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Sundays are for Soup! (And Snippets)
Sep. 5th, 2021 01:33 pmWell. I’m hitting a bit of a slump, and many of the contributing factors, such as general world rot and unseasonably cool temps, are things I cannot actually do anything about, so I will acknowledge the general uuuuuuuggggggghhhhhhhh of things and move on.
One of the victims of the UGH is, unfortunately, any desire to engage in fannish things. I’m still writing, because I’m determined to meet my GYWO goal and because I have mostly enjoyed writing, although I’m considering dropping out next year and finding a different year-long project. (Realistically, I’ll try and finish my 2021 cross stitch trackers AND the calendar SAL I started in 2018.) But for now, I’ve just been swimming in fluffy family feelings for my modern MingCheng + Jingyi AU. And also, holy moly, I would like to thank the Universe for one Jiang Wanyin. Fandom hasn’t been a part of my life for very long, compared to many of my friends. I was never very mono-fannish once I started, either, but I suspect that as long as I’m even remotely interested in transformative fandom, for however long that lasts, Jiang Cheng will be with me. And that’s kind of neat.
But this week’s snippet is Nie Mingjue-centric. (Wow, those Jiang and Nie boys are just my jam.) I’s up on AO3 if you’re interested.
“Aw yiss,” Mingjue says, shaking the pan gently as the first kernels of popcorn pop. Once the kernels have all popped, he sets the lid aside to let some of the steam out as he adds paprika, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and a few dashes of Tabasco to the melted butter, gives it a good stir to evenly distribute the spices, and drizzles the mixture over the popcorn. He replaces the lid and gives the whole thing a good shake to coat the popcorn, removes the lid, and inhales the fragrant steam with deep satisfaction.
“Yes, yes, that is the good stuff!”
He dumps the popcorn into the specially decorated Da-ge’s Snax bowl that Huaisang had given him for his last birthday, grabs a few napkins, a couple cans of his favorite ginger ale, and does a little happy dance as he makes his way to the living room.
One of the victims of the UGH is, unfortunately, any desire to engage in fannish things. I’m still writing, because I’m determined to meet my GYWO goal and because I have mostly enjoyed writing, although I’m considering dropping out next year and finding a different year-long project. (Realistically, I’ll try and finish my 2021 cross stitch trackers AND the calendar SAL I started in 2018.) But for now, I’ve just been swimming in fluffy family feelings for my modern MingCheng + Jingyi AU. And also, holy moly, I would like to thank the Universe for one Jiang Wanyin. Fandom hasn’t been a part of my life for very long, compared to many of my friends. I was never very mono-fannish once I started, either, but I suspect that as long as I’m even remotely interested in transformative fandom, for however long that lasts, Jiang Cheng will be with me. And that’s kind of neat.
But this week’s snippet is Nie Mingjue-centric. (Wow, those Jiang and Nie boys are just my jam.) I’s up on AO3 if you’re interested.
“Aw yiss,” Mingjue says, shaking the pan gently as the first kernels of popcorn pop. Once the kernels have all popped, he sets the lid aside to let some of the steam out as he adds paprika, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and a few dashes of Tabasco to the melted butter, gives it a good stir to evenly distribute the spices, and drizzles the mixture over the popcorn. He replaces the lid and gives the whole thing a good shake to coat the popcorn, removes the lid, and inhales the fragrant steam with deep satisfaction.
“Yes, yes, that is the good stuff!”
He dumps the popcorn into the specially decorated Da-ge’s Snax bowl that Huaisang had given him for his last birthday, grabs a few napkins, a couple cans of his favorite ginger ale, and does a little happy dance as he makes his way to the living room.
