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donutsweeper) wrote2022-05-15 09:58 am
donutsweeper) wrote2022-05-15 09:58 am
music, recs and babble
Mother Nature is still out to get us, since my last post we've had both snow here and highs in the 90s with high humidity. Yuck.
Have two weeks of![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
recthething recs (NIF, MDZS, DMBJ. Fics, art and a vid):
Crafting-wise I made a bunch of octopuses for daughter's cat but forgot to take pictures and have been spending quite some time working on the rug I mentioned about a month ago. Original plan for it once finished has fallen through, but I'm going to finish it anyway because, well, rug.
I also spent some time backing up all the (unlocked) fics I've recced to the wayback machine. I was kind of happy to see that out of a year and a half of recs, well over 200 fics, and only one was deleted from AO3. I also wound up rereading a lot of them. How unsurprising.
Oh, and thanks for the birthday wishes everyone! After a rocky start it turned out to be a nice day and although I did not get my birthday donuts, son has promised to pick some up for me soonish so I'll get them eventually. 50 is unsurprisingly not much different than 49, although it can make an age difference feel a lot wider, especially when I notice some actors/people in fandom are younger than my kids. Oh well, nothing I can do about that.
Under the Skin inspired me to look into Tan Jianci's other things, including some of his music performances and videos and despite not being much into music generally, I have to admit, this video is... well, I'll let it speak for itself ("LadyBro 闺蜜" official MV, English subtitles, featuring M.I.C.'s Steelo and Tan Jianci):
(How this got past censors, I have no idea)
The hurtcomfort exchange is suppose to reveal next week but there's still a bunch of pinch hits that need to be claimed, hopefully they'll get picked up soon.
Have two weeks of
recthething recs (NIF, MDZS, DMBJ. Fics, art and a vid):NIF: Accidental Immortal by DC_Derringer (34k)
Summary: Lin Shu took the bingxu pill and rode off to glorious battle for the empire he had fought so hard to protect. He fought, he fell, but then he woke up again. For the next 1500 years he wandered the world, seeing the faces of his friends over and over again as they reincarnated around him never recognizing him again. But one face was missing in all his centuries of living - Xiao Jingyan. (really fascinating non-AU(technically?) modern set post-canon fic.)
NIF: Conversations with Myself (2.5k, Unsent Letters 2022 fics, still anon)
Summary: Letters that Mei Changsu and Su Zhe have exchanged. (Or, Mei Changsu has never been one to not invest wholeheartedly into his schemes. Even ones that involve a paper-thin false identity) (a really interesting take on how Mei Changsu might have established his Su Zhe persona)
MDZS/Doctor Who fusion: Rule 3001: Do Not Blink by EHyde (4k)
Summary: “There’s a carving by the entrance, but I can’t read it. It looks—old.” Jingyi stepped closer, reached out a hand to touch the rock. “Do not...blink? Don’t blink,” he repeated. “What does that mean?” Lan Sizhui would never have guessed that investigating a statue would lead to an encounter with a mysterious stranger, an adventure across time and space, and startling revelations about both Hanguang-jun's past and his own. (short but utterly delightful)
MDZS/CQL: All the ways that you remain by Spodumene (23k)
Summary: When Lan Zhan must return to Shanghai for a month, he leaves his beloved home in the care of Wei Ying, a timely new acquaintance. But what happens when Lan Zhan returns to find that Wei Ying has nowhere else to go? (gentle and sweet modern AU)
MDZS/CQL: stay by my side by ravenditefairylights (28k, MDZS Reverse Big Bang: 2022)
Summary Snippet: a boy, a god and a rebellion against the empire (wonderful AU with numerous canon elements where Lan Zhan ascended to godhood and after answering a small boy's prayer finds himself drawn into his life again and again)
Untamed Vid: Whistle by hexenmeister. Summary: can you 吹 my 簫 baby, 簫 baby, let me know (AO3 link)
DMBJ art: Who Wants To Live Forever? Summary: Hei Xiazi through the years... (a wonderful juxtaposition of two sketches with Hei Xiazi, a quasi-immortal, having a bite to eat at the same corner, years apart - DMBJ Gen Exchange 2022 work, still anon)
Summary: Lin Shu took the bingxu pill and rode off to glorious battle for the empire he had fought so hard to protect. He fought, he fell, but then he woke up again. For the next 1500 years he wandered the world, seeing the faces of his friends over and over again as they reincarnated around him never recognizing him again. But one face was missing in all his centuries of living - Xiao Jingyan. (really fascinating non-AU(technically?) modern set post-canon fic.)
NIF: Conversations with Myself (2.5k, Unsent Letters 2022 fics, still anon)
Summary: Letters that Mei Changsu and Su Zhe have exchanged. (Or, Mei Changsu has never been one to not invest wholeheartedly into his schemes. Even ones that involve a paper-thin false identity) (a really interesting take on how Mei Changsu might have established his Su Zhe persona)
MDZS/Doctor Who fusion: Rule 3001: Do Not Blink by EHyde (4k)
Summary: “There’s a carving by the entrance, but I can’t read it. It looks—old.” Jingyi stepped closer, reached out a hand to touch the rock. “Do not...blink? Don’t blink,” he repeated. “What does that mean?” Lan Sizhui would never have guessed that investigating a statue would lead to an encounter with a mysterious stranger, an adventure across time and space, and startling revelations about both Hanguang-jun's past and his own. (short but utterly delightful)
MDZS/CQL: All the ways that you remain by Spodumene (23k)
Summary: When Lan Zhan must return to Shanghai for a month, he leaves his beloved home in the care of Wei Ying, a timely new acquaintance. But what happens when Lan Zhan returns to find that Wei Ying has nowhere else to go? (gentle and sweet modern AU)
MDZS/CQL: stay by my side by ravenditefairylights (28k, MDZS Reverse Big Bang: 2022)
Summary Snippet: a boy, a god and a rebellion against the empire (wonderful AU with numerous canon elements where Lan Zhan ascended to godhood and after answering a small boy's prayer finds himself drawn into his life again and again)
Untamed Vid: Whistle by hexenmeister. Summary: can you 吹 my 簫 baby, 簫 baby, let me know (AO3 link)
DMBJ art: Who Wants To Live Forever? Summary: Hei Xiazi through the years... (a wonderful juxtaposition of two sketches with Hei Xiazi, a quasi-immortal, having a bite to eat at the same corner, years apart - DMBJ Gen Exchange 2022 work, still anon)
Crafting-wise I made a bunch of octopuses for daughter's cat but forgot to take pictures and have been spending quite some time working on the rug I mentioned about a month ago. Original plan for it once finished has fallen through, but I'm going to finish it anyway because, well, rug.
I also spent some time backing up all the (unlocked) fics I've recced to the wayback machine. I was kind of happy to see that out of a year and a half of recs, well over 200 fics, and only one was deleted from AO3. I also wound up rereading a lot of them. How unsurprising.
Oh, and thanks for the birthday wishes everyone! After a rocky start it turned out to be a nice day and although I did not get my birthday donuts, son has promised to pick some up for me soonish so I'll get them eventually. 50 is unsurprisingly not much different than 49, although it can make an age difference feel a lot wider, especially when I notice some actors/people in fandom are younger than my kids. Oh well, nothing I can do about that.
Under the Skin inspired me to look into Tan Jianci's other things, including some of his music performances and videos and despite not being much into music generally, I have to admit, this video is... well, I'll let it speak for itself ("LadyBro 闺蜜" official MV, English subtitles, featuring M.I.C.'s Steelo and Tan Jianci):
(How this got past censors, I have no idea)
The hurtcomfort exchange is suppose to reveal next week but there's still a bunch of pinch hits that need to be claimed, hopefully they'll get picked up soon.
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... and that vid is still really entertaining me, particularly the hand holding at the end. :D
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The bit at the end with the hand being held out and then taken is just so cute. :)