"You look Time Lord."

Finished reading Gay Berlin yesterday yay!

I'm just gonna say, one does not need to time travel there. Or travel to Berlin point. What happened there in the late 19th century-early 1930s is the same that's happening everywhere today. History is a circle, for better or for worse (mostly worse).

And speaking of circles, I never fully read Conrad Veidt's Wikipedia article because some sources seemed iffy. But good to know that, thanks to unpublished correspondence, some of Connie's belongings (cigarette case and lighter) are at the Margaret Herrick Library, plus the notebooks a fan gave to Lili. Hopefully they won't be burned.

atlantablack had this on their journal.... and I haven't filled one of these out in ages so I figured why not, also figured I could join in on the goals_on_dw's Fannish 50 (or at least try to)


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Fun with idolatry and "I'm doing Avoda Zara" jokes! The perek ended yesterday but RL is being busy.

The absolute requisite note on Avoda Zara is one that gets stressed constantly, which is that this is referring specifically to the religious groups amongst whom the tanaim and amoraim were living, and only them. Among the reasons the commentators have said this for a long time is 1) actual real differences between the avoda zarah described in the mishna/gemara and the goysche practices they lived amongst, combined with 2) because if they kept to all of this, there would be many practical problems, because they were a lot more interconnected by that time and working in specific professions, and 3) the outside world thinks it gets a say in Jewish religious texts and would be violently offended if this refers to them.

But definitely there were times when dealing with Artscroll commentary when I had to snap and actually look up when the Meiri lived, and it's like, ah, 13th century France, I understand completely.


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So I hated the first part of episode 10, and liked the last ~8 minutes, those were great, truly great. But I really didn't need what came before that; I liked how Murderbot slipped away at the end of the first novella. Oh well.

In general, overall, I really enjoyed Murderbot The Television Show, although there were parts of it I had to skip or not watch. They did a really good job at translating a novella into a tv show; the changes were understandable and made sense for the medium, even when they were ones I disliked. The show fleshed out the characters very well, and they had just so so so so much fun with the in-universe tv shows.

If this show has one thesis, it is Murderbot = Gurathin, and with my complaints about the first part of episode 10, I did like how it went so, are you not convinced that Murderbot = Gurathin yet? Here, let me show it to you again.

Anyway, I assume five seconds after the end of ep10, ART says hello. (okay that's probably not ART. But it would make sense to begin s2 immediately after s1 ends)

Title: Give Chase
Rating: General
Fandom: The Blue Parrot (1953)
Pairing(s) / Character(s): Bob
Warnings: n/a
Spoilers: not really

Note: For fic_promptly. Prompt was "Any police fandom, any, getting a flat tyre while chasing a suspect". Also for sweetandshort's This and That challenge, the theme is Rare Fandoms.

On AO3
On Squidge

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I see I thought yesterday was Thursday and posted a "Throwback Thursday" post. So for today have a post from my "list of things to be posted"





Snagging is free. Credit is appreciated. Comments are loved.

Title: Gömd
Rating: General
Fandom: A Woman's Face (1941)
Pairing(s) / Character(s): Anna
Warnings: the most vague mentions of past trauma
Spoilers: not really

Note: For fic_promptly. Prompt was "Any, any, a beautiful/handsome face and an attractive body isn't all there is to her/him, but it is what most people choose to see".

On AO3
On Squidge

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1) write for iddyiddybangbang before the fest started
2) post my tardis_bingo comment bingo chart 😑

Hey, masakochan !

I hope you've had a Happy Birthday, and may the coming year be good for you. I'm glad I know you!

Challenge #3

Journaling prompt: What are your favorite summer-associated foods?
Creative prompt: Draw art of or make graphics of summer foods, or post your favorite summer recipes.




And yes, those who know me, that's Freddie-bulldog going after the halloumi.