Weirdness: Round three

[Té Rowan]

A friend of ours, who was ex-Irgun, showed us how to fold a newspaper into an effective murder weapon. (It was need-to-know. Mary and I both write murder mysteries.)

I'm sure that knowing it also led to happy thought sessions after having to deal with some tenured-beyond-all-usefulness professors.

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Hoary Old sakurademonalchemist Fic Time:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13179246/1/Angels-and-Demons — HP/FF7 crossover, stalled at thirteen chapters.
Serenity Potter's real ancestry is unknown. Then, one day, something happens that would have the Silver Elite FC start researching time travel if they had enough brains remaining.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13262141/1/Hashtag-Believing-is-Seeing — Straight RotG (Return of the Guardians), stalled at three chapters.
Jack Frost discovers the Internet.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12967300/1/Iron-Maiden — HP/Avengers crossover. Stalled at fourteen chapters.
Jasmine Potter's father is not who everyone thought. Even after a long time of work at his company, nobody is any the wiser.

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And a possible Minako-ism: A hand in the bush beats two on the bird.

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2023/10/15/ultra-retro-cafe-in-tokyo-is-like-a-hidden-hideout-serves-up-cheap-breakfasts-with-great-coffee/

The meal counter hidden in the leaves.

[Té Rowan]

For the lone reader that hasn't noticed this yet:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51008296 — "No Chance for Fate" by TribunG
https://archiveofourown.org/works/50841292 — "The Dark Lords of Nerima" by claymade

These two stories are now appearing on AO3. I have not checked if these are straight FF.net or updated versions.

[Té Rowan]

Hoary Old Fic Time:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10599860/1/Another-Granddaughter by Noir Detective. One-shot BtVS/Discworld/HP crossover.

After That Halloween, there is a part-time Death in Sunnydale.

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2023/11/01/after-33-years-hello-kittys-voice-actress-the-legendary-hayahibara-megumi-is-being-replaced/

Lina Inverse is going elsewhere.

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2023/11/05/an-unexpected-visitor-stops-by-our-cheap-japanese-house-in-the-countryside%e3%80%90sorahouse%e3%80%91/

The news team's cheap fixer-upper of a house is getting some interesting visitors at night.

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2023/11/06/japans-new-coins-of-destiny-capsule-toys-want-to-help-you-answer-lifes-most-important-questions/

"It is your Destiny."


https://soranews24.com/2023/11/04/beautiful-models-and-cool-cars-from-the-japan-mobility-show%e3%80%90photos%e3%80%91/

Truck-kun's family is here. And why couldn't NGK just stay NGK?


https://soranews24.com/2023/09/26/mcdonalds-ad-in-japan-causes-controversy-overseas/
https://soranews24.com/2023/11/02/mcdonalds-japan-releases-newest-heartwarming-anime-ad-in-everyday-happiness-series%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/
https://soranews24.com/2023/11/06/mcdonalds-japan-ends-heartwarming-nothing-special-anime-ad-series-with-two-last-videos/

A series of short ads from McDonalds Japan. Nice little slices of life.

[Té Rowan]

New-ish Fic Time:

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-33790/JoshuAB+Hellmouth+Munchkins+A+Scooby+Tale.htm (Xander)
https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-33791/JoshuAB+Hellmouth+Munchkins+A+Slayer+s+Story.htm (Buffy)
https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-34193/JoshuAB+Hellmouth+Munchkins+A+Slayerette+s+Fiction.htm (Willow)

I'm sure you know the term 'munchkinning'. There is a lot of that going around in these fics.

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2023/11/13/this-japanese-maid-has-a-special-ability-shed-like-to-share-with-you/
Experience makes the master.

https://soranews24.com/2023/11/12/tokyo-has-a-new-vending-machine-where-everything-inside-is-free%e3%80%90photos%e3%80%91/
Market research? What a neat concept!

[Té Rowan]

https://www.jedinews.com/film-music-tv/articles/mark-hamill-finally-gets-to-tosche-station/
Well, yeah, better late than never.

[Té Rowan]

https://archive.org/details/videoplayback_20180420 — "8 hours of vintage department store Christmas music"
Yeah, what it says on the label. Not hi-fi, but OK as background music. Might even wake up a few memories.

https://archive.org/details/01-vom-himmel-hoch-da-komm-ich-her — "Weihnachtliche Spieluhren-Musik"
German yuletide music played on music boxes. Very different from the deluge of Overplayed American Christmas Songs.

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2014/10/31/thai-schoolgirl-invents-eco-friendly-method-of-roach-disposal-using-3-simple-ingredients/

What do you think? Will it leave those cockroaches stoned?

[Té Rowan]

https://sparkrocks.tripod.com/gen.htm — A Southparkian insult generator.

[Té Rowan]

https://archive.org/details/DNALOUNGE-2013-12-17d — Something about enormous flaming yule goats and stuff like that.