grant me a place in a hall of thy name

[miss_ingno]

Health & Work

I'm still recovering from my cough (turned out to be bronchitis. I'm getting better day by day, but it's been a slow and torturous process). Went back to work on Monday, which was probably a day or two too early but I felt bad for already taking 1.5 weeks of sick leave *shrugs* it's a flaw of mine I'm working on. Next time, hopefully, I'll be able to prioritize my health with less of an internal guilt trip.

Anyway, half my team caught the same cold by now, so we're understaffed af. It's gonna be a couple interesting (read: exhausting) days. I'm just glad we're at half capacity right now or I might very well throw hands.

Watching

Due to my lack of steady internet access (seriously, how hard can it be to connect the damn box?? The cables are set up already! They just need to add the damn box *grumbles*) I've been re-watching Nirvana In Fire since I have a downloaded copy. It's still very gripping despite knowing exactly what's going on! Just got to the Prince Yu rebellion part, and the moment Nihuang shows up with reinforcements had me crying with relief. Just goes to show how well made this drama is, the pacing and tension is impecable. I definitely stayed up later an hour or two because I was at a tense part a couple nights <.<

If I didn't have so many obligations and WIPs right now, I'd probably be writing NiF fic now xD If anyone has recs, I'd love to read more! Especially any court intrigue/politics ones or generally good character pieces. (I have such a yearning for Jingyan being protective of MCS, like divergences where Prince Yu's plot to create a rift between them fails because Jingyan Trusts or Knows... it was such delicious angst, let me have my comfort fantasies :'D)

Writing

I really need to sit down and finish my yuletide fic. I didn't expect things to be quite this busy and complicated. Falling sick definitely set me back on my schedule, and the fact that I don't have decent internet is a pain, too. I've got nearly 1k of the main scene, which might turn out to be the only scene after all, my ambitious goals for this fic are definitely not achievable until the deadline. I'm trying to cram as much worldbuilding goodness into it as I can! Which might actually be for the best, rather than sprawling musings. Much more focussed story-telling, for sure.

Fingers crossed my giftee will like the end result! I'm probably not gonna get around to writing treats though, sadly...

On that note, I just posted this WIP I've been chipping away at for ages:

Title: What Lies In Darkness
Rating: E for smut
Ship: Weilan
Words: 7k
Tags: Eldritch AU, eldritch horror!Shen Wei, monsterfucker!Zhao Yunlan, tentacle sex, worldbuilding, void cat!Da Qing, reincarnation (sort of)

Summary:
While snooping through Shen Wei's apartment, Zhao Yunlan ends up entangled in secrets better left undisturbed.

His curiosity might kill him, but oh, does Shen Wei satisfy him. Multiple times.

Comments

[trobadora]

Glad you're getting better! *hugs*

Congrats again on finishing the WIP, and good luck for Yuletide! I need to urgently make progress on my own Yuletide fic, too ... How did we get this far into December already?!

Keeping my fingers crossed for your internet, too. That has to be so frustrating.

[miss_ingno]

It's very frustrating :') I'm starting to doubt it's happening before Christmas tho

And mood! December really snuck up on us 👀