Fannish5: Top Five Inhospitable Canons

[selenak]

Which five canons would you not want to live in, and why?

Great Maker, as Londo Mollari would say, only five? I wouldn't want to live in most canons of the films and shows I love. And even more not in shows I have only mild or no positive feelings for. But okay then, some of the worst cases of DO NOT WANT TO BE THERE. (Except as a reader/viewer

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[selenak]

Ah, but remember, the Wishverse tells us even Cleveland is prone to vampire invasion. :) My possible universe would be most versions of the Star Trek one. Great travel opportunities (without having to pay money for same), creature comforts even when stranded in the Delta Quadrant (where the showers still work - this is important!), books are still around, but so are new media.

History: so with you, and I give the same response every time.

[estepheia]

What a fun post!
Totally agree with 1-3, don't know about 4, totally disagree about 5. (Probably because hubby and I play LotR Online a lot)

I'd add the Supernatural verse to the list. Bad things happen to women....

[selenak]

SPN: oh, definitely, but it's not one of my shows; I only listed 'verses I actually love watching/reading.

See, Middle Earth is like any historical era for me that way. Just because one has a passion for history people assume one would rather live in the past, and no, no way, and also, no. I want my equal rights and my creature comforts and my libraries/theatre/cinemas etc.

[ffutures]

Yep, agree with all five.

[veritykindle]

Heh. Looking at that list makes me think that it would actually be more challenging to ask which canon universes one would want to live in. I am not sure I can think of any that I would want to live in more than our current universe.

(Supernatural - OMG, NO; Merlin - not quite as bad as Supernatural, but really not a good time or place to live in, if you have a choice - especially not if you're a peasant, but it wasn't so great to be a noble, either; Farscape - I guess living on Earth wouldn't be so bad - it would be no different from living in our real universe, except that there would be the possibility of Peacekeeper or Scarran attack that we wouldn't even be aware of - but living in the Uncharted Territories sounds horrible. I guess there is Star Trek, especially The Next Generation. I think I might not mind living there! I don't think I could come up with four more examples, though

[selenak]

TNG was my first thought for the reverse, too. (Hey, ability to travel to various worlds without having to pay money for it alone would be a huge incentive.)

Anti-intellectual: ah, yes, I see your point, especially the combination of intelligence and not caring. Thinking back, my example of a show which doesn't do that and presents intelligence as something positive would be The West Wing. Not that the WW characters can't be jerks as well on occasion, but not in the constant way House or Holmes are presented as such, they're definitely presented as caring passionately as well as being smart, and there is even the on screen discussion (which I guess was Aaron Sorkin venting his frustration about real life American politics) of how playing down intelligence for fear of being unpopular should NOT be done.

[meganinhiding]

One of the things I noticed about your list, which I completely agree wiith, is the abscence of any version of Star Trek.

[selenak]

:) Well, actually, most versions of Star Trek would be my canon to live in. As I said to another commentator, the ability to travel to many worlds without having to play huge sums of money for it alone would be a huge incentive. Also, and not unimportant for a modern decadent like me: creature comforts like regular showers (sonic or not, it's the shower existence that counts!) are available even if you're stranded in the Delta Quadrant.