#step one: make a list

[airgiodslv]

Fandom Fridays are here! Last summer I kept a running project list for accountability and progress tracking during June & July, so let's see where we're at this year!

High priority/In-progress

hiding in the sentences that I'm afraid to read - 3/10 branches edited GDLBO - 5 chapters ready to soundscape, many to edit The Diamond Ring Effect - 4/6 chapters written & edited Casefic exchange - drafted, in beta FTH omegaverse bird of paradise - 26 scenes written

Summer sign-ups

JeFFFFFFFFest 2025 (sign up this week until June 5!) Summer Podfic Swap (sign up until June 15th!) Pod-Together Sentient Hive - brainstorming, scene list Pod-Together JeFFFFFFFFest server - brainstorming

Not started yet

hiding in the sentences secret endings FTH Valdemar fic FTH Podfic Playlist

Low priority/rainy day wish list

something witchy this way comes podfic deep in this sleeplessness podfic Casefic exchange podfic treat

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"Somebody's burying something there at the end of the train tracks. Maybe that's what's poisoning the land."

Leverage Redemption S01E14 The Great Train Job.

[incomingalbatross]

I'm trying out another kindle unlimited author, recommended by a friend from school, and currently I am halfway through the first book of a trilogy trying to process "why don't I care about this protagonist" into something actually halfway analytical.

I think there's SOMETHING there about the difference between a powerless character (fine and cool) vs a passive one (hard for me to get invested). Even or especially if the character has the power to DO very little, I think creators need to show them caring about things! Making judgments! Having internal lines drawn or goals their limited choices are driven by!

But this MAY just be my definite personal bias toward liking characters who enter the scene with strong moral convictions.

[touchlikethesun]

how i think different hq couples get engaged

kageyama and hinata are dating and living together for over a decade before they get engaged. there's just always something more pressing going on - usually their pro-volleyball careers - and they're both just so content with how their relationship is, marriage just seems kind of like an unnecessary hassle and a logistical nightmare that neither of them want to deal with. once they reach their 30s though, and they've both settled a bit more into their careers, i can see one of them casually proposing one day - they don't even have rings - because at this point, they both know they are going to spend the rest of their lives together, why not make mrs. hinata happy and make it official. plus, a wedding is an excuse to get together with all their friends again. when they buy their rings, they buy chains at the same time so they can still wear their rings on the court.

tsukishima and yamaguchi get engaged a lot earlier than kghn, i think they get engaged a year after they both graduate from undergrad. tsukki bought yams' engagement ring in their second year at uni after saving up basically since they got together in high school, but he waited to propose until after they lived and worked "in the real world," just in case yamaguchi found someone better or if their relationship changed when they didn't have school as an excuse to see each other all the time (kei eventually admits this to tadashi years down the line and tadashi scolds him - the efficacy being undercut by the kisses he gives kei at the same time - for ever thinking their relationship was so fragile). obviously yamaguchi was over the moon when tsukki proposed, and takes to calling him "his fiance" at every chance he gets. they wait to actually have a wedding until after tsukki has finished his masters, and they've both started working, so that they can actually enjoy the event with as little stress as possible

iwaizumi and oikawa get engaged around their mid-20s as well. i think oikawa is the kind of person that has had their whole life planned out in a scrapbook since they were 10, and he knows exactly when and how he planned to propose to iwa, so when iwaizumi beat him to the punch - an evening complete with a romantic dinner in a jazz cafe that iwa scouted for the occasion, roses, and a walk to the playground where they first met where upon iwa finally got down on one knee - tooru was so shocked and generally overcome with emotion that he burst into tears and forgot to say yes until hours later, when iwaizumi asked him again after many kisses and sweet words. ofc, after the shock has worn off, Oikawa Tooru's Dream Wedding Plans are back on, and iwa lets him take over planning the most elaborate and expensive wedding japan has ever seen

(for my bkak headcanon see this post i made a few days ago lol)

xx

[ninashiki]

i feel like almost everything in utena has sort of already been extensively discussed in the last two (almost three) decades of utena's existence (not that there aren't new interpretations to be made, there always are) besides black rose arc (mikage+mamiya+tokiko). which is why they're so much fun to think about. i think the need to read between the lines makes it unfortunately easy to misunderstand or look past obvious stuff if you don't pay attention, but to me it's always been really obvious that mikage's arc is a literal representation of the erasure of queerness in ohtori (society?) by akio/everything he represents. and that's so fucking tragic! nemuro was never able to find a name for his desires. he lived and died as a puppet in the shadows.

[saixria]

Forget Polites haunting the narrative those last 90 seconds of ICHBW are haunting the narrative. Relistening to epic songs with ICHBW in mind gives so many songs a completely new context I swear

[sciderman]

Oh no Sci! Are you okay?

i have a thingy in my peepee hole (and not in the fun way)

i've been through a lot this year.

[airgiodslv]

Fandom Fridays update!

Progress:

The Diamond Ring Effect (posted! now with podfic by @shubaka!!) JeFFFFFFFFest (concept outline, recruiting artists) Sentient Hive (3 scenes drafted, 3 in outline)

Accidentally tripped and started new projects instead of finishing existing ones:

(1) new message co-written with @minnarr (Jeffcest, posted) KAY: Hello. This is Kay, avatar of Ride. I need to talk to you about something Avatar-related. Nothing urgent. Message me back with whatever contact feels appropriate if you're willing to talk.

One and a Half Avatars Walk Into a Tea Kiosk co-written with @minnarr (Jeffcest, posted) Kay brings Hide to meet Lovedie. They both have so many questions.

your soul, my sin co-written with @bluestjayy (Jeffcest, posted) Lovedie rests his hands, palms pressed together, against his forehead. He has knelt here on behalf of the King of Darkness, reciting the formal words passed on by his god. He hasn’t knelt here on his own behalf. Not for a very long time.

secret gift project (Jeffcest, drafted)

Shh, don't look at me like that, I'm getting back to the WIP list soon.

I've created a massive mental block for myself where podfic and audio editing are concerned; I reorganized and bought new furniture, which means my old recording setup no longer exists. I'm going to try to overcome that today.

[essektheylyss]

Current struggle is that I've realized I'm genuinely, actively juggling at least seven complex projects/topics rn but there is media to watch and think about. Do you see my fucking dilemma.

[lime-bucket]

Notice how i never brought up eve in any of my complaints abt cain & abel?its not becuz i havent thought abt her,but since we all know how viv writes her female characters,theres not a universe in wich eve would have been handled properly in the narrative,like at least theres an open plot potential fr her sons😑the most nice possibility i could thing is it will be revealed she divorced adam long ago & got herself a new man/angel IF THEY MAKE EVE & LILITH A THING ISTFG IM GONNA-

Howvr i still have hope that eve in s2 gonna appear as an obstacle against lute & her plans once shell step in & take over adam high position,or she could offer aid to emily on contacting charlie in hell to help the sinners.& even if eve wont contribute to the plot they can just cut to her showing sir pentious around in heaven & helping him get use to his new life.

Nontheless im afraid she wont matter in any way in HH cuz ever since the story introduced lilith as the rebellious wife of adam i had this worry that eve will be the foil to her & have a submissive/meek role

[collar-shocked]

Controversial take: A dni list is a warning to your audience and mutuals, not your terms of service for being friends with you. it's not my responsibility to make sure I don't fit your dni list before following you. It's yours to skim my profile or ask me questions to make sure, if it's REALLY that big of a deal to you. And it CERTAINLY has nothing to do with me if you follow my dumbass. Most I'm doing is checking your bio/pinned for an age, the rest is up to you, broski.

[i-will-write]

I Need Motivation

Me Too

[stardustedknuckles]

Man I sure hope the third grade teacher I forced into early retirement used some of that extra time to learn what autism was.

[all-too-unwell-13]

'you're on your own, kid' was written for reyna

[mishy-mashy]

Kudo makes funny facial expressions

[airgiodslv]

Final Fannish Friday! I'm very much not ready for it to be over--there's so much more I want to do. Progress, however, continues to be made. The deadline for JeFFFFFFFFest approaches, so most of my energy has gone into that, with summer swap on the horizon. Everything that doesn't have a deadline soon has been ignored; I really need to be better about that.

love letter Howl (my parts set for now) GDLBO shl rpg (set for now) three of hearts shadow (complete, in beta) summer swap (notes file acquiring snippets) radio (demo made, terrifying spreadsheet made) ghost light (new! complete!) triptych (new! complete!)