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Name: I go by Jess mainly but you can call me Ondine as well
Age group: I'm 17, will be 18 in March. I know a lot of people don't want minors on their journal so yeah, be warned. Of course I don't mind older folks as long as you aren't weird towards me.
Country: "U! S! A! U-U-U-U! S! A!"
Subscription/Access policy: None at the moment because I don't have any locked entries, and I don't forsee myself really having any.

Fannish interests: Fanart, fic reading/sometimes writing, selfshipping/yume/riako/whatever stuff, oshikatsu culture
What I like to post about: Long form rambles about my life, ideas I have about media I like
Fandoms: Mostly Blue Lock, Cookie Run (CRK/CROB), YGO, rhythm games (PJSK/Enstars to be specific), Vocaloid, and Trauma Center. I mostly post about Blue Lock because I've been very hyperfixated (I'm autistic) for about 4 months at this point. I'm trying to branch out and get into more things as well.

About me: I've used DW for about 3 or so years but this is a new journal, I've had other journals in the past. I've never liked mainstream social media. Problem is I'm only now really figuring out how to properly engage with this site and maybe get some eyes on my journal. I like talking to myself but it gets a bit lonely. By the way, I hate discourse and I'm not pro or anti or neutral anything. If I see something I don't like I block it. And I would assume I needn't say this but just in case, bigots of any kind are not welcome around me.
Other hobbies: Music (I love Interpol), drawing, crafts, reading
Looking for people who are: Also neurodivergent, in the same fandoms as me

Journal info: My entries are pretty long, and I don't cut them unless they contain some kind of sensitive content. I do vent but it's nothing too serious, anything I think would warrant a content warning has one and goes under a cut. I haven't posted much fandom-related content but will definitely do so eventually, so stay tuned...

Current Mood: calm

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1. What’s harder to live without, chocolate or alcohol?

2. Does the colour yellow remind you of anything?

3. Who most annoyed you last week?

4. Do you have a cutesy romantic nickname for your partner (or previous partners)?

5. What is your favourite Stephen King movie?

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What I go by: Ren (they/them)

Bit About Me: Nonbinary, bisexual, old (okay, over 40), parent, writer, admin worker and disabled, living in Wales.

Where else I can be found online: so many places lol

What I post about: Art, writing, fanfic, mostly my life in general - my kids, my health, my hobbies

Hobbies & Interests: I like to write, to draw, archery, colouring, gaming (I have a swtich and a PS5), fanfiction. This is one of the few places, as well as pillowfort, where my fandom side and my actual life intersect.

Fandoms/characters/ships if fannish: I like Stargate, Star Trek, Rizzoli & Isles, Dr Who, Castle, NCIS, Bones, MCU, Dragon Age. I dabble a lot and hope around a lot - I mostly write in whatever I'm watching at the time. I prefer femslash, I dislike m/m.

Other things I want you to know about me: I have two kids, both girls, one is a cancer survivor and had a liver transplant. I've been married for 13 years to my American wife.

What I'm looking for in friends/blogs to follow: Anyone who still loves Stargate as much as me, but anyone who's into the same stuff as me, or happens to be a geeky parent.

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What I go by: Ren (they/them)

Bit About Me: Nonbinary, bisexual, old (okay, over 40), parent, writer, admin worker and disabled, living in Wales.

Where else I can be found online: so many places lol

What I post about: Art, writing, fanfic, mostly my life in general - my kids, my health, my hobbies

Other things I want you to know about me: I have two kids, both girls, one is a cancer survivor and had a liver transplant. I've been married for 13 years to my American wife.

What I'm looking for in friends/blogs to follow: Anyone who still loves Stargate as much as me, but anyone who's into the same stuff as me, or happens to be a geeky parent.

goodbyebird

+ Very heartening to see all the blue victories rolling in for the US. About damn time.

+ WE'RE GETTING A NEW MUMMY MOVIE! WITH BRENDAN AND RACHEL! DIRECTED BY RADIO SILENCE! That? Is a five course meal. A buffet. An absolute feast. Give it now.

+ I'm in Bangkok atm, waiting for my two brothers to arrive who told me "early in the morning", it is 11 now and I haven't heard a word. The tut tut they'll be having. Just glued to the window watching taxis come in, riveting stuff.

+ Did spend last night in bed ordering room service (it was raining) and sorting/coding some of the recs for Rec-Cember. And some folks have already joined in on the sigh-up post. EXCITE.

+ Ey we should have some more good news: Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.

+ I know there's a whole bunch of Murderbot fans around, so wanted to give a heads up that both Illumicrate and Broken Binding are doing a limited edition collected set. I'm leaning towards Illumicrate for the cohesive look and fun book boards, but BB has some very cool endpaper art I'm drooling over.

+ Reading Rainbow is back!

+ The Video Game History Foundation's digital library system is now available to the public. You could do worse for an ill-advised late night deep dive ;)

+ hah nothing like inputting a title to my post to remind me that oh yeah, I lopped off my hair! Went from waist length to sporting a lil bob. Feels mighty freeing. And now it's all my natural hair color, and it's going to stay that way ✨

Current Music: Bat For Lashes - In God's House

badfalcon

October slipped past in a blur, but November feels like a month for gentle structure — reading because it’s comforting, writing because it helps me breathe, and trying not to treat either as a chore.

📚 Reading Goals

Finish at least 3 books
Keep reading a little most days, even just a few pages
Maybe (finally!) finish The Ministry of Time
Prioritise fun and curiosity over guilt - reading doesn’t have to be productive to be worthwhile
Share a few more updates, even the messy or half-formed ones. That’s part of the story too.

✍️ Writing & Fandom Goals

Update Surface Tension
Update Wolf-Tethered - and try to figure out what story it’s actually trying to be!
Update You Wouldn’t Take My Word for It If You Knew Who Was Talking
Write some Sincaraz - whatever shape it wants to take
Write more Darren/Jannik kink (because it’s always fun)
Maybe write some more Team Sinner Polycule fic
Keep sharing, even if it’s just a snippet or a ramble - words in the wild count

🌿 Life Goals

Keep doing physio for shoulder, hip, and knee - consistency over perfection
Have at least one proper rest day with no guilt
Cook something comforting, ideally involving butter or cinnamon
Go outside on at least one clear, cold morning - just to breathe
Keep organising clothes storage a little at a time — it doesn’t need to be perfect, just better
Get back to daily gratitudes
Keep using Finch - it’s been helping, and that’s worth keeping up
Try one small thing that makes life feel softer

November doesn’t need to be wildly productive; it just needs to feel a little steadier, a little kinder. Here’s to slow progress, good food, and stories that won’t leave us alone. 💛

goodbyebird

I’ve been diligently chipping away at gathering fics to rec this December, but hey, maybe more folks want to join in? And they’d need some time to prepare as well. So

rec_cember is now a thing. Hopefully having a bit of a community around it can encourage more people to join in. Maybe have a weekly check in post during the month as well. I am pondering and scheming and whatnot.

Come hang?

Current Music: Florence + The Machine - You Can Have It All

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Name: Marianne is my real first name.

Age:

I mostly post about:

Sometimes I vent when I need to about whatever it is in my life that weighs me down or stresses me too much. Or if I have a strong opinion or thoughts on something that lingers.

Other times I write out songs that either help spread awareness to others about real-world issues that should be addressed, or just me expressing my thoughts about things I strongly think are so crazy-backwards and self-destructive things. (AKA, Liberty-Minded Tunes.)

I also have been writing a lot of songs centered around fictional characters. My main 4 are psychological horror/cosmic horror themed baddies. A few others are like comfort and supportive friends of mine--two OCs and my own silly and too cute interpretation of the Nintendo character, Kirby!

My hobbies are:

Other than music making and writing, I enjoy anime and manga. I like animated films and have a list of favorite movies, some I still have on DVD (woooo). And if in the mood, I do some gaming! I've mostly been playing either the digital version of the wonderful bird card game known as Wingspan, or play some rounds in a really interesting, quirky, and very diversely strategic PVP card game that is called Cards, the Universe, and Everything! ...Oh, and just recently, my mom and I have been going back to playing card and board games with our gaming group now that she has a car again!

My fandoms are:

Most currently... The original series of Avatar: The Last Airbender. (I still have all the episodes on DVD and don't have to replace it after all, YAAAAAY! Zuko, Iroh, Sokka, and Toph are among my most favorite characters.) One by one, I have been reading through The Promised Neverland manga. (I've been mostly drawn towards the character Norman.) And four of my music muses are AUs of characters from the old cult classic GameCube survival/psychological horror game known as Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. I am a diehard fan of that game, and I still sometimes miss playing it!

I'm looking to:

I would love to connect with kindred spirits! I yearn to write creatively with others, with the small group of characters of mine. (Story writing or RP writing, or just coming up with song lyrics together--that'd be fun!) I have been riding on this creative momentum that's been uplifting and exciting for me. Let's have a grand time. Let's brainstorm! Let's experiment! My own ideas tend to be very big and crazy at times, just FYI. ^^

My posting schedule tends to be: Kinda sporadic, depending on my creative drive is going! I have been using this blog of mine over something like Google Docs to store my lyrics and song style prompts--so I don't use up too much space on my Google Drive.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:

Any form of toxicity, people coming to me asking for money or trying to scam me, people coming around and spreading negativity instead of constructive criticism if something of mine doesn't sound good to them.

Before adding me, you should know: DISCLAIMER: I am a really honest person. I can even be brutally honest. I don't usually sugarcoat things, and I have a critical thinking mind. And when it comes to the crazy backwards realm of politics, I'm neither pro-left or pro-right. I have been the observer outside that paradigm for years now. And some of my songs and/or entries may actually provoke you to want to pause, and think for yourself on the topic.

badfalcon

October was… a lot. Between uni starting (!!!), work chaos, and a migraine that just would not quit, reading was more of a background hum than a main feature. But hey - two books finished is progress, and I’ll take that as a win.

📖 What I Read
The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A satisfying end to the Percy Jackson series! I enjoyed the scale of it, even if it didn’t hit quite as hard as some of the earlier books for me.
The Kiss Curse – Erin Sterling ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Cozy witchy romance with autumnal vibes - perfect for spooky season reading, even if I read most of it under a blanket trying to ignore my migraine.

☕ What I Didn’t Read (But Still Counts)

I made progress on several ongoing reads, even if I didn’t actually finish them. And honestly, that’s kind of the mood for October - slow, steady, distracted by tutorials and caffeine.

I also managed to start three new books this month - because apparently my brain’s motto is “finish? never heard of her.” So despite finishing two, I somehow ended up with more books on my “currently reading” shelf than I started October with. Classic me.

Still, it’s progress. The list may have grown, but so did the stories I’m excited to return to.

🧠 Life Lately

Uni starting has been both exciting and overwhelming - lots of new routines, brain fog, and figuring out where reading fits into my days again. Work’s been full-on too, so I’m trying to be kind to myself about the pace of everything.

Also: I did read a lot of fic (and wrote a fair bit too), so the stories are still happening - just not always in book form!

🌟 November Reading Goals

Let’s try again, but gently.

Finish at least 3 books
Keep reading a little most days
Maybe finally finish The Ministry of Time
Prioritise fun and curiosity over guilt
Share a few more updates - even the messy ones

✨ Because even if it’s slow, it still counts.
And hey - if all else fails, there’s always fanfic and hot chocolate. ☕💛

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Name: I go by many of them. Recently, I've been on a Lucy kick, but I also go by Maggie, Saros, and Venus, among others. And the titles. Don't forget the titles.

Age: 19 (20 soon)

I mostly post about: Daily life, media I'm engaging with. Trying to post more about my OCs/fannish stuff, but it's scary. I dearly love my OC Vesper and her partner Roan and and will talk so much about them if you ask!

My hobbies are: Ballet (been doing it since I was a little kid and currently still doing pointe, albeit as a hobbyist), digital art, DIY fashion (alt/goth), creative writing. Huge music nerd--I'm into dark cabaret, goth, digital hardcore, industrial, among others. My favorite artist is Ada Rook of Black Dresses.

My fandoms are: Honestly, it's been 99% Vesperoan lately. Selfshipping! I'm a huge selfshipper and that makes up a lot of the fannish stuff I do. Some of my F/Os are Double Trouble from She-Ra, Whitney the Bully from Degrees of Lewdity, Xenon from Cytus II, and Greely from Animal Jam. Neither here nor there, but Evangelion is extremely near and dear to my heart. I've also been a VOCALOID fan for 9 years now.

I'm looking to meet people who: Post frequently so I have stuff to read on my reading page :) Being into my writing would also be a huge plus! I'm still trying to set up a comm specifically for Vesperoan.

My posting schedule tends to be: Pretty much daily, sometimes I miss a day or post multiple times a day.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Sanists, transmisogynists, other bigots. Minors (please stay safe!).

Before adding me, you should know: Lucy likes referring to herself in third person. She's into a lot of dark and explicit content. It will be placed below an 18+ screen with a warning/reason given, but still, if one is squicked out by the content detailed in her pinned post, maybe best not to follow! No minors for this reason.

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1. Did you vote in your most recent applicable election? (If you're not yet old enough, do you plan to vote in the future?)

2. Have you ever protested or attended a march?

3. What political issue is the most important to you?

4. Are you a member of a party in your country? If so, which?

5. Do you ever plan to run for office?

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Name: Sadie

Age: early 30s

I mostly post about: My life, thoughts, and things I get up to, things I draw or create, places I've been to, something cool I've bought recently, etc. I might occasionally post about media I've consumed, but I don't really post fandom content unless it's relevant to my life in some way (like I've gone to a gig). I save that stuff for Tumblr.

My hobbies are: Drawing (I'm an illustrator and have a degree in it), journals and stationery (I love my Filofax and Hobonichi ♥), Japanese street fashion (I wear EGL a lot), musical theatre, travel (I've lived in Japan and South Korea teaching English), wandering through the woods, taking photos, digging through junk shops, playing The Sims 4 and Animal Crossing, learning languages, and building Lego.

My fandoms are: My favourite movies right now are Conclave and the new Frankenstein. My favourite bands are My Chemical Romance, Ghost, and System of a Down. I'm also a Disney adult and unashamed of that, I've been to every park except Hong Kong and Shanghai. My favourite authors are Tove Jansson and Stephen King (I read and watch a lot of horror, but not slashers which are kinda boring tbh), and some of my favourite novels are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Watership Down, The Phantom of the Opera, and Animal Farm.

I'm looking to meet people who: Nice people who I can actually befriend. I like to form friendships with people on my friends list, and not feel like it's a transactional "comment for comment" kind of vibe which feels disingenuous 💔 We're reading each others diaries after all.

My posting schedule tends to be: Whenever I feel like I have something to say, but I try to aim for at least once a week. I'm trying to get back into the habit of updating regularly after I had a bad experience with someone who made me feel self-conscious about what I post, and I'm trying hard to stop overthinking it and get back to posting whatever I feel like, but sometimes it's difficult and I struggle with that 'no one cares' voice. But I also realise no one knows me if I only update once in a blue moon and never say anything about myself.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Judgey people and the usual bigots. Also if all you post about are fandoms that we don't share, media reviews, or your kids/partner, I'm not going to have anything to say about that and will likely end up skipping over your entries. I want to get to know YOU.

Before adding me, you should know: I don't post about it much, but I have a chronic illness and I'm disabled. It usually comes up as vague mentions of being tired/in pain/struggling etc, but that's what I'm referring to.

Current Mood: hopeful

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Hello, I'm Selena |˶˙ᵕ˙ )ﾉﾞit's very nice to greet everyone again. 28, she/her, ISFP-T. My reading list has gotten a little quiet when I'm someone who likes to comment, so here I am!

My journal's 99% locked because it is my safe space, but I unprivated some of my more recent entries for now so anyone can see if they'd vibe with my posting style/subjects. I mainly post about my personal life (my husband is my closest friend and pops up a lot), whatever games I'm playing or other media I'm into, and other random thoughts or opinions.

🩷 A good sampling of my interests is on my profile, though not all my fannish interests are listed.

🎮 I'm an avid video gamer, and my favorite game is (for a mainstream answer) Mass Effect 2, though it's very hard to choose!

📖 I also love to read anything, including literary classics and fanfiction of my favorite ships! One day I'll actually track my completed books... I enjoy learning new facts no matter how mundane or morbid, so Wikipedia and likeminded sites are a comfort. My favorite book is Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

🎵 I love all kinds of music, though I mainly listen to K-pop. Since I grew up listening to Korean music, I have a fondness for 2nd gen groups though now my taste is kind of all over. My favorite group is BTS and I hope to see them again with their upcoming world tour!

I'm looking to find friends with journals similar to me, though we don't have to necessarily be into the same things. I like to read about other peoples' lives since they're typically so different from my own! I also like reading other peoples' reviews or recommendations. Sometimes there can be a lull in my own posting with how busy I can get some days, but I always come back. Dreamwidth is one of the few social medias I still use, so it's important to me. I've been regularly(ish) journaling for 2 years now.

Anyway if I seem interesting enough, I'm all up for being friends! I consider myself pretty tolerant barring seriously hateful rhetoric and emphasize with mental health struggles since I've been there (and am still here, really). Feel free to comment here or in my actual journal o/ I don't add people back unless they reach out to me first.

⚠️ Unless I'm familiar with the majority of the fandoms I don't know if I'd be able to connect with purely focused fandom journals, sorry! It should also be self-explanatory, but no minors please. Preferably 25+ since I'm old and usually have nothing in common with younger people.

Current Mood: peaceful

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Name: Rina.

Age: 41 years.

I mostly post about: My everyday life, my thoughts, the emotional turmoil I am going through day by day, music (A LOT OF MUSIC TALK; this is more than just something I am interested in, it really is my passion :D!), lyrics/quotes/etc references, movies & books (When I can), struggles in my psyche, career talk *__*, spirituality, and also sometimes politics. And generally: LOVE!

My hobbies are: Creative writing [poetry (that can often be used as lyrics later) and general fictional stories], crocheting [Ironically I struggle less with magic rings than just simple chains?! Oô], cycling [I would *LOVE* to travel to places by bike, too!], dancing [To express myself; influenced mainly by industrial dancing, hiphop, acrobatics, bellydance, jazz dance, etc. I usually do not like dancing with partners, though :P, and I would LOVE to try hoop and pole dance!], DIY, drawing & painting [No matter the canvas! Mainly portraits, seals (and other animals) and lots of surrealist influences!], knitting, learning foreign languages, learning new things, listening to music, martial arts, mixing and mastering knowledge acquisation ;D, photography, playing the electric guitar, playing the keyboard/piano, recording music, sewing, singing, songwriting [music & lyrics], spiritual practices [Tropical and Chinese astrology, tarot/cartomancy, numerology, palmistry, tossing witches runes, scrying, aura readings, etc.], travelling, watching movies.

My fandoms are: I do not really know whether this counts as "fandom", because, yes, there are e. g. bands and musicians I really like a lot, but then again, I am not really part of any true "fandoms"... Unless you count in platforms (Reddit, Discord, etc.) dedicated to the people in question... Either way, here is a (non-exhaustive) list, categorised a bit, though...
BOOKS - Alan And Naomi (M. Levoy), Antonio Im Wunderland (J. Weiler), Big Magic (E. Gilbert), Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified (R. O. Friedel), Die Kinder Erwachen (C. Polar), Hab Ich Selbst Gemacht (S. Klingner), Ich Geh Jetzt In Dein Karma Rein (B. Wagner), I'm Off Then (H. Kerkeling), Last Quarter (all; Ai Yazawa), Living Out Loud (K. Smith), Many Lives Many Masters (Dr. B. Weiss), Maria Ihm Schmeckt's Nicht (J. Weiler), Mort (T. Pratchett), Only Love Is Real (Dr. B. Weiss), Old Magic (M. Curley), Popular Music From Vittula (M. Niemi), Reasons To Stay Alive (M. Haig), Rebel Witch (K.-A. Maddox), Remix 1 (B. v. Stuckrad-Barre), Same Soul Many Bodies (Dr. B. Weiss), Show Your Work (A. Kleon), Steal Like An Artist (A. Kleon), The Dark (M. Curley), The Key (M. Curley), The Metamorphosis (F. Kafka), The Named (M. Curley), The Trial (F. Kafka), Yes Man (D. Wallace), You Are A Medium (S. Dillard), Your Head Is A Houseboat (C. Walker).
MOVIES - A Clockwork Orange, Amadeus, Animalympics, Anne Frank's Diary, A Time To Kill, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Back To The Future (all), Bandits, Beetlejuice, Billy Elliot, Blue Is The Warmest Color, Coco, Control, Dancer In The Dark, Dangerous Minds, Dark Shadows, Dead Poets Society, Demolition Man, Dracula: Dead And Loving It, 23 (1998), Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Encanto, Fight Club, Flashdance, Fucking Amal, Gattaca, Ghostbusters, Girl: Interrupted, Good Bye Lenin, Hangin' Out, Hocus Pocus, Inception, Inside Out (1 & 2), Interview With The Vampire, Kopps, Labyrinth, Light Of Day, Mind Game, Mulan (1998), Murder By Death, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Richy Guitar, Run Lola Run, School Of Rock, Sing, Sing Street, Sister Act (1 & 2), Slumdog Millionaire, Song Of The Sea, Soul, Soylent Green, Speed, Teen Witch, Thank You For Smoking, The Basketball Diaries, The Boat That Rocked, The Bob's Burgers Movie, The Celebration, The Crow, The Cure (1995), The Disaster Artist, The Hate U Give, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Linguini Incident, The Matrix, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Craft, The Naked Gun (All, except for the reboot :P!), The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Pink Panther (2006), The Plague Dogs, The Secret Of NIMH, The Return Of Captain Invincible, The Runaways, The Sixth Sense, The Truman Show, The Twelve Tasks Of Asterix, This Boy's Life, This Is Spinal Tap, Too Hard To Handle, Trainspotting, Tron: Ares, Twister, Velvet Goldmine, Wach, Wasted Youth, What's Eating Gilber Grape, What To Do In Case Of Fire, What We Do In The Shadows, While You Were Sleeping, Yes Man, You Instead.
MUSIC - Alice Cooper, Alien Sex Fiend, Alizée, All Gone Dead, A Perfect Circle, Apulanta, Bauhaus, Bela B., Billy Idol, Blur, Bronski Beat, Boy Harsher, Camouflage, Cinemascope, Cinema Strange, Clan Of Xymox, David Bowie, Dead Or Alive, Depeche Mode, Die Ärzte, Die Fantastischen Vier, Don Huonot, Duran Duran, Esoterik, Farin Urlaub (Racing Team), Fettes Brot, Fiction, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Ghosting, Goethes Erben, Green Day, Grossstadtgeflüster, Inkubus Sukkubus, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Joy Division, Julien Bam, Käärijä, Kino Carey, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga, L'Âme Immortelle, Leaether Strip, Linkin Park, London After Midnight, Luci'fer Luscious Violenoué, Maître Gims, Mark Forster, Marteria, Marusha, Mia., Minuit Machine, Mylène Farmer, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Pharao, Project Pitchfork, Psycho Le Cému, Rihanna, Rob Zombie, Roman Rain, ЯR, Santa Hates You, She Wants Revenge, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Slam Bamboo, Soft Cell, Space Tribe, Specimen, Spinal Tap, Stromae, Tears For Fears, The Clash, The Cramps, The Crüxshadows, The Cult, The Cure, The Mission, The Offspring, The Prodigy, The Runaways, The Sisters Of Mercy, The 69 Eyes, The Weeknd, Thomas D, Tic Tac Toe, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Van Halen, Vanished Empire, Virgin Prunes, Xmal Deutschland... Most likely I forgot a gazillion in this list D:, because this happens so often.

I'm looking to meet people who: I'm looking to meet people who don't tame their souls! Who are authentic beyond words, who stand up for their ideals, who are open-minded, kind, creative, intuitive, etc. :D

My posting schedule tends to be: Almost daily, though I will not promise it will always be like this!

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Ableism, animal cruelty, animal testing, anti-semitism, arrogance, body shaming, elitism, fascism, fatphobia, homophobia, ignorance, islamophobia, racism, religious fanatism, sexism, transphobia.

Before adding me, you should know: I struggle with my mental health (ORLY?), mainly in terms of C-PTSD, BPD, EDNOS/OSFED, and severe depression, and while I try not to overdo it in terms of expressing what this means, there could be entries in this regard... I will put potentially triggering entries behind cuts, though. Also: I'll be gone from Sunday (2nd) until Saturday (8th), so it might take a bit in case you comment then to answer you or add you back. If you have any more questions/comments, please let me know.

Current Mood: curious
Current Music: Garbage - "As Heaven Is Wide"

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Name: amanda

Age:30's

I mostly post about:personal things and venting

My hobbies are:anime, gaming , fashion, roleplaying

My fandoms are: most are old so.. lol pokemon, sailor moon, cardcaptor sakura, detective conan, demon slayer, inuyasha, final fantasy, kingdom hearts to name some.

I'm looking to meet people who:i dunno.. doesn't matter to me lol

My posting schedule tends to be: pretty much spordiac due to life and health.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: minors, being rude, dishonest and what not

Before adding me, you should know: i'm not the most social person or nicest but i am shy so give me space and time get back to you.

Current Mood: apathetic

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name: amanda ( she / her )
age group: 30's
country: usa.
subscription / access policy: i don't accept people into my circle or whatever you call it... until i get to know you and trust you. plus, i won't always be active on this site so lol
fannish interests: icons, writing / roleplaying , editing graphics.
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Gakked from all over my f-list.

Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

Whenever a letter has more than one fic, I have shamelessly chosen the one I felt most to share. Leaning towards one-shots, and trying to spread the fandoms around.

A. All That You Love Will Be Lost (Doctor Who, Ninth Doctor & Nyssa of Traken)
B. But A Dream (Victoria, Queen Victoria/Lord Melbourne)
C. A Conversation In the Drawing Room, And Other Letters to Mrs. Strange (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Emma Pole/John Childermass)
D. The Devourer (Peter Pan, Captain Hook)
E. Elizabeth’s Child (Emily of New Moon, Elizabeth Murray)
F. The First Passion, And the Last (Doctor Who, Twelfth Doctor/River Song, Missy/River Song)
G. A Gift For Her Heart (Ivanhoe, Rebecca of York/Brian de Bois-Guilbert)
H. Homeward (The Borgias, Cesare Borgia/Micheletto Corella, Lucrezia Borgia & Micheletto Corella)
I I Always Wanted To Be A Pirate Queen (Doctor Who. Liz Shaw & Delgado!Master)
J. Juliana and John (The Man In the High Castle, Juliana Crane & John Smith)
L. Little Miss Sunbeam (Doctor Who, Delgado!Master & OC)
M. Make Her Yours (The Queen’s Gambit, Beth Harmon/Vasily Borgov)
N. Nothing Interesting Ever Happens in Perivale (Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Smith & Ainley!Master & Third Doctor)
O. Only Forever (Labyrinth, Jareth/Sarah Williams)
P. A Place In the Shadows (Penny Dreadful, Vanessa Ives & Sembene)
R. Requesting Comfort (Agent Carter, Peggy Carter/Ana Jarvis/Edwin Jarvis
S. Susan, Once Queen of Narnia, Always Queen of Narnia (Piranesi & Chronicles of Narnia, Piranesi & Susan Pevensie)
T. Three’s Company (The Mummy, Ardeth Bay/Evy Carnahan O'Connell/Rick O'Connell)
V. Visiting Time (Doctor Who, Delgado!Master/River Song)
W. Wedding Nerves (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Jonathan Strange/Arabella Strange)
Y Yellow, Sweetie? (Doctor Who, Eleven Doctor/River Song)

22 letters out of 26 covered. I missed out on K, Q, U, and X. But with 123 fics, I'm not surprised I have covered most of the alphabet.

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Not only is 4.50 from Paddington (1957) one of my favourite Christie’s, it’s also the one I have re-read the most, and it also has one of my favourites among her characters.

On the train to see Miss Marple, her friend Mrs. McGillicuddy observes a man strangling a woman on a train that is temporarily beside her own. She and Miss Marple report the crime, but as no body is found, the police dismiss it all as a dream. Miss Marple, of course, thinks otherwise. She figures out that the body must have been thrown out of the train on the Crackenthorpe estate, and manages to get help from her friend Lucy Eylesbarrow, who gets a job at Rutherford Hall as a housekeeper.The Crackenthorpe family is a fine collection of Agatha Christie tropes. The elderly family father who keeps a thigh rein on his money. The spinster caretaker, the bohemian artist, the successful businessman, with a wife from a noble but poor family, and lastly the never-do-well son. There is also the daughter who died young, but her husband, the war hero, is around. Another son died in the war, and the dead daughter has a teenage son who sometimes visits. To complete the picture there is also the family doctor who seems very interested in the spinster daughter. Lucy manages to find the dead body secreted away in a barn, and then she and Miss Marple need to find out who she was, and also which one of the many men having access to the estate who is the murderer. Needless to say Miss Marple figures it all out, through there a couple of more murders before that happens.

It’s a pretty solid Christie mystery, but a large reason why I love this book is because of Lucy Eylesbarrow. She’s an attractive woman in her early 30s who, despite being a highly gifted academic, decides to have a career as a short time housekeeper. She’s very good at her job, and is therefore in high demand and is very expensive. I love that Christie, though Lucy, points out that taking care of a home is actually a job that requires a number of talents and hard labour. Whenever I feel household chores are just a drudge, I always feel more motivated after re-reading 4.50 from Paddington, because Lucy thinks doing chores are fun. Lucy also proves to be an excellent detective, and she and Miss Marple make a very good team. I’ve always felt it’s a pity Lucy never returns, she would have made a good returning character.

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Overall I think Christie does a good job with the characters in this book. Yes, they are a selection of her stock characters, but they still have distinct personalities. Like Emma, the spinster daughter, who isn’t at all down trodden, and clearly has her own life and interests, even if she lives a life as her father’s caretaker. Mrs. McGillicuddy, who we only see at the beginning and the end of the book, is still a real human being, and I think it’s a testament to Christie’s skill as a writer that even if Mrs. McGillicuddy is so briefly described, you are still left with a real person. Someone who isn’t very imaginative, who may not be very generous with money, but who still has a large family who loves her, and close friends who look forward to seeing her.

I’ve seen two adaptations of this book. One from 1987 with Joan Hickson. She was a marvellous Miss Marple, but this particular adaptation is one of the weakest in her Marple series. I don’t mind that there are some cuts and changes in the cast, but several of the characters have significant changes to their characters, and none for the better. I’m especially annoyed with how Lucy is portrayed. On the other hand the one from 2004, part of the Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, is one of the better episodes from that series, even if I don’t think Geraldine McEwan is the best Miss Marple. There are some changes in this adaptation as well, for example Inspector Craddock is made into a relative to Miss Marple.Not that I mind, especially as he is played by the ever charming John Hannah.

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