#Yours Faithfully a Confused Queer

[harbinger-of-existential-dread]

This is my official request to the Good Omens fandom to adopt me pretty please.

#Good Omens #Yours Faithfully a Confused Queer #Thank You in Advance #gomens

[feathered-serpents]

I’ve spoken about a TMA adaptation on this blog before, what I think it might look like etc. but I don’t think I’ve ever actually made a proper post about what would realistically be possible in a TMA adaptation, with Archive 81′s (disastrous) adaptation coming at us at full speed, I want to talk about a TMA adaptation and what that might look like 

Here is the biggest thing: We will never see a podcast-accurate TMA adaptation 

The Magnus Archives podcast as it is now will never be taken and adapted 100% faithfully to a television medium it just is not possible. I’m not talking about the tapes or the apocalypse or Jonmartin you could still adapt those faithfully I’m talking about the STATEMENTS 

The statements, the core of TMA, will not be adapted faithfully, it is impossible. 

Each Magnus episode is one statement, this statement is between twenty minutes to half an hour long, each season of Magnus contains forty episodes and there are five seasons for a grand total of 200 episodes. No platform is going to adapt that wholesale. It’s too much money, time, and effort for something that is not guaranteed to be successful, the absolute BEST we could hope for is 12 forty minute episodes split into five seasons. Realistically would probably be 6-8 episodes for the first season if not all seasons and the other four seasons would NOT be guaranteed out of the gate

(Also this isn’t really relevant but I doubt it would be hosted on Netflix. Archive 81 and the Magnus Archives sound VERY similar on paper despite being entirely different in execution and both have the word “Archive” in their title, so Netflix probs wouldn’t take both and if they did... they might change TMA’s name. I know how horrifying that sounds but given that Archive 81 got to keep its name and came first The Magnus Archives might get a title change to avoid confusion, probably nothing super different to still appeal to fans. I’m thinking “The Magnus Institute” is the most likely. So have fun with that let’s get back to this actual post) (I just realized if changed to “The Magnus Institute” the show’s abbreviation becomes TMI and that’s the funniest possible change they could make) 

So the statements would have to go, except, they wouldn’t actually. The statements could stay, they would just look drastically different 

The statements, the anthology, would becomes the bulk of these 40-60 minute episodes instead of the bulk of a 20-30 minute episode. Which means we would probably see statements either combined into one mega-statement, or get entirely new statements, or most likely some sort of combination of the two. You won’t see Lost John’s Cave adapted, but you might see a girl trapped in a cave with a monster chasing her while the candles and fire are now a MUCH bigger deal to hint at more fear entities at once in a single statement. This is the only way I see to handle statements and it’s unfortunate that without the right writers this could get bloated SO quick, but I do think it is possible for this to work. 

It’s kinda gonna depend on your own personal opinion if you hate that or not, but it’s what I think will happen. If TMA gets adapted wholesale with 200 TV episode I will eat a spider. Like. I will order one of those canned edible tarantulas and eat it  Now, the statements would be changed drastically, but... what about everything else? The characters? The themes? The events? The relationships? 

That could be kept. Untouched 

The question is... will it?

We all heard what Netflix did to Archive 81 in erasing a queer protagonists identity, the fear is that it or some other streaming service will do the same thing to TMA. I understand this, we now know that it is a VERY real possibility. But I don’t think it’s guaranteed. It’s going to depend on who gets it and how involved Rusty Quill and Jonny would be in it

I think it is possible to get an adaptation of TMA that still feels like TMA

But it is equally possible to get an adaptation of TMA that feels nothing like TMA

I think TMA is more likely to be accurate if it gets picked up by FX or HBO rather than a streaming service like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon but that’s just a gut feeling I could be talking out of my ass 

Of course, what are the chances of a TMA adaptation? I say... wiggly hand gestures. TMA was massively popular in its prime and if, for better or worse, Archive 81 is successful, the chances of TMA getting an adaptation goes up to decent I think. But I don’t know the logistics of how a show gets picked up very well

Finally, do I personally want a TMA adaptation? Yes. Very much so yes. If it has a team behind it who cares I think it could be great, I would like to see that, that’s the adaption I want

But I’m curious to see what other fans’ honest opinions of this are, do you hate the idea regardless? Or do you like me think that a good TMA adaptation is worth hoping for? 

Edit: One last thing! It is likely that if TMA is made into a TV show, it will not be Jonny’s decision. At least not entirely, Rusty Quill (Alex) will be the one who ultimately decides and signs off on it I THINK. I could be wrong. But I believe that’s how it would work. I doubt they’d do it without consulting Jonny, but it would not be his decision alone 

#tma #the magnus archives #side note surprise 81 got adapted before nightvale #or maybe saying that out loud I shouldn't be

[idanit]

Yuletide 2019 recs

Yuletide 2020 is upon us, so what better way to get into the spirit than to finally finish that rec post I started compiling months and months ago? For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, Yuletide is an annual exchange centred around small fandoms and I love it fiercely. If you have canons you love, but which don’t have much of a fandom, there’s no better way to get some content for them than to participate.

Yuletide 2019 was the first edition I took part in and I read around 60 stories from the collection. These are my favourites, loosely grouped by canons or themes. There’s some experimental stuff, some crack treated seriously, some fluff, some character studies, and lots of excellent writing and cool concepts inside. The fics are mostly very short and most of them are inspired by book canons because I’m me.

Girls from past centuries, now older

A niveous vignette, or a snow story Anne of Green Gables | T (F/F) | 1K Cozy winter fluff you can wrap around yourself like a blanket. Anne and Diana live together and Rachel Lynde makes sure the rest of Avonlea doesn’t whisper a single bad word about it.

A teacher’s work is never done Anne of Green Gables | G (F/F) | 0.3K ...and this is what Anne’s teaching life could be like if she lived with Diana. I loved this little glimpse into how an older queer person might support a stray younger one.

Altogether Too Queenly Anne of Green Gables | T (F/F) | 2K  Katherine Brooke longs for Anne Shirley despite herself. It was a really nice character study and Katherine is sometimes altogether too relatable.

Discipulae A Little Princess | G (F&F) | 6K Sara uses her fortune to learn new things and encourages Becky, who remains faithfully at her side, to also acquire new skills. They make sure that those who might be less fortunate have good lives, as they always did. It was a lovely and a wholly believable extension of the canon.

Secrets You Keep Alice in Wonderland | G | 0.1K And, at last, a little 100-word snack. Alice from Wonderland, grown up. I love the first sentence.

Children

Stretched Too Thin His Dark Materials | G | 1K This was a fic with some of my favourite things from this canon: Lyra’s Oxford years, rulebreaking, rooftopping, shapeshifting, and a focus on the relationship between her and Pan. Very nice.

Free To The People. A Series of Unfortunate Events | G | 1K An excellent Snicket voice. The Baudelaires in a library.

Iconic male duos of classic literature

Ubi sunt gaudia Raffles | G (M/M) | 5K  Raffles and Bunny and Christmas in the countryside, quite atmospheric.

Relics Frankenstein | G (M/M) | 5K Written like the novel is written—serious, heavy, slow and so good. Victor is dead, but Robert can’t move on just yet. The necessary conclusion of this one made something in me want to protest, which just goes to show that the fic made me feel things.

The Vast Unknown Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | G | 3K Aronnax doesn’t leave and things have to change. It reads like Verne, in a very good way, and contains some linguistic tidbits I really enjoyed.

beautiful meanings in ugly things The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde (Comics), The Picture of Dorian Gray | T (M/M) | 5K What delightful writing and characters. The investigation runs parallel to the romance, one complementing the other.

Full House 221B Baker Towers | NR | 9K A casefic made all the more interesting by the setting and the characterizations of John and Sherlock. I wish there was more of this to read.

beneath closed eyelids I do not cease to guard this  A Study in Emerald | T (M/M) | 2K A character study of Watson. I really liked the loving, desperate arms this fic extends towards the canon, once-removed (the Arthur Conan Doyle’s one) at the end.

Ancient times

New Under Heaven Akkadian Empire RPF | G | 0.3K Enheduanna was the first poet we know the name of. This is an intriguing triple drabble, a glimpse into what she might have been like.

Easy to Love Tanakh | G (M/F, M/M) | 1K This one has an extremely unusual narrative voice for a fic—one of an experienced, loud, oral, old-timey storyteller. It’s short, it’s chilling, it has an interesting idea, it reminds me of what fanfic can do as a piece of transformative writing.

Aliens, magic, ghosts and sentient vehicles

Strange Fandom Strange Planet | T | 0.1K A bite-sized explanation of what fics are, Strange Planet-style. 

Ain Humans Are Space Orcs (meme) | G | 1K Blessed be confusion! Two species meet on a planet that has been saved from a supernova blast. A fascinating glimpse into what feels like a rich world.

The Bargain 19th Century CE German Literature RPF | G | 4K There’s music and magic and deals made with folk creatures. I really enjoyed the main character—rational, but still a child with a childlike imagination—and the place art has in this world.

Rotten Heart Behind You (webcomic) | T | 5K  This one has a very fun protagonist for a ghost story and some enjoyable trope subversions. I called it a student gothic, the giftee called it an academic thriller.

12foot4 11Foot8 Bridge (anthropomorphic) | G | 2K An adorable story (very nicely) written for a cracky prompt. Cars and bridges are sentient and surprisingly relatable.

The Author of the Acacia Seeds

An Orchid Keeps Its Secrets G | 1K Art can sometimes transcend species. Orchids write fanfiction. I loved this so much—a worthy fic to a great canon.

Mother Bonesplitter's Children G | 2K This one is just as worthy. It’s a fictional academic paper related to a paradigm-shifting fictional conference about some fascinating ideas and hyenas.

4′33″

Portable 4′33″ G | 0K For starters: the experience of the piece, presented as an app/game for our modern sensibilities.

273 Moments of Silence. G (F/F, F/M) | 2K Sentences full of silence that IMO could work as guided meditation.

John Cage Collaborates with the Archive's Terms of Service G | 0K Socratic dialogue. Is 4'33" music? Is this a fanfic?

The Sound Of A Yuletide Fic Not Being Written. G | 1K And a fun meta thing to finish it off. If you’ve ever struggled with your Yuletide assignment, you will probably relate.

#idanit reads #yuletide #yuletide2019 #fic rec #yuletide fic rec #i wish yuletide was more popular in my fannish circles #but what can i do when i mostly camp out in huge fandoms like sherlock or good omens

[thecocaptian]

LGBTQ

I had actually had this post ready to go for some time now but, continuously put it off. It isn't something I talk about too often because I feel it is constantly in my face. I don't think anyone should feel bad for asking since I know I have put myself in a position to be someone people can come to with their curiousoties and concerns; I have just found this subject to be very personal. So, this is my offical post concerning where I stand on the LGBTQ platform. When Aidan had first came out as transgender the number one question from family and friends was "What's going to happen to your relationship?" The second and most bothersome was and still is, "Does this mean you are straight now?" Personally, the biggest annoyance I've received is the constant nudge to "pick a side" so to speak and probably the most difficult for me to discuss. I don't have an issue with labels but, labeling myself is something I have difficulty doing. There are many people who are so sure and so proud to say things like, "I'm a lesbian" or "I am bisexual" and I am completely supportive of that. I just feel as though I don't, nor do I have to, fit into a category. I am a woman faithfully married to a man and to me it is as simple as that. Imagine my surprise at age 12, coming home from a long day of middle school, watching Disney Channel and realizing that Keely Teslow is just as attractive as Phil Diffy. Then maturing and realizing that anyone regardless of their gender identification could spark my interest. Queer: Individuals who experience fluidity in their experience of sexuality or gender and therefore do not identify strictly as LGB or T. If I absolutely feel that it needs to be addressed with someone, I like to use the umbrella term, queer. It covers it all and I am comfortable with it. Personally, my sexual orientation does not reflect my reaction to my husband's first coming out as transgender. I was fearful of losing the person I loved; a thought I now find foolish a bit over 2 years later. My point of this post is to show that it is okay to not fit into a group and in my personal experience, it didn't cross my mind that I could not stay committed to my long-term relationship to my now husband because of my sexual identity. I've had people message me before, explaining that their loved one is transitioning and now they themselves are questioning their own identity. I had experienced this confusion at first but, it doesn't have to be difficult. I encourage all to take time to do their own soul-searching and discover what it is that makes them comfortable and happy. In the beginning, I've made sure to spend time inside and outside of my own head to discover who I truly am and still do. I would suggest that anyone, regardless of their situations to practice this.