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shinemagicI'm Wren (he/they), a 25+ aroace nonbinary web & game dev among other things. I mostly post about Yu-Gi-Oh, books and other types of media, and my various projects.
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4/26/26 - 5/2/2026
May. 3rd, 2026 01:51 pm( Media )
American Girl doing a collab with a brand that did an interview in an alt-right magazine definitely wasn't something I was expecting. I don't know what they're thinking.
American Girl doing a collab with a brand that did an interview in an alt-right magazine definitely wasn't something I was expecting. I don't know what they're thinking.
4/12/26 - 4/18/26
Apr. 19th, 2026 12:11 pm( Media )
I've been working on archiving the fics I did for the Winter Solstice last year to my site. It's taking a while because there's a lot of characters I've had to add to the template I'm using.
I've been working on archiving the fics I did for the Winter Solstice last year to my site. It's taking a while because there's a lot of characters I've had to add to the template I'm using.
Books and TTRPGs
Apr. 11th, 2026 02:36 pmI wanted to boost a couple links.
The Narratess Indie Book Sale is live from today to the 13th. There's a website listing all of the books that are on sale and multiple bundles on itch.io for books that are available through there. (I only linked one, but there's links to the other bundles on the website. There is one book that is available on itch.io but isn't in the bundles from what I could tell.)
There's also a TTRPGs for Trans Rights bundle on itch.io until the end of the month. There's over 500 TTRPGs in the bundle proper and if you fill out a form linked in the description, you also get some extras.
The Narratess Indie Book Sale is live from today to the 13th. There's a website listing all of the books that are on sale and multiple bundles on itch.io for books that are available through there. (I only linked one, but there's links to the other bundles on the website. There is one book that is available on itch.io but isn't in the bundles from what I could tell.)
There's also a TTRPGs for Trans Rights bundle on itch.io until the end of the month. There's over 500 TTRPGs in the bundle proper and if you fill out a form linked in the description, you also get some extras.
3/15/26 - 3/21/26
Mar. 22nd, 2026 12:42 pmThere wasn't a lot happening this week.
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unfriendlyamazon created ygofandm, a community for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters fans. (Season 0 is included.) Come join us!
I've been listening to the new opening for Kamen Rider ZEZTZ on repeat. It's so good.
Hopefully this week I'll get around to watching through a play-through of the Fatal Frame II remake. Maybe it'll give me inspiration for the Fatal Frame Fusion AU.
unfriendlyamazon created ygofandm, a community for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters fans. (Season 0 is included.) Come join us!I've been listening to the new opening for Kamen Rider ZEZTZ on repeat. It's so good.
Hopefully this week I'll get around to watching through a play-through of the Fatal Frame II remake. Maybe it'll give me inspiration for the Fatal Frame Fusion AU.
So only time will tell, but Tumblr may be imploding for good this time. 😔
If it does and ends up shutting down, that's going to be a lot of fandom history lost.
Edit: For now they're saying they're rolling back the change that everyone had a strong reaction to.
If it does and ends up shutting down, that's going to be a lot of fandom history lost.
Edit: For now they're saying they're rolling back the change that everyone had a strong reaction to.
3/8/26 - 3/14/26
Mar. 15th, 2026 11:27 amAt this point I'm finally fully recovered from the wisdom teeth removal so I've been a little bit busier.
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3/1/2026 - 3/7/2026
Mar. 8th, 2026 11:39 amPlayed through an event in Duel Links.
I watched Scream for the first time yesterday. I went in knowing who the killer was, but honestly even if I didn't, there were multiple times where they did something suspicious.
I started a project in RPG Maker MV just to figure out the engine.
I'm definitely feeling better. Still some pain, but it's not as bad as it was.
I watched Scream for the first time yesterday. I went in knowing who the killer was, but honestly even if I didn't, there were multiple times where they did something suspicious.
I started a project in RPG Maker MV just to figure out the engine.
I'm definitely feeling better. Still some pain, but it's not as bad as it was.
2/22/26 - 2/28/26
Mar. 2nd, 2026 07:36 pmI got Cozy Sudoku on Steam and I'm definitely enjoying it better than the website I use for Sudoku. (A good portion of the time on the website, the difficulty levels don't feel like they actually match.)
I got my wisdom teeth taken out on Friday and I've been feeling bleh since. I spent a good portion of time yesterday sleeping (which is good for healing, but I wanted to actually do things).
I got my wisdom teeth taken out on Friday and I've been feeling bleh since. I spent a good portion of time yesterday sleeping (which is good for healing, but I wanted to actually do things).
2/15/26 - 2/21/26
Feb. 23rd, 2026 01:04 pmI've gotten back into playing Duel Links. I'm mostly playing Rush Duel because the Speed Duel PVP is kind of awful at the moment.
I went to a craft night at one of my local libraries. Definitely going again next month.
I've been thinking more about my eventual move to Linux. Everything should work fine, but I'm still a little bit anxious that I'll make the move and then find out something doesn't work.
I went to a craft night at one of my local libraries. Definitely going again next month.
I've been thinking more about my eventual move to Linux. Everything should work fine, but I'm still a little bit anxious that I'll make the move and then find out something doesn't work.
2/8/26 - 2/14/26
Feb. 15th, 2026 11:30 amThe past few weeks haven't had much going on so I haven't really had anything to journal about.
I watched Sleepwalkers and Blair Witch Project yesterday. I rewatch Sleepwalkers every couple years and Clovis the cat continues to be the best character. There's so much in that movie that's just never explained.
It was technically my second time watching Blair Witch and I definitely found it scarier the first time over a decade ago.
I did get my first cellphone a couple weeks ago. It's definitely been an adjustment from a computer. (Why are there two different things for volume?)
I got a couple things of Hi-Chew candies and found out that I like dragon fruit.
Voting for next month's book over atbookclub_dw is currently ongoing.
Does anyone have recs for image hosting sites that aren't imgur? I'm planning on changing my Dreamwidth theme, but I need a place to host images for it. (I'm trying to avoid filegarden because there's still no TOS.)
I watched Sleepwalkers and Blair Witch Project yesterday. I rewatch Sleepwalkers every couple years and Clovis the cat continues to be the best character. There's so much in that movie that's just never explained.
It was technically my second time watching Blair Witch and I definitely found it scarier the first time over a decade ago.
I did get my first cellphone a couple weeks ago. It's definitely been an adjustment from a computer. (Why are there two different things for volume?)
I got a couple things of Hi-Chew candies and found out that I like dragon fruit.
Voting for next month's book over at
bookclub_dw is currently ongoing.Does anyone have recs for image hosting sites that aren't imgur? I'm planning on changing my Dreamwidth theme, but I need a place to host images for it. (I'm trying to avoid filegarden because there's still no TOS.)
Picnic Under the Stars
Feb. 3rd, 2026 03:57 pmFigured I might as well post this here since I didn't manage to write anything else for the event.
Rating: G
Characters: Jounouchi Katsuya
Word Count: 212 (AO3 says 199 and I have no idea why)
Event/Prompt: Jounuary 2026/Week 1 - Stars
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Rating: G
Characters: Jounouchi Katsuya
Word Count: 212 (AO3 says 199 and I have no idea why)
Event/Prompt: Jounuary 2026/Week 1 - Stars
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Snowflake Challenge 2026 - Challenge 14
Jan. 27th, 2026 05:46 pmIn your own space, create a promo and/or rec list for someone new to a fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
This is going to be a rec list because Yu-Gi-Oh! is on basically every streaming service.
A 🔒 means the fic is Archive locked.
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This is going to be a rec list because Yu-Gi-Oh! is on basically every streaming service.
A 🔒 means the fic is Archive locked.
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1/18/26 - 1/24/26
Jan. 25th, 2026 10:41 am( Media )
I didn't get much done this week. I ended up moving into our living room because of the cold (we had temperatures in the negatives last week) so it's taken me a bit to adjust.
Pixel Cat's End is open for registration again until the 31st.
I didn't get much done this week. I ended up moving into our living room because of the cold (we had temperatures in the negatives last week) so it's taken me a bit to adjust.
Pixel Cat's End is open for registration again until the 31st.
1/11/26 - 1/17/26
Jan. 18th, 2026 12:41 pm( Media )
I got 3 of the things I need for my current circuitry project. I tried to order the other 2 things and it got stuck on processing the payment. I gave up after an hour. I'll have to try again next month.
I'm still having issues getting the calculator to run. I'm probably going to have to create an issue for it on GitHub.
I'll hopefully get the GUI (or at least a good portion of it) for the horror VN demo done this week. I've also been looking at prices for a different project (I won't actually start on it until the demo's out but I'm currently planning stuff).
I got 3 of the things I need for my current circuitry project. I tried to order the other 2 things and it got stuck on processing the payment. I gave up after an hour. I'll have to try again next month.
I'm still having issues getting the calculator to run. I'm probably going to have to create an issue for it on GitHub.
I'll hopefully get the GUI (or at least a good portion of it) for the horror VN demo done this week. I've also been looking at prices for a different project (I won't actually start on it until the demo's out but I'm currently planning stuff).
Snowflake Challenge 2026 - Challenge 6
Jan. 11th, 2026 07:29 pmI thought about this one for a bit and decided to go with my top 10 videos to write/code to.
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There are so many other videos that could have gone on this list. I definitely prefer mixes or extended versions. I tend to find more music either from someone linking a new song/mix or clicking on one from my recommendations. (Or realizing it's been 6-8 months so mild potato (the channel from the last link) has probably uploaded another mix by now. They don't upload often, but they're consistent about it.)
This challenge has given me the idea of either posting a separate weekly roundup of what I've been listening to or adding that as a section on my weekly journal posts.
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There are so many other videos that could have gone on this list. I definitely prefer mixes or extended versions. I tend to find more music either from someone linking a new song/mix or clicking on one from my recommendations. (Or realizing it's been 6-8 months so mild potato (the channel from the last link) has probably uploaded another mix by now. They don't upload often, but they're consistent about it.)
This challenge has given me the idea of either posting a separate weekly roundup of what I've been listening to or adding that as a section on my weekly journal posts.
1/4/26 - 1/10/26
Jan. 11th, 2026 12:16 pmI returned 2 books I had borrowed from my library via Libby early. Neither of them were holding my attention as well as I thought they would. I still have Pierced Peony (for a challenge on Librarything) and The Spellshop to read so I'll hopefully read one of those this week.
I made a Tumblr side blog a couple days ago because I had no place to reblog posts that weren't about Yu-Gi-Oh. I've already accidentally reblogged posts that were meant for that one onto my main blog.
I posted Picnic Under the Stars on AO3 for Jounuary. I'm probably going to wait until after the event to post it here and on my fic archive so I can just cross-post everything I write for it at once.
Figured I'd share this post from November bydoodlemancy. It's a list of places to find art references that aren't filled with AI stuff.
I made a Tumblr side blog a couple days ago because I had no place to reblog posts that weren't about Yu-Gi-Oh. I've already accidentally reblogged posts that were meant for that one onto my main blog.
I posted Picnic Under the Stars on AO3 for Jounuary. I'm probably going to wait until after the event to post it here and on my fic archive so I can just cross-post everything I write for it at once.
Figured I'd share this post from November by
doodlemancy. It's a list of places to find art references that aren't filled with AI stuff.
Snowflake Challenge 2026 - Challenge 5
Jan. 9th, 2026 10:52 amIn your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your wishlist if you feel comfortable doing so.
1. I have a Holiday Wishes post here.
2. Art of any of my fics. My AO3 is here and my Dreamwidth tag is here. (The Dreamwidth tag has 12 fics that aren't on AO3.)
3. Slice of life Yu-Gi-Oh fic recs.
1. I have a Holiday Wishes post here.
2. Art of any of my fics. My AO3 is here and my Dreamwidth tag is here. (The Dreamwidth tag has 12 fics that aren't on AO3.)
3. Slice of life Yu-Gi-Oh fic recs.
12/28/25 - 1/3/2026
Jan. 4th, 2026 12:40 pmI've been playing only Duel Links. I started reading The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle for a challenge over on LibraryThing, but I DNF'd when
I have plenty more things to read this month though for other challenges on LibraryThing and The Spellshop forbookclub_dw.
I've been trying to recolor the Windows Calculator and I finally figured out how to run the repository, but Visual Studio says it can't read a few files. I'm thinking I might have to download and use the 2022 version of Visual Studio instead. (The last time the read-me on GitHub was updated was 2 years ago and that was just for higher quality screenshots so it says the latest version is fine, but that might not be true.)
I'm trying to figure out my general goals for the year ahead. I have some craft stuff planned and I set a goal of 6,000 words in TrackBear. I'm hoping to write more than that, but at least with a small goal, it's really easy to get ahead so if I have to take a break from writing for some reason it'll be fine. I also want to get back into photography this year.
CW: Animal Death
his cat died.I have plenty more things to read this month though for other challenges on LibraryThing and The Spellshop for
bookclub_dw.I've been trying to recolor the Windows Calculator and I finally figured out how to run the repository, but Visual Studio says it can't read a few files. I'm thinking I might have to download and use the 2022 version of Visual Studio instead. (The last time the read-me on GitHub was updated was 2 years ago and that was just for higher quality screenshots so it says the latest version is fine, but that might not be true.)
I'm trying to figure out my general goals for the year ahead. I have some craft stuff planned and I set a goal of 6,000 words in TrackBear. I'm hoping to write more than that, but at least with a small goal, it's really easy to get ahead so if I have to take a break from writing for some reason it'll be fine. I also want to get back into photography this year.
