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Challenge #1

In your own space, introduce yourself!

Hey! I've never gotten around to writing an actual introductory post for this journal and (let's be honest) probably never will, but here are the basics: I'm maplemood (on AO3 and DW, mapleymood on Tumblr); I'm in my 20s, almost (but not quite) through with college, and a big reader. I also write--in theory a whole bunch of things but in practice mostly fanfic.

Over the past couple months I've tried to be more systematic about writing up and posting my thoughts on the books I read. I'm still not very systematic about it. I love both fiction and nonfiction, especially nonfiction having anything to do with a.) true crime, b.) the age of sail, or c.) literary or cultural criticism, though overall I read more fiction. Recent-ish favorite authors include Jia Tolentino, Lindsey Barraclough, L.A. Meyer, Elif Batuman, Ned Vizzini, and M.R. James. I used to read much more children's and YA and plan on getting back on that this year. 

Fandom-wise, my only real requirement is that I feel emotionally connected to the story in some way. Still, I do love an angsty found family dynamic or an angsty/problematical romance dynamic, and most of my fandoms reflect that. I got started in Marvel, especially the Netflix show 'verse and the Guardians of the Galaxy movies; I don't write in either anymore (at least not for now), but they'll always be some of my first loves, and I've got a special soft spot for them. These days I'm kind of ping-ponging between fandoms. The latest all-consuming obsession was Anais Mitchell's musical Hadestown, which I still love an absolutely unreasonable amount.

Some Other Stuff:

1.) My favorite Disney movie is Treasure Planet.
     i.) On that note, if it's a book, movie, or show adaptation of Treasure Island, there's a good chance that I've at least heard of it; other favorite Treasure-Island-adjacent stories are Muppet Treasure Island (duh), the 1934 film version starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, and, of course, Black Sails
2.) I prefer used books to new books.
3.) I've been slightly obsessed with lighthouses since I was a kid. 
4.) I do my best to never reread old writing, for a definition of "doing my best" that includes "sometimes rereading and almost always regretting it." I'm not the biggest fan of my finished work, especially the farther back it goes. But I do love the process of writing, and that just-for-a-second feeling of having finally pinned down exactly what you wanted to say. 
5.) I love horror and ghost stories, the more gothic the better.
6.) Between Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, I'd have to go with Wuthering Heights, though I've read and loved both. 
7.) I'm also slightly obsessed with vampires, pirates, podcasts, urban legends, musicals, Russian classical lit, and mermaids. In no particular order. 

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Date: 2020-01-01 10:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] troisoiseaux
I literally just started rewatching Black Sails!! :D

Date: 2020-01-04 02:23 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] troisoiseaux
Jack is overwhelmingly my favorite, because I definitely have a type (chaotic disasters with a heart of gold buried somewhere under layers of sarcasm and flippancy.) But yeah, I do love pretty much everybody, except Charles Vane, because fuck that dude.

(Actually, I love Dufresne, and I'm surprised by what an unpopular opinion that seems to be? I'm terribly endeared by nerds on ships, and I find his heelturn from long-suffering accountant to leading - and winning - a mutiny against Captain Flint absolutely hilarious.)

Date: 2020-01-02 04:29 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] perspi
Hello, it's good to meet you! The found-family dynamic is my weakness, I'm telling you!

Date: 2020-01-02 01:18 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] spikedluv
Found family is such a draw!

I prefer used books to new books.

Friends of mine own a used book store and I love to go inside and browse. I've gotten many a present there.

I vaguely recall college . . . *g*

Date: 2020-01-03 04:56 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] tippetariuswrites
I love used books too, especially when they're cheap! Every so often I pick up a bunch of paperbacks so I always have something new to read... only downside, not enough shelves.

Date: 2020-01-04 06:02 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sunlit_stone
"an angsty/problematical romance dynamic" I read this and I was like, Queen's Thief for the win XP And Reylo too, maybe? (I'm definitely with you on this one, though, especially in the angst department. ...there's a reason one of my favourite Star Wars ships is Anakin/Obi-Wan. And I've always loved Cherik for much the same reason, too...)

I reread the QT series for my Yuletide prep and aughhh, the Gen/Irene romance is just so good! It's halfway to heartbreaking, too. The moment where she sees him sleeping and thinks he's dead and realizes she loves him...the way she resents the gods even before that for delivering him to her...or when she says she build a temple to them after all and see them worshipped forever if they just bring him back to her...the way he dreams about her dancing then torturing him...the kidnapping plus proposal!!! So good!!!

Date: 2020-01-07 05:20 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sunlit_stone
Mm-hmm! I'm always a sucker for romances where they're in opposite sides of some struggle, for instance.

And yes, that moment is completely amazing <333 I love Costis' growing view of their relationship throughout the book, it's fantastic.

Date: 2020-01-15 06:33 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sunlit_stone
I don't think I'd been previously exposed to that trope (possibly because I mostly tend to read?) but now that you're mentioning it I'm like...damn. That definitely sounds like it's up my alley.

And yes, Costis is amazing, as a character and narrator both! <3 I love getting an outside perspective on him in TaT, too.

Date: 2020-02-11 02:05 am (UTC)
sunlit_stone: painting of a bear smelling flowers (Default)
From: [personal profile] sunlit_stone
Oooh, thank you! And I'm sorry for not replying earlier--I'm starting a new job soon, and I've been running all over the place getting ready for it. (Today: The Haircut, since I hadn't cut my hair in...god, probably at least a year and a half before this.)

Pursuant to this conversation, actually, I came across this review and thought of you! It's only a second-chance relationship and not an nth-chance one, but I thought it might still be of interest to you?

Date: 2020-01-07 06:55 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] madeline_gwydion
Hi there. :-)

I found this via the snowflake challenge. My journal is still pretty new and I'm looking for people with whom I have interests in common. Between books, Age of Sail/True Crime, books, writing and...books, we seem to have quite a few things in common. *g*

No, seriously, I've also been wanting to write about my reactions to/thoughts on what I'm reading, so I think I'm going to enjoy reading about yours. :-)

Date: 2020-01-08 02:55 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] madeline_gwydion
Of course. :-)

When you happen to come across something good - especially something AoS related - drop a hint and I'll add it to my reading list.

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