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promethia_tenk ([personal profile] promethia_tenk) wrote2011-08-21 10:17 pm

Silly Relationships Meme Time

I'm in one of those moods. Let's be silly and fannish, shall we?

MEME THE FIRST:

Comment with any ship (romantic or platonic or maybe even non-existent!) from a fandom that you know I have some knowledge about, and I will rant about aforementioned ship. This may be incoherent gushing or exclamations of disgust, depending on your ship of choice.

I'm not going to promise to insult anybody's ship in an unadvisedly flippant manner, but how will we ever know if nobody tempts fate? *eyebrow waggle* Feel free to prompt more than one. Off-the-top-of-my-head list of shows/fandoms I have an opinion of (may not be comprehensive) for your reference:

SciFi/Fantasy: Star Wars, Star Treks (all but Enterprise), X Files, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Dollhouse, Doctor Who (New), Torchwood, Heroes, True Blood, Harry Potter, Firefly, Game of Thrones, 10th Kingdom, Pushing Daisies, LotR
Drama: House (4 seasons), Gossip Girl (2 seasons), Dexter, L Word, Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy (2 seasons), West Wing (3 seasons), Sherlock, Ugly Betty (2 seasons), The Tudors (2 seasons)
Comedy: 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, Community, Arrested Development, Simpsons


MEME THE SECOND:

It's that fandoms as relationships thing that's going around! Admittedly, I'm using a rather loose definition of "fandom" here . . .

The one who seduced you, screwed you over, broke your heart in a million pieces, and laughed about it.

My first thought here was Battlestar Galactica, but I've become oddly zen about that show of late and have to award the spot to House, MD, which continues to flaunt its degraded status on my television to this day.

The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp:

Sorry, HIMYM--this seems to be you. But I love catching up from time to time!

The mysterious dark one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 AM at weird coffee houses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized s/he really was fucking crazy:

True Blood, you could have gone insane in the most brilliant way, but no . . . What a waste.

The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor and whom you'd still really like to get with again, although you're relieved s/he doesn't actually live in town:

Heroes! I never finished the last season and, yeah, it's probably best it's gone. But season three was TOTALLY WORTH IT, y'all have no idea what you're missing.

The steady:

Hmmm . . . I'm more of a serial monogamist, but if I had to put something in here, it would probably be Star Trek in all its shapes and forms. I thought it was consigned to the realms of nostalgia, but then the reboot came back and, dammit, I love it with every earnest, idealistic, campy fibre of my being.

The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with:

Ugh, so many! Maybe Leverage? It's an ENTIRE SHOW ABOUT HEISTS!

The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with, but ultimately you're just good buddies:

Community. The fandom seems really fun, but the characters and relationships don't have quite the same amount of hook that HIMYM did for me.

The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool person except it's never really gone anywhere:

From the things I hear and the little I've watched, I can tell I'm gonna be mad for Fringe for at least a little while. But I've stalled out about halfway through the first season. I think I just know that when I finally feel like it, it's still gonna be around.

The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at them and thinking, "How the hell did they land all these cool people?"

Sherlock. WTF?

The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and against whom you measure all other potential partners:

Doctor Whoooooo! Ok, it's been a year and half, but who's counting?

The one you recently met at a party and would like to get to know better:

Avatar: The Last Airbender

The old flame that you wouldn't totally object to hooking up with again for a one night romp if only they'd clean up a bit:

There's a Gossip Girl-shaped hole in my life, but it's probably all horrid now, isn't it?

Your hot new flame:

Dollhouse. All the hotter for being a little wrong.

The one who stole your significant other:

I don't know that this has really happened to me. I'm badly susceptible to being stolen myself, though.



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[personal profile] chaila 2011-08-22 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Rory/Logan. Or Rory/anyone if you don't have a strong opinion on Rory/Logan (but who doesn't have an opinion on Rory/Logan?!)

I don't know which three seasons of West Wing you saw, but I always like to hear people's thoughts on Donna/Josh and Amy/Josh, if you have them. :) Or whichever TWW ships give you thoughts!

To top it all off, if you want more, Roslin/Adama.
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[personal profile] owlboy 2011-08-22 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Lol River/Doctor obv
Gaius/Six
Meredith/Mcdreamy [I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE A GREY'S FAN I would never have guessed]

[identity profile] snogged.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ugly Betty: Amanda and Marc
Arrested Development: Maebe and George Michael (not because I ship them, but because I genuinely want to hear what you'd say.)
Edited 2011-08-22 04:37 (UTC)

[identity profile] rumpelsnorcack.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Okay so almost all the fandoms I was going to ask you about weren't on that list, so it'll have to be True Blood. So ... Sookie/Bill and Hoyt/Jessica just because I'm fascinated to see what your thoughts are before I divulge my own.

I sniggered a bit reading your fandoms as relationships thing. I don't think I've had enough flings with shows/fandoms to be able to have such a comprehensive list.

[identity profile] bendingwind.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
I confess, I'm going out on a limb here to hope that you're familiar with not just Star Wars but the extended universe...

Anyway,

Luke/Mara?

Harry/Ginny

Danaerys/Jorah

[identity profile] cinderbella333.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Star Trek: Kirk/Spock

Doctor Who: Master/Doctor

Sherlock: Sherlock/John

[identity profile] cassi0pei4.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Leverage! You should definitely watch it and it's worth going from the beginning of season one, though not super necessary. I'm not particularly fannish about it because I only really get fannish about shows that I can really get into fic writing/reading for, but I love watching it every week. TNT bills it as a drama but I think comedy is what it really does best. :)

[identity profile] stick-poker.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, the relationships one is fun, though I couldn't do an equivalent myself. Misfits would probably be my One I Spent The Whole Weekend In Bed With, and I haven't many others that register as anything.

As for the other meme, I don't think I know how you feel about Doctor/TARDIS.

[identity profile] honeynoir.livejournal.com 2011-08-23 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll spare you the many crack pairings I thought of. Will instead randomly ask if Game of Thrones is as good as everyone says it is?

[identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com 2011-08-28 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
I love the shipping meme!

How about:

Picard/Crusher
Simon/Kaylee
Mal/Inara
Helo/Athena
Amy/Rory

You don't have to answer them all if that's too many.

Also, I have similar feelings about Sherlock. Everyone loved it, but I didn't even get through two whole episodes. Maybe I need to give it another try, as I have since read a smattering of Sherlock fanfic and enjoyed that. But I think I like fanfic more than actually watching shows, oddly.
Edited 2011-08-28 03:03 (UTC)