Recbox for nowrunalong

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Username: nowrunalong

Preferred Genres: comedy, rom-com, drama, fantasy/sci-fi, slice of life, mystery/detective, procedural

DNW Genres: violent/gory horror

Preferred Media Types: live action TV, movies, cartoons, comics, graphic novels

DNW Media Types: video games that take more than ~20 hours to play

General Likes: nuanced/morally grey female characters, women being heroes, women being villains, female friendships, romance of any gender configuration, slow burn, found families, comedy, feel-good stories, drama/conflict driven by characters, symbolism, outfits/costume design being a major part of the visual look of the series

General DNWs: torture porn, primary focus on abuse/rape stories, relentless angst/suspense/darkness

Fandom Preferences: femslash shipping potential!

Requests for Content Warnings: please warn for graphic violence, rape/non-con, child abuse, and death of bi/lesbian women

Examples of Media Enjoyed: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel & Faith comics, Lucifer TV, DC Extended Universe, Superman: the Animated Series (and the rest of the DCAU), Doctor Who, The Mandalorian, Lost Girl, Carmilla, She-Ra 2018, Legend of Korra, Scott Pilgrim (movie & graphic novels), Person of Interest, Elementary, Castle, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, Schitt's Creek, New Girl, Forever 2018, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Bob's Burgers, Much Ado About Nothing (every version I've seen!), The Raven Cycle, Tales From the Borderlands. If you want to see what movies I've watched, I have a list on letterboxd!

Examples of Media to Avoid: Torchwood/Class, extreme cringe humour like Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Office UK, fandom juggernauts like MCU (exception for Star Trek, feel free to rec individual shows!), soap-opera-type dramas (like Grey's Anatomy or Jane the Virgin), and the following sitcoms because I've already seen them: The Office, Parks and Rec, B99, Community, Seinfeld, Friends, One Day at a Time, Never Have I Ever, Scrubs, Silicon Valley, The Good Place.

Streaming Services I Can Access: Netflix, DC Universe, Amazon Prime, Disney+

Languages I'm Comfortable With: English, French, potentially other languages with accessible English subtitles

Comments

[wolffyluna]

I can recommend My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom!

My Next Life As A Villainess's main character is a Katarina Claes, a spoiled young noble girl-- until she hits her head, and remembers her past life an ill-fated and short-lived Japanese teen, who's favourite visual novel featured Katarina Claes as a villain. A villain, who died or was exiled in every route. Not wanting to die young again or get exiled, Katarina does her best to befriend all the potential love interests and rivals so that they will not want to kill her or exile her. And she does too well, because now they all have crushes on her and not the character who's meant to be the main character, but she does not realise. Because while Katarina is a great friend, she is not a smart cookie. And thus, harem comedy ensues.

The comedy is hilarious and mostly quite sweet. It was a show I had to keep pausing because I was laughing too hard and was going to miss the next line.

It also has a lot of femslash shipping potential. The main cast/harem, if you count Katarina, is 50% female characters, and the female love interests get plenty of shippy moments with Katarina.

Some of the main characters have child abuse and bullying in their backstories, and it does sometimes show up on screen, but it is usually fairly brief.

The subbed version is available for free with ads on Crunchyroll.

[nowrunalong]

Oooh, this sounds like so much fun!! You've sold me on it 100%. The concept is already making me grin, and aaaa the multishipping opportunities. :D Thank you so much for the rec, I will definitely be trying it out!

The comedy is hilarious and mostly quite sweet. It was a show I had to keep pausing because I was laughing too hard and was going to miss the next line.

(This is the very best feeling. ;o;)