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http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=4430  | ← previous | February 2nd, 2026 | next | February 2nd, 2026: It's a new month! Who knows what secrets "February" will hold? I do, because this is NOT my first February, and I am here to tell you it gets REAL COLD and also DARK EARLIER THAN YOU'D LIKE. February may not be a top ten month, sure, but it IS a top twelve month, and we have to respect that.
ALSO! It's the month that Dinosaur Comics first started, way back in 2003! This is the 23rd anniversary of this li'l comic and I'm so pleased that a) I get to keep writing it and b) you are reading it! I've said before how different my life would be if, instead of publishing these comics, I just wallpapered my house with them like a crazy person, every surface covered in the same pictures but different words and the difference between that scenario and this one is you're reading them. So thank you so much!! – Ryan |
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Event: Traumatic Experiences
Event link: ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png) traumaticexperiences
Pinch hit link: Current Pinch Hit Post
Due date: February 10th at 8PM PST
traumaticexperiences is a (psychological) trauma themed multifandom exchange. We have 2 new pinch hit and 6 returning pinch hits! You must write a fanfiction that is a minimum of 1000 words and include a requested fandom, relationship or solo character, and freeform in your fill.
Assignment Requirements
PH 2 - Dredge (Video Game), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008), 間の楔 | Ai no Kusabi (Anime)
PH 5 - Dial M for Murder (1954), Home Before Dark (1958), The Country Girl (1954)
PH 6 - Given (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Wind Breaker (Anime), Outlast (Video Games)
PH 7 - Four Assassins (2011), RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993), Half-Life (Video Games), Crossing Jordan (TV 2001)
PH 8 - The Defenders (Marvel TV), Charmed (TV 1998)
PH 10 - The A Word (TV), I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game), 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
PH 16 - 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, 崩坏3rd | Honkai Impact 3rd (Video Game), 魔法少女育成計画 - 遠藤浅蜊 | Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku | Magical Girl Raising Project Series - Endou Asari, Marvel 616, Evillious Chronicles
PH 17 - NoPixel (Web Series), 仙王的日常生活 | The Daily Life of the Immortal King (Cartoon), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Undertale (Video Game)
For more details/to claim, view the pinch hit post.
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https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/34221 
AO3 Tag Wranglers continue to test processes for wrangling canonical additional tags (tags that appear in the auto-complete) which don't belong to any particular fandom (also known as "No Fandom" tags). This post overviews some of these upcoming changes. In this round of updates, we began adjusting existing canonical "No Fandom" tags to add or remove new subtag and metatag relationships. We also continued to streamline creating new canonical tags, prioritizing more straightforward updates which would have less discussion compared to renaming current canonical tags or creating new canonical tags which touch on more complex topics. This method also reviews new tags on a regular basis, so check back on AO3 News for periodic "No Fandom" tag announcements. None of these updates change the tags users have added to works. If a user-created tag is considered to have the same meaning as a new canonical, it will be made a synonym of one of these newly created canonical tags, and works with that user-created tag will appear when the canonical tag is selected. In short, these changes only affect which tags appear in AO3's auto-complete and filters. You can and should continue to tag your works however you prefer. New CanonicalsThe following concepts have been made new canonical tags: Subtag/Metatag RevisionsAdditionally, this month we began making adjustments to existing canonical tags to add or remove new subtag and metatag relationships, which help users find related content and filter in/out content as they browse works on AO3. In ConclusionWhile some of these tags may be tags and concepts you're intimately familiar with, others may be concepts you've never heard of before. Fortunately, our fellow OTW volunteers at Fanlore may be able to help! As you may have seen in the comments sections of previous posts, Fanlore is a fantastic resource for learning more about these common fandom concepts, and about the history and lore of fandom in general. For the curious, here's a quick look at a few articles about concepts related to this month's new canonical tags:
While we won't be announcing every change we make to No Fandom canonical tags, you can expect similar updates in the future about tags we believe will most affect users. If you're interested in the changes we'll be making, you can continue to check AO3 News or follow us on Bluesky @wranglers.archiveofourown.org or Tumblr @ao3org for future announcements. You can also read previous updates on "No Fandom" tags as well as other wrangling updates, linked below: For more information about AO3's tag system, check out our Tags FAQ. In addition to providing technical help, AO3 Support also handles requests related to how tags are sorted and connected. If you have questions about specific tags, which were first used over a month ago and are unrelated to any of the new canonical tags listed above, please contact Support instead of leaving a comment on this post. Please keep in mind that discussions about what tags to canonize and what format they should take are ongoing. As a result, not all related concepts will be canonized at the same time. This does not mean that related or similar concepts will not be canonized in the future or that we have chosen to canonize one specific concept in lieu of another, simply that we likely either haven’t gotten to that related concept yet or that it needs further discussion and will take a bit longer for us to canonize it as a result. We appreciate your patience and understanding. Lastly, we're still working on implementing changes and connecting relevant user-created tags to these new canonicals, so it’ll be some time before these updates are complete. If you have questions about specific tags which should be connected to these new canonicals, please refrain from contacting Support about them until at least three months from now to give us adequate time to do so.
The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, OTW Legal Advocacy, and Transformative Works and Cultures. We are a fan-run, donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website. https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/34221
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Every day- in the dawn- flocks of starlings fly through our air space, heading inland. Then in the evening they follow the same flight path back towards the sea. My guess is they spend the night roosting on- or rather under- the pier; all those struts and girders like a man-made forest.
We were talking about the sea at the lunch party on Saturday and I dug a quote from Swinburne from the memory banks. Yesterday I looked it up and found I'd misquoted.
Swinburne wrote:
"I will go back to the great sweet mother,
Mother and lover of men, the sea"
And I had rememered it as
"I will go back to the great grey mother,
Mother of gods and men, the sea."
Actually I think my version is an improvement. The sea isn't "sweet", "grey" is much better- more evocative, and I think "mother of gods and men" has the edge over the original.....
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Hey Escapaders! The Escapade schedule is LIVE and packed with great panels and events you won’t want to miss! View the full schedule here: https://escapadecon.net/schedule/ The countdown is officially on! Escapade is less than a month away: Feb 20th-22nd. There’s still time to register and secure a hotel room. Don’t delay! Registration https://escapadecon.net/escapade-36-registration-in-person/ Hotel information https://escapadecon.net/hotel-travel/ We need your art! Are you an artist who wants to share their visions with other fen? We welcome original art, resales from your collection, prints and digitally created art, 3D pieces, crafts, and more. We display your works lovingly, admire them lasciviously, and, if they get three bids or more, auction them off rapaciously. https://escapadecon.net/art-show/participate-in-the-art-show/
Bring your art to the convention or contact us about mailing your art to one of our committee members. Mailed art must be received in southern California by Tuesday Feb 17th.
-Con Com https://escapadecon.net/escapade-36-schedule-is-live-we-need-your-art/
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Event: Seasons of Drabbles is an exchange for the creation of drabbles and drabble variants. The minimum is 100 words.
Event link: Dreamwidth | AO3 Collection
Due date: Friday, February 6, noon Eastern Standard time (Countdown), though we can be flexible if needed. If you're interested but would like more time, we encourage you to get in touch!
Pinch hit link: Please view the details and claim it at this post.
PH 6 - 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), Wind Breaker (Anime), Outlast (Video Games), Given (Anime), Wind Breaker - にいさとる | Nii Satoru (Manga)
PH 7 - Psychonauts (Video Games), Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
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Dramatis Personae, from the POV of the major NPCs:
Sir Robin, Lord of Asineau Village, with Greymalkin the wingless gryphon
Celyn Bettws, Lord's Consort in Asineau
Viepuck, squire and herald to Sir Robin, with Es*tiaslos the purple eldritch flying octopus
and
Izgil, the dwarf scholar who hangs out in Asineau
When we left off we had just killed a dragon.
( So we packed up our nonsense and returned to Asineau. )
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Misc PSA from various BlueSky users: If you see the research study conducted by Ayagdos, don't participate in it. It's run by transphobes.
More details in the thread.
Fandom Stuff!
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) fiachairecht's annual Dark Femslash Comment fest!
halfamoon is currently running with daily prompts for fanworks about female characters. (I'm not even trying to participate this year, but I love that it's still going.)
dreamersdare: Stuff I Love: Top Ten Edition (February Challenge)
Each week in February, you are challenged to write a themed top ten list, with a focus on different aspects of media.
Fandom Stuff: The Hockey Gays Edition
![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico) CBCArts: Heated Rivalry's Harrison Browne is fighting the good fight for trans hockey players | Here & Queer (Video: 11 minutes).
There is zero mention of HR in this video, but Browne's current project sounds cool!
Province of Canada: Sign Up for Fleece Updates
I guess fans lost the push to make that fleece official merch for the Canadian Olympic team in like two weeks, but you will be able to buy it at some point.
Out Sports: Empty Netters host privately called Heated Rivalry ‘trash,’ show creators ‘losers’ and ‘cowards’
Ah, there's the hockey culture I know.
ETA: The guys have apologised, and there are misrepresentations in the article I linked (because the reporter is shitty). However, I think the underlying homophobia stands.
Canadian Politics
House of Commons: Petition e-7005 (Health)
We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to ensure all eligible residents of Canada can access required healthcare, including gender affirming healthcare, as outlined in the Canada Health Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
(Open to all citizens and residents of Canada. Don't forget you need to confirm your signature via email.)
CBC: Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild — Greenlandic Inuit and their fight for independence (Podcast: 49 minutes, no transcript.)
Parody Site: Sponsor a Separatist!
(Possibly mean spirited, but I got a laugh out of it.)
The Tyee: As Supports Dwindle, Violence Against Sex Workers Is Up
Women are worried that conditions could lead to another serial killer operating in the Lower Mainland. A Tyee deep dive.
U.S. Politics ( Cut for those who need the break )
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Bridgerton season 4, part 1: ( spoilers )
So yeah, I definitely think this season has been firing on all cylinders (excellent musical choices as well, especially the Paramore cover), and thankfully we only have to wait a few weeks for part 2.
*Current Music: Stray Italian Greyhound - Vienna Teng Current Mood:  pleased
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(Layout from ![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png) thewitchoftheforest right here.)
1. In what areas of my life do I need a fresh start?
Ten of Pentacles
2. How can I nurture myself at this time?
Five of Cups
3. What practical ways can I do this?
Eight of Wands (Reversed)
4. What seeds of intention should I plant?
Eight of Swords
5. What must I do to nurture those intentions?
The Priestess.
Like fucking fine, I guess! It's reasonable advice. Not in love with both the Five of Cups and the Eight of Swords in one reading, but that's not out of line with how things have been going, either. I like the Priestess.
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Kill the Beast
3/5. Standalone fantasy about a very angry young woman who gets hired to kill the dangerous beast that killed her brother.
This is just okay. Points for having the relationship that develops between protag and her employer be a friendship rather than a romance. Otherwise, this telegraphs its twists so hard that I spotted the one that drops around the 75% mark when I was only 15% in. Yikes. And it’s not just about wanting to be surprised, either – the emotional arc of this book probably only works decently well if you don’t see everything coming. Because the protag doesn’t, and she does need a few hard kicks to get her head on straight. But when you do see everything coming, it all just takes too long to play out.
Content notes: A lot of violence, references to parental death and abandonment, alcoholism.
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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Sunday, February 1, to midnight on Monday, February 2 (8pm Eastern Time).
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 20 How are you doing? I am OK
13 (65.0%) I am not OK, but don't need help right now
7 (35.0%) I could use some help
0 (0.0%) How many other humans live with you? I am living single
8 (40.0%) One other person
8 (40.0%) More than one other person
4 (20.0%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
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1.) Yesterday we hosted an playreading brunch with a fun group of friends - may it be the first of many more! This time we did Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia".
I used to host regular playreading potluck dinner parties years and years ago when I lived in a co-op, and losing access to rooms of a size where 8+ people might cheerfully cram themselves on various chairs and couches and floor nooks with cushions was one of the griefs I carried with me from that co-op's breakup. I'm glad to be restarting now.
2.) Today I had the the mindblowing joy of seeing 'Noli Timere' ('be not afraid') at ArtsEmerson.
Calling it an aerial dance doesn't quite do it justice; you can see the local trailer here or read a great WBUR feature about it here. ("In a time defined by uncertainty and distance, this piece isn’t just about resisting the gravity that weighs on us, it’s about choosing to catch each other when we fall, to carry each other through the invisible webs that bind us.")
3.) We have had an entire week+ of snow on the ground, and a foot of it is still here!
This delights me for many reasons, not least that this means another year of the invading fire ants being killed before they can establish themselves. Every winter we get at least ten days in a row of freezing weather is a winter I heave a big sign of relief.
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Hi, welcome to this week's instalment of the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch! Watch half an episode a week, and then come and chat about it here in comments. Or you can just jump into the comments without rewatching, of course!
Here is last week's half-episode. On to the second half!
Episode 10, from 22:09:
Summary: Zhao Yunlan and the Envoy run into some Youchu, whom the Envoy fights. He can't find the way to Wang Zheng with black energy, though, so Zhao Yunlan brings out the Sundial. The Envoy chides him about the danger, and Zhao Yunlan is reminded of a friend of his. :D The Sundial leads them to Wang Zheng, who is now bound to Sang Zan's pillar, and she tells her story: as Ge Lan, she was the daughter of the Hanga tribe's patriarch, and Sang Zan was a slave. They fell in love even though Ge Lan's father and brother were responsible for the death of Sang Zan's brother and sister. During a slave rebellion, Sang Zan killed Ge Lan's father in front of her and becomes the new patriarch. He kept protecting her even though the tribe hated her as the daughter of the old patriarch. Ultimately they decided to execute her in front of him. He tried to revive her with the Mountain-River Awl, but it doesn't have that kind of power. And from that day on, Sang Zan changed. Zhao Yunlan, without having heard the details, 100% understands the hatred Sang Zan must have felt - and so does the Envoy.
Quote:
Revolutionary Sang Zan:
"Anyone who's been tribe leader for so many years is no longer a human being. He is a symbol of authority. Why does only one person have authority over the entire Hanga tribe? Everyone has the right to make decisions for themselves."
Detail:
When the Envoy can't trace Wang Zheng with black energy because the cave labyrinth is protected by a Hallow, Zhao Yunlan complains: " Weren't the Hallows created to defend against Dixingren? And now they're a stumbling block for us."
He's apparently forgotten that one of "us" - the very person trying to search with black energy! - is also Dixingren!
Questions: What's your favourite part of this half-episode? Do you like the Ge Lan/Sang Zan flashback show? Any thoughts about this in comparison to the novel? How did Sang Zan develop his revolutionary ideas? If they'd run away together like they wanted, do you think they'd have been happy together long-term? What's going through Zhao Yunlan's head when he watches the Envoy fight Youchu, and then claps? When Zhao Yunlan says, "You sound exactly like a friend of mine," how many feelings does Shen Wei have about being compared to himself? When Shen Wei explains how the Awl can strip away an energy body, how does he know about this? Do you sympathise with Sang Zan's hatred, like Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei do? Why do you think Shen Wei is so emphatic about it? How much is Zhao Yunlan's view of the Envoy changing through all of this?
(These are all just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like! You don't have to be keeping up with the rewatch to join in!)
Here is our schedule for the next batch of episodes - please do sign up to host a post if you can!
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Feb. 1st, 2026 @ 06:30 pm
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Festivids Went Live Yesterday!
I got a really lovely Are You There God? It's Me Margaret vid that I entirely commend to everyone to watch.
[fanvid] Slipping Through My Fingers (0 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Are You There God? It's Me Margaret (Movie 2023), Unspecified Fandom
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barbara Simon & Margaret Simon, Margaret Simon & Sylvia Simon
Characters: Margaret Simon, Barbara Simon, Sylvia Simon
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Embedded Video, Subtitles Available, Song: Slipping Through My Fingers (ABBA), Growing Up, Puberty, Mother-Daughter Relationship, Grandmother-Granddaughter Relationship, Canon Jewish Character
Summary: Do I really see what's in her mind? / Each time I think I'm close to knowing / She keeps on growing
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relieved
indescribable