Hugoss

(I woke up at 3:30 to watch the livestream so please excuse any incoherence.)

Andy Weir and the movie of his book got the Campbell and the Hugo – and both were picked up by astronauts! Stan Love and Jeanette Epps.

The all-puppy cats got No Awarded, of which I'm glad. Mike Glyer and File770 deserved the wins.

I'm pissed that Short Story went to Cat Pictures Please – it felt very derivative of lots of older stuff, in a bad way. The narrator was also annoying. I'd have been happy if Asymmetrical Warfare or Space Raptor Butt Invasion won.

Novelette went to the correct address – Folding Beijing – and Jingfang Hao's acceptance speech was amazing. I hope more of her stuff gets translated.

Novella, I'd have preferred Slow Bullets, since it hit my buttons more (legacy is A Thing for me), but I'm perfectly happy with the Binti win.

Do you want a femslashable canon for Yuletide?

Consider the multiple shippable friendships found in Yoko Tsuno graphic novels!

The protagonist, Yoko Tsuno herself, is a Japanese electrical engineer living in Belgium, who has a knack for getting into adventures and befriending every woman she comes across. She is also extremely competent in a lot of things, and thus well suited for competence porn.

Khâny is a blue-skinned space alien from the Andromeda Galaxy whom Yoko befriends in Issue #1! She is cautious while Yoko is more impulsive, and the fact that she is an alien should allow for many, many intriguing fic opportunities.

Ingrid Hallberg is a German organist whose life Yoko saves in Issue #2. She is a bit reserved and also more cautious than Yoko.

Comtesse Olga is an older (40s-50s?), aristocratic Russian lady. She is cool and aloof, though Yoko’s power of friendship makes her less chilly towards Yoko in the end. Perfect for some age-difference femslash!

And, should one desire some teenage shipping, good news: we have Monya, a 14-year-old (most likely desi) time traveler from the future – who owns her own time machine! – and Emilia, a 14-year-old Scottish-Russian girl who is very temperamental and has a natural aptitude towards piloting!