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[ SECRET POST #7008 ]

⌈ Secret Post #7008 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 46 secrets from Secret Submission Post #1001.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #1002 ]

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #1002 ]

The first secret from this batch will be posted on March 21st.

RULES:
1. One secret link per comment.
2. 750x750 px or smaller.
3. Link directly to the image.

More details on how to send a secret in!

Optional: If you would like your secret's fandom to be noted in the main post along with the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. If your secret makes the fandom obvious, there's no need to do this. If your fandom is obscure, you should probably tell me what it is.

Optional #2: If you would like WARNINGS (such as spoilers or common triggers -- list of some common ones here) to be noted in the main post before the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret.

Optional #3: If you would like a transcript to be posted along with your secret, put it along with the link in the comment!

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Speak Up Saturday

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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

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Pi Day Fics

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weekly chat

Weekly Chat

The weekly chat posts are intended for just that, chatting among each other. What are you currently watching? Reading? What actor/idol are you currently following? What are you looking forward to? Are you busy writing, creating art? Or did you have no time at all for anything, and are bemoaning that fact?

Whatever it is, talk to us about it here. Tell us what you liked or didn't like, and if you want to talk about spoilery things, please hide them under either of these codes:
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Theatre Alert

For theatre enjoyers out there who may not be aware, the National Theatre's production of The Importance of Being Earnest starring Ncuti Gatwa is up for free on youtube until March 18th. It's a filmed version of the live performance, and Mum and I watched Act I last night and I can confirm it is very silly and enjoyable. It does not seem to be region locked, but I cannot swear to that, only that I could watch it fine in Canada.

You can watch it HERE. There's a standard version, an audio described one, and BSL interpreted one.

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just one thing

Just One Thing (14 March 2026)

It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: The Next Thing Will Be Amazing - Culture Club

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Culture Club: Fanfic: Twice Over

Title: Twice Over
Fandom: Culture Club
Pairing: Boy George/Jon Moss
Rating: G
Length: 585 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: A smaller oneshot this time!
Written for: Challenge 509 - Plant
Summary: George is not, he would like it noted, a naturally nurturing person. Jon comes home to find the plant dying. This is not, strictly speaking, a surprise.

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[ SECRET POST #7007 ]

⌈ Secret Post #7007 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Whitney Houston]

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #1000.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

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第五年第六十二天

部首
手 part 44 shǒu
撤, to remove; 撩, to tease; 撬, to pry open ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=64

语法
3.12 Objects with 把
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-3-grammar

词汇
定, to decide/to fix; 固定, fixed; 说不定, maybe; 稳定, stable ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
你信不信我撤了你的特调处, do you believe I will remove your SID or not?
幸亏那地震没把它给震塌了, fortunately the earthquake didn't knock it down
你看我身体健康意志坚定, you can see I'm of healthy body and decided in mind

Me:
我不能把这个盒子撬开。
谁赢谁定。

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Friday, March 13 - Decoration

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Paint manufacture, storage and transport in Napoleonic Europe

For large-scale projects, specifically for ships. All my ship-related resources for the era are for the British Navy, and books on colour that I've read have been on artists' paints or dyes.

How would a French Imperial Navy vessel be painted, not at one of the big shipyards? Would it be mixed up on site from raw ingredients, or bought in? Would there be barrels, buckets with lids, cannisters, vats or what - and what would the paint be made of?

Searching online produces info on painting scale models, or contemporary pictures of ships. I found a chapter on ship decoration in Conway's History of the Ship: The Line of Battle but that doesn't have the early-in-the-process details I want. I found an article on the pre-Revolutionary Navy in the International Journal of Maritime History, by David Plouviez, that's too early and still doesn't cover paint.

Thank-you in advance.

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just one thing

Just One Thing (13 March 2026)

Current Mood: moody

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Red Ball Market Global

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[ SECRET POST #7006 ]

⌈ Secret Post #7006 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 05 secrets from Secret Submission Post #1000.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

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第五年第六十一天

部首
手 part 43
撑, to support; 撒, to scatter; 撞, to bump into ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=64

词汇
顶, top (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
我要不撞他，他也不会摔倒, if I hadn't bumped into him he wouldn't have fallen down
别忘了，你可是站在食物链最顶端的猫族, don't forget, you're from the Cat Tribe, standing at the pinnacle of the food chain.

Me:
他虽然是艺人，但是不太喜欢饭撒。
我想让你成为顶流。

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!free for all day

Thursday, March 12 - Free for All

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characters20in20 Round 21

Link: Round 21 Sign Ups | Round 21 Themes

Description:

characters20in20 is a 20in20 community dedicated to making icons of characters from movies and tv shows. You have 20 days to make 20 icons about a character of your choice, based on a set of themes for the round.

Schedule: Round 21 sign ups are open NOW. Icons are due March 30, 2026.

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characters20in20 Round 21

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Supernatural: Gabriel's Big Bang

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