dhampyresa

Day 1

In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

So I have been through Some Bullshit since the year started*, and apparently these days I cope with stuff by daydreaming/planning to build furniture with ever increasing details. In this case, I got though: chairs (a set of four), a cat tree, book case(s), a scratch post, a TV bench, a light table and a caket/jewelry box as a gift for a friend.

* I'm fine. It's about as over as gonna get and I have shiny new trust issues to show for it, but whatevs, it's not like I wasn't already a paranoid little monsterfucker anyway


I have also been listening to MCR's entire discography. I keep getting the chorus of Kill all your friends ('Cause we all wanna party when the funeral ends / And we all get together when we bury our friends) stuck in my head.

Given that it's 2019, Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys is on at least once a day. Planetary (GO!) is basically on repeat. Because Fuck You, that's why.


/probably didn't understand the question

From tamsin.

What's your most re-read book?

Hard to say. I don't do a lot of rereading. I barely do any reading these days.

I think probably my collected edition of the first five comics of Joann Sfar's Le Chat du Rabbin (The Rabbi's Cat). It's a slice of life, magical realism comic set in 1930s Algers (with occasional trips to other places), where a rabbi's cat gains the power of speech. It's absolutely DELIGHTFUL. It's very... cozy? Kind? Like a hug in comic form? Not sure how to put it, but I love it. I find it extremely grounding and so tend to reread all or part of it when in certain uneasy emotional states.


If you could change one aspect in a canon you love what would it be?

GIVE ME A SCARLET WITCH MOVIE MCU YOU COWARDS


Have you ever been to Germany or Austria? If yes how did you like it?

I have taken some brief school trips to Germany, but have never been to Austria. I enjoyed Köln a lot! I do not remember with any certainty what other cities we went to, oops. I would very much enjoy going back to Köln, see the Christmas market and do the cathedral again. Also I had this AMAZING hot chocolate made from white chocolate, but good luck finding that place again, hahaha


Do you find that the language you read a poem in influences what you think of it and how it affects you?

As much as possible, I read things in their language of origin and no other, so I don't really feel qualified to answer this.

Although, funnily enough, when listening to the sung version of Anjela Duval's Karantez Vro (a poem in Breton, English translation by yours truly) the parts that most resonated with me, even without knowing what they meant are the same ones that resonate with me most, knowing the meaning. (To wit: "Ar morioù bras, ar Broioù pell"/"deep seas and faraway lands", "Maezioù ken kaer va Breizh-Izel!"/"The beautiful countrysides of my Lower Brittany." and "Va Bro, va Yezh ha va Frankiz!"/"My country, my language and my freedom.")


What's one aspect of politics in France that you like/dislike?

BOY DO I DISLIKE THE RAMPANT FASCISM

I also vastly dislike the, idk what to call it, Saviour narrative? It's like we're always waiting for the next de Gaulle, the next Jeanne d'Arc to show up and save us.

From eller

1. What's the last movie you watched, and how did you like it?

I'm not sure.

I think the last movie I watched in theater was Haifaa al-Mansour's Mary Shelley (2017). As the title suggests, it is a biopic of Mary Shelley. I found it quite interesting and I liked the photography a lot.

If not, it was Desiree Akhavan's The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) which is a movie about a young queer girl being sent to conversation therapy in the 90s. It is fucking brutal, but it's very well done.

2. Do you listen to music while you draw?

Yes and no. I tend not to listen to music when I do my daily evening drawing because I do those last minute before going to bed (or post last minute in a few cases, as I've sat up in bed several times going FUCK MY DRAWING I FORGOT). Otherwise, yes I listen to music when I draw. But then I'm pretty much always listening to music.


3. Sunlight or moonlight?

Moonlight.


4. What's more important to you in a story, the characters or the plot?

Both. Which isn't a cop-out, let me explain. I can like the characters all I want, if the plot doesn't grab me/moves too slow I will be bored and drop it (ex: Sense8). If the plot is interesting but I'm not attached to the characters, I will watch it but not come back (ex: Game of Thrones, which I dropped between seasons).


5. Do you have a favorite poem?

I have a poetry tag! Of the poems in it, I like Anjela Duval's Karantez Vro and José-Maria de Heredia's La Trebbia best.

I like to learn and recite poetry to myself while swimming and I return most often to Georges Brassens' Supplique pour être enterré sur la plage de Sète (Plea to buried on the beach of Sète), which (a) I should try my hand at translating one day and (b) is technically a song, I GUESS, but if Bob Dylan can be fucking literature, then BRASSENS IS GODDAMN POETRY.


From yhlee
1. What is your favorite saying/expression from French?

"Âme damnée". It translates to "cursed/dmaned soul" and is basically a fancy way of saying "top henchperson". Darth Vader is Palpatine's âme damnée, for example.


2. What cat color(s) do you like best?

All cats are best cats.


3. Which art medium makes you happiest?

Watercolours. I find them very soothing. But basically I love art a lot? Drawing and painting/pastelling/etc pretty much always makes me happy. And all medium have different "feels" so sometimes I am in a pastel mood and sometimes in an oil painting mood (it is a trap, I fail at oil forever). But yeah, whenever I don't know what medium to use and/or what something simple/relaxing, it's watercolours all the way.


4. If you could visit any one city, all expenses paid, in the winter, where would you go?

Any current city? Because if not, CARTHAGE HERE I COME. As for current cities, I think I'd like to go back to Seoul. I had an amazing time there.


5. Favorite Phoenician figure (historical or mythological)?

Elissa | Dido. I've talked about why at length here, but the short version is: she's so smart? And kind? and I LOVE HER. She was done mega dirty by the Aeneid though, like whoa.

Runner up mythological figure is Tanith. (There are a few sources that interpret Dido as an avatar of Tanith.) I find Tanith fucking fascinating. She's a goddess of fertility, war and FUCK YOU, (look at her symbol. This is not the symbol of a goddess who has any fucks to give).

Historical runner up is Hannibal Barca -- much tl;dr abounds. Short version: He's smart and that thing with him crossing the Alps was pretty baller. Also Cannae is a fucking work of art.


Can give questions to anyone who wants, just say so.

Fics written this year
February
Rebirth (2331 words, Fullmetal Alchemist, post-canon Winry & Scar gen)

March
Sleeping Beauty and the Black Mercy (1507 words, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Finn/Rey post-TFA)
Every Heart That Beats For Liberty (4081 words, Rogue One, canon-divergent Jyn-centric AU)

April
In thunder, lightning, or in rain (2391 words, Marvel Battleworlds, original alternate Gwen Stacy centric gen)
Before the Gate (388 words, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Lou Ellen backstory gen)
Between the Devil and the Dust (7296 words, Star Wars, Rey-centric timeloop with Luke and Anakin gen)
Pocketful of stories (5029 words, Star Wars The Clone Wars, post-canon Ahsoka-centric gen)

May
Detour (1522 words, Star Wars, Cody/Thrawn canon-divergent AU)

September
A Big Deal in the Rebellion (1010 words, Star Wars, Leia-centric gen)

October
Sidetrack (397 words, Campaign podcast, team gen)

November
Leads (1056 words, Star Wars, Maul/Obi-Wan canon-divergent AU)

December
Thicker than Water (1526 words, DC comics, Steph & Cass vampire AU)
Most Merciful and Stern (1029 words, Emerald City, Dorothy-centric canon-divergent AU)
her blessing on my brow (1324 words, Punic Wars RPF, alternate history Hannibal and his sister)
Left Turn at Albuquerque (1020 words, Campaign podcast, Lyn/Avaa)
First Impressions (375 words, The Shannara Chronicles, Eretria/Lyria post-S1)

(I also posted four pieces of art.)

( Questions )

1. ( 2016 Reading Wednesday some more )


2. ( Fandom Snowflake Day 2 )


3. Comment with a fanfic trope and, if you'd like, a character/pairing, and I will tell you:
• how likely I am to write it
• A few lines of theoretical fic

A brief intro post, following this friending meme.

1. I'm French. Mostly this shows up when I talk about the stuff I read in French and my complete inability to wish luck on anyone.

2. I currently have a most terrible case of the Star Wars, so that's where most of my fannish energy is going these days. Both here and in general, I tend to be very into gen and plot, but I'll ship pretty much anything and everything. My favourite thing is friendship fic and I really like taking odd/ridiculous concepts and making them work.

3. I write.sevenofspade is my Ao3 username. I also write original fiction novels (sf/f).

4. I mod two fannish exchanges (nightonficmountain and history_exchange ). I have ideas for other fannish challenges.

5. I love history A LOT. My longest running OTP is either Hannibal Barca/Scipio Africanus (Second Punic War) or Yoko Tsuno/Khany (French comics). Currently I'm thinking a lot about the Paris Commune.

6. I like comics a lot. I use comics to mean the medium, not just superheroes, although do like those too.

7. Folklore and mythology are awesome. (I feel like I should point out upfront that I grew up with a different Arthurian tradition than the Anglophone one.)

8. I draw. I rarely post about it, but I do it daily.


Yup. That's me.

Via musesfool,

Give me a potential title and I tell you about the story I would write for it.

Via muccamukk .

(My fic is over here on archiveofourown.)

1. How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?
2. Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?
3. What character do you identify with most?
4. Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?
5. If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?
6. Care to share a favorite hurt/comfort fic?
7. Care to share a favorite crack fic?
8. How would you describe your style?
9. Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?
10. Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].
11. What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?
12. What's the weirdest AU you've ever come up with?
13. Got any premises on the back burner that you'd care to share?
14. Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?
15. How do you begin a story--with the plot, or the characters?
16. Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an "architect" or a "gardener"? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)
17. Do you have any discarded scenes/storylines/projects?
18. Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?
19. Any fandom tropes you can't resist?
20. Any fandom tropes you can't stand?
21. A pairing you might like to write for, but haven't tried yet.
22. A secondary (or underrated) character you want to see more of in fic?
23. Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?
24. A character you enjoy making suffer.
25. A character you want to protect.
26. Major character death--do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can't tolerate?

Give me one or more prompts about any fandom whatsoever and I will write you fic for it, based on fandom osmosis, like I did with Dragon Age that one time.

Obviously the idea would to pick a fandom I don't know, for maximum Not An Expert hilarity, but do whatever you want.

Day 6

In your own space, create your own challenge. What’s something you want to see more people doing in fandom? Is there something you’ve tried that you think other people would enjoy if they gave it a go? Dare your friends to try it out, and have fun with it. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Write treats! I think people should try writing treats in exchanges, it's lots of fun and you get to make someone happy. Win/win!


Day 7

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Hey, remember that time we got canon confirmation Loki in Agent of Asgard wrote fic?


What "terrible slash" entails is still a mystery, though. Any guesses?


Day 08

Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've interacted with and friend/follow them. Afterwards, leave a comment in this post with the equivalent of "I did it!"

'Sup?


Day 09

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I need to do a proper post about my goals for this year and how I managed with my goals for last year, but in the mean time, have some fandom related goals.

• Post 1+ fic a month
• Post some fics without (external) deadlines
• Try writing fic for some new fandoms
• Try some new canons
• Post at least one piece of fanart

Seems doable.


Day 10
In your own space, post a rec for fannish and/or creative resources and spaces. Tell us where you go to dig up canon facts for your fandom, or where you get all the juicy details about your favorite ship. Where do you like to hang out and squee like a squeeing thing? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

go_write is going to accept new members soon. Come and join us, it's cozy over there.