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 If you're here for my fanfiction, fan art/graphics, and reviews or stray thoughts about fiction and media, have no fear: it's all unlocked and anyone is free to friend this journal with or without asking first.
If you'd also like access to my personal blog, containing travel diary entries, pictures of my pets, and (potentially) original art and fiction, comment here. Off-duty superheroes get in after hours.
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Audiobook: I had Side Jobs going the whole 5-hour ride home from Endgame, but was so exhausted and sick for most of it that I have no idea what the stories were. And somehow I still have a few left to go, so I decided it's going to accompany my yoga while I'm waiting for more Welcome to Nightvale (or to discover a new podcast; anyone want to put in a rec?). Nonfiction: When we realized we had to put off the dog acquisition I lost interest in the training book I'd been re/reading, and I don't think I've read any other nonfiction since then. Guess it's time to go back to it, since the doggo is now scheduled for late summer, after all the house guests are gone for good and we're back from our Eurotrip. Can't remember if I mentioned I finished The Genius of Birds. Rather academic, it took me a long time to get through, but interesting. Fiction: The Gathering Storm was pretty good and Towers of Midnight is downright excellent; Sanderson occasionally throws me out of Randland by not replicating Jordan's style of dialogue, but otherwise I have no complaints. The way it's gearing up for the Last Battle is thrilling. Loose ends from thousands of pages ago are being tied up. I can't wait for the TV series. Reread: Finished The Subtle Knife but haven't yet picked up The Amber Spyglass. Kindle: Moby Dick was about what I expected, Uncle Tom's Cabin was surprisingly gripping. I think I mentioned that for some classics, all I know about it comes from some weird snippet of pop culture? Well, I'm pretty sure that I've actually been to the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, but the one thing that was lodged in my brain was Spike calling Angel an Uncle Tom. All this time I've been thinking it meant something akin to "traitor" and I kept waiting for the titular Tom to sell out his fellow slaves. Turns out Tom was a heroically righteous pacifist and the label refers to someone who accepts mistreatment meekly. I find that a little unfair, since Tom was acting on true moral conviction, not a ploy for leniency. But apparently I missed the boat on the expression altogether, so what do I know. After that one I read Even the Wingless by MCA Hogarth, the indy author with the Peltedverse. I knew in advance (as everyone should, so take this as your warning if you needed one) that this one and its sequels are the "dragon rape" series and that it's darker and more mature than anything else she's written. Totally true and can't be emphasized enough, but she had a straightforward approach to it that I appreciated deeply. The explicit scenes aren't written to appeal to a kink, and there's no stating the obvious about how awful rape is, so it's never disrespectful and never condescending. That's honestly kind of amazing, since it's still, you know, a book about dragon rape. I'm definitely interested in continuing. But for now I'm reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I know this one from an 80s cartoon movie where the characters are cats and Aunt Betsey sings a song about how she hates boys. Oh, and I finally read the script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It was okay. I'm glad I didn't have any of my own headcanons for the next generation. Comics: Still nothing! I'm way behind on Saga. Thinking of getting Marvel Unlimited again, now that I've got a job. Poetry: Close to the end of the sleepy doorstop. Not sure what comes next but it's gonna be awesome to move on. Think that covers everything. I wish I could say I'll do a rundown on recent TV or movies next, but that's still too overwhelming. Tags: a book i read, a movie i saw, a podcast i heard, buffyverse, harry potter, poetry
Mad-Eye:  grumpy
The Glue of the World: My parents watching Fox News on YouTube AGAIN
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Title: Smoked Fish Author: Kairos Summary: Rocket has been looking to Thor for guidance, but ever since they reached New Asgard, he hasn’t found any. Wordcount: 961 Rating: General Notes: Broke my vow to not write any fanfiction until the novel was finished, then forgot to post the promise-breaker here. Hoo boy has it been a long time since I wrote any fanfiction, guess it was fair enough to cheat so I could get this out. It’s a one-shot, missing scene type of thing. Enjoy. ( Their beliefs have changed, but they welcomed us nonetheless.Collapse )Tags: character: rocket, character: thor, fanfiction, fic: mcu, guardians of the galaxy, marvel cinematic universe
Mad-Eye:  hungry
The Glue of the World: FFVII - One Winged Angel
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Audiobook: You know, I thought I stopped listening to audiobooks because I wasn't walking or biking daily, but now I realize that I probably shouldn't have bothered with Side Jobs. Short stories interrupt the routine, too. I forget the title of the next Dresden Files, but I'm pretty sure it's the one that everyone says is the best, so I'm going to look into that. ( Skin Game? Is that it?) Nonfiction: How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend -- I actually read this, or at least some parts of it, years ago. This time I actually am getting a dog. Fiction: Not really anything, which means it's time to start The Gathering Storm. I guess the only reason I've been putting it off is because I wanted to catch up with the Tor.com WoT reread first, but I'm doing that now too. Reread: The Subtle Knife, but yesterday I was given the best reason ever to put it down for a while: Simon wants to read His Dark Materials! He never does that! Of course, I pretty frequently read while Simon isn't around, so I may finish the trilogy while he's getting through the first one anyway. Kindle: Finishing Moby Dick, probably within a couple days. I think the next classic queued is Uncle Tom's Cabin, although I might break for another Pelted, since I nabbed Even the Wingless while it was free. Comics: It's actually been kind of a long time since I had some comics to read. Does anyone want to rec me something? No guarantees I'll take it, but this is a rare opportunity to rec me anything, usually I block them all out. :) Poetry: I'm still on the same Treasury of Poems that I was last year at this time, which is no surprise since it's a large book to be going through one page (if that) at a time. But I'm more than halfway through now. The poems are categorized by topic and right now it's "Mother". Tags: a book i read
Mad-Eye:  mellow
The Glue of the World: Hozier - Take Me to Church
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Which TV shows did you start watching in 2018?The Gifted, Inhumans, Runaways, Cloak & Dagger, Stranger Things, Brooklyn 9-9, Disenchanted.Which TV shows did you let go of in 2018?Star Trek. I'll pick it up again if Simon ever wants to. I tried The Dragon Prince on Netflix and didn't feel much, and same for Siren on Hulu. Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2018? Why?I can't believe it's taking Legion S2 so long to get to Hulu! You're killin' me here! Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2019?Not sure about release dates for most of the new stuff; honestly, most of them that I can think of are probably more likely to hit in 2020 or later. If the Loki and Scarlet Witch series hit this year, I'm thinking I may have to wait anyway, because I don't think I want to shell out for Disney+ right away. But there's The Witcher, and maybe this will finally be the year for The New Warriors, and possibly I'll find my way into Relics & Rarities. Which TV show impressed you least in 2018?That's easy: Inhumans. Which TV show do you think you might let go of in 2019 unless things significantly improve?Also easy: Disenchanted. Which TV shows do you think you’ll never let go of no matter how crappy they get?
Anything in the MCU Netflix lineup, which is what I said last year, but now I'm clinging to the remaining shows extra hard. Marvel throughout the other networks is looking pretty good, too; I don't think I'd drop any of those. Your main fandom of the year?MCU/Guardians of the Galaxy/Netflix MCU Your favorite film you watched this year?Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Deadpool 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Bohemian Rhapsody.Your favorite book read this year?Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Anna Karenina, Changes, 12 Rules for Life, Summerlong, Fangirl.Your favorite album or song to listen to this year?Gunn's A-Blazin' Mix and anything from Galavant. Your favorite TV show(s) of the year?Runaways, Cloak & Dagger, The Gifted, Brooklyn 9-9, Daredevil, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.Your best new fandom discovery of the year?Runaways and Cloak & Dagger. Your fandom that made an unexpected comeback this year?His Dark Materials -- I found the trilogy in a Little Free Library and decided it was time for a reread, and I've really been enjoying it. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?Disney firing James Gunn. The wham-wham-wham cancellations of Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and then -- excuse me but wtf -- Daredevil. Lack of crossovers in JJ S2 and Daredevil S3. The ugly side of the GotG fandom rearing its head. Most everything Star Wars-related. Your fandom boyfriend(s) of the year?Peter Quill, Rocket Raccoon, Stephen Black, Freddie Mercury, Deke Shaw, Ward Meachum, Adrian Pimento, Alex Wilder, Stakar Ogord, Hernan Enrique Salazar Alvarez. Your fandom girlfriend(s) of the year?Karen Page, Mantis, Cassie Lang, Blue, Valkyrie, Domino, Lorna Dane, Clarice Fong, Gina Linetti, Old Lace, Aleta Ogord, Persephone. Your biggest squee moment of the year?Meeting Taaroko. Meeting Michael Rooker. All the other Fan-X amazing stuff that happened. Meeting Kita. Th return of Janas. "Rubberband Man" announcing the Guardians in Infinity War. Team-ups in Luke Cage and Iron Fist. The most missed of your old fandoms?Buffy as usual, but mostly the Rocket fandom. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?The "real life" fandom. :) Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year?Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, The New Mutants, The Lion King, and all the movies from 2018 that I missed in theaters. Plus new seasons of Game of Thrones, Agents of SHIELD, and (very soon!) The Punisher. Tags: a book i read, a movie i saw, a show i watched, disney, fandom, guardians of the galaxy, marvel cinematic universe, music, the defenders, westeros, x-men
Mad-Eye:  complacent
The Glue of the World: Red Dead Redemption II
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Original fiction:This is where I really blew it this year. And it's a shame, because I kind of believed in some of my WIPs - and still do, sure, but...imposter syndrome I guess? I actually went to a panel on that at FanX, and it's past time to dig out my notes (on all the panels) and get serious. It's not even like I've been writing much fanfiction. Gonna forgive myself for blowing off NaNoWriMo in both July and November, though. Who knew you could be so busy without a job. We're just about settled into the new house and it's time to start establishing new routines and getting back to some of the old ones, so I hope part of that is a dedicated block of daily time in which I don't allow myself to think "But I'm not in the writing state of mind right now!" or other such nonsense. Art and crafting:I think the drive to finish my GotG/Netflix MCU crossover comics has keeled over (three cancellations later...). Maybe I can find some other cool idea to replace it. No painting in watercolors at all this year, but at least I did a couple pastels! No sculpting either. Wait, I did do a little bit of millefiori, if that counts. It didn't come out too well but I'm jazzed about the idea of making jewelry lately, so maybe that's where the mythical beast I promised myself will come in. Not sure I ever got a third hand-drawn sketch scanned to digitally color. That one I am going to follow through on, though. I still love my tablet. Haven't sewn anything. It's pretty intimidating. My last try was embarrassing. Reading:Oh, boy, where did I leave off? I know I've finished a few books lately. Pretty sure I completed the "three authors I've never read before" resolution, so, yay me? Probably not going to get all the way up to twenty-four total books, but that's okay. At least I was reading a lot. Also, I'm not going to finish Wheel of Time this year, but I am going to finish the reread part. So next year I can start with the first Sanderson, which will be the first I haven't read before, which is cool! TV and games:New BtVS-related review just has to be to get back into the Buffy fandom in some capacity. Maybe the reviews will come back, maybe not. Simon and I did another Lost sprint and then he got a new video game and doesn't want to watch with me anymore again. Haven't decided whether to carry on by myself or if I should wait for the right opportunity to grab his attention with it one more time. Other:The whole "other" category is a mixed bag and I'm not really sure I have anything to say about it. So yeah, I guess what I'm getting at here is that the annual resolutions format isn't working for me like it used to. Maybe for 2019 I'll try something like starting each month with a list of projects I want to concentrate on, or something like that. I've decided not to do Christmas cards this year. It bums me out but I think with everything else going on, it'll be for the best. Anyone who wants to send me something anyway, you'll have to privately ask for my address. I can pretty much guarantee you don't have this one. :) Tags: a book i read, creative agenda, writing
All Places Are Alike to Me: forever home
Mad-Eye:  pensive
The Glue of the World: "The Defenders Medley" - Beyond the Guitar (on YouTube)
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05:15 pm December 21st, 1983
((All of this has happened before)) 
disappointed
satisfied
awake
curious
anxious
geeky
nostalgic
pleased
confused
thirsty
