terabient

⌈ Secret Post #6842 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

( More! )

Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 33 secrets from Secret Submission Post #977.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

In case I haven't worn you all out nattering about Earthsea yet, here's some more. On Friday when I finished the Cycle I went online, as one does, and discovered that last year there was published a graphic novel edition of A Wizard of Earthsea, the first book in the series. So naturally this weekend I had to run out and buy it and read it all at once. The art was done by Fred Fordham and the project was overseen by Le Guin's son, Theo (she having passed away in 2018).

Theo, like Le Guin herself, was trepidatious about any visual representation of Earthsea, after decades of white character designs; white, middle-aged actors; and general tom-fuckery when it comes to representing Le Guin's work. It wasn't until Theo saw Fordham's work in To Kill a Mockingbird that he first considered it might be worthwhile to consider a graphic novel adaptation of his mother's work, and so here we are.

Fordham appears to have been the right man for the job--this graphic novel edition of A Wizard of Earthsea captures the characters as Le Guin may have envisioned them when she wrote. Theo in his forward acknowledges that one of the beautiful things about how the characters are described in Le Guin's work--enough to give an idea of their appearance, but also vague enough that readers can all use their own imaginations to some degree--becomes limited when creating an "official" visual representation of those characters. So he considers Fordham's designs just one of many possible looks for these characters, but one that cleaves to his mother's original descriptions.

His expressions neatly capture the shift in Ged's attitude over his schooling at Roke, from the proud, angry boy who first arrives to the sobered, haunted young man who departs.

Nearly all of the wording in the book is lifted directly from the original novel, which means Le Guin's original hard-hitting dialogue and beautiful descriptions of Earthsea survive to accompany Fordham's gorgeous scenic illustrations. He really captures the moody atmosphere of some of the book's darker moments, while also creating some truly stunning vistas of the ocean, which of course is a considerable part of the world for the characters of Earthsea (who live in an archipelago). I particularly enjoyed some of the rainy scenes--felt just like home here in the PNW!

He also does a great job making Ged and the Lookfar feel small on some of Ged's journeys. Looking at it some of these full-page spreads, you really feel that Ged is just one young wizard on his own in a vast and unknowable world.

If I had any issues, it's only that some of the palettes run quite dark, so that a few panels can be almost impossible to distinguish unless you're looking at the book directly under a light source, and that there is some occasional visual awkwardness (not sure how to describe this--maybe Fordham used a 3D rendering tool and it shows?)

Overall, I was delighted with this, and I really hope Fordham and Theo press on to do Tombs of Atuan as well--I would love to see Tenar and Atuan rendered as well!

The Iron Marshal by Louis L'Amour

An Irish boy grows up in New York -- and has just landed in Kansas.

( Read more... )

I did washing today! Fuck the weather was glorious for it, until it was almost dark and started spitting. At which point I had to go rescue it hahahaha. Still! Washing done, that's my major thing for today orz orz orz. My life, it is so exciting.

Also finally finished off the switch case, yay! And did some mending. And, of course, lots of reading and some minecraft. Yes.

We're getting a dead tree removed on Wednesday, which will entail us having to take down bits of the chook run, and unsurprisingly Mama asked me to help with that. Explicitly in the morning, so of COURSE I'm up this late... ugh, brains, why are you like this. Why. (Do not get the morning obsession. Ugh. Afternoons are fine!!! Nothing wrong with afternoons, bleh.)

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: Birthplace

Still trying to get back into writing so I pulled the trigger and finished the half-completed fifth chapter to my Pokemon/Hunger Games/Cabin in the Woods fic. It read short and quick to me (and a bit incomplete), but it's somehow over a thousand words, idk how but I won't complain. It got a few hits but no new likes, which is fine. It's my pet passion project because sometimes you just have to scratch those odd ideas in your head.

With two other fics newly begun (one Pokemon - Gold/Silver fic and one Delicious in Dungeon - Marcille/Falin), I felt a bit embolden and just now decided to apply to scoop up a pinch hit for an exchange. I also decided not to stress myself too much with my ladiesbingo card and plan to aim for just 500-word stories to keep it low pressure. If I write more, cool. If not, also cool. I gradually hope to rebuild my writing ability because dammit if I don't miss it.

*

Speaking on fandomy things - I started watching anime more regularly. I've been slacking pretty hard on them for years for literally no reason. But I've been paying for Crunchyroll the past couple of months because my son needed to see the rest of One Piece and Netflix shit the bed with the episodes they have (he recently passed the 1000 episode mark, and holy shit, I'm proud of him - dunno if I'll jump into the series with similar gusto any time soon). I finally realized, after several months, that I'm an idiot and should be using it too since I'm paying for it, lol.

Current anime watch list:

- Chainsaw Man (episode 4)
- My Hero Academia (season 6)
- Spy X Family (season 1)
- Am I Actually the Strongest? (episode 3)
- Delicious in Dungeon (episode 20)

It's tempting to jump into more series but I'm trying to restrain myself so I actually finish a show! Like, Chainsaw Man is currently on-hold while I finish at least one of the others on the list. My Hero Academia is also a bit on hold cuz I was watching it with my son but he's extremely focused on finishing One Piece and he can only watch one anime at a time (boo). He's been working on it for almost a year, to put our hiatus in perspective.

I'm also trying to get back into mangas. I've realized nothing beats holding a manga in hand so I'm alowly building a small "newer" collection (I have some books from back in my teen years, so they're "old" now). My Hero Vigilantes is the forefront of my collection so far. I haven't read it yet - gonna wait until I get caught up with anime again. Yes, I know I don't have to, but I want some content in the same universe to consume once I get caught up to the main series.

*

Also, the pilot for Homestuck the Animation dropped recently and I'm pretty hyped. Some ppl were complaining it was too short and missed a lot of content but it was just a pilot, not the complete series, or even a snapshot of a season. Episodes could be longer which would help. There's also ppl complaining about the voices, but clearly they have no idea who voices the characters so their opinions can eat ass. I just hope the fandom doesn't get toxic again and fuck it up for the rest of us fans who are generally excited.

I hadn't considered it before, but I might end up writing HS fanfic again. I don't know if that's a good thing or not. O_O Probably not. But I mean... I did write a lot of it. ^-^;;

Current Mood: pensive
Current Music: "Running Up That Hill" - Kate Bush

Hello on Monday! How's the day going so far for fic? (If you haven't gotten started on your day as yet, how did yesterday go for writing fic?)

- Excellent!
- Terrible
- Somewhere in between
- Nothing doing

How much time have you spent on writing fic today, roughly?

- None
- 30 minutes or less
- 30-60 minutes
- 60-90 minutes
- More than 90 minutes

In five words or less, how do you feel about that?

( You're about to view content that a community administrator has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

Fully Operational Murder Orphan
Frisky Old Man Orgy
Fur On Moon's Out
Forgetting Old Meanings Olways

All the fail_fandomanon Rules and Information (and Ban Requests): https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/1076.html. The short version: no embeds, don't out people's real names, don't be that much of an asshole, body fluids are off topic, Mods reserve the right to freeze, screen, and delete the fuck out of stuff. FFA discussion covers a wide variety of topics and has a very flexible view of 'fandom' that includes politics, current events, and cooking techniques. FFA is a Choose NOT to Warn experience. Meme away.

Other posts on meme:

Personal Issues, Off Topic Conversation, Religion, & Everything Else post (PP #31)
Fic and WIP Post
Book Clubs, Watchalongs, & Readalongs
Prompt & fill fests: for FFA Post #1000, FFA's 10th anniversary, FFA Post #1500, & FFA Post #2000

Search

Unofficial FFA archive & search: Dememe.info Username/password pairs are nonnie/pony, nonny/seal, or ayrt/velociraptor
If you have a DW account, you can use DW's content search. Don't forget to tick the box to search in comments. You can also use FFA Rocks.

Related communities and additional resources

New unofficial FFA wiki (archive: ffawiki_backup)
New unofficial FFA Writers Tips & Recs wiki
Unofficial Fyeah FFA tumblr
Unofficial FFA recs list
Unofficial FFA Discord Chat
DW Blocker link & tips and now New! 2024 Updated DW Blocker Guide
How to link to another account on DW or other sites. If you don't want to create a clickable link, type a backslash (\) before the @.

Meme rules do not require spoiler cuts. But here are two ways to make them:

HTML-5 (recommended)
<details> <summary>spoiler title</summary> Some spoilery content. </details>	Demo: spoiler title Some spoilery content.

Alternative for inline spoiler-cuts - details here
<div tabindex="-1"><b>spoiler title</b><div>Some spoilery content.</div></div>	Demo: spoiler title Some spoilery content.

If you would like to be banned to avoid anonfailing, please leave a logged-in comment at the rules post. It will be automatically screened.

Next post: will open when this posts hits 5000
Previous post: https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/704223.html#comments
Regular view - First page: https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/704281.html#comments
Regular view - Last page: https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/704281.html?page=999#comments
Top Level view - First page: https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/704281.html?view=top-only#comments
Top Level view - Last page: https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/704281.html?view=top-only&page=999#comments
Flat view - First Comment: https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/704281.html?view=flat#comments
Flat view - Most Recent: https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/704281.html?view=flat&page=999#comments
Dememe flatview emulator is at https://dememe.info/flat_view (same login as the regular Dememe info above).

These topics are banned:

'Which topics belong on main meme'
the game Hogwarts Legacy
discussion about current events in Israel and Palestine
US Politics

Only one clearly named top-level thread for each of the following topics:

Disruptive and Provocative Opinions (DAPO)
sexual abuse and rape culture
UK Politics
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and related current events

Discussion of UK politics related sexual abuse and rape culture should go into one properly labeled subthread.

The School Reader: Second Book by Charles Walton Sanders

A book concerned chiefly with reading. Vocabulary words listed before each story, poem, or bit. Interesting for the view of what they used to teach children. Views of science and of character.

⌈ Secret Post #6841 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

( More! )

Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 41 secrets from Secret Submission Post #977.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Lunch actually didn't take as long as I thought it would! It was still. You know. Over two hours. But considering we got the five-course tasting menu, that's really not too bad.

Also it was extremely fucking delicious, and absolutely worth being Out for that long. (ALSO also hideously expensive, but as my parents had been there before and were paying I am attempting to ignore that. Yes.)

But yeah even though it wasn't as long as I was anticipating it still drained my batteries hahahaha. Rest of the day was pmuch just reading and some minecraft.

And I'll give them this: you don't feel like you're eating that much with the tasting menu (even though it's also not a stingy serving!), but I didn't feel hungry at all until like 11pm, so you know. Definitely more food than a single meal's worth!

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY Mama had a good time yesssss :D

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: Birthplace

Title: Unshaven
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 469: Rough.
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: Camping trips have all kinds of perks.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.

Unshaven

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

( You're about to view content that a community administrator has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

Hello on Sunday! What kind of a writing day has it been so far today -- or if today hasn't gotten going yet, how did you fare yesterday?

- I thought about my fic once or twice
- I wrote
- I did some planning and/or outlining
- I did research and/or canon review
- I edited
- I've sent my fic off to my beta
- I posted today!
- I'm taking a break
- I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Sunday Discussion: It's a new writing week, and the last few days of the current month. How are you doing so far with meeting writing goals for the month?

Elton may have chosen fighting, but I say Saturday night's alright for writing!

Poll #33663

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

View Respondents

Any writing today?

View Answers

Coming soon.
1 (16.7%)

Already done!
4 (66.7%)

Not today.
1 (16.7%)

Today is writing-related activities.
1 (16.7%)

Weekends call for fun and relaxation (when we can get it). So let's share! A snippet from your WIP, status of your WIP, thoughts on your current fandom, a fun fact--anything, really!

( You're about to view content that a community administrator has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

⌈ Secret Post #6840 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

( More! )

Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 50 secrets from Secret Submission Post #977.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - secrets made from copy pasting other people's random FS comments? There's probably more I don't recognize in this week ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #978 ]

The first secret from this batch will be posted on October 4th.

RULES:
1. One secret link per comment.
2. 750x750 px or smaller.
3. Link directly to the image.

More details on how to send a secret in!

Optional: If you would like your secret's fandom to be noted in the main post along with the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. If your secret makes the fandom obvious, there's no need to do this. If your fandom is obscure, you should probably tell me what it is.

Optional #2: If you would like WARNINGS (such as spoilers or common triggers -- list of some common ones here) to be noted in the main post before the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret.

Optional #3: If you would like a transcript to be posted along with your secret, put it along with the link in the comment!

Very good floppy day today, yes!

Mostly I just read - finally finished a long fic I've been reading! - but also some minecraft. :3 And cleaned the bathroom but whatever, boring.

Mama's birthday tomorrow! We're going out for lunch, so I expect that'll be most of the day. It's a FANCY restaurant, after all. Close to home, at least, though! :D

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: Birthplace

This week's challenge is:

Rough

Reminder of Rules

Entries should be 100, 200, or 300 words exactly, excluding titles and headers.
Please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your drabble, though you can if you like.
Each challenge ends when the new challenge is posted, but if you're a few days late that's still fine.

NEW RULE: DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DRABBLES ARE ALSO ACCEPTED ;)

Have fun!

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

Profile

terabient

PSO2 Print Media Archive

September 2024

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

Page Summary

Style Credit

Base style: Abstractia by chiming
Theme: Toxic by chiming

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Page generated Sep. 30th, 2025 01:17 am

Reading

[ SECRET POST #6842 ]

Recent Reading: A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel

The Iron Marshal

Monday, again.

Writing; Anime; Homestuck

WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 29 -- Monday

Challenge 469: Rough [Bleach]

FFA DW Post #2361 - Forbidden Original Monster Orgy

The School Reader: Second Book

[ SECRET POST #6841 ]

A very nice meal

FAKE: Unshaven [Challenge 469: Rough]

[Challenge #469] BtVS / Spuffy — Pretty Lies, Rough Truth

WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 28 -- Sunday

Check In: Day 27

Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Challenge 469 - Unappreciated

[ SECRET POST #6840 ]

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #978 ]

Saaaaturdaaaay~~

Challenge # 469: Rough

Profile

September 2024

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags