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Apropos of nothing, Animorphs and Andromeda could totally be set in the same universe. Z-Space is essentially the same thing as the slipstream. Okay, when the Animorph kids end up in Z-Space they perceive it as a blank white nothingness, which isn't exactly consistent with the quantum strings we see when Andromeda and other ships travel through the slipstream, but that can be chalked up to visualization technology developed to help slipstream pilots navigate more easily.

Given the three-thousand-year gap between the two series, a straightforward crossover still wouldn't be very easy to navigate so I'm not really sure what to do with this idea.

(Also, Vedrans are vaguely similar to Andalites. Offshoot species? Or maybe all bluish centaur-like species look related to me.)

I kinda suck at social media lately, and I'm sorry. :/ I think I've officially failed at my New Year's resolution to post here more often, even absolving myself of that whole land-of-no-Internet period. I HAVE TO GET BETTER AT THIS.

Things that are going on:

- Today I am relistening to old episodes of Animorphs: The Radio Drama (Uncensored!) because there are no new episodes because I feel like it. It's been a while. I'd almost forgotten how much I love these guys. I now kind of want to listen to them read one of the books while I follow along and annotate an e-book copy with their comments, but on the other hand that sounds like a lot of work for someone as lazy as me.

- Yuletide nominations start soon, and I am, indeed, planning to participate in Yuletide for the second time and nominations for the first time; SUPER EXCITING. (I may also have failed my write-more-fic resolution for the year. I don't remember what the exact wording of it was. But it hasn't exactly been a banner year for productivity.)

- It's almost time for first-run TV shows to come back! According to the app I depend on to tell me these things, Sleepy Hollow premieres in a week, Castle comes back in two weeks, Elementary comes back three days later, Once Upon A Time returns three days after that, and then a bit later Once Upon A Time In Wonderland and Almost Human premiere. So. That should give me stuff to post about. (Fingers crossed for greatness. Three new shows is a lot for me to try picking up at once; hopefully at least one hooks me, although it would be super awesome if they all do.) (Other new shows I am vaguely planning to try: Star-Crossed on the CW, because Robert Hewitt Wolfe on staff, and Girl Meets Boy, because Boy Meets World sequel, but I don't know when either one of them premieres). I am also super excited about spoilers I've seen for Elementary and Once Upon A Time; haven't seen spoilers for Castle, but fingers crossed there, too.

- It's still almost two months until NaNoWriMo but I'm getting nervous about it already. I have the bare bones of an idea and slightly more development on the two main characters; I keep poking at it and mostly coming up with things that aren't going to be useful (if they ever are) until I'm well into Plot.

- I am super behind on the marathoning-old-shows-that-are-new-to-me project (specifically HIMYM at the moment); for various personal reasons I kind of just lost momentum and haven't gotten back to it. I need to do that. That was a New Year's resolution, too. I need to accomplish at least a few of these things.

- In personal news, I'm still unemployed but have resumed trying to learn how to drive. So. Maybe that will be helpful.

- I apologize for the length of this post.

Finally got hold of the sixth Animorphs re-release. Still don't have the third one. I swear I've gone into at least six different bookstores since #3 came out and found every re-released Animorphs book available except that one.

Anyway, slightly boggling over the following update.

Original text:

"How long do you think this will take?" Rachel asked. She checked her watch. "I set the VCR for two of my favorite shows, but I forgot to tape the movie of the week."

"I'm taping it in case you miss it," Cassie said.

Updated text:

"How long do you think this will take?" Rachel asked. She checked her watch. "I set the TV to record two of my favorite shows, but I forgot to record the movie of the week."

"I'm recording it in case you miss it," Cassie said.

I mean, yes, I totally understand updating the VCR reference, a lot of the now-target-demographic may not even know what a VCR is. Or at least not how to use one. Or at least, you know, laugh at anyone who would suggest using it to record TV. And substituting "record" for "tape" makes sense when no one uses tapes anymore.

But then you leave in "the movie of the week"?

Do they still have movies of the week?

I don't even remember if they had movies of the week in '97 when The Capture was originally published.

... I'm not sure I ever watched a movie of the week.

Look what came in the mail today!!! SO EXCITED. Also, the covers look way better in person then they do in pictures. Creepy and unsettling the way morphing should be.

I'm actually really impressed by how they handled re-editing the text. I've only finished reading The Invasion, but so far the only changes I've noticed have been continuity-based, not time-period-based -- the KASU about how thought-speak works has been fixed, and Elfangor and Visser Three's first conversation has been edited to be canon-compliant with The Andalite Chronicles, and it's all very low-key and close to the original. Admittedly there aren't a lot of pop culture references or contemporary tech in that one to be updated, but what's there stayed the same.

I do wonder how they're going to manage book #16, though.

ETA: Okay, into book two and hit a tech update. 'listening to your CD player' has been replaced with 'listening to music', which, if they have to update, I approve of; it takes out the archaic 'CD player' reference, since I doubt there's a lot of preteen kids running around with portable CD players these days, but doesn't insert 'mp3 player' or 'iPod' so I can still pretend this is happening in the 90s. It's vague in a good way.

I have just been hit by a sudden and intense but admittedly ridiculous desire for fic in which Tobias from Animorphs and Matthew from The Sandman meet and talk. About. Stuff. IDK.

Really, I don't even know, I just know I want it.

I just realized I totally failed to pimp this news out here, and now I am properly ashamed of myself.

Official details on the Animorphs relaunch! Includes an (way-too-fast) animation of what the lenticular cover of book #1 looks like!

SO EXCITING, OMG.

Also, Hirac Delest broke down the animation into its constituent frames so you can actually, y'know, see stuff, and I approve of the new Jake model. His coloring is fairer than the Jake in my head but he has a Responsible Chin and that is clearly the important part. Now I just need to see the models for the rest of the kids...

So today I:

> Got shot down for a job. THAT'S ALWAYS FUN. :|
> Acquired a new pair of jeans. This particular pair fits well in the waist and also is comfortable in the knees. They're a little too long, but, well, two out of three ain't bad. (Especially given that it's now the only pair of jeans I own that fits two-out-of-three criteria.)
> Took a break from Merlin to marathon The Guild, which I am now caught up on, wheee. I don't know that I'll ever be a dedicated fan of it, but it was a fun marathon and I'm gonna try and keep up with it. ...also, just being able to cross something off my List Of Shows To Watch is pretty satisfying, ngl.

Now I'm going to continue my brief break from Merlin in order to get caught up on Animorphs: The Radio Drama (Uncensored!).

So, uh, I guess there's more positive than negative, yayyy.

☆ Some generous application of zipties later, I am now able to run my EHDs without worrying endlessly about the dog pulling cables out. Yay, zipties! Almost as useful as gaffe tape.

☆ ARD:U has updated their site with three more books. *bounces* I want them to update more regularly, man, all that time spent without those guys in my life makes me sadface.

☆ Thanks to the ~magic~ of MyCokeRewards giving me stuff for drinking as much soda as I would anyway, I am now the proud owner of some fairly nice wireless headphones. I love free stuff, it's awesome.

☆ Current DW spoilers being leaked are adorable and happymaking.

☆ Yesterday I wrote about a thousand words in Better Than It Sounds, which objectively speaking isn't that much but it got me up to the band breakup, which I have been struggling to get through for, like, a couple months. It's been a major writing block and I finally got through it and that is very yay.

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