I'm bored. I am extremely bored. I want something new to read - and by "new" I mean "not just another riff on the same old characters and situations I've read before".

So, pretty pretty please, can you rec me things, flist? Your writing or somebody else's, I don't care... but rec me a fic from a fandom I don't read! Or a new-to-me book or book series - my local library probably has it if it isn't online. Or, heck - introduce me to a whole new fandom! I don't really feel like watching movies at the moment, but if you convince me something is awesome enough I might.



General likes and dislikes:

I like friendship stories, adventure stories, mystery stories, stories written for children/teens, teamwork, WWII settings, sailing ships, heroic people, smart people, funny people, loyal people, Scottish people, and people who can act. Also anything written by someone geeking out about something they love - that's always fascinating.

I don't like RPF, slash, excessive shippiness, excessive magic, snark about religion, protagonists who are rude, stupid, evil, mean, or otherwise dislikable, or books that purport to feature knitting or home repair (I nitpick them too much).

Bored of:

* Doctor Who - I'm sorry, but I'm just really not interested right now.
* Stargate SG-1 - My mom won't let me watch it (I have this stupid knack of answering honestly and thoroughly the question "Is there anything objectionable in it?"), so I'm not reading any more till I leave home, it just makes me cranky.
* MacGyver - Frankly, the fun is in the visuals. No offence?

Know the canon but don't read the fic:

* Tolkien - I kind of wish I did, because some of the awesomest people I know are LOTR writers, but I just can't do it.
* Bonanza - I simply have no interest in reading Bonanza fic. There's enough show canon to keep me happy for my lifetime.
* Hogan's Heroes - What I've seen of the fic tends to be extremely Srs Bisness, with much whumpage. Besides, I watch HH for the acting.
* Sherlock Holmes - The thought of Holmes/Watson slash makes me unexpectedly grumpy and militant about asexuality!fail. I don't really like myself when I'm militant, so I don't care to poke through Holmes archives reading summaries.
* Discworld - Okay, I've only read the Guards series (Vimes FTW!), but I don't quite see how fanfic could measure up.
* X-Men - I think I've read basically every comic Chris Claremont has ever written with Wolverine in. Several times. And I'm too picky about characterization to wade through the fic.
* NCIS - The proportion of Duckyfic is so small, why bother?
* Agatha Christie - I'm not fond enough of the canon to want to bother with fic, for the most part.

Tried the canon, didn't like it (not sorted by whether there is fic):

* Mission: Impossible - it stresses me out for some reason.
* The Brady Bunch - just can't stand it.
* Lost in Space - same.
* DC superhero comics - tend to be stupid. I'd read the Dave Cockrum run of "Legion of Super-Heroes" if it were available, though.
* Spider-Man comics - he's a jerk. '90s!Venom is my favorite character, for cryin' out loud!
* Wild Wild West - it just didn't click with me.
* Captain America - I love the concept and some things about the character, but the way he's written is all over the map!
* Georgette Heyer - I liked "The Unknown Ajax", but most of the others I've tried bored me.

I've read all the genfic:

* Sapphire and Steel
* Man from UNCLE
* Swallows and Amazons
* Legend (MOAR PLZ!)
* Star Wars - I've read all the official fic related to the Luke trilogy up to the point where Chewbacca gets killed. After that, I don't care anymore. And I'm not really interested in non-official fic.

There isn't any fic:

* Gilligan's Island
* The Three Investigators. Well, there's official books not by the original author, but they're no good.
* Andre Norton's "Solar Queen" series
* Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence stories (the exception to my cordial dislike of Agatha Christie)

Things I keep meaning to watch:

* The Lion King (everyone's always shocked that I haven't seen it)
* Star Trek: The Next Generation (the pilot has DeForest Kelley and John de Lancie in it, so it shouldn't be too hard to persuade me to give it a shot)
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (eponymous_rose keeps going on about it)
* Three Bites of the Apple (that's research for a fic)
* the TV episode where DMc is a confused baby Time Lord (I've forgotten the name, and it has also morphed into research for a fic)
* all the Doctor Who I haven't seen (except as previously noted I'm bored of storylines I already know about)
* The Dark Knight (I liked Batman Begins, but people tell me TDK is scarier)

I'm sure there's lots of other stuff I've forgotten or never heard of, too. Surprise me! ;-)



Or alternatively, suggest cures for writer's block. I know there are stories you guys want me to finish - the Who/X-Men piece for clocketpatch, the MFU/MacGyver piece for lolmac Beth, the Cartoon Adventures of togsos and Curuchamion... primsong wants Three!fic and eponymous_rose wants Legend!fic - and I can't seem to write ANYTHING! I have ideas, I have outlines and scene descriptions, I just can't get words!