Snowflake challenge 2020 1

[shadowhive]

Happy new year! I hope everyone and a fun and safe night. I spent it mostly snuggled and watching stuff (we ended up watching Spectre since it was on). Just before midnight we opened the bottle of Kir Royale and drank it while watching the Hootenanny and then I went on Elder Scrolls Online and did a quest on it and getting event tickets. I did finish a Christmas fic and started another so, yay!

Today has been slow so far, I spent the morning snuggling in bed and I read an umbrella kink fill. I’ve walked Naryu now and I’m watching Phineas and Ferb before iplayering some things. Today is new Doctor Who woo!

Anyway! It’s also the start of the snowflake challenge so...

Challenge #1

In your own space, introduce yourself! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Hi! I’m Stuie, I’m 33 and from the UK. Currently I’m a student with the Open University (currently studying cell biology). It suits me well cause I can do my uni reading at home, often snuggled up and don’t have to deal with people and travelling.

Fandom wise I‘m all over the place I love all kinds of sci fi stuff, like Star Wars, Star Trek and Doctor Who. I like watching stuff on Netflix too. I’m currently watching the second series of Final Space and then I’ll be watching The Good Place, the latest The Dragon Prince as well as the new Lost In Space and The Witcher.

I also listen to a few podcasts, mostly Welcome to Night Vale and I’m currently going through The Magnus Archives which is so awesome and spooopy.

I also game, I’m working my way through Star Wars Fallen Order again soon and I’ve been back on Stardew Valley lately. I’m really looking forward to Animal Crossing this year, yay!

However the ones I write for are Bandom (usually My Chemical Romance and lately Fall Out Boy) and The Umbrella Academy tv show (which is awesome, watch if you haven’t!). I did write stuff for Welsh bands but I’ve not really found anyone that still reads it... I keep hoping to find someone that does but alas.

So what can you expect from my dreamwidth? I tend to ramble about my days sometimes. I also post fic. Occasionally I’ll do thoughts on films I’ve seen and I did ones for the Doctor Who collection blu rays last year as I watched them (I’ll probably do them when I get the new one at the end of the month).

This is my second year doing the snowflake challenge and I’m really looking forward to it since it was so fun last year.

That’s it really. If anyone has questions or anything or feel like adding me, feel free!

Comments

[spikedluv]

*waves* Hi! Thanks for the wonderful introduction! I have no idea what it means but I loved your description of The Magnus Archives as 'spoopy'. *g*

[shadowhive]

*waves back* hi! 🖤 awww thanks, you’re sweet!

Thanks! *thinks how to describe it in more detail* each episode is in the former of a statement that someone has written (read by the titular archives head archivist so there’s a recording of it). Each statement is about a person having some form of supernatural or unexplained encounter. So many of these are genuinely creepy, so if you like horror stuff it’s well worth a listen🖤

[sperrywink]

Hey! Nice intro. Sci-fi is a great genre. I keep on meaning to watch The Expanse or at least read the books the way people go on about it.

[shadowhive]

Aww thanks! It really is! I’ve been meaning to watch it too for the same reason

[badfalcon]

I've been thinking about signing up for the OU and currently trying to decide between biology sciences and history/classical studies. How do you find studying science with them?

[shadowhive]

Oh nice! Good luck if you do!

It’s good! You get everything that you need for the course, which is usually a set of books (other courses I’ve done have included dvds and charts). When you first sign up with them you get log in info for the website as well. The website includes a timetable for what you’re expected to read as well as links to online versions of the texts (and sometimes videos) I usually read in the weekday mornings which works out best for me and... yeah, it’s interesting and the books good at explaining most things.

Every so often you have to do something called a TMA which is an assignment. They’re usually 3-4 questions about whatever you’ve studied and there’s usually a few over the duration of a course. It used to be that there’d be a bigger one at the end, but my last few courses have had exams instead

I hope that helps! If you have any other q’s let me know

[badfalcon]

Thank you :)

I got as far as requesting a call back to discuss registering one the arts & humanities access courses and to find out about finance options... it's still a wait and see at the moment. The deadline for February courses is the end of next week so if I do start, it won't be til the October course but I'm still super excited. Natalie's saying my excitement over potentially doing a history/classical studies course is palpable, even through chat :D

[shadowhive]

Oh nice! Good luck with it, you’ll have to let me know how it goes (and what course you decide to do🖤) yay for excitement!

[wenchpixie]

\o/ Who is BACK and the first eppy was EXCELLENT!

[shadowhive]

Ahhh yes! I did a post about it earlier cause squee!

[shipperslist]

A fellow audiodrama fan, hello! 🙋🏻‍♀️

Come yell at me about TMA whenever.

[shadowhive]

Hi! Yay😁

*flails over it* it’s just so awesome! I need to listen to it more soon

[shipperslist]

If you feel the burning need for more horror audiodrama, let me know.

[shadowhive]

Ohh of course! What do you recommend? I’ll add it to my to listen later thing

[shipperslist]

Well... *rubs hands together*
Not all of these are strictly horror in the way you might think from TMA but... give some them a try.

Mental/psychological horror
- Aftershocks
- The Blood Crow Stories S1: SS Utopia
- The Grey Rooms
- The Lift (especially S1)
- Mabel (this is... weird. just so you know)
- Rose Drive
- Station Blue
- Tribulation
- The Veil

Creatures
- The Black (from Shadowpublications)
- The Bridge
- Father Dagon
- Paralyzed
- The Phenomenon
- We're Alive (ZOMBIES!)

Space
- Alien: Solara (yes, it's an Alien fan audiodrama)
- The Derelict Saga (from Shadowpublications)
- The Hyacinth Disaster
- Janus Descending
- Sayer

Body horror
- Archive 81
- Darkest Night

And EVERYTHING from Fool & Scholar Productions, especially The White Vault and Vast Horizon

[shadowhive]

Ohhh thanks! I’ve not heard of them so I’ll have to give them a listen sometime (once I’m done going through tma) do you have any fav ones from those?

[shipperslist]

I have a huge, MASSIVE, ever-expanding audiodrama-I-listen-to list where all my favorites are bolded. It's in alphabetical order and doesn't differentiate between genres, though.

[shadowhive]

Ohh I’ll keep it open! That’s an impressive list, didn’t realise there was so many!

[shipperslist]

There's SO MUCH good audiodrama out there! If you use twitter, I recommend you check out #audiofictionlove and #audiodramasunday.

[shadowhive]

It seems so!😁 yeah. Use it, I’ll have to have a lookseee

[turps]

This is a very excellent intro.

[shadowhive]

Aww thank you!