Yuletide! And other things.
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neveralarchSo I finished finals on the 21st, drove home on the 22nd, and then have been asleep and/or writing for most of the last three days. Good times, man, good times.
For Yuletide I got a fic about Carnivale! It is basically the best, seriously. From the Dirt is about Jonesy and working at a carnival and what he sees there. There's a bit of Jonesy backstory (hooray!), and a lot about how he sees other people - both the marks and the people he works with. If you know anything about Carnivale I would definitely go and read it. If you don't know anything about Carnivale but you're interested in carnivals and migrant entertainment I would go read it anyway? Because, speaking as someone from that community, the fic is super interesting and accurate.
Also I was really glad to get Carnivale fic that was written for me, because I can't really go dipping through the archives for more. Carnivale as a show has a lot of things that I can't deal with well (body horror, things being alive that aren't, abuse, general horror tropes), and I get nervous about whether people will try to warn and whether they'll be warning for the things I'm worried about. I need to find someone who is sort of 'in' the fandom so I can ask them for recs, haha.
I also have three fics in the main Yuletide collection and eight in Madness, so I'm sort of waiting around for recipients to notice and tell me if it's awful. But the person I was actually assigned to seems really happy, so I am calling this a win. Yes. I won Yuletide.
Also! Christmas was good and there was lots of food, and I got--
By the Sword! Afaik, the only drama ever made about modern fencing! With Eric Roberts and F. Murray Abraham. SO EXCITED, not even kidding. I am going to watch this to see if it is any good at all, and then I am going to start tracking people down to make them watch it with me. The fencing team. The German fencing team. Best_enemies. Anyone who comes in contact with me. The possibilities are endless! I have a ripped DVD too, so I am not dependent on VHS technology.
And maybe this means I'll get my shit together on that Eight/Roberts!Master fencing AU, who knows.
Okay! My brother and I are heading out to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie, and then I'm planning on starting edits on the Shalka script and maybe trying to actually unpack. Or I could just lie around and read the rest of this Dresden Files novel.
For Yuletide I got a fic about Carnivale! It is basically the best, seriously. From the Dirt is about Jonesy and working at a carnival and what he sees there. There's a bit of Jonesy backstory (hooray!), and a lot about how he sees other people - both the marks and the people he works with. If you know anything about Carnivale I would definitely go and read it. If you don't know anything about Carnivale but you're interested in carnivals and migrant entertainment I would go read it anyway? Because, speaking as someone from that community, the fic is super interesting and accurate.
Also I was really glad to get Carnivale fic that was written for me, because I can't really go dipping through the archives for more. Carnivale as a show has a lot of things that I can't deal with well (body horror, things being alive that aren't, abuse, general horror tropes), and I get nervous about whether people will try to warn and whether they'll be warning for the things I'm worried about. I need to find someone who is sort of 'in' the fandom so I can ask them for recs, haha.
I also have three fics in the main Yuletide collection and eight in Madness, so I'm sort of waiting around for recipients to notice and tell me if it's awful. But the person I was actually assigned to seems really happy, so I am calling this a win. Yes. I won Yuletide.
Also! Christmas was good and there was lots of food, and I got--
By the Sword! Afaik, the only drama ever made about modern fencing! With Eric Roberts and F. Murray Abraham. SO EXCITED, not even kidding. I am going to watch this to see if it is any good at all, and then I am going to start tracking people down to make them watch it with me. The fencing team. The German fencing team. Best_enemies. Anyone who comes in contact with me. The possibilities are endless! I have a ripped DVD too, so I am not dependent on VHS technology.
And maybe this means I'll get my shit together on that Eight/Roberts!Master fencing AU, who knows.
Okay! My brother and I are heading out to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie, and then I'm planning on starting edits on the Shalka script and maybe trying to actually unpack. Or I could just lie around and read the rest of this Dresden Files novel.
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Date: 2011-12-28 01:01 am (UTC)If you're into Yuletide, you might like
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Date: 2012-01-14 03:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-14 07:35 pm (UTC)A story for you: I got my Yuletide assignment while I was out with some friends, and I was like "oh man, oh man, I get to write about RICHARD BURTON for SOPHIA, this is the BEST," and they were like "...good?"