Read-in-Progress Wednesday

Jul. 3rd, 2025 12:38 am
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This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

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Wednesday DE: blended debate

Jul. 2nd, 2025 09:49 am
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Hello Milliways, it's hot, have a popsicle.

Today's DE:

Another versus question - smoothies, shakes or slushes?

Ideas to block the current bill

Jul. 2nd, 2025 11:23 am
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There are 17 medical professionals in the current House of Representatives. 11 are Republicans. Trying to argue on most issues with the bill is difficult with such a tight deadline, but the one item most people -- including Congressional Representatives -- are reacting to negatively is the closure of Rural and Regional hospitals. This should be a negative for all of the Republicans, but the ones who understand what lack of medical provision can do should be especially ripe to listen, perhaps even be persuaded.

I live in Georgia. Rich McCormick is Georgia District 6, and I live in District 1. But he's more likely to respond to someone from the same state, especially if he has Senate or Gubernatorial ambitions in the future.

The list I found is through The Patients Action Network. If you are in a District with one of these Republican representatives, particularly if they specialize in Emergency or Family medicine, start calling and/or emailing. If you are in the same state, email them and let them know you have a long memory if they're thinking of statewide offices.

In the meantime, send support to the few Republicans in the House who have already voted against it and continue to oppose it. At the very least, let's make them miss their deadline for vacation.

Rec Roundup

Jul. 1st, 2025 04:53 pm
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Catching up on cross-posting some recs from my journal from May and June:

ExpandFrenchie/Izzy (2) )

ExpandIzzy + Referenced Ed/Izzy (1) )

ExpandIzzy/Roach (1) )

ExpandIzzy/Stede (1) )

ExpandJim (1) )

JJWXC Reader Annual Report 2024

Jul. 1st, 2025 02:09 pm
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 This is a public service announcement for JJWXC users! 

Every year, around January or February, jj releases your previous stats for the year, which can be accessed via searching 年度报告 on the app search bar, or via the link for the web version. The search bar access method may be limited time only as it currently does not work xD But here is the link to access on the browser (just remember to be signed in!).

https://www.jjwxc.net/sp/2024annualuserstat/readerstat.html

Rebuilding journal search again

Jun. 30th, 2025 03:18 pm
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We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.

Monday DE: I'm lovin' it

Jun. 30th, 2025 01:49 pm
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Afternoon all!

As I reheat Popeye's mac and cheese for a quick lunch... what fast food or takeaway food does your pup like best?

A new Couple of Mirrors vid!

Jun. 29th, 2025 07:15 pm
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Title: To Hell & Back
Fandom: 双镜 | Couple of Mirrors (2021)
Music: To Hell & Back by Maren Morris
Summary: 'lucky for me, your kind of heaven's been to hell and back'
Notes: Premiered at Escapade 35.5.
Warnings: quick cuts and flashing lights, violence

AO3 | bsky | DW | tumblr | YouTube
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Title: To Hell & Back
Fandom: 双镜 | Couple of Mirrors (2021)
Music: To Hell & Back by Maren Morris
Summary: 'lucky for me, your kind of heaven's been to hell and back'
Notes: Premiered at Escapade 35.5.
Warnings: quick cuts and flashing lights, violence

AO3 | bsky | DW | tumblr | YouTube
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Pre-orders have opened for print editions of two baihe novels. Both of these are mainland editions, so will be in simplified Chinese and censored.

The first of these is the second volume of unlimited flow novel Players, Please Be On Standby (玩家请就位, pinyin: wanjia qing jiuwei) by Shi Wei Yue Shang (时微月上). Pre-orders can be made via the following bookshops:


The web version of the novel can be read here on JJWXC.

The second is contemporary romance Her Various Moments (她的山海朝夕, pinyin: ta de shan hai chao xi) by Hua Yu (华予), originally serialised online as The Green Pear Pub 青梨酒馆 (pinyin: qingli jiuguan) (h/t [personal profile] laine4466 for the title translations). The literal translation of the print title is 'her mountains, seas, sunrises, sunsets'; cynical observers might well wonder whether this is an opportunistic attempt to cash in on the success of Her Mountain, Her Sea. Pre-orders can be made via the following bookshops:


The web version of the novel can be read here on Fanqie Novels, a relatively new webnovel publishing platform. To my knowledge, this is the first baihe novel on Fanqie Novels to be licensed for print.

Free-For-All Friday

Jun. 28th, 2025 01:19 am
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Time for free for all Friday, a day for random chit-chat!

Do you want to talk about the other novels you are reading or find a read-along partner? Practice your Chinese? Request for fics? Ask for beta readers? Just talk about your day?

Go right ahead!
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Sorry I'm a day late! Life intervened.

ExpandChapter 17 )

ExpandChapter 18 )

Not much time covered in these two but they're pretty action-packed! The description of the fire is really beautiful, and I liked the juxtaposition of the calm descriptive prose and the terror which Christy and the animals are feeling about it. She does a good job of keeping herself safe through everything, but Charles' arrival is a great relief! And finally they're both out, free, and together.

Thursday DE

Jun. 26th, 2025 06:55 am
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Hey all, sorry about Tuesday.

For today, who would your character do anything for? Who is their ride or die person?

Rosmei synopses

Jun. 25th, 2025 02:06 pm
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I just noticed that Rosmei has finally posted synopses for a bunch of their translations!
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I just saw that Rosmei has finally posted synopses for their translations.

The Creator's Grace:
She came home for the truth. What she found was the woman who took everything… and wanted her most of all.

Six years ago, Ran Jin rose to power and prominence under the wing of her lover—only to be accused of orchestrating that woman’s mysterious death. Now, her late lover’s sister, Chi Yu, returns from abroad to reclaim what was stolen and uncover the truth.

But Ran isn’t the cold-blooded traitor she seems. She’s brilliant, enigmatic, and as devoted to Chi as can be.

What starts as a personal pursuit of justice spirals into obsession, as Chi unearths traces of a truth stranger than fiction—one that challenges not only the story she’s been told but even humanity itself. The deeper she digs, the more she risks for a love that feels inevitable, even if it was never meant to exist.

The Creator’s Grace is a gripping sci-fi romance about fractured identities and impossible salvation, where love may be the only truth that holds.


At the World's Mercy:
In a court of secrets, loyalty is currency—and love is the most dangerous gamble of all.

In the sprawling realm of Great Yu, power has only recently been placed in the hands of women. Generals lead armies, ministers shape dynasties, and alliances are forged as easily in the bedchamber as on the battlefield.

General Zhen Wenjun and Chief Minister Wei Tingxu appear to be the perfect couple—two brilliant women bound by marriage and ambition. But beneath the surface of silk and ceremony lies a deadly game of masks and motives. Trust is a weapon. Affection is a risk. And neither woman is exactly who she claims to be.

As rival factions stir unrest and the imperial court teeters on the edge of transformation, Zhen and Wei must navigate the shifting sands of betrayal, duty, and desire. In a world where power is never given—only taken—can love survive when everything else is strategy?

At the World’s Mercy is a masterful work of baihe historical fiction, weaving espionage, slow-burn romance, and political ambition into a tale as elegant as it is ruthless.

Wednesday DE: like a house on fire

Jun. 25th, 2025 10:53 am
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Heyo everybody, I hope y'all are doing alright out there in the world.

Today's DE:

Sort of inspired by yesterday's, who would your pup get along great with from another canon?

Feel free to mention any Milliways friendships that have actually happened, or pick someone who either your pup has never met, or who has never been in the bar that you think would be a great BFF match.

Read-in-Progress Wednesday

Jun. 26th, 2025 12:30 am
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This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

<details><summary>insert summary</summary>Your spoilers goes here</details>

<b>Highlight for spoilers!*</b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF">Your spoilers goes here.</span>*
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Discussion for Chapter 1 to 10 here.

The link to the novel on JJWXC can be found here.

You can also follow the novel through the audiobook on Himalaya, though there may be slight changes and ommissions from the original.

Monday DE: Pop (Culture) Quiz!

Jun. 23rd, 2025 02:17 pm
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...Ooh! Ooh! I know!

Pick a quote or reference from a different canon entirely which sums up your pup.

Don't tell us which reference = which pup. Let everyone else guess who you're talking about!


(For example, one I've used before: Stitch's "ALSO CUTE AND FLUFFY!" line, yelled as he beats up a giant alien, is my girl Molly.)
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A trailer has been released for Second Take (爱情重拍中, pinyin: aiqing chongpai zhong), an upcoming (mini?)-drama produced by the wlw dating app the L (formerly Rela). The first episode is scheduled to air on 9 July on their YouTube channel, with new episodes every Wednesday and Saturday thereafter.

This appears to be an exes-to-colleagues-to-lovers deal. Here's the trailer:


One of the main characters is played by Xing En, and an important thing to know about Xing En is that one of the top Google suggested searches for her is 'xing eng gender'.

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