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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Character duo where one *remembers I donβt like fitting characters into trope boxes* is a completely fleshed out and realised person *remembers treating characters as real people and not story devices written with intent is bad* who is written by the author and *remembers death of the author* uh. And *fumbles and drops my pile of queue cards* ah fuck wait no *the menacing horse* what was that.
Watching Dr Stone and crying about Asagiri Gen (sorry, his name needs to be said in full, idc what's everyone's opinion about that) preparing a birthday gift for Senku because he knew the day Senku unpetrified and calculated his birthday based on that and the days Senku has lived until then. So unexpectedly sweet of him.
+ according to Senku's dad, isn't this Senku's go-to method to figuring out something? They are perfect for each other, your honor.
(please someone tell me they are a popular ship and I will have lots of fics about them to read once I finish the anime)
Might as well bookmark my AO3 page, link in my pinned post. I both read and write them, and it's a big ship. Popular, diverse, and full of so many tropes.
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On X, which I don't have, there was an art challenge with pregnant Gen that just ended, so there has been a flood of cross-posted art. If you search the mpreg tag on my blog you'll find a post or two mentioning it. It's not something I post a lot of, so it's basically just Gen π€·ββοΈ
overall though, I'm definitely rotating the fact that a lot of US public education emphasizes a method of learning to read that relies heavily on the context of "what it is likely that the text says" rather than looking at what the text does say and then understanding/interpreting it. like.
1. explains so much about written communication especially online, truly, as many have observed, but also
2. LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS. I BET THIS IS WHY PEOPLE THINK LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS ARE NORMAL. I BET THIS IS WHY PEOPLE THINK "MACHINE THAT ANALYZES WHAT IS STATISTICALLY LIKELY TO BE SAID IN THIS SPECIFIC CONTEXT AND THEN SAYS THAT" IS A NORMAL AND NOT SCARY THING. OH MY GOD I FEEL LIKE I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING NOW
I might not like the time machine in Dr. STONE and all it implies, but it won't stop me from being silly with it.
Senku activates the time machine, dressed in a suit, and walks on the sandy beach of Treasure Island, over 3700 years in the past.
"Sup, old man. Greeting, dear astronauts. Now, come with me. We don't have much time and I need my dad to walk me down the aisle for my wedding. I can't make the mentalist wait any longer."
He looks down at his watch, ignoring the flabbergasted looks.
Senku clicks his tongue in annoyance, "Do I need to list all the times you cried like a baby as I grew up? Or bring up the swimming suit I made for you? Or how you made me wear all kind of embarrassing onsee as a toddler?"
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Basics with Babish is actually a very good resource if you watch it in order. Yes, he sells his own cookware. Yes, he makes joke food based on TV and movies no real human ever ate. That's seperate. Yes, it also falls off after he moves from basics to more elaborate things for beginners to try making.
The first half of Basics series will teach you all the sauces and enough basic cooking skills. Once you know those you can YOLO dinner with a nearly empty cupboard and it still tastes good.
As someone who used to watch Basics with Babish - what @sofiadragon said is true. I learned a recipe to make freezer ready egg sandwiches from his 'freezer meals' episode.
But! Going in order from first episode is key, especially is you don't have much cooking experience. It seems he has at least one playlist of the videos?
Beginning with essential kitchen tools, Andrew Rea walks viewers through basic techniques and classic recipes so everyone can make beautiful
There are playlists organized into "seasons" as if it was a TV show. This is season 1, there is a season 2 and a Basics Live playlist as well. I Highly recommend the first season, as Stahl said they should be listened to/watched in order, but season 2 is pick and choose for the types of food you want to learn and the lives are... meh. Not worth the time investment. The first one you can just listen to, it's more of a "here's all the tools we will be using, if you are missing anything hit a thrift store real quick." If it's a recipe you aren't interested in making it can also be treated as an audiobook instead of a video tutorial, but I wouldn't skip anything in season 1 because he teaches basic techniques in each video that apply to other foods. He has you cook and part a whole chicken, then next episode he'd making broth with the bones.
I'm trying to think of an scenario for this to happen xD
Maybe after the ending, when they are settled and live together
Senku is working late again and Gen gets drunk and just misses him so much so he decides to take the matter into his own hands and when Senku arrives Gen is in the middle of prepping himself and just jumps in happiness he is finally back xD
This might not be narrated properly i'm about to fall asleep sorry xdxd
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