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Jul. 6th, 2025 07:27 pm[personal profile] elisi
elisi: Edwin with book (Book Joy)
Promethia and I posted the final chapter of In the Sight of Angels (and Ghosts), our Good Omens/Dead Boy Detectives crossover. :)

Summary: The story of how Edwin Payne, Dead Boy Detective, met and befriended Aziraphale, Angel and Bookseller. And how that friendship flourished despite initial set-backs.
22k, 6/6


Also, if you wonder why AO3 was down the other day the explanation is better than you could ever hope for.

Independence Day?

Jul. 4th, 2025 10:25 pm[personal profile] elisi
elisi: (The Brig by sallymn)
Came across this clip of James Akaster on Seth Meyers... Should start at 12:42 when he begins to talk about the No Kings Day:


His basic argument is that kings aren't a bad thing. Go on. Kick out Trump and re-join the Commonwealth! ;)

Wimsey Quote Database

Jul. 2nd, 2025 08:22 pm[personal profile] beatrice_otter
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The hardest thing about writing Peter Wimsey fanfic is the quotes. Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane have an encyclopedic knowledge of the literature of their era (and the literature that was considered classic/important in that era), and quote it often.

Today I posted on the Gaud Squad Discord that it would be awesome if we had a searchable database of the literature and poetry that they knew or could reasonably be expected to know, searchable by keyword and theme, so that one could look things up easily. And that I would be willing to do the data entry, but had not the technical skills to set it up.
supertailz responded by setting up a Notion instance and is noodling around with the technical aspects of it, so it looks like this is happening!

The easy part is getting the literature that Peter and Harriet quote added--all I have to do is read through the books (no hardship there!) and source the quotations. Although I know there are some annotated versions floating around, and if anyone has a copy of the annotations, that would be lovely.

The hard part is getting the right mix of things that Peter and Harriet would have known. Because what is considered "classic literature" changes over time. Some things rise in acclaim, some things fall out of favor. What would be really handy is a curriculum for Eton ca. 1900 and for Oxford ca. 1910, but so far I haven't found anything. Does anybody know how to search "what literary works were considered classics in 1920"? Or have a good list of where to start?
beatrice_otter: WWII soldier holding a mug with the caption "How about a nice cup of RESEARCH?" (Research)

I read a lot of MASH fic recently, and while most of it was very good, there were also a ton of inaccuracies about what mid-century America was like. I'm not an expert, but at the same time, I did listen to my parents and grandparents when they talked about what life was like when they were younger. And also, I know what's changed within my lifetime (born in 1982), and quite a lot of things people today take for granted are actually new within my lifetime, and thus not around prior to the 1980s. Now, this is fanfic, and if you don't care about historical accuracy in your fic, that is a fine and valid choice and I salute you. If, however, you do want to at least try to avoid major gaffes, here are things I've noticed that people get wrong a lot: 

 

Women's rights: Ms. )

 

Travel )

 

 

Money and Credit )Alcohol )

 

 

Childcare )

 

Phone Calls )

 

Progressive Ideas )

 

The Ad Council )

 

Entertainment )

 

Police )

These are just a few of the things that have changed in the last fifty years. And, of course, I'm only one person and might have got things wrong. Let me know if you see things I missed
 

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How to help

Jun. 29th, 2025 02:17 pm[personal profile] elisi
elisi: Snoopy w/Keffiyeh (Free Palestine)
If you want to donate to help people in Gaza, The Sameer Project is a good choice.

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I don't really have any interest in Glastonbury, but if you're curious about what's happening this year (ie Kneecap specifically), here's a video laying a lot of it out very clearly:



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And a Petition: Legislate to Reverse Supreme Court Decision on Transgender Women

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