siollan

Don't know if anyone is still out there, but yes, I live. Only actually logged in after oh, 8 years b/c I was in a password changing frenzy after getting one of those phishing sexploitation (ha!) emails and I was trying to remember all of my online accounts so I could change all the passwords just in case.

Anyway, I was actually contemplating deleting my dreamwidth acct. because I don't use it and am not really in fandom anymore. Also have not logged into LJ for a while, but may keep it as that is where all my old translations reside and I thought maybe some random internet people might find them useful. Speaking of which, a nice person on my LJ flist asked me if I was planning on translating the last chapter in vol. 8? 7? of WA. I didn't have the heart to tell them that I am so rusty I doubt I could translate anything at all at this point.

In case anyone is interested, though, the latest chapter of WA is online at, I think, zero sum online - for free! And by latest, I mean it came out several years ago. I couldn't make heads or tails of it, except that I guess Kubo-can and Tokito disappeared for a while, and then suddenly re-appear at the very end of the chapter. At this point, I am almost sure Minekura will never get around to finishing it, so my investment in it is pretty nil. I might check out the latest chapters of Saiyuki, though.

Anyway, still not sure if I should hang around - thoughts from anyone who is still logging in?

Is that it finally gave me the kick in the pants I needed to start posting here again, which I had been meaning to do. Not that I have anything really exciting to say, mind.

I have considered importing my LJ over here and starting to cross-post like many on my FL, but I am undecided, probably because I never meant this journal to be a mirror of my LJ. I have considered making another DW that matches my LJ username and using that as a mirror but that seems like it would only complicate things further and oh god I am thinking about this way too much, aren't I. Maybe I'll forgo the importing and just start cross-posting.

Anyway, I do hope more people become active here on DW; I think what's been keeping people from being more involved is that are so many long-established communities on LJ that people don't want to leave, which I can understand. For now, I suppose it's not too much of a bother to check both sites for updates and such.

Now that my semester is over (yesss) and I have a brief respite before the next one begins, I'm thinking more about fic ideas, especially the one I can't get out of my head, the family fic, as I'm informally dubbing it. I think the idea originated with this fanart by Yuki Hinoki; originally I wanted to write a crackfic surrounding them and their little family, but like most of my fic ideas it never materialized.

Then Minekura started working the family theme and the desire returned, but this time I thought to myself, why does it have to be crackfic? Why couldn't it be believable in the context of the WA universe, which does itself have a bit of a spec fic premise (crazy drug that turns people into beasts).

Maybe I'll do some outlining this weekend now that I am mercifully assignment-free...

Just a little "hello" to all my LJ buds who might wander by. If you don't have a DW yet/don't plan to get one, you can always log in with OpenID!

*waves*

I need to figure out how to customize my journal and make it more aesthetically appealing. I should know how to do this by now, yes?