I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.

Book ,'Serenity'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Feb 14, 2020 5:04:29 pm PST #16375 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Someone asked the other day if they were alone in being unwilling or lacking the ertia to try to watch new shows or new movies, and no, they are not. I'm personally so self-buried and locked in trying not to lose my shit every other minute I have no attention span and no room in my head to cultivate investment in new-to-me characters, scenarios, etc. We're watching a lot of old Disney and Ghibli movies, reruns of tv series we're familiar and invested in the premise and the characters but circumstances interrupted first-run watching. And favorite movies from the last forty years. I can't step out on that untenable bridge of unfamiliar right now--the whole world is balancing on a pinhead, and so am I. I can't afford to take on anything new.

I totally get this. I'm definitely doing this.


Steph L. - Feb 14, 2020 5:20:00 pm PST #16376 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Unrelated (or maybe related, actually), Tim is on the phone with his 20-something niecephew, who is really struggling with coming out/being out as genderqueer. I'm really really glad Tim can be such a support for niecephew (I mean, I'm as supportive as possible and always will be, but I don't have the perspective that Tim has and is able to share/commiserate). I married a good egg.


Atropa - Feb 14, 2020 5:24:22 pm PST #16377 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Someone asked the other day if they were alone in being unwilling or lacking the ertia to try to watch new shows or new movies, and no, they are not. I'm personally so self-buried and locked in trying not to lose my shit every other minute I have no attention span and no room in my head to cultivate investment in new-to-me characters, scenarios, etc

I could have written this. I think I've read 5 new-to-me books in the past year. That's it. Everything else is fic or endless rereads of The Night Circus or The Vampire Lestat. And if left to my own devices with the TV, it's episodes of Hannibal or Penny Dreadful, or horror movies I find soothing. (My comfort media tastes are weird, I own that.)

Hell, even new music is hard right now.


Steph L. - Feb 14, 2020 5:28:53 pm PST #16378 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I think I've read 5 new-to-me books in the past year. That's it. Everything else is fic

This is me. I need to donate to AO3, because I'm permanently reading fic.


meara - Feb 14, 2020 7:41:20 pm PST #16379 of 30019

I read a lot of books but mostly easy ones like romances or mysteries or something. Not usually heavy or even thrillers! And apparently all I will watch is soothing british reality tv competitions.


Sophia Brooks - Feb 14, 2020 8:39:14 pm PST #16380 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Last year I self medicated by reading super easy gay romance novels. Way to many. Not even really good ones. And cozy mysteries. And I watched every true crime documentary available to me. Now I am relisteninfg to podfics.


Dana - Feb 14, 2020 8:49:35 pm PST #16381 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Oh my god. I am at a Hindi wedding. My family is very large, and we are used to being the heavy in the room. Not so at this wedding. I am fucking wiped and am going to fall asleep reading fic.


Atropa - Feb 14, 2020 8:54:51 pm PST #16382 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I tried to REread a cozy mystery series (the lead character is a witch who owns a vintage clothing store!!), and my brain just straight-up said, "Nope, not soothing enough. Back to Hannigram fic" .


Theodosia - Feb 15, 2020 2:41:58 am PST #16383 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I'm definitely spending too much time reading fantasy, streaming video series, and playing gentle puzzle games like Gardenscapes.


-t - Feb 15, 2020 3:40:53 am PST #16384 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am reading a ton, but it tends to be binges of fairly light escapist stuff. I'm finishing up an urban fantasy series right now that is reminiscent of The Parasol Protectorate but not steampunk, for example. Kindle Unlimited is really enabling me. I am actively trying to get to the actual theater more to see new movies but it's still not happening much. The only TV I'm watching now that The Good Place is finished are B99, Stumptown, Doctor Who and SPN and I'm behind on those last 2.

And I can apparently spend a shocking (to me) amount of time on puzzle games. That's a dangerous rabbit hole for me, I think.