Recbox for GlassesOfJustice

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Username: GlassesOfJustice | glassesofjustice | 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).

Comments

[donutsweeper]

Have you tried the podcast 'The Strange Case of Starship Iris'? S1 was 10 episodes (and a full adventure, although S2 has been announced and should be airing in 2021) whose main character is Violet Liu, the most junior biologist aboard the Iris when everything starts going wrong and she's trying to figure out what to do when instead of the AI suddenly there's a woman's voice coming from the computer saying she's on her way to save her. (Lots, lots more happens but I don't want to give any of the twists and turns away).

It has lots of banter, found family, characters of color, a trans character (voiced by a trans actor), lots of strong female characters, aliens, intrigue and adventure. It's not post-apocalypse, but it is set right after a war against extraterrestrials that the earth barely won and is still feeling the effects of.

[glassesofjustice]

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!