*sniggers* doing my customary rewriting of my bio pre-NaNo and as always 9/10ths of it is me fangirling. I even acknowledge that at the start.
Every year I write a new bio and I talk about my current fandoms. Three years ago I said how much I loved the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Stargate. I then spoke at length about a new favourite – Once Upon a Time. Once has finished now and to be honest I didn’t watch season seven but I’m still active in the fandom, and still writing (or at least thinking about writing) fanfic for it.
I said last year how much I loved Agents of Shield and that is still very true. This long hiatus before the (probable) last season 🙁 is just ugh too long! I want to know what happens next dammit. I’ve recently started watching Warehouse 13 and I’m love with H.G. Wells, Jaime Murray is amazing in every role I’ve ever seen her in and this is no exception. I’m currently mid-way through season two so #nospoilers.
My total favourite *cough* ok obsession, right now has to be The Librarians. Oh man I couldn’t love it more if I tried. I am not admitting how many times I’ve rewatched it (ending at just 42 episodes is so cruel) but wow I don’t think I’ve ever watched a show (not even Stargate, my absolute all-time favourite) which makes me as happy as The Librarians does. It is just such a happy show. The enthusiasm they have for learning, and the comedy and the banter and just everything – I love it!
I would be remiss in failing to mention Killjoys, which alas only has one more season left, but at least the writers got a ton of notice so I’m expecting it to wrap up well. I’m also watching Black Lightning. I think that’s it?
Nope nearly forgot Timeless, Garcy ftw!
Still if I’m going to fall in love with a bunch of new shows, at least I mostly picked cancelled ones, which is better for my time even if I’m still sad that there is no more.
Quite why EVERY SINGLE YEAR I seem to think this is necessary content for a bio is beyond me. BUT every year I flail over TV that I love. Every year!
*sniggers harder* actually I’m wondering if maybe it’s me subconsciously doing a big rude gesture to the established ‘wisdom’ when it comes to writing. You know the old “you have to read in order to write” cliche. I tend to believe that you have to be exposed to good stories, and I’m not picky about the form. I think TV has a lot to recommend it when it comes to mining for writing tools: inspirational visuals, snappy dialogue, a clear act structure etc.
Oh man in class yesterday the lecturer was asking what people were currently reading. The students that spoke up were all reading ‘worthy’ books (or so they said). The lecturer said that she didn’t mind what we said, that even if we we reading say Neil Gaiman it was ok (I was like ??? that this was her example of ‘low’ literature because really?). I was soooo tempted to say that I was reading fanfic just to shock everyone but I was too much of a coward.
Oh and one more funny thing about yesterdays class. We read this poem and the commentary on it was “most people reading this had no idea it was a love poem” and I really struggled not to laugh because I must have read too much fanfic, as it screamed dom/sub dynamic, it was like poetic erotica.
I’m going to shut up now.
#but as I’m too afraid to speak my mind I will probably never find out if they are also biting their tongues#I love writing and I love books but usually if I read something that purports to be literary then I think it is snobby and crap#I wish I could know whether I’m alone in this on the course or if any of my fellow students feel the same way#ok I shouldn’t say crap I should say not to my taste because casting judgement is bad but well that is what I’m thinking even if I don’t say#seriously sometimes I wonder if maybe I’m not a good fit for an English Lit course