Snowflake Challenge #5
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Schitt's Creek - A Canadian sit-com with a stellar cast and huge family feels.
This is the Rose family. They used to be rich, very snobby and did not know how to family. Now they are piss poor (because they got swindled) and over the six seasons they learn how to channel some of the snobbishness in less exclusionary ways and how to family. Sort of.
They do that with the help of the eccentric occupants of one Schitt's Creek, which is a hick town in the middle of somewhere that Johnny Rose bought one time on a whim.
I don't love the show universally or uncritically. For someone who has a squick about public humiliation, there are some scenes that make me cringe and the cast is Very White. It took a while to warm up fully even to my favourite characters, although I think that's kind of the point. It is, after all, about growth.
However. It is funny, and warm, the friendships and family relationships and the whole making a new life for oneself which is nothing like one imagined but is actually better, really appeals to me. My favourites...
David Rose. Apart for Captain Jack Harkness, he's the only openly, explicitly pansexual character (he likes the wine and not the label!) I've seen on media and I love him. Apart for that the only other thing we share is the burning need to have things Exactly The Way We Want Them Because That Is Obviously The Best. I kind of want to pull off his fashion concept, but apart for the cheap imitation rings (of which I now have 9 and am regular wearing 7 of) I can't afford it. It helps that Dan Levy is luminous.
Stevie Budd. I love her snark, how she doesn't take any bullshit (especially not David's) and how she tries to hide how much she cares. She and David are friendship goals, maybe relationship goals. Yes, I kind of ship Stevie/David/Patrick and am sad there aren't more awesome poly fam fics about them.
Patrick Brewer. This is in many ways about his relationship with David and how open and well balanced it ends up being. I love all the canon about them and cried/laughed/cried several times through key moments. Also, Noah Reid is now on regular Spotify rotation as Extremely Listenable.
Alexis & David sibling relationship is an absolute delight and I'm so there with all the fanon about how they supported each other (badly but still) through what amounts to emotional neglect during their childhood and teenage years. Though played for laughs, Alexis' frequent asides of how she talked/paid her out of dangerous situations across the world (or how David actually saved her little sister repeatedly) have such potential for dark back story...
Anyway, Schitt's Creek! It's on Netflix. Would recommend.***
The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (link takes you to the first book)
I read this last year and was hooked. The world is ending, again. For Essun, it's not the first time but she might just ensure that the next time will be the last. The story is powerful and painful in many ways, and whilst there is love and hope, there are no neat or easy answers. The world building is one of the most original I've read in ages and even though the first book used a narrative device I figured out half-way through, it was still effective and very well done. If you like strong female characters, diverse cast (people of colour, queer, trans, disabled) and relationships (canon poly arrangement!) and mythos that spans millennia but is very well thought through, then this is definitely for you.
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Challenge #5 of
was to promote canon/talk about a part of canon that you love. And I thought I would take this opportunity to pimp two things I've loved lately, without spoilers. Although there may be some in comments in case people get chatty...
Schitt's Creek - A Canadian sit-com with a stellar cast and huge family feels.
This is the Rose family. They used to be rich, very snobby and did not know how to family. Now they are piss poor (because they got swindled) and over the six seasons they learn how to channel some of the snobbishness in less exclusionary ways and how to family. Sort of.
They do that with the help of the eccentric occupants of one Schitt's Creek, which is a hick town in the middle of somewhere that Johnny Rose bought one time on a whim.
I don't love the show universally or uncritically. For someone who has a squick about public humiliation, there are some scenes that make me cringe and the cast is Very White. It took a while to warm up fully even to my favourite characters, although I think that's kind of the point. It is, after all, about growth.
However. It is funny, and warm, the friendships and family relationships and the whole making a new life for oneself which is nothing like one imagined but is actually better, really appeals to me. My favourites...
David Rose. Apart for Captain Jack Harkness, he's the only openly, explicitly pansexual character (he likes the wine and not the label!) I've seen on media and I love him. Apart for that the only other thing we share is the burning need to have things Exactly The Way We Want Them Because That Is Obviously The Best. I kind of want to pull off his fashion concept, but apart for the cheap imitation rings (of which I now have 9 and am regular wearing 7 of) I can't afford it. It helps that Dan Levy is luminous.
Stevie Budd. I love her snark, how she doesn't take any bullshit (especially not David's) and how she tries to hide how much she cares. She and David are friendship goals, maybe relationship goals. Yes, I kind of ship Stevie/David/Patrick and am sad there aren't more awesome poly fam fics about them.
Patrick Brewer. This is in many ways about his relationship with David and how open and well balanced it ends up being. I love all the canon about them and cried/laughed/cried several times through key moments. Also, Noah Reid is now on regular Spotify rotation as Extremely Listenable.
Alexis & David sibling relationship is an absolute delight and I'm so there with all the fanon about how they supported each other (badly but still) through what amounts to emotional neglect during their childhood and teenage years. Though played for laughs, Alexis' frequent asides of how she talked/paid her out of dangerous situations across the world (or how David actually saved her little sister repeatedly) have such potential for dark back story...
Anyway, Schitt's Creek! It's on Netflix. Would recommend.***
The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (link takes you to the first book)
I read this last year and was hooked. The world is ending, again. For Essun, it's not the first time but she might just ensure that the next time will be the last. The story is powerful and painful in many ways, and whilst there is love and hope, there are no neat or easy answers. The world building is one of the most original I've read in ages and even though the first book used a narrative device I figured out half-way through, it was still effective and very well done. If you like strong female characters, diverse cast (people of colour, queer, trans, disabled) and relationships (canon poly arrangement!) and mythos that spans millennia but is very well thought through, then this is definitely for you.
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on 2021-01-09 02:42 pm (UTC)I've added the trilogy to my list of books to buy after my current moratorium on book acquisition.
Thanks for both reviews, which are helpful!
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on 2021-01-09 04:52 pm (UTC)I think you would definitely enjoy the books! I have enough books to read at home as well that I'm not buying any more.