Sorta-kinda fannish things
Apr. 13th, 2024 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lucymonsterI happened to check back in on tumblr just in time for The Boopening, and man, it was so much fun! Tumblr in its heyday was a miserable hellhole, I know, but I also had some of the best fannish times of my life on there and that silly button brought back the very best of that chaotic, gleefully uncool energy I’ve been missing.
I’ve been out of the loop on new Star Wars stuff for a little while. There seems to be a bunch going on with new movies and video games that I don’t especially care about, but I did just learn that there’s been a big comics crossover event starring the Knights of Ren, Qi’ra AND Aphra! The library seems to have most of it, so I’ve done the right thing and requested it there instead of blowing a whole month’s fun money on digital instant gratification. I want it SO BAD.
In other library news, I’ve been picking away at A Desolation Called Peace, which is the sequel to A Memory Called Empire. It’s a non-renewable loan that I ordered before realising I was lukewarm on Martine’s writing, and I’ve been persevering out of some kind of sunk cost fallacy - as with the previous one, I really WANT to love it, but it just isn’t quite grabbing me.
I’ve also been reading more Ali Hazelwood, starting with Check and Mate, which I didn’t realise was YA until I’d already brought it home. YA is great and romance is great, but I think YA romance is a bridge too far for me. I’m not going to be the grown woman who bitches about how a gooey love story for teenagers didn’t scratch her itch, so I’ll leave my review of this one at ‘wasn’t for me’. Next up is Love, Theoretically which is for an adult audience and much more promising so far.
Also on my pile is Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. There are so many red flags: it’s billed as a ‘TikTok sensation’, the summary sounds very ‘YA with added sex scenes’, and I can feel in my bones that it’s going to be Wrong About Figure Skating. But my sudden appetite for grumpy-meets-sunshine het romance is out of control so I’m going with it anyway. I expect no sympathy from anyone if it ends badly.
Nothing on the TV/movie front except that I still have Deadloch on the brain. I honestly NEED more Cath/Dulcie/Eddie in my life, but poking around for fic has taught me that I simply no way no how cannot overlook non-Aussie writers getting the slang wrong. This also means I can’t request it in exchanges, because ‘don’t write for me unless either you or your beta are Australian’ would be the wankiest thing since ‘DNW gross stuff’. I’m not usually this picky! I don’t like it!
The Locked Tomb obsession, on the other hand, continues to bring me nothing but joy. I’m usually wary of doing fandom on reddit because it’s such a mixed bag, but subscribing to r/TheNinthHouse has been a great decision. Toothsome meta and lots of great fanart, with no bad vibes that I’ve seen so far.
That’s me, anyway. How are all you guys going? I have lots of flist to catch up on, but it’ll have to be in the coming days because it’s 7pm now and I’m sorry to say that’s bedtime when your up-all-night tiny one won’t take a bottle.
I’ve been out of the loop on new Star Wars stuff for a little while. There seems to be a bunch going on with new movies and video games that I don’t especially care about, but I did just learn that there’s been a big comics crossover event starring the Knights of Ren, Qi’ra AND Aphra! The library seems to have most of it, so I’ve done the right thing and requested it there instead of blowing a whole month’s fun money on digital instant gratification. I want it SO BAD.
In other library news, I’ve been picking away at A Desolation Called Peace, which is the sequel to A Memory Called Empire. It’s a non-renewable loan that I ordered before realising I was lukewarm on Martine’s writing, and I’ve been persevering out of some kind of sunk cost fallacy - as with the previous one, I really WANT to love it, but it just isn’t quite grabbing me.
I’ve also been reading more Ali Hazelwood, starting with Check and Mate, which I didn’t realise was YA until I’d already brought it home. YA is great and romance is great, but I think YA romance is a bridge too far for me. I’m not going to be the grown woman who bitches about how a gooey love story for teenagers didn’t scratch her itch, so I’ll leave my review of this one at ‘wasn’t for me’. Next up is Love, Theoretically which is for an adult audience and much more promising so far.
Also on my pile is Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. There are so many red flags: it’s billed as a ‘TikTok sensation’, the summary sounds very ‘YA with added sex scenes’, and I can feel in my bones that it’s going to be Wrong About Figure Skating. But my sudden appetite for grumpy-meets-sunshine het romance is out of control so I’m going with it anyway. I expect no sympathy from anyone if it ends badly.
Nothing on the TV/movie front except that I still have Deadloch on the brain. I honestly NEED more Cath/Dulcie/Eddie in my life, but poking around for fic has taught me that I simply no way no how cannot overlook non-Aussie writers getting the slang wrong. This also means I can’t request it in exchanges, because ‘don’t write for me unless either you or your beta are Australian’ would be the wankiest thing since ‘DNW gross stuff’. I’m not usually this picky! I don’t like it!
The Locked Tomb obsession, on the other hand, continues to bring me nothing but joy. I’m usually wary of doing fandom on reddit because it’s such a mixed bag, but subscribing to r/TheNinthHouse has been a great decision. Toothsome meta and lots of great fanart, with no bad vibes that I’ve seen so far.
That’s me, anyway. How are all you guys going? I have lots of flist to catch up on, but it’ll have to be in the coming days because it’s 7pm now and I’m sorry to say that’s bedtime when your up-all-night tiny one won’t take a bottle.
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Date: 2024-04-13 03:04 pm (UTC)I picked up a couple of books at a nearby free library. I need to have some excuse to get off screen in a big way.
Here's to some extra rest! ♥
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Date: 2024-04-14 04:05 am (UTC)you should write all the Deadloch fic it would be so amazingHope you enjoy the books! Needing help to get away from screens is very relatable. I’m finding lately when I don’t have one on the go I lose aaaaall my free time down stupid internet rabbit holes
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Date: 2024-04-14 10:56 pm (UTC)ahahaa, so far I have made zero progress for no screens except for taking Bluesky off my phone. :| I did go for a bike ride today in the very brief period where it didn't rain!
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Date: 2024-04-13 04:05 pm (UTC)...Which is to say imo you're not missing that much, or perhaps I have just developed a deep and possibly unfair dislike of the OT3 because it stems from such a dislike (acknowledged or not) of Cath on most authors' parts, like, I think many of those people would be happier writing Cath and Dulcie having broken up but feel like they can't for whatever reason. SORRY I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT LATELY :(
I would read your Deadloch fic tho I think your Deadloch fic would be great.
(Also I am also going to lose my mind over there’s been a big comics crossover event starring the Knights of Ren, Qi’ra AND Aphra!! If ever there was a time for me to be able to read comics...)
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Date: 2024-04-13 07:24 pm (UTC)Nice to hear from you, as always. <3 I have another post of yours still open in a tab for when I get time to look up your music recs.