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beyondthealgorithm_mod ([personal profile] beyondthealgorithm_mod) wrote in [community profile] beyondthealgorithm2020-11-09 06:31 pm
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Recbox for GlassesOfJustice

Username: GlassesOfJustice | [personal profile] glassesofjustice | [archiveofourown.org profile] glassesofjustice

I'm so excited for this and looking forward to finding a new thing-of-my-heart (no pressure).

Preferred Genres: Drama, Documentary; Crime; KDrama; Non-Fiction; Magical Realism; Sci-fi

DNW Genres: High Fantasy Novels; Horror

Preferred Media Types: Audiobooks; Books; Comics (TPB only); Film; Live-Action TV, Podcasts

DNW Media Types: Anime/Manga; Cnovels; Cartoons

General Likes: Banter; characters of color; complicated bio families; ensemble casts; found family; poly (potential); infidelity; the nineties; queer subtext; rainy/moody cinematography (e.g. Carol, Dark, The Killing); post-apocalypse; slow pacing; strong female characters (bonus if they’re over 45);

General DNWs: Camp; media that doesn’t pass the Bechdel Test; religion focus; sexual or violent trauma where the repercussions for the victim are never dealt with; soley male protagonists.

Fandom Preferences: As a perpetual rare pair shipper, I don't have strong feelings on this, but something popular in exchanges is a good place to start.

Requests for Content Warnings: Sexual/violent trauma to a main character (including a later revealed backstory).

Media enjoyed in 2020: The 100 (TV 2014-2020); Broadchurch (UK TV 2013-2017); Big Little Lies (TV 2017-2019); Dark (TV 2017-2020); Disclosure (2020); Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (2020); HTGAWM (TV 2014-2020); Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019); Search:WWW (TV 2019-); Star Trek: Discovery (TV 2018-); The Old Guard (2020); This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone; UnREAL (TV 2015-2018)

Examples of Media Enjoyed: About sentient AI/androids: Alex + Ada (Comic), Dark Matter, Humans (UK TV), Person of Interest; about the human condition: Life as a House, Mrs. Fletcher (TV)/Anything by Tom Perrota, Stumptown, Succession; Alpennia series by Heather Rose Jones; crime/heist/law/spy: Atomic Blonde, The Blacklist; Bone Collector, Departed, The Fall, Fast and Furious series, The Good Wife, James Bond, Law and Order: SVU, Lou Norton series by Rachel Howzell Hall, Luthor, Ocean's franchise, Reef Break, Terminator series, Tommy, Widows, The Wire; IN SPACE!: Wars and Trek; superpowered: MCU, DCEU

If you want to check out my Letterboxd it has various film lists I've made.

Examples of Media to Avoid: Haunting Hill House/Bly Manor; Mr. Robot; The Great

Already on my To Be Watched/Read lists: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Arrival; Arrowverse; BoJack Horseman; Dead to Me; Doctor Who; Expanse; Halt and Catch Fire; Killjoys; The Locked Tomb series; Lovecraft Country; Olivia Waite’s Feminine Pursuits series; Sense 8; Sharp Objects; Watchman; Westworld

Streaming Services I Can Access: Amazon Prime, CBS All Access, HBOMax, Hulu, Netflix, Kanopy

Languages I'm Comfortable With: English or anything with English Subtitles (Do Not Want english audio dub only).
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[personal profile] glassesofjustice 2021-01-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I'm so happy you rec'ed me this and even though I've listened to it, I love knowing we have a shared fandom! ♥ - Plus it's 3000 something I enjoyed and so the rec process works!