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hells_half_acre) wrote2013-02-18 06:57 pm
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Urge to Write Rising....
I don't know what it is with me the last few days, but I suddenly want to write ALL THE THINGS. Except, I already have a few things on the go that I need to FINISH.
Today I was listening to Storyboard on Geek and Sundry over at YouTube while I worked - because there are some days where my job is so monotonous that if I don't have something to listen to, I go into a coma. Anyway, Storyboard is "Hangout" with a bunch of fantasy authors talking about writing, and it's something I can tune in and out of as required by my job...
But man, today it made me want to write the epic fantasy novel that I had an idea for ten years ago - so that's what I've been mentally doing for the past two hours, even though I have fanfic to finish... also, my epic fantasy novel doesn't have a plot, it just has a main character... and I don't even know his name or what he looks like, I just know who he is and I love him. So really, all I've been doing for the past two hours is thinking about an awesome guy that I made up ten years ago... and when I put it like that, it sounds rather pathetic.
In completely unrelated news: I follow some teenagers on tumblr who can't tell the difference between legitimate photos and manips... and it makes me want to weep for the future, because honestly, it should be pretty bloody obvious that that's Jensen's head on the body of a porn star. I feel like this should be taught in Junior High at some point: "Okay, Class, today, we're going to cover how to spot manips so that you don't look like an idiot on the internet - you'll thank me later."
Also, completely unrelated: Is it just me or has LJ been crazy quiet as of late? I feel like I even have less people chatting with me here. Maybe it's because I stopped writing epic Harry Potter crossovers? Maybe it's because people have moved on from the show? Maybe people have moved on from LJ? Maybe everyone is on tumblr reblogging manips? I don't know. Tumblr is far more narcissistic than LJ, which is I think part of the reason why I can't get into it that much. I basically only use it to look at pretty pictures of good-looking men... and to keep tabs on the Sherlock fandom.
Today I was listening to Storyboard on Geek and Sundry over at YouTube while I worked - because there are some days where my job is so monotonous that if I don't have something to listen to, I go into a coma. Anyway, Storyboard is "Hangout" with a bunch of fantasy authors talking about writing, and it's something I can tune in and out of as required by my job...
But man, today it made me want to write the epic fantasy novel that I had an idea for ten years ago - so that's what I've been mentally doing for the past two hours, even though I have fanfic to finish... also, my epic fantasy novel doesn't have a plot, it just has a main character... and I don't even know his name or what he looks like, I just know who he is and I love him. So really, all I've been doing for the past two hours is thinking about an awesome guy that I made up ten years ago... and when I put it like that, it sounds rather pathetic.
In completely unrelated news: I follow some teenagers on tumblr who can't tell the difference between legitimate photos and manips... and it makes me want to weep for the future, because honestly, it should be pretty bloody obvious that that's Jensen's head on the body of a porn star. I feel like this should be taught in Junior High at some point: "Okay, Class, today, we're going to cover how to spot manips so that you don't look like an idiot on the internet - you'll thank me later."
Also, completely unrelated: Is it just me or has LJ been crazy quiet as of late? I feel like I even have less people chatting with me here. Maybe it's because I stopped writing epic Harry Potter crossovers? Maybe it's because people have moved on from the show? Maybe people have moved on from LJ? Maybe everyone is on tumblr reblogging manips? I don't know. Tumblr is far more narcissistic than LJ, which is I think part of the reason why I can't get into it that much. I basically only use it to look at pretty pictures of good-looking men... and to keep tabs on the Sherlock fandom.
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I use Tumblr for the same reasons--the pictures! Though I'm pretty sure I can tell the manips. Most are obvious.
I can't wait to see the next fic you come up with! But take time to write for yourself if you get inspired like you were saying.
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Anyway, I just wanted to vent about that. (ETA: Oh, and I've never seen you reblog an obvious manip like it's real, so don't worry!)
Next fic should be my Merlin/SPN crossover. I'm determined to finish it - but I might actually get this one betaed, so I'm not sure how long until it'll show up. (I'm about 2/3rds through it at the moment.)
I'm also supposed to be doing a second draft of my original fiction novel, but I haven't started that yet - even though I was supposed to in January.
But we'll see - I might just write a couple of scenes from the epic fantasy novel for fun.
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"Oh, and I've never seen you reblog an obvious manip like it's real, so don't worry!"--Yay, that's a relief!
I'm very excited for your SPN/Merlin crossover!
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That's okay, I'm writing a novel that features a guy I dreamed up when I was like ten, and I still think he's awesome, so...
I feel like this should be taught in Junior High at some point: "Okay, Class, today, we're going to cover how to spot manips so that you don't look like an idiot on the internet - you'll thank me later."
Absolutely crucial class.
I'm still a total tumblr n00b- just starting to figure out GIF-sets, but I just don't get the appeal beyond, as you said looking at pretty pictures of good-looking men (and maybe the occasional cute baby animal), but that's it. LJ is still 1000 times cooler.
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Same! I haven't even really figured out gif-sets - I just reblog other people's. I'm a reblogger. :P I originally went on because I'd get traffic to my fics from tumblr, and I thought "hey, I can look at pretty pictures AND keep track of what people are saying about my fics"... but because of the fact tumblr isn't searchable like LJ, I can't actually do that. So... yeah... plus no one follows me over there, or knows that I'm hells_half_acre from LJ, because I have a different name. So... it's all kind of pointless. Except for the wasted hours of looking at pretty pictures of good-looking men.
That's okay, I'm writing a novel that features a guy I dreamed up when I was like ten, and I still think he's awesome, so...
Yay! I'm not alone! I realized that one of the sub-plots of my novel was a plot that I "wrote" before I could actually write. (I used to draw storyboards for epic stories until I got the writing thing down around the age of 8.)So, really, we're talking about a plot that I came up with as a six year-old, which explains why it's the least plausible plot in the novel. :P
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Look I just really wanted Q and Jadis and Aslan to all meet! How awesome would that be?
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I see kids at work talking about pictures, and there is this sense out there that if it's posted online, it's true. Manips and facts alike. I don't think anyone is teaching critical thinking skills. Just how to pass pre-written, lowest common denominator tests. It's a little scary.
Write what you want! You can cathc up later, right? :)
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(My blog stats are down too - and it does make me wonder if people just aren't liking what I'm producing anymore, or if it's just an overall trend. Not that I'd change anything if it were the former - I'm a firm believer in doing whatever the hell I want with my own blog.)
Sigh, it's a shame that critical thinking doesn't seem be taught - I mean, forget manips, I think kids should be sat down at the age of 10 and taught how to find and evaluate the source for all information that they come across. This weird tendency people have to just believe everything they see/read because it's "on the internet" is concerning to say the least.
Write what you want! You can cathc up later, right? :)
Thanks! I don't like having too many things on the go, because then I lose my mental-threads for them. But, I'll see how it goes. :)
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Not just you - I think it's only been the last week though? Tumblr is an evil people-stealer but I really don't think it can ever replace LJ. Maybe they'll come back?
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Indeed, so many classes that they should have given us, rather than just the academic stuff. I suppose we were supposed to learn that stuff at home, but I don't think my mother got those classes either. :P
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Good to know you're still lurking around! I certainly don't expect people to chime in on absolutely everything... and Merlin is such a small niche fandom (comprised mostly of teenagers, I find), that I don't expect those posts to get a lot of traction. It's another reason why I want to finish up this Merlin/SPN fic. I know it's only going to appeal to a handful of people on here (far more on AO3 though)... not that I'm only writing for the most amount of readers, mind you - it's just that I do have a bit more fun after the fact when my writing appeals to a broader audience.
Anyway, now I'm rambling... so I'll also scoot. :P
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I think the main difference between Tumblr and LJ (or at least of a few years ago) is that reblogging reduces your ability to avoid idiots. I end up seeing shit I DNW but meh whatcha gunna do if you want the pretty?
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I've seen a lot of J2 fanart based on fake quotes, and it drives me nuts - but there's not much you can do about people being wrong on the internet. :P (There was a post going around at the beginning of this season with false WARDROBE information that gave me a small mental breakdown, so I had to learn to breathe and move on with my life.)
...whatcha gunna do if you want the pretty, indeed.
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I'm interested about your (possible) new story though! And supportive of the idea to FINISH ALL THE THINGS. :P
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And thanks for supporting my idea to FINISH ALL THE THINGS! Just finishing one of the things before I start a new thing would be nice. :P
I might not be able to talk to you about Rugby, but I do enjoy seeing your posts about it as proof of life. ;)
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Ooh is the mythology back? Hmm... tempting. I have very much missed the mythology. Has Jodi been back? Or Garth?
Never watched many convention videos. I enjoy reading interviews and stuff though. But the gag reels. Man. Best thing ever. :D
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Mythology is definitely back! No sign of Jodi yet, but Garth is back and Charlie has appeared again too.
I like convention videos myself, but that might just be me. :P
No other show can top the gag reels though. Not by a long shot. And from a recent interview with Jensen, it sounds like the S8 gag reel has great potential. :)
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I think finger and ankle injuries are more common in rugby actually. They ahve a great deal of rules to try and keep head injuries to a minimum. In fact, on average you get more serious injuries playing football (soccar) than you do in rugby. But rugby is more dangerous (people have died playing rugby).
I knew Charlie had come back. Woo! Hmm... this is getting more tempting. We'll see. I haven;t atucally watched a TV show since I stopped watching SPN. I just haven't felt like it. But if I get the urge, I think I will try this. Just a question, does anything important happen at the end of S7, other than Dean going to Purgatory?
I like some! Like the one abot the pennies, and the one with the time lag on the screens behind them. And the candy war one. :P OH and Misha's CV. Pffahaha. :D
YEY GAG REELS. I think the only gag reel that is better than SPNs is Firefly's. BEST. :D
(I am so confused)
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Yeah, they keep talking about different rules for hockey to try to minimize the concussions... it's hard when an essential part of the game is the tackling, and you're moving at ridiculously fast speeds on hard ice surrounded by plexi-glass, while holding wooden sticks. :P
On the one hand, they used to play the game without helmets or padding - so it should be safer these days. But on the other hand, I think there's a false sense of safety with the helmets and the padding, and players/coaches don't really realize that they can only protect you from so much.
I hear Lacrosse can be pretty brutal too. Fun fact: Lacrosse is actually Canada's official national sport... we just all seem to like hockey better.
Nah, you don't really need to watch 7x22. Anything that happens in 7x22 is readdressed in 8x01 anyway (or neatly summed up in the intro).
True, Firefly's gag reel was pretty awesome! :)
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I follow you on tumblr so you can see that I reblog pretty pictures of men as well! :) And I don't think that I've ever reblogged a manip without knowing it's one, but anything's possible. I track a lot of tags, and yeah, you can tell if the person is a teenager/stuck-on-being-a-teenager from the amount of teenage angst that they spill between the lines of their rants LOL
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I don't think you've ever reblogged a manip. When I say they're reblogging manips, I mean that they're VERY obvious manips. Basically, if you have to ask yourself "Is this real?!" then it's most likely not real. And on the one hand, it drives me nuts that they think they're real, and on the other hand, I don't want to reblog them myself to say "not real" nor do I want to individually find their ask box just to send them a message saying it's not real.... so instead I just sigh and scroll by.
But yeah, teenage angst is a dead giveaway... talking about how frustrating their parents are, or how they have to do their homework... and I'm just like "Uh, I gotta do my taxes and my parents both live over 2000km away...so yeah, I can't really relate." :P