Recs for ramble meme, and other fannish things

[hamsterwoman]

Whee! My stocking went up on fandom_stocking, which I had fun doing last year and decided to do again.

Also (as you might notice in the stocking), I finally took the plunge and got myself a (totally empty for now) AO3 account. At some point I will actually need to upload some of my doggerel there (that's basically why I got it).

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December

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[hamsterwoman]

Yours is the first account I've seen having poetry only. You're a pioneer! :)

Just suffering from an inability to write actual fic like a normal person... But that's a very nice way of putting it, LOL! XD

Perscitia was my favorite in Temeraire from the moment she appeared. I have really missed her in the last couple of books. :/

I confess I'm surprised to hear you didn't like Master & Margarita. I wasn't even sure WHY I was surprised, but thinking about it a bit, I guess subconsciously I expect that people who (a) like Good Omens and (b) have enough of a feeling for the Soviet-style arrangement of things to get the context/satire would like M&M too. Obviously, there's not any sort of logical prediction for liking books! But I think one of the reasons I loved Good Omens as much as I did was because it's the most like M&M of pretty much anything I've encountered, and so I was assuming a reciprocal relationship? (That said, so much of the reading experience is flavored by what one expects when one picks up the book, so maybe that played a role, too.)

it felt so very much like an '80 fantasy movie,

Haha, it kind of does, doesn't it XD I love it anyway. :P

And I generally find shape-shifters boring, but I really loved the Phouka.

If you've not seen the animated adaptation of Alisa (rather than tried it and didn't like it as much as the books), I do recommend it! In the original, of course, with subtitles (although I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Polish -subbed or -dubbed version? If there is, I'd expect it takes a lot fewer liberties than the English ones...)

[aletheiafelinea]

Hey, I'm unable to write a pairing fic like a normal person. You're at least original. ;D

I confess I'm surprised to hear you didn't like Master & Margarita.
I'm not surprised that you're surprised, considering that I was surprised finding it. :)

Haha, it kind of does, doesn't it XD I love it anyway. :P
For me that would make a reason to love it, if I loved it. *g* I have a thing for the esthetic and atmosphere of '80 fantasy movies. :)

If you've not seen the animated adaptation of Alisa (rather than tried it and didn't like it as much as the books), I do recommend it!
I haven't, maybe someday. But more maybe than someday, because when after years I found an Alisa book I hadn't read, it didn't really attract me anymore, which I found with regret. In many cases when a ship of mine sails, it sails for good...

[hamsterwoman]

I'm not surprised that you're surprised, considering that I was surprised finding it. :)

LOL XD Point!

But more maybe than someday, because when after years I found an Alisa book I hadn't read, it didn't really attract me anymore, which I found with regret. In many cases when a ship of mine sails, it sails for good...

Ah, that makes sense. From what I recall, the later Alisa books went off in a different direction, which might've contributed to not working for you. But on the other hand, as you say, it's possible the ship had just sailed. The cartoon has a ton of nostalgia value for me, of course, which makes it hard to be objective about it, but I do think it's a very nice adaptation, so.