Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka, Elizabeth Weir, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Carson Beckett, Evan Lorne, Aiden Ford, Bates, Laura Cadman, Jack O'Neill, Harry Maybourne, Jeannie Miller, Original Non-Human Characters, Imaginary Creatures from Story and Song, Atlantis.
Rating: Mature
Length: 30,758
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply. The author warns for kidnapping and children in peril. "They aren't injured, and they are rescued. One of their kidnappers is kidnapped in the process and then returned to her friends." There's also a warning for passages with creepy clowns - see the endnote.
Creator Links: esteefee on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Worldbuilding, AU: apocalypse/dystopia, AU: fantasy/magic, Friends to lovers, First time, Humor, Action/adventure

Summary: Major John Sheppard was starving, delirious, chased by monsters to the edge of the world, when he raised the City from the sea.

Ten years later, Dr. Rodney McKay comes to the peaceful City, bringing war in his back pocket.

Reccer's Notes:
This fits the "unusual settings" category as the world depicted in this fic is extremely strange, surreal, and quirky. I've reccd it before but in a different category, and it's a story that's well worth re-reading. Despite the tags for fantasy and dystopia, it isn't traditional fantasy/magic at all, and it mostly isn't a straightforward dystopia. Yes, it's post-apocalyptic and the rest of the world's very dystopic, but Atlantis herself is a solarpunk refuge in the chaos. The story is set after the detonation of a quantum unreality bomb which plunged Earth into fantastical chaos where very few laws apply consistently - certainly not those of physics, or normality. Weird monsters, fantasy creatures, and dangerous improbabilities now abound, although much reduced in Atlantis. The worldbuilding's terrific, and woven into this new world is a story where John and Rodney meet and become friends, and more. There's also plenty of plot, including a daring rescue. It's an excellent read, and highly recommended!

Fanwork Links: When the City Wakes

Last week's answer was Ayaka Kisaragi from Phantom Quest Corp., voiced by Rica Matsumoto!



Hello everyone, and welcome back to Seiyuu Guess! Our host for this game is Shizuka, a rookie seiyuu who's still learning the tricks of the trade! She's been provided with a description, image, and clip of a certain character, and it's up to you to help her figure out who voices them.

( Who do we have this week? )

Tell Shizuka the character's name, their seiyuu, and what series they're from for fifteen random cards and one random Halloween candy!

This round ends Monday, October 27, 2025.

DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

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Diana is a very good student, dedicated to learn as many spells as she can to bring glory to the Cavendish family. Let's help her spell some spells!

Rules
It's a spelling choices game! Every week a new word will be posted and you can take as many choice character cards as there are letters. Post your claims in a comment!
The card names don't have to start with the the letter, it just has to be present in the deckname. There will sometimes be an extra rule limiting your choices.
Unless extra rules state otherwise you can not take special cards but you can take more than one card from one deck.


This week's words are...


NANOMACHINES


Extra rule: no rules




Since the prizes for this game are all choice cards and there's no need to pass them out, you can just log them after posting your comment!

This round closes on Sunday, October 26th!

Natsume's no ordinary boy. Like his grandmother Reiko he has the ability to see youkai... who flock to him and demand to have their names that Reiko stored in the Book of Friends returned. At Colors, Natsume is visited by some of our past deck releases who would like to have their cards returned!

Rules
Every week, one of the releases is picked at random. You can exchange up to five cards from that release for choice cards from that release. You will lose the cards you turn in.

For example, if the chosen release is Release 001, you can turn in an Asobot card and get a choice Logic, Dragon or Optimist card in exchange. Specials can only be gained by turning in other specials!

To get multiple cards from one deck, you need to turn in multiples from another deck as well. You can't get two Logic cards but turning in an Asobot card and a Smile card, but two Asobot cards would work.

This week's release is Release 34
Deckname list:
rollout, ossan, pink, officer, naraku, chiropteran, original, victim, bunnydoll, competitive, relaxed, owngoal, yari, comedy, gambling, choromi, strategist, trueblood, magiccancel, ifraid, wandering, buster, cape, unruly, nephew, arcroyal, dependable, infatuation, lovelorn, snakes, fashionable, recall, travel, optimistic, gangster, lightmusic, island, gamer, massage, gymnast, swordswoman, japanese, novoselic, fix, breeder, health-care, hottemper, introvert, talking, toxic, faith, udonge, affinity, trusty



Please use this form.
<b>Name</b>: <b>Cards you are turning in (0/5)</b>: <b>Card names</b>: <b>Cards you want</b>:

Since the prizes for this game are all choice cards and there's no need to pass them out, you can just log them after posting your comment!

This round closes on Sunday, October 26th!

Some of you might know Kamukura as the guy who was really into boats back in the day. Rumor has it he likes memes now. He's been trying to get into anime lately but sometimes he stumbles upon something that's hard to comprehend even with his numerous talents.

( Today in No Context Theater... )

Come up with a possible explanation for the situation in the screencap! It can be anything and as silly or serious as you wish. Don't worry if you're unfamiliar with the series, the purpose of the game is not to guess what actually happened there! Same if you are familiar with the context - pretend that you aren't and make up something on your own!

Source of screencaps will more often than not be Anime Screenshots Without Context

For answering, you'll get 10 new release cards. Every answer is correct and feel free to comment on other people's answers! This round is open till Sunday, October 26th

Last week's answer is Dandy from Space Dandy.



A new silhouette has appeared on the Midnight Channel! But Rise needs more information before she can help locate the victim in the TV world.

( Tonight on the Midnight Channel... )

Last round's answer is Cynic!



Colette is known for her love of dogs. She especially loves to come up with names for them! However, after naming all the dogs across Sylvarant and Tethe'alla there wasn't much left for her to do so she's going to come up with deck names now. Help her name all the decks across Colors TCG?

With every round, there will be a picture of a character who has a deck on Colors. Tell Colette what their deckname is to be rewarded with 6 random special cards!

( And who will it be this time? )
This round is open till Sunday, October 26th

Last round the roulette ball landed on Release 47! How close was your bet?



Can you guess which release the roulette ball will land on?

( Place your bets! )

This round ends Saturday, November 1, 2025.

Last round's winner was Sugo Sugi Maebashi Witches!



Hello, dear listeners! 5pb-chan is in charge of the music toplist corner once again, and it's entirely up to you and your votes which song will make it this week!

( Douze points! )

This round ends Saturday, October 25, 2025.