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Sunday, April 12th, 2026 04:29 pm
It's really too early for me to feel like doing a full Babylon 5 rewatch yet, so instead I had a possibly cursed idea, which is to watch IMDB's top 10 and bottom 10 rated episodes and report back on them. And in fact I think I am going to do exactly that.*

*Unless I get distracted by something along the way, as often happens.

The best/worst lists are hidden in case you want to preserve the element of surprise.

The 10 best episodes according to IMDB, starting at the top

1. Severed Dreams 3x10
2. War Without End Part 2 3x17 (Since Part 1 is also in the top 10, I'm just going to watch them together, I think)
3. Z'ha'dum 3x22
4. Endgame 4x20
5. Sleeping in Light 5x22
6. The Long, Twilight Struggle 2x20 (By about this point I will probably have died of Drama and Tragedy. RIP me.)
7. Point of No Return 3x09
8. The Coming of Shadows 2x09
9. The Fall of Night 2x22
10. War Without End Part 1 3x16 (will be combined with part 2)
11. No Surrender, No Retreat 4x15

This looks fun! (For Babylon 5 values of fun.)


And as an escape from all of these heavy episodes, apparently I will be watching, in order of worst to ... slightly less worst:

IMDB's lowest rated1. TKO 1x14
2. Infection 1x04
3. Secrets of the Soul 5x07
4. The Gathering 1x00
5. Grey 17 is Missing 3x19
6. Grail 1x15
7. The Long Dark 2x05
8. Strange Relations 5x06
9. The War Prayer 1x07
10. Survivors 1x11

Genuinely surprised that they're not even all from season one and five! Absolutely unsurprised that most of them are! I do genuinely like some of these, and at least one of them, I skipped most of when I was originally watching season one, so it will be interesting to see what I think of it now.


Not starting this tonight (probably) because I have other things to do, but Soon™.
Saturday, April 11th, 2026 12:30 am
The other prompt fill I wrote today ended up being full-story-length (~1100 wds) for Babylon 5, posted on AO3 as Exercises in Linguistics.

The prompt was: G'Kar and Londo (slash or gen, up to you!) and Language. Set in early season 5, probably between about 5x02 & 5x06.

Exercises in Linguistics )
Saturday, April 11th, 2026 03:34 pm
Assortment of black and white speech bubbles

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
Friday, April 10th, 2026 07:51 pm
Catching up on some older prompts now that I'm in between books.

1. EvS on Sakhalin

Prompt: EvS, that last night on Sakhalin between when Biggles first speaks to him and his escape the next day.

Posted on Tumblr here.

Under the cut )

2. EvS & Algy (Biggles/EvS implied)

Prompt: Set post defection in London. A misunderstanding leads to Biggles being told that Erich is cheating on him. After some angst and h/c, their relationship is even stronger.

This went in a Direction. Also posted on Tumblr.

Under the cut )
Friday, April 10th, 2026 09:43 pm

This is either his big break or his last shot. An actor in London (Riz Ahmed) suffers an existential crisis while auditioning for the role of James Bond. Now on Prime Video.

Thursday, April 9th, 2026 07:11 pm
1. New Dungeon Crawler Carl book comes out in just a month! I'm wondering if I should reread the previous book before it drops, because these books have about a zillion characters and I'm confident that I have forgotten most of what happened in it.

2. The thing which happened to me on Tumblr today was so weird that I'm going to describe it under the cut even though I already complained privately to friends. (Murderbot fandom is so freakin' weird. Seriously.)

Awkward! )

3. Speaking of Space Swap, they are still looking for some pinch hitters!
Thursday, April 9th, 2026 09:17 pm
Now on Netflix.

Two directionless siblings are blackmailed into the world of organized crime. Starring Dan Levy, Taylor Ortega, Laurie Metcalf.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 10:50 am

Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk



Vince Gilligan was recently quoted as saying “[Slow storytelling] is a plus in a world of very fast-paced editing and TikTok videos that are only a minute long. If the whole world were to move at that pace...that would be very sad to me. I think there is a certain percentage of the viewership… is ready for a slower pace. It’s fast food versus home cooking.”

Have you found that the pace of TV storytelling has increased? Have you seen patterns in different time periods? And how slow is slow enough for your viewing taste?
Monday, April 6th, 2026 03:59 pm
I finished edits on Luke over the weekend (Westerly Cove 4). Feel free to grab a copy 'til it goes live on Amazon on April 17!

book cover with a bear framed against a sunset

Get it on Bookfunnel:
https://dl.bookfunnel.com/30s06n16u7

(Blurb is still a work in progress.)
Saturday, April 4th, 2026 08:19 pm


The theme challenge for this month is Rain (Please include the tag challenge: rain when you post.) Theme challenges have to do with fic choice. Since this month's challenge is 'rain' your story has to be related to that theme one way or another.

The shape challenge is 'Circle' (tag challenge: circle). This should be at minimum 8 squares, ie:

OOOOO
XXXOO
XOXOO
XXXOO
OOOOO

Shape challenges require that you complete a specific shape of squares on your card. If you complete a shape challenge by the deadline, you’ll win a cheat. If your card already has the shape formation before the challenge starts, you can only count that challenge as completed if you fill at least one square on your card within the challenge time period.

You can pick the challenge you prefer or do both if you're feeling ambitious. Once you’ve posted the podfic required to fulfill the monthly challenge, please comment here to let us know you’ve completed the challenge.

If you complete a challenge, you earn a cheat. If none of the challenges appeal to you, you can also earn cheats by commenting on other people's podfics.

What are Cheats?
Cheats are rewards that allow participants to manipulate their cards so that they can be finished more easily. There are 2 kinds of cheats: shifting squares and swapping out squares. Shifting squares allows participants to swap locations of two squares on their card. Swapping out cheats allow you to discard one of your prompts entirely from your card and replace it with a prompt of your choosing from the Prompt List.
Saturday, April 4th, 2026 03:46 pm
Assortment of black and white speech bubbles

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
Friday, April 3rd, 2026 08:30 pm

Release: April 16

Every couple meets their match. BEEF returns with a new cast and a new “beef.” A young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner. Starring Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Cailee Spaeny, Charles Melton and guest starring Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho. 
Friday, April 3rd, 2026 08:31 am
Two gold rings photographed on top of a dictionary opened to the definition of marriage. Text: Arranged Marriage, at Fancake.
[community profile] fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules.

This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 02:52 pm
Apparently Warner Brothers decided that they are not, in fact, putting B5 on Youtube, and pulled it a few episodes in.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/warner-bros-discovery-removes-babylon-5-from-youtube-after-brief-free-run/

I discovered this because I was curious how many episodes they were up to, and found the old links were dead. So I was curious what was up with that, and did a bit of googling. Evidently the messaging on this was basically terrible; they just yanked it without warning.

It looks like it's permanently off Tubi, despite having not gone ahead with the Youtube plan, but the article says that it is streaming free with ads on Roku's website, which I checked and it does seem to be true. FOR NOW. (They also have the movies, which I still haven't seen other than "In the Beginning." I don't think Tubi had those.)
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 07:08 pm

Release: April 9. Contestants: Armando Iannucci, Amy Gledhill, Joanna Page, Joel Dommett, and Kumail Nanjiani!

Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 02:04 pm
Seasons of Fandom R2 2026 - MAG7 - Banner by Tarlan

SEASONS of FANDOM is a multi-media, multi-fandom landcomm for all creators. So The Magnificent Seven and any of the various actors other TV/movies are allowed. It's a fun series of challenges ranging from creating art, writing stories and playing games at any skill level.

The latest round of [community profile] seasons_of_fandom officially starts TODAY but you can join anytime!

SIGN UP HERE

I am TARLAN on TEAM WINTER COURT so please mention me if you decide to join in the fun.
 
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 01:38 pm
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/PodficBigBang2026/works

Congratulations on another wonderful Podfic Big Bang! The collection was revealed at 7am Pacific time, or 2am AOE (UTC-12), but I'm not looking twice at anyone who squeaked in during those two extra hours. 😜

This year, we can enjoy 25 new epic works, across 28 different fandoms (with a little overlap for thing like Marvel>Captain America, as per uzh).

Now, go. FEAST!