Lords of Kobol, hear my prayer...

Asked by kissapentu: Top 5 female whedon-verse TV characters.

01. Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel)
02. River Tam (Firefly)
03. Priya Tsetsang/Sierra (Dollhouse)
04. Cordelia Chase (Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel)
05. Inara Serra (Firefly)

This was both hard and yet not that hard to choose, since obviously I have my top favorite characters from each show, as you can see, but I also have other female characters that I love so dearly and don't want to exclude. Gah! But anyway, yeah.

Asked by blackcatofmisery: If you could pitch your ideal series, what would it be about?

Again, this is something I'm not quite sure how to answer by not having specific details or even a fully formed idea of what my ideal series would be about. Sorry this was lackluster of a response to your question. :(

Asked by verdande_mi: What film/series reboot that didn't happen do you wish had gotten a proper chance?

Well, as I keep saying, I'm tired of reboots. We've been living in this age of rebooting/remaking everything underneath the sun that if there was something that I had initially wished had been rebooted, I'm glad that it wasn't because it most likely wouldn't live up to expectations or further expand upon the original and just be another disappointing cheap cash grab. Although I will say, while I was indifferent towards it, I'm bummed about the BTVS sequel reboot, New Sunnydale, if only because the circumstances of how it was axed before it even got the chance to air makes me incredibly bitter and upset on behalf of SMG and the rest of the new cast who were excited and hyped up for it. Would it have been good? Hard to say without having seen anything, but it deserved to at least have that chance.

In addition to this, I also think that the Tomb Raider 2018 movie with Alicia Vikander should have gotten its franchise, as it was based around the 2013 reboot games. It was already greenlit for a sequel and ready to go, but then the pandemic hit and whatever contract deadline that was supposed to be met was missed and so it was silently cancelled. I thought the movie was fantastic, and I was yearning for more, and we deserved more, dammit.

Asked by blackcatofmisery: What are your feelings about celebrating Independence Day this year?

I have no strong feelings about the Fourth of July one way or another since it was never that deep for me to begin with. We don't really do anything in regards in celebration, not since when I was a kid but even that was just an excuse to visit with relatives, otherwise it's neither here nor there for me, personally. If this is about how this country is now politically, it's no different from last year or other years prior. People are going to celebrate, or not celebrate, for whatever reason. I'm mainly going to be concerned about the cats and the booms of the fireworks, that's about it.

Asked by author_by_night: What's a show (or other media) that wasn't what you thought it was going to be? Was it a huge disappointment or a pleasant surprise?

I initially thought that Once Upon A Time was going to primarily focus on fairytale characters, both known and obscure, though it quickly became evident after the first season that it was doing the versions of fairytales and stories previously adapted by Disney. Which is fine and all, it just wasn't exactly the direction I had hoped for when I first started watching the show, so it was a bit of a letdown based on my own expectations. Based on what I've learned since then, I wanted something more along the lines of the Fables comics than what the show actually was in the end.

++ I still have days open for my July AMA, for anyone who has missed the post or even want to go back to ask something else for other days.

++ Olivia Rodrigo has announced Daisy Chain Fields, her own one-day music festival that is non-profit and all proceedings via ticket sales will go towards charities advocating towards women and young girls. Many have said that this is essentially Lilith Fair 2.0, and quite frankly that is not too far off. Olivia has proven herself to be quite an advocate on social issues and speaking out on what she believed to be important. I remember her being very outspoken when Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, specifically at Glastonbury Festival the day after the news broke where she directly called out the members of the U.S. Supreme Court who were responsible for the regressive decision. So this festival celebrating women artists and helping women charities and organizations makes sense. Anyway, I just think this is super cool and awesome of her to do. I'm hoping that this is successful enough that it can become an annual event.