So, realistic contemporary fiction is written and set more or less in the present
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conulyBut time moves on. What, exactly, do you call "realistic contemporary fiction" once it's no longer contemporary? It's not exactly historical fiction either, since writers of historical fiction generally make specific choices in bringing the past to life, ideally with few or no whoppers of mistakes.
I sometimes say "then-contemporary", but... well, it sounds a bit silly, doesn't it?
(On a related note, it looks like now people are less likely to say "issues book" and more likely to say "social issues book", is that accurate? I'm not loving a change that involves using more words to get to the same meaning, but okay.)
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I sometimes say "then-contemporary", but... well, it sounds a bit silly, doesn't it?
(On a related note, it looks like now people are less likely to say "issues book" and more likely to say "social issues book", is that accurate? I'm not loving a change that involves using more words to get to the same meaning, but okay.)
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Of course, she's not fully recovered
May. 27th, 2025 07:05 pmconulyShe can put weight on her foot, but after she walks for a while she doesn't want to. Still, it's recovering pretty rapidly, that's the important thing.
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Nexus Event?
May. 23rd, 2025 06:47 pmfardell24A Variant of Daria Morgendorffer is taken in by the Time Variance Authority.
fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14473379/1/Nexus-Event
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65815720
fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14473379/1/Nexus-Event
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65815720
The Hidden Provision in the Big Ugly Bill that Makes Trump King
May. 22nd, 2025 06:32 pmconulyThe comments rapidly go off the rails, but there are three links there to go through.
There's more linkage here.
I genuinely do not have the energy to read all of this. I will be sending out an email to my senators, I guess.
There's more linkage here.
I genuinely do not have the energy to read all of this. I will be sending out an email to my senators, I guess.
The Engineer and the Time Lady: Mystery
May. 22nd, 2025 08:33 pmfardell24Alpha gives Oneenejpenlumbra (now calling herself Nina) a field commission, so she can help retrace the Baffin's journey.
fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14436084/4/The-Engineer-and-the-Time-Lady
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65632969/chapters/169437688
fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14436084/4/The-Engineer-and-the-Time-Lady
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65632969/chapters/169437688
We've been trying to go back and watch the sad episode with the future drone
May. 26th, 2025 12:53 amconulybut Paramount Plus won't cooperate at all. So I finally convinced E to watch some Prodigy with me!
Man, I really love that theme song. Also, I'm gonna just say, maybe it's because it's aimed at a younger audience but this show does the best technobabble - just enough to explain, not enough to confuse or bore.
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Man, I really love that theme song. Also, I'm gonna just say, maybe it's because it's aimed at a younger audience but this show does the best technobabble - just enough to explain, not enough to confuse or bore.
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new pet peeve
May. 21st, 2025 10:22 pmarchersangelpeople who call any black & white cat a "tuxedo" cat.
according to wikipedia;
there are other bicolor patterns & the article has a couple of charts to understand the difference between them.
like most pet peeves it is a bit nitpick-y, but that's just the way some are.
according to wikipedia;
To be considered a true tuxedo cat, the feline's coloring should consist of a colored coat, with white fur limited to the paws, belly, chest, throat, and often the chin - sometimes the tail. Tuxedo cats can appear to have goatees due to the black coloration of their mandible, lower jaw, and chin. White muzzles or a white coloring on their faces are a common attribute of tuxedo cats.[6] Most tuxedo cats are also "black-mask cats" with a complete white blaze, a common name for felines who, due to their facial coloration, look as if they are wearing a black mask over their eyes, and often over their entire head. The ideal color distribution is symmetric, and the white areas are of modest size and limited to the desirable areas.
there are other bicolor patterns & the article has a couple of charts to understand the difference between them.
like most pet peeves it is a bit nitpick-y, but that's just the way some are.
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thisfinecrew
May. 21st, 2025 06:58 pmconulyThe clowns running the FDA have proposed restricting access to covid vaccines, to people over 65 or who have certain medical conditions. There's a public docket for comments on the proposal.
Your Local Epidemiologist has a good post about the proposal, including that the people suggesting this know that nobody is going to do the placebo-controlled tests of new boosters they want to require.
Possible talking points include:
Families and caregivers wouldn't be eligible for the vaccine, even if they share a household, unlike the current UK recommendations.
Doctors, dentists, and other medical staff wouldn't be eligible either.
My own comment included that the reason I'd still be eligible for the vaccine is a lung problem caused by covid.
Seriously, this is just exhausting.
Your Local Epidemiologist has a good post about the proposal, including that the people suggesting this know that nobody is going to do the placebo-controlled tests of new boosters they want to require.
Possible talking points include:
Families and caregivers wouldn't be eligible for the vaccine, even if they share a household, unlike the current UK recommendations.
Doctors, dentists, and other medical staff wouldn't be eligible either.
My own comment included that the reason I'd still be eligible for the vaccine is a lung problem caused by covid.
Seriously, this is just exhausting.
Wednesday Reading Meme
May. 21st, 2025 05:31 pmsinealaWhat I Just Finished Reading
Nothing. My ability to finish reading books has declined a lot, I guess.
What I'm Reading Now
Comics Wednesday!
( Fantastic Four #32, Iron Man #8, Superior Avengers #2, Thunderbolts Doomstrike #5, Ultimates #12, Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1 )
What I'm Reading Next
Still very slowly reading a book about the World Series.
Nothing. My ability to finish reading books has declined a lot, I guess.
What I'm Reading Now
Comics Wednesday!
( Fantastic Four #32, Iron Man #8, Superior Avengers #2, Thunderbolts Doomstrike #5, Ultimates #12, Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1 )
What I'm Reading Next
Still very slowly reading a book about the World Series.
Moonpie's foot is swollen
May. 25th, 2025 03:49 pmconulyWe're pretty clear on the cause, she got tangled up in some vines, and we've washed her foot carefully with soap and water. We'll wash all of her later and maybe soak her foot with some epsom salt, that should help. Well, I mean, the bath will just make her smell better, but the soak should help. I really, really don't want to go to the vet this week if I can avoid it, but if the swelling won't go down we may have to.
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deadlines!
May. 20th, 2025 06:16 pmquillpunkSO MANY ASSIGNMENTS DUE SOON™!
I'm signed up for these:
- bitesizedfandomsex May 25 | (My Requests)
- pickmeupexchange May 25 | (My Requests)
- idproquo June 1 | (My Requests)
- fandom5k June 28 | (My Requests)
- auctionsasthreatened | (My Requests) (I don't actually have a deadline for this, I just want to shout it out~)
I HAVE WRITTEN NOTHING.
(i've defaulted on hurtcomfortex but am stubbornly holding on to the others for now.)
Boosting:
- seasons_of_fandom
- epidemfic
- problematicfemslash
- (Kickstarter) Fannish Safety Signs: 37 Fandom-Themed Warning Stickers
in other news, i've not really been keeping up with anything lately. still trying to figure out how to tune into existence again. i did finish writing a 70k novel recently, though! and i edited a novella! and i'm signed up to 3 writing challenges this summer:
THE DATES OVERLAP SO MUCH, BUT AT LEAST I'LL GET TO DANCE IN THE ASHES <3
Spider Quinn 16 Tempest and Change Part 6
May. 20th, 2025 08:56 pmfardell24Peterson then entered the café in plain clothes and saw the partners. “Just the people I want to see,” she said.
“Have you heard more about the critic?” Quinn asked.
“I’m afraid not,” Peterson said. “In fact, another of Lawndale’s radio personalities has gone missing.”
“That isn’t good news,” Daria responded.
“And who was this?” Joey asked.
“Oliver Langford. He’s Z93’s general critic,” Peterson said.
“So, he disparaged the play to?” Daria asked.
“Actually, he praised it,” Peterson said.
“But he mentioned it,” Quinn pointed out.
“More than once,” Peterson said.
“So, it may be someone who doesn’t like the fact that the Historia is being run by teens,” Daria said.
“So, Beck isn’t out of the woods yet,” Quinn said.
“Or it might be a competing theatre,” Daria said.
“That has been proposed,” Peterson said. “Not only the others in Lawndale, but also in Oakwood, Middlebury, and Cumberland. I’ll reach out to my friends in the departments there.”
“Probably need a private investigator to check out the other towns,” Daria said after Peterson had left.
“That would be expensive too,” Quinn said.
“I’ll talk to Mom about it tonight,” Daria decided.
“You mean, Peters, the guy who found Jenna’s mother?” Quinn asked.
“Yes,” Daria answered.
“I’d say, go for it, Daria,” Robert said.
“Normally I’d say wait,” Joey said. “But there’s a lot riding on this. Go for it.”
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“Have you heard more about the critic?” Quinn asked.
“I’m afraid not,” Peterson said. “In fact, another of Lawndale’s radio personalities has gone missing.”
“That isn’t good news,” Daria responded.
“And who was this?” Joey asked.
“Oliver Langford. He’s Z93’s general critic,” Peterson said.
“So, he disparaged the play to?” Daria asked.
“Actually, he praised it,” Peterson said.
“But he mentioned it,” Quinn pointed out.
“More than once,” Peterson said.
“So, it may be someone who doesn’t like the fact that the Historia is being run by teens,” Daria said.
“So, Beck isn’t out of the woods yet,” Quinn said.
“Or it might be a competing theatre,” Daria said.
“That has been proposed,” Peterson said. “Not only the others in Lawndale, but also in Oakwood, Middlebury, and Cumberland. I’ll reach out to my friends in the departments there.”
“Probably need a private investigator to check out the other towns,” Daria said after Peterson had left.
“That would be expensive too,” Quinn said.
“I’ll talk to Mom about it tonight,” Daria decided.
“You mean, Peters, the guy who found Jenna’s mother?” Quinn asked.
“Yes,” Daria answered.
“I’d say, go for it, Daria,” Robert said.
“Normally I’d say wait,” Joey said. “But there’s a lot riding on this. Go for it.”
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Gifts from Unsent Letters
May. 19th, 2025 05:56 pmscintilla10I ended up defaulting from unsent_letters_exchange due to RL stuff, but received 2 (two!) gifts that I got to read indulgently over the weekend, and enjoyed both very much (both still anonymous for now!).
Certain Correspondence from Court, Countryside, and College
Original Work | Lonely Court Sorceress/Sensible Hedge Witch (F/F), Hard-Working Introverted Professor of Magic/Outgoing & Successful Academic Rival (M/M)
1039 words | Teen And Up Audiences
Summary: Irina Morningstar was chosen to go to Court - an offer she couldn't refuse. Once there, she began to impress them all, including an introverted professor of magic.
for in fragile words we may find sweet things
Dungeons & Dragons: HAT | Xenk/Edgin
4883 words | Teen And Up Audiences
Summary: When Xenk receives a love letter from a secret admirer, a fragile hope blooms inside his heart. But when his friends take it upon themselves to read that letter, and puzzle out its author, the situation begins to feel very fragile indeed.
unsent_letters_exchange due to RL stuff, but received 2 (two!) gifts that I got to read indulgently over the weekend, and enjoyed both very much (both still anonymous for now!).Certain Correspondence from Court, Countryside, and College
Original Work | Lonely Court Sorceress/Sensible Hedge Witch (F/F), Hard-Working Introverted Professor of Magic/Outgoing & Successful Academic Rival (M/M)
1039 words | Teen And Up Audiences
Summary: Irina Morningstar was chosen to go to Court - an offer she couldn't refuse. Once there, she began to impress them all, including an introverted professor of magic.
for in fragile words we may find sweet things
Dungeons & Dragons: HAT | Xenk/Edgin
4883 words | Teen And Up Audiences
Summary: When Xenk receives a love letter from a secret admirer, a fragile hope blooms inside his heart. But when his friends take it upon themselves to read that letter, and puzzle out its author, the situation begins to feel very fragile indeed.
I have a cabbage patch doll from childhood named Emma Charlotte
May. 24th, 2025 05:17 pmconulyI named her that, not the company. I thought it was a pretty, old-fashioned name, something buoyed by the fact that Charlotte in Charlotte Sometimes is told by her 50-years-ago counterpart's younger sister that it's funny that she has such an old-fashioned name - and that book was written in the 1960s!
Take a look at how often the names "Emma" and "Charlotte" appear on each state's top three names for girls.
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Take a look at how often the names "Emma" and "Charlotte" appear on each state's top three names for girls.
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