novembermond

intro

Hello to all subscribers old and new and welcome to my dreamwidth journal. Under the cut you will find info about my fannish journey, my main current fandoms, comment policy, dw subscription policy and my note on transformative works.

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communities that might be of interest to you:

little_details for asking and answering research questions for writing.

wingficex sign ups open until the 30th

traumaexchange sign ups start today

incestbingo is also currently running, with sign ups for cards until october

you can also currently sign up for cards for round 4 of comment bingo! I'm very much planning on signing up. They also have a big list of dw communities where ou can find fics to read (or post)!

And lastly, an out of dw link. As there have been some... things going on with ao3 lately, I wondered if it was worth it to mirror my fics on https://squidgeworld.org/ ? What do you guys think? Do you have an account there?

a while ago I used to do weekly link posts... that didn't keep up XD
well but here is one, both for new users and those that came back and for those that never left, maybe you'll see something of interest to you!

finding people and stuff on dw

reddit_refugees infos about how to get around dw for reddit users

friending meme by scarlet1989

a huge list of communities and resources in a post by senmut

fandomsecrets a classic for juicy fandom gossip

fic recs

isabellerecs a huge number of fic recs for various fandoms!

recthething a community with weekly rec posts where you can post your own in the comments.

currently active challenges

seasonofkink celebrates the tenth (and apparently last?) year

allbingo for literally all your bingos!

juletide like yuletide, but in July! sign ups until Jul 5th

sunshine_challenge rather abstract fandom challenge

I am behind and doing things out of order, but I did manage to update my intro post, so that totally counts, yay! https://novembermond.dreamwidth.org/486413.html

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee! fav ep so far. this is just a squee post, but I'll put up a cut for spoilers anyway.

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and by watched I mean disney+ or netflix, mainly, not youtube, haha.

Shadow and Bone: I do not know the source material but I loved this series. I had a lot of fun watching the criminals mostly. But my favorite part is the set design. I love all the buildings. I've never felt so much like a fantasy story was happening right in my backyard.

WandaVision: This was something completely different and I really loved that. Of course I also love old sitcoms, so this was it for me. And Kathryn Hahn is godly.

Falcon and the Winter Soldier: ah, well. After seeing WandaVision this was kind of a slog to get through tbh. It had no real structure I feel like it was meandering about. The politics were so clunky I found it hard to watch. Tbh I feel like the script was a good first draft but someone should have looked that over again before filming it? On the plus side there same some nice fan service - I am the sort of person t read the hell out of "Bucky has to pretend to be the Winter Soldier again and obey any order given by bad guy #43 (in this case, Zemo)." Fic recs are welcome ;)

Loki: while there's obvs only 1 ep out so far so it's not yet fair to compare to the other series I already saw fully, but I really liked what we saw so far. While the plot is different it takes clear inspiration from the Agent Loki era in the comics which I always thought was written with Hiddleston in mind anyway. Since Hiddleston is also a producer and he is protective of the character I do hope the clusterfuck doesn't get too bad. I plan to give the Loki series it's own post later on as I want to keep this etry spoiler free. I was sceptical about the casting of Owen Wilson but he was great.

As I was already on Disney+ I started watching Duck Tales! I grew up with the old series, it was probably the thing I watched the absolute most of as a kid. I love that they kept the title song! I'm not through yet but I love it so far it's a great update.

I started and dropped after one episode both Twelve Monkeys and Swamp Thing. I kept commenting about the lack of proper mask wearing and annoyed myself (both series start out with a virus premise and both were shot pre-pandemic).

Riverdale: I am now caught up with all eps again and all I can say is shine on you crazy diamond. I don't knowhow they keep getting wackier, but it's amazing. Although it had exactly one realistical plot in this season: when they graduate and promise to keep seeing each other and then just... don't.

American Gods: production troubles personified. I don't know if there will be a S4? They finally got through most of the plot of the original book. Otoh it lacks the final chapter, so if they end it now, it ends badly. But there is not enough plot left for another season (unless they pull a season 2 again which sucked ass).

I probably also watched a ton of movies that I can't remember right now? I finally got around to seeing the Vvitch which I loved! I also saw the Old Guard which should have been a mini series instead of a single movie imo.

What did you see lately? Any fic recs for Falcon&Winter Soldier or Loki?

Hi everybody! I have been on a big Witcher fanfic spree the last couple of weeks and now you get to profit from that by way of recs. Main pairing will usually be Geralt/Jaskier, but there may be some others as well.

As ususal I prefer to slap the ao3 headers down there because personally I want to see the tags etc when reading recs. Sorry if that's not your cup o tea. Anyway that makes for a longish post so it's behind a cut. My notes a re marked with ///

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Challenge #15

In your own space, Talk about Your Snowflake Experience. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I did it! I participated in every single challenge this year!!! I've done Snowflake before but I never did all of the challenges. I'm really proud of myself. Of course, being stuck at home might have something to do with it...

Some challenges were easy, others pushed me out of my comfort zone but none were impossible. I'm really glad I at least tried my hand at every single one. It gave me something to do and something to think about and concentrate on, which I guess I needed this season. It also got me to create a little bit and I haven't done that at all in 2020. So that's good. The one thing I should have been better at was commenting on other people's posts. I'll try to do that more.

I want to thank everybody who commented because you made my day(s).

Challenge #13

In your own space, tell us about 3 fandom resources you use or enjoy. (One or two is fine, especially if you're in a smaller fandom!) Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Alright so today I want to talk about a different fandom: the sims!

I'm waiting for Sims4 Paranormal Stuff (with BONEHILDA) being released. it's supposed to come out today but it's not out yet. :( Hence me writing about Sims today.

I have been playing the sims on and off since 2004. But playing it is only half the fun. the other half is seeing what other do with the game, challenges, mods etc. So here are some resources (sadly many of the links I collected over the years are defunct):

graphic rules maker this helps getting sims2 to run properly on newer computers.

stop purple soup a google doc trouble shooting if your sims2 game flashes purple

garden of shadows an old school forum where I used to get most of my cc from. still active.

mod the sims probably the source on anything sims related. still active.

sims2defaults as the name implies, lots of default for sims2. defaults is now my favorite way of customizing.

and now, some youtube content:

plumbella is a great resource for anyhting sims. she not only has reviews for everything that comes out (other yt'ers do that also) she has videos on every single sims release ever from sims 1 to 4 and medieval and the console games. she is also a self proclaimed ho for lore and does a "the entire history of" series.



lilsimsie is amazing for house builds. but has also stuff like that:


this is the first time I see a sims4 video catching the chaotic energy of sims2.

juno birch is not only the loveliest alien drag queen on earth, she also captures the experience of sims2 so well.

Challenge #12

In your own space, resurrect an old meme. Have fun with it! Which is the goofiest meme you can think of? Put on your party hat and be silly!! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


oh, boy.
this dw also includes my old lj so theres a few years to sfit through and I noticed that I have entries tagged "meme" in 2019 and then the next oldest from 2013.

So here's one from like 2009, redone as the site still exists:

Challenge #9

In your own space, brag about yourself. Tell us what things you've done that you're proud of; the things that make you the wonderful person you are. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


Oh, boy. This is hard. Uhm. tbh I'm most proud of being a functional adult at this point. Like, adult life is hard! But fandomwise... I think I may hve written a funny thing or two. Let's see what ao3 has to offer:
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Ah, I got behind again!!!

Challenge #7

In your own space, create your own challenge. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

So, now I know what my challenge must be: participate in every single challenge of Snowflake this month! Snowflake challenge is a low stakes, very chill thing, you do not have to do every entry and you have as much time as you want. This always results in me dropping off at some point. So this time I will try my best to do every single one, no matter how hard they seem.

I'm a bit behind, so right up to the next challenge:

Challenge #6

In your own space, rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


In honor of the previous challenge, these will be Good Omens Aziraphale/Crowley recs!
my notes are marked like ///this///.
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Challenge #4

In your own space, create some goals. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Alright! *cracks knuckles*

So, one goal should be to participate in crackthewip and this means actually finishing a fic I have started. to tackle this, I feel like I should also make a plan of which scenes I want to add to consider it complete and what other events that happen in the story should be just mentioned and not shown. If anyone else has WIPs lying about I recommend checking the comm out. :)

The other goal is to finally admit that sitting on dining chairs is not good for my posture or my butt and get a good gaming chair that does not break the bank.

And honestly I think that's enough goals for an uncertain year.

Apparently I did exactly the first challenge of 2020 sunshine challenge before completely dropping everything. Great! /s
But it does mean my journal is still mostly up to date on the fandom info, so I might as well try again with snowflake challenge.



Challenge #1

In your own space, introduce yourself! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


Hi everybody, it's me, incorrigible Thor/Loki fan! I really really hoping the new Loki series will be good and there will be juicy fanfic to come of it. I loved the Agent Loki comics, so there's hope.

You can find most of my info in my intro post. I mostly do very random fic rec posts for whatever floats my boat at the time. You can check out my last rec post here.

Recently I have also posted some recipes but that was mostly for myself so I can remember my experiments. Maybe I should create a filter for that...