I don't normally do these, but I am reading books again! So perhaps I will mention some things.

Read Steven Brust's Issola, and it is nice to know what kind of Dragaeran I would be. I would so totally be an Issola, there is no question. I would have thought an Athyra just based on the kind of work they do, but their attitude is so terrible.Also ( Read more... )

We do not live by Homestuck fic alone. Or, at least, we probably shouldn't. I mean, some of it isn't very good.

So... could you all help me find stuff that isn't Homestuck fic, but has the qualities it has that have kept me reading it for the past year and a half? I've narrowed them down to five ( Read more... )

This is a problematic holiday. It’s problematic for people who don’t have fathers; it’s problematic for people who don’t get along with their fathers, it’s problematic in that it reinscribes the idea of the nuclear family and negates, say, mine. And when I say “problematic” what I mean is “really fucking depressing,” because if you’re in any of ( Read more... )

So, I had this awesome dream last night which was a Homestuck/Utena crossover. There were, like, four different versions of all the Utena characters from slightly different universes, and their interactions with each other were great, and it was the coolest ( Read more... )

Here, in alphabetical order, are some authors I'd suggest you just go to A03 and read all their stuff-- or at least, whatever seems interesting. I can't promise that every story by them will be great, but a high enough percentage that they're worth checking out. ( Read more... )

"But Gaudior," you may say, "even with that helpful recap, I still don't want to read thousands of pages of webcomics and animations just to read fic with those attributes!"

Fortunately, in this most perfect universe of ours, you don't have to. A lot of the great Homestuck fics are AUs, which therefore require minimal knowledge of the canon to ( Read more... )

So, it occurs to me that for the past year or so, I have read primarily Homestuck fanfic. Now, I normally read a fair bit of fanfic, but that seems excessive to me. But in thinking about it, I've realized: Homestuck, and by extension Homestuck fanfic, is exactly what I want to read, more than anything else I can find.

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...I just wanna see Beyonce with kitties.


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"Write what you know" doesn't mean you can't write well about things you haven't personally experienced. That's ridiculous, and all of fiction (let alone all of science-fiction and fantasy) puts the lie to it; research, imagination, and empathy can take you where you want to go. Work at it hard enough, and there's not much out there you can't ( Read more... )

So, some time ago, I attended a Continuing Education lecture for therapists about the impact of "technology" (i.e., cell-phones and the internet) on therapeutic practice. The most useful thing I got out of it was the concept of "digital immigrants" (people who grew up before use of computers etc. was widespread) and "digital natives" (people who ( Read more... )