Where I sit, I dream for days

Yuletide reveals are up!  That means I can share with you guys the fic I wrote for my dear recipient strixus.  This facet of the request was all I needed to know EXACTLY what I had to do, because I have wondered exactly those same points myself.


In particular, I loved what was done with Tron himself: transformed from hero worshiped by the young Sam into the faceless, growling villain of Sam’s nightmares, and then granted redemption in the last minutes of the film, yet possibly dieing in the end. I’d also deeply like some input from Alan on the issue with Tron, particularly if you see fit to have Tron survive his fall into the Sea of Simulation.

To put it more simply, really, I’m looking for something that plays with the transformation of Tron into Rinzler, and then Rinzler into Tron, and I’m totally open to the idea that Rinzler/Tron does die at the end of TRON: Legacy.

PUT IT ON A SILVER PLATTER FOR ME TOO, WHILE YOU ARE AT IT.  This prompt was PERFECT and an absolute thrill to write.

Red Shift @ Archive of our Own

Lots of props to ambientfiligree  and tatterpixie , who beta'd the story for me.  Some of the comments mention the use of the computer language effectively, and it was K and Pixie who gave me a lot of help in making sure that language and that tone was consistent <3 <3 <3  Then also prodigy  and mindsplinters  and kol , who were all my comrades in Yuletide and each wrote excellent little (or large) fics, and were a major source of guidance and support to me in my first year of Yuletide ;_; <3  I had a lot of fun this year and expect to do it again next!

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Pixie said some amazing things on AIM I needed to keep for posterity:

Pixie is available 1:52 pm
DOOM BALLOON 3m ago

I've been wanting to do this post all week. Here are the ten books (or book series) that I consider to have been formative in my young Sageling years. These are all books I read when I was 12 years old or younger.

( I guess the Bernstein Bears should have been in here. Too late now. )

Did any of these books affect you guys as well?  What books were very important and powerful to you at a young, impressionable age? (I hear "Clan of the Cave Bear" is a common answer, by the way.)

I wrote a fic. It is Kingdom/Tron AU, starring Peter as The User.  Everything else will be a surprise.

If you don't know anything about Tron Legacy or what the world looks like, this is a decent start.  I wrote the story nearly exclusively to the movie soundtrack, which you can browse here.   I consider 'Fragile' to be the companion song to this story.

I actually started this fic nearly 11 months ago, on the night that Tron:Legacy released.  We got back from the theater at 3 AM, and I busted out the bones of this story.  It's taken me a long time to really flesh it out, mostly cause of massive distraction.  But I'm really happy to have it done.  I actually have thought about Tron AU a fair bit, and have a storyline for it mapped out in my head.  But we'll see if I ever get to other stories of it XD 

(This story is subtitled "How many bad computing puns can Sage make in one fic?")

“This isn’t how you spend all your time here, is it?  Bossing people around and making everything you touch explode.”  

SO, ABOUT NANO FOR THIS YEAR:

My likelihood of having enough time/energy to complete a novel are very slim (I've been working 9-10 hours a day), and I'd really rather not stress myself sick in November.  So I'll be doing 31 days instead, one fic for each day.  I'm not even going to throw a word limit on things - I want to write a 1000 words a day, but if that is 500 of fic and the rest in tags, or in novella planning, then fine with me.  If my job had settled down by now, it'd be a different story, but there always seems to be one firestorm or another on, and right now I want to be at my most alert for work.

So my prompts will be coming from 31 Days, both from the October and the yet-to-be-revealed November prompts.  There are also the Carl Sagan prompts to pull from, and I need to build the list of songs I've always wanted to write fics to but never have.  I already have an idea-poster going for the October prompts so far - I'm really happy cause there is a lot I want to do with my newer characters (Endy, Joachim, Lola, Taka, Raiko, Kaito, and Suharto), which is nice cause I feel like my newer characters are shafted in terms of fics (I think only Taka and Suharto have completed fics so far, out of that list).  I miss being able to write fics as often as I did even six months ago, but November could be a hell of a catch-up.  And even if most of the fics for November are bad, at least that is exploring.

In other thrilling news, I am going to Portland next month!  An opportunity came up to meet up with ambientfiligree  there, and damn I haven't had a real exploration vacation in a year and a half.   (Not one that involves a plane ride, at least.  Carmel/Monterey for my birthday was hard to beat.)  It is my plan to (a) wander the shit out of Portland and (b) eat my weight in vegetarian cuisine.  I know the weather won't be amazing, but I don't caaaaaaaaaare I want to buy all the artsy things and eat all the non-meat things and see all the pretty outdoor things.

I don't think I have much other thrilling news XD I go to work and I come home, and I'm knitting and going to the gym as much as I can in-between.  I need to read more, oh well.  I am close to being able to do another Shit I Watch on Netflix post - I'm watching Vandread now (which is ALL OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT 90's ANIME), and would love to finish that before I dig into another one of those posts.  Right now, Kol and I are watching Work of Art, which is like our Project Runway if Project Runway didn't totally suck in all ways right now.  I don't even want to watch the finale tomorrow cause I don't feel like getting angry at it. 

Hi, I figured that I should give some indication that I'm alive.

( Talking about Angie, books, Nanowrimo, tags, and Netflix )

Oh, and I bought tickets to the San Francisco Nutcracker Ballet c:   For those who don't know, I'm massively obsessed by the Nutcracker ballet, and you know, if I'm living next to one of the most major productions of it in the world, I PROBABLY SHOULD GO.  The tickets were a splurge too, but I think worth it for the nice orchestra seats.  

I should probably sleep before work tomorrow.  TA TA.

TAG UPDATE
( Guess which of my characters is bleeding to death (again!) )

I really want to plow though a number of my PW posts, maybe tonight if I have enough bandwidth.  

BUT FOR NOW I have just consumed some delicious falafel, and I am going to go to the gym once Kol is done with getting ready for her event!  We actually had a really good, really fruitful afternoon out doing shopping.  I have been wanting to get some nicer outfits for work, and between Express, Gap, and H&M I've been finding some really wonderful stuff.  

Going to the gym again is awesome <3 I am going to be heading into work earlier now, at about 8 AM, which will get me out at 4:30-5.  The plan is to do the gym after work, and get home by 6 to do Other Things.  Usually weight melts off of me as soon as I get exercising, so I'm looking forward to that.  Working close to a Trader Joe's has also increased my options for salads at lunch and healthier dinners for me to stack in the freezer and prepare when I get home.  I've also been starting my morning with protein shakes and Clif bars, and the protein is making a big-ass difference in my energy levels.  I need to get a set of vitamins to keep at work, and then I think I'll be onto a good start. 

One thing I used to love to do at the gym is play my Nintendo GBA/DS while on bicycle machines XD  I did buy a new video game with the gift card I won last week - Dragon Quest IX, because I really needed an RPG fix and the Wii don't have many RP games XD   It's decent, nothing earth-shattering, and kind of chill in the way that Final Fantasy isn't anymore.  It feels a lot like the old SNES RPGs, which is definitely refreshing.  Also, your party is completely customizable.  My player character is Sage, which of course is a purple-haired purple-eyed chick, and I made Deon, Val, and Rae characters in my party (Warrior, Mage, and Priest, respectively.  Rae is a badass D: )

Also I'm making these socks.  I loved the pattern so much I bought the damn book! SO EXCITED.

And I've been listening to a lot of 90's mixes on 8tracks lately.  Hence my current song, which I completely forgot existed even though I loved it so much at the time.  I love this mix the best so far.

STUFF, THINGS, AND MY EXCITING LIFE.

ALSO CHEER FOR ANGIE AND KOL WHOM I AM VERY PROUD OF.

Top 100 SF/F books, according to NPR.  Since it seems to have been decided on based to fan-votes, I can understand better why the order is so weird and wonky and leans towards a lot of new stuff. Nabbed from prodigy .  Bold for read, italics for started, underlined for want-to-read.

 

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I bought Super Smash Brothers: Brawl last week.  Should have bought it years ago, it should have been called Nintendo Fanfiction: The Game due to its story mode. I have my sights on getting a 3DS within the next few months, but getting some new clothing and some non-plastic furniture is a big higher on my list right now.  DID YOU KNOW THAT OREGON TRAIL - 3D WILL BE RELEASED ON THE 3DS?  Also a Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright team-up game.  God dammit.

THE CHRONICLES OF THE SHIT I WATCH ON NETFLIX.   I will try to keep it to a paragraph each. 

( Including Sherlock, Spiderman, and Rainbow Brite! )

So I'm trying to get some more live-action series in my queue, but while a few titles interest me, I'm just so turned off by prime-time drama and the like that I don't feel confident in starting up anything.  Brothers and Sisters and Flashforward have been sitting in my queue for a little while, but I'm not sure if I'm sold.  What do you guys recommend?

Not sure what I can do in terms of creative stuff today, so I'm going to start out with some RP house-cleaning.  Helping Ru and K look over their articles for Interstellar Senshi Hustle (SAILOR MOON SPACE ADVENTURE!), and I will do some light Portal work for Kingdom.  I have an app for ISH, for my Space Cowboy, that I could probably knock out in a half hour.  And I really, really must clean my room.  It's a sty.

Unrelated, can anyone think of any SQL tutorials online that they particularly like? I'm trying to develop some better computer skills, and it looks kind of fun anyways.