talking meme

[rivendellrose]

 Snagged from muccamukk: Pick a day! Give me a topic! I will write at least 100 words about it.

December
1 - muccamukk: Your favourite one-episode guest character on Babylon 5.
2 - selenak: Joe Dawson from Highlander and his take on Cassandra and the Cassandra & Methos situation.
3 - umadoshi: What's something you love about where you live? (Open to interpretation.)
4 - fiachairecht: What is your favourite sort of nonfiction to read, and why? Any recs?
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6 - nenya_kanadka: Andorians?
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8 - mekare: What other sci-fi films and/or shows have you enjoyed apart from Babylon 5 and Star Trek? Can you rec any?
9 - nenya_kanadka: Shag/marry/cliff: Shran, Ash, Neroon
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14 - mekare: From Star Trek Disco: Who would you invite into your home, who would go have drinks with and who would you take to your favourite, out of the way, secret spot (e.g. in a park, a strip of beach, what have you)?
15 - nenya_kanadka: Writing fic: Do you prefer open or closed canons, and why?
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17 - eye_of_a_cat: What you thought about (staying vague here!) the direction Discovery went in with Lorca.
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28 - deborah_judge: Some meta about a character you love in Discovery.
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Comments

[muccamukk]

Your favourite one-episode guest character on Babylon 5.

[rivendellrose]

Ooo, that'll be interesting. Thank you!

[selenak]

Day of your choice, Joe Dawson from Highlander and his take on Cassandra and the Cassandra & Methos situation.

Explanation: I remember that back in the day of original broadcast, a great many of the vocal part of fandom thought Joe's reaction (first "She's crazy/lying" and then, once it had turned out Cassandra had told the truth, "different times, we have blood on our hands, too") was what Duncan's should have been, while Duncan's reaction was condemned as him being a bad friend. Two decades and a lot more awareness of rape culture later, I wonder whether this would still be the case were the Horseman episodes broadcast for the first time today? But what I'm really curious about is whether you see Joe's reaction gender related or simply as a "friend over stranger" thing? Or is it military culture (since see also: his Vietnam buddy)? Would it have made a difference if either Methos or Cassandra had a different gender, while who was a friend (to him) and who a stranger remained the same?

(I always found it interesting that there's an s3 episode with a one-off K'immie who actually did change from massacring bastard warlord to present good guy, and then it was Joe who called Duncan naive for believing Kirin had changed, declaring that impossible, but of course no on ein that scenario was a friend to either of them, and the question of believing/disbelieving a victim didn't come into it, either.)

[rivendellrose]

Oo, interesting. I'll have to dig into memory for that one!

[deborah_judge]

How about some meta about a character you love in Discovery. If we do later in the month that will give me a chance to finish watching the season first.

[rivendellrose]

Sounds great!

[umadoshi]

(Any date) What's something you love about where you live? (Open to interpretation.)

[rivendellrose]

Oh, fun! Thank you!

[fiachairecht]

Day of your choice: What is your favourite sort of nonfiction to read, and why? Any recs?

[rivendellrose]

Ooo, interesting! Thank you!

[nenya_kanadka]

Dec 6: Andorians? :D

ETA: Or another date if you like! IDK if bunched up at the start of the month or more spread out is better. :P

[rivendellrose]

Hey, if you're not tired of hearing me blather about them... ♥

Dec. 6th is fine with me - I'm trying to use this to make a habit of posting here, so bunched up is probably better.

[nenya_kanadka]

Dec 9: Shag/marry/cliff: Shran, Ash, Neroon


Dec 15: Writing fic: Do you prefer open or closed canons, and why?

[rivendellrose]

You are utterly evil, and I am delighted. ♥

[nenya_kanadka]

😈😇😆

[mekare]

Okay for the 9th:

What other sci-fi films and/or shows have you enjoyed apart from Babylon 5 and Star Trek? Can you rec any?

For the 15th: from Star Trek Disco: Who would you invite into your home, who would go have drinks with and who would you take to your favourite, out of the way, secret spot (e.g. in a park, a strip of beach, what have you)?

[rivendellrose]

Ooo, those are very interesting questions, thank you! nenya_kanadka slipped in and somehow grabbed exactly the same dates that you requested, so I have moved your questions to the 8th and the 14th respectively.

[eye_of_a_cat]

For the 17th: what you thought about (staying vague here!) the direction Discovery went in with Lorca.

[rivendellrose]

Oooo. Yes, I can absolutely talk about that. Thank you! (And good to see you around again! ♥)