queenslayerbee: marble statue of empress livia seen from the chest up with a raised arm, looking ahead, over a black background. it's edited to look like blood is dripping on it from above. (blood (underground elysium))
A bit later in the day but I remembered this time añdlsfj.

Title: bloodless.
Fandom: Monstress.
Pairing: Maika Halfwolf/Tuya.
Summary: written for the prompt: "any, any, i may think of you softly from time to time but i'll cut off my hand before i ever reach for you again" in the Three Sentence Ficathon.
Word count: 100.

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The wool fell off Maika's eyes long ago; she knew Tuya intimately, the way you're bound to when someone cracked open your chest cavity and burrowed a place for themselves within your very bones, blood, and viscera.

Their moves would have an echo, a ripple effect, in your body (in your life); betrayal became an old ache, disappointment a shadow that had long followed her from a tender age. The wounds they left scabbed over, scarred; but for Maika, herself no longer so tender, duplicity grew tedious, predictable, wearying —no longer remarkable, or worth the hurt; let alone the absolution.
queenslayerbee: Encarna covers her head partially with a veil, dressed in black, to offer a poisoned apple to Blancanieves after she’s finished in the bull ring. Everything in the image is in black and white, like in the film, but everything except encarna is blurred, and the apple looks crimson red. (encarna (blancanieves))

Here are the drabbles I wrote for the second post of the 3SF.

-Monstress, Maika/Tuya, "bloodless" (any, any, i may think of you softly from time to time but i'll cut off my hand before i ever reach for you again). dreamwidth link + ao3 link.

-The 100, Clarke/Josephine, "pillage" (Any, any, who left the blue veins of your throat unkissed?). dreamwidth link + ao3 link.

-DC comics, Mia Dearden, "better than being the prey" (Any, Any, Heart of a hunter). dreamwidth link + ao3 link.

-DC comics, Tara Markov, "hearsay" (Teen Titans (Any Media Type), Tara Markov, and they’d all be so disappointed / ‘cause who am I, if not exploited?). dreamwidth link + ao3 link.

 

While not for the 3SF, I've also written a triple drabble, bat-man and robins, featuring Dustin & Steve from Stranger Things ft. some talk about DC characters. Because why not mix two current interests.

Also these are the prompts I left, in case they inspire anyone :P


queenslayerbee: Lisa simpson dressed in a multicoloured baggy shirt, with a sideways cap and sunglasses, and a disaffected look on her face. (lisa simpson (the simpsons))
I got this week's rec list ready early, to my surprise! So here it is

DCU

FANFIC

  • Two Minutes by Aingeal98. 1.9k, T. Cass does something terrible for Steph. Heartbreaking and perfectly in character.
  • mindscape by torigates. 2k, T. This one is set in the Young Justice cartoon, instead of the comics, like the rest. It's immediately set post-Failsafe (thee episode from season 1), and focuses on Supermartian. I read it way back when, as a lurker, and on reread it got me all nostalgic.
  • Aftermathmares by Mist-managed (Greyspaces13). 3k, T. Mia's survivor's guilt after Lian's death in Cry For Justice. I liked seeing a fic that sits with this moment in time for the Arrowfam (mainly Mia and Oliver only, here). It's difficult, and it certainly wasn't well-written in canon, but I do think there could be a lot to explore with it.
  • In Which Jason Goes to a Convention by TeleportingAspen. 3.3k, T. What if Jade Nguyen was Jason's poison trainer? The fic expands across Lost Days and post-UTRH, and it's a satisfying portrayal of his character during the time.
  • Oracle, Re: Birth by KamalasFanfiction. 8.1k, T. This fic mixes preboot and reboot canon in a very interesting way: what if the Batgirl of Burnside was an impostor, and oracle!Barbara had to deal with that? If you're like me and still kind of bitter about the reboot, and especially on what it did to her character, go ahead and read this.
  • Left Behind, Or Forgotten by cleromancy. 30.8k, T. This one is marked incomplete, but it ends at a good, narratively satisfying point so don't let that deter you. Features the bat clan a few years down the line (pre-reboot continuity, of course), with their complex dynamics, The Bruce Problem... it has background Jaytim and Dickroy, too, and a lot of humour mixed with The Horrors. I'd also recommend reading the three vignettes preceding it in the series, but I personally read them after reading the longer, more plot-relevant LBOF, and I think it's preferable that way.

FANART

META

MISCELLANEOUS

FANFIC

FANART

META

I hope you'll enjoy some of these!

I might appear again on the 31st with a surprise...


queenslayerbee: Lisa simpson dressed in a multicoloured baggy shirt, with a sideways cap and sunglasses, and a disaffected look on her face. (lisa simpson (the simpsons))
WHAT I JUST FINISHED READING

I finished Tony Kusher's "Angels in America". What a bonkers, delightful play. I'd love to watch it live.

I also read the first two runs of Young Justic comics related to the show as I complete my rewatch. Not much to report there, except that I still consider this world's version of Dick/Barbara unforgivably boring.

WHAT I'M READING NOW

I'm still following a few ongoing comic runs: Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Harley Quinn: Black + White + Redder, JRed Hood: Outlaws, Spirit World, Tales of The Titans, The Invincible Iron Man (the Annual was BAD), Waller vs. Wildstorm... I also started "The Cull", a 5-issues long miniseries from Image Comics that intrigued me with its first issue.

Most importantly, I caught up with "Monstress". This comic canNOT be overrated, I swear. I'm enjoying it so, so much. For a little while one of the main character annoyed me to unspeakable lengths; she's supposed to represent ~~hope in the darkest moments and she felt more like a device, and a poorly used one at that, than a character in her own right, but in the last few volumes her writing has improved vastly. She feels more real, more integrated with the rest of the story. And I'm not quite caught up with "Saga", but soon... soon.

ETA: today I got to read the last issue of the Iron Man run and

tiny spoiler )tiny spoiler )tiny spoiler )

Lol. Lmao even.

WHAT I'LL READ NEXT

When I finish beta-reading my friend's novel, I want to pick up James Goldman's "The Lion in Winter" and Catherynne M. Valente's "The Refrigerator Monologues". And, of course. More comics. I've been eyeing yet another ongoing run called "Dark Knights of Steel".


queenslayerbee: Isabelle Adjany as Lucy Harker in 1979's "Nosferatu the Vampire". She's surrounded by darkness, looking over her shoulder while she wears a white nightgown and a cross as a necklace. A hand with long nails like a claw is reaching for her neck from the darkness behind her. (Default)
Just felt like doing one of these again!

-ONE SHOW: as I return to my DCU roots, I decided to rewatch & complete "YOUNG JUSTICE" this month, as I never watched the fourth, and for now last, season. I finished the first a few days ago; it is, without a doubt, the best one, and the one I'd recommend without caveats. Quite a few of the show's choices have frustrated me since season 2 and especially season 3 (which committed the cardinal sin of being largely... boring). But it still offers a lot that interests me, and that first season... that first season is impecable and I do recommend it wholeheartedly. Especially if you want to work on building believable, organic group dynamics for your characters; I consider it quite a good reference for one of my original WIPs, in that sense.

-ONE ESSAY: "YOU GET THOUGH. YOU GET EVEN: RAPE, ANGER, CYNICISM, AND THE VIGILANTE GIRL DETECTIVE IN VERONICA MARS" by Alaine Martaus. Quite an interesting piece on one of the best protagonists of our era, IMO. It's barely 10 pages long, all in all, and it's available here in academia(.)edu, where you can make a free acount.

-ONE COMIC BOOK: now that I'm reading other Image titles, I'm thinking back to "PAPER GIRLS", one of my faovurite comics. It's a mystery/sci-fi series following the story of four 12yo newspaper delivery girls from the 80s and their time travel mishaps. It ended a few years ago, with 30 issues total. Amazon started an adaptation, and it was quite good, promising to faithfully adapt the comic's spirit while deviating from it in interesting ways... and ofc it was cancelled right after the first season xDD. But the comic itself is more than worth it!

queenslayerbee: Lisa simpson dressed in a multicoloured baggy shirt, with a sideways cap and sunglasses, and a disaffected look on her face. (lisa simpson (the simpsons))
WHAT I JUST FINISHED READING

I decided to dip my toe in a couple Marvel runs and finished the limited series "I Am Iron Man". It's... weird LOL. More conceptual than plot. I liked the last two issues the most, because they offered two things I love in my Tony Stark comics: Tony being a paranoid POS who implements preventative measures against friends & allies (thus alienating them), and Tony messing with science in really fun, fucked up ways that inspire fun, fucked up sci-fi ideas in me.

I also finished "Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red" (and started the first issue of its sequel). My favourite remains the first chapter (I need to read the author's Harleen series), but all of the rest were pretty fun. And the sequel comic had a few really fun stories, my favourites being the first two ones because they include, respectively, spoiler )

WHAT I'M READING NOW

Other than continuing what I already listed in the last entry, I've caught up with a few runs! Namely "Batman: Wayne Family Adventures" (often too fluffy and preachy for my tastes, but with cute art and interesting plotbunnies), "The Invincible Iron Man" (a possibly... good... Iron Man run?? Whitewashing -in the moral sense- Howard Stark aside rme), and "Red Hood: Outlaws". I wasn't all that sure about that last one at first, but I stuck with it because of the pretty art and because of my love for Jason Todd LOL. But around issues 20-30 there's certain reveal/twist I won't spoil that changed things for me; it's REALLY interesting, basically. I will say that, personally, I think the Bruce in this comic deserves to be punted into the sun by the main trio xD

I've also worked on catching up with two ongoing runs that have been on my radar for a long time, from Image Comics. First, "Saga", which I actually started some years ago, although I can't remember how far I got. I love it; the characters, the framework, the plot, its willingness to show true horrors... A+. The other run is "Monstress", and let me tell you, it was love at first sight. Deliciously grimdark? Check. Tons of female characters doing fucked up, horrid shit? Check. Prospective femslash pairings that are actually interesting and complex? Check! All paired with a gorgeous, gorgeous, whimsical drawing style.

I also caught up with the few comics of interest that came out this week. Nothing much to report there, except that unfortunately "Knight Terrors: Robin #2" comes with a side of that Jason (and Tim!) fanon characterisation that irks me so much xD

And book wise, I've picked up "Angels in America" right where I left off. Which was a little after this gut-wrenching quote (amidst a yet more painful scene):

PRIOR: We have reached a verdict, your honor. This man's heart is deficient. He loves, but his love is worth nothing.


WHAT I'LL READ NEXT

I only intend to keep up with *waves hands* all of that.

.... and probably some more comics smh.

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