goodbye, twitter
Dec. 18th, 2022 08:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ehydeI went ahead and deleted twitter from my phone, which means I'm spending very little time there now. It's nice actually. I'm not planning on deleting my account and I'm still checking in from time to time on my computer but now it's not this thing I automatically look at when I think "now, what was I looking for?" anymore and I think training my brain out of doing that is good, actually.
It probably helps that all this is happening at a time when I'm moving on, a bit, from MDZS fandom, and not really feeling deep in any fandom at the moment. (I mean, I would be deep in Tai Sui fandom if there was a bigger fandom, sigh). I mean I'm not actively trying to distance myself from MDZS fandom like I know some people have done--I still think it's great--it's just that it's not catching my imagination as much as it used to. But I'm pretty sure it's always going to be one of those back-of-my-mind favorites.
So yeah, I've made a mastodon account (ehyde@wandering.shop) but I'm not really spending much time there and I don't know if I will start. I think I'm better off without twitter-style social media.
I finally picked up and read Network Effect, which I've had since it came out but never read, and I enjoyed it so much that I went back and read three of the first Murderbot novellas and also read Fugitive Telemetry. Fandom brain is going "SecUnit should meet [crossover character from x canon]" quickly followed by "come on now, SecUnit doesn't want to be forced to socialize with new people!" (it's Wen Ning. the person I want him to meet is Wen Ning).
Now I'm reading "How to Survive as a Villain" which was recommended to me a couple of years ago, back when the english translation wasn't very far along. I wasn't up for reading an ongoing translation then but I remembered it was a thing and checked back and it's fully translated now. On the surface it has a similar premise to Scum Villain: the main character transmigrates into the villain of a novel and has to make nice with the male lead to avoid getting brutally killed. But it feels pretty different. The comedic aspects are almost slapstick and the main character really doesn't give a shit about preserving the original storyline, aside from the romance between the male and female lead (his OTP) (guess how well that's going). I'm less than a quarter into the book and he's already told the male lead that he's a transmigrator, so I'm excited to see where that goes.
6yo's friend's girl scout troop had a cookie booth at the skating rink today (6yo may be joining said friend's troop soon) so we decided to go skating and get cookies. I'm pretty wobbly on ice skates and I think after a few more afternoons like this, 6yo will be better at it than I am. Still had fun though! 4yo had to hold hands the whole time he was on the ice but he had fun too. 2yo was excited about the whole concept but alas, they didn't have any rental skates small enough for him. He had fun going for a lap in my arms but kept asking if he could be on the ice "with my feet".
It probably helps that all this is happening at a time when I'm moving on, a bit, from MDZS fandom, and not really feeling deep in any fandom at the moment. (I mean, I would be deep in Tai Sui fandom if there was a bigger fandom, sigh). I mean I'm not actively trying to distance myself from MDZS fandom like I know some people have done--I still think it's great--it's just that it's not catching my imagination as much as it used to. But I'm pretty sure it's always going to be one of those back-of-my-mind favorites.
So yeah, I've made a mastodon account (
ehyde@wandering.shop) but I'm not really spending much time there and I don't know if I will start. I think I'm better off without twitter-style social media.I finally picked up and read Network Effect, which I've had since it came out but never read, and I enjoyed it so much that I went back and read three of the first Murderbot novellas and also read Fugitive Telemetry. Fandom brain is going "SecUnit should meet [crossover character from x canon]" quickly followed by "come on now, SecUnit doesn't want to be forced to socialize with new people!" (it's Wen Ning. the person I want him to meet is Wen Ning).
Now I'm reading "How to Survive as a Villain" which was recommended to me a couple of years ago, back when the english translation wasn't very far along. I wasn't up for reading an ongoing translation then but I remembered it was a thing and checked back and it's fully translated now. On the surface it has a similar premise to Scum Villain: the main character transmigrates into the villain of a novel and has to make nice with the male lead to avoid getting brutally killed. But it feels pretty different. The comedic aspects are almost slapstick and the main character really doesn't give a shit about preserving the original storyline, aside from the romance between the male and female lead (his OTP) (guess how well that's going). I'm less than a quarter into the book and he's already told the male lead that he's a transmigrator, so I'm excited to see where that goes.
6yo's friend's girl scout troop had a cookie booth at the skating rink today (6yo may be joining said friend's troop soon) so we decided to go skating and get cookies. I'm pretty wobbly on ice skates and I think after a few more afternoons like this, 6yo will be better at it than I am. Still had fun though! 4yo had to hold hands the whole time he was on the ice but he had fun too. 2yo was excited about the whole concept but alas, they didn't have any rental skates small enough for him. He had fun going for a lap in my arms but kept asking if he could be on the ice "with my feet".
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Date: 2022-12-19 12:20 am (UTC)I'm still stuck on MDZS for now! The three-year mark is usually the point at which I'd be starting to drift, but in terms of personal output I haven't followed my usual lifecycle at all, so my brain is still like, "Nope, not done yet, milestones not achieved."
Kidlet wanting to skate on his own two feet, thanks very much, is too cute.
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Date: 2022-12-19 01:35 am (UTC)I feel myself moving away from MDZS fandom too - my interest hasn't waned, it's just become more specific, and I find myself wanting to focus exclusively on my projects (like translating the novel / writing fics) rather than interacting a ton in fandom.
Ice skating! I never learned to skate properly due to anxiety over falling - I'm jealous!
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Date: 2022-12-19 03:31 am (UTC)Aw! That's delightful. Now I want to go ice skating (sadly not with Girl Scout cookies...)
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Date: 2022-12-19 11:26 pm (UTC)Murderbot has been on my list to read for so long! I bought the first three a while back and now they're just waiting for me to slot them into my reading schedule.
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Date: 2022-12-22 02:17 am (UTC)tbh, I'm not sure mastodon is for me. It feels like twitter, but with new social norms, which is maybe more time than I want to put into social media at the moment. Re. the server stuff being confusing--right now it seems like it's either going to not matter at all (theoretically this is correct), or turn out to be very important down the line (because fandom is fandom and people have drawn lines in the sand over sillier things).
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Date: 2022-12-20 06:36 pm (UTC)I’m still deeply in MDZS/CQL hell but it’s not uncommon to slowly fade out a bit with time. Other things catch the interest more, perhaps, or it’s just that all the good ideas have been worked through and now it’s not urgent anymore. Such is the way of a fan’s life. :D
Him, that “How to survive as a villain” does sound quite fun. I might check it out!