Recbox for kingstoken

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Username: kingstoken

Preferred Genres: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller, Non-fiction/Documentary

DNW Genres: Hard core horror (I can enjoy mild horror, think The Walking Dead, early seasons of Supernatural, etc, but anything beyond that is a no go)

Preferred Media Types: TV, Films, Books, Graphic Novels, Podcasts

DNW Media Types: N/A

General Likes: Found Family, Mature couples, Broken people finding comfort in each other, multi-generational casts, diverse cast of characters

General DNWs: Graphic depictions of gore, rape/non-con, graphic depictions of torture (I'm okay with some of this happening off screen, but I just don't want to experience it first hand with the character), everybody dies at the end

Fandom Preferences: Some fic on A03 would be nice, but not strictly necessary

Requests for Content Warnings: N/A

Examples of Media Enjoyed: Supernatural, Star Trek (TOS, TNG, VOY), Stranger Things, The Old Guard, here is a link to my A03 so you can see other fandoms I have consumed and written for.

Examples of Media to Avoid:
*Star Trek: Picard, watched the first episode and I wasn't fussed on it, but I may go back to it at some point.
*The 100, I loved the early seasons, but dropped it during the trash fire that was season 6.
*Most of the MCU is meh for me, but I really enjoyed Thor: Ragnorok and Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 2

Streaming Services I Can Access: HBO, but if something is on Netflix, etc, you can still rec things those things, I can often find a way to watch them, through family, etc.

Languages I'm Comfortable With: English

Comments

The Penumbra Podcast [podcast]

[interuniversal_geometer]

I wanted to recommend The Penumbra Podcast, specifically the Juno Steel series!! i think that you might really enjoy this podcast. it’s so much fun and also has a found family (of criminals) and a large cast of diverse characters. it’s sci-fi and detective fiction that takes place on mars!! we follow juno steel, a non binary detective as he goes on cases and the stakes only increase~! it very much falls under the category of ‘gays in space’ podcasts and def has a bit of romance in it (tho it isn’t centered around romance). Here's a link to it!

Re: The Penumbra Podcast [podcast]

[kingstoken]

Thank you, this sounds good, I will definitely check it out.

[glassesofjustice]

Hey Kingstoken,

I know you have a fondness for middle aged characters and I would encourage you to try Star Trek Discovery. The timeline slots into other Trek shows you've enjoyed, but you have to give it the first season to let it play out and not give everything away in the first episode or two. There are so many great characters and storylines and I think it's just gotten better and better. I have not tried Picard, but a couple of my Disco friends bounced out of that as well. It's decently popular in exchanges and there is a good chunk of fic out there. It's in S3 now but already promised a S4, so great time to jump in! It's ticks all of these boxes multiple times over: Found Family, Mature couples, Broken people finding comfort in each other, multi-generational casts, diverse cast of characters.

If you're up for a Older Woman/Younger Man ship, I highly highly recommend HBOs mini series Mrs. Fletcher which ticks these boxes: multi-generational cast & diverse cast of characters. Here is the Yuletide promo I did for it, which I think conveys the elevator pitch as succinctly as possible.

[kingstoken]

Thank you for the recs. I have to admit that I have been a little afraid to start Discovery, because I love the original series so much, and know Michael is supposed to be Spock's foster sister, but I have heard nothing but good things about it, so I think one day soon I will just have to bite the bullet and give it a try.

I have not heard of Mrs. Fletcher, but it sounds interesting, so I'll have to check it out.