Day 30 - Saddest character death.And we conclude with a horrible dilemma of a question, given that the media I consume offers really a lot of death scenes, now that I think of it. However, let me specify in order to narrow the criteria: "saddest death" is absolutely not the same as "most shocking" or "most surprising". And of course, one viewer's ( Read more... )

Vidathons are something I enjoy as a watcher, not being able to create vids to save my life, but full of admiration the people who can. In many a fandom.
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If you're looking for the archive itself to browse at your own leisure, here it is. This is just a first bunch of recs, more to come!

History:

Still Climbing after Knowledge InfiniteIn which young Will from Stratford hangs out with a couple of other Elizabethan playwrights, spars and flirts with Kit Marlowe, and figures out his own writing voice ( Read more... )

I'm answering this from the ideal assumption I could resurrect some of these directly after they were cancelled, i.e. with the same writers/actors/producers available instead of bound by other commitments, aged or died.

1) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Because it was, hands down, the best show in the last two years, smart, with ( Read more... )

More rare fandom recs:

I, Claudius:

Mater Patriae: because Livia remains one of the best villains ever, and this look at her as presented in I, Claudius captures so very well why. Poison is queen, indeed.

History without novels to interpret it:

The Seventh Circle: Sandro Botticelli and Lorenzo de' Medici in the aftermath of the Pazzi ( Read more... )

More rare fandom recs:

I, Claudius:

Mater Patriae: because Livia remains one of the best villains ever, and this look at her as presented in I, Claudius captures so very well why. Poison is queen, indeed.

History without novels to interpret it:

The Seventh Circle: Sandro Botticelli and Lorenzo de' Medici in the aftermath of the Pazzi ( Read more... )

I somehow managed to get sick over Christmas and have been coughing, sneezing and glaring feverishly at my nearest and dearest ever since, but thankfully, there is fanfic distraction.

So, Yuletide recs (well, the first bunch - there are over 2000 stories in this year's turnout! Great Maker!):

1602:

Renaissance Portraits: the Elizabethan versions of ( Read more... )

While I'm in bed sipping tea and trying to get rid of that pesky cold:

I watched the first season of Deadwood this last week and decided that so far, there hasn't been a HBO-produced tv show I haven't liked. ( Westward Ho! )