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It was over the weekend I watched episode 52 of Vox Machina, that being over two and half hours without a break of everyone nearly getting killed, and I watched practically all of it in a relatively short amount of time, which is the first time I discovered just how exhausting it can be to watch this damn series. By the time Laura Bailey was stressing about how noone would be there to defeat the dragons if they all died, one can only imagine how the players as a whole were feeling. Now I'm still in the middle of watching my way through their battling one of said dragons, though I think I'm nearly at the end of it. This part of the series really was nonstop.
It maybe wasn't the best part to be watching through on a week when we were all anticipating the run-in with the morkoth in the current campaign, though I was grateful for the first half of that episode, with its wonderful Jester and Yasha scenes I was able to go the sleep on, before catching the fight on the midnight rerun. Which was indeed pretty stressful, though it did help to know the running time and know when it had to end soon. So I only really had one moment of utter dread (*sigh* thanks, Liam), before we got one final reminder of how good a storyteller Matt Mercer is. Still, I felt tired for the whole day afterwards. DoD's VPN misbehaving lately hasn't helped.
The current situation with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't helping either. Especially since, while I've been clinging to Chloe Bennett's assurance this final won't let everyone down the way so many have recently done, I'm starting to have doubts. At the very least, Jemma needs to get her memories back. She and Fitz have been through enough that them not having their happy ending just makes you ask what the hell it was all for, and her not even getting the memories is just cruel.
Also, I'm trying to deal with the inevitable Jester/Fjord that now's going to happen. But at least there I trust that cast to not wreck their characters over it, and hey, Jester's second playlist even lays the groundwork for incorporating it into her character growth.

My various aches and pains have at least somewhat abated this week-except the back pains didn't go with them. I've started working out on the bike machine in the evening too. Which at least allows me to watch more Vox Machina. I literally just finished the Trial of the Take, in which Vax and Keyleth both continued to shine, though knowing beforehand about the loss of the carpet just made me dread that from the time they pulled it out of the bag.
Though really, even with Narrative Telephone again tomorrow night, I'm not sure anything's going to touch home more than All Work No Play Unplugged last night. The men of Critical Role do good work in redeeming their sex in general, but let's face it, Liam and Matt, the soft sensitive boys, are something special, and when you've got them both on screen looking sad and vulnerable, well.
Tonight, on the other hand, comes Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. It may be a little strange now, since to a very great extent I've moved on from Marvel since it aired last, though if that show does its usual thing, it may still draw me back in for one last ride.

Title: Agent Murdock
Part: 13: The Bittersweet Between My Teeth
Fandom: Daredevil/Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Characters: Matt/Karen, Coulson
Disclaimer: Now Disney owns them.
Warning: Sex, sensory overload
Note: I originally came up with this idea and put it up on daredevilkink as a prompt before the second season, but after watching said season I decided to write it myself just to cheer myself up.

( You keep my secrets hope to die/ Promises swear them to the sky )

I'm going to try to write four more ficlets after this, but it might end up being only three if the next two take too long. I had to make it a point to finish this one before the World Team Trophy required me to start taking earlier bedtimes tonight. At least I got in both the forgotten Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. WOC I wanted to get in.

( Anne Weaver, Eight Months Later )

I kind of want to do Sherry Yang next, but that would required me to get through all nine remaining episodes of The Punisher first. And the first four have not left me wanting to hurry. But first, one Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. character I'm sorry we never heard from again:

( Akela Amador, Five Weeks Later )

Which means I can finally do this one.

( Melinda May, Seven Days Later )

Watching plenty of Wimbledon, and they haven't even shown too much of the Trumpite. Also finished this.

Title: Agent Murdock
Part: 12: At the Playground
Fandom: Daredevil/Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Characters: Matt/Karen, Triplett, Isabelle Hartley, Billy Koenig, Coulson, May
Disclaimer: Now Disney owns them.
Warning: Aftermath of violence
Note: I originally came up with this idea and put it up on daredevilkink as a prompt before the second season, but after watching said season I decided to write it myself just to cheer myself up.

( He still hurt all over, but he’d been in far worse states than this. )

I enjoyed watching the Royal Wedding far more than I expected to. Hey, when every time you turn around another horrific news story has broken, it's nice to turn on the TV and just see a bride and groom looking at each other with stars in their eyes. And see the British upper crust get introduced to the art of the African-American sermon. And hear some nice music.
Not sure how I feel about the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season finale. ( Except that it made me cry... )

More Fitzsimmons fic!

( Windy Night in Perthshire )

Title: Hold Me Forever
Fandom: Agents of SHIELD
Characters: Fitzsimmons
Disclaimer: Now Disney owns them.
Warning: References to nasty events possibly happening on MCU Earth (see below)
Note: Fourth and likely final part of Just Give Me Your Hand and Hold On. Inspired what's shown as happening on Earth by Inhumans, though all you need to know is Inhumans are disappearing, and also, the show opens with one being chased and killed by soldiers.

( But Fitz had to go back now. Daisy and Elena too, of course; they’d already been in that category, but he’d joined them there. )