How're things?
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hells_half_acreWas going to do a rewatch on the weekend, but ended up not... was going to do it tonight instead, but only got 5.5 hours sleep and so am too tired. Perhaps tomorrow!
Jensen & Family
Man, that pic Jensen posted of his family is the cutest! Awww...
Sherlock
So, Sherlock has started back up again - and for those who also watch it, and also follow me here, you might be like - Yo, where be your Quick Reactions? And to that, my answer is...
I haven't been in the mood to watch the show for some reason. I mean, even when publicity started rolling out, I wasn't curious enough to click on any links or anything. And I can't precisely say why, just that... well, no one believes me that I lose interest in things, because of how entrenched I am in continuing to watch Supernatural regardless of plotlines... but yeah, this is me losing interest, I guess.
I might watch it eventually... maybe when it comes out on Netflix and I don't have to pirate it? We'll see. I've enjoyed the few gifs on Tumblr that I've seen.
That being said, I also hear tell that the fandom is imploding in on itself, so maybe it's just as well that my attention is elsewhere and refuses to get enthusiastic about the show.
Check Please!
Ngozi is going to be at Emerald City Comic-Con this year, so I am jazzed - since I will also be there. It's in only two months! Oh man...
What else what else....
Fics
Currently slow going on the next installment of the demented'verse. I had a fairly good routine of working on it at least once per week, but that got broken in early december and I haven't gotten back into the swing of it yet. Kinda sucks, because I wanted to start posting it in the fall - but I want to make sure I'm on track not to leave people hanging with a WIP too long, you know? So, yes. Pretty sure this is going to be the final installment of the 'verse - so, I also want to make it fairly good? I mean, I might not manage it - it might suck. It could be that the 'verse has been declining in quality with each installment since the first, and this will be like a final nail in the coffin rather than a spectacular grand finale fireworks show. Either way, I'll be wrapping things up.
Still want to do a Supernatural-set sequel to Men of Legend. But that'll have to wait until after I finish off the demented'verse.
Haven't decided on possible sequels, one-shots, for Unfortunate Brother or I Imagine the Gods... but time will tell, I suppose. I have vague notions... but then I also have vague notions about expanding The Time Traveler into a full-length proper fic, and it didn't even get that warm of a reception.
Rogue One
I hear Rogue One is good, but I really hate tragedies, so I haven't seen it. "Why are you watching Supernatural?!!??" Someone screams into the abyss. "I don't know!! It just happened!" the abyss screams back.
Jensen & Family
Man, that pic Jensen posted of his family is the cutest! Awww...
Sherlock
So, Sherlock has started back up again - and for those who also watch it, and also follow me here, you might be like - Yo, where be your Quick Reactions? And to that, my answer is...
I haven't been in the mood to watch the show for some reason. I mean, even when publicity started rolling out, I wasn't curious enough to click on any links or anything. And I can't precisely say why, just that... well, no one believes me that I lose interest in things, because of how entrenched I am in continuing to watch Supernatural regardless of plotlines... but yeah, this is me losing interest, I guess.
I might watch it eventually... maybe when it comes out on Netflix and I don't have to pirate it? We'll see. I've enjoyed the few gifs on Tumblr that I've seen.
That being said, I also hear tell that the fandom is imploding in on itself, so maybe it's just as well that my attention is elsewhere and refuses to get enthusiastic about the show.
Check Please!
Ngozi is going to be at Emerald City Comic-Con this year, so I am jazzed - since I will also be there. It's in only two months! Oh man...
What else what else....
Fics
Currently slow going on the next installment of the demented'verse. I had a fairly good routine of working on it at least once per week, but that got broken in early december and I haven't gotten back into the swing of it yet. Kinda sucks, because I wanted to start posting it in the fall - but I want to make sure I'm on track not to leave people hanging with a WIP too long, you know? So, yes. Pretty sure this is going to be the final installment of the 'verse - so, I also want to make it fairly good? I mean, I might not manage it - it might suck. It could be that the 'verse has been declining in quality with each installment since the first, and this will be like a final nail in the coffin rather than a spectacular grand finale fireworks show. Either way, I'll be wrapping things up.
Still want to do a Supernatural-set sequel to Men of Legend. But that'll have to wait until after I finish off the demented'verse.
Haven't decided on possible sequels, one-shots, for Unfortunate Brother or I Imagine the Gods... but time will tell, I suppose. I have vague notions... but then I also have vague notions about expanding The Time Traveler into a full-length proper fic, and it didn't even get that warm of a reception.
Rogue One
I hear Rogue One is good, but I really hate tragedies, so I haven't seen it. "Why are you watching Supernatural?!!??" Someone screams into the abyss. "I don't know!! It just happened!" the abyss screams back.
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Date: 2017-01-12 06:34 am (UTC)You know, I have felt kind of the same way about Sherlock! I'm a season behind as well. I think I *could* get back into it, I just haven't really had the motivation, which is weird because in seasons 1 and 2 I couldn't wait to watch. What happened to make the fandom implode? That's always a bummer. Hopefully people will be kind.
I am so glad that you've stuck with Supernatural, in spite of the plot lines and the inevitable tragedy. :) I'm sticking with it too, season 13 and beyond.
I thought the character development in Rogue One was a little spotty and uneven, but the tragedy of it is very redemptive (as others have said upthread), and I did enjoy that a lot more than I thought I would. I support your avoidance of tragedies on principle, though. The older I get, the more I think, I don't really need to put myself through a cancer movie/war movie/anything where a child dies. Those are real and devastating experiences that I feel empathy for in reality...but I don't get any catharsis or emotional payoff out of watching them unfold in fiction.
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Date: 2017-01-13 02:14 am (UTC)Yeah, I loved the previous seasons of Sherlock. But *shrug*, I mean, it doesn't help that AGAIN, I know enough about Sherlock canon to know that S4 contains a death... so, maybe I'm avoiding it for that reason? If I am, it's subconscious. I'm sure I'll watch it eventually though, I really like watching Martin Freeman act. (That being said, as much as I like Martin Freeman, I couldn't bring myself to watch the last Hobbit movie either... again, tragedy).
I figure I've come this far with SPN, might as well see it through to the end. ;)
The older I get, the more I think, I don't really need to put myself through a cancer movie/war movie/anything where a child dies. Those are real and devastating experiences that I feel empathy for in reality...but I don't get any catharsis or emotional payoff out of watching them unfold in fiction.
Yes, I've been thinking about this a lot recently. Because when I was a teen, I DID read and watch a fair number of tragedies... I mean, my two favourite books from that era are tragedies or tragedy-esque, and they're still my favourite books... but would I pick them off the shelf today knowing their endings? I'm not sure I would.
And I think it comes down to what you say... when we're young, if we're lucky, we don't have any experience with real-life pain and tragedy, so reading about it and exploring the feelings it conjures in fiction is fascinating and enthralling for us... as we get older, and our world expands, and (hopefully) our empathy expands too... we don't need to reach into fiction to find tragedy, and more than that, the tragedies we read about are WORSE than fiction, because they are real. Whether they happen in our immediate families, our communities, our countries, or halfway around the world, we're exposed almost against our will to countless tragedies... to the point where when we want to lose ourselves in a fictional world, it's the lure of what we CAN'T get in our lives that entices us...adventure, wit, romance, hope, uplifting things... those are the sorts of things I gravitate towards.
Will dystopian fiction be as popular now that we're living in one? I doubt it. But I could be wrong.
Anyway, yeah, thoughts and junk.