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Oscar Nominaitons 2025
I have seen literally nothing at this point.
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So, 51 movies, 100 nominations, by total number of nominations:
13 Emilia Pérez - Netflix
10 Wicked - VOD
10 The Brutalist
8 Conclave - Peacock
8 A Complete Unknown
6 Anora - VOD
5 The Substance - Mubi
5 Dune: Part 2 - Max
4 Nosferatu - VOD
3 The Wild Robot - Peacock
3 Sing Sing - VOD
3 I'm Still Here
2 The Apprentice - VOD
2 Nickel Boys
2 Flow - VOD, Disney+ (on 2-14 only?)
2 A Real Pain - Hulu
1 Yuck!
1 Wander to Wonder
1 Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Netflix
1 The Six Triple Eight - Netflix
1 The Seed of the Sacred Fig - VOD
1 The Only Girl in the Orchestra
1 The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
1 The Last Ranger
1 The Girl with the Needle - Mubi
1 Sugarcane - Disney+
1 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat - VOD
1 Porcelain War
1 No Other Land
1 Memoir of a Snail - AMC+
1 Maria - Netflix
1 Magic Candies
1 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - Hulu
1 Instruments of a Beating Heart
1 Inside Out 2 - Disney+
1 Incident
1 In the Shadow of the Cypress
1 I Am Ready, Warden
1 I Am Not a Robot
1 Gladiator II - Paramount
1 Film September 5 - VOD
1 Elton John: Never Too Late - Disney+
1 Death by Numbers
1 Black Box Diaries - Paramount
1 Better Man
1 Beautiful Men
1 Anuja
1 Alien: Romulus - Hulu
1 A Lien
1 A Different Man - Max
24 1-nomination films
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So, 51 movies, 100 nominations, by total number of nominations:
13 Emilia Pérez - Netflix
10 Wicked - VOD
10 The Brutalist
8 Conclave - Peacock
8 A Complete Unknown
6 Anora - VOD
5 The Substance - Mubi
5 Dune: Part 2 - Max
4 Nosferatu - VOD
3 The Wild Robot - Peacock
3 Sing Sing - VOD
3 I'm Still Here
2 The Apprentice - VOD
2 Nickel Boys
2 Flow - VOD, Disney+ (on 2-14 only?)
2 A Real Pain - Hulu
1 Yuck!
1 Wander to Wonder
1 Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Netflix
1 The Six Triple Eight - Netflix
1 The Seed of the Sacred Fig - VOD
1 The Only Girl in the Orchestra
1 The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
1 The Last Ranger
1 The Girl with the Needle - Mubi
1 Sugarcane - Disney+
1 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat - VOD
1 Porcelain War
1 No Other Land
1 Memoir of a Snail - AMC+
1 Maria - Netflix
1 Magic Candies
1 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - Hulu
1 Instruments of a Beating Heart
1 Inside Out 2 - Disney+
1 Incident
1 In the Shadow of the Cypress
1 I Am Ready, Warden
1 I Am Not a Robot
1 Gladiator II - Paramount
1 Film September 5 - VOD
1 Elton John: Never Too Late - Disney+
1 Death by Numbers
1 Black Box Diaries - Paramount
1 Better Man
1 Beautiful Men
1 Anuja
1 Alien: Romulus - Hulu
1 A Lien
1 A Different Man - Max
24 1-nomination films
Movies and Books Year in Review
A truly pathetic number here.
The Marvels - I liked it. It's not a tier 1 Marvel classic, but I still basically liked it. And the Streisand scene was hilarious.
Mary - Mostly okay, but a little odd. Joseph appeared to be wearing trousers at one point.
That's it. I did rewatch some classics: Singin' in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Hello Dolly. I also started the second season of What If . . . ?, which I liked, but I haven't wrapped it up. I need to get back up to speed with the MCU.
As far as books, I warned you about the pathetic number. There were four. I started reading several other books, most of them re-reads (Jane Eyre, The Phantom Tollbooth) and some new ones (Wind in the Willows, Mysterious Benedict Society). My attention span was rotten.
The Life of Rosa Parks - Kathleen Connors - This was banned in Florida. It took all of five minutes or so to read and had nothing a sane person could possibly find objectionable.
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - I listened to this as an audiobook while doing physical therapy. It was an excellent mystery.
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation - Rosemary Sullivan - Another audiobook, and a good thing because I would never have known how to pronounce all the Dutch words in this. They make a very strong case for one person. This gave me a sense of closure.
The Cat Who Had 14 Tales - Lillian Jackson Braun - A short story collection, all of them involving cats. I have a very low tolerance for sad animal stories, so some of these were too much for me, but several of them were good reads.
The Marvels - I liked it. It's not a tier 1 Marvel classic, but I still basically liked it. And the Streisand scene was hilarious.
Mary - Mostly okay, but a little odd. Joseph appeared to be wearing trousers at one point.
That's it. I did rewatch some classics: Singin' in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Hello Dolly. I also started the second season of What If . . . ?, which I liked, but I haven't wrapped it up. I need to get back up to speed with the MCU.
As far as books, I warned you about the pathetic number. There were four. I started reading several other books, most of them re-reads (Jane Eyre, The Phantom Tollbooth) and some new ones (Wind in the Willows, Mysterious Benedict Society). My attention span was rotten.
The Life of Rosa Parks - Kathleen Connors - This was banned in Florida. It took all of five minutes or so to read and had nothing a sane person could possibly find objectionable.
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - I listened to this as an audiobook while doing physical therapy. It was an excellent mystery.
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation - Rosemary Sullivan - Another audiobook, and a good thing because I would never have known how to pronounce all the Dutch words in this. They make a very strong case for one person. This gave me a sense of closure.
The Cat Who Had 14 Tales - Lillian Jackson Braun - A short story collection, all of them involving cats. I have a very low tolerance for sad animal stories, so some of these were too much for me, but several of them were good reads.
2024 Fic Year in Review
This year I wrote 27 fics or chapters total, several crossovers, one triple crossover. That's more than last year's total of 22 but nowhere near 2022 bizarre 87.
Fandoms
Marvel (including the series Loki) 20
Harry Potter 7
Lord of the Rings 1
Wuthering Heights 1
The Tempest 1
Midsummer Night's Dream 1
February
The Most Important Meal of the Day - Frostiron - Loki, sent to Earth to clean up his mess, is begrudgingly working with his brother and the rest of the Avengers and making every effort to annoy them as much as possible. So why has he started leaving Tony breakfast in his lab every morning?
March
Visiting Time's End - mentions of Lokius - I am not letting them leave him out there alone for eternity, damn it!
April
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 1 - Marvel, in Team Bonding at Tony's Place - As a Christmas present, Peter received an invitation from Frigga to visit Asgard. However, nothing in Peter's life ever goes quite according to plan.
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 2
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 3
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 4
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 5
May
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 6
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 7
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 8
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 9
June
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 10
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 11
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 12
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 13
July
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 14
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Pony - Marvel, Lord of the Rings, and Wuthering Heights - When one of Gandalf's spells calls out to Loki, he intervenes on behalf of Sam's friend, Bill the pony. Now he just needs to find a safe spot to board him. (I have threatened to write this story for years.)
Les pensées mélancoliques - Harry Potter - Après la fin de la guerre, Fleur regarde la mer et se laisse réfléchir. (My first fic in French)
Boring Can Be Sexy - Marvel, Sifki - Thor and Loki have been dispatched as ambassadors to a world noted for its mind-numbing levels of boredom, with Sif and Volstagg as their bodyguards. Loki decides to liven things up with a little bet. Written for Sifki week.
August
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 24 - Harry Potter, pre-relationship Dramione - Draco Malfoy, like any wizarding boy about to start his first year at Hogwarts, was excited and nervous, wondering what the future will hold for him. He ends up learning far more than he ever could have guessed, changing his life forever.
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 25
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 26
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 27
September
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 28
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 29 - And so Draco's first year at Hogwarts ends. I started it in 2008. Just happy it's actually complete.
December
See You Later . . . - Marvel, Loki series reference - Sif has just returned from a mission and is exhausted when Loki shows up at her door with a highly unusual problem.
Mortal Immortality - The Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream - Ariel decides it is time to tell his tale of the island, the witch, the wizard, and his own folly.
I hit a wall and hit it hard in September, or really in August. I had written Shadowed Lives in a burst earlier and then posted it bit by bit, but any inspiration I had completely dried up. I couldn't write anything until Yuletide and Mischief & Mistletoe came around, and even then I had a hard time of it. I'm hoping that's not so much a problem this year.
I did like finishing writing something completely before I started posting it by chapter. I'm also beyond thrilled to have finished Shadowed Lives (not that anybody was still reading it, but I feel better). I may or may not write year two, but if I do, I'm finishing it before I start posting it.
I do have some ideas bouncing around my head: Marvel, four other pieces of Worlds of Chaos including possibly a fairly long one again, several crossovers, etc. My problem is a complete lack of time, getting motivated, and exhaustion. But I miss writing more.
Fandoms
Marvel (including the series Loki) 20
Harry Potter 7
Lord of the Rings 1
Wuthering Heights 1
The Tempest 1
Midsummer Night's Dream 1
February
The Most Important Meal of the Day - Frostiron - Loki, sent to Earth to clean up his mess, is begrudgingly working with his brother and the rest of the Avengers and making every effort to annoy them as much as possible. So why has he started leaving Tony breakfast in his lab every morning?
March
Visiting Time's End - mentions of Lokius - I am not letting them leave him out there alone for eternity, damn it!
April
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 1 - Marvel, in Team Bonding at Tony's Place - As a Christmas present, Peter received an invitation from Frigga to visit Asgard. However, nothing in Peter's life ever goes quite according to plan.
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 2
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 3
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 4
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 5
May
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 6
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 7
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 8
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 9
June
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 10
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 11
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 12
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 13
July
A Traitor in the House of Odin Chapter 14
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Pony - Marvel, Lord of the Rings, and Wuthering Heights - When one of Gandalf's spells calls out to Loki, he intervenes on behalf of Sam's friend, Bill the pony. Now he just needs to find a safe spot to board him. (I have threatened to write this story for years.)
Les pensées mélancoliques - Harry Potter - Après la fin de la guerre, Fleur regarde la mer et se laisse réfléchir. (My first fic in French)
Boring Can Be Sexy - Marvel, Sifki - Thor and Loki have been dispatched as ambassadors to a world noted for its mind-numbing levels of boredom, with Sif and Volstagg as their bodyguards. Loki decides to liven things up with a little bet. Written for Sifki week.
August
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 24 - Harry Potter, pre-relationship Dramione - Draco Malfoy, like any wizarding boy about to start his first year at Hogwarts, was excited and nervous, wondering what the future will hold for him. He ends up learning far more than he ever could have guessed, changing his life forever.
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 25
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 26
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 27
September
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 28
Shadowed Lives: Year One Chap. 29 - And so Draco's first year at Hogwarts ends. I started it in 2008. Just happy it's actually complete.
December
See You Later . . . - Marvel, Loki series reference - Sif has just returned from a mission and is exhausted when Loki shows up at her door with a highly unusual problem.
Mortal Immortality - The Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream - Ariel decides it is time to tell his tale of the island, the witch, the wizard, and his own folly.
I hit a wall and hit it hard in September, or really in August. I had written Shadowed Lives in a burst earlier and then posted it bit by bit, but any inspiration I had completely dried up. I couldn't write anything until Yuletide and Mischief & Mistletoe came around, and even then I had a hard time of it. I'm hoping that's not so much a problem this year.
I did like finishing writing something completely before I started posting it by chapter. I'm also beyond thrilled to have finished Shadowed Lives (not that anybody was still reading it, but I feel better). I may or may not write year two, but if I do, I'm finishing it before I start posting it.
I do have some ideas bouncing around my head: Marvel, four other pieces of Worlds of Chaos including possibly a fairly long one again, several crossovers, etc. My problem is a complete lack of time, getting motivated, and exhaustion. But I miss writing more.
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50
I turned 50 today. I remember my father saying on his fiftieth birthday that it felt like the second 25 years moved a lot faster than the first 25. He was right about that.
Things I have accomplished:
-graduating college
-earning an MA
-becoming an adjunct instructor (24 years now)
-taking care of my father during his illness so he could stay at home
-buying a car
-writing over 300 fanfics
-continuing to be able to walk
-educating several thousand students
-maintaining online friendships for over two decades
-helping my mother while she is ill
-tracing one branch of my family tree back over 2000 years
-surviving a pulmonary embolism
Things I have accomplished:
-graduating college
-earning an MA
-becoming an adjunct instructor (24 years now)
-taking care of my father during his illness so he could stay at home
-buying a car
-writing over 300 fanfics
-continuing to be able to walk
-educating several thousand students
-maintaining online friendships for over two decades
-helping my mother while she is ill
-tracing one branch of my family tree back over 2000 years
-surviving a pulmonary embolism
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Mischief and Mistletoe Letter
Sign-ups: October 14 - October 31
Assignments Out: November 1
Last Day to Drop Out: December 15
Assignments Due: December 22
Fanworks Posted: December 25
Author/Artist Reveals: January 1
Hello fellow Sifki fancier,
This is my third year doing Mischief and Mistletoe. I've written Loki/Sif sporadically for a bit, and one of the things I like about them is they're both considered unusual and abnormal by people around them, his for his magic (and about a dozen other things) and her for being a warrior. I like to imagine they bond over that.
I'd rather not have anything extremely graphic sexually or violence-wise, please. Feel free to play with them however you like, but as it's Christmas, I think I'd like to see them end up happy rather than going for angst, but you do you!
Use any part of the timeline you want: pre-canon, post-canon, TVA variants, alternate timeline, AU, whatever suits your fancy. Throw in any other characters as you see fit (though I admit I'm not Odin's biggest fan, but I'm open to anything). Again, those are just ideas, none of which you have to use. Come up with whatever you want.
I'm looking forward to whatever you want to create, and thank you in advance!
Meltha
Assignments Out: November 1
Last Day to Drop Out: December 15
Assignments Due: December 22
Fanworks Posted: December 25
Author/Artist Reveals: January 1
Hello fellow Sifki fancier,
This is my third year doing Mischief and Mistletoe. I've written Loki/Sif sporadically for a bit, and one of the things I like about them is they're both considered unusual and abnormal by people around them, his for his magic (and about a dozen other things) and her for being a warrior. I like to imagine they bond over that.
I'd rather not have anything extremely graphic sexually or violence-wise, please. Feel free to play with them however you like, but as it's Christmas, I think I'd like to see them end up happy rather than going for angst, but you do you!
Use any part of the timeline you want: pre-canon, post-canon, TVA variants, alternate timeline, AU, whatever suits your fancy. Throw in any other characters as you see fit (though I admit I'm not Odin's biggest fan, but I'm open to anything). Again, those are just ideas, none of which you have to use. Come up with whatever you want.
I'm looking forward to whatever you want to create, and thank you in advance!
Meltha
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Dear Yuletide Letter
Dear Yuletide-type person,
Hi! First of all, thank you for whatever gift you want to create. I'm sure I'm going to enjoy it. Just have fun writing!
As far as DNW, I suppose it's a bit of a catch-all, but I'd rather not have really graphic violence or sexuality, please. Jaws is a little different as there's a fair amount of gore in the original, both seen and discussed, so anything up to that level is perfectly okay.
So, here are my choices. I honestly love all six of these and would be happy to get something from any of them. :)
Nestle's Alpine White
This ad campaign has lived rent-free in my head for decades. Use any characters you want, do world-building, explain (or not) what's going on, go for high adventure or comedy or some eerie thing, but play with it in whatever you want.
Ghost
The Subway Ghost fascinated me on review of this movie. Who is this guy? Did he jump? Was he pushed? Could Oda Mae or even Molly help him? Or just do something with Sam or anything else in this fandom.
Lady and the Tramp
Peg the dog really strikes me. She seems like she's had quite the life, but then so do all the characters. Every single one of the characters in this would be equally welcome, too.
Jaws
I just love this whole film, every character, including the shark. Have fun with whatever you want to do here: backstory, what happens afterward, shark POV, anything your imagination conjures up.
Woman in Love
Listening to this song, it always struck me that there is a Story here. Are we dealing with reincarnated thwarted lovers? Are they even human? Does she just have a crush on the guy at the local bagel shop? What is happening here?
Ode to Billie Joe
Billie Joe jumped off the bridge, but nobody ever said they found a body, now did they? Maybe he's alive. Maybe he's dead. Maybe we'll finally find out what they were throwing off the bridge. Maybe Momma and the brother know a lot more than they're letting on. I just love the mysterious nature of this.
So I guess my main suggestion to you is to have fun with your assignment. Everything is just a suggestion; go where you want to. Thank you in advance, and happy Yuletide!
Hi! First of all, thank you for whatever gift you want to create. I'm sure I'm going to enjoy it. Just have fun writing!
As far as DNW, I suppose it's a bit of a catch-all, but I'd rather not have really graphic violence or sexuality, please. Jaws is a little different as there's a fair amount of gore in the original, both seen and discussed, so anything up to that level is perfectly okay.
So, here are my choices. I honestly love all six of these and would be happy to get something from any of them. :)
Nestle's Alpine White
This ad campaign has lived rent-free in my head for decades. Use any characters you want, do world-building, explain (or not) what's going on, go for high adventure or comedy or some eerie thing, but play with it in whatever you want.
Ghost
The Subway Ghost fascinated me on review of this movie. Who is this guy? Did he jump? Was he pushed? Could Oda Mae or even Molly help him? Or just do something with Sam or anything else in this fandom.
Lady and the Tramp
Peg the dog really strikes me. She seems like she's had quite the life, but then so do all the characters. Every single one of the characters in this would be equally welcome, too.
Jaws
I just love this whole film, every character, including the shark. Have fun with whatever you want to do here: backstory, what happens afterward, shark POV, anything your imagination conjures up.
Woman in Love
Listening to this song, it always struck me that there is a Story here. Are we dealing with reincarnated thwarted lovers? Are they even human? Does she just have a crush on the guy at the local bagel shop? What is happening here?
Ode to Billie Joe
Billie Joe jumped off the bridge, but nobody ever said they found a body, now did they? Maybe he's alive. Maybe he's dead. Maybe we'll finally find out what they were throwing off the bridge. Maybe Momma and the brother know a lot more than they're letting on. I just love the mysterious nature of this.
So I guess my main suggestion to you is to have fun with your assignment. Everything is just a suggestion; go where you want to. Thank you in advance, and happy Yuletide!
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