#sing it together zine

[sing-it-togetherzine]

Last week to apply

We don’t have to wait much longer before we can get this party started!

There is still room for art and fanfic so if you would like to join our project, follow the link below to apply. Don’t wait! The application closes on Saturday, August 31st at 11pm(EST).

[ami-v-dragnire]

🌱Growing Together🌱

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This is where I am, mentally, all the time. My piece for the @itbeganinagardenzine, a zine dedicated to their retirement at their South Downs cottage. Where nightingales sing.

I love you all ❤️

[nilikhangdiwa]

🎧 SOUNDTRACKS: ENSEMBLE PREORDERS OPEN 🎧

"Director, let's sing a song together!"

Don't miss your chance! Get a copy of the zine now from our website:

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📅 Preorders: Sept. 8 - Nov. 8 (8PM, GMT+8)

(Edit: Preorders have been extended!)

Take a peek at what we have in store for you! 👀

We've got 80+ pages of art and fic waiting, and merch you can get your hands on, all lovingly created by our contributors! 💕

And that's not all! More merch will be available when we hit our stretch goals!

Moreover, if you place your preorder before September 22nd, you'll receive a special early bird bonus for free!

📅 Early Bird Promo: Sept. 8 - 22

And lastly, if you want to place a group order, let us know through email or on our twt DMs, and we'll help get you set up!

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🐦 @A3SongZine

[scentedinksandwhackedseals]

some things i enjoyed about tonight in no particular order:

- claws in your back with a full band

- happy to be here with a full band

- even with a full band

- DIFFERENT NEW SONG

- someone giving her flowers (pink carnations i heard!!!) and then people started singing her happy birthday five days early

- she shut that down by going “nononononono” and shredding and—according to my dad (whose birthday it ACTUALLY is)— saying “i’m in charge”

- her dedicating rejoice to her friend ariel (ariel baldwin, who made her devout queer shirt and put together her loss protection zine and the lyric videos for the rest and more stuff i can’t think of)

- matt saying “you better sing” to us before everybody does

- singing along and screaming my lungs out

- the show beginning with over with her off stage and then her coming on stage for appointments—it was so dramatic and exciting

- her saying just kidding when she came back for encore

- her looking fucking incredible in a plain white t-shirt (just like she looked fucking incredible last night in a different white shirt. her in white shirts. damn.)

- the setlist was super different! which is so cool! i wonder what she’s gonna do tomorrow!

-oh and both the openers were wonderful!!!

-all of it. just all of it.

[jacobpking]

HERACLES and HEBE - Afterlife in Bliss

This is my contribution to the Sing o Muse Greek myth art zine! I illustrated the 15th Homeric Hymn, to Heracles, and it mentions that after a life of hardship, Heracles and Hebe live happily together on Olympus, and I thought that was really poignant. Here's a vulnerable, content Heracles, (most) hard edges worn away.

It was an absolute joy to be a part of this, go purchase a copy of the zine to see my behind the scenes process work!

[dognonsense]

Song list for my album! Updated Song Links under read more!

Puppy Girls Rule the World by Dog Nonsense

Muzzled Monster (youtube- woods) (tumblr- woods) (youtube- victory square open mic) (tumblr- bedroom) (tumblr- zine) (tumblr- studio show) (tumblr- skatepark)

Woof Woods (tumblr- live at rat labs) (tumblr- studio version clip) (tumblr- bedroom) (tumblr- live at rat labs clip) (tumblr- skatepark) (tumblr-tyrant)

Train Track Diorama (youtube- victory square open mic) (tumblr- bedroom)

Poly Dyke Menace (tumblr- victory square open mic) (tumblr- victory square) (tumblr-rat lab) (tumblr- studio show)

Toke & Choke (youtube-woods) (tumblr- woods) (tumblr-live at rat labs) (tumblr- open mic victory square) (tumblr- backyard) (tumblr- studio 1, 2) (tumblr audio- victory square)

Rotting Flesh

High Speed Railing (tumblr- studio show) (tumblr- studio show)

Mommy I Got Rabies

Patch Trade

Thinking Together (youtube-woods) (tumblr- woods)

Foggy Doggy (youtube- victory square open mic) (tumblr- zine)

Punk Venue Backyard

Bubbled Away (youtube- victory square open mic)

Whiny song for whiny people

Show photos & video links

march 9 Studio show

Show Photos: yvrpunks Intergalacticleaf spittakephotos

Video: Tumblr post with link to Instagram- muzzled monster, high speed rail, punk pets, poly dyke menace

March 30 studio show

New age doom singing video

April 6 green auto show

after show photos , patches for sale

Singing for new age doom tumblr video

April 13 skatepark under bridge

Photos

June 6 tyrant

Wood woods

August 15th victory square

Toke & choke

[dragonflylady77]

you got it

Paring: Harringrove | Rating: G | 2333 words | Getting back together, song fic

This is the fic I wrote for @harringrovezine over a year ago. Well, this is the slightly longer version of the fic that went in the zine. I was trying to come up with an idea and I got to thinking about the song You Got It by Roy Orbison (or, more specifically, the version Whoopie Goldberg sings in the movie Boys on the Side). Its a song that makes me cry in 10 seconds flat... And I thought, ooh what if Billy was in a band, and he sang that song to try and get Steve back... so I went looking for a cover with lots of drums and I found this song:

I have plans to expand, both before and after what happens in this fic, even started a playlist for the band. I hope you enjoy it.

Summary:

Billy is the lead singer of the band Renegade Sunshine in San Diego. He left Hawkins with a broken heart the day after graduation. Max got the band hired to provide the music at the Hawkins High 10 year reunion, in a last ditch matchmaking attempt to get Billy back with Steve.

“Billy, you have to go.” 

Max shook the invite in his face and Billy was two seconds away from biting her hand if she didn’t cut it out.

“No, actually, I don’t have to do anything.” He focused on his breathing like he’d learned in therapy, and it was vaguely working.

“Come on!” The whine in her voice took him back to their teenage years. He rolled his eyes and counted to ten. She kept shoving the shiny piece of paper in his face and he had enough. He snatched it out of her grasp, folded it and put it in his back pocket.

“Give it up, Maxine.”

“You know I won’t, William . This is your chance to get him back.”

Billy felt everything inside him turn to stone. He should have expected Max to hit below the belt, yet it still hurt. “Shut up. You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Billy, please!”

Billy turned away from her and walked to his room, closing the door carefully behind him instead of slamming it like he really wanted. The lock clicked really loudly into place. He lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling. 

Fuck!

The last thing he needed right now was to think about Steve. The invite for the Hawkins High Class of ‘85 ten year reunion was burning a hole in his pocket. The way Max inferred it was his fault that the thing between him and Steve had ended was burning a hole in his gut. 

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[eye-of-enigmatic-thought]

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good December! These were my contributions to the @welcomehomefanzine winter zine! I managed to do more art this time too! For my contributions I wanted to draw art on various Winter traditions from different cultures, such as also my own! If you decide to colour in any of these, please @ me!!

Also keep in mind, we are not affiliated with Clown or the team behind WH, we are just fans who love the work!!

I wrote more on all the artworks under the cut! Including the traditions they were based on!

First one was a little visual pun on the first verse of '12 Days of Christmas', Poppy is the partridge in the pear tree! Not much to say about this one, it's my only Christmas related thing! Second one was based on the Southern Welsh winter tradition of the Mari Lwyd. The Mari Lwyd is a hobby horse made from a horse's skull and is then decorated. It is puppeteered to go to the doors of various houses where its handlers will sing verses on letting it in to the home, you are supposed to sing back excuses on why you can't let it in, and if you relent, you invite the Mari Lwyd and its handlers in your home, where it will eat your food and alcohol and terrorise your children! The tradition and its true origins and meaning and even etymology is unknown, but it's thought to have ancient Pagan roots! It seems here, Eddie relented in his songs to it and regretted everything immediately after!

Third image is another Poppy centric piece because I love her. Here she is dressed up as a figure from Schnabelperchten! This is a tradition seen only in Rauris Valley in Austria and is a manifestation of Perchta, a goddess from Alpine Paganism that took the form of a old woman who'd punish misbehaving children by slitting their bellies. For Schnabelperchten, on the 5th of January, figures dressed in smocks, jackets, and a beak-like mask will visit various homes to check their upkeep and cleanliness all while emitting a soft 'ga ga ga', in more ancient versions of the legend, if you did not keep your living quarters in good enough conditions, the Schnabelperchten would slit open your belly and dump all the rubbish inside! Poppy would never do that though! No one tell her about that part!! Last but not least is one based on a tradition from my culture! Here you see the entire neighbourhood celebrating Yalda Night and spending time with one anotherThis is a Persian/Iranian festival with Zoroastrian roots held on the Winter Solstice. This day was traditionally seen as ill omened as being the darkest day of the year, the forces of Ahriman and his Deevs were most active, and so much of the day entailed family and friends getting together in good company. They would read stories and poems (especially the Shahnameh or poems by Hafez) with nuts and various fruits from previous harvests being served, watermelon and pomegranates being the most prominent! It was also encouraged to stay well up after midnight lest misfortune befall you! Due to it also being the longest night, it was also seen as the birthdate of the sun deity Mehr (or Mithra), as the subsequent days would get longer.

This was all fun to do and I hope I did all these traditons justice!! I am most likely missing out a lot on my explanations for them, so I hope I at least peaked your interest in these different Winter festivities enough to look into them on your own!

[rattlingmycage]

Hescrates

I figure it's about time I actually centralize the scattered pieces of my BG3 OC's bio in one place.

Species: Tiefling Gender: Agender (they/he) Background: Noble Class: Fighter. Previously Bard

Occupation

Heir to a noble lineage subservient only to royalty. The family makes their business in handling the martial affairs of the Crown, and are generally feared by aristocrats and peasants alike. Occasional personal security aide to one of the princes. He's charismatic, Epicurean, friendly, and a pain in the ass for Hescrates because he drags them to his various social excursions with foreign dignitaries.

Alignment

Neutral evil. Generally speaking, they're rather vicious. Cut you for staring at them funny vicious. It's what keeps the hired mercenaries in line, and ensures no rivals get any misguided ideas.

They chill out more in the game timeline, since they don't have an army at their disposal and the game companions are all they have to work with. It's an intentional strategic choice, but also the first time they relax the tyrant facade in about a decade.

Philosophy Strike first, ask later. Loyalty is a commodity, trust is a mistake, and power is the only safety. Personal survival above all. I made this OC because I wanted a more precarious relationship arc with Astarion, so I chose the personality traits according to that. They're things that Astarion can relate to, but also a source of constant conflict with him.

Curse Hescrates made a pact with a witch long ago. The stitch scarring on their lips sews back together if they ever try to sing, and the wound reopens without warning at times. In exchange they're very strong and can tank most damage with ease. (I basically made a fucked up Ariel. Instead of legs she just gets hella jacked. And becomes dollar store Deadpool. lol)

I have a zine that goes into detailed backstory (too much, if you ask me), several au versions of them of varying nastiness, and I ship them with Astarion in an enemies > begrudging allies > lovers > separated > ??? something fucked up here > bitter rivals way.

[worldbeyondzine]

THE CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG!

go pick up a digital copy of the World Beyond the Veil transmasc horror zine today!

Video description: A video timelapse of a white man making art of a vintage-styled Halloween cat on a giant lite brite. Background music sings "it's spooky season" repeatedly. The video starts with a finished view of the cat, then shows the progress of it being put together. Text overlay reads: "The cat's out of the bag--World Beyond zines are back! Pick up a digital copy through November 18th for $2 off. And don't forget to stay spooky."

[sing-it-togetherzine]

Zine Application

The wait is finally over! Thanks again to everyone who filled out the interest survey, this project is coming to life in part thanks to you. The application is open to artists and fanfic authors alike, featuring @spooky-pop as the cover artist!

If you would like to apply, you can find the link to the form below.

Please note: the last day the application will be open is August 31st, so make sure you apply before then or if you can’t right away, mark your calendar!

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[greenerteacups]

this might seem v random but, if you haven't come across it already, i would really recommend tavi gevinson's latest online zine 'fan fiction' -- not because of the fan fiction element of it, though, but because of your evident love of taylor swift (who it's about) and your impeccable literary taste. and would love to hear your thoughts!

This was an excellent recommendation, and I loved it. I will admit that the RPF segment had me leery (RPF throws me for reasons I have yet to intellectually inspect but believe may relate somehow to the concept of voyeurism) but I'm glad I finished it, because she pulls it together very well. The dialogue in the last segment is especially great, particularly these parts:

And this:

And this:

Because this gets at what I find so Gordian about Internet conversations among even relatively respectful/measured people about Swift's work and presence: we can't seem to figure out what it is we want from her. There is no right way for a woman to be more famous than most presidents. Do we want her to need us or not? Should she care about our approval or shouldn't she? Is the fact that she doesn't "feel" authentic to us the consequence of having demanded authenticity for so long she literally had to shape her personality to fit what "felt real" to millions of people, and in the process, of course, of course, inevitably, produced work that felt authentic to no one?

And then also, like. To what extent do fans use her autonomy/consent as a lever for bad behavior? I.e. does the "invitation" of personal information in her songs license us to speculate about her like she's a character on a TV show? Where is the line of appropriate speculation in an autobiographical medium? I was talking to my friend at dinner just tonight about how it's gross that people can't seem to give her the credit of writing songs that aren't 100% always About Her, and my friend pointed out that she invites comparisons to her own life by teasing names and iconography we identify with her public persona. It's like Brett Easton Ellis writing a book about a character named Brett Easton Ellis. Sure, they're not the same person, but you've invoked a symbol, and people are not being ridiculous for trying to analyze that symbol in the context of the work. In order to do that, they need to understand what the symbol is. Which means the biographical stuff actually is relevant to the text, and Swift's obvious irritation at her fans for failing to just... fuck off a little bit and let her live, while an entirely fair and morally defensible human response, is complicated by the way that her art is produced to resonate best for those who care most. Folklore and Evermore prove even Taylor is on some level aware of this, because she uses the third-person mechanic (and again in "Bolter") to differentiate those protagonists from the narrative construct of "Taylor Swift" in her other first-person work — i.e. pulling apart the Swift who is speaking and not the Swift who is singing (if that makes sense).

And then, finally: "The irony gets a bit tired. You can just say you like music. It's fine." What a deliciously recursive little bit of irony, considering it's a criticism being offered by a character whose ironic distance is itself being criticized. And the fact that the author is putting her own self-criticism in the mouth of a non-existent popstar who's deliberately flattening her take on her subject matter? Mingling valid with invalid criticism to establish a protective distance from her flaws and prove her smarty-pants intellectual self-awareness while also implicitly disowning the faults in her work, an (ironically) childish gesture of insecurity that stands at odds with the mature intellectual persona? Trying to have about seven or eight different cakes, and eat every one of them? "The irony gets a bit tired." Fucking perfect. I laughed.

[4ragon]

So I just reblogged another aa fanfic masterlist, and that seemed like a cool idea. SO, since so many people are migrating to here from Twitter (and especially since this is the only place where my name doesn't match my AO3 account) I thought should put a list of my AA fics together! (I'd do the other fandoms but I don't think I'd have a substantial enough list)

So here's the JJ Ace Attorney fanfic masterlist:

Long Fics -

The Miraculous Disappearance Of Phoenix Wright (107,213 words)

Phoenix Wright wakes up in a world where he never existed. What will he do when he's trapped in a world where everything he's ever loved is gone? Minor narumitsu. My first AA fic, and the fic that got me back into writing for the first time since I was a shitty teenager.

(Also please read the tags, this one has some heavy subject matter and a LOT of spoilers)

Singderella (28,103 words)

Apollo decides to try his hand at a singing contest, held by a certain ex-rockstar, for a chance to win some runner-up money. He didn't want to win the dang contest. And he sure as hell didn't want to become Klavier Gavin's mysterious disappearing muse. This one is Klapollo and this one's Silly As Hell.

Vacation All I Ever Wanted (111,197 words)

Six lawyers and a magician spend a week at the beach. One condo. Six lawyers. Seven secret plans. What could possibly go wrong? Established narumitsu, getting-together klapollo, platonic Athena and Simon, and Trucy Wright in all her glory. (Also has some AA4 and 5 spoilers)

also @/ministarfruit drew me fanart and it made me cry

Shorter Klapollo fics -

Google Search: how to turn off a gaviners alarm clock

Google Search: off button on gaviners alarm clock Google Search: how to end my suffering Google Search: please god i just wanted to sleep in

No I did not write this as a thinly veiled excuse to complain about my roommate's alarm clock what are you talking about

Also fanart from @/lycheestew

Don't Get Too Comfortable

Apollo gets caught in a rainstorm, so Klavier invites him to wait it out at his condo. Written for the Klapollo Unfolding Melody zine. I'm really proud of this one!

Either Way

It's Klavier's first week back since the Misham Trial, and Klavier had yet to gather the courage to see Apollo Justice. At least, until Apollo Justice grabs him in a panic and shoves the two of them into a broom closet.

(Klapollo Week 2021 - Protection)

Atroquinine My Love (Accoustic)

When Apollo asks Klavier for guitar lessons, Klavier is more than happy to oblige. Written for the 2021 Klapollo minibang, featuring lovely art from the wonderful @/nhuquyen

Half-and-Half

Klavier and Apollo go on their first date. That's it. That's the fic.

(Klapollo Week 2021 - Firsts)

Of Petals and Punctuality

Klavier forgets about their anniversary. That's also it. (Everyone also says this fic makes them sad but I thought it was fucking funny when I wrote it)

(Klapollo Week 2021 - Flowers)

Just A Quiet Morning

Apollo Justice wakes up to make breakfast on his wedding anniversary.

(Klapollo Week 2023 - Domesticity)

Schatz

“Hey, Athena, what does ‘shots’ mean?” Pre-dating, Athena and Phoenix mess with Apollo.

(Klapollo Week 2023 - Nicknames)

Narumitsu fics -

Procrastination

Prompt: Pre-dating narumitsu pinning and yearning for each other and all their friends and family trying to find a way for them to be finally be together

This was for a secret santa.

The Gentleman Always Gets the Girl

Sorry, Mr. Edgeworth, but the gentleman always gets the girl.

(Narumitsu Week 2023 - Foreign)

But I Thought You Hated The Mall

Miles takes Trucy to the mall. This does not go as planned.

(Narumitsu Week 2023 - Family)

Gen Fics -

A Different Kind of Lullaby (Warning, major AAI2 Spoilers)

“Hi Mr. Edgeworth, do you think Pops killed my mom?”

@/ehlihr drew the coolest fucking comic btw holy shit

Baking and Entering

Kay and Sebastian break into Edgeworth's house to bake a cake. This one was for the Dadworth Lion Lillies zine and I'm also super proud of it.

Juniper Dumped Me

Wait, wait when were Juniper and I dating?!

In which Juniper dumps Apollo, who absolutely knows what's happening, don't worry about it. Minor Junithena, literally the stupidest thing I've ever written. Dedicated to my discord friends who helped me come up with the idea.

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Kay Faraday has a secret and Miles has to get to the bottom of it. Also has some AAI2 spoilers.

Another Trip Around The Sun

Apollo Justice's first birthday without Clay Terran. Minor klapollo. It's a story about grief and I did cry while writing it.

Just a Roll of Stamps

It's been a year since Phoenix officially adopted Trucy, and Phoenix is starting to worry that she hasn't made any friends.

(Wright Family Week 2021 - Friends)

Bet On It

Apollo and Athena vs. Trucy and Phoenix. Whoever beats the escape room first wins. Whoever loses buys noodles for a year. But…it can't be that simple, right?

(Wright Family Week 2021 - Scheming and Hijinks)

Dear Runo

Phoenix and Trucy decide to clean out their spare room, and discover an old cardboard box labeled Grandpa Ryuu. Inside, they discover some old books, some letters, and possibly an old secret?! (Or maybe not). This one was for another secret santa exchange.

First Class Accomodations

After the events of Investigations 2, Sebastian Debeste is invited to spend a few nights at the Courtney residence while he figures out what to do next.

This was written for the AA Writer Zine and I am very proud of it.

Tumblr Original Ficlets

Ficlets include narumitsu, klapollo, and a few junithena, and one (1) blackmadhi.

Anyway, I think that's everything. Y'all super don't have to read these, I just wanted all of them in one place. If you do read them, though, feel free to let me know if you liked them! Comments and stuff make my day.

[theriverspath]

I made crêpes! (A mini celebration of fandom.)

Yesterday was the French holiday, La Chandeleur. And on Chandeleur, people celebrate by making crêpes. It's not a holiday that I'd been aware before this year, but yesterday evening found me stood over my stovetop attempting to create the thin, lacy pancakes I'd only previously had the pleasure of encountering in restaurants.

Long before I'd even heard of Good Omens, let alone the crêpe-craving angel contained within it, I fell in love with this iconicly French food. For over twenty years now, one of my bucket list items is the unashamedly touristy activity of enjoying some from a Parisian street vendor while basking in the general splendor of The City of Lights.

And, while fate has yet to bring me to France, it did bring me to the Good Omens fandom. More specifically, it brought me to the discord server of the youtuber, @sendarya. There, her and her team organized a weekend of crêpe making in celebration of Chandeleur. They posted a brief summary of the holiday along with a couple of recipe and presentation suggestions for those who, like me, had never attempted them. People from all over the world have been posting photos of their creations, along with the occasional video displaying crêpe flipping skills the likes of which I can only aspire.

As someone who grew up in the pre-web days, these little pockets of the internet never cease to amaze me. Here's me, someone so 'Murican that they've never even owned a passport, chatting with folks around the globe about our shared interests. In my childhood and early teens, I would have only had access to this sort of camaraderie through the much slower mediums of newsletters or zines. But today, I carry instant access to the world around with me in my pocket.

While the pros and cons of this general phenomenon, along with the more specified experience of being part of an online fandom, are continuously debated, yesterday definitely fit within the "pro" column. Yesterday, the domino fall that began with a couple of guys writing a book together over thirty years ago ended in me learning a new skill with the help and encouragement of Good Omens fans spread out across the planet.

This morning, I enjoyed some of the leftovers from yesterday for breakfast, and it made my heart sing. I may or may not ever get to experience street vendor crêpes in Paris. But, due to the enthusiasm and generosity of global GOmens fans, I can now indulge in them in the comfort of my own home any time I please.

So, here's my thanks to everyone who organized and are participating in the AziraCrêpes weekend over on Sendarya's discord. Y'all are pretty cool.

[variousqueerthings]

8 11 32 PLEASE!

HELLOOOOO AND THANK YOUUUUUU! also I remembered how much I overthink when looking at these whoops

8. Describe your gender without using any words traditionally related to gender: You know the opening to the Mr Bean series? Mr Bean gets beamed down onto earth and then it's implied that everyone Mr Bean does after that is literally because of being an alien, but it's never actually confirmed in the text? that but like. with a much more extensive wardrobe

11. Favorite (or just one you love) piece of LGBT media?: WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME???? I'm gonna give u three out of Many that are perfect. and I'm going to connect them to a Theme (I'VE CONNECTED THE DOTS). the thing is that these movies are movies that have at some point held me gently and guided me into a greater understanding of the queer community and history generally, as well as my own feeling of place within this community

My Beautiful Laundrette: This is one of my personal seminal queer movies, I watched it as a young'un/baby queer and it's just. Oh. such softness amidst the violence of the times, and the thing is that the softness is something that saves the main characters from the violence, both as potential perpetrators and victims (and how those can be blurred concepts to begin with). the core of it is two men who come back together amidst the height of neo-nazi anti-immigration 80s England, one of whom is Pakistani British and the other a white skinhead. And they open a laundrette together. This movie is sweet, I promise! it also features one of the subtly hottest moments to me in film history, in which one of them licks the others' neck in public while being watched on one side by Pakistani family members and on the other by white racists but it's angled so none of them see it!

City of Lost Souls: Listen, Rosa Von Praunheim's documentation of trans people (and generally queer people) is so so important for our community and you should check him out, but this film in particular is such a wild fucking ride that is hard to explain. a bunch of queer artists in 80s Berlin (and this movie was made in the 80s so you get some real footage of that great big wall) just like... fuck around? share intense elder wisdom? connect? sing! (oh yeah, it's kind of a musical, a trashy punky musical). This is some of the real deep magic of queer connection. there's an iconic moment in this film (there are several) in which a trans woman picks up a one-night stand and explains to him that she's trans and he's like. "eh no idea what all of that means, but you're saying you're a woman right? great!" and it's just Fine

Desire Lines: listen this movie... I'm almost hesitant to recommend it, because I feel so personally affected by it and it's a one-of-a-kind (so far) insight into transmasculine gay culture that is just. deeply precious and not understood by a lot of even the wider queer community. myself and every transmasc person I know who's seen it have felt somewhat transcendent about it, the way you do the first time you see yourself as (positively) visible in this way, it's almost too much. it's a documentary at heart, but quite experimental in elements of its structure, with parts of it being a fictional telling of a middle-aged iranian trans man who works in an archive and is told of the history of trans men's inclusion in gay bathhouses, lou sullivan, and personal testimonies from gay transmasc people. sometimes you don't notice how deprived you've been until something gives you real oxygen

Hon. mentions: Joyland, Great Freedom, Die Beautiful my personal favourite queer films of 2023, still have me by the throat!!!

32. Do you do arts and crafts? Post a pic of a project you've done: okay I will share a picture of something, but I need to go take a picture when I have a sec. It's not complete, but I've started a little zine that's just a big collection of euphemisms and ways of talking about queerness and it's such a fascinating, fun project that's made me think more expansively about how queerness gets talked about, whether it's in the past or present (or potential futures), within and without the community, as modern, or bigoted, or outdated, or fun, or out-of-the-box, or specific, etc. -- it's very far from done, but I can give a sense of just how many words/phrases/concepts I've picked up + imagery I want to include + the construction of the zine itself, which has a few little secrets to it

[fantasyfantasygames]

Hands In Go Team

Hands In Go Team, Vnarchy, 2021

I had described Hands In Go Team as a "sequel" to Go To Hell, which isn't quite right. It's notionally in the same universe, but there's nothing explicitly connecting the two. Instead, this game is a bright mirror to that one. Go To Hell screamed so that Hands In Go Team could sing.

Hands In Go Team (HIGT) happens in the "bright, beautiful hills between ravines of cruelty", the times when monopolies and dictatorships have been squashed or regulated back into the shadows. International cooperation is at a high. The game doesn't pretend that it's going to last forever - in fact, this is a transhuman setup where psychohistory has been invented and people have a pretty good guess as to when it's all going to fall apart. That's why your characters are together: to do something meaningful and long-lasting while you have the chance.

You're the leaders of a "moonshot"-type team. You have extensive resources, both economic and human, and your goal is to achieve some difficult scientific or humanitarian objective. Examples include:

The development of warp drive

Uplifting animals

Setting up societies on other planets

Prolonging human life

Upgrading the world's networks

Eradicating hunger worldwide

Reversing climate change

Your characters are rated on Motivations and Resources. Motivations are like Intimacies or Core Values or other emotional stats; you've seen those before. Resources, on the other hand, are a really unique thing to have as a core stat. For instance, you don't have Intelligence +4 and Science +5, you have a Scientific Research resource at 12. It doesn't necessarily matter how smart you personally are - it matters how smart your team is, and how much and how effectively you can call on them. Your Politics resource is about your connections. In practice they work kind of like Intelligence and Charisma, but the way you describe your character's actions is completely different. Gathering more resources will be key to success. You pick a goal and make characters as a group, because your team is actually intentionally assembled to accomplish that goal.

There are a lot of short writeups of various people and groups that might be helpful for you to recruit. There are also some who are good in a more antagonist-type role, but almost all of them are just people with a different set of goals who also need the resources you want. Negotiating with them is key.

HIGT is a fairly minimalist book, still in the general zine realm but not nearly as grunge as Go To Hell was. It was spiral-bound and formatted... I'm going to say like a nicely-typeset government document. Think more modern EPA or NSF than old CIA. It uses some fairly recognizable NASA art. These days the only place you can find it is online auction sites.