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Project Hail Mary questions for Ask A Manager. Mostly astrophage era concerns. "Unless you were recruited to the Petrova Task Force" becomes the anti-"except for California". The commentariat has Thoughts about PTF labor rights and working conditions. 99% OCs; Stratt doesn't have time for this and Grace doesn't have the workplace self-development personality.
Project Hail Mary / The Good Place.
Eva Stratt in the neighborhood afterlife, compassionately and relentlessly hassled by late canon / post canon "let's rehab people into the Good Place." Some large points numbers on the negative and positive side. Needs a philosophy and/or ethics degree to tackle appropriately. Also, stand up comedy.
Eva Stratt in the neighborhood afterlife, compassionately and relentlessly hassled by late canon / post canon "let's rehab people into the Good Place." Some large points numbers on the negative and positive side. Needs a philosophy and/or ethics degree to tackle appropriately. Also, stand up comedy.
Crackfic Thought Of the Day
Jul. 11th, 2026 01:19 pmLong setup, short punchline.
I have one ridiculous critique of Bujold's Five Gods worldbuilding: the Bastard is too cool. The "disasters out of season" becomes "everything driving every plot". The frictions of progression through life are smoothed into background noise. The stories in the novels aren't interested in, say, the frictions in transition from childhood (protagonist in the auspices of the Daughter/Son) to adulthood (the Mother/Father's domain), or between professional domains that cross the gods' domains (a Mother's physician going into the Father's practice of law). The stories told in Chalion, Paladin, Hunt, and the Penric series are almost all stories that get subsumed into the Bastard having a finger in every story-pie. Elsewhere, Bujold writes wife is a pretty damned exclusive role, the way they do it here, which seems applicable to the rigidity of the gods' assigned roles and plot involvement (so far). But then, I'm the sort of reader who wouldn't mind a Quadrene PoV story, because how else do you stress-test the Bastard's "demon god" aspect in the worldbuilding?
So it's fun to read fics like "First Choices", where the queer community is challenging sexual orientation as one of the defining factors for LGBT followers of the Quintarian (and Quadrene) faith. You can be gay and follow a god other than the Bastard!
One imagines, from inside the worldbuilding, that the gods would have their own criteria for what souls they most affiliate to, and why, and so human categorizations would be sometimes completely different from the gods' understanding.
All of this is to say: I don't care how many fox sweaters Ryland Grace owns, his soul is not going to be taken up by the Son. If Earth's astrophage crisis is a textbook case of a disaster out of season, but I'm also not convinced he's the Bastard's. Grace really liked being a middle school science teacher, and the movie leans to blues for science, so I think the Daughter has dibs, fight me.
(movie!Stratt is religious, and if doing a five gods fusion, should know that free will is sacred to the gods. Adds a little bonus religious sin to throwing Grace in a spaceship against his will. Do the gods accept "I knew it was wrong, but the other options were even more wrong" at death. I'm having a great time over here imagining everyone's angst.)
I have one ridiculous critique of Bujold's Five Gods worldbuilding: the Bastard is too cool. The "disasters out of season" becomes "everything driving every plot". The frictions of progression through life are smoothed into background noise. The stories in the novels aren't interested in, say, the frictions in transition from childhood (protagonist in the auspices of the Daughter/Son) to adulthood (the Mother/Father's domain), or between professional domains that cross the gods' domains (a Mother's physician going into the Father's practice of law). The stories told in Chalion, Paladin, Hunt, and the Penric series are almost all stories that get subsumed into the Bastard having a finger in every story-pie. Elsewhere, Bujold writes wife is a pretty damned exclusive role, the way they do it here, which seems applicable to the rigidity of the gods' assigned roles and plot involvement (so far). But then, I'm the sort of reader who wouldn't mind a Quadrene PoV story, because how else do you stress-test the Bastard's "demon god" aspect in the worldbuilding?
So it's fun to read fics like "First Choices", where the queer community is challenging sexual orientation as one of the defining factors for LGBT followers of the Quintarian (and Quadrene) faith. You can be gay and follow a god other than the Bastard!
One imagines, from inside the worldbuilding, that the gods would have their own criteria for what souls they most affiliate to, and why, and so human categorizations would be sometimes completely different from the gods' understanding.
All of this is to say: I don't care how many fox sweaters Ryland Grace owns, his soul is not going to be taken up by the Son. If Earth's astrophage crisis is a textbook case of a disaster out of season, but I'm also not convinced he's the Bastard's. Grace really liked being a middle school science teacher, and the movie leans to blues for science, so I think the Daughter has dibs, fight me.
(movie!Stratt is religious, and if doing a five gods fusion, should know that free will is sacred to the gods. Adds a little bonus religious sin to throwing Grace in a spaceship against his will. Do the gods accept "I knew it was wrong, but the other options were even more wrong" at death. I'm having a great time over here imagining everyone's angst.)
Of course I got a kick out of the Project Hail Mary movie, I was having a miserable week and it featured the most lighthearted apocalypse in a decade. That it also had a smart woman demanding a mediocre man meet her expectations and/or get his ass kicked was a very nice bonus. The only thing that could make this more of a C. J. Cherryh plot would be a crushing responsibility to Fix Things Or Else, tight third PoV with sleep deprivation and a narrator questioning who he is... oh no. Ohhhh no.
The part of Ride Or Die Life Companion will be played bythe rock muppet James Ortiz and the puppet team.
The part of Ride Or Die Life Companion will be played by
I lost a long post about recent media, here's the reconstructed version.
- Finished Arcane S2. Arcane is much better when you are stupid with illness, when I can admire how pretty it is, but do not have the mental capacity to question why the Jinx-and-Vi relationship is getting revisited, or why Caitlin is so Caitlin, or what game mechanism is driving the Vander stuff. Kudos to the show for making Viktor and Jayce the most important relationship in each other's lives in a way that will drive the fandom crazy.
- Finished WoT S3. All of S3 was firing on all cylinders, A+ will rewatch. Since we're not getting S4 and the *finn were introduced in 3x10, clearly the *finn will be involved in correcting anything I want fixed in the state of the world at the end of the season.
- Marathoned The Pitt. It's probably better if you don't do that, because by midway through ep 11 (5 - 6 pm) I had maxed out on the choice to compress untold ER freak incidents and personnel drama into one day. Note there were 4 eps to go.
- Marathoned Andor S2 all in one Saturday. As a prequel to a prequel, Andor had two paths it could go: be terrible or be amazing. S2, like S1 and Rogue One, went with "amazing," other than one plot / story decision which I found incredibly stupid, but it was stupid in the tradition of Star Wars. ( spoilers. )
( Meanwhile in Romances of Andor (tm)... )
- Murderbot 1x01 - 1x08. I have exactly one requirement for the Murderbot show: money must flow to Martha Wells. If viewers find the show resonates with them, that's gravy.
With that in mind, I think the writers or showrunners (or both) are more invested in PresAux naivete and flaws than I am. They're also more interested in Gurathin. It's not hard for me to find stories about emotionally stunted emo male-identifing types. It would be more interesting to me if the show brought that interest in creating deeper background and character arcs to some of my book favorites (Mensah, Pin-Lee, Bharadwaj). My mild annoyance that we're doing this again runs parallel to appreciating that David Dastmalchian seems to be leaning into Gurathin's awkwardness and anti-charisma as hard as he can. Which is why I want every other character to get that sort of writer's room investment.
Ratthi is perfect. No notes.
Murderbot the character is an A+ rendition. Exactly the one in my head? Nope. Based on Alexander Skarsgård's rendition of Murderbot's internal monologue, do I want to learn if he has any interest in recording audiobooks? Heck yes, I bet he'd do good voices.
I am also torn between the cameos in Sanctuary Moon clips, which are awesome, and how cool it would be to see the primary / secondary actors in roles cast against type in Murderbot's media clips. We need more seasons, so I can have both (and money can keep making its way to Martha Wells)and we can start stunt-casting actors who previously appeared on The Expanse for kicks.
- Finished Arcane S2. Arcane is much better when you are stupid with illness, when I can admire how pretty it is, but do not have the mental capacity to question why the Jinx-and-Vi relationship is getting revisited, or why Caitlin is so Caitlin, or what game mechanism is driving the Vander stuff. Kudos to the show for making Viktor and Jayce the most important relationship in each other's lives in a way that will drive the fandom crazy.
- Finished WoT S3. All of S3 was firing on all cylinders, A+ will rewatch. Since we're not getting S4 and the *finn were introduced in 3x10, clearly the *finn will be involved in correcting anything I want fixed in the state of the world at the end of the season.
- Marathoned The Pitt. It's probably better if you don't do that, because by midway through ep 11 (5 - 6 pm) I had maxed out on the choice to compress untold ER freak incidents and personnel drama into one day. Note there were 4 eps to go.
- Marathoned Andor S2 all in one Saturday. As a prequel to a prequel, Andor had two paths it could go: be terrible or be amazing. S2, like S1 and Rogue One, went with "amazing," other than one plot / story decision which I found incredibly stupid, but it was stupid in the tradition of Star Wars. ( spoilers. )
( Meanwhile in Romances of Andor (tm)... )
- Murderbot 1x01 - 1x08. I have exactly one requirement for the Murderbot show: money must flow to Martha Wells. If viewers find the show resonates with them, that's gravy.
With that in mind, I think the writers or showrunners (or both) are more invested in PresAux naivete and flaws than I am. They're also more interested in Gurathin. It's not hard for me to find stories about emotionally stunted emo male-identifing types. It would be more interesting to me if the show brought that interest in creating deeper background and character arcs to some of my book favorites (Mensah, Pin-Lee, Bharadwaj). My mild annoyance that we're doing this again runs parallel to appreciating that David Dastmalchian seems to be leaning into Gurathin's awkwardness and anti-charisma as hard as he can. Which is why I want every other character to get that sort of writer's room investment.
Ratthi is perfect. No notes.
Murderbot the character is an A+ rendition. Exactly the one in my head? Nope. Based on Alexander Skarsgård's rendition of Murderbot's internal monologue, do I want to learn if he has any interest in recording audiobooks? Heck yes, I bet he'd do good voices.
I am also torn between the cameos in Sanctuary Moon clips, which are awesome, and how cool it would be to see the primary / secondary actors in roles cast against type in Murderbot's media clips. We need more seasons, so I can have both (and money can keep making its way to Martha Wells)
Courtesy of the Common Cold
Apr. 3rd, 2025 09:46 pmTurning into a semi-annual tradition, the TV and movie marathons when I Am Not That Sick, I'm Just Too Lazy To Get Off This Couch, Really. Usually followed by a nap.
The Marvels: "what if we make a movie focusing on three women, two of them women of color, but we wrote a plot exactly like every other Marvel movie?" sneezes into hundredth kleenex
Damsel: "what if we made a movie inverting a bunch of tropes, and cast Shoreh Aghdashloo as the dragon voice actor, but we used the Netflix plot formula instead of creativity?" Needed another editing pass to clean up the pacing. Shoreh Aghdashloo was magnificent. sneezes into five hundredth kleenex
Mad Max: Fury Road: "I'm just going to rewatch the night sniping scene, now that I'm cranky about pacing and editing, to see if Fury Road holds up." The night sniping scene does in fact hold up, and I stayed up rewatched the entire movie despite best intentions. The entire movie holds up. A+ will watch on many future occasions.sneezes into even more kleenex
Arcane S2, 2x01 - 2x04: I don't care about any of these people, I'm just here for the outrageously pretty animation and soundtrack work. This is. So. Pretty. sneezes into thousandth kleenex
Wheel of Time S3, 3x01 - 3x05: it's as if someone on the internet said "we are Disappointed there are so many lesbians," and the writing room heard, "you want more lesbians? There's not enough gay love? Or poly? COMING RIGHT UP. Do we have to slide men marrying men into the Rhuidean flashback? Maybe, maybe not... let's do it."
As expected, Shoreh Aghdashloo is killing it as Elaida. I want a redemption arc, or at least the "she's wrong about a lot of stuff but has some points, even if she's making the points all wrong" arc I know is not supported by book canon. Heck, I'd take a really fabulous death scene over book canon. I don't know that I care about book canon all that much, honestly.
The Marvels: "what if we make a movie focusing on three women, two of them women of color, but we wrote a plot exactly like every other Marvel movie?" sneezes into hundredth kleenex
Damsel: "what if we made a movie inverting a bunch of tropes, and cast Shoreh Aghdashloo as the dragon voice actor, but we used the Netflix plot formula instead of creativity?" Needed another editing pass to clean up the pacing. Shoreh Aghdashloo was magnificent. sneezes into five hundredth kleenex
Mad Max: Fury Road: "I'm just going to rewatch the night sniping scene, now that I'm cranky about pacing and editing, to see if Fury Road holds up." The night sniping scene does in fact hold up, and I stayed up rewatched the entire movie despite best intentions. The entire movie holds up. A+ will watch on many future occasions.sneezes into even more kleenex
Arcane S2, 2x01 - 2x04: I don't care about any of these people, I'm just here for the outrageously pretty animation and soundtrack work. This is. So. Pretty. sneezes into thousandth kleenex
Wheel of Time S3, 3x01 - 3x05: it's as if someone on the internet said "we are Disappointed there are so many lesbians," and the writing room heard, "you want more lesbians? There's not enough gay love? Or poly? COMING RIGHT UP. Do we have to slide men marrying men into the Rhuidean flashback? Maybe, maybe not... let's do it."
As expected, Shoreh Aghdashloo is killing it as Elaida. I want a redemption arc, or at least the "she's wrong about a lot of stuff but has some points, even if she's making the points all wrong" arc I know is not supported by book canon. Heck, I'd take a really fabulous death scene over book canon. I don't know that I care about book canon all that much, honestly.
Recent Media
Jul. 3rd, 2024 03:09 pmMe: okay, I have a work week which isn't so bad, then PTO.
Immune system: no, you have two weeks with no hard commitments. It's covid time.
While embracing my status as a virus battle ground, I watched:
- The Last of Us: "wow, Tess really reminds me of Olivia." Yes, that would be thanks to Anna Torv playing Tess. Acceptable alt-pandemic viewing, if one forgives the selective grasp on antibiotics and antifungals. If you take the show on its own premise, it's acceptable.
- due South: s1+ rewatch for Reasons.
- Harold and Maude: 1971 movie, suicidal 20 year old boy falls for 79 year old manic pixie dream girl. Selections filmed in San Francisco. Apparently was a cult classic?
- Nimona: 2023 movie, trans allegories abound.
- Dune 2: 2024 movie featuring swathes of my least favorite part of Dune, the banal evil of the Harkonnens. Expected it to end before the battle of Arrakeen, it didn't. Chani gets 90% of the respect I have to allocate to the people in this movie.
I also have been watching (and rewatching) The Expanse, because I am a known sucker for stuff in space with multi-episode arcs. Just assume I'm scribbling Venn diagrams of Expanse tropes and Babylon 5 tropes in the background.
Immune system: no, you have two weeks with no hard commitments. It's covid time.
While embracing my status as a virus battle ground, I watched:
- The Last of Us: "wow, Tess really reminds me of Olivia." Yes, that would be thanks to Anna Torv playing Tess. Acceptable alt-pandemic viewing, if one forgives the selective grasp on antibiotics and antifungals. If you take the show on its own premise, it's acceptable.
- due South: s1+ rewatch for Reasons.
- Harold and Maude: 1971 movie, suicidal 20 year old boy falls for 79 year old manic pixie dream girl. Selections filmed in San Francisco. Apparently was a cult classic?
- Nimona: 2023 movie, trans allegories abound.
- Dune 2: 2024 movie featuring swathes of my least favorite part of Dune, the banal evil of the Harkonnens. Expected it to end before the battle of Arrakeen, it didn't. Chani gets 90% of the respect I have to allocate to the people in this movie.
I also have been watching (and rewatching) The Expanse, because I am a known sucker for stuff in space with multi-episode arcs. Just assume I'm scribbling Venn diagrams of Expanse tropes and Babylon 5 tropes in the background.
Crytic Media Notes
May. 12th, 2024 09:01 pmWell this has only been sitting in the notes for... ahem.
Transformers: Earthspark: you know, I think the kids are going to be all right.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts: literally no one is watching this for Reasons of Quality. We're watching it because it's new canon to bend to our wills.
Spider-man: Across the Spiderverse: we are all watching this for reasons of quality.
Transformers: Earthspark: you know, I think the kids are going to be all right.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts: literally no one is watching this for Reasons of Quality. We're watching it because it's new canon to bend to our wills.
Spider-man: Across the Spiderverse: we are all watching this for reasons of quality.
( Gorgeous animation and expensive soundtrack skinned over a complex yet predictable plot. )
Jayce is boring.
Viktor, Mel Medara, Vi, and Ekko are not boring.
Never played the game, unlikely to start now, because my gameplay stats run toward laughable, but will probably watch the second and third drops when Netflix puts them up. Assuming, with the writer's strike on, they go forward on time.
Jayce is boring.
Viktor, Mel Medara, Vi, and Ekko are not boring.
Never played the game, unlikely to start now, because my gameplay stats run toward laughable, but will probably watch the second and third drops when Netflix puts them up. Assuming, with the writer's strike on, they go forward on time.
Picard 3x08 - 3x10
Apr. 23rd, 2023 01:20 pmSo.
Well.
This season makes the most sense if one assumes no one who worked on Picard S2 talked to anyone who worked on Picard S3.
Which leads to the fantastic idea that what if - what if - all three seasons of Picard can be read as three alternative universes?
This solves more continuity problems than it creates. Which says something about the showrunning quality.
( So Picard S3 doesn't exist in my universe, except for the tiny bits I like. )
Well.
This season makes the most sense if one assumes no one who worked on Picard S2 talked to anyone who worked on Picard S3.
Which leads to the fantastic idea that what if - what if - all three seasons of Picard can be read as three alternative universes?
This solves more continuity problems than it creates. Which says something about the showrunning quality.
( So Picard S3 doesn't exist in my universe, except for the tiny bits I like. )
Lukewarm Takes
Feb. 19th, 2023 04:54 pmMe, looking up from 15 (or more) tabs about Mass Effect: I'm not saying Garrus Vakarian is a shining model of how to live your life or be a good romantic partner. I'm just saying that, if at any point, your reaction to a relationship interaction is "Garrus would never", it's probably time to re-evaluate the health of that romance. Also, to consider whether "Garrus Romance Is Best Mass Effect Romance or at least better than romancing Kaidan fuck you ME2 and your weird priorities" is really a hill to blow up a relationship over (yes).
In unrelated news, I find it interesting that ME2 is kind of flabby, storywise, when DA2 is a miracle of We (Mostly) Meant To Do That. ME2 starts with a ridiculous cold open and doubles down on it at every opportunity, unless anyone really think the Cerberus thing was ever a good idea. No? No. Good.
In unrelated news, I find it interesting that ME2 is kind of flabby, storywise, when DA2 is a miracle of We (Mostly) Meant To Do That. ME2 starts with a ridiculous cold open and doubles down on it at every opportunity, unless anyone really think the Cerberus thing was ever a good idea. No? No. Good.
It's Crackfic Crossover Month I Guess
Aug. 29th, 2022 05:50 pmJee: now that you've forced 1.5 seasons of B5 on me, I really think you'd like Mass Effect.
Me: hit me with a playthrough, I like space stuff
pause for ME1 and a good chunk of an ME2 playthough
Me: But imagine for a moment that Garrus gets side-tracked enroute to Omega and does his little vigilante side-trip in Downbelow. Ex-mil ex-cop argues with Garibaldi, a military cop, about justice and friendship and lost chances with amazing people and stuff.
In completely unrelated news - hah - Jee hit me with a Shepard/Garrus playthough, which is heterosexual catnip. "Oh Jane Shepard, you're good at shooting guns and commanding people and you're more emotionally perceptive than me, you've changed my world and I want to make you happy. Have my heart and also lots of shooting at stuff together, but in a really smooth voice actor voice, not Sprocket's squeaky head-voice soprano." That's it, open up the mass effect wiki. You're ready to enjoy the AO3 Mass Effect tag's lust for validation and also orgasms.
I could go on about Reapers and Shadows, and Big Space Opera tropes, and how badly Psi Corp would want to get their hands on biotics (and do exactly the sort of things we see in the MEverse, like Conatix / BAaT and Cerberus's Pragia base), and this one TF crossover fic that I am holding off on reading until I finish the ME3 playthrough, but you get the picture.
Me: hit me with a playthrough, I like space stuff
pause for ME1 and a good chunk of an ME2 playthough
Me: But imagine for a moment that Garrus gets side-tracked enroute to Omega and does his little vigilante side-trip in Downbelow. Ex-mil ex-cop argues with Garibaldi, a military cop, about justice and friendship and lost chances with amazing people and stuff.
In completely unrelated news - hah - Jee hit me with a Shepard/Garrus playthough, which is heterosexual catnip. "Oh Jane Shepard, you're good at shooting guns and commanding people and you're more emotionally perceptive than me, you've changed my world and I want to make you happy. Have my heart and also lots of shooting at stuff together, but in a really smooth voice actor voice, not Sprocket's squeaky head-voice soprano." That's it, open up the mass effect wiki. You're ready to enjoy the AO3 Mass Effect tag's lust for validation and also orgasms.
I could go on about Reapers and Shadows, and Big Space Opera tropes, and how badly Psi Corp would want to get their hands on biotics (and do exactly the sort of things we see in the MEverse, like Conatix / BAaT and Cerberus's Pragia base), and this one TF crossover fic that I am holding off on reading until I finish the ME3 playthrough, but you get the picture.
Crossover Crackfic Idea of the Day
Aug. 20th, 2022 01:50 pmMe, reading someone going full id connection on the Locked Tomb: awww. How sweet to fall for a canon that hard.
Oh wait, I did when I was reading Bujold and Cherryh as a teen.
...oh wait.
If you lock Harrowhark "I am a war crime" Nonagesimus and Ari "if/when I die, make another me" Emory in a room 1.) how long does it take them to break out 2.) can they put aside their mutual reluctance to share information and be in control of everything long enough to collaborate or 3.) do Sundry Persons finally break them out to find Ari pinned to a wall by regenerating bone and Harrow missing half her face paint?
Also, would Gideon hit on Ari just to spite Harrow? Or would she hit on Caitlin, to make Harrow and Ari crazy?
...oh no, Harrow would look at Caitlin and go, "there but for the Body go I," wouldn't she.
Oh wait, I did when I was reading Bujold and Cherryh as a teen.
...oh wait.
If you lock Harrowhark "I am a war crime" Nonagesimus and Ari "if/when I die, make another me" Emory in a room 1.) how long does it take them to break out 2.) can they put aside their mutual reluctance to share information and be in control of everything long enough to collaborate or 3.) do Sundry Persons finally break them out to find Ari pinned to a wall by regenerating bone and Harrow missing half her face paint?
Also, would Gideon hit on Ari just to spite Harrow? Or would she hit on Caitlin, to make Harrow and Ari crazy?
...oh no, Harrow would look at Caitlin and go, "there but for the Body go I," wouldn't she.
Recent Media
Dec. 28th, 2021 10:57 pmHappy holidays, and happy binge-viewing!
The Mummy and The Mummy Returns: excellent low-brain background for data entry, would do again.
Black Widow: would watch Natasha and Yelena bicker for hours. CGI fights overrated.
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: There's a 30 minute slice of Zoomer gen life, a fun fight scene on a 1-California that clearly has a divergent route in the MCU AU, some killer acting by Awkwfina and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and a completely average MCU origin story. It's great to see the MCU expand past whiteness and dudes, but it's expanding by applying the same formula that's worked for it so far.
Venom: Let Theee Be Carnage: billed by fandom as a rom-com; I forgot that usually most rom-coms are Not My Thing.
The Amazon Wheel of Time: I wandered away from the books around the eighth installment, I wasn't planning to watch the adaptation until peer excitement pulled me in. All the way until ep 4 I wasn't sold. Turns out angry, angry Nyanaeve is my catnip. Logain starting at angry!Nynaevae with that "step on me" expression is gold. Not sure if I'll be watching S2 with appropriate respect... oh, who am I kidding. I'll be watching this show with great shirt-posting energy.
The Mummy and The Mummy Returns: excellent low-brain background for data entry, would do again.
Black Widow: would watch Natasha and Yelena bicker for hours. CGI fights overrated.
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: There's a 30 minute slice of Zoomer gen life, a fun fight scene on a 1-California that clearly has a divergent route in the MCU AU, some killer acting by Awkwfina and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and a completely average MCU origin story. It's great to see the MCU expand past whiteness and dudes, but it's expanding by applying the same formula that's worked for it so far.
Venom: Let Theee Be Carnage: billed by fandom as a rom-com; I forgot that usually most rom-coms are Not My Thing.
The Amazon Wheel of Time: I wandered away from the books around the eighth installment, I wasn't planning to watch the adaptation until peer excitement pulled me in. All the way until ep 4 I wasn't sold. Turns out angry, angry Nyanaeve is my catnip. Logain starting at angry!Nynaevae with that "step on me" expression is gold. Not sure if I'll be watching S2 with appropriate respect... oh, who am I kidding. I'll be watching this show with great shirt-posting energy.
Scholomance Meta: Timelines
Nov. 14th, 2021 07:07 pmA bunch of notes for... stuff... but mostly for complaining that some of the numbers don't line up, because that's how my brain works.
This starts with the assumption that A Deadly Education is set in 2020, and The Last Graduate in 2021.
( Spoilers for both novels under the cut. )
This starts with the assumption that A Deadly Education is set in 2020, and The Last Graduate in 2021.
( Spoilers for both novels under the cut. )
Scholomance Meta: Population Statistics
Nov. 6th, 2021 02:35 pmSo I read the two Scholomance novels, and have latched on with the joy of someone who has found Dubious Worldbuilding. Specifically, there is no way the family sizes as seen and wizard death rates, ages 0 - 18, add up.
( Let's talk numbers. Spoilers for A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate. )
So yeah, I am dying for book 3, which hopefully will drop more shoes, pull guns of the mantelpiece, etc etc etc.
( Let's talk numbers. Spoilers for A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate. )
So yeah, I am dying for book 3, which hopefully will drop more shoes, pull guns of the mantelpiece, etc etc etc.
GUYS I GOT THE MOST AMAZING YULETIDE FIC.
Truth of Another Nature (9496 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Paladin - C. J. Cherryh
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Saunkendar | Shoka/Taizu (The Paladin)
Characters: Saunkendar | Shoka, Taizu (The Paladin), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Married Couple, Dark Past, Legends, Self-Discovery
Summary:
Look! 9k in a fandom brand new to AO3! And it takes a novel that was pretty much two characters, except for the part where they get involved with a bunch of (male) generals and soldiers, and puts women back in the world. A+, recommend everyone read the novel so they can read the fic.
I also scored in Madness!
Life Moves On (775 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fall of Ile-Rien - Martha Wells
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ilias/Tremaine Valiarde
Characters: Tremaine Valiarde, Ilias (Ile-Rien), Davret (Ile-Rien), Original Characters, Visolela (Ile-Rien)
Additional Tags: Family Feels, Next Generation
Summary:
Look guys, it's a Tremaine and Visolela face-off! Snark and mutual confusion guaranteed. A+ always recommended.
Truth of Another Nature (9496 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Paladin - C. J. Cherryh
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Saunkendar | Shoka/Taizu (The Paladin)
Characters: Saunkendar | Shoka, Taizu (The Paladin), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Married Couple, Dark Past, Legends, Self-Discovery
Summary:
For Saukendar's "demon" wife, the past is all too often present.
Look! 9k in a fandom brand new to AO3! And it takes a novel that was pretty much two characters, except for the part where they get involved with a bunch of (male) generals and soldiers, and puts women back in the world. A+, recommend everyone read the novel so they can read the fic.
I also scored in Madness!
Life Moves On (775 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fall of Ile-Rien - Martha Wells
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ilias/Tremaine Valiarde
Characters: Tremaine Valiarde, Ilias (Ile-Rien), Davret (Ile-Rien), Original Characters, Visolela (Ile-Rien)
Additional Tags: Family Feels, Next Generation
Summary:
For Tremaine's chosen family, life moves forward.
Look guys, it's a Tremaine and Visolela face-off! Snark and mutual confusion guaranteed. A+ always recommended.
