So much reading and watching
Jan. 26th, 2020 01:02 amREAD
i think you're so good (i'm nothing like you) by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
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poi_fanworks big bang book club. Both the fic and the book club discussion were super fun! I do think I appreciated the fic more than I would have if I hadn't read its prequel, but this is also the installment in which Reese (aka my terrible feelingsful fave) enters the Everyone Lives AU, so I can see good sides to starting here too!
( Four shorter fanfics... )
( Three short stories recced by pink_ink! )
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee is a middle grade book about a young fox shapeshifter whose older brother has gone mysteriously missing from the Space Forces. Unsurprisingly, it's very different from the Machineries of Empire trilogy, but I'm liking the worldbuilding so far!
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin, also recced by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pink_ink, is not for the faint of heart, but is extremely good at what it's doing. In a world where cataclysmic earthquakes and volcanoes have destroyed civilization after civilization and no one knows when the next might come, where people with the rare ability to control the earth are either killed by anyone who discovers them or carefully trained and selectively bred (which is exactly as awful as it sounds)... well, a lot of stuff is happening, and I'm still in the process of figuring a lot of it out. But it's all deeply compelling, and I can't wait to keep reading and find out what happens next!
Also worth mentioning is this insightful if pessimistic twitter thread by Courtney Milan on the poisoning of the concept of compromise in US politics.
WATCHED
Jupiter Ascending, which is exactly as everyone in fandom described it. The CGI is gorgeous! The incest vibes are off the charts! I'm not sure I really understood anything that happened at any point! And I especially don't understand why they asked Channing Tatum to grow that unfortunate facial hair. But that last scene was so pretty!
( Stumptown 1x11 and 1x12, "The Past and the Furious" and "Dirty Dexy Money". )
( Doctor Who through episode 11x08, "The Witchfinders". )
I've also watched the entire first Netflix season of Astronomy Club, ( which is a fantastic comedy sketch show threaded through with social awareness. )
The Good Place 4x12, "Patty", unhappily discussed here.
But in more cheerful The Good Place news, I also watched and adored All Star bymaristu, which is the Jason vid I never even knew I needed. ⭐ ♥ 🐆
i think you're so good (i'm nothing like you) by
poi_fanworks big bang book club. Both the fic and the book club discussion were super fun! I do think I appreciated the fic more than I would have if I hadn't read its prequel, but this is also the installment in which Reese (aka my terrible feelingsful fave) enters the Everyone Lives AU, so I can see good sides to starting here too!( Four shorter fanfics... )
( Three short stories recced by pink_ink! )
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee is a middle grade book about a young fox shapeshifter whose older brother has gone mysteriously missing from the Space Forces. Unsurprisingly, it's very different from the Machineries of Empire trilogy, but I'm liking the worldbuilding so far!
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin, also recced by
pink_ink, is not for the faint of heart, but is extremely good at what it's doing. In a world where cataclysmic earthquakes and volcanoes have destroyed civilization after civilization and no one knows when the next might come, where people with the rare ability to control the earth are either killed by anyone who discovers them or carefully trained and selectively bred (which is exactly as awful as it sounds)... well, a lot of stuff is happening, and I'm still in the process of figuring a lot of it out. But it's all deeply compelling, and I can't wait to keep reading and find out what happens next!Also worth mentioning is this insightful if pessimistic twitter thread by Courtney Milan on the poisoning of the concept of compromise in US politics.
WATCHED
Jupiter Ascending, which is exactly as everyone in fandom described it. The CGI is gorgeous! The incest vibes are off the charts! I'm not sure I really understood anything that happened at any point! And I especially don't understand why they asked Channing Tatum to grow that unfortunate facial hair. But that last scene was so pretty!
( Stumptown 1x11 and 1x12, "The Past and the Furious" and "Dirty Dexy Money". )
( Doctor Who through episode 11x08, "The Witchfinders". )
I've also watched the entire first Netflix season of Astronomy Club, ( which is a fantastic comedy sketch show threaded through with social awareness. )
The Good Place 4x12, "Patty", unhappily discussed here.
But in more cheerful The Good Place news, I also watched and adored All Star by
