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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?

♥ ♥

The Most Daring Thing is to Create Communities

The Most Daring Thing is to Create Communities

I was just going to drop a link to something I actually wrote and uploaded to AO3, but then I saw

delphi's Six Sentence Sunday and remembered that was something I wanted to start doing (which will hopefully keep me writing). ❤️❤️

If anyone else is doing this, please link me yours. And, if your don't want to post your own, feel free to do it in the comments. I'd love to read it.

So, first this, and then the other story. These 6 sentences is from a Green Creek story I've been plugging away on for a very long time. It's Mark/Gordo:

When it all got to be too much, when the multitudes of blues became too vivid and overpowering, he ran. When that didn't work, he drove. And when even that didn't stop the drowning feeling of ocean waves of blue crashing around him, he kept driving until he could breathe again, could see the familiar trees engulf him, the familiar scents inflame him. Dirt. And grass. And leaves. And smoke mixed with motor oil.

He could breathe again when he could breathe in those aromas.

This time though, this time the smell of other overpowered all else. Made his blood boil.

*sigh* I just love these two knuckleheads.

And speaking of people I love. Last week was long time friend

kaalee's birthday. And I was asked on the Heartstopper Discord if I'd like to create something for her. And, of course I did. So, I wrote something that kinda of paid tribute to all the fandoms we've followed each other through Sherlock/ HP (but only slightly as I'm all not ready to write in that world, or ask others to read in it)/ and of course, Heartstopper ❤️❤️

In My Pocket (Universe), You Will Always Reside (2081 words) by tjs_whatnot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic), Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring
Characters: Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fusion, Friends to Lovers, We definitely have a type, allusions to magical school, Fuck You JK Rowling, no plot just vibes
Summary:

There is a Charlie for every Nick...

HAPPY PRIDE!

I hope to come back some time in the near future and talk about things and stuff. But until then, here, have some book recs.

( May 2025 )

So, what is everyone reading for Pride? So far, I'm just set to finish:
*When The Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
*Even Though I Knew the End by C.I. Polk
*Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer
*Missing Page by Cat Sebastian
*A Destiny of Dragons by TJ Klune

And then we'll see where the muse takes me. Recs, of course, always welcome. ❤️❤️

I put off doing this meme for a few reasons, the first being that I thought it looked like a thing that would be hard to gather. But

corvidology assured me it wasn't, and I trust them. ❤️ The second was because I knew that a lot of it would be HP, and as I've discussed before, I have complicated thoughts of my output in that fandom. But, I am proud of a lot of the works I produced, and feel like most (if not all) of them have always been a Fuck You to Rowling, so… here goes.

( Sort of interesting…ish )

Any key takeaways? Just that I need to write more, and tag better. ❤️❤️

According to Fable, at this speed, I will reach my 2025 reading goal by August. 😍😍

Oh, and hey, let's follow each other on Fable! (That link will give us both 5$ to spend on books through their stores and I'll love you forever. ❤️)

( APRIL 2025 )

And before I begin, this is where I beg you to join Fable (and give you a cool invite code that gives us both $$ for one of their interactive ebooks). Fable is AWESOME! ❤️

( March 2025 ) And that was my March. How about you all?

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Challenge #12 Create a Rec Countdown

I know I'm obscenely late and who needs recs anyway? Oh, but wait, maybe now is the perfect time to rec, after the season is over when you're done reading all the stories your had bookmarked to read, after you've checked out all the communities/ discords/ books that everyone has already suggested. Here I come out of the kindness of my woefully procrastinatey heart with a post just for you. YAY ME!

( My Stories of 2024 )

( Green Creek Recs )

( CommunitiesEveryoneShouldJoin )
( Kickstarters to Support )

( One AuthorEveryoneShouldKnow )

Buckle up, this is going to be long! I can't believe how much I read in the shortest month of the year. I don't even know how it happened besides joining book clubs and following interesting people who recommend interesting books both here, and on Fable. (if you join through that link-- and everyone should be on Fable! It's awesome-- both you and I will get a 5$ credit for one of their interactive ebooks).❤️

I guess it also helped that it was SOOOOOO fuckin’ cold there wasn't anything else to do. 😍😍

( February 2025 ) So, that was my February. How about you?

1. Did the house where you grew up have a newspaper delivered regularly?

Growing up, I was a paper-boy. And yes, I was called that even back then. Hmmmm, I wonder how my complicated understanding of my own gender happened.

I remember my dad reading the paper whenever he was home, but I think that was just a perk of delivering them.

2. Have you ever subscribed to an actual print newspaper?

A family I lived with in Connecticut got the local paper and the New York Times delivered and the dad read them every night at dinner.

3. When was the most recent time you physically picked up and read a newspaper?

I honestly can't remember. Oh yeah, I remember, in a coffee shop in Auckland while I was visiting there last summer.

4. Do you pay for news online now?

Nope.

5. Do you have any saved newspaper clippings?

I used to be a freelance journalist for the Arts and Entertainment section of our local paper (the one that the dad read every night during dinner on question 2's answer) and I have clippings of all those articles. And ones I wrote for my highschool newspaper.

There was a long part of my life where I wanted to be a journalist. I even went to school for it, but soon discovered that I like making up people's stories moee than writing the truth of people in the world. Still... I did have fun when I did get to do it for real.

1. Would you rather have a fun job that doesn't pay well or a boring job that does?

Seeing as how I actively have an exhausting, demanding and super fun job that doesn't pay well, I'd have to say, it's still better than office work. 😍😍

2. Would you sacrifice your morals for a job?

Um... probably not. I guess it depends if they're my morals or societies morals and if I also believe in them.

3. Would you ever take a job that requires you to be in costume?

In my experience and from those I've heard from, jobs that require a costume aren't jobs where the employer respects their staff and the costumes are not user-friendly to say the least. So, proudly not.

4. What is your fantasy job?

Successful author who sells so many books from their cabin in the mountains that they don't have to do any of their own PR. Hey, it's a fantasy, yes?

5. Would you like fries with that?

I've joined the Keto Cult so GOOOOOOOD GOD YES!! PLEASE! ALL THE FRIES!!

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Challenge #11

In your own space, share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme.

First of all, I'm skipping 10 on purpose. I'm not in the right headspace right now for this one.

So, on to tropes and themes!

( Found Families Are The Best Families )
And really, I think the thing I seek out in fiction is the same thing I look for in fandom spaces, people who ~get~ me, who accept me as I am, who share my weird quirks and obsessions and my secrets. ❤️❤️

So, what's your favorite books/ shows/ movies that feature Found Families? Here are some of mine:

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
The Last Binding Series by Freya Marske
Legends and Lattes, and Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldtree
Pretty Much Anything by TJ Klune (seriously, there's a reason I'm obsessed!)

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Challenge 9: Create a Fanwork

Okay, I need your help. I need you to drop me a prompt, a song lyric, a fandom (and pairing if you'd like) and I'll try and create something.

I have something I'm working on, but that got bigger than I had intended and might take a while, and I'd like to work on something I can share sooner. So really, anything.

These are the fandoms I've written in before, so any of those (though I'm pretty done with Harry Potter right now, so not that one please).

And this tag will give you an idea of what I've been consuming (and obsessed with lately. (Though, it's a lot, so you can just ask me too if that works for you).

AND HOLY FUCK, I JUST ACCIDENTALLY POSTED THIS ON THE CHALLENGE COMMUNITY AND NOW I WANT TO SHRIVEL UP AND DISAPPEAR. *awkward*

Challenge 8: In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for a beloved character, relationship or fandom.

( It's like joining a cult. A gay werewolf cult. )

Ox is just too precious for this world. Your heart will break for him. You will want only good things to happen to him, want only people who see his worth. You will fall in love with a rough and tumble garage mechanic who takes him under his wing and protects him and his mother. You will marvel at the little boy who finds him on the side of the road and introduces him to an extraordinary life that he could have never imagined.

You will meet a family that loves with every thing they are and you will grieve with them as they struggle with loss and a need for vengeance.

I want to convince you all to read Green Creek, but I also don't want to give away any of the reasons why because I don't want to take away from the discovery of it. But, here, I found this and I think it does a good job of explaining a lot of the reasons it's a Must Read without giving too much away.

I can't believe February is almost halfway over already. Oh well, better late than never (basically my epitaph, I guess).

( January 2025 )

Current Mood: calm

Firstly, as this is acting as my Year in Review, here have some links to all the book reviews I half-attempted this year:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July and August
September
October
November and December

Now, onto A Year in Review, of sorts (I'm horrible and I can't remember who I snagged this list from. 😭😭 If it was you, thank you, and I'm sorry.):

( Year Of Klune (and others) )

Just in case I'm crazy enough to take this on.

I was made aware of this by someone at FSC, but the community itself (

100fandoms )looks pretty dead--no posts since 2012--but that's okay, we can have our own fun.

001.	universe	002.	edge	003.	cleave	004.	distance	005.	away
006.	home	007.	key	008.	star	009.	dust	010.	shadows
011.	old	012.	new	013.	borrowed	014.	blue	015.	promise
016.	dishonor	017.	wreck	018.	fix	019.	crack	020.	clip
021.	fiddle	022.	fire	023.	water	024.	waves	025.	salt
026.	balm	027.	fat	028.	wear	029.	mask	030.	truth
031.	courage	032.	hope	033.	raised	034.	fall	035.	spring
036.	birth	037.	morning	038.	welcome	039.	belong	040.	share
041.	count	042.	mean	043.	teasing	044.	fantasy	045.	game
046.	work	047.	bed	048.	turn	049.	swing	050.	koala
051.	cull	052.	quell	053.	arrested	054.	inside	055.	chance
056.	alive	057.	sleeping	058.	late	059.	rain	060.	bottle
061.	kaleidoscope	062.	brilliant	063.	theory	064.	practice	065.	war
066.	storm	067.	voyage	068.	swim	069.	wallow	070.	settle
071.	ground	072.	space	073.	silence	074.	screech	075.	snap
076.	scratch	077.	bug	078.	lighting	079.	faded	080.	ghost
081.	history	082.	time	083.	mirror	084.	drawing	085.	trailed
086.	way	087.	run	088.	here	089.	heart	090.	perfection
091.	right	092.	sanction	093.	can	094.	collection	095.	crowd
096.	oversight	097.	graduate	098.	laughing	099.	until	100.	final

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Challenge #7: In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive

Hmmmm...

Lets see. What do I usually wish for? I can't even remember anymore. Oh yeah...

Artists and Writers: Anything you want to create, either remixing or illustrating something that I've written in the past, or maybe something from the fandom of any of this year's 5 star reads?

Graphics and/or Coding Gurus: I neeeeeeed help! I did one of those reading bingo things--first one I've ever finished and I'm ridiculous pleased with myself--and I'd like to make it pretty, or have links or... IDK, be able to make it mine in someway, ya know? So I need help, or it if is easier to just do it than explain it, then that instead. *looks sheepish*

Readers and Reccers: Sell me on your favorite book from this year!

And wow. That's it. Oh yeah, if you have asked for anything on your Wishlist that you think might be in my wheel house to provide--as a writer, reader or squee-er, do me a solid and link it here, yeah? Cool.

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Challenge #6: Share a piece of canon...

I feel this is a bit of a cheat, but that's only because I had planned for a much more eleborate thing that needed a lot more set up and explanation and then it was all just too much, and I felt like it might be spoilery and also maybe not that interesting to people who aren't me (which isn't usually something that bothers me--HAHA--but combine that with the time needed, and yeah...)
( Barbeque Sauce! )

Challenge #5 Talk about what has improved in your life thanks to fandom.

You know what? Let's do a photo representation of just how, this summer, fandom improved my life. I wouldn't have either of these adventures without fandom. True story.

The first adventure was my reward for surviving 50+ years, hiking 50ish trails and getting my Bachelors in Early Childhood Education AND meeting

redsnake05 all those years ago in a Ron Weasley Writing Community ❤️❤️
( Fandom Bestie International: New Zealand Road Trip )( Fandom Bestie International: New Zealand Road Trip )

( Fandom Bestie Domestic--Americana Road Trip )

I will forever be humbled and awed that this people see me at my geekiest and weirdest and still want to call me friend and show me their amazing country, and drive across our slightly less amazing one (only slightly) to keep me company. ❤️❤️

Challenge Four: Goals

This one was weirdly hard. For the last, oh, IDK, 5 years, I've had a lot of pretty monumental goals--lose weight, get in shape, get a degree, get a better job, travel.

But, last year, I sort of... well, I sort of did all those things. Or, I've been steadily accomplishing those goals to the best of my abilities and it finally all just sort of... happened. So, now what?

I mean, health is always something I'm going to have to work towards, but that's not a fun goal anymore, ya know? Maintaining health isn't as exciting as getting there to start with, and I want exciting goals.

So, until I can think of exciting goals, I'm going to go back to the basics of my Fandom Snowflake Challenge Goals. These are the ones I used to always make for myself to various degrees of success.

2025 Fandom Goals
1. Read More Fic
2. Write More Fic
3. Be Awesome!

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