It's way too cold, yo
Dec. 21st, 2013 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoFinished a Finland/Sweden fic that I had in my WIP folder for about a year. Feels good. Well, I dumped it in my fic journal. It's a little more saccharine than I usually like but hey, at least I finished something.
Still working on my fic for that rarepair exchange. I had fully expected to be finished weeks ago, but uh, that just wasn't happening. HOWEVER. I do have a finished draft, and it's not too bad. Mostly I just need to poke at it to get the voices right. I'm going to try to do that tomorrow and see if I can get this nonsense out of the way so that I can concentrate on other things.
... Canon reviewing might help, I suppose, because part of my problem is "How the fuck do you write Netherlands". I actually received volumes 4 and 5 in the mail a couple of weeks ago, but haven't had a chance to crack them open. I probably should, since from what I remember the "Netherlands and Isolationist Japan" strip is in volume... 4? I think? And I remember that one being particularly good for getting a feel of his voice. (Which reminds me, I really need to write some NedPan some day. Such a cute pairing, geeze).
So, I kind of fell into the Zelda vortex and haven't been able to get out. ... In other words, I've been kind of glued to my 3DS, playing A Link Between Worlds. Other games have tempted me before, but this was the one that made me cave and buy it. NO REGRETS. I love it. I've been re-living some Zelda-related childhood nostalgia. Man, I'd forgotten how much I love the world of Hyrule. <3
The nice thing about this game is that it's really easy to do it in bits and pieces. That's great for me - otherwise I'd be stuck to it 24/7. And I've been playing it on the bus a lot, so being able to stop easily helps.
It kind of makes me want to take a look at the fandom again, but I don't think I'll do that until after I finish the game. I've already been spoiled for an important plot point, and while I generally don't mind, it would've been more fun if I'd discovered that thing myself. [/facepalm] But ah... Legend of Zelda was one of my first fandoms, except back then it was Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. ... Come to think of it, I never did beat Majora's Mask. Maybe I should haul out the N64 and try. Or wait a while and see if it becomes available on 3DS. They already have OoT, so it would make sense to transfer over its sequel as well.
Anyway.
This time of year is so stressful and, to be honest, I am so ready for christmas to be over. Blech. Well, it won't be that long before I go back to work (January 2nd) so at least I won't have to put up with it for ages!
Still working on my fic for that rarepair exchange. I had fully expected to be finished weeks ago, but uh, that just wasn't happening. HOWEVER. I do have a finished draft, and it's not too bad. Mostly I just need to poke at it to get the voices right. I'm going to try to do that tomorrow and see if I can get this nonsense out of the way so that I can concentrate on other things.
... Canon reviewing might help, I suppose, because part of my problem is "How the fuck do you write Netherlands". I actually received volumes 4 and 5 in the mail a couple of weeks ago, but haven't had a chance to crack them open. I probably should, since from what I remember the "Netherlands and Isolationist Japan" strip is in volume... 4? I think? And I remember that one being particularly good for getting a feel of his voice. (Which reminds me, I really need to write some NedPan some day. Such a cute pairing, geeze).
So, I kind of fell into the Zelda vortex and haven't been able to get out. ... In other words, I've been kind of glued to my 3DS, playing A Link Between Worlds. Other games have tempted me before, but this was the one that made me cave and buy it. NO REGRETS. I love it. I've been re-living some Zelda-related childhood nostalgia. Man, I'd forgotten how much I love the world of Hyrule. <3
The nice thing about this game is that it's really easy to do it in bits and pieces. That's great for me - otherwise I'd be stuck to it 24/7. And I've been playing it on the bus a lot, so being able to stop easily helps.
It kind of makes me want to take a look at the fandom again, but I don't think I'll do that until after I finish the game. I've already been spoiled for an important plot point, and while I generally don't mind, it would've been more fun if I'd discovered that thing myself. [/facepalm] But ah... Legend of Zelda was one of my first fandoms, except back then it was Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. ... Come to think of it, I never did beat Majora's Mask. Maybe I should haul out the N64 and try. Or wait a while and see if it becomes available on 3DS. They already have OoT, so it would make sense to transfer over its sequel as well.
Anyway.
This time of year is so stressful and, to be honest, I am so ready for christmas to be over. Blech. Well, it won't be that long before I go back to work (January 2nd) so at least I won't have to put up with it for ages!
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.