rthstewart: (Default)
Monday, October 25th, 2021 02:13 pm
So a whole bunch of my favorite people in the world flew into town to celebrate my birthday. We went to a Renn Festival, played Cards Against Humanity with our own "edits" as in black card, "What do they teach in these...." and answers such as "Wild Dryad Tree Sex" and "Further Up and Further In." You get the picture.
And we found a bottle of Cabernet wine bearing the "Edmundo" label and of course bought it! And drank it. Then went back and got some more. 3 bottles of Edmund were spent. AND WE NEED FIC ABOUT EDMUND RETIRING TO RUN A VINEYARD AND BACCHUS COMING TO VISIT.

Someone gave a presentation on BTS. We baked a lot and ate an enormous quantity of carbohydrates. It was AMAZING.
One gift was, no lie, a Narniapoly -- Monopoly style board game with spaces such as "Otter Romp. lose 75 Turkish Delight" and "You've been audited by a Lone Island Banker, pay 25 Turkish Delight."It is AMAZING. Pictures below, with 3D printed figurines including a Gryphon, a Welsh Corgi, Aslan, Susan, Lucy, and Tumnus.

We had two baristas who made amazing drinks with whip and caramel and froth and espresso shots.

It was so, so wonderful and I have the best time and we all of course want to do it again IMMEDIATELY.
Everyone was vaxed by the way and we all tested, either before leaving home or rapid tests at the AMAZING rental house. Some pics below. They got me a crown. I cried many times.

And I encourage everyone to check out remix that went live!! ( I STILL OWE REVIEWS OF NFE. So far behind. ACK). There are some lovely stories by Nasimwrites, Vialethe wingedflight, embraidery, Liz Culmer and other favorites.

I wrote a thing for the incomparable and amazing syrena_of_the_lake and it's part of the "museum-verse" Narnia AU that [personal profile] snacky started. I had so much fun with it. Syrena has written for me for remix at least twice,

The Scrubb Method (the fighting dragons with you remix) (4290 words) by rthstewart
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jill Pole/Eustace Scrubb, Jill Pole & Eustace Scrubb
Characters: Eustace Scrubb, Jill Pole, Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Talking Animals, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Modern Narnia, Narnia-Museumverse, Background Jill/Eustace
Summary: Rumors of the Pevensies Reborn are circulated widely throughout Paravel City. Teekicheek, Head Librarian of the Royal Archives, finds the fans annoying but otherwise hasn't given it much thought. She's got a thesis to write and a lack of credible source material.

Read more about the remix I received. Or just skip to the pics! )

HERE ARE THE AMAZING PICS FROM MY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!! AREN'T YOU ALL AWESOME?!














rthstewart: (Feminazi)
Saturday, October 10th, 2020 09:13 pm
Except the Season 5 Expanse trailer dropped and after the first 3 episodes drop, they will be going to weekly, so I'm thrilled.


So it looks like we're going to get some variation of the "Don't call me Chrissie" and "I think she likes me." And honestly if we don't get that epic encounter from Nemesis Games nearly word for word, I'll cry.  Also, interesting and sad that Cas Anvar is so de-emphasized in the trailer and wasn't included on the NYCC cast panel.  I assume the reason is the ongoing investigation into the many reports of his harassing conduct at Cons.

The Mandalorian is coming.  Also, I really enjoyed Enola Holmes.  It's super fun and on Netflix and there's a new series of GBBO. 

And of course The Old Guard on Netflix which is very much this season's favorite fandom flavor.  I loved it.  I've watched it about 5 times and that scene where the team is going through Merrick?  Yeah, I've watched that as many times as I've watched opening sequence of Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing, now on Amazon Prime.  20?  30?  I kinda start my day with it.

And then there is Dune.  I'm one of those people who read Dune right after being bitterly disappointed in the Foundation Trilogy probably 40 years ago.  I loved the book, hated the sequels, and it's one of those books that I'm frightened to go back and read because I might not love it and I know that whole white savior thing would really bother me now.  Still, the trailer looks amazing and gender bend Liat Kynes, YES PLEASE.


 

Also, my old story Food for Thought got recc'd on fanacke by the lovely [personal profile] beatrice_otter so that was super nice.
And Snapes on the Astral Plane is back with this piece from Jezebel, a lot of which I don't agree with but it's fun to revisit a favorite wank and I 
guess some Kylo Ren fans are upset with the comparison.  I'm not touching that one.

Are you reading or seeing anything fun?  What's made you happy during these grim times?

Me, my spawn and our run-ins with the Purity Police (like mother like spawn) skip if you don't want to read wank )