Three Passing Thoughts
Stolen from redbrunja. This meme looks fun because it's from the fanon angle (too often it's just canon that gets clawed to the death over discussed):
Give me a character/pairing from any fandom I participate in and I'll give you one fanon that I don't agree with.
I've been catching up on podcasts of This American Life and a recent episode featured a reading and selection of homages to William Carlos Williams' poem This Is Just To Say. I wrote a GinRan betrayal version---the sorry/not sorry voice was too perfect: This Is Just To Say (links to post at ginran).
Thoroughly enjoying two books right now: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz and Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide (they're surprisingly compatible). I have no idea how accurate the latter is, but it's an amusing, breezy guide to Japanese demons. My favorite current creature, with image swiped off the internet (I have to do something, original fic-wise with this):
Akaname. English names: Bathtub Licker, Filth Licker. Height: Five Feet. Distinctive Features: Long, tangled hair. Unnaturally tinted skin, often reddish in color. Often quite feral-looking. Long, pointed tongue. Favorite foods: Dead skin, mildew. Habitat: Filthy bathrooms.
This creature comes with the flushed complexion of one who's just stepped out of a hot bath--and an insatiable desire to dine on the scummy residues that build up in and around tubs. Neglect your cleaning duties and you'll increase your chances of running into this disgusting character.... The disgusting thought of having the inside of one's bathtub slathered by a slimy yokai tongue aside, it's hard to describe the Akaname's behavior as aggressive or dangerous.... Encounters are nearly always limited to the summer months, when the bathrooms are even steamier, moldier, and stinkier than usual.
Give me a character/pairing from any fandom I participate in and I'll give you one fanon that I don't agree with.
I've been catching up on podcasts of This American Life and a recent episode featured a reading and selection of homages to William Carlos Williams' poem This Is Just To Say. I wrote a GinRan betrayal version---the sorry/not sorry voice was too perfect: This Is Just To Say (links to post at ginran).
Thoroughly enjoying two books right now: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz and Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide (they're surprisingly compatible). I have no idea how accurate the latter is, but it's an amusing, breezy guide to Japanese demons. My favorite current creature, with image swiped off the internet (I have to do something, original fic-wise with this):
Akaname. English names: Bathtub Licker, Filth Licker. Height: Five Feet. Distinctive Features: Long, tangled hair. Unnaturally tinted skin, often reddish in color. Often quite feral-looking. Long, pointed tongue. Favorite foods: Dead skin, mildew. Habitat: Filthy bathrooms.
This creature comes with the flushed complexion of one who's just stepped out of a hot bath--and an insatiable desire to dine on the scummy residues that build up in and around tubs. Neglect your cleaning duties and you'll increase your chances of running into this disgusting character.... The disgusting thought of having the inside of one's bathtub slathered by a slimy yokai tongue aside, it's hard to describe the Akaname's behavior as aggressive or dangerous.... Encounters are nearly always limited to the summer months, when the bathrooms are even steamier, moldier, and stinkier than usual.
