December Talking Meme Master List

Nothing prompted for day 16. Day 17 prompted by das_hydra: Five fictional places (lands, realms, etc) you wish you could visit.

Well isn't this an interesting question. This varies depending on when I'm thinking about it, but right now, in no particular order, here are five fictional places I would like to visit:

o Tortall, from the Tortall series by Tamora Pierce

I'm not really a fan of feudal systems in general, but omg, how much do I want to be a lady knight? SO MUCH. Kel, character of my heart, has been an inspiration from the first moment I started reading her story. (I read Alanna's story and Daine's story before hers, and enjoyed the hell out of both of them, but Kel's story, The Protector of the Small, is the greatest ever. EVER.) There's magic and people who can talk to animals and immortal creatures including dragons and lady knights are becoming a thing again and SO MUCH YES.

(Thankfully, the magic means a lot of the downside to medieval life doesn't exist.)

o Santa Carla, from The Lost Boys

This is basically cheating, because Santa Cruz feels so, so close to Santa Carla already, just minus the supernatural creatures (...or is it), and I've spent plenty of time in Santa Cruz. But it's such a great setting: rock and roll, ocean, flashing lights, loud games, wild rides, super hot vampires on motorcycles... the energy is amazing and so much fun. I love the boardwalk, I love walking up the hill along the beach to the fancy beach houses, I love the lighthouse museum and the parks, I love the Santa Cruz Diner, I love the fun little shops. So Santa Cruz + vampires and werewolves (even if we don't get to see much of the werewolves) would be an excellent place to party.

Right up until I became vamp chow, but, you know, whatever.

o Cedar Ridge territory, from the Raised by Wolves series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Speaking of werewolves, this is my favorite YA werewolf series, in part because it is so very much about chosen family and humans + werewolves holding territory together. I want to visit and watch them run and just -- werewolves, man. Werewolves.

o Space, the Final Frontier, from Star Trek: The Next Generation

So much space. All space, all the time. I want to peacefully meet new people and see new places and not at all try to colonize them, so probably I should have chosen another space setting (Pitch Black but not that particular planet! Firefly! etc.), but I imprinted on ST:TNG young. I want to have all the adventures in space and hang out with Worf and warp speed, people, warp speed.

o New New York and beyond, from Futurama

Space + technology + awesome snark + robots. Bring me there immediately. Immediately.

(I don't talk about it often around here, but I love space and stars and flights of imagination and the future and, oh, I wish, I wish, I wish I could visit other planets, other solar systems, I want to climb into a space craft and take the most epic road trip (space trip) ever.)

I have seen the sparkle.

( spoilers )

Now I'm watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. Did I ever tell you that I was in love with Worf as a kid? Oh yeah. And Captain Picard always reminded me of my dad in some ways. Okay, honestly, it's likely I still have a thing for Worf. Yum.

Despite my dislike for fluffy telepathic stuff and emotion reading, etc., Deanna was also on my radar back then.

Possibly more Twilight thoughts later, and good god, I almost want to write girl slash. Someone stop me.