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FINISHED A FIC

Naturally as it's me I took the easy route into a new fandom and wrote sickfic, my default factory setting

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1800 words into writing something and I just staggered outside into the sunlight thinking WHY DO I FEEL LIKE I’M ON DRUGS and then realized IT’S THE WRITING MOJO THIS IS IT, IT CAME BACK after two long years and I am going to cry

I don’t say I’m writing anything GOOD but god how I have missed walking around town with a big stupid grin on from the dizziness of MAKING UP DUMB SHIT IN MY WEIRD HEAD again

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*i.e. Why they're your favourite character, what you'd want from them if they were real, etc.

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Matthew goode has always been hot but with a beard he's way hotter

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Breathe. Control your breathing. Slow.

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DEPT. Q SEASON 1 EPISODE 2

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akram salim is maybe the character of all time. well-dressed, polite and unassuming man capable of terrible violence. literally looks like a cinnamon roll but could kill you. was "sort of" a cop in syria and no, he won't be expanding on that. widowed single dad to daughters he loves but doesn't understand. casual brutality is easy for him but he never loses control. WILL stop to pet the nose of a dog statue because it's good luck. sarcastic as fuck but never even cracks a smile. has a knife and knows how to use it. has absolute zero ego and goes out of his way to reassure the cop who previously investigated their cold case that he did a great job and it wasn't his fault the case wasn't solved earlier. helps his egotistical asshole boss calm down from a panic attack and then uses said boss's vulnerable position to enforce a boundary in a way that is both polite and threatening. and he bakes :)

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I --

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"SecUnit would write fanfic"

"It would only beta read and leave comments"

SecUnit would install itself as a moderator of the Sanctuary Moon fandom wiki page. SecUnit would, for the simple transgression of being annoying - delete your account, IP ban, find your personal email address and send you a citation-laden 5 page explanation about how you're wrong titled "Banned for life (idiot)"

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I’m finished with P.G. Wodehouse and I’m ready for R Rated Wodehouse now

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so true bestie

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I was quite excited when we tried that version, when we trimmed all the fat of the dialogue down to the bare bones of that. David is such a phenomenal actor that it all lands in his face. You can see that in David's eyes, the implication, that Gurathin understands exactly what that means. It was a beautiful and horrible scene to shoot. It was also the last scene we shot together. They were kind enough to put that at the very, very end. Sometimes, you shoot things out of order, and sometimes you shoot things within episodes out of order, but the fact that we have that as our big goodbye scene, so when I look at Mensah and all the others sleeping, it's the last time I look at them on camera. We had a fun wrap party, but it was a goodbye on camera, as well.

To have that scene with David and to say, “I need to check the perimeter,” just felt very emotional because we all became very close over the course of those six months of shooting the season. Obviously, when you do a show, you don't know if you're going to get picked up for a second season, so you don't know if you're going to have an opportunity to come back and do it all again, or if this really is goodbye. So, it was a very emotionally charged moment. Murderbot obviously doesn't cry, but I was really struggling. Often, as an actor, you try to get those tears, but this is very much the opposite, where I was desperately trying to keep them in. I blew a couple of takes because I started crying — because it really got to me, that moment with David. It really moved me.

I watched the season, and then I immediately picked up All Systems Red, so now I've actually read a little bit ahead in the books. It honestly just makes me even more excited about the potential that the show has to adapt Murderbot’s continuing journey.

SKARSGÅRD: When we were shooting, I tried to focus on the first novella, All Systems Red, to not get confused, but since we’ve finished it, I've also caught up a little bit. The storyline with ART and all that, it's just a lot of great, great stuff coming up. So, hopefully we'll get a chance to explore some more adventures.

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iriiiiiiissssss do you think it still thinks about me

iris after this mission i’m going to go find it I’m pretty sure i know where it was eventually heading

wait. iris. i can’t go find it without a REASON it’ll think i care enough to seek it out just bc i like it and it won’t want to have emotions about that

iris do you wanna test this body armor. no i know it looks like a hoodie and cargo pants but it’s actually blade resistant. no it’s not for secunit it could be useful for the Whole Crew i dont just think about secunit all the time iris. i’m a very advanced machine intelligence i dont get distracted like that.

iris you should watch this show it’s called worldhoppers and-

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(wakes up after a million year nap) DID YOU KNOW BRAD IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN RAY