I misunderstood the point of this ride

My ex asked me this weekend whether I'd finished my Yuletide story. No indeed, but it's moving along. (Though I will say - knowing that there's a relatively concrete neuropsychological reason why I struggle so much with time management does not magically solve the problem!)

This fall has been a lot. The hibernation urge is strong as we move into winter. That said, I haven't been entirely unproductive! femslashex reveals went up yesterday:


( Vulcan kisses and Fairy Tale AUs )

It was a fun exercise in drawing for fandoms I've been meaning to for ages, and never gotten around to. I should really do more TOS art (how were these my first??); the retro sci-fi costuming is so much fun! Also I've been loving all the canon Harley/Ivy comics I keep catching glimpses of on tumblr ... every once in awhile I feel so genuinely grateful for the way some segments of culture really have changed (or started to) from the norms of even a decade ago.

My own gift was this lovely little Sailor Moon S interlude, A Little More Time, by SugarFey - a depiction of Haruka and Michiru (with a little Setsuna) in between the two major arcs of that season. I've been having a lot of resurgent Sailor Moon feelings this year, and I was so delighted to get this gift. It's just the right mix of sweetness, hotness and angst!

It's very strange how thoroughly out of the habit of reading fanfic I am lately, even though I've participated in so many exchanges this year. I'm always excited to read my gifts, when I get fic, and writing now and then is a delightful and tantalizing challenge, but ... IDK. I do think Yuletide will be different (even though I never manage to read more than a fraction of the archive), because it's very much its own thing. So much variety! Such novelty! And reading the archive is just a favorite holiday tradition, of course.

The malaise is probably a combination of the fact that I don't have a "main" fandom, that the ones I'm most interested in lately are fairly rare, and that I mostly want to listen to audiobooks while I draw (or ride my bike, or do almost anything else). I should find myself some podfic. I'm sure there must be some for The Locked Tomb, at least?

I'm especially excited for multifandomdoodle. I would love to have more all-art exchanges; I crave ALL THE FANART even more than I used to. I go looking for some after almost every book I read lately (the genre ones, in any case). If I didn't hate running things like this, I would totally start a book fandoms fanart exchange.

femslashex reveals are up! I had a lovely time creating this year, as always.


ardor (Carmilla, Carmilla/Laura, T)
"... with gloating eyes she drew me to her, and her hot lips traveled along my cheek in kisses; and she would whisper, almost in sobs ..."
for KannaOphelia

Floriography (This Is How You Lose The Time War, Red/Blue, G)
Another form of esoteric, archaic epistolary communication ...
for Shadaras

stay put (Wayfarers Series, Rosemary/Sissix, T)
One advantage of mammalian girlfriends: they’re so WARM.
for Stonestrewn

I also received an absolutely delightful Original Fiction story from TheseusInTheMaze, about a witch in trouble who transforms into a cat to escape, only to land in the very inviting lap of a visiting queen ... and quite understandably, struggles to find the will to change back: Shapes, and Their Influence.

I'm deep in Yuletiding now, naturally. And also, this looks like it could be a lot of fun ... I think I might put up a "tree." (You should too! I'm hoping to do some treating.)



Life is ... really, really difficult right now, in a quiet, grinding way. I am going to indulge in as much fannish holiday nonsense as I can possibly manage, because egad, do I need an escape.

Well, I aten’t dead. Though I have to look at my previous entry, re: "life has been a lot lately," with indulgent wryness, in the circumstances.

I’ve been thoroughly wiped out this long weekend; a combination of (my first) three days’ commuting to and from campus by bike, adjusting to being back on campus at all (with many changes), and a lot of roommate drama (which is thankfully now less drama than "it is sad you’re leaving but this is probably for the best, timing aside").

I also just learned that my shampoo/conditioner of choice for 5+ years has been discontinued, and I’m too late to buy any more for stockpile. That’s just mean-spirited and petty, universe.

But! I’m finding significant consolation in the advent of fandom exchange season (well, the season in which I participate, anyway). A beloved social and creative endeavor that shouldn’t be affected, much, by this goddamn pandemic. femslashex just opened up for nominations; I’m excited to draw gals being pals! And I have so many possible ideas for Yuletide. A big, in-depth writing project with a nice base of canon material to build on/research and the motivation of a deadline to make/recipient to please sounds absolutely perfect to me right now.

I watched most of Person of Interest, all of The Expanse, the Netflix Babysitter’s Club adaptation, and Shoujo Kakumei Utena, the final season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and of course The Old Guard during quarantine, and I’m already rereading Harrow the Ninth. My body is ready for a femslash exchange. (Maybe yours is too? :D?)

I’m in touch with most of you elsewhere, but - much love, fandom folks. I hope you’re as well as you possibly can be right now.

( Yay, I'm excited! )

Fandom-specific prompts, in no particular order:

( Marvel 616: Kitty Pryde/Rachel Summers )

( Steven Universe: Mystery Girl/Pearl )

( Lucifer: Linda Martin/Mazikeen )

( Stranger Things: Eleven/Max )

( This Is How You Lose The Time War: Red/Blue )

Good luck, and I hope you have fun! Thank you again so very much. <3

Oh my gosh, I am so sorry this took me so long. The last couple weeks have been completely overwhelming at work, etc, and I’ve struggled to find the bandwidth. I hope it hasn’t caused you too much trouble!

( But anyway, thanks! )

( Fandom/pairing specifics! )

So I almost didn't watch the current season of Teen Wolf (which might have been a wise choice) because I was so sad and frustrated about Allison Argent's death. She was my favorite character, and I was not at all happy with how she was handled in 3B; even given that Crystal Reed wanted to leave the show, she was one of the main characters and deserved a much better closing arc. So as the new season was approaching, I started daydreaming about a spin-off. I mean, we have werewolves and banshees ... why not ghosts?

It's a shame that I can't find a functional reversebang, so I can try to get someone to fic this properly ... but I'm just going to go ahead and make so much art.

( Here's a montage of 'excerpts' from the 'pilot episode.' )

And of course, there's the promotional image I posted awhile back, and ghostly embraces! ataratah even drew this lovely piece based on my original musing. I plan to do a whole bunch more "excerpt" images (although probably not another whole episode's worth). I guess I kind of needed an ongoing fandom project? :D?

Also, speaking of ataratah, here's one more piece of TW fanart based on a hilariously awesome prompt from her. ( Werewolf cabbage babies! )

Gotta dash (new temp job, whee), but before I forget - you guys REALLY SHOULD consider signing up for femslashex! It's a MULTIFANDOM FIC AND ART EXCHANGE, focused on pairings with no canonically male-identified characters! There are so many amaaaazing fandoms. :D I'm so excited! It's great that more fests are starting to include art. <3

Also, this month I'm reccing Teen Wolf over on fanart_recs, which is a great comm you should know about. I'll post a round-up here when I'm done. (Next month I'm doing Sailor Moon!)