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Mac cut his hair. (Or rather, had Sneak do it for him.) It's now shorter than it's ever been, the whole time he's lived here.
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Brendan & the Beast
May. 14th, 2023 11:50 pmMiranda: Long ago, in the distant high school past, I read on fanfiction.net a queer Beauty and the Beast retelling called Brendan and the Beast. It was started in 2001. In 2011 (I think), the author completed it, but I had long since lost track of it by then.
A couple months ago, the author self-published it in ebook and paperback forms, and since Biff and I did all the packing and moving logistics, I declared myself deserving of a reward and bought a copy. If nothing else, I wanted to reward the author for plugging away for 20+ years and find out how it ended!
( Spoilers behind this cut, oh my! )
Brendan & the Beast is one of those romances where you are there for the two main leads. That is where all its strengths lie, their chemistry and banter. If that doesn't please you, this book will not succeed, but it pleased me very much; I couldn't put it down. It has some rough copyediting that one associates with self-published books, but that doesn't bother me. If I want more polished Beauty and the Beast retellings that DON'T scratch my itch, I can easily name half a dozen. This book gave me exactly what I wanted, and I am very happy with it.
And now it is on my shelf, the sole fiction prose book we have that is over 300 pages.
Congratulations, Fox Beckwith, for finishing a book after twenty years! Well done on such a long-haul labor of love!
A couple months ago, the author self-published it in ebook and paperback forms, and since Biff and I did all the packing and moving logistics, I declared myself deserving of a reward and bought a copy. If nothing else, I wanted to reward the author for plugging away for 20+ years and find out how it ended!
( Spoilers behind this cut, oh my! )
Brendan & the Beast is one of those romances where you are there for the two main leads. That is where all its strengths lie, their chemistry and banter. If that doesn't please you, this book will not succeed, but it pleased me very much; I couldn't put it down. It has some rough copyediting that one associates with self-published books, but that doesn't bother me. If I want more polished Beauty and the Beast retellings that DON'T scratch my itch, I can easily name half a dozen. This book gave me exactly what I wanted, and I am very happy with it.
And now it is on my shelf, the sole fiction prose book we have that is over 300 pages.
Congratulations, Fox Beckwith, for finishing a book after twenty years! Well done on such a long-haul labor of love!
Biff, Mori, and Miranda go dress shopping
Nov. 5th, 2019 04:04 pmIn the course of his Marie Kondo-ing his way through everything we own, Biff tackled our clothes. And he discovered something: we were wearing the equivalent of cheese pizza and vanilla ice cream.
Biff: "Okay, guys, what if we made it so everybody gets at least one fucking outfit they like. Not don't-hate, but like. And we got rid of all this shit nobody likes."
Us: "?!"
Biff: *holds up shirt* "Do ANY of you actually like this fucking thing?"
Us: "..."
Biff: *shoves into donate sack*
Us: "!!!!!!!! WHAT WILL WE WEAR"
Biff: "SHIT WE FUCKING LIKE THAT'S WHAT"
( Our magical clothes shopping adventure where nobody gets murdered in a fit of wardrobe wrath. )
Biff: "Okay, guys, what if we made it so everybody gets at least one fucking outfit they like. Not don't-hate, but like. And we got rid of all this shit nobody likes."
Us: "?!"
Biff: *holds up shirt* "Do ANY of you actually like this fucking thing?"
Us: "..."
Biff: *shoves into donate sack*
Us: "!!!!!!!! WHAT WILL WE WEAR"
Biff: "SHIT WE FUCKING LIKE THAT'S WHAT"
( Our magical clothes shopping adventure where nobody gets murdered in a fit of wardrobe wrath. )
EDIT 7/11/18: This post has been made public, as the more we've learned about Gallifreyan Tradition, the more disturbing the group becomes.
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