I guess I am a prude after all or something?

Times Like This, the time travel web comic I have followed and once posted about in this journal, is just not doing it for me. That is, all the discussion of the characters, especially the main character Cassie, doing it with this or that historical figure is getting to me. It's not that I don't like sex, or reading about sex, it's just really crude in TLT, I guess. For example, the allusion "Rode him like a Harley Liberator? Hell Yeah!" appears in the latest strip. I am just not into conquest language, or sex as a string of trophies, no matter if it's coming from a man or a woman character. Every time Cassie talks about who she's done lately (or then-ly), I feel a little sick. I think it's an artifact of telling rather than showing, because in order to tell us about her encounters, we get to hear her boasting about it to her friends, who also boast about their hookups. I (mostly) like the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels and the Eve Dallas mystery series by J. D. Robb aka romance novelist Nora Roberts. They are literary snack food, like popcorn, not terribly substantial but fun. Especially the former series is pretty darned explicit, so I don't think it's sex per se, but the trophy ethic of Cassie and the other characters in TLT that is bothering me. Sorry thomasoverbeck, I liked the idea of a time travel comic very much. I am a pretty deep Doctor Who fan after all. But does the Doctor boast of who he's met and what he's done? No. No, he doesn't.

Fandoms

nuadha_prime posted about his fandoms (though he called them geekdoms, they were almost all media/literary, so I think it's fair to call them fandoms) recently. It got me to thinking about what I am a fan of, the books and media that I cleave to. I figure if I'm going back and watching/reading a series, make time to see or hear or read it, plan to re-watch/read it at some time, and/or would like to run or play in an RPG of it, it qualifies. So, here is a start on my current fandoms list, and a little about why I like each item. I don't expect you to read it.
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