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Riona ([personal profile] rionaleonhart) wrote2025-12-09 12:26 pm

Fanfiction: Trouble in Paradise (Silent Hill 2, James/Mary)

After finishing the Silent Hill 2 remake, I watched all the endings. They're all excellently done! But I was particularly struck by the new 'Bliss' ending, which you get if you drug yourself before watching the videotape. I absolutely had to write fanfiction.


Title: Trouble in Paradise
Fandom: Silent Hill 2
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: James/Mary
Wordcount: 1,100
Summary: James and Mary, living in bliss.


Trouble in Paradise )
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L ([personal profile] laronmi) wrote2025-12-06 09:37 pm
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[life] At least the fever broke

Got both my flu and Covid vaccine boosters on Friday, right after work. Like I always do, I got the shots in the same arm. Like I always do, I started feeling like crap shortly after, culminating in a night of poor sleep, a devastating headache that lasted all night and most of today, and a fever. The fever's finally broken, and the headache is fading. My arm is still sore and stiff, but I think I should be good tomorrow.

Downside is that I missed hotpot night with the Cabal because of it. I was too dizzy and in pain to be good company, and the noise, heat, and light would've made me too nauseous to eat. But having the worst of the symptoms fade about an hour after everyone wrapped up is still a bummer.

At least I treated myself to a (too) sweet treat right after the shot. Bought pastries from Tous le Jours for everyone after my shots, and I got a hazelnut chocolate spread filled chocolate muffin for myself. Delicious, but extremely tricky to eat while walking home on icy sidewalks in the dark. While one arm was getting sore. And carrying all of my work bags. Sigh. The ice has made me walk less, which means I have to be stricter about my diet since I can't stave off the glucose spikes as easily.
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Sineala ([personal profile] sineala) wrote2025-12-03 01:21 pm

Wednesday Reading Meme

What I Just Finished Reading

Nothing. It has been a very tiring week.

What I'm Reading Now

Comics Wednesday!

Doctor Strange #1, Fantastic Four #6, Ultimate Universe Two Years In #1, Ultimate X-Men #22, Wiccan Witches Road #1 )

What I'm Reading Next

Still working through the tennis soulmate romance.
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bonnefois ([personal profile] bonnefois) wrote2025-12-03 10:56 am
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Riona ([personal profile] rionaleonhart) wrote2025-12-03 11:10 am

You Can't Try Bras On In Front Of James; He'll Find It Very Confusing.

I've just finished the Silent Hill 2 remake!

'James, you can't keep doing this!' I exclaimed, as James prepared to jump down yet another seemingly bottomless pit. I paused for a moment to consider. 'Although he might be thinking the same thing about me. I always have to press the jump button twice before he actually jumps, as if he's going "are you sure it's a good idea to jump into this pit?"'


Notes on the Silent Hill 2 remake, up to the end of the game. )


The ending stats screen gave me two stats that combined alarmingly: I'd been playing for 19h4m, or 1,144m. I'd checked the map 1,131 times. I can't believe I checked the map almost exactly one time per minute.

That's a lie. I can absolutely believe that. I'm frankly surprised it wasn't more; I love checking the map in Silent Hill. It makes me feel so much more secure when I know where I am and where I'm going!

I just darted into the sitting room, where Tem was hanging out, and picked up the Silent Hill 2 remake's box to bring back to my bookshelf.

Tem: Going off to be alone?
Riona: I was just thinking that it does look like that. 'James and I are going to go upstairs now.'
Tem: 'James and I are just going up to my bedroom.'

What a fantastic remake! It's so clearly built on a deep love for the original game, and that really pays off. I absolutely loved it. It's been so good to spend time with James Sunderland, one of my most longstanding and unfortunate blorbos.
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Sineala ([personal profile] sineala) wrote2025-12-02 06:26 pm
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Clues By Sam

Posting here in the hopes that typing this out will make me remember the name of the site: if you like logic puzzles, Clues by Sam is a fun little daily logic puzzle.

That is all.
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L ([personal profile] laronmi) wrote2025-12-02 11:30 am
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[life] I need new snow boots

First big snow of the year, and this is how I find out my snow boots have finally kicked the bucket and are no longer waterproof. 🙃

My socks are soaked past the ankle. This day cannot end fast enough. 😩

EDIT: They were still wet when I left work. As were my socks. I threw them out. No more betrayal from thee, wretch.
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cinaed ([personal profile] cinaed) wrote2025-12-02 06:58 am
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November 2025 Monthly Media

  • * = Rewatch/reread

    Anime/Cartoons

    • Bob’s Burgers 16.05-16.06
    • Hazbin Hotel 2.01-2.08
    • The Mighty Nein 1.01-1.04

    Books/Short Stories

    • Bandits and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
    • The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 
    • Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell
    • Take Me With You by Andrea Gibson 
    • Breaking the Dark by Lisa Jewell 
    • The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
    • Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky 
    • The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

    Manga/Comics/Light Novels

    • Oglaf (ongoing webcomic)
    • Order of the Stick (ongoing webcomic)
    • Wilde Life (ongoing webcomic)

    Movies/Documentaries

    • Double Indemnity (1944)
    • Rear Window (1954)* 

    Theater/Concerts

    • Hadestown (National Theater)
    • Some Like It Hot (National Theater)

    TV Shows/Web Series

    • Abbott Elementary 5.01-5.06
    • Critical Role 4.01-4.07
    • Survivor 49.07-49.10 

    Video Games/Board Games

    • The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles 

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Riona ([personal profile] rionaleonhart) wrote2025-12-01 05:59 pm

It's Hard To Be The Only Person At An Orgy.

It's time for the end-of-year fic meme! As is tradition, I'm doing this right at the start of December, because I'm impatient. Last year I ended up posting two more fics after doing the 'end-of-year' wrapup. I evidently learnt nothing from this.

I've written a lot of little ficlets throughout the year, e.g. for promptfests, but for the purposes of this meme I'm only counting fics I've posted to my main AO3 account, or I'm going to get overwhelmed by indecision.


Number of fics written in 2025: thirty. You can find them on my AO3 account: [archiveofourown.org profile] Riona.

Fandoms: Danganronpa, Danganronpa 2, Danganronpa: Despair Time, Project: Eden's Garden, Final Fantasy XVI, The Coffin of Andy and Leyley, Severance, The Hundred Line, Horizon Zero Dawn, Deltarune, Star Trek DS9, Kingdom Hearts, Metaphor: ReFantazio, House MD. Ten videogame fandoms, three television fandoms, one web series. Mainly things I've written for before; only four of these are new additions.

One crossover: Kindred Spirits (The Hundred Line/Horizon Zero Dawn), in which Yugamu and Nil bond over their shared passion for murder.


End-of-year fic meme, 2025. )


Here's to the next year of writing! And... possibly also the next month of writing, because this is by no means the actual end of the year.

I just tried to post this, and the Dreamwidth post editor told me 'you can't post this, it's got an unclosed italics tag'. Which is a useful feature! Unfortunately, Dreamwidth did not specify where the tag in question was, and there are ninety-four italics tags in this post, so I had a real adventure tracking it down.
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Denise ([staff profile] denise) wrote in [site community profile] dw_news2025-11-30 02:42 am

Look! I remembered to post before December started this year!

Hello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means [staff profile] karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.

The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

The fine print and much more behind this cut! )

Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.

On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.
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Riona ([personal profile] rionaleonhart) wrote2025-11-27 10:48 am

The Reason It Fucked Me So Up.

Some more ficlet requests from Tumblr! Lots of obscure nonsense in here, to my delight.


Danganronpa: Despair Time: Xander and Teruko. )

Eden’s Garden/Danganronpa: Damon Maitsu meets Nagito Komaeda. )

Danganronpa: survivors of the first game discuss Touko/Komaru. )

Vargas: Edgar being possessive of Scriabin. )

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley: complicated Ashley/Julia. )

Persona 5: Akechi/protagonist mindgames. )

Clair Obscur: one-sided Maelle/Gustave. )


When I posted the Persona 5 ficlet to my secondary AO3 account, I named it play stupid games, win something good probably, and I don’t think I’ll ever come up with a better title in my life.