The highlights so far after season 1:
'Why is he scared when someone mentions butterflies?' (I ... honestly can't answer that. Yeah, their wings can cut stuff - or people - but still, it seems so excessive.)
'Idiot woman, have some self respect.' (About Xuan Ji. Not how I would have put it, but I share the sentiment.)
'I want a little ribbon like that.' (About Ruoye, obviously. I tried to explain to her that she might reconsider eventually. She has since produced a white silk band from God-knows-where in her house and keeps fondling when we watch.) 'Aw, come on, how bad can it be?' (Worse. I offered to lend her the books after season 2.)
'I like that snake. I want one.' (She's a biologist.) 'Okay, maybe not that many.' (The scene where they pour down into the sinners' pit.)
'Are we going to see those two women again? They seem fun.' (Wind Master and Earth Master in Banyue arc. I told her yes. I managed not to look like I want to cry.)
'Isn't it a little early to be giving him a ring? Waiiiiit. ARE THOSE HIS ASHES?' (We had a death in the family recently and burning your ashes into a diamond was a VERY present topic of conversation over the past couple of weeks, but I feel so stupid now because I only got that one when HC says if the place where they're kept is destroyed he doesn't care anyway.)
Edit: I'm forty, she's seventy. I swear she knows more anime than me and this is the kind of story she totally digs.
Avenge the Living, Heal the Dead
A ghost is being harassed and a mortal is taken. A god and his ghost king follow the trail.
Someone sneaks into the temple Shi Qingxuan and his beggars use as a shelter, acting like a sneak-thief. Of course, he won’t have that. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian on the other hand just want to spend the morning in bed. Possibly the whole day. An unannounced visitor spoils that plan.
How to cross a burnt bridge.
We successfully rescued a tiefling child from harpies ...
... recruited the Blade of Frontiers ...
... and got abducted by a devil.
We also freed Sazza successfully,
... adopted a dog ...
... and found Karlach!
Then, wisely, we went after those paladins she's after. Those are level 5. I'm level 3. BUT ... it worked out. Maybe using a guide would spare me my nerves.
We also got very poisoned in the cellar afterwards (tends to happen when the person who can disarm traps is staying home), but we've grabbed all we could carry and ... that will have to do for today.
Okay. I need someone to make an amv or some such for Nieyao with Control the Storm by Delain. I swear, if anyone tried to actively write a Nieyao song, they couldn't get it better.
So. Volunteers?
Both. I'm gonna do both when I finally write my 3zun fic.
Sometimes you have to write a piece that tears apart Jin Guangyao at the seems to see what he’s really made of. For better Nieyao
... And sometimes the answers are the people we left behind.
One more day! Let's keep our lead. Viktor and Yuuri deserve better than to just fizzle out because some people dislike one of their names.
The second round rages on! This match-up has me absolutely terrified that my number-one pick is going to be crushed by the titan that is Victuuri. But I can hold out hope, right? Right??? Cast your votes now!
All Round 2 Match-Ups
Rules and Full Bracket
The Russian one jumped out at me because I say it so much *ahem* and then I started looking at the rest, and oh boy.
When yelling on the scaffold, choose your words with extra care.
Hello! Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to five other writers 🥰
Haha, this is fun:
Air (and the sequels): Because a massive ton of research went into my first ever hard sci-fi fic. That thing had so many comments on the original platform, too, but it no longer exists, which makes me a bit sad. (Star Trek, K/S)
Avenge the Living, Heal the Dead: Because I'm really, really proud of this one. There will be a sequel, too. (TGCF, Beefleaf and Hualian)
Counting Blurry Stars: Because it has what must be the most wholesome pair of greenflasgs in history. (Yuri!!! on Ice - it's marked incomplete, but I thought it was finished at the stage it's currently at, haha.)
Dye Their Flowers With My Blood: Because it's the fic my younger self would have loved: A redemption story for at least one of a group of villains. (Inuysha, but a Shichinintai fic.)
Tug-o-War: Because it took me ages and the thing fought back, but I love what it became. (Witcher x Chronicles of the Raven; several rare-pairs: Hirad/Ilkar, Thraun/Will [which I'll tell everyone who listens is canon], and Regis/Shani, which blindsided me a bit.)
You can find me on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Pre_Reform_VoiceMostly I stalk tags, post fan fiction updates, and comment randomly on the aforementioned tags.
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