Top Five Meme

[itsnotmymind]

 Meme from rogueslayer452 

Give me a topic, and I will answer with my top fives. Any subject, any at all.

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[anxious_songbird]

Fav parent & child relationships? Doesn't have to be via blood or even official

[itsnotmymind]

I'm sure I'm missing a good one or two that I like, but here's my top five of the ones I could think of:

1. Frank Abagnale and Carl Hanratty. Frank Abagnale Jr. is a real person - a youthful con artist who later worked for the FBI. Carl Hanratty is a fictional character invented for the biopic Catch Me If You Can. Hanratty is the FBI agent who pursues Abagnale but also develops paternal feelings for him.

2. Sybel and Tamlorn. I don't have too many mothers on the list, but I had to include Sybel from Patricia's McKillip's novel The Forgotten Beasts of Eld. Sybel is a powerful sorceress whose seperation from the rest of the world is challenged when a baby boy, Tamlorn, is brought to her to care for and protect from war-torn nations.

3. John and Dean Winchester. From Supernatural, of course. I will never forgive John for the events of Something Wicked, but that doesn't mean I don't find his relationships with his sons fascinating. I picked Dean over Sam because I think their relationship is deeper and more complex.

4. Mufasa and Simba. I absolutely adored The Lion King the first time I saw it when I was four. Mufasa is the wise father who Simba wants to be like but has to spend the entire movie learning how.

5. Giles and Buffy. I don't have any other daughters on this list, either, but I couldn't not do Giles and Buffy. A lot of my biggest memories of them are also Giles' worst moments as a parent: Leaving her in Buffy the Vampire Slayer season six, for example. But events like this hurt because of years of build-up of this relationship.

[ragnarok_08]

Fave fandoms at the moment?

[itsnotmymind]

I will interpret this as fandoms I am actively consuming or creating in:

1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - I'm still making my way through the manga

2. The Fall of the House of Usher (TV show) - I just watched it and I have a love/hate relationship. I love the story but it seriously freaks me out and I don't think I'll ever be able to rewatch it

3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Sunndydale Herald always seems to have something interesting

4. The Haunting of Hill House (TV show) - I'm working on icons for this one

5. Supernatural - I recently dug up an old fic I'd written and still have the idea I might clean it up and post it.

[ragnarok_08]

And you're right!

Neat answers :)

[rogueslayer452]

Top five book authors.

Top five locations you'd like to visit for a vacation.

Top five accomplishments you've had in your life so far that you're most proud of.

[itsnotmymind]

Top five book authors:

1. Patricia McKillip - My favorite fantasy author

2. Mary Beard - My favorite classical history author

3. E. L. Konigsburg - My favorite children's author

4. Ursula K. Le Guin - She wrote Catwings. And a lot of famous smart books. But mostly Catwings

5. Brian Jacques - My favorite fantasy author when I was eight


Top five vacation locations:

1. Japan. I used to be fascinated by Japan when I was younger, and I love Japanese gardens.

2. Egypt. Seeing the pyramids and the sphinx would be amazing

3. Colombia. My sister is from Colombia as is my best friend's mother and I would like to go there.

4. Alaska. It sounds so beautiful.

5. New Zealand, because it also sounds beautiful


Top five accomplishments:

1. Traveling on my own for the first time at twenty-two, and spending two weeks completely on my own
traveling though Europe

2. Recovering from being stuck in a cycle of psychotic breaks. The medication I takes a lot of credit, but it's still work to recover, repair relationships, etc.

3. Completing my bachelor's degree

4. Persevering in getting a driver's license and a car when it didn't come naturally to me and scared me

5. Memorizing all the lyrics to Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire