Snowflake Challenge #8

[kate]

In your own space, create a wishlist.

Oh MAN. Well, okay. Let's see what we've got here.

1. I don't currently have ANY The Untamed icons, and that's a damn shame. If anyone would be interested in sharing/making me some The Untamed icons, I would be OVER THE MOON! My faves are Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian (and WangXian of course), Lan Sizhui (all the juniors, really), Wen Qing, Wen Ning, ALL THE SIBLINGS, GIMME, OMG. And bunnies. All of the above interacting with bunnies. I WANTS THEM.

2. I want everyone to take good care of themselves. No seriously - let me know some of the things you're doing for self-care, that would make me very happy. And hey, if self-care for you would be helped along by a sweet, 12 25-minute episode Japanese gay romance drama, with absolutely the sweetest, softest characters and situations ever, please consider watching Cherry Magic! 30 Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! The title is the premise, obvs, and it is so wonderful and soft and sweet and just... adorable. It totally had me squeaking throughout at the sweetness, I just adored everything. It was self-care at its finest.

3. I love to do cold reads. Like, a LOT. I like podfic, too, but I'm better at cold reads. More natural. If you're an author who might be into that, let me know. My fandoms are fairly broad - broader than the ones I've produced content in - and if we match up, maybe I will record something for you! If you want to know what a cold read sounds like, here's one I did of sami's Utterly Inevitable.

That's probably enough, right? Yeah, that's enough. <3

Comments

[sjh2009]

Thank you for taking part and for caring! We all need to be more vigilant of our self care at the moment, many of us are isolated and have spent a long time in lockdown or under tight restrictions and it is important to ensure that our mental health isn't suffering. Personally, I have started to do Tai Chi, I've had a beginners DVD but had intended to do a class, but they haven't been running so I dug out the DVD. I also subscribed to the Headspace app, their meditations are good and I love their sleepcasts.

Cherry Magic! Well with a title like that I am going to have to check it out, how could I not, lol!

I'm not familiar with cold reads so this sounds interesting and i will have a listen.

Thank you for sharing your wishlist, I hope some or all of your wishes are granted :)

Take care of yourself too.

[kate]

Oh, thank you! I took a Tai Chi class when I was in grad school and I often think of it - it was so mindful, I really enjoyed it! I hope your DVD is working for you.

Cherry Magic is the most adorable thing ever!! I just realized I left the "30" out of the title. The whole premise is if you make it to 30 as a virgin, you get mindreading as a treat! (Or something.) It is the cutest show, and it's so fun and funny with delightfully bite-sized episodes. I hope you like it!

Self-care as a prompt?

[jesse_the_k]

What a grand idea!

For decades I've fought to be as clear-headed as possible. I managed to avoid almost all news from 11/2016 to 11/2020. Anyway, my current med level means I can actually sleep. May not be able to think as clearly as I once hoped I could, but my prescriber agreed that given current conditions, living with more meds is a good idea.

Re: Self-care as a prompt?

[kate]

Wow, good for you! And we are twins! I do not check any news outlets and only learn of things second hand through friends who take care to keep me informed without stressing me out.

I'm glad you've found something that works for you - I hope your meds cocktail continues to be what you need!

[tsuki_no_bara]

my current self-care is that i got rice pudding during my last grocery shop, and i still have three individual cups of rice pudding in my fridge. :D also i'm wearing THE FUZZIEST sock.

[kate]

Ohhhhhh rice pudding is my FAVORITE!!!! Now I wanna go get some. *pouts*

I AM ALSO WEARING FUZZY SOCKS! THEY ARE THE BEST! :D :D :D

[tiny_ninja]

I've maintained a basic bullet journal (in that I only make monthly spreads as opposed to weekly ones, much easier to set up that way) and having a gratitude page is really helpful. Every day I write down one good thing that happened. Even on our worst days, we can think of one good thing, even something as small as getting a hug from my four year old. It's been nice to look back on that when I'm struggling to remember that not everything is awful.

I hope you're doing your best to take care of you, too. ♥

[kate]

Oh, nice! I love pictures of bullet journals, but I've never really been into making one for myself, though I adore lists and make lots of those. A gratitude journal is also an excellent idea I have tried many times and usually forget after a certain point. Time to try it again!

I'm hanging in there. I feel like I'm doing pretty well, all things considered. ♥

Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> No seriously - let me know some of the things you're doing for self-care, that would make me very happy. <<

Tea is a favorite. Comfort food is another. Tomorrow we plan to make the Pea Soup from the Elder Scrolls cookbook.

You might also like my posts on self-care:

https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/10861956.html

https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/12184177.html

>> 3. I love to do cold reads. Like, a LOT. I like podfic, too, but I'm better at cold reads. More natural. If you're an author who might be into that, let me know. <<

I am not picky how folks enjoy my work. :D

My most popular fanseries is Love Is For Children (The Avengers). I have other stuff on AO3 too. If you want listeners I'm a good bet, as I have some vision-impaired fans who like to consume audio.

Re: Try this ...

[kate]

This is terrific, thank you so much! Tea is an ultimate comfort for so many people! I like creamy drinks like hot chocolate but tea is a nice, quick, warm alternative. I hope your pea soup cooking has gone well!

I've found a fic I want to cold read - I am actually super excited about it! :D Just getting set up to record some stuff tonight, so expect it in the next 24 hours or so. :D :D :D

Re: Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> This is terrific, thank you so much! <<

Yay!

>> Tea is an ultimate comfort for so many people! <<

I have what amounts to a first aid kit in my kitchen -- uplifting, soothing, digestion-settling, cold-easing, adapting, etc. And some just for flavor.

I wrote down notes for a character's tea cabinet here. Shiv has even more than I do.

>> I like creamy drinks like hot chocolate but tea is a nice, quick, warm alternative.<<

You want to try Ruby Hot Chocolate.

>> I hope your pea soup cooking has gone well! <<

We forgot to soak the darn peas overnight. So, tomorrow.

>>I've found a fic I want to cold read - I am actually super excited about it! :D Just getting set up to record some stuff tonight, so expect it in the next 24 hours or so. :D :D :D <<

Yaaayyy! :D 3q3q3q!!! I really look forward to that.

[mumblemutter]

Cherry Magic was sooooo cute! (Also, from all the Content I've seen it looks like fandom has just collectively chosen to ignore the other pairing on that show, and you know what, that's extremely valid.) I mean, the pengagement was a lot, but then Kurosawa's feelings were a lot, so. Happy bbs! \o/

(For self-care I go for walks and take pictures of ducks, hi.)

[kate]

HI HI HI!!!!

God, wasn't Cherry Magic the most adorable? It was like, five hours of pure sugar straight into my brain. I loved it. I actually really love Tsuge and Minato - I'm a little surprised by how little fandom is interested in them. I'm probably not invested enough to write Tsuge/Minato fic, but I've already got a half finished Kurosawa/Adachi story!

Oh, NICE. There are so many things I think of as self-care but don't do myself. I know I would feel better if I walked more, it just seems like such an effort, comparatively. One that I should make, though. I love the idea of duck pictures so much, though - do you do anything other than keep them on your roll? Make posters or memes or anything?

[mumblemutter]

I like that Tsuge and Minato got their happy ending, but Tsuge kept giving bad relationship advice to Adachi and his random outbursts were giving me palpitations! 😅 Also I'm slightly resentful that they got two! whole! kisses! (of sorts) and Adachi and Kurosawa got NONE! Although, obviously, their almost-kisses were actually hotter, so that worked out. Anyway, *\o/* for that fic!!!

Sometimes I do have to force myself to put on clothes and go outside, but then usually I'm glad I did. I listen to music or podcasts or podfic, or sort of work on my fanmixes, and it's nice. And since I started the walks last January, I actually had enough pictures to make calendars as Christmas gifts for my family. :-) Otherwise I sometimes post them to Twitter or Tumblr (like so) and every now and then I get a like or a reblog, which is also nice!

[kate]

Ugh, yes, I was with you on Tsuge's outbursts, I had to watch those through my hands! I think I read somewhere that there was some censorship in Japan, which would explain the lack of onscreen kisses between the main couple but... I am unsure why, then, Minato would be able to be kissed? TWICE?

Yeah, I know I'm always glad for it after having walked, it's just such an effort to get up and do it. SIGH. I love the calendar idea, lol, that's fantastic! And aha, thanks for your tumblr, following you over there, too. :D

[mumblemutter]

Apparently someone somewhere in a YouTube comment section said that one of them, can't remember who, had a clause in their contract that they couldn't do kissing! CLEARLY IT MUST BE TRUE. :-D Anyway, still hot. And the super happy morning-after scene made up for a lot!

*waves from Tumblr!*

[spikedluv]

And hey, if self-care for you would be helped along by a sweet, 12 25-minute episode Japanese gay romance drama, with absolutely the sweetest, softest characters and situations ever, please consider

Hee! That does sound very cute.

I had my first massage yesterday since March. It was both relaxing and very stressful, lol! I also had my first cranberry orange muffin in ages and it was delish!

[kate]

Cherry Magic is the MOST adorable, and it's so low investment. The episodes are short, sweet, and funny, which makes it a heck of a lot more watchable than most of the foreign dramas I watch!

Oh, good for you, getting a massage! I'm glad to hear it was relaxing, though sorry to hear it was stressful. A lot of stuff is stressful just lately, it takes a lot out of us.

Cranberry orange muffins are wonderful, so glad you had something tasty to enjoy!

[silveradept]

The Cherry magic series sounds interesting and a thing that I will try.

I don't have great self-care loops, but I do try to make sure that I run through the hungry/thirsty/tired checks when things start feeling terrible, because a lot of the time, the terrible feeling can be alleviated by eating/drinking/sleeping.

[kate]

Yayyyy! I hope you enjoy Cherry Magic! It really just made my day. :D

Oh, that's really excellent though - I often forget I need to drink things until I have a dehydration headache!

[hannah]

Sure, I'll give a cold read a shot. My stuff's here, if you're interested: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Hannah/works

[kate]

Woo hoo, thank you!!! I'm done, posting now. You should get a notification if I've got your username right. :D :D :D

[sjh2009]

I'm not at all familiar with The Untamed or the characters so had to go by what Google was telling me so I hope you like a few of these:

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Icon table generated by Chlor's Dreamwidth Icon Table Generator.

[kate]

OH MY GOD. OH MY GODDDDD!!!!!!!

Thank you so much!!!!!! I love ALL OF THESE and YES, you have nailed several of my favorites, ahhhhhh I love them, thank you! :D :D :D

[sjh2009]

I’m so glad you like them :) I enjoyed doing them, and now I want to find out more about the characters, lol.

[kate]

Ahahahaha beware! That's what hooked me, and 50 episodes, a book, a donghua, and a manhua later (+ 18 months) I am nowhere near leaving this fandom.

It's a hell of a story, and the TV series is gorgeous. (With some weird, specific exceptions that we do not speak of but are good for not taking itself too seriously.)

[sjh2009]

The trouble with being here in the UK is that many of the shows, etc, haven't made it over here. Luckily I can watch The Untamed on Amazon Prime free of charge. I'm doomed, lol! This isn't the first thing I have open to watch.