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The unnecessarily long post of Twelfth Doctor fic recs (with bonus gushing)
Apr. 25th, 2019 10:22 pmruugerThis is a (much) longer version of the character manifesto I did for tardis_library because I had *a few* more fics/vids I wanted to rec than the required 15... If you want a small curated collection of recs, go here. If you want a veritable rec vomit, keep reading.
If you are someone who's been reading my Dreamwidth in the last ten years, you may have noticed that I've had a rather - shall we say - complicated relationship with Doctor Who and especially the Doctor himself. I always wanted to like the Doctor, but he never quite worked for me, and I suppose that almost-but-not-quite-something-that-I-
Then "Heaven Sent" happened and suddenly I found myself watching the show because of the Doctor instead of despite of him.
( This gets long... )
But I've now rambled way too long here, so I'm going to let the recs do the talking.
(if you want to read more gushing, please read my reviews of S8 and S9, Part 1 and Part 2 (apparently I have completely forgotten to post my S10 thoughts...))
( ...and then there are the recs... )
Please go and leave loads of comments and kudos and likes to these fics/vids, because they are all fabulous and I want these people to make more Twelve content.
(also, I just realised that I had no recs for art about Twelve... *considers going to find some*)
(also also, I hope all these links work because I had no time to check them all)
tardis_library because I had *a few* more fics/vids I wanted to rec than the required 15... If you want a small curated collection of recs, go here. If you want a veritable rec vomit, keep reading.If you are someone who's been reading my Dreamwidth in the last ten years, you may have noticed that I've had a rather - shall we say - complicated relationship with Doctor Who and especially the Doctor himself. I always wanted to like the Doctor, but he never quite worked for me, and I suppose that almost-but-not-quite-something-that-I-
Then "Heaven Sent" happened and suddenly I found myself watching the show because of the Doctor instead of despite of him.
( This gets long... )
But I've now rambled way too long here, so I'm going to let the recs do the talking.
(if you want to read more gushing, please read my reviews of S8 and S9, Part 1 and Part 2 (apparently I have completely forgotten to post my S10 thoughts...))
( ...and then there are the recs... )
Please go and leave loads of comments and kudos and likes to these fics/vids, because they are all fabulous and I want these people to make more Twelve content.
(also, I just realised that I had no recs for art about Twelve... *considers going to find some*)
(also also, I hope all these links work because I had no time to check them all)
Umbrella Academy and more (apparently much more)
Apr. 25th, 2019 01:43 pmyourlibrarian1) I just zipped through all of the Umbrella Academy and have mixed feelings about it. ( Read more... )
Sidenote: I didn't even realize that Peni Parker had been a character prior to Into the Spiderverse, much less that Gerard Way created her.
2) One of Columbus' sons created a vast library and its finding aid has recently been identified: "One of the things that Hernando realized was that collecting every book in the world — and this was during the early age of print when the number of books was accelerating rapidly — collecting all these books wouldn't really be very useful if you didn't have some way to organize and distill them all. So he paid an army of readers to essentially read every book in the library and distill it down to a short summary so that this enormous library could be at the disposal of a single person who would be able to control it." ( Read more... )
3) The problem with broad surveillance is exactly that anyone can get swept up in police action for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time:
"Ever since law enforcement discovered most Americans carry tracking devices with them 24/7, they've been approaching cellphone providers with warrants targeting geographic areas rather than people.
When a crime has been committed but cops don't have any suspects, they ask Google and others to canvass the area for them. Officers hand providers a geofence and ask for everyone who wandered into the selected area during a certain timeframe. Once cops have everyone, they start looking for someone."
4) I'm glad to hear that Hasan Minhaj's Netflix series got a Peabody award. It's been terrific. We just finished watching his S2 and his segment on Indian politics has been the most informative I've seen on the topic.
5) I recently took a survey on TV shows, and the number of shows I did not recognize was vast. There's actually one called Sex Sent Me to the E.R.?
Sidenote: I didn't even realize that Peni Parker had been a character prior to Into the Spiderverse, much less that Gerard Way created her.
2) One of Columbus' sons created a vast library and its finding aid has recently been identified: "One of the things that Hernando realized was that collecting every book in the world — and this was during the early age of print when the number of books was accelerating rapidly — collecting all these books wouldn't really be very useful if you didn't have some way to organize and distill them all. So he paid an army of readers to essentially read every book in the library and distill it down to a short summary so that this enormous library could be at the disposal of a single person who would be able to control it." ( Read more... )
3) The problem with broad surveillance is exactly that anyone can get swept up in police action for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time:
"Ever since law enforcement discovered most Americans carry tracking devices with them 24/7, they've been approaching cellphone providers with warrants targeting geographic areas rather than people.
When a crime has been committed but cops don't have any suspects, they ask Google and others to canvass the area for them. Officers hand providers a geofence and ask for everyone who wandered into the selected area during a certain timeframe. Once cops have everyone, they start looking for someone."
4) I'm glad to hear that Hasan Minhaj's Netflix series got a Peabody award. It's been terrific. We just finished watching his S2 and his segment on Indian politics has been the most informative I've seen on the topic.
5) I recently took a survey on TV shows, and the number of shows I did not recognize was vast. There's actually one called Sex Sent Me to the E.R.?
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the magicians - welcome to the twitter tire fire
Apr. 24th, 2019 06:50 pmseperisSyfywire just pulled the article they put up a few hours ago, "Queerness and Death in the Magicians" and deleted the tweet that announced it. That's super not at all questionable and really normal.
Here is a tweet with screenshots of the article: Queerness and Death in the Magicians. It also looks like a PDF is up at the discord: https://twitter.com/coldwaughtersq/
Note: this will definitely help settle the drama, by the way. That'll work.
ETA (7:30 PM CST): so that thread was deleted and so was my RT of it. Here's another one: https://twitter.com/thelaynierizer/
ETA (7:59 PM CST): Full article now available on tumblr: https://three--rings.tumblr.com/post/
Here is a tweet with screenshots of the article: Queerness and Death in the Magicians. It also looks like a PDF is up at the discord: https://twitter.com/coldwaughtersq/
Note: this will definitely help settle the drama, by the way. That'll work.
ETA (7:30 PM CST): so that thread was deleted and so was my RT of it. Here's another one: https://twitter.com/thelaynierizer/
ETA (7:59 PM CST): Full article now available on tumblr: https://three--rings.tumblr.com/post/
[ SECRET POST #4492 ]
Apr. 24th, 2019 06:36 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #4492 ⌋
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Interpretations
Apr. 24th, 2019 12:56 pmyourlibrarian1) Only a few episodes into Killing Eve and I suddenly realized that the fun of watching it was the same fun that Spike introduced to Buffy. ( Read more... )
2) Speaking of seductions, I really liked the second episode of Fosse/Verdon ( Read more... )
3) The last episode of B99 made me feel shippy about Kevin and Raymond :) At the same time I could not get into Amy and Jake's argument about having kids in the episode before it. ( Read more... )
4) Speaking of reproduction, we have robins right now trying to nest on our door wreath. We took the first wreath off the door and let it sit on the ground for about a week. We hoped they'd stop, which they did. However even after removing their nest-in-progress, when we put it back on the door, they started right up again.
We've just put up a new wreath and put a dead plant pot with their nest materials by the door. I sprayed the new wreath with a natural oil insect repellent so maybe that'll work? One door nest has been enough.
5) Some pertinent articles about the lack of diversity progress in entertainment fields: An exec who expected the investigation about Les Moonves' behavior to delve into racial discrimination at CBS found it was ignored, while the romance writers' field is diversifying a whole lot more slowly than fantasy and scifi. It astonishes me that there are still people who think these playing fields are even – it has to be a matter of deliberate ignorance because I don't see how it could be missed.
2) Speaking of seductions, I really liked the second episode of Fosse/Verdon ( Read more... )
3) The last episode of B99 made me feel shippy about Kevin and Raymond :) At the same time I could not get into Amy and Jake's argument about having kids in the episode before it. ( Read more... )
4) Speaking of reproduction, we have robins right now trying to nest on our door wreath. We took the first wreath off the door and let it sit on the ground for about a week. We hoped they'd stop, which they did. However even after removing their nest-in-progress, when we put it back on the door, they started right up again.
We've just put up a new wreath and put a dead plant pot with their nest materials by the door. I sprayed the new wreath with a natural oil insect repellent so maybe that'll work? One door nest has been enough.
5) Some pertinent articles about the lack of diversity progress in entertainment fields: An exec who expected the investigation about Les Moonves' behavior to delve into racial discrimination at CBS found it was ignored, while the romance writers' field is diversifying a whole lot more slowly than fantasy and scifi. It astonishes me that there are still people who think these playing fields are even – it has to be a matter of deliberate ignorance because I don't see how it could be missed.
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[ SECRET POST #4491 ]
Apr. 23rd, 2019 06:43 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #4491 ⌋
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The Umbrella Academy (Spoilers)
Apr. 23rd, 2019 03:16 pmjimhinesI finally got around to watching The Umbrella Academy on Netflix, after hearing lots of mostly-positive comments and reviews. Naturally, I must now share ALL OF MY OWN COMMENTS AND REVIEWS. Such is the nature of the internet…
I mostly enjoyed it, though the ending felt empty and unsatisfying.
Details behind the spoiler cut…
Signal Boost: The Magicians S4 Finale Aired Five Days Ago And I'm Still Mad As Hell
Apr. 23rd, 2019 01:48 pmseperiscleolinda posted: The Magicians S4 Finale Aired Five Days Ago And I'm Still Mad As HellThere is still so much I want to say about all of it, but my thoughts won't organize themselves sufficiently. Read
cleolinda; lots of commentary and links.I do, however, want to comment eventually on the less-loaded topic of bad storytelling, which was also a factor here.
But there's also this: any hack on earth can write tragedy. Devastating your audience is the easiest thing in the world.
You know what's hard? Blowing their minds with sheer joy. Shock them by giving them what they didn't even know they could want. I think I can count the times on one hand where a show managed that. To get it, you have to work for it.
I don't get--I'll never get--why anyone on earth would do the second--would manage the fucking impossible--but in the end, only care about, only take pride in, only value doing the first.
This Week in Fandom, Volume 108
Apr. 23rd, 2019 12:02 pmotw_staff posting in otw_news
This Week in Fandom: fans react to the season finale of The Magicians; the Game of Thrones hashtag #DemThrones; a new meme of ship dynamics; and more: http://otw.news/twif108
Tales from the TBR: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Apr. 22nd, 2019 05:13 pmowlmoose posting in ladybusiness
The book: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
The summary:
In the kingdom of Goredd, dragons and humans live and work side by side – while below the surface, tensions and hostility simmer.
The newest member of the royal court, a uniquely gifted musician named Seraphina, holds a deep secret of her own. One that she guards with all of her being.
When a member of the royal family is brutally murdered, Seraphina is drawn into the investigation alongside the dangerously perceptive—and dashing—Prince Lucien. But as the two uncover a sinister plot to destroy the wavering peace of the kingdom, Seraphina’s struggle to protect her secret becomes increasingly difficult… while its discovery could mean her very life.
How I found it: I don't remember the exact circumstances leading to the purchase of this specific copy last year, but I've been aware of the book since it came out in 2012. From the mid-90s through the early 2000s, Rachel Hartman wrote a minicomic, set in Goredd some years earlier, called Amy Unbounded, which was a delightful coming-of-age story about a young girl having adventures and learning her place in the world. (Sadly, the series is out of print, but it's worth tracking them down if you're interested, especially if there's a young girl in your life who needs an introduction to the world of comics.) So Seraphina went on my mental TBR, but I'm sure you all know how that can go.
What inspired me to read it now: Hartman's latest book, Tess of the Road, is a finalist for the Lodestar (the Not-a-Hugo Award for Best YA Book), and although I gather that it's not a direct sequel, I still wanted to read the Seraphina duology first.
The verdict: I have no idea why I waited so long to read this book, because it's a delight, although I could wish that the main character had read the situation and not waited quite so long to have some key honest conversations. (I find this trope particularly irritating, which is why I rounded my Goodreads rating down to four stars instead of up to five.) I fell in love with Seraphina as a narrator immediately, and I also adored Princess Glisselda and her best friend Millie. And also the prickly scholar Orma and the dashing and dogged Prince Lucian Kiggs. I could sit here and name favorites all day -- this world is full of fascinating characters, almost all of whom are easy to like (or dislike, in the case of many of the antagonists). Hartman's worldbuilding is both deep and intriguing, especially in the cases where she only drops hints -- draconic society, Goreddi religion (especially the heretic St. Yirtrudis -- I'm dying to learn more about her), the details of Goredd's relationship with its other neighbors. I also like her take on dragons: they are humanized and alien at the same time, just as any sentient species living among us would be. There are dozens of stories left to tell in this universe, and I will read every single one of them.
( More thoughts, with spoilers. )
The primary goal of this Tales from the TBR series is to encourage me to read books that I already own. Although successful in this case, I have to call it a mixed success, because as soon as I finish this, I'm buying the sequel, because I have to know what happens next. Worth it, I'd say.