New Games, Writing, and Graphics Challenge Comm!
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Coming our FIRST challenge at the end of the month: Hodge Podge! What's Hodge Podge? Well, Hodge Podge is a low-pressure challenge in the new challenge comm Dreams and Mayhem where the fandoms YOU LOVE are all welcomed!
es, that's right! We're a multi-fandom challenge where each week players will fill prompts to score points by writing fics or poetry or even make graphics like icons or wallpapers or moodboards! The choice will be up to you once the game opens and we are underway!
So if you like to have fun and have a fun competition, do come and join us please! Sign-ups are opened July 3rd through July 19th!!!
Dreams and Mayhem sign-ups are on the Hodge Podge page! Please see the example HERE for how to sign up!
Thanks to
ysabetwordsmith for allowing me to post this here!ECCO Home Game Week 3
Jul. 5th, 2025 07:52 amadoptedwriterI didn’t get enough votes in the last round of Idol. I barely got by with enough votes the 1st round. I don’t think I have ever gone down in round 2 in all the years I have played, so that feels weird. Oh well.
This week’s prompt is the word ‘ecco’. I’m sorta glad I don’t have to officially post for this one, but being the “Wordie” I am, I still wanted to discuss it. Plus I am off school for the summer and I actually have the down time.
I’m a Spanish major, (or was when I was in college.) In Spanish we have a similar word “hay”, pronounced like “eye”. It means there is or there are. Ecco and hay are cool and useful little words because they can be both singular and plural. You can’t mess up number and gender with this term. Ecco / Hay is also what I tell students is a “fake verb” in that every complete sentence has to have a verb, but this is one you never have to conjugate in order to make subjects and nouns agree. That’s another plus. So for once, learners have a nice, simple word that’s easy to use and also hard to mess up.
Ecco (tm) is also a Danish shoe and leather goods company. Their products are high quality, functional yet still attractive. Karl Toosbuy, the Danish man who created the company in the 1960s came up with the name by modifying a Latin phrase , “ex corde ad corde” meaning “from the heart.” He felt it went well with his company’s philosophy of manufacturing goods made of quality and integrity. Ecco footwear is also considered orthotic-friendly. Foot pain can be a real issue for many people, especially for those who work long hours on their feet. Ecco is not a cheap brand, but if it’s any consolation, the quality and effectiveness of the product hopefully makes up for the price.
Hmmm…Quality, week 1’s topic.
Consolation…Week 2’s topic.
Well, “there it is!”
This week’s prompt is the word ‘ecco’. I’m sorta glad I don’t have to officially post for this one, but being the “Wordie” I am, I still wanted to discuss it. Plus I am off school for the summer and I actually have the down time.
I’m a Spanish major, (or was when I was in college.) In Spanish we have a similar word “hay”, pronounced like “eye”. It means there is or there are. Ecco and hay are cool and useful little words because they can be both singular and plural. You can’t mess up number and gender with this term. Ecco / Hay is also what I tell students is a “fake verb” in that every complete sentence has to have a verb, but this is one you never have to conjugate in order to make subjects and nouns agree. That’s another plus. So for once, learners have a nice, simple word that’s easy to use and also hard to mess up.
Ecco (tm) is also a Danish shoe and leather goods company. Their products are high quality, functional yet still attractive. Karl Toosbuy, the Danish man who created the company in the 1960s came up with the name by modifying a Latin phrase , “ex corde ad corde” meaning “from the heart.” He felt it went well with his company’s philosophy of manufacturing goods made of quality and integrity. Ecco footwear is also considered orthotic-friendly. Foot pain can be a real issue for many people, especially for those who work long hours on their feet. Ecco is not a cheap brand, but if it’s any consolation, the quality and effectiveness of the product hopefully makes up for the price.
Hmmm…Quality, week 1’s topic.
Consolation…Week 2’s topic.
Well, “there it is!”
[#265] Trickery And Ancient Magic (The Fantastic Journey)
Jul. 5th, 2025 12:35 pmbadly_knitted posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #265 – Trickster
Title: Trickery And Ancient Magic
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: No.
Word Count: 999
Summary: The travellers would have been better off if they’d listened to Willaway and avoided the carnival.
Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: Not Quite James Bond
Jul. 5th, 2025 12:09 pmsmallhobbit posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Not Quite James Bond
Fandom: Spooks (MI5) [werewolf!Lucas verse]
Rating: G
Length: 885 words
Summary: James Bond had Q for cutting edge science creations, Section D have Alaric Braithwaite
Fandom: Spooks (MI5) [werewolf!Lucas verse]
Rating: G
Length: 885 words
Summary: James Bond had Q for cutting edge science creations, Section D have Alaric Braithwaite
Fortune Wheel 02.25: Weekly Reminder 8
Jul. 5th, 2025 11:18 amprisca posting in fandom_empireIt's Saturday, and still one day plus to go until week eight is over. Posting for this week officially ends Sunday, July 6 17.00 UTC. There is a grace period until the week is finally called 'closed'.
We have 9 regular participants so far; and 5 participants in the team challenge. Feel free to check the score lists. The total score and the teams will be counted on Sunday. If you find a mistake or you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave a comment here.
You can earn 15 regular weekly points + some extra points when using the lucky color.
You can use a wildcard at any time, to grab any prompt from your promptlist. The connected color prompt won't change!
You can post two fills for the team challenge. Even if you haven't signed up, you can participate as a joker to support a team. Joker fills can't earn any individual points!
We have 9 regular participants so far; and 5 participants in the team challenge. Feel free to check the score lists. The total score and the teams will be counted on Sunday. If you find a mistake or you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave a comment here.
You can earn 15 regular weekly points + some extra points when using the lucky color.
You can use a wildcard at any time, to grab any prompt from your promptlist. The connected color prompt won't change!
You can post two fills for the team challenge. Even if you haven't signed up, you can participate as a joker to support a team. Joker fills can't earn any individual points!
display one entry centered vertically
Jul. 4th, 2025 08:22 pmpixellated posting in style_systemhi! here's what i'm trying to achieve: i want my journal's main page to display one entry (the most recent one), and i want that entry to be vertically centered, so that the distance from the top of the entry to the navstrip is the same as the distance from the bottom of the entry to the bottom of the page. here is a quick mockup of what i have in mind:
click here for fullsize
i've tried using margin: auto for this, but it didn't work; googling around leads me to believe that that's because the entry container is an inline element and thus doesn't have a specified height, which you need for that to work. i thought about using a flexbox inside the entry with three elements arranged in a column, with the middle element holding the actual contents of the entry and the top and bottom elements growing/shrinking to provide padding, to achieve something visually similar, but i don't think that would work either for the same reason (no specified height).
is there any way to do this? the theme i'm currently using is blanket, but i'm not married to it, so if there is a different theme that allows me to do this, i will happily switch.
thank you!
click here for fullsize
i've tried using margin: auto for this, but it didn't work; googling around leads me to believe that that's because the entry container is an inline element and thus doesn't have a specified height, which you need for that to work. i thought about using a flexbox inside the entry with three elements arranged in a column, with the middle element holding the actual contents of the entry and the top and bottom elements growing/shrinking to provide padding, to achieve something visually similar, but i don't think that would work either for the same reason (no specified height).
is there any way to do this? the theme i'm currently using is blanket, but i'm not married to it, so if there is a different theme that allows me to do this, i will happily switch.
thank you!
Prompt - Week 3
Jul. 4th, 2025 11:13 amclauderainsrm posting in therealljidol *spins wheel*
*Looks at what was selected*
*tries to remember the circumstance that led to it being added, fails* *Looks up what it means* *still no clue, but now agrees that Past Gary was right to add it*
The Prompt for Week 3 is
ECCO
It's an Italian word, so I'm linking a site to a definition (since all of the English ones were leading to a company with that name!) italian.yabla.com/lesson-Ecco-An-Ancient-and-Useful-Adverb-703
As always, the prompt is a springboard for your creativity.
So go have fun!
The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Wednesday July 9th at 7pm ET.
*Looks at what was selected*
*tries to remember the circumstance that led to it being added, fails* *Looks up what it means* *still no clue, but now agrees that Past Gary was right to add it*
The Prompt for Week 3 is
ECCO
It's an Italian word, so I'm linking a site to a definition (since all of the English ones were leading to a company with that name!) italian.yabla.com/lesson-Ecco-An-Ancient-and-Useful-Adverb-703
As always, the prompt is a springboard for your creativity.
So go have fun!
The deadline to link your entry back to this thread is Wednesday July 9th at 7pm ET.
WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 4 -- Friday
Jul. 4th, 2025 09:57 amlinaewen posting in writethisfanfic Sorry I missed yesterday, I had no internet! Anyway -- hello on Friday! Looking back at the day today -- or yesterday, if today hasn't gotten going yet -- how did it go?
- I thought about my fic once or twice
- I wrote
- I did some planning and/or research
- I edited
- I've sent my fic off to my beta
- I posted today!
- I'm taking a break
- I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment
Looking forward, how are you planning to spend your weekend?
- I'm going to make up for not writing all week by having a writing marathon
- I'm going to keep writing at my current rate and see how it goes
- I have other plans, but I might have time to get some writing in
- I'm going to take a break from writing
Twist Reveal - Week 3
Jul. 3rd, 2025 09:42 pmclauderainsrm posting in therealljidol I consulted the wheel to see if there would be a twist this week... and it said NO.
So this week has no special twist.
You do however have one more chance for you to try to find the Killer(s) before they poison anyone else! Remember to send me your guess on the identity of a killer by the deadline for the prompt.
I just realized I never posted this last night! :D
So this week has no special twist.
You do however have one more chance for you to try to find the Killer(s) before they poison anyone else! Remember to send me your guess on the identity of a killer by the deadline for the prompt.
I just realized I never posted this last night! :D
Torchwood: Fanfic: Impossible Science
Jul. 4th, 2025 12:00 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Impossible Science
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack, Tosh, Owen, the Doctor.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1518
Summary: Tosh and Owen have suffered an unfortunate accident. Jack contacts the Doctor to help sort them out.
Spoilers: Nada.
Warnings: A spot of body horror.
Written For: Challenge 484: Science.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood or any of the characters.
Challenge 196: Rainbow Pass-It-On 3
Jul. 4th, 2025 02:08 amluminousdaze posting in iconthatChallenge 195
The new theme is...
Rainbow Pass-it-On 3
For this challenge, we can play, for a third time, rainbow next icon pass-it-on with the seven hues of the rainbow!
Again, we can use the modern rainbow not the Newtonian one. So we combine blue and indigo and add cyan after green.
These are the seven colors:
1. Red, 2. Orange, 3. Yellow, 4. Green, 5. Cyan, 6. Blue, 7. Violet (Purple)
The new theme is...
Rainbow Pass-it-On 3
For this challenge, we can play, for a third time, rainbow next icon pass-it-on with the seven hues of the rainbow!
Again, we can use the modern rainbow not the Newtonian one. So we combine blue and indigo and add cyan after green.
These are the seven colors:
1. Red, 2. Orange, 3. Yellow, 4. Green, 5. Cyan, 6. Blue, 7. Violet (Purple)
( How to Play.... )
July Challenge - Day 3
Jul. 3rd, 2025 11:19 pmpf_mod posting in poetry_fictionFrom Ballad of the Sinner
Going down that road,
All dressed to kill—
The road that leads
Right straight to hell.
Going down that road,
All dressed to kill—
The road that leads
Right straight to hell.
Results - Week 2
Jul. 3rd, 2025 09:05 pmclauderainsrm posting in therealljidol In the dead of night, the Killer(s) have poisoned another contestant! Who is it? Is it you???
The good news is thatflipflop_diva had the most votes this week, which means she will be deciding how to hand out the antidote! Maybe she will be able to save someone...
***
Now for the other news, even though at several points I thought it was going to be a decent-sized tie, in the end there were two contestants who ended up with the fewest votes:
adoptedwriter and kizzy
The idea that either of them could be going home in Week 2 of any season is absolutely insane to me. But with all of the byes, and the will of the Wheel, that is exactly what is happening!!
I hope you both will be hanging out and Home Gaming, until the Wheel spins in the favor of letting you back in for your revenge!!
***
In better news, there are TWO Nullifiers that are coming into the game thanks to this week's twist. Reminder - a Nullifier can negate a twist OR the result from any given week between now and the Top 5. The contestants who received them (it was a tie) arefausts_dream and used_songs ! Congratulations!
The good news is that
flipflop_diva had the most votes this week, which means she will be deciding how to hand out the antidote! Maybe she will be able to save someone... ***
Now for the other news, even though at several points I thought it was going to be a decent-sized tie, in the end there were two contestants who ended up with the fewest votes:
adoptedwriter and kizzy The idea that either of them could be going home in Week 2 of any season is absolutely insane to me. But with all of the byes, and the will of the Wheel, that is exactly what is happening!!
I hope you both will be hanging out and Home Gaming, until the Wheel spins in the favor of letting you back in for your revenge!!
***
In better news, there are TWO Nullifiers that are coming into the game thanks to this week's twist. Reminder - a Nullifier can negate a twist OR the result from any given week between now and the Top 5. The contestants who received them (it was a tie) are
fausts_dream and used_songs ! Congratulations!