Once more into the breach...

[selenak]

Have accepted that I'll spend the rest of December in a state of semi-exhaustion. Not for unpleasant reasons, but it does prevent me from posting a lot. To get back into the swing of things next year, I'll do the January Talking Meme again.

Pick a date below and give me a topic, and I'll ramble on. I'm good at talking. It can be anything from fandom-related (specific characters, actors, storylines, episodes, etc.) to life-related to pizza preferences to whatever you want.

They will probably be brief, or not, depending on the subject. Also, I reserve the right to decline prompts that I don't feel equipped to meet.

Topics: you can get an idea from my tags/from the stuff I usually ramble about/from things you maybe wish I talked about more but don't. Also, please feel free to check out last year's post and the one from two years ago for topics I've already written about.


January 1: What I'm hoping to see in the next season of Doctor Who (muccamukk)
January 2: Shakespeare Productions that stuck with me (jesuswasbatman)
January 3: If Big Finish picks up 12th Doctor material and/or Class, which elements do I expect, and which do I want to see expanded and explored? (davetheanalyzer)
January 4: Babylon 5: The Aides To The Ambassadors (redfiona)
January 5: Ezri Dax (lightofdaye)
January 6: Top Ten Star Trek Friendships (saturnofthemoon)
January 7: Hopes for Call the Midwife in 2018 (contrary_cal)
January 8: Five things the Doctor would do if she wasn't worried about messing up history (ffutures)
January 9: Winn Adami (saturnofthemoon)
January 10: Inaccurate Historical Adaptions (aren't they all?) (saturnofthemoon)
January 11: My favourite villains who will/should not be redeemed, and why (zarahwithaz)
January 12:
January 13:
January 14: Jack, Anne and Max in Black Sails (scintilla10)
January 15: the rise and fall and shift in trends in fandom media accessibility - VHS tapes to DVDs to digital files. (hannah)
January 16: The West Wing and Borgen: Compare and contrast. (makamu)
January 17:
January 18:
January 19: Consuming media in the The Darkest Timeline (or is it The Most Stupid Timeline) (zarahwithaz)
January 20: Space ships vs space stations (zarahwithaz)
January 21: Why the first season of Farscape is worth watching (zarahwithaz)
January 22: Dufresne (from Black Sails ) (ryda_wrong)
January 23: My ideal version of the later seasons for The Good Wife (makamu)
January 24: German folklore (watervole)
January 25: My favorite Tenth Doctor moments (felis)
January 26: Doc Holliday (Wynona Earp edition) (zarahwithaz)
January 27: Storytellers and storytelling in Black Sails (scintilla10)
January 28:
January 29:
January 30:
January 31:

Comments

[muccamukk]

What you're hoping to see in the next season of Doctor Who. (Pick a day)

[jesuswasbatman]

Did you see any interesting Shakespeare productions this year?

(Had to give up on the Globe this year due to back problems and feeling fannish withdrawal)

[selenak]

Alas no, I haven't, would have to go back to 2016 for that. Or I could write about Shakespeare productions that particularly stuck in my mind over the years?

[jesuswasbatman]

Yes, the ones that stuck would be interesting

[davetheanalyzer]

Hmm...if and when Big Finish picks up 12 Doctor era material, what do you expect to be expanded on and explored, and what do you want to be expanded on and explored? This can also include Class, if by some miracle BF decides to pick up and continue it like Torchwood has been picked up and continued.

[selenak]

Excellent idea for a post!

[redfiona99]

Your choice of day - Babylon 5, the aides of the ambassadors are awesome - discuss.

(One of the UK channels is reshowing B5 from the start and I am refilled with love for Babylon 5).

[selenak]

Good choice, for they are!

[contrary_cal]

What you hope to see in Call the Midwife in 2018?

[selenak]

Will do!

[saturnofthemoon]

Can I pick multiple days?
Opinions on inaccurate historical adaptations, (they're all inaccurate but some are extra special)
Top Ten Star Trek friendships
Winn Adami

any day, I don't think I'm doing anything in January

[selenak]

I shall write about them all.

[scintilla10]

Ohh, I'd be interested in something on Black Sails. Perhaps your thoughts about Jack, Anne and Max? Or else the topic of storytellers and storytelling (perhaps contrasted with books/reading)?

Pick a day!

[selenak]

I'll write about both!

[ffutures]

Five things the Doctor would do if she wasn't worried about messing up history.

[selenak]

A veritable challenge. :) Will do.

[watervole]

German folklore

[selenak]

That is pretty general, but I shall try!

[rydra_wong]

Obviously I have to request something Black Sails-related ...

Maybe a character you feel you haven't particularly written about (but would like to)? Or a character where your feelings about them changed dramatically during the course of the show?

[selenak]

My first choice for that will be written about in the category "storytelling" already, but I just thought about a character I want to talk about whom I seem to see differently from vocal fandom indeed. *edits to add a post about... that would be spoiling*

[rydra_wong]

*checks the post list* Oooooooooh. \o/

[hannah]

January 15: the rise and fall and shift in trends in fandom media accessibility as you experienced them - VHS tapes to DVDs to digital files.

[selenak]

Will Do!

[makamu]

Ooh, this is nifty. May I ask for a compare and contrast between The West Wing and Borgen ? Thanks in advance, though I think I have just been bitten my a plot bunny...

[selenak]

Great idea! Will do.

[makamu]

I also have a second idea, as I just started watching The Good Wife (if I may?):

How to make The Good Wife awesome again: your version of the last seasons

[selenak]

Hm, a challenge, I'll try!

[zahrawithaz.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I am really excited for the Ezri Dax and Winn Adami pieces!

Here are some ideas, which you can adopt or dismiss as you like:

1) Favorite historical anachronisms (as in those are common enough to occur across multiple stories). Fee free to dismiss this if it's too similar to Jan 11.

2) Reasons to watch the first season of Farscape. (This is a totally selfish one. I bogged done in the middle of season 1 and as a non-binger am looking for near-term encouragement.)

3) Why Doc on Wynona Earp is your favorite and what lines of development would be most interesting for his character? (I know you've only seen season 1, so this would be a strict no-spoilers-in-the-comments, but as someone who came very late to Doc appreciation I want to hear more of your perspective.)

4) Space stations v. space ships: how do the settings shape their stories? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? You can draw from as many media examples as you please.

5) As someone who didn't know you at all back in the Buffy days, how do you think the legacy of that show plays out today? What good or bad things has it added to our media landscape? What have the shows that followed it done better or worse? Are their any elements that haven't been copied or elaborated on?

6) Who are your favorite villains who are not/should not be redeemed, and why?

7) Hmm. Not sure how to phrase this one: What can STD do with the mirror verse given that we who are watching are unfortunately living in a mirror verse of our own? How does our current political nightmare affect the show, given that historically the mirror verse was there to show an alternative to the relatively optimistic ST future?

8) To combine with the above or treat separately: Is the current political crisis affecting how you consume media, and if so, how?

[selenak]

Some very intriguing subjects! I shall see what I can do. Re: Discovery, though, I think it'll start again around January 10 or 11, so whatever they'll do with the Mirrorverse will then be revealed to me already, which by necessity will inform my reply, so... tricky. Hm. Maybe I'll move dates. Let's see.

[felis]

Movies and books with specific positive visions of the future? If you don't feel like doing that, maybe your favourite and/or defining Tenth Doctor moments? Or alternatively, your thoughts on the topic of identity and change in Doctor Who, for Doctors and companions alike.

[selenak]

If I can think of enough positive visions for the future in January, I'll do that. But I'll definitely have a go at Ten.

[ffutures]

Another possible idea - what the Beatles would be doing now if they'd gone the supergroup route and added new members as people died / split from the group / retired, and musicians who would have been in the group over the decades.

[watervole]

If you know anything about German folk dance, I'd really love to hear about that. Especially sword dances... (I Know I've already asked for folklore, but hey, there are still days left vacant)

[selenak]

Alas, I know nothing.

[watervole]

Start about 16 mins into this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQNS1UeicTQ

It's a classic style of what I think of as processional sword dance.