A Fic Rec and a Protest
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lydamorehouseYuletide is wrapping up. My assignments are in and I spent some of the day trying to decide if I wanted to write any "treats." I can't talk about any of that yet, except to say that in the course of researching some possibilities, I came across this wonderful Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) fic: "Good for Goodness Sake."
I've often stayed away from reading Marvel comics fan fic because I kind of feel like Marvel is it's own fan fic, you know? (Hell it has it's own AUs, What if canon divergences, curtain fic, everything!) But the author of the above really, REALLY captures the tone and the spirit of the new Ms. Marvel. It could totally BE an issue, honestly. In fact, this same author published a fic about Kamala Khan squeeing over the first fic featuring her superhero secret identity (because Marvel is even meta like that, it's CANON that Kamala writes and reads fan fic) and, after I read it, I accused the fic writer of being G. Willow Wilson (the author of Ms. Marvel) because, seriously: nailed it.
Also, it seems like the kind of stunt Marvel would actually pull.
But, they assured me they were NOT the official author of Ms. Marvel. (Heh, like I believe THAT.)
So... obviously, I'v been working hard on the School for Wayward Demons. Yeah, no so much. I did, at least,hack out how the book needs to be structured in terms of chapters. Now, I just have to see if I can make it all work. I have a feeling Rachel is barely going to recognize this thing when I give it back to her. I'm planning over the next several days to try to add close to 40,000 or 50,000 words.
Meanwhile, I got solicited for one of SF Novelist's year round up Mind Melds. I sent my entry in right away, but I haven't heard anything back yet. I assume it went through and was acceptable. I guess I'll see if it shows up in the next few days or so. If/when it appears, I'll be sure to link to it here (and probably all over social media, because I'm that girl.)
The visit with my folks went well. We spent a lot of the visit talking about the impending protest at the MOA. We managed to time things perfectly. We were leaving the Mall just as the police decided to barricade the East Parking lot. Presumably their plan was to inconvenience the protestors who were very upfront that they planned to meet up on the east side to move together to the atrium by the Barnes & Noble. Frankly, I think the police did the work of the protestors for them by doing that. None of the shoppers could get in or out easily. If i'd have seen that and had been coming with the intention of shopping, I'd have turned around and gone elsewhere. Meanwhile, if I were coming to join the protest, I'd have gone to the extra effort to park in any of the overflow parking lots and walked in. Or taken the train. Or the bus. I really feel like the cops screwed things up for the casual Mall shopper, not the focused protester.
So, for all intents and purposes, I'd say it went well for #BlackLivesMatter. They got good attention. The MOA and the riot gear cops looked like Big Brother and thugs, respectively, and only 25 people were arrested (out of 3,000, plus god knows how many spectators.) I also thought that, although for all I know the MOA has no record of racism, the protest focused nicely on the idea that as Americans, we need to stop shopping and pay attention to the sh*t that really matters.
I must have subconsciously wished I was part of them because the morning after I woke up singing "We Shall Overcome" to myself. I must have been dreaming of joining in.
I've often stayed away from reading Marvel comics fan fic because I kind of feel like Marvel is it's own fan fic, you know? (Hell it has it's own AUs, What if canon divergences, curtain fic, everything!) But the author of the above really, REALLY captures the tone and the spirit of the new Ms. Marvel. It could totally BE an issue, honestly. In fact, this same author published a fic about Kamala Khan squeeing over the first fic featuring her superhero secret identity (because Marvel is even meta like that, it's CANON that Kamala writes and reads fan fic) and, after I read it, I accused the fic writer of being G. Willow Wilson (the author of Ms. Marvel) because, seriously: nailed it.
Also, it seems like the kind of stunt Marvel would actually pull.
But, they assured me they were NOT the official author of Ms. Marvel. (Heh, like I believe THAT.)
So... obviously, I'v been working hard on the School for Wayward Demons. Yeah, no so much. I did, at least,hack out how the book needs to be structured in terms of chapters. Now, I just have to see if I can make it all work. I have a feeling Rachel is barely going to recognize this thing when I give it back to her. I'm planning over the next several days to try to add close to 40,000 or 50,000 words.
Meanwhile, I got solicited for one of SF Novelist's year round up Mind Melds. I sent my entry in right away, but I haven't heard anything back yet. I assume it went through and was acceptable. I guess I'll see if it shows up in the next few days or so. If/when it appears, I'll be sure to link to it here (and probably all over social media, because I'm that girl.)
The visit with my folks went well. We spent a lot of the visit talking about the impending protest at the MOA. We managed to time things perfectly. We were leaving the Mall just as the police decided to barricade the East Parking lot. Presumably their plan was to inconvenience the protestors who were very upfront that they planned to meet up on the east side to move together to the atrium by the Barnes & Noble. Frankly, I think the police did the work of the protestors for them by doing that. None of the shoppers could get in or out easily. If i'd have seen that and had been coming with the intention of shopping, I'd have turned around and gone elsewhere. Meanwhile, if I were coming to join the protest, I'd have gone to the extra effort to park in any of the overflow parking lots and walked in. Or taken the train. Or the bus. I really feel like the cops screwed things up for the casual Mall shopper, not the focused protester.
So, for all intents and purposes, I'd say it went well for #BlackLivesMatter. They got good attention. The MOA and the riot gear cops looked like Big Brother and thugs, respectively, and only 25 people were arrested (out of 3,000, plus god knows how many spectators.) I also thought that, although for all I know the MOA has no record of racism, the protest focused nicely on the idea that as Americans, we need to stop shopping and pay attention to the sh*t that really matters.
I must have subconsciously wished I was part of them because the morning after I woke up singing "We Shall Overcome" to myself. I must have been dreaming of joining in.
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