Another license plate to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19) a little early. I especially love the ship imagery as well. Well done!
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Sep 2020
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Sep 2020
When the source material begs for a fanvid, you make it a fanvid. Here’s FeelTheVoid’s Umbrella Academy vid to “Everybody” by The Backstreet Boys. Spoilers!
I love the mix of fighting, words, and dancing.
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Sep 2020
This collection is like many short story collections out there in that some of the stories were fantastic to me and some of the stories were just meh. The difference is, of course, these are all Star Wars stories. So I loved the vast majority of them. The premise of this book was to look at Star Wars: A New Hope from a new perspective (or, rather, 40 new perspectives). 40 different writers chose different secondary or tertiary characters and told bits of the story. The collection moves in order based on the events of the film, though there is some overlap.
Quite a few authors chose Cantina stories, which makes sense as there are a vast number of characters from which to choose. I was ready to move on to another scene after the third, however. There were also a large number of stories focusing on the big battle at the end against the Death Star, which also makes sense because there are so many players, but they were all told with so much heart I was too busy crying to be bored. Fake-Wedge making real Wedge out to be a hero especially touched my heart.
There were also some super creative points of view I had not considered. There was a story told by the creature in the trash compactor, another by a Tusken raider, and even one by a mouse droid. So creative! I liked the way events were witnessed by characters who weren’t even in the movie, including Qui-Gon, Yoda, and Lando. Yoda wrapped up in Qui-Gon’s cloak to sleep is my new favorite headcanon.
My favorite story comes as no surprise: Claudia Grey’s “Master and Apprentice.” Reading it during the pandemic, while we were on stay-at-home orders really made this quote jump out at me: “Anyone can fight, given a weapon and an enemy. Anyone can use a lightsaber, given due training or even good luck. But to stand and wait—to have so much patience and fortitude—that, Obi-Wan, is a greater achievement than you can know. Few could have accomplished it.” -Qui-Gon
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Aug 2020
I made one of these little jars containing Eeyore and his house for a Winnie-the-Pooh themed swap. I decided I liked it so much I made myself one.
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Aug 2020
Queen music was just made for Good Omens fanvids. There are so many good ones out there, but this is one of the first I saw and loved: Under Pressure by Spellbound. Spoiler warning!
The snapping at the end is so on point!
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Aug 2020
Cosplay Fever’s vid to P!nk’s “Raise Your Glass” wasn’t the first cosplay lip dub I’d ever seen, but it is one of the best and has stuck with me over the years. Every so often, I feel the urge to watch it again. I love all the great cosplay, expressions, and moves. And it’s a song I really enjoy as well.
Due to copyright restrictions on YouTube, Cosplay Fever decided to mute their video years ago, before music attributes could be added. Luckily, there are other versions floating around from people who love it just as much as I do, who have reposted it with the proper credits.
Category: conventions
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Aug 2020
For my first Fanvid Friday, I went with one of my recent multi-fandom favorites: Starships by bironic. Wait, recent? How is it 7 years old already? (Explicit lyrics)
The wonder, excitement, terror, and fun of space fandoms are so beautifully synced with this upbeat song. And so many of my favorite starships are included.
Category: fanvid
Tags: battlestar galactica, disney, doctor who, fanvid, farscape, firefly, futurama, galaxy quest, muppets, space, spaceballs, star trek, star wars, stargate Leave a Comment
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Aug 2020
I took a bit of a hiatus as life got busy, but I do love this blog and have had a few project ideas for it during its downtime. So I have picked it up again. I have also fixed the email subscription feature, so feel free to subscribe if you want to be notified of updates.
Proposed Schedule
I’m planning to post 1-3 times a week. The 8th of every month will continue to feature a fannish license plate (I have a backlog of these with posts scheduled through 2022, though I may dip into fannish cars and bumper stickers at some point). Here’s the content I’m working on:
Made It Mondays: Featuring fandom-related crafts, ATCs, and other things I’ve created over the years
Top Ten Tuesdays: Like it says on the tin, these will be top ten lists on various fannish topics
Wildcard Wednesdays: Fandom posts that don’t fit anywhere else would find a home here
Throwback Thursday: A fannish photo or memory from my past I feel like sharing
Fanvid Fridays: I have been wanting to start a fanvid-a-day project, but recently decided that might be a bit overwhelming and too ambitious for this Hufflepuff. So, to start with, I’m going to try to post one every week for a year. I just like the idea of waking up to find a fun fanvid to watch while eating breakfast.
I may still have special segments from time to time, like I did with Christmas ornaments.
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Aug 2020
Being let go from my job allowed me to bring home the fannish items I had been keeping in my office. They are now merged back into my overall collection. Here’s a list of ten of those items. Welcome home, little ones! I missed you!
10 Fandom Items From My Office
1. Hawkeye FUNKO POP- My favorite Avenger was a wonderful present from a friend. I have an older series Hawkeye POP, and I didn’t want him to face an identity crisis seeing his Endgame Part 2 self, so I took him to work to guard my computer.
Category: book, comics, merch, movies, sports, top ten, tv show
Tags: avengers, dc, disney, doctor who, eeyore, harry potter, hockey, marvel, supernatural, winnie-the-pooh Leave a Comment
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Aug 2020
Confession: I am going through Asana withdrawal. No offense to my glorious bullet journal, but it just wasn’t the same to finish tasks and not get a sudden unicorn or phoenix with which to celebrate the accomplishment. In May 2019, I signed up for Habitica and used it all of one day. So after I realized I was spending too much time on phone games each morning, I decided I needed structure by way of electronic tasks. Habitica jumped to mind, so I spent some time building it out to give it a proper try.
Habitica transforms your life into a fantasy game— sort of a combination of Dungeons & Dragons and The Legend of Zelda. You can set up one-time to do tasks, daily repeating routine tasks, and often-accomplished tasks. You can also set up rewards. I’ve got mine populated with everything from career work to flossing. Completing tasks earns you coins you can spend to equip yourself, enjoy rewards, or feed your virtual pets. Right now I wield an axe, I’ve got a growing bear to master, and I ride a purple gryphon mount. I’m living my best 8-bit warrior life!
After one week, I am now a Level Ten Warrior. I really wanted to go for Healer class, but the sorts of rewards (and penalties) for tasks Warriors get are much more suited to what I need in my life now. Earning surprise rewards like eggs and potions for completing tasks is almost like seeing that elusive Asana unicorn. Whispers: I miss you, unicorn.
Category: games
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