madimpossibledreamer: Jotaro thinking 'yare yare daze' (yare yare daze)
2025-08-31 12:43 pm

A Close Shave

Readers, you’ll be proud of me. This time, I actually tried to hand-translate by visiting forums and such. And hey, I actually knew a couple of these already (one of them from The Mummy!) (And man, it sure would be nice if all the sites would agree on whether something’s formal or informal, but then, probably half of them are AI-generated. Also Altaïr’s body language is going to be just harsh and aggressive so everything’s probably informal when he’s concerned.)
I haven’t actually visited the Siena sewers, so I can’t speak on those. The Duomo is very pretty, though. Shaun, is, of course, a British hipster, but he’s not completely wrong, either: sometimes the less popular attractions are more interesting.
Translations: Be quiet. Iskut
No.
Laa
Wait here. I will check. Intadhir huna. Ha ta’akkada.
Let’s move. Yalla!
Beloved. Habibi
I left it a bit because I’d written most of it but wanted to spend more time on trying to hand-translate. When I came back to it I’d entirely forgotten the ending and ended up catching myself by surprise and laughing about it.

Main Points:
Assassin's Creed
Summary: A shopping trip doesn't go exactly where Shaun expected.
Word Count: 1768
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Shaun/Desmond
Warning: again, a few suggestive moments, but I'd generally consider this teen overall

 

dealing with the unexpected )

 

madimpossibledreamer: Jotaro thinking 'yare yare daze' (jotaro)
2025-08-30 08:07 pm

idle thought #697

Also I’d say I don’t write RPF, but I think I basically have written RPF. Because Dynasty Warriors and Romance of the Three Kingdoms are totally ancient RPF (with exaggerations and stuff, obviously, but still, based on historical events/people). So, non contemporary, but still.

madimpossibledreamer: Eye from manga drawing. (phoenix)
2025-08-29 01:29 pm

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Shadowed Suspicion Chapter 389

Main Points:
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure/Buffy the Vampire Slayer AU
Chapter Summary: Johan tests out the rules and prepares more for the memorization gamble.
Word Count: 1272
Note: HERE THERE PROBABLY BE BUFFY/JJBA SPOILERS

 

Chapter 389: This War We're Fighting )

 

madimpossibledreamer: Dante fighting demons (devil may cry)
2025-08-28 01:22 pm

Renewal, Part 1

Uh.  Woah.  Thank you, random generous user, for giving me a 6-month paid account.  I mean, yeah, it was random and anonymous, but still, I appreciate it and will probably never know the superhero behind the mask.
Incidentally, Desmond and the Ducklings 100% sounds like a band name.
I went back to look at The Strange Boat House in the Mist mission again just to see the name of the teacher for Chemistry & Alchemy. Because they do have every faculty member’s ID, so that’s helpful when actually trying to figure out the curriculum and specific teacher.
I may have slightly underestimated how involved this chapter would get, so we’re actually finishing up in part 3. Because yeah, I could drop a giant chapter (for me) as the finale, but it doesn’t flow as well. Plus side, this means I have a bit of a backlog again.

Main Points: Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Desmond and his ducklings clean up in the Academy a bit and then start trying to work out the use of the artifact.
Word Count: 2320
Rating: Teen

 

on curses, knives, and artifacts )
madimpossibledreamer: Izanagi|Souji in full costume holding out a hand (izanagi|souji)
2025-08-27 10:53 pm

idle thought #696

IF I SEE ONE MORE MILES EDGEWORTH IS ACE/ARO AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE IN A RELATIONSHIP I WILL SCREAM witness, ace people can actually be in relationships. Ace people can be married. Ace people can have further orientations, such as being gay. Ace people can gasp even have sex WAY TO FLAUNT YOUR ACEPHOBIA AND IGNORANCE YOU ENTIRE CIRCUS OF CLOWNS sorry I didn’t expect to see that but it does reinforce my position to not be in certain fandom spaces because it would be exhausting and my hackles are raised. Also I don’t care if you’re just joking, calling gay ships ‘imaginary’ has a long and homophobic history and you’re either a bigot or should know better. Do better.

madimpossibledreamer: Dante fighting demons (devil may cry)
2025-08-26 03:21 pm

Seattle Sweet

I don’t actually remember how common pride flags were in 2013, but it’s a nice ending.
(Shaun complains after about the fact that he’s going to have to work at one of these things.)

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: Shaun has a question for Xander.
Word Count: 1754
Rating: Teen 

key to one's heart )

madimpossibledreamer: Paper lanterns floating over a fleet of ships. (lanterns)
2025-08-25 07:07 pm

Parenting Styles

written solely around the 'good parents are something that happens to other people' line

Main Points:
Buffy/Blake's 7 (Place in the Universe)
Chapter Summary: Being at the McNally house is really nice, but it's not that straightforward.
Word Count: 445
Rating: Teen

home vs at home )

madimpossibledreamer: Tatsuya holding a motorcycle helmet under his arm and looking at a swingset (bi king)
2025-08-24 10:29 pm

Raised Expectations

Main Points:
Star Trek (the 2009!movie verse) Cambion AU (New Genesis)
Summary: Leonard's handling a lot.
Word Count: 2523
Rating: Teen

 

(he) doesn't know what (he's) doing )

 

madimpossibledreamer: Paper lanterns floating over a fleet of ships. (lanterns)
2025-08-23 01:05 pm

idle thought #695

Also Godot is in no way a badly written character and I 100% don’t like him. Ridiculous realistic machismo bullshit.

madimpossibledreamer: red and black comic-booky picture of an original Jojo's Stand. (jjba)
2025-08-22 05:39 pm

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Shadowed Suspicion Chapter 388

Chapter contains text from a fictional biography of real world Jack London’s life written by Beta-senpai.


Main Points:
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure/Buffy the Vampire Slayer AU
Chapter Summary: The bookstore owner gives them a taste of the future.
Word Count: 1277
Note: HERE THERE PROBABLY BE BUFFY/JJBA SPOILERS

Chapter 388: Fanning the Flames )

madimpossibledreamer: Dante fighting demons (devil may cry)
2025-08-21 01:50 pm

Fire After the Rain

Alice was angry enough she just went for one of the strongest Korean insults she had. From what I found researching, for Koreans, ‘crazy bastard’ is really up there...kind of like how most Italian insults are on the table, but especially for the Catholics anything involving blasphemy is worse than pages and pages of inventive semi-Shakespearean insults.
These Devores are probably not related to Vanessa or Venetian masks. Probably.
okay the exit symbols are random and des as per his usual just walked up and touched two of them and went ‘what, like it’s hard?’
You’d probably be disappointed, Desmond. And actually surprisingly a little grossed out for once. As Shaun would no doubt tell you, books bound in human skin are actually a thing and I’m sure the Illuminati have at least several.


Main Points: Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Just because Beaumont is gone does not mean that the Archives are now safe.
Word Count: 2586
Rating: Teen

typical illuminati design )

madimpossibledreamer: Paper lanterns floating over a fleet of ships. (lanterns)
2025-08-19 05:28 pm

Let Me Be Your Wings

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: Shaun and Xander are still navigating a new relationship, but they're both good at making each other feel needed and getting each other through the bad days.
Word Count: 1754
Rating: Teen 

soothing insecurities in nonrecommended ways )

madimpossibledreamer: Tatsuya holding a motorcycle helmet under his arm and looking at a swingset (tatsuya)
2025-08-18 02:14 pm

Makes No Difference

(avon and jesse seem to be channeling taishakuten at his most demented and—honestly yeah ‘let me build a kingdom for you and then force you to tear my heart out’ does kind of seem to be their plan doesn’t it)
I had this thought during Place in the Universe, but actually getting it into a readable shape took a lot longer.

Main Points:
Buffy/Blake's 7 (Place in the Universe)
Chapter Summary: Jesse plots revenge.  Willow has her own contribution.
Word Count: 425
Rating: Teen
Background Jesse/Xander, Tara/Willow

 

to reverse everything )

 

madimpossibledreamer: Jotaro pointing at the camera (kujo)
2025-08-17 04:36 pm

Comparing Scars

Main Points:
Ace Attorney Soulmate AU
Chapter Summary:
Edgeworth has another loose end to address.
Word Count: 870
Rating: Teen
Pairing: pre-Wright/Edgeworth
Spoilers: Mainly for the second game, but given that the other parts have spoilers for the first and third games as well...
Warnings: References to self-harm/suicidal thoughts. As always if you need help please seek it!

in service )
madimpossibledreamer: Jotaro pointing at the camera (point)
2025-08-16 07:56 pm

idle thought #693

So uh in 2009 they introduced lay judges to japan which are absolutely not part of something called the MASON system. Is this predicting the future, or did they hear about this happening beforehand? (especially paired with the semi-seeing the future thing with Vera’s paintings.)

madimpossibledreamer: Dante fighting demons (dante)
2025-08-15 05:30 pm

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Shadowed Suspicion Chapter 387

Main Points:
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure/Buffy the Vampire Slayer AU
Chapter Summary: The bookstore owner may have a lead for them to follow, but taking him up on his offer may be dangerous...
Word Count: 1210
Note: HERE THERE PROBABLY BE BUFFY/JJBA SPOILERS 

 

Chapter 387: Easy to Remember )

 


madimpossibledreamer: Tatsuya holding a motorcycle helmet under his arm and looking at a swingset (innocent sin)
2025-08-14 03:30 pm

Archive This

Desmond was in fact unreasonably disappointed because he’s really kind of curious about what goes on in a typical classroom, even though nothing at this school could really be considered typical.


Main Points: Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Desmond and his ducklings find a few mysteries, getting into the Archive.
Word Count: 2586
Rating: Teen

 

old and new )

 


madimpossibledreamer: Eye from manga drawing. (phoenix)
2025-08-13 09:12 pm

Youtube Boycott

Well, uh. It's going? It has come to my attention that I might have a bit of a problem, but that's okay. I'm also not 100% sure how long I can keep a full boycott going, but that's fine. I'll remind anyone else maybe thinking about it that even substantially changing your viewing habits especially if you're a heavy user will be noticed as long as you're not the only one doing it.

*One of my big youtube uses was overnight. I'd have 8-10 hour ambience videos going to help me sleep. Except Dailymotion also has those. Don't need youtube overnight anymore!
*A lot of people were worried about watching cartoons/animated stuff/anime. Check your local library. You might not even need to physically check anything out if they have a service like Hoopla. I believe I found HunterxHunter on it the other day. If your local public library is part of a library system, like ours is, you may even be able to get stuff within the area but not at your specific library through an interlibrary loan. I can also confirm that 'Animation & Cartoons' is a section of the Internet Archive, though I can't confirm they will have the specific cartoon you want to watch. Also, some places, like yugioh, have their own dedicated website from the publisher to watch the anime.
*Something you have might have Vevo for music.  The Internet Archive also has music.
*Some youtubers might have, say, a podcast that you can listen to instead of watching, or at least to cut down on your watching. Council of Geeks and Jessie Gender have a podcast, The Man With a Million Channels Simon Whistler's stuff are also podcasts, some like the Meidas Touch Network also have their own website to watch things instead, etc.
*It's harder to get actually voiced let's play content alternatives, but there's some non-voiced I've found on Dailymotion, and there's always Twitch (though if you're looking for full playthroughs that's unlikely, as Twitch added their 'maximum hours per channel' thing a bit ago).

And if you just have to watch: watching signed out, using adblock (as the FBI recommended) and a VPN are all ways to send a message to youtube and make your data less profitable.  Maybe see this as a sign to de-google your life.  Sign petitions, write or call Google, like or share videos calling them out on their policy, etc.
Oh yeah, also: think long and hard if you want to give them any info.  If you're a creator that uses facecam, I'd probably be most likely to do the selfie, since that's info they already have and have already used to train AI, so they're not getting anything new that can and will be lost in a massive data leak.
madimpossibledreamer: Dante fighting demons (dante)
2025-08-13 09:11 pm

idle thought #692

...I just put together that the reason the Bendy design looks so familiar is it looks (on the face, at least) like a colorswapped Obariyon from the Devil Summoner Raidou games.