Falling apart, slashing all the way
I haven't written anything in ages. I got all inspired by Dragon Age 2 and started a couple of fics, but now I'm in a weird funk again. It's not that I feel uninspired, I just can't do a damn thing. Instead I sleep, read, and wonder when this on-the-verge-of-panic feeling is going to turn into a full-blown panic. Objectively, I know nothing's wrong except in my head. I'm just not... quite handling this living thing?
I've started reading the Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell; entertaining, very slashy and about one of my favourite periods in history. For some reason, there's not a lot of fic for this fandom, which is mind-boggling, because EVERYONE is smitten with Sharpe. Sharpe/Harper is the obvious ship since they're practically canon, but I can definitely see at least Sharpe/Wellesley (Wellesley comes to stop his flogging, raises his chin up with his riding crop and meets Sharpe's eyes, full of defiant anger... in canon), Sharpe/Lawford (oh the hero worship), and I could be convinced of Sharpe/Captain Chase (the latter is overwhelmingly friendly towards Sharpe whom he's just met, doesn't like women on his ship and is a bit too surprised to find out about Sharpe's affair with Grace). Bear in mind that I've only read Sharpe's Company, Regiment and Trafalgar and am halfway through Tiger (thus far the most entertaining of the lot) - I'm sure there are a lot more pairings waiting...
I should read a 350 page book on Roman history for Friday. A friend told me to watch HBO's Rome instead. I think I'll head to the library anyway, if only to get out of this apartment. I might end up only getting the dvd's, but at this point, even that might be an accomplishment.
I've started reading the Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell; entertaining, very slashy and about one of my favourite periods in history. For some reason, there's not a lot of fic for this fandom, which is mind-boggling, because EVERYONE is smitten with Sharpe. Sharpe/Harper is the obvious ship since they're practically canon, but I can definitely see at least Sharpe/Wellesley (Wellesley comes to stop his flogging, raises his chin up with his riding crop and meets Sharpe's eyes, full of defiant anger... in canon), Sharpe/Lawford (oh the hero worship), and I could be convinced of Sharpe/Captain Chase (the latter is overwhelmingly friendly towards Sharpe whom he's just met, doesn't like women on his ship and is a bit too surprised to find out about Sharpe's affair with Grace). Bear in mind that I've only read Sharpe's Company, Regiment and Trafalgar and am halfway through Tiger (thus far the most entertaining of the lot) - I'm sure there are a lot more pairings waiting...
I should read a 350 page book on Roman history for Friday. A friend told me to watch HBO's Rome instead. I think I'll head to the library anyway, if only to get out of this apartment. I might end up only getting the dvd's, but at this point, even that might be an accomplishment.