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[mellarked-katnisseverdeen]

Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

I was tagged by @sohypothetically and while I don't always do ALL of these kinds of things, I found this interesting. Not all of these fics are THG, but I am gonna put them here and look at them and see if there is anything to see!

As Real As Real Can Be: "It happens when she wakes up, almost feeling restful, with only a handful of memories of nightmares that she can't escape."

Coming Alive: "Peeta sees her weeding the primroses, and something in him lifts."

Visitor: (A GoT fic) "When they've gotten bored of talking, and every possible how to get Jon released was discussed at enough length for them to have a handful more plans than they needed, Sansa stands. "

Assignment: Kitchen Duty: "“And this is the kitchen. You will be here to prepare and cook the standard recipes provided in the manual you were given, and then serve it to the populous during mealtime. -"

Once Again: (Another GoT Fic)"“I think the amount of grain could be reduced in the future. Once the North can begin harvesting again, I’d request to renegotiate.”"

Stolen Peices Of Happiness: ""Mason?" Jo turns abruptly when the name was directed in her general direction as her group disperses from their meeting with the architects and planners of the project- a set of housing units in District 2 she had signed up to help build."

Toasting: "The one-year anniversary of the rebellion somehow comes faster, and so much slower than Katniss expects."

Very Real: "Katniss doesn't think much, if anything, is different as she comes out of the haze of sleep."

Offers On The Table: (A Fantastic Beasts Fic) Tina slides into the seat easily and is glad to be met with Newt's face." 

He Was Kind: (Another GoT Fic) "“You were married to Tyrion Lannister?”"

SO the biggest thing I noticed is I seem to pick one of two general options where my first line is concerned: Picking something to start that pulls the PoV' characters focus that balloons into the whole story (Peeta noticing Katniss weeding, Katniss waking up- not gonna say anything about the fact that happened twice XD) or dialogue pulling the reader in. There is some differences, but those are two general modes I seem to have.

And I think that...honestly works. None of these are terribly bad to me. Maybe adding some different ways of playing on those two ideas, particularly in the emotion behind whatever is gaining the attention of the PoV character would be interesting. Just better use of wording, particularly in the older ones, could go a long way I guess. But all in all, I don't hate this pattern I've got for myself.

Let me know what ya'll think!

I don't have any fic writers in mind to tag, so go for it!

[mdlifegoals]

28-08-2021

I'm trying to pull things together, but my mind wants to just stay in a corner and read fics.

Reviewing cardiology

[forumkedis]

Might fuck around and make a cosplay with several thousand feet of wire in it

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PULLED UP SOME QUESTIONS! How affectionate is she with her friends? her family? Is she more physical or emotional when it comes to displaying her affection? Why? // Where is her favorite place to relax or calm down? // What is her favorite thing to do in order to relax and wind down from the day?

Lettie's very affectionate with her friends and family both. Well, we're counting the Grisuses as her family here, really. She's also gotten used to being pretty affectionate with friends, too, when there's an opportunity that she, uhh, has some.

In general, I think she's more emotional with her affection. It's hard to say one way or the other, because a lot of how she shows affection is very much nurture, not nature; most people ask for affection physically, and she's very fine with that, but when she's giving unsolicited affection or asking for it for herself, it's almost never physically. Almost. On the other hand, when she thinks of affection, it's very physical, because almost all of her cherished affection experiences tended to be - Anne and Artur are very physically affectionate people. There's also a cultural difference - she's perceived as more physically affectionate in a romantic sense in Durlyne, and almost standoffishly non-physically affectionate in a platonic one, because the city's female friendship standards are much snugglier and their genders are a lot less intersocial than they are in Orafine. And compared to her friend Candace's town instead of Durlyne, the distinction is even more marked. Of course, in Orafine, she's regarded as destined to be an old maid - even aside from being weird - for how little she tends to interact with the young fellows in the ghers. She's pretty average in terms of how cuddly she's perceived at home with friends and family. Maybe a smidgen on the non-snuggly side, but not by a lot.

In Orafine, it's probably at the edge of the prairies just to the East of the town. It's close enough that it's still safe (besides, it's the side of the village the Srebron hounds tend to run), but the village is small and self-contained enough (and when it's not, it's to the South and the West, mostly) that there is still a wealth of wildlife activity. It's very pretty; the prairies around Orafine are kind of colourful in their golden-ness - like when someone draws an egg or a snowscape without using any white or grey. At the college, probably in the solarium or the library's inner reading rooms. Or her room; she likes it in there. It's very homey. In her new home? Well, she doesn't have one just yet, but there is a very expansive library on the second and third (!!!) floor that seems a likely contender. There's also a solarium in David's house, but he's in there a lot, so. Y'know.

She would say it's reading. She might even claim it's reading medical texts. But if she's really trying to wind down, she needs to read something a little more self-indulgent and less passionate than that. And someone who knows her better than she describes herself knows that when she absolutely needs to set the day aside, she cooks. And if she can't cook, she makes stuff. Somehow. Things that occupy her hands and aren't textilecraft are what she needs when she needs to unwind from something.

Ta-daaaaaa~!

Okay, now more, please~

[forumkedis]

Further headcanon on why Aldish food is known for blandness:

Aldish recipes will just list things like 1 dried pepper. Any Ald knows this is obviously a frostfire pepper (and they’ve only got frostfires and wax peppers to deal with, and who the hell would put one single wax pepper into a whole soup?) but they aren’t associated with food outside Alderode, they’re associated with industrial applications like pesticide and anti-grebber fogs. So they use whatever chili is handy, and are underwhelmed, because to get to a comfortably warm point, the stew needed a weapons-grade chili, not a pissy little habanero.

Other Kasslynian countries have a different base flavour profile, probably more sweet and salty and spiced as opposed to Alderode’s fermented, malty and meaty. As a result, everything just tastes the same to them. It’s the same concept as someone complaining all American food is creamy or all Korean food is sweet. There’s major basic components of a balanced meal taste missing in Aldish food to non-Aldish tongues.

They flavour a LOT of stuff with things that just taste like grass to others. Frost giant slurry, birch syrup, rosemary, hops, pine. So much pine.

There are enough simple, bland basics in the cuisine that it isn’t necessarily completely untrue - in a climate like that, sometimes a meal needs to be hot and hearty more than actually tasty, and there’s also a lot of value in a flavour profile like that one to having simple breads, grains, or potatoes on the side to sop up meat drippings and such with, but without those meat drippings…

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Is there a difference between Murkoph is Ssael and Ssael is Murkoph?

You know, that's a really excellent philosophical question. I think probably it would be best to ask Glass, but in the meantime I think there is definitely a lively debate to be had!

I guess we can really look to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to get a leg up on this debate's philosophical stucture. Anon, are you team Sheik is Zelda in drag, or team Sheik and Zelda are different people and Zelda is harboured inside him to hide her? I lived with a hardcore Zelda fan who was on the opposing side from me, so I can argue either position. I presume, though, that your position on this matter will closely align with your position on Sheik/Zelda