finally a room with a door that shuts.

[damkianna]

I would probably do that AO3 meme that's going around, except ... I haven't even posted ten full fics yet. :P

I blew pretty much the entire weekend making maps for ItO, because, god help me, I just cannot shut off the part of my brain that needs to know everything - even shit that will NEVER EVER make it into the story. D: On the upside, I figured out how to import base files into the mapmaking program so that I can trace the giant continent the Earth Kingdoms are on instead of eyeballing it. (My eyeballing skills are okay, but things still weren't ending up in the right places, which, important for a map, y/y?) Overall, an excellent use of my time.

Also, Sunday night was the Burn Notice movie. I concede that "Fall of Sam Axe" is a bad title - it's melodramatic, a terrible pun, or both. D: But! I actually really enjoyed it, which is possibly symptomatic of that thing that happens where I love something (Burn Notice) and instantly lose any trace of objectivity when I encounter anything that relates to it.

There were certainly traces of Need a Honky in there, which was obnoxious; but the Flaming Sword group was Beatriz's idea, and she, Luiz, and Ben did most of the day savery up until the part where the Colombian police helicoptered in. Kiele Sanchez was SMOKIN' as Aid Lady Amanda, there were definitely parts where I was just staring at her face instead of listening to the talking; and her lampshade-hanging banter with Sam was pretty awesome, plus that line about people going hungry and guys with guns was excellent. And Ben! Discovering his talent for explosions! And BEATRIZ OMG. She was the best. So many hearts! I do want to know what happened to her mother and also she should start the new clinic with Aid Lady and Ben and they should all fall in love. Ahem. It was not some kind of groundbreakingly amazing movie experience, it was not a two-hour revelation; but it was charming and sweet and a little heartbreaking. FIONA'S MOVIE NEXT PLS. :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

And another genretwisting challenge has begun! I think we have a little more time this round, which is great, because it's looking like I have an epic A Little Princess adaptation, a fantasy version of Burn Notice, and maybe an Eagle/Dresden Files fusion on my hands. Plus, of course, the next chapter of LttE, which hopefully will get done on time. **crosses fingers**

Comments

[ilthit]

:D Looking forward to what you come up with for Genretwisting, even though I haven't read/seen ANY of those (yeah, not even The Little Princess, it's a huge gap in my childhood).

[damkianna]

Haha, wow, it's like magic, I can't seem to pick a single fandom you're in. :D

[ilthit]

XD It must be, since I have a gazillion - but then I sometimes avoid the big ones just because super-active fandoms are kind of scary.

[damkianna]

Very true! I pretty much lurked alllllll through Harry Potter's major heyday, because, yikes. D:

[ilthit]

I dabbled in HP only, but that was also because the books didn't grab me quite as they did others. I was scared away from both Merlin and Sherlock recently, and I'm not too fond of the idea of getting into SGA, either, even though the show is over. Supernatural washed over me because the first 7 episodes didn't grab me and I never went back. That sort of thing - I know I missed a lot of the big ones.

[damkianna]

I never know whether to call myself really in the fandom for some of the biggies - I've read a ton of SGA fic, but I barely watched the show (I think some of the fics were honestly better). Same goes for Merlin, especially with Morgana apparently evil. :/ And I'm conversant in SPN mostly through fannish osmosis, because I am REALLY bad with horror and injuries and terrified people. (I tend to run away and cry in bathrooms during torture scenes.)

And, sweet irony, I haven't read The Secret Garden. :D So you aren't the only one with a childhood gap.

Clearly the answer is for you to keep running awesome challenges - one day I'll just have to pick a fandom you know!

[ilthit]

I never write fic for something I haven't seen/read - hardly ever read it either. I stopped writing Chuck when I was a season behind the rest of the fandom.

:D I love The Secret Garden, though I loved it in Finnish and in English apparently they write the accents phonetically, which is a bit of a turnoff, really.

:D Bless you flatterer. :D I'll read your genretwisted fics anyway, since it obviously wasn't a problem last time around.

[damkianna]

I think that means you do fandom better than me. :)

Oh, that's a shame about the accents. :/ But clearly I should give it a shot anyway (if only I knew Finnish!).

:D I prefer truth-teller! :D Haha, and now I really have to make sure they're internally coherent, or I'll feel bad.

[ilthit]

do fandom better

That... doesn't seem possible. XD You write fan NOVELS.

[damkianna]

Haha, fair enough; I suppose sometimes-embarrassing overinvestment could be considered part of proper fannish behavior. :D