Tiny spam and a rec

[st_aurafina]

The Person of Interest exchange is open for sign-ups! It was a really fun exchange last year, I heartily recommend it:
Exchange of Interest 2019

(A lot of the people signed up are also on the POI discord: The Subway.)


- Speaking of Discord, Marvel Multi-ship Discord Servers

- via runpunkrun, a new comm, gluten_free

- via marthawells, Announcing the Title of Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries Novel

- I'm between games right now, and starting to play around with Stardew Valley. This is a good intro: Stardew Valley!

- via fred_mouse, (and because I keep thinking this will be useful to me but somehow not trying yet), How I use Habitica

- Two links on alt-text: via runpunkrun, Alt-text tips you probably don't know. And via goss, Why an HTML image alt text doesn't show on hover.


Lastly, fic rec: An excellent and well-written Root/Shaw fic that has just finished up, where Root is a cross-roads demon. It has loyalty kink in spades, it's clever and plays with mythology really well, and it has a very satisfying and oddly happy ending considering the set-up.

It's all fire and brimstone, baby (21730 words) by canadianwheatpirates
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: Person of Interest (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Root/Sameen Shaw
Characters: Root, Sameen Shaw, John Reese, Harold Finch, Michael Cole, Joss Carter
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Crossroads Demon, demon!Root, canon divergent - Decima never happens, unsafe depictions of blood magic, ritual self-harm, Canon-Typical Violence, offscreen canon-typical torture, shoot week 2017, Nobody Actually Dies, it just has a super deathy vibe there for a while, Blood Bond
Summary:

“Some saw the sudden illness and death as some form of possession – the devil inside Samantha finally overpowering her and her whole family – and a small party laid her to rest at the crossroads outside of town with a stake through her heart. Many believe that she still resides at that crossroads as a demon who waits for the bold or the desperate to call upon her.”

Shaw summons a crossroads demon. It goes as well as you would expect.

Comments

[snickfic]

I also run a multi-ship discord, Road to Knowhere. I probably will not alert that tumblr person to its presence, but folks here on DW are welcome to join! We're 18+, all ships and kinks allowed, although we're not actually very kinky.

[st_aurafina]

I lurk on there, actually! It's a good server.

[snickfic]

Oh, neat! I don't know if I realized that. :)

[corvidology]

I hope the POI exchange goes well!

I'm trying to avoid signing up for anything right now as I have so little spare time but it does sound like fun. :D

[st_aurafina]

I hope so too! It was fun last year.

I'm trying to avoid signing up for anything right now
Ugh, I know that feeling. I've just come out of a busy time, and I can finally think. And read. It's very nice.

(You don't have to be signed up to write a treat, if the creative urge sweeps down on you.)

[vass]

- I'm between games right now, and starting to play around with Stardew Valley. This is a good intro: Stardew Valley!

Oh no. You will be missed. I'll see you again in spring. Our spring, not the game's.

[st_aurafina]

Oh, dear. I haven't actually started playing yet - I'm still getting the hang of the set-up and figuring out how I want my controls, so I haven't disappeared into the barn just yet.

[vass]

Say hi to the chickens for me!

[fred_mouse]

Oh, that story. Umm. (this is good, yes)