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[thisbluespirit]

* As I said, sorry for dropping off the edge a bit again, but I had a friend up and was therefore tired/using my social spoons elsewhere, but at least that was a good reason. It was v nice to see her. She went out geocaching a lot and in between we ate and watched Classic Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and Dungeons & Dragons because she is the only person who I know in rl who thinks my collection of old telly DVDs are a good thing.


* I'm a bit amused in passing (as well as enjoying many of the results anyway, so this isn't a complaint) that every other person seems to be doing some creative October thing - whumptober, spooktober, inktober... (What is it about October?)


* equinox_exchange has gone live! Watch historical-flavoured fanvids! Profit!


* Some new comms and things around: fortune_favors (a fest using tarot cards as prompts), inspiring_tables (prompt tables, partly to replace 15kisses etc.) Oh, and someone's been trying to put together a couple posts' worth of all the active prompt-type comms on Dreamwidth here.


* Probably some other things, but I don't have much brain, never mind.

Comments

[romanajo123]

Keeping these in mind. Thanks!

[thisbluespirit]

My pleasure!

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Yay for friends, especially those who appreciate old tv! :)

I'm not doing any of the October creative challenge things ("I don't have much brain" is SO RELATABLE) but I *am* going to try and participate in fortune_favors !

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, cool - good luck!

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Thank you!

[swordznsorcery]

I think Sleeptober sounds like a good idea. Don't know about you. :)

Glad you've been having a good time, and with a friend of good taste into the bargain. An actual, real, flesh and blood person who likes cardboard telly! Wow!

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! And, yes, amazing, isn't it? I appreciate her a lot. :-D

(For other reasons than that, but it's also v good.)

[maplemood]

Thanks for pointing me towards historical-flavored fanvids! There are some really great ones in there.

[thisbluespirit]

Indeed! I've only watched a couple so far, but I look forward to checking out some more of them soon.

[astrogirl]

Thanks for linking to the prompts challenges list. I'm still looking for more sources of ficcy inspiration/external motivation, but I also seem to be entirely too picky for most prompt thingies, somehow, as there almost always seems to be one reason or another why they're not quite my thing.

I am a little tempted by hc_bingo, because the prompts list is intriguing, but I think my brain tends not to work along traditional h/c lines, and I'm a little afraid whatever I might come up with for them would end up not really qualifying as h/c at all, somehow.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, don't worry about not being traditional h/c - I'm not sure what I do counts for that, really. They're really laid back about it - as long as it contains hurt, comfort or hurt/comfort in some form or other, it's fine. Which covers nearly everything anyway. Certainly quite a bit of your fic - certainly any angst would be within the rules! I also enjoy their amnesty challenges, too - I think it's my favourite bingo overall.

And, ha, well, at least pickiness saves you from having millions of prompt tables all hanging around looking at you reproachfully. ;-p

[astrogirl]

Hmm, from a quick read-over of the rules, I came away with the impression they were more of a stickler for actually caring about following the prompts/theme than the other bingos I've done, but looking at them again, I'm not entirely sure where I got that impression from. Well, I will consider it, anyway!

Although with my luck, I'd end up with all the scary prompts, because there are a lot of those, as well as a lot of intriguing ones. Well, that just counts as a challenge, right? :)

ETA: I... may have just signed up for it. Wish me luck, 'cause I think I might need it. :)

[thisbluespirit]

Ha, good luck! And, yeah, I hope you manage to avoid too many of the scariest prompts, but it is a bingo. I'm sure you can navigate your way around them to find a line (and they have lots of options; I like the parallel lines one). And, of course, sometimes it's boggling at the worst prompt that produces fic the quickest!

[astrogirl]

That is true! I think I've gotten some of my favorite fic out of some of the worst-looking prompts. :)

[a_phoenixdragon]

Sounds like a darned good reason to AWOL, lol!! And D&D!! Whoot! At least hubby and I aren't the only ones. :D

October is all about treats...sooo... Well, it made sense in my head. :D

So many good comms opening up - thanks for the pimpage!

*HUGS*

[thisbluespirit]

My pleasure! And thanks. :-D

And D&D!! Whoot! At least hubby and I aren't the only ones. :D

It's the best 1980s cartoon, clearly.

[liadt]

A rl person to watch old TV with is a precious thing!

Maybe the 'tober' just goes better with words? Must get on with my own Halloween thing myself!

[thisbluespirit]

It only happens once a year!


Aw, good luck. ♥

[liadt]

Better once than never I suppose!

Thank you:)

[auroracloud]

Maybe October is a particularly handy word for mushing up together with other words? And also autumn is a good time for getting more creative, on the side of the world where it is autumn now. :-)

Yay for friend visiting and having company for watching Classic Who and all such good things!

[thisbluespirit]

It must be!

[ayebydan]

♥