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I'm just nearing the end of my re-read of Black Blade Blues and have started reading book five, The Rainbow Brigade. Still loving the characters and the authors writing, though a few things aren't sounding right to me, which is fine. First thing is how much the internal culture of the protagonist reads as midwest to me. For example she doesn't think of her father or mother as Dad or Mom, but Da and Ma. Given this is set in the Pacific Northwest, specifically around Portland and Seattle, it seems odd and pulls me out of the story.
I could be very wrong. Perhaps up there they use Da and Ma. The protag also was raised in a very religious household, so perhaps Da and Ma is part of that?
Also, the protag is very butch. To the point she almost feels like a Whedon Strong Female Character (tm). Which I guess is fine, but she keeps seeming like a male protag with the serial numbers filed off. Again, this could just be me as I see a lot of my twenty-something self in her.
I'm glad I've done the re-read though. I still enjoy the story but I don't know that I'd want to play Sarah (the protag) in Milliways as I was thinking when I tossed her into a recent All-skate. She has potential, I'm just not sure I want to play her canon/story in bar. And I've always felt weird not having canon be part of the playing of the pup, at least to some extent. I know it's not a requirement, but I just feel it's somewhat disrespectful to not acknowledge the canon to some degree. The jury is still out though, as playing a blacksmith who actually enjoys and is skilled at being a farrier would be interesting to play in bar as it'd link the forge and the stables, which I don't think I've seen before.
I also find I still want to play a sapphic character. Asking myself why, I want to explore the feminine side of myself and also I feel like there aren't many sapphic characters in bar. This could be wrong. We could have a number of them and they just don't feel the need to be as out as the gay characters that, to be, seem to prevalent. Which is fine of course!
Anyway...writing! I have been good with my writing habit this year. I am more than halfway done with my habit goal and still think of writing daily. I seem to be stalled out on my Firefly in a fantasy setting but maybe I just need to reread what I've got to get the ideas flowing.
I also have a new urban fantasy that's peculating on the compost heap. I've got a witch, and a group of urban explorers who stumble into a fairy ring, but not much else. The urban explorers of course decide to film selves going into the ring and the witch reluctantly goes in to save them, but I don't have much else.
Other things....I've been tracking my food and walking about 3 miles daily, which was proved very effective. I've lost about fifteen pounds since March and am feeling a lot more energy. Still a ways to go but for once I am feeling good about the being healthy. Although I seem to have slept too long and now my back hurts.
Tonight I wanna push the fam to watch Hamilton like we were supposed to last night. We'll see how effective I am.
I'm just nearing the end of my re-read of Black Blade Blues and have started reading book five, The Rainbow Brigade. Still loving the characters and the authors writing, though a few things aren't sounding right to me, which is fine. First thing is how much the internal culture of the protagonist reads as midwest to me. For example she doesn't think of her father or mother as Dad or Mom, but Da and Ma. Given this is set in the Pacific Northwest, specifically around Portland and Seattle, it seems odd and pulls me out of the story.
I could be very wrong. Perhaps up there they use Da and Ma. The protag also was raised in a very religious household, so perhaps Da and Ma is part of that?
Also, the protag is very butch. To the point she almost feels like a Whedon Strong Female Character (tm). Which I guess is fine, but she keeps seeming like a male protag with the serial numbers filed off. Again, this could just be me as I see a lot of my twenty-something self in her.
I'm glad I've done the re-read though. I still enjoy the story but I don't know that I'd want to play Sarah (the protag) in Milliways as I was thinking when I tossed her into a recent All-skate. She has potential, I'm just not sure I want to play her canon/story in bar. And I've always felt weird not having canon be part of the playing of the pup, at least to some extent. I know it's not a requirement, but I just feel it's somewhat disrespectful to not acknowledge the canon to some degree. The jury is still out though, as playing a blacksmith who actually enjoys and is skilled at being a farrier would be interesting to play in bar as it'd link the forge and the stables, which I don't think I've seen before.
I also find I still want to play a sapphic character. Asking myself why, I want to explore the feminine side of myself and also I feel like there aren't many sapphic characters in bar. This could be wrong. We could have a number of them and they just don't feel the need to be as out as the gay characters that, to be, seem to prevalent. Which is fine of course!
Anyway...writing! I have been good with my writing habit this year. I am more than halfway done with my habit goal and still think of writing daily. I seem to be stalled out on my Firefly in a fantasy setting but maybe I just need to reread what I've got to get the ideas flowing.
I also have a new urban fantasy that's peculating on the compost heap. I've got a witch, and a group of urban explorers who stumble into a fairy ring, but not much else. The urban explorers of course decide to film selves going into the ring and the witch reluctantly goes in to save them, but I don't have much else.
Other things....I've been tracking my food and walking about 3 miles daily, which was proved very effective. I've lost about fifteen pounds since March and am feeling a lot more energy. Still a ways to go but for once I am feeling good about the being healthy. Although I seem to have slept too long and now my back hurts.
Tonight I wanna push the fam to watch Hamilton like we were supposed to last night. We'll see how effective I am.
