I want to post and talk about things, but I have nothing to talk about. Ask me things, please. Fandom-y things, not fandom-y things, whatever. And I will talk about them.
This question is going to be super selfishly motivated, just because it's been ages since I've read a book that I absolutely could not put down, but gimme your recs for addictive books! I don't necessarily mean favourites, though there could be some overlap, but just books that you would willingly forgo food and sleep to continue reading. I am not picky about subject or genre!
Are there any fandoms you participate in neutrally? In other words, is there any TV show you watch that does, in fact, not give you All of the Feelings but you still enjoy it?
Can you think of any character/pairing that you normally wouldn't be drawn to but somehow they overcame that to weasel their way into your heart (e.g. a character that fits a trope your normally don't care for but you love them anyway)?
Oooh! Book recs! Gonna be lots of YA on this list....
I could. not. put. down Kindred by Octavia Butler. Genuine masterpiece and so very underrated.
Every time I pick up The Blue Castle I end up staying up all night to finish it. Same with Mara: Daughter of the Nile.
Ella Enchanted is compulsively readable AND THE BEST. Chime by Franny Billingsley.
Those are the ones that come to mind at the moment. If I think of others, I'll get back to you!
There are several shows I love but that I don't do anything fannish about excep reblogging pretty pictures on tumblr: The Good Wife, Happy Endings, Game of Thrones. I don't really forsee myself doing anything fannishly with them, but I like them lots!
Can you think of any character/pairing that you normally wouldn't be drawn to but somehow they overcame that to weasel their way into your heart (e.g. a character that fits a trope your normally don't care for but you love them anyway)?
Victor and Sierra on Dollhouse. A soulmates ship? Usually I hatehatehate that, but I love it with them. Troy on Community. I don't know what archtype to fit him into, but whatever it is, I feel like he exceeds it.
I usually don't care for soulmates either but Victor(Tony)/Sierra(Priya) really worked for me too. I think it's because it was wrapped up in identity narratives (which I'm always, always into), and it was more about the fact that they just always loved each other no matter what, not necessarily that they were ~destined no matter what.
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Are there any fandoms you participate in neutrally? In other words, is there any TV show you watch that does, in fact, not give you All of the Feelings but you still enjoy it?
Can you think of any character/pairing that you normally wouldn't be drawn to but somehow they overcame that to weasel their way into your heart (e.g. a character that fits a trope your normally don't care for but you love them anyway)?
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I could. not. put. down Kindred by Octavia Butler. Genuine masterpiece and so very underrated.
Every time I pick up The Blue Castle I end up staying up all night to finish it. Same with Mara: Daughter of the Nile.
Ella Enchanted is compulsively readable AND THE BEST. Chime by Franny Billingsley.
Those are the ones that come to mind at the moment. If I think of others, I'll get back to you!
There are several shows I love but that I don't do anything fannish about excep reblogging pretty pictures on tumblr: The Good Wife, Happy Endings, Game of Thrones. I don't really forsee myself doing anything fannishly with them, but I like them lots!
Can you think of any character/pairing that you normally wouldn't be drawn to but somehow they overcame that to weasel their way into your heart (e.g. a character that fits a trope your normally don't care for but you love them anyway)?
Victor and Sierra on Dollhouse. A soulmates ship? Usually I hatehatehate that, but I love it with them. Troy on Community. I don't know what archtype to fit him into, but whatever it is, I feel like he exceeds it.
Great questions!
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