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I knew Grimm's fables were pretty dark, but some of them seem to have been written purposefully as a time capsule to frighten the future.
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Hermitcraft s11
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knave_of_swordsGem: I think it's kind of hilarious that she is clearly pulling inspiration for her theme this season from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, but she is just refusing to say so lol. For good reason! She's a PG Hermitcraft youtuber, she does not want to send a herd of 12 year olds off to watch Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon because she said she's drawing inspiration from them! But I still find it really funny. I mean, maybe she isn't! But it definitely feels like she is, with the dragon queen stuff she's doing. But she's a lot of fun to watch as usual. I need to hop on one of her streams again, I never cancelled my twitch subscription to her, so it's probably at like 3 or 4+ years now, and I kinda want to see her react to that lol.
Tango: What a madman. I love seeing his mountain build up, and I am so excited about Decked Out 3. I love watching him build it! I'm excited to see what the haunted village is going to look like, after he's done building his mountain around it. He's also just a joy to watch, I love watching him get excited and have fun, he's got a really contagious energy.
Scar: He also has just such a contagious, fun energy, I love it. He's also like an artist at work, and I love seeing what he builds, especially terrain.
Pearl: I love her architecture! I also love the theme that she's going with this season, being a firefighter. She's a lot of fun to watch, too. I love watching her little firefighter station and town grow, I'm excited to see how it develops!
And an RPS/RPF aside...:
Man, Grian and Gem have been like so into each other lately, it genuinely makes me wonder what is going on there. They were glued to each other's side on the ski trip! The way that they talk to and about each other! It has definitely gotten the RPF motor in my brain going.
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Feb. 11th, 2026 11:34 amautobotscoutriellaAt least the sun is shining, and we're out of the darkest weeks of the year. My goal for tonight is to do the dishes, and cook something. Could be scones, could be chicken, whatever. I've got both. But something needs to go in my oven.
Wednesday is still not sleeping very well
Feb. 11th, 2026 04:04 pmoursinWhat I read
Finished Cakes and Ale, which is partly that early C20th litfic convention of a first-person narrator who just happens be around to hear a lot about the actual protags and the plot or at critical moments of same, but actually complicates it with Ashenden knowing that Rosie is not actually dead as everyone else supposes. Not sure the ending really worked.
I then, having got into an Edwardian/Georgian novelist rhythm, went 'ah! time for some Arnold Bennett! the one about the hotel', except I picked up The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902), which is 1900s thriller hijinx mode with European royalty shenanigans, false identities, etc etc (though I was wondering whether it might adapt into a screwball comedy movie?), and wasn't actually the one I'd read many years ago that I was thinking of.
Which was Imperial Palace (1930), which struck me as, although lacking the highspeed thriller plot element, remarkably like D Francis in its fascination for infrastructure (in this case, running a luxury hotel in London) and competence porn. The running-the-hotel bits and the trials posed for the new supervising housekeeper are, perhaps, at least these days, more interesting than the bits involving Hotel Manager and Rich Man's Daughter Gracie. To give her (and actually, Bennett as author) her due, she is not, whereas she would be in a lot of novels by his contemporaries, an unmitigated bitch (Aldous Huxley's Lucy Tantamount) or a tragic bitch (Michael Arlen's Iris Storm), she has some good points and was a competent racing driver, but she is still annoyingly entitled and egocentric.
I took a break from this because I suddenly had a whim to re-read Mary Renault, The King Must Die (1958) for the first time in absolute yonks. You know, Mary, the sexism and misogyny is not entirely just being Accurate for Period, is it, hmmmm? There is some great stuff in there, but.
On the go
Imperial Palace is very long, and still on the go.
Up next
I think I am up for some Agatha Christie, seriously.
A way more than 3 sentence 3SF fill
Feb. 11th, 2026 11:31 amnyctanthesI drafted this a few years ago but never finished it. I was reminded of it by a great prompt from this year's 3SF, went back and edited it. I'm only 85-90% satisfied with how it turned out, but it's fanfic not ofic, so it's time to move on.
( Hadestown, Hermes )
Weekly Shounen Jump, week of February 8th
Feb. 11th, 2026 10:11 amknave_of_swordsAlien Headbutt #1: Hmm. The first chapter doesn't seem super promising, but I really liked the art when the alien first appeared. I'm willing to give this one another chapter or two to see where it goes. I think it could be decent if it leans into angst and tragedy and the guy's whole family dies, but if they're all alive and idk, the protagonist gets recruited for an anti-alien task force, then I'll probably drop it.
Hima-Ten! #77: It's nice seeing Himari and Tenichi together outside of work! No major developments this chapter, but that's fine, we're clearly heading towards some sort of resolution or conflict.
Kagurabachi #111: Wow, the art! It's incredible. Samura... ;_; I'm looking forward to where the story goes from here! I was a little worried that the series was going to end with this climax, but it doesn't look like it. Maybe there will be a timeskip, though?
Kinato's Magic #2: My interest is starting to wane... I'll give it another chapter, but I suspect that I'll decide to drop it. I like the protagonist being a healer! I don't need him to perform super special magic that isn't healing! Oh well...