Thursday: Magical Realism

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Hello my friends! As you may already know, it's Thursday and I am your host mahmfic. Today's theme is Magical Realism. It's a personal favorite of mine so I couldn't resist.

What is magical realism? In very basic terms it is magic in the real world... but even though there is magic everything is still normal even though it's not. Yeah, I know I'm horrible at explaining things that's why I am providing links to do it for me. Wikipedia's article on Magical Realism and TV Tropes article on the subject. If you still aren't sure please take a look at AO3's variety of fic that is tagged with 'magical realism'.

Magical Realism gives everyone a lot of room for creativity. Faeries, soul-suckers, magical witty-knitters, telepathy, soulmates, you name it.

*waves magic wand* The Rules:
+No more than five prompts in a row.
+No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
+If one of your prompts is filled, feel free to prompt again.
+No spoilers in the prompts.
+If your fill contains spoilers please warn and/or leave at least three spaces.

*a touch of faerie dust* The Format for Prompts:
Fandom, Character, Prompt
Fandom, Character/Character, Prompt


*and here's your prince* Examples:
Sherlock BBC, Mycroft+Sherlock, in order to protect his younger brother, Mycroft is forced to give up his living, beating heart and have it replaced with a mechanical one
Torchwood, Gwen+ensemble, She hasn't told them her secret. That she doesn't have any magical abilities like everyone else.


Have a magically (realistic) day everyone!

tag=magicalrealism

mail holding and other things

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it seems our letter carrier can see into the apartment and noticed it was vacant so held the mail. I went to 2 post offices before I could get my mail, then I was told I'd have to have the mail forwarded since no one was living at that address. Just great! It looks like with 1 card, the mail for an entire family can be forwarded. I think my sister might have to do her own since her last name is different. Also, while the move is temporary, we don't know when we'll be able to move back in! It could be December 15 or January 1, so what date do I put?!

oh and I dialed the home number, the one we've had for over 20 years, and there's a recording saying the number's been changed to my dad's cell number! So I call that to hear what greeting is given and there's a recording saying his number has been disconnected! what the ever-loving fuck! Who the hell goes on vacation and has their home number forwarded to their cell phone, then manages to get their cell phone number disconnected?! I don't know if we'll be able to get the same number back once we move back in either.

Now I feel like I'm floundering because I have no one I can contact until Monday when my parents get to my brother's place!

My parents could have handled this temporary move so much better. This is ridiculous.



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the inspiration is gone

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I'm going to have to drop out of mpregbigbang.

I haven't written on it in weeks and I need to turn in an 8,000 word rough draft in like 17 days.

I thought I'd be able to write at my sister's place, but I can't. I thought I'd be able to write in my work office, but I can't.

I still need to do the last 500 words or so for my h50_holidayswap fic too. actually, I probably need to conquer all 1,000 words since I can't seem to do h/c.

*le gran sigh*