Snowflake Challenge Day 5

[kingstoken]

Challenge #5

In your own space, promote a canon/talk about a part of canon that you love.

I thought I'd make a few canon suggestions:

This Is How You Lose the Time War: (Book) Do you like the sound of, time traveling, shaping shifting women, enemies to lovers, and epistolary writing? Then this might be the book for you. People either seem to love or hate this book, I loved it. It is a beautiful written sci-fi love story, between two women who are on opposite sides in a war. The focus is on the two characters and their developing relationship, there is not much world building, but what you do get, makes you curious to know more.

Star Trek: The Original Series: (TV Series and Movies) I loved the original Star Trek as a kid, and this past year I rewatched the majority of the original series and all the TOS movies, and I found them delightful. I love the dynamic of the senior crew, especially the three main characters, Kirk, Spock and McCoy. The series had some wacky sci-fi plots, and had to deal with limited special effects, but so many of these ideas went on to become sci-fi staples. They also had some surprisingly progressive episodes, directly or indirectly, dealing with topics of war, race and environmental disasters. That being said, it was the 1960s so there are also problems, there is basically only one main woman recurring character, and she does not get enough screen time or development, there are a few sexist episodes, and there is no overarching narrative. If you want to know my thoughts about the movies, you can find them here and here

The Old Guard: (Movie) I know that tons of people watched this movie in 2020, but if you didn't please give it a go. We have immortal badasses who fight to save people, found family feels, a beautiful canon M/M pairing, and an implied past W/W pairing, plus no "bury you gays" trope. It is action packed, and violent at times, but trust me, there is a reason everyone on your feed was talking about it back in the summer.

Fortunate Son: (TV Series) This is a little known Canadian TV series, it is about a woman, in the 1960s, who helps a draft dodger sneak into Canada, and that is just the beginning. It is a mix of spy thriller and family drama, and a 1960s aesthetic. My favourite characters were two Canadian cops who are trying to figure out what the hell was going on, if you watched SPN then you will recognize the actor who played one of the cops. It has only 8 episodes so far, and whether there will be second season is up in the air, the main storyline was wrapped up, but they did leave it open for the possibility of a season 2. One of the drawbacks is that it is probably not even close to being historically accurate, but I don't think it was really intended to be. If you want more of my thoughts, you can check out my post here

Comments

[stellar_dust]

I will have to eventually get around to watching The Old Guard!

[kingstoken]

Please do, it is action packed and heartfelt, I really hope they come out with a sequel.