Let the Reader Beware
The Rantings and Ramblings of a retired student president of the Carleton College Science Fiction and Fantasy Alliance who is also studying to become a medievalist. Home for this year, but hopefully resuming my M.A. Program in York next year if all goes well.
Martinus (RL: Ross). 23. Male. Massive geek and nerd of many descriptions. Singer (but can't read music). Writer (fanfic). Chronic meta writer. Catelyn Stark/Samwell Tarly hybrid and proud of it. Callsign: Stan.
Resolute and stubborn stan of cerebral protagonists (and antagonists at times), honor-bound soldiers, flawlessly flawed 'righteous' warriors living in fear, walking identity crises (often of the morally-grey variety), children-at-heart, lost souls looking for somewhere to belong, lost souls who keep running, and those characters who take 'working inside the system' as a challenge, not a limitation.
This is not a spoiler-free blog for anything not currently airing.
I love nothing more than when characters reveal themselves while talking about someone else. And there is nothing more innately human than hypocrisy born of fear.
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Main Fandoms:
TV:
Babylon 5; Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire); Doctor Who; Torchwood; Firefly; Buffy the Vampire Slayer (through Season 5); Angel (through Series 1); Battlestar Galactica; Caprica; Sherlock; The Borgias; The Pillars of the Earth; Band of Brothers/The Pacific; Life on Mars (UK)
Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion; Code Geass
TV Fandoms I need to see more of:
Farscape, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Books:
Harry Potter; The Lord of the Rings; A Song of Ice and Fire; Bartimaeus Trilogy (And The Ring of Solomon); Tamora Pierce’s Tortall Universe (Kel and Alanna’s quartets thus far); Star Wars (Expanded Universe); His Dark Materials; Terry Prachett’s Discworld; The Mistborn Trilogy (just the first so far); The Pillars of the Earth/A World Without End; The Name of the Rose, Baudolino; Doctor Who (Expanded Universe - Big Finish Audio Productions, mostly)
Ships of Note (OTP)
Game of Thrones: Jorah/Dany
A Song of Ice and Fire: Ned/Catelyn; Robb Stark/Jeyne Westerling; Arya/Gendry; Jaime/Brienne; Loras/Renly; Jon/Ygritte; Bran/Meera; Jaime/Cersei (sort of); Sansa/Margaery; Arya/Redemption Arc; Theon/Happiness; the Unholy Trinity of R’hllor
Battlestar Galactica: Helo/Athena; Lee/Kara; Adama/Roslin; Caprica Six/D’Anna/Baltar
Classic and NuDoctor Who: Eleven/River; Doctor/TARDIS; Doctor/Romana II; Jack/Nine; 10/Simm!Master; Amy/Rory; Amy/Eleven (BFFs in SPACE)
Torchwood: Owen/Tosh; Jack/Ianto; Jack/Gwen; Torchwood Team Orgy
Star Wars (including the EU): Han/Leia, Luke/Mara, Anakin/Tahiri, Corran/Mirax, Jaina and Leia/Proper Characterization; Karrde/Shada; Wedge/Iella; Face/Phanan; Wedge/Wes; Gavin Darklighter/Asyr; Jacen/Tenel Ka; Thrawn/Car’das
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji/Asuka
Firefly: Mal/Inara; Simon/Kaylee; Mal/River; Zoe/Wash
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series: Buffy/Faith; Willow/Oz; Willow/Tara; Xander/Anya; Spike/Drusilla; Giles/Jenny; Angel/Darla, Spike/Buffy; Giles/Anya; Willow/Kennedy
Life on Mars: Annie/Sam
Babylon 5: Londo/G’Kar epic Bromance; Delenn/Sheridan; Ivanova/Talia; Number One/Franklin; Lyta/Freedom
Harry Potter: Harry/Ginny; Harry/Luna (sometimes); Harry/Hermione (again, sometimes, but not in canon); Remus/Tonks (Canon OTP); James/Lily; Luna/Hermione (not in canon); Bill/Fleur; Remus/Sirius
Tamora Pierce: Kel/Neal (Protector of the Small); Coram/Rispah (Song of the Lioness)
Bartimaeus Trilogy: Bartimaeus/Nat; Nat/Kitty
Artemis Fowl: Artemis/Holly
His Dark Materials: Will/Lyra; Marisa/Asriel, Coram/Serafina (yes I’m boring)
Caprica: Zoe-A/Philomon; Lacey Rand/Awesome
Characters I Stan (I will not necessarily excuse their less-than-savory actions, but I will always seek to explain them and explore them, often in lengthy meta-ridden posts. Their absence does not indicate dislike or lack of interest in their storylines)
ASOIAF (Game of Thrones): Sansa Stark, Catelyn Stark, Robb Stark, Bran Stark, Theon Greyjoy, Jorah Mormont, Brienne of Tarth, Arya Stark, Tyrion Lannister (it’s complicated), Jaime Lannister, Stannis Baratheon, Doran Martell, Jon Connington, Daenerys Targaryen, Genna Lannister, Myrcella Baratheon, Davos Seaworth, Benjen Stark, SAMWELL TARLY, The Elder Brother of the Quiet Isle, Val, Ygritte, Meera Reed, Barbrey Ryswell, Margaery Tyrell, HOUSE MORMONT OF BEAR ISLAND, Brynden Tully, Edmure Tully, Lysa Arryn, Jeyne Westerling, Asha Greyjoy…this list could probably go on for a while, honestly.
ClassicDoctor Who: Four, Seven, Sarah Jane Smith, Romana II, Leela, Ace, Eight (NA)
NuDoctor Who: Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song, Martha Jones, Jack Harkness, Eleven, Nine. Torchwood: Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato; Owen Harper
Harry Potter: Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, Bellatrix Lestrange (as a glorious baddie), Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape (as a fucked-up broken bitter man), Slytherin House in general, Albus Dumbledore; Fleur Delacour; Bill Weasley
Battlestar Galactica: Lee ‘Apollo’ Adama, Kara ‘Starbuck’ Thrace, Karl ‘Helo’ Agathon, Sharon ‘Athena’ Agathon, Sharon ‘Boomer’ Valerii, William Adama, Laura Roslin, Callandra Henderson, Anastasia Dualla, Caprica Six, Kendra Shaw, Louanne ‘Kat’ Katraine, SAUL TIGH, Galen Tyrol, Number One (Brother Cavil - again as a great baddie), D’Anna (Number Three), Felix Gaeta, Margaret ‘Racetrack’ Edmondson, Doctor Sherman Cottle.
Caprica: Lacey Rand, Zoe-A, Tamara Adama, Daniel Graystone, Amanda Graystone, Jordan Durham, Clarice Willow, Ruth, Sam Adama
Babylon 5: Susan Ivanova, Jeffrey Sinclar, Delenn, Michael Garibaldi, Elizabeth Lochley, G’Kar, Zach, LYTA Alexander, Kosh, Londo Mollari, Vir Cotto…hell, I’m not sure there’s a character besides Keffer (who just bores me) I don’t stan in one way or another. That includes Morden and Anna.
Star Wars: the trio, obviously, Lando, Wedge Antilles, Mara Jade Skywalker, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Talon Karrde, Warlord Zsinj, Gilad PELLAEON, Tahiri Veila, Mirax Terrik Horn, Warlord Zsinj, Garik ‘Face’ Loran, Lara Notsil (Gara Petothel) pre-LotF Jacen and Jaina Solo (oh what might have been), Saba Sebatyne, Winter Celchu, Tenel Ka Djo, Tyria Sarkin Tainer, Gaeriel Captison, Baron Soontir Fel
The Hunger Games: The Tripartite Mockingjay that should have been (Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Gale Hawthorne), Haymitch Abernathy Primrose Everdeen, Mrs. Everdeen (WHY. DON’T. YOU. HAVE. A. NAME.), Finnick Odair, Beetee, Foxface, Clove, Cinna
Downton Abbey: all the Crawleys, without exception (yes, that includes Edith; Robert’s affair with Jane was temporary insanity), Gwen, Mr. Carson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg, Rupert Giles, Jenny Calendar, Spike, FAITH LEHANE (my poor broken bb who give me so many feels), Tara Maclay, Drusilla, Riley Finn (kinda), Daniel ‘Oz’ Osbourne, Veruca (yes really); Dawn Summers, Anya Jenkins, Glorificus; Andrew Wells; Robin Wood; Kennedy
Angel: The Series: Darla, Kate Lochley, Cordelia Chase; Gunn; Lorne; FRED, Lindsey, Lilah
