Taking a brief break from history as I've been living and breathing it at Fort Edmonton, I thought I'd talk to you guys today about my current fannish obsession: Supernatural. I blitzed through all six seasons in the last few months, finishing just a week or two ago, If you've never watched the series, I can't recommend it highly enough. To get a ( Read more... )

 In a continuing effort to procrastinate on my homework (my thesis draft is staring as balefully as a pile of papers can at me from the corner of my desk), and, encouraged by the AWESOMENESS of everyone who seems to read this journal and their participation in that let-me-tell-you-a-history-story meme I held a few days ago... (People can still post ( Read more... )

Classes have begun! Already, my workload is crazy. My thesis should be getting written. I've kept up with my readings - so far - but then again, it's only been three days. My classes seem super-interesting, at the very least, so hopefully it won't be too difficult or onerous to keep up. :)

In the meantime, I've been finding solace in actually ( Read more... )

 I've noticed that many other people have been making fanfiction recommendations recently, which I greatly appreciate. :) I thought that I would thus return the favour and rec a few to make you smile and get the new year off to a good start. :) Some of these are very recent; others have been favourites of mine for years. A mixed bag so there will ( Read more... )

... Incidentally, I wrote my translation exam this morning. Despite my nervousness, my day wasn't made terrible by that exam, which went rather well! The 60 multiple choice/true or false/fill in the blanks ended up being harder than expected, but the essay question and ad analysis weren't anywhere near as difficult as anticipated! Anyway, we got a ( Read more... )

Title: Child on the Dragon Throne - Part III
Previous Parts: Teaser, Part One, Part Two.
Summary: Iroh does not take kindly to Ozai humiliating, maiming and banishing a nephew he cares for. Now, with Ozai dead and Iroh himself banished for committing an act of regicide, the newly crowned
Fire Lord Zuko does not know who he can trust.
Note: I made ( Read more... )

Title: Child on the Dragon Throne - Part II
Previous Parts: Teaser, Part One
Summary: Iroh does not take kindly to Ozai humiliating, maiming and banishing a nephew he cares for. Now, with Ozai dead and Iroh himself banished for committing an act of regicide, the newly crowned
Fire Lord Zuko does not know who he can trust.

Author’s Note: in my defence ( Read more... )

 
As promised here, I have written more of this! Now, you shall have answers! Also, Ozai being derisive (and seriously underestimating his brother), which is a bad idea for Ozai, as you can imagine, as this fic also includes much awesome!Iroh. Yes. :3

( Cut for Iroh defending his nephew's honour )

So... attackfish  and my sister dearest, through the power of their combined Bambi eyes, have finally convinced me to actually WRITE something. Fanfic, in fact.

I dug through many of my old fic ideas, and selected this one.

I have about 1,500 words of it written out as of the time of this posting, and I will surely write more. I'm determined to finish this ( Read more... )

Haha, so my jobless state has allowed me to at least have some more time for writing down ideas? My dad suggested that I write a novel this summer, and I may yet do so. I could consider my Ireland-Scotland trip as a research expedition, perhaps? Anyway, I have a few ideas that I'm hammering out in my head at the moment.

I may even actually get ( Read more... )