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i have a cold and a fever, but i'm signed up to this years battleshipex so i'm focusing on the hype for that. also i still haven't started my justmarriedexchange fic but i'm not very worried about that. i feel okay with it.

i just finished a rewrite of a story, too, that i'm bonkers pleased with. the level of disatisfaction i had wtih the old version just rose and rose and rose, and now it's pretty functional! not perfect! definitely need polishing! i sacrificed artistry a bit in lieu of finishing it faster. but i'm pleased with it, and i'll take a little break and then edit it! :D

i'm currently reading Hero of the Imperium by Sandy Mitchell, which is the first Ciaphas Cain ominubus, and am greatly enjoying it. it's got tropes i just adore: accidentally accidenting your way into more and more power and respect, people mistaking your very selfish actions for selfless heroism, and trying to navigate a sitation your way out of your league with without letting anybody else (who has total faith in you!) finding out how your just bumbling ahead... yeah, it's great. and the prose is easy to read, and unlike Horus Rising, despite knowing nothing about Warhammer lore, i'm finding it easy to follow <3 cain is just a really fun character!

also! i've joined librarything! i've made multiple attempts with storygraph because it's like the most popular alternative to goodreads (at least in my internet sphere) but there's something about the visual designs that bother me. somehow it's all very off-putting to me. my main reading log is on bookwyrm which technically is a part of the fediverse, but i just ignore that and log my reads) and i'm not really looking for a replacement. but it does get a bit... isolated? so librarything. anyway, so far i really like it!