bjornwilde

I am holding in there but seem to be in a depressive state. I have every reason to be here but it's kind of annoying cause there are things that want doing, but I am being kind to myself and am not going to yell or grump. And no self, picking a new pup to play somewhere is not likely to lift your mood.

I've made some headway into writing what I am calling my Planar Bitches, or maybe Planar Privateers story. I've a good start of an outline and a thousand words or so of story. I know I need to get back to it but I'm not feeling it right now, so I think I'm just going to write some odd scene today and not bother with the liner writing.

This could just be the depressive episode, but I am worried Sabine is a character I love but not one I can play. I likely just need to rewatch canon.

Speaking of canon, I am loving Iron Fist season 02. Danny has grown but you still see the naive kid who made so many bad choices in season 01. I do think Netflix needs to give Luke Cage and Danny Rand a break and make a season of the Daughters of the Dragon. Colleen and Misty have such great chemistry! And to be honest, I feel like Danny does better when he's a guest.

Also, from what they keep showing in K'un Lun, no one there should ever have children, but especially the Thunderer and his wife/partner/lover/Davos' mother.

Six more episodes to go.

 Finished The Defenders and I liked it. It wasn't flawless or amazing, but was fun. Danny wasn't half as annoying as in Iron Fist, but he is still an idiot.

I don't want to go into too much and risk spoilers, but I do feel like Danny's fighting choreography has improved. It isn't as good as Matt's or Elektra's, but it stands out compared to IF. I did notice Danny doesn't use as many acrobatic moves as Matt and Elektra, which has me thinking maybe I'll have Danny focused on a style that uses a strong grounding stance and punches. Could be a way to explain him not seeming as skilled or flashy as the other marital artists in the program.

And don't think I didn't see Madame Gao doing the crane pose right before that last fight with Danny. (A call out to her being the Crane Mother?)

 If I weren't so adverse to going AU with pups, it'd be tempting to use this rewrite of Iron Fist as milli-canon. So. Damn. Tempting.

 And Iron Fisy swings back to intriguing territory by actually addressing anger issues, and not just Danny's. They also revealed why he left K'un Lun and even why he chose to become the Iron Fist in the first place, and both reasons are good ones. Not proper or noble mind you, but good and reasonable.

And I was a little too pleased with Danny wearing Luke Cage's teeshirt for all of ep 11, given to him by Claire. I will laugh so much if the first story arc of Defenders or the catalyst that brings them together is Claire being kidnapped.

And now I'm back to wanting to play with Danny a bit. I think it's now less deconstructing the Mighty Whitey and fixing canon's missteps, if I stick with playing him. I am going to stick with sandboxes.

I just love his innocent, I want to help the world because it's right. He's not doing this out of a sense of guilt or whatever. He's like the Flash/Super Girl of the MCU, though not quite so chipper.

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