![]() Author has written 14 stories for Fairy Tales, Misc. Books, Diana Wynne Jones, Reboot, Young Justice, and Batman. OMg, Young Justice was renewed for another season and let me tell you a story: my friend texted me this information with no warning or preamble and the rush of emotions I felt was so overwhelming that I had to run to the bathroom at work where I then slid down the wall silently screaming in joy. That is all. I've been gone a while, but I'm trying to get back in the swing of things. I have two Batman comics fics in the works, and of course, more to do on Blackout. Stay tuned! Hi there! I'm batastrophe, (formerly shattered rainbow). 28 years old, Californian, book nerd, and hopelessly in love with DC comics. You can find me here, on AO3, and also on tumblr at . Seriously, if you want to know what I'm working on, go there. I'm on tumblr, like, every day. (If I get enough people following me who care, I might post WIP scenes of Blackout over there!) Also feel free to message me here on ffn whenever. Talk to me! About Me: Burgeoning comic book lover and floundering fanfic writer. I'm new to comics, but becoming more and more hopelessly obsessed every day. Fan of Young Justice, Howl's Moving Castle, ReBoot, Harry Potter, Namesake, Batman, especially anything involving Dick Grayson or Barbara Gordon, Starkid musicals, and anything written by Tamora Pierce, Garth Nix, or Jasper Fforde. Oh, and fairy tales. Always the fairy tales. Anything on here posted before 2015 will not be updated. Honestly, those stories are only still here just because I'm hopelessly nostalgic. Current Stories: Blackout (Young Justice): This fic is still in progress! Yes, it's been a (very long) while, and I'm sorry, but there it is. I'm currently working on new chapters, so stay tuned! Parenthood (Young Justice): Maybe still in progress? I ran out of steam on this one, but each chapter is a one-shot, so feel free to read at your leisure without the crushing disappointment of an unfinished fic. Little Saucepan I'm very excited because Little Saucepan has been translated into Russian by Em.Darcy! You can check it out here: ficbook. net /readfic/4281792 (remove spaces) So, Fanfiction would not let me put up the links to my sources for my recent fic, Little Saucepan, within the story. So here they are below, verbatim as I wrote them in the fic itself: For this little story, I did a bit of research into both the song “Sosban Fach” and rugby as a sport, neither of which I knew very much about. “Sosban Fach” is, of course, Calcifer’s “silly little saucepan song” from Howl’s Moving Castle. When I first looked it up, I was just about as puzzled as Sophie was in the beginning of this story. The lyrics didn’t make any sense to me! But after some careful googling, I came upon a few resources that helped explain it to me. The first was this article (https:///tag/sosban-fach/) where the author explains a bit about the meaning of “Sosban Fach,” which really helped me understand the song better. The Wikipedia entry (http:///wiki/Sosban_Fach ) for “Sosban Fach” is also rather useful and gives a rough translation into English. You can also listen to a few different versions of the song: Alastair James gives an energetic and modern rendition which puts one in mind of modern sports stadiums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYYUAib5EWo There’s also this version being sung at one of the Scarlet’s home games at Strady stadium to give you an idea how it’s sung at games. You can even hear them do the “All Blacks” version of the lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiebnr0oQD0 Lastly, there’s also a lovely, more folk-inspired version by Cerys Matthews, which is my personal favorite. This video pairs her lovely voice with some clips of Calcifer from the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rll5jIJ7DD0 I also took some inspiration from a few other various sources. For Howl’s initial, slapdash translation of the song, I borrowed a bit from one of Cerys Matthew’s own explanations from a live show, seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-TgTPv8brI. As for the regimental goat, that was something I stumbled upon while researching “Sosban Fach” and couldn’t resist borrowing. Read this article for the story…it’s pretty funny! https:///tag/sospan-fach/ Upon researching the regimental goat further, I found out one of the current goats is named Shenkin and that Shenkin is the Welsh version of Jenkins! According to Wikipedia, (http:///wiki/Military_mascot) the goat wasn’t actually called Shenkin until about 1994, which, assuming Howl’s Moving Castle takes place in the 1980s when the book was written, would be after this visit to Wales…but the opportunity was too good to pass up! If you also want to learn more about regimental goats, I highly recommend reading this article on a different goat named William Windsor…it’s probably one of the funniest and most bizarre things I’ve encountered all week: http:///wiki/William_Windsor_ |
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