yuletide media consumption?

[cahn]

Before yuletide signups open, what media should I consume or re-consume? (These can be things you've nominated, things you think I should read/watch that other people have nominated, 5-minute fandoms that you think I'd enjoy...) It should ideally be fairly short (meaning single-book or no more than 3-4 hours of watching time).

If I haven't posted about it here in the last year or so, you can take it as given that I probably need to review it at least a little before making the plunge to offer it. (And this doesn't mean I'll actually offer it, of course, but I'll think about it :) Maybe even request it?)

My list so far:
-Soon I Will Be Invincible (Grossman, would be first read)
-Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) (does anyone have a youtube link they really like? would be a reread, but first watch)
-Romeo es Julia (would be first watch)
-The Perilous Gard (Pope, reread)

Comments

[voksen]

the young maiden in love is a carnivore - really short oneshot manga that everyone should like

and of course I'm going to beg everyone to watch and offer Jurassic Park :V

[cahn]

ooh... that looks really cool. thanks!

[skygiants]

I am requesting fic about "The Provenance Game," a short story from the Fight Like a Girl anthology about MAGIC ARCHIVISTS who save the day with PROPER CATALOGING PROCEDURES. I'm gonna be doing a proper write-up of the antho in the next couple days, but I strongly recommend at least that very first story. :D

[cahn]

That sounds INCREDIBLE. WHY ARE THERE NOT MORE STORIES LIKE THIS. *looks up* *bounces* :)

[sophia_sol]

YES GOOD WATCHING ROMEO ES JULIA it is such a wonderful show! I am not going to be offering or requesting it for Yuletide but I am just happy to see other people watching it!

Let me link you to my recent post about the 1997 Cinderella musical, as well as to my pimping post from a couple years ago; the pimp post is a little out of date in terms of fandoms but the first two are ones I am still intending to request this year.

[cahn]

Yay! I have historically done poorly with non-English shows, but I am hoping my opera-watching in the last couple of years will help me with that :)

Oooooh, right! Cinderella! I saw that post but inexplicably forgot to add it to my list! :)

[cordialcount]

Mildly related to earlier post: I've been wanting to slash some of Orson Scott Card's characters for years, and there's the faintest chance someone else might want to read it for Yuletide, but none of the boys come to mind and I'm under the impression Card isn't so discomfited by queer women. I couldn't ask that you or anyone else read more of Card's work, but if by any chance you've read some recently, any suggestions?

Peter/Valentine is my unintended Card pairing of choice, and the characters have been nominated, but they don't have the same meta ring.

[cahn]

Oh, no worries, I've read all of Card's work up to several years ago, including some of the early horror and some of the late drek neither of which I could in conscience recommend to anyone :)

Queer women pairings:

Ender universe: Petra/Valentine (this may require an AU, since I think there is a very short window where they could meet, but I kind of think this pairing is very cool); Valentine/Novinha (Speaker and sequels), Wang-mu/Jane (Xenocide; ...actually this could be really interesting, and I'd love to read this)

Songmaster: ...all the really interesting characters are asexual in this one, but you could probably do an asexual romance between two of the Songmaster ladies.

Memory of Earth series: I know there must be interesting women to slash in this one.

Hmm, I'm sure there are more that aren't coming to mind. I'll try to see if I can think of any this weekend :)

(So I am heroically restraining from giving the longform of My Lecture about Card and the LDS church and queerness, but I don't actually think he has a problem, per se, with either queer men or women, although boy howdy I didn't realize until the previous post how his work is full of teh gay men. It's gay marriage that is the bugbear, and this will be a problem until and unless the LDS church changes its stance on it. (Or, more likely, until it's a done deal, at which point the LDS church will probably give in. Hi black priesthood!))

(Uh, yeah, that was the short version :) )

[carmarthen]

Eeee R és J, I hope you enjoy it! I don't have a favorite production of Shakespeare R&J, but I'm optimistic about the movie that's coming out in October.

I also recommend Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute and associated materials.

[cahn]

ahhhhh! This looks very cool. (Although there is absolutely no way I could offer it, I think, yay awesome canon!)

[seekingferret]

I read Soon I Will Be Invincible when it first came out- I think you'll enjoy it.

And for a real 5 minute canon, here's the entire canon of my nomination of "The Influence of Immanuel Kant on Evidentiary Approaches in 18th Century Bulgaria": http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/law-prof-ifill-challenges-chief-justice-roberts%E2%80%99-take-on-academic-scholarship

[cahn]

OH. I have been wondering about this since you posted it on your DW, but have been too lazy to look it up myself. BWAHAHAHAHAHA.