December Daily: crossovery thoughts
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resonantIn the absence of a question for today, I'm just going to toss this out there:
I'm semi-voluntarily* devouring Ben Aaronovitch's "Rivers of London" novels and so far quite enjoying them. These are books that feature a cop who's an apprentice wizard, and also such supernatural characters as something kind of vampirish, something kind of dwarfish, something kind of goblinish, and the human incarnations of the spirits of all the rivers.
So the Rivers series is especially lovely in its sense of place, and in Moon Over Soho, I came upon this description:
Which made me think, as one does, how much I'd like to see Aziraphale and Crowley in this universe.
It would be a challenge, since the Good Omens mythos is Christian (for values of Christian that are very interested in the Genesis and Revelation and not too much interested in anything in between) and the Rivers mythos is so cheerfully pagan. But that might be part of the fun -- poor Aziraphale would have a crisis if he had to admit that he liked a genius loci.
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3.mific: Do you enjoy Christmas more, or less, now the kidlet's older?
4.armadillo1976: Dec 4. From the perspective of a parent of a big(ish) kid, what do you remember most/best from the time your kid was 1-2?
(Asking as a mom of a 1.5 year old, terrified that she is going to forget all the love and beauty and mess of these times...)
5.grammarwoman: what's a go-to comfort meal for you?
6.cesperanza: What three things do you find unexpectedly sexy?
7.jesse_the_k: What's a garment that's well-loved by fandom, to the point of fanonization, that you really don't care for. Examples might be Fraser's hat; Ronon's gun; Sherlock's coat...
8.monanotlisa: What's the hardest thing to write for you, and how do you get around it and yet write it?
9.china_shop: Thoughts about writing original fic vs writing fanfic, whether it's different processes, different feelings (or the same process, and the same feelings), or whatever.
10.julad: What was publishing Exog like for you? The good, the not so good, the unexpected.
11.reginagiraffe: what was the best birthday present you ever got? (You can supply your own definition of "best".)
12.james: Is there a tv show or movie that you would pay a billion dollars to get either a re-working of an episode or a sequel to? (It might not cost that much. Millions.) Because sometimes fanfic isn't enough, you just need to see it on-screen.
13.mific: If you had to give up one of your 5 senses (you know, to save Atlantis or Benton Fraser's life, or suchlike), which would it be and why?
14.james: Which (if any) Harry Potter book is the best totally on its own, with no meta or context or fanfic to bolster it up?
15.james: Who is the most obscure composer, band, or individual musician that you adore?
16.zulu: best vacation/break you ever had?
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18.kass: What do you enjoy most about parenting a kidlet of this age?
19.kass: what fannish character is bringing you the most joy right now?
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27.muccamukk: Moments in canon that still emotionally resonate with you, many years later.
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I'm semi-voluntarily* devouring Ben Aaronovitch's "Rivers of London" novels and so far quite enjoying them. These are books that feature a cop who's an apprentice wizard, and also such supernatural characters as something kind of vampirish, something kind of dwarfish, something kind of goblinish, and the human incarnations of the spirits of all the rivers.
So the Rivers series is especially lovely in its sense of place, and in Moon Over Soho, I came upon this description:
Cheam is another typical outer London village that acquired, in short order, a railway station, some posh detached villas in the late-Victorian style, and finally a smothering blanket of mock-Tudor semis built in the 1930s. Cheam is what the green belt was established to prevent happening to the rest of southeast England. Pictures of Cheam adorn the walls of planning offices of every Home County to serve as an awful warning.
Which made me think, as one does, how much I'd like to see Aziraphale and Crowley in this universe.
It would be a challenge, since the Good Omens mythos is Christian (for values of Christian that are very interested in the Genesis and Revelation and not too much interested in anything in between) and the Rivers mythos is so cheerfully pagan. But that might be part of the fun -- poor Aziraphale would have a crisis if he had to admit that he liked a genius loci.
* By semi-voluntarily I mean that I'm enjoying them very much, but a long vacation and a Jeeves and Wooster anthology taught me not to binge-read the works of a single author in a single universe; too much risk of the author's quirks becoming annoying via repetition. HOWEVER, the library owned Book 1 and Book 5, so not unreasonably I put in a Request To Purchase form suggesting that they maybe consider buying Books 2, 3, and 4 ... and when they bought them, they immediately checked them out to me. So I'm trying to finish them before they're due back.
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mific: Do you enjoy Christmas more, or less, now the kidlet's older?4.
armadillo1976: Dec 4. From the perspective of a parent of a big(ish) kid, what do you remember most/best from the time your kid was 1-2?(Asking as a mom of a 1.5 year old, terrified that she is going to forget all the love and beauty and mess of these times...)
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grammarwoman: what's a go-to comfort meal for you?6.
cesperanza: What three things do you find unexpectedly sexy?7.
jesse_the_k: What's a garment that's well-loved by fandom, to the point of fanonization, that you really don't care for. Examples might be Fraser's hat; Ronon's gun; Sherlock's coat... 8.
monanotlisa: What's the hardest thing to write for you, and how do you get around it and yet write it?9.
china_shop: Thoughts about writing original fic vs writing fanfic, whether it's different processes, different feelings (or the same process, and the same feelings), or whatever.10.
julad: What was publishing Exog like for you? The good, the not so good, the unexpected.11.
reginagiraffe: what was the best birthday present you ever got? (You can supply your own definition of "best".)12.
james: Is there a tv show or movie that you would pay a billion dollars to get either a re-working of an episode or a sequel to? (It might not cost that much. Millions.) Because sometimes fanfic isn't enough, you just need to see it on-screen.13.
mific: If you had to give up one of your 5 senses (you know, to save Atlantis or Benton Fraser's life, or suchlike), which would it be and why?14.
james: Which (if any) Harry Potter book is the best totally on its own, with no meta or context or fanfic to bolster it up?15.
james: Who is the most obscure composer, band, or individual musician that you adore?16.
zulu: best vacation/break you ever had?17.
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kass: What do you enjoy most about parenting a kidlet of this age?19.
kass: what fannish character is bringing you the most joy right now?20.
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muccamukk: Moments in canon that still emotionally resonate with you, many years later.28.
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