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Rare Pair Letter
Likes
1. Mission fics
2. Hurt/comfort, especially where the hurt one isn't used to opening up, being vulnerable, receiving support
3. Being trapped in a confined space together, being forced to talk, discovering something characters didn't expect to have in common
4. Interesting settings and scenery
5. Road trips
6. Female characters being physically or ( Read more... ) -
A year away from fandom
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Chocolate Box Letter
Hello, and thank you for agreeing to write for me! If we matched, I'm certain we have a lot in common, and I'm sure I will love your story. I'm really very easy to please; I love everything I requested (although I wasn't able to come up with the same number of prompts for every relationship), and I love friendship fic just as much shippy fic ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: Black Klansman
Title: Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
Genre: Memoir
The story: As the first black detective in the Colorado Springs PD, Ron Stallworth never imagined he would join the KKK, but he did just that. When he saw a KKK recruitment ad in the local paper, he sent a response, expecting to receive some pre-printed brochures. Instead, he was invited to ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: The Pisces
Title: The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Genre: uh...erotic magic realism?
Trigger warnings: Suicidal ideation, drug abuse, animal harm
The story: Lucy is thirty-eight and her life is falling apart. Her dissertation is stalled, she dumps her boyfriend, then becomes obsessed with him and falls into a low-key suicidal fugue. After running into some ( Read more... ) -
Solo reaction post and a fic
I saw the Solo movie this weekend, and I was surprised by how much I liked it (although that isn't saying a lot, since my expectations were very low). It felt like fan fic to me, but in a good way, like someone really wanted a heist movie about these characters and got to make one. The actor who plays Han is bland and kind of awkward, but I am a ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: Every Heart a Doorway
Title: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan MacGuire
Genre:: Fantasy
The story: What happens to children who fall through magical doorways into fantastic realms and then return to our earth? Many of them don't know how to adapt, and most long to return to what they consider their real home. Eleanor, a woman who fell through a doorway and returned to ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Title: I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Genre: True Crime
The story: The Golden State Killer, who was recently captured with the help of a DNA website, was among the most prolific serial killers in America. Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt's late wife, was an amateur detective drawn into the case by an internet message board. Over ( Read more... ) -
Two Star Wars Fics
Both for May the 4th, both about Ben and Han. I love dysfunctional families so much.
Minor Counterintelligence Operations
Ben Solo knows three things: he loves his parents, they are weird, and they have a lot of secrets. He intends to find them out. 2500 words. Rated G.
Relax and Fly CasualA father-son smuggling trip is not the kind of ( Read more... )