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I've gotten really into the Bad Gays podcast recently! They explore gay villains throughout history with the idea that they are also part of our legacy as queer people. The podcast is here (as is information about their book!): badgayspod.com/

Bad GaysBad GaysA podcast about evil and complicated queers in history, hosted by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller.

Continuing on from , the Bosie episode inspired me to read Oscar Wilde's De Profundis, the book-length letter he wrote to Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas, the lover because of whom he ended up in prison) while at Reading Prison.

It is beautifully written and absolutely harrowing — an incredible postmortem of a truly toxic relationship, as well as a fascinating exploration of art, suffering, beauty, friendship, & what experiencing Britain's criminal justice system meant to Wilde.

Arcane Yunmeng Jams

I should add, I listened to it as an audiobook, and the version I listened to had a lovely foreword from Wilde's grandson, and the reader read it <em>beautifully</em>.

One last rec inspired by : Maurice by E. M. Forster!

It has the distinction of being one of the first gay novels with a happy ending (which made it unpublishable for many years). It's set in a nebulous period before WWI.

For me, it was refreshing to have a main character who isn't particularly clever. Maurice has many prejudices & few philosophies & is slow to learn better, altho he does learn. And the prose is absolutely lovely.

Oops almost forgot to do another! Today's is Unhallowed by Jordan L. Hawk, which I've been recommending everywhere ever since I read it:

New England! Librarians! Bookbinding! Eldritch nonsense! Romance! Lovecraft sans the racism & xenophobia! Plus it answers the question: "What if the Dunwitch horror was a Good Boy, actually?"

Today's is because as I was walking to the subway just now there was frost riming the leaves & grass on the bike path and the sky was blue and the sun shone on everything and my heart recited — Мороз и солнце, день чудесный! Frost and sunlight, a marvelous day!

The poem is «Зимнее утро» / "Winter morning" by A.S. Pushkin ilibrary.ru/text/684/p.1/index
And here's a very good English translation: ruverses.com/alexander-pushkin

ilibrary.ruА. С. Пушкин. Зимнее утро («Мороз и солнце; день чудесный!..»). Текст произведения

Today's is a fic rec!

"Known Associates" by thingswithwings changed me as a person. It is SO SO SO good. It's broadened my knowledge of my hometown, my place in the queer community, and queerness as a whole. It also has a way better post-Iron Man 3 phase 3 than we actually got :P

archiveofourown.org/works/6292

archiveofourown.org Known Associates - Chapter 1 - thingswithwings - Marvel Cinematic Universe [Archive of Our Own] An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

One of my favorite shows of the past year is Owl House! Sadly cancelled before its time because of not "fitting Disney's target demographic" whatever the fuck that means, it is weird and quirky and kind in the tradition of the best middle grade cartoons. The third and final season is going to be 3 45-minute episodes, the first of which is a) already out on YouTube and b) AMAZING.

I love the Clawthorne-Noceda-and-auxiliaries extended family so much 💜

I love pretty much everything KJ Charles has ever done (that I've read, I'm still working thru her oeuvre) but today I would like to tell you all about the glory that is The Magpie Lord. It is spooky and sexy and I love the characters so much. Also I would love to see someone write Magpie Lord AU fics of various of my fandoms kjcharleswriter.com/charm-of-m

kjcharleswriter.comCharm of Magpies – KJ Charles

I have been listening to nearly nonstop for the past month or so, so if you haven't jumped on this train yet, now is the time. The frontrunners of this amazing band are Madeleine Hyland and Joey Batey (whom you may recognize as Jaskier from Netflix's series). The lyrics are incredible & devastating, the melodies are complex & gorgeous. On all three albums I don't think there's a single dud of a song.

theamazingdevil.bandcamp.com/

The Amazing DevilThe Amazing DevilThe Amazing Devil is a dramatic, lyrical alt-folk band formed by Joey Batey and Madeleine Hyland. They released their debut album Love Run in 2016 to considerable acclaim ('a masterpiece’ - FATEA, 'the best thing I have heard this year’ - For Folk's Sake). In 2019, Madeleine and Joey recorded their second studio album - The Horror and the Wild - which was released in February 2020.

And today I can't kvell enough about the Italian senior ice dance team, Guignard & Fabbri! Teams that have a gold medal To Me!

Rhythm dance: youtu.be/JK0ykQBK0Ro
Free dance: youtu.be/MUmHe1cydHg

Catching up, yesterday's is one more competitor: Nikolaj Memola of Italy.

His short program was an exquisite skate to Rachmaninov: youtube.com/watch?v=uXpZeWnPBo

His free program was to Samson et Dalila and was one of my favorite things from the whole Grand Prix: youtube.com/watch?v=pFHO1XmQ8t

I can't find the video of his fantastic skate at the Gala but here is a lovely interview with him just after medaling: youtube.com/watch?v=1rlL1GhVlI

And today, on a completely different note: the wonderful visual novel Arcade Spirits is lovely and sweet. You play a main character who is somewhat lacking in direction and so gets an AI personal assistant who instigates their becoming an employee at an old-fashioned arcade where you meet lots of different characters, can choose to romance them (or not!), and build community. I loved playing it and will definitely replay with other choices.

arcadespirits.com/original/

www.arcadespirits.comArcade Spirits - A Romantic Comedy Visual NovelNow available on PC, Switch, XB1, and PS4.

Two days behind again. For yesterday I would like to recommend the incomparable yutaan on tumblr, my favorite artist currently working. Her papercraft pieces are gorgeous and intricate and working with her on commissions has been an absolute pleasure.

yutaan.tumblr.com

Tumblrpatterned paper and chocolate chip cookiesMostly an art blog. I do papercraft and other stuff!

Today's rec is also a request for recs: I've made a fanvid playlist that I've called "AMVs what do the sound thing", by which I mean ones that incorporate original audio (not dialogue!) from the fandom to the beat of the chosen song.

I think the most famous example is probably the big MCU "Glitter and Gold" vid but there are a few others I've found. Right now the playlist is 4 strong and I'm always looking for more.

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCr

YouTubeAMVs what do the sound thing

(The Arcane "Rasputin" vid *does* incorporate dialogue to its detriment but the rest is so well done that I've included it anyway)

I first encountered This Way to the Egress at a con in New Jersey and instantly fell in love with their macabre vaudeville style. I lost track of them over years but this week I remembered their existence and it turns out they have several new albums! I really love their newest album Retrospectiva!
tidal.com/album/144301025
thiswaytotheegress1.bandcamp.c

Hey do you like concept albums? Do you like mythology? Do you want a retelling of Norse mythology from the creation of the worlds through to Ragnarok with heartbreaking character work & complex layered melodies?

Then look no farther than Sassafrass's "Sundown: Whispers of Ragnarok"! I am obsessed with it; I have been listening to it on repeat for years!

sassafrass.bandcamp.com/album/

And actually on that note, please enjoy a short, lovely Mad Max: Fury Road fanfic where Nux dies historic on the Fury Road but the afterlife he wakes up in is not Valhalla.

archiveofourown.org/works/4030

archiveofourown.org Green - Fialleril - Mad Max Series (Movies) [Archive of Our Own] An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

And on THAT note, my favorite Mad Max: Fury Road fic and the only coffee shop AU that somehow manages to be as badass as the original canon.

Mind the tags.

archiveofourown.org/series/268

archiveofourown.org New Session | Archive of Our Own An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

And since this is, ostensibly, a fandom account, please enjoy this fantastic fic from last year set in the fandom of the above series:

archiveofourown.org/works/3577

Rabbi Shaina Cohen Shows Great Patience And Fortitude by imperfectcircle

Epistolary fic about Yudah's descendants

archiveofourown.org Rabbi Shaina Cohen Shows Great Patience And Fortitude - imperfectcircle - Yudah Cohen Series - Rebecca Fraimow [Archive of Our Own] An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

@villainousfriend @theleakypen one of my top 10 fics of all time easy (do not ask me to actually make this list)

@theleakypen @villainousfriend "every word I've ever had for myself is on that list" kills me. Just. That's a whole thesis about 70 years of evolution of queer communities and terminology in one sentence.