Update, out of breath and out of time

[aquietjune]

Lately I've been pretty busy with working on the revision and the publication of the very long and very demanding multi-chaptered Attack on Titan fic I've talked about before in this journal. It's called Little Bird, it's about Annie Leonhart post-Canon (pre-final timeskip), it's pretty angsty, contains bad bureaucrats, fairy tales, ghost stories, decadent aristocrats and their cats, romance, funny banter... and silly names.

If you're now caught up with AOT, I'd love to hear what you think.

In September/October I also joined a fic exchange as a pinch hitter! For that I wrote Respite, or A Survivor's Ball, a Connie Springer-centric oneshot. I had a lot of fun.

I'd love to talk extensively about the end of Attack on Titan (as in: the anime adaptation), and maybe I will do so at some point, but generally speaking: it's great, it's been great, I'm grateful I could witness the final episode as it aired, and if you never watched AOT, or if you watched season 1 back then and then lost enthusiasm because of the waiting (or the very long-winded Uprising Arc in the manga, as it happened with me), I recommend to give it a go. It's not perfect, but it's still a great story, with a lot of great characters and themes to enjoy.

Right now, I'm out of breath and always running out of time because... let's say, updating the fic once a week, even if it's already fully written (but in need of revision, consistency checks, proofreading, as well as some additional scenes), is more effort-taking than planned ^^''' In fact, I managed to write here today just because I took a week off.

I usually use Tumblr to give updates about my revision process because the aot fandom is more there than here.

You can see them under the little bird tag, which also includes the funny faux period graphics I do for every chapter (another thing that... takes a lot of time. I can't really help myself).

Still, I check my reading page at DW daily, and I wish to join some winter festivities event (fandomtrees possibly) as well as being more consistent with update frequency and also... quality? Cut?

Last week I've read The Unauthorized Biography of Ms.Scribe and other than being incredibly captivated by the narrative I also thought about journaling as an art in the field of writing (and self-reflecting, and whatever) that I'd love to learn.

What I'm doing right now is just listing fannish and fannish-adjacent things I've been doing in no order. Which is ok, but also not the standard or the form that would motivate me to post consistently.

But just to confirm that this is my format atm, anime fall season 2023:

• I don't do classic fantasy but Frieren is a great show which made me cry a lot already. Also, Fern is identical to Umineko's Lady Bernkastel and YET she's the cutest character ever (without ever being cutesy, if not for the fact that at some points of the story she is a little girl).
• My favorite show of the season is however The Apothecary Diaries. It has engaging mysteries, characters, backstories, setting (and visuals!) and it is also very funny. I plan on reading the source material as soon as the anime ends.
• If it wasn't that I ceded, Migi & Dali would get my "favorite show" star. It's a great show in any case, but I have to catch up with the latest episodes because I read the manga. The show cuts a lot of story (probably trying to make all the story happen in 12 episodes) but it's still good; HOWEVER I would recommend you to read the manga as well. Honestly the wackiness and the real, genuine feelings that seep through this story and characters is what made me love it. Also: it shows creative ways to deal with twin protagonists without falling into the most terrible trope for this type of story; instead, it does something... more! Incredible.
• Spy x family is as usual very funny and wholesome and I'm not up to date with the anime (manga reader here) because I just need to have some episodes in a reserve, to watch when I'm feeling blue.
• Did I tell you about the Attack on Titan finale already?

Ah well. For the rest, I'm reading and I'm enjoying what I read, which is the greatest thing. Among the latest books I read, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez (who is also very funny and endearing in person).

Comments

[vriddy]

I gotta catch up on Spy x Family!! I only watched one or two episodes this season so far. Best of luck with your fic, it sounds like a huge endeavour!! :D

[mireailles]

Good luck on your fic!

Oooh you have a Tumblr, I'll follow you there!

YES! PLEASE GUSH ABOUT AOT WITH MEEE. Honestly yeah it was good. I liked seeing all of it animated, especially Falco. His titan was one of my faves. I really liked the change in dialogue, especially the boat scene with everyone. Did you end up doing the Afterparty?

OMG yeah I love love love Apothecary Diaries. I read it before going in.

AAAA The Dangers of Smoking in Bed is just so good! The surrealism!!!