Anghraine

An anon asked:

Have you seen emma 2020 yet? I'm dying to know your take on it haha

I replied:

I haven’t, sorry!

I’d like to say that it’s the PhD taking up too much of my time, but … lbr, it’s actually that I’ve been watching cartoons for seven-year-olds.

sumrallmind responded to this post:

I think ND said they’d be up for a sequel movie

I forgot to reply at the time, but afaik, this idea has never come to fruition. Maybe fortunate, maybe unfortunate, idk, but SPOP remains kind of gloriously its own thing in this era of franchising.

(Additionally, sumrallmind's original response used ND Stevenson's dead name, but I believe they [ND/Nate] had not changed it at the time. I normally try to represent old replies exactly as written, but this seemed an okay compromise.)

In this age of remakes and adaptations (though pretty much all ages are ages of remakes and adaptations tbh), I sometimes imagine adaptations of my childhood/adolescent faves. Off the top of my head and in no particular order:

• Jane Yolen’s Wizard’s Hall (super formative, could make a pretty cool, sometimes creepy, film)
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond (just … great, probably fits a mini-series better)
• Sweet Valley Twins (maybe this already exists? it would be terrible, but I inhaled them as a kid)
• Agatha Christie in general (definitely exists, though the quality is variable … I really disliked the version I saw of Cards on the Table)
• She-Ra (exists, is great)
• The Belgariad and the Elenium (I would prefer the latter, with Liberties taken to deal with some of the Eddingsisms, but the former might be more cinematic. I once had an AU where as a fairly minor background detail, the Elenium was made in place of GOT, but with the same cast, like Lena Headey as Sephrenia, etc …)
• LOTR, esp Gondor (of course there are the movies, but a) their treatment of Gondor is terrible on a lot of fronts, and b) I think LOTR is better suited to TV anyway, and in my dreams, really high-quality animation)
• Wheel of Time (in the works, I’m lowkey terrified)
• Daughter of the Empire (no idea how this would be done)
• Incarnations of Immortality (I don’t really want money going to Piers Anthony, so no, even though it’s conceptually one of my fave takes on Death)
• Pern (??? I would mostly watch this for Lessa. Probably super expensive to make as a series, which it would have to be)
• Valdemar (I DON’T EVEN KNOW)
• Tamora Pierce (I love Emelan best, but Tortall would be cool, too!)
• So You Want to Be a Wizard (it seems like it would be very cinematic in some ways and not at all in others, so I’m not sure, but if someone could make it work, awesome)

Oh, and one of the things I’m really enjoying about S5 (which is definitely my favorite season) is how it’s dialing up the sci-fi elements, but without sacrificing the fantasy and magic side. My general experience of things that mix classic sci-fi and fantasy elements is that one of the sides tends to really dominate the core of the story, but this is not doing that. It’s really uncompromising on both the techy sci-fi and sparkly magical fantasy fronts.

Tagged: #if i had to pick one i'd say it's more fantasy #but there are lasers and holograms and spaceships! #and they're major plot points (and sometimes characters)

“Peekablue” was sad (though yay, Double Trouble!), but we’re onto “Shot in the Dark” and adfk;jadf I love grumpy redeemed Catra

(Maybe Horde Prime was driven off by poorly-planned architecture!)

Tagged: #glad she's still catra haha #also i really like the haphazard jumble of sci-fi and fantasy #+ bow is completely right #catra's fuzzed-up tail is the most adorable thing #and her tiny sneeze!

turtletotem responded to this post:

Everything about this is amazing.

I replied:

Heeeeh, thank you!

argumate said:

the Best Friends Club! *awkward side eyes at the Insane Cat General Best Friend*

riana-one said:

Catra shrieking at the Rebellion for having issues with their well meaning parental figures *ADOPTION VIBES GROW* Also Catra is Just Murder? Maybe? And hissing at Shadow Weaver.

alias_sqbr said:

I like your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter

[ETA 5/22/2024: I got enough responses that I lost track of actually responding to them all, but I've always found this fannish turn of phrase delightful and particularly when we'd been subscribed to each other's newsletters for over ten years :D]

hermajestythebomb said:

If you ever write it I'd love to read it.

horace-tabor said:

I think that if Catra was with Adora when she met with Glimmer and Bow and the whole adventure after that she probably would have begrudgingly gone with them. Or they might have just won the initial fight and captured them, which could go a variety of ways. Alternatively if Hordak didn't promote Catra she might have defected shortly after, since she is already talking about it when Shadow Weaver confronts her in one of the earlier episodes after Adora leaves.

Granted, Catra would probably be too bitter to seek the rebellion out in that scenario but she could wind up working with them in a variety of ways

venndaai said:

I love this

thoroughlycaffeinated said:

Dude I have so many ideas for this but I’m at work rn 😩

silentstep said:

they're all very spoilery, so you should wait until you're done watching the series, but you should check out tinfang_warble on AO3 for some really good she-ra vids! full disclosure I am biased b/c they are my partner BUT also genuinely I think their vids are great.

Oh, thanks! I look forward to it—I really love vids, and this is a canon where I’m definitely leaning towards visual content.

thatvolyova responded to this post:

OH YES YOU'RE ON SHE-RA

I replied:

Yes! Loved her as a kid and I'm loving the new show :)

turtletotem said:

"Corridors" made me BAWL with Catra feelings, I watched it twice back to back

I do like Glimmer, but … uh, I thought making Adora cry would be her low point, and whoa, was I wrong.