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Hello! If you've found yourself on my journal for the first time here's a little bit about it.
I post about anything that pops into my head. Mostly that's fandom stuff and some personal stuff, because I use this as a journal as much as a discussion place, but sometimes it's links or discussion of real world politics if I'm feeling really opinionated. Don't worry, those posts are the rarity. The fandom stuff is the most common.
My always and forever fandom is Doctor Who, but I am a fandom butterfly who glomps onto all sorts of things. Current loves include: Holby City, Call the Midwife, Supergirl, the MCU, Star Trek, Star Wars...Star anything probably. This list may change, but the SFFness of it never will.
(ETA July 2020: Oh no, I fell into the C-drama blackhole. Guardian got me, I live here now.)
I write fanfic and original fic. I've written gen, het, m/m, and f/f. My current main ships are f/f ones and my current WIP original novel is an f/f romance. But if you're here only for the f/f and any mention of dude slash will make you rear back in horror, you might not want to be here. Just a heads up.
(ETA: July 2020 My current main ship has evolved as occasionally happen. This journal is currently an all Guardian-and-Weilan journal all the time place. It may calm down, it may not, who knows?)
(ETA September 2020: Add The Untamed and Wangxian to that list now.)
I rarely post locked stuff, but when I do, it's because I'm talking about something potentially controversial (religion), or something intensely personal that I'm locking down to a select few.
I'm always happy to meet new people, so friend/subscribe/circle away! Comment somewhere and introduce yourself! I don't bite and I try to keep discussion here vibrant and friendly. Welcome!
2024: A Year in Gaming
Dec. 31st, 2024 11:51 amSummary
So, I started 2024 as a new Nintendo Switch owner (well, I'd had it a month) and a very newbie gamer who had never owned a console before getting the Switch. I have ended 2024 with two consoles (PS5 arrived in my life in September), a deep love for RPGs, and hundreds of hours invested in games. My first full year of gaming has been great!
Games completed 2024:
Octopath Traveller II
Dragon Age Inquisition
Dragon Age Veilguard
I loved all of these, but Veilguard was definitely my favourite of the year and not just because I only finished it yesterday. It's the one where I'm immediately planning out a Rook for a second play through, although I'm also planning to start my next game so it won't be a play through with the intensity of focus I had in my first play!
Games in progress (and loving and planning to finish next year) 2024:
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Wylde Flowers
Games planned for 2025 (list far too long for actual reality of play time available):
Stray
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
Final Fantasy VII: Remake
Metaphor Refantasio
Baldur's Gate
Kingdoms of Amalar: Re-reckoning
Games on my list to play later:
Mass Effect (1-3)
Horizon Forbidden West
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Ghost of Tsushima
The Witcher 3
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arise
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2025 game releases I'm already excited for:
Claire Obscure: Expedition 33
Ghost of Yotei
So, I started 2024 as a new Nintendo Switch owner (well, I'd had it a month) and a very newbie gamer who had never owned a console before getting the Switch. I have ended 2024 with two consoles (PS5 arrived in my life in September), a deep love for RPGs, and hundreds of hours invested in games. My first full year of gaming has been great!
Games completed 2024:
Octopath Traveller II
Dragon Age Inquisition
Dragon Age Veilguard
I loved all of these, but Veilguard was definitely my favourite of the year and not just because I only finished it yesterday. It's the one where I'm immediately planning out a Rook for a second play through, although I'm also planning to start my next game so it won't be a play through with the intensity of focus I had in my first play!
Games in progress (and loving and planning to finish next year) 2024:
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Wylde Flowers
Games planned for 2025 (list far too long for actual reality of play time available):
Stray
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
Final Fantasy VII: Remake
Metaphor Refantasio
Baldur's Gate
Kingdoms of Amalar: Re-reckoning
Games on my list to play later:
Mass Effect (1-3)
Horizon Forbidden West
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Ghost of Tsushima
The Witcher 3
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arise
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2025 game releases I'm already excited for:
Claire Obscure: Expedition 33
Ghost of Yotei
2023 in review
Jan. 15th, 2024 09:04 pmSo, it's been a while since I kicked the dust off of this, right? Oops.
A whole year, in fact! And I'm even late with trying to do some kind of summary of 2023! But I do like being able to get some kind of impression of what each year was like when I look back so here we go. A slightly late review of how 2023 went for me.
( 2023 - a better year )
A whole year, in fact! And I'm even late with trying to do some kind of summary of 2023! But I do like being able to get some kind of impression of what each year was like when I look back so here we go. A slightly late review of how 2023 went for me.
( 2023 - a better year )
Mid-January catch-up
Jan. 17th, 2023 12:33 pmCan't believe it's past the middle of January already!
So far, it's gone better than 2022 January did i.e. no flu, no other illness. And I'm getting a![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bookmonster visit this weekend!
I've also got something to look forward to: we're doing another family holiday to Centre Parcs in May. It's going to be great (hopefully).
Daily writing is going well and actually happening. So far, I haven't missed a day and even on days when I've had no time to myself, I've found two minutes to open a Google Doc on my phone and add a sentence to one of my WIPs, which is helping a lot in terms of keeping my brain ticking over on them. So far this year, I've written over 7k words.
Speaking of WIPs, I took two active ones into 2023 and now I have another. All Wangxian, because my brain is still there, and all incredibly different from each other. The zombie AU continues to be my main project and it's going to be a big one. I'm 20k in and I know there's still a hell of a lot to write. The world building keeps growing as I think through the way the ideas fit together and that adds extra elements to the plotting. Yeah, it's going to be a novel at this rate.
The other two are...well, I've got this weird thing that's kind of about depression and recovery and learning to be a person again when all you want is to not be a person, because I've got WWX right there and I love the fanon AUs about fox-shifter!WWX so that's where my brain went.
Then there's a fic with a working title of "sex magic AU" that's hopefully going to be firmly on the humorous side and therefore light relief when the other fics get too deep. So far I have 800 words of WWX being outraged that dual cultivation is a real thing because it's such a ridiculous concept, why is that real LWJ? And why do the Lans have an entire collection of books on it? I think most of the fic is just going to be WWX being outraged and grumpy about this while LWJ is annoyingly serene. As it's a post-Untamed fic and WWX is still figuring out his feelings for LWJ, it's got the potential for WWX to be grumpily (vocally) outraged about all of this while voluntarily getting railed through a mattress for the first time (because it makes sense for it to be us to do it, LWJ, if anyone has to do this) and I just think that's very funny.
I'm currently at 199 works published on AO3. The next fic I publish will be my 200th work.
I really want that to be something brilliant and complex. A fic novel. One of those fics I can point to and go "I'm so proud of that fic because it did all this great stuff and really pushed me as a writer".
I strongly suspect it's going to be the sex magic AU because that will probably be faster to finish than the zombie AU. That probably says everything about me and my history as a fanfic writer, TBH.
So far, it's gone better than 2022 January did i.e. no flu, no other illness. And I'm getting a
bookmonster visit this weekend!I've also got something to look forward to: we're doing another family holiday to Centre Parcs in May. It's going to be great (hopefully).
Daily writing is going well and actually happening. So far, I haven't missed a day and even on days when I've had no time to myself, I've found two minutes to open a Google Doc on my phone and add a sentence to one of my WIPs, which is helping a lot in terms of keeping my brain ticking over on them. So far this year, I've written over 7k words.
Speaking of WIPs, I took two active ones into 2023 and now I have another. All Wangxian, because my brain is still there, and all incredibly different from each other. The zombie AU continues to be my main project and it's going to be a big one. I'm 20k in and I know there's still a hell of a lot to write. The world building keeps growing as I think through the way the ideas fit together and that adds extra elements to the plotting. Yeah, it's going to be a novel at this rate.
The other two are...well, I've got this weird thing that's kind of about depression and recovery and learning to be a person again when all you want is to not be a person, because I've got WWX right there and I love the fanon AUs about fox-shifter!WWX so that's where my brain went.
Then there's a fic with a working title of "sex magic AU" that's hopefully going to be firmly on the humorous side and therefore light relief when the other fics get too deep. So far I have 800 words of WWX being outraged that dual cultivation is a real thing because it's such a ridiculous concept, why is that real LWJ? And why do the Lans have an entire collection of books on it? I think most of the fic is just going to be WWX being outraged and grumpy about this while LWJ is annoyingly serene. As it's a post-Untamed fic and WWX is still figuring out his feelings for LWJ, it's got the potential for WWX to be grumpily (vocally) outraged about all of this while voluntarily getting railed through a mattress for the first time (because it makes sense for it to be us to do it, LWJ, if anyone has to do this) and I just think that's very funny.
I'm currently at 199 works published on AO3. The next fic I publish will be my 200th work.
I really want that to be something brilliant and complex. A fic novel. One of those fics I can point to and go "I'm so proud of that fic because it did all this great stuff and really pushed me as a writer".
I strongly suspect it's going to be the sex magic AU because that will probably be faster to finish than the zombie AU. That probably says everything about me and my history as a fanfic writer, TBH.
...In with the new, 2023-style
Jan. 1st, 2023 06:30 pmHappy New Year! Welcome to 2023!
I have a bit of a tradition of trying to start out the new year well by doing a bit of all the good things that I want to do through the year. Make 1 January a representation of what I'm bringing to the year.
(I'm not superstitious, but last year I spent 1 January being very ill with flu, so make of that what you will.)
Therefore today I have:
- Had a bit of a lie in
- Eaten a good, yummy breakfast
- Gone for a nice walk
- Made the good coffee and taken the time to enjoy it
- Read a couple of chapters of a good book while listening to music
- Read a chapter of a good fic
- Written words
- Played board games
- Posted fic
I'm currently cooking some tasty food for supper. I plan to get a bit of stitching in and watch some good telly this evening. I think that covers everything!
I don't do new year resolutions, because I don't like setting myself up for self-loathing when I inevitably fail to keep them up. However,celli has been doing a daily writing challenge through 2022 and it's inspired me. The biggest frustration I had last year was not having the spoons to write. I always feel like I should write at least X amount when I sit down to write, when really the important part is the habit and the way that writing regularly--even if it's just a very few words--has always been the best way to keep my creative process flowing.
So this year, I intend to attempt to write something every day. Minimum is 5 words. I thought about 50 words, but realised that if I set the bar really incredibly very low then even if all I did was open a WIP and add a a tiny number of words, it would count and I'd feel good about adding a line to my spreadsheet.
(Yes, there's a spreadsheet. I'm a data nerd. You think there wouldn't be a spreadsheet?)
I'm going to try to keep myself accountable on twitter/fediverse. If I forget to post the daily then I'll try to remember to post the monthly tally of days/words.
Any new words count. If I deleted 500 words and wrote 20 new words? That's 20 words in the spreadsheet, not -480. The important part is getting some words out and keeping my brain nibbling at the ideas and producing new ones. Regular writing leads to creative thoughts.
In the spirit of that, today's tally was 304 words. Woo hoo!
I have a bit of a tradition of trying to start out the new year well by doing a bit of all the good things that I want to do through the year. Make 1 January a representation of what I'm bringing to the year.
(I'm not superstitious, but last year I spent 1 January being very ill with flu, so make of that what you will.)
Therefore today I have:
- Had a bit of a lie in
- Eaten a good, yummy breakfast
- Gone for a nice walk
- Made the good coffee and taken the time to enjoy it
- Read a couple of chapters of a good book while listening to music
- Read a chapter of a good fic
- Written words
- Played board games
- Posted fic
I'm currently cooking some tasty food for supper. I plan to get a bit of stitching in and watch some good telly this evening. I think that covers everything!
I don't do new year resolutions, because I don't like setting myself up for self-loathing when I inevitably fail to keep them up. However,
celli has been doing a daily writing challenge through 2022 and it's inspired me. The biggest frustration I had last year was not having the spoons to write. I always feel like I should write at least X amount when I sit down to write, when really the important part is the habit and the way that writing regularly--even if it's just a very few words--has always been the best way to keep my creative process flowing.So this year, I intend to attempt to write something every day. Minimum is 5 words. I thought about 50 words, but realised that if I set the bar really incredibly very low then even if all I did was open a WIP and add a a tiny number of words, it would count and I'd feel good about adding a line to my spreadsheet.
(Yes, there's a spreadsheet. I'm a data nerd. You think there wouldn't be a spreadsheet?)
I'm going to try to keep myself accountable on twitter/fediverse. If I forget to post the daily then I'll try to remember to post the monthly tally of days/words.
Any new words count. If I deleted 500 words and wrote 20 new words? That's 20 words in the spreadsheet, not -480. The important part is getting some words out and keeping my brain nibbling at the ideas and producing new ones. Regular writing leads to creative thoughts.
In the spirit of that, today's tally was 304 words. Woo hoo!
Out with the old...
Dec. 31st, 2022 03:58 pmSo, 2022 sure was a year that happened to me and I'm very glad that it's the last day now.
My last post in April (!?) was about the various ways my health kept fucking me over and it continued in that vein. I had covid! Further fibroid adventures! MORE COVID!
From August on, I managed to stay (relatively) healthy, but by then I'd given up on going away for a summer holiday with![[twitter.com profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
hockeybosh and I was viewing the big family holiday in October with a degree of scepticism. I did have a lovely visit from hockeybosh in August and we did lots of lovely things that felt almost like having a holiday. In fact, most of the fun things (and relaxing things, and just lovely things) I did this year involved hockeybosh, who has been an amazing friend and kept me sane when I was ready to throw things a few times.
Family holiday went ahead mostly as planned, although my dad decided at the very last minute not to go which meant mum and I had to reorganise some things and do a lot more driving than we'd been prepared for. Despite that, it was a fabulous holiday and I loved getting so much time with my nephew and my sister.
Somehow, the whole of autumn and December raced by, through a combination of being hugely busy at work and over scheduling myself. Many of the fun things I planned ended up being cancelled by rail strikes, including my plans to watch hockeybosh play hockey. My birthday was cancelled due to family illness and a bereavement.
This being the first non-covid Christmas for a while, I ended up with a lot of singing commitments in December, which was lovely but tiring. And then Christmas ended up being delayed for a few days when my brother-in-law's "cold" turned out to be covid. This was unfortunately not discovered until they were packing to come out to us on Christmas Eve, so my nephew was distraught and we all had to do a lot of rejigging of plans and buying food/figuring out how to use extra food. When he was clear (only took three days because he'd unknowingly had it for a few days already), we reworked the plans again so we could do Christmas a few days late. So glad we got to do it at all, but I'm also very tired and peopled out, so I'm glad I still have a couple of quiet days before I go back to work.
All told, 2022 was not the greatest year ever.
The fic I was picking away at in April ended up taking me most of the year to write due to all the times I had no spoons for writing. But I finished it and I'm currently posting it! In the last couple of months, I've had my writing mojo back and I've actually written a fair bit. I've got two WIPs that I'll be taking into next year and I'm hoping that I'll have much more in the way of spoons for fun things like writing and going on adventures.
The RSN embroidery course I'd planned to do in May was one of the casualties of the family covid outbreak (mum was the only person who escaped it) but I finally got to do a version of it in December. Going to Hampton Court and being instructed in silk shading by a brilliant tutor was an amazing experience. I plan to do more RSN courses next year.
I think the highlights of this year are going to be the week with hockeybosh in August, the week I had friends to visit from Canada, and my RSN class. The rest of the year was a disaster, but I've got those things out of it.
So that was 2022. I've cleaned the house so I can enter the new year feeling clean, tidy, and prepared. Plans for the rest of the day involve stitching, telly, and nice food.
I'll do my new year post tomorrow.
My last post in April (!?) was about the various ways my health kept fucking me over and it continued in that vein. I had covid! Further fibroid adventures! MORE COVID!
From August on, I managed to stay (relatively) healthy, but by then I'd given up on going away for a summer holiday with
Family holiday went ahead mostly as planned, although my dad decided at the very last minute not to go which meant mum and I had to reorganise some things and do a lot more driving than we'd been prepared for. Despite that, it was a fabulous holiday and I loved getting so much time with my nephew and my sister.
Somehow, the whole of autumn and December raced by, through a combination of being hugely busy at work and over scheduling myself. Many of the fun things I planned ended up being cancelled by rail strikes, including my plans to watch hockeybosh play hockey. My birthday was cancelled due to family illness and a bereavement.
This being the first non-covid Christmas for a while, I ended up with a lot of singing commitments in December, which was lovely but tiring. And then Christmas ended up being delayed for a few days when my brother-in-law's "cold" turned out to be covid. This was unfortunately not discovered until they were packing to come out to us on Christmas Eve, so my nephew was distraught and we all had to do a lot of rejigging of plans and buying food/figuring out how to use extra food. When he was clear (only took three days because he'd unknowingly had it for a few days already), we reworked the plans again so we could do Christmas a few days late. So glad we got to do it at all, but I'm also very tired and peopled out, so I'm glad I still have a couple of quiet days before I go back to work.
All told, 2022 was not the greatest year ever.
The fic I was picking away at in April ended up taking me most of the year to write due to all the times I had no spoons for writing. But I finished it and I'm currently posting it! In the last couple of months, I've had my writing mojo back and I've actually written a fair bit. I've got two WIPs that I'll be taking into next year and I'm hoping that I'll have much more in the way of spoons for fun things like writing and going on adventures.
The RSN embroidery course I'd planned to do in May was one of the casualties of the family covid outbreak (mum was the only person who escaped it) but I finally got to do a version of it in December. Going to Hampton Court and being instructed in silk shading by a brilliant tutor was an amazing experience. I plan to do more RSN courses next year.
I think the highlights of this year are going to be the week with hockeybosh in August, the week I had friends to visit from Canada, and my RSN class. The rest of the year was a disaster, but I've got those things out of it.
So that was 2022. I've cleaned the house so I can enter the new year feeling clean, tidy, and prepared. Plans for the rest of the day involve stitching, telly, and nice food.
I'll do my new year post tomorrow.
So, I've been making a couple of circle-locked posts here on DW over the past few weeks about some health stuff that's been happening and I don't plan to make them public because I'm not sure the entire Internet needs to know the exact details of how my uterus is fucking me over. It does feel like I need to have something public somewhere, because some elements of this are impossible to hide, but let's go with a summary.
In summary: fibroids, unpredictable bleeding, hospital admissions due to the bleeding have been involved, so much unexpected laundry, it's all very unpleasant and turning me into the flakiest person ever because I cannot guarantee I'll actually turn up for anything I plan.
I'm on the waiting list for surgery but thanks to covid and 10 years of Tories fucking over the NHS, waiting lists are ridiculous and gynecology is has the worst waiting list of all specialities, so I'm prepared for the idea I won't get surgery before Christmas. In the meantime, I just have to manage it and accept that I will miss many fun events until it happens.
Work is...a lot. The biggest project of my career is due to launch at the beginning of July (delayed from November due to things outside my control), so there's a lot of work, so many meetings, and I'm anticipating that July and August will be even worse as we bed in the new systems we've developed. It's also been one of those projects that has stretched me and shown me that I'm capable of taking on senior roles on big things like this, so it's been great, but it's a lot.
I've been picking away at a fic since late last year, which keeps getting interrupted by health problems and work exhaustion. I went back to reread it to pick it up again last week and it's good! I love the concept! I like what I've written so far! I've got 22k of great fic that needs about 40k more fic before I can call it done, because there's a lot of plot left and Wangxian are nowhere near their happy ending yet and god damn it, I need happy endings right now.
This extends to my reading and viewing as well as my writing. Happy endings only here. I don't have the spoons to deal with traumatic endings right now.
I haven't been stitching as much as I'd like--all the health stuff has left me low on spoons a lot of the time--but I've been picking up projects when I can and I have a one day course booked next month with the Royal School of Needlework. I really will have a meltdown if a major bleeding incident prevents me getting to that. I feel like i've already missed too many things I was looking forward to this year.
It's frustrating knowing that any plan I make can be disrupted by my body doing silly things and I've lost confidence in making any plans that I need to pay for in advance or where my absence will cause issues for others. I'm still working out how to navigate that in a way that doesn't shut my life down completely but also doesn't leave other people in the lurch and me hugely out of pocket. It's a work in progress.
So yeah. 20220 is turning into a year to remember for a whole variety of reasons.
In summary: fibroids, unpredictable bleeding, hospital admissions due to the bleeding have been involved, so much unexpected laundry, it's all very unpleasant and turning me into the flakiest person ever because I cannot guarantee I'll actually turn up for anything I plan.
I'm on the waiting list for surgery but thanks to covid and 10 years of Tories fucking over the NHS, waiting lists are ridiculous and gynecology is has the worst waiting list of all specialities, so I'm prepared for the idea I won't get surgery before Christmas. In the meantime, I just have to manage it and accept that I will miss many fun events until it happens.
Work is...a lot. The biggest project of my career is due to launch at the beginning of July (delayed from November due to things outside my control), so there's a lot of work, so many meetings, and I'm anticipating that July and August will be even worse as we bed in the new systems we've developed. It's also been one of those projects that has stretched me and shown me that I'm capable of taking on senior roles on big things like this, so it's been great, but it's a lot.
I've been picking away at a fic since late last year, which keeps getting interrupted by health problems and work exhaustion. I went back to reread it to pick it up again last week and it's good! I love the concept! I like what I've written so far! I've got 22k of great fic that needs about 40k more fic before I can call it done, because there's a lot of plot left and Wangxian are nowhere near their happy ending yet and god damn it, I need happy endings right now.
This extends to my reading and viewing as well as my writing. Happy endings only here. I don't have the spoons to deal with traumatic endings right now.
I haven't been stitching as much as I'd like--all the health stuff has left me low on spoons a lot of the time--but I've been picking up projects when I can and I have a one day course booked next month with the Royal School of Needlework. I really will have a meltdown if a major bleeding incident prevents me getting to that. I feel like i've already missed too many things I was looking forward to this year.
It's frustrating knowing that any plan I make can be disrupted by my body doing silly things and I've lost confidence in making any plans that I need to pay for in advance or where my absence will cause issues for others. I'm still working out how to navigate that in a way that doesn't shut my life down completely but also doesn't leave other people in the lurch and me hugely out of pocket. It's a work in progress.
So yeah. 20220 is turning into a year to remember for a whole variety of reasons.
Catching up on a year...
Dec. 22nd, 2021 10:33 amWow, it's been a year since I made any serious update here apart from fic notifications (when I remember, oops). So, this has been another really weird year. I wonder when we'll get to stop saying that?
( Summary of the year )
( A year in writing )
( A year in stitching )
( A year in telly )
And that's it! My year in reading was mostly fic or rereads of favourite romance novels. I need to go into my AO3 account to do a commenting spree and bookmark lots of favourite fics. The downside to reading longfic on my Kindle is that it's easy not to do that step, so I need to get better at it. The only new to me novels I read this year were romances from trusted authors. It's been that kind of year. I can't promise it will be any different next year, but who knows. It's impossible to predict anything right now.
Except that I appear to be in The Untamed fandom for the long haul and I have my writing mojo back right now :D
( Summary of the year )
( A year in writing )
( A year in stitching )
( A year in telly )
And that's it! My year in reading was mostly fic or rereads of favourite romance novels. I need to go into my AO3 account to do a commenting spree and bookmark lots of favourite fics. The downside to reading longfic on my Kindle is that it's easy not to do that step, so I need to get better at it. The only new to me novels I read this year were romances from trusted authors. It's been that kind of year. I can't promise it will be any different next year, but who knows. It's impossible to predict anything right now.
Except that I appear to be in The Untamed fandom for the long haul and I have my writing mojo back right now :D
Dear Yuletide Writer
Oct. 19th, 2021 08:05 pmDear Yuletide writer,
Thank you for writing for me! I'm so excited to read your fic. I've put together a few basic things that I always love in any fic, with more detailed fandom thoughts below. My DNWs are pretty strong, so please try to avoid them.
If you've got an idea that isn't in any of my prompts and fits the things I love, go for it!
Loves:
- Competency porn
- Cheesy tropes!
- AUs
- Intense, passionate, world-shattering kissing
- Flirting, banter, humour
- Relationships with a strong base of friendship at the core
- Happy endings
Do not wants:
- Deathfic, suicide, and sad endings
- Rape and dubcon
- Graphic violence, blood play, cannibalism, animal abuse etc.
- Incest, underage (under 18), ageplay, raceplay, bestiality
- Watersports, scat, feeding/inflation and related kinks
- Humiliation, adultery/cheating
- Character bashing
( 民国奇探 | My Roommate is a Detective )
( 成化十四年 | The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty )
( HIStory3 - 圈套 | HIStory3: Trapped )
Thank you for writing for me! I'm so excited to read your fic. I've put together a few basic things that I always love in any fic, with more detailed fandom thoughts below. My DNWs are pretty strong, so please try to avoid them.
If you've got an idea that isn't in any of my prompts and fits the things I love, go for it!
Loves:
- Competency porn
- Cheesy tropes!
- AUs
- Intense, passionate, world-shattering kissing
- Flirting, banter, humour
- Relationships with a strong base of friendship at the core
- Happy endings
Do not wants:
- Deathfic, suicide, and sad endings
- Rape and dubcon
- Graphic violence, blood play, cannibalism, animal abuse etc.
- Incest, underage (under 18), ageplay, raceplay, bestiality
- Watersports, scat, feeding/inflation and related kinks
- Humiliation, adultery/cheating
- Character bashing
( 民国奇探 | My Roommate is a Detective )
( 成化十四年 | The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty )
( HIStory3 - 圈套 | HIStory3: Trapped )
New Falling to the Rhythm chapter!
Oct. 16th, 2021 05:06 pmAKA the Wangxian Strictly AU :D
Week 3: Samba
This fic is so much fun to post. And editing it is much more fun than I expected, even when I'm having to rewrite entire scenes to make them suck less 😂
Last week's Strictly was also movie week, and I had so many feelings about the group dance and John and Johannes dancing a paso to Pirates of the Caribbean. It should have been awkward and awful, camp in a way that didn't suit the dance at all, AND IT WAS NOT. It was scorching. Brilliant. It tipped them over into being my favourite couple. I shall riot if they don't make it to the final.
Ahem.
In other fic news, I wrote the final words on the first draft of my MXTX Big Bang fic. It's just shy of 64k words and I'm feeling pretty good about it. I've got six weeks to tear it apart and get it into posting quality, so that's a nice bit of breathing space.
Also, I saw one of the pieces of art for it this morning and I'm blown away. It's going to be so exciting getting to share the fic and art with everyone - I really hope everyone loves the art as much as I do!
Hello, yes, I'm actually having a good fic writing year. Thank you, Untamed fandom.
Week 3: Samba
This fic is so much fun to post. And editing it is much more fun than I expected, even when I'm having to rewrite entire scenes to make them suck less 😂
Last week's Strictly was also movie week, and I had so many feelings about the group dance and John and Johannes dancing a paso to Pirates of the Caribbean. It should have been awkward and awful, camp in a way that didn't suit the dance at all, AND IT WAS NOT. It was scorching. Brilliant. It tipped them over into being my favourite couple. I shall riot if they don't make it to the final.
Ahem.
In other fic news, I wrote the final words on the first draft of my MXTX Big Bang fic. It's just shy of 64k words and I'm feeling pretty good about it. I've got six weeks to tear it apart and get it into posting quality, so that's a nice bit of breathing space.
Also, I saw one of the pieces of art for it this morning and I'm blown away. It's going to be so exciting getting to share the fic and art with everyone - I really hope everyone loves the art as much as I do!
Hello, yes, I'm actually having a good fic writing year. Thank you, Untamed fandom.
Totally forgot to post here last week, but chapters two and three are now on AO3.
Week 1: Foxtrot
Week 2: Tango
It's so much fun putting these chapters together. A part of me regrets that I took so long between finishing and editing this fic, but another part is loving posting it at the same time Strictly is airing.
Even though I really wish I'd seen John and Johannes dancing their tango before I wrote WWX and LWJ dancing theirs. That routine is scorching and so good. How was it only week 1?
Can they please get an Argentine tango at some point? Just for me? As a treat?
Week 1: Foxtrot
Week 2: Tango
It's so much fun putting these chapters together. A part of me regrets that I took so long between finishing and editing this fic, but another part is loving posting it at the same time Strictly is airing.
Even though I really wish I'd seen John and Johannes dancing their tango before I wrote WWX and LWJ dancing theirs. That routine is scorching and so good. How was it only week 1?
Can they please get an Argentine tango at some point? Just for me? As a treat?
Falling to the Rhythm (7609 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/14
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern: No Powers, Alternate Universe - Dance, Alternate Universe - Strictly Come Dancing Fusion, Ballroom Dancing, Dancer!Wèi Wúxiàn, Violinist Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Pining While Dancing, Oblivious Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Gratuitous Costume Descriptions, Gratuitous dancing descriptions, Slow Burn, Rating applies to later chapters, The unbearable romance of being cared for
Summary:
Chapters: 1/14
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern: No Powers, Alternate Universe - Dance, Alternate Universe - Strictly Come Dancing Fusion, Ballroom Dancing, Dancer!Wèi Wúxiàn, Violinist Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Pining While Dancing, Oblivious Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Gratuitous Costume Descriptions, Gratuitous dancing descriptions, Slow Burn, Rating applies to later chapters, The unbearable romance of being cared for
Summary:
"So it's a bet?" Jiang Cheng said. "Dance the showcase if you get him, fancy coffee machine if you don't?"
Wei Wuxian considered the machine. "Fine. You're on. I want it in red."
"Don't start planning your caffeine overdose yet."
"It's in the bag," Wei Wuxian said cheerfully. "There's no way they'll match me with someone like Lan Wangji."
Teaching Lan Wangji to dance in front of the nation for twelve weeks, how hard can that be? Wei Wuxian is about to find out.
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Aug. 2nd, 2021 08:50 pmMe: *renews paid account*
Guess I should post some stuff here? *wince*
Guess I should post some stuff here? *wince*
New fic: this moonlit heart is home
Dec. 29th, 2020 05:44 pmthis moonlit heart is home (10095 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Werecats, Werecat!Wei Wuxian, Crack Treated Seriously, Happy Ending, Feelings Realization, Friends to Lovers
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Werecats, Werecat!Wei Wuxian, Crack Treated Seriously, Happy Ending, Feelings Realization, Friends to Lovers
Summary:
The thing was, Wei Ying wasn't always chaos in feline form. Most of the time he was a perfectly normal human, or at least, as normal as a werecat could be. As normal as anyone could be if they were forced to spend three nights every lunar month in a cat-shaped body.
And besides, it wasn't as though Wei Ying wanted to be a part time cat. He didn't. The moon nights were an inconvenience to be endured, and the rest of the time, he was as human as possible and that was that as far as he was concerned.
Meeting Lan Zhan in cat form was entirely accidental.
Insert witty title here ->
Dec. 21st, 2020 12:15 pmThank you for all the lovely comments on my post about Kate-cat, I read and appreciated all of them so much.
The last month has been weird and often difficult. It was my birthday a few days after Kate died. I'd already planned to largely ignore it, which ended up being a good call because that was the day I finally cried for her. I tend to have delayed-action grief, where I'm fine and powering through for a while and then it just hits me. Sucks that it was my birthday, but I'm glad it was a day I'd booked off work (to avoid all the birthday wishes) so I could just do what I needed to.
Annie is adjusting well. She's still a bit of a shadow-cat, but she isn't distressed when I leave the house anymore, and she's taking full advantage of having no competition for my lap. She's also started taking over a couple of Kate's roles around the house - she grooms me and a couple of nights ago she pulled Kate's holding my head so she could nuzzle my hair trick. Silly kitten.
But life goes on as it must.
I'm now living in a tier 4 area of the UK, so basically back in lockdown. Thankfully support bubbles are still allowed so I can walk over to my parents for Christmas Day. Plans with my sister and nephew had already been cancelled before the government announcement, so it's not been as devastating for us as it was for some families. We'd even already arranged couriers to get presents to the right houses! So my nephew will get all his Christmas presents on his first Christmas. I'm just sad that we won't be able to watch him punch wrapping paper and make faces at his first taste of turkey.
This year has been so weird.
I'm going to try to do some kind of year end wrap-up later. At the moment, I'm just focused on the idea that I've only got to get through today, tomorrow, and Wednesday morning, and then I'm done with work for the year. I can spend lots of time on my sofa, admiring my tree and watching telly until my eyes are square. Bridgerton! New Year Doctor Who! C dramas! And if I need a break from that, being in the Untamed fandom is spoiling me for quantity and quality of fic :D
So my Christmas plans should actually be quite nice despite everything. And thankfully, my little local independent coffee shop is staying open for takeaway, so popping out to pick up a mocha every couple of days is still on. Phew!
The last month has been weird and often difficult. It was my birthday a few days after Kate died. I'd already planned to largely ignore it, which ended up being a good call because that was the day I finally cried for her. I tend to have delayed-action grief, where I'm fine and powering through for a while and then it just hits me. Sucks that it was my birthday, but I'm glad it was a day I'd booked off work (to avoid all the birthday wishes) so I could just do what I needed to.
Annie is adjusting well. She's still a bit of a shadow-cat, but she isn't distressed when I leave the house anymore, and she's taking full advantage of having no competition for my lap. She's also started taking over a couple of Kate's roles around the house - she grooms me and a couple of nights ago she pulled Kate's holding my head so she could nuzzle my hair trick. Silly kitten.
But life goes on as it must.
I'm now living in a tier 4 area of the UK, so basically back in lockdown. Thankfully support bubbles are still allowed so I can walk over to my parents for Christmas Day. Plans with my sister and nephew had already been cancelled before the government announcement, so it's not been as devastating for us as it was for some families. We'd even already arranged couriers to get presents to the right houses! So my nephew will get all his Christmas presents on his first Christmas. I'm just sad that we won't be able to watch him punch wrapping paper and make faces at his first taste of turkey.
This year has been so weird.
I'm going to try to do some kind of year end wrap-up later. At the moment, I'm just focused on the idea that I've only got to get through today, tomorrow, and Wednesday morning, and then I'm done with work for the year. I can spend lots of time on my sofa, admiring my tree and watching telly until my eyes are square. Bridgerton! New Year Doctor Who! C dramas! And if I need a break from that, being in the Untamed fandom is spoiling me for quantity and quality of fic :D
So my Christmas plans should actually be quite nice despite everything. And thankfully, my little local independent coffee shop is staying open for takeaway, so popping out to pick up a mocha every couple of days is still on. Phew!
I’ve been trying to work out how to start this post for a couple of days, but there is no good way to do it so here it is.
After we got the news in my last post we had a couple of bad days, but then Kate settled a bit and started eating. Two weeks ago she had another steroid shot, which really perked her up: she was eating everything in sight (so many “little spoonful”s, so many), had enough energy to be playful at times (she caught a bug and we had a couple of sessions chasing shiny spots on the floor), and became more sociable than she had been for a few weeks. It was almost like having the old Kate back for a while.
On Tuesday evening, after family zoom, she marched up to the sofa as I was settling in with my pre-bed tea and demanded to be picked up and put on my lap. I ended up going to bed super late because she wanted a long snuggle.
On Wednesday morning, she wasn’t at my bedroom door yelling for breakfast so I knew something was wrong. I found her under the sofa and she was clearly not feeling well, so I let her totter off to settle on a blanket while I called the vet and got a telephone appointment for 12.30 (argh, lockdown).
Around 11am, it became obvious that she was deteriorating fast. I sat with her and called the vet, managed to get an in-person appointment for an hour later. From what was happening, I suspected a stroke.
When we got there, the vet confirmed she’d had a stroke and her back half was paralysed. We made the decision to put her to sleep.
It was all very peaceful at the end. They let me have a few minutes to say goodbye, then the vet injected the anesthetic and Kate went to sleep while I talked to her and stroked her.
She was a good and affectionate cat to the end. I’m so glad that I got those two weeks of almost normality and that long cuddle with her on Tuesday. Having the end come so suddenly is a bit of a blessing. I’d always said that I’d let her go when she was ready but I was worried that she’d fade away slowly and I wouldn’t be sure about whether I’d got the timing right.
On Wednesday, I knew when I found her under the sofa that she was ready. We got some good time together and I was there with her to the end, which was all I wanted for her. She was such a great cat and a part of the family for twelve years.
Annie and I are adjusting. Ish. It feels strange not having Kate pop up to narrate her day or demand food. I keep expecting to see her sitting on the box in front of the patio door or trotting up to claim my lap whenever I sit down in my armchair. Annie is currently my shadow cat - I think she’s finding it a bit lonely not having her sister around. Hopefully she’ll get used to it in time.
We’re sad here and it’s been tough finding the right words, but I’ve got a lot of memories and photos, so Kate won’t be forgotten.
After we got the news in my last post we had a couple of bad days, but then Kate settled a bit and started eating. Two weeks ago she had another steroid shot, which really perked her up: she was eating everything in sight (so many “little spoonful”s, so many), had enough energy to be playful at times (she caught a bug and we had a couple of sessions chasing shiny spots on the floor), and became more sociable than she had been for a few weeks. It was almost like having the old Kate back for a while.
On Tuesday evening, after family zoom, she marched up to the sofa as I was settling in with my pre-bed tea and demanded to be picked up and put on my lap. I ended up going to bed super late because she wanted a long snuggle.
On Wednesday morning, she wasn’t at my bedroom door yelling for breakfast so I knew something was wrong. I found her under the sofa and she was clearly not feeling well, so I let her totter off to settle on a blanket while I called the vet and got a telephone appointment for 12.30 (argh, lockdown).
Around 11am, it became obvious that she was deteriorating fast. I sat with her and called the vet, managed to get an in-person appointment for an hour later. From what was happening, I suspected a stroke.
When we got there, the vet confirmed she’d had a stroke and her back half was paralysed. We made the decision to put her to sleep.
It was all very peaceful at the end. They let me have a few minutes to say goodbye, then the vet injected the anesthetic and Kate went to sleep while I talked to her and stroked her.
She was a good and affectionate cat to the end. I’m so glad that I got those two weeks of almost normality and that long cuddle with her on Tuesday. Having the end come so suddenly is a bit of a blessing. I’d always said that I’d let her go when she was ready but I was worried that she’d fade away slowly and I wouldn’t be sure about whether I’d got the timing right.
On Wednesday, I knew when I found her under the sofa that she was ready. We got some good time together and I was there with her to the end, which was all I wanted for her. She was such a great cat and a part of the family for twelve years.
Annie and I are adjusting. Ish. It feels strange not having Kate pop up to narrate her day or demand food. I keep expecting to see her sitting on the box in front of the patio door or trotting up to claim my lap whenever I sit down in my armchair. Annie is currently my shadow cat - I think she’s finding it a bit lonely not having her sister around. Hopefully she’ll get used to it in time.
We’re sad here and it’s been tough finding the right words, but I’ve got a lot of memories and photos, so Kate won’t be forgotten.
An update on Kate-cat
Oct. 13th, 2020 04:43 pmKate had her blood test on Friday, which showed up some wonky things in her liver and a bit of anaemia and jaundice, but no kidney or thyroid issues. So we decided to do an abdominal ultrasound to work out what is going on in there, which happened today.
I guess I've been half-expecting the worst all weekend, because liver problems don't tend to be curable in my experience. So the news today from the scan wasn't entirely unexpected, but that doesn't mean it's been easy.
Kate has a tumour near her kidney that is a couple of centimetres long. She's also got what look like metastases on her liver.
I talked over the options with the vet. We could refer her to a specialist centre for biopsies to type the tumour and see what treatments are available, but that would involve chemo and it would only be life-extending, not curative. And it would involve a fair bit of travel and time in vet hospitals to get treatment. Kate doesn't like travel and she really hates vets. She's also quite fragile and chemo wouldn't improve her quality of life.
As much as I love her and I'm not ready to say goodbye yet, I'm also not willing to put her through that.
So we've decided to bring her home and start palliative care. She's had a dose of steroids and we'll see how she does with those. They may shrink the tumours temporarily. More importantly, they may perk her up and bring her appetite back. If she stops losing weight and seems comfortable, then I may get a bit more time with her and she'll get a steroid injection every couple of weeks.
And if she doesn't, if she keeps losing weight, then it's likely she'll be going to sleep very soon. I'm very aware that I may only get a few more days with her and I'm trying not to be selfish and hang onto her past the point where she's happy. Right now, she's a bit woozy from the sedatives, but she'd been perkier over the weekend (thanks to appetite stimulants) and she's still got cattitude, so hopefully the steroids will do their thing and she'll be comfortable for a little while longer.
She's been a really great cat, comforting me when I was ill and entertaining me when I was down. We've had twelve years together and I'm not ready, but I don't think I was ever going to be ready.
Annie can tell something is wrong, but that hasn't stopped her hissing at Kate's vet smell. I'm not sure what she'll be like after Kate goes. I joke that she'll put out the party bunting at finally being a solo cat, but I think she'll notice Kate is gone.
Thanks for all the good wishes for Kate, and I'm sorry the news isn't more positive.
I guess I've been half-expecting the worst all weekend, because liver problems don't tend to be curable in my experience. So the news today from the scan wasn't entirely unexpected, but that doesn't mean it's been easy.
Kate has a tumour near her kidney that is a couple of centimetres long. She's also got what look like metastases on her liver.
I talked over the options with the vet. We could refer her to a specialist centre for biopsies to type the tumour and see what treatments are available, but that would involve chemo and it would only be life-extending, not curative. And it would involve a fair bit of travel and time in vet hospitals to get treatment. Kate doesn't like travel and she really hates vets. She's also quite fragile and chemo wouldn't improve her quality of life.
As much as I love her and I'm not ready to say goodbye yet, I'm also not willing to put her through that.
So we've decided to bring her home and start palliative care. She's had a dose of steroids and we'll see how she does with those. They may shrink the tumours temporarily. More importantly, they may perk her up and bring her appetite back. If she stops losing weight and seems comfortable, then I may get a bit more time with her and she'll get a steroid injection every couple of weeks.
And if she doesn't, if she keeps losing weight, then it's likely she'll be going to sleep very soon. I'm very aware that I may only get a few more days with her and I'm trying not to be selfish and hang onto her past the point where she's happy. Right now, she's a bit woozy from the sedatives, but she'd been perkier over the weekend (thanks to appetite stimulants) and she's still got cattitude, so hopefully the steroids will do their thing and she'll be comfortable for a little while longer.
She's been a really great cat, comforting me when I was ill and entertaining me when I was down. We've had twelve years together and I'm not ready, but I don't think I was ever going to be ready.
Annie can tell something is wrong, but that hasn't stopped her hissing at Kate's vet smell. I'm not sure what she'll be like after Kate goes. I joke that she'll put out the party bunting at finally being a solo cat, but I think she'll notice Kate is gone.
Thanks for all the good wishes for Kate, and I'm sorry the news isn't more positive.
A vet visit for Kate-cat
Sep. 29th, 2020 04:21 pmI don't have a Kate icon. I should fix that.
For the last couple/few weeks, Kate has been off her food and loosing weight. It took a while for me to realise that it was a consistent thing (which I'm feeling guilty about right now), because Annie was cheerfully hoovering up whatever Kate didn't eat and Kate has always been a bit here and there with eating when the weather is fluctuating a lot.
But at the weekend, I had Mum over for lunch and she confirmed that Kate is definitely looking thin so yesterday we went off to the vet.
I was hoping it would be a bad tooth that could be extracted. Not that a bad tooth has stopped her eating before - she was still eating happily right up to the incident where she required three teeth out and a week of antibiotics! But her teeth are fine.
Her tummy doesn't seem to be hurting and she isn't in any discomfort. She's drinking and using the litter box and her heart sounds okay.
The vet weighed her and she's lost a lot of weight, a scary amount as far as I'm concerned. My round cat is a thin cat!
(And unfortunately my thin cat is currently a round cat 😂)
The vet thinks it's either hyperthyroidism or chronic kidney disease, but with the appetite issue, it's more likely the latter. She's dehydrated and losing weight, but not showing signs of lethargy and she's still got the agility of a kitten.
Next week, the vet is going to do some blood tests and hopefully confirm what is going on. I regret googling the CKD, so I'm going to try not to think about it.
In the meantime, I'm going to try to get her to eat more.
I'd already noticed she was happier eating wet food than dry food and changed her usual feeding plan a few days ago. Now I'm experimenting with giving her three small wet meals a day, to see if I can encourage her to eat a bit more that way. I'm going to try her on a higher calorie food, too. And there's some food that's largely gravy/broth that I'm going to try adding to her food, because she's much more interested in the gravy on her food than the actual chunks. So that will at least get something into her and it will help with the dehydration.
I'm also now having to give Annie her own meals separately and defend Kate's food from Annie, because Annie does not need to put on any more weight. Also, Kate is letting Annie eat her food without protest, which isn't a good sign for my cat who usually steals half her sister's food.
So this household is now a worried one and kitty mealtimes have become a slightly fraught experience for me. I'm trying not to panic and just wait until we have the test results before I totally freak out about the long-term implications of this.
I know they're twelve and they won't live forever, but I'm not ready to concede that they're old yet. I'm not sure they are, either, judging by their behaviour!
For the last couple/few weeks, Kate has been off her food and loosing weight. It took a while for me to realise that it was a consistent thing (which I'm feeling guilty about right now), because Annie was cheerfully hoovering up whatever Kate didn't eat and Kate has always been a bit here and there with eating when the weather is fluctuating a lot.
But at the weekend, I had Mum over for lunch and she confirmed that Kate is definitely looking thin so yesterday we went off to the vet.
I was hoping it would be a bad tooth that could be extracted. Not that a bad tooth has stopped her eating before - she was still eating happily right up to the incident where she required three teeth out and a week of antibiotics! But her teeth are fine.
Her tummy doesn't seem to be hurting and she isn't in any discomfort. She's drinking and using the litter box and her heart sounds okay.
The vet weighed her and she's lost a lot of weight, a scary amount as far as I'm concerned. My round cat is a thin cat!
(And unfortunately my thin cat is currently a round cat 😂)
The vet thinks it's either hyperthyroidism or chronic kidney disease, but with the appetite issue, it's more likely the latter. She's dehydrated and losing weight, but not showing signs of lethargy and she's still got the agility of a kitten.
Next week, the vet is going to do some blood tests and hopefully confirm what is going on. I regret googling the CKD, so I'm going to try not to think about it.
In the meantime, I'm going to try to get her to eat more.
I'd already noticed she was happier eating wet food than dry food and changed her usual feeding plan a few days ago. Now I'm experimenting with giving her three small wet meals a day, to see if I can encourage her to eat a bit more that way. I'm going to try her on a higher calorie food, too. And there's some food that's largely gravy/broth that I'm going to try adding to her food, because she's much more interested in the gravy on her food than the actual chunks. So that will at least get something into her and it will help with the dehydration.
I'm also now having to give Annie her own meals separately and defend Kate's food from Annie, because Annie does not need to put on any more weight. Also, Kate is letting Annie eat her food without protest, which isn't a good sign for my cat who usually steals half her sister's food.
So this household is now a worried one and kitty mealtimes have become a slightly fraught experience for me. I'm trying not to panic and just wait until we have the test results before I totally freak out about the long-term implications of this.
I know they're twelve and they won't live forever, but I'm not ready to concede that they're old yet. I'm not sure they are, either, judging by their behaviour!
The Untamed rewatch: episode 1
Sep. 29th, 2020 03:53 pmYesterday, for many complicated reasons, I decided that I was allowed to start an Untamed rewatch and so I settled in with episode 1 again. It was a Good Decision.
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Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty: episodes 2-4
Sep. 28th, 2020 09:14 pmWe are so far watching this at a sedate pace (unlike other shows *ahem*Untamed*ahem*), so there were three episodes watched over Friday and the weekend and I've only just found time to react to them.
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