Better

[clevermanka]

Guardian/adjacent:
We might have an estimate of release time for Lost Tomb! 72 eps? eeeek
Fanart: Now I want the Untamed AU with ZYL as WWX ofc. Gorgeous Zhu Yilong.

Dunno if things are getting more sparse on my tl or if I'm getting pickier. I feel like the former is accurate, but...

Twitter etiquette question! I'd like to do this fic rec bingo. Do I retweet that with the bingo card or do I download the bingo card image and repost it? Advice appreciated.

Oh, also, speaking of Twitter, my friend calystarose is dipping into Guardian after falling headlong into The Untamed earlier this year. If she pops into one of your threads, I vouch for her being Good People. She's a gem.

Feeling better after a decent night's sleep. Fatigue plays a major (primary) role in my depression and it's good that I can tell myself "it's just chemicals it's just hormones it's just you're tired" but that doesn't make it easier in the moment. Obviously I'm not all better and I'm still ten seconds and a hangnail from tears at literally any given moment but at least I don't actively want to die right now.

My darling friend who finished her dissertation in my company and who successfully defended in no pants might walk by my house today so we can yell across the yard at each other. What a world.

Gonna see if I can tackle the upcoming scene of Deconstruction today. I've been looking forward to writing this scene for months and I don't wanna spoil the experience if I'm not really into it, you know? If it turns out I'm not feeling it, I might start that Table 1 Zhubai AU (my first RPF! I'm barreling along in this hand basket!).

Dang it, now I can't find undeadrobins's Twitter thread about who all is on Duolingo... if anyone wants to follow me there, I'm Manka880228. I'm learning Spanish, not Chinese, though, so I'll be the one outlier!

ETA: Rats, forgot to post a link to fan's translation of Bai Yu's birthday livestream. I am strangely not as compelled to watch it as I was Zhu Yilong's hotpot livestream? IDK I found his awkwardness charming and soothing. Too bad we'll never get a livestream of them eating hotpot together.

Comments

[undeadrobins]

I would repost the bingo card - I think I've seen it a few times, so I don't think that link is the original creator anyway.

[clevermanka]

Awesome, thank you!

[starandrea]

Sadly I can't keep up with twitter, so I'm out of the loop there, but I just followed you (Star582572)! ♥ Yay Spanish - my sister's studying it too!

[clevermanka]

Yay! I've learned and lost Spanish twice so I'm hoping this is the one that will stick. I need to find people to practice with once I've found my feet. I survived a week in Mexico without speaking English to anyone except my traveling partner so I know I wasn't terrible. Having the pronunciation down already is super helpful.

[mckitterick]

Hooray for feeling better today! And for getting a chance to be Quarantine Social, and reaching the scene you really want to write.

Is The Lost Tomb supposed to be good? Don't know anything about it!

[clevermanka]

You know you could just get out of bed and ask me this in person...

[mckitterick]

More fun like this :-D

[glymr]

Ahhhh, I am so excited for the Table 1 Zhubai RPF AU! <3<3<3 As someone who only just posted their first RPF in the past few months, I am very eager to drag others down with me! >:D Feel free to email or DW or Tweet or whatever me if you want to scream about them. XD

[clevermanka]

I SHALL! I am really digging the RPF AU. It's basically just straight-up (well, cough ~straight~) original porn but with faces I know and love!

[naye]

I'd retweet the original bingo I think? https://twitter.com/lightveils/status/1246968311977402368?s=20

But I'm big on crediting people for coming up with stuff!

Thanks for your Duolingo info! Have added you. :D

[clevermanka]

Oh THANK YOU! I didn't even think to do a reverse image search on it. *facepalm* I appreciate your going through that effort for me, bb. 😘

[marycrawford]

72 eps??? WOW. I really hope it's great and ZYL gets a chance to shine in it.

Sympathy and best wishes for you, and thanks for the links!

[clevermanka]

Yeah, the 72 eps thing is like... o_O Good thing I don't care much about random spoilers bc I am not investing the time and energy in that until I know how it ends.

Thank you for the well-wishes, bb.

[khellekson]

Love the fan art version of Zhu Yilong. His smile! :: swoons ::

[clevermanka]

Such a lovely smile!!!

[moodsong]

Glad you're not dead.

I'm still doing french...

[clevermanka]

Good for you. And I mean, hopefully you'll need it at some point! *crossing fingers*

[trobadora]

We might have an estimate of release time for Lost Tomb!

Oh yay, that is excellent news. :D

Too bad we'll never get a livestream of them eating hotpot together.

Oh damn. I didn't know that was a thing I wanted until you mentioned it!

[clevermanka]

[tinny]

Oh, thanks for the livestream link!

I didn't comment on your last post, but saw it, and Bai Yu is adorable in photoshoots, just as expected.

Also: Lost Tomb! Finally! *does a happy dance*

I hope you'll feel better soon. I basically lay around doing *nothing* over Easter (except watch a fluffy Taiwanese drama), and that helped a little.

[clevermanka]

I feel so much better after a good night's sleep. It's frustrating knowing my next bad day is just one poor sleep cycle away, though. Ah well. Today is Not Terrible! I'm going to see a friend and possibly get some writing done!

[tinny]

*hugs*

That is awesome!

Taking the good days as they come. <3

[write_out]

Writing!! RPF!!! (I've ridden in that handbasket to hell a time or two myself)

[clevermanka]

WHO AM I???

[wyomingnot]

*waves hi from duolingo* I'm working on Spanish, Chinese, Scottish Gaelic, and French with occasional side trips elsewhere (was into Esperanto for a bit last year, even Swahili. but. well. only so much room in my head)

[clevermanka]

I think I added you back? TOO MANY DIFFERENT USER NAMES

[wyomingnot]

You did! I used to be wyomingnot there, ages ago when I first started, but then when I first got the mobile app, they did something weird. I rather hate it. But I don't think there's anything I can do about it. :(