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Showing posts with label fanfiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fanfiction. Show all posts
Wednesday 1 August 2018
Month in Review(s) - July 2018
Where did July go?!
Like... I know sometimes time goes quick, but really?!
I think it's the heat.
I spent most of the month slouching around the house, trying to cool down, and being a generally not-nice person to be around.
Me + heat = grump monster! Lol.
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crime,
diversity,
everyday life,
fanfiction,
fiction,
Friday Fics Fix,
historical fiction,
LGBTQ+,
micropoetry,
mini-review,
Nerd Church,
review,
superhero,
wrap-up
Friday 27 July 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Deeper Than You'd Think
'As always, it was completely Potter’s fault. How was Draco’s brain supposed to work properly, given these circumstances?'
You know when you start a fic like, 'oh this is gonna be cutesy with maybe a bit of angst and sexy thrown in'?
And then 9 chapters later you're a f**king mess of feels because it was secretly about the deep sh** the whole time?!?!
...that.
(So many fanfic readers know what I'm talking about right now, and the noobs are like 'That'll never happen to me!' - oh contraire, dearest noobish nerdlets, it most certainly f**king will.
Because fanfiction likes to warp your soul and f**k with your brain.
#TrueStory. #GottaLoveItThough.)
(Fangirling notes: Feels are intense and hard to describe feelings/emotions)
Friday 20 July 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Westeros-by-Sea
'“I, er, can I try some?” Theon finally asks some twenty minutes after they come in, interrupting their chatter.
“Sure. There’s the changing room, knock yourself out.”
Theon disappears inside it with a stack of things.
“Well,” Mance says, his tone of voice suddenly dropping lower, “whatever happened to him sure as hell wasn’t a walk in the park.”'
I loooove it when fanfics experiment dammit! XD
And when I randomly find fanfiction that puts Game of Thrones characters in the modern-day, AND in my beloved Wales?!
Wednesday 18 July 2018
2018 Fanfiction Reading Challenge Update #2
This is a challenge set by Caro @ Cat on the Bookshelf, and you can find out more about the rules etc. in my sign-up post.
This quarter I read 96 fic-chapters.
Combined with last quarter's 63, that's 159 fic-chapters. (I hope. That's what the calculator said anyway.)
Friday 13 July 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist... Father
'“Alright kiddie, time for you to open your eyes… you’re really starting to freak me out.” he tapped Peters cheek lightly. “C’mon lets see those brown eyes, I know you got them.”
After another minute of face tapping and Tony hyperventilating, Peter opened his bloodshot, unfocused eyes, and gazed blearily up at his mentor.'
Let's indulge in the cuteness of Tony Stark being a parent-figure to Peter Parker this week, shall we?
Because I really wanted him to be more fatherly and less of a hypocritical douche in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
And because Tom Holland as Peter Parker is the right mix of cute, awkward, and awesome.
Friday 6 July 2018
Friday Fics Fix - The Future Is Weird (Ft. Harry Potter)
'The tall Death Eater was wearing a shirt that said, 'Hermione Has Forgotten How To Dance,' so Hermione dipped his face in mud.'
OK, so this week's fic is a little bit different.
It's def. on the strange side, but there's a reason for that!
And all will be revealed *mysterious hand motions*
(I don't know what mysterious hand motions are either, just go with it.)
Wednesday 4 July 2018
Friday 29 June 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Your Pal. Your Bucky.
'Bucky went town to town, dance hall to dance hall, picking up women despite his dull dancing shoes. His smile made up for it. He took Steve to the local ones, but he always danced away into the crowd. Bucky loved to dance.
Loved.
Back then Bucky loved a lot of things.'
What, did you really think that we'd reach the end of Pride Month (aka June,) without me rec'ing you some Stucky?! No way!
(Fangirling notes:
Rec'ing is recommending.
Stucky is a romantic and/or sexual relationship between Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers (Captain America) - aka the relationship that Marvel needs to give us immediately.)
Friday 22 June 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Wooing, Midgard-Style
'"I always have to wonder about it, you know?" Loki whispers one night as they're eating take out and watching a television program.
Tony looks up from his food, "Wonder about what?" he frowns.
"Yeah." Loki nods, but doesn't continue talking.'
OK, this is take 2 of this post, because it actually effing published itself on Wednesday.
My luck, sometimes guys, my luck.
Obviously that version was deleted (the deleting was done with the accompaniment of me squealing 'ahhhh!' quite a bit.)
You don't need to see my drafts. It's not a good thing. 😅
So, this fic.
This fic is random af. And you all know that that's just the way I like it! 😉
So, this fic.
This fic is random af. And you all know that that's just the way I like it! 😉
Friday 15 June 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Coming Out Aro
'This was the perfect opportunity to come out. These were the people who deserved to know, if anyone did... But what if? Part of him whispered. What if they don’t accept you? What if everything goes wrong?'
Friday 8 June 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Lady Love
'Ava stops and stares. There is Sara Lance, trained assassin and former vigilante, face down on her desk drooling. When Sara snorts and a little drool bubble forms at the corner of her mouth, Ava has to slap her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing out loud.'
Sara Lance, former Black Canary, current White Canary, general bad-a**, assassin, and time-ship captain; an amazing hero.
She's awesome. She's also a Bisexual lady with an open preference for the ladies over the dudes.
She leads the way for Queer rep. in the Arrowverse (that's all the CW's DC superhero shows.)
Tuesday 5 June 2018
Month In Review(s) - May 2018
May. May was hectic.
Some good stuff happened. Some not-good stuff happened.
Such is life I suppose!
Labels:
comics,
contemporary,
crime,
DC,
disability,
diversity,
everyday life,
fanfiction,
Friday Fics Fix,
mental health,
micropoetry,
mini-review,
Nerd Church,
really mini reviews,
review,
wrap-up
Friday 1 June 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Johnlock Blogging
'(Don’t worry, if you were, which you weren’t. He’s fine; some poor kid found him in a ditch, pretending to be a dead body in the name of science.)'
You can't be a blogger without being at least a little bit obsessed with blogging.
You can deny it if you like, but it's true.
We all have a serious fascination with the slightly weird processes which combine to make this thoroughly modern medium. (...and that was a weird sentence! *shrugs*)
Friday 25 May 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Harry and Draco and a Fic I Love For Reasons Unknown
'They began to acknowledge one another in the halls, not in a way that anybody else took any degree of notice to, but as their silence slowly became louder to one another they spoke in hushed whispers in empty corridors and alcoves and in the back of the library.'
I don't know why I like this week's fic.
There's just... something about this fic. I don't know why.
There's not much of a plot. The prose is over-dramatic and over-flowery in places. And I have no idea what's going on with the characterisation.
Sorry, that's not much of a ringing endorsement is it?
Maybe I'm not explaining it right. Cos this fic totally rocks.
Why? Well, because... because... I have no f**king clue. It's somehow amazing though.
Friday 18 May 2018
Friday Fics Fix - An Unlikely Friendship
"Nah." Peter is holding Ned's ankles, and every time Coach Jones walks by Ned does a half hearted push-up. "He gave me peanuts and told me he wasn't dead? I think he's lonely."
Every so often, a fic drops into your lap that you weren't expecting.
And I love that feeling. I love it. Not least because it becomes less common as you become more familiar with fanfiction.
I value that reminder that fanfiction can still surprise me! 😊
Friday 11 May 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Just Your Resident Mildly Evil Demigod... and His Lover
'Tony wasn’t sure who’d be unhappier: the team when they found out he was sleeping with their resident mildly evil demigod, or Loki when he found out that Tony would be late for their dinner date on account of being buried alive.'
Yes, that is a quote from this week's fic. Yes, it is awesome.
In my defence, I haven't rec'd FrostIron in ages! I've held myself back for a remarkably long time 😉
Thursday 10 May 2018
Comics Wrap-Up - We Really Are Ants Now
I saw Avengers: Infinity War! I'm hoping to post a discussion-type-thing/random fangirlish thoughts next week - assuming I can keep a schedule for once! 😉
'Til then, let's see what I've got for ya this week:
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Month in Review(s) - April 2018
April... ha, so, what's May lookin' like? 😅
April happened. I lived through it *starts singing I'm still standing by Elton John and doing an incredibly embarrassing dance.*
My grandmother is still in hospital - she went in at the beginning of March - but she's definitely improving. We're basically waiting for a social care package in place so that she can go home, because there's no way my 88-year-old grandfather can take care of her.
And on the last day of April my laptop - which had been hanging on on a wing and a prayer, granted - gave up the ghost.
On the plus side, I reached over 3k Twitter followers in April! I love you guys, really! XD
On the plus side, I reached over 3k Twitter followers in April! I love you guys, really! XD
Friday 4 May 2018
Friday Fics Fix - The Sense of Things
I found a fic which has synaesthesia in it dammit!!!!
For those of you who don't know, synaesthesia is: a) a melding or running together of two senses, and b) something that I have.
For those of you who don't know, synaesthesia is: a) a melding or running together of two senses, and b) something that I have.
Friday 27 April 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Severely Severus
I know, I know, Severus Snape is kind of a divisive figure in the online bookish community, and with fans in general.
Lotsa people love him - he's a hero, a tragic figure, a hopeless romantic.
Lotsa people hate him - he's a bully, a sneak, an obsessive and petty man.
Lotsa people love him - he's a hero, a tragic figure, a hopeless romantic.
Lotsa people hate him - he's a bully, a sneak, an obsessive and petty man.
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