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i really enjoyed the Mountain River Awl segment

Chief ZHao is increasingly getting more suspicious of Professor Shen which is at odds with his innate I know and trust this man.

Coat swapping and no return *g* [for plot reason, but also very cute]. It was good to see Prof Shen make the switch to BCE.

Also got a little h/c. The BCE; one mouthful of distilled wine, and bless down for the count. I guess that is one way to take out a demi-god. It's an interesting trope. Lan Zhan in the Untamed was similarly unable to drink alcohol.

Plotwise. So when and where were the tools lost? And why are they appearing now? The Mountain River Awl was being used by the clan -- therefore it wasn't lost. I'm not 100^% sure when the BCE sent the team to the surface [the team who were all killed] I wonder if Chief Zhao is the child. How does the gun that hurts Dixing people come into the story? A gun that he struggles to use.

two tools down; two to go [three if you count that gun?]

Professor Shen is the Black Cloaked Envoy **



** okay I feel a little stupid, but i don't think that it's always Shen Wei dressed as the BCE

the professor has magic

it was love at first sight.

puppet master is very, very attractive

is the poor cat a Scottish Fold?

the professor is also from Dixing; that's why he knows so much. I guess the SID could send him back


Not 100% sure what the holy tools are.

the dementia story is pretty upsetting .

so the hero can call the Black Cloaked Highness to his side, but hasn't ever before--- but now (having met him once) now telephones him in. And Puppet Master & Black Cloaked Highness know each other.

Yesterday was sort of semi-shit. I went around to check on an elderly neighbour/friend-of-family (she was fine), but in chatting she says,

“I didn’t want to tell your mam, ‘cos she’ll get upset, but [redacted] has prostate cancer.”

Conversations continues. She’s worried, I tell her about treatment options. And it’s good that they caught it fast.

“Oh, and the reason that {also redacted} is stepping back from church is he has prostate cancer, your mam doesn’t know. She gets upset cos her husband died."

Funnily enough, I know.

Goes to check on my mam after seeing Auntie, and she tells me about someone else who has prostate cancer, and gets a little upset.

I’m soothing everyone, which is fine. I get that they’re upset.

But why does no one get that my DAD died of prostate cancer, and I fucking miss him every day.

Fuck cancer.

In a far flung future
Future fic
Outside perspective

Warning: none spring to mind.
Relationship: m/m
Disclaimer: writing for fun and not for profit
Beta: I don’t think that I asked my beloved beta to beta, but I did it would have been the wonderful Springwoof. Thank you, Springy

( Un'emozione da poco )

Mini The Old Guard fic.
Little in the way of warnings apply, although a memory of past battlefields intrudes
un-betaed

Indulgent
Summary: once again Nicolò makes a new friend (or two… three)

(  The Crow’s Nest  )

Fandom Content Posting Strike… Break? A Fandom Experiment.

So I have seen A LOT of posts where it is pointed out if people want content they should ideally support and encourage content creators (writers, artists, viders etc etc).

Note, of course, that fandom content creators are also consumers.

To be fair you cannae make people comment/engage, and neither can you make folk create and post. And to be honest, folk still create and throw content into fannish spaces, so people don’t need to comment/engage to ensure content.

But folk don’t need to post. Folk post their content for a lot of reasons as a final hurdle, to engage with people….

Why not organise a fandom-wide posting break, a day, a weekend or even a week, where no new content is posted? Obvs. create to your heart’s content, but no posting. Consume old/previously posted stuff. This gives folk a break, for example, AO3 volunteers can take a breath, archive archivists can relax, hosting media can see how core fandom content is to their franchises.

Maybe we’ll learn something?





Although based on the recent ao3 maintenance, the results would be crying. *woes*

Episode 50

Okay, I did get sushi and prosecco….

I was geared up to a massive fight with Wei Wuxian dying as he saved everyone else. Honestly, I had written it in my head. I can visualise it.

Okay, it was amazing, 50 episodes have kept me invested.

But I have questions! Please tell me that Lan Wangji returned to Wei Wuxian as he stood on the side of the mountain playing his flute after that drawn out goodbye? It didn’t sounds like Lan Wangji.

Poor Zewu jun -- he cared so much.

So I called Nie Huai Sang correctly as a mastermind. Although his motivation wasn’t evil per se, but to avenge his brother,which was pretty neat. Manipulation as a skill set.

But what happened with the Ying Iron and the blade in the papier-mâché tortoise?

What happened when Wei Wuxian was cast into the burial mounds?

Was Wei Wuxian reincarnated or was he a revenant that took over (possessed) Mo?

Was Jin Guang Yao always the puppetmaster or was there several puppet masters?

How many pieces of Ying Iron were there really?

When did Ying Iron become a Stygian tiger amulet?

What was the craic with the animated statue?

I have questions and no answers!

If there is a mastermind… who can it be?

If… if’s big brother is the mastermind behind the scenes, I don’t understand his motivation—therefore I don’t think that Zewu jun is the mastermind. (I’ll admit to being biased and not objective.)

I do understand Lt.exFan motivation [jealously, vengeance, pain of being bullied and abandonment], but he’s not the mastermind.

Not Jiang Cheng, he’s too emotional and stupid.

Lan Wangji’s uncle [he’s a wanker]?

Red Blade Master’s pretty much conclusively dead – he seemed too stoic and straight-laced in life to be an evil mastermind.

Lt. ex-Fan clan’s sycophants are sycophants apart from the Leader who was cast out of the Lan clan, who casts the evil spells and was really deft with the qin music.

Wen Qing if she’s not dead? But she was lovely. And can’t see a woman being given a role with any agency.

We’re running out of suspects. Unless it’s a minor character who is going to be punted to the forefront.

Okay…. Red Blade Master’s brother? The prevaricator with the fan he knows more than he lets on…

Ep 43-44-45 [stopped half way through?]

Okay… that was lovely. Healing, music and ‘thank yous’ and partnership.

I am however concerned that Lan Wangji’s big brother exposing himself to the music is a bad, bad idea.

Big brother goes to check on Lt. exFan. He’s been a stanch supporter of Lt. exFan…

Lan Wangji Wei Wuxian go back to the Forbidden Burial Mounds place… and the Baby!Cultivators are there. And Now Zombies and ALL of the Clan leaders.

Lt ExFan has been injured and Big Brother is looking after him. Why aren’t Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian worried – this seems suspicious.

Fickle people are fickle… There’s a Qin subset that uses the Lan music—twisted—to program people. And Big brother didn’t realise that this was happening? /ᐠ｡‸｡ᐟ\

WOW – the magic is much more in your face now. Teleporting and magic mirrors.

Belatedly, I’ve figured out that they are cultivating spiritual energy. I am very slow.


ALSO YUAN!!!!! Lan Wangji adopted him ☆(❁‿❁)☆