January 2021 Matchmaker Mods: The Sci-Fi Setup

[Anna]

Nope to Anna! That one is hard, because there are a million books with the same name.

Yes to Paula!

[Mel]

And Nathaniel is (view spoiler)[The Family Tree by Sherri Tepper (hide spoiler)]

[Anna]

Paula = (view spoiler)[ The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (hide spoiler)]
I'm dark, tense, and emotional. I spend my days on The Road, writing about the Miracle of Birth (NSFW) in Nobody's Diary.

-> (view spoiler)[ I think the CXG song is self-explanatory :D The book is written in journal entries, by someone whose name we don't know, so Nobody's Diary. And see below for Road. (hide spoiler)]

Title clue: 📖 ❓ 👩‍⚕️
Extra clue: I'm a Fever survivor on the Road to Nowhere.

-> (view spoiler)[ Fever and Road to Nowhere were in the original text. Allison guessed it immediately, so I took them out :P The series is named Road to Nowhere, and Allison said that the fever clue was what made her sure. (hide spoiler)]

[Anna]

Melissa, that's also correct!

[Anna]

You're guessing these faster than I can type :D

[Mel]

Anna wrote: "Nope to Anna! That one is hard, because there are a million books with the same name.

Yes to Paula!"

Yeah, to be honest, even after rewatching the video clues for that one it still didn't make sense... but tbh I couldn't figure out the other original clues either. I just perked up when I saw my girl Gloria Gaynor. Hmmm...

[Anna]

Nathaniel = (view spoiler)[ The Family Tree (hide spoiler)]
I'm a mysterious, reflective, and emotional Lapin. Sometimes I Go To The Zoo (NSFW) to observe Human Behavior. I'm also interested in Wicked Plants and Other Botanical Atrocities.

-> (view spoiler)[ It's about humans vs. nature, and humans acting like d*cks (that's not ducks btw). That's all I can say, everything else is a spoiler! (hide spoiler)]

Title clue: Mommy, Daddy, and Me! And Stevland.
Title clue: 👪 🌳

-> (view spoiler)[ Stevland is a bamboo, the book is on the group shelf, so a lot of people should've read it. (hide spoiler)]

DO NOT READ ANY REVIEWS if you're interested in this book! You'll get an eyeful of major spoilers. I desperately want everyone to read this, but it's hard because I can't really tell you anything about it? :(

Oh, and this was one of the books that Allison said I tricked her with. She didn't expect me to use an author who is already on the shelf :)

[Mel]

Haha, sorry about that! And thanks for the spoiler warning. That book does look interesting, but I'll keep away from looking into it too closely.

Ah okay, this time I think I got it.
Anna the Browbarian: (view spoiler)[Survival by Julie E. Czerneda (hide spoiler)]

[Anna]

That's it! Woohoo, all the books have been guessed! I hope that'll help people with their attempts to interpret my clues for the books in the poll?

[Anna]

Anna the Browbarian = (view spoiler)[ Survival (hide spoiler)] 🎵 OR IS IT? Pay only $9.99 [...] to know for sure! 🎵
I'm a challenging, mysterious, and tense Salmon of Doubt. I know you're going to Research Me Obsessively, but I beg of you Seagulls, Stop It Now!

-> (view spoiler)[ The protag is a salmon researcher on a planet with lots of alien races. The book mentions gulls several times. (hide spoiler)]

Title clue: I like reality TV and Gloria Gaynor.
Title clue: A ________ thinks: "I will _______", and that will guarantee their ________, or their continued existence, their non-expiration if you will. This book is about a 🐟 👩‍🔬 by a 👩‍🔬.

-> (view spoiler)[ Survivor, Survive, Survival. (hide spoiler)]

[Anna]

Thank you to everyone who took part in any way! ^_^ This has been most fun! :)

[Mel]

Thank you for all the thought and effort you put into this game. With overflow character/book options to boot!

With so many unfamiliar books, it was hard for me to guess at first based off of content, but the extra hints convinced me to have another go, and in retrospect, they all make sense of course. ^_^

Aside: The other unintended side effect of all these videos, is getting side-tracked down Youtube rabbit holes. Un Lapin really threw me as a clue, plus I had a vague childhood memory, trying to figure out when I first heard it... perhaps it was in a Japanese anime? The composer also worked on the cartoon David the Gnome... was it there? I still have no idea.

I was also tickled pink to see Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil as one of the clues. Got me absentmindedly singing to myself, ♪Schni Schna Schnappi! Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp!♫

[Anna]

I both love and hate YouTube for recommending an endless stream of music videos to me when I just want to watch one! I mean I have to pretend to sleep sometimes!

Un Lapin will never stop baffling me. Watching the kids act it out XD

[Meredith]

This has been fun! I'll have to re-visit the books in the poll and see if I have more insight now. I really appreciate all the work that you and Allison put into the book match-making this month.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

When I saw the Un Lapin video I was like...Anna, you're gonna have to narrow this down for me. What am I looking at? The lyrics? The location? The language? The amount of drugs someone had to have been on to put this together?

[Anna]

My brothers and I sing Un Lapin together as a sibling choir during family dinners :) I would get it on video for y'all, but alas, covid prevents me ;)

[Mindy]

Anna wrote: "SILVANA I LOVE YOU! I was sure no one else watched the show! I loved old Greg, but his songs didn't match any of my books :( I was actually humming Settle For Me as I clicked on the notif! ^_^ (New..."

Anna, I absolutely love Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! I adore the show for its genius, its comedy, great music, wonderful characters, and its unabashed camp.

And your fix-up design with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is genius!!!

[Anna]

Yes, the show is great! ^_^

[Anna]

January 2021 Matchmaker Mods: The Sci-Fi Setup
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[Anna]

January 2021 Matchmaker Mods: The Sci-Fi Setup
January 2021 Matchmaker Mods: The Fantasy Fix Up

We're almost there, how exciting! You have just under two days left to vote, and both polls are extremely close, so make sure you've had a say! :)