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I think that this short book review (and likely the whole book it describes) may appeal not only to devoted fans of Stephen King, and to literary nerds like me, but to all of us who like to think about how reading and writing work:

"Monsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks review – The writing secrets of Stephen King: A deep dive into the horror novelist’s archives reveals pedantry, penny-pinching, and a total redraft of Carrie"
by Kathryn Hughes; The Guardian (US); Mon 30 Mar 2026 02.00 EDT

Excerpt: "In the same manuscript, Bicks also finds the novelist resisting the copy editor’s attempts to replace the word “rattly,” which King has used to describe the labored breathing of the novel’s dying two-year-old protagonist, Gage Creed. The copy editor suggests “congested” would be better. But King knows that rattly contains within itself a whole ghastly set of subliminal associations including scavenging vermin and unquiet ghosts with their infernal chains. Congested is something a coroner would write."

(TIL that The Guardian (US) has a "book of the day" feature.)

brightknightie

Paramount has reportedly struck the sets for all its Star Trek properties. The new Starfleet Academy show, which my best friend hugely enjoyed and I haven't yet tried, was promptly canceled, reportedly for not cracking the top ten most streamed shows, though they had already filmed a second season and will presumably release it. Strange New Worlds, which I enjoy and look forward to, will air its fourth season sometime this year, and a fifth and final season sometime next year. (All seasons are ~10 episodes.)

In the midst of this, Paramount+ is raising prices again, even for the with-commercials tier to which I subscribe.

Trek is the only thing I watch on Paramount+ these days. It's always been the main thing. I originally subscribed for Discovery, and, for years, was genuinely content to pay what I thought of as my "Trek tax" through a continuous subscription. If they're not going to supply new Trek, I'm obviously not going to continue giving them money (completely aside from their corporate changes and etc. making them less attractive). The question is, how much trouble is it to unsubscribe and resubscribe and unsubscribe again for each of these final two seasons of Strange New Worlds?

I wonder if this is part of why they don't announce the dates for new seasons much in advance: subscription whack-a-mole. On the other hand, if they would produce 22-episode seasons of desired shows, and release episodes year-round, that would prevent such unsubscribing altogether. (As many have said, I would like longer seasons, with more character development, including "filler episodes," and would be delighted to take vastly fewer and/or cheaper special effects, sets, costumes, and props in trade.)

shamanicshaymin

Intentional loose ends and cringe (featuring me defending tadc because someone has to)

Thank you thank you thank you to this video. I feel like people went from "omg Vivziepop sucks TADC IS SUPERIOR" to "omg TADC is soooooooo cringe" over time when TADC refused to cater to their very specific writing demands. Gooseworx making an innocuous statement like "Pomni and Jax are the main characters" alone got her harassed to fucking hell. "OH NOES SHE'Z SIDELINING THE OTHER CHARACTERS!!!1!1" (Newsflash: having secondary and tertiary characters is NOT a sliding scale of the author's character preferences. This is Fiction 101.) "OMG GOOSEWORX IS MISOGYNISTIC BC SHE FAVORS THE HORRIBLE JERK JAX OVER RAGATHA" (Ragatha has had tons of character development throughout the show, and the audience doesn't consider that her being sidelined is likely intentional as commentary on how Ragatha's hollow niceness/toxic positivity is pushing everyone away) (Also misogynistic? lololololol what are Pomni and Gangle, chopped liver? Queenie could've just remained the offscreen dead wife, but nope! She's even got her own merch now!) And god, I really do believe all the sudden backlash against popular indie animation comes from internalized sexism, ableism, and LGBTQphobia from fans calling themselves leftist/liberal. Uggggggh.

It's like people are making it their entire identities to despise "cringe" while dressing it up as social justice ("Oh no, I don't just hate this comic because I find it stupid, it's also totally homophobic and dangerous for the gay community, guys!" See: the "Boyfriends" drama) That'd be like finding the Super Mario Bros. Super Show dumb, but going out of your way to say it's classist and dangerous to the reptuation of Italians when it's just an innocuous cartoon. Hell, the entire reason I stopped watching Pokemon movies despite liking the Zoroark movie (the furthest I've gone) was because I didn't want to make bitching about the ones I didn't like my entire personality. I was sick of ranting about the same issues I had with them over and over, and the frustration was honestly draining me. Hell, even talking about the same fandom drama more than once exhausts me, which is why I blocked/muted the LISA Confessions Twitter despite it probably being the only place LISA fandom is currently active. (One such drama is, surprise surprise, "yaoislop is cringe.") To quote the many DND Horror Story channels I listen to: "No DND is better than bad DND."

tl;dr TADC is an awesome and amazingly written show, and I can't wait for the final episode. I ought to get Caine icons now that I have a Paid Account. :D

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: Alex Rochon - The One Who's Running the Show

shamanicshaymin

Thank you so much to whoever gifted me a Paid Account for a month, boy oh boy oh boy~ ♥♥♥

Current Mood: grateful
Current Music: Mitski - Me and My Husband

brightknightie

Here are some recent fannish things I've happened to see and would like to share!

Spotlight: I went to see Stand By Me on the big screen during its fortieth-anniversary return to theaters in March. I'd actually never seen it before, though I knew almost everything about it through cultural osmosis and felt, watching, almost as if I had seen it before. It's an excellent movie, of course. Well-crafted, well-acted, challenging, and satisfying. At this end of history, it was sometimes difficult to see the characters through their famous actors, like when the character played by River Phoenix vanishes as the narrative switches from past to present and the moment packs a doubled punch. It would not be made the same way today, and I think it would be the less for that. (Everyone knows the Pokémon Stand by Me trivia, right?) ( Read more... )

Ficathons, fests & communities

Create & engage
- fkficfest, the annual Forever Knight event, has prompting 5/03-16, with stories due 7/18.
- 3weeks4dreamwidth, an annual celebration of DW, runs 4/25-5/15.
- allbutromance, a gen exchange, has nominations through 4/16, signups 4/20-5/03, and works due 8/14.
- bitesizedfandomsex, an exchange for canons that can be consumed in 8 or fewer hours, has sign-ups through 4/12 and works due 5/30.
- whumpex, an exchange for stories in which characters hurt, has nominations through 4/18, sign-ups 4/21-5/04, with works due 6/02.
- seasonalremix, a match-by-trope remix event, has sign-ups through 4/11, with the original story due 4/18, and a matched remix due 6/20.
- whatif_au is hosting its annual AU bingo through 7/31.
- seasonsofdrabbles, a quarterly drabble exchange, has nominations and sign-ups through 4/12.
- spring_renewal, an open promptfest (panfandom + original works), has fills 4/10-30.
- bookclub_dw is a monthly reading club (one month to read the elected book, one to discuss it).
- allbingo's April theme is "flower fest."
- trope_of_the_month's April theme is "fake dating."
- pinchhits is a community for posting needed fills for exchanges. For example, goreswap is currently seeking pinch hitters.
- whenisitdue tracks many more events than I note here!
Enjoy & share
- fancake (themed fanfic recs); April theme: "arranged marriage"
- gensplosion (gen fanfic recs)
- het_reccers (m/f fanfic recs)
- fanart_recs (fanart recs)
- recthething (fanwork recs)

Sidelight: Last year was my year of re-reading Lois McMaster Bujold. This year, I think, will be Rex Stout.

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omg I swear this is what did it. My life has changed over the past week, I feel like a new person, and I feel crazy about it because I swear it's because I splurged on a new soft throw blanket. Something about touching that blanket healed me, y'all. It's a UGG Euphoria blanket, and I spent like 60 bucks on it. I didn't really have the money but I splurged anyway, and it is SO SOFT, and it does something to my brain. Like it tickles my brain when I rub my hands on it. This needs to be studied.

I doubt new improved me will last forever, but I'm doing what I can while I'm feeling this way.

Believe me, I know how crazy it sounds that a blanket has 'cured' my depression.

Current Mood: cheerful

shamanicshaymin

No, Queer Representation SHOULD be Bad Actually

Thank fucking GOD for this video. This is so refreshing to watch after going down the rabbit hole of Hellaverse hatedom and the way they demonize Stolitz and Stolas for being PrObLeMaTiK. Hell, let me copy-paste the comment I wrote for the video:

( Spoilers for the Season 2 finale of Helluva Boss )

Current Mood: frustrated

shamanicshaymin

I've almost caught up to where I stopped previously on Ultra Moon, and I've got a controversial opinion: I don't think the Ultra games "neutered" Lusamine like fandom says they did. Granted, I still haven't gotten to the post-game with Rainbow Rocket yet, but Lusamine's motivations and tragic past (which fandom seems to believe is Game Freak absolving her, which uh... it didn't?) were already alluded to, even brought up, in the original Sun/Moon games. Despite her noble intentions regarding Necrozma, she's still depicted as a narcissistic mother who abused her children for her own ends. Hell, Lillie literally spells out that Lusamine is a selfish person who believes she knows what's best for everyone. The game makes a point that shitty people can still do good things no matter their intentions. It also does a Fassad and the Mouse example where Plumeria tells the player and Lillie that Lusamine was the only adult who believed Guzma could be a champion, and that's why he's so devoted to her. One's Ghetsis could be another's Toriel; both can be true at the same time. Guzma, Lillie, and Gladion's feelings about Lusamine are validated. But I guess that's too Big-Brained for Pokémon's general audience. (siiiiiiigh)

That said, I do agree that cutting the cave scene with Lillie on Exeggutor Island was one of the Ultra games' biggest mistakes. Not only was the conversation between Lillie and the player absolutely adorable, it also shows how complex her relationship with her mom really is. The Singing in the Rain-inspired moment is one of the rare times Lusamine is actually a Good Parent (the "Before Times" if you will), and then everything with Mohn happened and... yeah. :(

I did fanart before comparing Lusamine, Lillie, and Gladion with Brad, Buddy, and Dustin. Except I find Brad way more sympathetic and redeemable than Lusamine, lol (Don't get me wrong, Lusamine is one of my all-time favorite Pokémon villains. But for all the horrible abusive shit Brad has done, he's also the biggest woobie in the universe, RIP)

I ran into a female Shiny Crabrawler while gathering berries and caught it! You can find shinies in Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet with the Shiny Charm and tons and TONS of patience, but finding a Shiny in the early gens? Now that is lucky. 8)

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: The Moody Blues - Steppin' in a Slide Zone

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Hi, all!

My mood has improved, and I've had energy for the past 3 days. Out of nowhere. I actually got some much-needed cleaning done, and it's been very beneficial to my mental health. I've been eating healthier leading up to my first Ozempic shot, so that might have something to do with it, but it hasn't been a HUGE change yet, just little stuff. But I guess it could have still made a difference. idk, I just feel great. It's so weird!

shamanicshaymin

Man, I can't decide if I want to draw or make icons again. I'll probably end up playing more Ultra Moon, RIP. I just know that Hellaverse are being humongous comfort shows and I've had a blast after watching Hazbin Hotel season 2. Also I didn't want to update my journal until I found a decent icon of Human!Alastor. He's so fucking hot as a human. :D

I can't wait for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream to come out. ;;

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Hazbin Hotel - Gravity

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