Recs, more Blake's7, tropes meme, and Hugo nomination thoughts

[hamsterwoman]

(I have nearly 3 weeks worth of RL updates, most of them low-key, but it just keeps not happening. Have more fannish stuff instead. Now seems like a good time for fun escapism

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[author_by_night]

I'll have to check out that podcast!

and also may not have the patience for slow burn unless it's really well done/an author I trust to deliver the payoff.

Yeah, I think it's also better when the slow burn happens gradually for the audience as well, rather than the audience knowing right away but the characters not knowing for a long time. It gets annoying, especially when they throw in contrived obstacle after contrived obstacle.

I like werewolves, but prefer when they've been cursed to it being a choice, even though the latter is the traditional interpretation. My generation got so obsessed with vampires that I'm just bored of them at this point.

I'm with you on working together!

[hamsterwoman]

Hope you enjoy the Sorting Hat podcast -- I'm REALLY curious to hear the Good Place one, since I used their methodology for a meme to sort those characters myself about a year ago, and I'm really curious if their conclusions will agree with mine!

It gets annoying, especially when they throw in contrived obstacle after contrived obstacle.

This I really, really hate.

My generation got so obsessed with vampires that I'm just bored of them at this point.

I can believe it! That's a bit of my problem with werewolves/shifters: I used to like the trope, and then I spent a year binging paranormal romance, and by the end had shifters coming out my ears, and king of lost my taste for the whole subgenre...

[lab_jazz]

Back in the day i used to love Blake7 to the extent that i went and bought all the DVDs.

[hamsterwoman]

Turns out I have quite a number of long-time B7 fans on my flist -- that's always nice when discovering a canon for the first time :)