Tuesday

[clevermanka]

Wrist is still a little inflamed, so largely staying off keyboards for one more day. My outlook is taking a big hit from the lack of social interaction via internet. I texted a friend last night basically like "please god just call me on the phone and talk at me I'm dying here." She did. It was good.

I've been tearing through Sleuth of Ming Dynasty. Well, as much as I can and still enjoy the show. I'm up to episode 32 (sorry, goss!). I'm easily stressed by palace intrigue under normal circumstances, though, so I might have to give it a rest today. Are there any cooking shows on Viki or YouTube along the lines of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat? Something that includes how food intersects with culture, rather than just recipe recreation?

Okay well just that amount of typing is making things a little achey so I should wrap this up.

Next month (provided no wrist fuckery)  I'm doing the daily posting/question thing that some people are doing this month. So, ask me a question! I'm going to be answering them as I  feel ~moved~ in hopes of testing my non-fic-writing brain. That said, I liked resonant's idea of story-ish ideas: "Storyish meaning you never know what you might get: two sentences of a story, or a description of a story that will never exist, or a love song about how much I like that trope." But I'm shameless and will answer pretty much anything (I was one of the annoying kids who always chose Truth), so ask away.

And now the wrist brace goes back on and I return to radio silence. Hope to return to typing tomorrow.

Comments

[solo]

What are your favourite tropes in fandom? And what are absolute dealbreakers?

[clevermanka]

Mmmmmm, delicious tropes! You got it!

[minoanmiss]

The Minoans, of course. :D

*sends healing to your wrist*

[clevermanka]

Thank you, and will do!

[goss]

Me too - palace intrigue is stressful - I just want everybody to be happy, eating dinner with the found family feels. lol. I'm actually up to #29! :)

[clevermanka]

I rewound that shot of everyone at the table like five times.

[moodsong]

Yes. There are shows on netflix about food and culture: Flavourful Origins, chefs table, (a few others that I can't remember right now).

[clevermanka]

Anything you can recommend on YouTube? (I don't think you have Viki and I don't have Netflix)

[moodsong]

Emailed you a bunch of links

[clevermanka]

THANK YOU!

[naye]

Aw, take care of that wrist! ♥

So glad you're enjoying Sleuth after all! I am getting to follow along with the #SuiZhuoClothesOff process and it gives our family MUCH amusement.

[clevermanka]

Yes! I was so relieved when Tang Fan turned a corner and he just keeps getting better. ❤ I'm loving the #SuiZhuoClothesOff, too!

[nnozomi]

For daily posting questions: maybe talk about a niche interest/area of specific knowledge that you don't usually have the chance to go on about? (I don't know, handwriting or dance or...) Or, favorite recipes and why. Or six sentences from a fic you never plan to actually write. Or five favorite photos/gifs/whatever from Guardian-and-or-related-fandoms and what you like about them...

[clevermanka]

Ooo! Many options, thank you!

[resonant]

What's one of the first romantic scenes you remember really being moved by? TV, movies, books, comics, any medium.

[clevermanka]

Oh I LOVE this and I know immediately what I'm going to write about. 💕

[plingo_kat]

Hmm ok, a question: what is your favorite perishable item (food, decoration that is deliberately made to decay over time, etc) that you own/have ever owned?

[clevermanka]

Wonderful!

[brandywine28]

Uh...fandom firsts! What was the first fandom you ever wrote for? First fandom in general (assuming this one has a different answer!)? Baby's first OTP?

[clevermanka]

Firsts are my favorites! 😄

[stultiloquentia]

Assign His Dark Materials-style daemons to your favs in Guardian cast and tell me something about how they typically interact.

[clevermanka]

Oooo, nice. I'm not a fan of the books, but I did like the world-building and love the idea of daemon companions.

[stultiloquentia]

Oh, same, I just haven't pet a dog in months. Contemplating HDM crossovers is a diverting consolation.

[khellekson]

Hope your wrist gets better soon. I keep on trying to learn how to dictate, but I always fail utterly at it, and there's something weird about speaking punctuation aloud.

[clevermanka]

I think I'd be ok dictating emails and maybe some comments, but not fic. sighhhhhhhhhhhhh. Thank you for the well-wishes.

[seascribble]

good luck to you and the wrist. <3

[clevermanka]

Thank you!

[tinny]

I was one of the annoying kids who always chose Truth
I feel you on that one! :D

Glad to hear your wrist is getting a little better. Come join us for the Guardian watchalong on Fridays sometime? People to talk to, and no typing required. We're going to be there over Christmas as well.

ask me a question!

I already read everyone else's questions, and there are so many good things in there already... how about belly dancing? Or other kinds of dancing? If you don't want to talk about RL stuff, I remember you also wanted a Weilan dancer AU - some thoughts on that would also be cool!

[clevermanka]

I definitely have some bellydance memories to share, thank you!