Snowflake 2021 #3

[jedi_of_urth]

Challenge #3: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

In your own space, tell us who, from one of your fandoms, would you most want to have dinner with (or tea, or a random afternoon visit), And why? This could be a creator, an actor, a costumer, a set designer, a director, a character, a composer, anybody! What would you talk about? What are you dying to know? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


I found myself thinking about this for a bit after it was revealed, even as I was reading it. My first thought was that I would read it as characters I wanted to hang out with, and realized that in my recent fandoms there aren't a lot that I wanted that. Not that I would mind if I could meet them; Chidi from The Good Place for example, I could get FroYo with him sometime.

Then my mind went back to old favorites, and I found myself debating which characters from Babylon 5 I'd want to have lunch with, and I had a pretty hard time deciding that. I kind of want to (per my icon) talk with Sheridan about politics and how we make things better; I just want to hang with Ivanova; I want to turn to Delenn for life advice because I think she'd be a really good person to turn to; I might get a bit lost with G'Kar (late G'Kar), but I sure wouldn't miss the opportunity to hear more of his thoughts; I think Vir and I could have a really chill time.

But then I realize I could go with a real person and that the absolute dream is meeting JMS; he's basically been my idol since I was 12 and having the chance to sit down with the man himself for a while would be amazing. And it would have to be a while because I'd be too nervous to talk, and then I'd just be squeeing for a while. But it would be amazing for 13 year old me, 20 year old me, 30 year old me, and now me. I've loved Babylon 5 for 2/3 or my life and it would be wonderful to meet the man who created and basically penned it, and gave me so many ideas that shaped who I am.

Comments

[hamsterwoman]

Ivanova would be a fun person to grab a drink with! I think I'd opt for Garibaldi to have dinner with out of the B5 crew -- especially if he cooks!

I read JMS's memoir (Becoming Superman) last year, which made me respect him even more and want to check out more of his work -- I've loved B5 for two and a half decades, as well as some of the animated shows he'd worked on, but the book made me want to dip into his comics, and give Sense 8 a shot, and maybe even watch Changeling, though it's not my genre AT ALL. (But also whoooa, what a brutal read that book was.)

[paulamcg]

It's great to see you've enjoyed giving this a good thought! And let's agree that you'll have all the time you want - for your squeeing and talking, too.:) ♥

[sjh2009]

That's such an awesome response! Meeting someone who's been your idol for that long and been such an influence would just be amazing!

[bemused_writer]

Ohh, Babylon 5 has a lot of great choices for conversation, I agree! Chidi would also be a lot of fun. :D