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Sticky: fannish talking!
Jan. 6th, 2021 08:55 amI thought I'd try something different for fandom talk! From my list of tags, comment with a tv show or franchise (gotta allow for sweeping franchises!) and ask me about one of the following:
my favorite episode a particular episode thoughts on a character thoughts on a ship fic or meta I've written on this something else!
I'll post my reply as a new post and link it back here as a comment!
I'll post my reply as a new post and link it back here as a comment!
icon love!
May. 15th, 2026 07:06 pmIt's the end of the semester and I'm avoiding writing an exam so: Reply to this post saying "icon," and I will tell you my favorite icon of yours. Then post this to your own journal using your own favorite icon if you can actually choose one! Choooose!
(I went with the first one I could pick and then stuck with it or we'd be here all day.)
(I went with the first one I could pick and then stuck with it or we'd be here all day.)
I made a poll over on Tumblr for what my prettiest OTP ship tag was (it's still ongoing!) without saying which OTP the tag was for. I tried to fill the options in randomly to avoid even any perceived rank order on my part - I just wanted to know which tag everyone thought is the prettiest! Before filling out the options I was like, do I even have 12 OTP tags? Surprise: Oh no! oh no! Who do I cut?! How do I cut?!
Today, I posted the 'reveals' and had a lot to say about them - shockingly ;) I'm backing the reveals up here because I have a lot of emotions about my ships and also love analyzing them with Stats(TM). I'll come back and update this post once the poll is closed; right now, I have no idea who is in the lead or anything because I haven't voted.
1 - otp: I shall think about you - Jane/Guildford (My Lady Jane, 1.07 'Another Girl, Another Planet')
2 - otp: welcome home - Jyn/Cassian (Rogue One)
( for what do we live for, but to make fandom polls for our mutuals, and answer our mutuals' polls in our turn? )
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I limited myself to tags that were structured like 'otp: _____' because I have a handful that I just add to pairings and are not always quotes from the canon, so [drumroll] here those are:
Honorable Mentions: ( Ranked by how insane I still feel about them, tbh )
Today, I posted the 'reveals' and had a lot to say about them - shockingly ;) I'm backing the reveals up here because I have a lot of emotions about my ships and also love analyzing them with Stats(TM). I'll come back and update this post once the poll is closed; right now, I have no idea who is in the lead or anything because I haven't voted.
1 - otp: I shall think about you - Jane/Guildford (My Lady Jane, 1.07 'Another Girl, Another Planet')
JANE: All is not yet lost. My trial…
GUILDFORD: Jane, that will be a farce.
JANE: It's a chance. I've been preparing. Even if I don't prove my innocence...you can live, my family can live. That is what I shall think about if...I shall think about you.
GUILDFORD: [attempts to smile but can't keep looking at her at the thought of her execution]
This one breaks my heart and I also mess it up half the time with 'of you' instead before I fix it, but 'about you' is where the power lies. Jane thinks that if she's executed, she'll think about Guildford in that moment, her last moment? I'm verklempt.
2 - otp: welcome home - Jyn/Cassian (Rogue One)
JYN: I'm not used to people sticking around when things go bad.
CASSIAN: [leaning in so close he casts a shadow over her face] Welcome home.
No notes! No notes! Joy of my heart :)
( for what do we live for, but to make fandom polls for our mutuals, and answer our mutuals' polls in our turn? )
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I limited myself to tags that were structured like 'otp: _____' because I have a handful that I just add to pairings and are not always quotes from the canon, so [drumroll] here those are:
Honorable Mentions: ( Ranked by how insane I still feel about them, tbh )
anghraine asked: 🔥 for our latest mutual ship, TOS Kirk/Spock!
I think you and I share a lot of unpopular opinions for this ship, hah! Picking just one is a challenge, and I'm trying not to pick one that is more about Kirk than Spock/Kirk. I suppose one that qualifies for the latter is that, while I think that Spock and Kirk both care about each other very deeply and don't want to hurt each other Emotionally(TM), Spock is actually the more likely of the two to do so - and does so canonically.
( forget. )
I think you and I share a lot of unpopular opinions for this ship, hah! Picking just one is a challenge, and I'm trying not to pick one that is more about Kirk than Spock/Kirk. I suppose one that qualifies for the latter is that, while I think that Spock and Kirk both care about each other very deeply and don't want to hurt each other Emotionally(TM), Spock is actually the more likely of the two to do so - and does so canonically.
( forget. )
queenofattolia asked: 🔥 for star wars eu
My unpopular opinion for this is that I don’t like Luke/Mara and never have - which among SW EU readers is basically heresy! I love Mara Jade as a character but I didn’t buy into Luke/Mara as a kid and I didn’t vibe with it as an adult either when I was rereading the books. I just don’t like it for either of them and am not interested in seeing more of it, and as a kid I stopped reading EU books past the point where they got together and it was very focused on their romance. I started reading a lot more of the side quests and pre-OT/post-PT books once that happened!
(I was actually afraid, back in the early ST days, that if they brought Mara Jade back they would do so to establish Luke/Mara in the movies, but then Bigger Worse Things happened and Disney just didn’t seem interested in rescuing women from the EU books, only men.)
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My unpopular opinion for this is that I don’t like Luke/Mara and never have - which among SW EU readers is basically heresy! I love Mara Jade as a character but I didn’t buy into Luke/Mara as a kid and I didn’t vibe with it as an adult either when I was rereading the books. I just don’t like it for either of them and am not interested in seeing more of it, and as a kid I stopped reading EU books past the point where they got together and it was very focused on their romance. I started reading a lot more of the side quests and pre-OT/post-PT books once that happened!
(I was actually afraid, back in the early ST days, that if they brought Mara Jade back they would do so to establish Luke/Mara in the movies, but then Bigger Worse Things happened and Disney just didn’t seem interested in rescuing women from the EU books, only men.)
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eddardsharpe asked: 🔥about History
I was torn about what kind of unpopular opinion to do for this one - an event in history, people’s opinions on history - but my real unpopular opinion is that too many people think they know history without studying it and walk around confidently misinformed and misinforming people around them in turn who go on to not study history in turn, and this contributes to the control and manipulation of regular people by social and political elites.
People (certainly in but not exclusively the US) simply do not study enough history, especially history about unsanctioned movements that don’t pass the status quo sanitization test for textbooks used in schools. I think this disinterest is partly shaped by how history classes in K-12 tend to focus on the big wars/battles and changes in government rather than a more holistic approach that incorporates regular people and also everyone else besides the white men in power, but having a poor experience studying history in school is not a good reason for not continuing your self-education throughout your life.
And if you’re not sure where to start, picking a topic you like in other contexts and searching books on a university press website is a good method. Books published through a university press have gone through critical peer review, which at least tries to ensure a higher standard of quality in research.
I was torn about what kind of unpopular opinion to do for this one - an event in history, people’s opinions on history - but my real unpopular opinion is that too many people think they know history without studying it and walk around confidently misinformed and misinforming people around them in turn who go on to not study history in turn, and this contributes to the control and manipulation of regular people by social and political elites.
People (certainly in but not exclusively the US) simply do not study enough history, especially history about unsanctioned movements that don’t pass the status quo sanitization test for textbooks used in schools. I think this disinterest is partly shaped by how history classes in K-12 tend to focus on the big wars/battles and changes in government rather than a more holistic approach that incorporates regular people and also everyone else besides the white men in power, but having a poor experience studying history in school is not a good reason for not continuing your self-education throughout your life.
And if you’re not sure where to start, picking a topic you like in other contexts and searching books on a university press website is a good method. Books published through a university press have gone through critical peer review, which at least tries to ensure a higher standard of quality in research.
or a Queer Love Triangle as Character Analysis
I recently rewatched XWP 4.08 'Crusader' and 4.18 'The Convert' together to consider how they work together side-by-side. My analysis below contains spoilers for these episodes and S4 of Xena in particular.
What's interesting off the bat is that these two episodes were not written or directed by the same people, despite both being Najara episodes. To start, 4.08 'Crusader' was written by co-executive producer R.J. Stewart and directed by Paul Lynch, whose XWP creds before this were just, oh, ONE AGAINST [exerts self-control] 3.13 'One Against An Army', arguably one of the best episodes of the entire show. These were Lynch's only two episodes, but what episodes! Stewart is of course credited on every XWP episode but in this case, he is credited as the sole writer.
Although many characters show up repeatedly, Najara noticeably functions as part of the larger S4 arc rather than just the episodes in which she appears in. She also directly engages with S4's core question of whether Xena and Gabrielle's love for each other is worth fighting and dying for, or if they really would be better going their separate ways. This sets her apart from other episode characters like Autolycus or Tara or Salmoneus. Her purpose seems at least two-fold:
( She's a tough girl, but she's a got a weakness. It's the same one I've got. )
I recently rewatched XWP 4.08 'Crusader' and 4.18 'The Convert' together to consider how they work together side-by-side. My analysis below contains spoilers for these episodes and S4 of Xena in particular.
What's interesting off the bat is that these two episodes were not written or directed by the same people, despite both being Najara episodes. To start, 4.08 'Crusader' was written by co-executive producer R.J. Stewart and directed by Paul Lynch, whose XWP creds before this were just, oh, ONE AGAINST [exerts self-control] 3.13 'One Against An Army', arguably one of the best episodes of the entire show. These were Lynch's only two episodes, but what episodes! Stewart is of course credited on every XWP episode but in this case, he is credited as the sole writer.
Although many characters show up repeatedly, Najara noticeably functions as part of the larger S4 arc rather than just the episodes in which she appears in. She also directly engages with S4's core question of whether Xena and Gabrielle's love for each other is worth fighting and dying for, or if they really would be better going their separate ways. This sets her apart from other episode characters like Autolycus or Tara or Salmoneus. Her purpose seems at least two-fold:
( She's a tough girl, but she's a got a weakness. It's the same one I've got. )
tumblr ask - music post!!!
Apr. 27th, 2026 12:32 pmsenmutthebuilder asked: 🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶
I had so much fun making this post I wanted to save the music :D
( rocky says doot-doot )
I had so much fun making this post I wanted to save the music :D
( rocky says doot-doot )
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Apr. 27th, 2026 01:03 amTitle: parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Fandom: Robin Hood BBC
Rating: G
Characters: Djaq/Will Scarlett
Author's Note: Also here @ AO3. Written for lesbiandiegohargreeves on Tumblr who requested 'First Date' for Will and Djaq for My Gang to Me 2026. I've never written these two before and I played a little loose with the timeline and the declaration of feelings in 'A Good Day to Die'. Maybe something happened between this and then, who knows! Title comes from 'Scarborough Fair' by Simon & Garfunkel. Obvious disclaimer that I don't own these characters. Word Count - 1,111
(The setting sun dapples light across her narrow frame and he blinks, trying to shake himself loose of unexpected thoughts, like what Djaq’s hair in his fingers would feel like.)
Fandom: Robin Hood BBC
Rating: G
Characters: Djaq/Will Scarlett
Author's Note: Also here @ AO3. Written for lesbiandiegohargreeves on Tumblr who requested 'First Date' for Will and Djaq for My Gang to Me 2026. I've never written these two before and I played a little loose with the timeline and the declaration of feelings in 'A Good Day to Die'. Maybe something happened between this and then, who knows! Title comes from 'Scarborough Fair' by Simon & Garfunkel. Obvious disclaimer that I don't own these characters. Word Count - 1,111
(The setting sun dapples light across her narrow frame and he blinks, trying to shake himself loose of unexpected thoughts, like what Djaq’s hair in his fingers would feel like.)
I finally finished watching Star Trek: TOS last month! Looking back, I wrote up my S2 general thoughts at the end of August. I certainly took my sweet time with finishing the series, and it actually took me just over a year from start to finish. My first ST: TOS post (from this round) was on February 8, 2025 for 'The Enemy Within' and I finished 'Turnabout Intruder' on March 27, 2026. I didn't even update with a liveblog post before 'The Enemy Within', although I did reblog a gifset of 'The Naked Time' right before that with the tags #you know I'm here for kirk having captain emotions #and spock having too many emotions which really sets the stage for what was to come.
That is a long time to watch a 3-season show, but there are 80 episodes and they all run around 50 minutes. I'm also glad I didn't race through it and I got to savor it along the way. It certainly has been a journey and one I'm so glad I finally finished!
I also ended up writing up a lot of my thoughts about the ending of 'Requiem for Methuselah' and its aftermath linked to 'Turnabout Intruder', which is what I'm sure everyone signed up for, right?
( what difference does it make who he is? )
That is a long time to watch a 3-season show, but there are 80 episodes and they all run around 50 minutes. I'm also glad I didn't race through it and I got to savor it along the way. It certainly has been a journey and one I'm so glad I finally finished!
I also ended up writing up a lot of my thoughts about the ending of 'Requiem for Methuselah' and its aftermath linked to 'Turnabout Intruder', which is what I'm sure everyone signed up for, right?
( what difference does it make who he is? )
