Interview meme
Nov. 5th, 2009 04:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
weewarriorLeave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity.
Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
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astrogirl2 asked me
1. Where would you most like to be right now?
By the sea, or in the mountains. And preferably some place where it isn't raining.
2. What's the best book you've read lately?
The one I'm reading currently, actually: A Free Man Of Color, by Barbara Hambly. It's a historical mystery set in early 19th century New Orleans, and Hambly is great at drawing the complex social relationships between different races, different cultures, and different classes. The characters are fantastic, too, especially the main character and reluctant detective, Benjamin Janvier, the eponymous hero. It's even a decent mystery, although its other features stand out more.
3. Are you really very wee? Or much of a warrior?
Well, I'm five feet two. And I've been known to occasionally have a temper, so I guess I could be a warrior if the need arises... I'm also, generally speaking, a fan of Terry Pratchett* and the name is a reference to a group of his characters.
4. You are made Queen of Television for a day. All of your television-related dictates will be followed without question. What do you do? Cancel crappy shows, revive canceled ones, change storylines, give yourself a cameo role in your favorite show? What?
I make J. Michael Straczynski the new creative force behind Heroes - I bet he could do wonders with the premise, not least because he is already familiar with the subject. I replace one CSI with Pushing Daisies, one Law and Order with The Middleman, Grey's Anatomy with The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Fox News with Wonderfalls. Then I force every single showrunner and writer of every single show currently on air to take a course in Writing Compelling Heroines 101, Writing Romantic Storylines That Are Actually Worth Watching and How To Write Convincing Foreigners And Dialogue In A Non-English Language. I replace half of the male cast on any show with female characters, and additionally half of the Caucasians with POCs, in a combination that is actually representative of the country/city/planet/era the show is set in or produced by. I also add several queer characters to every show. I compel the producers of True Blood to hire Michael Emerson to play a werewolf. I give myself a cameo on Doctor Who as a wacky alien who steals the TARDIS and has to be hunted through time and space by all canon Who and Spinoff characters, living or dead. And finally, I force Darlton to change the end of Lost, somehow incorporating V and explaining how Juliet ended up fighting aliens.
5. The classic nerd question: Kirk or Picard?
Picard. Kirk irritates me, but even if I liked him, Picard would always be first.
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*Or Pterry, or Sir Terry, or Mr. Pratchett. Which you probably knew, but this was a good excuse to include a largely pointless, but hopefully amusing footnote wherein I babble on.
I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity.
Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
astrogirl2 asked me 1. Where would you most like to be right now?
By the sea, or in the mountains. And preferably some place where it isn't raining.
2. What's the best book you've read lately?
The one I'm reading currently, actually: A Free Man Of Color, by Barbara Hambly. It's a historical mystery set in early 19th century New Orleans, and Hambly is great at drawing the complex social relationships between different races, different cultures, and different classes. The characters are fantastic, too, especially the main character and reluctant detective, Benjamin Janvier, the eponymous hero. It's even a decent mystery, although its other features stand out more.
3. Are you really very wee? Or much of a warrior?
Well, I'm five feet two. And I've been known to occasionally have a temper, so I guess I could be a warrior if the need arises... I'm also, generally speaking, a fan of Terry Pratchett* and the name is a reference to a group of his characters.
4. You are made Queen of Television for a day. All of your television-related dictates will be followed without question. What do you do? Cancel crappy shows, revive canceled ones, change storylines, give yourself a cameo role in your favorite show? What?
I make J. Michael Straczynski the new creative force behind Heroes - I bet he could do wonders with the premise, not least because he is already familiar with the subject. I replace one CSI with Pushing Daisies, one Law and Order with The Middleman, Grey's Anatomy with The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Fox News with Wonderfalls. Then I force every single showrunner and writer of every single show currently on air to take a course in Writing Compelling Heroines 101, Writing Romantic Storylines That Are Actually Worth Watching and How To Write Convincing Foreigners And Dialogue In A Non-English Language. I replace half of the male cast on any show with female characters, and additionally half of the Caucasians with POCs, in a combination that is actually representative of the country/city/planet/era the show is set in or produced by. I also add several queer characters to every show. I compel the producers of True Blood to hire Michael Emerson to play a werewolf. I give myself a cameo on Doctor Who as a wacky alien who steals the TARDIS and has to be hunted through time and space by all canon Who and Spinoff characters, living or dead. And finally, I force Darlton to change the end of Lost, somehow incorporating V and explaining how Juliet ended up fighting aliens.
5. The classic nerd question: Kirk or Picard?
Picard. Kirk irritates me, but even if I liked him, Picard would always be first.
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*Or Pterry, or Sir Terry, or Mr. Pratchett. Which you probably knew, but this was a good excuse to include a largely pointless, but hopefully amusing footnote wherein I babble on.
