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Missy Watches Stuff
May. 4th, 2023 07:02 pmHi! Haven't posted in a hot minute, but here's some stuff I've been watching lately and my thoughts on it :)
I very much enjoyed it! I went to see it with my family, and my mom who doesn't know anything about DnD found it quite enjoyable, too, and easy enough to follow along. Personally, I was glad there wasn't as much fecal humour as I feared, and the jokes were pretty funny. The visual gag of the Big Boy rolling down the incline, like a triggered boulder trap, was friggin hilarious xD The gore was kept to a minimum as well, unlike other DnD inspired media (much as I love Critical Role and The Legend of Vox Machina, the blood and violence and crass humour are never my favourite part).
I came out of it vaguely shipping Edgin/Xenk Yendar, as apparently many others did. Régé-Jean Page made for a great regal paladin. (He seems to pull off noble bearing particularly well, I loved his Duke Simon in Bridgerton, too.)
The central relationship being queerplatonic man&woman raising a kid together, especially with the woman being portrayed as straight (she has an ex and a future LI in the epilogue) was great. And they made it an important relationship! Edgin gives up /everything/ he thought he wanted for her! Without turning it romantic at all :D!
Super Mario Bros (Movie)
TL;DR: boring as expected.
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I'm stuck on the middle of the fic, furiously trying to resolve some issues to get from the start to the ending, which are mostly finished. I'm low-key worried I won't get it done in time if work throws me another curve ball (because I was planning to be done by now to avoid exactly this anxiety), but realistically I should get it done next week. I'm also eyeing one of my recip's other prompts, wondering if maybe I'll get a short treat written before reveals? Fingers crossed 🤞
Fandom 5k
I've started to separate potential fills, both a bit short of 1k, and having a hard time choosing which to go with. I'm putting the decision off until I'm finished with my 520 fic. I think it'll come down to if I can figure out a more concrete plot for fic A outside the premise, because I have a decently detailed outline for fic B. I haven't decided yet though because B is smut, and if I'm not in the right mood/mindset smut can be a chore to write and then it'll read as boring…
Regardless which I go for, I'm sure I'll match up with this recip again in the future, so I'll leave the other fic for then or as a treat if we don't match, I think ;)
Writing
In This As In All Things is currently on hiatus until I get my exchange fics in order. Sorry about that! The next chapter will likely end on a cliffhanger, so I want to get the one after done first to avoid long waits (tho I might reshuffle the scenes, I haven't decided yet). I've outlined the next three chapters or so, and am almost done with Chu Shuzhi's chapter, which will have to wait until the mini-plot in the next couple chapters resolves. I'm also trying to figure out how and where to end this, I keep realizing that I want a lot of different things from this fic and not all of them are compatible.
This is why I don't usually post WIPs as I go :')
Watching
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among ThievesI very much enjoyed it! I went to see it with my family, and my mom who doesn't know anything about DnD found it quite enjoyable, too, and easy enough to follow along. Personally, I was glad there wasn't as much fecal humour as I feared, and the jokes were pretty funny. The visual gag of the Big Boy rolling down the incline, like a triggered boulder trap, was friggin hilarious xD The gore was kept to a minimum as well, unlike other DnD inspired media (much as I love Critical Role and The Legend of Vox Machina, the blood and violence and crass humour are never my favourite part).
I came out of it vaguely shipping Edgin/Xenk Yendar, as apparently many others did. Régé-Jean Page made for a great regal paladin. (He seems to pull off noble bearing particularly well, I loved his Duke Simon in Bridgerton, too.)
The central relationship being queerplatonic man&woman raising a kid together, especially with the woman being portrayed as straight (she has an ex and a future LI in the epilogue) was great. And they made it an important relationship! Edgin gives up /everything/ he thought he wanted for her! Without turning it romantic at all :D!
Super Mario Bros (Movie)
TL;DR: boring as expected.
( Read more... )
Fannish Activity
520 Day Reverse ExchangeI'm stuck on the middle of the fic, furiously trying to resolve some issues to get from the start to the ending, which are mostly finished. I'm low-key worried I won't get it done in time if work throws me another curve ball (because I was planning to be done by now to avoid exactly this anxiety), but realistically I should get it done next week. I'm also eyeing one of my recip's other prompts, wondering if maybe I'll get a short treat written before reveals? Fingers crossed 🤞
Fandom 5k
I've started to separate potential fills, both a bit short of 1k, and having a hard time choosing which to go with. I'm putting the decision off until I'm finished with my 520 fic. I think it'll come down to if I can figure out a more concrete plot for fic A outside the premise, because I have a decently detailed outline for fic B. I haven't decided yet though because B is smut, and if I'm not in the right mood/mindset smut can be a chore to write and then it'll read as boring…
Regardless which I go for, I'm sure I'll match up with this recip again in the future, so I'll leave the other fic for then or as a treat if we don't match, I think ;)
Writing
In This As In All Things is currently on hiatus until I get my exchange fics in order. Sorry about that! The next chapter will likely end on a cliffhanger, so I want to get the one after done first to avoid long waits (tho I might reshuffle the scenes, I haven't decided yet). I've outlined the next three chapters or so, and am almost done with Chu Shuzhi's chapter, which will have to wait until the mini-plot in the next couple chapters resolves. I'm also trying to figure out how and where to end this, I keep realizing that I want a lot of different things from this fic and not all of them are compatible.
This is why I don't usually post WIPs as I go :')