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Name: C.K. or Chester
Age group: mid-to-late 30s -- 36 specifically.
Country: USA
Subscription/Access Policy: 18+ only. No Harry Potter fans. No antis. No Chappell Roan stans (I see how y'all are treating my man and I don't like it.) For a more in-depth 'about me', follow this link.

Main Fandoms: Culture Club (the greatest band of the '80s! I write fic for them and sometimes cross-post deep dives from my website on them.)
Other Fandoms: Linkin Park, WWE, Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Fannish Interests: Fanfiction mostly, and doing deep dives on my many OCs.
OTPs and Ships: Culture Club: Boy George/Jon Moss, Roy Hay/Mikey Craig; Linkin Park: Bennoda [Chester Bennington/Mike Shinoda]; Wrestling: Hartbreak (Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels), Shawnter (Shawn Michaels/Hunter Hearst-Helmsley), Candy (Cody Rhodes/Randy Orton); and then I have a lot of ships in my fandoms involving OCs.

Favourite Movies: The Room (lol), Pretty in Pink, Borat, Major League, man there's so many and I can't think of all of them.
TV Shows: I actually don't watch TV.
Books: Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart by Martha Hart
Music: I listen to a lot of '80s. My faves are Culture Club (and yes, that means I like Boy George's solo work too), a-ha, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Information Society, New Order, The Cure, A Flock of Seagulls, Real Life, Johnny Hates Jazz, Mr. Mister, Oingo Boingo. Then outside of '80s music I like Massive Ego, $uicideboy$, Linkin Park, and Fort Minor.
Games: Sonic the Hedgehog (1, 2, 3), Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3D Blast, Pokemon, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, GTA series, Hitman series, WWE series, Tomb Raider (original games series), Crash Bandicoot 1 & 2, Legacy of Kain series
Comics/Anime/Misc: Not really into much comics or anime, but my fave anime is Death Note.

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

It's been a while since I last posted, so here we go again!

Name: C.K. or Chester

Age: 36, nearly 37, growing old mandatory, growing up optional

I mostly post about: Culture Club/Boy George & Jon Moss (my hyperfixation of 22 years and counting), Linkin Park, wrestling (classic SMW/WWF, Jim Cornette, and my deeply cursed WWE 2K25 Universe), my OCs who are realer to me than most people, witchcraft/spirit work/folk healing/moon rituals/grief magic, retro gaming, emotional overshares that read like journal entries from a possessed poet, fanfiction that makes people unwell at 2am, chaos, and the occasional Reddit food rabbit hole

My hobbies are: Writing fic that's 70% emotional breakdown, 20% worldbuilding, and 10% people getting railed in a meaningful way, hexing cults with sigils and sass, collecting music like a religion, drawing OCs, being a haunted glitter goblin with eyeliner and vengeance, building 48-year fanfiction universes with fully documented timelines and named children, going to work like a normal person and coming home a completely different entity I'm currently contemplating doing a vlog on youtube.

My fandoms are: Culture Club (I'm writing a massive AU called Colour By Numbers spanning 1978-2026), Linkin Park (Bennoda forever), wrestling (SMW/WWF/WCW but mainly the universes in my head)

I'm looking for people who: are too weird for Reddit, too raw for Instagram, too smart for Twitter/X, overshare about their OCs like a religion, cry over character development, understand that Jon Moss deserved better, write long posts, and don't find it weird that I've named all the children in my fictional universe including the surprise baby

My posting schedule: Erratic. Sometimes a lot. Sometimes I vanish for three weeks and return with an entire AU timeline and a new OC

Dealbreakers: Racism, ableism, transphobia, homophobia, antisemitism, being a dick, Scientology apologists, anyone who thinks Mike Shinoda is evil because of an Instagram reel, "isn't wrestling fake?", "you still like Linkin Park?", and anti-Zionists/anti-Israel people.

Before adding me: I'm a trans man (he/him, they/them). Autistic and ADHD. I write mpreg unapologetically. I am a Zionist and tired of explaining what that actually means. Pro-AI. I smoke weed. I am extremely defensive of Jon Moss and will write essays about it. My AO3 is CampCornette69 and yes that's a wrestling reference. If you want an even more in-depth about me, click this link for my about post.

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Name: Lauren

Age: 37

I mostly post about: My life, things that are going on for me, I use this thing like a journal. I was super active on LJ from the time was 13 to about 24? I miss the good old days.

My hobbies are: Binging reality TV (Bravo, mostly), reading, photography, thrifting/vintage, shopping and the like

Interest: Concerts, Sleep Token, Sailor Moon (old 90's anime), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cooking & baking, Fitness, Reality Tv (Bravo), Horror, Halloween, Movies, Reading (mostly Suspense/Mystery/Thrillers)...

I'm looking to meet people who: Who post pretty regularly and like to chat and get to know other people. I miss the connections I once had through LJ with people all over the world. I don't really participate in fandoms, so I don't have much to add in that arena.

My posting schedule tends to be: A couple times a week is what I'm aiming for

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: I don't get along with anyone who says that they hate kids or animals. Totally okay to not have either of those things, or want them, but hating is a hard pass for me.

Before adding me, you should know: I'm at constant odds with loving humanity but being very disappointed in people. Does that make sense?

Current Location: UK
Current Music: They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul

Hi!

Name: The Pattern

Age: 40s

I mostly post about: Videogames I'm playing, cdramas I'm watching, some fandom stuff, my writing (fanfic, though I'd like to work on original stuff). Occasional life stuff, but I'm a private person who prefers to keep her online & offline lives separate so it's vague if I do post something.

My hobbies are: Videogames (PS5 & I got a Switch recently), writing, watching cdramas & reading (mainly cnovels these days), I've been watching some videos about scrapbooking/journalling, & would like to try that out.

My fandoms are: SVSSS, MDZS, cdramas, Devil May Cry

I'm looking to meet people who: Share some of my interests, so I can feel less like I'm talking into the void when I post, & give me something to read on my reading page. Would prefer people somewhat close to me in age.

My posting schedule tends to be: Fairly sporadic. I post if I have something to say, which sometimes works out as weekly, maybe a couple of posts within the space of a week, or I might go a few weeks without posting anything.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Controversial dealbreaker these days, but I am very much not comfortable with the word 'queer'. I'm bi & I resent it having been made an umbrella term & slung around casually as a cute marketing buzzword, & anyone who has any kind of objection gets shouted down. I have no objection if that's how you choose to identify, but if it's a major part of your vocabulary & is cropping up multiple times in every post, there's a decent chance we may not get along.

Current Music: Gackt - Vanilla

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Name: The Pattern

Age group: 40s

Country: UK

Subscription/Access Policy: I don't really post anything personal, so everything is public. Can't rule out that I might lock the occasional post in future if I post something that falls in the narrow gap where it's not so private that I'm uncomfortable with sharing it but it's still too personal for me to be comfortable making it public. But that's it.

Main Fandoms: SVSSS, MDZS, cdramas, Devil May Cry (og since the PS2 days & I still suck lol)

Other Fandoms: My interest in ATLA has faded so I wouldn't say I'm exactly in the fandom anymore (though I am loving the live action & will probably have stuff to say when s2 drops), but I still have fanfic ideas for it that I'd like to work on, & I'm always down to rant about how much the comics suck.

Fannish Interests: I write fanfic, share my opinions on stuff, & like taking photos in videogames.

OTPs and Ships: wangxian (mdzs), moshang (svsss), bingqiu (svsss).

Favourite Movies: Casablanca, Knives Out, Ocean's 8, Dredd, Labyrinth

Cdramas: Love Between Fairy & Devil, Till the End of the Moon, The Starry Love, Reset, Blossoms in Adversity, Love Game in Eastern Fantasy, When Destiny Brings the Demon, How Dare You?!

TV Shows: Downton Abbey, Elementary, Red Dwarf

Books: Watership Down, MXTX, Discworld, Tortall books, The Martian

Music: I'm very picky but at the same time the stuff I do like is eclectic. Jrock, 80s & 90s music, citypop

Games: Devil May Cry, Powerwash Simulator, Stray, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Myst, Horizon Zero Dawn, Tearaway, Journey, Flower

I like to post about: Videogames I'm playing, cdramas I'm watching, some fandom stuff, my writing (fanfic, though I'd like to work on original stuff). Occasional life stuff, but I'm a private person who prefers to keep her online & offline lives separate so it's vague if I do post something.

Other Info: Controversial dealbreaker these days, but I am very much not comfortable with the word 'queer'. I'm bi & I resent it having been made an umbrella term & slung around casually as a cute marketing buzzword, & anyone who has any kind of objection gets shouted down. I have no objection if that's how you choose to identify, but if it's a major part of your vocabulary & is cropping up multiple times in every post, there's a decent chance we may not get along.

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Fandoms: Alias, Bed Friend, Derry Girls, Free!, Good Trouble, Heated Rivalry, Merlin, One Piece, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Last of Us, XO, Kitty

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Name: Leaf

Age: early 40s

I mostly post about: I haven't posted on my journal yet but when I do it'll probably be about books, music, nature and journaling or whatever I'm currently hyperfocused on

My hobbies are: Hiking, longboarding, learning languages (Swedish and Japanese), music, anime and books

My fandoms are: His Dark Materials, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Loveless (the manga)

I'm looking to meet people who: Post about their hobbies, interests, projects or little everyday joys

My posting schedule tends to be: sporadic, I think

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Transphobia, antisemitism, or any other kind of discrimination. Climate-change-denialism, antivaxxing or similar anti-science BS. Generative AI "content".

Before adding me, you should know: I don't know yet how active I'm going to be :)

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103 Doctor Who icons (Eleventh Doctor era, mostly the Eleventh Doctor), 16 House of the Dragon icons (season one, mostly Daemon), 1 Womb/Clone icon, 8 Christopher and His Kind icons, 8 The Death of Bunny Munro (should be non-spoilery, but hasn't aired in the US yet) There is a Matt Smith theme. :)

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103 Doctor Who icons (Eleventh Doctor era), 16 House of the Dragon icons (season one), 1 Womb/Clone icon, 8 Christopher and His Kind icons, 8 The Death of Bunny Munro (should be non-spoilery, but hasn't aired in the US yet)

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Name: reggie/reg

Age: 36

I mostly post about: stranger things, billy hargrove, dacre montgomery, joe keery, joseph quinn, fred hechinger, anime/manga, video games.

My hobbies are: drawing, writing, movies, spellwork/tarot/witchcraft.

My fandoms are: stranger things, gladiator ii, fantastic four, x-men, venom, anime/manga, the kray twins.

Before adding me, you should know: i am very gay and very trans, and will not tolerate any form of homophobia and transphobia. i'm also very witchy/pagan, and work with spiritual energy. if that bothers you, i understand! feel free to follow and/or unfollow at your leisure.

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Name: reggie/reg

Age: 36

I mostly post about: stranger things, billy hargrove, dacre montgomery, joe keery, joseph quinn, fred hechinger, the kray twins.

My hobbies are: drawing, writing, movies, spellwork/tarot/witchcraft.

My fandoms are: stranger things, gladiator ii, the eagle, fantastic four, x-men, anime/manga, rpf.

Before adding me, you should know: i am very gay and very trans, and will not tolerate any form of homophobia and transphobia. i'm also very witchy/pagan, and work with spiritual energy. if that bothers you, i understand! feel free to follow and/or unfollow at your leisure.

Search maintenance

Happy Wednesday!

I'm taking search offline sometime today to upgrade the server to a new instance type. It should be down for a day or so -- sorry for the inconvenience. If you're curious, the existing search machine is over 10 years old and was starting to accumulate a decade of cruft...!

Also, apparently these older machines cost more than twice what the newer ones cost, on top of being slower. Trying to save a bit of maintenance and cost, and hopefully a Wednesday is okay!

Edited: The other cool thing is that this also means that the search index will be effectively realtime afterwards... no more waiting a few minutes for the indexer to catch new content.

I would like to have all of the rest of the world disappear and live with you here.

Name: Simone

Age:

Closer to 40 than 30.

I mostly post about:

I've only just started this journal, though I've used Dreamwidth sporadically before. I plan to mainly write about my writing progress, my writing projects, thoughts on writing, authors/poets I'm reading (English) and similar.

My hobbies are:

Poetry, roleplaying, writing, ballet, art, icon making (sporadically and mostly RP-related) and scrapbooking/collage-making.

My fandoms are:

I'm not active in any fandoms rn, though in the past I've been active in the Takarazuka Revue fandom and the Danish ballet fandom. I am, however, running the poetry prompt challenge community,

25poemsamonth, if that counts as a fandom.

I'm looking to meet people who:

Like to write, will share their writing with me, their writing progress, ups-downs, writing journal, research, thoughts. Just writing, ok.

My posting schedule tends to be:

Honestly, probably sporadic, but as I'm beginning to work on an English-language verse novel soon, I hope to be a little more active than just once a month.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:

No gen AI. No queerphobia, transphobia, racism, etc.

Before adding me, you should know:

Can't really think of anything. I live in Denmark, so might post at weird times compared to the many American folks here.

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CANON: House of the Dragon.
CHARACTERS: Alicent Hightower, Aemond Targaryen, Rhaenyra Targaryen, Jacaerys Velaryon, Baela Targaryen, Daemon Targaryen
ADDITIONAL INFO: Season 2, Episode 5
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New AddMe for Spring 2026!

Name: Soda (she/her)

Age: Late 20s

I mostly post about: Artwork, writing, character design and development, whatever shows and/or games I'm currently invested in, the various happenings in my life, any thoughts, feelings, and other ramblings that come to mind

My hobbies are: Illustration, writing, gaming, streaming, collecting comics, merchandise, plushies (I have too many), and stationary

My fandoms are: Main is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003, IDW, and Splintered Fate), casual enjoyer of Pokemon and Sonic the Hedgehog; I also enjoy a number of various anime, cartoons, comics/manga, and video games that I may mention from time to time.

I'm looking to meet people who: While no specific person comes to mind, as long you're kind and considerate, I'm happy to chat even if our interests don't line up.

My posting schedule tends to be: A bit sporadic, but I usually manage to get one or two posts in a week

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: I prefer to interact with users who are at least 20 or older and will avoid interacting with minors. Not tolerant of bigotry in any form (racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc.) I do, unfortunately, have quite a few major squicks on the fannish front, so if you're posting things like adult/minor pairings and/or incest, I'm going to politely keep my distance.

Before adding me, you should know: I prefer to keep my journal SFW out of personal preference. Neurodivergent (autistic), highly anxious to the point I sometimes delete posts for whatever reason, although I'm trying to be braver about posting my opinions even if they lean more towards the negative and come off as a bit whiny/complainy.

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Hi!!

I made this account in 2022 but abandoned it for a while. I feel very new to this! It took me five minutes just to work out how to join and post here 🙃

Name: June, they/them

Age: 30s!

I mostly post about: My knitting and other craft pursuits, my health (it’s kind of bad, guys) in terms of life updates usually, and my solo rpg games, so far. If I talk about food I’ll make it filterable when I work out… how.

I hope I’ll expand as I get a wider social circle. It’s weird to blog at myself.

My hobbies are: Knitting, writing, solo RPG games, cross-stitch, birdwatching (sort of, I most sit by a window while chilling and watch the birds fight over the bird feeder) paper flowers. I’m currently largely housebound, my hobbies are Indoors Things at the moment. When I AM outside in The Beast (my powerchair) I’ll probably spam pictures of the sky and urban pigeons.

My fandoms are: Star Trek (though I’m SO behind on everything new. I watched half of discovery and nothing else since), Dragon Age, Mass Effect. Flight Rising! Terry Pratchett, The Foreigner Series. I don’t spend a huge amount of time posting about those, these days, though.

I’m looking to meet people who are: Kind, open-minded.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Racism, LGBTQ+phobia, Islamophobia, ableism, fatphobia—you get the gist, I hope. If you consider yourself to be ‘a Conservative’ we will probably not get along, let’s save ourselves the bother.

No under 18s, please!