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Spider Quinn 05: The Trip to Freemont
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fardell2405 The Trip to Freemont
SpiderGirl tracks a crime syndicate to the small town of Freemont 100 miles from Lawndale. Meanwhile Daria finally receives her driver's license, which comes in handy when Jane asks her to bail her and the band out of jail in a distant town. Chaos ensues when Quinn tags along for the ride.
fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14543824/5/Spider-Quinn
Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/83395026
Reviews and/or comments are welcome, and would be appreciated.
SpiderGirl tracks a crime syndicate to the small town of Freemont 100 miles from Lawndale. Meanwhile Daria finally receives her driver's license, which comes in handy when Jane asks her to bail her and the band out of jail in a distant town. Chaos ensues when Quinn tags along for the ride.
fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14543824/5/Spider-Quinn
Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/83395026
Reviews and/or comments are welcome, and would be appreciated.
Church notes - 19th April 2026
Apr. 19th, 2026 05:23 pmfardell2419th
Romans 10:1 - 15
Is faith really enough?
Do I really need to stand out as a Christian?
Do I really need to prioritise sharing the good news of Jesus?
Is faith really enough?
We believe Jesus is alive with all our hearts.
vs 4
Jesus fulfilled the purpose of the Law.
He took the consequences of sin by dying on the Cross and rising again!
vs 8
Faith in the good news.
We believe Jesus is alive with all our hearts.
That is why we share the good news.
Do I really need to stand out as a Christian?
vs 9 - 13
We declare "Jesus is Lord" with our mouths.
Do I really need to prioritise sharing the good news of Jesus?
vs 14
Where can you go and share the good news of Jesus?
Romans 10:1 - 15
Is faith really enough?
Do I really need to stand out as a Christian?
Do I really need to prioritise sharing the good news of Jesus?
Is faith really enough?
We believe Jesus is alive with all our hearts.
vs 4
Jesus fulfilled the purpose of the Law.
He took the consequences of sin by dying on the Cross and rising again!
vs 8
Faith in the good news.
We believe Jesus is alive with all our hearts.
That is why we share the good news.
Do I really need to stand out as a Christian?
vs 9 - 13
We declare "Jesus is Lord" with our mouths.
Do I really need to prioritise sharing the good news of Jesus?
vs 14
Where can you go and share the good news of Jesus?
Reading, Listening, Watching
Apr. 15th, 2026 08:47 pmpurplecatReading: Still These Old Shades. Not to rehash last week's discussion. It is fun enough, especially later on, but it has bought into the idea that Nobility Will Out and its heroine also seems somewhat naive given her age and background.
Listening: A lot more of 13 Minutes on the Artemis mission, interspersed with various podcats of Doctor Who fans watching no longer missing episodes.
Watching: We managed to get to the end of an old series of Taskmaster before the Sparrow left, this being what we mostly watch when she is around. And missing Doctor Who episodes, of course.
Listening: A lot more of 13 Minutes on the Artemis mission, interspersed with various podcats of Doctor Who fans watching no longer missing episodes.
Watching: We managed to get to the end of an old series of Taskmaster before the Sparrow left, this being what we mostly watch when she is around. And missing Doctor Who episodes, of course.
Book review rec: Monsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks reviewed by Kathryn Hughes
Apr. 15th, 2026 07:32 ambrightknightieI think that this short book review (and likely the whole book it describes) may appeal not only to devoted fans of Stephen King, and to literary nerds like me, but to all of us who like to think about how reading and writing work:
"Monsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks review – The writing secrets of Stephen King: A deep dive into the horror novelist’s archives reveals pedantry, penny-pinching, and a total redraft of Carrie"
by Kathryn Hughes; The Guardian (US); Mon 30 Mar 2026 02.00 EDT
Excerpt: "In the same manuscript, Bicks also finds the novelist resisting the copy editor’s attempts to replace the word “rattly,” which King has used to describe the labored breathing of the novel’s dying two-year-old protagonist, Gage Creed. The copy editor suggests “congested” would be better. But King knows that rattly contains within itself a whole ghastly set of subliminal associations including scavenging vermin and unquiet ghosts with their infernal chains. Congested is something a coroner would write."
(TIL that The Guardian (US) has a "book of the day" feature.)
"Monsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks review – The writing secrets of Stephen King: A deep dive into the horror novelist’s archives reveals pedantry, penny-pinching, and a total redraft of Carrie"
by Kathryn Hughes; The Guardian (US); Mon 30 Mar 2026 02.00 EDT
Excerpt: "In the same manuscript, Bicks also finds the novelist resisting the copy editor’s attempts to replace the word “rattly,” which King has used to describe the labored breathing of the novel’s dying two-year-old protagonist, Gage Creed. The copy editor suggests “congested” would be better. But King knows that rattly contains within itself a whole ghastly set of subliminal associations including scavenging vermin and unquiet ghosts with their infernal chains. Congested is something a coroner would write."
(TIL that The Guardian (US) has a "book of the day" feature.)
Doctor Who Missing Episodes
Apr. 14th, 2026 07:36 pmpurplecatLate last year, maybe early this? Toby Hadoke asked various people he knew what 17 missing Dr Who episodes they would pick if they were the only 17 left to be found. It now transpires he almost certainly knew, at that point, that 2 episodes of The Daleks' Masterplan had been found, but it got me thinking. My list is something as follows:
1. & 2. The Tenth Planet episode 4 and The Web of Fear episode 3. These both complete stories and are significant, in the first case for the regeneration of William Hartnell into Patrick Troughton and, in the second, for the first meeting with the Brigadier.
Then I have a string of picking one episode from any story for which no episodes exist so.
3. Marco Polo - there are three episodes in contention for this: episode 3 (which features Ping-Cho giving a storytelling performance something not attempted elsewhere in Doctor Who, or much at all these days), episode 5 which features Tutte Lemkow who is mildly (in)famous for having been in Doctor Who three times, none of which survive and having provided choreography for a fourth episode which also doesn't survive, and episode 7 (which is believed to have good fight scenes which, obviously, don't survive well on audio). I'm going to go for Marco Polo episode 3 for the storytelling - alas poor Tutte Lemkow.
4. The Myth Makers episode 1 - the choices here were episode 1 which sets the scene or episode 4 which pivots from farce into tragedy and introduces new companion Katarina. Doctor Who rarely enough does outright comedy that I've picked the introductory episode and it also features Tutte Lemkow so yay!. Also, with the recent returns we have 3/5 of Katarina's episodes and I've no real desire to see more.
5. The Massacre episode 4 - on the other hand, I'd rather see the conclusion of this one, which seems to have been pretty grim throughout, but I'd be interested to see how the Massacre of St. Bartholemew's Eve portrayed via woodcuts worked in practice. It does mean we miss out on William Hartnell's turn as the Abbot of Amboise however.
6. The Savages episode 4 - Episode 4s are tempting in and of themselves, but in this case we get Frederick Jaeger's impersonation of aspects of the first Doctor - seems well worth it.
7. The Smugglers - lots of choices here. Episode 4 once again has a lot of fighting that doesn't work well on audio, but I'm going to go for The Smugglers episode 2 where Polly convinces the stable boy that she can do voodoo.
8. The Power of the Daleks episode 1 - the other side of the regeneration of William Hartnell into Patrick Troughton.
9. The Highlanders episode 2 - in which the Doctor repeatedly bangs a man's head on a desk in ruse to convince him he is ill with a headache.
10. The Macra Terror episode 1 - because it includes the scene in which the Second Doctor is neatened up by a machine - which was cut from the animation.
11. Fury from the Deep episode 3 - which ends with Maggie walking out into the sea.
So now I have 5 left.
12. The Space Pirates epsiode 5 - The Space Pirates is not much loved but people hypothesise this is because the only episode we have involves the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe stuck in part of a disintegrated space station for the whole episode. So let's have another and I've picked one that features the character Dom Issigri because no one seems to know what he looks like.
13. The Power of the Daleks episode 4 - for no other reason that it would be nice to have a later episode of this, after the Doctor has ceased to be quite such a stranger to everyone, and episode 4 of 6 seems as good a place as any to stick the pin.
14 & 15. Marco Polo episode 7 and The Smugglers episode 4 for the aforementioned fight scenes.
16 & 17. The Daleks' Masterplan episodes 4 and 12 for the deaths of Katarina and Sara respectively.
1. & 2. The Tenth Planet episode 4 and The Web of Fear episode 3. These both complete stories and are significant, in the first case for the regeneration of William Hartnell into Patrick Troughton and, in the second, for the first meeting with the Brigadier.
Then I have a string of picking one episode from any story for which no episodes exist so.
3. Marco Polo - there are three episodes in contention for this: episode 3 (which features Ping-Cho giving a storytelling performance something not attempted elsewhere in Doctor Who, or much at all these days), episode 5 which features Tutte Lemkow who is mildly (in)famous for having been in Doctor Who three times, none of which survive and having provided choreography for a fourth episode which also doesn't survive, and episode 7 (which is believed to have good fight scenes which, obviously, don't survive well on audio). I'm going to go for Marco Polo episode 3 for the storytelling - alas poor Tutte Lemkow.
4. The Myth Makers episode 1 - the choices here were episode 1 which sets the scene or episode 4 which pivots from farce into tragedy and introduces new companion Katarina. Doctor Who rarely enough does outright comedy that I've picked the introductory episode and it also features Tutte Lemkow so yay!. Also, with the recent returns we have 3/5 of Katarina's episodes and I've no real desire to see more.
5. The Massacre episode 4 - on the other hand, I'd rather see the conclusion of this one, which seems to have been pretty grim throughout, but I'd be interested to see how the Massacre of St. Bartholemew's Eve portrayed via woodcuts worked in practice. It does mean we miss out on William Hartnell's turn as the Abbot of Amboise however.
6. The Savages episode 4 - Episode 4s are tempting in and of themselves, but in this case we get Frederick Jaeger's impersonation of aspects of the first Doctor - seems well worth it.
7. The Smugglers - lots of choices here. Episode 4 once again has a lot of fighting that doesn't work well on audio, but I'm going to go for The Smugglers episode 2 where Polly convinces the stable boy that she can do voodoo.
8. The Power of the Daleks episode 1 - the other side of the regeneration of William Hartnell into Patrick Troughton.
9. The Highlanders episode 2 - in which the Doctor repeatedly bangs a man's head on a desk in ruse to convince him he is ill with a headache.
10. The Macra Terror episode 1 - because it includes the scene in which the Second Doctor is neatened up by a machine - which was cut from the animation.
11. Fury from the Deep episode 3 - which ends with Maggie walking out into the sea.
So now I have 5 left.
12. The Space Pirates epsiode 5 - The Space Pirates is not much loved but people hypothesise this is because the only episode we have involves the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe stuck in part of a disintegrated space station for the whole episode. So let's have another and I've picked one that features the character Dom Issigri because no one seems to know what he looks like.
13. The Power of the Daleks episode 4 - for no other reason that it would be nice to have a later episode of this, after the Doctor has ceased to be quite such a stranger to everyone, and episode 4 of 6 seems as good a place as any to stick the pin.
14 & 15. Marco Polo episode 7 and The Smugglers episode 4 for the aforementioned fight scenes.
16 & 17. The Daleks' Masterplan episodes 4 and 12 for the deaths of Katarina and Sara respectively.
No new Trek = No Paramount+ subscription
Apr. 13th, 2026 08:21 ambrightknightieParamount has reportedly struck the sets for all its Star Trek properties. The new Starfleet Academy show, which my best friend hugely enjoyed and I haven't yet tried, was promptly canceled, reportedly for not cracking the top ten most streamed shows, though they had already filmed a second season and will presumably release it. Strange New Worlds, which I enjoy and look forward to, will air its fourth season sometime this year, and a fifth and final season sometime next year. (All seasons are ~10 episodes.)
In the midst of this, Paramount+ is raising prices again, even for the with-commercials tier to which I subscribe.
Trek is the only thing I watch on Paramount+ these days. It's always been the main thing. I originally subscribed for Discovery, and, for years, was genuinely content to pay what I thought of as my "Trek tax" through a continuous subscription. If they're not going to supply new Trek, I'm obviously not going to continue giving them money (completely aside from their corporate changes and etc. making them less attractive). The question is, how much trouble is it to unsubscribe and resubscribe and unsubscribe again for each of these final two seasons of Strange New Worlds?
I wonder if this is part of why they don't announce the dates for new seasons much in advance: subscription whack-a-mole. On the other hand, if they would produce 22-episode seasons of desired shows, and release episodes year-round, that would prevent such unsubscribing altogether. (As many have said, I would like longer seasons, with more character development, including "filler episodes," and would be delighted to take vastly fewer and/or cheaper special effects, sets, costumes, and props in trade.)
In the midst of this, Paramount+ is raising prices again, even for the with-commercials tier to which I subscribe.
Trek is the only thing I watch on Paramount+ these days. It's always been the main thing. I originally subscribed for Discovery, and, for years, was genuinely content to pay what I thought of as my "Trek tax" through a continuous subscription. If they're not going to supply new Trek, I'm obviously not going to continue giving them money (completely aside from their corporate changes and etc. making them less attractive). The question is, how much trouble is it to unsubscribe and resubscribe and unsubscribe again for each of these final two seasons of Strange New Worlds?
I wonder if this is part of why they don't announce the dates for new seasons much in advance: subscription whack-a-mole. On the other hand, if they would produce 22-episode seasons of desired shows, and release episodes year-round, that would prevent such unsubscribing altogether. (As many have said, I would like longer seasons, with more character development, including "filler episodes," and would be delighted to take vastly fewer and/or cheaper special effects, sets, costumes, and props in trade.)
Spider Quinn 21 A View of Oakwood and Ruins - Part 3
Apr. 13th, 2026 07:57 pmfardell24SpiderGirl thought about what the administrator had said as she made her way towards the wing she and Joey had been in earlier. She hadn’t heard about an Oakwood vigilante, but then she was focused on Lawndale.
She arrived at the corridor and heard one of the team interrogating the professor.
“…Osborn wants your cooperation. That is why we’re here.”
‘Is that for the PR?’ SpiderGirl wondered. She quickly checked her phone.
Talon: On my way, Spidey.
‘Sent a minute ago. I can’t wait.,’ SpiderGirl decided. She then shot a web up to the ceiling so as crawl into the room along there.
She quickly found that there were four of them there; two less than there were at the mound. ‘Probably waiting outside or on the roof,’ she thought. She then shot webs at two of them.
They quickly reacted.
“SpiderGirl! Stay out of this!”
“No! He doesn’t want you here, nor to work for Osborn!” SpiderGirl quipped as she webbed a third. However, one of the two she had already webbed managed to escape via some kind of liquid. ‘Something to dissolve the webs? What else has Osborn been working on?’ The two free agents grabbed the professor and ducked behind some equipment.
“You can’t stop us!” The first agent said, as he smashed the window.
SpiderGirl webbed the equipment out of the way, but the two were joined by the other two, and escaped with the professor. ‘They know my tactics,’ SpiderGirl realised as she went to the window.
But when she got to the window, there was a SpiderSense tingle! She jumped, and webbed herself to the ceilings. A figure in a cloak entered the room and looked around.
‘That must be the Oakwood Vigilante,’ SpiderGirl thought as she remained still. ‘But they are getting away with the professor!’
At the Story Oak, Larissa went over to where Joey was having his desert. “Where’s Quinn?” she asked.
“She went up for fresh air,” Joey answered.
“Up on the roof?”
“Yes. Often goes up to look over town from the Historia.”
“Sounds restful,” Larissa commented. “I’ll go up.”
“Go ahead.”
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She arrived at the corridor and heard one of the team interrogating the professor.
“…Osborn wants your cooperation. That is why we’re here.”
‘Is that for the PR?’ SpiderGirl wondered. She quickly checked her phone.
Talon: On my way, Spidey.
‘Sent a minute ago. I can’t wait.,’ SpiderGirl decided. She then shot a web up to the ceiling so as crawl into the room along there.
She quickly found that there were four of them there; two less than there were at the mound. ‘Probably waiting outside or on the roof,’ she thought. She then shot webs at two of them.
They quickly reacted.
“SpiderGirl! Stay out of this!”
“No! He doesn’t want you here, nor to work for Osborn!” SpiderGirl quipped as she webbed a third. However, one of the two she had already webbed managed to escape via some kind of liquid. ‘Something to dissolve the webs? What else has Osborn been working on?’ The two free agents grabbed the professor and ducked behind some equipment.
“You can’t stop us!” The first agent said, as he smashed the window.
SpiderGirl webbed the equipment out of the way, but the two were joined by the other two, and escaped with the professor. ‘They know my tactics,’ SpiderGirl realised as she went to the window.
But when she got to the window, there was a SpiderSense tingle! She jumped, and webbed herself to the ceilings. A figure in a cloak entered the room and looked around.
‘That must be the Oakwood Vigilante,’ SpiderGirl thought as she remained still. ‘But they are getting away with the professor!’
At the Story Oak, Larissa went over to where Joey was having his desert. “Where’s Quinn?” she asked.
“She went up for fresh air,” Joey answered.
“Up on the roof?”
“Yes. Often goes up to look over town from the Historia.”
“Sounds restful,” Larissa commented. “I’ll go up.”
“Go ahead.”
( Read More )
seasons of fandom pre-round: sig tag exchange pt. 2
Apr. 13th, 2026 02:56 pmaliensambaBehind the cut are sig tags I received for Seasons of Fandom Pre-Round: Sig Tag Exchange.
Thank you for these!
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Thank you for these!
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Church notes in April 2026 so far
Apr. 12th, 2026 05:29 pmfardell24Good Friday: http://fardell30.deadjournal.com/346109.html
Resurrection Sunday: http://fardell30.deadjournal.com/346236.html
12th April: https://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/813672340107001856/church-notes-12th-april-2026
Resurrection Sunday: http://fardell30.deadjournal.com/346236.html
12th April: https://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/813672340107001856/church-notes-12th-april-2026
Church notes - 12th April 2026
Apr. 12th, 2026 05:17 pmfardell2412th
Matthew 6:19 - 34
Matthew 28: 18 - 20
What is mission?
Sharing the Gospel
Sharing the 'Good News
A long-term process
Acts 1:8
Evangelism is one part of the Great Commandment.
Matthew 6:23
Philippians 1:27
Citizens of heaven in a temporary world
John 17:14 - 18
Being in the world, but not of the world.
How do we recalibrate?
Spiritual practices/disciplines
Diving deeper into mission
Ask God to develop a desire in your heart to be missional.
Matthew 6:19 - 34
Matthew 28: 18 - 20
What is mission?
Sharing the Gospel
Sharing the 'Good News
A long-term process
Acts 1:8
Evangelism is one part of the Great Commandment.
Matthew 6:23
Philippians 1:27
Citizens of heaven in a temporary world
John 17:14 - 18
Being in the world, but not of the world.
How do we recalibrate?
Spiritual practices/disciplines
Diving deeper into mission
Ask God to develop a desire in your heart to be missional.
Fic: Another three fills for the Three Sentence Ficathon 2026
Apr. 11th, 2026 05:00 pmshallownessFiclets: all original fiction, probably a PG rating, if that. Anything over 100 words will also be posted at AO3. (This was meant to be my last post, but I've filled a few more prompts.)
Sorceress’s Apprentice, Original fic, OCs, 79 words. Written for the prompt ‘any, any, sorceress's apprentice’ at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2026.
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Where the trees breathe and the water remembers, Original fic, OC, 116 words. Written for the prompt ‘any, any, where the trees breathe and the water remembers’ at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2026.
Trigger warning: passing reference to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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More than a reflection, Original fic, OCs, 84 words. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, I’m more than a reflection on you’ [sic] at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2026.
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Sorceress’s Apprentice, Original fic, OCs, 79 words. Written for the prompt ‘any, any, sorceress's apprentice’ at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2026.
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Where the trees breathe and the water remembers, Original fic, OC, 116 words. Written for the prompt ‘any, any, where the trees breathe and the water remembers’ at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2026.
Trigger warning: passing reference to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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More than a reflection, Original fic, OCs, 84 words. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any, I’m more than a reflection on you’ [sic] at the Three Sentence Ficathon 2026.
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I had a dream and I gave it a name. The name that I gave it was your name.
Apr. 14th, 2026 02:24 pmkathleen_daileyOver the years, I've listened to many versions of the late Sam Larkin's "Mirabeau Bridge" sung by many artists. No performance of this song on this planet can come close to matching James Keelaghan's. The original studio version on his 1999 album "Road" is classic. This live version is from 2018 or 2019, with the amazing Hugh McMillan accompanying:
I'll never stop loving this song.
I'll never stop loving this song.