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.
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Date: 2020-12-01 08:53 pm (UTC)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.