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i've just started chapter 3 of trails in the sky sc, so here's some thoughts!

i'm torn on whether to go to crossbell or cold steel after i finish all three sky games. on the one hand i think it would be best to play through the games in release order, and from what i can tell, the crossbell games are very similar to sky in presentation and style. that said, i've read that crossbell should be played after cold steel 1 and 2 so i'm undecided. regardless i intend to pick up at least one of them in the upcoming steam sale, assuming they go on sale. (please go on sale.) it's been really nice to play this series on steamdeck; despite being listed as unsupported on steam, FC and SC have run perfectly and have full controller support.

i'll likely have more free time tomorrow to play (raid unexpectedly got cancelled) so i'm looking forward to more!

adore

I'm participating in The Wheel of Chaos in which we collectively pounce on our keyboards and become chaos gremlins for an unforeseen amount of time. Signups are here: link!

Current Mood: happy

zarla

OKAY i've played through the new Deltarune chapters, both pacifist and snowgrave, and there's just SO MUCH to talk about, it's hard to even know where to start, haha. I'll have to see if I can organize my thoughts better with some time to chew on it...

harpers_child

Anyone have recipes that use very small amounts of okra? I'm talking two or three okra. My okra plants are producing, but they're still small so I'm only getting a two or three every couple of days.

If you have recipes that use large amounts of okra, I'll take those too, but won't have a chance to try them until about August. Per LSU ag extension the heat puts the okra plants into overdrive and I'll have beaucoup then.

soc_puppet

It's time for another episode of America's favorite game show: Rotate! That! Mattress!

Edit: And returning contestant Socchan has done it again! The mattress has been rotated 180°, and the sheets changed at the same time. This time around, Socchan notably chose not to move the dresser at the foot of the bed, seeming to save some extra seconds in the final time and some overall effort. Will Socchan continue this gamble in upcoming appearances? Only time will tell!

Today, as in every episode, Socchan walks away with a mattress that has been slightly rejuvenated and whose lifespan has been extended just a bit longer, as well as the feeling of sleeping on fresh sheets to look forward to.

Join us again in two months for another episode of Rotate That Mattress!

Current Mood: determined

autobotscoutriella

Sonata in F You
Chapter 10: anything you say can and will be held against you
AO3

Summary: Two weeks after his brother's second trial, Klavier Gavin is arrested for murder.

Fandom: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Characters: Klavier Gavin/Apollo Justice, Klavier Gavin/Daryan Crescend, Ema Skye, Miles Edgeworth
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Canon-typical violence, murder mystery, language
Notes: The chapter title is originally from the Miranda warnings, but for title inspiration purposes I got it from Fall Out Boy's "Just One Yesterday".

( chapter 10: anything you say can and will be held against you )

Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: Fall Out Boy - Just One Yesterday

mrsluigivargas

Florally Screwed (in all ways but one)
We interrupt this regularly scheduled kidnapping for an important PSA: when it comes to foraging guidebooks, make sure yours is actually reputable, or else you might end up eating something that could make you sick or kill you — or worse, force your partners to deal with the consequences of you ingesting a dangerous amount of colloquially-named sex pollen.

Fandom: Super Mario
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: Mario, Peach, Luigi, Bowser, Kamek
Relationships: Bowser/Luigi/Mario/Princess Peach, Bowser/Luigi/Princess Peach, Bowser/Mario
Additional Tags: Sex Pollen, No Sex, Asexual Mario, Established Relationship
Length: 3,097 words

Excited to be able to write this polycule as an established relationship, instead of in the midst of the lead up to it, haha. Reading this over while editing made me realize that I’d gotten really good at portraying these guys’ relationships with each other at some point. It’s very sweet, the little nods to how close they are.

Anyway, it’s very important to me is no matter how close they are, the kidnappings still have to happen. It’s enrichment for them. They’ll start crawling up the walls without it. There’s a fic I need to write, actually, of them crawling up the walls about it.

( Commentary )

Current Mood: proud
Current Music: PerfecT Shape - Sakai Asuka

autobotscoutriella

Re-reading my own fic to get myself in a good writing headspace, and you know, Sonata may have taken more time/effort/plotting and gets more attention for good reasons, but until I bring you home absolutely slaps. I wrote it in something like six days on an average of five hours of sleep a night, and it still might be the best emotional arc I've ever written.

(I really need to learn enough photoshop to make a Klavdar icon.)

haunted_cherries

FFXIV: Making Sense of Loose Change

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haunted_cherries

Characters: OCs
Rating: Teen
Summary: As an echo user, you get a firsthand glimpse of what memories may be attached to this trunk of items you've found at a secondhand store. Who did these belong to, and what glimpses into the lives of their previous owners might they contain?

Notes: Originally posted to AO3 on 11/11/22 and now being archived here! Original notes: My brain said I should make an "x reader" series for all of my FFXIV OCs, so this is the first of those. I plan for these to be short and sweet, so apologies in advance for the length. I preface this by saying that this is written out of pure self-indulgence and isn't mean to be a one to one match for your own personality/actions/demeanor etc. Simply put, if "x reader/ Y/N" content isn't your cup of tea for whatever reason, feel free to pass on by!

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Chapter 1: Jihe'to
The first item in the trunk of wonders you’ve found is a sunflower brooch. It’s small and missing a few of its petals, but you can’t help but smile at how cute it is. With no time to further speculate on its potential owner, the echo immediately propels you into your first memory.

Your vision opens to the view of a serene sunset overlooking a grassy field. Thanks to the power of the echo, you seem to be looking through the eyes of the vision’s owner, awakening with a small yawn.
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FFXIV: Making Sense of Loose Change

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solarbird

HEY! Any Nova Soctia bike or bike-supportive people – particularly in or near Halifax – here? Time to show up!

“Mayor Fillmore has called for a halt to all new cycling infrastructure, using “rationale” very similar to what Premier Doug Ford has used in Ontario to attack Toronto. There will be a vote on Tuesday.”

Deets saying what to do are on Mastodon. You don’t need an account to read it. Let him know what you think.

Posted via Solarbird{y|z|yz}, Collected.

arcanetrivia

I've been sitting on these for a while, oop. Putting the extended info like author's notes, my comments, and quotes from the fics behind cuts, as this is gonna be kinda long anyway.

Fire & Ice by

jen-kollic
Characters: Morgan LeFlay, Jugbender, Dante Dragotta
Rating: Teen
Words: 18,083 (abandoned WIP)
Author's summary: So, what exactly is Morgan LeFlay's backstory, and how did she become a Mighty Pirate Hunter? We get a lot of vague details in 'Lair of the Leviathan', but how to put them all together is anyone's guess...( Read more... )

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A Tale of Two Dread Pirate Zombie Captains by

Emerald-Embers
Fandom: Monkey Island/Pirates of the Caribbean
Pairing/Characters: Guybrush, Jack; references to Guybrush/Elaine and Jack/Anamaria
Rating: K+
Words: 2720
Author's summary: Monkey Island/Pirates of the Caribbean crossover; the importance of pirate training.( Read more... )

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The Road to Monkey island by

Threepwillow
Fandom: Monkey Island/The Road to El Dorado
Pairing/Characters: Guybrush/Elaine, LeChuck, Miguel/Tulio
Rating: Teen
Words: 15,351
Author's summary: What do an irritated governor, two fast-talking Spaniards, and a voodoo MacGuffin have in common? Guybrush Threepwood is stuck on a ship with all three of them, on another adventure to the dubious Monkey Island.( Read more... )

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Largo LaGrande Meets LeCrew by

MinMinGood
Characters: Largo LaGrande, LeChuck, Iron Rose, Flair Gorey, Apple Bob, Gullet, Putra, Flambe
Rating: Teen
Words: 4224
Author's summary: Somehow, Largo LaGrande has ended up on LeShip, and LeChuck is willing to give him another shot at being on the crew. But he needs to find a job to do, and he needs to not irritate everyone around him.( Read more... )

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In the Cards by

thedevilchicken
Characters: Guybrush, Voodoo Lady
Rating: Teen
Words: 2149
Author's summary: A Yuletide gift for tahanrien! A little slice of backstory for Guybrush, and the Voodoo Lady. She's always there, just like she's always been.( Read more... )

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The Search by

the_angst_alchemist
Pairing/Characters: Elaine/Guybrush, Original Characters
Rating: General
Words: 1631
Author's summary: Elaine has been at sea for a few weeks now, and her crew is starting to worry about her and how she keeps looking around the ship for something that isn't there. ...Or, rather, someone.( Read more... )

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Symbiosis by

MinMinGood
Characters: Flambé, Iron Rose, LeChuck, Largo LaGrande mentioned
Rating: General
Words: 701
Author's summary: Flambé appears to have actually done his job, for once. Surely this can't be right?( Read more... )

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Pinchpenny by

MinMinGood
Characters: LeChuck, Largo LaGrande, Original Character
Rating: Teen
Words: 2224
Author's summary: LeChuck needs money, so he heads to Pinchpenny Island to meet with someone who might be able to help. He also has a back-up plan if they can't.( Read more... )

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I Am Afraid of Eternity Too by

RandomArceus
Characters: Largo LaGrande
Rating: Mature
Words: 2384
Author's summary: You have died. And you find that, with there being nobody around to bury your body, you have to do it yourself.( Read more... )

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May-Hem #1: 28, Volcanic Eruption, Curse of Monkey Island by Laridian
Characters: Guybrush, Griswold Goodsoup, Madame Xima
Rating: Not rated; maybe Teen
Words: 742
Author's summary: Things go a lot worse here than they did in the game. For those who haven't played, Guybrush has just dropped some cheese into the caldera of Mount Acidophilus, home to a volcano god with very strict dietary rules.( Read more... )

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Multi-Faceted by

the_angst_alchemist
Pairing/Characters: Elaine/Guybrush
Rating: Teen
Words: 8891
Author's summary: The legend of the Devil's Mirror has been told a thousand times, but when Elaine and Guybrush go to retrieve such a treasure, it's obvious that something much weirder has to happen-- it wouldn't be one of their adventures otherwise! When Guybrush accidentally looks into it, splitting himself into multiple fragments, it's up to Elaine to get her husband back together.( Read more... )

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Vagabond by

CaptMickey
Characters: Guybrush, Original Characters
Rating: General
Words: 47,149
Author's summary: Before he became a husband and father, before he became a Mighty Pirate, before he washed ashore to Melee... he was just a lost child looking for a place to call home.( Read more... )

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Much Ado About Monkey Island by

introsquirrel
Pairing/Characters: Guybrush/Elaine, Morgan LeFlay
Rating: G
Words: 1355
Author's warnings: Kind of a love triangle situation, but not really; this is unedited( Read more... )

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Portrait by

RandomArceus
Characters: Largo LaGrande
Rating: General
Words: 200
Author's summary: LeChuck's gone. And you're still thinking about him.( Read more... )

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There Is No Escape by

MinMinGood
Characters: LeChuck, Largo LaGrande, Iron Rose
Rating: Teen
Words: 3250
Author's summary: Largo never wanted to try and find Big Whoop. And he was so over hearing about Elaine Marley. So, he ran. But someone wasn't far behind him.( Read more... )

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Current Mood: tired

lumemiruuuuuuuuuuu

until thrusday, this week was somewhat calm, at least calm for what would be an exam week. we jst had our tests on monday which were...ok. i did have to cheat a bit on the math one and i also helped someone who was cheating but we didnt got caught, and the other one was an ethics test. which was mostly easy, as they were questions along the lines of "maria runs away everytime she has to talk to someone, what behavior pattern is this?". and the rest of the week transcurred calmly. i even had time to make a profile pic for my ocs art fight profile!!! here it is :3

that was until the peace was gone on thursday evening, when we got a fatidic email...that the middle/high school cordinator was fired out of the blue. and he wouldnt be working anymore from that thursday. needless to say, i was shocked. my mother was too, and things only got worse when we knew the elemtary coordinator (who, i must clarify, IS MARRIED TO THE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL COORDINATOR) and 2 high school teahcers (who have been working in the school for ages, and are pretty much ones of the top teachers here. the type you instictively know its influence, and have been hated by every student before graduating yet loved once the students spend 0.00001 seconds at college, and frankly, responsible for much of the schools very appreciated results at the ifecs) were also fired out of the blue that very same day.

needless to say, there was shock and anger everywhre. most parents (including mine) were either angry or concerned, AND OH BOY THE STUDENTS...the class gropuchat was mad as fuck too, and some people were starting to think about protesting or smth, but man everyone was convinced this was the downfall of the school and stuff. i partially agree with it, bc even if those fuckers have been declaring that the school was going to fucking die since the beiginning of the year (bc of frankly, light reasons, such as the change of the entrance hours to 6:45am or the change on the grading system) this is truly fucked up. and weird. bc they were literally fired without fair cause. at least thats what some teachers and a frienc of my mother who works at the school told my mom...which is even weirder. if they were fired bc of some wrongdoing we would've known, specially since im sure a parent would've spoken up about about it and killed the headmistress if they attempted to cover it up, as this has happened before. but here LITERALLY NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING. today 74384789374 students have asked the teachers and all of them have said they dont know anything and is jst a very mysterious mystery...which is even worse tbh. and we still dont know anything lol.

somehow, classes were very normal the first hours of the day. i had my science test (which was hell, as always, BUT, i have the hunch i may have done better today, as i applied A BRAND NEW SOLVING QUESTIONS STRATEGY, but im still nervous lol), until the class after recess, since some middle/high school kids went to protest at the headmistress office, and everyone was like "OMG WHATS HAPPENING!??!?!" for like 15 minutes, until the teachers forced everyone inside lol. and nothing, still, jst the headmistress telling them they were doing what they considered best and shit like that.

im mostly concerned about the kids who are in the school bc of scholarships bc they have relatives who are teachers, specially a classmate of mine, who's mom is an old teacher (bonus concern points lol) and who knows if she might get fired...LETS NOT SUMMON EVIL GUYS. but yeah my headmistress and the school council have been very silly lately lol

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Location: computer
Current Music: x w x - yeule

arcanetrivia

And There Will Be A Reckoning by (Anonymous)
Fandom: Discworld
Pairing/Characters: Tiffany Aching, Granny Weatherwax
Rating: General
Words: 1420

Author's summary: It was the sort of cold where - if you were out in it for too long - you went right around in a circle and started to feel warm again.
Author's warnings: Chose Not To Use
Additional tags: Implied/Referenced Character Death, In that it is the apocalypse and most people are dead by this point (Fic was written for Apocalyptothon 2014)

Quote:
She was distracted from these thoughts by a "Caw!" from high above. She had barely seen the raven before her hands were out in front of her.
"Thunder on my right hand. Lightning in my left hand. Heat above me. Frost below me."
As she stole its heat, a curl of warmth sprang up inside her chest.
The raven fell dead from the sky. She never saw where it landed.

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The Case of the Vanishing Vampire by (Anonymous)
Fandom: Discworld
Pairing/Characters: Reg Shoe, Visit, Vimes, Vetinari, Carrot, Angua, Cheery Littlebottom, William de Worde, Otto von Chriek, Rufus Drumknott, Death, George Pony
Rating: Teen
Words: 19,552

Author's summary: Reg and Visit are drawn into a mystery at the heart of Ankh Morpork's undead community. Why would a lifelong black-ribboner suddenly try to kill his landlady? And why have his ashes mysteriously disappeared? With the rest of the Watch focused on a threat to the new underground rail network, Reg and Visit will need to work together to solve the case, because if the two of them can't manage to put aside their differences, somebody's going to get away with murder...
Author's notes:
Q. Why is this fic like the Ankh-Morpork coat of arms?
A. They were both supported by hippos.
This fic is dedicated to the good people of #Yuletide: Doranwen and Fran who dropped ropes when I fell into my own plotholes, SteelNeko who came up with one of the OCs, Kurushi who agreed to beta-read despite an impossibly tight deadline and TL whose gentle command of "This is never going to be finished on time, you need to start writing an alternate fic NOW" is the only reason I'm not perma-banned from Yuletide.
But most of all it's dedicated to my recipient, who has the patience of the saint and whose prompt basically amounted to "One's an evangelist, the other's a zombie; together THEY FIGHT CRIME!" which is clearly the most awesome prompt in the history of Yuletide.
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Complete, Action/Adventure, Bechdel Test Pass, Blood, Canon Compliant, Case Fic, Crimes, Drama, Friendship, Gen Fic, Gift Fic, Humor, Minor Canonical Character(s), Mystery, Mystery Stories, Past Tense, Photography, Police, Politics, Post-Canon, Prompt Fic, Religions, Teamwork, They Fight Crime!, Trains, Yuletide, Vampires, Whodunnit, Zombies, #Yulechat Challenge 2010

My comment: (Chapter 5) "I don't suppose the dwarf symbol for "mine" resembles a circle with a horizontal line through it, by any chance?"
(Chapter 8) "Kinda love that Visit now basically has one of those things you get by laying a penny on a railroad track. (Don't do this, kids.)"
Quote:
'We're in the middle of a heatwave and Detritus has never been particularly swayed by debate even when his brain's at a reasonable temperature.'
'Yes, but we can't just walk away.'
'No.'
'Oh.'
'Yeah.'
'Stoneface is going to go absolutely Bursar.'
'Well, if you want to let a murderer get away because you were afraid of getting in trouble.'
'Oh shut up.'
'No, you shut up.'
'No, you shut up.'
The two corporals turned to Detritus and smiled.
"Fair enough, Sarge. Can you just move to one side for a minute so we can turn the cart around?"

dani_meows

So we went to the vet on Wednesday to discuss Jasper's whole health with our primary vet. We trust him a lot because he's been our vet for 13 plus years now.

Our vet said that with Jasper's kidney disease (early stage 1) he wouldn't recommend going to an oncologist for treatments as both radiation and chemo may put to much strain on our boys kidneys.

He sent an email to our optometrist who did Jasper's surgery about the risks of going in again to try and remove the additional melanoma cells. And got back to us that day recommending the surgery to hopefully be able to remove the additional melanoma.

Apparently diffuse iris melanoma doesn't grow back often and it's risk of moving elsewhere is also low.

So next Thursday, Jasper goes back in for surgery.

Hopefully they can save him.

I want to have hope. I'm never ready to say goodbye to my cats. And I want Jasper to live as long as he can. To beat kidney disease and Cancer for as long as possible.

At the vet's office I also got to meet a five week old kitten, that our vet rescued! Omg she was the tiniest little thing.

Jasper than bit me in jealousy! I have my hands full with Jasper, Boo, Bitsy and Nori though!

Current Mood: hopeful
Crossposts: https://dani-meows.insanejournal.com/382893.html

lydamorehouse

Somehow our house looks more chaotic and full of half-filled bags and boxes as we prepare for a week long vacation to the northwoods. ONE WEEK! You'd think we were packing to move out!

The thing about the place we're headed is that the closest town with a grocery store is twenty minutes down the Gunflint Trail. I mean, I will drive twenty minutes to a store around here. Maybe because we're surrounded by TREES, twenty minutes away feels so much further when we're up north. Half of what we're bringing is food. Almost none of which will be returning with us.

Despite all this, I'm really looking forwrard to the vacation. There is limited wireless, but I usually get up early and make the hike to the Lodge with my computer and spend an hour or so making sure I'm not missing out on any earth-shattering news. So, I'm still reachable, just... only once a day. I'm going to try to post pictures and such--you know, actually keep up with this blog for once!

solarbird

ooooooookay so

loooooong time ago I did a lot of work on a CSS overlay for Dreamwidth’s Neutral Good/Evil styles to make them work properly on mobile devices as well as Desktop. If you apply the CSS as Custom CSS to your journal, it keeps working on desktop and starts working right on mobile. All the nightmare noise from Dreamwidth’s old mobile-ish style went away, it got way more information dense, and most of all

goddamn

horizontal

scrolling

ever.

Not even with the navbar turned on. It’s stupidly tall, but it no longer scrolls.

(That was some work.)

I handed off that code to Dreamwidth ages ago, but they’ve got a tiny staff and I don’t know how important it ever was to them or even how much made it into the codebase.

Turns out tho’… seems people are still using mine? And I just got an issue report. And I have an edit that fixes it on my machine. And I fixed a subject line issue while I was at it.

sooooo uhhhhhhhh

I guess I’m dropping a new release!

Anybody want to test Version 0.85 before I make it official?

Posted via Solarbird{y|z|yz}, Collected.

22degreehalo

Fandom events in 2025 be like:

>'Can I-?' Just have fun!! :) We're here to create! To enjoy ourselves! Or don't. I can't tell you what to do! :P As long as you make something vaguely completion-shaped, we'd love to see it! <3

>Use of AI, in any way, shape, or form, is strictly prohibited. If you are caught using AI on your works, you will be banned from this and any/all of our future events. This includes using AI to rephrase sentences.
RNG is perfectly fine, but AI is not allowed.

queenlua

Been a while since I bookblogged here, huh? This isn't EVERYTHING, but this post already took me fucking hours to type up, so, let's get into it—

Jhereg by Steven Brust
Mickey7 by Ashton Edward

Both of these books were romps, though the former is the more compelling overall package.

( Jhereg )

( Mickey7 )

That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation by David Bentley Hart (DNF, 48%)
Honest to God by John A.T. Robinson (DNF, 54%)
Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thích Nhất Hạnh (DNF, 24%)
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church by N.T. Wright

Look, to tip my hand, I'm in the (very!) early phase of writing a weird fantasy/historical/pastiche-y novel that dares to ask questions like "damn what was it like to be The Greatest Haterliest Poaster Of All Time" and also "what if Martin Luther was a chick" and "what if Martin Luther was two people instead of one" and "what if those people ~~kissed~~ failed to kiss" and "what if Martin Luther were a radical pacifist on top of all the other crazy shit he was doing" and "what if sacred music was actually efficacious and had geopolitical implications" and so on. I blame Lyndal Roper specifically for presenting a portrait of Martin Luther so vivid and intriguing that I could not help but go patently insane over him thereafter.

The logical next step for researching such a novel would be to read up on the theology and history of that period, because even if I'm VERY heavy on the pastiche aspects, it's nice to understand the historical context and some contemporaneous sources/writings for the period of history I'm interested in, if only for riffing purposes, yaknow.

Alas, however, I'm a magpie with no self-control, and thus easily beguiled by Every Other Book I Trip Over On The Way To The Stuff I Should Actually Be Reading, which is how I wound up with this grab-bag of rather more contemporary theology.

All of which I am entirely unqualified to properly evaluate, to be clear, as someone who's variously identified as "Southern Baptist," "Christian agnostic," "deist," "Quaker," "neopagan," "animist," and "some weird woo bullshit syncretic thing ig, sorry it's cringe I know" at various points in my life. But that sure won't stop me from prattling about 'em on my blog.

( That All Shall Be Saved )

( Honest to God )

( Living Buddha, Living Christ )

( Surprised By Hope )

Aside: all of these books felt pretty repetitive. Something to do with the genre, I guess? No way to theology-y people to feel like they've gotten your point across without restating it three different ways? IDK.

ANYWAY. I should probably quit dicking around with these books for a bit, since, y'know, novel. I gotta read more Martin Luther himself and also probably some John Calvin. (Alas this means my copy of Kosuke Koyama's Five Mile an Hour God will likely remain mostly-unread on my shelf. Did I mention I'm a magpie. Books pile up in my home whenever I get on a weird pseudo-reasearch-y kick, and I am blessed with an indulgent partner who just keeps buying me more bookshelves instead of telling me to cut it the hell out, which is very sweet of him, but also I could really use someone to stop me before I commit more Irresponsible Spending Crimes... though I saw someone the other day comparing book-buying to wine-buying, e.g. hey it's valid and normal to let some of them age in the cellar & have more than you'll be able to drink; you want to have good wine when the time is right! and UNFORTUNATELY this is very effective for allowing me to continue in my profligate ways. RIP me.)

...okay yeah I couldn't find any way to fit Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik into all of this. Spinning Silver was very good, but I don't have much to say! The primary romance was a total nothingburger, but that's fine because mostly the book is about Miryem girlbossing her way through Rumpelstiltskin and that shit totally rules. I would like to read several more books about moneylenders Being Incredibly Good At Their Job. The book gets a bit bloated and flabbier as it goes along (though the parts with secondary-girlboss Irina and horrible little man Mirnatius can stay; those bits were great) but never enough to knock it down from the "very good" tier. Fairytale retellings aren't normally my thing but this one was solid.

mhalachai

I have had a very interesting few days, writing-wise. I had been noodling on an idea for a while when, maybe three days ago, I started wondering if I might be able to do use the premise of the Hour of the Wolf (my Teen Wolf/MCU timetravel long-lost family story feat. Allison Argent) on something related to Anita Blake.

Note: It took me a whole day to remember had already done that in 2005 with Switchback, a story I didn't import over to AO3 as it's incomplete. (You can find it here; cw: rape)

Sometimes people say they only tell one story… and I just re-read Switchback and realized that I didn't create something new with Hour of the Wolf; I'd taken my one story and applied it to Teen Wolf.

Anyway.

A few days ago, when the idea occurred to me to apply the HotW premise to Anita Blake, I went all in, I was writing, I was plotting, and I had over 6,000 words together by the time I managed to think my way through to the end of the story…. And then I stopped. I realized that I absolutely do not want to write this story as it's set because there's no chance of a hopeful ending. The story starts with irreparable loss, and there's no way to fix that.

So I stopped.

In the interests of transparency (and because I like throwing dark-haired girls and their preternatural sidekicks back in time), I've posted what I have written below the cut:

( Read more... )

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larissa - i'm gonna need an estelle bright icon
adore - //cracks knuckles
zarla - (no subject)
harpers_child - (no subject)
soc_puppet - Keeping up with chores
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haunted_cherries - [FFXIV] Making Sense of Loose Change: End
haunted_cherries - [FFXIV] Making Sense of Loose Change: Part 1
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arcanetrivia - Big splat of 15 Monkey Island fic recs
lumemiruuuuuuuuuuu - we got a top 10 anime twists event suddenly lol
arcanetrivia - Two Discworld fic recs
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