refuse2shine

Music is a really big part of my life, so when I saw the challenge was to make works based on music, I jumped at the chance.

I bring to you two fanmixes and two sigtags featuring two of my favourite bands.

( Fanmix #1: Revisiting the 80s )

( Fanmix #2: Canadian Country )

( Sigtags )

Somehow, I only discovered the concept of songset icons the other day. I, of course, needed to immediately remedy this by making a songset.

I chose to highlight the progression of Picard and Crusher's relationship throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation, using song lyrics from The Scientist by Coldplay.

( nobody said it was easy )

It’s been awhile but I’ve made a fanmix here for the Soundtrack challenge at lands_of_magic

( Take Me Back: An E/O Reunion Mix )

It has been quite some time since I’ve actually posted something here and I’ve kind of missed this platform. I’ve decided to answer the Friday Five for today.

1. Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?

I have a number of times. When I was a kid, we used to go to a lot of the local fairs and see some of the musical acts performing, usually Canadian country singers, and got a few of their autographs. As well, when I was older, I got a fair number of hockey player autographs when the All-Star game was here. While he never played for my favourite team, my personal favourite experience was with Jarome Iginla. The organizers were really trying to rush people through but he was specifically taking the time to try and talk a little bit with everyone in line and he was just so genuinely kind.

2. What do you think happens when we die?

This is something that I think about and honestly, I don’t really have an answer. I’m unsure what happens. Part of me would like to believe there’s some sort of afterlife or something along those lines but the other part of me also knows that it’s wishful thinking.

3. What’s your favorite action movie?

There are a few action movies I do enjoy, but I think for this, I’m going to say Bon Cop, Bad Cop. It is a hilarious Canadian film about a death that happens on the Ontario-Quebec border and so a by-the-book Ontario cop and a more rogue-ish Quebec cop have to team together to solve the murder. There’s a lot of really obvious allegories to specific NHL teams and people involved (but they obviously couldn’t use the actual names) and some just great jokes about Québécois and Ontario culture respectively.

4. What’s your favorite smell?

I think my favourite smell is probably fresh basil. When I worked at a grocery store, my store used to sell little basil plants and I always appreciated the smell when I’d put them through at the cash. My favourite pasta sauce recipe calls for fresh basil and I always try and get some when I make it for the aroma.

5. Exercise: worth it?

I think exercise is worth it if you are doing something you personally enjoy doing and if you are doing it because you want to, not because you feel some sort of social compulsion to. However, if you’re just exercising because you feel pressured to, I feel like it’s not worth it.

I’m participating in the Trektober 2020 challenge as posted over at trektober-challenge!

Anyway, I thought I’d share my fills for each prompt here as I complete them. I’ve been really pushing myself with a few of these prompts so far, which has definitely given me some creative inspiration.

( star )

I don't normally write detailed letters for exchanges, but I feel in this case, it will probably be necessary. So here is my letter for the Star Trek Holidays 2020 Exchange.

Please feel free to take suggestions with a grain of salt and just write something following my likes and DNWs. I just wanted to give some inspiration.

( Star Trek: Picard )

( Star Trek: The Next Generation )

( Star Trek: The Original Series )

( Star Trek: Voyager )

And that's it. I know I'm not super specific with my prompts, but honestly, I'm not a picky person. I just enjoy reading good fic about characters I love.

I participated in the 100 Word Drabble Flash Exchange that was advertised over on flashexchanges. I wrote 3 drabbles and recieved 2 gifts.

( My Works )

( Gifts I Recieved )

These are my icons for Round 15 over at disney20in20. I chose Rapunzel as my character.

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( When will my life begin )

I came across an article, shared by a friend on Facebook, about a film called Blood Quantum being released digitally here in Canada.

I had not previously heard of this film, but it screened at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was supposed to be released theatrically, but that was cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. Reading that article and another from 2019 about Blood Quantum has definitely piqued my interest. I'm not a huge horror fan, but I do like zombies and I am 100% here for Indigenous representation in film.

These were made for the monthly graphics challenge at starfleet_hq. I originally posted them in the related friend-locked community there, but I wanted to share them here as well. All the icons were made using artwork from the mobile game Star Trek: Timelines and I tried to include characters from every series.

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( Who can say when the roads meet )