Things and stuff

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I keep meaning to post, but there's not a lot going on in my life, fannishly speaking. It's more 'nebulous plans' than 'actual activity.'

I have been reading a bit of Homestuck fic, for whatever reason; a sudden nostalgia trip that came out of nowhere, but it's been fun. What a huge and creative and wonderful fandom that was, overall, and a delightful experience. ♥

Beyond that, I just finished a rewatch of Weiss Kreuz, and I really need to get back to my Nirvana in Fire rewatch plans, and I keep toying with the idea of trying an actual Cnovel at some point, and my brain is still full of Horrible Murder Elves (aka Silmarillion) thoughts that I either can't find fic for, can't write fic for, or just want more fic for.

I've also been doing some gardening - bought some strawberry plants and some flowers, including a Songbird Blue Columbine that I absolutely couldn't resist; I hope it thrives! My love of weird alien plants is delighted by its blue tentacularity. :D

Comments

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Your OCs sound like a delightful mix of cultures! With lots of potential for clashing, oh my. :D

And there's also that her people literally run or hide from orcs rather than fight, and the Noldor. Really don't.

I love the Noldor and their astonishing lack of self-preservation instincts! This is definitely going to come up with my OC if I ever get that far, given that one of the biggest clashpoints is Morgoth himself. The Man was raised in a culture who worship Melkor as supreme deity; the Elf regards the Valar as slightly irritating neighbours his parents currently aren't speaking to. (He was born during the Long Peace, but his parents came with Fëanor over the sea, and one or both spent some time learning from one of the Valar.)

Sorry to have passed on my Weird Elrond Fic Obssession? Except not too sorry, if it results in fic about Elrond realising how many more levels of this "they're my family, too" problem there are in a place where people return from the dead. :D Poor Elrond: fighting everybody in Middle Earth until they accept (or just shut up about) the eldest Kinslayers, only to have to do it all over again on a different continent with five more added on.

For all that Celegorm and Curufin are probably the ones with the most obviously difficult and offensive history regarding Elrond, I feel like Elrond would end up grappling longer with Amrod and Amras. There's just so much going on under the surface of things there, with the timing of their deaths and the Peredhil's abduction, the idea of Maedhros & Maglor as older brothers (which isn't something he saw/experienced), the twin sons Elrond himself has left behind in Middle Earth and may never seen again, and the ways their being the youngest might tie into how the other Fëanorians react around them.

Fëanorian!Tauriel I have seen before, and I do like the idea, though I think red-haired Avari are more likely. (Mainly, I just like the idea of Avari having the most variable hair colours inspired by nature, from Autumn Trees Red to Peat Bog Black to Dried Grass Gold. They're a huge group; they should have more genetic variety than the Noldor/Sindar/Vanyar, who are smaller and more closely-related groups.) Still, Fëanorian drama is always a good option! :D They do seem to be magnets for it...

Good luck with the writing! And the cats, and the meds. :D