queerer than we can suppose

chocolateboxcomm results! I received two things:

The Trouble That Makes Rebels from estelraca, which is adorable Rogue OT3 in which Cassian gets into a tight spot, is rescued by his awesome peoplefriends, contemplates the evolution of his professional relationships, and gets some well-deserved cuddles. ♥ ♥ ♥

And from tiamatschild, Mme C- and the Strange Seas of Europa, which is a lovely vignette of Clorinda IN SPACE!!! and her relationships with her various spouses. Plus art! ♥ ♥ ♥!

And I wrote two things, both original fic (!):

the sun shone on our honeymoon, F/F, T
Solaria’s captain has a girl in every port, but only one true love.

a gentleman of foreign parts, F/M, M
"Dear me," said Lucinda.

Which have both been received startlingly well, so that's gratifying!

PLUS I wrote a ficlet for International Fanworks Day and the prompt of "characters reading fan fiction": Ripped From The Headlines (Rogue One, gen, G)

In media news, tiamatschild and I watched The Mandalorian, and holy shit you guys, it really is as good as the hype. Like WHAT A GOOD. It's like they had a checklist of my bulletproof tropes and went down it systematically. I HAVE SO MANY FEELS they will not fit in this post.

And then Clone Wars came back, and it is the same delightful blend of goofiness and fridge horror that it always was, only with a better animation budget.

( s7 spoilers )

So I finished Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves, which I've had kicking around forever and finally got around to reading.

It is weird as all hell. But I like it. I am especially impressed given that it starts out with the protag and her mother being about equally abrasive, and goes on with lots of weird gore and body horror, none of which are things I enjoy usually.

But I like that Hanna is aggressively and unapologetically weird. Unlike a lot of less interesting YA protags, she doesn't spend a lot of time angsting about it, and she doesn't pride herself on it either; she just owns it. I think it's that honesty and lack of drama (relatively -- she is a teenager, after all) that carried me through the initial chapters; that and how quickly the sheer weirdness of the setting became apparent.