Tuesday word: Gestalt
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1word1dayTuesday, March 3, 2026
Gestalt (noun)
gestalt [guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt]
noun (sometimes initial capital letter), plural gestalts, gestalten
1. a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
2. an instance or example of such a unified whole.
Related Words
composition, contour, shape, structure
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1920–25; < German: figure, form, structure
Example Sentences
Or, as in “Stranger Things” and “Weapons,” the gestalt entity may be ruled by one being devoted to conquest and control.
From Salon
And if you take things out, you’re losing the power of the gestalt, essentially, of the larger gesture that they made.
From Los Angeles Times
On the title track, listeners are greeted with glitchy vocal samples before Joachim puts new elements into the gestalt, and quickly.
From New York Times
The two- or three-word tags, meant to convey the gestalt of a show or movie, regularly help viewers choose a show from the service’s nearly endless library, the company says.
From New York Times
The guides, it said, reflect “the whole gestalt of India’s association with sky and space.”
From Science Magazine
Gestalt (noun)
gestalt [guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt]
noun (sometimes initial capital letter), plural gestalts, gestalten
1. a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
2. an instance or example of such a unified whole.
Related Words
composition, contour, shape, structure
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1920–25; < German: figure, form, structure
Example Sentences
Or, as in “Stranger Things” and “Weapons,” the gestalt entity may be ruled by one being devoted to conquest and control.
From Salon
And if you take things out, you’re losing the power of the gestalt, essentially, of the larger gesture that they made.
From Los Angeles Times
On the title track, listeners are greeted with glitchy vocal samples before Joachim puts new elements into the gestalt, and quickly.
From New York Times
The two- or three-word tags, meant to convey the gestalt of a show or movie, regularly help viewers choose a show from the service’s nearly endless library, the company says.
From New York Times
The guides, it said, reflect “the whole gestalt of India’s association with sky and space.”
From Science Magazine
WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 3 -- Tuesday
Mar. 3rd, 2026 08:09 amlinaewen posting in writethisfanficHello on Tuesday! How's the day going so far for fic? (If you haven't gotten started on your day as yet, how did yesterday go for writing fic?)
- Excellent!
- Terrible
- Somewhere in between
- Nothing doing
How much time have you spent on writing fic today, roughly?
- None
- 30 minutes or less
- 30-60 minutes
- 60-90 minutes
- More than 90 minutes
In five words or less, how do you feel about that?
- Excellent!
- Terrible
- Somewhere in between
- Nothing doing
How much time have you spent on writing fic today, roughly?
- None
- 30 minutes or less
- 30-60 minutes
- 60-90 minutes
- More than 90 minutes
In five words or less, how do you feel about that?
multifandom icons.
Mar. 3rd, 2026 03:13 pmwickedgame posting in iconsFandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star, Beauty and the Beast, Bridgerton, Daredevil, Ransom Canyon, Shadowhunters, She-Hulk, Siren, Stargirl, Stitchers, Supergirl, The Leftovers, The Order, The Witcher, Vikings: Valhalla, Walker
rest HERE @mundodefieras
rest HERE @
mundodefieras due South: Puzzle Pieces by luzula
Mar. 3rd, 2026 11:32 pmmific posting in fancakeFandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Maggie Mackenzie/Francesca Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Frannie Vecchio, Ray Kowalski/ Maggie McKenzie
Rating: Explicit
Length: 7587
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: luzula on AO3, and on the Audiofic Archive.
Themes: Siblings, Marriage, Family, Domestic, Kidfic, Polyamory, Bisexual characters, AU
Summary: Sedoretu AU. Glimpses from the marriage of Fraser, Ray K, Maggie, and Frannie.
Reccer's Notes: I love the 4-person marriage invented by Ursula Le Guin - the sedoretu - andluzula makes it work perfectly here. In this 'verse there's the category of gender, plus another category called moiety - morning and evening people. In a sedoretu there are two same-sex and two opposite-sex couples, and two pairings (morning-morning and evening-evening) that are forbidden. Here, the forbidden pairings include the half-siblings, Fraser & Maggie. Luzula writes them all beautifully and lets us see how well this poly marriage works. We also get glimpses of how the sedoretu is the usual form of marriage in this AU, with their parents also in sedoretus. Domestic and lovely.
Fanwork Links: Puzzle Pieces, and luzula also recorded it as a podfic here.
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Maggie Mackenzie/Francesca Vecchio, Benton Fraser/Frannie Vecchio, Ray Kowalski/ Maggie McKenzie
Rating: Explicit
Length: 7587
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: luzula on AO3, and on the Audiofic Archive.
Themes: Siblings, Marriage, Family, Domestic, Kidfic, Polyamory, Bisexual characters, AU
Summary: Sedoretu AU. Glimpses from the marriage of Fraser, Ray K, Maggie, and Frannie.
Reccer's Notes: I love the 4-person marriage invented by Ursula Le Guin - the sedoretu - and
luzula makes it work perfectly here. In this 'verse there's the category of gender, plus another category called moiety - morning and evening people. In a sedoretu there are two same-sex and two opposite-sex couples, and two pairings (morning-morning and evening-evening) that are forbidden. Here, the forbidden pairings include the half-siblings, Fraser & Maggie. Luzula writes them all beautifully and lets us see how well this poly marriage works. We also get glimpses of how the sedoretu is the usual form of marriage in this AU, with their parents also in sedoretus. Domestic and lovely.Fanwork Links: Puzzle Pieces, and luzula also recorded it as a podfic here.
Monsterverse/Godzilla Icons
Mar. 3rd, 2026 01:00 amflareonfury posting in fandom_iconsMost of the icons feature characters from the Monsterverse (aka Godzilla 2014 and Kong: Skull Island universe, including Monarch Legacy of Monsters) but there are a couple of Godzilla: The Series icons in this post 'cause I love that series and I couldn't help myself.
Preview
Gojira is not only living proof that coexistence is possible. He is…the key to it.
Preview
Gojira is not only living proof that coexistence is possible. He is…the key to it.
vid. iwtv/tvl | god loves you, but not enough to save you
Mar. 2nd, 2026 08:47 pmkaiyote posting in viddingtitle. god loves you, but not enough to save you
fandom. iwtv/tvl
character. lestat de lioncourt
song. "sun bleached flies" by ethel cain
what i wouldn't give to be in church this sunday; listening to the choir, so heartfelt, all singing: "god loves you, but not enough to save you." lestat character study vidlet. (spoilers for s3 trailers/promos.)
dw | youtube
fandom. iwtv/tvl
character. lestat de lioncourt
song. "sun bleached flies" by ethel cain
what i wouldn't give to be in church this sunday; listening to the choir, so heartfelt, all singing: "god loves you, but not enough to save you." lestat character study vidlet. (spoilers for s3 trailers/promos.)
dw | youtube
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Mar. 2nd, 2026 11:33 pmmerryghoulI might start crossposting fics on my blog again. I do have some things I’ve written and downloaded from AO3 that I can look at but I have to wait and add the other fics.
Looking into Squidgeworld but tbh I feel if everyone that went to AO3 posted there it would suffer the same issues as AO3.
Looking into Squidgeworld but tbh I feel if everyone that went to AO3 posted there it would suffer the same issues as AO3.
this is not enough by semi-artomatic (SFW)
Mar. 3rd, 2026 05:23 pmmific posting in fanart_recsFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: semi-artomatic on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A nicely moody version of the nightclub scene with the boys staring hotly at each other. Atmospheric!
Link: this is not enough , backup link here
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: semi-artomatic on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A nicely moody version of the nightclub scene with the boys staring hotly at each other. Atmospheric!
Link: this is not enough , backup link here
Video of the Day – The Whoniverse Show, 2026
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Monday Word: Smaragadine
Mar. 2nd, 2026 03:04 pmstonepicnicking_okapi posting in 1word1daysmaragdine [sməˈragdə̇n]
adjective
of or relating to emerald
examples
1. On a transverse axis, vision reached from glittering blue across the Sea of Marmora to a mast-crowded Golden Horn and the rich suburbs and smaragdine heights beyond. Two in Time. Paul Anderson, 1970
2. It hath reached me, O auspicious King, the director, the right-guiding, lord of the rede which is benefiting and of deeds fair-seeming and worthy celebrating, that Mohammed Son of the Sultan craved leave to return to his own motherland, when his father-in-law gave him an hundred clusters of the diamantine and smaragdine grapes, after which he farewelled the King and taking his bride fared without the city.
Arabian nights. English. Anonymous. 1855
origin
Latin smaragdinus, from smaragdus emerald + -inus -ine
adjective
of or relating to emerald
examples
1. On a transverse axis, vision reached from glittering blue across the Sea of Marmora to a mast-crowded Golden Horn and the rich suburbs and smaragdine heights beyond. Two in Time. Paul Anderson, 1970
2. It hath reached me, O auspicious King, the director, the right-guiding, lord of the rede which is benefiting and of deeds fair-seeming and worthy celebrating, that Mohammed Son of the Sultan craved leave to return to his own motherland, when his father-in-law gave him an hundred clusters of the diamantine and smaragdine grapes, after which he farewelled the King and taking his bride fared without the city.
Arabian nights. English. Anonymous. 1855
origin
Latin smaragdinus, from smaragdus emerald + -inus -ine
I'm back. I, uh, brought a thing.
Mar. 2nd, 2026 06:12 pmnetgirl_y2ktl;dr: I, uh, had a "bad cold" that turned out to be pneumonia that landed me briefly in hospital and took a while to properly recover from. I'm fine now though, honestly, back to factory settings.
Anyway, I wrote a Pluribus fic for an exchange that's proving quite popular amongst the sort of people who enjoy being punched in the face. Previous summaries I considered were Literally no one consented to this and Helen haunts the narrative, and also Carol.
Dilaudid (Pluribus; Carol/Zosia, Carol/Helen; 2k)
7. Zosia is a honey trap. Don’t fall for it.
[A Few Moments Later]
13. Zosia is a honey trap. Don’t fall for it AGAIN.
Or,
Carol Sturka and the difference between real and real enough.
Anyway, I wrote a Pluribus fic for an exchange that's proving quite popular amongst the sort of people who enjoy being punched in the face. Previous summaries I considered were Literally no one consented to this and Helen haunts the narrative, and also Carol.
Dilaudid (Pluribus; Carol/Zosia, Carol/Helen; 2k)
7. Zosia is a honey trap. Don’t fall for it.
[A Few Moments Later]
13. Zosia is a honey trap. Don’t fall for it AGAIN.
Or,
Carol Sturka and the difference between real and real enough.
Signups Extended 2 Days
Mar. 2nd, 2026 10:26 amlettersmod posting in unsent_letters_exchangeDue to the AO3 downtime, I'm extending signups two more days to Mar 9, 11:59PM UTC.
Tom Baker Returns as Sherlock Holmes!
Mar. 2nd, 2026 02:00 pmblogtorwho_feedTom Baker MBE get knighted as Sir Sherlock Holmes in a new audio series
Many regard Tom Baker as one of the most iconic Doctor Who stars of all. But the Doctor is not his only role as a heroic genius during his long career. He’s now returning to one of the most famous: Sherlock Holmes. Fresh from Doctor Who, Baker portrayed Arthur Conan Doyle’s great detective in the BBC mini-series The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1982. He later returned to the role in the 1985 stage play The Mark of Moriarty. Baker himself was never particularly content with either performance (particularly Moriarty, where one plot twist rested on the audience not recognizing Baker’s unique voice.) But his Sherlock Holmes lives again on audio in a new series of plays from AUK Studios: Sir Sherlock.
First story The Red Letter Day takes place in the 1920s, as Holmes receives a knighthood for his services to Great Britain. The world has moved on, and so has Holmes. But on his return visit to London the retired detective finds death and danger still await around every street corner. He and his old friend Dr. Watson find a new companion in Lestrade’s daughter Emily, and, of course, an apparently unsolvable mystery.
The game’s afoot! Even if it has to lean a little more heavily on its cane, these days.
Tom Baker’s old Doctor Who co-star John Leeson, who played K-9 between 1977 and 2010, joins him on the adventure. Meanwhile, Katy Ashworth is Emily. The Red Letter Day is an original story written by Gary Hopkins, who previously adapted four of Conan Doyle’s stories for the legendary Granada series starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes.
The story is intended as just the first in the Sir Sherlock series. You can support AUK’s releases through their Kickstarter page.
Sir Sherlock: The Red Letter Day
It is 1924 and the former consulting detective finally accepts a knighthood.
Drawn back to London, away from a quiet life on the Sussex Downs, he is joined by his friend Doctor John Watson when a mysterious red letter leads them back into a murder investigation.
What is the secret of Cleopatra’s needle? Who is the second detective, seemingly always one step ahead of him?
Between the ancient past and an uncertain future, are Holmes and Watson still the right men to stop a killer in his tracks?
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Tuesday ✎ Indoors [DW]
Mar. 3rd, 2026 01:40 amToday's theme is indoors. Things you can do, places you can go, what you can sense... As long as characters are under a roof with walls (which hopefully have doors and windows, too!), you can prompt something about it today.
Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get things started...
+ Leverage(/Leverage: Redemption), any +/ any, anything about vent training and/or elevator shafts with Parker
+ The Pitt, any +/ any, in a very quiet room with a loudly ticking clock
+ author's choice, any +/ any, taking the stairs
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, the best way to search for a lonely prompt on DW is to search the community’s archive, which can be found [[HERE]].
While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word!
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