Meanwhile

[bironic]

Things to post about:

- Reaction to Man of Steel vs. reaction to Star Trek: Into Darkness
- Thoughts on last 50 Shades book (before I forget even more of what happened)
- Health/food/activity
- Emotional resources needed for upcoming NY trip

I owe many people comments and emails and I'm really sorry about that. I will get to them.

For now:

Kink Bingo is ramping up to its next round, which means a wave of thinky kinky posts. Have you seen these in particular?

Voyeurism as identity by gala_apples—a fascinating personal story about coming to understand oneself as a voyeur more than as sexual or asexual.

Tentacle kink in quilting by jelazakazone—not sure if I recced the two quilts jelazakazone posted as part of last year's Bingo, so consider this a double rec: a set of beautiful sea creature quilts and an interesting write-up on the sensory experience of making them.

Noncon, dubcon, and fannish standards by thingswithwings, which wasn't for ramp-up but might as well have been—about some problems with the "dubcon" label for fanworks.

Have been mostly lying fallow, fic- and vid-wise, for months, but find that I am looking forward once again to this summer's Bingo round; ideas are already stirring. Feels good.

Media:

Watched season three of Game of Thrones and the second half of this season's Doctor Who, am keeping up and enjoying with Defiance, and am ready for another ridiculous installment of True Blood. Taking evening walks around the neighborhood has meant more time to listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour podcasts, which are light and fun, even when I disagree with every host about Star Trek: Into Darkness' value as a Trek property and as an action movie. Making my way slowly through Michael Ondaatje's The Skin of a Lion.

I didn't realize how intense GoT was at a rate of two episodes per night before bed until it started keeping me awake, whoops. Loved sinking into the high production quality, as always. Likewise enjoyed following the themes in each episode. Yet, in the latest example of Obvious Epiphany is Obvious, while watching, I felt the familiar itch for something to happen, already; thought again about how the whole thing is like a giant chess game, all the pieces moving and being moved and getting knocked out and setting others up for destruction, the expert players and the amateurs and the lucky ones; a whole season and everyone moves like an inch on the board; and only then did the brain go ping to the title GAME of Thrones, duh, telling you from the start that it really is all about the machinations. If you're in it for the destination instead of the journey, it's going to be tedious.

Also had a fabulous evening at the ballet a couple of weeks ago when Tropical Storm Andrea blew through. Ballet Across America: companies from Austin, North Carolina and Harlem did a performance each and they were all fantastic. One featured three or four couples in different solid colors dancing in beautiful symmetries to Rachmaninoff below a set of dimming and brightening chandeliers. The second was a gorgeous piece about recovery from the Holocaust, set to Philip Glass, part of a larger award-winning work. The last (sorry, it's really flickery) was an exuberant, athletic, celebratory fusion of urban dance and classical ballet, cheeky and fun, pirouettes and booty shakes, set to James Brown and Aretha Franklin. All received standing ovations, well deserved.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I just spent an hour of my life reading ThingsWithWings' post and the ensuing discussion, adn it was an hour well spent.

(I commented-and-deleted to her that I didn't feel kinkshamed by her post; I hope she sees that. I deleted it because I didn't want anyone who did feel so to feel they needed to debate it with me.)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

The comment count has tripled since I last dropped in - need to check it out again. I'm so glad you found it interesting, too.

[mific.livejournal.com]

I recently watched seasons 1 and 2 of GoT, at about 1 ep per night. Don't think I can get season 3 on DVD here yet. I don't really like the credits (and they're too long) but they've obviously tried to make them look like chess pieces or a video game. I remember reading the books and that it was like LOTR, in that I'd get mildly hacked off when the POV changed to some other protagonist, and then I'd get sucked into that story, and then I'd get mildly hacked off when it changed again, and so on. Doesn't seem as bad with the TV series - maybe the books drew me in more? I'm very keen on Tyrion but there seems to be very little Tyrion slash out there - or not the sort I'd like. Where are the fusions where Tyrion and Rodney jointly keep John Sheppard as a sex slave? Huh?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I don't really like the credits (and they're too long) but they've obviously tried to make them look like chess pieces or a video game.

I felt that way after the first few episodes aired, until this season, when I tried to pay attention and understand how all the kingdoms fit together, since it might add further dimension to the story. Problem is it keeps cutting so my brain has trouble making a map!

I remember reading the books and that it was like LOTR, in that I'd get mildly hacked off when the POV changed to some other protagonist, and then I'd get sucked into that story, and then I'd get mildly hacked off when it changed again, and so on.

Heard that was a huge problem with the Wheel of Time books, too - so many characters eventually that whole books would go by without having room for everyone.

Where are the fusions where Tyrion and Rodney jointly keep John Sheppard as a sex slave? Huh?

Ha - I'd read that. Probably. :)