From a blog post I came across recently:

I Know It Seems Far, But Just Be Where You Are

One of the odd things about our current moment is how people use oblique phrases to refer to it. Like, for example, "our present moment." I've been really struck by this in the last couple of weeks of watching YouTube videos and reading blog posts and tweets ( Read more... )

But I have to say the opening number is a top contender.

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Some people have been spending time in Stardew Valley or Animal Crossing, as a respite from current events. I've been going to Fallen London.

Today I finally acquired my Boneless Consort spouse! This is one of the eldritch alien squid people known as the Rubbery MenAlas, even in Fallen London, society still finds such a union shocking. My Scandal ( Read more... )

Fandom: Chronicles of Amber
Relationships: Deirdre & Fiona & Llewella & Flora
Characters: Deirdre, Fiona, Llewella, Flora
Category: Gen
Rating: G
Summary: Lightning in her wheels, thunder in her heart.
Notes: Fill for
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Last week - which now feels like a million years ago - I saw Hamlet by the Bell Shakespeare Company at the Sydney Opera House. (Now all public performances there are cancelled, due to the COVID-19 situation, until at least the end of the month.)

I know Hamlet is supposed to be the pinnacle of Shakespeare, but I've never felt particularly compelled ( Read more... )

Dear Hurt/Comfort WriterThank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and the tropes I've nominated, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I've also provided some extra prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination ( Read more... )

I love reading Cherryh, but she definitely has her idiosyncrasies. I was amused by these Goodreads reviews for Alliance Rising:

V Larkin Anderson was totally into what this book delivers:

Gimme every single detail of a character's decision making process. Make me understand in detail the political ramifications of every option that they consider ( Read more... )

CJ Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe is one of the greatest creations in science fiction.

Downbelow Station is the Hugo Award winning first novel in the series. Even the opening chapter is a sweeping epic, covering three centuries of humanity's expansion into space - and how it goes wrong, leading to the crisis point of the novel. The rest of the ( Read more... )

The story I wrote for goddamnshinyrock was:

Title: Passionate Dance
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor
Relationship: Csethiro Ceredin/Csoru Drazharan
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Ballroom Dancing, Mirror Sex, Rope Bondage, Spanking
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Csethiro dominates Csoru on the dance floor.

Thank you again to Fair_Feather_Friend for On ( Read more... )

Just saw the musical of School of Rock at the Capitol Theatre. I haven't seen the movie, so it was all new to me. Then again, a story about a selfish guy, who has to take on teaching a bunch of kids, has a fairly predictable ending. (Though as with sports movies, even though the plot is predictable, it's so common because it's so satisfying ( Read more... )