[Fanmix] Distant Skies, My Destiny
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In honor of
ficinabox crunching, a crosspost of the fanmix I made for last year, for
galaxyofroses. The Expanse books again, this time about the Ring Worlds. (AO3)
( 13 songs )
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[Amnesty] happily ever after (not really) (Supernatural, Benny Lafitte & Sam Winchester)
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Title: happily ever after (not really)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing/Characters: Benny Lafitte & Sam Winchester
Content Notes: Major character death, angst, hurt no comfort, unhappy ending
Prompt: September One - 2 & 6 - and they lived happily ever after
happily ever after (not really) on AO3.
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing/Characters: Benny Lafitte & Sam Winchester
Content Notes: Major character death, angst, hurt no comfort, unhappy ending
Prompt: September One - 2 & 6 - and they lived happily ever after
happily ever after (not really) on AO3.
Silksong: Act 2, Citadel of Song, part 1
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I've been having so much fun with Silksong, an incredible game. There's so much to explore!
I finally got to the first ending (could have done it earlier but now felt like a good time) and that seems like a good point to post, uh, 9.5k of notes about my playthrough.
( Act 2: Citadel of Song. Part 1 )
I finally got to the first ending (could have done it earlier but now felt like a good time) and that seems like a good point to post, uh, 9.5k of notes about my playthrough.
( Act 2: Citadel of Song. Part 1 )
Air Canada reminder
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They sent me an email reminding me to check that I had the necessary visas for travel.
Which, fair enough, because Canada requires an ETA for Australian citizens to travel there. And I was pretty sure that I had one, but I double-checked because one should always double-check.
And then I read the email they'd sent more carefully.
Dear reader, they sent me an email reminding me to check that I had the necessary visa for travel to AUSTRALIA...
Which, fair enough, because Canada requires an ETA for Australian citizens to travel there. And I was pretty sure that I had one, but I double-checked because one should always double-check.
And then I read the email they'd sent more carefully.
Dear reader, they sent me an email reminding me to check that I had the necessary visa for travel to AUSTRALIA...
Sanders' Union Speaker
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Sanders' Union Speaker: Containing a Great Variety of Exercises for Declamation, Both in Prose and Verse by Charles Walton Sanders
Another collection of extracts for the scholar. This differs from his Union Readers and New Readers in that it is, overtly, aimed at performance before crowds. Some have directions on how they are to be staged, down to the observation that the poem about being a man is more comic when told by a young boy than an older one.
Many more comic pieces. Also, the time of publication is clear, since many pieces directly address the war. More speeches and poems and fewer essays. But its selection does cast quite a light on the times.
Another collection of extracts for the scholar. This differs from his Union Readers and New Readers in that it is, overtly, aimed at performance before crowds. Some have directions on how they are to be staged, down to the observation that the poem about being a man is more comic when told by a young boy than an older one.
Many more comic pieces. Also, the time of publication is clear, since many pieces directly address the war. More speeches and poems and fewer essays. But its selection does cast quite a light on the times.
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Garden Party
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Title: Garden Party
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Getting Together, Monsterfucking, Succubus Molly, Human Rocker, Consensual Everything, Sounding, Anal Sex,
Summary: Rocker finds the garden alluring during the party, ready to get his deepest desires filled.
Word Count: 3,217
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Getting Together, Monsterfucking, Succubus Molly, Human Rocker, Consensual Everything, Sounding, Anal Sex,
Summary: Rocker finds the garden alluring during the party, ready to get his deepest desires filled.
Word Count: 3,217
( Story )
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Beyond
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Recent Reading: One Dark Window
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Minor spoilers below for One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
I didn't pick this book up so much as had it breathlessly thrust into my arms (along with the sequel) by a dear friend who I couldn't disappoint by refusing. I swore to give it a real chance, despite the fact that she and I frequently disagree about what is quality writing, and initially I was able to sink into the conceits of the story. I enjoyed the Nightmare and his relationship with Elspeth (although I suspected I would be disappointed that he did not end up being the love interest, and I was right about that), the general mystery of Blunder, and the way even the characters themselves seem to know little about how the magic of their world works.
The initial set-up chapters were the most enjoyable; once the real plot reared its head, the book started falling apart for me.
A significant part of that is the romance, which had me rolling my eyes at various points. You could make a drinking game out of how often Raven--sorry, Ravyn--is referred to as "the captain of the destriers" instead of his name. I don't mind that Elspeth and Ravyn's romance is telegraphed early and clear--sometimes you're into someone from the get-go--but as a love interest, Ravyn is a surly, controlling killjoy who believes he has the right to demand other people behave the way he wants them to. He intentionally keeps information from Elspeth and then gets angry with her for acting without that knowledge. Then again, maybe they fit, since they both seem to immediately dislike most other people around them.
The book wants Ravyn to be sexy with his competency and knowledge, but he often comes off as infuriatingly patronizing and Elspeth embarrassingly infantile. The hissy fit she throws when he doesn't want to pretend to be courting her was cringe-inducing. Girl maybe it's just not about you, a woman this guy has known for less than 48 hours.
The writing itself quickly becomes repetitive, and the author lives in terror we might forget a single character's eye color. The rhymes which begin each chapter get old, as they themselves are internally repetitive, and not very clever.
None of the characters are ever allowed to do anything embarrassing, because that might render them marginally less sexy. Elspeth is, as are so many female main characters in romance novels, a klutz, which gives her plenty of opportunity to be cutely embarrassed over absolutely nothing without doing anything that might actually be embarrassing.
Blunder is a mishmash of European cultures and time periods without taking clear inspiration from any of them, which I could almost let pass, except that at any of the times which lend inspiration to Blunder, Elspeth would have scandalized by repeatedly and openly spending time alone with single adult men and no chaperone. The book clearly takes vibes inspiration only.
At the halfway mark where I ended my journey through Blunder, our little gaggle of card thieves does not seem particularly competent, and I can't say I have any interest in how their adventures resolve. I'll have to tell my friend they're just not for me.
I didn't pick this book up so much as had it breathlessly thrust into my arms (along with the sequel) by a dear friend who I couldn't disappoint by refusing. I swore to give it a real chance, despite the fact that she and I frequently disagree about what is quality writing, and initially I was able to sink into the conceits of the story. I enjoyed the Nightmare and his relationship with Elspeth (although I suspected I would be disappointed that he did not end up being the love interest, and I was right about that), the general mystery of Blunder, and the way even the characters themselves seem to know little about how the magic of their world works.
The initial set-up chapters were the most enjoyable; once the real plot reared its head, the book started falling apart for me.
A significant part of that is the romance, which had me rolling my eyes at various points. You could make a drinking game out of how often Raven--sorry, Ravyn--is referred to as "the captain of the destriers" instead of his name. I don't mind that Elspeth and Ravyn's romance is telegraphed early and clear--sometimes you're into someone from the get-go--but as a love interest, Ravyn is a surly, controlling killjoy who believes he has the right to demand other people behave the way he wants them to. He intentionally keeps information from Elspeth and then gets angry with her for acting without that knowledge. Then again, maybe they fit, since they both seem to immediately dislike most other people around them.
The book wants Ravyn to be sexy with his competency and knowledge, but he often comes off as infuriatingly patronizing and Elspeth embarrassingly infantile. The hissy fit she throws when he doesn't want to pretend to be courting her was cringe-inducing. Girl maybe it's just not about you, a woman this guy has known for less than 48 hours.
The writing itself quickly becomes repetitive, and the author lives in terror we might forget a single character's eye color. The rhymes which begin each chapter get old, as they themselves are internally repetitive, and not very clever.
None of the characters are ever allowed to do anything embarrassing, because that might render them marginally less sexy. Elspeth is, as are so many female main characters in romance novels, a klutz, which gives her plenty of opportunity to be cutely embarrassed over absolutely nothing without doing anything that might actually be embarrassing.
Blunder is a mishmash of European cultures and time periods without taking clear inspiration from any of them, which I could almost let pass, except that at any of the times which lend inspiration to Blunder, Elspeth would have scandalized by repeatedly and openly spending time alone with single adult men and no chaperone. The book clearly takes vibes inspiration only.
At the halfway mark where I ended my journey through Blunder, our little gaggle of card thieves does not seem particularly competent, and I can't say I have any interest in how their adventures resolve. I'll have to tell my friend they're just not for me.
characters20in20 Round 19
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Link: Round 19 Sign Ups | Round 19 Themes
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đź”— puppetry, poetry, rewilding the web
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Hello! Once again I found tabs and links I’d saved for way too long without sharing (this time since MAY), so here, for you:
Misc. Interesting Bits
I really liked this story of attempting to bicycle from Bangkok to Chiang Mai with a cat.
World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts fulfills my love of very detailed, very intensely documented weird subject matter, and now I share it with you all.
Opinion: Put Your Magic Where Your Mouth Is, activism from a witchcraft/pagan POV.
( Read the rest of this entry » )Crossposted from Pixietails Club Blog.
thunderbolts: fanfic: the beauty of dangerous things
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Title: the beauty of dangerous things
Fandom: Thunderbolts (MCU)
Characters: Robert “Bob” Reynolds & John Walker
Length: 887 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: vague suicidal ideation references, mental health issues, poisonous plants, hurt/comfort
Notes: written for
fan_flashworks “garden” and Post-July Breaks Bingo “There’s something wrong with me.”
Summary: Bob finds John’s greenhouse filled with poisonous plants.
( the beauty of dangerous things )
Fandom: Thunderbolts (MCU)
Characters: Robert “Bob” Reynolds & John Walker
Length: 887 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: vague suicidal ideation references, mental health issues, poisonous plants, hurt/comfort
Notes: written for
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Summary: Bob finds John’s greenhouse filled with poisonous plants.
( the beauty of dangerous things )