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jadelotusflower · 4 months

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Stargate rewatch: 1x19 There But For The Grace of God

One of my favourite episodes titles of the series, also kicking off what is essentially a four episode arc to end season 1 and kick off season 2. 90’s tv was the eternal battle between episodic and arc-based storytelling, and I actually think the show threaded the needle quite well.

I do love an alternative universe episode, back in the beforetimes when a multiverse served a story purpose and not just a fodder for fanservice of the “your favourite character, and they’ve got a new hat!” variety.

The story credit for this episode is David Kemper, an Executive Producer for Farscape, but this is his only Stargate contribution. Robert C Cooper wrote the teleplay, and the episode was directed by David Warry-Smith, his first of 11 for the show.

Love that they brought back Catherine, Elizabeth Hoffman is great (RIP). Given that Jack is a general in this timeline, perhaps we can assume he kept her on the project as opposed to the main timeline’s General West shutting things down/sidelining her after Abydos?

But Jack still went on the Abydos (suicide) mission so presumably wasn’t a general at that time. I know we have to be la la la don’t think about it with the alternate timelines but I’m so curious how things went down in this universe!

How long did it take them to work out how to use the gate without Daniel’s help? I guess they couldn’t communicate with the Abydonians without Daniel but they still were able to kill Ra - how? If they never went to Chulak what triggered Apophis’s interest in them to mount an attack on Earth? Why is the attack in this universe before the attack in the prime universe when really the events should be delayed in the AU?

This is a decent wig for Sam. Sadly, the only decent wig she’ll get the entire series.

I also wonder what was the difference in this universe so Sam didn’t join the Airforce.

Daniel guilelessly giving the address for Chulak right after taking about Jack intending to blow up Abydos. He’s so used to his Jack whose come so far since then, never even thinking that alt!Jack may not have, and what they might want the coordinates for.

lol, Daniel walks down the stairs, crosses the room, looks at the map, then puts on his glasses.

“Every one of those red dots is a destroyed city.” Apophis a fan of the United Celtic Nations it seems.

Daniel finally twigs that he might be in an alternate reality (with Sam defining it for him), but we can’t be too harsh, he canonically has zero pop culture game and this was the 90’s. Even in todays over-saturation of multiverse content Daniel would probably still have no clue.

They made a decent attempt at Spader!Daniel with this pic!

Daniel and being dead/missing in alternate realities/timelines, name a better duo.

It is interesting that in a lot of the AUs the show explores, Daniel’s lack of involvement in the Stargate program coincides with that universe being doomed.

I forgot that the 38 minute gate window was first established in this episode! That’s a huge piece of lore originating in an alternate universe.

It wouldn’t be an alternate universe without at least one character with silly hair.

Generally I prefer AUs that explore character rather than ones used to advance plot (or are lazy fanservice looking at you mcu), and while the primary purpose of this episode is to give Daniel forewarning of the Goa’uld attack and the gate address to the source, there is some nice stuff here especially around Jack and Teal’c.

Because at their core alt!Jack and alt!Teal’c are still the same - Teal’c still hates the Goa’uld, Jack is still willing to take big risks on his instincts, and there’s a mirror to Children of the Gods where Jack reaches out to Teal’c, but it’s a dark mirror, and it’s the little differences that matter because Jack isn’t the same person as the one in CotG, who went through the Abydos mission with Daniel and came out a better person, instead he’s the one that sent the bomb that killed Teal’c’s family, and it dooms them both.

Opening credits shot!

“I also wish to blow us all to hell.” Alt!Sam is a badass. No difference to prime!Sam there.

There’s also an interesting moment between Teal’c and Daniel in the gateroom - Teal’c doesn’t shoot straight away when he could have, so maybe Jack telling him of the alternate universe where Teal’c was fighting the Goa’uld got through. He still fires as Daniel runs for the gate, but only hits him in the shoulder - at such close range Teal’c could probably have made the kill shot. His hesitation saved Daniel’s life, and ultimately the life of his other self.

Because Daniel’s presence in the other reality changes nothing for it - alt Jack, Sam, Teal’c and Catherine all still die, the Stargate is destroyed and that would have happened anyway (with maybe the exception of Jack being able to stall Teal’c to set the self destruct).

But Daniel’s changed - there but for the grace of god (or fate) go our team.

#stargate sg 1 #stargate rewatch #1x19 there but for the grace of god

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nettlestonenell · 2 years

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The object of his affection (no, not the King’s--the Traitor’s)

Citizens of the Republic, Subjects of the Kingdom, and Gentle Readers, here you will find Part 4 of a failing attempt to dictate my thoughts during a The King: Eternal Monarch rewatch.

Touching on topics such as:

Rich people who don’t like to share their special stuff

The historical roots of Manpasikjeok

Lee Gon’s relationship with the Dragon King of the East Sea

the Vault of the Supreme Heaven and what it has in common with JTE’s police precinct

the traitor. so much the traitor

Cue the Show

Right off the bat, we get Lee Lim [some would say Ri Rim, and I respect it and maybe even prefer it, but I watched Netflix English subtitles, and so my brain is prewired for ‘Lee Lim’] of course, but we don't know that we get his voice over in the bamboo forest or a bamboo forest telling us the story of the flute, and he does say for the record that it is a bamboo flute. So, out of his mouth, if you want to believe him [though he is likely a liar], it is a bamboo flute.

It sounds like a lovely fairy tale. I wasn't even sure that it was a real story, but I did some research, and it literally an actual Korean folktale, that a flute exists and that you got it from the Dragon King of the East Sea, etc. It all checks out [online]. So in this case the Traitor is not lying to us [keep your guard up, nonetheless].

This page at Korea.net says “it is based on the Legend of “Manpasikjeok (The Flute That Calms Ten Thousand Waves), written in the Samguk Yusa (삼국유사), a book that contains tales and legends from the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla).”

Cheapest (but most exclusive) way to visit Busan

Of course, this probably begins one of the questions that apparently dogs a lot of viewers through the series, which doesn't don't affect me, doesn't affect me. Which is what? What are we looking at? So we're in a bamboo forest, but we don't know which world the bamboo forest is in [we also don’t know if it's Lee Gon’s forest or Lee Lim’s]. That’s the question that many viewers, or perhaps just particularly vocal viewers, have an ongoing issue with: not being able to differentiate which world they’re being shown. [obviously, easily fixable with additional subtitles, but I’ll have to say there are only two instances I find myself uncertain, b/c usually within a moment or so something in-scene will clue you in as to where you are IF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION. I’ll be sure to mention going forward any times I experience uncertainty, as well as any signifiers that answer this persistent question]

There are some credits in Korean at the bottom of the screen. I think they're just credits but I can't be sure because I don't read Korean, and with the shot of--I don't know what you wanna call it--I'm gonna call it a gazebo. I'm sure that's not what it's called [the temple at the Busan palace of Cheonjongo (Vault of the Supreme Heaven, according to the Korea.net page referenced above) *I don’t know if there is any significance to it, but JTE works at Seoul Jongo Police Station—both these locations use the word “Jongo”, but again I am Korean illiterate]—Emperor Lee Ho is opening the case to get the flute out.

What I'll say is this is where my troubles on my first viewing began. They played out something like this: I don't know where we are and I don't know what year we're in. So, I will tell you, 'cause it's kind of silly, what I thought I was watching. Well, first of all, I knew it was supposed to be a supernatural show, so I'm, you know, checking it out for moments of super- naturalness. So to me, I thought that what I'm calling the gazebo, I thought that it was something like a Stargate, a portal to travel through time or space or both. And that somehow this is where you would leap from place to place (as the show description cited parallel worlds). I thought this because Lee Ho is in, I don't know if we can call what he's wearing hanbok--but if hanbok means Korean clothes, he's certainly in Korean clothes, in some kind of kingly robe.

I won't try to get into the Korean words for these things because I don't know them. I would have to look them up to begin with, and that might take some time to figure it all out.

[A “gujangbok” (九章服) is a ceremonial robe worn by the Joseon king, adorned with nine symbols, either painted or embroidered, representing the consummate authority and virtue of the king. -you’re welcome]

But Lee Ho's in traditional clothing. Nobleman clothing at the very least, but most certainly I'm sure that it denotes that he's the king.

Naturally this means nothing to me as a Western viewer, I can't tell that he's a king. He's not wearing a crown. Even with a small bit of Kdrama exposure, I could not tell that he was a king. His hat looks to me a lot like the hats that other noblemen wear in sageuk. Anyway, the scene that is set is, to me, not located anywhere in time and so I can't tell if it's the 1200s, or if it's present day.

I assumed on my first viewing that this was a man from the past that somehow had shown up in this Stargate gazebo and in this sort of area, I mean sidebar, the gazebo in Cheonjogno. It also looks a whole lot like where Snow and Prince Charming got married in Once Upon a Time that's neither here nor there, but I share it with you nonetheless.

Sorry, it is what it is

So we don't know—who is he? Does he belong there? Has he traveled from another time? Why does this whole scene and his costuming look so arcane? He's got a flute from a case. We don't know what's going on. If you're me, and you're watching this the first time, you don't even know where you're located in the timeline, much less what world you might be in. 'Cause we haven't been told there are multiple worlds yet [except in the description]. *again, this would likely be far less confusing for a Korean viewer

There is Korean writing down the right side of the screen. I have no idea what it says. I don't believe that Netflix ever translates it out, but I'm here to tell you if you were watching Viki, somebody would have translated that out for you. And for that and for Viki, I'm very thankful. It might be. It might be a translation of what? Lee Lim is saying ‘where enemies would retreat, diseases would be cured’. It might be a translation of what's probably something like a poem that’s about the flute. [this of the poetry on the Four Tiger Sword] “When the flute was played, the enemies fled, the plagues receded, the rain came in drought, the wind was soft and the sea was calm; it was called ‘the flute that calms ten thousand waves’ and considered a national treasure.” [additionally of interest may be that in the tale, the flute was crafted from a bamboo plant that grew as two separate plants that united into a single plant each evening/night.]

Now we see that Lee Lim’s splattered with blood. This, on my first viewing, because he's so prominent in the early part of the show I thought that he was going to be the hero, I thought that he was going to be the main character because so much focus is to him now. JTE reads Lee Lim’s statistics, you know, his age, but he's supposed to be 70. It talks about the year 2020, and there's a document that we're shown. I can't read Korean. I don't know Korean symbols/logos that strongly. It's possible that that document, although Netflix isn't gonna want me to look at it 'cause it's just gonna pop that add up if I pause the screen--that that document makes it clear that it's from the Kingdom, because that document--I don't believe there's a document in the Republic which sometimes I will probably refer to as our world because I assume that it is in fact our world--OK, looking at it as much as I can, it does look to me like it has a symbol on it that is not a Republic symbol, but instead it is a Kingdom symbol. It's on the back of the sheet that says maybe…personal information, top secret. Those are words in English that appear on it.

So it's possible that if you were a Korean viewer, you would understand that what you were looking at, what was being talked about, was unusual from what you should be seeing [a document with Republic symbols on it].

Interesting sidebar: If you look up stories about the flute, you will discover that King Sinmun (681-692), who was given the flute, is actually the son of the man King Munmu, who would go on to become the Dragon King of the East Sea, that gave the flute to his son. Which makes both of those people a direct part of the ancestral line of our Emperor Lee Gon. His great, great, great, great plus granddaddys were the one that gave the flute and the one that received the flute.

I suppose this is as good of a time as any as Lee Lim is talking to Shin-Jae to note that as far as I'm concerned, the Traitor is remarkably handsome. He looks great--perhaps another reason that I thought for a moment that he was going to be the lead in the show.

It is a royal family of good genes

The Traitor Lee Lim is talking about the deeper details on his list, so we get the reveal of his age, but it's inconsistent with his appearance, and that he actually is, in fact, 70, and that time runs slower for him.

I feel like it's already too much [this scene]—like, it needs [narratively] to cut there and take us somewhere else.

I have a lot of feelings about this first, like I said, third of the first episode because it's so disorienting and we're trying so hard to grab onto something we're supposed to pay attention to as viewers, and it just keeps throwing more wild stuff and more people at us, and we just can't locate our story, if you will.

So you know, Lee Lim is starting to, sort of, what--villain blather? I don't know. He's gonna start to tell us things about the flute. He's gonna tell us how his brother didn't believe in the flute, and [this speech/exposition] needs to be, I think, tighter and quicker to get us where we're going faster. I say that on a first viewing. On subsequent viewings, I think that this works fine. Like, I think we are already invested. We're curious about what he has to say. There's a lot of interest going on. But first viewings when you're just trying to get your bearings in a story? We've already been shown a bamboo forest. We've already been shown Cheonjogno, and a person that we don't know [it’s un-introducted Emperor Lee Ho] with the flute. We've been told--we've heard Lee Lim's voice over it all, and we're now in this interrogation room, where we've been introduced to Lee Lim himself and then two other characters that we don't know, and including the credits that have rolled [which we watched].

It's, we're two minutes and 48 seconds into a show, so we're confused, muddled and I think exhausted and although, as I said in its defense, it plays just fine once you've seen the entire show. On re-watch I'm not bored. I know what's going on. I'm even interested in it.

But that's gonna be to me [I’m going to be interested in it b/c I’ve got the whole weight of the show behind me and it is NOW of interest]. That's the song, so to speak. That's the theme of the whole first third of the first episode [this murky-if-you’re-not-in-the-know-about-the-treason]. And I often tell people, if I encourage them to watch the show, don't give up. Make it all the way to the end of the first episode and halfway through the second one before you decide it's not for you.

I feel like this is something you almost just have to get past, to endure [the first time]. Kind of like taking your medicine, although that sounds a little more negative than it is, but you have to get past this part in order to get into the show and then you'll be glad for this part on the end of the show 'cause you will go back and re-watch.

So the Traitor villain blathers about how his brother was close- minded and did not appreciate the flute when he had it and did not know that it would bring the world into his hands. And then Lee Lim specifically states actually two worlds [he can say this in the police station b/c at that point he knows about two worlds]. And so, of course, we know that this scene is from the actual, you know, very close to the end of the series. And even at that time the knowledge is simply of two worlds because the pathway through the obelisks is [still] just a two-way pathway [though Lee Gon seems to suspicion other doors, though he does refer to them as closed]; you can go to the Kingdom, you can go to the Republic.

You don't get other options that are open and available to you. We don't know that yet. So that's all that he knows [two worlds].

It's interesting why he couldn't see [the flute] on other days [beside the every 20 year presentations to the people]. Was it literally like he would ask? Lee Lim would go and be like, hey, can I see the flute? And people would be like, “no”.

Because if you don't believe it has any particular powers [Lee Ho], what does it matter if you let, you know, your half-brother go look at it or whatever? Like, what's he gonna do with it if it's just a flute? For example, what if it was a famous painting? Like, what does it matter to you if you happen to own this famous painting as a king and then your half-brother is like, can I go check that famous painting out today? Stare at it for awhile? You would be like, what? “No, how dare you! Only I am allowed to look at the famous painting, except once every 20 years!” Does that even track?

So that that has Lee Lim upset and feeling traitorous. He seems to be, perhaps, even more upset that Lee Ho doesn't believe in the power of the flute. He consistently calls Lee Ho names b/c of his unbelief.

I read someone online who felt like Lee Lim considered the flute a religious object and wanted to or had developed a cult around it, so the sin of unbelief I guess would be a great one in that case.

I think it would have been nice--I'll probably say this a lot--during the first episode--Uh, I really think it would have been nice to be able to see them [Lee Lim and Lee Ho], perhaps argue about the flute and its potential abilities, or its mystical powers outside of, you know, the bloody massacre. Maybe over dinner, maybe following their father’s ancestral rites? Like, prior to this night of the treason, had they had spirited discussions about it? In all the years of growing up? Had Lee Lim tried to gain access to it in the past and been denied? Um. We don't get to see that, we don't get to see anything of their relationship prior to murder? Which I think is very unfortunate. [We don’t get to see it later on in flashbacks, either.]

Not that I'm trying to drag this [show-establishing] part out, but if some of what was the exposition of their conflict was cut, and instead like a shot inserted here or there of like action where the two of them were arguing, establishing the conflict through action, I think that works better narratively. [It helps flesh out Lee Lim far more than he ever is in the narrative that exists.]

It's three minutes and 39 seconds in and in the bamboo forest, standing in front of the obelisks, we see Lee Gon for the first time. He is in his ceremonial robe and he looks very, I think that we're seeing him prior probably to when Yeong shows up, before he is going through the obelisks, specifically to change the night of the treason the second time. [I assume it’s the second time and not the first—not the time he ended up visiting Tae-Eul and giving her the flowers. It SHOULD be LG waiting to enter the obelisks at the SAME TIME Lee Lim is about to be shoved in by Tae-Eul, for the sake of story continuity, but often kdramas don’t play that way (that Western storytelling would dictate)] But you know, I will admit as many times as I've watched this show, I have not made a flow chart, and without one, while I can understand the show while I'm watching it, trying to piece everything back into a timeline that's correct is very challenging. So when I look at this, that's what I think is happening.

And so we must be close to the time that JTE is going to take Lee Lim and walk through the obelisks on the side of the Republic if Lee Gon is already on the Kingdom side getting ready to go in in his ceremonial--is it a robe is it a jacket?

Probably if you're reading this, you're aware of the anticipation that after some two years away from entertainment because Lee Min Ho was doing his military service, he hadn't been in/acted in anything. But I think it's possible that he hadn't been anything since 2016, like The Legend of the Blue Sea is his last big work. I think that he was in a movie [Bounty Hunters] that was a Japanese movie in the interim, but nothing on television and maybe he was on, you know, some kind of a web or a short form program, but it's a long time for him to be gone, and then for them to feel totally comfortable not giving him to viewers, so to speak, immediately, but making you wait for his appearance.

presented without comment

It's gutsy. So you get this flash at the 3:40 mark. Around the 3:40 mark of his face; he doesn't speak, he doesn't interact with anyone. And then you have to wait considerably longer. I wanna say it's like 40 minutes--I'm sure I'll notate it when we get there--to actually see him do some acting and interact with people.

That's like a bold move. Like I think it's, I don't know if it's the right move. I'll say that not because of LMH, but because of Lee Gon [as a character]. And like I said, I just feel like for first time viewers this first third really stumbles and makes it a challenging road for people to stick to, but you know feel free to let me know if you disagree with that, if you love the beginning and it totally whetted your appetite for what was to come and it fulfilled everything that you wanted from setting up a story. I would love to hear about it if that's the case for you for sure.

...tbc...

#tkem #tkem meta #lee gon #lee lim #lee min ho #the king: eternal monarch #the king eternal monarch #nell chats tkem #chez nell mind palace #kdrama #more like okay: drama #queue-een jeong tae-eul #tkem rewatch

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sunnydaleherald · 3 years

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maverick-werewolf · 3 years

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Thanks for the tag, @carsonsweebabyturtles! I do enjoy these, and I never get tagged in anything, so thank you! :D Though sometimes I forget about them and never get around to filling them out, so here we go.

Last Song: Unbecoming - Starset. Been listening to this one... well, a lot lately.

Last Movie: I rewatched Aquaman, despite how much it causes my soul pain that Joe Flanigan wasn’t at least someone in that movie (namely, you know, a primary goodguy...).

Currently Reading: Stargate Atlantis: Entanglement by Martha Wells; still working my way through literally all the SGA tie-in novels and enjoying some of them quite a bit, and Martha Wells wrote my favorite one so far that I ADORE ENDLESSLY and it pushed ALL my buttons (Reliquary), so I’m excited to get into this one. Also reading a draft of Shielding Thing by @tafferling and Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: the History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians by Richard Sugg.

Currently Watching: Nothing, really. I plan to watch Star Trek Enterprise once my internet lets me, and otherwise I am planning my 11th or 12th or so full rewatch of, of course, Stargate Atlantis, because it brings me eternal joy.

I also never know who to tag, so if you don’t want to be tagged, just ignore me.

Tagging: @tafferling @valgusordo @turbo-toast

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kakushigo · 4 years

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hiya! what shows have you been watching recently?

Recently?

Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty God, I love this one so much. It’s a very slow paced drama though and there’s a lot of court intrigue going on. It’s based (loosely, from what I understand) off a novel of a similar name. There’s a little bit of suspension of disbelief needed during the end of the arc, but overall, very solid. Excellent costumes, excellent acting, and they really sell the OT3. Wang Zhi is my favorite boy. It is directed by Jackie Chan & the fight scenes are top notch.

Breaking Dawn (2019) Admittedly, I haven’t gotten far in this one yet. But it’s another BL book adaptation. While the title says 2019, it’s currently being released on IQIYI (googling only turns up raws as well, so I’m wondering if this drama got released late b/c of censorship). Bit of a warning if you watch it subbed on IQIYI- the subs are very literal, sometimes to the point of being confusing. 10/10 great characters and great angst though. Yes, the title did give me traumatic flashbacks to Vampires & they really should’ve used the other translated name.

My Roommate is a Detective Everything about this drama is “Good, but...” If you want something not so serious & a little zanny, it’s a good one. Warning: a lot of people don’t like the female lead. (She’s not my favorite and I definitely don’t ship the main pairing the show tries to sell, but I don’t hate her.)

L.O.R.D Critical World (Warning, this does end on a major cliffhanger, which doesn’t bother me but may bother some people.) Oh, man. I’m a slut for world building and this? Delivered. The premise is there’s 7 Lords who have magical powers and they’re assigned their own student to keep the Silver Brotherhood strong & the Beasts from destroying order. This series follows Lord 7′s apprentice, Kynil (or at least that’s what IQIYI subs it as...), and how much of a mess he is. Also, I’m totally ready for everyone to get Beasts instead of Daemons. I’ve been told to inform everyone if you like pretty men you need to watch it for Lord 7 alone.

Been meaning to get into but haven’t yet:

The King: Eternal Monarch

Hospital Playlist

Legend of Awakening

Winter Begonia (Might give this one a pass as cheating is a squick XD)

Rewatching:

Stargate: Atlantis

As I am running a big bang for it, gotta rewatch Space Crimes: The Series. It’s serialized sci-fi, so suspend your disbelief. And the finale didn’t happen, they’re still in Pegasus, okay? Great found family vibes, especially once the gate team is Sheppard, McKay, Teyla, and Ronon. You can watch this without knowing anything about Stargate (I did).

Always good to watch:

Nirvana in Fire (the first one) Political intrigue! Returning from the dead! Pining! Warning: you may find yourself suddenly crying over random household objects.

Guardian Another fun one, though sometimes thinking about the plot too much makes you go??? (The drama writers tried, they really did but they sometimes sacrificed plot for scenes from the novel & I’m kinda okay with that.) Excellent chemistry between the leads. Poor CGI but the soundtrack makes up for it. Modern cop BL novel adaptation.

Leverage Literally thieves say ‘steal from the rich, give to the poor.’ So, so good. All the found family vibes. Happy ending to every episode. This is a feel good series, ‘kay?

Person of Interest Do you need to feel paranoid about everything watching you? Do you want canonical lesbians? How about dogs? Well, PoI got you covered! It follows Harold Finch, creator the “The Machine”, as he attempts to save just one person from premeditated death with the help of ex-CIA, John Reese. Joining them is Bear, the Dog; Root, the criminally insane (enemy to friend to lover of your unofficially adopted daughter but she’s also your adopted daughter); and Shaw, almost a doctor (from number to ‘ugh, I’ll help you out’ to loving bear to loving Root). Shoot is adorable and there’s so many good AO3 Shoot fics.

#...oops #this got away from me #also a lot of these have sad/bad endings #what does that say about me?#Anonymous

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2021 - My Year in Fanfic

I meant to write this post more than two weeks ago, and then stuff happened.

Anyway - so, looking back on the fanfic I managed to write in 2021, I'm actually a little surprised at how much of it turned out to be written for exchanges. I don't usually play in many exchanges, apart from Yuletide, but this year I did four.

So, to start with the non-exchange fic, I wrote four more of my MDZS crossover outlines (aka too lazy to actually write fic fics) - a Harry Potter, where the trio accidentally summons "the greatest dark lord of Ancient China", a Stargate SG-1 (and my personal favourite), where the cultivators are on an alien planet and Golden Cores are technically goa'uld, a Midnight Diner sequel to the episode with the haunted porn, and a Lucifer with Wen Ning/Mazikeen, just because. (I'd kinda hoped to spend december taking prompts for fandoms for more crossovers, but there didn't turn out to be much interest. Ah well.)

The only non-prompted and non-exxchange fic I did in 2021 was a tiny little ficlet for the Japanese Onmyoji movies - A Patient Fox. It's not much storywise, honestly, but I liked the movies.

For exchanges, the first I wrote was my Chocolate Box fic The Nightingale - MDZS modern AU with soulmates, because that's what the recip wanted. And the thing is - I don't generally write modern AUs for (more-or-less) historical canons, but that was the request - and usually, in MDZS, that means either something set in China (and that wouldn't work for me, because I do not know enough about life in modern China to even fake it, and what I do know would start off with asking questions like "how are there so many siblings in this story?" and go from there, and that would not have been a fun story for anybody) or in modern US (and I refuse to write that, I utterly refuse), so I ended up setting it in Denmark, just pouring it full of as many ridiculous Danish things as I could without ever mentioning the words Denmark or Danish in the entire thing. It worked well, I think - and I got to include stuff like the burial mounds at Jelling, because how could I not?

Second exchange fic, for Fandom 5K, was my first foray back into Pirates of the Caribbean fandom in ages - Of the Wave and of the Flame, an AU where Norrington got to sit movies 2 & 3 out by having had his ship sink off of Tripoli and thus ended up spending a few years as a slave among the Barbary Corsairs. As you do. And then I mixed it up with - one of my favourite Arabian Nights stories is the one about a fisher and a merman making friends, except I went with a different supernatural being and just ran with it. I liked the story I ended up with, my recip liked it and I did get some nice comments - but, let's just say, if I had laboured under the delusion that anybody would actually care if I came back to PotC, well, good thing I didn't. And rewatching the movies reminded me of all the things I disliked about the post-first-movie PotC, so. Not going back there again, methinks.

Third exchange was Trick or Treat, where I had fun with writing Beforeigners - Some Ado About Reðr - aka the perfectly ordinary day in the life of a shieldmaiden working in modern Oslo police, which ended up getting stuffed with as many cocks and pricks and flaccid suggestive balloons as I could put in it, and yet somehow not be porn.

The last exchange was Yuletide, of course, where I ended up doing way too much research than I ought to for a five-minute fandom (I know far more about Ukrainian neo-paganism - sorry, Native Faith - than I used to, and several Chernobyl facts I did not previously know (including the fact that there is a hotel in the Chernobyl Zone -a hotel?!)) of a Eurovision music video, and only a little of it ended up particularly relevant to Білий голос, which is - sort of an attempt at magical realism-ish what if Chernobyl had scared away Spring and gotten a fairly sizeable bit of local area stuck in magic eternal winter?

I think I'll do fewer exchanges this year - probably just Yuletide. I think that'll be better for me.

#my fanfiction #yes this is shameless self-promotion

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