Sooo, someone made some totally rad art and I’ve read the Primary Chronicle cover to cover, and now we’re here? With another odd historic AU? I could learn how to use some chill… but where would be the fun in that? ;)

🏒💙❤️ #heatedrivalry

Kitty Cone and Brad Lomax were key players in the 1977 sit-ins which pressured the Department of Health and Human Services to establish policies to implement section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

I think my librarian friend is making fun of me (affectionate) 😂

New year, same goal: Support and protect independent bookstores at all costs 🫡

New Year is a time to reflect on all the dogs we’ve met in the past year, and to look forward to all the dogs we’ll meet in the year to come.

I don’t know who needs to know this BUT: alcohol was outlawed under the Bolsheviks in the 1910s, vodka was not allowed to be sold at normal proof again until Stalin came to power in the 1930s. And, if you like Stolichnaya, thank Pepsi for building a factory in the USSR. Your weird facts for today.

Proof of Concept: Hi HR Fandom. I’m Orchid and I write everything by hand. Like a lunatic.

It’s been a long while since I’ve felt so genuinely nervous about putting pen to paper and writing. Years, honestly, and it’s sort of refreshing tbh.

The energy I’m bringing into 2026…

The origins of self-help writing are often traced back to ancient times. This episode talks through some early versions of it, the goal-setting advice of a founding father, and the beginnings of the modern self-help genre. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

I spent most of today lounging in bed, thinking up what Ilya and Shane would name restaurants in a chef AU. I have funny answers, and answers designed to make you weep, and it’s very fun. I’m only in fandom to write AUs, regardless of fandom 😂

Should I sign up for a writing challenge, even if I haven’t finished a single narrative in 10 months? Yes or no?

It’s 2026 and they’re getting married!!!! Happy New Year everyone! #rwrb #rwrbart #fpdrawcember #rwrw

I did the math, and realized that I posted (emphasis: posted) 345,675 words this year. I wrote so much in 2024, that feels like such a lowball number, but in fact that’s so many words. I’m trying to remind myself of how big that number really is. Happy New Year’s, all 💜

When reading the forward to a cookbook gives you a horribly mushy fic idea… thank you, Olia 😌

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: - It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’ - It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’ - It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’ - It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’ - It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’ No worries if not!!!

cheesin bc they both got💍in their pockets -- ❄️ #rwrb

My “cook it raw” themed fic may have finally found a home in Shane and Ilya… I could cry. I’ve been trying to make this plot line work since I was writing Omakase. Almost 4 years. Break out the cookbooks, pour the tea, and sharpen your knives, y’all! We’ve got haute cuisine to cook!

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Here is another Worth dress for Countess Greffulhe, owner of the famed Lily dress. This one, made in 1904, was for her daughter, Elaine's wedding. Elaine became the Duchess of Gramont, when she married Armand de Gramont. However, in articles about the event, Elaine's wedding

Oh, and one for the RWRB peeps. I’m trying out here, I swear.

It’s not Sunday anymore, and this is more than seven sentences, but I’m enjoying playing around with stuff :)

Last night, my dad and I had just enough krupnik (polish honey liquor) for him to randomly do a loon call. And my fiance — bless him — jumped to the tune of “what the frick?!?!”

someone very well meaning tagged me in one of those “fic year in review” games. Which was lovely and thoughtful and I love a tag game! But now I’m staring at my Ao3 realizing I barely finished any story I posted this year. And am thoroughly embarrassed with myself. So… may 2026 be a better year? 😅

I do love the details that are stitched into the construction of early #1820s outerwear. Whether it is the long pelisse or the short fitted spencer, the hand worked shoulder puffs and appliqués decorating the bodices are beautifully subtle #cincyartmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Gift wrapping season, with Bells theme 🔔🎁 #rwrb #firstprince #fpdrawcember

I love reading a fic and getting the vibe that whoever wrote it has no concept of what a lot of snow is. No shade or nothing, I just love that little tell — like how my fiance thinks 3” of snow is a blizzard, but I’m like “14” plus 3” of solid ice”

It positively glows, this early 1890s tea gown by Emile Pingat. The variegated black & yellow silk creates a kind of burnished hue, additional drama fashioned in full sleeves & high collar. It seems quite structured for a tea gown but it certainly makes a statement #NatGalleryAus #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

It’s the day after Christmas. Which means only two things: 1. rewatching The Green Knight (✨one year and Yuletide hence…✨) 2. messing about with yet another chef/restaurant AU fanfic #hrfic

Absolutely howling with laughter at the loon bit — because my Texan fiance did the EXACT SAME THING the first time he was in Maine with me 😂 Boy nearly fell off the dock into the fucking ocean over a bird 😂

So, at Christmas dinner, my sister and I both confessed to watching Heated Rivalry. And that she also wants a Raiders baseball hate And then my mother confessed that her new guilty pleasure is The Summer I Turned Pretty. So, all in all, a good day fandom wise in this house 😂

Time to watch my fave Christmas movie

William Sandys was an antiquarian who published a collection of Christmas carols in the 19th century that turned out to be really influential. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

what I planned to do today: work on my wedding dress what I’m actually doing: calling the state police to try to get video of the person who hit my car and ran last night. May you all have a better today than me.

Happy Festivus! The airing of grievances at my house this year is going to be ✨epic✨

Day 23 - Edward immediately regretted saying that he thought Ethel’s dress was quite an eye watering shade as they took a pre-Christmas stroll. All four of his sisters moved together as one and fixed him with a set of steely glares as they marched past him. 1/2

people have FOMO about parties but i have FOMO about homeownership

Penelope waiting for Odysseus ink on scratchboard 2013

When the Lights Go On Again | OrchidScript A Christmas time “whodunit” featuring ghosts, spies, and a power outage in the countryside. #rwrbfic archiveofourown.org/works/761382...

Storyboard art for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), dir. Chuck Jones and Ben Washam, MGM Animation/Visual Arts

Merry Christmas 🎄

Happy Yule ✨

Pure joy

Boldest of Blood, Wildest of Heart | OrchidScript Look, and see, a world that holds more wonder than any since Earth was born… An homage to Gawain & the Green Knight featuring a knight, a fox, a hunter, and the legendary Christmas Game. #rwrbfic #rwrbsky archiveofourown.org/works/621521...

someone tell me why I’ve spent the rest of the afternoon researching spinal compression injuries… 😈

these boys bring out the whump writer in me, I swear…