Welcome to the neighbourhood.

[sorchasilver]

Hi everyone, welcome to the_good_place! It's wonderful to see so many of you joining this comm - I'm looking forward to getting to know you all. I thought it would be good, for starters, to have a place to introduce ourselves. So here it is.

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<b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> <b>Location:</b> <b>Favourite films:</b> <b>Favourite TV shows:</b> <b>Favourite authors/books:</b> <b>Favourite bands/performers:</b> <b>Favourite character on The Good Place:</b> <b>Other fandoms:</b> <b>Anything else:</b>

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[sorchasilver]

Name: I’m Claire, but I’ll answer to Sorcha too (fandom has trained me well).
Age: 42
Location: Scotland
Favourite films: Star Wars (not the prequels), Lord of the Rings, the MCU (to a greater or lesser extent depending on the movie), Serenity, Wonder Woman
Favourite TV shows: Firefly, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Leverage, Brooklyn Nine Nine, White Collar, The Good Place
Favourite authors/books: Terry Pratchett, Seanan McGuire, KJ Charles, Becky Chambers
Favourite bands/performers: Adam Lambert, Queen, Queen + Adam Lambert ;)
Favourite character on The Good Place: Janet, but I love them all.
Other fandoms: Hamilton, Adam Lambert, MCU, Sterek. In times gone by, Firefly, SPN and SGA.
Anything else: I’m a teacher of Religious Studies and Philosophy. I have got most of my current senior Philosophy class to start watching The Good Place since I discovered the show in October.

[wolfpurplemoon]

woo Scotland! Also yay for older fandom people *waves*

[wolfpurplemoon]

Name: Wolfie
Age: 33
Location: Hampshire, UK
Favourite films: Deadpool, MCU movies
Favourite TV shows: The Good Place, One Day at a Time, Lucifer, Brooklyn Nine Nine
Favourite authors/books: I need to read more >.<
Favourite bands/performers: Kesha, Amy Studt
Favourite character on The Good Place: Tahani, Eleanor and everyone really
Other fandoms: Buffy and Hannibal
Anything else: I'm glad to be here and can't wait for the next season of The Good Place!

[yourlibrarian]

I just tried out One Day At a Time last week. I enjoyed it though I don't know how quickly I'll move through it. I think their rebooted ideas were good ones.

I'm also an MCU fan, really enjoy B99 and also watch Lucifer.

[delacourtings]

Name: layla
Age: 22
Location: georgia, usa

Favourite films: 10 things i hate about you, 500 days of summer, breakfast at tiffany's, clueless, dirty dancing, girl interrupted, his girl friday, the host, inception, like crazy, pretty woman, short term 12, the way he looks, you've got mail.

Favourite TV shows: still airing: b99, crazy ex girlfriend, grace and frankie, izombie, lucifer, one day at a time, speechless, stranger things, superstore, timeless, the x files.

finished: brothers and sisters, boy meets world, eureka, gilmore girls, in the flesh, lie to me, leverage, the office, parks and rec, pitch, psych, veronica mars, that 70s show, raising hope, queer as folk, the west wing.

Favourite authors/books: harry potter, the long way to a small angry planet, the five stages of andrew brawley, the book thief, never let me go, two boys kissing, the giver.

Favourite bands/performers: if we're being honest the only person i regularly listen to is taylor swift, whoopsies.

Favourite character on The Good Place: it's a tie between eleanor and chidi, i can't choose!

Other fandoms: all of them? i watch a lot of tv. it's my favorite thing.

Anything else:

[cookiegirl]

TV is my favorite also <3

Hiiii! Your fandoms are my fandoms! I love Crazy Ex, Lucifer, B99, izombie, the West Wing, and eee I just binge watched the first two seasons of Superstore and it is so adorable!!

Would you like to be friends?

[yourlibrarian]

Favourite films: Tough one, but right now I'm in Marvel fandom so I'll say the set of them as a whole. Otherwise perhaps What's Up Doc?
Favourite TV shows: Good Place is the one that I want to see right away when it pops up on the DVR. I don't know that there's anything else I'm as into atm, but there are shows I'm currently enjoying, like Victoria as well as entertainment/news shows like Daily Show and Stephen Colbert. I'm also looking forward to seeing others back like The Expanse, The Crown, Brooklyn 99, and I'm curious to see how the final House of Cards season is going to go.
Favourite authors/books: I really enjoy mysteries, so I'd say Sue Grafton, Agatha Christie, etc. I recently read a good book by Tami Hoag. I'm afraid Chidi's reading list is not something I do for fun ;)
Favourite bands/performers: There's no one band I'm currently into as I tend to enjoy songs rather than performers and my pop/rock collection runs from 50s to current. The most recent thing I wanted to listen to though was the Black Panther film score.
Favourite character on The Good Place: I'll say Tahani because I think she's one who could use more development and because I'd particularly like to see more of her friendship with Eleanor. I think there's a lot more we could see evolve from there given their differences.
Other fandoms: MCU, Buffyverse, Merlin
Anything else: I'd be curious to get some vid, art, and fic recs for Good Place. Also, I've been doing some editing of Fanlore recently and The Good Place entry is pretty sparse, so anything someone thinks could be added there, let me know:

[chase_acow]

I think I might have followed you at LJ, but I can't remember. At this point I just feel so old that usernames are running together. : ) I subscribed! I'm trying so hard to be more active around here. : )

[legionseagle]

Name: AJ Hall
Age: late 50s
Location: Manchester, England
Favourite films: Casablanca, Death of Stalin, LOTR trilogy
Favourite TV shows: Sherlock, Lucifer, Call the Midwife, Masterchef
Favourite authors/books: Jane Austen, Mary Stewart, Antonia Forest
Favourite bands/performers: steeleye Span
Favourite character on The Good Place: Eleanor
Other fandoms: Sherlock, Harry Potter, Mary Renault

[sorchasilver]

Ooh, Call the Midwife! I've just gotten into watching that in the last year, it's perfect Sunday evening TV!

[miss_s_b]

Name: Jennie
Age: just gone 40
Location: Yorkshire
Favourite films: mostly scifi and horror, but also silly things like Monty Python.
Favourite TV shows: Doctor Who and Star Trek
Favourite authors/books: I'm all about the scifi and horror here too, with a fair spattering of murder mystery. I have a Goodreads account which is open for the delving.
Favourite bands/performers: Rock and Metal, esp Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden.
Favourite character on The Good Place: Mindy. No, Janet. No, Chidi...
Other fandoms: Oh God, loads.
Anything else: I have two doggies and one daughter and I love them very much. I'm also very politically active, but I'll try to keep that away from here for obvious reasons.

[chase_acow]

I love your icon!

making voting a legal obligation

[bagpuss]

Laura
39
Cambridge
Favourite films:Back to the Future, Grosse Point Blank, Hail Caeser, Labyrinth
Favourite TV shows:Life on Mars, Greys Anatomy, Inside Number 9, Babylon 5
Favourite authors/books:Terry Pratchett, James S A Corey, Lois McMaster Bujold, Ann Leckie
Favourite bands/performers:I don't really do much music but theatre, we love the Donmar in London, Simon Russel Beale, Rory Kinnear and Lydia Lenoard are all great stage actors
Favourite character on The Good Place:Eleanor
Other fandoms:
Anything else:I like to bake

Re: making voting a legal obligation

[chelseagirl]

Simon Russell Beale and Rory Kinnear! I'm just rewatching Penny Dreadful at the moment. Love!

[paynesgrey]

Name: Heather
Age: 37
Location: IL
Favourite films: Tank Girl, Sixteen Candles, Clueless, Avengers, Pride and Prejudice, Star Wars
Favourite TV shows: Doctor Who, Star Trek Discovery, Heroes, Angel, Arrow, Live PD
Favourite authors/books: Jane Austen, Stephen King, Kim Harrison, Nora Roberts
Favourite bands/performers: No Doubt, Joan Jett, The Doors, Carrie Underwood, Huntress, Depeche Mode
Favourite character on The Good Place: Eleanor
Other fandoms: Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek Discovery, Heroes, Inuyasha, MCU
Anything else: I'm an indie writer, a full time web designer, a tarot reader, a tired new mom of a toddler and a dog lover. Been married for 10 years to some crazy rude guy I met in a writing class. I love the Good Place. It's put my faith back in good, original comedies.

[sorchasilver]

Ooh that reminds me that I really should catch up on Star Trek Discovery!

[i_phoenix]

Name: Mallory
Age: 32
Location: Wisconsin
Favourite films: Apollo 13, Oceans 11 and 13, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Count of Monte Cristo
Favourite TV shows: The Good Place, The Crown, Leverage, Warehouse 13, Scrubs, Brooklyn 99, MLP:FIM, Better off Ted
Favourite authors/books: Ursula Vernon, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's Liaden Universe, Anne Bishop, David Weber, Seanan MacGuire
Favourite bands/performers: P!nk, Frank Turner, Flogging Molly, My Chemical Romance
Favourite character on The Good Place: Chidi!
Other fandoms: The Hidden Almanac, Welcome to Nightvale, magical girl stories and/or portal fantasies
Anything else: I'm not really active in fandom at all, but I love this show!

[sorchasilver]

Welcome aboard, Mallory!

Oh, Apollo 13 is such a good movie and I haven't seen it in ages. I need to watch it again.

[orangerful]

Name: Sam
Age: 36 (for one more week LOL)
Location: Maryland USA
Favourite films: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Quiz Show, Fantastic Mr Fox...
Favourite TV shows: Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Community, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec
Favourite authors/books: Douglas Adams, Michael Crichton, Neal Shusterman
Favourite bands/performers: Beatles, Panic at the Disco, Weird Al, Paramore
Favourite character on The Good Place: I HAVE TO PICK ONE?!?!? I guess if I had to rank them it would be Chidi, Eleanor...then everyone else.
Other fandoms: I haven't been active in "fandom" land in a long time, but I'm hoping this community will reignite my ol' icon making spirit!
Anything else: I adore Kristen Bell and started watching the show because of her but the entire cast and crew is amazing. Looking forward to meeting new peoples on DW that enjoy the show too!

[sorchasilver]

Hope you had a great birthday!

You don't HAVE to pick one! But yay Chidi ;)

Kristen Bell is awesome and definitely worth watching for.

[owlmoose]

Name: KJ
Age: almost 45
Location: San Francisco
Favourite films: Clue, The Truman Show, Captain America: The Winter Soldier (and many other MCU films but that's my top one), The Lego Movie
Favourite TV shows: Current: TGP, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Librarians, Top Chef, Agents of SHIELD, Supergirl, Jessica Jones. All-time: Star Trek: DS9, Babylon 5, Friends, Leverage, Fringe, Agent Carter
Favourite authors/books: So many. See my Goodreads for a sampling.
Favourite bands/performers: They Might Be Giants, Tori Amos, Dessa, Barenaked Ladies
Favourite character on The Good Place: Chidi or Janet, depending on my mood
Other fandoms: Dragon Age, MCU, and Final Fantasy are historically my most active. At the moment I'm most obsessed with Critical Role.
Anything else: I think TGP is the best show currently airing on TV right now, bar none.

[chase_acow]

I really enjoyed the brief peruse of your journal I just did, especially the link to Hollow and Heartless! : ) So I subscribed.

I don't watch a lot of current TV, but I'd concur that TGP is the best. It's got the writing, acting, and awesome set design. I've got everybody at work watching the first season now. \0/

[cookiegirl]

Name: cookiegirl
Age: early 30s
Location: England
Favourite films: The Normal Heart, Kingsman, Disney, all the Christmas movies and romcoms
Favourite TV shows:
Airing: Lucifer, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, How to Get Away with Murder, Scorpion, Riverdale, One Day at a Time, Superstore, Brooklyn 99, Young and Hungry, Timeless, iZombie, Suits, Jessica Jones, etc!
Finished: White Collar, Buffy, Torchwood, Lost Girl, Community, etc!
Favourite authors/books: Harry Potter, The Girl from Everywhere, A Prisoner of Night and Fog
Favourite bands/performers: Taylor Swift, Matchbox Twenty, A Fine Frenzy, Kelly Clarkson, The Greatest Showman soundtrack right now!
Favourite character on The Good Place: argh, how to choose?! Eleanor, I guess. But also Tahani and Chidi and Janet and Michael, so...
Other fandoms: Everything listed under TV!
Anything else: Hiiii! Feel free to add me if you fancy a new friend!

[dreamsofspike]

Name: dreamsofspike
Age: 37
Location: southern US
Favourite films: The Princess Bride, Forrest Gump, Anne of Green Gables
Favourite TV shows: The Good Place, Law and Order: SVU, Supernatural, The Walking Dead, The Voice, iZombie
Favourite authors/books: Stephen King (especially The Stand)
Favourite bands/performers: Blake Shelton, Maroon 5 (Adam Levine), Jennifer Nettles, Pentatonix
Favourite character on The Good Place: Michael
Other fandoms: Supernatural, Law and Order: SVU, The Voice RPF
Anything else: I have all kinds of fic ideas and love discussing them - love discussing my favorite characters and ships - always up for making new friends!! :)

[cookiegirl]

Yay, you're here!

[chelseagirl]

Name: Catherine
Age: 56
Location: NYC
Favourite films: Casablanca, Mean Girls, how's that for opposites?
Favourite TV shows: current: Jessica Jones, The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, iZombie, The Alienist
of all time: Buffy, Farscape, Deadwood, Agent Carter
Favourite authors/books: China Mieville, Ursula K. LeGuin, George Eliot, Wilkie Collins
Favourite bands/performers: David Bowie, Yo La Tengo, Neil Young
Favourite character on The Good Place: Eleanor. But everyone.
Other fandoms: Alias Smith and Jones (yes, it's a million years old, but it inspires me to write fanfic like nothing else ever), Agent Carter, Jessica Jones
Anything else: How does one share The Good Place with one's life partner who already believes it might be overhyped? Trying to explain to them that in this case, that is not possible.

[wendelah1]

I told him I thought he'd like it and made him sit down and watch season one. (I'm...bossy.) It's his favorite show now and he's reading moral philosophy. Yes, I am now married to Chidi.

[shapinglight]

name: Shapinglight
age: Older than everyone else in the comm so far
location: A cold, damp island in the North Atlantic
Favourite movies: Some Like It Hot, Bladerunner
Favourite TV shows: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lucifer, The Good Place, The Americans, The Wire, others too many to mention
Favourite authors/books: The Master and Margarita
Favourite bands/performers: Bob Marley
Favourite character on The Good Place: Chidi. Or maybe Janet. Or Michael. Or Jason. Or Eleanor.
Other fandoms: Buffy, Lucifer, see list of TV shows above

Looking forward to talking about the show with everyone.

[wendelah1]

Not older than me, I'll bet.

[wendelah1]

Name: wendelah1
Age: Very old. No, even older than that. We still have newspaper delivery.
Location: Los Angeles
Favourite films: The Wizard of Oz, Babette's Feast, Groundhog's Day,
Favourite TV shows: The Good Place, Timeless, The Americans, The Expanse, Madame Secretary, The Crown, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Elementary. See my sticky.
Favourite authors/books: Jane Austen, Kim Stanley Robinson, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson.
Favourite bands/performers: Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchell
Favourite character on The Good Place: I love them all.
Other fandoms: Yuletide. Small fandom gift exchanges, in general. The X-Files, kind of.
Anything else:
Favorite color: sometimes blue, sometimes green.
Favorite food: Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream.
Favorite Joni Mitchell album: Blue
Favorite Ella Fitzgerald recording: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook
Book I Just Finished: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. 5/5. A+. I only wish I could write this well.
Book I'm Reading Now: Judaism for Dummies
Book I'm Reading Next: Whatever comes in at the library.
Last fanfic read: "Compass" by Nascent. (TXF, Mulder/Scully). Nascent is a favorite fic writer.
Last fanfic written: Three ficlets for purimgifts, still to be revealed.

[chelseagirl]

Kim Stanley Robinson! So good . . .

[chase_acow]

Name: Renae
Age: a very youthful 34
Location: Oklahoma
Favorite films: Captain America, horror movies, I'm watching a lot more movies in theaters now so it's a mix
Favorite TV shows: TGP, Designated Survivor, Ink Master, old favorites are Supernatural, Teen Wolf, Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis
Favorite authors/books: I'm reading through Kerouac, but I have to break between books.
Favorite bands/performers video games: Dragon Age, Mass Effect (Original Trilogy), Batman Arkham games
Favorite character on The Good Place: Tahani and Eleanor together!
Other fandoms: aw man, I am a hodgepodge of interests.
Anything else: I am subscribing to a lot of new journals right now, and I'm trying to be more active. Come say hi if you're inclined, or lurk if you'd rather, either way's cool.

[sorchasilver]

Yours is a name I remember seeing in various fandoms over the years. I love it when that happens! (I'm a complete lurker usually.)

[ahbuggrit]

Name: Terri
Age: 24
Location: Ireland
Favourite films: right now, Pride (2014), always boosts my mood
Favourite TV shows: The Good Place, One Day at a Time, Hannibal, Haikyuu!!, and a bunch more I can't think of
Favourite authors/books: Terry Pratchett remains a constant.
Favourite bands/performers: always changing. currently exploring Janelle Monae
Favourite character on The Good Place: Jason
Other fandoms: OMGCP, Hannibal, HQ!!, and a few others, I'm not very active, but looking to change that!
Anything else: not that I can think of? but i've a sieve for a brain

[sorchasilver]

Hi Terri, welcome to the comm. I've seen a few people I know talking about One Day at a Time, but I've never seen it. Maybe I should! I am terrible at watching TV though - TGP is the first new show I've managed to keep up with in a long time.

[tinny]

Name: Tinny
Age: over 40
Location: Germany
Favourite films: Shelter, Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman, everything by Monty Python (that's some weird stuff I know)
Favourite TV shows: Farscape, Angel, SPN, The Expanse, The Good Place (duh), Black Sails, currently watching: Timeless, Lucifer, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Brooklyn 99
Favourite authors/books: Peter F. Hamilton (seriously, read everything of his if you don't know him, he is awesome)
Favourite bands/performers: not actually that into music, but I like political comedy, so maybe John Oliver?
Favourite character on The Good Place: Chidi!!!
Other fandoms: I already mentioned all of them above, I am really only in TV fandoms. My journal content is about 80% icons. I make a lot of icons. :)
Anything else: Diggity Dog!

[enemyofperfect]

Age: Thirtyish.
Favourite TV shows: Person of Interest, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, How to Get Away with Murder, and of course, The Good Place!
Favourite authors/books: Ann Leckie, CJ Cherryh, Zen Cho. And O Human Star! And Gunnerkrigg Court! And The Course of Honor!
Favourite character on The Good Place: It's a toss-up between Chidi in all his earnest anxious nerdery and Eleanor the recovering ashhole with a heart of gold.
Other fandoms: I'll read almost any fandom, to be honest.
Anything else: Social justice, ethics, storytelling, and psychology meta are all delicious. :D

[thatwasjustadream]

Hi all! Omg, I am still struggling with DW and didn't realize I hadn't subscribed to the group I'd joined. Gah. I'm glad I realized on Day One of the re-watch, at least! Looking forward to chatting. Meantime....

Name:See Above
Age: I feel @37ish in my head and body. So let's go with that.
Location:NYC
Favourite films:Oh...so many. Classics, rom-coms, film noir, fantasy/conceptual stuff. If I have to pick five: Casablanca, The Philadelphia Story, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, ET.
Favourite TV shows: Star Trek, Northern Exposure, LOST, Fringe.
Favourite authors/books:Tolkien, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Hemingway, Douglas Adams, many more.
Favourite bands/performers:The Beatles and REM are my two 'Desert Island' bands.
Favourite character on The Good Place:The core six, wouldn't pick one over the others.
Other fandoms:SPN, H50, Suits.
Anything else:Not much. I'm an LJ refugee still adapting to DW. Work and non-fandom hobbies have been eating up my time lately, but I hope to make more room for it this summer.

[neonvincent]

Name: Vince
Age: Late 50s
Location: Michigan, USA
Favourite films: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Lord of the Rings (entire trilogy), Star Trek IV, Star Wars (original trilogy plus The Force Awakens), Gladiator, Forrest Gump, Silence of the Lambs, and Amadeus.
Favourite TV shows: The Walking Dead, Lucifer, Stranger Things, Westworld, Supernatural, Penny Dreadful, The Good Wife, NCIS, The Good Place (of course).
Favourite authors/books: Larry Niven's Ringworld series, Neil Gaiman's American Gods, The Hunger Games series, The Expanse series.
Favourite bands/performers: Shriekback, Talking Heads, Muse, Skinny Puppy, Katy Perry (yeah, one of these things is not like the others).
Favourite character on The Good Place: Janet
Other fandoms: Video games: Star Wars: The Old Republic and Rift. Anime: Revolutionary Girl Utena. Webcomics: Girl Genius, Darths and Droids, Order of the Stick.
Anything else: I blog about science fiction, fantasy, and horror at Crazy Eddie's Motie News in addition to journaling here.

[simplecoffee]

Hi! Am I late? *g*

Name: Cain
Age: 24
Location: India
Favourite films: The Fugitive, Men in Black (1 and 2), the Iron Man trilogy, the Star Wars OT
Favourite TV shows: Star Trek (TOS), Remington Steele, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, occasionally The Simpsons
Favourite authors/books: Robert Ludlum, Alistair MacLean, Isaac Asimov, Agatha Christie, Oliver Sacks
Favourite bands/performers: I like psychedelic trance...and Britney Spears (no rly I adore her)
Favourite character on The Good Place: Eleanor, my favourite Disaster Child. But really, I love them all!
Other fandoms: *points at films above* basically all of those and Star Trek (TOS). (I'm currently completely immersed in The Fugitive and MIB in particular)
Anything else: I'm academicgangster on tumblr :D

[readmethesigns]

Name: Jamie
Age: 22
Location: Canada
Favourite TV shows: just to name a few... Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel; Veronica Mars; Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Psych; Leverage; Greek; Friday Night Lights; Legend of the Seeker; Twin Peaks; The OC; Schitt's Creek; Good Behaviour; and, of course, The Good Place
Favourite authors/books: the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
Favourite character on The Good Place: Tahani, but the main cast as a whole is really strong
Other fandoms: Big Brother USA/Canada
Anything else: I've only recently forayed into DW because I didn't realise how active it was until now (at least compared to LJ), so I'm looking forward to the TGP discussion! Lastly, I'd just like to recommend the official podcast for The Good Place with Marc Evan Jackson to anyone who doesn't already know about it.

[mcbangle]

Name: McBangle, or McB or MB
Age: 41
Location: Upstate New York, USA
Favourite films: The Princess Bride, Star Wars Original Trilogy, When Harry Met Sally
Favourite TV shows: The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Favourite authors/books: Rainbow Rowell, Martha Wells
Favourite bands/performers: It changes all the time depending on what I'm feeling like, but basically any show tune will make me happy.
Favourite character on The Good Place: I love them all in different ways, but I guess if I had to pick, I'd go with Eleanor.
Other fandoms: Check, Please!
Anything else: I've been inactive on DW for years and years but hoping to get back into it!

[la_dissonance]

hiiiii I love your She-Ra icon! been meaning to look for some of those myself, it is such a great show with so many amazing ladies *____*