When I have a fic idea, I’ll usually scribble it down in the back of my diary. It’s time to switch diaries again, so I’m going to carry on the tradition I started last year!

This post lists all the fic ideas at the back of my 2022-23 diary. If I’ve written the fic, I’ll include a link to it. If I’ve started the fic, I’ll share a snippet. If I ( Read more... )

We've almost finished season three of The X-Files!

I haven't seen much American television from this era, and I'm struck by the way the shadow of the Vietnam War hangs over The X-Files. In some ways, it's reminiscent of the lingering impact of the Ishbal genocide in Fullmetal Alchemist, although of course the atrocities of the Vietnam War were ( Read more... )

More of The X-Files! We're a few episodes into season three.

'Humbug', the circus sideshow episode, was an episode in which I could very clearly see the DNA of Supernatural in this show. Occasionally Mulder will say a line I could easily imagine coming out of Dean Winchester's mouth, and it's always a little jarring ( Read more... )

Perhaps predictably, I went down with COVID two days after my theatre excursion. I suppose I was bound to get it sooner or later; at least I got it doing something fun. I'm fully vaccinated, and it seems like a mild case. If this is the cost of an evening with my perfect Mormon boyfriend Kevin Price, I'll pay it ( Read more... )

It's very strange to actually be watching The X-Files, after years of very vague osmosis. I knew that Scully was a sceptic and Mulder was an enthusiastic believer in aliens, but I had not realised how extremely weird Fox Mulder was.

I was also under the impression that there weren't any aliens in The X-Files. I thought that every episode was ( Read more... )