#hopefully this'll be interesting to come back to someday

[kikizoshi]

[Jan. 2023] My Current Fyodor Timeline (Subject to Change)

This is sort of a time-capsule for Fyodor. I'm sure I'll change things as I go, probably drastically, and so I wanted to keep record of where I'm at with him so far. I'd also like to share my current timeline of his life with others. So, here it is:

2000

[November 11] born

2015

[August] mother dies

2017

[September] the tragedy; church daycare to orphanage

[October] Alyosha taken into Church

2019

[January] started first year as architecture student

2020

[May] birth of niece

[August] niece’s seizures and first hospitalisation

2021

[April] meets Nikolai

[December] father’s death; moves in with Nikolai due to financial trouble (can’t get by without father’s support) [this is oppressively bleak for both of them, though Fyodor finds himself more comfortable with Nikolai in a one-room than with strangers in a kommunalka]

Fyodor’s first seizure in Nikolai’s presence

2022

[January] still money issues but getting stabilised somewhat; Nikolai starts to develop some hypomania

[February] Mikhail and Margarita come to Petersburg

[April] Nikolai’s spiral into depression

[May] Mikhail fully recovers

[July] Nikolai attends his sister’s wedding, they keep in touch through letters [they should have a novel or two they’re discussing throughout the story, with it ofc showing the theme] [Fyodor will write about money issues, that just has to be]

[September] Nikolai hears about Misha’s wedding and begins to make vyshyvanka for Fyodor (still in Mirgorod, where he bought the materials and pattern from the local tailor)

[October] Nikolai finally back home

2023

[May 14] Misha and Margarita’s wedding

[May 18] Vyshyvanka Day (celebration with Misha and Margarita during honeymoon)

[May 19] Nikolai's Curse revealed

2024

Fyodor finds out about his Curse; Fyodor kills Sonya (and this somehow cements his “need to kill people” thing that started with his father?... only it’s a bit more nuanced than I first thought, because he pitied his father like Marmeladov pitied Ekaterina Ivanovna. So his father should’ve also died by Fyodor’s own hand for his father’s sake, as well as his siblings’.)

2026-2027

Goes to Japan, sets things up for 3 months, carries out plans for next 3 months, later incarcerated for 3 months in Meursault

Since rn I've pretty much concluded that the only way their backstory can be told is through a series of different genres and different stories, rather than one continuous one, there're some notes about the stories I'm currently working out. Also, not everything is entirely literal, i.e. Fyodor's church didn't turn into a literal orphanage.

Because Tumblr likes to make formatting a living hell, this is much messier than my Google Doc, which didn't translate over well at all (for some reason, Tumblr only allows sub-indentations in the editor, and erases them in the actual post).

[havendance]

New Comics Time!

(Doing this for the first time lol)

Batman #138

Look, let's start with the basics: have I read the rest of this event? No. Will I read the rest of this event? Who knows? Probably not. I jumped into this issue for the drama.

And it did not disappoint!

FAMILY BEAT DOWN TIME! We get an ALL OUT BRAWL!

Man look, I am a simple bro with simple pleasures. I am here from the dysfunction.

We've got some messed up Jason and Bruce stuff (I am an enjoyer.)

We have Dick and the batman oath!!! Man, I love that. I love a good oath

Dick fighting Bruce! Tim fighting Bruce! Brother fighting brother!

Tim calling back to why he became Robin in the first place! He's over here holding Dick back!

Damian is also very fun. Poor kid coming over from his lighter (as I've heard) Batman & Robin series to get caught up in this.

Birds of Prey #2

The art continues to be the MVP here. I love the stylism and dynamism of it all. The fight scenes are so good.

(And the x-ray effects are also very cool)

More of a set up issue plot wise. Last issue was the assemble the crew issue (a trope I do enjoy) and this issue is the go over the plan and set up various rabbits to pull out of hats later issue.

Hopefully next issue will let us get into the action.

Less Cass and Barda :(

Harley was less irritating to me in this issue though! I actually found her kind of fun.

I'll be interested in seeing Themysicra. When I last left off on reading Wonder Woman rebirth comics (issue 71ish), it was still inaccessible so this'll be my first time back in current continuity.

Looking forward to more fight scenes :)

King Shark at the end was fun. Look, he's a giant shark man. I think it's hard to go wrong with him.

Detective Comics #763

Okay, this isn't a new comic at all. In fact it is a 20+ year old comic. However. I also bought it and reread it at the same time and I remembered how much I loved it.

So this is the Joker: Last Laugh tie in where Huntress teams up with Sasha Bordeaux as written by Greg Rucka and look. The man has Brought it Again.

I am forever obsessed with his use of the Jason case in this issue.

Sasha: I protect people. And I can't protect anyone doing what he says.

Anyway, when I first read this issues, I didn't care that much about Sasha and this was one of the issues that got me to the other side.

But her and the Huntress. Helena's perspective that she brings to this: one day you will fail him because everyone does and then you'll fall.

(Someday (maybe today idk) I will write the little follow up scene between them for the AU where Huntress kills the Joker in Joker: Last Laugh that lives in my head.)

Just the way that this question of failing Bruce haunts Sasha during her whole time in prison later.

Anyway, definitely glad I picked this up.