2024 Writing Log, Part Four

I said in my last writing log that I caught a cold, but it was actually some sort of horrid respiratory syncytial virus that had me in bed with a fever. I spent the week sleeping in between bouts of struggling to drag myself to work, but I’m doing my best to get back on my feet. Not much to report this week.

- I edited Chapter 4 of my Tears of the Kingdom Future AU story Lay the Gods to Rest and posted it on AO3 (here). This chapter was fun to write but required a lot of editing. I invented an arcane variation on chess but decided it was best not to dwell on the rules.

- In Tears of the Kingdom, there’s a lovely hidden water garden on the roof of the Temple of Time. Based on a few screenshots, I did a study of one of its ponds, and I posted the piece on Tumblr (here). I’m not sure I understand how architecture works, but I did my best. It looks okay, maybe? Sort of? Idk, I’m getting there.

- I did another video game tree study in which I did my best to recreate a standard tree from A Link to the Past, as well as a tree from the Dark World. I couldn’t find good references, but I think I was able to create fairly accurate renditions, which I posted on Tumblr (here).

Advocating for Palestine

Advocating for Palestine
https://sites.google.com/view/advocatingforpalestine

This site hosts a sixteen-page booklet translated into six languages, including English.

I've read through the booklet twice, and it's good and accurate information presented in a non-condescending and easy-to-understand way. Pages 12 and 13 (under the heading "Some Lesser-Known Facts About Israel") are difficult to read if you're squeamish, but I think it's important information to be aware of. I cannot emphasize strongly enough that Israel is not and has never been the good guy.

If you're the sort of person who's into sticker graffiti, a Fire Emblem artist I follow posted links to printable files of gorgeous sunbird designs with a QR code that goes to: https://decolonizepalestine.com/faq

Here's their tweet with a link to the files in the replies:
https://twitter.com/deerghast/status/1751349376474132692

I'm so grateful to people doing this sort of work. The news is dire, but it's good to have hope.

Re: Advocating for Palestine

Tank Girls feat. Brace Belden
https://pod.link/1097417804/episode/4ec634e97ab9d82880855b19c21e3d20

I'm off and on about Chapo Trap House, but this is a solid episode that opens with a healthy ten minutes of dick jokes. Although I firmly believe in foregrounding the voices of Palestinians and the Palestinian diaspora, I think this is a good and accurate Jewish perspective intermixed with viciously sharp humor. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who's afraid that they'd be insulting Jewish people if they stand with Palestine.

Also a good episode:

Dream Hoarders, LLC feat. Madinah Wilson-Anton
https://pod.link/1097417804/episode/0c135189b9e8854a19b6795616f02cd4

Madinah Wilson-Anton, who serves in the Delaware House of Representatives, is spot on the money when she talks about how suddenly a lot of people who have always been antisemitic are now climbing over themselves to defend Israel. Honestly I think that if you really care about antisemitism, supporting Muslim-Americans in their pro-Palestinian activism is objectively the right thing to do.