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50 days of LJ: Day 7
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50 Days of LJ: Day 1
Jul. 12th, 2015 05:35 pmI thought a lot about doing this; I don’t post much on LJ because I am quite introverted/private. (This doesn’t really explain why I ramble along all sorts of stuff about me in other peoples comment sections, where I have no control over the privacy settings, but whoever said neuroses were rational). The thing is I’m trying to make more of an effort to open up to people and LJ seemed a much less scary place to start than real life.
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As I do non-fiction posts relatively rarely and am not sure what to say I’m just going to dive right in and talk about some of my real life stuff and writing that’s going on at the moment.
I’ve decided to put my attempts at a novel on hold for a couple months. I worry about my muse playing with my anxiety issues. My friend pointed out I could just stop writing if it became too much of a problem. Because yes, just stopping in the middle of writing something is totally something I’m capable of. I totally do not have a fic I started in 2010 that I’m still intending on finishing. I suppose she does have a point though. If it was detrimental to my health I’d have to stop.
My six month probationary period at work finished a week ago. Which yay! Some level of job security. On the other hand I’ve had quite a hard week with my anxiety. I think I was holding on a little too hard on getting through the six month probation without and thought that after I wouldn’t have to be so anxious as I wouldn’t be on probation anymore. I forget that I can’t think so logically when it comes to how my anxiety issues are going to choose to manifest.
Hmm, yeah, I guess I don’t do light and fluffy welcome posts.
Anyway back to the writing, I’m going to focus on shorter pieces for now but still do planning for the novel. I really need to understand the language and voices the characters use properly before I begin anyway. The main premise is a slave rebellion, with slaves fighting to overthrow the regime. Would a slave who has only ever known masters speak like a slave? In terms of submission yes, in terms of phraseology probably not. There are also slave ‘training’ centres so I need to think about what someone trained from birth would’ve been trained to speak like. Would the supposed ‘high quality’ slaves be given different training in use of language and if so wouldn’t the trainers of ‘lower quality’ slaves try to replicate the language usage so they would get more money for them.
But of course before I can do any of that I need to develop the type of English everyone speaks. I want to go beyond mere surface adjustments of the odd word here and there. I have decided that the word ‘waxed’ will be used as a synonym for excited though.
What have you been writing? What writing obstacles are you currently navigating? Come sit by my fire, let’s discuss.
End of the year Meme, also Happy New Year
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bleodswean and theun4givables1. What did you do in 2014 that you'd never done before?
I almost got arrested for making a miniature fairy house.
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LJ Idol season 9 Week 0: Introduction
Mar. 5th, 2014 09:31 pmChristmas Wishlist Meme thingy
Dec. 6th, 2013 06:38 pmupupa_epops but I've seen a few flisters posting wishlists so thought I'd join in :) ).How's everyone, happy December!
How This Works
- Step One - Make an LJ post. It can be public or friends only, whatever you’re most comfortable with. The post should contain your list of ten holiday wishes, and these wishes can be anything - from simple (a fan fiction written about your favorite pairing), to medium (a DVD you want), to really extravagant (a brand new laptop or car). Just make sure these are wishes for things you really truly want.
- Step Two - Skim through your friends list and see who has posted their own wish lists.
Then - and this is the most important part - if you find a wish you can grant, and it’s in your heart to do so, make sure that person’s wish comes true. Sometimes a person’s trash is another person’s treasure. If you have a leather jacket you don’t want or a gift certificate you’re never going to use, give it to someone who wants it. - Step Three - Post this wish list any time after November 1st. Then repost it two weeks before Christmas.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached.
Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
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Writing stuff
Oct. 9th, 2013 08:47 pm· Big Originals meta
· Any anon requests
· I am Neal fic
· Pretty much anything that isn’t listed below in the things I’m planning to do section.
Of course my muse’s response to me deciding to not write for a while is to pour bucket-loads of inspiration on me and promise to keep niggling around my thoughts until I write, in part the fault of the lovely juicy idea-provoking shows I’m watching. These are the things I will be mainly doing:
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TVD Finale and Personal Post
May. 17th, 2013 05:42 pmCreation Hiatus
May. 5th, 2013 08:06 pmSo stuff to come in June/July/August:
- Multi-chapter fic exploring the mythology and history of Mystic Falls, especially the doppelgangers
- Bonnie + Rebekah empowerment/growth fic that was supposed to be for heroine bigbang but will just be a normal fic now
- Klaus/Stefan/Damon fic that’s a sequel to control (yeah that’s been in the woodwork for a while)
- Elijah + dying!Klaus fic for anon on tumblr
- Chapters 11 & 12 of ‘I am Neal’
- Meta discussing the mythology and history of Mystic Falls and the founding families
- Meta discussing the characterisation of the Originals
Klaus/Stefan: 4.01 – 4.09
There’s a lot of crazy supposition in this, possibly because the stuff that happens is more subtle, possibly because their relationship is moving into a different place and the show doesn’t want to make that explicitly obvious.
4.03
The episode that gave us vampires wearing helmets and the season’s first Klaus/Stefan scene. Klaus mentions to Tyler that he was on the way to Chigago, why? Possibly because it’s the home-land of Klefan and Klaus has a secret shrine he needs to update.
So, Elena is dying from having werewolf venom in her system and Stefan needs Klaus to heal her. This scene is clearly an inversion of the scene where Klaus and Stefan’s journey began in 2x22; Damon had a werewolf bite and Stefan needed Klaus to give him the cure. 3x21 ended that journey, ended that arc with Stefan desiccating Klaus, and this is them beginning again. This is them starting a new journey, from a different place.
I say inversion, not parallel, because even before Klaus enters the scene the contrast is obvious. In 2x22 Stefan goes to seek Klaus out fearing he might not return. Here Stefan phones Klaus, expecting the original to come to him, and willing to nag him until he does. Stefan knows if he calls Klaus will come, he believes this, he’s wondering ‘where the hell are you’, like there’s no question that Klaus would already be there if he was nearby. Even after ‘killing’ Klaus, he still believes Klaus will come, and he’s right because he knows that in a way he still has Klaus wrapped around his little finger. It’s not a big deal, which makes it vastly different from the scene in 2x22, when he was saying goodbye to Elena because he thought Klaus might kill him. Of course everyone’s more familiar with Klaus now, but that doesn’t change the fact that Stefan did just kill him, but he still has no fear.
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Originals Spin Off, is this for real?
Jan. 11th, 2013 09:34 pmI've wanted this to happen so much, I'm one of those people mentioning to everyone that there should be an Originals spin off, it'll be so exciting if it actually happens.
Writing and Real Life
Oct. 31st, 2012 05:17 pmI have to start writing nanowrimo tomorrow, and I have no idea what I'm doing. I've got a story sorted out in my head but I now want to do something else that I can do better. And I'm turning 26 in two days and I have no idea what I'm doing with my life. This is not a freak out.
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Merlin Review (rant)
Oct. 6th, 2012 09:23 pm
Episode 5.01 or Merlin finally has a season premier without an army of the undead trying to overthrow Camelot…and replace it with nothing much.
I see animals in fiction and am convinced they’re tvd characters, as is my brain. In other words Klaus and Damon were in this episode in the form of a wolf and a crow.
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Klaus/Stefan meta (Top Ten)
Sep. 30th, 2012 08:11 pmHere's a meta analysing my top ten Klefan scenes from the second half of season three, hope you enjoy my ramblings. I've wanted to write this for a while, so I'm glad it's finally out of my system. I ended up writing it as a part of a vd_land challenge.
Klaus Stefan Meta (tangents included and liberties taken Klefanising possibly non-Klefan things)
Flail and Tumblr
Sep. 2nd, 2012 06:30 pmI have a fairly new tumblr account; http://chipmunksallshipklefan.tumblr.com/ , feel free to check it out and follow. In case you haven't noticed the title, it's mainly Klaus/Stefan. I was wondering whether anyone has a tumblr account? Tumblr's awesome, but it still scares me a little.
I've been in a very flaily mood lately, so I would like to invite everyone to flail with me; any fandom, any character. Just flail about whatever you want.
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Icons Meme
Nov. 16th, 2011 06:42 pm2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.
waltzmatildah gave me the following;
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What cheese do you like?
I've started using livejournal a lot more recently so I figured I should try to get to know the new friends I've made here a bit better. So I just thought I'd ask if anyone would like to say a bit about themselves, it can be anything from what cheese you like to eat to random hobbies you have, I'd just like to hear from people. Stuff about me; I'm at uni at the mo doing maths, I like to write fanfiction (mainly House) and original stories and poetry. I really like watching sci-fi and my favourite tv shows are House and Stargate sg1. I like to believe that we're never too old to go on swings.
