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[badly_knitted]

Welcome to badly_knitted's Fluff Emporium, home to mostly fluffy Torchwood fanfic and other things I may see fit to randomly include.

To answer all the questions I'm sure everyone is asking (pause for hysterical laughter): Yes, I am the same badly_knitted you may have noticed over on LJ; No, I'm not abandoning LJ, at least not for the moment, depends on whether or not they resolve the whole twitter/facebook debacle. In the meantime, this journal will make it easier to keep up with - and comment on - the fics written by those of you who, for understandable reasons, are only allowing comments over here. I've not taken that step yet - I think I've managed to block the facebook/twitter link thingies, but being a technological dunce I'm not certain. I'm not on facebook or twitter by choice, so if anyone spots anything to do with me over there, I'd be grateful if you'd let me know.

For now, I will be posting the fics on my LJ over here as well - call it a backup plan, just in case.

If anyone pops over to read, then I hope you'll enjoy, comments would also be welcome. Don't be shy, introduce yourselves, I don't bite!

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[badly_knitted]

I got finished and posted just in the nick of time - now the next challenge is up and I'm trying to sort out the related post for the ffw_social I'm the sole Mod there at the moment because sage has had to drop out for the time being. Need to go on a co-mod hunt, but I'm managing alone so far.

I have literally hundreds of books I want to read. I do like trilogies, but I'm tending to get bored if they go on too long these days. I'm still inching my way through Vol. 3 of His dark Materials, which swear I've been on for at least 2 years and I'm not a third of the way through yet. I breezed through the first two, but I seem to be bogged down with this one and I've read a bunch of other books in between, going back to it every so often to read a bit more before I want a change again. I think fanfic has spoiled me. So much bite-sized fic and endless variety, I've lost the drive to read long, involved stories. Too busy writing to read much anyway.

Seems some screenwriters are constantly thumbing their noses at fans, going 'I'm giving you what I think you need to see, not what you want to see, because I know better than you." Well, they don't. So we rewrite it ourselves to make it the way we want and just ignore their narrow-minded ideas. We have better imaginations anyway!

Here's a link to reel_torchwood - there are links to the various 'screenings' (rounds) in the sidebar which should lead you to the wide variety of fics that have been written. I haven't read them all yet, but I've loved the ones I have read!

http://reel-torchwood.livejournal.com/

There, that'll give you something to browse when you have time!

[pegasuswrites]

The last 'His Dark Materials' book is a nightmare. I started to read that when I was twelve. I still haven't finished it. There were so many characters - I can't keep track of them all. It's like Philip Pullman's answer to A Game of Thrones. :o

What I hate is the 'hey guys, you know what would be totally edgy'. Like, no. No no no no no...

Well, it looks like I'm officially never leaving the internet ever again...

[badly_knitted]

There are worse places to live than the internet. A friend and I have decided when we get to the end of our lives we're going to haunt the internet so we can continue enjoying all the things we find on here!

Who needs 'edgy'? It usually ruins something that was perfectly good as it was =(

That's kind of encouraging that it's not just me. Maybe I'll get through it eventually.

I've read books with a lot of characters before - Peter F. Hamilton's Confederation trilogy was a nightmare, I think the first 20 chapters all featured different groups of characters. Damn books were the size of house bricks, thin paper and small type, over 1000 pages a volume. Still not sure how I got through the whole thing!

[pegasuswrites]

That sounds like a plan. There's definitely more on here than you could see in one lifetime. ;)

I think making your viewers feel happy/empowered is totally underrated. Like, why is it like a badge of honor for screenwriters to make people feel uncomfortable or scared? I don't get it at all...

You're braver than me - I'm a total baby when it comes to doorstop books. Which is a shame: it totally limits my intake of sci-fi/fantasy. I think this is largely the reason why I read so much YA...

[badly_knitted]

They were the biggest doorstops I ever read, a great story but not something I'd tackle again. They proved hazardous to my health, I injured my wrist reading one, just from trying to hold it open with one hand. Took 8 weeks to heal the damaged tendons and ligaments. =/

There are plenty of really good, much shorter SF novels, thankfully!

I like writing funny/silly/fluffy fics because I love making people happy. Screenwriters must be warped. They think realism is what people want. They're wrong. People want to be made to feel good and hopeful, not miserable and depressed.

[pegasuswrites]

You see, this is why I roll my eyes whenever anybody complains about e-readers...

You have to have some comic relief. I think sometimes people get 'realism' confused with 'violence and misogyny' as well which is just ... no.

[badly_knitted]

Which of course should not be considered realistic even if they are too prevalent in real life. There are a lot of wonderful things like kindness and happy relationships that are realistic too. If they want to show realism, why can't they focus on the positives?

e-readers are a great help - I think I have all three massive tomes as ebooks somewhere, not that I have any intention of ever spending half a year reading them again, lol! I do prefer the feel of a real book in my hands though. I'm old-fashioned ;)

[pegasuswrites]

I know right? People do loads of awful stuff, but we've been known to do some good stuff too. Occasionally. ;)

Personally I like the option not to have to deal with tiny writing - if the font is too small I can't concentrate, at all. Holding a book is nice, though, and having a pile of finished books that you can look at is super satisfying.

[badly_knitted]

I just want to get all my books out of storage - there are so many I haven't had the chance to read yet! We had burst pipes the winter of 2010, so I had to empty my room for the ceiling to be replaced, then the rest of the house had to be cleared for a complete re-wire. We just never got the place straight because mum's health was going downhill and I wasn't much better, so I'm only just getting things back and trying to sort them. I like being surrounded by books.

If TV shows concentrated more on showing the nice things people do, maybe people would be nicer.

[pegasuswrites]

I hope you get your books back soon - it is nice to be surrounded by books.

I think so, too. :)

[badly_knitted]

They're like my comfort blanket - I had to buy more because I ran out of things to read o_O

I've always read a lot, I'd be lost without a few good books on the go.