Nine Worlds, and some other things

[raven]

For various reasons, my mental health can be summarised right now as "on a knife edge'. This has been compounded by the fact Shim has gone to Hong Kong. (Not, I hasten to add, because I drove him to it.) He is off doing his sort of fandom for the next ten days or so, and I am home alone in a city livid with thunder. (Today, at work, I had one of those strange moments of contentment: the weather had darkened the day so my daylight bulb was the brightest thing in the room, and I went in to see my supervisor and found him on the floor looking for a lost consent order, everything shadowed by the storm.)

(A combination of aforementioned mental health and twenty-eight episodes of Welcome To Night Vale is what's done this to my prose style. I do apologise.)

Anyway. This weekend I am going to Nine Worlds in London, and I'm currently signed up to speak on four panels: fanfic myths; Chicks Unravel Time; Doctor Who and racism; is fanfic literature, also what makes a book a fandom?; and queer female visibility in fandom.

Shit, that's five panels. Anyway! So I am sorta kinda excited about it only not really, and it's probably because I'm depressed and nowt to do with anything else. So... please tell me if you're going? Please tell me if you're doing a panel I should be going to? Please tell me reasons why I should be excited about this, because I know they're out there, I'm just not... out there.

Also, because, what the hell, here are a couple of Night Vale fics I adored today:

and every map is blank, by gyzym.
In which Carlos shows Cecil a mountain; also they watch Mythbusters; also Khoshekh the floating cat responds to panic attacks; also there's the literal end of the world. Beautiful, a little haunting and totally absurd, just like the podcast.

The Observer Effect, by thingswithwings.
And here's Carlos, with his shirt off and his dick hard, squirming underneath the sweetest strangest man he's ever met and about to have an orgasm in company for the first time in eight years, caught without his sex permit.

As someone who finds paperwork viscerally transformative, I relate.

Comments

[soupytwist]

I am so happy you linked me to SEX PERMIT fic. How did I not know I needed that in my life?

I wish to cuddle your brain kind of a lot, but given you might find that kind of weird and uncomfortable, I shall instead say that some reasons to be excited are:

1. People will be talking about Peter Capaldi a lot! (maybe this is only exciting if you're me?)
2. When your brain is being nicer, you really like fangirls, and there will be lots of them.
3. You have lots of interesting things to say about all the topics you mentioned panelling about: even if you do not currently find said thoughts interesting, I can absolutely 100% promise you that this is true.
4. I bet that at least one person during the con will mention the phrase "land registration".
5. If you would like hugs, I am extremely confident that there would be at least one nice person at the con who would also like to offer you hugs.


*smooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh*

[raven]

Isn't it GREAT? SEX PERMIT FIC. I especially love Form 42R, the form for getting off on forms.

4. I bet that at least one person during the con will mention the phrase "land registration".

!!! You always know exactly how to cheer me up. :P :P *squiiiiiiiish*

[such_heights]

I have this feeling that you and me and happydork are going to spend a lot of time cooing over Night Vale, so, you know, that should be fun. :D

[raven]

I suspect you speak the truth. :)

[cosmic_llin]

Oooh I'm going to basically almost all of your panels! I'm especially excited about the queer female visibility one!

[cosmic_llin]

(Plus apparently attendees are getting a goodie bag with a free book? This may be just a rumour...)

[raven]

I heard this rumour too! If we both heard it then it has to be true, right. :) Looking forward to seeing you!

[amoama]

Oh hai, isis pointed out to me that you were going. This is my first con ever, I'm super excited. I definitely have some of your panels highlighted. Of course I'm still hoping the name badge comes with a time-turner attached so I can make it to ALL THE THINGS. I hope you feel well and have a great time and maybe catch you there. <3

Oh I really need to listen faster to the Night Vale eps so I can read all the fics getting recced right now. I'm loving listening so much!

[raven]

Sure! I am short, wear glasses with red rims, and will (probably) have a large fake red flower in my hair. :)

[frith_in_thorns]

I'm going! Can I meet up with you there?

I will be wearing a Nimona cosplay!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Of course, and that is awesome! I look forward to seeing it. :)

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

Good luck with (and enjoy) Nine Worlds! Sorry to hear Shim has jetted off during a time of bad mental health. I hope the next ten days are manageable.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Thank you, my dear.

[minttown1.livejournal.com]

I want you to feel better. And I also want to thank for for recommending those two amazing stories, wow.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) They're great, aren't they? I love this fandom so much.

[tau_sigma]

*hugs* I don't know what to say apart from you are wonderful, you know? And I hope you feel better soon.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

<3 lovely seeing you twice in a week! We should do that more.

[tau_sigma]

We should; it was great. You know that thing, that amazing novel idea you had where spending time with people you like is fun? I want to do that more, too.

[apotropaios.livejournal.com]

Myself and Claire will be there - but not doing any panels or anything, though I'll try to make it to a few of yours if I can.

I had hoped to maybe do something in data and marketing and the rise of the moves of traditional business into new media and the motives and consequences, but sadly there seems to be very little interest when it's about business, which is sad.