I've been writing fanfiction since the '90s. While I do post in-progress snippets of fanfiction I am writing here (you can check the "my writing" tag for that) the main place to read my written work is on AO3.
In case of shenanigans here is the address: https://archiveofourown.org/users/SofiaDragon/works
I use my bookmarks as a collection of stories I have read and enjoyed enough not to lose. I also use the Recommended Stories feature, so if you want to see a list of fantastic stories, you can utilize the filter or just click here.
I reblog a lot of things that catch my attention, but mostly fandom stuff and current events. There are a lot of different fandoms I am interested in, and sometimes I'll go back to the stories that first got me interested in writing. From ACD's Sherlock Holmes and Star Trek to the latest MCU movie and Spy X Family or even Eminence in Shadow - I like a wide range of story types so long as the characters are well crafted. Give me someone who seems so real they can walk right off the page or a setting I can sink into, and I'm happy. If you like that sort of thing, pull up a chair and stay a while.
I do not blog about charity for spiritual reasons. That I do not reblog posts or answer asks about charity means nothing about what I do or do not support offline.
More personal stuff about who I am under the cut!
Autistic spectrum cis female demi-aromantic. US American, social-democrat, has been overseas but not as much as I'd like. Can vaguely understand tourist Japanese and Spanish with context to help, but only fluent in English.
I put a lot of worldbuilding in my writing with a dash of humor and dramatic irony. In IRL conversation I'm sarcastic and enjoy ethical and political debates - and I have the privilege of coming from a family where we don't take those disagreements personally and will happily "devil's advocate" a position just to prolong the discussion if the conversation is productive in finding the flaws in the political ideas we support. Especially on the internet, hot intellectual debate of serious issues without catching feelings is a rare commodity.
I studied world religion, psychology, and creative writing as an Early Childhood Education major for my first round in college. Then I had to go make money due to a family calamity, so I swapped to Small Business Management and learned about economics, politics, teaching adults, and bookkeeping. Eventually, I took a job at a small chocolate shop and learned how to make gourmet chocolates, because the high stress and long hours of my management job was actually killing me due to chronic medical issues.
I believe that most of the fan criticisms of series and movies come from a place of love, since we wouldn't care so much if we weren't invested. You will see posts tagged "critical" or "criticism" related to fandoms that I adore. That thing I said about intellectual debates? It absolutely applies here.
I also tag political posts. If you don't want to see commentary on real life drama when browsing please filter your tumblr - I highly recommend a side blog with "#politics" blocked if you don't like seeing that stuff when you are in fun fandom mode generally. Curate your experience.
I've had some mental health struggles related to my poor physical health (chronic illness sucks) and fertility problems stemming from a hormone imbalance caused by working in an office where my boss used testosterone cream irresponsibly, don't try me on gender dysphoria it isn't a trigger it's waving a flag in front a bull. I will give you the horns. I'm very strong on trans/genderqueer issues partly because I have experienced the distress of my body doing masculine things like growing a full beard against my will and partly because I have a cousin more than 20 years older than me who transitioned when I was a kid and is one of the most actualized and happy people I've ever known.
Nobody should be forced to use their body or perform their life in a certain way for the benefit of other people contrary to their nature or will. This also includes medical privacy and legalizing [while responsibly regulating] most drugs. You will see this theme in some of my stories and it colors all of them in the sense that my idea of what is morally correct includes that kind of freedom.
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“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually consider that they give equal amounts of attention to girls and boys, and it is only when they make a tape recording that they realize that boys are dominating the interactions. Dale Spender, an Australian feminist who has been a strong advocate of female rights in this area, noted that teachers who tried to restore the balance by deliberately ‘favouring’ the girls were astounded to find that despite their efforts they continued to devote more time to the boys in their classrooms. Another study reported that a male science teacher who managed to create an atmosphere in which girls and boys contributed more equally to discussion felt that he was devoting 90 per cent of his attention to the girls. And so did his male pupils. They complained vociferously that the girls were getting too much talking time. In other public contexts, too, such as seminars and debates, when women and men are deliberately given an equal amount of the highly valued talking time, there is often a perception that they are getting more than their fair share. Dale Spender explains this as follows: “The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.” In other words, if women talk at all, this may be perceived as ‘too much’ by men who expect them to provide a silent, decorative background in many social contexts.”
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PBS: Language as Prejudice - Myth #6: Women Talk Too Much (via misandry-mermaid)
Every EVERY women’s studies class I’ve been in has had this problem and failed to address it.
Grace: No, no, I absolutely love it. It’s just that Soft Rocky can get me sick if I stay around it too long. See on earth we have this thing called Mesothelioma-
Senku waking up realizing his whole body dripping with sweat and his throat is dry. He sees gen beside himself and calms down, pressing his face against Gen's chest to listening to his breathing which calms Senku's kind from whatever stupid dream he had.
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Is it normal for honey to have a weird bitter/sour aftertaste? 🤔
I dunno, I never really have eaten honey, but I bought some this week to try to make recipes and stuff. Like, I enjoy the dipping sauce that comes with chicken nuggets in fast food. But then I buy honey and tasting it has a weird taste behind the sweetness that doesn't make it enjoyable.
Depends on the kind of honey. I get mine from the Pine Barrens and it has a very distinct strong flavor. Since I grew up on it, big brand honey (Smuckers, grocery store stuff) tastes like sweet nothing in comparison. I think the North American industry standard is "orange blossom" or orchard bees that travel up the coasts following the blooms in spring. (The beekeepers move them.) It all gets mixed into a bland amalgamation, while the local honey is going to pick up flavor from whatever grows there. I'm a bog creature, lots of berry, apple, peach, and wildflower in that honey. I stock up when I visit my parents then drive back to the city.
Since I never ate honey much before, I didn't want to pick something expensive, so I picked the generic brand at my grocery story, the smallest bottle. It doesn't say what type of honey it is. Just "sweet and mellow. 100% pure golden Canadian honey".
Never had Canadian 🤷♀️ but see if it has any vitamin C or additives listed. It shouldn't be too bitter, bitter is odd, but I'd be shocked if it was expired unless it had been exposed to moisture and left unsealed given the shelf life being near enough to the heat death of the universe in an airtight container.
Didn't realize there was a second chain, ahh. sofiadragon probably knows better than me cause I mainly eat local farmer honey. I would have assumed store bought would be less likely to go off, though.🤔
I'm also getting mine from a farmstand because I like the weird strongly flavored bog bees I grew up with. I've just had to move a lot so I wasn't always able to go home for it.
The Pines also burn, usually in small patches but there was a bad one about a decade ago. The honey tasted rancid so they threw it out, but maybe some of the farms contracted by this packaging company sent in some stuff that was mostly alright? So it's got an aftertaste of bitter from wood ash.
I find it wild that companies will just sell whatever bullshit they feel like. Meanwhile, I spent a weekend eating fresh, raw honey from a complete stranger (I know, not particularly safe, but when you get offered food at a pagan festival, you take it), and it was the best-tasting honey I've ever had.......I wish I still had that honey, tbh 😔
It won't make anyone sick, if you dilute it enough only people with a good palate or who aren't using it in coffee will notice, and we get it suuuuuuper cheap because the farms don't have the 50,000 liter vat to mix it into other honey and would have to throw it out otherwise? Low grade honey profits, rolling in!
Is it normal for honey to have a weird bitter/sour aftertaste? 🤔
I dunno, I never really have eaten honey, but I bought some this week to try to make recipes and stuff. Like, I enjoy the dipping sauce that comes with chicken nuggets in fast food. But then I buy honey and tasting it has a weird taste behind the sweetness that doesn't make it enjoyable.
Depends on the kind of honey. I get mine from the Pine Barrens and it has a very distinct strong flavor. Since I grew up on it, big brand honey (Smuckers, grocery store stuff) tastes like sweet nothing in comparison. I think the North American industry standard is "orange blossom" or orchard bees that travel up the coasts following the blooms in spring. (The beekeepers move them.) It all gets mixed into a bland amalgamation, while the local honey is going to pick up flavor from whatever grows there. I'm a bog creature, lots of berry, apple, peach, and wildflower in that honey. I stock up when I visit my parents then drive back to the city.
Since I never ate honey much before, I didn't want to pick something expensive, so I picked the generic brand at my grocery story, the smallest bottle. It doesn't say what type of honey it is. Just "sweet and mellow. 100% pure golden Canadian honey".
Never had Canadian 🤷♀️ but see if it has any vitamin C or additives listed. It shouldn't be too bitter, bitter is odd, but I'd be shocked if it was expired unless it had been exposed to moisture and left unsealed given the shelf life being near enough to the heat death of the universe in an airtight container.
Didn't realize there was a second chain, ahh. sofiadragon probably knows better than me cause I mainly eat local farmer honey. I would have assumed store bought would be less likely to go off, though.🤔
I'm also getting mine from a farmstand because I like the weird strongly flavored bog bees I grew up with. I've just had to move a lot so I wasn't always able to go home for it.
The Pines also burn, usually in small patches but there was a bad one about a decade ago. The honey tasted rancid so they threw it out, but maybe some of the farms contracted by this packaging company sent in some stuff that was mostly alright? So it's got an aftertaste of bitter from wood ash.
Is it normal for honey to have a weird bitter/sour aftertaste? 🤔
I dunno, I never really have eaten honey, but I bought some this week to try to make recipes and stuff. Like, I enjoy the dipping sauce that comes with chicken nuggets in fast food. But then I buy honey and tasting it has a weird taste behind the sweetness that doesn't make it enjoyable.
Depends on the kind of honey. I get mine from the Pine Barrens and it has a very distinct strong flavor. Since I grew up on it, big brand honey (Smuckers, grocery store stuff) tastes like sweet nothing in comparison. I think the North American industry standard is "orange blossom" or orchard bees that travel up the coasts following the blooms in spring. (The beekeepers move them.) It all gets mixed into a bland amalgamation, while the local honey is going to pick up flavor from whatever grows there. I'm a bog creature, lots of berry, apple, peach, and wildflower in that honey. I stock up when I visit my parents then drive back to the city.
Since I never ate honey much before, I didn't want to pick something expensive, so I picked the generic brand at my grocery story, the smallest bottle. It doesn't say what type of honey it is. Just "sweet and mellow. 100% pure golden Canadian honey".
Never had Canadian 🤷♀️ but see if it has any vitamin C or additives listed. It shouldn't be too bitter, bitter is odd, but I'd be shocked if it was expired unless it had been exposed to moisture and left unsealed given the shelf life being near enough to the heat death of the universe in an airtight container.
Ok... not this issue I first guessed then. Something got scorched during pasturization? That could give it a bitter taste, depending on how well they filter it before they cook it.
Oh shit, are you tasting last year's forest fires?
Is it normal for honey to have a weird bitter/sour aftertaste? 🤔
I dunno, I never really have eaten honey, but I bought some this week to try to make recipes and stuff. Like, I enjoy the dipping sauce that comes with chicken nuggets in fast food. But then I buy honey and tasting it has a weird taste behind the sweetness that doesn't make it enjoyable.
Depends on the kind of honey. I get mine from the Pine Barrens and it has a very distinct strong flavor. Since I grew up on it, big brand honey (Smuckers, grocery store stuff) tastes like sweet nothing in comparison. I think the North American industry standard is "orange blossom" or orchard bees that travel up the coasts following the blooms in spring. (The beekeepers move them.) It all gets mixed into a bland amalgamation, while the local honey is going to pick up flavor from whatever grows there. I'm a bog creature, lots of berry, apple, peach, and wildflower in that honey. I stock up when I visit my parents then drive back to the city.
Since I never ate honey much before, I didn't want to pick something expensive, so I picked the generic brand at my grocery story, the smallest bottle. It doesn't say what type of honey it is. Just "sweet and mellow. 100% pure golden Canadian honey".
Never had Canadian 🤷♀️ but see if it has any vitamin C or additives listed. It shouldn't be too bitter, bitter is odd, but I'd be shocked if it was expired unless it had been exposed to moisture and left unsealed given the shelf life being near enough to the heat death of the universe in an airtight container.
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Just finished Dr. Stone and I honestly don't know what to think of the ending... Like the whole parasitic mechanical beings who were well-meaning but had bad execution and then the building of a time machine.
They feel a little out of place in the whole series, if that makes sense...
Still, I really enjoyed the anime overall. Especially how it is very characters focused despite all the scientific facts. With all the characters presented in the series, it was easy for some to come out a little under-developed, but they all had their own charms, even characters will smaller roles.
But I can't believe I just binge watched it in like 6 days when it's been years since I properly watched an anime. I'm tempted to read the manga as well, at least a few chapters here and there, but that remains to be seen.
Now comes my favorite part... fanfics! I already read a couple of one-shots but now I can finally read them without fear of spoilers. Drop recs if you have any!
Hi there, fanfic author here, and you are far from alone in your opinion about the time machine. Senku spends the entire show pushing toward a brighter future to save everyone... and then he pivots and his goal is to focus on the past. 😬😒🫤
Enjoy the fanart, the community is still very active since it only just ended and I don't see it going away for a long while. A lot of people are sleeping on this show and will pick it up to binge now that it is finished in six months or a year. The final season is fertile ground for fanfic of all sorts, shippy and general.
Is it normal for honey to have a weird bitter/sour aftertaste? 🤔
I dunno, I never really have eaten honey, but I bought some this week to try to make recipes and stuff. Like, I enjoy the dipping sauce that comes with chicken nuggets in fast food. But then I buy honey and tasting it has a weird taste behind the sweetness that doesn't make it enjoyable.
Depends on the kind of honey. I get mine from the Pine Barrens and it has a very distinct strong flavor. Since I grew up on it, big brand honey (Smuckers, grocery store stuff) tastes like sweet nothing in comparison. I think the North American industry standard is "orange blossom" or orchard bees that travel up the coasts following the blooms in spring. (The beekeepers move them.) It all gets mixed into a bland amalgamation, while the local honey is going to pick up flavor from whatever grows there. I'm a bog creature, lots of berry, apple, peach, and wildflower in that honey. I stock up when I visit my parents then drive back to the city.
"Going a couple hours without eating a single kind of food? No thanks, I would rather kill a child" is such a wildly horrifying take to see MULTIPLE people proudly stating.
So it took me a lot of time and while I can’t speak to the commenters above, all the people shitting on the passenger who ate the peanuts should know he didn’t speak English well and the announcement about Fae’s allergy was only given in English. It doesn’t matter if you give a warning once, three times, or a hundred times if you can’t guarantee the people you’re giving it to understand it!
Yeah, I think it's important to make sure we're making fun of the people replying, the ones fully aware of the situation and are still arrogantly and publicly announcing that they would make a potentially deadly selfish decision. (And from what I've seen, the scorn is pointed at those people and not the man from 2014.)
But also, I would like to laugh at the implication that a 4 year old should have made better travel plans.
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