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My tumblr url: autobot-scout-riella.tumblr.com--I'm basically the same username everywhere. I like to make myself easy to find. (I'm also gxmmarxy on Tumblr, but I use that blog less.)

Other sites: AO3, https://archiveofourown.org/users/autobotscoutriella

My fandoms: Transformers (pretty much all continuities) is the big one, as suggested by the username and the RP blog, but also Tolkien, MCU, Venom, Temeraire, Redwall, Star Wars (both the filmverse and the Legends/Expanded Universe), MST3K, Star Trek (most series, haven't watched much of the reboot)...I could keep going for a while.

What kind of content I post: Over on Tumblr it was mostly reblogging meta/fanart/gifsets, and RP on my main blog, but here I'm hoping it will be slightly more geared toward posting fic, meta, and general personal "what I'm reading" stuff. RP will go on a different blog if I pick it back up here.

Access/commenting policies: Comment away! I like hearing from people. I may post a few fics on a restricted list, depending on content (some of what I write is rather more personal), but for the most part I expect everything to be general-access with NSFW content marked.

Anything else?: My writing is either extremely fluffy, or angst all the way. I'm not great at balancing it. I'm also open to all kinds of new fandoms, so I'm always adding to the list of interests.

Also, I used to lurk like crazy around DW and LJ back when I was a kid just getting into fandom, and I'm super excited to be back!

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Oh, thanks! I'll definitely take a look at that--looks like a great way to find some places.

Oh man, Redwall! I loved that so much back in the day. :D And Tolkien, MCU, Venom, Star Wars & Trek, but seriously Redwall we gotta talk!

Redwall was my entire childhood! And most of my teenage years as well, really. I did a re-read of my favorites over the summer and was delighted to find it held up, so of course now I've found myself looking for fic and other people who remember the series!

Oh, same! Well more 9-10 years old and up really, but ah I loved those books. I still have all my old trade paperback copies. I really should make an effort and re-read my favs. Is there much fic? I must confess I'd never much thought to look (something of an oversight on my part). Oh and, hard question: Which was your favorite? *goofy eyebrow waggle* (or top three if that's too hard ;))

There is fic, and some of it is quite good! I'll have to see what I can track down and post some recs--I've read some that I thought were delightful, but I don't remember if they were on Tumblr or AO3 or somewhere else entirely.

Can I merge Mariel of Redwall and The Bellmaker as one favorite? ;) Mariel was my absolute favorite character from the moment I got my hands on The Bellmaker (our library didn't have them all, so I read them out of order). I loved Pearls of Lutra, too--if I ever write fic about a Redwall character, it'll probably be Grath Longfletch.

That would be awesome! :)

Pearls of Lutra was my favorite, not by a large margin but it squeaked it out. Mariel/Bellmaker can totally count as one and I will shamelessly use that so I can add one more. Mattimeo has always held a soft spot in my heart because it was actually the first one I read. My folks were trying to hurry me along at the library and I grabbed, at almost random, a book with a cover I liked and the obsession was born.

I'll have to do a proper search sometime and make a whole organized post, but this author was in my AO3 bookmarks and writes some delightful Redwall fic: https://archiveofourown.org/users/ScrivenerSavannah/pseuds/ScrivenerSavannah/works?fandom_id=233390

I just finished re-listening to the Mattimeo audiobook! It's such a good one. It's a shame there isn't a Pearls of Lutra audiobook, because I love that story so much, but Mattimeo is another beloved story. (I could say that about every book, though, I think! I don't recall ever disliking any of them, though I did prefer some over others.)

Uh, audiobook! I'm totally going to have to see if my library has copies. Though I suppose then I'd have to be prepared to drive around hungry because these books always required a snack to be on hand with all the feast talk. ;)

If I had to pick my least fav, I'd have to go with Martin the Warrior but that was just 'cause I was devastated from, you know. :( It's not that I didn't realize it was likely to happen so much as it hurt too much anyway.

They're definitely better with food on hand! I usually listen to those audiobooks while cooking--you get entertainment and then something (hopefully) delicious at the end by the time you've listened to a feast or three.

Martin the Warrior was so devastating the first time I read it! I really like it, from a writing and story perspective, but I think it's the one I've read least because of That One Scene. Of course, I had that reaction every time something like that happened--I got so attached to those characters.

I know there were other terribly sad loses in other books, but that one in MtW was too much for me. :( I've never been able to reread that book.

It was so easy to get attached, they were so charming. And I loved how each of the different types of animal had it's own flavor and accent. One of my favorite accents was the "northern" brogue 'cause suddenly I would hear Sean Connery in my head. :)

The accents were wonderful! I've never quite been able to replicate them when writing, which I think is why I took so long to start writing fanfic for the series, but they're always so much fun to read. (Though my attempts to read Rakkety Tam out loud were...probably not in the accent that the author envisioned.) They were delightful in the songs on the audiobooks, too.

Jacques did such a wonderful job with those accents, I can see why it would be intimidating to try to reproduce them. Ack, I really need to find the audiobooks (preferably free from my library, if at all possible). Wait, they sing the songs! Oh, that's magic. :D

The library is where I got all of mine! I had to get a few through interlibrary loan, but it was worth the wait.

They do sing the songs, and most of them are extremely catchy! Most of them have background music for the songs (the only ones I remember not having it are Taggerung and Martin the Warrior, but I could be wrong on that). The singing quality varies, of course, because it's usually just the voice actors singing the songs and some of them are a touch off-key, but it added a lot of character as far as I was concerned.

Well, that sounds charming. I've put in a request for Redwall from my library, but it looks like quite a few of them will have to be ILL. *shrugs* As you say, I'm sure the wait will be worth it. :D

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