Mixed Medium Recs Meme
Snagged from author_by_night.
List 5-10 favorite books, shows, movies, plays, and any interests worth mentioning. People in the comments will rec various media based on what you've listed. Then they will list their own favorites. If you're looking for recs in a particular medium, say so!
My faves change frequently, esp bc I consume a lot of media, so this was like chosing my favorite child. It was very painful... I started going way overboard with subdividing, so I cut this down to top ten off the top of my head so I could stop second guessing myself lol
Favorite Books: Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram, River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey, Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye, Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee, Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce, Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones, A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer, Lirael by Garth Nix, Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith, The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Favorite TV Series (internet series is fine too): Hannibal, Person of Interest, Young Justice, The Mysteries of Laura, The Following, Stargate Atlantis, Code Black, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, Sense8, Almost Human
Favorite Movies: 10 Things I Hate About You, A Knight's Tale, Practical Magic, Labyrinth, Ocean's, Justice League: War, Hellboy II, Jurassic Park, Moana, Venom
Favorite Plays/Musicals: The Crucible, Hamlet, The Cherry Orchard, A Doll's House, High School Musical, The Greatest Showman, Les Miserables, Hamilton, Avenue Q, Mama Mia! (I'm counting movie musicals bc I can lol)
Other media worth mentioning:
Podcasts: Be the Serpent, Overinvested, Ouija Broads, The Hidden Almanac, I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats, Death in Ice Valley, Welcome to Night Vale, Two Girls One Ghost
Comics/graphic novels: Saga, Rat Queens, Nancy Drew, Fence, Secret Aventers, Young Avengers, Hawkeye, Hellboy, Persepolis, Fun Home
Musicians: Ludo, Linkin Park, The HU, Bastille, Arctic Monkeys, Regina Spektor, The Civil Wars, Oren Lavie, The Killdares, 30 Seconds to Mars
Other interests worth mentioning: southern gothic, witchcraft, anthropology, cryptozoology, food/cooking, dinosaurs, cool aliens, crafting
What are some themes you LOVE? fake dating, magical siblings, monsters as heroes and/or love interests, banter, domesticity, queer friendships, fantasy or scifi markets (like in Hellboy II or The Goblin Market, or even the DS9 promenade), adoptive parent-child relationships, explorations of other cultures and cultural intersects
What are some themes you DNW? infidelity, irl war stuff (esp WWII), cancer plotlines, grimdark reboots/adaptions, zombies, noir, gratuitous recreational drug use, time travel
Any genres or mediums you've wanted to try? I love documentaries and I'm always looking for good ones, esp about food and animals. Also always down for horror movie recs, esp non-slasher ones. I'd love to get more into fanvids. I love meta and critical analysis and that sort of thing, so links to anything like that would be cool :)