elisi: Smile and the world smiles back (Charles)
elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2025-09-03 09:52 pm

Updateyness

How is it already Wednesday? /rhetorical question

On Saturday we watched the new Superman, and it is as delightful and uplifting as everyone promised. Also very silly, which is important I think. We need silliness to help ward off the horrors. ETA: It's already out on streaming, which made it a lot easier!


Promethia and I also posted the first chapter of a new Dead Boy Detectives fic:

The Song of Rowland, 10k

Summary:

Most ghosts didn’t celebrate their birthdays.

But Charles Rowland wasn’t ‘most ghosts’.

Indeed, Charles’ birthday was a high point of the year, a guaranteed day of fun for himself and Edwin. The fun always helped to push down the unvoiced emotions below: the loss, the unresolved pain of his death, the feelings of failure and inadequacy. Charles saw no reason why this state of affairs shouldn’t continue forever.

But then he turned fifty.

Or:

How a medieval poem changed Charles’ afterlife forever.



(Only 2 chapters in all, amazingly not everything I write turns into an endless WIP!)
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[personal profile] jerusha 2025-09-03 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
One of the things I really appreciate about James Gunn is that he really embraces comic books as a medium. He explores deep emotional themes, but with a backdrop of silliness, which I really appreciate. I haven't seen Superman yet, but I'll catch it on streaming.
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[personal profile] ragnarok_08 2025-09-04 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Your fic is already very brilliant, and I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
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[personal profile] sea_thoughts 2025-09-05 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I loved the new Superman, too. Colours! Humour! Sincerity! And a wonderful chemistry between Clark and Lois. Also Nick Hoult's monologuing was A* no notes.