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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Favonian (adjective)
favonian [fuh-voh-nee-uhn]

adjective
1. of or relating to the west wind.
2. mild or favorable; propitious.

Origin: 1650–60; < Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn

Example Sentences
Favonian, fav-ō′ni-an, adj. pertaining to the west wind, favourable.
From Project Gutenberg

Such soft favonian airs upon a flute, Such shadowy censers burning live perfume, Shall lead the mystic city to her tomb; Nor flowerless springs, nor autumns without fruit, Nor summer mornings when the winds are mute, Trouble her soul till Rome be no more Rome.
From Project Gutenberg

Soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first.”
From Project Gutenberg

See, the summer gay, 680 With her green chaplet, and ambrosial flowers, Droops into pallid autumn: winter grey, Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn, and his golden fruits, away: Then melts into the spring: soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first.
From Project Gutenberg

The wind blew free that morn that we, High-hearted, sailed away; Bound for Favonian islands blest, Remote within the utmost West, Beyond the golden day.
From Project Gutenberg

crenellated [ˈkrɛnɪˌleɪtɪd ]

adjective
1. having battlements
2. (of a moulding, etc) having square indentations

examples

1. Maine’s coastline, crenellated with deep estuaries and bays fed by rivers mixing with cold ocean water that pumps nutrients up from below, may seem like a bivalve paradise. "Innovative Fish Farms Aim to Feed the Planet, Save Jobs and Clean Up an Industry’s Dirty Reputation," Scientific American 1 May 2022

2. From this central block rose the twin towers, ancient, crenellated, and pierced with many loopholes. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

origins

Old French quernelé, from crenel, quernel "crenellation" (from cren, cran "notch"—going back to Gallo-Romance *crēn- or *crĭn-, of uncertain origin)

Last month I organized sense8week, a fandom event to celebrate the show's 10 years. Now that I've read/seen all sense8week works, here's a rec list with my faves.

Medium: fanfic
Fandom: Sense8
Relationships: Felix & Wolfgang, Hernando/Lito/Dani, Amanita/Nomi, Riley & Wolfgang, and Kala/Rajan/Wolfgang
Total: 5 works

See the full list at my journal.

boscage [-kij]

noun:
a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket

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Examples:

The journey took 48 hours with a stopover in a Bates-style motel in the one-horse town of Marblemount - the last services for 70 wild miles of boscage and bears. (Dan Richards, 'You could see it all from that marvellous glass cabin in the Cascade mountains', The Guardian, February 2021)

The forest continued almost to the city walls. Peering from behind the final boscage, I saw their overwhelming battlements in the sky above me, and noted the flawless jointure of their prodigious blocks. (Clark Ashton Smith, 'The City of the Singing Flame')

It was a perfect June night, the heavens a sable pall studded with innumerable star-clusters, the little vagrant breezes redolent of new mown hay, a nightingale singing in a nearby boscage. (Van Tassel Sutphen, In Jeopardy)

On such a spot fairies would pitch for their revels, noticing how the curtains of the shrubberies would mask their troopings, and the extending wings of boscage give surprise to their exits and entrances. (Frank Fox, England)

Origin:

Middle English boskage, borrowed from Anglo-French boscage 'wood, woodland,' from bois, bos 'grove, forest, wood (the material)' (Old French also bosc) + -age (Merriam-Webster)

Middle English boskage, from Old French boscage, from bosc, forest, of Germanic origin. (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)

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For Fandom In Color we’re highlighting Hobie Brown!

Also known as Spider-Punk, Hobie was a rather niche Marvel comics character until his film debut in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, after which his popularity skyrocketed. Many fans love his punk aesthetic and attitude, but also his desire to do good. Fans also love to include meta about his shoelaces in their fanworks!

Are you a fan of Hobie? Help us expand his Fanlore page by adding your favorite tropes and fanworks!

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Teyla Emmagan, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex
Rating: Gen
Length: 1934
Creator Links: Punk on AO3, DesireeArmfeldt on AO3, DesireeArmfeldt on Audiofic Archive
Themes: Working together, Teams, Friendship

Summary: The sun is high overhead, the sky a brilliant, cloudless blue.

Reccer's Notes: This is told from Teyla's POV, on a somewhat frustrating off-world mission where John and Rodney are being particularly dense and snarky. Luckily, Ronon's there to unexpectedly save the day! I especially love the strong sense of place and of the natural world in the story.

Fanwork Links: A Hundred Hundred Bolts of Satin on AO3, and the podfic read by DesireeArmfeldt

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As part of Fanlore’s Fandom in Color month, we’re holding two editing chats over on our Discord on Sat July 26 at 10pm UTC (What time is that for me?) and Sun July 27 at 3pm UTC (What time is that for me?}.

What is an “editing chat”? It’s a real-time chat where everyone works on doing some Fanlore editing, usually themed around pages of a certain topic. There’s no requirement to have edited Fanlore before, as we’re happy to show you the ropes!

The focus will be creating and adding to pages related to fans and fandom of color – characters, communities, events, activism, meta essays, and much more. If you’re passionate about expanding Fanlore’s coverage of this extremely under-served area – so are we! We’d love you to come along and take part. All participants will also earn a fun badge to post to their Fanlore user page!

Use this link to join our Discord server, and we’ll join you there for the chat!

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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 fics/podfics/fanart/fanvids/fancrafts/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.

Hi peeps, I've gotten behind on my weekly word due to a busy summer! Things may be spotty for me until September.

Thinking of summer, kulfi is on my mind! This creamy, frozen dessert, made from evaporated milk, has been around for centuries. Although it is considered a popular South Asian dessert, the word originates from qulfi, a Persian word for "covered cup". Kulfi comes in many different flavours and you may find a freezer full of them at your local South Asian import store or grocery!

By Commoner247 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

This is Round Two of the Fic Writer Claims for the 2025 round of WIPrB. You may claim up to two art projects this round. Please put your top three choices in order of preference in case your first choice is taken. If you want two separate art projects to write fic for, fill out the form twice with two unique check-in IDs.

The form is located at https://forms.gle/q1dCBsdvGukK3B2B9.

Round two of the fic claims will go on until July 31st. An art project is crossed out when it is claimed and can no longer be asked for.

( Angel the Series )
( Baldur’s Gate 3 )
( Critical Role Vox Machina (campaign or animated series)  )
( Danny Phantom /Young Justice )
( Doodle World (Roblox) )
( DreamSMP )
( Invisible Inc. )
( JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind )
( Naruto, Naruto Shippuden )
( One Piece  )
( Original Works )
( Promare )
( She-Ra and the Princesses of Power )
( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )
( The Locked Tomb )
( Transformers )
( Undertale )
( White Collar )
( 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù )
( 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù )
( 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī / 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System / 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú )

This is Round Two of the Artist Claims for the 2025 round of WIPBB. You may claim up two fics this round. Please put your top three choices in order of preference in case your first choice is taken. If you want two separate fics to make art for, fill out the form twice with two unique check-in IDs.

The form is located at https://forms.gle/vTB4mZbDqtVDyApP7.

Round two of the art claims will go on until July 31st. A fic is crossed out when it is claimed and can no longer be asked for.

( Mission: Impossible )
( My Hero Academia | Boku No Hero Academia )
( NCIS (TV 2003)/Criminal Minds (US TV) )
( Naruto )
( Neighbours (TV) )
( Original Work )
( Person of Interest )
( Persona 5 )
( Princess Tutu )
( Professional Wrestling )
( Project Wingman / Ace Combat )
( RWBY )
( Saiyuki )
( She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) )
( Spartacus Series (TV) , Spartacus: Vengeance, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena )
( Spy x Family (Manga) )
( Star Trek )
( Star Trek: Alternate Original Series/Subnautica )
( Star Wars )
( Stargate Atlantis )
( Stargate SG-1 )
( Stranger Things )
( Supernatural (TV 2005) )
( Ted Lasso )
( Teen Wolf (TV) )
( Teen Wolf (TV)/Marvel Cinematic Universe )
( The Bear )
( The Hunger Games )
( The Legend of Zelda )
( The Murderbot Diaries )
( The Old Guard )
( The Order of the Stick )
( The Owl House )
( The Trials of Apollo )
( The Umbrella Academy )
( Top Gun: Maverick  )
( Torchwood )
( Transformers )
( Trigun Maximum )
( Undertale/Doki Doki Literature Club )
( Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time )
( Zero Escape )
( 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù )
( 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga) )
( 将进酒 - 唐酒卿 | Qiāng Jìn Jiǔ - Táng Jiǔ Qīng  )
( 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) )
( 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS )

This is Round Two of the Artist Claims for the 2025 round of WIPBB. You may claim up two fics this round. Please put your top three choices in order of preference in case your first choice is taken. If you want two separate fics to make art for, fill out the form twice with two unique check-in IDs.

The form is located at https://forms.gle/vTB4mZbDqtVDyApP7.

Round two of the art claims will go on until July 31st. A fic is crossed out when it is claimed and can no longer be asked for.

( 30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい | Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (Manga)  )
( 911 Lone Star )
( All Elite Wrestling, Professional Wrestling )
( All For the Game )
( Angel: The Series )
( Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)  )
( BBC Sherlock )
( BBC Sherlock/Marvel Cinematic Universe (Agents Of SHIELD) )
( Bad Buddy  )
( Borderlands Series )
( Bright )
( Buffy the Vampire Slayer )
( Captive Prince )
( Check, Please! )
( Community (TV) )
( Conclave (2024) )
( Criminal Minds (US TV)/The Black Phone (2022) )
( DC Comics )
( Danny Phantom )
( Danny Phantom/Transformers )
( Danny Phantom/Young Justice (cartoon)  )
( Death Note )
( Doctor Sleep (Book & Film) )
( Druck (SKAM) )
( Empires SMP )
( Final Fantasy Series )
( Formula 1 RPF )
( Formula 1 RPF/Motercycle RPF/Motorsports RPF )
( Foyle's War )
( Fullmetal Alchemist/Criminal Minds  )
( Game of Thrones  )
( Genshin Impact )
( Gladiator (Movies – Scott) )
( Good Omens )
( Grimm )
( Haikyuu!! )
( Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling )
( Harry Potter/MCU )
( Hazbin Hotel )
( Heaven Official's Blessing  )
( Hetalia: Axis Powers )
( Inuyasha )
( Invisible (2022) )
( Invisible Inc. )
( Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon) )
( Lego Monkie Kid )
( Love Between Fairy and Devil )
( Lucifer (TV) )
( Marvel Cinematic Universe )
( Marvel Cinematic Universe/DC Comics )
( Marvel Cinematic Universe/Captain America (Movies)/The Alienist (TV)/The Alienist Series | Dr. Lazlo Kreizler Series - Caleb Carr )

Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Genfic. John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Evan Lorne, Ronon Dex, Carson Beckett, Teyla Emmagan, Original characters
Rating: Teen
Length: 79,623
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply. Grim at times, as it depicts an aspect of WWII.
Creator Links: kristen999 on AO3, everybetty on LJ
Themes: Working together, Action/adventure, Teamwork, Friendship, Genfic, AU: historical, Novel-length

Summary: WWII-based AU. The Team as we know it has been transplanted to the South Pacific.

Reccer's Notes:
This tour de force is a novel-length story by kristen999, assisted by everybetty, an historical AU set in Papua-New Guinea, in WWII. It's pretty male-centric because of that, but does include Teyla as a local liaison with intel about the enemy. It's got lots of plot, great action and adventure, and an excellent sense of place - you can almost feel the tropical heat making you sweat and hear the mosquitoes whine. The story is illustrated throughout with lots of period photos from the time. It's told from all of the team's POVs, particularly John's (he's a pilot, of course, with Rodney and Ronon on his flight crew). Naturally, John gets thoroughly whumped, in the best genfic tradition. There's tons of atmosphere, friendship and teamwork, and it's a really great read.

Fanwork Links: Long Ago (and Far Away)

Tuesday, Jul. 22, 2025

Mugwump (noun)
mugwump [muhg-wuhmp]

noun
1. a Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884.
2. a person who is unable to make up their mind on an issue, especially in politics; a person who is neutral on a controversial issue.

Other Word Forms
mugwumpish adjective
mugwumpery noun
mugwumpism noun
mugwumpian adjective

Origin: First recorded in 1830–35, artificial 19th-century revival of Massachusett ( English spelling) mugquomp, syncopated form of muggumquomp “war leader” (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian (unattested) memekw- perhaps “swift” + (unattested) -a·pe·w “man”)

Example Sentences
Telford Taylor, a mugwump Democrat, remarks that though good intentions may be mitigating circumstances, they do not negate the fact of a crime, if one occurred.
From New York Times

Indeed, the infamous mugwump was predictably dragged on social media after news of the decision broke.
From Salon

This year’s list included “blithering,” ”gauche” and “mugwump,” which refers to a person who remains aloof or independent - especially from party politics.
From Washington Times

This year’s list included “blithering,” ”gauche” and “mugwump,” which refers to a person who remains aloof or independent — especially from party politics.
From Seattle Times

It's not everyday you get called a mugwump.
From BBC

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This week’s Featured Article brings you Invader Zim - the 2001 Nickelodeon cartoon created by Johnen Vasques.

The show follows an alien named Zim, who was sent to Earth with a mission to conquer the planet for his leaders. Unbeknown to Zim, however, the mission is merely an excuse to banish him as no one of his species likes him. Once on Earth, Zim disguises himself as a human and tries to blend in by going to elementary “Skool’’. Zim’s plan for Earth is threatened when a child named Dib discovers his true identity and becomes hellbent on exposing him to others.

Despite the show’s early cancellation, it gained a cult following and has a large online presence on Devianart. After the release of the Netflix film Enter the Florpus in 2019, which serves as a continuation to the series, the fandom gained a significant number of new, younger fans on Tumblr.

Want to find out more about the show and its fandom? Have a look at its Fanlore page!

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Check-in #3 will be open from July 22nd to July 29th. Please remember it is open to both WIPBB and WIPRB participants and is optional.

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goyle [or goyal] [gȯi(ə)l]

noun

dialectal, England: a steep narrow valley : RAVINE, GULLY


examples

1. These, though known for their valour and their breed, were whimpering in a cluster at the head of a deep dip or goyal, as we call it, upon the moor. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

2. In front, where a goyle runs up to a hollow of the hill, the ground has been cleared of wood, and the forest of tall teazle-tops is full of goldfinches, flying from seed-head to seed-head, too tame to mind the noise or care for anything but their breakfast. The Naturalist on the Thames 1882

origins

Unknown. Its earliest known use dates back to the early 1600s, with the first recorded instance in 1617 by John Lane. The word is possibly derived from the term "gool," which also refers to a gully or depression. Found (initially) in the dialects of Somerset and Devon.

magniloquent [mag-nil-uh-kwuhnt]

adjective:
speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful

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Examples:

His star power is based on brains and brawn; he can recite magniloquent phrases while also giving the impression that he could fillet an enemy, Jason Bourne style, armed with only a Bic pen (Jody Rosen, Why Is Matt Damon Shilling for Crypto?, New York Times, February 2022)

The revealing, magniloquent letter is one of more than 1,600 records and documents relating to George IV from the Royal Archives published online for the first time. (Mark Brown, Letters shed light on lovelorn prince who became George IV, The Guardian, October 2019)

In such magniloquent language did the doctor describe the very simple process of fixing a door to the top landing of the house, which gave her the floor to herself. (Edgar Wallace, The Hand of Power)

His magniloquent western name was the moral umbrella upon which he balanced the fine problem of his finances. He was widely respected. (James Joyce, Dubliners)

It was empty, magniloquent, abstract, flatulent, pretentious, confused, and sub-human. I could have wept salt tears. But I couldn't do anything else; the young man wanted a clean heart and a new spirit, not a little top-dressing. (Logan Pearsall Smith, Unforgotten Years)

Origin:

1650s, a back-formation from magniloquence, or else from Latin magniloquentia 'lofty style of language,' from magniloquus 'pompous in talk, vaunting, boastful,' from combining form of magnus 'great' (from PIE root meg- 'great') + -loquus 'speaking,' from loqui 'to speak' (from PIE root tolkw- 'to speak'). Wycliffe (late 14c) translates Latin magniloquam as 'speechy'. (Online Etymology Dictionary)

Magnus means 'great' in Latin; loqui is a Latin verb meaning 'to speak.' Combine the two and you get magniloquus, the Latin predecessor of magniloquent. English-speakers started using magniloquent in the 1600s, despite having had its synonym grandiloquent since the 1500s. (Grandiloquent comes from Latin grandiloquus, which combines loqui and grandis, another word for 'great' in Latin.) Today, these synonyms continue to exist side by side and to be used interchangeably, though grandiloquent is the more common of the two. (Merriam-Webster)

Fandoms: Stargate: SG-1, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Characters/Pairings: Jack O'Neill, Teal'c, Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson, Sarah Connor, Cameron, John Connor
Rating: Gen
Length: 1886
Creator Links: cofax on AO3
Themes: Working together, Action/adventure, Crossover, Time travel, Teams, Robots and Androids

Summary: SG-1 meets a very intense woman with two heavily-armed teenagers in a warehouse in Modesto.

Reccer's Notes: A short fic about Sarah Connor's team helping Jack's team while on a mission in the past, dealing with a Terminator. Gripping action - and an intriguing and worrying AU in terms of the future of this crossover Earth. As Jack says: "That's just ... great." (Need to log in to AO3 to read it)

Fanwork Links: Temporary Alliances

Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairings/Characters: Twelve/Missy/Jack
Rating: M
Length: 11,681 words
Creator Links: Trobadora
Theme: Working Together, time travel

Summary: This is what it takes to hold together what has been sheared apart.
Or: The Doctor, Jack Harkness and Missy encounter a weapon from the Time War.

Reccer's Notes: Jack visits the Doctor to berate him for releasing the Master from the vault. While he's there, something terrible is happening to time itself.  The Doctor and Missy have to work together with Jack's help to stabilize their timeline.  The author does such a great job showing you these little snippets of possible timelines, and giving you just enough that you want to know more.  There is a sex scene between the three of them, but it makes sense in the context of story, and is about so much more than just sex.  If you like Twelve and Missy and have always wanted to see what it would have been like to throw Jack into the mix, then please read this one.

Fanwork Links: Ao3