5 characters that don't (or wouldn't if it existed in their universe) celebrate Christmas.

1.) Mal Reynolds (Firefly). He has issues. Though he's fine with Kaylee decorating Serenity. He just gets drunk with Jayne every year during the time in question.

2.) Dr. Faiza Hussain aka Excalibur (Marvelverse). She's a practising Muslim. Her non- ( Read more... )

Five favorite ships - sailing ships, spaceships, etc., not relationships.

1.) The Liberator (Blake's 7). While the B7 budget was tiny to nonexistant, the Liberator was a splendid ship anyway (and for a glimpse of how it would have looked like with GCI, see the Excalibur from Crusade, with the ship not being the only thing in the B5 spin off - or ( Read more... )

Name your 5 favorite fictional marriages.

A meme after my own heart. Fiction that dares to tackle marriages (well, in ways other than killing one partner of in the first ten minutes to start the drama) is sadly still in the minority.

1.) Jed and Abbey Bartlett, The West Wing. It's not that they don't occasionally argue (from anything going from ( Read more... )

This week's fannish5 wants to know about five characters who are too good for their canon, who are the only thing to make an otherwise dreadful canon (book, film, tv) palpable. And that is one of my anti-concepts, anti-kinks, whatever you want to call it. It's not that I don't have canons where I love one character more than any other. Or shows, or book ( Read more... )

Name the five sweetest fictional characters.

Here they are, all coming with a "if you don't love them, you're just plain wrong" disclaimer. :)

1.) Vir Cotto (Babylon 5). In addition to being absolutely adorable and funny when he doesn't break your heart, Vir is brave, loving and not only Londo's conscience but the one of the show.

2.) Kaylee ( Read more... )

1.) The Liberator. (Blake's 7). "I - have - failed - you" is all I'm saying, and B7 fans know whereof I speak and sob with me in our virtual hankerchiefs. If you want to know what the Liberator would look like with decent GCI, Crusade's Excalibur is basically a more modern version. I like the Excalibur as well, but not Top 4-ish.

2.) The TARDIS. ( ( Read more... )

List five characters you'd want on your side in any kind of trouble. Bonus points for assembling an "Action Team" with complementary skills.

Ohhh, unfair requirement. Any kind of trouble? The team for the zombie apocalypse is significantly different from the one for epic showdowns with the taxman is significantly different from the one when I sob ( Read more... )

Firefly/ Star Trek: Voyager:

From the stars, knowledge: this one hides a twisty, twisty story behind a deceptively simple summary: Voyager has a Space Western holodeck program. It would be a crime to give anything away, so let's just say that the characterisations all around are great and you'll end up both disturbed and awed. Another great ( Read more... )

From musesfool. It's a gen meme! How can I resist?

List 10 platonic male/female relationships in fiction that you enjoy. Rules ( Read more... )

Doctor Who:

Don't slow down: a fun, fast paced vid celebrating my favourite New Who TARDIS team, Donna Noble and the Tenth Doctor. The slaps, the hugs, the wit, it has it all. To misquote Donna, I bloody love it.

Sarah Jane Adventures/ Firefly:

Winter where you are: another great Multiverse crossover story, in which Luke talks to the universe ( Read more... )