With Such Words
if you aren't a hypocrite, your moral standards aren't high enough
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4th-Jun-2013 06:56 pm - Mansfield Park: Chapter 1
talibusorabat: A silouette of a girl sitting crosslegged and reading "Sirens" (pic#1116653)
So I said I'd be back in July with Legend of Korra, but a friend of mine and I are doing a re-read of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park so yay! I return early.

my history with Mansfield Park )


Thoughts on chapter one )
talibusorabat: A young cartoon woman is ready to fight (Avatar: Korra Gives You Hell)
On the flip side, I am stupid happy with this chapter. Needs hella revising, but it was such a beautiful breeze to write.

Read more... )
13th-Apr-2013 04:27 pm - not dead!
talibusorabat: Spock finds this highly illogical (TOS: Highly illogical)
I've just been eaten alive by other social networking sites and what appears to be an inability to write more than a few sentences at a time.

Regular blogging will commence in July when the Legend of Korra boxset comes out. I'm planning to do a post about each episode as I rewatch AND do my own commentary on the special features. Because. Why not.

Until then, be well!
6th-Mar-2013 11:35 am - reality check
talibusorabat: A stack of books & the caption "ARM YOURSELVES!" (Doctor Who: Arm Yourselves!)


And that's just comparing Americans against Americans. If we broadened the scope of comparison...

Kind of horrifying to contemplate.
talibusorabat: A red pen "The red pen|is the editor's best friend" (Editor's Friend)
Among many, many other things I'm failing at. But another piece of the crossover I'm theoretically working on.

Each Sunday, post six sentences from a writing project -- published, submitted, in progress, for your cat -- whatever.

"I don't understand why you're so bad at this," Ikki said with her usual tact, and yelped when Jinora kicked her. "What?"

"Maybe if you think about it like water," Jinora said, shooting a glare at her little sister.

"But it's air," Korra said. "They're two completely different elements."

"Jinora's right," Taya said. "Perhaps if you focused on how air is similar to water, you can connect to it."
24th-Feb-2013 05:19 pm - more from that crossover in progress
talibusorabat: Puppy with glasses "I am who I am. Your approval is not needed." (Default)
Each Sunday, post six sentences from a writing project -- published, submitted, in progress, for your cat -- whatever.

"My mother was killed when I was very small," Asami said quietly. "By a couple of Triple Threats looking to make a name for themselves."

"I'm sorry," Korra said, not sure what else she could say.

Asami shrugged it off. "Gangs are a real problem here," she said. "Mako and Bolin lost their parents to a gang too. And like it or not, most gang members are benders."
23rd-Feb-2013 12:51 pm - it's the little things in life
talibusorabat: GIF of a purple cat laughing, with the caption "Laugh as only an evil kitty knows how" (Evil Kitty)
Spent pretty much this entire morning cleaning up my Pinboard account. All the articles are tagged, the bulk of them have descriptions, and created tag bundles! Oh, sweet, beautiful tag bundles!

It makes me stupid happy.


PS -- if you're looking for fanfic recs, I've got a bunch of them up there.
talibusorabat: A yellow lab wearing glasses naps on a book (Dogs: Puppies love books)
Because I am really enjoying [tumblr.com profile] courtneymilan's analysis of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. I don't even follow the series anymore, but what she writes is really interesting. Particularly this post re: the use of the word "abuse" in Lydia and Wickham's relationship.

The thing that happened with Wickham has already been named in the narrative. Lizzie called it “manipulation” and a variety of other things. By giving a name to what happened to Lydia, and by giving it a name that is not abuse, but something lesser—being charmed by a charming man, being manipulated, acting as if this is just about the betrayal of selling the sex tape—this minimizes what happened.

There are times when I think it’s okay to step back from a narrative and not give a name for what’s happening. Hell, I write books in eras where the modern vocabulary we use to describe this kind of thing literally doesn’t exist, so I’m sympathetic to the claim that you don’t have to name everything. But you damn well don’t give it a label that minimizes the harm.

We’re dealing with a problem that largely goes unrecognized—where people who hear about these things happening often shrug it off or say, “So what? He didn’t hit you.”
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