Life: About Me

People moving (sometimes back) to Dreamwidth and snickfic's friending meme made me think it's time for a public About Me post.

First, I have a post linking to a bunch of master lists and locked about me posts.

Second, here's a short About Me post. Longer ones are locked, but I give access to pretty much everyone who requests it. (Oh, this is a good time for a quick note about how I use Dreamwidth: I follow people who seem interesting, pop in and out sporadically, and am most active here around Trick or Treat and Yuletide. Access policy already described. I also have a blanket permission policy for fanworks: Please feel free to translate, record podfic, make art for, create works inspired by, or otherwise transform any of my fic. I'd love a link to your piece, just so I can take a look, if possible. You can reach me via email at escritoireazul@gmail.com.)

I'm broadly fannish, have written fic in 72 fandoms (see my profile for a list and how I break down some fandoms), and participate each year in Trick or Treat and Yuletide. (I'm considering adding Chocolate Box to that as well.) I also talk (under lock) about a recapping project I do under a pseud.

I'm a light-skinned biracial woman in my 30s, queer, bipolar, and very liberal. I live in an extremely conservative part of an already red state, so that's fun. I live with my partner, J, and my dog, who has a number of ridiculous nicknames around here. I tend to lock details about my personal life, and I sort of vaguely keep this account separate from my professional account, so I appreciate you not linking them (or the recapping pseud) if you know about them all.

I'm involved in a couple podcast projects, one as the pseud one in a professional capacity, so when I link to them, that'll be locked, too. Sometimes I attend conventions. Sometimes I travel. I'm very close to most of my family and have a tight group of friends from fandom, grad school, and my family. I write and make art.

Questions? Ask away.

Fandom: Current TV Shows

And by current, I mean shows I am more or less currently watching.

Criminal Minds season fourteen: For awhile, a few seasons ago, I was ready for this show to end, then there was a big shakeup of the cast (and therefore the team itself) and now I am utterly in love with it again. Chosen family! Interesting mysteries that no longer feel quite so over the top just to draw viewers. Spencer getting a twisting storyline that I liked a lot more on rewatch. Garcia/Alvez. All the team feelings.

Agent Carter season two: I'm working my way through a watch/rewatch of the MCU + tv shows (I'm rewatching most of the movies, but I haven't seen many of the tv shows -- also, I'm trying to do this in chronological order within the universe, so you can see how far I've gotten), but have been stuck on season two for awhile now. Mostly because I've been busy, but something about each episode makes me so tense I have a hard time watching more than one at a time. I only have a couple of episodes left, though.

The Good Place season two: Well, I'm about to start it, at least. I loved season one and am looking forward to season two.

S.W.A.T. season two: I'm generally caught up because it is worth it to use CBS' terrible website. There is a particular romantic storyline for one of the characters that is bringing me great joy this season, and on the whole, though I don't normally like police procedurals, S.W.A.T. is doing a pretty great job with police violence, racism, sexism, black anger, and a bunch of other things. Also: chosen family and team feelings!

WWE Raw and Smackdown: I have no idea what seasons we're on, and I don't care. I don't watch every single week, but I watch often. My favorites: Nia Jax, Tamina, Naomi, the Usos, and Becky Lynch, but I'm generally fond of most of the superstars.

Bob's Burgers season nine: I avoided watching this for a long time because the little bit I'd seen didn't catch my attention. Then my pottery instructor had it on in the studio a couple times, I got caught up in it, and now I've seen the entire series so far and stay current on this season.