Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
Nov. 22nd, 2024 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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superhero_musesI've been talking about the Absolute DC comic series, but there's actually another alternate world I'm excited about--they've finally expanded the Gotham by Gaslight world to include the other DC heroes! In a way I feel like that's too bad for the original work, as Gotham by Gaslight worked best in a Batman-only world, I think, but... I'm not going to pass up a world where Clark is an aw-shucks Jimmy-Stewart-style small-town sheriff who uses his powers to keep the peace while seeming inept. There's going to be a Justice League by Gaslight spin-off, even!
So I'm going to take Bradygirl's advice to try and write at least a sentence every day from the POV of Clark or Bruce in one of those two worlds. That way I'll feel like I've got a better sense of their characters when I actually find some time to sit down and really write about them (I'm taking a weekend after Christmas to go and just rest in a hotel in the mountains, maybe that will be the time!)
I found a new "Questions about your current WiP" list and I think I'll go through those questions as we wind down 2024 (what a year). The very first question, however, is just "list 10 facts about you"! Ten might be more than I can muster (I am very boring) but here are a few:
1. I have three cats.
2. I made granola by hand for the first time this morning!
3. The most out-of-the-way place I've ever traveled is probably Palau.
4. I try to always be reading two books at a time: one electronic and one on paper.
5. Right now the electronic book is a history of the rise of Russian nationalism, and the paper book is Song of Achilles (which I'm enjoying much more!)
6. I love collecting perfume.
7. My current physical goal is to one day do a single pushup, lol. They're so hard!
OK, seven is good enough, I think! I'd love to know a little more about you as well!
So I'm going to take Bradygirl's advice to try and write at least a sentence every day from the POV of Clark or Bruce in one of those two worlds. That way I'll feel like I've got a better sense of their characters when I actually find some time to sit down and really write about them (I'm taking a weekend after Christmas to go and just rest in a hotel in the mountains, maybe that will be the time!)
I found a new "Questions about your current WiP" list and I think I'll go through those questions as we wind down 2024 (what a year). The very first question, however, is just "list 10 facts about you"! Ten might be more than I can muster (I am very boring) but here are a few:
1. I have three cats.
2. I made granola by hand for the first time this morning!
3. The most out-of-the-way place I've ever traveled is probably Palau.
4. I try to always be reading two books at a time: one electronic and one on paper.
5. Right now the electronic book is a history of the rise of Russian nationalism, and the paper book is Song of Achilles (which I'm enjoying much more!)
6. I love collecting perfume.
7. My current physical goal is to one day do a single pushup, lol. They're so hard!
OK, seven is good enough, I think! I'd love to know a little more about you as well!
