tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Mouse's MusingsMousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger1862125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-50018189421681996782023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:002023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13993860/1/Tin-Soldie...https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13993860/1/Tin-Soldier How did The Other Light in "Left Behind: Kingdom Come" start? I try to answer that.<br /><br />( content warning: person writing about experiences as a child soldier decades later, lots of unresolved trauma, some resolved trauma. )spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-62461393143749630142023-04-01T21:51:15.641-07:002023-04-01T21:51:15.641-07:00Ooh, shiny!
I finished The Omega Legacy if you ev...Ooh, shiny!<br /><br />I finished The Omega Legacy if you ever have a use for it :) it's on fanfiction dot net.spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-90072568455232596252022-06-25T00:37:09.605-07:002022-06-25T00:37:09.605-07:00Hydra is like SM Stirling's Draka: Ubernazis w...Hydra is like SM Stirling's Draka: Ubernazis who are so Nazi that the mainstream Nazis seem reasonable.Jonathan Markoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161422726180734071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-80167042549154522912022-06-15T22:54:44.250-07:002022-06-15T22:54:44.250-07:00The Lost Cause is a Southern thing. A Brooklyn boy...The Lost Cause is a Southern thing. A Brooklyn boy like Steve would probably have gotten a lot of self-congratulatory stuff about how Lincoln freed the slaves and nothing about the North's failure to follow up after Lincoln's assassination to ensure that black people actually benefitted from their newly gained freedom or the creative ways that Southern whites kept black people down after Reconstruction ended. <br /><br />BTW, the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki is one of the reasons I will not vote Republican until and unless they clean up their act. What's that you say? The man who ordered the drone strike was a Democrat. Yeah, the problem is that Obama had plenty of stuff that the Republicans could have gone after him for when they got solid majorities in both houses of Congress, including that drone strike and instead of pressing him on anything he actually did, they preferred <i>to make shit up</i>. I'm not too fond of the Democrats, but they're at least mostly connected to reality. More and more, the Republicans seem to live in a parallel universe and they're trying to drag the rest of us into it. <br />Rhoadanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375561352677522227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-57489251422618426592022-05-09T15:33:49.380-07:002022-05-09T15:33:49.380-07:00Shouldn't the title of the book be in the post...Shouldn't the title of the book be in the post, so we don't have to go to the link just to find that out?Jonathan Markoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161422726180734071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-35885080664793263892022-05-09T15:31:37.296-07:002022-05-09T15:31:37.296-07:00I used to love Harry Potter, but quickly realised ...I used to love Harry Potter, but quickly realised that there is so much wrong with it when put up to the light. It is a very repetitious series, with much by-the-numbers Campbellianism. And the last few books are padded with filler. Harry comes across as a variation of just about any DC or Marvel hero.<br /><br />I always knew that the Goblins were antisemtic caricatures. When JKR started being bigoted against women like me, it was only one logical step removed.<br /><br />But I don't let the artist's nature taint my view of the art. When I find out about a star being discovered as a pedophile, I make sure to go out and watch and preserve their films, since it's likely that noone else is.<br /><br />So JKR's behaviour really hasn't changed my view of Harry Potter.Jonathan Markoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161422726180734071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-49717490457932188812022-01-28T05:26:54.814-08:002022-01-28T05:26:54.814-08:00Congrats, that's awesome!
Did you ever get ar...Congrats, that's awesome!<br /><br />Did you ever get around to reading Left Beyond? I'd gladly buy your book if you read mine :) (I don't think my stuff is good enough to publish, but it's available at https://www.emlia.org/ )spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-25379535533934906792022-01-21T19:43:50.072-08:002022-01-21T19:43:50.072-08:00Sort of:
A Virus has swept through the world, kil...Sort of:<br /><br />A Virus has swept through the world, killing off all the adults and leaving the kids to survive on their own.<br /><br />Fourteen-year-old David has survived by staying hidden, too preoccupied with raising the baby left in his care to dream of much by way of a better future.<br /><br />But a chance encounter with three amnesiac survivors, along with reports of angels and strange disappearances, forces David and the other survivors to consider the possibility that not all the adults died from the Virus and the ones who survived, may not have good intentions for the surviving children.Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-23235121796857265602022-01-20T13:17:47.562-08:002022-01-20T13:17:47.562-08:00Congratulations!
Do you have a back-cover sort of...Congratulations!<br /><br />Do you have a back-cover sort of blurb?Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-68592562581156261932021-12-15T10:23:07.554-08:002021-12-15T10:23:07.554-08:00The whole Cheryl thing annoyed me, so I added it t...The whole Cheryl thing annoyed me, so I added it to the "Children of the Tripocalypse" fixfic. (chapter3)<br /><br />https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12530291/1/Children-of-the-Tripocalypse<br /><br />Basically, Vicki and Judd (in that order) have to get a clue in the precarious years after Armageddon goes sideways with no clear winner. They also have to help Rayford do the same.<br /><br />I should continue it?spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-3768669060764020642021-12-15T10:09:40.019-08:002021-12-15T10:09:40.019-08:00http://www.standeyo.com/daretoprepare.com/Trib_Tim...http://www.standeyo.com/daretoprepare.com/Trib_Time/Trib_TimeLn.html Current link for the timeline.spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-20710070461473127042021-09-30T15:13:26.248-07:002021-09-30T15:13:26.248-07:00I'm not sure switching to wordpress would help...I'm not sure switching to wordpress would help if the issue is advertising getting more people to see (and thus review) your work. But there may be some website somewhere that is better at getting content directed at people, idk medium or something, if you don't go out of your way to advertise.Stardustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-48382789699091340072021-09-20T20:59:01.818-07:002021-09-20T20:59:01.818-07:00Ooh yea...it's so nice getting comments. Maybe...Ooh yea...it's so nice getting comments. Maybe it's egoism, but it is a blow to the ego, when you throw something out there and get nothing in response. <br /><br />As to whether this will change my mind about putting the project on hold, I don't know. I don't deny that I can be easily bought, that I am a sucker for comments. <br /><br />But if I do continue, well, I'm wondering if maybe I should try a different format or something. I'm wondering if Blogger is the wrong place for doing these reviews, that maybe I should try wordpress or something else. I have few, if any, computer skills, so I've generally stuck to Blogger and have tried to keep this a low-tech, one-man operation. But if y'all can think of a way to make this work better, well, I'll suck it up and learn whatever skills needed. I've been meaning to improve my skill set anyway; I'm just lazy is all. Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-2782294663185481342021-09-19T14:25:49.700-07:002021-09-19T14:25:49.700-07:00I still have a whole bunch of film-watching catchi...I still have a whole bunch of film-watching catching-up to do.<br /><br />I think I can tell you one reason for bloated slow-moving films (and books): for some part of the audience, the reward is not "a story well told", it's "spending time with these people". Split the planned film into two or three, and that's more cinema trips, more hours escaping from real life.<br /><br />Please understand, I'm not dissing escapism. But if one's going in with that motivation, a longer film with more dialogue is going to be welcome, well beyond what other viewers want for context or character development.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-18946962463457106442021-09-19T10:48:20.667-07:002021-09-19T10:48:20.667-07:00I enjoyed your insights but I also realise how muc...I enjoyed your insights but I also realise how much work is involved when you feel as though you aren't being appreciated (a friend of mine once noted that all you need to understand about human nature is that every company has a "customer complaints" line but no company ever has a "customer compliments" line...)<br /><br />The one interesting observation I will always recall about The Avengers (or "Avengers Assemble" as this Brit continues to call it because we have a different 'The Avengers'!) was that Whedon managed to make a big-screen blockbuster that would still make sense when watched on that little screen on the back of a airplane seat (or, I guess, on a phone.) You would be able to follow the big battle perfectly even when it was reduced to a few inches in size. Very few directors have been able to match that visual clarity.Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182486408258989295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-67931211577599117542021-09-17T11:56:34.486-07:002021-09-17T11:56:34.486-07:00Buffy is the best and should be watched. Firefly i...Buffy is the best and should be watched. Firefly is good too and should be watched. I never liked Whedon's Marvel movies very much. But I'm not too fond of the MCU in general. It has good characters and visuals but most (not all) of the stories are monotonous slugfests.<br /><br />I love your postings, but I don't get too upset when a movie gets a comic book character wrong. There are multiple ways that each one can be played. Sadly, Batman tends to always get the lowest common denominator when it comes to film. I am a fanfic girl (in a man's body) who always makes my own headcanon.<br /><br />We need more forums where this group can meet, so we're not as constrained.Jonathan Markoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161422726180734071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-15518342288122736182021-09-17T11:32:09.551-07:002021-09-17T11:32:09.551-07:00Semi-Unrelated, but I noticed in fanfic that a lot...Semi-Unrelated, but I noticed in fanfic that a lot of people seem to be really anti-Cap because of Civil War. Actually, sometimes they're anti 'everyone who is not Tony'. I would've liked to have heard your thoughts on civil war but I know you aren't doing these any more so maybe the quickie one paragraph version?Stardustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-78176405137211712652021-09-17T11:09:38.595-07:002021-09-17T11:09:38.595-07:00Thanks for the post, even if you apparently aren&#...Thanks for the post, even if you apparently aren't enjoying this any more.<br /><br />I did wish Avengers had more fluff. That end scene where they all quietly eat shwarma together was the directors kinda just going 'see, all your fanfic about these guys being friends is wronggg, they have no idea how to interact beyond fighting together'.<br />It's been too long since I've actually watched it, so I don't have much to say on it. It was a good movie, but at the same time, I don't feel a huge urge to rewatch, and I think the lack of fluffy interaction is why. They all kinda just snipe at each other.<br /><br />Buffy in comparison, while it had snark, had genuine friendship too. That's what made it so much fun. I'd consider rewatching it while I wouldn't rewatch Avengers, to be honest.Stardustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-14555445635656600692021-09-04T02:38:18.774-07:002021-09-04T02:38:18.774-07:00I am another Autie, and I got my vaccine posthaste...I am another Autie, and I got my vaccine posthaste.Jonathan Markoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161422726180734071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-27211679958029349252020-12-25T11:11:13.663-08:002020-12-25T11:11:13.663-08:00Once again, a nice analysis.Once again, a nice analysis.Stardustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-10330841491821282452020-10-18T09:21:39.420-07:002020-10-18T09:21:39.420-07:00I enjoyed this, the length is fine.I enjoyed this, the length is fine.Stardustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-59981302916885631972020-10-18T09:01:32.500-07:002020-10-18T09:01:32.500-07:00Ahh, I didn't even realize there was a post. I...Ahh, I didn't even realize there was a post. I don't check super often.Stardustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-61444011736244332062020-10-13T11:40:23.394-07:002020-10-13T11:40:23.394-07:00Ooh, shway! I was getting just a little bit worrie...Ooh, shway! I was getting just a little bit worried about you. Hope life is treating you well. Comment when you’re ready.Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-55871636749340735042020-10-13T03:11:44.772-07:002020-10-13T03:11:44.772-07:00Just so you know…
I'm still here.
But I have...Just so you know…<br /><br />I'm still here.<br /><br />But I haven't seen most of the Marvel films, and the couple I did see were about when they came out.<br /><br />And I want to watch them before I read and respond to your reviews…Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-30696996838694983332020-08-28T21:18:03.579-07:002020-08-28T21:18:03.579-07:00Yay! You're alive! :DYay! You're alive! :Dspiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.com