Top Ten LGBTQ-Related Films

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is movie freebie, so here are ten films that feature LGBTQ characters and themes.

Links go to IMDb pages.

1. The Perfume of Memory (2016)

 2. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

3. Heavenly Creatures (1994)

4. Camp Belvidere (2014)

5. Bound (1996)

6. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

7. V for Vendetta (2005)

8. The Imitation Game (2014)

9. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

10. The World Unseen (2007)

What are your favourite LGBTQ movies? What's on your to-watch list? (I still have to see Carol and The Handmaiden...)

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Top Ten Characters I'd Name a Cat After

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is Ten Characters I'd Name A Child/Dog/Cat/Car etc After. I'll be using characters from a combination of books, films, and TV shows this week (some of the books have screen adaptations, so that's the version I've taken the images from). I don't want kids, I'm not a dog person, and I would forget to name my car, so I'm going with cats.

 

1. Kili (The Hobbit)
 

2. Galadriel (Lord of the Rings)

3. Gandalf (Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit)

4. Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)

5. Hector (The Iliad)
 

6. Inara Serra (Firefly)

7. Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock)

8. Saxa (Spartacus)
 

9. Napoleon Bonaparte (War and Peace)

10. Toshiko Sato (Torchwood)
 

What do you think of these characters? Who would you name a cat after? What characters would you name a car, a child, or a dog after?

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Top Ten Villains on TV

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is All About the Villains. I decided to do my ten favourite villains on TV, since I don't tend to like villains in books, but I sometimes do on television.

1.

Lucretia (Spartacus)

She has a great character arc and is truly the best villain ever, because she's a good villain who is written and portrayed excellently.

2.

Ilithyia (Spartacus)

She's a very funny villain, without meaning to be. She just speaks her mind without knowing she's being rude. Ilithyia is a bitch.

3.

 

Crassus (Spartacus)

He's just as smart as our protagonist Spartacus, and respects his enemy.

4.

Caesar (Spartacus)

Damn you, you sneaky, smart, strong good-looking bastard.

5.

Callisto (Xena)

Undefeatable crazy evil blonde bitch with a weird obsession with Xena.

6.

Alti (Xena)

Undefeatable crazy evil brunette bitch with a weird obsession with Xena. Only even more undefeatable.

7.

 Moriarty (Sherlock)

Evil genius. I shivered/shuddered just finding a picture.

8.

 "Captain John Hart" (Torchwood)

He's a bad person... But he's got some good qualities... Never mind, no he doesn't... Hang on, maybe he does...
Tbh it's the jacket I like the most.

9.

Missy (Doctor Who)

The funniest serious villain to ever... villain. Missy is very very Weird.

10.

Bonnie (Doctor Who)

There's something sexy and scary about her at the same time. It's disconcerting.

Who are your favourite TV villains? Do you agree with this list? Who would you put at #1?

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Top Ten F/F Relationships on TV

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is to do a television-related topic, so I've chosen to do my ten favourite female/female relationships on television, past and present. Some of these are ships, some are friendships, some are antagonistic relationships. Not a spoiler-free post.

1. Xena & Gabrielle

Xena: Warrior Princess 

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This one's a given.

2. Xena & Callisto

Xena: Warrior Princess

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You hurt me, I hurt you back tenfold.

3. Eve & Varia

Xena: Warrior Princess

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Varia has good reason to hate Eve, but ultimately forgives her. Cue happy feels.

4. Ilithyia & Lucretia

Spartacus

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The best frenemies to ever frenemy.

5. Gaia & Lucretia

Spartacus

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They genuinely care about each other and Gaia is essential in Lucretia's character development.

6. Nicole Haught & Waverly Earp

Wynonna Earp

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No Bury Your Gays trope here!

7. Waverly Earp & Wynonna Earp

Wynonna Earp

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 Healthy family relationships are so rare in fiction. Given the end of season 1, let's see how long this lasts.

8. Cosima Niehaus & Delphine Cormier

Orphan Black

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Delphine is alive!

9. Clara Oswald & Jane Austen

Doctor Who

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Still a better love story than Twilight, and they don't even have any scenes together.

10. Alex Vause & Piper Chapman

Orange is the New Black

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Such an unhealthy relationship that sometimes it's hard to watch. But it's so good!

Talk to me...

Do you know all these relationships? Which are your favourites? Who would you add to the list?

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Top Ten Books Set in the Future

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is Top Ten Books With X Setting (top ten books set near the beach, top ten book set in boarding school, top ten books set in England, etc). If you read my blog you'll know how much I love historical fiction, but you may not know that sci-fi is also one of my favourite genres, and I love futuristic settings a LOT.

Click the covers to go to the Goodreads links. 

1.

The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld

2.

Diverse Energies edited by Tobias S. Buckell & Joe Monti 

3.

The Galahad series by Dom Testa

4.

 The Dust Lands trilogy by Moira Young

5.

 The Rosie Black Chronicles by Lara Morgan

6.

  The Adaptation series by Malinda Lo

7.

The Carbon Diaries series by Saci Lloyd
(Wait....)

8.

Titanic 2020 by Colin Bateman

9.

The Exodus series by Julie Bertagna

10.

The Mammoth Book of SF Wars edited by Ian Watson & Ian Whates

What are your favourite futuristic books? Have you read any of these? Do you have any recommendations?

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