À Rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans; Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Black Feasts, by Idlewild Designs.
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fancakeFandom: À Rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans; Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Duc Jean des Essientes, Gray Mouser
Rating: General Audiences (although most of the beverages might be deemed Mature, depending on your country.)
Length: 542
Creator Links: Idlewild Designs (archived); I’ve not succeeded in recovering a name for the site owner.
Theme: Food & Cooking, Book Fandoms, Meta, Pre-AO3 Works, Research, Old Fandoms, Small Fandoms
Summary: The two literary passages cited serve that purpose:
Dining off black-bordered plates, the company had enjoyed turtle soup, Russian rye bread, ripe olives from Turkey, caviare, mullet botargo, black puddings from Frankfurt, game served in sauces the color of liquorice and boot-polish, truffle jellies, chocolate creams, plum-puddings, nectarines, pears in grape-juice syrup, mulberries and black heart cherries. From dark-tinted glasses they had drunk the wines of Limagne and Roussillon, of Tenedos, Valdepeñas and Oporto. And after coffee and walnut cordial, they had rounded off the evening with kvass, porter and stout.
— a black feast held to mourn the loss of the Duc des Esseintes's virility in A Rebours, by Huysman
The collation on the little ebony table beyond the coffin consisted entirely of black foods. By sight and then by nibbling and sipping the Mouser discovered their nature: thin slices of a very dark rye bread crusted with poppy seeds and dripped with black butter; slivers of charcoal-seared steak; similarly broiled tiny thin slices of calf's liver sprinkled with dark spices and liberally pricked with capers; the darkest grape jellies; truffles cut paper thin and mushrooms fried black; pickled chestnuts; and of course, ripe olives and black fish eggs—caviar. The black drink, which foamed when he poured it, turned out to be stout laced with the bubbly wine of Ilthmar.
— Fritz Leiber, "Bazaar of the Bizarre"
Reccer's Notes: With Halloween impending, this seemed an apropos topic.
Idlewild Designs was a 2000’s Geocities purveyor of Gothic, fantasy, literary, occult, rustic, Art Nouveau, and otherwise Bohemian aesthetic living tips; here they expand and elaborate upon the two literary feasts described, with potential ingredients listed by category and outlinks to recipes. (The site was still very much under construction by the time Geocities shut down; I’m assuming the business, at least in that stage, is by now as dead as Bela Lugosi and that this post doesn’t violate the OTW’s advertising ban.)
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So what items might you add to the list? Some suggestions of my own:
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Fanwork Links: Black Feasts, by Idlewild Designs (archived.)
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Duc Jean des Essientes, Gray Mouser
Rating: General Audiences (although most of the beverages might be deemed Mature, depending on your country.)
Length: 542
Creator Links: Idlewild Designs (archived); I’ve not succeeded in recovering a name for the site owner.
Theme: Food & Cooking, Book Fandoms, Meta, Pre-AO3 Works, Research, Old Fandoms, Small Fandoms
Summary: The two literary passages cited serve that purpose:
Dining off black-bordered plates, the company had enjoyed turtle soup, Russian rye bread, ripe olives from Turkey, caviare, mullet botargo, black puddings from Frankfurt, game served in sauces the color of liquorice and boot-polish, truffle jellies, chocolate creams, plum-puddings, nectarines, pears in grape-juice syrup, mulberries and black heart cherries. From dark-tinted glasses they had drunk the wines of Limagne and Roussillon, of Tenedos, Valdepeñas and Oporto. And after coffee and walnut cordial, they had rounded off the evening with kvass, porter and stout.
— a black feast held to mourn the loss of the Duc des Esseintes's virility in A Rebours, by Huysman
The collation on the little ebony table beyond the coffin consisted entirely of black foods. By sight and then by nibbling and sipping the Mouser discovered their nature: thin slices of a very dark rye bread crusted with poppy seeds and dripped with black butter; slivers of charcoal-seared steak; similarly broiled tiny thin slices of calf's liver sprinkled with dark spices and liberally pricked with capers; the darkest grape jellies; truffles cut paper thin and mushrooms fried black; pickled chestnuts; and of course, ripe olives and black fish eggs—caviar. The black drink, which foamed when he poured it, turned out to be stout laced with the bubbly wine of Ilthmar.
— Fritz Leiber, "Bazaar of the Bizarre"
Reccer's Notes: With Halloween impending, this seemed an apropos topic.
Idlewild Designs was a 2000’s Geocities purveyor of Gothic, fantasy, literary, occult, rustic, Art Nouveau, and otherwise Bohemian aesthetic living tips; here they expand and elaborate upon the two literary feasts described, with potential ingredients listed by category and outlinks to recipes. (The site was still very much under construction by the time Geocities shut down; I’m assuming the business, at least in that stage, is by now as dead as Bela Lugosi and that this post doesn’t violate the OTW’s advertising ban.)
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So what items might you add to the list? Some suggestions of my own:
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Fanwork Links: Black Feasts, by Idlewild Designs (archived.)
Community Recs Post!
25 September 2025 09:55 amglitteryv posting in recthethingEvery Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.
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This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
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Never Lose Hope (Acosta, From. Futile, prompt 461)
25 September 2025 01:33 amtellshannon815 posting in 100wordsTitle: Never Lose Hope
Fandom: From
Rating: PG
Characters: Acosta
Notes: Spoilers for season 3. Acosta refuses to accept the futility of their position.
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Fandom: From
Rating: PG
Characters: Acosta
Notes: Spoilers for season 3. Acosta refuses to accept the futility of their position.
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Nominations extended 16 hours due to AO3 maintenance
24 September 2025 06:54 pmyuletidemods posting in yuletide_adminThanks for all your nominations so far! 4,429 fandom choices have been submitted so far (note that if two people nominate the same fandom, that counts twice towards that total). You can nominate at the tag set here.
AO3 has announced maintenance downtime from Sep 26,07:30 5:30 UTC to (approximately) Sep 27, 03:30 UTC, which cuts a large chunk off the end of our planned nominations period. Because of this, we’ll extend nominations for an extra 16 hours, and instead close nominations on Saturday September 27 at 1pm UTC (What time is that for me?). However, we urge you to get your nominations in before the downtime begins, just in case AO3 doesn’t come back up in time for you to submit before we close nominations.
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ETA: we have just been informed that the maintenance downtime has been rescheduled for two hours earlier, or 5:30 UTC. We won't alter the nominations schedule further, but we've updated the link above for maintenance time in your time zone to assist you.
AO3 has announced maintenance downtime from Sep 26,
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Miscellaneous things this September
24 September 2025 11:33 pmschneefink- I did a thing at work today that I was scared of. I was hoping it would be the kind of thing that is only scary in my head, and that was only partially the case, but it's mostly done now (I hope) and that means I'm mostly done with the most important things I need to do before the end of September deadlines, which means I'll finally have more time to study for my exam in early October, fingers crossed. I'll be so relieved when that's over, and I'll finally have more time again for other people and hobbies. It's so mean that I have so little time for Silksong rn and I won't be able to play Hades 2 1.0 when it comes out, boo.
- Last week we went on a company outing to play "topgolf," which is basically golf played from a balcony with a different scoring system etc. I'd never played golf before, I don't particularly feel the need to do it again but it was fun to try out. I did have a sore arm the day after which, I know I have noodle arms but somehow I'm still sometimes surprised when I get reminded of it.
- Years ago I got a voucher for a spa as a birthday present and then never used it because I couldn't decide what for, and then recently I decided to treat myself and try something out so I got a pedicure for the first time. It was nice! And now I have glittery teal toenails and that makes me happy when I see them.
- Last week we went on a company outing to play "topgolf," which is basically golf played from a balcony with a different scoring system etc. I'd never played golf before, I don't particularly feel the need to do it again but it was fun to try out. I did have a sore arm the day after which, I know I have noodle arms but somehow I'm still sometimes surprised when I get reminded of it.
- Years ago I got a voucher for a spa as a birthday present and then never used it because I couldn't decide what for, and then recently I decided to treat myself and try something out so I got a pedicure for the first time. It was nice! And now I have glittery teal toenails and that makes me happy when I see them.
FFA DW Post #2359 🎶 Mashed banana in the oven in the cake tin / Who watches over you
25 September 2025 08:32 amsunnymodffa posting in fail_fandomanonMake a little nanner bread in your soul ...
I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little yellow friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am 🎶
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Nominations 2/2
23 September 2025 10:58 pmsassysnowperson posting in swrarepairsHello everyone! We've cleared the rest of the nominations and it turns out there's just one last clarification to post.
Vector Hyllus / Some Kind Of Killik Hivemind Kinky Bug Times
Nominator, I'm going to be honest and say I nearly passed it through, because it did make me laugh. Ultimately though, we decided that it's a little too unclear what a fic would need to include to be considered filling the tag.
Unless we hear otherwise from you, we will change and approve it as Vector Hyllus/One or More Member(s) of a Killik Hivemind (Legends). (Then you can add your request for kinky bug times in your sign up details). If you have a different idea of a more specific nomination that captures your request, we welcome it - it mostly just needs to be clear how many people (bugs) are in the relationship.
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Vector Hyllus / Some Kind Of Killik Hivemind Kinky Bug Times
Nominator, I'm going to be honest and say I nearly passed it through, because it did make me laugh. Ultimately though, we decided that it's a little too unclear what a fic would need to include to be considered filling the tag.
Unless we hear otherwise from you, we will change and approve it as Vector Hyllus/One or More Member(s) of a Killik Hivemind (Legends). (Then you can add your request for kinky bug times in your sign up details). If you have a different idea of a more specific nomination that captures your request, we welcome it - it mostly just needs to be clear how many people (bugs) are in the relationship.
See you all soon for signups!
Do You Remember
24 September 2025 05:18 ammific posting in drawesomeTitle: Do You Remember on AO3
Artist:mific
Rating: Gen
Fandom: Musicians
Characters/Pairings: Members of Earth Wind and Fire
Summary: The 21st night of September.
Content Notes: Created in Procreate. It's a bit after the 21st now, but I started it then. Some of Earth Wind and Fire, singing "September".
Artist:
mificRating: Gen
Fandom: Musicians
Characters/Pairings: Members of Earth Wind and Fire
Summary: The 21st night of September.
Content Notes: Created in Procreate. It's a bit after the 21st now, but I started it then. Some of Earth Wind and Fire, singing "September".
Prompt: #461 - Futile
23 September 2025 11:21 amsweettartheart posting in 100wordsThis week's prompt is futile.
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