I got such a lovely story for Yuletide! It's extremely charming, all the voices feel spot-on, it made me laugh out loud, and it reminds me of so much of what I love about this canon in all its forms.

Wrong on the Internet (1159 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Murderbot (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries)
Summary:

The SecUnit didn't go to its repair pod last night. Gurathin is determined to find out why.

Day 24: Alibi editing, but that's fine, since the 24th is the main Christmas celebration in Sweden. How about you?

Tally:
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Day 23: luzula, trobadora, sylvanwitch, sanguinity, goddess47, chanter1944, cornerofmadness, china_shop, badly_knitted, chestnut_pod

Day 24: luzula, china_shop

Bonus farm news: Put my chainsaw lesson to use by cutting down our Christmas tree. : D

I received an utterly gorgeous, poetic post-canon moment between Keema and Jun, and I love every single word. If you know the canon, please check it out!!

After the Moon Rose Anew (1048 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Spear Cuts Through Water - Simon Jimenez
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Keema of the Daware Tribe/Jun Ossa
Characters: Keema of the Daware Tribe (The Spear Cuts Through Water), Jun Ossa
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Introspection
Summary:

After the curtains close on the Inverted Theater, there are still moments of interest in the lives of these two young heroes who are no longer gods but mortals seeking contentment in their second lives.

This is one such moment.

Nightwalker is an amazing song. Vic really likes Ten, and I can appreciate him. The song is amazing, there's no question. Vic calls him their Thai boy, but considering most of their Thai boys are actors who also sing, that didn't help. It also didn't help that I forgot he is Thai, so.

A Complete Mess
Pairing: Collie Parker/Gary Barkovitch, Billy Stebbins/Gary Barkovitch, mentions of others (and one unnamed man)
Rating: NC-17
Prompt: 101: Free use
Warnings: Free use, bukkake, Modern AU
Notes: Finally, after almost a year, I’ve finished an entry from the prompt table, woo! I started this in October and it would’ve been done sooner if it wasn’t for *gestures at all the issues in October/November* but finally it’s done, yay! It’s a modern au so you don’t need to know anything about The Long Walk (just that there’s hot men). Hopefully now I can actually write more! (And do lil gift fics next) title from 5 Seconds Of Summer.
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Galavant:

Note the part where this is tagged as Original Music Composition! I GOT A GALAVANT SONG FOR YULETIDE!

THere is a bug de-anonymizing the collection, so with any luck, my author will be willing to post more than the sheet music and save me from my current predicament of "I can sorta sight-read but not that well." I love the Madalena voice in this, so perfectly discontent with her amazing lot! and there's MUSIC! Madalena's Ballad of Vast Success (1264 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Galavant (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Madalena (Galavant), Brief ensemble Galavant cast appearance
Additional Tags: Character Study, Inspired by the song What Am I Feeling (Galavant), Original music composition, Post-Canon
Summary:

Madalena stood on her balcony, in her castle perched high on a cliffside overlooking her vast and endless empire. "This is the best life has ever been. Everything I wanted is now mine... Yet sometimes it seems that there's something out there that eludes me, something I can neither buy nor take. But that's crazy! Who would dare deny me? Deceive or defy me? None at all! Well, almost none!"

Galavant 2:

The share button isn't working on Tad Cooper, a Life, which is an adorable summation of the life and times of Tad Cooper, as one can imagine from the title. I enjoyed the POV the author chose!

Slow Horses + Rivers of London:

My other Yuletide author took me up on my deep and soulful desire for Slow Horses + Rivers of London, and does great things with the interaction of law enforcement and Regent's Park, and the various characters. Spoilers for Diana Taverner's fate if you've only done the first book/show, but nothing that will surprise anyone. I love the way the mundane and magical intersect here:

The Spirit of Regent's Park (2370 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Slow Horses (TV), Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Thomas Nightingale, Diana Taverner, Jackson Lamb (Slow Horses), Emma Flyte, Molly Doran
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Yuletide Treat, add some magic to your spy show
Summary:

Newly minted First Desk Diana Taverner visits the Folly to find out who this Thomas Nightingale fellow is, and learns a few things about London that are closer to home than she expects.

Wishing you all the very best, whether or not you celebrate

A follow-up to this post.

I am still failing out of dramas continually or setting them down and forgetting to come back to them forever. (I am watching two right now that are both doing the "stupid character is manipulated into stirring shit up for the leads" and I can't with them. Like, everything else is fine, but that fucking trope. I'm like 4 episodes away from finishing another series and they've introduced a jealousy plot - we're like 90% of the way through? Jealousy plots are supposed to be short second plot arcs. Whyyyy. I have not watched episodes of those series in months and have started like 13 other shows and finished two of them in the meantime.) Finishing shows continues to feel like an accomplishment, so, a record:

( 10 Modern )

( 3 Historical )

'Tis the season for the due South Christmas song!

Short version from the TV episode:



Extended version:

What I Just Finished Reading

Nothing. Working on it.

What I'm Reading Now

Comics Wednesday!

( 1776 #2, Marvel Winter Break Special 2025 #1, Will of Doom #1, X-Vengers #3 )

What I'm Reading Next

I woke up this morning to find that lysimache had gifted me an ebook entitled Here Comes the Pizzer: The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts, by Eric Poulin, so I guess that's what we'll be doing dramatic readings of aloud for Christmas Eve. While eating pizza.

The title is a reference to this extremely classic Red Sox broadcast moment. Here comes the pizza.

(We usually read the Christmas story in Greek, Latin, or Old English for Christmas Eve but we can probably make some time for this.)

books
The Fortune of War (Aubreyad #6) by Patrick O'Brian. Very satisfying, if occasionally super gross. I'm rationing these, because I'll be sad when they're over.

Ancient Iran and Its Neighbours: Local Developments and Long-range Interactions in the 4th Millennium BC by Cameron A. Petrie (Editor). 2013. I started this an age ago & put it down in the middle of the driest of dry articles. It's a lot of archaeology, and little of it is engaging, but I love the general subject matter so I finished it.

still reading: The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5) by Richard Osman. This one is failing to hook me.

yarning
I went to yarn group Sunday and had a good time, though I messed up the bunny I worked on there, doh. Adding a Made To Order option in my etsy shop for kickbunnies was a good idea. I've had several sales already, and also the burgundy and rose pink ones keep selling out. Etsy's color of the year for 2026 is "Patina Blue," or blue copper, which is basically teal, so I'm focusing on burgundy and teal now, while hoping the brown and yellow bunnies in the shop will eventually sell. A fun aside: my Santa from the Kitten Academy holiday card exchange drew a great, colorful scene in the card he sent -- a Christmas tree filled with cats and two kickbunnies looking up at them from in front of a fire in the fireplace. A very happy-making surprise!

yuletide
I've been volunteering as a SPAG beta on the Yuletide discord & have gotten to preview some really cute/sweet/charming fics! Fic reveals are THIS AFTERNOON!! and I cannot wait! \o/

( healthcrap ) However, the flu is, and my brother has it, so Christmas is delayed until he gets better and has a few days off again, whenever that will be. At least I'll have Yuletide to keep me company.

Solstice
was Sunday at 9:03am CST. Happy YULE!! Welcome to the return of the light, northern hemisphere peeps! Happy Summer Solstice, antipodeans! \o/

#resist
Tuesday, January 20: #50501 General Walk-out, 2pm local time. https://www.FreeAmeri.ca

Wishing everyone safe travels and a very happy holiday season, whatever you celebrate! <333

8 more hours before Yuletide reveals, but since it comes out late at night, for me it's "one more sleep til Yuletide". I'm gonna have to make it an extra sleepy one, because last night I was up until 3 AM for no clear reason. Which means that I barely scratched out 6 hours of sleep. After a morning errand that was kind of draining, that means that even with an extra dose of caffeine in me, I doubt I'll be doing any writing today.

It's okay. Yesterday was a good writing day (finally working on chapter 2 of Project Ghoul, after extensive edits on chapter 1). I'm also quite pleased with my Yuletide fic, which I will link to in January, after reveals. I'd hoped to maybe write treats or at least drabbles, but realized eventually that it wasn't in the cards for this years.

Of course, as soon as Yuletide is done and dusted, it's time to switch seamlessly into Purimgifts mode. But I'm pretty busy with unrelated stuff, so I probably won't get into nomming or finalizing my sign-up for a bit. Even though I have approximately a billion new fandoms, due to reading quite prolifically this year (compared to previous years).

All in all, other than the sleep deprivation, I'm doing quite well on a personal level.

7th December: https://www.deviantart.com/brenorenz/journal/Church-notes-7th-December-2025-1272544084

14th December: https://www.deviantart.com/brenorenz/journal/Church-notes-14th-December-2025-1275100010

21st December: https://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/971290.html

24th December: https://www.deviantart.com/brenorenz/journal/Church-notes-Christmas-Eve-2025-1278867618