shadowhive | Entries tagged with sunshine challenge 2020

So here is my tag for this year’s challenge. Feel free to read and comment!

What are my thoughts on it this year? It’s certainly been a different challenge. It’s been interesting thinking on the different colours, even though some are easier than others. I do prefer more specific question, but it was good to do something different as was seeing other’s posts.

If you want feel free to add me, new people are always welcome! I mostly post about geeky stuff, so Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars, though expect slew of The a Umbrella Academy stuff as I watch the new series. Most of my posts are random rambles though I do post pics of my pets and such.

So yeah! Hi!

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So yesterday we ended up going to Wolverhampton and it wasn’t as busy as I thought it would be. It was my first time going into town so I was nervous but... it was ok. We managed to exchange the bracelets ok, the reason for going, and we gotta few things from Poundland but other than that...

Forbidden Planet was disappointing, despite the advertised sale there wasn’t actually much in it in store so I actually didn’t get anything from it, which was a shame but it’s also good mostly. Other than that we got Krispy Kreme before heading out and I wish I got the tarot book I’d seen in the works.

But damn it was hot and it was hot again today. Eww,

Oddly my eyes ended up aching so I actually had an early night last night, after magnum pi and qi. That was annoying cause I started a fic Wednesday and hoped to get it done yesterday, but causa my eyes I just... couldn’t. But I did finish it today, huzzah!

This morning so far has been ok. I had a good price on turnips on AC (though being an it didn’t last), walked the pup (though damn the heat) and finished fic. I’m gonna start The Umbrella Academy season 2 after today’s witchy school thing and maybe watch Host on shudder tonight, if I don’t get too tired. (Thankfully my eyes seem fine today so that’s good)

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Tv

Prompt 7: Violet
Violet is a cheerful color that is associated with a variety of things including: originality, self-esteem, insight, poetry, discernment, understanding, creativity, music, perception, inhibition, and health.

Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones. — Bruce Garrabrandt

Insight, understanding, and creativity are some wonderful qualities to concentrate on for our final 2020 prompt. Here we ask you: what things are you able to offer others to bring a little sunshine into their lives?

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So we’re already at the last prompt, it seems to have gone quick but then again time has no meaning this year.

Purple is perhaps my favourite colour and yet trying to think of fandom things where it’s the focus feels tricky. The main thing that comes to mind is Welcome To Night Vale, where the main iconography is purple. But other than that...

I’m sure there’s something obvious that will come to mind later though.

So I’ll switch to the other parts of the prompt instead.

My creative outlet is usually writing but this year... it’s really sapped my creativity. When I do write it’s mostly band fic or, from last year, The Umbrella Academy. I usually write fairly short things, I don’t have the focus to write the epics that some do and I think my mind would wander if I tried.

As a kid I wrote poetry but I’ve not for years. I like arting sometimes but I have no skill for it so I mostly do simple things.

As for insight... I’m not sure I have insight in anything, not really.

For the last question... I dunno. I try and be kind. I mostly just post nonsense ( or pics of my pets or stuff from my games).

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Set It Off - Bleak December

Prompt 6: Indigo
Indigo is a rich color that is associated with a variety of things including: magic, experience, truth, dignity, virtue, dreams, profanity, inferiority, imagination, luxury, wisdom, spirit, destiny, elegance, intuition.

The world is full of magic things,
patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper —W.B. Yeats

What magic have you experienced in your life? Have you come to appreciate it differently as you grow older? What experiences have brought you wisdom?

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I’ll be honest, nothing immediately came to mind for indigo. It’s always been the odd one out of the rainbow song colours I feel. All the others are distinct, whereas indigo is just... dark blue to me.

So instead of talking about the colour itself I’ll talk about the side about magic.

I think everyone at some point has had an interest in magic, be it from a book or film or show. Stuff like Merlin, Harry Potter, the worst witch are just a few things I remember watching. I’d like to believe that there is real magic in the world, but the world right now is kinda a mess.

I’ve ended a poly relationship with two witches, so I’m gonna try and learn something about that. (Milo is setting up a witches school discord so I hope that will, help). I’m not sure on my path or anything, but I guess that’s something I’ll find out as we go.

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Last night I was going to watch the next Umbrella Academy But instead I ended up shutting down which was... annoying. Depression is a bitch.

Mum also fell yesterday, while we were out with the pup. She was ok, managing to brace herself, but it still shook her up. She hasn’t had a sudden fall in awhile which is good but it just highlights why I don’t want her in the garden when I’m upstairs or not around.

I’ve downloaded a few of the summer game fest game demos from the Xbox, so I’m gonna try and go on them. And ooblets, since I got it Monday,

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Taskmaster

Prompt 5: Blue
Blue is a tranquil color that is associated with a variety of things including: balance, discovery, peace, calm, openness, patience, honor, grace, trust, depression, recovery, prophecy, respect, empathy, flexibility, and water.

Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue – that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man’s destruction is finished. – Georgia O’Keeffe

Blue is often introspective and deep in its calm stillness. When you have been blue, have you been patient with yourself? Have you taken the time to explore your inner self and discover ways to progress?

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When I think of blue I think of, primarily, the sea and the sky. (Well when the latter is not perpetually grey like it can be here)

I’ve always loved the sea even though I am, unfortunately, hours away from it. Almost every summer as a kid we’d go on a road trip to the seaside, which would inevitably include me paddling in the sea, or searching for rock pools or going in the sea life centre (if there was one). These trips tapered off when my grandparents got older (my grandad was the driver) but later we would manage to go to the beach with trips organised by someone on the village. I’d often be the youngest person on such trips (unless there was a child) with most people being elderly. Unfortunately the lady that organised them passed a few years back and then such trips stopped happening.

I’ve always loved watching stuff about the sea and all the strange and pretty animals that live beneath the surface. The sea truly is a strange place. I love going to aquariums, though I don’t often get to go. Last time I did was in November with my live and it was so nice (even though the penguins weren’t there). I was meant to go again this year (we got extra tickets cause of the penguin exhibit being closed) but... the virus happened. I hope they’ll be good for longer than intended, but I might try and go around my birthday,

Two weeks ago there was an update to Animal Crossing, which added the ability to swim in the ocean and dive, catching some of the strange life from beneath the sea. This includes the vampire squid and the mantis shrimp, but there’s also mundane stuff life seaweed. The update also included Pascal the cute otter that gives you stuff and drops wisdom for a scallop.

On the same day I won a code for a game called Beyond Blue. It was done in collaboration with the makers of Blue Planet II and as such is very pretty. You get to dive with all kinds of fish and have to scan them. The main storyline (over the course of 8 dives) is to do with whales, but you also get to see sharks and dolphins as well as deep sea stuff too. I finished it just a few days back and I think it’s definitely worth playing. I just need to go back and scan stuff for the last achievements.

One of the things about lockdown is that I’ve ended up following a bunch of animal accounts, as well as aquariums and such. One of them is the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California and every week they do a stream on twitch... on animal crossing. They talk about the various animals that you can find in the game, and they have had various experts come on to talk about insects or fossils. Today’s steam (at 3pm PT, 11pm uk time) is gonna have some people come and talk about the art in the game which is gonna be interesting,

The current book I’m reading, the Night Bale book The Faceless Old Woman That Secretly Lives In Your Home, is also blue. This is appropriate as the first part is set on an estate by the sea and the third (that I’m currently reading) is set on the sea. It’s a pretty good book so far, I’m certainly enjoying it and I’m gonna read more later. (It also includes an ace character).

Other fandom blue things Include lightsabers in Star Wars (and R2’s panels). The medical/science division colours in Star Trek. Captain America. The blue rupees in Zelda (and most of the Zora and Nayru iconography). The blue of party poison’s jacket (my main jacket).

Like red/orange and green are the primarily colours of the fire and grass starters of Pokemon, blue is the primarily colour of the water type starter. Unlike those colours though, water Pokemon tend to be more varied especially after gen 1. (I have, looking at me right now, the mega blox gyrados)

And there’s also Sadness, from Inside Out, a character I immensely related to when I saw her.

Also Blue is a british boyband from when I was a teen that were quite important fandom wise. They were the first band I wrote for as well as including some of my first guy crushes. (One which turned out to be bi yess!) they’re still pretty good and even did Eurovision once.

Non fandom stuff that’s blue: the blue dorito packets (the best kind), the blue of blu ray cases and the blue of my switch joy con. I’m sure there’s something I’m missing too but I’ve rambled enough about blue,

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Last week I had an email saying that my Making Of The Umbrella Academy book was due to come in August as opposed to this week. The Wednesday I had a mail saying it was coming Today. But yesterday I had one saying it was four stops away. So it came yesterday. Because of the timing (after 7) I’ve not had a good look at . There’s a few things that amuse me.

The characters aren’t in number order, which would be the logical choice. It goes Five, Diego, Klaus, Ben, Allison, Luther, Vanya. I love that my even boys are together. There’s a lot of details about the collectibles and posters (Including, it seems, boyband posters made especially for the show.) It doesn’t seem that there’s anything about Dave or Vietnam in general. (I’m also annoyed that Forbidden Planet have it on the site for what works out to be £10 less now, ugh)

SFX have an TUA cover so I’ve ordered that (since I dunno if I can get it from anywhere near here). I’m not sure when it’ll come though. Hopefully soon (but I need to get better at magazine reading).

Speaking of TUA I watched it Wednesday and mum actually sat and watched it too. It was the fifth ep, that introduces the Handler and has some nice Kliego moments (aka pretty much every moment they’re together). I should’ve done a post with more of my thoughts yesterday, but it was a pretty good ep and I love Ben’s iconic ‘weeeee!’

Yesterday’s Roswell New Mexico was nice in that it actually played out like a horror film and then ended in a potential poly relationship (unless Alex goes off with the cute new guy).

I also watched all of season 3 of the dragon prince at last. The last ep was titled the final battle and it was pretty epic, though it was clear in the last moments that it’s not over.

Also yesterday I went to the store to get dog biscuits and sawdust and it was... odd. There was no wait time to go in and next to no one had masks or anything. It just felt strange and I was super uncomfortable, but then I’ve felt like that every time I’ve gone in soo. (It probably didn’t help that my pod thing is still awol.)

I’m gonna snug now, have noms and then read I think, before the streams tonight (and I’m gonna try and watch Doctor Who on Drama tomorrow too.)

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Tv

Prompt 4: Green
Green is a rich color that is associated with a variety of things including: awakening, growth, renewal, productivity, intelligence, exuberance, prosperity, money, luck, envy, greed, survival, nature, spring, and birth.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. —Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Green can be the fresh growth of spring plants after a long winter. Green can be the good fortune waiting for you around each corner. What green things have you enjoyed this year?

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As I’m sure is true of many people, the first thing I think of when I think of green is nature. The green that comes from leaves in trees, bushes and flowers. I’m lucky in that I’m close to several green spaces, a park, a lik reservoir, a canal. I go to these places every day since I have Naryu to walk and it’s nice being around nature. I’m not sure I could love in a place without it.

(Which oddly leads to a conversation I had with mum last night about how you need to have the right mindset to go on a Mars. Such a mission would mean that you couldn’t just walk outside and enjoy nature and that might drive some people crazy, you’d also need a hydroponics bay to grow food and supply oxygen.)

Fandom wise most green things tend to be along those lines, representing plants or nature in some way. More often than not this is represented up the locations that are shown (the forest moon of Endor, the Kokiri Forest, viridian Forest) but there are examples of green used in other ways too.

In Star Wars the most prominent green character is Yoda (and the child) both representatives of an unknown green species whose origins have always been a mystery. My favourite green character (and also Jedi) is Kit Fisto. He only appears briefly in the films (before being unceremoniously killed off my Palpatine) but he’s in the Clone Wars too, albeit not at much as I’d have liked. Green is also the colour of the Halo, a bounty hunter’s ship that appears in the clone wars and, later, the Aftermath novels.

In Animal Crossing green appears as part of the natural surroundings (tree, bushes, plants, insects) but also in the iconography of items. Items are represented in the inventory by icons and furniture ones are green leaves (which is also one of the series many icons)

Doctor a Who doesn’t have two any green things, though there are two main races that are green. The Silurians and Ice Warriors. Both are reptilian races, the Silurians from ancient earth history and the ice warriors from Mars.

In Pokemon a huge swarth of them are green, most of whom are grass types. Since grass types are typically plant based most of them have some form of green colouring on their bodies. The grass starters like Bulbasaur are either all or partly green, as are their evolutions.

However the series with the perhaps the most prominent green iconography is Zelda. Link, the hero of all the games (although unlike, say Mario, most Link’s are actually different individuals) wear a green tunic. In some games this is his first outfit, in others it’s one he gains during his quest. The first dungeon in the games typically tends to be nature related with the reward for beating the boss being something green (like the kokiri emerald, the forest medallion). Green is associated with Farore, one of the three gold goddesses who created the triforce. As such green is often associated with courage, the courage to take the first step on a journey. And, of course, there’s the cute lil korok’s.

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After my post yesterday I ended up snuggling and reading some things from one of the Doctor Who magazines. I read two articles from one of the issues, one about the new series writers and one about the first doctor’s episodes, since there was a vote on twitter to decide on the best. (Personally I think it’s a little unfair that 5ey included some of the episodes that were lost. I mean who can have an opinion on something they literally can’t see?) I’ve not seen any of the first doctor eps in... a long time either so I can’t recall most that well,

There was the Ubisoft stream last night and I watched most of it. The focus was on three games. The first was Watch Dogs Legion. I’ve not really played the other games (despite having both) so I’m not sure I’d get this one. It looks like it could be fun, especially since you can place as a granny going round kicking ass (though it also seems grim). There’s Far Cry 6 which... I’m not too fussed about. And there was Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Although it looks cool (and it was nice to see Stonehenge) I’m just... not as sold on it as I was with Origins or Odyssey. No doubt I will get it, but yeah.

There’s gonna be another presentation at some point, so hopefully that will have other things like Rayman and such.

I ended up watching a new thing on Drama channel, My Life Is Murder, a detective thing from Australia and it turned out to be pretty good. It was strange seeing the kitty in it that looked like Solo, my old cat who’s been gone for years now.

I was gonna go on Beyond Blue but I got distracted and just ended up watching Maxx’s stream and then au was just too tired. Hopefully I’ll go on it tonight. I’m gonna read some soon too, more of the new Night Vale novel.

There’s been a trailer for Star Trek Lower Decks and it looks fun, it has a Final Space vibe to it. Still no non-us release info though sadly.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Tv

Prompt 3: Yellow
Yellow is a bright color that is associated with a variety of things including: joy, enlightenment, enthusiasm, alertness, danger, clarity, summer, expression, deceit, cowardice, confidence, satisfaction, and optimism.

All I feel is celestial desire
A distant joy is dancing all around me
All I see is yellow in the spring air
How beautifully the color worked itself in —CITIZEN, “Yellow Love”

Yellow can be a polarizing color, for some invoking the bright joy of optimism ... while serving as a symbol of duplicitous gutlessness for others. When has yellow been a prominent color in your life? Were you torn in two directions, or was its meaning clear?

So in my last post for the challenge, for orange, I said that I thought the next one would be yellow and it turns out I was right.

Yellow to me is the sun, or the sand of deserts. And it’s also things like lemons or bananas. In fandom terms yellow seems to be a colour that isn’t used too often, much like orange.

On Tuesday I got a delivery from Qwertee, which if you don’t know is a site that does t-shirts of all kinds of fandom things. I frequently buy tees from there because the designs are all awesome. The tee I’d ordered was of the ghost Pokemon from the first Gen (gastly, haunter, gengar) which are purple so you might wonder why I mention it here. Well I always got two insanitee’s, which are random t-shirts. I often get them if the offer is on and it’s... well, it depends if it’s something I know or not. Anyway, one of them, which I am wearing now has yellow prominently on it because it’s Homer Simpson, dresses as Indiana Jones, going to grab a donut (think of the first scene in the Indiana Jones films).

So yeah, the Simpsons, with it’s yellow characters, was one of the first things that comes to mind.

Another prominent thing that’s yellow is Pikachu from Pokemon. Pikachu is the series mascot and the most well known of all the Pokemon as a result. As such there’s a lot of Pikachu merchandise, helped by it being the star of the anime.

In Star Wars the opening crawl is yellow. There’s not too many yellow things in it tough. There’s the pretty Naboo N-1 starfighter which I love and there’s C-3PO which is more gold then yellow but I’m still counting for this. (And theres Anakin’s Jedi Interceptor which is also yellow... well until it gets destroyed).

Zelda has the triforce though again, that’s more good than yellow. And there’s also the yellow of light arrows, a weapon frequently used against the final bosses of various games.

Animal Crossing has Isabelle who is also yellow and she’s become a popular npc even appearing in Smash Bros. For New Horizons one of the first villagers I encountered when I was island hunting for them was Benjamin. He’s a cute dog villager with a lazy personality. Lazy villagers are my perhaps my favourite type because they’re sweet and funny and love food and sleep. As such I had to have him on my island and he’s still there.

And one thing that came to mind for yellow wasn’t a yellow coloured thing at all, but the song Yellow by Coldplay.

Edit: just after making this post, I went to take the pup a walk and, since it’s been raining we put her in her lil yellow jacket. This isn’t the best pic cause she wasn’t staying still but

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Absolute Radio

Prompt 2: Orange
Orange is a warm color that is associated with a variety of things including: excitement, vitality, invincibility, speed, vigilance, dedication, loyalty, family, success, friendship, power, change, harvest, and warmth.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Orange can be the warm sunrise after after the darkest night. It can be the bountiful harvest at the end of your hard work. When was a time where dedication and vigilance have reaped their rewards? What future harvests excite you?

Please feel free to answer in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it a memory you share or an artwork you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: paint or share a picture that evokes the theme of orange.

Orange is, like mentioned in the first line, a warm colour. I associate it with fire, with sunsets, with the leaves changing in fall. There’s also oranges (which I’m not too keen on personally), carrots (which I like) and pumpkins (which I love). Pumpkins symbolise halloween to me as I’m sure they do for many. I always have pumpkin soup on Halloween (as well as watching Nightmare Before Christmas and Trick R Treat). I’m bad at growing pumpkins, because things usually eat the plants sadly. We’ve planted some recently, which to my surprise came with a sewing kit to make a pumpkin so it was my first sewing project, even though it ended up more like an orange and the panels didn’t stick (and then the pup grabbed it).

Fandom wise there’s only two that I can think of that have it in a significant way (which I’ll get to later). Most fandoms only seem to have orange in a more minor way. Doctor Who has only had orange as a main colour in two things, one of the new paradigm daleks (which I actually quite liked, I wish they’d been in it more) and in the sanctuary base space suit that the tenth Doctor often used.

In Zelda orange isn’t often used either. Red is used in the various representations of fire (there’s often the triumvirate of red, blue and green in Zelda) so the only real thing I can think of as being orange, other than pumpkins, is the spirit medallion from Ocarina Of Time.

Animal Crossing features orange in some of the villagers, as well as the hybrid flowers and for some of the animals that you can catch such as goldfish and koi. And, of course, there’s oranges.

One fandom that does feature orange prominently is pokemon. This is primarily seen in fire type Pokemon where charmander and torchic, as well as other starters, tend to be orange. Goldeen is also orange because it’s based on a goldfish. Dragonite is another Pokemon that’s orange, being a friendly dragon.

The main fandom that features orange though is Star Wars. From the films the most obvious use of orange comes from the flight suits used by the rebel alliance and resistance, which are bright orange. Both Poe and Luke have worn them in their respective trilogies. And then there’s BB-8 who has orange panelling on his white body. BB-8 is very much shaped like a friend and so is much loved. (I’ve got so many BB-8 things, figures, plushies, the big Lego version of him)

Away from the films there is Ahsoka Tano, Anakin’s padawan who appeared in the Clone Wars. At first people weren’t too sure about her (even the idea of Anakin having a padawan seemed strange) but she’s quickly established herself as a fan favourite character. In fact she’s one of the few Jedi that survived the Clone Wars, going on to appear in Rebels (and having an epic duel with Vader). And speaking of Rebels there’s also Chopper, the Ghost’s crew cantankerous droid who is so amusing throughout.

So yeah I’ve managed to ramble on about orange, more than I expected.

I have a theory about these colour prompts and that they’re going to be done in rainbow order, which means, if I’m right, that the next colour will be yellow. Let’s see if I’m right!

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Yesterday ended up being kinda productive, in the sense I ended up watching films! I mentioned in my last post that I was going to watch Frozen 2 so I ended up watching it in the afternoon. I thought it was pretty good, although I don’t think there’s as many memorable songs compared to the first one (though I have into the unknown in my head and been listening to Panic!’s version a few times). I sensed that the dam was gonna be the cause of what happened the moment it came up. And I loved the lil fire lizard and the water horse.

I had a lil doze after it, then went to get some cheap stuff from the co-op. I wore my mask but I think I was the only one that did. It makes me feel safer despite it being a bit hot at times. I watched the brokenwood mysteries when I got back, which I started watching awhile back and just... kept watching. This week’s was ok, but nothing special really.

After that was the second film, Spiderman Far From Home which I got a few weeks ago from the food shop. I decided to save it cause mum wanted to watch infinity war/endgame so watched it yesterday. It’s pretty good and Ned really is the cutest. Though I still think calling the snap the ‘blip’ is an odd name, though I think it actually did a good job explaining the world after it in a few minutes. The post credit’s scenes raise further questions (and make it annoying that Spider-man’s next film is ages away) and what’s the deal with Fury in space?

I found out that Insidious The Last Key was on film4 and, since I’d not seen it, I decided to watch it. It was actually pretty good and there was a twist that I genuinely didn’t see coming. It’s kinda a shame that the last scene leads into the first because I’d have liked to see more of Elise, because she’s been really great in the series. (I wonder if Lin Shaye is in many other things, because she’s been great in these films)

Today’s plan is to go on Animal Crossing to get the scallop for Pascal and then, tonight, watch Knives Out, which I got Monday because I’d heard good things and the cinema here never shown it. I might try doing some gaming too since I’ve failed at it lately (or maybe Batwoman since I’ve still not caught up).

(I was gonna watch Blood And Treasure since it started a few weeks back but it seems to be absent from the scheldule thanks to damn football bah)

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Tv

Prompt 1: Red
Red is a strong color that is associated with a variety of things including: courage, power, glory, love, passion, inner strength, romance, sensuality, defiance, tenacity, violence, life, pleasure, fire, and revolution.

Life moves out of a red flare of dreams
Into a common light of common hours
Until old age brings the red flare again. —William Butler Yeats

For some, the color red can signify personal power and tenacity. When something flares red for you, what does that mean? When was the last time you felt the power of a red concept or emotion?

Please feel free to answer in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it a memory you share or an artwork you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: try writing a poem or a drabble that encapsulates the red theme.

So the sunshine challenge has now begun with this. What comes to mind when I think of red?

Well the obvious thing that comes to mind first is blood, from vampires, injuries or killers. Then there’s fandom specific stuff. The red of Star trek uniforms. Star Wars has a lot of red, from lightsabers to the praetorian guards from The Last Jedi (fighting against a red backdrop). There’s the red of fire pokemon. There’s the red of Prince Sidon from Breath Of The Wild. And the red of Mario. And the shock of red that is Party Poison’s hair.

To me personally red signifies anger and I’ve certainly had my flare ups of that recently. Mostly at how the world currently is or at leaders being... well useless. But also at people being needlessly vicious or cruel or just downright stupid.

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Yesterday proved to be a lazy day, as I was achy still from Monday’s late food shop. So instead of reading like I planned I dozed which is annoying. Mum decided to do veggie sushi which was nice but damn it fills me up.

On the night I went on Elder Scrolls Online some and I’m almost done with the southern Elsweyr main quest. The big bad dragon has been defeated (though poor Tharn) and it seems there’s just a wrap up quest to do.

Then I decided to watch The Vast Of Night cause I heard good things on twitter but... I just didn’t vibe with it. It was just a bit blah for the most part and took awhile to get going. But the spaceship at the end looked impressive, I’ll give it that.

Today’s plan? Listen to The Magnus archives, try to catch more new bugs on animal crossing and hopefully read and write some later.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Set It Off - For You Forever

So this isn’t gonna be a proper post (I might do one later). Instead I’m gonna go through the housekeeping checklist of

sunshine_challenge which is due to start next week on the 1st.

This year for it there’s gonna be 7 prompts done through the month of July and here is the master list. The housekeeping checklist isn’t an actual prompt but I figured I’d go through it anyway.

1. Transformative Works Policy + AO3 Profiles

I’ve already done this due to a prior challenge. So it (and my ao3 profile) is on my profile page. Anyone is welcome to do a podfic or art of my stuff as long as they let me know cause I wanna see!

2. Friending Policy

I like getting new friends! So feel free to add me if you want to (this goes in general not just for this). I try and comment regularly on people’s posts and I welcome comments in kind. Part of what I love about dreamwidth is that it’s akin to lj, which I really miss when it was active and everyone was super friendly. I think we could use more of that especially lately.

3. Sidebar + Profile Links

I don’t have a sidebar other than the tag one, but my profile has links to where I am elsewhere (twitter is the main other place that I’m active on)

4. Interests (in profile) + Introductory “About Me” Sticky Page

I regularly update my interests, which amounts to me adding things as they come to mind. I’ve not got a sticky about me page at the moment though I might change that. (Though sometimes first post in the challenge is one.) ~~I might sticky this post and edit an about me section here~~

I’m Stuie, I’m 33 and I’m from the UK. I’m a student with the open university (I just finished a course so I’m gonna be setting up the next one soon). I’m in a poly relationship with two loves and I have a pup, two cats and guinea pig (Naryu, Midna, Leia and Padme). I write fic primarily for The Umbrella Academy and bandom, though I’m taking a break from the latter as I’m disillusioned with the fandom and it’s toxicity.

Main fandoms I’m into at the moment are The Umbrella Academy (which will increase as I do a rewatch before the new series), Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, The Legend Of Zelda and The Magnus Archives (I’m not fully caught up yet though)

Other than fandom stuff I like gaming, reading (though I’ve been bad at it) and nature. I have depression and anxiety (and I suspect other mental illnesses too) so my mood is frequently unbalanced, which sucks. I’m a pretty isolated person usually, so the virus hasn’t really changed that though it has made me much more wary about going out and groups of people.

My dreamwidth is mostly random posts and fic, with occasional discussion posts about particular things and photo posts.

5. Master Lists

I have a master list stickied here but I’ve not updated it in awhile. I’m not sure I will since reading is mostly done on ao3 anyway now.

6. Post Tags

Tags are mostly for fic (fandom, person) but also for when I watch certain things and ramble (picard, doctor who) and there’s ones for the occasional depression post or photo post (which I meant to make weekly but kinda failed at)

7. Current Icons

I’ve meant to get a Picard related icon but never got around to one alas. I might do one for The Umbrella Academy season 2 as well (but alas icon space).

I might edit in descriptions at some point since it’s not something I usually use.

8. Access Filters

I only use the basic ones, public and access list. Public is pretty much everything, which is mostly a mix of rambles, photo posts and fic. Access list is usually used when my mood sinks and I feel like I need to get my feelings out.

I hope everyone has fun with this year’s sunshine challenge and it helps bring people together!