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kindkit1) I have a bad cold and I am grumpy about it. More than I normally would be, even, because this is my third cold since early November. The other two were mild, but I still think three is at least two too many.
2) I signed up for meetup.com again, for reasons that are largely to do with TMA, sorry. All those episodes about the Lonely made me think that perhaps I ought to make an effort to meet people in meatspace and make friends. (I've been writing something in Peter Lukas's POV, and it is . . . disturbingly easy to get into his mindset.) Alas, the local LGBTQIA meetup group seems to have faded out last year, but there is a gaming group that meets often. I'm hoping this will be a way to get to know other geeks/fannish people. Also, listening to a few non-TMA Rusty Quill things has made tabletop RPGs sound really, really fun. I probably won't go this week, because sick, but hopefully next week.
3) I finally watched the last episodes of The Good Place. I had stopped watching for a while because I didn't like where things left off at the mid-season hiatus, but then the finale aired and I saw people posting about how good it was, so I gave it a try. The finale is, indeed, very good. I was glad that they finally acknowledged the injustice of eternal torture, no matter how awful one's actions in life, and that the new system is focused on people learning and getting better, without a time limit. And that people can continue to learn and grow in the Good Place itself. And the necessity for "death" even in heaven . . . yes. Although, having said that, I love that Tahani has so far chosen not to go on, but has continually found new stuff to learn. I don't think her life on earth was "pretending to help people" (whatever her motives, she really did help people) but now she's found a way to do it directly, on a massive scale, and without her ego being the most important thing. Yay Tahani!
As for the rest . . . buckets. Crying. I've never been a huge fan of Eleanor/Chidi, but the way it was developed in those last few episodes, so that it's not that they are predestined soulmates but they became soulmates through a lot of hard work, was something I was okay with. I also liked that hard work was still necessary, and they didn't get everything right: Chidi hiding from Eleanor that he wanted to leave, and Eleanor emotionally blackmailing him into staying until she realizes that it's an unethical thing to do. As for Janet and Jason . . . did I mention buckets?
I do think that the big plot developments of the last few episodes were a little hasty, and I wish some of it had happened sooner rather than Suddenly All the Solutions, but it was still satisfying.
This may sound weird, but the buckets I cried left me relieved to know that I can still cry. Since starting on testosterone I haven't cried very much, which had me freaking out a bit: Have I become That Guy? And is it really all just down to hormones? Fortunately the answers seem to be no, and also no, and that perhaps, now that my social and medical transitions are underway, I'm just happier.
ETA: I bet people are writing Shawn/Michael fic now. Because their interactions were . . . intriguing.
4) I haven't forgotten that I have 17,000 words of Gay Monks to edit. It's awkward that I've fallen so hard for another fandom in the mean time, but I do plan to get back to that story.
5) Today I learned that if you cook a chicken soup that has beet greens in it, and then you refrigerate the leftovers overnight, the chicken will turn an unnerving shade of pink. Nevertheless it is good to have chicken soup.
2) I signed up for meetup.com again, for reasons that are largely to do with TMA, sorry. All those episodes about the Lonely made me think that perhaps I ought to make an effort to meet people in meatspace and make friends. (I've been writing something in Peter Lukas's POV, and it is . . . disturbingly easy to get into his mindset.) Alas, the local LGBTQIA meetup group seems to have faded out last year, but there is a gaming group that meets often. I'm hoping this will be a way to get to know other geeks/fannish people. Also, listening to a few non-TMA Rusty Quill things has made tabletop RPGs sound really, really fun. I probably won't go this week, because sick, but hopefully next week.
3) I finally watched the last episodes of The Good Place. I had stopped watching for a while because I didn't like where things left off at the mid-season hiatus, but then the finale aired and I saw people posting about how good it was, so I gave it a try. The finale is, indeed, very good. I was glad that they finally acknowledged the injustice of eternal torture, no matter how awful one's actions in life, and that the new system is focused on people learning and getting better, without a time limit. And that people can continue to learn and grow in the Good Place itself. And the necessity for "death" even in heaven . . . yes. Although, having said that, I love that Tahani has so far chosen not to go on, but has continually found new stuff to learn. I don't think her life on earth was "pretending to help people" (whatever her motives, she really did help people) but now she's found a way to do it directly, on a massive scale, and without her ego being the most important thing. Yay Tahani!
As for the rest . . . buckets. Crying. I've never been a huge fan of Eleanor/Chidi, but the way it was developed in those last few episodes, so that it's not that they are predestined soulmates but they became soulmates through a lot of hard work, was something I was okay with. I also liked that hard work was still necessary, and they didn't get everything right: Chidi hiding from Eleanor that he wanted to leave, and Eleanor emotionally blackmailing him into staying until she realizes that it's an unethical thing to do. As for Janet and Jason . . . did I mention buckets?
I do think that the big plot developments of the last few episodes were a little hasty, and I wish some of it had happened sooner rather than Suddenly All the Solutions, but it was still satisfying.
This may sound weird, but the buckets I cried left me relieved to know that I can still cry. Since starting on testosterone I haven't cried very much, which had me freaking out a bit: Have I become That Guy? And is it really all just down to hormones? Fortunately the answers seem to be no, and also no, and that perhaps, now that my social and medical transitions are underway, I'm just happier.
ETA: I bet people are writing Shawn/Michael fic now. Because their interactions were . . . intriguing.
4) I haven't forgotten that I have 17,000 words of Gay Monks to edit. It's awkward that I've fallen so hard for another fandom in the mean time, but I do plan to get back to that story.
5) Today I learned that if you cook a chicken soup that has beet greens in it, and then you refrigerate the leftovers overnight, the chicken will turn an unnerving shade of pink. Nevertheless it is good to have chicken soup.
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Date: 2020-02-04 09:02 am (UTC)You are definitely not the only person to be pushing themselves to avoid self-isolation because FUCK PETER LUKAS THAT'S WHY (me too):
https://dathen.tumblr.com/post/187425484964/timraccoonslutstoker-whenever-mental-illness
https://forest-of-stories.tumblr.com/post/190401884993/that-is-valid-and-the-related-what-if-my-friends