We had a bit of a family emergency on Saturday, and now I'm back to running all my parents' errands for them, so that's a thing. :/ Nowhere near as serious as last time, thank god, and at least I'm still able to stay living at my place this time! I...do not want to have to temporarily move back in again, now that my life's mostly back to normal. I do not recommend letting one's parents get old: it is a ton of work and stress! o.O
And, as much as I'd like to blame my lack of progress this week on all that, I usually don't get much writing done on the weekend anyway, so it would be a total lie to do so. I didn't write a word last week, lol, but I did do tons of editing and reading, so that's mostly what this post will be:
Goals for this week: 1) Read S4S! 2) Finish edits for Unsent Letters. 3) Try to get 1-2 of my May/June assignments written. 4) Finish The Untamed! 😭 5) Read more SVSSS.
And, as much as I'd like to blame my lack of progress this week on all that, I usually don't get much writing done on the weekend anyway, so it would be a total lie to do so. I didn't write a word last week, lol, but I did do tons of editing and reading, so that's mostly what this post will be:
- Exchanges due in March/April (
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the_mane_event, kinkluckydip, smut4smut, wickedloveex, worldbuilding_exchange, unsent_letters_exchange + mystery things I am pinch-hitting or treating for): KLD, S4S, Wicked Love, and Worldbuilding all revealed last week, so that's where all my editing time went. I'll need to edit for Unsent Letters this week, so that's my goal for this one. And also to read S4S, since I haven't gotten the chance yet. The Mane Event has also done author reveals: I wrote an Eve/Villanelle fic Fan Each Other's Panting Breast. - My gifts continue to be fantastic:
- the drop - AMAZING Ace Attorney worldbuilding of the online reaction to the leak that The Pink Princess sequel to Steel Samurai is coming out, with incredible integration of artwork, and bonus non-so-secret appearances by Maya and Edgeworth (Cody's username is just his actual name, so I'm not counting that even as "not-so-secret", lol)! ❤️
- Trading blows - Third Doctor/Delgado!Master sexy swordfighting for Kink Lucky Dip! It is very hot and they are such weirdoes when they get together! ❤️
- The Roomba Accidentally Saw Outside - Delightful Athena Cykes/Simon Blackquill porn from Ace Attorney, where a robot makes them do it, written for Kink Lucky Dip! Super funny! ❤️
- Love or something like that. - Will/Hannibal having a beautifully dysfunctional lover's spat for Wicked Love (with canon-appropriate appropriate body-count as a result)! ❤️
- I haven't had a change to read my 2 fics for S4S yet since that just revealed last night while I was in synchro practice, and I pretty much crashed after I got home. I will do those next week, but both the summaries look fantastic! (Two Phoenix/Edgeworth smut fics? Seriously, how am I so blessed? 🥺)
- Exchanges due in May/June (hurtcomfortex, pickmeupexchange, idproquo, caseficexchange, seasonsofdrabbles + mystery pinch-hits and treats): I'm 0/5 on these. I'm waiting on Case Fic assignments right now, but I gamed for one, so unless something went horribly wrong, I know what I'm writing. It would be nice to get 1-2 of those done this week, so I don't have to go into panic mode. Just sayin'...
- Potential other exchanges to add to my docket for May/June:
- Pretty much sure I'm in for: diegetic_exchange.
- Things I'm iffy on but will sign up if there are cool requests: prisoner_exchange (surprisingly no sign-ups for any of my fandoms yet, so I might sit this one out), saturdaymorningex (there's one prompt I like, but I'm not sure if it's enough for me to sign up or just treat)
- Things that are still in nominations phase, but I'm keeping an eye on:
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summerofhorrorexchange, justunrequitedex, ahorseofcourseexchange, fandom5k, monstersmashexchange
- Pretty much sure I'm in for:
- Femslash Salad Bar - Still nothing new to see here, folks!
- The Untamed: I'm now through episode 46, so only 4 left! 🥺 I am not ready for this to end! Seriously, I think I would watch a series of WWX and LWJ wandering around rescuing apprentices indefinitely. We're finally getting to JGY being exposed for all the horrid shit he's done, although there's a good deal of focus on how the actual problem is fickle gossipy people scapegoating whoever is most convenient at any given moment. It's all good stuff. Also, finally JC found out that he's had WWX's golden core all this time; I was starting to worry that was never going to happen, lol. Much angst, very pretty, I will miss this show so much when it's done. 😭
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: Finished it, and really enjoyed it! I will confess that I'm mostly in it for the plot, although the characters are fine enough too, just not any that I'm SUPER fannish about. Dunno whether I'll ever feel compelled to write something for this one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I have Harrow the Ninth in my library queue, but it'll take a little while for me to get to the top, which I'm okay with. This universe is sort of stressful, so I think I need a bit of a breather before the next one. Very curious to see where this is going...IN SPACE!
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: And then, because my library queue is cursed, this came up right when I was halfway through Gideon the Ninth, so I read this last week too. It's actually a very quick read and quite spellbinding. The narration style was super cool as were the reveals. I thoroughly enjoyed it, although not in a fanfic-writing manner, I don't think. And the final solution was a bit meh, that the House is some kind of outsider world. But I really loved the immersion in the narrator's POV and all the unreliable stuff and all the twists on how the Other betrayed him and 16 was actually on his side. Definitely worth a read!
- Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by MXTX: And now I'm officially back to this and hoping that I'll be able to finish before my library queue attacks again, lol. I'm in Ch4 of the first volume right now (Luo Binghe's demon just got unsealed). I do love SQQ's narration, especially with all the call-outs to fandom culture, and I just about died laughing when Luo Binghe's plot armor saved them by causing the ceiling beam to fall down. And also I am entirely amused that buttsex is the only cure for SQQ's poisoning: absolutely A+ plot development. So this continues to be fun and funny, and I'm getting more invested in the characters and plot all the time!
Goals for this week: 1) Read S4S! 2) Finish edits for Unsent Letters. 3) Try to get 1-2 of my May/June assignments written. 4) Finish The Untamed! 😭 5) Read more SVSSS.