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I suddenly remembered how, while I was still active in Nirvana in Fire fandom, I came across spoilers for NiF2.

At which point I recoiled and shrieked, "Jingyan would never!"

...Were I not so attached to the characters in this series, I probably would have been like "Yeah, as far as tropes go, that's a reasonable direction to take the narrative. Cyclical, as he grows in power the son becomes as much of an asshole as the father, etc".

But I am firmly attached to the characters, and so I still find myself thinking, "Fuck no!"

...Yeah, I'm probably never going to watch NiF2. (Though the main reason is that all of the characters that I love aren't in it!)

+ I woke up to snow today! It didn't stay, but it was reassuring. We usually have snow before Halloween, so getting into November without it has been making me feel antsy.

+ Found a wooden plant stand down by the complex's dumpster. It's all scratched up, but structurally sound. Mine now! It doesn't really match any of my furniture, so I'm thinking that maybe in the summer I'll see if I can paint it. For now, it's serving as a vertical shoe rack in my closet. Additional plants are a future project. (I'm running out of window space! ;V )

+ I uploaded all of my Nirvana in Fire poetry to Ao3. It made the most sense to post it as a series, so voila: The Book of the Moth. This has been in the plans for a while, but I was dragging my feet. Anyway! Doing this reminded me of how much I love NiF. I'm due for a rewatch. And looking forward to reveals for this year's NiF exchange too! (Nov 20th this year). Hopefully I'll be able to set aside time to read after all the works are visible.

The Nirvana in Fire exchange is running again this year. Signups are open from now until the 22nd.

This year, it's being organized on Dreamwidth. Details over here: nifexchange

I won't be signing up this year because I'm way too busy, but maybe some of you will be interested. :D I'll definitely be checking out the results, at least.

My work in this fandom isn't very suited to exchanges, anyway. Somehow, it is the one canon that I can only write poetry for. Prose is way too hard!

So! There is a Nirvana in Fire comm on DW: nirvana_in_fire

Might be good for those who enjoy DW-style discussion/meta and so on. :D

I can't think of anything to post right now, but maybe in the future. :)

Aaaand all this reminds me that I should do a rewatch... (But I should finish RoP first.)

Don't know where I left my brain today, but that doesn't matter. Have some art recs. Coincidentally, both B&W, though very different aside from that.

Nirvana in Fire, Prince Jing & Mei Changsu by Helia. Her watercolour/inkwork/paintings are always gorgeous, and this is no exception. (I'm so glad she watched this series, AHH)

Hetalia, Sweden/Norway by Kleinzarohe. Bless this artist. It's always a good day when I see they've posted something new.

Of course, I already reblogged these at tumblr, so those who follow me would have seen them already, but... They're so lovely that I felt it necessary to link them here, too. <3

I promised I would accompany you until the very end. You may have broken your word, but I will not go back on my promise.

Okay, cool, I'm just going to roll around on the floor, making anguished noises and crying over these two all over again. Well, honestly, every moment between Mei Changsu and Lin Chen is just perfect. I mean, I love lots of other stuff, but those two in particular - I love their dynamic so much.

...Iiiin other words, I had to rewatch some bits of Nirvana in Fire for canon review purposes, and now I'm just drowning in feelings (AGAIN).

Unfortunately, now I want to watch the entire thing from start to finish. All 54 episodes of it. But who even has time for that? NOT ME. However, if I take it one bit at a time, maybe - after all, I do have all this knitting I'd love to do, and while I prefer not to watch new subtitled things while working on a project, stuff I've seen before is fair game.

Was rather relieved to find that most of the fiddly stuff I was factchecking for my NiF exchange draft won't need to be changed, as I remembered it correctly. I still need to add a few things, but I'm not in bad shape. I'll be glad to be done with this story, though! Poetry is definitely more my medium for this fandom. Going to try to get the draft done before the end of the month - we'll see what happens.

Hmm! Someone brought to my attention that there's a Nirvana in Fire exchange (run on tumblr). Details: exchange info and signup info.

Last day to sign up is October 10th. Hmmm....

Must admit, I'm kind of interested! However, there are some things I'm not sure about.

- This exchange uses prompt claiming. I've never participated in one with that format because I don't particularly like it. So, that's kind of... eh.
- Coming up with requests is hard and my brain is mush. (Then again, maybe I can recycle some old requests from previous exchanges...)
- I'm only able to write poetry in this fandom. At least - so far. So that might limit me. Some people might not think to DNW that medium since it isn't written a whole lot, and I wouldn't want to accidentally give it to someone who doesn't like it. Additionally, there is no recommended minimum for poetry linecount, so figuring out what would be adequate is challenging.

On the upside:

+ Yay, exchange for a small fandom that I love!
+ A chance to get fanwork of my favourite characters and rarepairs, whoo!
+ Canon review will be fun - and I've been meaning to rewatch NiF anyway.
+ Nice long writing period. Works are not due until December 20th. (Bonus: Works are revealed on December 31.)

Still not sure. Well, at least I have a few days left to think about it.

[/stumbles over a NiF2 spoiler]

...What.

What.

Oh my god, now I know what people have been vaguely alluding to, and I agree.

Jingyan would NEVER!

Or - well, actually, speaking from a purely serious point of view, it makes for an interesting story; considering such a thing was implied/referenced/hinted at in the first series. The cyclical nature of... everything.

However. Considering this is Jingyan. I just.

Jingyan would never!

[/puts fingers in ears and goes LA LA LA I DON'T WANT TO EVEN CONSIDER THIS]

Needless to say, the second series has dropped a bit on my to-watch list... I might get around to it eventually, but it isn't high priority.

Mind you, it wasn't high-priority in the first place, considering it has a very different cast - not just different characters, but very different character types. One of the things that appeals to me about the first series is that the central characters are a bit older, a bit more mature, a bit more world-weary; NiF2 seems to have a younger group at its centre.

But. Anyway.

(Jingyan would never.)

Very tired. Work is busy. Tomorrow is off; looking forward to that.

Most of the snow has melted, but it still isn't quite spring. The ice on the river hasn't broken yet. And I think there will still be a good bit of snow deep in the woods. I should go look tomorrow.

I'm glad that even if it isn't spring, we have light. It's nice to have a bit of light out when I'm walking to work. It's just so hard to get energetic about anything when the sun doesn't rise until 9 or 10AM, you know? So I'm glad that part of the year is over for now.

Have some NiF poetry in the drafts; hopefully will get one or two finished this weekend. There are two with LC that were challenging, and I kept wondering if I should splice them together or something, but I think I have it figured out now. That is, they both had to be cut down a bit. That always kills me, because usually I have to remove a line that I really like; sometimes it just doesn't work with the rest of the piece. But sometimes, you can separate it and build something else around it, so that's all right.

Other times, I end up writing five different variations of the same thing, and none of them feel quite right. With this one, there's a particular idea that I want to illustrate, but I haven't found the right way to hammer it out yet.

There is another thing I'm working on, one with MZ x MCS, and it's given me so much trouble - gone through four major rewrites and it's still not right. I think I need to remove a set of lines, maybe as many as 5 lines. MZ is hard for me to get right; he's a different sort of character from the kind I usually write, so he's challenging. (Maybe I should rewatch some of his scenes again. Oh no, what hardship.) There is another poem I want to start - same pairing; Tik gave me the seed of an idea for it but I need to think about it some more.

It's just, it's such a rare pairing, and it's one of Tik's favourites (maybe even her top favourite? I'm not sure). She loves MZ so much; she adores him. (I ADORE HIM TOO but she loves him more than I do. Like, really a lot.) So, I want to write her all the things. So many things. I wish I could draw things for her, too.

We were also talking about MZ x LC the other day, and now I'm thinking, haha, maybe I should try writing that one too. WHY NOT. (Need to find a base to slap some lines on first, but. You know.)

I kind of want to fill my genprompt bingo card* with all NiF poetry. The three I've managed to finish already were all NiF, and all poetry, so - WHY NOT try for a completely Nirvana in Fire blackout, really.

But, writing will have to wait for a different day. I'm totally beat. Weekend will be writing, and errands, and then a driving lesson on Saturday - hopefully the last one before the test.

For the moment: tea. And finishing a good book. Maybe going for a run a little bit later, or maybe watching a movie. Either way, I'm going to have to go to bed at a reasonable hour, considering how worn-down I feel. Ugh.

( Cut for NiF spoilers )

I kind of want to rewatch, because there are so many details that I probably missed on first viewing, and so many scenes that I would like to go through again. But maybe that would be best reserved for another time.

Anyway. I suspect poking around for fic will happen in the near future. If any of those on my FList who have watched this have suggestions, I'm all ears. Not interested in setting-change AUs, but canon-divergent and fix-its are A-OK (and stuff that isn't AU in any way is welcome too of course). I'm open to reading about pretty much any character or pairing, because even the characters that I don't like are still interesting for the most part. And I multiship, so.... yes. (Though I admit to being partial to LC. And LC/MCS. To the surprise of nobody.)