impala_chick | Reading

I saw a hummingbird on Saturday!

I think my premieres went over well at VidUKon! I definitely going be catching up on/ rewatching vishows this week (timezone stuff meant a missed watching a bunch of them live).

I made a bunch of progress on my Georgiou vid (it went from a timeline that was maybe a third full to one that is ~80% full). ...although this did mean I didn't make any subtitle timing progress (I'm planning on working on that tonight).

profiterole_reads

Here's the new Korean practice post! I've switched to a post EVERY OTHER MONTH, as everybody is pretty busy. As usual now, it's an open chat.

You can write about whatever you want. If you're uninspired, tell us the story of what you're currently watching/reading/playing...
You can talk to one another.
You can also correct one another. Or just indicate "No corrections, please" in your comment if you prefer.

화이팅! <3

alexcat

Title: now showing

Artist: jetblackfeeling Writer: alexcat
Universe: MCU
Rating: Explicit for art and fic
Fic Wordcount: 5571
Summary:

How can a simple malfunction in a building's computer keep two people apart? It can when they're both too stubborn to talk to one another and too embarrassed to take anyone's advice. OR - this is what happens when you accidentally become a porn star to your own friends.

Link to jetblackfeeling's art on AO3 Link to alexcat's fic on AO3

profiterole_reads

Duck Prints Press, an indie publisher of queer books, has 3 bundles for Pride Month!

I've bought Pride Bundle 2025: General Imprint Short Stories via itch.io.

If you don't know itch.io yet:
- it lets you buy e-books without DRM
- it lets you tip the authors
- there are often bundles (organised by the authors and/or publishers) where you can buy plenty of books for a low price

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A meme swiped from

zimena :

Give me one of these in the replies. Then repost so I can do the same for you.

* A music rec (I would LOVE this in particular!)
* A cute message
* Why you follow me
* If we could meet, how would it go?
* Something you want to know about me
* One fact about you

autobotscoutriella

Sonata in F You
Chapter 9: cut the lights, close the blinds, and say goodnight
AO3

Summary: Two weeks after his brother's second trial, Klavier Gavin is arrested for murder.

Fandom: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Characters: Klavier Gavin/Apollo Justice, Klavier Gavin/Daryan Crescend, Ema Skye, Miles Edgeworth
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Canon-typical violence, murder mystery, language
Notes: Title is from VOILA's "No Lullaby", also off the Daryan playlist.
Special thanks to

crabkick for the midnight emergency beta (and the bookstore coffee shop for the extra caffeine) after I decided to rewrite a whole scene in this chapter at 5pm on Friday. I think it turned out pretty good.

( chapter 9: cut the lights, close the blinds, and say goodnight )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: VOILA - No Lullaby

tellshannon815

Is DW being annoying for anyone else, keeps giving me error messages?

autobotscoutriella

I went on a nice walk before dinner to give myself a break from the computer, hoping to revive my energy for Sonata editing...and put on the wrong playlist and came back with an intense desire to work on the Klavdar Pacific Rim AU. So that's fun.

I have no idea if I'll ever post that fic, because I have no idea how it ends, so instead, here's a little bitty prompt fill I wrote for it forever ago when I first got the idea.

( 250 words of Pacific Rim AU Klavdar )

Current Mood: cheerful

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musyc

A couple of times a year I go through my social media and prune down my following list on each site. When I realize that I'm avoiding looking at a particular page because it's TOO MUCH, it's time.

This past week I've gone through Tumblr, Twitter, and Dreamwidth (removing comms I always skip past). Instagram, I basically don't look at anyway but I'm removing the app later. Facebook is ... well, I only follow five things there so it's not like it's a trial. XD And Bluesky I haven't yet reached the point where I don't ever want to look at it.

I'm very rigid about keeping all my socmeds (minus DW) below fifty follows wherever possible, and moving what I can to my RSS reader. It helps the mental clutter, and eases the FOMO.

aurumcalendula

I'm kinda excited that The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System is getting deluxe hardcovers!

When I was looking at where it can be preordered, I discovered that Hudson Booksellers has functional listing for the deluxe boxset and a 20% off coupon (plus free USPS shipping over $55).

muccamukk

Watch on YouTube

Gender seems to be occurring.

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autobotscoutriella

Managed to get Parts 1/2/5 of the PWKM catalogued on the spreadsheet! Tonight I think I'll take a shot at getting part 3a finished since parts 3/4 are both partial, and then I'm thinking maybe I'll skip to more recent parts and work my way backward for a bit.

But for now...Sonata editing. Check back in an hour to see if I managed to do at least the Daryan section.

profiterole_reads

Reclaimed by Seth Haddon was amazing, as usual! The scholar Saba Vasili, a refugee from Kerinsk who now lives in Zvensia, is accused of inventing a machine that opened the astral sea and killed hundreds of people. He must prove his innocence with the help of Ambassador Luan Zek of the Rezwyn Empire.

This is the third book in the World of Reforged series, but they can be read more or less independently. Here, we get to learn even more about this original magic system.

Saba Vasili is a trans man with anxiety. I thought his dysmorphia was very well-written, without being too depressing. Luan Zek has an old leg injury and uses a cane. There's major m/m, as well as some f/f.

autobotscoutriella

Apparently my power is out, so I will be staying at the bookstore for the rest of the evening or until it comes back on. I'm not exactly getting anything written, but I also don't want to turn off the computer, so...here I am!

I really need to buckle down and work on Sonata, but I'm not feeling the kind of subtle editing that this chapter needs right now (some rough stuff going on IRL that's making it hard to focus). So instead I'm writing Klavdarpollo accidental kitten acquisition, working on the PWKM spreadsheet, and playing around with an Ace Attorney/Texts From Last Night Tumblr blog.

(Apparently my mental solution to "I'm nostalgic for 2011" is to just...do the stuff I was too shy to do in 2011, LOL.)

Current Mood: lethargic
Current Music: Let's Play Ocarina of Time - Nintendocaprisun

aurumcalendula

The Tall Target (1951)
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Lincoln (2012)
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sylvanwitch

Hereabouts, it's a long weekend, and we had Friday off, as well, so that has meant indulging a little but has also meant long rambles between raindrops and today's gardening-palooza. Once again, I'm reminded forcibly how important it is for me to be active and outdoors. The snakes in my brain are significantly less hissy when I get outside and exercise.

What do you do to help your mental health? If you feel like sharing, please do. As usual, please also share how you are doing on your fitness goals. And, as always, know that you can change those goals at any time.

( My Week in Review )

May the week be a good one for us all!

muccamukk

Chat GPT Is Very Useful for Everything /s
Jason Sanford: Genre Grapevine’s Deep Dive into the Use of ChatGPT by Seattle Worldcon.
Though, honestly, if the rest of the volunteers quit, and the ConCom wasn't responsive to the cries for help from the last two people, I might have done crime too. I'm still perplexed by the Hugos team quitting, as it seems like a disproportionate reaction from people not prone to melodrama, but we'll probably never know.

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books: Philadephia Inquirer and Chicago Sun-Times Publish Summer Reading List of Nonexistent Books.
Good look at how that happened, followed by a long rant about the state of the media landscape, especially in regards to US Politics.

SAVYWRITESBOOKS: The “BookTok Fyre Fest” | A Million Lives was a DISASTER (Video, 1 hour).
A lot of people have been covering this shitshow, which probably shouldn't fairly be in the LLM trashfire situation, but fells spiritually akin to it, so I'm putting it here. Savy also links to A Million Lives Recovery, which boosts all the authors, artists and vendors screwed over by this nonsense. It looks like mostly romantasy, but there's a variety in there.

Misogyny Slop Ecosystem: ( Cutting five links for discussion of violence against women and non-binary people )

At Least Somewhat Good Stuff:
The Breach: Inside the campaign that upended CanLit’s ties to Scotiabank and Israeli arms.
Nice example of activism getting stuff done.

The Tyee: A Fresh Opportunity to Get Elections Right.
I really want this to happen.

MattBernstein1: A Morning With Vivian Wilson (Video, 45 minutes).
I just like getting to see her being happy.

QwithTomPower: What led Rick Astley to quitting pop music at 27 (Video, 40 minutes).
I got rickrolled the other day, and YouTube recced this charming interview.

centaurianthropology: Therapy for Thee but Not for Me: Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms in ‘Murderbot’ (Thoughts on Episodes 1-3).
Meta!

muccamukk

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher, narrated by Avi Roque.
Hugo Awards homework for the novella category.

As with the first one in this series, I enjoyed the characters more than the horror plotline, and I don't think it's just because I'm not always that into horror. ( Read more... )

Woodworking by Emily St. James, narrated by Saoirse Ní Shúilleabháin, L. Morgan Lee & Emily St. James.
Dramady about being a trans woman in middle America during the run up to the 2016 federal election. ( Read more... )

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong, narrated by Phyllis Ho.
I need to stop trying to read cosy fantasy, or possibly cosy anything (except maybe shifter romances). ( Read more... )

The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko, narrated by Adetinpo Thomas.
(Awards homework for the Lodestar.)

So I read this without reading any of the rest of the Raybearer series, and a) it stood alone just fine and I was able to follow everything that wasn't an Easter Egg, and b) if you're interested in the original duology (which I probably have on my e-reader somewhere), I would definitely read that first, as this spoils the majority of the plot for the earlier books. ( Read more... )

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at the waffle house.

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Happy Pride Month!

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Sonata in F You: Chapter 9

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the AU that keeps grabbing me by the throat when I have other things to do

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Music Wednesday

state of the ada

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Reclaimed by Seth Haddon

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Two movies related to Lincoln

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