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Untamed Re-watch: Episode 3
May. 7th, 2021 01:22 pmPart three! Full disclosure, this is not my favorite set of episodes, so maybe I won’t have as much to say.
Untamed Re-watch: Episode 1
May. 3rd, 2021 09:49 pmInstead of writing the posts I made this account to write I think I’m actually going to watch The Untamed again for like, the sixth time and do a sort of liveblog thingy. I’m having trouble dredging up the brainpower to do essay-format posts, but I can manage bullet points, I think. No telling how far through the show I’ll get, but it should be fun! Also, a close watch-through where I’m having to really focus on and analyze what’s happening (instead of half-paying attention while I’m on my phone) should help me refresh myself on what’s canon and what’s fanon, for cql specifically. It’s amazing how spending a long time in fandom can really muddle things around, especially with something like cql/mdzs where there are multiple fairly different source materials, and people aren’t always clear on which one(s) they’re drawing from. Not that that’s a bad thing! It can just make it hard for me to keep things straight.
For this liveblog-ish thing, I’m gonna be trying to mostly take cql on its own terms. Of course, it is an adaptation, so I can’t promise I won’t mention any adaptation choices that stand out to me, but for in-depth comparisons I’ll try to just make a separate post…if I ever get around to doing that.
I did have bullet points all through here but they disappeared and I don't know how to get them back.
Introduction
Apr. 19th, 2021 11:02 pmI should probably give people some vague idea of who I am if I'm going to be saying things on here, so hi, I'm Ally. I'm mostly interested in mdzs/cql at the moment, and am here because I'm hoping I'll feel more comfortable in an environment that's less relentlessly public than, say, Twitter. I've never used this website before and in general I have very little experience with fandom communities/social media, so there's definitely going to be a learning curve here. I had really terrible internet connection at home as a kid, so unlike a lot of people in my age group I didn't grow up using social media, and while I've been passively consuming content on ao3 for quite a while, it's only within the last year that I've actually started trying to engage in fandom spaces. So...we'll see how this goes!
What I'm trying to get out of this site specifically: I want to use this as a space to sort of work out and clarify my (mostly fandom) thoughts, but I'm not interested in having anything I say interpreted as, like, a Hot Take. And I feel like on other sites I've tried, like Twitter and Tumblr, there's a definite danger of that happening. I'm really not trying to make definitive statements about the text, or write serious meta that gets circulated in fandom, or start discourse; I just want to ramble and hash things out, and if people want to engage with stuff I write, then great! And if not, also great!
As far as social interaction goes, I'm happy to talk to people, but I'm not very well-versed in internet norms, so apologies in advance for any awkwardness. I don't really know how much or how consistently I'm going to be on here, so if it ever takes me a while to respond to someone, that's probably why.
What I'm trying to get out of this site specifically: I want to use this as a space to sort of work out and clarify my (mostly fandom) thoughts, but I'm not interested in having anything I say interpreted as, like, a Hot Take. And I feel like on other sites I've tried, like Twitter and Tumblr, there's a definite danger of that happening. I'm really not trying to make definitive statements about the text, or write serious meta that gets circulated in fandom, or start discourse; I just want to ramble and hash things out, and if people want to engage with stuff I write, then great! And if not, also great!
As far as social interaction goes, I'm happy to talk to people, but I'm not very well-versed in internet norms, so apologies in advance for any awkwardness. I don't really know how much or how consistently I'm going to be on here, so if it ever takes me a while to respond to someone, that's probably why.
