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Community Recs Post!

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

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. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fanvids/podfics/fancrafts/fanart/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here

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poll: 2025

POLL: favourite releases of November 2025

Second last month! The polls for July, August, September and October are still open. You can make your case for your faves in the comments and if we missed something, you can do a write-in vote in the comments.

We will pause here and pick up again in January with a December poll, and then a run-off poll.

Poll #33969 November 2025

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13

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What are your favourite releases of November 2025?

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9 and the Numbers - The Definition of Love
0 (0.0%)

Ace (VAV) - Chulita
0 (0.0%)

AHOF - Pinocchio
0 (0.0%)

Allday Project - One More Time
0 (0.0%)

AM8IC - Link Up
0 (0.0%)

Antares - Blind
0 (0.0%)

Apex - Check Point
0 (0.0%)

ARrC - SKIID
0 (0.0%)

Baby DONT Cry - I DONT CARE
1 (7.7%)

Baekho - Rush
0 (0.0%)

Bang Taehoon - Re:Play
0 (0.0%)

Be Boys - 지구와 달과의 거리
0 (0.0%)

Big Ocean - Red-dy Set Go
2 (15.4%)

The Boyz - Tiger
0 (0.0%)

Burvey - Sugar Riding
0 (0.0%)

Cha Eunwoo - Saturday Preacher
1 (7.7%)

Cheeze - Circle
0 (0.0%)

Close Your Eyes - X
0 (0.0%)

Cravity - Lemonade Fever
2 (15.4%)

Deonte - Action!
0 (0.0%)

Fifty Fifty - Eeny meeny miny moe
0 (0.0%)

Handong - Gray Zone
0 (0.0%)

Heize - Love Virus (feat. I.M)
1 (7.7%)

I.MET.U - Velvet Trigger
0 (0.0%)

Illit - Not Cute Anymore
2 (15.4%)

Isaac Hong - Hello, goodbye.
0 (0.0%)

Itzy - Tunnel Vision
4 (30.8%)

J. Y. Park - Happy Hour (feat. Kwon Sinah)
0 (0.0%)

Jang Dongwoo - Sway (zzz)
0 (0.0%)

Jinsol - Mr.Crazy
0 (0.0%)

Jungwoo - Sugar
0 (0.0%)

Just B - True Heart
2 (15.4%)

Kang Seung Yoon - Me
0 (0.0%)

KIIRAS - Bang Bang!
0 (0.0%)

Kim Sihun - Journey
0 (0.0%)

Kiss of Life - Lucky
0 (0.0%)

Krystal - Solitary
0 (0.0%)

Kyuhyun - Like Our First Snow
0 (0.0%)

Lee Dongyeol - Drama
0 (0.0%)

Lee Seunggi - 너의 곁에 내가
0 (0.0%)

LUCY - In A Rush (ft Wonstein)
0 (0.0%)

Luna - If it's our last time
0 (0.0%)

Mark Tuan - Sunsets and Cigarettes
1 (7.7%)

MEPC - My Red Face
0 (0.0%)

Mirani - Clutch
0 (0.0%)

Miyeon - Say My Name
0 (0.0%)

Monsta X - Baby Blue
1 (7.7%)

msnz (Triple S) - Christmas Alone
0 (0.0%)

Nah Yoonkwon, D.O. - 나였으면
0 (0.0%)

Nchive - Love in Christmas
0 (0.0%)

NCT Dream - They Were Here To Beat It Up / Beat it Up
1 (7.7%)

Newbeat - Look So Good
0 (0.0%)

Nowz - HomeRUN
0 (0.0%)

NTX - Ice Luv
0 (0.0%)

ONF - Put It Back
1 (7.7%)

Paul Kim & Yuqi - Have a Good Time
0 (0.0%)

Plave - BBUU
1 (7.7%)

Rainbow18 - Good in Smile
0 (0.0%)

Reina Washio - Top Note (feat. Soojin)
0 (0.0%)

Rescene - Heart Drop / Bloom
1 (7.7%)

RIIZE - Fame
2 (15.4%)

RiRi - Rush
0 (0.0%)

Sevenus - Airplane Mode
1 (7.7%)

Shin Soohyun - Uza
0 (0.0%)

The Ssyndrome - Alive
1 (7.7%)

Stray Kids - Do It / Divine
6 (46.2%)

Sunmi - Cynical
2 (15.4%)

U_Chae - Bad Guy
1 (7.7%)

U-KNOW - Stretch
1 (7.7%)

UX1 - Halo
0 (0.0%)

VVUP - Super Model
0 (0.0%)

XLOV - Rizz
8 (61.5%)

XODIAC - Alibi
0 (0.0%)

Y:SY - Naked
1 (7.7%)

Yein - Landing
0 (0.0%)

Yena - Star! (feat. Hatsune Miku)
0 (0.0%)

Yeonjun - No Labels: Part 01
1 (7.7%)

Yook Sungjae - One and Only Story
0 (0.0%)

Yoon Seobin - Now my playlist's full of break up songs
0 (0.0%)

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I am so behind on my reading roundup but finally here are my September and October reads! As soon as I finish this it's going to be time for the last two months of books lol.

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2025! end of year Q&A

Another year is nearly over?! Time for the end of year Q&A - who was best of the year for you? This post will be pinned to the top of the comm until the end of the year so you have time to consider.

Some optional questions:

Artist of the year:
Song of the year:
Album of the year:
Rookie/debut of the year:
Concert/stage of the year:
Favourite non-kpop release:
Favourite book:
TV/drama of the year:
Movie of the year:
If you could get 2 artists to collaborate in 2026:
One thing you're anticipating for 2026:
One wild prediction for 2026:
Anything else you want to add:

If you want to copy paste:

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Five FIAB recs

Five more recs from the Fic in a Box collection at my journal! Fandoms include:

Divine Cities Trilogy
Jaws
Sunless Sea/Citizen Sleeper
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
At Bertram's Hotel - Agatha Christie

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new music monday

New Music Monday - 15 December 2025

The regular weekly post for us to talk about any and all of our thoughts about the week's new releases.

Minho - Tempo
Day6 - Lovin' The Christmas
Forestella - Still Here
MJ - Clock
Kim Sejeong - 태양계 (Solar System
Yoona - Wish to Wish

New MVs are also added to an ongoing youtube playlist.

Last week's MVs: 8 December

Feel free to add new comments in the replies for songs/MVs we missed.

[ Rec Something Wednesday | WIP Wednesday | Monthly General Chat | Comment Fest ]

dec newsletter

i have been in a bloggy mood lately and need to stop spamming various other platforms so i will congregate my useless thoughts here. as one does

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Current Mood: frustrated

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There's a Cozy Fantasy Book Blast happening, and I picked up Good Neighbours by Stephanie Burgis, and Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox by Forthright. Speaking of cozy, I had a conversation on the FaRo discord about project-hopping, because while I know I'll return to angsty paranormal romance in future projects and am committed to writing Book Two of Bloodhunt Academy right now, I need to have a cozy fantasy writing project ongoing alongside. The cozy dragon romantasy is what I'm eyeing right now. While they're two different vibes, I'm going to keep them on the same pen name (I looked at my collection of book ideas and realised I'm not a writer who can come up with similar things for long in the first place).
( We've been menstruating so many centuries, and yet. )
How does one go through life WITHOUT feminine rage? Given everything?

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Community Recs Post!

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

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. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fanart/podfics/fancrafts/fanvids/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here

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poll: 2025

POLL: favourite releases of October 2025

ONWARDS. The polls for July, August and September are still open. You can make your case for your faves in the comments and if we missed something, you can do a write-in vote in the comments.

Poll #33943 October 2025

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 23

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What are your favourite releases of October 2025?

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&Team - Back to Life
9 (39.1%)

82Major - Trophy
0 (0.0%)

Babymonster - We Go Up
0 (0.0%)

Bae Jinyoung - Round&Round
0 (0.0%)

BAE173 - Turned Up
0 (0.0%)

BamBam - Wondering
1 (4.3%)

BM - Freak (feat. B.I)
0 (0.0%)

Boynextdoor - Hollywood Action
2 (8.7%)

Close Your Eyes - SOB
1 (4.3%)

DKB - Irony
0 (0.0%)

DKZ - Replay My Anthem
2 (8.7%)

Gyubin - Cappuccino
1 (4.3%)

Hearts2Hearts - Focus
4 (17.4%)

Hebi - Be I
0 (0.0%)

HITGS - Happy
0 (0.0%)

Hwasa - Good Goodbye
4 (17.4%)

i-dle - Where do we go
0 (0.0%)

Itzy - Rock & Roll
1 (4.3%)

Jannabi - 첫사랑은 안녕히
0 (0.0%)

Jisoo x Zayn - Eyes Closed
0 (0.0%)

Joochan - Rise and Shine
0 (0.0%)

Jung Soyeon - Moonlight
0 (0.0%)

Just B - Going South
2 (8.7%)

Kang Seungsik - 괜찮은 오차 (Perfectly Imperfect)
0 (0.0%)

Kang Yuchan - Close to You
0 (0.0%)

Kim Lip - Can you entertain?
2 (8.7%)

Kino - Dirty Boy (feat. Jamie, UWA)
0 (0.0%)

Le Sserafim - Spaghetti (feat. j-hope)
6 (26.1%)

Lee Changsub - Trickle Down
0 (0.0%)

Libelante - Diamante
0 (0.0%)

Lucy - 사랑은 어쩌고
0 (0.0%)

MEOVV - Burning Up
3 (13.0%)

Miyeon - Reno (feat. Colde)
2 (8.7%)

Nchive - Luv + Me
0 (0.0%)

NEXZ - I'm Him / Beat-Boxer
0 (0.0%)

NiziU - Emotion
0 (0.0%)

NMIXX - Spinnin' on it / Blue Valentine
12 (52.2%)

Onewe - Maze
3 (13.0%)

OX:N - Swirky
0 (0.0%)

Roy Kim - No Words Can Say
0 (0.0%)

Tempest - In the Dark
2 (8.7%)

Trendz - Crime
0 (0.0%)

Twice - Me+You
1 (4.3%)

TWS - Overdrive
2 (8.7%)

TXT - Can't Stop
1 (4.3%)

U-KNOW - Body Language
0 (0.0%)

VVUP - House Party
0 (0.0%)

W24 - I Gotta Feeling
0 (0.0%)

WEi - Home
0 (0.0%)

Wonho - If you wanna
3 (13.0%)

Xdinary Heroes - ICU
3 (13.0%)

XIKERS - Superpower (Peak)
2 (8.7%)

Xiumin - Overdrop
1 (4.3%)

Yuta - Ember
4 (17.4%)

Zerobaseone - Iconik
2 (8.7%)

Current Mood: bouncy

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Mood Theme in a Year Returns!

moodthemeinayear is coming back in 2026 with a new twist: Creating a custom mood theme can now earn you Dreamwidth points!

Mood Theme in a Year is a community that takes a laid-back approach to creating a custom mood theme. If you've always wanted to create your own mood theme (those little images that pop up when you select something from the drop-down "Mood" menu when posting), this is a great place to do it! Take your time creating graphics for anywhere between 15 and 132 moods, either following the community's suggested schedule or going at your own pace. (Though you need to make a minimum of 18 graphics to earn any paid time.)

The "official" schedule starts again from the beginning on January 1st, but you can jump in at any time during the year; feel free to challenge yourself as well with Bingo cards or the Mood Theme in a Month calendars! Learn more in the community pinned post or profile.

I hope to see you there!

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Fic in a Box recs!

There's a bunch of amazing stuff in the FIAB! I've made a couple of recs posts for fics I've loved so far.

My gifts (Red Sonja, Kyle Murchison Booth stories)

Horror fic recs (Cthulhu Mythos, House of Leaves, Original Work)

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EVENT: Be A Goldfish: A Multifandom Multimedia Microbang

Be A Goldfish 2026: 1 Jan to 28 Feb 2026

Description: A multifandom, multimedia, make-a-thon! Contributors are encouraged to share multiple works throughout (though not required!), as well as leave many comments on any and all fanworks shared throughout.

There are no sign-ups, check-ins, or discord servers. This is all very low-stakes, go-at-your-own-pace fun. For anyone interested in a bit of structure, there will be a completely optional punch card that you can mark off weekly if you leave a comment on a work or share one of your own. Additionally, we have provided an optional series of weekly prompts in the hopes of inspiring you to experiment creatively and find new fannish heights!

All fandoms are allowed: From megafandoms like Star Trek and Tolkien to that one canceled-too-soon series from the 80s that only you and your closest mutual know about because you're the one who told them about it in the first place, everything that has ever given you that fannish itch is both allowed and highly encouraged (RPF included).

All mediums are allowed: fic, art, meta, web weaves, gifs, playlists, food, fiber or paper crafts, etc. Very multi, very media, very wow!

All text-based entries must be 1,000 words or less, hence the micro aspect of this “bang.” We’re especially encouraging things like drabbles, poetry, ficlets, and of course, non-fic fanworks.

Schedule: 1 January - 28 February 2026
Links:

beagoldfish,

bag-bang, our 2026 AO3 Collection, and our FAQ

Come join our community and/or drop us a follow on tumblr and, if you feel so inspired, ring in the new year with your fellow fans!

( Our poster! )

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holiday love meme

✨ holiday love meme 2025 ✨
my thread here
happy holiday szn everyone...... hope you are staying warm anad cozy!!!

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new music monday

New Music Monday - 8 December 2025

The regular weekly post for us to talk about any and all of our thoughts about the week's new releases.

WayV - Eternal White
Allday Project - Look At Me
KIIRAS - Kiirasmas
Doyoung - Promise
Daesung - 한도초과 (Hando-Chogua)
Jinyoung - Christmas Fever
Sorn and Minnie - Reservations
Kang Daniel - Backseat Promises

New MVs are also added to an ongoing youtube playlist.

Last week's MVs: 1 December

Feel free to add new comments in the replies for songs/MVs we missed.

[ Rec Something Wednesday | WIP Wednesday | Monthly General Chat | Comment Fest ]

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2025 photo dump

extremely image-intensive photo dump. had many fun times and want to reminisce and just keep a curated diary for the year

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Current Mood: okay

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Adaptation

( Processing family stuff )
I finished A Curse So Dark And Lonely and... guess what y'all... I ship the prince and the commander //faceplams //shrugs

I meannn. SPOILERS but likeeeee.

The commander is the only one left by the prince's side, and stays loyal to the prince even after the prince transforms into the Beast and kills most of the commander's family. Stays loyal to the prince even when the prince attacks him in Beast form, keeps trying to get himself hurt in the prince's stead, and tries to fake his own death to avoid interfering in the prince's future...

The prince is all "sobs I'm so mean to you why don't you hate me" and the commander is all "I gave you my word, my prince" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

The commander has risked himself to protect the Beastly prince at each transformation, season after season, and this book tried to convince me that a girl who was trapped in the Beast's castle in just ONE season gave the prince True Love?? Excuse me, do you see the commander and the prince??? THAT'S TRUE LOVEEEE

Ahem. Anyway I borrowed the second book in the trilogy, A Heart So Fierce And Broken, because obviously I need to ship the prince and commander more. The first book ended with the commander faking his own death and the prince being heartbroken, though, so I'm just hoping they don't stay separated throughout the second book, I don't have the patience for that.

In other news, I renewed my BookBrush subscription, which pinches, but I need it for my indie author projects. I also renewed my premium Dreamwidth account (yay for the points bonus!) and deleted a few icons. I'm thinking of moving my monthly payments for my author website to yearly, as well. We shall see. I was looking into moving my author newsletter from Substack to PencilBooth, which is also free. But PencilBooth doesn't have a welcome email, just a welcome message. And I can't make do with just a welcome message when I need to remind people who download my reader magnets from Bookfunnel promos who I am. I need pictures and links, not just a paragraph of text. So still using Substack for now.

My tummy hurts for hours every day and I'm glad I'm not working, but I want to write more than I am now. I want to rest and then write, not just rest and then rest some more. The FaRo discord I'm part of does FaRoWriMo every month, in which you choose your word count goal for the month and track it together on a collective spreadsheet where we each get a column (and talk and support each other in the dedicated discord channel) and I'm considering modifying my goal. I want to sigh, but I also feel fortunate about being able to rest, but I guess disappointment and relief can coexist.