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ladymercury_10 asked me:
1. Your favorite comics single issue or trade?
I thought this would be a really difficult question to answer, because I love a lot of things and am very indecisive, but since Batgirl vol. 3 #24 exists it turns out to be quite easy. All those amazing possible futures for Steph! (My favourite being the Stephwing and Nell!Batgirl team-up, because I adore the idea of Steph growing up and inspiring other girls to become heroes. Honourable mention to the time travelling Batgirls adventure with the Blackhawks, because CASS. My one criticism of Batgirl vol. 3 is the lack of Cass.) And the fact that even having seen them, she's not tempted to stay - she loves the life she has now. Her mother's proud of her, Barbara's there for her, even Damian respects her, Nell's leading an army of tiny fanpeople to look out for her, one girl really can make a difference, and the sunrise is purple. What fantasy life could compare to that? Given the circumstances, it's the perfect bittersweet final issue: we get to see how amazing Steph could've been if DC hadn't chosen to discard her, but it's not all doom and gloom - she's going out on a high. She's in a good place, and it's only the end if you want it to be. ...and now I've made myself sad again. :(
2. What is your top non-fandom hobby?
I thought about saying reading, but that's fandom-related, right? So knitting (which is also a bit fandomy at times but shush). It is exactly the right level of creative for me: I do not have any actual art skills, and am too slapdash to get on well with anything that involves precision and concentration. Knitting is very forgiving in that regard: you can undo it and fix mistakes quite easily, and fudge it a bit if you've got the wrong number of stitches. Plus it makes sense to my hands and brain in a way that a lot of things don't. I took it up because I used to do my maths homework in front of the TV and it felt weird just sitting and watching without doing anything. It was a good choice! This week I organised all my yarn together into one place. I am NOT ALLOWED to buy any more yarn.
3. What sorts of things make you love a book?
Humour and heart. Make me laugh, and give me characters I care about, and who care about each other. I like books with strong friendship and/or family relationships. I like adult children having good relationships with their parents. I like women and LGBTQ characters having major roles, and having interesting relationships with each other. I like older women mentoring younger ones! Also I like spaceships and/or magic.
4. What was your favorite thing to do after school when you were little?
Going to the library! My local library wasn't within walking distance, so every three weeks my mum would drive us there to change our books. When I was really little, it was hard to keep track of how many weeks it had been, so library day was always a fabulous surprise. Also, when I was at secondary school I remember a long stretch of winter Mondays when I'd come home to a cup of tea and a toasted teacake (with lots of butter) and watch Sabrina with The Sister. Wait, unless this means after-school clubs? In which case, choir. That was fun. I can't really sing but I do like trying.
5. How did you start watching Doctor Who?
The BBC repeated some episodes in the early nineties when I was about nine, so I watched those with my dad. But then they weren't on any more, so I stopped. When it came back in 2005, I thought "hmm, it's probably my nerdly duty to at least TRY watching this", so I duly organised a viewing party. And it was great, so I carried on. :) By the end of series two I'd started to poke around the edges of fandom, and started renting the classic series from Lovefilm (I started with City of Death, which is an excellent way to hook oneself), and then fell into the audios, and the EDAs, and it's been downhill all the way...
In other news, I am still feeling very cheerful about the existence of Fearless Defenders! Obviously there's still plenty of time for it to go HORRIBLY WRONG, but if you're interested in fun comics about diverse women having adventures, this would probably be a good shout. (Not least because I fear it may not be that big a seller, and if it gets cancelled I will be sad, and you wouldn't want that, now, would you? ;D) I am also feeling v. fannish about it, but there doesn't seem to be any fic yet, not even the Warehouse 13 crossover that issue 1 was crying out for. CATER TO MY WHIMS PLEASE, FANDOM.
ladymercury_10 asked me:1. Your favorite comics single issue or trade?
I thought this would be a really difficult question to answer, because I love a lot of things and am very indecisive, but since Batgirl vol. 3 #24 exists it turns out to be quite easy. All those amazing possible futures for Steph! (My favourite being the Stephwing and Nell!Batgirl team-up, because I adore the idea of Steph growing up and inspiring other girls to become heroes. Honourable mention to the time travelling Batgirls adventure with the Blackhawks, because CASS. My one criticism of Batgirl vol. 3 is the lack of Cass.) And the fact that even having seen them, she's not tempted to stay - she loves the life she has now. Her mother's proud of her, Barbara's there for her, even Damian respects her, Nell's leading an army of tiny fanpeople to look out for her, one girl really can make a difference, and the sunrise is purple. What fantasy life could compare to that? Given the circumstances, it's the perfect bittersweet final issue: we get to see how amazing Steph could've been if DC hadn't chosen to discard her, but it's not all doom and gloom - she's going out on a high. She's in a good place, and it's only the end if you want it to be. ...and now I've made myself sad again. :(
2. What is your top non-fandom hobby?
I thought about saying reading, but that's fandom-related, right? So knitting (which is also a bit fandomy at times but shush). It is exactly the right level of creative for me: I do not have any actual art skills, and am too slapdash to get on well with anything that involves precision and concentration. Knitting is very forgiving in that regard: you can undo it and fix mistakes quite easily, and fudge it a bit if you've got the wrong number of stitches. Plus it makes sense to my hands and brain in a way that a lot of things don't. I took it up because I used to do my maths homework in front of the TV and it felt weird just sitting and watching without doing anything. It was a good choice! This week I organised all my yarn together into one place. I am NOT ALLOWED to buy any more yarn.
3. What sorts of things make you love a book?
Humour and heart. Make me laugh, and give me characters I care about, and who care about each other. I like books with strong friendship and/or family relationships. I like adult children having good relationships with their parents. I like women and LGBTQ characters having major roles, and having interesting relationships with each other. I like older women mentoring younger ones! Also I like spaceships and/or magic.
4. What was your favorite thing to do after school when you were little?
Going to the library! My local library wasn't within walking distance, so every three weeks my mum would drive us there to change our books. When I was really little, it was hard to keep track of how many weeks it had been, so library day was always a fabulous surprise. Also, when I was at secondary school I remember a long stretch of winter Mondays when I'd come home to a cup of tea and a toasted teacake (with lots of butter) and watch Sabrina with The Sister. Wait, unless this means after-school clubs? In which case, choir. That was fun. I can't really sing but I do like trying.
5. How did you start watching Doctor Who?
The BBC repeated some episodes in the early nineties when I was about nine, so I watched those with my dad. But then they weren't on any more, so I stopped. When it came back in 2005, I thought "hmm, it's probably my nerdly duty to at least TRY watching this", so I duly organised a viewing party. And it was great, so I carried on. :) By the end of series two I'd started to poke around the edges of fandom, and started renting the classic series from Lovefilm (I started with City of Death, which is an excellent way to hook oneself), and then fell into the audios, and the EDAs, and it's been downhill all the way...
In other news, I am still feeling very cheerful about the existence of Fearless Defenders! Obviously there's still plenty of time for it to go HORRIBLY WRONG, but if you're interested in fun comics about diverse women having adventures, this would probably be a good shout. (Not least because I fear it may not be that big a seller, and if it gets cancelled I will be sad, and you wouldn't want that, now, would you? ;D) I am also feeling v. fannish about it, but there doesn't seem to be any fic yet, not even the Warehouse 13 crossover that issue 1 was crying out for. CATER TO MY WHIMS PLEASE, FANDOM.
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Date: 14 Feb 2013 20:16 (UTC)Also... green! :D
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Date: 15 Feb 2013 15:45 (UTC)Questions! (some nicked from the ones I asked
1. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
2. If you could wipe out one episode of one TV show so that the events in it never happened (and any continuity issues this causes would be magically solved somehow), which would you choose?
3. And conversely, if you could revive one cancelled/finished book series, TV programme, film series, ongoing comic (etc), what would it be? And would you change anything when you brought it back?
4. What are you reading right now?
5. Who would you invite to your ideal dinner party (real or fictional people) and what would you all have to eat?
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Date: 11 Feb 2013 13:01 (UTC)(Okay, I'll stop singing now... But blue!)
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Date: 11 Feb 2013 21:07 (UTC)1. If you had to choose one Doctor's episodes to be the only Doctor Who you could watch for the rest of ever, which Doctor would you choose, and why?
2. Which of your fandoms do you really wish were bigger/more active?
3. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
4. If you could wipe out one episode of one TV show so that the events in it never happened (and any continuity issues this causes would be magically solved somehow), which would you choose?
5. What are you reading right now?
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Date: 13 Feb 2013 17:25 (UTC):D
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Date: 11 Feb 2013 19:10 (UTC)because I used to do my maths homework in front of the TV and it felt weird just sitting and watching without doing anything
Yeah! It is hard for me to knit without watching TV or watch TV without knitting because both of them seem to only occupy part of my brain and I get bored. But together they are good. :)
The library is one of my favorite things, too. When we'd get days off school sometimes I'd go there and switch out my books.
What is Fearless Defenders like?
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Date: 11 Feb 2013 21:12 (UTC)It's fun! The basic premise is that Valkyrie's putting together a new Valkyrior (team of female superheroes) for as yet unexplained reasons. The first issue involves her running into Misty Knight and her friend Dr Annabelle Riggs - Misty acquired an Asguardian statue for Annabelle that, as it turns out, raises killer Viking skeletons... It's not perfect or mindblowingly amazing by any means, but it's definitely entertaining and I enjoyed the first issue a lot.
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Date: 11 Feb 2013 21:26 (UTC)