Twitter-Sations, What I'm Working On, and Glee Squeeing

[emilianadarling]

AHAHA so I finally found time to share this with you guys. There's been some wonky real-life stuff lately -- including a recent wedding (yay!) as well as sadder events (boo!), so I haven't had too much time for actively engaging with fandom lately. (Instead, I've been binge-reading kinkmeme prompts. IT'S COMFORTING OKAY?) But here is a funny

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[calliglad]

Ack, I'm so sorry I've fallen off the radar lately! Uni has been utter madness, conferences everywhere, elections furore, revision that I haven't done yet...

My project is done! I did it all in one day/night, didn't sleep, handed it in at midday and then carried on working and/or socialising until 2 the next morning. I was a total zombie at my social, though. Never again.

I'm actually in the process of reading your most recent Glee fic, but I have to tackle it in stages during periods of intense good-mood, because as much as I love Kurt/Karofsky, I also love Blaine! And viewing Blaine in any negative light is extremely difficult, I must say. But I'm getting through it, slowly but surely. When it all gets too much, I listen to some Warblers and assure myself that I can love Blaine and Karofsky equally.

AND WHO COULD TURN DOWN RAMPANT EDMUND/CASPIAN PR0NS? (amusing typo: I accidentally typed CASPAIN instead, then thought of the most recent ep of SPN and was like D:)

Just to let you know, my sister is totally on tenterhooks waiting for this podfic. I've got her hooked on your voice and now that I'm on recording hiatus because of uni, I'm afraid she's sort of turned to you *embarrassed shrug* ...soz?

[emilianadarling]

Elections and Uni = more than enough combined reason to be slightly absent on the internet. RL COMES FIRST! And THEN responding to your INTERNET BFF'S MESSAGES. Right? Right? :D?

Well done you! Uni zombies are a fairly common occurrance. They can be kiilled by severing the head or destroying their thesis. *nodnod*

Ahahaha.... yeah.... sorry about that fic. *shuffles feet awkwardly* I'm extremely glad that you're giving it a shot at all, because it is frankly an incredibly depressing story. Very insidious and a bit creepy. Thank you for trying it at all. <3 I love Blaine as well! He's a total sweetie, and I love their relationship. The kiss = :D :D :D :D for me! But one of the reasons I love fandom is for being able to explore lots of interpretations of characters. I CAN'T HELP MYSELF, BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS ARE SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING FOR ME TO WRITE ABOUT. ;____; Sorry. :(

D: D: D: CAS PAIN NOOOOOO. (And oh, Casmund pr0n. The sequel to Waves Upon the Shore is going to be SO FULL OF THAT. :D)

Oh my gosh!!! Your sister?! HI ANDY'S SISTER HIIIIII! What is her name? I had no idea that she'd listened to any of my stuff!! :D :D :D :D OH MY GOD SO STOKED. That's not embarrassing, that's awesome! I'm happy I can read her stories. <3 (Wait, does she listen to the prons???? D:) You can tell her that Wild Things is coming slowly, and I'm very sorry. :( I've been in a super writing mood, not really a podficing mood. Hopefully within a few weeks? Hopefully? :( Sorry Andy's sister.

[calliglad]

But real life is so tedious sometimes! But I won both of my elections, so panic over! But more work for future, boo. AT LEAST I HAVE INTERNET BFF'S TO CHAT TO, Y/Y? XD

I literally experienced a shudder of horror at the idea of destroying someone's thesis. Seriously, I think that might be up there with prohibition and no vote for women.

Still going with the fic! Although I WEPT through the latest episode. Like, start to finish. It was awful, ugly crying, too. But HO HO, YOU SHOULD HAVE READ MY LAST RPF BB FIC (my writing philosophy generally being "make everything wonderful and happy, then DESTROY IT"). Angst is the love-child of drama, after all. :D

My sister's name is Lucy, but she doesn't have lj yet :) I podfic all my things primarily for her, because she misses me while I'm at uni. Then--because I mention you in fannish conversation all the time--I said that I really liked all your work blah blah FLATTERY blah and she made me send her all your links. Now I think she proactively checks your journal every so often, in the hope you've posted something. And, yeah, she'll listen to pr0n, but I think she sees it in more of a funny light (much how I find it hilarious to listen to dirty podfic while standing in checkout lines and things)! She can wait, though. She has more exams than I do *schadenfreude*

[emilianadarling]

:D :D :D (And yes, real life IS tedious sometimes. X_X Adjusting to working full-time again after being a squishy academic = haaaaaaard. I leave most days with my hair smelling of toast and with sore legs.) Yay, winning elections! I WISH I COULD HAVE ME SOME OF THAT.

And yes, thesis destroying is an evil too horrible to contemplate. Like, actually tracking down every saved and backed-up copy and destroying them? Absolutely monstrous.

D: I made you weep?? I'm so sorry! (Which PART? Oh my god, now I'm curious. It is all pretty upsetting, though, I admit. :( ) I always ugly cry. If I'm crying, it's all red and blotchy and my nose gets stuffed up and my eyes are swollen the next day. UPSETTING. Which Merlin RPF fic are you referring to? I will check it out, and try to kick off my fear of RPF!

Aha, it's amazing that I come up in fannish conversation. You come up in my fannish rants at Boyfriend! (I tend to refer to you back and forth as 'Andy' and 'Calliglad', which had him confused into thinking you were two people for a while there. Now you're "Andy from Britain", and it's less confusing. He says hello, by the way!) Like when I came home from the gym in tears, and he was like D: OHMYGODWHATHAPPENED and I was like "AHHHHH ANDY AHHHH SADDEST PODFIC EVER OMG" and he was like :/.

Hello to Lucy! She should totally get an LJ, and I will friend her so hard! :D I'm delighted that she's enjoyed my silly bits of podfic. Podfic really is a lovely way to connect with someone while you're apart, as it's just being read a story! And ahahaha sympathy/shadenfraude at her many exams. KEEP TRUCKING LUCY.

[calliglad]

No, no - I'm sorry, I was unclear - I cried at the last GLEE episode. Although now I'm slightly worried as to the content of the rest of this fic of yours (you know, because I cry at ANYTHING)! The story's Man, Rearranged and I think it's the thing I'm most proud of, to date. It was my first experience of the whole big bang thing and it was wondeful. I made such good friends with my artist, Gwyntastic, and she made such fantastic artwork for it. Sometimes I do wish it wasn't rpf, but the story really doesn't work unless it's about an actor who plays King Arthur. Don't like feel pressured to read it or anything, though! *clashing feelings of guilt and excitement*

I swear, I talk about you all the time. It's a wonder Lu hasn't gotten sick of it: "Emiliana and I were talking about this! Emiliana's recorded this!" Hello, Mr Darling! *waves* I'm SO SORRY I MADE YOU CRY. I feel terrible :(

I'm not sure Lu will ever get lj - the whole thing is as confusing to her as how I found it when I just started out (What? Communities? Tracking? What happens if I click this button? AHH, NO, BACK, BACK). I think she always listens to podfic in bed, apart from when she was ravenously consuming podfic for her art exam (basically ten hours of silent, enforced painting). And, embarrassingly, I myself have definitely dropped off to the sound of my own voice before.

[emilianadarling]

Ohthankgoodness. I was like, "I didn't think it was that sad? Really? Ohdear." I cried at the latest Glee episode, too, although I only had time to half-watch it while I did other things. Pure Imagination was just.... ;______; And Sue's speech for her sister just had me bawling, I swear. I cry at everything, too. Boyfriend makes fun of me for it, but EVERYTHING IS SO HEARTWRENCHING OKAY.

I want to read it!! It may take me a while to get through, as my sensitivity to RPF can be a little bit high, but I fully intend to read it. :D You can be slowly working your way through Romantics, and I'll be slowly working my way through Man, Rearranged! <3

I'm happy it's not just me, because I talk about YOU all the time. When you wrote me birthday fic? I think he thought I was ACTUALLY about to explode with happiness. I'm pleased as much I make it into conversations with the lovely Lucy! Mr. Darling says hello, and he is chuckling at us for being silly. ^-^ And oh, don't worry. I managed to make it out of the gym first. :D?

Oh, man, LJ. I still don't even know. I completely suck at things like checking my friendslist. I kinda just wrecklessly abuse it for reading fic and posting fic. And having mad comment-conversations with you, of course. ^--^

Listening to your own podfic and going to sleep is wonderful!! It's like you're telling yourself a bedtime story in your head, or something. :D

[calliglad]

I has since talked to some other RL people about Glee and apparently nobody else I know found it quite as harrowing as I did! I BAWLED for the entire episode, when my best friend described it as 'touching'. So I'm glad I'm not the only one ^_^

Wayhay! There we have a deal! I will have a crack at Romantics tonight, see if I can't push on through. :D

The conversations we have are epic. In length and in subject matter. Plus, it always brightens my day :) It's like, notification? emilianadarling has replied to your comment? ABANDON REVISION. WAS BORED BY LAND DEGRADATION ANYWAY.

[emilianadarling]

REVISION IS FOR SUCKERS, AMIRITE? AMIRITE? :D? (Ugh, I actually revised so little for my exams this semester. :/ It was extremely concerning... right up until I sat down, opened the examination booklet, and went 'oh, I know this'. Anti-climax'd.) I'm sure land degradation is super interesting, and should be revised thoroughly and often. *nodnod*

Sue's speech was really what got me in the end. Jane Lynch just KILLED all of her scenes -- not wanting to have to deal with it at all, trying so hard not to feel anything, and then not being able to read the speech... oh, my heart. I had so much sympathy for her up on that stage, not able to even read her sister's eulogy because everything finally hit her so hard. *bawls*

But then, I often find that I can get really impacted by television programs in ways that other people don't seem to be. I think it's part of investing so much thought into it in the form of fandom? We invest ourselves so much in these characters, and when they feel pain we feel it too. (Don't even TALK to me about episodes of things that everyone admits to being impacted by. The Buffy the Vampire Episode, "The Body"? I. Was. Destroyed.)

I love our epic conversations. <3 I similarly abandon everything to read your words. Oh, bb, I think we're internet soulmates. :P

[calliglad]

I have done so little revision for this exam because I'm concentrating on a harder one next week (whose lecturer has hinted very strongly about which questions are going to come up). Basically, there are two halves to the course, sustainability in poor countries and sustainability in rich countries, and I only really know about the former, so hopefully the question I want will come up. If they ask me to connect the two, I'll be screwed.

I agree, much of the episode's weight was based on Lynch's performance. Just. Yes. AGREEMENT.

I think that is very true. Since it's often left to fic writers to sort out the where, when, who, how emotional tangle, I DO think we get more involved with the characters. Sometimes more than the actual writers (grr, grr, Merlin writers, I'm looking at you and Arthur's wildly yo-yo-ing character development).

Internet soulmates! We should have an icon for that.