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R. F. Kuang has a book called "Katabasis" that comes out on August 26, 2025. /insert here "good for her" gif

I have a duology of MCU fics I've been calling "katabasis" that I've been working on since I saw Endgame. It's about Natasha and Gamora making their ways out of the afterlife -- except, despite interacting, they're going through different afterlives: Natasha's is Dante's Hell, Gamora's Irkalla, the Mesopotamian underworld. Yes, I'm lots of fun at parties.

Anyway, point is, I want to finish and post those fics before Kuang's book comes out? Deadlines tend to help me do things. Technically the Natasha fic is finished but not the Gamora one and besides I need to make sure their dialogues make sense in both contexts.

Have a handful of lines I'm proud of, idk, I need validation.

1. It took a village to raise a child soldier.

2. Sirens, sirens everywhere and not a song to sing.

3. "I recognise the afterlife has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid ass decision, I've elected to ignore it."

5. Dis was a necropolis in the purest sense; a city of the dead, skyscrapers of graves and tombstones reaching upwards like the drowned's grasping hands.

6. There on the rock sat Tony Stark. Not Iron Man, not the man who'd escape from a cave to dive into a wormhole with a nuke, but Anthony Edward Stark, self-made billionaire, Forbes' golden child, arms dealer, merchant-king of war and woe, Mammon of the Modern Age.

7. "I know I told you to die in a ditch, but I didn't mean it," continued Rocket's voice.

8. "It seems a terrible thing, to believe in sin," Gamora said.

9. But a poppy pod is a thing of death. It weeps sleep and bleeds a painless end.

A statement: At the end of the s2 final episode, when the letters of "Loki" are changing and disappearing, it was a missed opportunity to not have the last "O" be othala (ᛟ) -- I feel like "inheritance" fits in nicely with the themes.

A question: Why is Sylvie wearing an ankh (☥) earring? Don't get me wrong, I love ankhs. It's just that having a god from one pantheon wear a symbol from another, completely unrelated pantheon without any explanation is a bit weird .

1. I believe it was sovay who first directed me towards Neith Illustration's art, so I feel compelled to pass along the favour and alert you to said artist's Greek mythology-themed artbook's upcoming crowdfunding campaign (launch date in early October, if memory serves).

2. Le Terrier de Guimause's Grenier des mystères challenge looks really fun! It's a challenge to consume pieces of media fitting various themes. I think I'm gonna try to do with French media only; between lockdown/work-from-home/being sick/etc I feel like my words skills (especially out loud and/or in French) has pretty much disappeared. Not that I had much to begin with.)

3. Considérant que L'Éternel Flux Temporel est un produit de première nécessité, la TVA est donc à 5,5%.
I am part of the French internet and here is my theory on what Tour de France an alternate universe Loki won (as depicted in Loki s1e2, wearing a 1980s yellow jersey): He won the 1986 TdF, displacing Greg LeMond. As a consequence, LeMond forgoes a trip in favour of more training and does not end up shot, requiring multiple surgeries.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier literally starts by the US army violating an international treaty. From zero to casual US imperialism in less than thirty seconds. Even for the MCU, that's got to be a record.

In a similar vein, ( vague spoilers )

One of my family members has been in and out the hospital for over a month now. As off several days ago, he's in a coma. I am having A Worry.

It is a pretty big Worry, ngl. I can't seem to focus on anything except weird online quizzes ("Which Plague of Egypt are you?" -- water turning to blood, apparently) and... No, weird online stuff is pretty much it.

Before my Worry became Le Big Worry, I did manage to draw and paint an oil painting of Natasha Romanoff (for kore. Pic under the cut.

( Cool folks don't look at explosions )

I saw Avengers:Endgame. Short reaction post under a cut because that was 3 hours of occasionally very bright and very loud movie so I have a headache, it's 2am so I'm tired and there were bad-for-my-issues fat jokes so I feel like throwing up.

( It is literally three hours )

HOLY FUCK CAPTAIN MARVEL WAS SO GREAT

Technically the movie only comes out tomorrow and the cinema was very very insistent on No Spoilers. Having seen the movie, I can definitely see why. There were several points that caught the audience, me included, completely by surprise in the best way.

Saw the movie in 2D, VOSTFR. Good thing there subtitles too because the crowd went so wild sometimes the dialogue was covered.

Assorted nonspoilery comments follow.

I love Carol so much <3<3<3<3<3

Brie Larson was SO GOOD. Such range! And Carol is so "fuck you and you and fuck you -- you're cool -- fuck you and fuck you and you".

Loved the fight scenes and space battles!

The movie had a very pointed political statement to make I did not expect. I expected a statement (which is also there) but not this one. It is a good statement.

MONICA IS THE CUTEST OMG yes I love her. I'm not usually big on kids but she was great.

Carol and Maria ate so shippable and the emotional core of the movie.

Loved Minn-Erva. She looked great.

Goose? Best cat. (Also female, according to the subtitles.)

Carol and Fury's friendship is SO GOOD. More please.

The beginning credits? ;_;

( Jude Law spoilers )

There is so much I want to talk about but spoilers!

Okay okay, I am pretty sure this isn't a spoiler because Skrulls are in the trailers. Carol explains the Skrulls are "shapeshifters". Subtitles: "métamorphes". Accurate translation, cool. Person she's talking to, mockingly: "shapeshifters". Subtitles: "transformiste", which translates, pretty much, to "drag queen". What a wild way for that subtitle to go, damn.

Two credit scenes, btw.

Loved the shades of body horror, especially in the Skrull shapeshifting.

This was way funnier than I expected!

Excellent soundtrack use.

Overall, I had pretty high expectations, despite my best efforts, and HOT DAMN I WAS NOT DISSAPPPOINTED. I am not kidding when I say I need to cool down, like daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

Thank you for writing for me! I'm sure whatever you write me will be wonderful.

Feel free to poke around this journal or my Ao3 account (username: sevenofspade ) if you want to. My letters tag is here.

I have the following Do Not Wants: allegory/metaphor of real world politics, character death, child abuse, dysphoria, incest, people losing things important to them, porn, rape, unrequested setting-change AUs (unrequested canon-divergent AUs are fine and very welcome), the Arthurian mythos and toxic living arrangements, be that family or roomates. When these are canon, please don't focus on them. Thank you.

On the other hand, there are a lot of things I do want. Here’s a partial list. (I obviously don’t expect you to stick all of these in one story, that would be impossible.)

( General likes )

Feel free to take prompts in whichever direction you like! And if none of my prompts work for you, then write whatever you want -- I'll be happy with anything.


Critical Role (Web Series)
Anna Ripley (Critical Role), Jester (Critical Role), Keyleth (Critical Role), Kiri (Critical Role), Mollymauk Tealeaf (Critical Role), Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III (Critical Role), Orthax (Critical Role), Raishan (Critical Role)

• WB: Ascension to Godhood (Critical Role)
• WB: cultural legacy of Vox Machina (Critical Role)
• WB: Daily life and customs of Wildemount (Critical Role)
• WB: Life at sea (Critical Role)
• WB: mechanism(s) of resurrection (Critical Role)
• WB: Pre-Calamity (Critical Role)

(Fandom-specific DNWs: Vax'ildan and Caleb.)


Marvel Cinematic Universe
Helen Cho (MCU), Shuri (MCU), Wanda Maximoff (MCU)

• WB: Aliens hiding on Earth (MCU)
• WB: Effects of Thanos Snap (MCU)
• WB: Magic (MCU)
• WB: Negative effects of superpowers and superpower usage (MCU)
• WB: Non-US superheroes (MCU)
• WB: Procedures and Legalities in dealing with superpowered peoples (MCU)

Marvel Secret Wars Battleworlds
Valeria - Head of the Foundation (Marvel Secret Wars), Victor von Doom - God-Emperor of Battleworld (Marvel Secret Wars)

• WB: altered memories (Marvel Secret Wars)
• WB: boundaries between patches of different universes (Marvel Secret Wars)
• WB: building of the world (Marvel Secret Wars)
• WB: Doom radiation (Marvel Secret Wars)
• WB: role of the Foundation (Marvel Secret Wars)

Star Wars - All Media Types
Ahsoka Tano (Sar Wars AMT), Asajj Ventress (Star Wars AMT), CT-7567 | Rex (Star Wars AMT), Jyn Erso (Star Wars AMT), Numa (Star Wars AMT), Rey (Star Wars AMT), Riyo Chuchi (Star Wars AMT), Sabrine Wren (Star Wars AMT)

• WB: Clone culture (Star Wars AMT)
• WB: Different Species Working Together in the Rebel Alliance (Star Wars AMT)
• WB: Jakku (Star Wars AMT)
• WB: Jedha (Star Wars AMT)
• WB: kyber crystals (Star Wars AMT)
• WB: status of clones (Star Wars AMT)
• WB: the Senate under the Empire (Star Wars AMT)
• WB: Living in the shadow of the Empire (Star Wars AMT)

Stargate Atlantis
Todd the Wraith (Stargate)

• WB: Atlantis (Stargate Atlantis)
• WB: Integration of Pegasus cultures into city and Atlantis expedition (Stargate Atlantis)
• WB: The Wraith Gene (Stargate Atlantis)
• WB: Wraith Civil War (Stargate Atlantis)
• WB: Wraith Society and social structure (Stargate Atlantis)

The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Comic)
The Girl (Fabulous Killjoys Comic), Party Poison (Fabulous Killjoys Comic), Phoenix Witch (Fabulous Killjoys Comic), Vamos (Fabulous Killjoys Comic), Vaya (Fabulous Killjoys Comic)

• WB: Blue's powers (Fabulous Killjoys Comic)
• WB: Destroya (Fabulous Killjoys Comic)
• WB: Girl's powers (Fabulous Killjoys Comic)
• WB: Killjoys society (Fabulous Killjoys Comic)
• WB: the Analog Wars (Fabulous Killjoys Comic)

Voltron: Legendary Defender
Allura (Voltron: Legendary Defender - V:LD 2016), Haggar (Voltron: Legendary Defender), Krolia (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

• WB: Altean Alphabet (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
• WB: Altean colony (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
• WB: Galra Culture (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
• WB: Operation Kuron (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
• WB: The Druids (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Thank you so much for writing for me!

(Questions about DNWs and/or prompts must go through the mods. Other comments welcome.)

Thoughts on The Tumblr SituationTM:
1. Curse your sudden and inevitable betrayal!
2. Hi, people back on Dreamwidth!
3. WOW, this is going to really screw over artists, especially those using the site to get visibility and/or paid work.

But ANYWAY! I want to talk about the new Captain Marvel trailer!

Watch on YouTube

And by talk I mean clutch my face while going "I LOVE HER aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah LOOK AT HER GO *o* SHE'S SO AMAZING she gets knocked down she gets back up again". REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MOVIE

The special effects look great! And I'm enjoying the Fury + Carol dynamic so far. When Carol and Maria did the hang loose hand gesture, I found myself doing it at the screen too, lol. Hope Monica gets a cameo of some sort! "I'm not going to fight your war. I'm going to end it." I LOVE HER aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah LOOK AT HER GO *o* SHE'S SO AMAZING

Also, kitty! It's probably a Skrull

Also also, urgh, can you believe it took this fucking long for the MCU to have a female-led superhero movie? You should have given Wanda a movie instead of Doctor Strange, MCU. Hell, you should have given her the same movie -- "devastated after the death of her twin, Wanda Maximoff travels the world to ~find herself~ and ends up becoming Sorcerer Supreme" (I have not actually seen Doctor Strange) -- come on, MCU. SORCERER SUPREME WANDA MAXIMOFF!

Watch on YouTube

HELA IS SUCH A BADASS and her headress looks great! Valkyrie also looks really good. I am excite.


I'm pretty sure I've made a decision about my LJ account; giving myself one more day to make sure.


I think I'm going to make a comm for ship/fandom manifestos (on DW).