Return of the January Meme

[selenak]

As always in recent years, I'll do this meme in January. I've always enjoyed doing it, and look forward to your prompts, old and new friends.


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, why the world should give the Julian-Claudians a rest and make a Flavius Josephus/Josef Ben Matthias centric show set in the Flavian era instead, which Byzantine Empress needs her own series, etc.) to life-related to favorite tea brands 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 the 2023 January meme, the2022 January meme, the 2021 January Meme, the January Meme: 2020 Edition, the 2019 one, the 2018 meme, the 2017 edition , and the 2016 January meme to see which topics I've written about in past years.


January 1:
January 2: Hopes and Fears for Star Trek: Discovery's final season (lightofdaye)
January 3: Shakespeare's influence on German literature and art (landofnowhere)
January 4:
January 5:
January 6: Favourite adaptations (aurumcalendula)
January 7:
January 8: Scholarly reading tips for the aspiring Ricardian (mildred_of_midgard)
January 9:
January 10: Favorite Greek play(s)? Any modern adaptations (books/movies/etc.) you particularly recommend? (cahn)
January 11:
January 12: late antique or Byzantine set TV shows you'd love to see (and fantasy casting for the leads) (machiavellijr)
January 13: favorite tea (aurumcalendula)
January 14: Recent developments in Beatles Fandom (lurkinghistoric)
January 15:
January 16: Books/media I find have aged really well(mssilverstar)
January 17:
January 18:
January 19:
January 20: The book I would most like to see filmed / converted to s TV series. (ffutures)
January 21:
January 22:
January 23: Midnight Mass (itsnotmymind)
January 24:
January 25: Mentorship on "For All Mankind") (scintilla10)
January 26: Best and worst potential kingdom swaps in my favourite periods (thornyrose42)
January 27: Favorite Black Sails things (characters, themes, quotes, scenes, plotlines, whatever) (lirazel)
January 28: fantasy casting for Rhapsody of Blood, or thoughts about how I'd adapt it for TV (lokifan)
January 29:
January 30: Favorite German Princess (avrelia)
January 31:

Comments

[ffutures]

Let's try January 20th and "the book I would most like to see filmed / converted to s TV series."

[selenak]

Done!

[landofnowhere]

How about January 3 and Shakespeare's influence on German literature and arts?

[selenak]

Done!

[aurumcalendula]

What are your favorite varieties of tea (and/or favorite tea brands)?

or

What are your favorite adaptations?

[selenak]

Adaptations were posted!

[selenak]

Tea is posted!

[machiavellijr]

January 12, late antique or Byzantine set TV shows you'd love to see (and fantasy casting for the leads)?

[selenak]

Done!

[lirazel]

Favorite Black Sails things (characters, themes, quotes, scenes, plotlines, whatever).

[selenak]

Aye, aye! Mission accomplished!

[msilverstar]

How about the 16th, and books/media you find have aged really well?

[selenak]

A bit late, but done!

[msilverstar]

What a treat, thank you!

[itsnotmymind]

January 23 - Midnight Mass

[selenak]

Done!

[lightofdaye]

Any day you like - What are your hopes and fears about Star Trek: Discovery's fifth and final season?

[selenak]

Done!

[mildred_of_midgard]

Anything more scholarly than The Daughter of Time you would recommend to a non-specialist who leans Ricardian but doesn't have a good enough grasp on the sources to go around asserting pro-Ricardian views to others?

[selenak]

Posted!

[mildred_of_midgard]

Thank you! Have read and will reply properly as soon as I can. <3

[avrelia]

Favorite German princess (I know, there are too many candidates, and I am tempted to add some time limits, but I won't) for January 30th

[selenak]

Your Princess(es) await!

[cahn]

Favorite Greek play(s)? Any modern adaptations (books/movies/etc.) you particularly recommend?

[selenak]

Answered!

[scintilla10]

I recently started watching For All Mankind in part due to your reviews for the show! I'd be interested in hearing more of your thoughts - maybe on a topic such as mentorship, or non-romantic relationships? Or just talk about one of the characters or relationships you find interesting!

[selenak]

Done!

[lurkinghistoric]

How about January 14 and recent developments in Beatledom? Did you have opinions on Now and Then? Also, I have the impression that Get Back has significantly shifted the narrative on the band's history, so I'd love to know your thoughts on that. Thank you!

[selenak]

Posted!

[lokifan]

28th: fantasy casting for Rhapsody of Blood, or thoughts about how you'd adapt it for TV?

[selenak]

Done!

[thornyrose42]

I was listening to a podcast (You’re Dead to Me) where a comedian quipped that Peter III of Russia and Frederick the Great would have both been quite satisfied with a kingdom swap, since Peter admired Prussia so much and Frederick would not have said no to such a giant hunk of Empire.

Whether or not that is true, what do you think would be some of the best and worst kingdom swaps from your favourite periods? Whose style of governance was much better suited to another kingdom’s problems? Who managed where they were ruling but would have floundered when forced to deal with someone else’s political brew.

26th Jan please, since it is my birthday!

[selenak]

Happy birthday, and done!