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I was interviewed by Kandisha Press who features women horror authors. It was fun.

I was left in Costco barely supervised. Dear credit card, we're sorry.

I've been meaning to do this, Pride month recs. Check out duckprintspress. They have SO much good stuff (including a reading challenge on storygraph.

It was 60 degrees yesterday. 90 today. I am not amused.


And for fannish 50, I'm continuing with the ladies of fandom. Hazbin Hotel has a lot of ladies (maybe even more than the men, actually no I think it is more). However, a lot of them aren't that well developed (yet), Sera, Emily, Lute, Lilith, Rosie, Velvette, Cherri and Carmilla would be the major secondary characters, most only appearing in an episode or two. Rosie is one of my favorites but she is pretty much a blank slate.

That leaves me with the main three, Charlie, Vaggie and Niffty. While Niffty is good comic relief but again there isn't much to her. Vaggie and Charlie are the best developed of the ladies and I am going with Charlie for this.





Charlie is a great character really. She is the eternal optimist but she's also painfully naive and pretty damn clueless. She means well but doesn't have the tools to necessarily do well. She is about the only person who believes that hell is meant to help rehabilitate the sinners and send them to heaven. Finally after being out of touch with her mother for several years, and having zero support from Lucifer, Charlie opens up one of his rundown properties, the Happy hotel, to start trying to redeem sinners.

When she finally gets two sinners to try and redeem, it's obvious Charlie is in over her head. She doesn't understand people. She concocts a lesson plan that villainizes everything that makes Angel Dust Angel, praises Pentious for embracing the role play while totally missing the pain on Angel's face.

But she can learn. She realizes the mistake she made in trying to help Angel with Valentino only we do wish she had corrected that mistake more violently (but then we'd not have Valentino down the road and we couldn't have that). She is forgiving (of her father, of Vaggie) and she is capable of violence when necessary (while apologizing for it). She fights for those she loves and she fights hard and that's what I love best about her (I wish she were easier to write for me)

Like I figured it would be but it's not pneumonia yet. I have antibiotics now. Yay. Zpack but boo to them telling me there has been a rise in resistance to it especially since I'm allergic to a lot of antibiotics. Here's hoping this helps. Dad went to see the cousin with sepsis today and said she looks and sounds better than me. Thanks. (to be fair I look like I have the plague)

So not technically for fannish 50 but can we NOT do stuff like this. Watching the second episode of the new Librarians (which isn't bad) and we have one character who is supposed to be a bad ass. She kicked the ass of everyone in E1 but in E2, she's easily restrained by a couple tiny ballerinas. How am I expected to believe she can toss men three times her size but a 100 pound girl in a tutu can stop her cold?


And now for the real fannish 50 I decided on Tuesdays I'll talk about the women of anime/animation (to start with) because fanfic especially is still heavily male oriented (and yes I'm 100% guilty of that) so I plan to start with my newest fandoms and work back.




To that end, here's Millie from Helluva Boss. I admit it. I'm not a fan of most of the female characters in this. I doubt we're meant to like Stella. Loona could be a compelling character if she was moved off the stock angry teen trope, ditto Octavia. Those two have potential but it hasn't been explored enough. Verosaka also is just a side character barely explored.

That leaves me Millie who definitely has potential. She is beautifully, protectively in love with her husband, Moxxie. She is a staunch friend for Blitz even when he might not deserve it. She cares deeply for her people and she will violently protect them to the point of wondering should she keep her baby (which is what the fandom is assuming is why she's wondering, thinking she can't do her job while pregnant and I really hope they come up with something more inventive than that). She's also a good sister to Sallie May, who is a transwoman (hoping we see more of her in the future)

took forever to get going and it looks like there's another damn mouse in the kitchen. Fantastic because I'll be gone for weeks if not months. Sigh. I am still trying to get sick, feeling quite tired. So much so I didn't really unpack the car. I'll get it tomorrow. Just dragged in the stuff I emptied out of my fridge.

Since that's all boring let me jump right into the fannish 50 with the 'you'll never get agreement' topic of fan service. This topic is brought to you thanks to Blue Exorcist.

Look I'm fine with some fan service. I expect it. I even enjoy it. That said I prefer it mild and that it makes sense with their character. I get that I am not, and never have been, who most shonan anime/manga is aimed at but I am a little leery of what people think is okay for young teenaged boys and what it teaches them (because whether or not we want to admit it, they DO tell us some things are okay)

I expect most fan service to be for the teenaged male gaze, that's fine, like I said if it makes sense. There's a character in My Hero Academia for example who's superpower creates things from her body so it makes sense she's in low cut bodices. Momo Yaoyorozu

At least most of the other girls aren't as scantily clad and they leaned into why she is (however lame it is)


On the other hand with Blue Exorcist we have

This: the typical Japanese school girl look for the students and then a black and white uniform for the adult exorcists. Here's Shiemi

Yes she has large breasts for fan service (and yes they bobble when she runs) but at least she has clothes.


And then we have a character I've disliked since the beginning which is a shame because she has the potential to be an interesting character. Instead we get this spoiling all the backstory and special powers etc she has because this is how they chose to depict her.

While not trying to slut shame here, can you honestly see her fighting demons like this and showing up to teach teenagers in that outfit (You can't see it but she's in booty shorts and fishnets as well). She hides a sword inside her body so sure give her the low bodice or a belly shirt that's fine. How exactly does that outfit continue to cover her nipples as she fights? I seriously want to know.

I guess like I said, I prefer a more subtle fanservice like we got in Fullmetal Alchemist

Certainly Winry is there for the male gaze

But she works in a near-desert hot-butt town so we can forgive her, her mini skirts and belly shirts I guess.

And FMA did give the female gaze a little something too

I mean, come on, Roy having to sear closed his own wound is just so we can get this shot (and we're grateful)

Speaking of the female gaze one t-shirt I would have bought from the artist was medusa's head and the words the female gaze but she didn't have any plus sizes left (and this is only 2 hours into a two day con, and I see this a lot. It's like have you never been to a con before? The plus sized folk usually outnumber the not-plusses.

they said we were due for 85 mph winds and baseball sized hail. Luckily it wasn't that bad

I'm still too nauseous to get much cleaning done. Mostly I think because I tried eating a real dinner yesterday. I'm really upset by this. Funny thing, everyone here is like stop taking that drug (I am. It's a once a week injection I have to wait this out)

My friends on FB are like take zofran and bentyl. Dudes, if I have to take bentyl to make my stomach move (which I'm supposed to take that anyhow but I wont' because of side effects) maybe not take the drug causing the issue in the first place. I'm like do you understand this drug can CAUSE damage and you want me to mask the warning signs of the damage. For what? On the off chance I'll lose weight? My sugar is skyrocketing because I'm not eating so the drug is a huge failure all around.

I miss having someone who reads my fanfic regularly AND is someone I can talk to about plot points. I need to get Husk/Angel together in my overlord series but I'm totally blank on what the next step is besides the sex. I don't want to write just a sex story for this. The other stories are so much richer than just that. Sigh.

But since I wrote nothing this week that I can share you can have the fannish 50 fandom recs


Alike Loyalty Hazbin Hotel

Fillings The Owl House

snug as a bunny — 31 days of domestic wangxian 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù ongoing wip

Honest Answer Torchwood

For Luck FAKE

Ozone and Earth Hazbin Hotel

Categorisation Torchwood

Not Ready 9-1-1

Three, Two, One: Zero The Murderbot Diaries

"I won't take this too." Thunderbolts

Taffy, Sprinkles, And 50s Dreamscape Hazbin Hotel

Weighing the Options Harry Potter

One Left The Murderbot Diaries

Dancin' In The Rain Hazbin Hotel

Deadline The Murderbot Diaries

Storm Chasing Stargate SG-1

Always Be My Loser Hazbin Hotel


Rooing Wool Hazbin Hotel


A New Life The Owl House

Just Above the Kitchen Table Hazbin Hotel

Not a Surprise at All Teen Wolf

Lot #69 (Lurched Like a Stray to the Arms That Were Open) Hazbin Hotel

Perforated Torchwood

Mementos And Memories Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Unspiral Hazbin Hotel

Baby Steps Harry Potter

Snack Run Stargate Atlantis

Fish Inside a Birdcage The Murderbot Diaries

Sensory Data The Murderbot Diaries

i could use a love of some kind Arcane: League of Legends

Beggars Shouldn't be Choosers Teen Wolf

And I got it. Instead of a 50% chance of rain for ALL of those Saturday festivals there is an 80% chance. sigh. I might not do anything.

I picked the wrong time of year to give Rocket surgery. This is when he transitions from his fat and fluffy winter self to his sleek furred skinny summer self. It's a radical change and he looks like a dirty rag. I can't tell if he's sick or that's just how he looks (today it was the latter)

Saw the knee doc and he's basically it's nerve damage. We can't do much. Here's gabapentin. But I don't wanna take that. I have some I won't take it every day it makes me loopy. Try taking it any day anyhow. I mean I know he's right but I don't want to do this. I might try it for a month. we'll see. I also don't want to deal with this always and no one knows why it's getting worse as I go (I suspect it's my lack of exercise lately)

Here's my fannish 50 story rec and my story of the week. Also I'm trying to decide what in fandom annoys me more, the artists on FFN complimenting a story and launching into the art they want to do for you (regardless for fandom and naturally for pay) or the ones on AO3 who pretend to be an actual fan being super kind about your longer stories before hitting you with the I wanna do art for you (for pay) spiel. I think the latter because the other you roll your eyes and move on and the latter you thought you had a new real fan and you don't.

Title: Never

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel

Summary: Angel didn’t want to confess but if it got Charlie off his back in her redemption session, he was going to let her have his ugly life story with both barrels.

Author Note - Written for Spikesgirl58’s 6 word challenge. The six words were Organization, Owl, Star, Argue, Damp, & Abuse. Also written for the lyrical titles album challenge 2025 . I’m using the Footloose soundtrack album and the song for this is Never by Moving Pictures.
Also written for the allbingo prompt of white as a sheet.

( story under here or at the link )
Out Of Practice Torchwood

To the Last Drop Stargate Atlantis

i loved him then / i love him still Supernatural

Weird Wedding Torchwood

Vs Are Lined Up Like Traffic Cones Hazbin Hotel

snug as a bunny 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Chair The Murderbot Diaries

You Leave Me Breathless The Owl House

Ice Is Nice Stargate Atlantis/Real Genius

Kinkable Paint Hazbin Hotel

If you raise the stakes, you better be ready to raise your ass! Hazbin Hotel

Another Problem Torchwood

Monster Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Sean Bean Must Die Hazbin Hotel

Choices Star Wars Prequel Trilogy/Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Love's a gamble, and baby I'm all in. Hazbin Hotel wip


Hoot Alone The Owl House

Tempest The Murderbot Diaries

Nemo The Murderbot Diaries

a good pour 陈情令 | The Untamed /魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù


And for thefridayfive

1. What is your all time favorite book? When I was young I could answer this. I would have said Lord of the Rings but these days I never reread and I couldn't name a favorite book if I tried.

2. What is your all time favorite movie? Star War: The Empire Strikes Back (followed very closely by A New Hope, Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost arc and Ghostbusters)

3. What are you reading right now? Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik and Under This Red Rock by Mindy McGinnis and an arc of We Can Never Leave by H.E. Edgmon

4. What is your favorite show on TV? Right now? Surreal Estate is fun but I haven't had a real favorite in years, one that I just can't miss. That's rather sad now that I think about it.

5. What is the last movie you saw in the theater? the Deadpool and Wolverine movie. I'm not much for going to the theater I'm afraid.

I had my oncology appointment today. Everything is good. They asked are you having any pain. Yes. In the area we're concerned with? Yes but I think it's a hernia. Okay I KNOW it's a hernia and it tore more recently and it's very noticeable now. Last night it kept me awake. She took one look and said where do you want to go for your CT scan. That's definitely a hernia.

Went to the comic book store and mentioned I'm probably not going to be back next week for free comic book day (mostly because lately they're not a complete short story. It's like 4 pages of comic that you have to buy something to finish and 8 pages of ads for most of them) and she tried to lure me back with 'We're having a Renn fest on the river too. OMG, yes please however there are no less than 8 other festivals next weekend and I realize they're all outdoors except for the Ohioana book fest and after me saying I wasn't going to it if it rains I will.

When I was at herdcon last month I talked to student DJS and took their card. Well I couldn't get 88.1 here but since I was on Marshall's campus...I was expecting alt rock. from 1-4 (I was listening off and on) it was 30s-40s Jazz and modern jazz (delight!!) and when I got in the car to come home there was some song (hip hop) talking about how he'll hit it until he can't fuck her anymore and had multiple lyrics talking about how she wipes from ass to cunt and how he likes her grimy and I'm like OMFG why? also I didn't think you could air lyrics like that (maybe college rules are different) three songs later it was a gospel song. My gears were stripped.

I got some yummy Italian goodies at Home Goods including preserved lemons. I've used it before but that was not a whole lemon which is what it would be if I made these (I've been thinking about it. It's a matter of space and me not having any)

Also I did a bad (and I blame JK who told me about them) I got a cotton candy donut from Dunkin' Donuts.

I came home to all kinds of Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss news and I'm putting some of it here for listening to later (as I am tired)





And I wrote another story (with some potentially triggering content)


Title: Time After Time


Fandom: Hazbin Hotel


Summary: After a fight at work, Angel drags himself home, half wanting to never see anyone again, half wanting to be held and comforted. What he finds is what he always finds: Husk there waiting for him.

Rating: teen

Author Note - Written for Spikesgirl58’s 6 word challenge. The six words were Jail, Registration, Remark, Awful, Spit, & Instinct. Also written for the lyrical titles duet challenge 2025 for the prompt Second fic's lyrical title starts on the same word that the first fic's title ended on using Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper

Content warning- This mentions some potentially upsetting/triggering historical references to the Alien Registration Act (no wonders why this is on my mind now). This wasn’t the story I set out to write (this was supposed to be a spicy Huskerdust but the six words took me down this path. I’ll write spicy another day) Everything Angel says here happened during WWII. What happened to the Italians has been mentioned less in the history books than what happened to the Japanese Americans (probably because it wasn’t quite as horrible. If you want to know more you can read this Smithsonian article. I still have my grandparents’ alien registration paperwork. I hold it and can imagine their fear and emotional trauma.

( Story under here or above at the AO3 link )

And have my fannish 50 friday fandom recs


Hopeless Love Torchwood

Chocolate Craving FAKE

He Loves Him Like a Dog Arcane: League of Legends

The Blame Game Torchwood

Stumbling Towards Redemption
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Bugging Rodney Stargate Atlantis

Embracing Love 9-1-1

Calling in a Marker 9-1-1/ Stargate SG-1

Logical Question Torchwood

Unfathomable Babylon 5

glamour Thunderbirds (TV 1965)

Love's a gamble, and baby I'm all in. Hazbin Hotel

The Inevitability of Spring
Stargate Atlantis

The Light at the End of the Tunnel The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

The Power of Three Teen Wolf

Without a 'shadow' of a doubt (Pt 2) Hazbin Hotel

Still the best name for a con, still tacked onto a tiny con in Athens that fights in a basketball court. Mostly my friends are running it (trying to rope me in but right now I'm quoting my health issues as why not but I will look for vendors for them).

Speaking of health issues, I could hardly move today, I'm so exhausted. I got there an hour later than planned but it worked out. I wanted to enter the raffles and this year...not a lot there that I was interested in anyhow. I didn't win anything this year (last year I won three things so it balances) and one of my friends said, 'watch me win the thing I didn't want but accidentally dropped my ticket into' And she did. She was going to give it to me (a merman illustration) but someone else wanted it more than me so I gave it to him. Karma owes me (and I don't mean the storm it served up, more on that later)

I didn't get to any of the talks because I knew I would never be able to get to them and manage to stay long enough to get to the raffle (in the future I will have to plan my one-day con trips well if I can't get my energy back). I did however get some fun stuff at the vendors.

I picked up A Shade of Winter from Henlo Press a paranormal mystery (some fool forgot her cheaters today. Not mentioning any names....) I've got the first book in several of their series already... which led me to a conclusion (more on that later)

I picked up a couple's earring set of Ozzie and Fizzarolli from Helluva Boss from Unicorn Massacres Designs. It's a cute set. I've bought from them before (artist is trans with a lot of trans rights stuff if you want to take a look).

From Dany Cat Designs I got some soap for me and for gifts. I still have one bar left over from last year. She didn't have any of the dice soap with her this year. I picked up Hades for myself along with Make It So

I said NO more wall art so naturally I bought two postcard sized bits of art from Cocomomo Art because her Hazbin stuff is probably the best I've seen for sale in the past several cons. She also recced a hopepunk queer anime, Promare. I need to find it.

Speaking of wall art, I should have walked past Amanda Scharf Illustration but her water colors were too damn pretty. Did I need a water color of Angel Dust? No. Do I now own one? What do you think? She had so many colors too. If the purple had only been a little richer....I went with dark blue.

There is an artist I get earrings from every con (and other vendors probably hate her) because she sells them for 3$ a pop vs what everyone else does (but I'm also betting she just buys the charms in bulk somewhere) I need to find out if some of my friends wear bigger earrings. Wish evil_little_dog wore earrings because she'd love half of these and sadly the artist doesn't do pins.

I did get some birthday/holiday gifts too. I'll see several of these vendors again in a few weeks at Final Boss con on my university. There was one person selling ITA bags which I need desperately for all my pins but honestly these looked like grocery bags for the same price as much more intricately done backpack styles so I skipped it (and I can make the banners for the pins myself if I take a minute to do it) I was glad I went. Got a few hugs from friends. Yeah I'm not a hugger but on the other hand it's nice to have people who are genuinely happy to see me.

I left the con and went to Kroger for cheese (this one has the fancy cheeses) All was well. I got my cheeses and some absolutely yummy olives that I'm sorry I didn't buy more of. Came out 15 minutes later and it looked cloudy. Five minutes later as I'm getting my Tim Horton's coffee rocket fuel to drive home on, it's even darker. By the time I go 2 miles to Avalanche pizza to pick up my death in a box (otherwise known as the skeletonwitch) it's BLACK. The manager is telling the staff to tell patrons the deliveries will be delayed because of the incoming storm.

I grab my pizza and beat feet. I don't get 5 miles out of town before it let loose. The wind was first, so strong I was literally knocked off the road three times. Then the rain came so hard I thought 'got to stop at the rest stop just up the road and ride this out.' It was raining SO hard I couldn't see the rest stop and missed it. I inched another mile down the highway to the red light where I know there is a gas station. Waited it out there for about 15 minutes. Thankfully my ebook held out because some one forgot to charge it (not mentioning any names) and it was down to 7%.

Luckily after that it was light rain or none all the way home. I'm glad I went. I wish I had energy that 2 hours didn't all but kill me. So that decision I came to at the con...for some damn reason there are a half dozen things I want to do on the 3rd (all in vastly different directions) Ohioana Book festival in Columbus (very late this year), the Gallipolis street steampunk festival, free comic book day, heartwoods mental health festival (in a Chillicothe park), a psychic fair in Logan, the mother's day glass sale in the Hocking Hills.

I decided not to go to the Book festival. My friend isn't going to be there. I haven't read 90% of the books I bought there last year (I'm working on 2 now).I need a new book like I need slapped. Worse, they'll be signed so I won't want to part with them. That doesn't help my space issue. I think I'm better off either doing the steampunk/comic book thing (they're in the same direction) or the glass/mental health fair (also in the same (but different) direction). Decisions Decisions.

Came home and started to watch the newly dropped Gaslight District pilot. Been looking forward to this. I haven't watched more than a few minutes (too tired) and I'm not sure I like the animation style but I'll need to see more.

I got my blood results back today. Thyroid is fine (bordering on low) but my iron is a bit scary (not new but it's gotten very bad)

IRON

Normal range: 40 - 150 ug/dL
Mine is 20

% SATURATION

Normal range: 15 - 55 %
Mine is 5

That would explain the tiredness. Yippee

What I Just Finished Reading:

Another Fine Mess - it was an interesting book.

And all the graphic novels I picked up (I ended up DNFed that serial killer book)
City of Clowns by Daniel Alarcón
The Mushroom Knight Vol. 1 by Oliver Bly
Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus by Stephen Graham Jones



What I am Currently Reading:

Under This Red Rock - a bizarre YA story set here in OH. Is she schizophrenic or is something esle

Of Manners and Murder - a historical mystery

Bodies and Banners - cozy mystery


What I Plan to Read Next:

Something for popsugar


And I forgot to do my fannish 50. I was thinking about how many mystery dramas have made up my viewing pleasure. to name a few, Sherlock Holmes (many variations), Tommy and Tuppeance, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse (and all the spin off) NCIS (and the spin offs) NYPD Blue, Adam-12, Prodigal Son (the only one to get me writing like mad) Murder, She Wrote, Castle, Midsomer Murder, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Hinterland, Shetland, Murdoch Mysteries, Criminal Minds and this is by no means an exhaustive list.

I don't know why I'm rarely bunnied in these fandoms. I can toss off ficlets but nothing major with the exception of Pson.

I saw this on redbubble and though of spikedluv

Last week it was nearly 90, this week it's freaking 20. Ah Spring in the midwest. Last week I had gorgeous dandelions and wild pansies and now I have shriveled sad limp blossoms.

My vacation is usually around my work conference. This year it's in Pittsburgh. I know that I will need some kind of break which sounds stupid to say with this political climate but it's because of the political climate that I need the break. Mom reminded me of a trip I wanted to take but said nothing when I said mom I'm not comfortable going to Canada (not that I think the Canadians would hate on me but I hate what this Musk Muppet is doing to them and feel embarrassed)

Sigh. Maybe I'll be go to Maine or West Virginia but so much of what I'd like to do in either place I can not longer do ( hike) One of my students tells me he has a home in Maine. I'm jealous. I would love that.

So Fannish 50 let's talk competitions and bias. I do watch cooking competitions (though Foodnetwork IS fatiguing me on them) My favorite is currently on: tournament of champions. One of the things I like best is it's truly a blind judging. For contrast they say it's a blind tasting on Beat Bobby Flay but Flay and his competitor are standing in front of the judges making faces. You'd need to not have eyes to miss seeing who cooked what.

In ToC the chefs aren't in the room and in theory the judges aren't even aware of who is competing and the challenge parameters are done by the spin of a wheel. I find this much more satisfying because it does the best it can to eliminate biases.

On the other hand I love the baking challenges (I have no idea why. I don't bake) And I can see bias (especially if a baker has charisma) and this year has probably been the worse. There was a baker, loads of personality, self taught by his grandfather who raised him (and this guy was rather flamboyantly gay as well) and honestly how he made it past week one is a miracle but he hung in for 5 weeks. I have to say it was the personality pushing him forward more than his skill. The judges liked him but now that we're in the final few weeks that wasn't going to work it.

Also this year we have Kardea replacing Carla Hall (not sure why) now I like her as a chef and tv personality but she has to be educated about baking things by Duff as we go (she was also with him in the kids baking challenge) and this week she was dancing with one of the bakers so yeah bias.

do I care if the tornado gets me? The answer was no. My face pain woke me at 3 AM and I didn't want to take more gabapentin and while I was debating that and wondering if my power was going to stay on in the storm (it flickered four times at that hour but hung in there) my phone screamed at me to get in the basement or an interior room.

I debated the tub but that floor is the weakest in the place. My 'basement is a mud filled hole under this place where I'd surely drown (and something was moving in there as my phone was screaming) It didn't even occur to me I could drag my recliner like five feet into the interior hallway and sleep there until I was at work today (quick witted, that's me)

I said screw it and went back to bed. The phone went off again at 430 AM just as I was almost drifting back to sleep in spite of the pain. (The tornados were now in the county I work in just 5 miles away).

I had to put more gabapentin into my system. Was in pain all day today until tonight. I'm very sure my coughing is GERD/Hiatal hernia driven as it crops up after I eat. I was hoping to hold off until this summer but I'm calling tomorrow. Calling Aspen dental tomorrow too because I think this all needs looking into with this nerve pain) Anyhow the coughing made my face not hurt (so yes I'm thinking TMJ is factoring into this). I think I'll try the muscle relaxer tonight.

I did promise you a fannish 50 today so let me tell you about Surreal Estate. I think I'm so taken with this show because on non-streaming TV there isn't much in the way of paranormal storytelling right now. It's a simple idea, the Roman agency cleans haunted houses and sells them. I like the characters well enough and honestly I thought the last season might have been the last because it broke up the agency sending almost all the characters off to other pursuits and Luke Roman losing his ability to speak to ghosts.

However a few weeks I started getting recordings on my list (as I had Surreal Estate on record all for the DVR) and it was really a masterclass on marketing. I'll give it to SyFy for that. They teased it with tiny trailers, that progressively got longer and then behind the scenes stuff and actor insights. It's on today. I'm excited for it.


And for the community recs for the thursday rec session have wipbigbang which was supposed to open two days ago but it's mostly a one person show (i think) so things do get behind. I love this one because you're not writing for anyone. It's you writing for YOU. You getting your older stories and making them a priority. I want to do two. we'll see how that goes.

super_effucktive should be starting up too (Used to be dick or treat) for those who want to write the saucy stuff. Speaking of saucy, unconventionalcourtship is back. I dont' write a lot of AUs but I do for this. That said, holy shit harlequin and mills & boon blurbs are so cringe. I know I want to do a Hazbin one and honestly my boys would be perfect for this but the blurbs are so awful. I do kinda wish they'd open this to some other romance publishers (I swear the gay ones are this bad)