14 Works by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
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Assessing the Hargreeves siblings' canonical relationships by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
02 Mar 2021
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Nonfiction, just for fun. I list all of the Hargreeves siblings' known romantic relationships (as of the end of S2), and assess their success levels.
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Blood types (and hospital aversion) by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
19 Sep 2020
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I speculate about the Hargreeves siblings' blood types, based on very little information.
(This work is non-fiction. Just a little rambling essay in which I share some stray thoughts that I had about canon!)
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The Narrator (and the flying car!) by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
19 Sep 2020
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Is the narrator of The Umbrella Academy a character?
(This work is non-fiction. Just a little rambling essay in which I share some stray thoughts that I had about canon!)
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In appreciation of Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
16 Mar 2020
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I talk about what I loved about the book Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.
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Five reasons that writing fanfic is fun (for me) by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: No Fandom, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Once a Thief (TV)
14 Aug 2019
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I want to reflect on some of the things that make writing fanfic, specifically, fun.
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- Part 3 of Writing about writing
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In which I analyze Mac and Vic's interactions in the pilot in terms of the "meet cute" trope.
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- Part 1 of Once a Thief meta
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Ordered Lists of Names by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: No Fandom, Once a Thief (TV), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
01 Jul 2019
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In which I muse about decisions made during writing, particularly: in what order should I list the characters' names?
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- Part 2 of Writing about writing
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Workplace sexual harassment in Once A Thief by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: Once a Thief (TV)
28 Jun 2019
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In the context of re-watching the series, I muse about the Director's very problematic treatment of Mac in the workplace.
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- Part 2 of Once a Thief meta
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Endgame thoughts (about Natasha) by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe
08 May 2019
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My thoughts about Natasha Romanov's arc, immediately after seeing Endgame.
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All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again. by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: Battlestar Galactica (2003), WALL-E (2008)
12 Aug 2010
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I've been watching WALL-E a lot lately (because my toddler likes it). I got to thinking about the many parallels between WALL-E and Battlestar Galactica. It amused me, so I drew up a list.
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Four things that always kinda bugged me about Angel: the Series by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: Angel: the Series
09 Jun 2010
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I did a re-watch of Angel: The Series, and at the end of it I had some lingering questions about a few plot points. Specifically:
1) The Shanshu Prophecy
2) The Apocalypse
3) The Perfect Happiness
4) Those damn Cyborg Ninjas -
Eat your carrots and write your fanfic by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: No Fandom
21 May 2007
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(or: Five Reasons Why Writing Fanfic Is Good For Me)
The easy answer to "why do I write fanfic?" is "because it's fun!" The problem is, sometimes it really isn't. I'm sitting there rewriting the same damn sentence for an hour and a half, and it won't come out right, and my brain feels like mouldy cheese and my back is aching and I'm wondering why-the-hell-am-I-doing-this-to-myself but something in me just won't let me quit. You know?
The following list is for those times.
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- Part 1 of Writing about writing
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Why I Like Slash by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: No Fandom, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), due South, Ben-Hur (1959)
08 Oct 2005
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In which I think out loud and try to figure out why I like slash so much.
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Meta posts I made to the RatBoat mailing list by Shadowscast_meta (Shadowscast)
Fandoms: Once a Thief (TV)
14 Jun 2002
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The RatBoat mailing list on Yahoo Groups was the place to go for slash-centric discussion of Once A Thief back in the years 2001-2004. In this work, I'm collecting some of the posts I made to that list.
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- Part 3 of Once a Thief meta