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Suddenly, Letters from Watson dumps us in the middle of the Great American Desert (part 1 of "On the Great Alkali Plain," 2/7/24). This is not anywhere I expected to be transported from London, and the contrast makes the Mountain West feel exotic for a minute.
The Great American Desert -- stretching from about Grand Island, Nebraska to the Sierras and pretty much the entire north-south length of the U.S. -- had become a thing of legend since explorers' accounts in the 1820s. When Dad and I drove across it in 2022, we talked about how incredibly daunting it must have been for emigrants seeking their land of milk and honey on the Pacific coast.
The way we went, out I-80, Nebraska shifts from green to gray as it rises toward the Rockies. After a while, the wind picks up as you go uphill into Wyoming. There's a lot of Wyoming, and after Cheyenne and Laramie (both of which would be small towns in most states), it's very, very empty. When we finally started the descent toward Salt Lake City, and the little valleys beside the road turned green with running water, it was truly like entering paradise.
Of course, in 1847, Salt Lake City was just barely being settled, as Brigham Young led his Latter Day Saints west from Council Bluffs, and its location wasn't part of the U.S. yet.
The Mexican-American war had started the prior year, 1846, and was still going. Spring-summer of 1846 saw the Bear Flag Revolt in California, followed by the U.S. just annexing the state. Gold wouldn't be discovered at Sutter's Mill until 1849, so while emigration to California happened -- the Donner Party made their ill-fated trip in 1846-47 -- it wasn't anything like the scope of movement along the Oregon Trail.
As far as I can tell, "Sierra Blanco" is not a real place. There's a Sierra Blanca in New Mexico -- which would fit with all the specific landscape, plus White Sands National Park in New Mexico specifically has alkali flats. Last time I drove through New Mexico on I-40, in late 2018, it was delightfully desolate, so I can buy that in 1847, it seemed completely empty, with even the native peoples avoiding some stretches.
Why anyone would be crossing New Mexico is a mystery, since neither Arizona nor southern California were much settled by Americans. There was some sort of wagon route across New Mexico used by U.S. soldiers during the Mexican-American War, so if I'd expect anyone to be about, it'd be the U.S. Army.
Utah, now, is downright famous for its salt flat, but that's west of the site of Salt Lake City.
Regardless, parties screwing up their trip to the west by taking an imprudent shortcut or mistaking the route was definitely both a thing that happened and, thanks to the Donner Party, a trope. Our haggard and starving traveler sounds about right.
Then he reveals a Plucky Innocent Victorian Child.
That "pretty little girl of about five years of age" is the absolute ideal of Victorian childhood, being perfectly behaved, utterly imperturbable, determined to see the best in all things, sweet, trusting, and looking forward to being reunited with her mother in heaven.
This kind of child is why Louisa May Alcott was seen as innovative for writing Little Woman about girls who worked on their character flaws. (This is also the ideal the March girls were being aimed at. Polly in An Old-Fashioned Girl comes closer, but even Polly would have been upset about being hopelessly lost in the desert with no water.) Contrast this with the street urchins that Holmes employs in his investigation, who are good enough sorts but scrappy, resourceful, and street smart.
Ordinarily, a Victorian child who was utterly sweet and pious would be a cinnamon roll, literally too good, too pure for this world, and thus would die beautifully but tragically before long. Being lost in the desert seems ideal for this, but --
She turns to prayer, and since someone must survive in order for this scene to be relevant,
Yes, darn it, I am on the edge of my seat to know what happens. I'm also grateful that crossing the Great American Desert in 2022 was a quicker process. I've been reading Carey Williams' old-but-interesting California: The Great Exception, which has a lot to say about how 19th century isolation shaped California's economy and power structure, not always for good. But that's neither here nor there -- I don't think we're headed to California.
Current list of nominations ready for voting to find the most goonable celeb of 2023. Further suggestions can be sent via DM to @100-sexiest and voting will begin Jan 1st
I gotta look up to the sky and tell the lord I'm leaning on you and I just make edits for each child each person in family and friends that passed away and went to heaven to be angels watching over the world Jesus I'm leaning on you rest in peace to those in this second edit Gracie Perry Watson, Inez Clarke Briggs, Annie Kerr Aiken, Annie Oakley, Alice Liddell, Larisa Ratmanski, Mania Halef, Anne Frank, Eva Munzer, Nellie Gray Bundy Johnson, Colleen Marie Applegate, Connie Lynn Taylor, Emilie Marian Bromundt, Robert Ferdinand Bromundt, Julia Allison Wise, Kimberly Michelle Adaway, Jason Alexander Black, Shirley June Tolle, Emmett Till, Violet Geneva Setty Tolle, Nora Mae Setty Boldman, John Setty, Maude Abanade Cadwallader Setty, Yvonne Mary Cayeaux Devitt, Karen Ann Culp, Phyllis Rebecca Crowe, Stacie Lee Swofford,Devan Brooke Duniver, Mary Louise Lehman Carman, Grace Leona Lehman Krout, Clara Alverta Myers Lehman, Adam Henry Lehman,Anna Catherine Roby, Russell Thomas Roby, Ricardo David Arterberry, Linda Therese Jones Arterberry, Traytease Lanette Arterberry, Clarence Edward Moore Jr., Meagan Lindsey Bradley, Peachlyn Bradley, Finey Ynfante Mechell, Lucas Ynfante, Jane Mora Ynfante, Francis Ynfante, Katy Ynfante Martines, John K Ynfante, Rozell Lucas “RL” Ynfante, Yolanda Rosamond Lombardo, Serena Daniel Aiken Simons, Martin Laurence Amos, Polly Bixby, Rosalia Lombardo and more Angels
So I’m going to be writing some fan fiction. Now English isn’t my first language so please bare with me 😅. The characters I’ll write will be listed below
Eva Green
Vanessa Ives
Alma Peregrine
Colette Marchant
Angelique Bouchard
Helen McCrory
Narcissa Malfoy
Evelyn Poole
Polly Gray
Emily Watson
Ulana Khomyuk
Mrs. Martin
Helena Bonham Carter
Bellatrix Lestrange
Julia Hoffman
Eudoria Holmes
Nellie Lovett
Cate Blanchett
Carol Aird
Lady Tremaine
Lou Miller
Lillith Ritter
Hela Odinsdottir
Vera Farmiga
Lorraine Warren
Norma Bates
Eleanor Bishop
Elizabeth Lail
Vanessa Shelly
Guinevere Beck
Now this list is just a few I will add more in the future
Hey just wondering how do you make the tts fics what software do you use what format are they that sort of thing because I’m wanting to make some for myself as I sometimes find actually reading super difficult and have gotten through most the good podfics for the ships I like
I've answered this a couple times already (here), but my process has changed drastically in the last few months. For someone who isn't a software developer in real life I would recommend using Microsoft Edge or if you want actual files to output https://www.narakeet.com/ is a great simple paid option with lots of voices to choose from. For anyone who is curious and wants the extensive answer feel free to read below.
I'm going to start with saying there are probably better ways to do this, but it works fairly well for me so it's what I do.
I still use two programs to achieve my desired results. Program number 1 simply takes the html from AO3 and fixes common errors and pronunciation issues I've ran into throughout my recording. The major improvement here is that it now splits the fic apart by paragraph and by speaker. The entire paragraph and speaker concept is very generic and doesn't actually determine who is speaking each line. Below is a brief glimpse at what the file looks like
(Excerpt from A Prince's Promise by @engie-ivy)
I then go through the file and choose who speaks each line and how many milliseconds I want between them. After that I configure my app to determine who speaks which voice. (I currently integrate with Amazon Polly, Microsoft Azure TTS, Google TTS, IBM Watson, and Narakeet.) My 2nd app loops through my configured file and outputs numeric files with the narrations in the desired voices. I am able to import those files into Audacity and combine them into one large file that I distribute to the masses (not really masses a handful of delightful fanfiction listeners).
Hi! Y'all can call my Sean (he/it + cyber/glitch/[redacted])! This is a sideblog, I follow and like from @couple-of-assbutts
I'm plural, which may be talked about here occasionally, as fictive parts also partake in selfshipping. Plurality is a complex topic, don't berate us on how we talk about our own system!
We don't do shipcourse, and have no DNI!
I tag nsfw as nsfw and nsft! Other than that I don't really have a tag system, tho I may tag some specific f/o's or sources.
I don't have a consistent stand on sharing, so if in doubt about a specific F/O just shoot me an ask!
F/O list is beneath the Read More!
Fictoromantic F/Os:
Inspector Lestrade - Sherlock Holmes
Bassa Selim - Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2022 Bielefeld production)
Tim Bradford - The Rookie
Queerplatonic F/Os (this list is not, and probably will never be, complete):
Ninth Doctor - Doctor Who
The Author - Doctor Who OC
Simm!Master - Doctor Who
Captain Jack Harkness - Doctor Who
Rebecca Crane - Assassin's Creed
Desmond Miles - Assassin's Creed
Wyll - Baldur's Gate 3
Karlach - Baldur's Gate 3
Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow - Batman Begins
Bane - The Dark Knight Rises
Almond Cookie + Tea Knight Cookie - Cookie Run
Eddie Brock - Venom
Hobie Brown - Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse
Gollum - Lord of The Rings
Shane - Stardew Valley
Javier Esposito + Kevin Ryan - Castle
Jerry Tyson - Castle
Ilya Sokurov - The Rookie
Jared Stone - Castle
Ivan - Die Fledermaus (2022 Bielefeld production)
Figaro - Barber of Sevilla (2023 Bielefeld production)
Agent Stone - Sonic
Adam - Hazbin Hotel
Sir Pentious - Hazbin Hotel
Reginald Thorpe - Moriarty
Rodney Lambert - Moriarty
Farengar Secret-Fire - Skyrim
Rune - Skyrim
Dr John Watson - Sherlock Holmes
Dorian Gray - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Henry Clerval - Frankenstein
Robert Walton - Frankenstein
Matthew Asquith - Sherlock Holmes: Der Erpresser von Edinburgh
Cicero - Skyrim
Crowley - Good Omens
Aragorn - Lord of The Rings
Gavin Reed - Detroit: Become Human
Jacob Frye - Assassin's Creed
John Standish - Assassin's Creed
Sexual F/Os (almost all my selfship have a sexual component, these are exclusively sexual F/Os):
Cahir - The Witcher (Netflix)
Ancano - Skyrim
Julius Caesar - Asterix
Platonic and Familial F/Os (very very shortened version):
alright, so i dont have the energy to make Information Posts for every contestant right now (i will try to draft several but its gonna take a while), but i do want to give you the list
in alphabetical order (including the "the"s) of the media theyre from:
Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey
Hideki Hinata and Yui from Angel Beats
Achilles and Patroclus from Aristos the Musical (i have been asked to emphasize that this is specifically the musical portrayal)
Chalco Yong and Ikora Rey from Destiny 2
Senku Ishigami and Gen Asagiri from Dr Stone
Hawke and Varric from Dragon Age
Edgin Darvis and Holga Kilgore from Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Joan Watson and Sherlock Holmes from Elementary
Peri Dubois and Abel Moreau from Entropic Float
Zagreus and Dusa from Hades
Polly and Yaretzi from Hello From The Hallowoods
Nepeta Leijon and Equius Zahhak from Homestuck
Serene-Heart-In-The-Chaos-Of-Battle and Luke Sunborn from In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Jay Ferin, Gillion Tidestrider, and Chip from Just Roll With It
Sakuko Kodama and Satoru Takahashi from Koisenu Futari
John Doe and Arthur Lester from Malevolent
Venus McFlytrap, Rochelle Goyle, and Robecca Steam from Monster High (the ghoulfriends book series)
Criss and Cross from Roleslaying With Roman
Anzu, Kazuki, and Junta from Romantic Killer
Zolf Smith and Oscar Wilde from Rusty Quill Gaming
Jas Emari and Sinjir Rath Velus from Star Wars Aftermath Trilogy
Blind and Sphynx from The Gray House
Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus from The Locked Tomb
Tim Stoker and Sasha James from The Magnus Archives
Jet Siquiliak and Buddy Aurinko from The Penumbra Podcast - Juno Steel
Moraine Damordred and Lan Mandragoran from The Wheel Of Time
Chongi-Re, Numeri, and Butler from Tropical Rouge Pretty Cure
Chance and Shadow from Woe.begone
Alana Maxwell and Daniel Jacobi from Wolf 359
Joe and Sasha from Wonderlab
Dairine Callahan and Roshaun ke Nelaied from Young Wizards book series
Joe Tazuna and Sara Chidouin from Your Turn To Die
i dont have any dates for you regarding either the introduction posts or the polling starts; i hope to be able to do the latter within the next week, but unfortunately for all of us i have adhd