I keep thinking of posts I really want to make and then, don't.

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For example, I visited again the friend who lives near the woods I shared pictures of here before, and it's so lovely to see the autumn colours slowly change them. I love trees. Trees are great.



Funnily enough, because of the Dreamwidth bug I mentioned before, I can't even see the thumbnail in the preview. I'll check thumbnail sizes are reasonable after posting ;)

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Another thing I've thought about posting about is a manga I've been reading that drives me a little bit insane, because it's an official Mafia AU. Like, they took the cute demon characters from the original story, and they're retelling it, in just the ways the best AUs are made. A number of changes that fit the world, lots of winks and love shown for the original, different storyline that ebbs and flows close to the original and also does its own thing. Except it's official.

The original | The Mafia AU
( I don't know if I've mentioned before how insane I go when I see my favourite characters in suits )

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Then a couple of months ago, I had a glorious few weeks in which I enjoyed all the books I read and thought I should really write a rec posts. Especially since pickings haven't been as good to me since then :'<

( Book rec: The Raven Scholar )

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Then there's a whole bunch of links I've been collecting for like, ages now. I'm fairly sure at some point, I came across one that felt slightly controversial but still super interesting and I thought to myself, "oh, I'll wait until I have the energy to clarify misunderstandings" and yeah we're like 18 months later now. I probably won't even remember which link it was. My latest resolution is to just pick 3 random links for a random linkspam post since I forgot most of what's in there and will have to reread. But that's not happening either. In the meantime, here's one. I can do one.

( On enjoying art that others look down on )

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But actually, what I really want to talk about but also don't is writing, and of course editing, as I approach hour 80 of this round of revisions. Stuff I found helpful to do, stuff that I'm less sure about, mindset shifts that have been happening. The twist in my stomach as I approach the end of this round and wonder, "But what if it's still not good enough?" which I know is not a helpful thought, not when I have learnt SO MUCH through the process, but I'm failing to rationalise at the moment.

( But I'm not posting because I feel like it's all I've been talking about, and too much about )

So I hope this post works as a glimpse into "more humanity than just a robot who only thinks about writing, for real!", and I'll be judicious about using cuts so it's easier for those who choose to scroll on to do so, and please just imagine me waving at you with a smile whether you scroll or stop by, because it is so lovely to get to hang out with all of you in this space :) 💙 Yay, Dreamwidth!

Community Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.

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Over the last week...

Posted & commented on bnha_fans.

Commented on getyourwordsout, common_nature, access_fandom.

Signal boosts:

• Over at access_fandom, soc_puppet shares tips and timeline for getting at least bare bones accessibility set up for a con or event. There's a ton of helpful additional tips in the comments, too.

I don't know why it feels like I haven't posted fic in ages even though I apparently did so just last month, haha. Maybe because I'm editing stuff from months ago?? XD Anyway this came out of a conversation on bnha_fans during the Vigilantes watch-along earlier this year. A cat is used as a plot device for one episode and I spluttered with indignation and joked about a fix-it headcanon, and then I was enabled into writing it... whoops? :D (It didn't take much XD)

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The first step | Boku no Hero Academia | Nedzu & cat | 1.7k words | rated G

Summary: The humans are at it again. Using Trigger on a cat? And now locking it up like a common criminal, when none of this was the cat's fault in the first place? Typical. Nedzu will have none of that. The cat can come live with him on campus. Nedzu's responsible for hundreds of students and staff; caring for a cat can't be any more difficult than that. Right?

Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.