Introductions Post

[alexcat]

I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Alexcat, female, a little past middle age, an MCU and Tolkien fan though I write in many fandoms. I live in a rural area in a red state so not a lot of fannish folk near me. I have one hubby and not really any other family. Fandom is home tio me and I like it to be a safe place fir all.

I write and I crochet blankets and shawls and such. I'm hoping to spend more time here at DW since I've given up toxic social media sites like Facebook. Never was on Twitter or Instagram much anyway. I am at Tumblr(alexcat45) and Discord(alex_writes).

Please feel free to ask me any questions AND share with us as much (or as little) as you wish in introduction to you.

#1-7 of Fanwork Recs (January + February catch-up)

[delphi]

I jumped the gun by starting on January 1st, so here's a roundup of my first seven posts (as I up my goal to 57):

Rec #1: Art - Untitled Drag Scene by Polyhmnia (Our Flag Means Death, Wee John Feeney & Izzy Hands & Jim Jimenez)

Rec #2: Vid - XXXhibitionist by carbonshrimp (Interview with the Vampire [TV], various solo and shippy combinations of Louis de Pointe du Lac, Lestat de Lioncourt, Armand, and Daniel Molloy

Rec #3: Vid - rollercoaster by Elektra (Sense8, Wolfgang Bogdanow/Kala Dandekar/Rajan Rasal)

Rec #4: Fic - A Body in Heaven and a Mind Full of Dirt by DisasterShipBlonde (Our Flag Means Death, Benjamin Hornigold/Izzy Hands)

Rec #5: Vid - Symbiosis by inimitablereel (Scavengers Reign, The Planet Vest + Ensemble Human Cast)

Rec #6: Art - Untitled Archie/Jim by Rysiooozaur (Our Flag Means Death, Archie/Jim Jimenez)

Rec #7: Fic - Your favourite perk by TwelveLeagues (Severance, Irving Bailiff/Dylan George)

#001 - Ramblings On The Fandom Potential of Airplane Thrillers

[soix]

List of media mentioned in this rambling essay:

Supernatural (2005) [S01E04: Phantom Traveler], Assassins (1995), Live Free Or Die Hard (2007), Skyfall (2012), Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001), Flight Risk (2025), High Forces (2024), Con Air (1997), Fight Or Flight (2025), Trap (2024), Bridgerton (2020) [Season 2], Cliffhanger (1997)

Doesn't matter if it's a hijacking or a natural disaster or demons on a plane--there's just something about films that show the flying tin can in the sky under attack that just does it for me. The structure tends to be rather formulaic, of course: the basic setup involves a plane, some sort of danger, a (more often than not reluctant) hero, a plucky flight attendant, and, for the best of the best, some sort of contact on the ground (make it a hacker and I'll love you forever, but we'll get to that particular trope later!)

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