you tangle my emotions
\o/
Last night, I finally got tumblr savior to work in Firefox! It's a little overzealous in terms of blocking occasionally (I don't know why it would block a post tagged "gingers" - I love gingers! I have nothing against them either individually or as a whole!), but better that than having to see things I hate repeatedly pop up. If only there were a tumblr savior for the whole internets! Or for offline life! It would make life so much better!
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melusina/fabu gave me five things she associates with me:
1. Batfamily
Hee! I do like that they are a family, with Alfred and Bruce presiding over the whole passel of kids and friends and hangers-on. I like that for a guy who is all "I am the NIGHT! I WORK ALONE!" Bruce has four adopted kids, one bio kid, and a bunch of their friends/significant others who've all attached themselves in some haphazard but real fashion. I like that Dick is an awesome big brother. I like that Jason is the black sheep bad brother who pretends he doesn't desperately want to come home and be loved, and that Bruce et al. pretend they think he's irredeemable but still want to keep him safe from anyone but themselves. I like that Tim tries so hard to be perfect even though all he ever had to do to be loved is be himself. I like that he's put out at no longer being the baby of the family (though I don't like that the new baby of the family tried to kill him to take his place. Sigh. I don't like that Jason tried to kill him for replacing him, either. Poor Tim.). I like that Damian is trying really hard even though he doesn't necessarily understand what his father wants from him (in some ways, he reminds me of Anya from BtVS), and how he connected with Dick and Steph. I like that Steph is kind of like that kid who always came over and hung out because her home life was crappy and finally worked her way into being family through sheer persistence, even though she's not dating family darling Tim any more. I like that Cass is the daughter of Bruce's heart, and the one who should be Batman after him. I like that even though her engagement to Dick ended, Babs still has other ties to the family, possibly stronger ones, and not just because she wore a bat on her chest (Jim Gordon! Best honorary uncle ever! Well, except for Superman. How cool would it be if Superman was your dad's boybest friend?) and that Helena is sort of grudgingly accepted at first but is really the cool cousin everyone wants to hang out and gossip with. How the Supers and the Wonders are kind of envious at how close the Bats are (though not, perhaps, envious of how contentious).
I dunno, there's something really charming about Bruce and his flock of Robins and Batgirls, and how he's built himself a family after losing the one he had. I don't care what anyone says, no one's ever said a righter thing about Batman than that he needs a Robin. Preferably 2 or 3.
2. recs
I love making recs! I love telling people about a story that made me happy, made me laugh or made me cry, or both at the same time! I love checking back to see if there are new comments after I've made a rec - it gives me a warm fuzzy if there are.
I never couch my recs in terms of "best of" (or even, usually, "favorite," though that might slip in on occasion), because recs aren't objective or qualitative or representative of anything except what I like. they are very much a reflection of my tastes at any given moment. I do sometimes caveat recs for things that I feel are not things I would normally recommend - usually for technical reasons - but which have ridden roughshod over my buttons, which is really what I want most out of fanfiction.
I also love being recced! That doesn't happen quite as often, but it always makes my day when it does.
3. secret incest babies
Ahahahahaha! I feel that the one thing I will be remembered for in fandom is a fondness for secret incest babies and a willingness to write stories about them. Secret baby stories are ridiculous and yet when done right can be awesome in both the hilarious and the touching sense. And seriously, if I've already gone to the trouble of creating a rule 63 version of a canon character and involving her in an incestuous relationship with her brother, why would I NOT give them a (healthy) baby? And why would I not have her run away (the character has a canonical history of doing so!) when she discovers the pregnancy? Only to be discovered again when the kid is a kindergartner? WHO DOESN'T LOVE THAT STORY? Well, okay, most of you don't, but I actually got cookies when I posted the secret incest baby story and I mean actualfax cookies that came in the mail and that I ate. They were very tasty. Secret incest babies = delicious cookies in the mail! Why would I NOT write one?
4. The Good Wife
Such a good show! Three awesome leading ladies who all get to be awesome in different ways, and who get to interact about things like their careers and relationships with each other, rather than about the mens. Plus awesome recurring ladies like Patti Nyholm and Wendy Scott Carr. Even Jackie, who I want to punch in the face repeatedly, gets to be fleshed out. Plus, the people on this show behave like adults! They still do crappy things to each other and keep secrets and make poor decisions, but they deal with the consequences and make choices with the knowledge that there will be consequences and that those consequences will redound not just on them but on their families and careers and co-workers. Plus, they did one of the best will-they/won't-they relationships I've ever seen. I wanted so badly for Will and Alicia to get together, and now that they've broken up, I'm not angry or feeling like I'm being jerked around by the writing, I just feel wistful that it didn't work out because Alicia wasn't in the right place for it to be serious. I LOVE that!
So yeah, I know the title is off-putting and it's nominally a legal procedural, which isn't everyone's cup of tea, but if you like excellent ladies interacting with each other both personally and professionally, with a bit of a soapy flavor, plus Josh Charles, Alan Cumming, and Christine Baranski being awesome, this is a show you should watch.
5. poetry
I do love poetry a lot. I like the visceral depth of feeling accomplished in a limited amount of words. I like the turns words can take, the multiple meanings that can fit in a line or phrase. I like the off-center and oblique ways words can be used, and seeing metaphors and/or similes play out in their natural habitat. I like the way poetry can take mundane things and make them magical and fraught with meaning. I like internal rhymes and unexpected phrasing. I like the sucker-punch of a strong last line. I like reading it when I can't find my own words, because that different angle can often help me shake my own words loose, and even though I aspire to be poetic in my writing, I know I'm really not, but you know, aspirations are good. *g* I like sharing it with other people and having them discover something lovely and meaningful in it, too.
Let's wrap this up with a poem about poetry:
Introduction to Poetry
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
~Billy Collins
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people have commented there.
Last night, I finally got tumblr savior to work in Firefox! It's a little overzealous in terms of blocking occasionally (I don't know why it would block a post tagged "gingers" - I love gingers! I have nothing against them either individually or as a whole!), but better that than having to see things I hate repeatedly pop up. If only there were a tumblr savior for the whole internets! Or for offline life! It would make life so much better!
*
melusina/fabu gave me five things she associates with me:
1. Batfamily
Hee! I do like that they are a family, with Alfred and Bruce presiding over the whole passel of kids and friends and hangers-on. I like that for a guy who is all "I am the NIGHT! I WORK ALONE!" Bruce has four adopted kids, one bio kid, and a bunch of their friends/significant others who've all attached themselves in some haphazard but real fashion. I like that Dick is an awesome big brother. I like that Jason is the black sheep bad brother who pretends he doesn't desperately want to come home and be loved, and that Bruce et al. pretend they think he's irredeemable but still want to keep him safe from anyone but themselves. I like that Tim tries so hard to be perfect even though all he ever had to do to be loved is be himself. I like that he's put out at no longer being the baby of the family (though I don't like that the new baby of the family tried to kill him to take his place. Sigh. I don't like that Jason tried to kill him for replacing him, either. Poor Tim.). I like that Damian is trying really hard even though he doesn't necessarily understand what his father wants from him (in some ways, he reminds me of Anya from BtVS), and how he connected with Dick and Steph. I like that Steph is kind of like that kid who always came over and hung out because her home life was crappy and finally worked her way into being family through sheer persistence, even though she's not dating family darling Tim any more. I like that Cass is the daughter of Bruce's heart, and the one who should be Batman after him. I like that even though her engagement to Dick ended, Babs still has other ties to the family, possibly stronger ones, and not just because she wore a bat on her chest (Jim Gordon! Best honorary uncle ever! Well, except for Superman. How cool would it be if Superman was your dad's boybest friend?) and that Helena is sort of grudgingly accepted at first but is really the cool cousin everyone wants to hang out and gossip with. How the Supers and the Wonders are kind of envious at how close the Bats are (though not, perhaps, envious of how contentious).
I dunno, there's something really charming about Bruce and his flock of Robins and Batgirls, and how he's built himself a family after losing the one he had. I don't care what anyone says, no one's ever said a righter thing about Batman than that he needs a Robin. Preferably 2 or 3.
2. recs
I love making recs! I love telling people about a story that made me happy, made me laugh or made me cry, or both at the same time! I love checking back to see if there are new comments after I've made a rec - it gives me a warm fuzzy if there are.
I never couch my recs in terms of "best of" (or even, usually, "favorite," though that might slip in on occasion), because recs aren't objective or qualitative or representative of anything except what I like. they are very much a reflection of my tastes at any given moment. I do sometimes caveat recs for things that I feel are not things I would normally recommend - usually for technical reasons - but which have ridden roughshod over my buttons, which is really what I want most out of fanfiction.
I also love being recced! That doesn't happen quite as often, but it always makes my day when it does.
3. secret incest babies
Ahahahahaha! I feel that the one thing I will be remembered for in fandom is a fondness for secret incest babies and a willingness to write stories about them. Secret baby stories are ridiculous and yet when done right can be awesome in both the hilarious and the touching sense. And seriously, if I've already gone to the trouble of creating a rule 63 version of a canon character and involving her in an incestuous relationship with her brother, why would I NOT give them a (healthy) baby? And why would I not have her run away (the character has a canonical history of doing so!) when she discovers the pregnancy? Only to be discovered again when the kid is a kindergartner? WHO DOESN'T LOVE THAT STORY? Well, okay, most of you don't, but I actually got cookies when I posted the secret incest baby story and I mean actualfax cookies that came in the mail and that I ate. They were very tasty. Secret incest babies = delicious cookies in the mail! Why would I NOT write one?
4. The Good Wife
Such a good show! Three awesome leading ladies who all get to be awesome in different ways, and who get to interact about things like their careers and relationships with each other, rather than about the mens. Plus awesome recurring ladies like Patti Nyholm and Wendy Scott Carr. Even Jackie, who I want to punch in the face repeatedly, gets to be fleshed out. Plus, the people on this show behave like adults! They still do crappy things to each other and keep secrets and make poor decisions, but they deal with the consequences and make choices with the knowledge that there will be consequences and that those consequences will redound not just on them but on their families and careers and co-workers. Plus, they did one of the best will-they/won't-they relationships I've ever seen. I wanted so badly for Will and Alicia to get together, and now that they've broken up, I'm not angry or feeling like I'm being jerked around by the writing, I just feel wistful that it didn't work out because Alicia wasn't in the right place for it to be serious. I LOVE that!
So yeah, I know the title is off-putting and it's nominally a legal procedural, which isn't everyone's cup of tea, but if you like excellent ladies interacting with each other both personally and professionally, with a bit of a soapy flavor, plus Josh Charles, Alan Cumming, and Christine Baranski being awesome, this is a show you should watch.
5. poetry
I do love poetry a lot. I like the visceral depth of feeling accomplished in a limited amount of words. I like the turns words can take, the multiple meanings that can fit in a line or phrase. I like the off-center and oblique ways words can be used, and seeing metaphors and/or similes play out in their natural habitat. I like the way poetry can take mundane things and make them magical and fraught with meaning. I like internal rhymes and unexpected phrasing. I like the sucker-punch of a strong last line. I like reading it when I can't find my own words, because that different angle can often help me shake my own words loose, and even though I aspire to be poetic in my writing, I know I'm really not, but you know, aspirations are good. *g* I like sharing it with other people and having them discover something lovely and meaningful in it, too.
Let's wrap this up with a poem about poetry:
Introduction to Poetry
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
~Billy Collins
*
This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/407996.html.
people have commented there.