When I'm browsing through youtube videos of a favourite character or another, and inevitably there will be arguments of "were they gay/were they not gay" in the comments. Inevitably, these will be polarizing arguments. Inevitably, also, the detractors are just utterly convinced that there would have been officially-kept records of, say, two guys ( Read more... )

Wow. When I decided to treat the public part of my journal as just a fic-and-occasional-essay/meta repository, I didn't imagine that there might be a time I simply won't have the chance to get any of that written for extended periods. But now seems to be such a time, and my last public post was in January (and a signal boost, at that - I hadn't ( Read more... )

Not a pun, of course. Or is it? Or...is it. Anyway, in celebration of that great MGS3 video collection that had been nuked from Youtube some time ago being restored, let's have some Zero meta because there's only so long I can keep all this in my head only. One cannot but conclude that everything about this character points to something else and ( Read more... )

So, it's been 108 years since Oscar Wilde died. Time really flies. But no worries, Oscar, you're not forgotten!

In happier news, you should all check out this promising RPG called CXXIV. It takes place in 124 AD, meaning during Hadrian's reign, and it looks awesome! Even if you don't intend to play, do have a look at those gorgeous "Roman Life" ( Read more... )

I totally forgot to post about it, but if you recall my previous entry about the British Museum's Hadrian exhibition...

They've put up the Antinous video! WATCH IT - the whole thing ends tomorrow! Come on, it's just three minutes ( Read more... )

I've found the page for the British Museum's Hadrian exhibition, and it's actually very nicely done. I have a sneaking suspicion that it might all go down the drain when the exhibition ends later this month, so check it out while you can!

Hadrian: Empire and ConflictThe main video you can play if you follow the link is lovely. There's also a page ( Read more... )

No, I don't get tired of anniversary posts. Although with the years going up and up, I can't help being more aware of their weight every time, wondering who I even was back in 2001. The memory is there, but it's just off ( Read more... )

Here's the story. As I said, the main characters are Albus and Gellert, and you can see the additional info (plus the shiny big disclaimer) if only you click the link. Enjoy, praise, criticize, it's all up to you.

I'll just bask in the knowledge that I'VE MADE IT!

Also, an interesting link seilf_emit provided me with some time ago: an article on marriage ( Read more... )