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[pearwaldorf]

lifted from hannah 

The problem with LJ/DW: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away. Then post this in your journal and find out what people don't know about you.

Comments

[dhampyresa]

What's your favourite colour? Favourite time of day?

[pearwaldorf]

Teal blue. Depending on the season, afternoon (fall) or sunrise (winter).

[dhampyresa]

What about the other seasons?

[octoberphoenix83]

What's your favorite space opera, and why?

[pearwaldorf]

Oh gosh. That is a question with many answers. Found family in space is my narrative kryptonite, so I love so many for different reasons.

Mass Effect is what I would consider grown-up Star Wars (before the sequel trilogy came out). There are actual moral questions that aren't always easily answerable, depending on circumstance. Are the rachni an actual threat? Should you destroy Maelon's research? Is curing the krogan genophage actually a good thing depending on who's in charge? It is the type of story that Bioware excels at outside of a moral binary, and one that I wish they could have done with SWTOR. And of course, excellent characters that you get emotionally attached to over three games.

Babylon 5 is one of my favorite examples of long-form serial television with a coherent multi-season arc before prestige TV thought it was cool. The first four seasons are just perfect, and somehow it remains politically and emotionally resonant despite being aired in the mid/late 90s.

You would think DS9 would kind of fall into the same categories as B5 despite the premise being the same, but I think it is the most interesting Trek (I have not watched Discovery yet) because it tests the values of the Federation in places and circumstances that, frankly, the Federation isn't used to anymore. Everybody's a misfit in one way or another, and somehow they figure out a way to work together and become friends and family.

Star Wars is like my Ur-space opera, for which I would probably not give a shit about any of the others without. It is a thing I have loved for so much of my life for various reasons, that has helped shape who I am.

The Sparrow is also space opera kind of, but also much more than that. It's a story about suffering, tragedy, disaster, and what that does to faith and the spirit. It is about faith and religion and yet somehow transcends that to encompass the human experience in general. If I could make everybody in the world read one book it would be this one.

So, uh, yeah. That was way more than you probably expected.