Deep Conversations

There are so many great vids over at festivids!! As you can see The Expanse was well represented <3

Vid: Tightrope (367 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: 1995 - 1996 Women's USA Basketball Team, Women's Basketball RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jennifer Azzi, Ruthie Bolton, Teresa Edwards, Lisa Leslie, Rebecca Lobo, Katrina McClain, Nikki McCray, Carla McGhee, Dawn Staley, Katy Steding, Sheryl Swoopes, Venus Lacey, Tara VanDerveer
Summary:

you gotta tip on the tightrope (tip, tip on it)

This vid made me care about something I knew nothing about! It shows how women in professional sports have to work way harder, and even if they're the best on the court that's not always good enough. I love an inspiring underdog story.

Solid (6 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Expanse (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Chrisjen Avasarala/Bobbie Draper
Characters: Chrisjen Avasarala, Bobbie Draper
Summary:

She's so solid, my baby, she's so solid.

This one is so fun. I love to see Bobbie strong and competent, and so does Chrisjen.

The fire is all we know. (14 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Expanse (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chrisjen Avasarala & Jim Holden, Chrisjen Avasarala/Jim Holden
Characters: Chrisjen Avasarala, Jim Holden (The Expanse)
Summary:

Chrisjen Avasarala and James Holden share a deep regard for each other.

This is a great example of the shipper's gaze - and it's getting me invested in a ship I did not care about before.

And two bonuses:

[VID] the wolves (30 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Expanse (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Chrisjen Avasarala, Camina Drummer
Summary:

Chrisjen Avasarala. Camina Drummer.

Immovable object, meet unstoppable force.

A dual character study that explores their differences and their similarities. Two of the best female characters on t.v. imo, brought together by a villian of Earth's own making.

[vid] 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) (5 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (TV), Unspecified Fandom, Pop Music RPF, Lizzo (Musician) RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lizzo (Musician), Jayla Sullivan, Arianna Davis, Asia Banks, Ashley Williams (Dancer), Sydney Bell, Charity Holloway, Moesha Perez, Isabel Jones, Jasmine Morrison, Crystal Williams, Kiara Mooring
ASummary:

Lizzo's big grrrls are ready.

I haven't seen this show yet but this is really inspiring and makes me want to watch the show immediately.

I talked about my writing goals already, but this year I want to actually finish my reading challenge and read 15 books. I've been just shy of my reading goals the last two years. I also want to keep up with The Fitness Marshall challenges on Youtube, learn new fitness routines from some other fitness Youtubers, and complete the plank challenge at work.

As far as work goes, I'd like to get through the rest of this assignment, do the best cross examinations that I can, maybe write something professional, and try to leave my colleagues better off for having worked with me.

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As for canons that I love? I'm still obsessed about The Expanse TV series. Season 5 is currently airing, and they've said Season 6 will be the final season. There are so many female characters to love, and the found family trope is executed so well - particularly with the Rocinante crew. There are also so many wonderful canon ships. The show portrays the various systems that support life way beyond Earth, and sure there is a lot of ~scifi~ metal, but they also show the strange and wonderful terrain of different planets, different levels of gravity affect people's movements in strange and wonderful ways, there's beautiful alien tech, so many stars, and really cool space fights! I love how the show isn't afraid to get political, and delve into classism and racism in a way that is very relevant to today's world. Oh, and there's a canon polyamorous family in season 5 that's been lovely to watch so far. I'm not sure how faithful the series is to the books, since I've only read book 1 so far, but this is a show where I can say I truly enjoy all of the main characters - and that never happens (Unless you count Inaros, but I don't). I love this canon so much it's hard to make fanworks for it, because I don't have a ton to add and I also don't want to do it a disservice (especially when it comes to fic about Belters). However, I still enjoy reading fanfic by others about the show.