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breitweisergallery · 8 months

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So you said you were working on a few wips...talk to me. Tell me everything

okay okay okay okay so (pulls up the last time i referenced any of my wips to remember what i even posted about)

Original WIPs:

Since I just started working on it tonight. I'm taking a playwriting class this semester so I started working on what will be my end-of-the-semester project (the semester starts tuesday) because I already know what my project is going to be. It doesn't have a title yet, but it is going to return to my roots of leaving two actors on a stage basically going through emotional hell as their stories intertwine in the form of interrogations (gotta love a barebones interrogation room scene on a barely lit stage).

"#WhatHappenedToTennysonBeatty" is (hopefully) going to be the project I focus on moving forwards with my fiction courses. It's written in script form, as a podcast breaks open and exposes the mystery of a disappearance from ten years previously.

I have a new adult fantasy book I've been working on for a minute too, and I just had a breakthrough literally tonight about it, so I'll probably be working on that on/off as well. The book is split between three major POVS: Felicity 'Fix' Brion (married to a diplomat and maternal figure to her orphaned nephews, in her husband's country following an assassination of her sister-in-law), Roel Devani (former prince, former spymaster, turned war criminal), and Cealin Ecgwine (essentially a priest in the church, escorting what may possibly be an actual god reborn away from his death).

I ALSO have a near-future dystopian book I've been working on in a very on-and-off way that deals with some pretty heavy topics I don't want to super get into. But its got some queers and some magic realism, so that's fun.

TDJ WIPs:

"What if Yohan simply didn't?" I've mentioned it in passing, I think, but it's an AU in which Yohan's plans are waylaid by chronic pain and trauma. Soohyun's meddling ends up with Gaon going to visit the house in which Yohan and Elijah are bottled up, and though initially the Kangs are both cold to him, it takes very little for them to warm up to Gaon.

"????" is an Elijah-centric 5+1 of emotions as she experiences them over the course of the show. I know the emotions are 'anger, bitterness, reluctance, hesitation, hope + happiness' but I've written exactly one sentence of it.

"Another ?????" is an exploration of Yohan's trust in Gaon through the eyes of the people around them: K, Jinjoo, Elijah, Jungho, Soohyun, etc.

SFH WIPs:

I can't talk about the SFH WIP for legal reasons (again, I'm a mod of the zine, I know what the topic/theme is gonna be months in advance lmfao)

Critical Role WIPs:

Nicknamed "Tilly" with the working title "regret informs only the living," it jumps between ~C1 and C3, in a world where Percy and Laudna had met as children and did know one another. It jumps between their childhoods, immediately after reclaiming Whitestone, and when Bells Hells bring Laudna to Whitestone to revive her.

Originally nicknamed "Life 5," now its own fic titled "obsessively, incessantly, to a point of suffocation", it's an alternate history in which the Empire made a severe push into Xhorhas as the perfect moment. Asarius falls, and Dens Olios, Thelyss, and Tasithar are captured. The citizens of Asarius are split between four internment camps. Switching POVs between scourger Bren and survivor Essek, it's an alignment flip.

"friends on the other side," also called "Kingsley is Confused™," is immediately post C2, following Kingsley as he tries to piece together some semblance of identity and life, while Mollymauk and Lucien simply do not shut up in his head. It's enough to drive anyone mad, really. But maybe, just maybe, King is smart enough to figure out how to get them out of head and into bodies of their own.

"kindness is a dish best served" is an alternate C2 ending, in which it is Lucien pre-Nonagon who wakes up when the Wildmother brings him back. He lies through his teeth, claiming he doesn't know any of them. Only Caleb (visibly) sees through the lies.

Currently nicknamed "Vesper de Rolo's Very Bad, Not Good Day," it's a retelling of C3, in which Vesper de Rolo is a member of Bells Hells.

Currently only nicknamed "the consecution fic," the only thing I've written is this: 'thirty years after Essek Thelyss of No Den is executed for treason, Lirik Thelyss of Den Thelyss begins to go through anamnesis and realizes he can tell nobody who he truly is.'

And that's not including two 5+1s I'm sitting on for more Thelyss family dynamics because there's something so fun about locking Essek, Verin, and Deirta in a room together and poking them to see what happens.

And, now, lastly. The one I can't forget. "The Fickle Nature of Time's Children," suffering under the weight of my 22k word outline. It's a Caleb/Essek time travel fic with a twist, dealing heavily with themes of depression, a lack of fulfillment and unhappiness, with a massive redemption arc for the Tombtakers because they deserve it.

*exhales* okay that's it. Mostly. I have a couple of other original pieces of writing I didn't touch on because I haven't been working on them as much.

#took writes #took writes a LOT #fic stuffs #original writing #took answers #moot tag #sass tag #i will talk ENDLESSLY about all of this

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gillianthecat · 2 years

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The Devil Judge: Episode 9

I just finished The Devil Judge and something about this show compelled me to take copious notes - it had emotional intensity and layers of mystery. These are long and rambling, so they're likely not of interest to anyone else, but since I spent all that time writing it I decided, why not post it. Perhaps someone will find it interesting.

Below are my moment-to-moment reactions, predictions and analysis as I watched episode 9.

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I wrote about my initial impressions, up to episode 5, here and here.

This is cleaned up only slightly. I followed the spelling given in the Viki subtitles. I mostly don't explain what I'm reacting to, so this will probably only make sense if you've seen the episode recently. Occasionally I give timestamps.

a surprising amount of their relationship takes place on empty roads. in or out of the car

ok, but the way Y trsts G to protect E.

Is Y revealing too much here? (he likes that straight armed choke move) or is he just so angry he's not thinking strategically

Ga-On literally caught between the violence of the law and violence of vigilantism

Is every time Yo-Han and Ga-On start to get closer/trust each other going to be derailed by a (perceived or real) threat to Elijah? Both times involved Su-Hyeon.

they keep showing this characters in corridor intersections

In the outside world, Yo-Han is seducing Ga-On to the world of power. Inside their house, Ga-On is seducing Yo-Han to humanity/human connection

"because she's starved for affection" thank you for saying it (~minute 16)

Seon-Ah celebrating alone. Right after that (G and Y's) conversation about needing human connection. It feels like she's never not performing, even when alone. Maybe the intention is that this is her true self. but it doesn't feel like that to me, it feels like we're supposed to see it as a mask. Yes, she's happy about her victory. But who is she seducing? I'm not talking about her clothes, I'm talking about all her mannerisms.

oh, I think I was right. She was lonely. and performing victory for herself. and now she calls the closest thing she has to a friend, her employee. her expression looks more genuine here. a little sad, a little hopeful, a little defended. I think i ship these 2.

ok, all that subtext i thought maybe i was imagining was made text. (go me? go showmakers?)

Who's behind the Bamboo Spear?

Seon-Ah makes another move

Does Seon-Ah have Yo-Han's car but in red?

the first time (?) we've seen her in red. or in anything but black and white. first was silver last night

somehow his sexualized violence against her doesn't bother me?

her earrings are making me crave stroopwafels

(24:15) "young master. can't you be a little kind to me?" with that face. hmm

Yo-Han has a slightly different hair style. a little more like Ga-On's. and in his slutty unbuttoned shirt with the dressing gown now. red slippers

he's honest when i'm not expecting it. always honest with Ga-On? or mostly at least?

Ga-On = Isaac again

the cross pendent story

(26:57) ji sung's acting here! Yo-Han's grief and then the way he pulls his defenses up!

Are they intentionally referencing Trump with prez heo? (I know that’s a very US centric view. There are a lot of politicians like this world wide.)

flashback of how Heo became prez

ooh this photoshoot is fun. hilarious that the idol is so bad at it

instant coffee product placement? i can't see another reason for the focus on it

Is she a terrible cook, lol? Do the Kangs have some kind of trauma memory associated with her food?

That's hilarious. all that drama and it turns out she's just a horrible cook.

omg the tenderness of them all.

omg so domestic! the governess romance of it all! But I'm confused, is this the same night? How are they not hurting the housekeeper? she's there eating with them, which, i'm glad she's included as family. But how did Ga-On spin it?

This is absolutely framed as a romance. his smile in the car? cancelling his appointment to go home? this slo mo family dinner with Yo-Han's evaluating looks, and Ga-On's pleased smiles? is there any other way to interpret it?

Has Yo-Han decided to take action on the scammer case out of affection for Ga-On? or is this a strategic decision somehow?

I knew Minister Cha's secretary would turn out to be significant. he was in too many shots.

oh the cute baby conspirator. Ga-On has no idea how to do this

ok but this seems very stupid at this point. won't they be giving themselves away to Minister Cha? this seems like a very early point to be burning this bridge

These enormous gold bars are hilarious. are they even supposed to be real (in the story)

brilliant. hilarious and plausibly effective interrogation technique. love the teamwork from G and Y (and M.A.) Although I guess G wasn't in on it

and then it's a poignant moment on the meaning of loss...

50:45 so green. Is this the first green we've seen? the only other i can think of were the plants on g's roof, but that was not like this. I feel like this is intentional and significant, but i don't yet know what the significance is

this scene! Do Yeon-Jeong happy with his family, seeming mild and reformed, but probably all G can see is his parent's death, his parents not there to tease him and make a meal. and the subtle tenderness with which Y looks at him as he looks at this family (Ji Sung!)

G returns to Su-Hyeon whenever he needs to ground himself. (is it all specifically around the scammer stuff?) she hurts herself grabbing the knife, while Y sharpens the knife and points it towards the enemy (and he defines the enemy)

wow just need to take a break intense wow.

oh fuck the forced choice oh fuck

this scene. G: both corruption and redemption at once? the memory of the first knife.

Is this the lesson?: Yo-Han is always right (?)

he looks fucking hot here yet again

the [redacted] in me is like PUT OUT THE FUCKING FIRE! if they’re on a vineyard than that area is susceptible to wildfires. please please put it out.

I too wanted to believe in the scammer's redemption. but that is not the story being told. I wonder if anyone will be redeemed?

I think maybe green symbolizes family - G's lost family. We do also see it on the gothic mansion's lawn. when G is frolicking with e and the cat, and the flashbacks of Seon-Ah jumping and Isaac and Y on the swing with the cross pendent promise

the little gift boxes!

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#the devil judge episode 9 #kind of like liveblogging #the devil judge reaction #the devil judge #the devil judge spoilers #reaction by gillianthecat

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