my choices were also slim because I didn't listen to many full albums this year)
Artist: The only one that comes to mind is Chappel Roan, although I think she was more 2024 than 2025, but I was still listening her quite a bit at the beginning of the year
Favorite podcast of the year?
Sherlock & Co (although, I've fallen behind on it). I also enjoy If Books Could Kill.
Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
I guess falling into Sherlock Holmes fandom this year was unexpected, and something I really needed this year to distract me from stuff going on in my life. One of my fave Good Omens authors starting posting Granada Holmes related stuff and it got me to check out the series and I've been in thick of it ever since. I loved the Sherlock Holmes stories as a teen, and there has been some comfort in returning to what I previously loved only in a different way.
Your biggest fandom disappointment?
No real major disappointments I can think of, but that's mostly because I've been sticking with older completed series recently so no newer series that are cancelled after only one season like previous years.
Your TV boyfriend of the year?
John Watson
Your TV girlfriend of the year?
Svetlana from Heated Rivalry, maybe?
Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Can I tell you how times I rewatched The Empty House and the scene where Watson finds out Holmes is alive? Way too many times!
Fandom resolutions for 2026?
I have a lot of IRL stuff happening this year, so I'm putting no pressure on myself when it comes to fandom.
Your biggest fannish anticipations for the new year?
I have no idea, I didn't expect to fall into the fandoms I did this year, so I'm sure I'll be surprised again this year.
lebateleurYour main fandom last year?
Sherlock Holmes, various adaptations but Holmes in general
Your favorite movie watched last year?
I didn't watch many, but I would say K-Pop Demon Hunters, it's very fun.
However, I also watched all the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films this year and my favourites were The Spider Woman and The Woman in Green.
Your favorite book read last year?
If I can chose a children's book, I'm going to say Basil of Baker Street. I was delighted by it, so many Holmes references, and a good little mystery and adventure story.
Your favorite TV show of the year?
I watched the good chunk of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series year, and I loved it! It's very book accurate, and where they did makes some changes it works out well.
Also, Interview with a Vampire season 2 was fantastic!
But also, I'm currently working my way through Heated Rivalry and I'm enjoying it so far.
Your favorite video game of the year?
I didn't really play any games this year unfortunately. I started The Beekeeper's Picnic, but unfortunately never finished it, but hopefully some day.
Your favorite song, album, or artist to listen to this year?
Song: Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters (it is such a great sing-along, belt it out type of song)
Album: K-Pop Demon Hunters Soundtrack (so many great bangers on that, although my choices were also slim because I didn't listen to many full albums this year)
Artist: The only one that comes to mind is Chappel Roan, although I think she was more 2024 than 2025, but I was still listening her quite a bit at the beginning of the year
Favorite podcast of the year?
Sherlock & Co (although, I've fallen behind on it). I also enjoy If Books Could Kill.
Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
I guess falling into Sherlock Holmes fandom this year was unexpected, and something I really needed this year to distract me from stuff going on in my life. One of my fave Good Omens authors starting posting Granada Holmes related stuff and it got me to check out the series and I've been in thick of it ever since. I loved the Sherlock Holmes stories as a teen, and there has been some comfort in returning to what I previously loved only in a different way.
Your biggest fandom disappointment?
No real major disappointments I can think of, but that's mostly because I've been sticking with older completed series recently so no newer series that are cancelled after only one season like previous years.
Your TV boyfriend of the year?
John Watson
Your TV girlfriend of the year?
Svetlana from Heated Rivalry, maybe?
Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Can I tell you how times I rewatched The Empty House and the scene where Watson finds out Holmes is alive? Way too many times!
Fandom resolutions for 2026?
I have a lot of IRL stuff happening this year, so I'm putting no pressure on myself when it comes to fandom.
Your biggest fannish anticipations for the new year?
I have no idea, I didn't expect to fall into the fandoms I did this year, so I'm sure I'll be surprised again this year.
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