Friday Fannish Five

[spatz]

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List the 5 series (tv, book, or movies) that best kept their quality, from beginning to end.

I didn't let myself consider any TV still on-air in case I jinxed it, so this is what I ended up with:

1) Avatar: The Last Airbender
Far and away the TV show that never let me down

2) Vorkosigan saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Let me tell you how much I love this series and how it shaped me as a person. No, it is too much, let me sum up: MADE OF AWESOME.

3) Due South
So awesome it still has an active and recruiting fandom after two cancellations, a lead actor switcheroo, and 15 years gone

4) The Thief series - Megan Whalen Turner
Not only is the world fascinating and the characters human and complex, but each book pulls off some sort of insane narrative innovation on top of an amazing plot.

5) Ouran High School Host Club
A delightful little gem of cracktastic adorable, all the way through.

Hmmm. It's interesting that 2 of the 3 TV shows I chose are animated. I wonder if that has to do with the amount of preplanning that animation requires, and how it effects the continuity of the show.

Comments

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

The Thief is *so* good, so yes! The first book is just pure delight, with awesome worldbuilding and mythology and Gen is the most engaging, shameless narrator you will ever find. And the sequels are also deeply awesome, but hard to talk about without spoiling the first book!

And how unfair is it that the Tomorrow When the War Began movie isn't coming out until after I'm in Indiana?

Epically! I'll have to visit you or something :)