paraka | Fannish Osmosis Meme!

You realize I have no idea what this is? So, pulling something out of my ass...

It's a book fandom set in a world with fairies. The dark that is rising is, in fact trolls trying to take over their kingdom. The main character is a fiesty woman who's quick with a knife and is trying to infiltrate the troll camp with the help of her side kick, a glow worm.

And now this sounds like a Disney movie. :P

Now, for you, did you ever watch Queer as Folk? Or, oh! Card Captor Sakura? (wait, you were in anime, so probably). Or Outlander, the book series?

I really like this and want to read it.

Dark is Rising: A children's book series about the epic battle between forces of Light and Dark based on Arthurian legends and celtic/norse myths. Most fic centers around Will Stanton, a boy who discovers that he is an Old One (one of the immortal and mystical beings that fight for the Light) and Bran Davies, son of King Arthur that Merlin brought into the future.

Queer as Folk:
About a man named Brian who is a bit of a player getting together and negotiating a relationship with a fairly younger man Justin (I get the impression he might be underage when they first hook up). And it ends in tears because they break up and all the development of Brian's character disappears? Maybe?

Card Captor Sakura:
Okay, magical girl show where young girl who is the daughter of one of the reincarnations of the great magician Clow has to collect a bunch of mystical cards that he left behind with the help of a flying teddy bear. Meanwhile, Clow manipulates the shit out of things 'cause there are like 3 different versions of him. I read the manga many years ago and shipped Touya/Yukito (the brother and the guy who turns into Yue with the wings). All I really care about is that Touya gave up all his magic (and ability to see his dead mother) in order to save Yukito/Yue.

Outlander:
Woman (a nurse) from the 20th century gets taken back in time in Scotland. She might go back and forth for a bit. Think she gets tried as a witch at one point. Gets married. And they end up in America eventually. Also told in first person?

Dark is Rising: A children's book series about the epic battle... and mystical beings
See? I totally got that one right. :P

Queer as Folk
Pretty good. It's technically and ensemble show, but Brian and Justin get most of the fannish limelight. Saying they negotiate their relationship is maybe giving those two a bit too much credit (and yeah, Justin was 17 when they first had sex).

And it ends in tears because they break up and all the development of Brian's character disappears? Maybe?
Clearly you've heard me rant about this. :P

CCS
I'm not sure if it's the difference in the manga vs. dubbed TV show or if it's just been that long since I watched it, but I sooo don't remember half the things you mentioned there.
From what I remember Sakura accidentally opened Clow's book of cards and they all ran away, so Sakura had to gather them all up again with the help of the teddy bear. I don't really remember Clow being in the show and I only vaguely remember the Touya/Yukito relationship (although they weren't together in the dub and they had different names).

Outlander
She only goes forth the once and back the twice (well, up to book 5, I haven't read the others) but everything else is right! She gets married before the witch trial (if I'm being super picky) and it's an arranged marriage. And it's implied later that she *is* actually a witch and never realized, that's part of the reason why she could travel back and forth in time.

Red Dwarf

OK, it's set in space! And is British and very funny for internal concept people!

One dude is a platic person/robot, one only has a single tastebud so likes eating spicy things like vindaloo.

It's all rather ridiculous and at one point they explain why all their technology looks old and even though it's set way in the future, there's no internet.

Sounds accurate.

His Dark Materials.

Fandom-wise, this is the one with the daemons that are people's souls and take animal forms. So I know a bunch about that thanks to crossovers, but as to the plot, I think there is a girl called Lyra and I can't remember the other kid's name trying to stop a being claiming to be God or an archangel or something. Also, there might be a species that uses their food as an extra limb in order to walk? I never actually managed to get into the books, so all my knowledge comes from fandom.

Admittedly, it's been a while since I read the series, but I don't remember any God or archangel. Lyra's parents were trying to play god, and there was dimension hopping (which is where the species that uses their food as an extra limb to walk come in) and people trying to cut off other people's souls, so it wouldn't surprise me if there was a god aspect to it. I don't know man, it's been 5 years. I figured with all the crossovers out there that focus on the one aspect of the world, it'd be fun.

So, what do you know about The Protector of the Small?

Edited 2012-09-21 01:37 (UTC)

Is that Tamora Pierce (and I think I've spelled that wrong)?
I'm guessing it is about a girl who learns magic or swordplay. And hooks up with a guy that's older than her.

Okay, how completely wrong am I?

The Pretender

Oh, I've actually seen a few eps of this! (possibly more than you?) But it's been a while, so lets see.

The main character is Jared and he was possibly part of a government program to turn him into a super soldier or something? Jared can be sort of child-like in his interest in simple things but is really smart and manages to always beat Ms.... M? I think she had a full last name, but only an initial for her first name?

Presumably Ms. M is trying to capture Jared and bring him back to the secret program he escaped from but never really catches him.

Digimon?

Pretty good. He's a pretender who is a genius that can pretend to be different people and pick up skills really quickly. Ms. Parker is the name I think you're looking for.

Digimon: Digimon, digital monsters, digimon are the champions! I think this was a kind of pokemon ripoff. Daisuke seems like a name I associate with it. That's all you're getting.

Next up: Once a Thief.

I guess it was sort of a pokemon rip off, except I don't know much about pokemon so I can't speak much to it.

There's this group of kids that get pulled into the digiverse and run across the digital monsters and yeah, they sort of have pokemon style fights and the kids help them digivolve into bigger and better monsters. I think at some point too, they go back to their own world and there's some back and forth? Man, how sad is it that I have to start going back 10 years in my fannish life to find something we haven't shared?

Once a Theif
I have no idea of the actual facts, so.

It's a TV show about an ex-cat burglar. He used to be the best in the biz but now he's trying to live a normal, quiet life. Until! Something happens to his daughter who's now in trouble! In the pilot he breaks out his old skills to try and save her and now she knows about his past and demands to be trained. So he starts passing on his knowledge and skills to her.

The Bridgerton Series!

Decent guess. It is about a thief who was raised by the mob in Hong Kong and manages to piss off the next leader (his adopted brother) and a bunch of other triads. He ends up getting recruited by The Director to work for her alongside his ex-girlfriend/not-actually-sister and her new fiancée. In Canada. Wackiness and choreographed fights ensue.

Bridgerton Series:
About the family Bridgerton through several generations of marriage and children. And also, vampire slaying. (Yeah, that last bit I made up.)

Coldfire

A series about viking zombies! The only way to kill them is with fire, but it's sooooo cold!

Panic! at the Disco. :D

It does have undead. *nods*

Book fandom. Evil (with a capital E) undead sorcerer and a warrior priest unwillingly team up to track down memory stealing monsters. Then they save the world from a demon that feeds on sadism who is trying to alter humanity to bring that emotion to the forefront. (Oh god, so slashy. The priest actually goes to hell to pull the guy out in the last book. And they snark at each other the entire time.)

Panic! at the Disco. I think they're a band ;)

Oh yeah! I should have remembered that Once a Thief was Canadian. That's the one Lianne wrote fic for that you liked, right?

About the family Bridgerton through several generations of marriage and children
It's actually only one generation (the Baroness had 8 children! And they'll never forgive her for naming them alphabetically). It's a series of romance novels but if you pretend the ton is vampires, even that last bit fits!

The Prisoner

So, the prisoner is about a guy whose wife is murdered and he ends up getting blamed for it and going to jail. And prison is prison, so it sucks and there is rape and this dude just tries to be quiet and serve his time. Meanwhile he's slowly chipping a tunnel through the wall of his cell until one day it gets big enough for him to climb out to freedom!

Oh wait, that's the Shawshank Redemption. Never mind. :P

The Four Feathers

I will refer you to here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkN6pgz6xWU) for an awesome vid. Okay, spy tries to quit and ends up getting kidnapped. He finds himself in a village that he can't escape from and his only identity is number 6. He keeps trying to find out who number 1 is and escape while those running the place try to find out why he quit. It is a little strange (in the best way possible).

The Four Feathers: Guy refuses to go to war so his friends give him four white feathers symbolising cowardice. He ends up going anyway undercover and saves their lives, though I think one of them ends up blind.

Damn, you knew that one. OK, what do you know about D.E.B.S.?

Damn it! Why do I keep forgetting my other one?

I think that's actually pretty accurate. She was one of the sword wielders and I can't remember which guy Kel ended up with (if she ended up with anyone?) but both of the guys I think she was with were older.

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