dreaming on

So now is that time of year when I race to get things done before it becomes the next year! Mostly those things consist of video games. I've finished Tales of Zestiria -- which was both a great game (characterwise) and somewhat disappointing for me (storywise) -- and its DLC, and I am doggedly attempting to not end 2015 with a negative number on my Backloggery for the first time ever. Which is of course only referring to games I am considering, and not the 8000 Steam games I purchase each year for no reason. Picking up FFX-2 again for now.

I got super into the idea of doing icons for fandom_stocking, a thing I am not signed up for and didn't even know existed until like two days ago. I've been experimenting with live action icons, so I'm doing some for Brooklyn 99, Jessica Jones, Girl Meets World (even though I haven't seen that) and some miscellaneous things, like cats with Santa hats. Why am I doing all this iconning for a largely inactive platform??

I'm very into creative things that don't involve writing lately, I guess. I've bought some coloring books for adults, I'm coloring manga scans again, and I'm making icons! Maybe I should branch out and try to make wallpapers. But I don't have convenient textures for that... Alas!

I've now watched the first 4 episodes of Daredevil (why is it so fucking hard to find time to watch this show?! I want to watch it so much) and it's great. I like Matt, I like how they depict his senses, I like him and Claire and I would be fine if they were just awesome friends but I ship it pretty hard (KIIIISS), and wow this show is violent. All the over-the-top explosions in the world aren't as violent as watching men just punching each other for five minutes, or a nice long scene of a man using a car door to slowly beat another man's head off.

It occurred to me recently that politics and current events is sort of my fandom now. It updates constantly, I follow it and have emotional reactions to it, I want to talk about it with other people who enjoy it... So, to that end, I created a new community: daily_liberal

My plan is to update it on a mostly daily basis with quotes from a linked news article and some thoughts about it. Discussion in the comments will be encouraged, and a socially liberal slant will be taken. I thought I might begin posting probably next Monday (har, 4/20) so as to have some posts up for the beginning of three_weeks_for_dw... Although idk maybe I should wait since I'm going to Scotland the first week of May... But idk maybe I should start now because I am certainly bursting with opinions and listening to Fox News in the background of my life is slowly driving me insane!

Anyway, you can join if you want to read about current events stuff and then say words about it. That way I won't be talking to myself.

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Got up to Renji vs Byakuya in liveblogging the Bleach manga and I'm just sobbing, sobbing, sobbing. Are Renji and Rukia seriously still not married? How? Why? I refuse.

I refrained from ranting or essaying about it, but seriously.



I remodeled my journal and profile and icons for my Bleach mood (plus some bonus icons), so now pretty much everything will have Urahara's face on it. You're welcome.

I find myself with more free time than I used to have, because of reasons. It's going to feel great.

AMAZON’S LAUNCHING A PROGRAM TO SELL FANFIC. YEAH, YOU READ THAT RIGHT. via The Mary Sue

/hyperventilates

I can't even tell you how long I've been wrestling with "I want to write for a living and be published" and "I want to write fanfic because I love it so much", so this news is legitimately freaking me out.

I'm super wary -- there's long been a backlash in fandom against people charging for fanfic even though it's perfectly acceptable to charge for fanart; and everyone gets upset when an author goes the cheap route, pulls a fanfic, changes some names, and calls it original fiction. It's entirely possible that it won't take off, that no one will pay for what they can get for free, or that it will only be possible for the most popular authors with hundreds of fans and recs. And of course that's without even going into the realm of "Will these fan-authors be treated fairly by Amazon".

But... freaking out all the same.

I don't even know how to live anymore, although part of it is because I'm under the weather. I've been playing Avengers Alliance like the sad pathetic addict I am. I haven't done laundry, haven't tagged at havenrpg, haven't written any of my many fic in progress, haven't posted... I'M SORRY, NEW JOURNAL FRIENDS, AND EVERYONE WAITING ON SIF TAGS. I just come home and sit in my chair and click on things.

Speaking of AA, I go through brief periods where I'm totally diehard in love with Doom/Loki. I should stress that I am not a big comic fan and I have read almost nothing of Doom's canon. All I know is that I am intensely into what I've seen in Loki's canon, their villainfriends "Oh, you!"-style affectionate backstabbing and poisoning attempts etc. Any pair of people who will eat dinner together, pause and go, "Did you poison this?" "Well, yes, but I figured you could handle it," and then chuckle and go back to eating and plotting world domination together... that's okay with me.

+9000 because Loki hangs out with Doom while in Sif ladyform, and while he's being all hot vampy Lady Loki around him, Doom canonically has a kinky power fantasy about chaining him to his throne like that.

But it comes and goes, probably because I don't know Victor von DOOM! as well as I should. It would probably involve reading Fantastic Four comics? Brr. I eventually go "Eh, I'd rather write Loki with Asgardians/Avengers/other characters I know and like better because they actually exist in MCU and I know how MCU Loki would react with them."

Still, it came back yesterday with a vengeance, because I was playing Avengers Alliance and Loki is wreaking hell in Special Ops 5.2 and everyone stops in the middle of the chaos while frost giants and mafia are rampaging through NYC to go, "Okay, we have to figure out if Doom is involved in this, because the last fucking thing we need is Loki's boyfriend villain bff, SHIELD's #1 most wanted bad guy, to surprise us." And then there's a mini-mission and they figure out Doom is not involved, but, quote, "It's only a matter of time." Because Loki has Doom wrapped around his fingers, I guess.

Love it.

HOBBIT TONIGHT! GOT MY TICKETS, I'M EXCITED.

Oh god the new photos from Thor: The Dark World filming has me rolling around happily. Or I would be if not for my body hurting everywhere for no reason.

My favorites are:
1) Sif and Thor being badass together
2) Thor and... Thor face-touching

I want to write eight million Sif/Thor things. And I want to include Thor's flowing amazing princess hair with the braid in all of the things.

And then I want to see everyone else and all of the things. Is Loki's hair going to be past his shoulders too? I'm just asking because it's getting pretty hilarious.

temples why aren't you online I am in despair

I wanted to show you that I have found an amazing illustration of Thor and Loki's baby

(...I apologize to any normal people who clicked on that image and are very confused)

More things I said, re: TWEWY and KH and TWEWY in my KH.

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Something awesome I've discovered: if I use the Portable Apps suite, and bring the USB it's on to work, I can be running my home Firefox on my work PC. LJ Login and all! It's beautiful.



I want to encourage any writery types to check out kinkfest! The prompts are up and open for claiming.

A giant list of the prompts available are here, and none of them are due until May -- so there's plenty of time for you to get writing if you're inspired by any of them. Fics can be anything 100 words or more, and they don't have to be porn, despite the community name.

Please just for the sake of seeing, do a search for your fandom and take a look at the prompts? Do it for me!

I am also available to provide dry commentary on prompts if anyone is interested in hearing me bitch about any of them based on characterization, cliches, trends, or overall intelligence level. Name a fandom I know and I will do it. Hell, I already have, over IM.