Not as garbage as I expected
May. 10th, 2019 04:24 pmI was going to make a post about how I've been quiet because life has been a bit garbage, but this morning I woke up and things were a little bit okay?
( Cutting the bad stuff: illness, work issues, death in the community )
While this was going on, I somehow managed to churn out 1000 words a day for Camp Nano in April, and finish one of my big WIPs, clocking in at 80k. I'm editing that now, and I hope I can start posting soon. I finished my gift fic for the Person of Interest exchange and I'm tooling around with some treats now. (Weirdly, while we were in hospital I had this urge to go back and re-read my Twin Peaks/X-Files crossover, and I've only just now realised that I wrote that the last time there was major health stuff going on. Maybe I write more when I'm stressed? IDK I can live with writing less, if that's the case.)
Also, the whales have started appearing to scope out the whale nurseries along the coast, and that is always reassuring, when you are feeling overwhelmed by the imminent collapse of the world.
Linkspam
Some of these have been in my to-post folder for a while, so apologies if it's been seen around everywhere already.
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podcastjoy - I started a podcast comm! (With
glinda!) It's for all kinds of podcast things, and I'm planning a weekly Watcha Listening To type post, because I crave new podcasts.
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audiodrama, because it never rains but it pours, there's also a comm for audio dramas, so, fictional podcasts. Added bonus: there's a kinkmeme here:Prompt/Kink Meme. Go leave prompts!
- from my network, the signs as upsetting vintage dishes. It's Facebook, but it's unlocked. And the dishes are very vintage, very upsetting. Lots of jello.
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite available in Australia and New Zealand in open beta at theverge.com
lilacsigil and I are playing it right now - it is a mix of adorable and clunky, but I think as the activity ramps up and they start finetuning the gameplay, it will be fun. (Also, I had to rescue a Chudley Cannons player, and she was super hot.)
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snickfic has a great idea to follow Reading Wednesday, Thursdays are for Reccing.
- via
lilacsigil who sent me the link: People might have lived in Australia twice as long as we thought (at The Guardian)
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rachelmanija posted a round-up of people currently reading Enid Blyton boarding school stories, and a poll: Boarding Schools.
(Please see relevant rec at the bottom of this post)
- Schitt's Creek episode guide type thing by
thingswithwings.
I keep trying with Schitt's Creek and bailing for embarrassment squick, but maybe this will be helpful to others?
- The Pyrex Glass Controversy That Just Won't Die at Gizmodo
I have my nonna's pyrex from the sixties and seventies and it is precious to me for this reason. (Among other reasons.)
Thursday is for Recs even though it's Friday here
I guess my theme is unexpected crossovers that work really well?
For King and Country by
killalla (Harold Finch/John Reese, Teen)
The crossover here is Person of Interest/Lord Darcy Series - Randall Grant. As far as I can tell (and I'm sure someone on my flist will know more) the Lord Darcy Mysteries is an contemporary alternate history where the Plantagenets survive and also there is magic? I don't know more than that, and this fic works, because it's all iddy hand kissing and fealty swearing and THAT IS GOOD YES.
of course it's beastly when anybody dies by
suitablyskippy, (Gwendoline Lacey, general)
The crossover here is Malory Towers/Death Note, where Darling Gwendoline finds the notebook. This is dark and messed up, and Gwendoline is exactly as awful as you'd expect with the power of life and death in her hands.
( Cutting the bad stuff: illness, work issues, death in the community )
While this was going on, I somehow managed to churn out 1000 words a day for Camp Nano in April, and finish one of my big WIPs, clocking in at 80k. I'm editing that now, and I hope I can start posting soon. I finished my gift fic for the Person of Interest exchange and I'm tooling around with some treats now. (Weirdly, while we were in hospital I had this urge to go back and re-read my Twin Peaks/X-Files crossover, and I've only just now realised that I wrote that the last time there was major health stuff going on. Maybe I write more when I'm stressed? IDK I can live with writing less, if that's the case.)
Also, the whales have started appearing to scope out the whale nurseries along the coast, and that is always reassuring, when you are feeling overwhelmed by the imminent collapse of the world.
Linkspam
Some of these have been in my to-post folder for a while, so apologies if it's been seen around everywhere already.
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- from my network, the signs as upsetting vintage dishes. It's Facebook, but it's unlocked. And the dishes are very vintage, very upsetting. Lots of jello.
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite available in Australia and New Zealand in open beta at theverge.com
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(Please see relevant rec at the bottom of this post)
- Schitt's Creek episode guide type thing by
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I keep trying with Schitt's Creek and bailing for embarrassment squick, but maybe this will be helpful to others?
- The Pyrex Glass Controversy That Just Won't Die at Gizmodo
I have my nonna's pyrex from the sixties and seventies and it is precious to me for this reason. (Among other reasons.)
Thursday is for Recs even though it's Friday here
I guess my theme is unexpected crossovers that work really well?
For King and Country by
The crossover here is Person of Interest/Lord Darcy Series - Randall Grant. As far as I can tell (and I'm sure someone on my flist will know more) the Lord Darcy Mysteries is an contemporary alternate history where the Plantagenets survive and also there is magic? I don't know more than that, and this fic works, because it's all iddy hand kissing and fealty swearing and THAT IS GOOD YES.
of course it's beastly when anybody dies by
The crossover here is Malory Towers/Death Note, where Darling Gwendoline finds the notebook. This is dark and messed up, and Gwendoline is exactly as awful as you'd expect with the power of life and death in her hands.