DA:O fanfic, Doctor Who S9
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I finished Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach, and I loved the ending to bits. This fic doesn't portray a simple or uncomplicated relationship between Aubrey Thyme, professional therapist, and Crowley, her client, who is (as you may have heard) a demon; and the more I think about it, the less sure I am that it could, given the givens. But as an examination of Crowley's trauma and its many echoes in the wider world he lives in... yeah, I really love this story.
Since then, I've mostly been reading an assortment of Dragon Age fic, notably:
The Hard Way by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Penknife, which is 2k of prickly early friendship while Cullen & Dorian platonically huddle for warmth.
a finger's worth bytorch, which is about 3k of Alistair/Zevran not quite as platonically huddling for warmth.
Off Label byDragonflies_and_Katydids, an Alistair/Zevran series about Alistair the blushing virgin also being the dommiest dom, and it's... so much fun? In this amazing way where he gets the worst top drop, and Zevan has buckets of his own trauma, and they both have serious trust issues, and just... omg. I am really exactly in the mood for this kind of luxurious angst right now.
Content notes: Their kinky and sexual exploits are not always particularly well-advised, so it's probably best to be braced for dubcon, with past noncon mentioned. Additionally, there's about a metric ton of internalized kink-shaming, and a fair amount of suicidal ideation in some of the later stories. Plus, uh, some significant level of violence; I haven't actually played the game, so I don't know if it's canon-typical or otherwise.
Incidentally, I can't believe that in Dragon Age: Origins (for which spoilers!) you literally have a choice between having Morrigan perform a sex ritual with either you or Alistair, or just letting one of you die in battle. It's fuck-or-die! In a mainstream video game! That in some playthroughs pivots entirely on a male virgin who is baffled and distressed by the idea?? I can't believe it's been ten years and fandom somehow managed never to deliver this information to my consciousness. That's incredible.
GAMED (OPINED?)
Oh, the usual. I will note that Blizzard has returned Blitzchung's prize money to him, but they only reduced his suspension from competition to half a year, and they still deny that their original decision had anything to do with the Chinese government, which I'm not sure anyone believes.
With that said, I've seen mentions of xenophobic or anti-Chinese sentiment cropping up in the backlash against Blizzard, and if anyone has links going into more detail on that, I'd welcome them. I'd rather avoid bringing racism into my anti-censorship if I can!
WATCHED
The Good Place 4x03, "Chillaxing". I hesitated to post this on![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
the_good_place, basically because I assume I'm one hundred percent wrong, but (spoilery speculation!) could whoever's hurrying along to the test neighborhood be Janet? I'm kind of buying the theory that the Janet of this episode isn't our Janet, and if that's true, ours has got to be trying to get back in a hurry, don't you think?
Doctor Who up to 9x07. I don't feel like I have much to say except that I love his sweater with the holes in it -- it's in the second picture down, and very unfairly maligned too -- which I like to interpret as a risque choice to bare entire millimeter sized portions of his chest to any passerby.
But for some reason I intensely dislike his electric guitar. It's good to have a hobby, I'm delighted for him to have a hobby, but I guess I can't help but feel like it's less something he does for enjoyment and more something the writers made him do to look cool. And I don't want him to look cool, I want him to wear hilarious sweaters and have soft complicated emotions!
I can't believe that the creators of this show, five years before I even watched it, deliberately opted not to cater to my very specific demographic.
I finished Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach, and I loved the ending to bits. This fic doesn't portray a simple or uncomplicated relationship between Aubrey Thyme, professional therapist, and Crowley, her client, who is (as you may have heard) a demon; and the more I think about it, the less sure I am that it could, given the givens. But as an examination of Crowley's trauma and its many echoes in the wider world he lives in... yeah, I really love this story.
Since then, I've mostly been reading an assortment of Dragon Age fic, notably:
The Hard Way by
a finger's worth by
Off Label by
Content notes: Their kinky and sexual exploits are not always particularly well-advised, so it's probably best to be braced for dubcon, with past noncon mentioned. Additionally, there's about a metric ton of internalized kink-shaming, and a fair amount of suicidal ideation in some of the later stories. Plus, uh, some significant level of violence; I haven't actually played the game, so I don't know if it's canon-typical or otherwise.
Incidentally, I can't believe that in Dragon Age: Origins (for which spoilers!) you literally have a choice between having Morrigan perform a sex ritual with either you or Alistair, or just letting one of you die in battle. It's fuck-or-die! In a mainstream video game! That in some playthroughs pivots entirely on a male virgin who is baffled and distressed by the idea?? I can't believe it's been ten years and fandom somehow managed never to deliver this information to my consciousness. That's incredible.
GAMED (OPINED?)
Oh, the usual. I will note that Blizzard has returned Blitzchung's prize money to him, but they only reduced his suspension from competition to half a year, and they still deny that their original decision had anything to do with the Chinese government, which I'm not sure anyone believes.
With that said, I've seen mentions of xenophobic or anti-Chinese sentiment cropping up in the backlash against Blizzard, and if anyone has links going into more detail on that, I'd welcome them. I'd rather avoid bringing racism into my anti-censorship if I can!
WATCHED
The Good Place 4x03, "Chillaxing". I hesitated to post this on
the_good_place, basically because I assume I'm one hundred percent wrong, but (spoilery speculation!) could whoever's hurrying along to the test neighborhood be Janet? I'm kind of buying the theory that the Janet of this episode isn't our Janet, and if that's true, ours has got to be trying to get back in a hurry, don't you think?Doctor Who up to 9x07. I don't feel like I have much to say except that I love his sweater with the holes in it -- it's in the second picture down, and very unfairly maligned too -- which I like to interpret as a risque choice to bare entire millimeter sized portions of his chest to any passerby.
But for some reason I intensely dislike his electric guitar. It's good to have a hobby, I'm delighted for him to have a hobby, but I guess I can't help but feel like it's less something he does for enjoyment and more something the writers made him do to look cool. And I don't want him to look cool, I want him to wear hilarious sweaters and have soft complicated emotions!
I can't believe that the creators of this show, five years before I even watched it, deliberately opted not to cater to my very specific demographic.
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