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[melannen]

Here is a picture of my toes, as my entry for siegeofangels's Nail Polish Challenge (because I, too, possess a large box full of little bottles colored of lacquer which I will never use up).

The theme this week was Song Lyrics. You guys get to guess the lyric (hint: it will not be hard; it is one of the lyrics that's been stuck in my head for weeks...)



Colors: some black I pulled out of the half-off bin at a dollar store when I realized I didn't have any black; two different reds (layered, because the first one wasn't coming out saturated enough) which have been in the box so long I don't remember where they came from; a bronzey-gold originally from bath & body works that I inherited when I friend cleared out her collection.


Also, I posted at kink_finders asking for fanfic about queer culture and queer history and got lots of excellent recs! So many in fact that, with my own stash of bookmarks, I am thinking of doing a recs set/compilation post/something. Anybody who isn't on that community have any more recs for me on the theme? :D (also, you should all go follow that community, it is a favorite.)

(also, the "queer history" tag on AO3 really ought to be canonized, unless there's an existing canon tag it should be linked to that I haven't found yet. When I get a couple of hours to wrangle I am going to be looking into that and related tags.)

Comments

[striped]

Awesome toes, although I can't guess the lyrics!

Also, you probably mean kink-finders, not kinkfinders. (It is a great comm!)

[melannen]

Oh, you're right, thank you - fixed! (See below for lyric, Lannamichaels figured it out. Sort of. :P)

[quinfirefrorefiddle]

And now it's stuck in my head too. We'll, makes a change from Stars. :-)

[melannen]

I figured the part outside the cut was enough warning, so that one's on you. :P

[siegeofangels]

Pretty! I have no idea about lyrics, although I am assuming Les Mis?

[melannen]

Yep, see the comment below yours. :D

[lannamichaels]

BLACK THE COLOR OF OUR TOES RED THE COLOR OF A ROSE (THAT IS RED AND NOT PINK OR WHITE OR BLACK OR OTHER COLOR ROSES MAY HAPPEN TO BE, EXCEPT IT WONT FIT THE METER DAMMIT)

[carmarthen]

*dies*

RED THE COLOR OF JOLY'S NOSE

[lannamichaels]

JOLY THE RED-NOSED REVOLUTIONARY...

[carmarthen]

*giggles*

[zlabya]

::LOL:: Literally.

[melannen]

...okay is there an existing parody that goes "Black the color of our toes / Red the color of Joly's nose"? Because I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST THAT FANDOM.

[lannamichaels]

I have not seen it, but I would not be surprised. Is there a Les Mis filks and parodies comm yet? ;)

[calvinahobbes]

Les Mis toes! :D

That kinkfinders post is dangerous. And I can second the Femlock rec, it is AMAZING; I'm just about to rec it. (Any day now :oP)

[melannen]

It is! Even jut those first two comments are dangerous, and then there are more.

[aethel]

I poked around the history and the queer tags. There's Queer Themes, with subtags Queer Culture and Queer Friendly. The metatag for history is actually "Historical", which is a little odd. There's nothing for gay history, lesbian history, or lgbt history. There's an xmfc tag for "gay and mutant in sixties". Conclusion: canonize Queer History!

[melannen]

Oh good, someone else poked around so I don't have to! :D Queer History definitely seems to fit the Rule of Three (and I guess would get subtagged to Queer Themes?)

[aethel]

maybe Queer Themes and Historical? The autocomplete doesn't seem to be working for me right now, or I'd add them myself.

[cest_what]

I remember Un-American being an amazing due South fic about Ray Kowalski's history with defending the punk queer kids of Chicago. (Fraser/Kowalski.)

[melannen]

Ooh, that sounds great!

[beatrice_otter]

Red: the blood of angry men!
Black: the dark of ages past!

I would love a rec list.

[melannen]

If I ever read them all maybe I will write one! :D

Nonfiction and fiction

[lady_ganesh]

Hidden History is supposed to be really good.

Conduct Unbecoming is definitely good, but there's not a lot of WWII stuff IIRC.

This article is about lesbians and is pretty interesting. Awesome bibliography.

This only touches on gay culture but it does deal with homophobia and is set in the 1970s: Yami No Matsuei reincarnation series by threewalls.

Men Like Us is a Sherlock Holmes story, about the repercussions of the Wilde trial.

Flaming is Tiger & Bunny, set in a fantasy world but an analogous one (they wanted the story set in a NYC-type city).

Re: Nonfiction and fiction

[zlabya]

YnM fanfic, with Tatsumi/Watari? ::spins and hugs you in ecstacy::

I. Must. Read. It. All.

Re: Nonfiction and fiction

[lady_ganesh]

Her stuff is FANTASTIC.

Re: Nonfiction and fiction

[zlabya]

You weren't kidding. That series is fantastic! I simply had to read the whole thing through (with lots of fangirlish squeeing in comments) She's an incredible writer.

Re: Nonfiction and fiction

[lady_ganesh]

I recommend all her stuff; I even read sometimes when I don't know the fandom. :D

Re: Nonfiction and fiction

[melannen]

Thank you! I will definitely look these up.

Re: Nonfiction and fiction

[lady_ganesh]

No problem!

[starlady]

That is awesome.

[zlabya]

Interesting...that story I'm begging for a beta/podfic advice on) is the first where I'm venturing my favorite OTP into the QUILTBAG community. Though it's not much about the community, except for bits about Japanese gay men who are married and have to find sexual expression in other places. Most interestingly, Watanuki, who is a sex worker serving both "approved" genders, muses on how he may have both a husband and a wife as clients. You've given me a bit of food for thought with your comments here and on the post you linked too.

Also, I want to try that Steve Rogers story you've recced, and maybe the Arkady Jole story (there's tons of excellent Vorkosiverse fic out there just waiting for me, I know!)

[melannen]

The World That You Need is my absolute favorite Vorkosigan saga fic so far! (And would probably make a great starting point for the fandom...) It's Aral/Cordelia + Aral/Arkady polyamory, if that helps.