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Life has been ridiculously busy. Things are finally slowing down a little and I've been doing some reading and TV watching.

Finished Reading:
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
The Rain in Portugal by Billy Collins (poetry)
Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (re-read)


For TV, I got HBO Max for a month so I could catch up on the few things:

BBC Ghosts - I love this?! Ghosts from across the centuries are stuck together in this old house and it's just a lot of fun. I can't believe there are 3 seasons and we still don't know how some of them died!! I mean the seasons are only like 6 episodes but tell me what happened to Robin and Kitty! Apparently there is now also an American reboot as is traditional with half of BBC shows but idk if I care to watch it.

Titans (season 3) - This is honestly the weirdest show. Like the plot, the pacing, the constant back and forth of we're family so i forgive you anything/you betrayed me and you're dead to us, the strangest casting and characterization of Bruce Wayne. But I have waited forever for live action Tim and Kon and I do love Donna and Tim.

Young Justice (season 4) - I didn't realize we were getting season 4! Half the same cast as Titans but it is SO DIFFERENT. DC animation continues to be way superior to live action. Between this, Titans, and the new Wayne Family Adventures (a blessing), it's like whiplash between these characterizations. As always, I will take what I like and throw out the rest. I'm back writing in Batman/DCU and it's hilarious to see some people's takes of 'people shouldn't write without reading the comics!' Like I hate to tell you, but there is no consistency in anything in the DCU. Let it go.
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Mostly I've been reading The Old Guard fic so I should probably write up some fic recs for that (so much good fic!) but I also finished a couple published things.

Finished Reading:
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. This was one of my favorite books growing up and I re-read it because I'm considering writing an AU using the forced obedience conceit. (Quick fic rec: Obedience by [archiveofourown.org profile] Sohotthateveryonedied [Gen, DCU, Tim Drake]). I'm really sad that they replaced the cover! I mean I know I shouldn't judge a book by its cover but the original cover was a really beautiful painting style. The new one is kind of cartoonish which is maybe better for the intended young audience but the original was just really nice!

Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty. This was the last book in the Daevabad trilogy and it was great. I recommend this series to anyone who likes politics and fantasy in their books.

Now Reading:
A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age by William Manchester. Why so many sub-titles?? A World Lit Only By Fire is a great title by itself! But as the sub-titles tell you, it's a popular history of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. We had to read this for one of my history classes back in high school and I kind of always meant to re-read it. Now is a good time since I'm into The Old Guard. It's interesting but I do find it sometimes confusing because the dates jump around a lot.

False Value by Ben Aaronovitch but I think this may disappear from my Kindle before I finish it again.

Failed Out:
The Passage by Justin Cronin. Good writing but didn't get to the plot stuff I was interested in quickly enough and too many characters I didn't like. Still have it because I'm not sure what's going on with the library returns.

Up Next:
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen or maybe a re-read of The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl. Or something else entirely.
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Title: Extension
Rating: T
Fandom: Batman, DCU, Young Justice
Characters: Tim Drake, Conner Kent, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd
Pairings: Tim/Kon
Word Count: 5961
Warnings: None
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Batfamily Feels, Tim Drake-centric
Summary: Tim’s going to need to learn to be less conspicuous about this hopeless crush he’s developed; he lives with an entire family of detectives. (Or: Tim has a crush on Conner and everyone has something to say about it.)

Part 3 of Surveillance.
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Title: Orientation
Rating: T
Fandom: Batman, DCU, Young Justice
Characters: Tim Drake, Conner Kent, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd
Word Count: 4582
Warnings: None
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Batfamily Feels, Tim Drake-centric
Summary: Stay alive, Jason had said, first and foremost. That is literally the bar in this family. / It’s a low bar. Tim refuses not to clear it. (Or: Tim's new family tries to keep him safe as he adjusts, but things don't quite work out that way.)

Sequel to Surveillance. But not really the sequel I intended to write so there may be a part three.
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Title: Surveillance
Rating: T
Fandom: Batman, DCU, Young Justice
Characters: Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Lex Luthor, Selina Kyle
Word Count: 7037
Warnings: None
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Jason Never Dies, Civilian Tim, Found Family, Batfamily Feels, Tim Drake-centric
Summary: Tim knows antagonizing Lex Luthor wasn’t exactly his safest move but the point is really driven home by the bullet to the shoulder. (Or: The AU where Jason never died and Tim is a civilian who contributes to crime fighting by taking surveillance photos and leaving them on the desktop of the Batcomputer.)


My longest running wip, finally complete!! I really think this has been in progress over a decade because I remember copying it over from back when I used MS Word and also writing it in various homes and airports. Hopefully it's not super uneven due to that but I don't think my writing style has changed hugely. Except I did manage to flesh it out a bit more which is my continuing struggle. I really wanted to hit 10,000 words but I'm just not good at longfic and I decided that was arbitrary. Maybe there will be a sequel because I do want to write more about Tim settling into the Batfam and joining Young Justice.

Also, I would like to take a moment to beg DC for my Tim Drake movie/TV series (I will take anything at this point, please, he's always skipped and he's my favorite) and to reprint the Red Robin trades now that I could afford them.

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