Fandom Snowflake Challenge #7

[axael]

Fandom Snowflake Challenge — January 13th

❄ Challenge #7 on snowflake_challenge.

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Wishlist!

I had to go look at other people's wishlists to see what kind of thing people were asking for, because I've not done one of these casual fandom wishlists before. Only exchanges, lol, which are very different. So!

• Music recommendations, and a reason why you're recommending it. And what I mean is...
  • Your favorite song!
  • The new song you just heard on the radio that you had to go look up immediately.
  • A song that makes you think of a particular character, and who that character is.
  • A song that would TOTALLY be the theme song of your life.
  • The 14th random song in your library.
  • A song in a genre you literally never listen to, except for this one.
  • The song that flings you back to middle school/hs/a different period of your life.
  • Any other song that you think would be awesome for me to know about...
  • Basically, The Algorithm can only introduce me to so much new music at a time, and Boil The Frog is finicky. I love hearing about why a song is significant, too. That's the best part (beyond introducing me to new music.)
• Scifi and Fantasy book recs! I have finished roughly zero published books since 2020 and I'm woefully behind in knowing what's out there. What's something you read recently and loved? (Fic and translated cnovels have been my go-tos for a bit.) I'm currently reading Translation State, but that's all I've got, lol. I am up to date on Martha Wells, Anne Leckie, and Jason Pargin and that's...basically it, so even if it's literally everywhere and how could I have missed it--? I probably missed it. :D
• TIME TRAVEL RECS!!! What books or movies or TV shows have you watched that feature Time Travel that you would rec? I've...watched a bunch of stuff, but I'm always hunting more.
• Fic recs for your favorite fics in small fandoms. I eat through a LOT of fic, but small fandoms don't often get recs, and they contain some of my absolute favorite fics that I never would have been able to find except through a rec.
• Lastly, a VERY pie-in-the-sky request: doodles/fanworks of any of my fics. XD

Comments

[dray]

Regarding scifi and fantasy, Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao was quite good and I feel it falls into the same grouping as your mentions. (I need to check out Jason Pargin if they're in the same boat as Wells and Leckie!)

For time travel, there's always This is How You Lose the Time War. There's a pretty wild podcast (if you can handle how the protagonist is a petty shit in the beginning) called Woe.Begone; spoilers in that it eventually deals with time travel by about the 10th or 20th episode. (Content warning: there's gore, death, and other awful things that people do with the mechanics of time travel!)

[axael]

Ooh, thank you for the recs! I have definitely heard of Iron Widow, and from what I've heard it does fit in with the kind of high fantasy with strong worldbuilding that I really enjoy. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but it's definitely on my list. And oh! Pargin writes more modern/near-future horror- and dystopia-themed humor, and my husband really enjoys his stuff, so we end up with everything right as it comes out. :)

This is How You Lose The Time War is...next? I think I want to read that next, actually. That sounds fantastic. It doesn't seem to be very long, comparatively?

And hrrrmmm...I'm not sure if I'm up for shitty protag. XD Unless there's a redemption arc? I do love a good redemption arc. I'm intrigued, though, that it's exploring the dark side of time travel.

[dray]

So sorry for the super late reply! I tend to fall out of Dreamwidth for a series of months and then meander back like a very outdoor-cat sort of person. I'm trying to remember the 'shitty protagonist' story that I was thinking of, and I'm afraid it's not stuck with me! Probably for the best.

Read anything good in the last few months?

One of my college buddies was able to full-on publish a story of hers that melds the mundane experiences of being Chinese-Canadian and the fantastic world of urban myth that clashes between those two cultures, and I'm still reading it... but when she was our D&D DM she always led us on some pretty heartfelt adventures, so I'm hopeful it will be a good read! It's Aunt Tigress by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin. Might be worth a read if you're alright with urban fantasy and with taking a chance on a brand new name.

Happy summer!