Meme: Make me Choose

[extrapenguin]

I am trying to write a Yulefic. I am procrastinating. Please help me procrastinate more productively:

Make me choose between:

• two ships
• two characters
• two fandoms
• two anything at all

Meme provided by journalmemes.

(Fandoms include: A:tLA, A:LoK, Guardian (镇魂), Honor Harrington, Imperial Radch, Modao Zushi, Nirvana in Fire, Revelation Space, Rivers of London, KOTOR, KOTOR II, Vorkosigan)

Comments

[trobadora]

♥ ♥ ♥ I adore Alys, honestly. Cordelia is an interesting character, and I love outsider POV stories, and her perspective is a really good intro into Barrayar - but her own cultural background sometimes seems like it consists of a list that's five items long, two of which are "earrings" and "uterine replicators".

I approve of your approval of Shen Wei's glasses! Though I really don't know if I could choose between them and the mask. *g*

(Icons are such fun! I really hope whatever site fandom ends up next, we'll have something similar.)

[extrapenguin]

Cordelia is a very good introduction to Barrayar ... but in the Miles POV stories, and Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, she didn't really have her own cultural hangups, and it was very much as if she was the all-knowing and flawless. Characters are more interesting if they're flawed or have blind spots! They're all products of their upbringing and it's best if they reflect the mud they grew from.

The mask is also nice, but glasses must win. Shen Wei is a very snappy dresser. I'll have to screencap all of him.

(Icons are super fun, and the two things I've seen being planned – one as a spec document for Pinboard Guy, one by a fan for fans – both have icons as a thing.)