temris

 Midterms start this Monday! I feel weirdly at ease this time around, I don't know if this will bring me misfortune LOL but idk?? I feel like this semester, most of my classes were easier, and I am taking two classes from 3rd year! Praying for my success...🤲

Other than that, I've finished reading Jane Eyre a few days ago, but I am SOOOO obsessed with it still. IT WAS SO GOOD and I'm glad that I haven't read it as a child, because I don't think I would have appreciated it enough, nor would I have gotten the references, the implicit messages, THE ROMANCE. And children's editions usually are abridged, you know! ANYWAY I love Jane's character so so much, I related to her so often -- being ugly, being an artist, thinking you're unfit for being loved, stuff like that -- but also really envied how strong she is, how resilient she always were; which is why Mr. Rochester fell in love with her 😭😭 AHH THEY ARE JUST PERFECT TOGETHER, OKAY?!?!

And some bad news: My graphics tablet that I bought a few years ago gave up on me... It technically works, but for like 30 secs max, before it disconnects itself. After a series of experiments, I decided the cause is the USB-C port on the tablet itself. So I can't fix it... The warranty is also passed, and I can't find from which website I had bought it either. :/
Thing is, I had bought an Android tablet about a month ago, and I can draw on it BUT AGAIN, TECHNICALLY, because drawing on these things are more difficult than I remember??

I DID start out digital art using an iPad, then did most of it on another Android tablet,, but it seems it has been too long and my skills have receded. I already feel too conscious of my art skills, and this just made it worse... SO I can't draw anything.... I doodle a bit on my notebooks in class to NOT COMPLETELY FORGET IT, but yeah, it's what it is. I am once again forced to draw traditionally.

I usually never do "anniversary" artwork. Across the many fandoms I've been in, I probably have posted a birthday celebration artwork probably once, if any. Because I know I can't make it in time...

Since this semester has a really bad schedule, I barely could find time to do any of my hobbies. That's why I told myself, I'll do this animation idea whenever I have time, so it would take some time, but I could do it little by little!
Then. I realized..... the Ides of March approaching.

The animation I've drafted is about Brutus & Caesar..... so I said, "Hey, what if I actually post it on time for ONCE? That would be nice!" and got to focus on it. Now, I'm kind of a hard-working student and I study daily, writing down my notes, studying beforehand etc. all that jazz... and for this animation, I stopped doing them. IT'S BEEN A WEEK! AND I FEEL SO BAD IGNORING ALL MY "WORK" BECAUSE OF THIS ANIMATION GAHHHHH

It's almost over, and AGAIN I barely made it in time!😭

SO IF I EVER THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SPECIFIC ART FOR A SPECIFIC DAY
I AIN'T DOING IT

I'm back with another banger. In these ones I'll just post 10 characters I've been lusting over. These ones may not be as articulate as the other posts for the Fannish 50, but I think it fits in within the subject at hand...

As always, not in order.

During the break, I decided to pick up the whole LOTR trilogy from the library. I'm nearly finished with The Fellowship of the Ring, but oh my gooood did I miss Aragorn. I want to rewatch the movie trilogy now.

He's the OG hot dirt man...... but with a heart so noble and kind, courageous, gentle --- HE'S JUST SO PERFECT?? 😭 He never backs down from challenges even if he's carrying the guilt of his ancestors, he overcomes it in such a well-written plot. And he looks so handsome doing all that......


I saw this appear on the screen as a teenager and I was basically drooling. Back then I didn't even like men with beards that much and Aragorn honestly might be the first reason to change that.

While I love his exchanges with the hobbits most, I can't past without mentioning one of my earliest ships, Aragorn and Eowyn. I was so surprised when I found out it wasn't really popular (now I'm used to that feeling xD) because THEY WERE JUST SOOO CUTEE AAAAHH (and Eowyn is probably my Top 3 from LOTR characters...) Even if he was displeased Aragorn never showed it to her, and even when rejecting her love I KNOW HE WAS BEING SO GENTLE AND RESPECTFUL ABOUT IT but if he looked at me like that I WOULD JUST COLLAPSE TBH??

LIKE. If he touched my chin my jaw like that. I would just explode I think. HE'S SO CRUEL HERE......😭😭

Now onto more important matters.

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Now that my finals are done and hopefully I'm done with this (incredibly tediously long) semester, I'll continue posting for Fannish 50.

I thought about what I should talk about today, and had some ideas, but in the end decided upon touching the subject of one of my favorite genres in media: Time travel romance.

Ever since I was a kid, I had such a big interest in history (I'm sure it's not apparent! xD) Even back then, though I enjoyed fantastic elements too, I always preferred when the media was set in a rather realistic setting -- as in, not "fantasy" -- and this is still compliant with my current preference. [Listen. I understand the appeal, but we already have so many of them, guys (especially medieval fantasy). Let us enjoy a good adventure that has its feet on the ground once in a while!]

So you might think; then why do you enjoy a trope that's literally supernatural in its core?

One of the biggest reasons why I love reading books or watching movies is like many others, to escape from the stress, responsibilities and worries of real life. So then, isn't time travel romance, when it puts the modern person into historical settings, exactly doing the same thing? Maybe that's why, even with such partiality to realism, I find myself running to time travel, a very fantastic element, in times especially when I feel very down; because at their foundation, romance stories are for the audience to put themselves in the shoes of the protagonist.

Another appeal: The shenanigans of how they try to adapt to their new situations (this is better to watch when the historical person is thrown to the modern world), to deal with vastly different views of the era, are always fun to explore. When the research is done well, the characterizations are well-written, you get basically two people on opposite sides of time finding love. Isn't that beautiful? They try to understand the others' upbringing, the way their world is shaped, just for trying to work it out with them. Sacrificing from those values, researching on how to be more on par with their preferences and their "normal"s... I don't know. It's just good.

Also, men back then were actually mostly capable of what they claimed to be; crafting, creating, cooking, building, fighting, strong, protective... Yeah, the traditional masculinity when it's done well is incredibly hot -- I'm not going to try to lie!

Even at the core of calling myself "a very surface level person", I LOVE romance stuff. So maybe, it's the fact that I'll never experience something like that (meeting a historical person) appeals to me also... xD

Anyway! So, I'll try to pick some of my favorite books, movies, series, games, anime... with time travel romance in random order.


It has been some time since I've seen this movie, but I remember Hugh Jackman was so dreamy in this movie. He's from an era that I'm not particularly interested in, ngl so the clothings are not so much to my liking (it's still better and miles ahead than the crap men wear nowadays, and the costumes were really well done!) but even then he looked so handsome during the entire movie.

Also, it's the other way around like I mentioned, the historical person travels to the modern era, so the way he tried to get used to such a changed world, was very fun to see. There's a scene where he catches a burglar that stole Kate's bag, and Leopold comes out with a freaking horse!! That's exactly what I meant when I say the idea of traditional masculinity working out when it's done well. The way he says "Your hand, woman!" and grabs her to put her behind on the horse, is sooo 😭🙈❤ He also prepares dinner for her and Hugh Jackman just looks so handsome when he's even cutting some vegetables -- I was drooling I'm sorry. 😭 There's even a princess carry which is one of my favorite things EVER. AAAH Just!!

I also felt both the romance and the ending was rushed, but it's a good watch. 

I signed up for the Fannish 50 by goals_on_dw community. I've always wanted to participate in these kind of "events" because I think I could do with sharing more about my interests--it's the reason I signed up for DW in the first place, but my shyness knows no bounds. Even in online spaces I feel like I'm an intruder. But no more! I'll use this journal as intended.

I think I'll mostly ramble about different fandoms, and share my fanfictions or recs along the way. Hoping it'll be a fruitful year! ^^