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Black Widow recs?
My only knowledge of Marvel comics comes from fic and meta, and I'd like to change that. Can anyone recommend resources for reading order? I'm most interested in Black Widow's storylines, and I don't mind jumping around a bit chronologically.
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Good things
Had a wonderful Easter this year. If you're at all inclined to that sort of thing and have a church in your area that does Easter Vigil the night before, I'd heartily recommend it--it's a unique experience. I participated in the watch at the alter on Good Friday morning, then took the afternoon off work so I could attend the midday service and then ( Read more... ) -
Still in my fannish happy place
What I want from a Black Widow movie:- An intense, intimate spy thriller
- Backstory, OMG
- Plot that develops directly from the backstory, but with a strong sense of forward motion
- Stakes that are personal and political, with the fuzziest of lines between them
- A narrower scope than previous films (the world can't be in peril every week; smaller crises ( Read more... )
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Wiscon panels
Another round of panel submissions has come and gone, and I completely forgot to suggest one on sex/gender AUs. Ah, well, there will be other opportunities. Anyone in for next year?
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2013 in Fic
This was not a remarkable year in terms of word count, but I dipped into a number of fandoms and discovered a new one in Person of Interest, which led to meeting a whole lot of really lovely people. Including one IRL! (waves at
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However many interminable days of Christmas
The holidays have lasted nearly a month this year--think they have finally wound down, fingers crossed--I can't kick this cold, my uncle has terminal cancer (I have no relationship with him but adore his two kids, and their family situation has been heartbreakingly bad for a long time), and I am resigning myself to not leaving work until February.
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