Recbox for crookedspoon

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Username: crookedspoon

Preferred Genres: I'm good with anything that isn't straight-up rom-com/comedy. I used to love horror as a kid, like Nightmare on Elm Street or Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but I haven't consumed anything since the Saw movies. The last thing I watched was Cabin in the Woods a few years ago. I'd love to get some recs on that front, for example!

DNW Genres: Romance/rom-com (romance in mixed into other genres is fine!), straight-up comedy

Preferred Media Types: Any

DNW Media Types: None

General Likes: Complex characters, strong narrative, LGBTQI+ characters, slow pacing, poly potential, bamf women, friendship, loyalty, morally grey characters. I generally tend to gravitate toward more realistic things, but I've enjoyed crazy premises, too, I'm just not as likely to pick them out for myself.

General DNWs: villain of the week type things, relationship drama for the sake of drama, Christian guilt, lack of character development, disappointing endings (i.e. shows that don't make good on what they've set up before, like Dexter or GoT)

Fandom Preferences: femslash potential, doesn't need to be *super* popular in exchanges but if people are interested in requested/offering that would be a bonus. Mostly, I'm looking for new fandoms to request/offer in all the upcoming exchanges that also allow the Locked Tomb Trilogy, which is my current fandom obsession.

Requests for Content Warnings: Racism/homophobia/misogyny. Anything that "didn't age well."

Examples of Media Enjoyed:
Books
The Locked Tomb Trilogy - Tamsyn Muir
Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
Oryx and Crake, The Handmaid's Tale, The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo
A Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. Martin
some Discworld (Hogfather, Carpe Jugulum, Maskerade, etc)

Games
Final Fantasy VII
Resident Evil
Batman: Arkhamverse
Final Fantasy XII
The Witcher 3

Anime/Manga
Gintama
D.Gray-man
early Bleach
Miyazaki films like Spirited Away or My Neighbour Totoro

Cartoons
ATLA
Young Justice

Shows
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Fleabag
Six Feet Under
Pushing Daisies
Halt and Catch Fire
Mr. Robot
first two seasons of Sherlock
first four(?) seasons of Dexter
Misfits
The Wire

Other
Cabin Pressure
Wooden Overcoats (podcast)
Richard II - Shakespeare


Examples of Media to Avoid: Arrowverse/The CW dramas, Marvel, shows where relationships are just used for drama, later seasons of Supernatural, The Walking Dead post-s9,

Streaming Services I Can Access: I'm not based in the US, so the streaming libraries differ, but: Netflix, Disney+, Spotify, hoopla, Prime

Languages I'm Comfortable With: English and anything that offers English subtitles (do not want English dub only). Additionally for reading, German and middle grade French/Japanese

Comments

TV Recs

[glassesofjustice]

Hey Crookedspoon,

I'm also a big fan of The Wire and Six Feet Under and the following shows I think are on par with the quality of storytelling/production value of those two shows:

I'm not sure where exactly you're located so I'm not sure if Killing Eve is streaming where you are, but it def. checks the box for: complex characters, strong narrative, LGBTQI+ characters, slow pacing, poly potential, bamf women, friendship, loyalty, morally grey characters. Plus aside from the main ship having lots of fic, there is a presence for smaller femslash ships in exchanges too. Show is ongoing but they haven't started filming the new season because of *handwaves*

Both The Fall is on Prime in the US right now - so hopefully that follows to your region. There is some great femslash potential in between Gillian Anderson's and Archie Panjabi's characters and Stella Gibson (GA) might be the most BAMF Women I've ever watched on TV...though Carolyn on Killing Eve might give her a run for her money. Stella definitely faces misogyny, but if you want an example of how it plays out, and how she pushes back against it, this is a great clip and I think overall the misogyny is workplace typical but Stella navigates it expertly. This is complete and fairly short to consume, so could be a great one to pick up - I don't think it's heavily requested in exchanges but I think a lot of people have seen it and maybe it could become more exchange popular with more regular seeding into tagsets.

Re: TV Recs

[crookedspoon]

I hadn't noticed this revealed already.

Killing Eve sounds like exactly up my alley. It's a bit tricky to access here for streaming, but my best friend is also interested in the show and I hope we can work something out together, because I'm looking forward to it!

Gillian Anderson! I'll watch anything with her. No exchange popularity or femslash potential required! Thank you for the misogyny heads-up. It's good too know that at least it's handled well.

Thank you so much for your recs!

Re: TV Recs

[glassesofjustice]

Feel free to scream to/at me if you watch either. I’ve been meaning to do a rewatch of the Fall. There is a semi active Killing Eve comm I can look up for you if you like, but maybe to wait since it likely is full of spoilers atm!