Since it became clear to me that my New Year's Resolution for 2011 wasn't going to happen, I decided to make an all-inclusive fandom post detailing what fandoms you may find me in (or which I might end up dabbling in), what I may or may not ship within each, and what you're likely to find fic of on this journal.  Arranged alphabetically; italics indicates currently active fandoms.

( Masterlist of Fandoms )

…because if I hadn’t inhaled three cups of his tea, I would have stormed out in a huff of unfocused and uncontrollable rage.

But!

Because I inhaled three cups, I have managed to express to my boss — politely! — the reason that I have, of late, been very on-edge and short-tempered, calmly requested tomorrow evening off so that I can join the rest of my family for a dinner/night together while we still have the opportunity, and — this is the most important bit — managed to both keep my job and take good enough care of the customers that I made $41 off of four (cheap-ticket) tables.

I am now bringing a box of tea with me to work and hiding it for use on bad days because, seriously, this was like a miracle in a teabag. I want to go back in time and shake Charles Grey’s hand.

Uncle Iroh would be so proud of me.

I haven't been around here lately because I severely underestimated the life-eating addiction that is Tumblr.

I do want to thank everyone for their words/support regarding the last post. It's... I've known for a while now that he would be going overseas, but it just suddenly became real right then, when we all sat down for the family discussion about "what to expect" and it was like -- oh, God, my brother is going to Afghanistan and he isn't going to be on-base all the time like he was during his last deployment and he's saying that there might be weeks that we won't hear anything from him and then he confesses that he's afraid of what might happen and -- and I'm thinking don't tell me this. Don't -- don't make this real. Just let me not think about it like I did last time.

But then, there's also a part of me that's saying -- stop trying to pretend it isn't going to happen and make the time to spend with your brother while he is here because it'll probably be fine but maybe it won't and if it isn't, you'll spend the rest of your life regretting this month.

Which also probably isn't the best way to think of it, but it is the truth.

Which is also a reason I haven't been around here much, and I'm kind of pulling back from Tumblr in the last couple of days too. I'm trying to step away from the computer and do the small things like crash on the couch and watch 1000 Ways to Die with my brother and a bowl of popcorn, or sit down to dinner whether I'm hungry or not, or just hang out with him when I can because the internet -- and fandom -- will be here, long after he's overseas. It's like a constant war, between the part of me that wants to hide and the part of me that knows better than to hide, and.

And, God, I still half-want to say just get this over already. Because this waiting game is hell. Having this date looming over everything is apt to drive me mad, because it's not far enough away and it's making me anxious and scared.

Anyway, the point is, it helps to see that others care, and I don't want it to come off like it doesn't mean anything to me that you guys replied, it's just that I'm bad at putting these kinds of emotions into personal words -- I even choked up tonight, just trying to say to my boss that my brother is deploying!  So, I just wanted to say...

Thank you, all of you. It means a lot to me, more than I can say.

I don't do church, I don't pray, it's not my thing. But my brother is deploying again, to Afghanistan, stationed in the mountains on the border with Pakistan, and one of their jobs will be road clearance. If you do pray, or believe in any kind of God or gods, please. 

White Russians, ramen, and sitting alone on the couch, rewatching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. This should tell you all you need to know about my week.

Title: A Friendly Reminder
Author: andromeda3116/cupid-painted-blind
Rating: G-ish
Genre: Humor! I had to write something funny after yesterday’s fic.
Characters/Pairings: Lin, Toph, cameos from others. Mother/daughter love in the way that only Toph would show it.
Summary: Toph Bei Fong makes it a point to, graciously and kindly, always tell Lin where she is.
A/N: I don’t care what canon says. Toph is immortal.

( Lin loved and respected her mother deeply. )

Guys you know I don't ship Kataang but this is actually really adorable.  I find that it's not the pairing I dislike so much as the execution.  I learn this as I'm sifting through Korra art and there's a pretty good dose of AtLA art and some of it is post-series Kataang and I'm like... I am not entirely opposed to this.

I'm remembering why I originally kind of liked it, way back when I first started watching it.  It's just that I really hate they way they handled it in-series.

Also I finally caved and got a tumblr.  It's under the same name.  I don't really know how to use it yet?  But I was going through all the ridiculous tumblrs that I try to keep up with and I was like this is stupid why am I making this so difficult.

It remains to be seen if this will go the way of LJ (that is, "hey I don't know if I like this omgIlovethisgivememore") or the way of pinterest ("hey let me try this oh wait nevermind please no").  The last time I tried tumblr, our relationship didn't work out, but that was before I realized that fandom exists there so I was like what is the point?

And because I'm scattered all over the place today (because I'm running on two hours of sleep, the extended-release version of ritalin, and about four cups of coffee) you should all read this comic.  I mean, the whole comic in general is good but rather dense?  Like, I kind of really love the concept of Dungeons and Discourse, but it only really works when you've got Wikipedia open in another tab.  Those aren't even my words.  That's the creator's admission.  The storyline starts off pretty... kind of off-putting?  I mean, yes, I identify as an Atheist, but early on it's very, very anti-religion and that doesn't sit well with me, but as it continues, you can tell that the creator is growing to see the alternate sides of things and I love that progression.  It starts off very much "science: good, religion: bad" but particularly in the latest arc, you can see that he's exploring the negatives of a purely science-driven world which is refreshing and interesting.

Anyway, what I really want to talk about is that specific comic that I linked originally.  It took me a couple of reads to really get what's happening (for reference: the brunette woman that the main character is remembering is her mother, who died when she was about thirteen) but when I did, I was like this is an amazing, incredible concept.  And it's not just an interesting story, but beautiful art that so clearly expresses what's happening and the emotions associated with it and every time I re-read it I think I must fic this, only I can't come up with any way to say it better.  I even had one of those moments today, where I was trying to remember the context of a detail that floated to mind, and I pictured it just like that, with the fragments -- it's such an excellent expression of that feeling.

It leaves me breathless.  I love finding things like that, that leave you feeling like you've been punched in the gut.

Hey guys so I joined Pottermore for the cool information but really for the sorting hat and I'm in Slytherin.

I was kind of springing for Ravenclaw, but I'm honestly kind of pleased.  Slytherin is more interesting than the other houses, and also the common room is underground and the lake laps against the windows of the dorm rooms.  Which would be both absolutely horrifying (because giant squid) but at the same time totally awesome.  Also, to be honest, I'd like to know more about Slytherin House in general, because we see it through such a Harry-haze in the books and it'll be cool to see what Rowling has about it and its history and all.

also I am a nerd.

And also I'm trying to avoid talking about Korra here until I'm a little more certain about it because I'm trying to reserve judgment?  But can I just say that it's really freaking sad that Katara's the last one alive?  Because she's stuck alone in the SWT and apparently none of her children live anywhere near her and it's breaking my heart.  It's like, I'm not wishing her dead because in my head Katara and Toph are both immortal, but when she says that her brother and many of her friends are gone I'm like :((((((

Also why does she look and sound exactly like the original Gran-Gran?  It's like they just recycled Kanna's animation and said "hey guys it's an 84-year-old Katara" because that makes sense?

And I don't care what canon says.  I don't care if we get a shot of Lin visiting her mother's grave, flashing back to the funeral, talking about watching her die I don't care Toph is alive.  She faked her death.  She stuffed a scarecrow into the coffin.  She is traveling around the world incognito, adding little touches to her and the rest of the Gaang's statues (one day, Tenzin passes by the statue of Aang and is surprised to see that he appears to have a giant handlebar mustache now.)

(And then she takes Bolin under her wing and everything in Mako's life goes to hell.)

(headcanon.)

I've been on tumblr a lot lately and it shows.  Nngh fandom.  I have homework.

OH ALSO I think it's really funny that basically everyone (myself included) are just waiting for Korra to go Avatar State.  It's like yeah, yeah bending revolts and big city and polar-bear dog and Mako is hot but I want to see her lose her shit.

dammit fandom.