Coming to the end of the crossposts! This wraps up most of the video game content. Some of these are old and profoundly overwritten; the discussion of projection vs content/subtext vs text is also nicely explored in But What I Really Want is to(o) Direct by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
franzeska.
( The rebels are just as dangerous! )
( Fast travel )
( The end of Yume Nikki; suicide TW )
( Pokemon are friends: projection in Pokemon Black )
( Projection vs content/subtext vs text )
( A specific example in Revenant Wings )
( How and why to fix the OT3 in Miracle Mask )
franzeska.( The rebels are just as dangerous! )
( Fast travel )
( The end of Yume Nikki; suicide TW )
( Pokemon are friends: projection in Pokemon Black )
( Projection vs content/subtext vs text )
( A specific example in Revenant Wings )
( How and why to fix the OT3 in Miracle Mask )
DS9 rewatch(es) crossposts
Dec. 22nd, 2018 01:21 amPost dates indicate that my two rewatches were in 2016-2017 (first cut) and 2017-2018 (all the others)—not as large a gap as I thought! This is easily my favorite Trek, and rewatching it when coping with my dad's terminal diagnosis was equal parts healing/cathartic/exhausting. TW for a lot of cancer-talk under various cuts.
( Rewatching DS9 under fascism )
( Rewatching DS9 during the cancer times )
( Rewatching DS9 during the cancer times: longform )
( The Occupation )
( 4.6 Rejoined )
( 5.2 The Ship, 5.3 Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places, 5.5 The Assignment, 5.6 Trials and Tribble-ations )
( 6.21 The Reckoning )
( 6.24 Time's Orphan )
I've been watching DS9 every night for the last two months and I think there literally has not been a single evening when I have not cried at least once
#they're good cries—accessible cathartic non-headyache little cries; probably the exact emotional outlet I need rn #with some exceptions (cough 'The Vistor' cough ugly crying cough) #(and I still haven't been able to make myself watch 'Ties of Blood and Water'—I think I need to; I just can't) #but every time I go to wash my face after I get that wave of 'is this too much; what's the line between wallowing and processing #between triggers and catharsis?' #and what do I do when I finish this season and run out of episodes? what escape/outlet is there then?
( Jadziea spoilers )
( Rewatching DS9 under fascism )
( Rewatching DS9 during the cancer times )
( Rewatching DS9 during the cancer times: longform )
( The Occupation )
( 4.6 Rejoined )
( 5.2 The Ship, 5.3 Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places, 5.5 The Assignment, 5.6 Trials and Tribble-ations )
( 6.21 The Reckoning )
( 6.24 Time's Orphan )
I've been watching DS9 every night for the last two months and I think there literally has not been a single evening when I have not cried at least once
#they're good cries—accessible cathartic non-headyache little cries; probably the exact emotional outlet I need rn #with some exceptions (cough 'The Vistor' cough ugly crying cough) #(and I still haven't been able to make myself watch 'Ties of Blood and Water'—I think I need to; I just can't) #but every time I go to wash my face after I get that wave of 'is this too much; what's the line between wallowing and processing #between triggers and catharsis?' #and what do I do when I finish this season and run out of episodes? what escape/outlet is there then?
( Jadziea spoilers )
Title: Alphabet of Thorn
Author: Patricia A. McKillip
Published: New York: Penguin, 2005 (2004)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 300
Total Page Count: 176,285
Text Number: 516
Read Because: fan of the author & mentioned in OK, where do I start with that? M (in comments), ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Deep within underground libraries, an orphaned translator obsesses over a book written in thorns; an aged magician searches for a threat against the kingdom; a young queen comes into power as the monarch of Raine. This has the makings of epic fantasy, right down to the second world setting and the entwining prophecies of the plot, but McKillip's gaze is inward. The settings are domestic, the politics private; McKillip creates a dreamy, evocative magic that compliments rather than overshadowing subtle personal aspects. I find epic fantasy wearisome, but adored this deviation from tradition—it's beautiful, sympathetic, and the perfect escape. It's also the most accessible McKillip that I've read so far (though not the most profound), and probably a good starting place.
( Longer, later thoughts via Tumblr )
Author: Patricia A. McKillip
Published: New York: Penguin, 2005 (2004)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 300
Total Page Count: 176,285
Text Number: 516
Read Because: fan of the author & mentioned in OK, where do I start with that? M (in comments), ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Deep within underground libraries, an orphaned translator obsesses over a book written in thorns; an aged magician searches for a threat against the kingdom; a young queen comes into power as the monarch of Raine. This has the makings of epic fantasy, right down to the second world setting and the entwining prophecies of the plot, but McKillip's gaze is inward. The settings are domestic, the politics private; McKillip creates a dreamy, evocative magic that compliments rather than overshadowing subtle personal aspects. I find epic fantasy wearisome, but adored this deviation from tradition—it's beautiful, sympathetic, and the perfect escape. It's also the most accessible McKillip that I've read so far (though not the most profound), and probably a good starting place.
( Longer, later thoughts via Tumblr )
