Normally I hate shipping portmanteaus with the white-hot fire of a thousand suns. (Unless they're funny or clever*. Which they rarely are.)
But the one for Garrus/Tali? Appears to be "Talibrations".
Oh Tumblr. Normally you are a hideous pit of voles that deserves to eat itself alive, but on occasion you redeem yourself slightly.
[edit:] AHAHAHA the "talibrations" tag on Tumblr is so amazing they are all so earnest and indignant (and the fic is so OOC and goopy) at the Shakarian trolls and completely overprotective of their ship. Oh fandom. Never ever change.
(*Pepperony is at least amusing if slightly cringey. I do not ship Zachary Quinto/Benedict Cumberbatch in the slightest [and I don't think anybody actually does], but I sometimes wish I did so I had more opportunities to throw around Qucumber.)
But the one for Garrus/Tali? Appears to be "Talibrations".
Oh Tumblr. Normally you are a hideous pit of voles that deserves to eat itself alive, but on occasion you redeem yourself slightly.
[edit:] AHAHAHA the "talibrations" tag on Tumblr is so amazing they are all so earnest and indignant (and the fic is so OOC and goopy) at the Shakarian trolls and completely overprotective of their ship. Oh fandom. Never ever change.
(*Pepperony is at least amusing if slightly cringey. I do not ship Zachary Quinto/Benedict Cumberbatch in the slightest [and I don't think anybody actually does], but I sometimes wish I did so I had more opportunities to throw around Qucumber.)
Maybe one day, somebody will explain to me why Bioware's work is so full of body horror. Husks, abominations (in both IPs), darkspawn, broodmothers, Collectors. Perversions of things that should be. Shepard themselves (a whole new body to figure out how to use would be probably the worst mindfuck ever).
I have no actual thoughts on this, but I found it curious.
I have no actual thoughts on this, but I found it curious.
OH MY GOD
I AM SO TRAUMATIZED
THERE WAS SURPRISE KNOTTING IN A FIC I WAS READING
IT WAS DEEPLY UNWELCOME
NOT TO MENTION BIOLOGICALLY INAPPROPRIATE
/o\ /o\ /o\ /o\ /o\
I AM SO TRAUMATIZED
THERE WAS SURPRISE KNOTTING IN A FIC I WAS READING
IT WAS DEEPLY UNWELCOME
NOT TO MENTION BIOLOGICALLY INAPPROPRIATE
/o\ /o\ /o\ /o\ /o\
Didn't post last week since I didn't actually finish anything....
What I've read: Finished Adulthood Rites! And Imago! More noodling for Wiscon: all three of the books are captivity narratives in ways, though Jodahs' captivity is the least restrictive... it's only outlawed from Lo, and then briefly imprisoned while looking for its human mates. I keep being struck by the biological determinism of the books, particularly the emphasis on Human males and their propensity for wandering in Adulthood Rites, and how the Oankali think it's more important to listen to the messages that Humans' bodies give as opposed to their mouths/thoughts. There are some scenes in which the person is saying they don't want to be physically intimate with an ooloi, but the ooloi reads past the words to their body and goes on anyway. And... it doesn't always work out well--the Humans are frequently conflicted--but I am reminded of rape cases in which the survivor is physically aroused during the attack and how that in itself can be incredibly traumatic (as well as the super awful arguments about how then it isn't really rape).
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oracne's entry (spoilers) before the con as well. Can't believe Wiscon is in less than two weeks!
I also readrachelmanija's A Cup of Smoke, which is a collection of her short stories and poems. I've read a lot of them before, but I really needed something comforting after Haru, and having a familiar voice (along with a rodent zodiac) was immensely helpful. Unsurprisingly, I liked the stories more than the poems (I am not a huge poetry person), and there are a lot of f/f, POC, and retold tales, which is right up my alley. I can't really be objective about this, since Rachel is a really good friend of mine, and I can see so many of her fingerprints over all the stories, but that is also why it was the perfect thing to read right when I needed it.
What I'm reading now: Er, I'm not. I started Tansy Rayner Roberts' Creature Court trilogy, but I still need familiarity and comfort right now. Possibly instead I will continue rewatching Fruits Basket and Utena (CB is watching them for the first time. I think he's more taken with Utena so far, especially now that we've seen a few more Nanami episodes).
What I'm reading next: Maybe stuff for Wiscon? I don't know. Oh wait, I mean to get to the new Skip Beat chapter!
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What I've read: Finished Adulthood Rites! And Imago! More noodling for Wiscon: all three of the books are captivity narratives in ways, though Jodahs' captivity is the least restrictive... it's only outlawed from Lo, and then briefly imprisoned while looking for its human mates. I keep being struck by the biological determinism of the books, particularly the emphasis on Human males and their propensity for wandering in Adulthood Rites, and how the Oankali think it's more important to listen to the messages that Humans' bodies give as opposed to their mouths/thoughts. There are some scenes in which the person is saying they don't want to be physically intimate with an ooloi, but the ooloi reads past the words to their body and goes on anyway. And... it doesn't always work out well--the Humans are frequently conflicted--but I am reminded of rape cases in which the survivor is physically aroused during the attack and how that in itself can be incredibly traumatic (as well as the super awful arguments about how then it isn't really rape).
Must remember to go over
oracne's entry (spoilers) before the con as well. Can't believe Wiscon is in less than two weeks!I also read
rachelmanija's A Cup of Smoke, which is a collection of her short stories and poems. I've read a lot of them before, but I really needed something comforting after Haru, and having a familiar voice (along with a rodent zodiac) was immensely helpful. Unsurprisingly, I liked the stories more than the poems (I am not a huge poetry person), and there are a lot of f/f, POC, and retold tales, which is right up my alley. I can't really be objective about this, since Rachel is a really good friend of mine, and I can see so many of her fingerprints over all the stories, but that is also why it was the perfect thing to read right when I needed it.What I'm reading now: Er, I'm not. I started Tansy Rayner Roberts' Creature Court trilogy, but I still need familiarity and comfort right now. Possibly instead I will continue rewatching Fruits Basket and Utena (CB is watching them for the first time. I think he's more taken with Utena so far, especially now that we've seen a few more Nanami episodes).
What I'm reading next: Maybe stuff for Wiscon? I don't know. Oh wait, I mean to get to the new Skip Beat chapter!
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I thought Haru would be my last rat, since he'd been doing just fine, but Saturday night, he was having trouble breathing and his legs wouldn't really hold him up. I took him in to the vet yesterday, and he spent the night there with oxygen, but he was still having trouble breathing today, and he hadn't eaten and wasn't very active.
I got to hold him and scritch him for a while before deciding to let him go, and hold him through all the vet examinations yesterday, so I hope that helped a little.
He was a fun, cheerful rat. When I first got him and Momo, he was the one who would run around exploring while Momo hid behind my neck, and he immediately latched on to Ed-rat when they met. He also figured out how to escape the cage, and the only way I could get him out of the various nooks and crannies he hid in was to bring out Ed-rat. He was super fond of piling things on top of the igloo and the food bowl, which I exploited for my entertainment by dismantling his piles and watching him go about assembling them again. He loved having a blanket over the rat cage and always managed to pull pieces of it in, so much so that a queen-sized blanket was gradually reduced to a one-foot square by the time he was done with it.
I hope he is making giant piles of stuff and having fun chasing Ed-rat around now.
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I got to hold him and scritch him for a while before deciding to let him go, and hold him through all the vet examinations yesterday, so I hope that helped a little.
He was a fun, cheerful rat. When I first got him and Momo, he was the one who would run around exploring while Momo hid behind my neck, and he immediately latched on to Ed-rat when they met. He also figured out how to escape the cage, and the only way I could get him out of the various nooks and crannies he hid in was to bring out Ed-rat. He was super fond of piling things on top of the igloo and the food bowl, which I exploited for my entertainment by dismantling his piles and watching him go about assembling them again. He loved having a blanket over the rat cage and always managed to pull pieces of it in, so much so that a queen-sized blanket was gradually reduced to a one-foot square by the time he was done with it.
I hope he is making giant piles of stuff and having fun chasing Ed-rat around now.
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I now know that Turians have 27 layers of citizenship in their hierarchy and their military infrastructure is indistinguishable from their civic. And that Drell venom, despite being hallucinogenic, is mild enough to be served in mixed drinks. I still have no idea how the important stuff works.
In conclusion:
(if I were more ambitious I would probably paste dudeShep and Joker's heads on Bones and Kirk but this entry has gotten silly enough already.)
In conclusion:
(if I were more ambitious I would probably paste dudeShep and Joker's heads on Bones and Kirk but this entry has gotten silly enough already.)
A thing I wrote! It is not the other thing I wrote! Writing two things is exciting!
Everything comes back to Sandman, apparently.
Everything comes back to Sandman, apparently.
( Thane meets KalahiraCollapse )
</div>"Hello Thane."
He inclines his head respectfully.
"Kalahira."
"Nobody's called me that in a long time."
"Do so few people keep the old ways then?"
She smiles sadly.
"I've been called many things lately. It's been busy."
"Do you think that will change?"
"That all depends on your friend Shepard. It's rare that I'll meet someone twice."
(His heart twinges at this remark.)
She holds out her hand.
"Are you ready to cross the ocean?"
He thinks of Irikah.
"Yes."
"Take my hand."
The sea is warm, and he remembers nothing else.
I am writing a thing. It is pretentious. It will most likely be short. But I am writing.
I went through my fic bunny list for the first time in ages. Some of them are still interesting enough to be poked at. Some I can't really remember what exactly I had in mind and it makes me sad.
