In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.
Holy gods. I'm supposed to choose one thing? HOOOOOOOOOOW?!!!!!
Sheesh. I think I'll cheat a little.
Books: Well, nothing and no one beats CJ Cherryh. I mean....this woman is so damn *good*. Her sci-fi is hard core, makes sense, and *works*. Her fantasy is incredibly detailed and draws a lot from our own myths and folklore (elvish, Russian spirits, ORCS, c'mon!!). Her humor is subtle and always in-character, her drama riveting, her characters so finely drawn....
She's one of the few sci-fi writers out there who puts same-sex couples into her work, and one of the few sci-fi writers who actually has *good* 'strong female characters' in her work.
I just can never get enough.
(Here is a review that really lays out, to me, why she is so amazing. Might be a little spoilery for this particular novel. Downbelow Station.)
Movies: Well, just now, the MCU movies, most particularly the Captain America movies. I love so much how Steve is not some quasi right-wing 'RIGHTEOUS AMERICAN' but a man who actually gives a damn about 'the other', and always, always, always, tries to do the 'right' thing (not the conveniently right thing, or the right right now thing, but the RIGHT thing). Plus, he's just so damn cute, and lost and sad and gorgeous and funny.....
And then, of course, we have BUCKY, who breaks my heart even when he's not being tortured, and who has seen the worst of humanity but is still striving, trying, *hoping*.
And SAM, oh Sam, who is not a superpowered human, but has an amazing heart. He because a pararescue, he dove into the jaws of death to *heal people*, and he is canny, and empathetic, and so brave....
I love my boys, so very much. :D
And - sekrit mention just for Snow: Bread and Circuses, bb. Bread and Circuses! :D (Hey, it's original.)
Holy gods. I'm supposed to choose one thing? HOOOOOOOOOOW?!!!!!
Sheesh. I think I'll cheat a little.
Books: Well, nothing and no one beats CJ Cherryh. I mean....this woman is so damn *good*. Her sci-fi is hard core, makes sense, and *works*. Her fantasy is incredibly detailed and draws a lot from our own myths and folklore (elvish, Russian spirits, ORCS, c'mon!!). Her humor is subtle and always in-character, her drama riveting, her characters so finely drawn....
She's one of the few sci-fi writers out there who puts same-sex couples into her work, and one of the few sci-fi writers who actually has *good* 'strong female characters' in her work.
I just can never get enough.
(Here is a review that really lays out, to me, why she is so amazing. Might be a little spoilery for this particular novel. Downbelow Station.)
Movies: Well, just now, the MCU movies, most particularly the Captain America movies. I love so much how Steve is not some quasi right-wing 'RIGHTEOUS AMERICAN' but a man who actually gives a damn about 'the other', and always, always, always, tries to do the 'right' thing (not the conveniently right thing, or the right right now thing, but the RIGHT thing). Plus, he's just so damn cute, and lost and sad and gorgeous and funny.....
And then, of course, we have BUCKY, who breaks my heart even when he's not being tortured, and who has seen the worst of humanity but is still striving, trying, *hoping*.
And SAM, oh Sam, who is not a superpowered human, but has an amazing heart. He because a pararescue, he dove into the jaws of death to *heal people*, and he is canny, and empathetic, and so brave....
I love my boys, so very much. :D
And - sekrit mention just for Snow: Bread and Circuses, bb. Bread and Circuses! :D (Hey, it's original.)
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