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[screechfox]

    ♥  After abandoning it for a month accidentally, I finally picked up Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee again. I'd somehow forgotten how gripping and tense his writing style was; I was invested as soon as I opened the book again, and I'm fascinated by what might happen next. I'm hoping to finish the Machineries of Empire series by the end of the year, including the book of short stories. I need to stop waiting for the "optimal" time to read, because that just means I never end up reading at all. (Although I do have several train journeys next week that might be "optimal".

I'm also reading Peter Pan during my morning commute, on the Serial app that was recommended in the last post of Dracula Daily, and I'm having a lot of fun with that as well. The prose is so delightful (although I wish this version didn't have annotations explaining to me what words mean, because it always breaks me out of the mood). I'd never actually read it before, despite having a deep love for multiple adaptations/derivative works.

    ♥  Dimension 20's Neverafter releases tonight, so I'll probably watch it tomorrow evening. I'm glad that they clarified on Twitter that it would still mostly be comedy-centred, even with the added horror; it let me set my expectations of the tone correctly, so I don't go in hoping for Exandria Unlimited: Calamity levels of darkness. (On the topic of Dropout, they were my third artist on Spotify Wrapped. What that says about me, I don't know.)

    ♥  Speaking of Spotify Wrapped, I think my results would have been slightly different if the cut-off wasn't like... early November. Because I've had Dove Cameron's Boyfriend on a lot while thinking about an OC in the past week or so, and that didn't make it in at all. But overall, it was another year of feeling slightly too Seen by having my accumulated eclectic music taste laid out all at once.

    ♥  Two days into a virtual conference at work, and transgender rights / transgender inclusion have been mentioned in a good way multiple times, and I had a nice exchange with a co-worker in the chat who had they/them pronouns. 🏳️‍⚧️ I'm always glad to be reminded that I picked a decent place to work, as this country goes.

Comments

[screechfox]

I went through a period of time when I was younger when I was obsessed with the 2003 live action Peter Pan and rewatched it so much. And I've read Peter Darling a few times, which is its own whole thing that I like. The book is definitely a different experience, especially so far (I'm about a third of the way through) but like I said, I'm enjoying it a lot too.

Haha, that's fair. I'm not well-read on most of the fairytales that they're referencing, so at least I'm free from that. I'm mostly just excited for Emily's Little Red, because I've enjoyed spooky/werewolf takes on Red Riding Hood since I was a kid, and Emily is great.

[yarnofariadne]

I have Peter Darling on my shelf but haven't got round to it yet! I'm looking forward to it, though.

Emily's my favourite so I'm delighted to see her again! I never super vibed with Little Red Riding Hood tales but there are a few good ones and I'm excited to see what she's doing with them.

[screechfox]

I do recommend it! I have two copies, one from before it went out of print, and one from after it came back into print, and I probably don't need both, but whatever! I'm also tempted to bookbind it one day - either that or Peter Pan itself.

I haven't seen much of other bits of Dimension 20, but from the bits I've seen of A Starstruck Odyssey and A Court of Fey and Flowers, Emily is a delight with incredible timing, comic or otherwise.