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[tjs_whatnot]

I’m trying. Really I am.

I want to be here more than I am.

I want to be geeky and share what brings me joy with everyone here more than I do.

I want to FUCKING write for the LOVE OF GOD, more than I do anymore.

But mostly,

I want to make friends with like-minds.

What you can expect from this journal:

Shenanigans and Hijinx.
Book Reviews (mostly queer lit)
Broken Promises to be here regularly.
Half-finished memes.
Seriously, I am the WORST!

Things I post about When I do Post:

Me being ridiculous about what I'm reading
Fandom Shenanigans
Writing Shenanigans

Fandoms:

The most reading and writing I have done historically is for:

Harry Potter--my forever fandom, though that has waned since the whole JKR being a giant piece of shit thing.

I sadly only get inspired to write once a year for yuletide these days, or when I have big feelings about things like Heartstopper and The Green Creek series. 


Hmmm… What else? My fic can be mostly found Here on AO3

Pronouns: She/her but I’m also considering “Whatever” as a pronoun too.

Which brings me to the Friending policy:

Feel free to friend me all you want. I’ll more than likely friend you back--especially if you throw a comment below introducing yourself. If you just want to read my public fandom related posts, that’s cool too, just let me know so that I don’t accidentally friend you and expose you to my brand of silly ridiculousness. Cool?

♥ ♥

Comments

Re: Yuletide bestie?

[tjs_whatnot]

BESTIE!!!

I KNEW you were Australian from your story! It was just so very perfect with colloquialisms and attention to geographical detail! ♥ ♥

YES! YES! Penpals for sure!

Harrow! I can't even explain how I found it and why it hit so hard, but I have to think it was a little due to how much I loved and missed Forever--why did that not have a million seasons?!?! I had not heard of Harrow, but there was another show with him that I was too terrified to watch--I think it's called Liar, or The Liar? But, I just didn't want to see him being a bad guy and I thought maybe he was? So I avoided it. When I saw there was another show with him, I was excited. When I saw it was a crime procedural I was doubly so (I'm a sucker for those--but not usually in a fandom-y way, just in a put it on and do other things-noise in the background way). I have such good memories--which in 2021 were sometimes hard to come by--of finally learning how to pronounce his name (according to YouTube) and shouting it out while watching because it's just such a great name to shout out. ;)

And oh man, White Collar! I too am very much Peter/Neal/El (I think this is the only fandom I've ever heard of that almost EVERYONE in it ship those three the most. ♥ But Mozzie is my heart! Especially now since losing Willie Garson *sobs* I just want all the Mozzie with all his quirks and the ways that every character changes him and makes him shine. Oh, that reminds me, you should sign up for chocolateboxcomm, it's like Yuletide by focuses on relationships--either gen or romance--and there are SO MANY fandoms, not just tiny ones--even though I lot of those too.

And haha, The Author is Dead is a very good way to be able to fandom in spaces that the actual creator is toxic. I will remember that one. I'm sad to say as far as Twilight, Breaking Dawn sort of broke me of that one. It was a fun ride though. But yeah... full disclosure. Video games and anime I love that other people love them and I love watching my nerdy friends nerd out on things that don't do it for me, so we're cool there too, even if I'm not right there with ya. ;)

Re: Yuletide bestie?

[raise_the_knife]

I am so sorry, I did not mean to ignore you!! I just spent a week in iso because my booster decided to kick in and give me flu symptoms, how inconvenient of it! (This happens a lot, generally; it's never you, just my body wanting more rest than there is time).

I know Liar! I actually watched it and it was... well.... yes, do not watch it! It's one of those shows where you don't know what's going on until right at the end and it's really uncomfortable to watch because it's so real but you can't quite trust it. Have you seen Hornblower? Ioan is very young in it and I keep meaning to find it and watch it for him - it must be 20 years old by now! I didn't watch it when it was on because at the time I wasn't really into historical fiction plus ships, but then of course, Pirates of the Caribbean at least made them tolerable... The other one I really loved Ioan in was yet another single-season show that deserved at least another outing called 'Ringer' with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Ioan's character isn't perfect, but everyone in it is messy and has their good and bad aspects and it's like a primetime soap opera in 22 episodes! (Also he's pretty. But that's a given, yes?)

I have done chocolate box before, but not this year I think; is it still going, or are they looking for last minute pinch hitters? I must have a look - I normally only pinch hit because give me a long deadline and I just get bored and never finish, but pinch hitting I can pick ones that start speaking to me and then write them straight away, or close to, and it's like condensing the whole fandom excitement into a very small happy place.

For a minute.

Mozzie is such a darling little chameleon, isn't he? And I loved how Neal just trusted him to do his thing even when it was not quite as advertised and the little glimpses of nearly-happiness were so devastating every time they got pulled back to earth! (I must admit I knit while watching it so I haven't fully memorised everything enough to say it.) I saw Willie in something else just before he passed *sniffle* but can I remember what it is? No, no I cannot.

I hope you are well, at least better than average! (And I will remember my password and come visit properly at some point soon!)