It was the magical experience I had craved since I was a kid reading the series for the first time. I made my way to Platform 9 ¾ at King’s Cross Station and waited with hundreds of other potterheads. Despite being a huge fan of the series, I had never been to a midnight release and this was my chance! I had been studying Shakespeare abroad in London for a few weeks when I realized I would still be in the city for the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (which I have since seen 4 times and counting). When the series ended, I thought that the magic was over. I’ve set a course for you: quality, concise, and side-splittingly hilarious content, there’s only one thing left for me to say:Įach year I counted down the days for the next film or book to come out in an effort to rejoin the magic of the wizarding world. When I’m not geeking out, I enjoy travelling, camping, hiking – just having some real-life adventures, trying to replicate my favourite heroes. I attend Comic Con every year in London, albeit begrudgingly, only for the massacre it causes in my bank account!
When I find a spare hour I try to squeeze in some quality PS4 time, playing my favourites like the Fallout series, the Red Dead Redemption series, or The Batman Arkham series. Nowadays, I can usually be found binge-watching one of the hundreds of TV shows I’ve seen thousands of times before, shows like Rick and Morty, Doctor Who, Black Mirror, The Simpsons (strictly seasons 3-9 though!), reading any kind of fiction that grabs me (Stephen King is my favourite), or re-watching movies like Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, and anything Monty Python so often that I can recite the entire script! Now, being 6 seems like a lifetime ago, and a lot has changed in my life but my love for all things geeky remains a constant. You’ll probably see me write about a little bit of everything! Hit me up wherever – I’m there. Oh, and I co-host the Melting Potter Podcast with Andreea – where I also make the music! I also love other stuff geeky: from Star Wars to the MCU, Game of Thrones, to lots and lots of video games, and don’t forget books and comics, and movies. Would you threaten to attack them back? But they’re humans too! Would you attack humans to protect an alien race from going to war with another alien race? WOULD YOU?! That’s Star Trek! It’s about asking yourself: what would you do if a rebel officer decided to attack your ships, even though you’re both humans. It’s about science, exploration, letting yourself dream that one day you too could diplomatically negotiate a peace treaty between five different alien species on a far-off planet.
It’s based on complex interactions between humanity and full colorful spectrum of infinitely diverse alien cultures.Īnd the main conflict usually isn’t about who got the biggest gun. Now seriously – I love Star Trek not just because it’s space, although I love that too – it’s scientific fiction. I graduated a Comp Lit and World Lit BA a few years back after which I dabbled in American Studies where I got my MA degree after writing my thesis on, you guessed it, Star Trek.