Right, so, in a conclusion to the epic saga that will surprise absolutely nobody, I ended up claiming the ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fffx pinch hit that I promised myself I wouldn't look at, wrote it, and posted it. My only hope is that no more PHs get posted that I can claim, because I clearly have zero will power.
People did end up signing up for things I could write forgoreswap, yay! So I signed up for that, got my assignment (which is a FANTASTIC prompt I noticed last-minute and added another offer to game for it!), and currently am writing my way through that. It is tons of fun to write so far! I'm maybe 1/3 of the way through, hoping to finish up this week.
No one has requested any of my fandoms yet forhighadrenalineexchange, so the jury's still out on that one. There's one Original Work prompt I like that was requested (and I nominated the prompt in the first place, as a safety in case I signed up), but I'm not sure if I'm hyped enough about writing it yet that I would sign up if that was my guaranteed match. I'm still noodling on it (and hoping for more requests to show up that I could choose from).
I've started theau5k treat that I knew I had to write the moment I saw the prompt. I'm hoping to finish this one up this week too, and then I'm wondering if I should just post straight-up or wait to double-check that this recip doesn't come back as a Post-Deadline Pinch Hit, in which case I could easily claim them. Decisions, decisions... Oh well, I still have time.
A couple of new things on the horizon: I threw in my nominations forwickedloveex since it's a new exchange and the theme is basically "every single pairing ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
kantayra has ever loved". worldbuilding_exchange is also starting back up, and I have several fandoms where I care about worldbuilding waaaaay more than I care about ships (and some fandoms where I care about both!), so I'm excited for that one. I am also debating creating a Tumblr account solely so that I can participate in Femslash Big Bang, because there is a bang-length femslash fic for a super rare pair that I absolutely want to write, and I know that I will never make the time to write it if there's not a challenge motivation for it. On the other hand, not so hot about having to create a Tumblr account. :/ Maybe one isn't required? But I can't find any way to ask the mod that doesn't presume I already have a Tumblr account, lol. I'll think about it... Also, maybe I'll ask around if there are other challenges I could write this for that are DW- or AO3-based.
I am now wondering if I should set a goal of writing 100k this year. I say this only because it's not yet the end of January, and I've already written 30k. :P The last time I hit 100k (and it was almost 200k) was back in 2020. Yay, Covid, I think? o.O In any case, this reinforces my opinion that I tend to write a lot during stressful times. So I have no idea how long this'll last, but it's great escapism for the moment!
Fandom-wise:
- I didn't read any more on How To Survive Camping this week. I will finish at some point, but I'm not super invested, especially when compared to...
- Killing Eve! I started watching this and am through the first season. This show has been on my radar for some time, because Eve/Villanelle clicks all my shipping boxes. I'd heard spoilers for the final season, though, and that kind of turned me off, since I do not like character deaths in my pairings. And also I heard people say it was "basically a comedy", and I'm not sure why that discouraged me, because I think exactly the same thing about Hannibal TV, but there you are, my brain is not logical. However, S1 was amazing, and I love Eve/Villanelle so much, and I continue to think that comedic gore/murder is incredibly funny, so Villanelle is absolutely my fave! ♥ Also, I had been pronouncing Villanelle's name wrong in my head this whole time: turns out it's "Villa Nell" not "Villain Elle", oops! Not sure if I'll watch the final season when I get to that. Decision pending!
- I grabbed a bunch of my old art supplies out of storage. Every so often, I do this thing where I think "I should get better at drawing!" but then I end up only drawing animals and plants, which I am already pretty good at, and not people, which is where I need the most work, because I honestly don't want to stare at people for that long, even if it's my own drawing, lol. So this time I'm thinking I'll just let myself draw cool animals and plants, since my fingers have clearly made their decision on this subject. Also, it seems like it would be fun to learn how to create digital art, since that didn't become a thing until well after I was out of art class, so I might research how to do that. (Beyond, y'know, mouse doodles in MS Paint during boring meetings at work, which are fine for random doodles, but drawing with a mouse is so grossly inferior to drawing with a pencil/pen, it's not even funny.
- I'm thinking of playing around with origami again. This idea came to me after reading The Neuroscience of Navigation and how origami helps train your brain for 3D rotation of objects. I haven't done it in...probably decades now? I can't even remember! So it should be fun to play with for a bit.
- I'm also thinking of taking up juggling again. Spoilers: I am not good at juggling. At my best, I could juggle three balls maybe 5 or 6 times, and 4 balls 1-2 times if I was SUPER lucky. I was better at contact juggling and used to have a pretty cool butterfly, but last time I tried that, I had totally forgotten it, so I might start that up again too. (Where are my old balls for this? Fuck if I know!)
- I also need to sign up for my spring skating competitions, blargh! So much money for so much stress! (Competitions are fun at exactly one time: the moment of elation as you step off the ice, when you crazily think "whee, I want to do this again!") I've got all my jumps back after my bout of Covid over New Years, though, so I don't really have any excuses.
fffx pinch hit that I promised myself I wouldn't look at, wrote it, and posted it. My only hope is that no more PHs get posted that I can claim, because I clearly have zero will power.People did end up signing up for things I could write for
goreswap, yay! So I signed up for that, got my assignment (which is a FANTASTIC prompt I noticed last-minute and added another offer to game for it!), and currently am writing my way through that. It is tons of fun to write so far! I'm maybe 1/3 of the way through, hoping to finish up this week.No one has requested any of my fandoms yet for
highadrenalineexchange, so the jury's still out on that one. There's one Original Work prompt I like that was requested (and I nominated the prompt in the first place, as a safety in case I signed up), but I'm not sure if I'm hyped enough about writing it yet that I would sign up if that was my guaranteed match. I'm still noodling on it (and hoping for more requests to show up that I could choose from).I've started the
au5k treat that I knew I had to write the moment I saw the prompt. I'm hoping to finish this one up this week too, and then I'm wondering if I should just post straight-up or wait to double-check that this recip doesn't come back as a Post-Deadline Pinch Hit, in which case I could easily claim them. Decisions, decisions... Oh well, I still have time.A couple of new things on the horizon: I threw in my nominations for
wickedloveex since it's a new exchange and the theme is basically "every single pairing kantayra has ever loved". worldbuilding_exchange is also starting back up, and I have several fandoms where I care about worldbuilding waaaaay more than I care about ships (and some fandoms where I care about both!), so I'm excited for that one. I am also debating creating a Tumblr account solely so that I can participate in Femslash Big Bang, because there is a bang-length femslash fic for a super rare pair that I absolutely want to write, and I know that I will never make the time to write it if there's not a challenge motivation for it. On the other hand, not so hot about having to create a Tumblr account. :/ Maybe one isn't required? But I can't find any way to ask the mod that doesn't presume I already have a Tumblr account, lol. I'll think about it... Also, maybe I'll ask around if there are other challenges I could write this for that are DW- or AO3-based.I am now wondering if I should set a goal of writing 100k this year. I say this only because it's not yet the end of January, and I've already written 30k. :P The last time I hit 100k (and it was almost 200k) was back in 2020. Yay, Covid, I think? o.O In any case, this reinforces my opinion that I tend to write a lot during stressful times. So I have no idea how long this'll last, but it's great escapism for the moment!
Fandom-wise:
- I didn't read any more on How To Survive Camping this week. I will finish at some point, but I'm not super invested, especially when compared to...
- Killing Eve! I started watching this and am through the first season. This show has been on my radar for some time, because Eve/Villanelle clicks all my shipping boxes. I'd heard spoilers for the final season, though, and that kind of turned me off, since I do not like character deaths in my pairings. And also I heard people say it was "basically a comedy", and I'm not sure why that discouraged me, because I think exactly the same thing about Hannibal TV, but there you are, my brain is not logical. However, S1 was amazing, and I love Eve/Villanelle so much, and I continue to think that comedic gore/murder is incredibly funny, so Villanelle is absolutely my fave! ♥ Also, I had been pronouncing Villanelle's name wrong in my head this whole time: turns out it's "Villa Nell" not "Villain Elle", oops! Not sure if I'll watch the final season when I get to that. Decision pending!
- I grabbed a bunch of my old art supplies out of storage. Every so often, I do this thing where I think "I should get better at drawing!" but then I end up only drawing animals and plants, which I am already pretty good at, and not people, which is where I need the most work, because I honestly don't want to stare at people for that long, even if it's my own drawing, lol. So this time I'm thinking I'll just let myself draw cool animals and plants, since my fingers have clearly made their decision on this subject. Also, it seems like it would be fun to learn how to create digital art, since that didn't become a thing until well after I was out of art class, so I might research how to do that. (Beyond, y'know, mouse doodles in MS Paint during boring meetings at work, which are fine for random doodles, but drawing with a mouse is so grossly inferior to drawing with a pencil/pen, it's not even funny.
- I'm thinking of playing around with origami again. This idea came to me after reading The Neuroscience of Navigation and how origami helps train your brain for 3D rotation of objects. I haven't done it in...probably decades now? I can't even remember! So it should be fun to play with for a bit.
- I'm also thinking of taking up juggling again. Spoilers: I am not good at juggling. At my best, I could juggle three balls maybe 5 or 6 times, and 4 balls 1-2 times if I was SUPER lucky. I was better at contact juggling and used to have a pretty cool butterfly, but last time I tried that, I had totally forgotten it, so I might start that up again too. (Where are my old balls for this? Fuck if I know!)
- I also need to sign up for my spring skating competitions, blargh! So much money for so much stress! (Competitions are fun at exactly one time: the moment of elation as you step off the ice, when you crazily think "whee, I want to do this again!") I've got all my jumps back after my bout of Covid over New Years, though, so I don't really have any excuses.