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)

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[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 :) )