jainas | Reading

runpunkrun posting in

fancake

flo_nelja

Catégorie : La Bonne Auberge de la Pierre Levée (Fantasy - Quête - Médiéval - JDR - Livre dont vous êtes le héros - Voyageur - Musique)

Le premier tome d'un manga que j'ai lu parce qu'il était sur la sélection du prix Mangawa, dans la catégorie shôjo.

Les sept filles de la générale Baribara, qui ont grandi ensemble et s'aiment beaucoup, sont envoyés dans les sept pays voisins du royaume pour empêcher une nouvelle guerre ; le pays est au centre et la dernière guerre entre ses voisins était une mauvaise nouvelle.

Je suis un peu confuse. Il y a des points que je trouve complètement simplistes (les sept chevaliers qui ont un trait de personnalité chacun, qui sont leurs noms ; les sept pays ont des noms tout aussi évidents). Mais finalement, dans les deux personnages qui sont développés dans ce tome - Frileux qui a one relation compliquée avec la princesse déguisée en homme, et Insomniaque qui fait un mariage arrangé et part en ambassade avec sa femme - les histoires sont plutôt matures, ou au moins plus que ça en avait l'air au début. Mais bon, pas au point de me donner envie de continuer.

Le dessin est un peu brouillon, imprécis, de façon volontaire mais ce n'est pas mon style non plus.

mekare

( You're about to view content that the journal owner has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

yhlee

Proof copies.

Candle Arc #1 comic proof copies

Meanwhile, I've obtained a secondhand wide-format color printer locally so we'll see how setup goes.

leecetheartist posting in

drawesome

Title: Daydream

Artist:

leecetheartist

Rating: G

Fandom: original work

Content Notes: Dip pen, usual, just straight pen to paper. An exercise in doodling and daydreaming, I don't know what other people daydream about but my mind took me to the sun and the moon, to rainbows and opinicus and unicorns and dragons and dinosaurs and numbats and sailboats, just sketching away in Diamine's Buck's Fizz chameleon ink. The photo doesn't do the tangerine hue justice, and the sparkle isn't picked up either. Huh, tangerine dream...

Anyway, a fun one, and pretty much just daydreaming on paper.

Buck's Fizz ink on stand with Lego stars in the background.

Current Mood: happy

malurette

( You're about to view content that the journal owner has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

moontyger posting in

yuletide

This is a roundup of IF in the tagset, with links and nominated characters. There aren't many, but they're spread over a few categories, so can be hard to find. There are a few things I weren't sure if they counted or not, so this is just the ones I was certain of. Let me know if I've missed something and I'll add it.

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

1. Claire (16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds)
2. Lucy (16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds)

Changeling Charade on Choice of Games website or Steam

1. Alistair Farrington
2. Rowan Forester
3. Valentine Dupont
4. Worldbuilding (Changeling Charade)

Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets Choice of Games website or Steam

1. Alistair (Freshman Magic)
2. Halim (Freshman Magic)
3. Main Character (Freshman Magic)
4. Worldbuilding (Freshman Magic)

Keeper Series - Brynn Chernosky (tumblr link, but it has links to places to play in the sidebar)

1. Astrid Adtaz (Keeper Series)
2. Cressida Monroe (Keeper Series)
3. Female Main Character (Keeper Series)

Stay? - E. Jade Lomax

1. Esteban
2. Myka
3. Jo
4. Worldbuilding

Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives - Jeffrey Dean Choice of Games website or Steam

1. Arundel
2. Qui
3. Robert Ward

china_shop

"I used to wonder if it wouldn't be better just to haul off and quit hoping. Just protect my own inner brain, my own mind and heart, by drawing it up into a hard knot, and not having any more hopes or dreams at all. Pull in my feelings, and call back all of my sentiments... and, yet … the pleasures, and the displeasures, the good times and the bad, are really all there is to me.

[They] are the yeast that always starts working in your mind again... and then, all at once, no matter what has happened to you, you are building a brand new world again, based and built on the mistakes, the wreck, the hard luck and trouble of the old one."

– Woody Guthrie, in A Race Of Singers by Bryan K Garman

My day 18: My routine falls apart at the weekend (which is fine). I wrote a short meta post for

sid_guardian and left a meta comment on it. That'll do. Having a quiet night tonight, too.

The tally
Day 16:

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

cmk418,

cornerofmadness,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora

Day 17:

badly_knitted,

china_shop,

cmk418,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora

When you check in, please say what day(s) you’re checking in for. You can join in or take a break at any time; you’re always welcome back. And please let me know if I’ve missed you.

petra

Bloody Jack Adventures - L. A. Meyer, The Expanse - James S. A. Corey, Galavant, Rivers of London - Aaronovitch, Slow Horses (TV)

I am contemplating cross-listing The Expanse TV and Slough House the books, as I have also experienced those. Thoughts, anyone in either set of fandoms?

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: It's just a little crush

elidelio posting in

yuletide

I started listening to so many great things last year thanks to making this list, so I'm back at it again with a compilation post for podcasts, audio dramas, actual plays, and radio shows in the tagset with links on where to find them on the internet (they can usually be found in your favourite podcatcher with little issue). I've also included links to transcripts when available.

Please comment with anything I've missed!

( Read more... )

case posting in

fandomsecrets

⌈ Secret Post #6860 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

( More! )

Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #979.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

mekare

( You're about to view content that the journal owner has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

runpunkrun posting in

fancake

Poll #33735 round 180 theme poll

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 78

Pick the next theme of fancake:

Mystery & Suspense
36 (46.2%)

Protest & Revolt
23 (29.5%)

Whump
19 (24.4%)

eller

If there is one color that defines the North German autumn, that would be this one.

Living-Heather-kl

Okay, technically, heather season is already over, but... It's definitely not a coincidence that I decided to produce this particular shade of granulating purple.

In case you were wondering: yes, the Lüneburg Heath has some heather. XD That's a bit of an understatement, actually: heather bloom is such a spectacular view that people track it online so you can find the best spots for heather-viewing... (Oh, and they have pretty pictures, too.) Ah, unique North German hobbies. XD

By the way, the weather models predict the year's first frost for this weekend. Kale, YAY! (The kale plants need frost before they can be harvested and eaten.) I'm so looking forward to kale season! :)

mific posting in

fancake

Fandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Ray Vecchio, Harding Welsh, Renfield Turnbull, Sam Franklin
Rating: Mature
Length: 26,765
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: feroxargentea on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friendship, First time, Action/adventure, Complete AU, In Space

Summary: Androids are going missing on the giant spaceship Chicago! A Mountie and a space cop team up to investigate why, and to find their friend before it’s too late.

Reccer's Notes:
As I mentioned earlier, there are very few due South fics set in space - and this is an excellent one! The familiar due South characters and settings are translated into space, with their base being on the Spaceship Chicago, and Vecchio in trouble over at spacehub Vegas. There's action, adventure, banter, romance, plot and drama as Fraser and Ray work to solve the case and rescue Vecchio. A cracking read!

Fanwork Links: Build a Rocket, Boys!

malurette

Title: Seven Bears
By: studio Folivari
Language: original English, went with the French dub
Type: 3D animation
Genre: fractured fairy tale
Length: 20 episodes x 13 minutes
Release date: 2025

Where: on Netflix

Episodes are a bit out of order--the last one is the last indeed, but many could use so rearrangement in viewing order?

In a full-of-clichés bordering on parodic fairy tale land, seven stupid little bears live together and mine for potatoes (you'll have to excuse it; it looks like European Middle Ages so should not have them but there's magic and anachronistic stuff, so)
So we have Snow White, a Mexican Cinderella, Scheherazade in trainers, a black Prince Charming, his white King father and white Prince Charmless brother--don't even ask--a Witch and her goth Fairy teenage daughter
etc

It's stupid indeed and very fun!

(mais c'est un peu dommage que les studios français produisent directement en anglais non ?)

mific posting in

fanart_recs

Fandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Osgiliath
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (watercolour)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: Matěj Čadil's own website, Matěj Čadil on DA
Why this piece is awesome: An intricate watercolour with delicate colours and lots of great detail - I love worldbuilding and this recreates Gondor's old capital, which was in ruins by LotR times. I love the contrast between this beautiful, spacious city on the river Anduin, compared to Minas Tirith which was very much a fortress (as it needed to be).
Link: Osgiliath the pic on a Tolkien wiki.

mekare posting in

drawesome

Title: Wisp
Artist:

mekare
Rating: G
Note: watercolour, black ink brush pen, stencil, sparkly ink

Preview:

mekare

( You're about to view content that the journal owner has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

leecetheartist posting in

drawesome

Title: No.17 Squashed

Artist:

leecetheartist

Rating: G

Fandom: Godzilla

Content Notes: Dip pen and nib, the ink is Diamine's Lavender Frost, a dark grey purple with a nice silver sparkle, which miracle, I managed to capture a little of. Meanwhile, a few type 61's get squashed by the squash, in the finest tradition of TOHO's SDF ,and Tokyo tower which I had to truncate a bit is awaiting its fate. We've been watching a lot of TOHO lately, does it show?

The giant mutated squash couldn't help it if it woke up feeling seedy.

Ooh may we have a TOHO tag fandom please Drawesome admins?