Introductory Post

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Hello, everyone!

I'm Tec and/or Oz, depending on how you know me. (Either moniker is fine, it's whatever you prefer.) I'm fairly new to Dreamwidth, and always looking for new friends!

I got sucked into the whole journal platform again on account of the HBOWar fandoms. If you're not familiar, that umbrella currently encompasses the three HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, and The Pacific and will expand to include Apple TV+'s Masters of the Air when it comes out. (I am the MOST excited about MotA.)

I mostly only write in BoB and TP, of the three existing fandoms, because I have deep and abiding love for period fic and have always been into WWII as a historical period. (Fuck Nazis and war is terrible, but also the time period itself is pretty fascinating for a variety of reasons.) You may also recognize my name from The Magnificent Seven (2016) fandom, where I was largely active before now, as well as a little bit in Suits and Grimm. I consume a lot of different media on a lot of different platforms and read a pretty unholy amount of fan fiction, haha. Likewise, I'm always happy to make content creator friends and do beta-reading or editing for those who need it, regardless of whether I'm active in your fandom or not. You can find my writing over here on AO3.

My non-fannish hobbies include screaming at the television during hockey season—I'm a big Arizona Coyotes fan, though alas I am too far off to see them play in person most of the time—and learning about bees. I worked for an artisanal honey company for a time and was lucky enough to lend a hand with their hives and learn a ton about honey bees in the process. From there it was only a matter of time before I started stumbling into information about other types of bees (bumble, mason, leaf-cutter, etc.) and the entire breadth of bee existence has become something of a passion of mine. I long to have hives of my own, one day, though I'm currently in the suburbs in an area that's not especially friendly to urban beekeeping so that's definitely a problem for future me.

I do a lot of non-fiction and history reading, mostly about WWII and the American frontier/"Wild West," though I have a bit of a soft spot for Cold War era spy history as well. I don't read a ton of professionally published fiction nowadays though I'm working on making that a more regular habit. My favorite author, without a doubt, is Terry Pratchett and I revisit his oeuvre frequently. I'm a particular fan of Monstrous Regiment and the Tiffany Aching series, though I've yet to meet a Pratchett novel I don't like.

I am a queer person in both gender and sexuality. Whatever pronouns are fine. Folks most commonly use she/hers because I read very much as a woman but I consider myself more along the lines of genderqueer/gender-nonconforming. I'm not a particularly kinky person but I support the rights of individuals to engage in whatever kinds of consensual sex they desire, and appreciate the use of cerebral spaces like fan fiction as a safe and welcoming environment for people to explore things they wouldn't otherwise engage with in real life.

I have a major soft spot for fiction involving werewolves and shapeshifters and dream of one day getting my fantasy/western series off the ground. I'm also proud to run the heavyartillery fandom community, which welcomes content from the aforementioned HBOWar properties.

I have a degree in comic books—that is a true fact!—and used to be very heavily invested in DC. I have a modest but steadily growing collection of Robins, as the characters who've worn the mantle are my favorites, with the exception of Damian Wayne who I hate with the fiery passion of a thousand suns for a variety of reasons. Jason Todd is my ultimate, and his truest of all loves with Roy Harper makes me want to cry big fat tears of weepy joy. I don't read a ton of comics anymore, because it's an expensive hobby and I would rather blow my money on history books or dice sets to pad the disgustingly extensive collection I use for D&D.

I hope that some of y'all find common ground here in this weird, lengthy, stream-of-consciousness introduction I've provided! Can't wait to meet more of you!

-Tec

Comments

[fadedwings]

Oh, the bee stuff sounds really interesting!!!

[silveradept]

Shouting at the screens during hockey season is definitely something I understand, given how much the Wings have sucked this year (and last).

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Oh dang, that’s rough buddy. I can totally sympathize with cheering on a team that’s having...difficulties lol. The Yotes have never brought home hardware and I’m pretty sure this year and last are the closest we’ve been in a minute, but I’m a relatively new fan so don’t quote me on that, lol.

Who’s your fave player if you don’t mind my asking?

[silveradept]

Right now, I don't have much of a favorite, although Abdelkader and Bertuzzi are working their way up the list. It's not a problem as such that the Wings are all grit and some talent, but it does mean there aren't as many standout names to get fannish about.

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Yeah, we have only just acquired two like, "big name" players, and while I like them fine I still think the part of being a Coyotes fan that I'm proudest of is that the whole team gets up and bulldogs it. IMO, teams with a spread of hard workers are more fun to watch than teams with a couple of talent meteors, but that's just me, lol.

Thank you for commenting~ Sorry for the delay in reply, real life gets a little nuts sometimes.

[silveradept]

It was a mix of high-flyers and grinders that made the Wings good and good to watch in the 90s. Right now, it's a lot of developing talent, so you get to see what kind of players they're going to turn in to when there's enough time and experience but into them.

The way the game is these days, the best skill someone can look for is good hand-eye coordination to deflect pucks on net and being unmovable when you set up shop in front of the goaltender. A hard shot from your defense helps set those things up, but it seems more and more that being able to angle your pucks in its the most effective way of scoring.

[spikedluv]

Good luck with your endeavor to have your own hive! I don't know anything about bees, but we have a 'bee guy' as we call him, who leaves his hives on our property every spring. In return he gives us some honey. *g*

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Thank you!!

And aawww, that's awesome! The cooperative nature of beekeeping is one of the things I like best about it, honestly. I dream of being the person who rolls up with a box full of insects and is like, "Can I leave these here for a bit? I can promise you something delicious in return!" xD

[sugardaddynixon]

Oooh I used to work on the show Suits. I did temp work while doing my undergrad at UofT so I've worked on almost every show that's filmed in Toronto.

NGL I read this wanting to know what your Hockey RPF ships are.

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Sorry I'm replying to this super late, lol, I'm finally going back through all my DW comments trying to play catch-up!!

That's so wild! It seems like it could be interesting to work BTS on a show like that, though I'll imagine it's kind of like any other job at the end of the day where there are highs and lows and what have you.

I don't really have ships in hockey RPF per se? I read a lot of the fic because a lot of it is well-written and some of it is based where I live so I can either be like, "Oh hey! I've been to that place!" or snort because DFW is seriously Not Like That. (Which is absolutely not enough to throw me out of a good fic, but is kind of fun as a like, local.)

I'll read pretty much anything with any pairing as long as the tropes are something I'm interested in and the writing seems good, and hockey fic is nice because it's got this sort of overarching backdrop that connects it all for the most part.

[sugardaddynixon]

Working on tv shows is just like every job, except it's weird because your coworkers have fandoms devoted to them????

The coolest part about that job was getting to meet Meghan Markle before she was like Princess Meghan. Duchess Meghan? Idk I'm not a royalist. Apparently she isn't either, since she and Harry are abandoning the royal family and moving to Toronto though!!

[kore]

I should have done this back when you wrote me that AWESOME fic, but uhhh here I am now! I also love Pratchett and genderqueerness and Jason Todd and frontier stuff, PLUS I have rewatched BoB four times now and can tell the guys apart (mostly)! (Don't feel like you have to friend back, I hate that kind of pressure, I just wanted to say hihi)

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Aawww yay this is so great! I would have friended you but I'm very bad at making out-of-the-blue overtures. Hihihi and am definitely here to talk all things Pratchett, genderqueerness, Jason Todd, frontier business, and, of course, BoB, haha.

<33333 Thank you for friending!!!

[kore]

YAY YES! (Aww laughing Harry) I totally get the social media shyness thing, no problem! All those things are awesome! -- My DW has been kind of sad and soggy for a while but I'm trying to perk it up....

[thrillingdetectivetales]

I'm sad and soggy too sometimes, friend, so no worries~ <33