GuardianWhich I've already talked about a lot, but hey, how often do you find an amazingly tropey sf/crime drama that's this much fun and also has a delightful active fandom on DW? This is basically a long casefic-type slashfic that got filmed in its entirety and then had all the actual sex and kissing deleted but everything else kept in. ( Read more... )

( Dear h/c exchange writer )

First off, Yuletide. I was assigned to valmora, who wanted Molly and Nightingale, and their prompts made me think about this exchange in RoL:

"Molly can do haemomancy," said Nightingale. "It's very impressive ( Read more... )

The kids are improving; this year nobody really made any noise until just before six, and we mostly kept a lid on it until seven, which is practically a lie-in on Christmas morning (or any morning, really). And they have enjoyed their presents, and Christmas dinner has been both cooked and eaten despite a cooker half the size of the cooker in the ( Read more... )

A double drabble. This was inspired by a discussion a few weeks ago about how well Lady Alys might fit into the royal women's world of Nirvana in Fire, and I suddenly thought, yes, but while all the royal consorts and concubines are trying desperately to promote their son as the Imperial heir, Alys does the precise opposite: she uses all her ( Read more... )

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I have now finished Nirvana in Fire, it is amazing and the ending is perfect and I am in awe.

( my ongoing comments on the final episodes, with spoilers )

Does anyone want more Nirvana in Fire thoughts? You're getting them anyway, because I still have tonsillitis and feel wretched and sitting on the sofa with blankets and painkillers and lemon and honey tea and Nirvana in Fire is pretty much all I'm good for, as you can tell by the fact that I am now at episode 34. Spoilers ahead.

( deep in the plot now )

I have just started watching Nirvana in Fire. The problem is now that I need to do things like sleep, not to mention all those pesky RL responsibilities that won't go away just because I want to know what happens next. It took me to about episode 6 before I finally started to reliably be able to recognise most of the characters and know which side ( Read more... )