shadowhive

Yesterday I watched Luca on Disney+ which was pretty sweet. It’s given a lot of people all kinds of vibes and I can see why, especially what the grandma says at the end.

I watched Kylie's Showgirl concert on sky arts and it was a nice reminder just how many awesome songs he has. Plus there were many scantily clad dancers so she clearly knows her audience.

I wish I knew why I’ve been so drained and low energy lately. Yesterday I just went so tired, in the afternoon, in the night. I can’t say it was because of the heat because it was cool and wet yesterday. I dunno, it’s odd. Maybe it’s a depression thing.

I did some of the Summerfest game demos on Xbox yesterday and so I’ve not tried 6. out of those its 50/50, between games I liked and games I didn’t. Liked is Tunic, Catlateral damage and Ariette Of Spirits.

Today Naryu is happy cause she had a walk and saw two of her poodle friends.

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So it’s the last June something stuff already, aww.

Day 19: What is something that you associate with a character in fandom, but aren't sure if it's canon or fandom?

Hmm, honestly, I’m not sure. My mind is feeling a bit blank, though I’m sure there’s something obvious. Maybe I’ll think and edit something in here.

Edit: I’ve been in the Waterparks fandom for five minutes but I can see how Awsten has heart eyes for Otto (and likes to see him eat). Otto is technologically inept.

In Star Wars after Episode IX Finn and Poe get married (and also Finn gets trained as a Jedi). Both of these things should have happened! *grumbles how they wasted a perfectly good character in Finn*
 
Day 20: A random character shows up at your doorstep at dinnertime saying a friend sent them.  Why did your friend send that person, how does it go, and what do you talk about?  

I think it depends on the friend. I think it’s either be Maxx from Set It Off or Ray from MCR. As for what we’d talk about it would depend if I could talk. I’m a naturally shy person and I think I’d just be a bit overwhelmed at them being here. It’d probably end up being talk about nerdy stuff, or maybe about music (Ray could show me some stuff on the guitar I’ve got). And if Maxx I’d ask why the Lonely Dance was like that.

Day 17: Do you prefer art, fic, or vids?  Why?  Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?

Definitely fic or art over vids., though I’ve not been the best at reading lately, cause my focus has been pretty bad.

As for gifts, again fic or art is good! I’ve missed getting gift fic so anything would be nice, like I mentioned a few posts back. *sends inspiration vibes*


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Yesterday wasn’t too exciting, other than Loki which was another great ep filled with feels.

I watched the first ep of First Wave on horror channel but it was a bit eh and I don’t think I’ll watch more.

I did end up doing two of the summer fest demos, Tunic and Strings Theory. Tunic was cute, though tough towards the end. Strings Theory was tricky and I gave up on one of the levels cause I lost focus. I’m gonna try some of the others later

Tonight is another Xbox stream, so I’m curious if there’ll be more info on stuff.

There’s been a new Picard teaser trailer, which I’m curious about. I’m glad Seven is gonna be back though it doesn’t seem something strange is going on.

The switch is being annoying since the last update, which is happening to others too, in that downloads get error codes. It’s so annoying.

This morning the elder scrolls loot crate came, which included a tee as well as sone pretty atronach bowls (although they are a little small).

There was annoyance when we went to walk the pup, as my keys had fell out my pocket in the horse and I only realised when we went out. I managed to squeeze back in under the garage door but it was still so annoying.

So first catching up on the last two June somethings

Day 13: Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.

So when I saw this I was a bit like ‘hmm I’m not sure’ which was one of the reasons I didn’t answer it, but thinking of it I’ve come up with a few things.

Underage: I’m not a fan of it really, I mean if it’s between teenagers it’s ok but younger is a bit… Nah.

Memory loss: this is a pretty big one for me and it’s for a definite personal reason. My nan has Alzheimer’s and seeing her go through that, seeing her mind fade until she looked blankly at us… I just, no. It’s a big nope from me.

…damn I know something else came into my mind but now that I’m sitting here typing this… they’ve gone out of my head, which is annoying.

Oh there’s one thing which, I dunno if it counts as a squick, it’s probably more of an annoyance. So ao3 is great because it has a tagging system, but what’s not great is when people do these posts and every chapter is a different fic…. In a different fandom. So the tag list becomes a mass of fandoms and pairings and it just becomes this huge block of text (even worse if they don’t have the pairings listed in chapters or a contents page).
 
Day 14: What fandom broke your heart?

I’m not a big crier. It takes a lot to make me cry, but I’ll tell you what has made me cry and that’s Star Wars. First off Revenge Of The Sith made me teary when I watched it, especially during order 66 and everything on Mustafar (it still has the power to do that, especially after the clone wars).

Th second point is much later, in 2016. It was around christmas and news broke that something had happened to Carrie Fisher. I’d hoped that she would pull through, that she was a fighter and she’d be ok… but she didn’t. And I just, I was a mess. And I dunno why, but it just upset me so much.

Needless to say when I saw The Last Jedi, and there were scenes with Princess Leia both almost dying and having a last conversation with Luke (and then it being dedicated to her) it made me cry.

So yeah.

I’m gonna try and catch up on reading other people’s June something posts at some point, maybe later.

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Ok away from emotional stuff.

Yesterday I watched Miss Congeniality 2 because it was on tv, which I hoped it would be, and it was fun. Not as good as the first one, but it was still funny.

Yesterday was the Xbox e3 presentation and it was pretty good. Most everything is going to be on game pass, and there was a lot of trailers for stuff though my mind is pretty bad at remembering them. I’m excited for Starfield, which is coming out next year cause it’s spacey, and Hades is coming to Xbox in a few months which is awesome!

However the best game of yesterday wasn’t during that, but during the Square Enix stream after it. I wasn’t going to watch it and only caught the start because I was watching something else but I’m glad I did. Because the first game (which took up about 15 minutes of the stream which felt a tad long) was a Guardians Of The Galaxy game! It looks awesome and so fun and it’s just we! It’s coming out the week after my birthday and mums agreed to put at least some towards it so woo!

Although you know what was annoying? They replaced some of the music for the stream due to issues and just… DMCA is so fucking awful like that, that an official developer stream of a game that will obviously have a music focus had to stream it out… what a stupid fucking thing. Ugh.

(I did win a code for something called Griftlands from an Xbox co stream thing so I’ll go on that tonight I think.)

Last night I watched Jeepers Creepers, cause someone mentioned it on Twitter the other day and I’d not seen it in years. It was pretty good, though I had to wonder exactly what the deal is with the creeper being tied to the song. It seemed to be just used because of the last scene.

Before it I did watch the Waterparks stream again, because it was the last night to watch it and I’d not realised it. It was a pretty good show and I’m glad I got to watch again.

I did end up getting a spark of creativity last night, so I ended up finishing the first season of kink fic, woo! I might work on finishing the angsty fic next, before deciding what the next one is.

Today there’s no E3 stuff which seems pretty strange. I’m gonna try and finish Thirteen Storeys though and then… I dunno what book will be next. Maybe Into The Darkness, or the graphic novels I have. We’ll see.

E3 started yesterday with summer game fest and it was… ok. There wasn’t any bug reveals (not that I expected any) but there were some interesting indie ones, like planet of Lana and two point campus. Plus there’s a bunch of ID at Xbox game demos going up next week including Tunic which is so cute!

There’s an Xbox sale for e3 and, while it’s advertised as big there’s not much that interests me. There’s the new Resident Evil remakes (2 and 3), Control and the season passes for Valhalla and Fenyx. I’m not sure if I’ll get any of them, but we’ll see.

The Doctor Who season 24 blu ray has been delayed a week which… well, it’s not a surprise. The collection blu rays are always delayed by varying degrees, hell this one has already been delayed a few weeks so… *shrugs* hopefully there’ll be a trailer soon for whatever the next one is.

The weather has been so annoying, because the warm is kinda frying my brain. It’s made it a bit hard to focus on reading anything, or working on fic. Which is annoying. It seems to be cloudy today so there might be rain so… hopefully that helps.

Anyway, gonna catch upon June something stuff now, then may fic some.

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Day 8: Crack!fic - We all know it. What's your opinion of it, and if you want, show us an example.

When I think think of crack fic my mind goes to the really strange stuff, like when people are turned into things or something bizarre like that. The first one that comes to mind is the one from the first ep of Awsten’s podcast, where him and Geoff are trees and… tree sexy time ensues.

I dunno, I don’t really have much of an opinion on them. If people are creative and happy then that’s good enough for me.
 
Day 9: Drop the cast of a fandom you follow into a reality tv show - who/what/why?  If you need a list of reality TV show examples, click here.

Honestly, I’m not big on reality tv shows. The first one that comes to mind is Big Brother, and.. well, that could probably be fun, either with a bunch of bands or The Umbrella Academy. The thing is with the latter that Five would just leave at the first opportunity using his powers (even if just to get coffee).
 
Day 10: Drop your OTP or small ensemble from the fandom they're in into another fandom - how do they do?

I’d like to see the Ways getting involved in something geeky, because they’re such nerds I could easily picture them dropped into Marvel/Star Wars/etc. And there’s just something special about Gerard being dropped in the worlds he created, with the Killjoys or The Umbrella Academy.

I can see The Umbrella Academy’s time travelling thing going wrong (again) and them ending up in some other world or timeline, I can easily see them ending up in the Marvel or Killjoys universe or something like that.
 
Day 11: What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?

I’m incredibly stubborn. If I’m in a fandom I’m pretty much stuck there. (Just look at how I’ve been treated by band peeps and I’m still there.) I think it’d take something huge for me to leave something I’m in.

As for not getting into fandoms. I dunno. There’s some things or shows that don’t really interest me (like reality tv stuff) so I’d not get into those. And then there’s stuff like the hand maids tail, which just sounds so depressing I’m not sure how anyone can watch it (that’s the first thing that came to mind because I saw an ad for it the other night)

Saying that though I have kinda… abandoned things due to associations with people. Being screwed over by people killed my interest in Motionless In White and Hannibal. So…

Hopefully I can get back to doing the other June somethings on schedule.

Today turned out to be a lazy day as I expected, though I did end up watching two films (we finished season 7 of Castle but I dozed off during it).

First was Raya And The Last Dragon, which I went in pretty much blind. I knew it was about the last dragon and I’d seen the Lego sets about it, which made me think it was based around a palace (which it’s not). So it was actually pretty good. I want a tuk tuk, they’re so cute. And is anyone get vibes for a Raya and that sword wielding princess? (And one of the last scenes made me think of the end of the first Guardians film)

After Castle, and as I mentioned dozing, we put on the next Potter film which is Order Of The Phoenix. It made me wonder, does anyone actually like Umbridge? I mean for pretty much everything, there’s people that like the villains, but I just don’t see anyone liking her. I think it’s to do with the fact that most villains are… well unrealistic. I mean that in the sense that we’re not going to have any experience with dark wizards or supervillains, but someone like Umbridge? I think we’ve all known someone like that and I think that’s what makes her scary.

Last night there was also Download Reloaded on Sky Arts which was good to watch. It was nice to see Linkin apart and I’m glad they played two songs from the set. What was most impressive to me from all the performances was the drummer of Parkway Drive, because his drum kit was in something like a hamster wheel. At first it just went from side to side but over the set it went all the way around which was impressive. There’s a second part tonight and I’m curious.

And the funny part? When I watched mum said ‘is this Coldplay?’ About Linkin park

Why are usb chargers so useless? There’s another one that seemed to be great and last night it went funny and.. ugh.

I did mean to watch or game something spooky, but I just went so… ugh. My eyes ached again and I’m not sure if it’s a side effect or because of the weather being so warm and ugh. But yeah I ended up just laying in the dark for a bit.

It’s been grey and wet this morning which is nice. Mum thought about me making cupcakes from a kit I got, but when I read the instructions it needed more fridge space than we have so that’ll be next week. It’s cause it’s a science kit, with these jelly balls on the top (it’s one of These)

And now onto the June something

Day 6: What's a fandom that you wish had a bigger following?

I do wish the welsh bands had a bigger following, but unfortunately they never seemed to and most have fragmented. I think Bullet For My Valentine is the only one still definitely active and even they have lost two members (including my boy Jay). As mentioned before I think almost all fic for Bullet and Jay exists because of me and… that’s sad,

I wish Set It Off had a bigger fandom ficwise, because there’s hardly anything there which is a shame. I wish there was more Good Charlotte fic too but then they seem to be inactive. I wish there was more stuff with Claudio from Coheed And Cambria too, because curls.

My post awhile back includes other pretty boys I’d like to see content for though I’m sure I missed someone.

While The Used has a lot of content in the tag, most is just Bert/Gerard stuff and I feel there should be more content with the band internally (because Bert has kissed them all so why isn’t there stuff with that).

I’m sure there’s something else too that my mind is just…. Blanking. I think there’s probably stuff I watch that I’d like to find more people interested in (even not just fic wise) but I honestly can’t think of what.

Day 4: What are the origins of your penname/username?

This goes back in the LJ days and it was my first real username. It asked me for a username and I wasn’t sure what to put, but for some reason shadow hive came to mind and it just… stuck. Im not sure on the shadow part, but the hive part is from Resident Evil.

In the first live action Resident Evil film there is an underground research facility, called the Hive. It’s under Racoon City and it’s here that research into the t-virus is going on (why research it there, when Umbrella Corporation is shown to have more remote facilities is… baffling). The virus escapes, everyone dies and… then the film happens.

I still think the first two are the best of the films and that the last one, as I recall, is a bit of a mess trying to put in links that weren’t there.

But I digress!

I kinda wish I’d switched to something else after all the issues but never could, not really, the closest is spookyhive on twitter which came about during a Halloween season.

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Last night was pretty uneventful, though my eyes were achy again and I went to sleep pretty early.

This morning I watched a Talk It Off Podcast, the latest one (i still need to watch the others) which was pretty fun, though it was funny that the video corrupted at some point and it got choppy. At the side of the youtube video there was a link to merch bar and because it was in £’s I assumed it was uk based, so I went to get a Set It Off tee on sale… and the shopping was more than the tee. Ugh.

There’s also this waterparks tee which I really want but ugh, the shipping. I’m trying to find it on a uk site but can’t seem to and it’s annoying, but then it does seem to be an older one.

When we walked the pup it seems the geese babies are all gone now which is so sad, but also what the hell happened to them? I get the sinking feeling it’s because of people and I hate them.

After the Lego reveal yesterday two sets are up for preorder on the Lego site, and I really want the Mandalorian fighter. I might get it for my birthday,

I just real a Thirteen Storeys chapter, which had a nice link to the last one and it reminded me of a horror film, (I think it’s called Drag Me To Hell?) because it seemed similar in some ways. I didn’t like the main character all that much, much like the character in that film

I might try and fic later if I get an idea and then game before there’s the Waterparks gig tonight.

Speaking of I watched a thing on YouTube the other night and it seems so fitting for the fic Im working on because it shows them at the side of the stage watching Set It Off and there was a bit with them together. It just seems perfect.

Midnight The Final Chapter is up on Spotify now too, so I might give that a listen tonight since there’s a listening party planned. I’m not sure if there’s a disc release of it though which is a shame.

E3 starts next week and I’m excite, especially for the Xbox and nintendo stuff.

Yesterday ended up being pretty tiring, first because it was sunny and we took Naryu a longer walk to see the horses and, ugh, the heat. Then the food shop came, but not till late so that was…ugh,

I read another Thirteen Storeys which was good though the climax seemed a bit.. I dunno. But it definitely feels like it’s all interconnected and building to something. Which is to be expected when all the story’s are in the same place and it is, of course, building to something.

I dunno if that makes any sense at all though.

DS9’s final chapter continued last night and ugh, I’d forgot how good it all was. And how so many secondary characters were given real spotlights, like they’re given as much time in some eps as the main ones are.

Last night we ended up having one of the little bottles of cider and it ended up getting to me a bit so I didn’t stay up long. Plus a Geoff from Waterparks did a stream so I watched that (and aww he’s such a geek and skinwalker was sweet and got me a sub)

Today mums friend came and I had to go to town to put money on mums account. I ended up going into a few places too, including B and M, though it seems I left one of the things I got behind (one of the Lego blind bags) which is annoying. The one I got was nice though, a Jaguar warrior with a fancy shield. I got a few other random bits too..l including some of those calico critters blind bags cause they were so cute, and one has a tiny violin while another is a lil poodle called Milo 🖤

I almost went into McDonald’s to get the Pokemon stuff in the happy meal but ugh… it looked too busy and I’d have felt awkward.

But ugh it was far too warm, ugh.

Anyway, today’s June something before I snuggle

Day 2: You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them?  Bonus question: What about adding a third to your OTP from a different fandom?  Who and why?

I wonder how many can guess what the OTP is before they look up under the cut

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