moriendum est

browsing dreamwidth I came across this post listing a bunch of wlw shows and thought I'd tackle the list and mention what I've seen, what I do NOT want to see, and what I actually want to see. between high school and college I watched a lot of wlw content, but since then I've been a little less enthusiastic... as britney would say, the loneliness was killing me lol the yearning got to be too much, and I started watching less shows in general too, so! these days it's been basically only yellowjackets.

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I started drafting this post when I had an annoying headache and was feeling a little restless. browsing paradisediner's member posts got me to this post so I decided you know what? yeah I do wanna talk about ships. especifically romantic ships. why not.

I've talked at length about my favorite rpf ships but not as much about fictional ones. in all fairness, I'm a very chill shipper, so I'm not craaaazy about any of them... at least I don't think so? am I? am I forgetting something? I'm not entirely sure. anyway, these are some ships I've enjoyed over the years but haven't talked much about:
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*debatable

jokes aside though, I'm glad I managed to accomplish what I set out to do with the deobi fic exchange fic. I was actually a pinch-hitter! so that was fun, especially because I got some great prompts to work with. the result was milcob royal au, with soft-spoken prince jacob and devoted guard/knight hyunjae. the actual prompt asked only for the tags childhood friends + power imbalance + prince/royal knight, the plot itself was all brainworms on my part.

and that was invigorating, because for a while there, I was a little too... empty-headed. stress, and the whole situation with tbz last year, and just not really having the passion to create made it so I barely wrote anything for the second half of 2025. as usual, fests are a great motivator because I'd rather eat dirt than lose a fest deadline - after losing many deadlines years ago due to self-confidence issues, now I *know* I can do it, and I don't want to leave people hanging, so I do my best to deliver despite everything.
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I came across this essay on heated rivalry and thought it was nice, so I'm linking it here too: Heated Rivalry and the Art of Anti-Dystopia

last time I mentioned I was gonna watch HR, right? well, I did. in like, three days. I had to marathon the last episodes because they were SO GOOD. it started a bit okayish to me, I couldn't quite grasp the vibes for the first two episodes, and paused halfway through scott's (I was dreading heartbreak and gloominess, basically), but the second half ot that episode, and then episode 3, pulled me in. episode 4 was flawless and episode 5 had me yelling. so I definitely loved the show!

and while I've never ventured into hockey rpf tags, I've read enough m/m smut to be thoroughly amused watching the tropes and cliché lines in a TV show format. so this is what all the one direction fic adaptations felt like to people who read 1D fic???!!! because it was cute! and so well done, all things considered. (I never expect much respect for the original material in adaptations like these, but I guess the people behind this show really believed in this story. for good reason!) of course shane says "I have a thing" and ilya is like "what thing?" and shane is embarrassed to say "A DILDO, OK?". that's peak ao3 fic!!! of course one of them has a momager and the other has a difficult relationship with his parents, of course the last episode includes an awkward lunch with shane's parents asking awkward questions and a "your boyfriend is here" "my boyfriend?" dialogue, and of course the queer guys have hot, badass women friends who aren't written maliciously. excellent, 10/10. my fic reader heart is happy.

the essay adds a valid point, though: this show is a hopeful one. scott wasn't an asshole (like I feared he might be for a good chunk of his episode), kip didn't suffer any tragic accidents, ilya had a complex backstory, shane was the actual best player for the entirety of the show. it wasn't a coffee shop au because there were real, complex issues being discussed, but it wasn't grimdark either. and GOD, that's truly such a breath of (canadian) fresh air, indeed.
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