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I completed the Fansplaining questionnaire on shipping behaviour yesterday, and found it very interesting the way that they divided ships into ‘active’ and ‘casual’. Instead of ‘active’ and ‘passive’ or ‘casual’ and ‘intense’.

There are a lot of ships that I have that I wouldn’t say I’m an active shipper of, but am definitely not casual about—ships that mean a lot to me and that I love but will never go beyond idle speculation or passive consumption. And then there are ships I’ve written or actively commented on etc. but don’t feel that passionately about.

Anyway, aside from that it was a really cool survey, and it got me into thinking about multi-shipping and my own tendencies. I’ve never found it in myself to ship a character with more than one other, either poly or separately, so when it comes to ships that I find myself reading despite not knowing canon (simply because the fandom is producing so much good stuff!), I tend to fall into juggernaut pairings, because that’s what I am likely to see first and imprint on. In larger fandoms with lots of space and interesting minor characters, I may get into rarer pairings, like in HP with Ginny/Luna or Seamus/Dean.

It seems a bit of a shame, but it’s not really something I can work around.

In other news: h/c is going surprisingly well after a (minor!) hiccough, although I am aware that realistically I have two weeks left before real life will prevent me from writing much. So it’s full steam ahead!

Big Life Decision is starting to look impossible and somewhat imposing. I’m not the sort to regret decisions after they’ve been made but I am extremely indecisive and I’m not sure what to do! Deadline looming etc.

But aside from worrying about that, I am surprisingly okay, which is odd because I shouldn’t be, really. I should be much more stressed. I keep thinking that maybe I am, under the surface, but I don’t think I am? Weird times, weird times. Can’t wait for the summer.

Also! We watched the fifth series of Shetland and have now embarked on the first. The fifth series was… kind of terrible on a plot level, laughably so at times, but not in a way that prevented me from being at least halfway invested in it. There’s something indescribably, intangibly hilarious about Jimmy Perez’s face, or maybe the way he moves in space or just stands. I’m not sure what.

Speaking of intangibly hilarious things, I’ve been watching Alex Horne and John Robins’ YouTube series ‘Bad Golf’, which is… just the best, omg. Mostly it’s just chill and funny without being concretely comedic, but on occasion I’ve been shaking with laughter and I’m not sure why. It’s a parody of……… something?

Weird times, weird times.