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30. What are some of the best things you have watched this year? I'm just looking for recs tbh. asked by Jenny form Discord

I've watched some pretty good stuff this year. Fun fact! I actually keep a log of everything I watch each year, so I can look back and see my... haha, accomplishment, I guess? Progress? It started in 2020 during lockdown, when I was stuck in the house for months and had very little to do other than knock things off my watch list, and I was curious as to how much stuff a person could watch when they had almost no day to day responsibilities. It stuck, so now I just continue to log everything.

TV Shows:

Abbott Elementary. Sweet, fun comedy in the style of The Office and Parks and Rec.
All Of Us Are Dead. Korean zombie series.
Barry. Very clever dark comedy.
Couples Therapy. Exactly what it says on the tin.
First Kill. Lesbians! Enemies to lovers trope!
Heartstopper. One of the sweetest things I've ever seen.
House of the Dragon. Healing the wounds Game of Thrones left behind.
I Love That For You. I'm not sure what the appeal was but I couldn't stop watching it.
A League of Their Own. I don't like baseball, but I loved this.
Our Flag Means Death. I mean???? Chef's kiss.
The Sandman. Absolutely beautiful.
The Serpent Queen. In the style of The Great, if you've ever seen that. About Catherine Medici.
She Hulk. The fanboy gatekeepers tried to keep this show down, but it's a fucking delight.
Uncoupled. NPH is a delight as always. Fun and introspective both.

Movies:

The 355. Pretty decent female-led spy/action movie.
The Black Phone. Solid creepy movie. Not "scary," but good.
Bullet Train. Good, stylish, funny action flick with some fun cameos.
Don't Worry Darling. I know it's become a meme, but I actually really liked it.
Everything, Everywhere, All The Time. I guarantee you've never seen anything like it.
Fresh. A ride for sure. I'm never dating again.
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande. Adventures in self esteem and acceptance.
Nope. Jordan Peele has never made a movie I didn't love.
Prey. Predator prequel, and very well done.

By no means an exhaustive list, but some of the gems I've found during this year.

And that's it, folks. AMA over. I'm kind of glad, actually. It was fun just babbling about stuff every day, but I was starting to feel bad about posting every day. I hope nobody felt spammed. Thanks to anyone to asked a question, and to anyone who read my answers!

28. What characters have you roleplayed as? asked by Danny from Discord

Ahh, lots. A whole parade of OCs over the course of my RP career, for starters.

Jubilee from X-Men was one of my first canons, before I even knew what the word 'canon' meant. Schuldich from Weiss Kreuz. Rachel from Animorphs. Dean Winchester from Supernatural, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, and Jim Moriarty from BBC Sherlock. Jack O'Neil and Daniel Jackson from Stargate: SG-1. Donna Noble from Doctor Who. Remus Lupin from Harry Potter. Derek Hale from Teen Wolf. Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto from, again, X-Men, though this time from the reboot/prequel movies. Illya Kuryakin and Gaby Teller from The Man From Uncle. Leonard McCoy from AOS Trek, of course, and recently I've also tried my hand vaguely at Jim Kirk and Gaila.

There are more, it's just that it's 2am and I can't remember them all at the moment.

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It's hot again, and I'm not impressed. Tomorrow is supposed to be the last truly hot day before it cools back down again, and hopefully this time it stays down.

I went and saw Don't Worry Darling today, and while I was worried that the best part about it might be the hilarious behind-the-scenes discourse, I actually ended up liking it quite a bit! Florence Pugh really carried the hell out of that movie.

Afterward, I stopped at Trader Joe's and found a Black Tea & Boba ice cream, which is chef's kiss. Tastes like someone made me some black milk tea with boba and then stuck it in the freezer. Delicious.

I am in another slump. I have a ton of fics to work on. I have a bunch of RPs awaiting replies. But I simply cannot write at the moment, for whatever reason. Maybe the heat? Maybe I'm getting another case of the sads and am really needing my therapy appointment this week. Whatever the case, all I can bring myself to do is binge episodes of this pizza cooking competition I discovered called Best In Dough.

Hope you're all well!

25. What true crime podcast and/or book would you recommend? asked by pianogurl330

I like My Favorite Murder, Last Podcast on the Left, and Someone Knows Something for true crime.

Thanks for asking!

Wow, shortest answer all month, I think.

There's another heatwave. I'm not impressed. Honestly, I spent most of the weekend napping, so I have absolutely nothing to talk about. Oi.

23. Who is your favourite character you cosplayed? Maybe even with pictures.:D asked by dr_zook

Hello! My cosplay resume list is insane, actually, so this is a hard one.

Quistis from FF8 will always hold a special place in my heart, because it was my first cosplay and it was actually pretty damned good, and I actually did look like her at the time so I got a lot of compliments. A few pictures of this exist, but as they were taken by a throw-away camera, I'd have to go digging around in scrapbooks and old photo boxes to try and find them. I might, for a Halloween post or something!

I really loved getting to cosplay Bones, though technically it was just a Halloween costume since I wore it for a Halloween party. For some reason, there aren't any pictures of this, but! I'm going to be revisiting it for Star Trek Las Vegas next summer, so there will be plenty then.

I loved cosplaying Ciel Phantomhive from Black Butler, because I went all out with all the details and it ended up turning out pretty well in my opinion. This one I can provide a couple of pictures of.

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Thanks for asking!

I missed a day, whoops. Two today!

20. Which three characters would you have a dinner party with? asked by reeby10

There are so many possible answers for this, most of them funny or interesting or profound, especially if I'm able to pull each one from a different universe. Since I've got perpetual Trek brainrot, I'll pick an easy one: Picard, SNW!Pike, and AOS!Kirk. Would love to hear about the adventures and the experiences in command from three very different captains (and three of my favorites).

21. Are there any foods that you used to hate that you really enjoy now? asked by Annie from Discord

Avocado is the big one. I used to hate it for some reason, when I was young and stupid. If I ordered some sort of sandwich that came with it, I would ask for it to be removed, and the server would ask me if I was sure haha. Now I love it, of course. Can't get enough.

Also, when I was a little kid, I absolutely refused to eat Chinese food. I have no idea why. By the time I was in middle school it was one of my favorite types of food, and still is. Eat it all the time.

Thanks for asking!

18. What are all the pets you've ever had? asked by Jasmine from Discord

Many. So, so many.

Dogs

Muffin. Chow-chow, was in the family before I was born. My first pet.
Missy. Australian Shepherd/Shetland Sheepdog cross.
Sketch. Dachshund.
Missy II. Another Dachshund, brought into the family by my step-dad.
Kara. Coydog, mostly cross with German Shepherd and Australian Shepherd.
Mandy. My mom's Miniature Schnauzer.
Colby. My mom's second Schnauzer; sold as a mini, turned out to be a standard.

Birds

Silver. Cockatiel given to my mother by a friend.
Snowflake. Cockatiel we bought to replace Silver.
Juno. African Grey parrot.
Sammy. Pigeon. Found him as a baby and hand raised him.

Rodents

Hershey. Mouse.
Angel. Mouse.
Delta. Mouse.
Shadow. Mouse.
Kisa. Rat.
Rin. Rat.
Bones. Rat.
Sherlock. Rat.
Watson. Rat.
Remy. Rat.

Reptiles

Ayame. Ball Python. My biology teacher needed to rehome, and let me take one.
Severus. Ball Python.
Arkadion. Bearded Dragon.

Fish

About fifty goldfish, all told. They all had names, but I don't remember them all. These ranged from elementary school to just a few years ago.

About a dozen Betta fish. They too all had names, but I don't recall of them, either. Some of them in the recent years, though, have been Magnus, Peril, Cowboy, Cecil, and Perfect Carlos, with Cecil my longest living one, at a whopping five years.

Several Neon Tetras. I do not remember their names.

One crayfish. After using them in an elementary school experiment, I was allowed to bring mine home.

Misc.

Rikki. Ferret.
Snowball. Rabbit. Found him in the street, had to rehome eventually due to allergies.
Pandora. Cat. Again, found her. Rehomed her to a friend of mine, due to allergies. My friend renamed her Grace.

And now, I have none.

Kara was my faithful best friend of sixteen years, and passed away last April. I haven't had any animals since, and it's left a big hole in my life, if I'm honest. Mandy and Colby are still alive and well, but they live with my parents up in Washington state, and I haven't seen them in a few years.

15. What was your first ‘ship? asked by quailfence

Awhile ago I answered a similar question about what my first fandom was, and the answer was dependent on what really counted as me being a part of a fandom; my answer was ultimately "Depending, either Sailor Moon, Harry Potter, or Stargate: SG-1."

So, my first ship might have been Haruka/Michiru, or it may have been Jack/Daniel. Weirdly enough, even though I read Harry Potter before I watched Stargate, I didn't really ship anything from it until a little later. Now Sirius/Remus is one of my top ten. Just took me a little longer to get there.

Thanks for asking!

13. What are some bands you hate that everybody else seems to love? asked by Michelle from Facebook

First of all, hate is a very strong emotion, and I don't take it lightly or throw it around when it doesn't really apply. I try not to hate anything if I can help it, unless it's truly terrible, because we don't need that sort of casual negativity. Music is just music, I can take it or leave it without hating anybody or their art.

That said, there are some bands that, if their music comes on the radio, I will change the station.

Putting this under a cut because 1) this is dangerous ground, and I know it, and 2) I am legitimately not trying to yuck anyone's yums here, I'm just answering the question. Nothing at all against anyone who may love these bands.

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Thanks for asking!

11.If you could be an officer on the Enterprise what position would you be? asked by pianogurl330

I would want a position that kept me out of most of the action, but was still an important contributor. I'd like to work in medbay, given I have a lot of education and experience in anatomy, pathology, physiology, first aid, and patient care.

Alternatively, I'd love to have a very niche space on one of the science teams that is involved with studying and handling animals from other worlds. Who would do this? A Xenobiologist? A Xenozoologist? I feel like people with this specialty would not be posted on every ship; not sure if the Enterprise would have anything like that.

Thanks for asking!

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I am living my best life. It is thundering like nobody's business out there. The winds have picked up into insane gusts. It's alternating between raining and hailing. This is most unusual, but I confess that I am loving it. Someone knocked on my door recently and when I went to see was there, I couldn't see anybody, which only added to this spooky atmosphere.

I also just signed up for another Halloween exchange, because I have zero self-control.

8. Do you like Star Wars? If so - what’s your fave SW movie & show? asked by quailfence

I do, a little bit? I'm a very casual SW fan in that I understand all the references and I can identify all the characters on sight, but I don't really know all the lore and whatnot. I got through half my life without having ever seen a single Star Wars movie, and when I did finally see them I ended up watching them in chrono order rather than order of release.

I know I'm probably in the minority but I actually liked Rogue One a lot more than the people around me seemed to. As for the rest of the movies, I liked them all a pretty baseline amount, if I'm honest, but I think I have to say that out of everything I've seen, what gripped me the most and actually made me excited to watch more as soon as possible was The Mandalorian. I also really liked Book of Boba Fett (largely because it tied in so much with The Mandalorian) and I did really enjoy Obi-Wan Kenobi.

As much as I love space and shows and movies and books that take place in space, I'm actually really surprised that my love for SW just never seemed to take off. Maybe I tried to get into it at the wrong time in my life? Maybe someday it'll all change.