Tesco bag. I know it’s the bolt from a pulse pistol but it really looks here like Han Solo is wielding a lightsaber…
#I fully support the Han is Force-sensitive headcanon#never tell me the odds
Author Archives: Sam
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Awwww *huge hugs* you are so nice!!! I haven’t posted anything in six months and my WIP’s have been neglected for nearly a year and you still think of me? *sniff* I don’t know what to say beyond I love you and that I’m trying valiantly not to tear up. Thank you so much!!
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The Beauty and the Tragedy [Tumblr, AO3] – No idea if it’s true or not but I’ve always felt this is one of my better written fics which is weird as I wrote the whole thing in a day. It kinda poured out of me. I just love the imagery and how it flows, which would be the narrative structure I guess. [NSFW]
Painting Layers of Love [Tumblr, AO3] – My magnum opus in many ways. I know it hasn’t been updated in forever and I feel really guilty. Don’t worry it’s not been forgotten, I’ve just had a really bad mental health year personally and I’ve barely been able to keep up with anything. Fic took a backseat. Anyway I love this one because of the feelings I guess. I’m trying to do it right, I really want to do it justice.
Between Two Fires [Tumblr, AO3] – I created a sci-fi world! Hehe 🙂 I went a bit nuts with the world building, I have a whole history and solar system and interplanetary war and *deep breath* and it’s combined with some of my favourite espionage tropes. I know I shouldn’t enjoy my own fic but I really kinda do with this one, it really was tailor-made for me *hides*
Fall All Over Again [Tumblr, AO3] – My first Lacey fic. I had an absolute blast writing this and once again did far too much worldbuilding/planning. It’s technically AU even before the canon-divergence in The Outsider because Lacey and Gold were married during the curse. Also Belle woke up first. I have so many details of how things were during the curse, how season one was different and I also had some thoughts about a sequel. I had fun writing this one. [NSFW]
Across the Stars
[Tumblr, AO3] – Picking #5 is always difficult but I think at this moment it has to go to this Star Wars fusion. Love is strength and if I ever write more (oh please let me scrape the time to write more) balance will be brought to the force very differently. Once again I just have tremendous fun 🙂
Book Meme
@bookwormchocaholic thanks for the tag! 🙂
1. Favourite book of all time?
Can I pick a series? I know it’s not exactly high literature but the Diagnosis Murder books by Lee Goldberg are such a joy to read. I’ve never enjoyed a set of books more and I think that should count for something.
2. What are you currently reading?
A lot of fanfic is on my TBR pile! However, I do have this Anthony Horowitz book that is begging to be read so both?
3. Have you ever considered writing a book?
More than considered. I’ve typed ‘The End’ on several novels thanks to NaNoWriMo 🙂
4. Favourite series?
Erm I kinda already answered this *hides*
5. Book you’d like to read?
Kinda already did this one too – The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz.
6. What’s on your TBR pile?
Honestly it’s mostly fanfic because a) you guys are all so damn talented and b) I’m ashamed to say it’s free. I walk around the bookstore and wish I was a millionaire because there are so many awesome books. This morning I input a dozen titles of books I saw into the library and got a big fat zilch. I guess maybe I should try again in a year or two when they aren’t so new.
7. Favourite fictional character(s)?
Impossible to say. Characters and their stories are so intertwined and while I can see common elements in many of my favourite characters that’s not what this is asking. Characters are compelling for various reasons and I love far too many.
8. Favourite ship of all time?
Not book related but it kinda has to be Rumbelle really doesn’t it? Strangely not Beauty and the Beast though. I find Rumbelle so much better because there’s no ulterior motive. In BatB the Beast wants Belle to fall in love with him because he needs her to break his curse. Rumbelle is more romantic for me because it’s accidental love. Belle and Rumple didn’t want to fall for one another, they didn’t need the love for anything, there was nothing selfish about it, it just happened.
9. Pick up the book closest to you, open page one and write down the first paragraph.
‘Like a wolf on the fold.’ In recounting the Syrian attack on the Israeli-held Golan Heights at 1400 local time on Saturday, October 6th 1973, most commentators automatically recalled Lord Byron’s famous line. There is also little doubt that that is precisely what the more literary (<– hehe found a typo in the book) inclined Syrian commanders had in mind when they placed the final touches on the operations plans that would hurl more tanks and guns at the Israelis than any of Hitler’s vaunted panzer generals had ever dreamed of having.
– Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy
10. What’s the 1st fandom you were in?
The Royal/Heartbeat – I was eleven.
Tagging: @rumple-belle, @mariequitecontrarie, @sarashouldbestudying and @little-inkstone. If you don’t want to/already done it then no worries 🙂 and sorry for the bother.
The Last Jedi (Review)
Spoilers abound and possibly some unpopular opinions as well.
I want to say straight up that I love Star Wars. I mean who doesn’t right? The jedi, the sith, the republic, the empire – the droids!!! It’s just all so cool. I go in for merch if I can get it so I have a lot of Star Wars related stuff – I am a fan, so if I complain about anything it’s like I’m doing it with love 🙂
Also if I’ve given the wrong impression thus far I DID like the movie. I went in the movie theater with trepidation and low expectations, and the movie was much better than I thought it was going to be.
Right anyway, now I’ve sufficiently covered myself heh onwards with the review!
The Last Jedi (Review)
Spoilers abound and possibly some unpopular opinions as well.
I want to say straight up that I love Star Wars. I mean who doesn’t right? The jedi, the sith, the republic, the empire – the droids!!! It’s just all so cool. I go in for merch if I can get it so I have a lot of Star Wars related stuff – I am a fan, so if I complain about anything it’s like I’m doing it with love 🙂
Also if I’ve given the wrong impression thus far I DID like the movie. I went in the movie theater with trepidation and low expectations, and the movie was much better than I thought it was going to be.
Right anyway, now I’ve sufficiently covered myself heh onwards with the review!
I had an idea yesterday. I usually have at least half an hour, usually a lot longer, on the bus everytime I go to uni. I’m struggling to read fic on a regular basis because I like to comment and of an evening I’m just often too tired.
Solution? Loading my kindle and reading on the bus!
Then I just need to copy over/tidy up the comments when I get home. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before. I have thought to myself while on the bus what a waste of time it is and that I should do something but it never occurred to me until now what I could do 🙂
Holiday Tag Thing
Thanks @mariequitecontrarie I hope you have an amazing christmas! *hugs*
Name/Nickname: Samantha/Sam
Gender: Female
Favorite Cold Weather Drink: Coffee I guess
White or Colored Holiday lights: Either but they have to be fairy lights, not LED or they give me a migraine. LED are too bright.
Favorite Winter Sport: N/A
# of Blankets I Sleep With: Depends how cold I am. I always have a duvet and sometimes I have a second duvet, and I have been known to have 2 blankets on top of that.
Preferred Holiday Confection: Fake chocolate cake
What I’m Currently Wearing: Blue slacks, purple/crimson t-shirt with a crown that says “Evil isn’t born it’s made” and a red christmas sweater which has a white dog wearing headphones on it.
Preferred Snowy Weather Activity: Staying inside all day, Britain is not equipped, driving is not safe. Honestly we barely ever have enough snow to do anything. If we did then I’d attempt to make a snow creature of some description.
Last Thing You Baked: A birthday cake for my mum … five years ago? I’m not much of a baker.
Homemade Gifts or Store Bought Gifts: I love to give people anything that is humanly possible for me, so long as it brings a smile to their face that’s what matters. So either is good, it’s just whatever they want 🙂
Favorite Christmas/Holiday Movie: I really don’t like christmas movies. My mum is mad for them and starts watching them in October or whenever TrueChristmas starts airing on Freeview. Does Iron Man 3 count? That’s set at christmas and Tony gets Pepper a big bunny and blows up all his suits.
Open Presents Eve or Morning: Christmas morning after breakfast.
Favorite Holiday Song: “A Winter’s Tale” – The Magnets. I need to fic this.
Tagging: @sarashouldbestudying, @rumple-belle, @theoneandonlylittlebird, @bookwormchocaholic – I hope you guys are having a relaxing and enjoyable day!
You /can/ shuffle your queue on tumblr, if thats what you were talking about in your post?? Just click on the top of a post in the queue and drag it to where you want. Unless you’re on mobile or something then idk
Hello lovely anon *waves*
Thank you so much for taking the time to message me, that’s so sweet!
I know I can re-order my queue, oh man I used to do that all the time. I had a set system so I was sure that I was evenly posting everything. These days I just let the queue spit out what it wants pretty much.
I was saying about the shuffle thingy because I just wish there was an automatic button that would randomly shuffle everything that’s in the queue. A few days back I went through my like list and added 120+ posts to the queue. Then this morning I went through my favourite gifmakers tumblr and grabbed all their gifsets that I hadn’t reblogged. However, that means I’ve got like I don’t know a huge number in a row just from that gifmaker. I would rather it was randomized.
I could go through and do it manually but truthfully I’m too lazy these days to worry that much about it. Poor @rumple-belle will just have to deal with the spam for several days as I reblog everything.
The same will go for other gifmakers as I get round to stalking their archives. Honestly if I could queue as easily as I can like then it wouldn’t be so big a deal, but it’s tagging everything that takes so much time.
I wish the queue could be shuffled /sigh
Uni work done – check!
Like list gone through (and 123 gifsets in the queue) – check!
*falls over*
I’m going to get some dinner and call it a day. Manually visiting all the awesome gifmakers will have to be a tomorrow thing. Love you all!