talk to me? (also: politics and fic)

[tielan]

I'm mostly reading a spec today. I'm feeling antsy, and a little emotionally frazzled.

Rather disturbingly, nobody's commented on other side of infinity after I posted Part One. The kudos are still coming in, but I was expecting at least a little reaction from my regular readers and it's been *crickets chirp*.

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Our federal election date has finally come in - 18th May. Presently, Labor (centrist) is looking set to win, but - as is happening these days in all politics - you have the fiercely conservative party, the fiercely progressive party, and the centrist party. And you have Murdoch media.

Conservatives will vote for conservatives.

Centrists will vote for conservatives or centrists.

Progressives will vote for progressives.

Considering the conservatives and the centrists are the only ones with the numbers to make up the government, guess who wins? And guess who'll keep winning every time?

Also, Murdoch media is being dramatic about everything. And the conservative government is tilting at stuff that they implemented themselves nine months ago, and which the centrist opposition has now taken up and made policies towards.

Ugh.

I might offer to hand out 'how to vote' cards for the progressives on election day, over at the polling booth where I was working for the state election. I can't work election day because I have a permaculture course happening in my garden that day, but I think I might be more useful handing out 'how to vote' cards instead - particularly in an electorate where a decent proportion of people look like me...

Then again, the local progressive running for the Senate also looks like me, and there's advertising for her up all over the place. So...the progressives might already be working that angle... Hmm...

Anyway, talk to me? About something?

Comments

[scribblemyname]

Hmmm...

Not sure what best to talk about just now, being ready to embark on an overly massive smoke test for a release, but there are technical difficulties with the deploy so I have a moment.

I feel like there's a lot more wariness in general right now with commenting on works in progress that aren't done posting. I know I also often don't comment if I don't feel strongly about anything in a first chapter because my head goes, oh, I can do it next chapter... Very dangerous thought. That said, I only haven't picked it up because I'm so very tired of the MCU and anything hitting Civil War and later, I just mostly don't even engage with. Might try Captain Marvel though, since it's prequelly stuff.

[tielan]

It does seem that fannish people are very wary of anything MCU right now. Your average viewer is pumped for it, but fannish people are all "I might touch it with a ten foot pole, but not an inch less!"

Definitely try Captain Marvel.

[beatrice_otter]

We're heading into Holy Week and I haven't even started my Wayback fic yet. I will read it! Much as I am burned out on the MCU, I know I can trust your fic! but it might take a while before I have enough time to do it.

[tielan]

I forgot about Holy Week (and possibly school holidays in Europe, with upcoming in Australia), so ...yeah.

Don't mind me, I'm just being overly-worried...

[kore]

Captain Marvel is aces (heh), yes!

[edenfalling]

Cricket #17 reporting in: I haven't read past chapter one yet because I have been sick and didn't have time or spoons to engage with a long fic, but I fully intend to dive in next week!

[tielan]

*hugs*

I'm just a little anxious about the silence. Like, I understand that it's a big story and people can't read it immediately because of life, but I guess I just find myself wondering if I missed the mark that badly that not even the regulars feel the desire to say "I have no idea where you're going, what the hell?" (Or even "I can see where this is ending and it is NOT GOOD!")

[kore]

If it's not all Tony! Toni! Toné! and how he Saves Everyone you will already be about 1,000 million miles ahead of the MCU.

//carbon dates self with reference

[tielan]

Yeah...not that much Tony in my fic. The original six Avenger who gets the most 'screentime' is Steve, for obvious reasons...

*sigh*

[kore]

YAY

....I mean, I love RDJ, I even liked Tony before AoU, but omfg, it has turned into the Tony Stark Manpain Series. So not what I signed up for.

[tielan]

You know, I don't think I ever yet met a geeky white boy that a series didn't start revolving around.

[senmut]

I'm not much for the latter part of MCU, and have only selectively seen bits past Winter Soldier. BUT!

I trust your writing. So I did rec it, sight unread, to people I know are far more interested in latter MCU!

Hoping it's just exams and Busy that's keeping your readers quiet!

[tielan]

Aw, thank you! Much appreciated. (And also: terrified b/c at his point, everyone's INVESTED in the universe, and people are - somewhat understandably - passionate and protective of their corner of it...)

[kore]

Aww, I am gonna read it and gush over it, I just haven't had the time to sit down with all of it like I want.

[tielan]

Don't mind me, I'm just being silly and worried...

[kore]

Aww. (oh ghod I'm already so sick of Endgame and it's not even OUT yet. I foresee much fic-reading to hide from it)

[tielan]

Admittedly, I have been hiding from it for a while; and writing this story helped a lot. But, yeah, it's becoming time when you can't really ignore or avoid it. :/