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Out of curiosity

And put the fandom its from in tags if you like reblog for sample size yadda yadda

#406 #legend of korra #a short story that I came up with on the fly #and for some reason people loved it #go figure

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oh that’s actually kinda cute

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Leah

Every so often I go out to the MediaWestCon twitter account, which has pretty much become a "guess who died" listing. And last night I found out that Leah Rosenthal had died on April 26.

We met Leah (and her partner/wife Annie) back in our Blakes 7 days, which would make it 1985-1987 or so. Leah was one of THE premiere B7 artists, with a special gift for the most hilarious illos you'll ever see. She and Annie came up with the "Bizarro 7" series, which turned the original B7 series on its ear.

Being a zine editor myself, I of course nabbed Leah for anything and everything she could give me, and she delivered repeatedly. We got to know her and Annie fairly well, and in 1990 they put us up for a few nights while we were in Orlando. We saw a nighttime shuttle launch from their front yard (little did I know that was going to become a new habit in 30 years!), and they took us to some really fun tourist spots. We reciprocated at one point when they came up to St. Louis for a B7/multimedia convention.

The greatest honor Annie & Leah could bestow upon someone was to "tuckerize" them in the Bizarro 7 stories, so you can imagine how thrilled and embarrassed we were to discover ourselves in one. I've never forgotten the description they gave us:

If anything, Jeff and Mary Mutoid were worse than Bodie and Doyle. They had been celebrities before their conversion to the Mutoid format. They had, in fact, been the stars of the most popular tri-dee sitcom series of all time, "The Fuddpuckers". But, Federation Broadcasting, Limited had abruptly pulled the plug on them when, after a succession of increasingly weird episodes, the Fuddpuckers had done a show involving a bullwhip, a Great Dane, and fourteen pounds of cold sesame noodles. As a punishment, they were given the "treatment" and were now consigned forever to be empty-headed obedient soldiers of the Federation. Only...the "treatment" hadn't seemed completely successful on the couple. Despite the fact that their heads were stuck in flower pots filled with mind-cleansing compost and they were watered regularly, Jeff and Mary still refused to be separated and still regarded themselves as a happy couple.

And best of all, we got an illo to go along with it!

I should add that's us on either end. :)

Of course, we couldn't let that sit unanswered. So the following MediaWest, we marched up to their dealers table dressed in black with spray-painted flower pots on our heads!

Leah was a treasure. We're going to miss her terribly.

Her wife/partner Annie has a Gofundme to help with final expenses:

#rip leah rosenthal #bizarro 7 #fanart

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Gonna make me work, huh @thatgirlnevershutsup? :)

Note--I cheated slightly on a few of these. More than one sentence for clarity.

Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Tick-tock…ummph. ("Call the Midwife!", The Owl House, Hunter/Willow https://archiveofourown.org/works/54986278)

The afternoon sun was just beginning to sink into the horizon as the Emerald Entrails descended to the grounds of Banshee Field. ("Guess Who's Coming for Dinner?", The Owl House, Willow & Boscha, https://archiveofourown.org/works/53817487)

“…wonder where Eda is?” Luz said as she and Amity stepped through the portal. ("You Oughta Be in Pictures", The Owl House, Amity/Luz, https://archiveofourown.org/works/52240795)

"DIPPER!!!!!!!!” ("Stan the Fan", Gravity Falls/The Owl House, Stan Pines/Eda Clawthorne, https://archiveofourown.org/works/52240795)

Matt Tholomule looked up from his pile of papers and stared at the applicant standing before him...or at least, at the very tip of the applicant's head. “Seriously? You?” ("Repo Witch", The Owl House, Kikimora & Amity Blight, https://archiveofourown.org/works/50516377)

Amity stared at the thick wood door in front of her. “Well,” she said, glancing over at Luz, “here goes nothing.” She rapped three times and waited. “Boscha?” ("Boscha and the Horrible, Terrible, No-Good Day", The Owl House, Boscha Boscha Boscha, https://archiveofourown.org/works/49179454)

Are we there yet? ("The Mystery of the Millionaire's Mansion", The Owl House, The Hexside Gang and more cross-universe references you could shake a stick at, https://archiveofourown.org/works/43113969)

Philip Wittebane died. ("His Reward", The Owl House, Philip Wittebane aka Belos & The Titan, https://archiveofourown.org/works/46784377)

“So how’s the carving going?” Luz asked. ("The Courtship of Willow Park", The Owl House, Hunter/Willow, https://archiveofourown.org/works/46627417)

So many bodies. So many bones. ("Band of Brothers", The Owl House, Hunter & The Hexside Gang, https://archiveofourown.org/works/46605439)

As for patterns, I do tend to go for either "dive into the middle of the scene" or "start with a bang". Depends in large part on the size of the story. The shorter stuff tends toward the latter.

Writing Patterns

Tagged by @bywayofmemory, thank you! <3

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern.

Winterfell had been in an uproar for weeks now, and sometimes Robb thought it would never be peaceful again. (Plans of a Princess, ASOIAF, Robb/Myrcella).

Good morning, Cicely! You're listening to KBHR, and this is Chris-in-the-morning, here to get you through the dark and dreary days of late January. (Applaud Aurora Seen, Northern Exposure)

England was a lovely country, Mrs. Lefay often thought to herself whilst in prison, sitting on her cot, watching the guards eye her as they passed by her cell on their daily rounds. (British Foolishness and the Art of Magic, The Chronicles of Narnia)

Jill realized her mistake as soon as she made it. (Rings and Things, Jill Pole/Peter Pevensie, The Chronicles of Narnia)

Rhaenys dreams of dragons. (Dreaming of Dragons, ASOIAF)

"I will not marry you," she tells him, as they sit together outside the house on the shore of the lake, watching the horses run through the meadow, then launch themselves into a sky as blue as sapphires. (There is a wedding. And you must attend., Vasya/Morozko, Winternight Trilogy)

The decision to visit Casterly Rock hadn't been Sansa's. (don't know where you're coming from but you're coming soon, Peter Pevensie/Sansa Stark, ASOIAF/Chronicles of Narnia)

That night, after she has seen the Sea Girl, Lucy prowls the decks of the Dawn Treader, haunted by the memory of the Sea Girl's face, the look in her eyes as she locked gazes with Lucy. (Lucy Holds Her Breath, Lucy Pevensie&the Sea Girl, The Chronicles of Narnia)

Edmund waits. (the party don't start til i walk in, Edmund Pevensie/Bacchus, The Chronicles of Narnia)

The Narnian Queen had asked to see more of the North. (Taken by Surprise, Jon Snow/Susan Pevensie, ASOIAF/Chronicles of Narnia)

Patterns:

I tend to start with short sentences, which mainly tie into the theme of the story (If i have identified a theme? Sometimes I am a bad writer and have not at the start). Two words is probably a record though.

Two start with speech! The Northern Exposure fic starts with a monologue from Chris' radio show; and the Winternight fic is the start of a conversation between Vasya and Morozko. I should start with dialogue more often, I need to work on that.

The POV character's name is in seven of the first lines, just so you know whose head you're in right up front!

Okay, I tag @notgeorgelucas, @sylphidine, @redbelles, @wingedflight, @syrena-of-the-lake, and anyone else who would like to do it!

#writing #the owl house fanfiction

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"Which of our insane siblings is responsible for this nightmare"

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Excuse the crappy link to “Hedy’s Folly” by Richard Rhodes. It’s a great book!

#hedy lamarr #not hedley

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Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!

"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."

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I love baseball

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I love baseball

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On the other side of the portal, the Noceda domain is expanding.

by @aweirdlatina

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Via @StarshipAlves at the It Was A Bird Once place: "Google has suspended drone courier flights because of raven attacks. Looks like the Ravens have taken our side against Skynet."

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#smokey the bear #three of them to be exact #i loved Smokey hard

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I lowkey want a fic where Palpatine gets exposed because he’s in a bad mood, not paying much attention, and accidentally answers a holocom from somebody looking for the Supreme Chancellor as Darth Sidious. Example: *Separatists have just suffered a major defeat and everyone in the CIS keeps calling him for advice* *incoming call* Sidious: “Tyrannus if you cannot resolve this situation on your own then perhaps you are not worthy to be my Apprentice!” “…Master Yoda, this is.”

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