quietmoon | Entries tagged with linkspam

I've been watching the live action Avatar: The Last Airbender show and liveblogging my reaction. I'm about halfway through, but that post is coming soon probably. In the meantime, it's got me listening to this beautiful orchestral cover of Leaves From The Vine. And occasionally tearing up. And crying. Oh, I love Uncle Iroh so much. There's also this amazing AMV (do we still call them that? fan edit?) called Uncle Iroh - Father, but it's chock full of spoilers. But what's cool is the actor portraying Uncle Iroh even commented on the video saying how much he loved it. How cute is that? Anyway, it also made me cry (the video, not the comment!) so of course I recommend watching it.

Cool things happening at

promptmepromptly where writers can sign up to offer what they'll accept requests on. Once all prompt-requests are in, it'll be time for request-prompting! Sign-ups close 9th March.

Baldur's Gate Gift Exchange sign-ups closing on 10th March. I was delighted to see this one because it reminded me of how much fun I had playing the first two acts of BG3 (at a frankly absurdly slow and thorough pace - 100 hours!? how...) last year.

bethefirst is open! I'm going to give it a try this year for Sweden Roll's Coriolis seasons. (You can listen to the first podcast episode here if you're curious!) Although, it is nerve-wracking to be writing fic for someone else's ttrpg character... But then I look at the critical role fandom and I'm like, nah, not so nervous anymore. It's not like any of the cast will ever see my silly little fic (crosses fingers desperately).

The kickstarter for Cats of Catthulhu 10th Anniversary Edition launched. It looks really cute. I have PDFs of the original; I wonder if I can pull a game together before the deadline in a bit under a month in case I want to support this. Super doubtful, but I might try if the body cooperates in March. I'm finding it hard to predict what I will and won't have time for with my weird energy levels lately. (Nevermind that it was one of my resolutions to not buy any more RPGs...! It's got eldritch cats!)

I ran a oneshot for There's Something Under The Ice which was awesome! I watched The Thing and read (half of) At The Mountains of Madness in preparation, but ended up mostly inspired by the Carrion video game (at least for the monster). It's a simple but fun system, and I found the DM section really helpful in developing the monster and outpost. I added a homebrew rule lifted wholesale from the Alien RPG of giving each player a different secret related to their chosen role on the facility (engineer, scientist, etc). Players loved having their own secret agenda that they could reveal as and when they'd like to, and investigate for themselves. I'm running the same oneshot again twice this weekend (my scheduling failed me orz) so fingers crossed it goes smoothly again! And fits in one session this time! O_O

This might be incredibly niche, but for those who like ASMR and also mouth sounds and whispering, I really recommend this ASMR video. I've been obsessed. But I can't really listen to it and do other things at the same time because I get too sleepy lol.

I thought I wasn't going to have enough to post here, but actually this is a respectable list. Heck yeah.

Okay, I keep jabbering about this in various conversations, I'm just gonna go ahead and do it okay here we go uhhh I'm going to host a weekly watchparty of the upcoming Transformers show airing on Netflix at the end of July. ^_^ The episodes all drop at once as they are wont to do on Netflix, but I miss the weekly format, so rather than binge-watching it all at once, I'll be watching it weekly, and invite anyone interested to join in. The more the merrier!

Format: A weekly journal post for each episode where anyone who wants to can talk about the show, theories, reactions, etc. in their own time. The aim is to try foster the same excitement and sense of community weekly-airing shows had.
Watching: Part 1: Siege of the upcoming Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy. The 6-episode animated series drops on Netflix on 30th July. Here's the trailer and the show on Netflix. It's rumoured to be a return to a darker more mature TF show; the last we had was Transformers: Prime which was hugely popular, so my fingers are crossed that this will be good, too!
Who can participate? This is completely open to both long-term fans and those new to the franchise. You don't need to have watched or read any Transformers to understand this show, as it is a stand-alone. It might be cool for those who are vaguely interested in TF but have no idea where to start since it's so new, and is promised to be a trilogy.

This is just an interest check to see if anyone would be on board, has wanted to get into TF but doesn't know where to start, has any questions, etc. Please let me know! I think this could be really fun if even maybe three or four people would be down to join me ^_^ I initially was going to just liveblog this for myself but then I thought "What if... friends?" so!! Yeah, let me know! :D *rubs hands together* I'm so excited, please someone come be excited about alien robots with me.

I realise 30th July is still a fair bit away, and I might try throw up something for a movie or such in the interim (and I would love after it to continue with some other TF shows if there's any interest in it *coughs* G1 *coughs* TFP) but I wanted to make sure to give people ample warning. Baby steps.

And then some more general fannish things:

sunshine_challenge is on the horizon;

juletide nominations are open; the OTW made a statement about its role in fandom regarding racism; the

wipbigbang is on it's second round of art claims; and

fandomgiftbox is officially live!

More simply general things: I've been enjoying Older by Ben Platt (his vocals are gorgeous), A Better Son/Daughter by Rilo Kiley (which hit me right in the heart), and Bayou by Mountains of the Moon (which not only stabbed me in the heart but also made me think of megop in the process); I've revisited my old inspiration tumblr

moonflours and I think there's a lot of lovely stuff on there; Skill Up's review of The Last of Us 2, unfortunately, lined up almost exactly with my own thoughts on the game (specifically the phrase 'suffering porn'); and this Britney Spears Megamix was fantastic.

The world is frightening right now. A lot of shitty stuff is happening and has been going on for a very long time, and the people in charge keep disappointing us or worse. It's important to let the good into our lives and have some time in the spotlight too, now more than ever. That's what I think, anyway. Sending you all good vibes and hugs. ♥

*clasps hands* I have finally gotten to the end of my reading page. I wish it went on past the last two weeks, since I know I've missed a lot even before then, but maybe it's a blessing in disguise lol. At least now I can say I'm relatively caught up.

Calling all BIPOC —

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But over the years, many BIPOC have left these platforms or Fandom altogether. And I really miss having those kinds of interactions, and hearing these particular voices.
I'm curious about how many of us are out here still, whether actively posting on DW or simply lurking. Maybe you are wondering too! So I am putting up this poll, in the hopes of reaching out to and connecting with as many BIPOC fans here on DW as possible.

Signal Boost: Discussions of racism in fandom, and what to do about it in regards to OTW/AO3 —

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I haven't read this yet, but I'm throwing it here so I remember to.

And lots of events and such happening, too:

sunshine_challenge is starting on 1st July! It's no secret that I love this challenge and it's chilly sibling, and I'm excited to participate and maybe make some friends next month! (Maybe I'll even participate during the actual event for once. Who knows.) If you want to hit the ground running, the comm has a post on journal housekeeping with a neat little checklist up right now.
indie_games has opened! I am beyond excited to see some video game chat happening on here! I have my old personal gaming comm but it's been due an overhaul for ages. I might scrap it all together and throw all my gaming stuff on here or, now that indie-games exists, there! If you got the Itch bundle this comm might be of particular interest to you, as the games from there are the focus right now.
hc_bingo sign-ups for Round 11 are open! I haven't participated before, but the deadline is generous (up to January, with amnesty extending into June) and I did tweet the other day about taking a break from my longer projects and taking a stab at a prompt list to fight writing nerves. *rubs chin*
fandomgiftbox sign-ups close on 21st June. Looks very fun ♥
A Femslash Creating Fest is running on elasticella's journal until 22nd September, with the possibility of continuing after. I wasn't initially thinking I'd participate, but then I saw this keyleth/raishan prompt, and my mind completely ran away with me... I'll try, at least!
recthething: This is a comm for reccing fanworks you love and requesting recs for fanworks you're looking for. This looks to be a more general reccing comm as compared to the specific/themed ones I've seen so far. Definitely of interest to me.
fffc is running a 100 Prompt Challenge with lots of different tables. The 'weird ao3 tags' table in particular caught me eye lmao.

For those also participating in

getyourwordsout, reminder that the deadline to change pledges is 23rd June. After pledging unrealistically high the past few years, I decided to go with 150k for this year, and the way things are turning out, I'm considering moving a step down from that too to 75k. xD I'm not wholly decided yet but I'm thinking about it.

I've posted almost every day for the past week, omg. I'm sorry if anyone's getting tired of seeing me pop up repeatedly in their reading feed. I have to say, though, it is so nice to be back on here more regularly. Like a breath of fresh air.

The last week:

- I have vague memories of promising

enemytosleep that I would sign up for

intoabar this year, so here I am. (I'm so excited/worried to see who Grog will meet lmao). Sign ups are open until the 17th. :)
- I finally finished writing my entries for the

sunshine_challenge from last year! It did wonders to put me in a good mood, and get me excited for both writing (slash engaging with fandom more, generally) and this year's coming prompts. All my entries are tagged on my blog.
- I wrote a post on here almost every day! I know I apologised for that already, but it also makes me happy. I'm hoping it'll help ease me back into writing fic, too. *crosses fingers*

Cool stuff:

- Little Legend by NikAudio — It makes me think of that montage you see after people overcome the first hurdle (in an underdog fantasy war, you know) and start working together to fortify their stronghold. (This is very specific. Alright, I'm talking about my longfic wip.)
- International Gaming Podcast — A weekly two-ish hour gaming podcast hosted by ACG on Fridays. Although I wonder if the humour in general is more of an acquired taste (I've watched his reviews on YouTube for years so I don't notice anything anymore aksdjh) he's made a point of trying to be empathetic and talk about what positive things are going on right now.
- I Have Never Loved Someone the Way I Love You by My Brightest Diamond — "you're okay. you're okay. you're okay."
- WisCONline — I just heard about this from

tozka and it looks so neat. I'd never be able to attend normally, given the oceans between us, so I'm looking forward to the unique opportunity. SFF + feminism is a call I shall always heed. Registration is open until the 20th.
- The Banned Together Bingo is open for sign-ups until 30th May. I'm no good with deadlines, but since not meeting won't affect anyone but myself, I definitely have my eye on this.

Working on:

Work, work, work .__. Want to write fic, cannot write fic, am frustrated. Not long to go though before I can justify doing things. I am counting down the days. I did finally put together a roleplaying community for a ship my friend and I accidentally stumbled onto in our last DND campaign. We are slowly but surely getting that filled up with more than a year's worth of lore and AUs. It's really fun; I've never RPed or collaborated with anyone before, and creatively we mesh well. (I mean. Socially, too. Obviously.)

With the new year on the horizon, I know a lot of people might be looking to post more on here as a resolution or hope for next year. Here are some challenges that might help with that (or to remember to sign up for that aren't specifically about journalling, but hey ho, lumping things into one post is convenient~)

I'd be remiss not to mention the ever beloved

snowflake_challenge. They're looking for volunteers right now, so you want to get involved in a more... involved (oTL) way, there's your chance! You don't need to sign up and there's no deadline to any of the challenges.

There's also

inkingitout, sign-ups for which close on 1st January. It's a low-stress closed writing challenge to write 75k+.

white background with black ink splodges and the words Inking it out a yearly writing challenge

getyourwordsout is a closed yearly writing challenge with different pledge types and levels. Their information post is a lot more in-depth than I could hope to be, so I'd encourage you to check it out directly if you're interested. Sign-ups close on 15th January.

Other things to get your creativity juices flowing/fingers typing away:

drabblesoup is running a Bittiest Bang in January
sunshine_challenge has no deadline~
chocolateboxcomm is gearing up for another year, sign-ups are 1-7th January

Otherwise, you can always do the ever-loved round-up of creative projects or hobbies (what you read, what you watched, where you travelled, what you made), or outline some hopes and wishes for next year. I love round-up posts because it gives me a chance to see some of the things I would have missed through the year. :)

I'm for sure forgetting/not aware of lots of other cool things so please feel free to drop them in the comments.

It feels like it's been ages since I was last on here! But in reality it's been shy of two weeks lol; nevertheless, good to be back. Here is the much-promised linkspam regarding fandom, tumblr, pfio, etc. I kept talking about. I wrote it few weeks ago so please brace for an unsparing tonal shift.

A little explanation, and then All The Links. ＼(￣▽￣)／

I've been really enjoying reading lots of fandom meta recently. Few if any of the following links are extremely recent, but going through them at my own pace was a delight. While reading I came across a fair bit of discussion surrounding the differences between tumblr and dw, perhaps made more relevant than ever by recent events; and one of the main concerns was that, even for those who preferred dw's slower and more thoughtful pace, it was sometimes difficult to find where the cool things were; with most communities not being used much if at all, and discussion often taking place in comment sections of posts that won't find their way to your reading list unless someone intentionally puts them there, it can feel a bit quiet if there isn't an active effort to share stuff.

So I figured I'd just dump a bunch of links of the stuff I've been enjoying or cool things I've found so as to share them. I like how personal it feels as compared to reblogging; there's a lot more intention here, and I really appreciate that. It feels like what is shared is done so with care and thought, and it makes it all the more incentivising to check out said links.

Anyway. Enough of that.
( Here is a long list of various links I found recently that I loved reading. Enjoy~ )

What do you think of pfio? Do you think there's still hope for it to become what it wants, or that it is in fact doomed? I've read a lot about it lately so I'd love to hear more about what people are thinking. ╰(´︶`)╯♡