#curls-cat

[the-knights-who-say-book]

i finally started reading murderbot and i am hooked. do you know where i can find the short stories?

yep! Compulsory, the prequel short, is on Wired Magazine

and Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory, which takes place after Exit Strategy, is on Tor.com

enjoy!

[scissor-tournament]

would you consider running a second scissors tournament with different scissors? i wanna show off my favorite of my snips

I don't plan to do a second tournament, but I was thinking of doing a single, weeklong poll of all the extra scissors that've been sent in! And if anybody ever runs a similar poll (present or future) I'd love to participate and indulge in a little propaganda of my own 😄

Either way, I'd love to see the scissors you'd enter! And if anyone does decide to host a sequel tournament, drop me a line and I'll promo it here

[cherryjuicegf]

(whispers) do u wanna see my yennskier fic

PLEASE YES

[julek]

15 fluff for angst geraskier?

#15. "How am I supposed to forgive you?"

"Geralt."

Stilling his movements, Geralt slowly, very slowly turns his head in Jaskier's direction. His eyes are wide, pupils dilated. He clears his throat. "Yes, dear?"

Jaskier blinks. "What are you doing?"

Geralt looks between Jaskier and his hands, right where they're fisted in the empty linen bag he was attempting to silently put into a cupboard. "Um." He puts it on the table, flattening it with his palm in an attempt to look less guilty. "Tidying up?"

Jaskier doesn't buy it, of course. He's developed a fine knowledge of Geralt's tells: the twitch of his brow, the darting of his eyes. The oh so tender petnames.

Jaskier walks closer into their kitchen, the afternoon sun coming in through the windows. If he closes his eyes, ignoring Jaskier's accusing frown, he can hear the waves crashing against the shore.

"If you tell me you ate—" Jaskier picks up the bag and gasps as crumbs fall on the clean tabletop. "Geralt of Rivia, you ate—"

"It was an accident!"

Jaskier splutters. "How was this" —he wipes his thumb on Geralt's beard, some jam-covered crumbs coming away with it— "an accident? Did my very expensive, custom-made almond cakes just jump into your mouth? Did they give you no alternative?" He looks at the bag, forlorn. "And all of them, too! How am I supposed to forgive you?"

Geralt is sorry. He really is. It's just— "I was very hungry."

"I restocked our pantry not two days ago."

Okay. He has a point. Still, Geralt puts on his best puppy-eyed face and tries to earn some sympathy. "But I wanted something sweet," he says, voice carefully small.

"Don't you bring your pout out now, Witcher," Jaskier says, arms crossed over his chest, and it worries Geralt that he's grown immune to his charms. "Those were supposed to be eaten at a party. With guests. Good people who deserve some sweet almond cakes after a long day's work."

If Geralt pouts harder, well. "I'm good."

At that, Jaskier softens, fond and defeated. He closes the space between them, taking Geralt's hands in his and backing him against the counter. "You are," he says, and kisses Geralt's broken knuckle. "And you deserve all the sweet meals my coin can buy you."

Geralt smiles. "Hmm," he says, warmly, as Jaskier drops a kiss on his cheek.

"But," Jaskier murmurs, soft and sweet against his temple, "you're paying for the next batch."

[onenicebugperday]

i've heard that brown marmorated stink bugs are invasive in the USA, but when you ID them or talk about them you don't mention that the way you would with lantern flies. Is my information outdated? Are these bugs just a nuisance that need to be let out of my attic or should I be doing something about them?

It depends on where you live, they aren't yet quite so prolific in some areas. You'd have to check with your local wildlife or agriculture department to see if they want you to catch, destroy, or report them. A lot of times they'll have information like that on their website. But in a lot of places they've been here for more than two decades and it's unlikely they're going to be completely eradicated. At this point I think the main concern is pest control for agriculture.

[rqt-sistersgrimm]

for the headcanon ask game: sg? specifically puck if you want

You have no idea how happy this ask made me! 😆

Sorry for the delay in answering your ask, I wanted to put more than one headcanon and I got a little stuck 😅

I have a lot of headcanons about our beloved fairy boy, I chose this one because it's the one I identify with the most! (and it's possible I'm just projecting 😅):

One of Puck's reasons for not wanting to grow up/being afraid to grow up is ADHD.

ADHD affects several executive functions that are extremely important (ability to plan things, start and stop activities/tasks, assess progress, speed up and slow down, change tasks, estimate time, focus etc), especially in adulthood! For example, dealing with executive dysfunction when you have no obligations is horrible enough, but dealing with executive dysfunction when you have responsibilities you need to do is much worse! Forgetting things and losing track of time when you have responsibilities is much worse!

In addition, many characteristics of ADHD (and other neurodivergences as well) are often seen as "childish", in the case of ADHD, hyperactivity, impulsiveness, difficulty concentrating etc.

Growing up, and becoming the King of Fairy, he would have to keep schedules, have several daily obligations, take care of a lot of paperwork (which combined with the headcanon that he is dyslexic makes the situation much worse), go to meaningless meetings, follow etiquette, paying attention to long and tedious reports, behaving "appropriately", stopping doing activities that give him dopamine, etc etc.

[witcherbigbang]

Sing Me Awake

Author: curls-cat

Artist: kenwave

Rating: T

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Word Count: 22,108

Pairings: Geralt/Jaskier, Geralt/Yennefer

Tags: Alternate Universe - Howl’s Moving Castle Fusion

Summary:

After Yennefer's chaos explosion at Sodden, Geralt's wish to bind them together twists, and the two find themselves quite literally bound, sharing mind space and, sometimes, a physical body. They, with Ciri, hole up to try to find a cure. Meanwhile, Jaskier's been cursed into an old man for the crime of Banging The Wrong Person. He stumbles into Geralt and Yennefer's hiding place, and assumes they don't recognize him - he wants it that way. Much less awkward. Jaskier can help Yen and Geralt, they know this. But since Jaskier's curse keeps them from talking about it, they have to drop clues, hoping he finally figures things out.

You don't need to read or watch HMC to understand this fic.

Link to Fic | Link to Art

[ghostly-penumbra]

17?

Re: this

17. empty

FFN Ao3

Dani landed on a building's rooftop and sat down. She opened the pouch she now carried and found out it was empty of any food or money, only being useful by holding the Fenton Thermos her cousin has gifted her.

"What to do, where to go..." She mumbled, getting to her feet and looking down at the city.

Maybe she could sneak into a movie theater to have popcorn and soda for lunch while watching something.

"And some nachos..." She licked her lips, her empty stomach beginning to grumble at her.

With that, she turned invisible and flew once again.