The Mask of Ares: Second Snippet for the Re-Release!
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seawaspGODSWAR is now released. The Mask of Ares and The Spear of Athena are now available!
We continue snippeting with the first main chapter...
( Let's meet our actual protagonists... )
Batman: Brothers around a beer
Mar. 3rd, 2026 10:15 pmsasheneskywalker posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fancakeFandom: Batman - All Media Types
Pairings/Characters: Dick Grayson & Jason Todd
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Length: 4,742 words
Creator Links:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Wisetypewriter
Theme: siblings, complicated relationships, drinking & talking
Summary: Dick drinks on a rooftop.
Jason shows up.
Reccer's Notes: Really interesting fic! I love the exploration of Dick and Jason’s relationship, especially how the story weaves in elements from different comic continuities. It hit me right in the feels <3
Fanwork Links: Brothers around a beer
Pairings/Characters: Dick Grayson & Jason Todd
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Length: 4,742 words
Creator Links:
Theme: siblings, complicated relationships, drinking & talking
Summary: Dick drinks on a rooftop.
Jason shows up.
Reccer's Notes: Really interesting fic! I love the exploration of Dick and Jason’s relationship, especially how the story weaves in elements from different comic continuities. It hit me right in the feels <3
Fanwork Links: Brothers around a beer
The Protomen: Through the Window to the Mirror by VioletVulpini
Mar. 3rd, 2026 11:12 ambluerosekatie posting in fancakeFandom: The Protomen
Pairings/Characters: Megaman & Protoman & Quint
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 53,236
Creator Links: VioletVulpini on Ao3
Theme:
Siblings, Science Fiction, Time Travel Fix-it, Alternate Universe, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:
"The sound of Machines marching into a screaming mass did not cause Megaman to turn. The sound of children crying for their mothers would not pull his gaze from the far edge of the city."
And then he kept walking.
Reccer's Notes:
This fic takes the premise of an existing Mega Man character from the games, who was used as a minor sad character, and makes him the main character of a time travel fix-it in this alternate universe of The Protomen. Megaman goes back in time to before he killed his brother Protoman in an attempt to fix things, and manages to save his brother -- but now both his past self and his brother are after him, not to mention Dr. Wily, whose iron grip still holds the city. It has some of the best robot hurt/comfort I've ever read and amazing looks at the family dynamics between the characters.
Fanwork Links:
Through the Window to the Mirror on Ao3
Pairings/Characters: Megaman & Protoman & Quint
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 53,236
Creator Links: VioletVulpini on Ao3
Theme:
Siblings, Science Fiction, Time Travel Fix-it, Alternate Universe, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:
"The sound of Machines marching into a screaming mass did not cause Megaman to turn. The sound of children crying for their mothers would not pull his gaze from the far edge of the city."
And then he kept walking.
Reccer's Notes:
This fic takes the premise of an existing Mega Man character from the games, who was used as a minor sad character, and makes him the main character of a time travel fix-it in this alternate universe of The Protomen. Megaman goes back in time to before he killed his brother Protoman in an attempt to fix things, and manages to save his brother -- but now both his past self and his brother are after him, not to mention Dr. Wily, whose iron grip still holds the city. It has some of the best robot hurt/comfort I've ever read and amazing looks at the family dynamics between the characters.
Fanwork Links:
Through the Window to the Mirror on Ao3
Mega Man (Cartoon 1994): Mega Man Recut by BlackRussian
Mar. 3rd, 2026 10:52 ambluerosekatie posting in fancakeFandom: Mega Man (Cartoon 1994)
Pairings/Characters: Mega Man & Proto Man, Mega Man & Roll
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 342,087
Creator Links: BlackRussian on FFN and BlackRussian on Ao3
Theme:
Siblings, Action/Adventure, Enemies Working Together, Plotty Fic, Series, Science Fiction
Summary:
Fighting Dr. Wily while watching your rebellious sister is tough for anyone, even a robot. Add an evil brother who's determined for you to join his side (or else battle to see who's strongest), things get ugly. Retcon of the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon.
Reccer's Notes:
An amazing AU take on the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon from 1994 which adds heart and multiple intertwining subplots, as well as fixing major plot holes and including more background for various characters. The central character relationships are between Mega Man and his (evil?) older brother Proto Man, and Mega Man and his sister Roll, but there's plenty of background relationships that keep the story engaging, along with a lot of clever worldbuilding and cheesy moments to fit the original cartoon's tone. It's part of an ongoing series, but seasons 1-2 are complete.
Fanwork Links:
Read it here on Ao3 and here on FF.net
Pairings/Characters: Mega Man & Proto Man, Mega Man & Roll
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 342,087
Creator Links: BlackRussian on FFN and BlackRussian on Ao3
Theme:
Siblings, Action/Adventure, Enemies Working Together, Plotty Fic, Series, Science Fiction
Summary:
Fighting Dr. Wily while watching your rebellious sister is tough for anyone, even a robot. Add an evil brother who's determined for you to join his side (or else battle to see who's strongest), things get ugly. Retcon of the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon.
Reccer's Notes:
An amazing AU take on the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon from 1994 which adds heart and multiple intertwining subplots, as well as fixing major plot holes and including more background for various characters. The central character relationships are between Mega Man and his (evil?) older brother Proto Man, and Mega Man and his sister Roll, but there's plenty of background relationships that keep the story engaging, along with a lot of clever worldbuilding and cheesy moments to fit the original cartoon's tone. It's part of an ongoing series, but seasons 1-2 are complete.
Fanwork Links:
Read it here on Ao3 and here on FF.net
due South: Puzzle Pieces by luzula
Mar. 3rd, 2026 11:32 pmmific posting in fancakeFandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Maggie Mackenzie/Francesca Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Frannie Vecchio, Ray Kowalski/ Maggie McKenzie
Rating: Explicit
Length: 7587
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: luzula on AO3, and on the Audiofic Archive.
Themes: Siblings, Marriage, Family, Domestic, Kidfic, Polyamory, Bisexual characters, AU
Summary: Sedoretu AU. Glimpses from the marriage of Fraser, Ray K, Maggie, and Frannie.
Reccer's Notes: I love the 4-person marriage invented by Ursula Le Guin - the sedoretu - andluzula makes it work perfectly here. In this 'verse there's the category of gender, plus another category called moiety - morning and evening people. In a sedoretu there are two same-sex and two opposite-sex couples, and two pairings (morning-morning and evening-evening) that are forbidden. Here, the forbidden pairings include the half-siblings, Fraser & Maggie. Luzula writes them all beautifully and lets us see how well this poly marriage works. We also get glimpses of how the sedoretu is the usual form of marriage in this AU, with their parents also in sedoretus. Domestic and lovely.
Fanwork Links: Puzzle Pieces, and luzula also recorded it as a podfic here.
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Maggie Mackenzie/Francesca Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Frannie Vecchio, Ray Kowalski/ Maggie McKenzie
Rating: Explicit
Length: 7587
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: luzula on AO3, and on the Audiofic Archive.
Themes: Siblings, Marriage, Family, Domestic, Kidfic, Polyamory, Bisexual characters, AU
Summary: Sedoretu AU. Glimpses from the marriage of Fraser, Ray K, Maggie, and Frannie.
Reccer's Notes: I love the 4-person marriage invented by Ursula Le Guin - the sedoretu - and
luzula makes it work perfectly here. In this 'verse there's the category of gender, plus another category called moiety - morning and evening people. In a sedoretu there are two same-sex and two opposite-sex couples, and two pairings (morning-morning and evening-evening) that are forbidden. Here, the forbidden pairings include the half-siblings, Fraser & Maggie. Luzula writes them all beautifully and lets us see how well this poly marriage works. We also get glimpses of how the sedoretu is the usual form of marriage in this AU, with their parents also in sedoretus. Domestic and lovely.Fanwork Links: Puzzle Pieces, and luzula also recorded it as a podfic here.
Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday
Mar. 3rd, 2026 08:12 amicon_uk posting in scans_dailyIn the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
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The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
Happy Lantern Festival, as the first Full Moon of the Chinese New Year dawns... or dusks... you know what I mean?
Those of us hoping for at least one month of the current US Presidemcy which wasn't an entire new verse of "We Didn't Start the Fire" were disappointed again when the US and Israel decided to bomb Iran. And those wondering "Why" have the disturbing benefit of multiple choices answers, as Trump, Vance, Rubio and Netenyahu all appear to have different explanations.
The fact folks were instantly able to point to a series of tweets from 2012 when Trump speculated that Obama would, because of plummetting popularity declare war on Iran as a distraction has not gone un-noticed.
Sigh...
A by-election in England last week gave us the first Green MP to ever win a by-election (As opposed to a General Election), and by a handsome majority too. This led Reform, who are finding out out that being hostile arseholes to pretty much every possible minority group is not paying off the way they hoped it would, to immediately pull a Trump card, and claim/whine that the election was rigged against them.
We bid a sad farewell to co-creator of Red Dwarf, Rob Grant, who passed away at the age of 70. "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!"
I've not watched the new Monarch: Legacy of Monsters episode yet, but I have high hopes.
I did watch the latest Starfleet Academy which is a strange mix between working through grief via "Our Town" (a 1938 meta-textual play which, as far as I am aware, has no real pop culture relevance outside the US) and a rather beautiful subplot (Which was a lot stronger than the actual plot IMHO) with Robert Picardo's Doctor and SAM.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
Happy Lantern Festival, as the first Full Moon of the Chinese New Year dawns... or dusks... you know what I mean?
Those of us hoping for at least one month of the current US Presidemcy which wasn't an entire new verse of "We Didn't Start the Fire" were disappointed again when the US and Israel decided to bomb Iran. And those wondering "Why" have the disturbing benefit of multiple choices answers, as Trump, Vance, Rubio and Netenyahu all appear to have different explanations.
The fact folks were instantly able to point to a series of tweets from 2012 when Trump speculated that Obama would, because of plummetting popularity declare war on Iran as a distraction has not gone un-noticed.
Sigh...
A by-election in England last week gave us the first Green MP to ever win a by-election (As opposed to a General Election), and by a handsome majority too. This led Reform, who are finding out out that being hostile arseholes to pretty much every possible minority group is not paying off the way they hoped it would, to immediately pull a Trump card, and claim/whine that the election was rigged against them.
We bid a sad farewell to co-creator of Red Dwarf, Rob Grant, who passed away at the age of 70. "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!"
I've not watched the new Monarch: Legacy of Monsters episode yet, but I have high hopes.
I did watch the latest Starfleet Academy which is a strange mix between working through grief via "Our Town" (a 1938 meta-textual play which, as far as I am aware, has no real pop culture relevance outside the US) and a rather beautiful subplot (Which was a lot stronger than the actual plot IMHO) with Robert Picardo's Doctor and SAM.
Generic Story: JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #46-47 (JLI 64)
Mar. 3rd, 2026 01:39 amtcampbell1000 posting in scans_daily
The feelings General Glory inspires in me are…mixed. I think he was useful as comic relief in the JLI’s last year-and-change, when the stories were otherwise leaning toward heaviness. I don’t miss him at all, but I think he’s fun in small doses.
A five-issue introductory arc is nobody’s idea of a small dose, and “Glory Bound” has some logical flaws on top of that. But Giffen and DeMatteis are interesting even when they go astray, Linda Medley knows her stuff, and the plot gets off to a promising start.
( Like the priest at Mister Miracle’s funeral, this is a Kirby tribute that I suspect left Kirby more annoyed than gratified. )
The Mask of Ares: First Snippet for the Re-Release!
Mar. 2nd, 2026 03:59 pmseawaspThe GODSWAR dualogy is re-releasing tomorrow, and I'm doing some snippets and such to celebrate.
Today, it's the intro and first chapter of The Mask of Ares!
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With Your Antique Pen (Excellent Women, Yang Moli/Yao Zhidi)
Mar. 1st, 2026 03:21 pmestiroseFic for the Chinese Web Drama "Excellent Women"; I'll post it on AO3 when it comes back up. Yang Moli POV.
( I'm still working my way through this drama, but I had to write fic for this f/f pairing. Later episodes might invalidate this fic, but so far there's no back info on how these two got to know one another. )
( I'm still working my way through this drama, but I had to write fic for this f/f pairing. Later episodes might invalidate this fic, but so far there's no back info on how these two got to know one another. )
Sherlock Holmes: the grand intermission by Blistering_Typhoons
Mar. 1st, 2026 12:48 pmkingstoken posting in fancakeFandom: Sherlock Holmes (Granada)
Pairings/Characters: Mycroft & Sherlock
Rating: G
Length: 523 words
Creator Links: Blistering_Typhoons
Theme: Siblings
Summary: The Sherlock Holmes that sits in front of him may as well be dead.
Reccer's Notes: A little story of Mycroft meeting with Sherlock during the years he was on the run post-Reichenbach. Poor Sherlock is not doing well, and Mycroft tries to care for him in his own way.
Fanwork Links: AO3
Pairings/Characters: Mycroft & Sherlock
Rating: G
Length: 523 words
Creator Links: Blistering_Typhoons
Theme: Siblings
Summary: The Sherlock Holmes that sits in front of him may as well be dead.
Reccer's Notes: A little story of Mycroft meeting with Sherlock during the years he was on the run post-Reichenbach. Poor Sherlock is not doing well, and Mycroft tries to care for him in his own way.
Fanwork Links: AO3
Round 184: Siblings
Mar. 1st, 2026 08:59 amrunpunkrun posting in fancake
Our theme for March is siblings—whether assigned or chosen.
The tag for this round is: theme: siblings
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Small Fandoms!
Mar. 1st, 2026 04:16 amkalloway posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_community_promosmall_fandoms has finished up its annual Drabblethon, with more than 140 drabbles posted. The community is open all year for any sort of creations for small, tiny, and dead fandoms. Post your stories, art, icons, meta, and everything else.
Fawlty Analogy: JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE #20-21, JLQ #8 (JLI 63)
Feb. 28th, 2026 09:59 pmtcampbell1000 posting in scans_daily
After defeating the Extremists, the JLE is confronting a new reality: they’re popular with French people now.
( Not Nutella popular, but at least egg mayo popular. )
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Feb. 28th, 2026 07:02 pmestiroseI've been watching the Chinese web drama "Excellent Women" on IQIYI, because Lin Fan is in it. Did not expect a possibly lesbian or bi character to essentially be hitting on Lin Fan's character.
I posted on Tumblr with two sets of screenshots: https://www.tumblr.com/estirose/809851002507395072/i-love-this-exchange-from-the-chinese-web-drama?source=share
We'll see if she hits on anyone else, but so far it's only Lin Fan's character. (As of this writing, only episodes1-6 are available to me of a 24-32 episode webdrama (I forgot I had IQIYI VIP, which gave me access to the entire run as it played out) - short episodes, at least, only about 15 minutes long plus credits.)
(Also, I guess the female cast sung the opening theme? And Lin Fan rapped!)
( Small spoilers for episode 32 )
I posted on Tumblr with two sets of screenshots: https://www.tumblr.com/estirose/809851002507395072/i-love-this-exchange-from-the-chinese-web-drama?source=share
We'll see if she hits on anyone else, but so far it's only Lin Fan's character. (As of this writing, only episodes
(Also, I guess the female cast sung the opening theme? And Lin Fan rapped!)
( Small spoilers for episode 32 )
The Ultimates (2024) #21
Feb. 28th, 2026 11:57 pmshakalooloo posting in scans_daily
The time for talk and peaceful protest is past.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
So make the demand. - Ultimates Handbook
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Absolute Wonder Woman #17
Feb. 28th, 2026 11:40 pmshakalooloo posting in scans_daily
This series is just so much better than 'main' Wonder Woman, isn't it? Look! Giganta's even crushing the logo on the cover! I think that's neat!
Not included in the following scans: the use of sound effect 'YEET!'
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Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2 issue 7 of 7
Feb. 28th, 2026 11:25 pmshakalooloo posting in scans_daily
The series ends. Things seem to wrap up rather quickly, but it still finds time for Batman helping Harley Quinn get over Mister J, and the Most Intense Laser Battle Ever.
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