This is one of those incredible journey things

[st_aurafina]

The point where medicine intersects with the Singularity:
lilacsigil is sitting beside me with this tiny camera inside her body. It's on a Fantastic Voyage through her guts.


[A small clear plastic capsule labelled 'Pillcam']

Life is strange.



Things on Fire:
- Canberra on and off, according to friends here and on FB
- not us
- 900 bales of hay outside of town, where the shed was packed too high and someone turned on a light. It's going to burn for a while but it's under control for now.
- an idiot's rubbish heap down on the coast. You're supposed to have this all burned and sorted before summer starts, but this jerk decided he'd do it last weekend on a total fire ban day. There's an area of the coast down there that is very... regressive, I guess is the most polite way to describe them.


Festivids!
Aaah, so many good vids.

Our House (Rated General) by cosmic_llin
Fandom: Ghosts (TV 2019)
Song: Our House by Madness
For a show I haven't watched but I sure am going to check out, which seems to be about a team of ghosts working cooperatively to oust new homeowners who want to turn the house into a hotel. Very funny, very snappy, lots of fun.

what's to come (Rated Teen, Jesus Christ/Judas Iscariot) by ryfkah
Fandom: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)
Song: Superstar, by Tegan and Sara
(More bts commentary over here at skygiant's dreamwidth)
Is it weird that often the perfect song is just something really unexpected? I wouldn't have picked this one in a million years and it is so good. So bitter and obsessed and inevitable. I've watched it a lot.

Apple Blossom (Rated General, Henry "Indiana" Jones/Marion Ravenwood) by lily_the_kid
Fandom: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Song: Apple Blossom by The White Stripes
An excellent, punchy Marion vid, with great comedic timing.

Let Me Go (Rated General) by kaydeefalls
Fandom: Moana
Song: Copenhagen by Vienna Teng
This gave me goosebumps - such a good song, such a good interpretation of Moana's journey.

Chldren's Work (Rated Teen, Michael Burnham and Spock) by such_heights
Fandom: Star Trek: Discovery
Song: Children's Work by Dessa
I cannot think of a better song to show their relationship than this one, and it's done so well.

Be Brave (Rated Teen, Amanda Grayson/Sarek, Michael Burnham & Spock) by pixie
Fandom: Star Trek: Discovery
Song: Meet Me on the Battlefield
This mixes canon from TOS, TNG, the third movie, and the reboot movie to give an amazing picture of this family unit. Wow.

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Rated Teen, Michael Burnham & Mirror Philippa Georgiou) by starlady
Fandom: Star Trek: Discover
Song: Bury a Friend by Billie Eilish
Ngggghh ahahah. So funny, so hot, and so clever with the little asides in the song. Mirror Philippa is a damn treasure, and this vid knows it.

Grounds for Divorce (Rated General) by purplefringe
Fandom: Hamlet (2009)
Song: Grounds For Divorce by Elbow
This is for the David Tennant version, and it's so good. So sharp and stuttery. Ooof. I watched this one over and over. If you see one vid from the exchange, make it this one.


Past Imperfect, Future Unknown
I got two amazing gifts for this fest!

second turning, (Captive Prince, Rated Teen, Damen/Laurent)
Damen travels back in time to before when he and Laurent meet in the books, he knows what's to come, and he's trying to head it off. It is fascinating to read a Damen who loves Laurent, and a Laurent who would happily murder Damen. I love it - it's complicated and it's got all the feels, and it's beautifully written. Short, punch and full of feels. It's so good.

Broken Clock (Imperial Radch, Rated , Sphene/Captain Minask, Sphene and Queter)
A wonderful, world-buildy example of "Character Invents Time Travel to Save Loved One". Such a good Sphene voice, such an excellent dynamic with its new captain of sorts, Queter. This is very timey-wimey and clever with the twists and turns of a time-travel plot. And it gushes loyalty kink. I loved it.

One rec that wasn't a gift for me (but it was, in a way, because I loved the crap out of it):
Will the cycle be unbroken (BSG 2003, Rated G, Hera Agathon)
Adult Hera wakes up on a Cylon ship, before the Twelve Colonies are attacked. The fic has hints of Hera's life on New Earth, what it was like growing up in a culture of subsistence farmers made up of humans and Cylons. It builds on Cylon society. It's timey-wimey as fuck, and it's clever about the reasons for the Cylon attack in the first place. It's 14k of excellent story telling from a tough but relatively normal character. I really enjoyed it.

Chocolate Box opens soon, yay!! There's so many Person of Interest fics! I'm proud of my fandom.


I've not been around much, and I've been skipping my weekly posts at podcastjoy for which I'm sorry - medical stuff is exhausting. I always forget how exhausting. Today wasn't even that bad, but we're both just flaked out on the sofa, exhausted. Hopefully we get a diagnosis soon and lilacsigil can start feeling better.

Comments

[china_shop]

lilacsigil is sitting beside me with this tiny camera inside her body. It's on a Fantastic Voyage through her guts.

O.O We are living in the future! (I hope it gives useful information that leads to betterness! *hugs to you both*)

Thanks for the vid recs -- I just watched and enjoyed many of them! (And ooh, Imperial Radch fic! :-)

[st_aurafina]

*hugs hugs* She could take off her harness and get some meds in to relieve symptoms an hour ago, which was a big relief.

We get the results in a couple of weeks, I think? (They tell you so many things at the consult, and that kinda fell by the wayside in my memory.)

It was a great vid fest!! So many good ones.

[thisbluespirit]

Good luck to lilacsigil! Is eating allowed at the moment?

And festivids was amazing as always. I still have several I need to go back to when I'm less tired, including a couple of your recs here, but that's always the way.

I'm also looking forward to Chocolate Box. I have two gifts!! ♥ (I think I know what they are in terms of fandom/ship. I love present shaking. I find it very helpful. :-D)

[st_aurafina]

She had to fast for 24 hours before the camera, and she did one sachet of prep stuff last night. So, it was fiddly but not as bad as the scope for prep. She's had her dinner now, and she's very happy about that.

It was a great vid fest!! And Chocolate Box is going to be epic.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, good.

And, yes, here's to fests! \o/

[talkingtothesky]

There's so many Person of Interest fics! I'm proud of my fandom.
So proud! In terms of work numbers, we're up there with Harry Potter, which has 3 times as many people signed up.

[st_aurafina]

We're doing awesome work. <3

[rdm]

Good luck on the Fantastic Voyage results! May it be something treatable and curable.

[st_aurafina]

Fingers crossed! At least we're getting to see some amazing technology.

[kore]

Wow, SCIENCE! I hope LS gets some relief and soon!

Festivids was amazing and I am really looking forward to ChocoBox.

[st_aurafina]

She could go back on the steroids at least, so there's temporary relief.

I am seriously excited about Chocobox!

[redfiona99]

Friend was due for similar fantastic voyaging but then they told her she couldn't travel with it and she needed to be in Dubai pronto. Hope Lilacsigil's experience was better.

[st_aurafina]

It's a bit scary! She couldn't go to large shopping centres either, which makes me worry about the level of monitoring at large shopping centres.

[musyc]

Things on Fire: [...] not us

YAY.

[st_aurafina]

Double yay!

[lonelywalker]

...NINE HUNDRED BALES? That's one massive "oops."

Pillcam! My bf has been trying to persuade his doctor to give him one because SO COOL. I have been trying to persuade him that medical tests should not be ordered based on how cool they are. Nevertheless, wishing lilacsigil well!

[st_aurafina]

It was a big, big oops, and now they've got no feed. It's not the best.

Your BF might not enjoy the fasting/purging aspect of the preparation for it, I imagine? Not as much fun as you'd guess.

[lurkingcat]

Science! I hope the tiny camera provides good information for making lilacsigil better. I am glad you are both still not on fire.

(900 bales?! WTF?! That is a lot of flammable in a flammable place :/ )

[st_aurafina]

Science!! It made a not very fun thing slightly more fun. And thanks - we're hoping for answers.

(900 bales?! WTF?! That is a lot of flammable in a flammable place :/ )

Yeah, it's a big farm. Now it's a big farm with no feed, which isn't great.

[wendelah1]

I hope lilacsigil's doctors can find out what's wrong.

[st_aurafina]

Thanks - it's most likely Crohn's? But they want to be sure.

[mergatrude]

Hope the fantastic voyage trip log is useful. *hugs*

Canberra: currently not on fire, only a little damp. We didn't get as much rain as the coast, so the main fire is not out yet.

It just boggles me that Every Time there's a total fire ban, there's a total idiot who wants to burn their rubbish. /o\

[st_aurafina]

The fantastic voyage is over now, thank goodness. Just waiting on results now.

I've been thinking of you over there - I'm glad you're safe. And not flooded either.

[senmut]

So many good thoughts to both of you!

[st_aurafina]

Thank you, darling. <3 <3 <3

[skygiants]

Thank you for the rec! :D

[st_aurafina]

Thank you for the excellent vid!

[leecetheartist]

Good wishes for not being on fire and the bestest wishes for a uneventful journey for the pillcam!

[torachan]

Wow! That definitely seems like sci-fi technology!

I hope it's helpful.

[st_aurafina]

It was very sci-fi! I hope it's useful too - we find out in a couple of weeks.

[adafrog]

Very cool camera.

Oh man, all that hay. :(

Yeah, we have those people too.

[st_aurafina]

So much hay, omg. It's a really big farm. Oh well.

[adafrog]

:(

[corvidology]

That Pill Cam is pretty amazing. Hope the resulting information is all good!