Lifting the cone of silence. Sort of.
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ozmissageI’ve been trying very hard to stay away from LJ until I finish my stupid fic, I even resisted posting about what was IMO the best Lost episode since “The Constant”. Yes, I think it was maybe even better than “La Fleur” which you all know I love more than air, but it was Des. And it was epic. And I’ve already watched it twice. I have theories! But that’s for later. I also have top 5 lists, but that’s also for later cause I want to scrounge up videos/pics to illustrate my answers.
Right now I have an interactive shipping meme which sounds like a fun way to distract myself during writing breaks. (Also? I think I just broke up with Flashforward. Did you guys see that insanity? WTH was that?)
Anyway, meme stolen from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
arathesane:
Pick 15 of your ships and write down a quote for each of them. Have your flist guess the ships without using Google / imdb.
* Most of these are ridiculously easy, but for the record there are two movie and one book ship mixed in.
1. Why do you love me?/Because you’re a good man. In my experience they’re pretty hard to come by.---Des/Penny, Lost guessed by hopelessfangirl
2. I was told once that the best way to regenerate body heat is to crawl naked into a sleeping bag with somebody else who was already naked./ Maybe if it rains sleeping bags, you'll get lucky.---Mulder/Scully, XF guessed by cantbesilent
3. Life just isn't like the movies is it? We're constantly led to believe in resolution in the establishment of the ideal status quo, and it's just not true. Happy endings are a myth. Designed to make us feel better about the fact that life is just a thankless struggle. Do you wanna dance?/ You know what? I think I do.---Tim/Daisy, Spaced (Not guessed)
4. You’ll be fine./Maybe, but who’s going to get my back?---Sawyer/Juliet, Lost guessed by aurilly
5. She told me to hold onto that horoscope, put it in my wallet, and carry it around with me. One day, it would bring me luck./ Well man, I will say anything for a cup of coffee! Um, I can't believe you kept this. You kept this in your wallet? You kept this in your wallet.../ Eight years.---Luke/Loralei, GG guessed by missy_useless
6. And will you forgive me for believing you were the spy?/ Of course. Shall we kill him together?---Sirius/Remus, HP guessed by cut_thestring
7. Boy, I really do fall for dumb ones. You know how you're always trying to save, oh, every single person in the world? Did it ever occur to you that you are one of them?/ No, it never did./ Well, you made the list gorgeous. And you needed some help.---Cordy/Angel, ATS guessed by greedyslayer
8. Some of what we order depends on if we're having sex after. Woah! Elephant in the room! Are we, do you think? Do you think we're going to have sex tonight?/ Hell yeah.---Michael/Holly, The Office by hopelessfangirl
9. And I'm not going to pine. I hope you didn't think I was going to pine, okay? I think. . .I think I may have loved you, but I just need to let it go.---Jess/Rory, guessed by missy_useless
10. Well, I do believe the little woman cares./ I don't care! It's just that I'm used to you, that's all.---Nick/Nora, The Thin Man guessed by cantbesilent
11. This is what I do know: I miss you. Like, every second. Almost like I lost an arm, or worse, a torso. So, I think I'd be willing to... give it a shot./ Really?/ Yeah./ Do you want us to... to hug now?/ Yeah, I'm good for that.---Willow/Oz, BTVS guessed by hopelessfangirl
12. Time can be rewritten./ Not those times. Not one line. Don't you dare! It's OK. It's OK. It's not over for you. You'll see me again. You've got all of that to come. You and me, time and space. You watch us run.---Ten/River Song, DW guessed by arathesane
13. Don't ever, ever, ever, ask me to do anything like that, ever again!/ I don't have anyone but you.---Tony/Pepper, Iron Man (not guessed)
14. What? Did you think I would show you mercy? Or rage? Three years by my side. I’d think you know me better than that.---Adelle/Dominic, DH guessed by blackmamba_esq
15. If I say no, you’ll never talk to me again./If you say no I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to hire you.----Don/Peggy, MM guessed by aurilly
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Date: 4/9/10 02:54 am (UTC)15. Awww, Don/Peggy. Love that scene! I know the Sawyer/Juliet one, but otherwise, I suck at this.
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Date: 4/9/10 03:01 am (UTC)Janis? Are they kidding me? I'm rejecting their reality and making my own. Also, Mark fails at marriage saving. What in heaven's name is he doing?
Nicole and Bryce were adorable this week, though. I loved him guilting her into burgers. <3 BUT JANIS. ARG.
I love that Don/Peggy scene so much. And of course S/J on the dock is never not going to make me giddy. :)
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Date: 4/9/10 03:12 am (UTC)Simon gets better and better every week.
I am stealing this meme. :)
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Date: 4/9/10 03:31 am (UTC)I know, right? And proof that happy doesn't have to mean boring. I think all screen/television writers should be required to watch The Thin Man before they're allowed to write relationships. ;)
Yay! I've been seeing it pop up a lot this week and I love reading all of the quotes. Even the ones I don't know make me feel all warm and fuzzy.
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Date: 4/9/10 03:09 am (UTC)10. NICK AND NORA CHARLES
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Date: 4/9/10 03:14 am (UTC)They all sound so familiar!
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Date: 4/9/10 03:16 am (UTC)We have way too much in common ;)
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Date: 4/9/10 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 4/9/10 03:25 am (UTC)One is Des/Penny, right?
13 sounds vaguely familiar, too.
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Date: 4/9/10 03:35 am (UTC)#13 is from a movie, a really popular movie, so I've bet you've seen it. :)
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Date: 4/9/10 03:22 am (UTC)8) Michael/Holly
11) Willow/Oz
And gah, so many of these sound familiar but they're not coming to me! I'll just have to kick myself when the answers are revealed. ;)
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Date: 4/9/10 03:33 am (UTC)Heh. It's hard to put the quote with the ship sometimes. :)
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Date: 4/9/10 03:29 am (UTC)I haven't seen FF yet. But last week's ep bugged me. Especially the Janis/Dem bit though I had always thought the baby would be his. I just though artificial insemination! I don't care about Dem and Zoey, I initially like them but there has been no development of Zoey's character. So, I'm indifferent. But Janis is gay! Like "supergay" as she said. And I don't quite get her obsession with having that particular child.
It's always been a frustrating, inconsistent show. I do love certain characters like Dem, Wedeck, Janis, Simon and Lloyd but I don't care about the Benfords at all. And that makes watching the show a trial sometimes. I do like Olivia more than Mark but most of the time I hate Mark so that isn't saying much!
And the dialogue is often so bad. But occasionally it is pretty amazing. So I will probably keep watching it.
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Date: 4/9/10 03:40 am (UTC)It kills me because there's so much potential in the show, if they could just get their act together. The writing is so cringeworthy, but the directing is stunning sometimes and they tend to use music in really interesting ways, plus they have such a good a cast. But they seem to have no idea how to develop the characters. I don't know, it frustrates me. I feel like there's a really good show in there somewhere, but it's hard to see it through the mess they've made.
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Date: 4/9/10 03:55 am (UTC)I suppose I shouldn't be shocked considering Brannon Braga's involvement, as I tend to hate what he does to shows. I was surprised initially that I even liked the show. He's one of the only showrunner's I've ever actively disliked.
But, yeah, I will keep watching, mainly for Dem, Simon and Lloyd. And also because James Callis will be guest starring later in the season and I love him.
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Date: 4/9/10 04:11 am (UTC)I haven't watched FF yet. Is it that bad :(
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Date: 4/9/10 04:24 am (UTC)They did a thing that made me so ragey I contemplated hurling things at my television. It felt very random. Plus the dialogue seemed especially bad this week for some reason. I'll probably hang in there until it's canceled for Dem and Simon at least, but I don't think I'll be shedding any tears when it goes away.
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Date: 4/10/10 04:18 am (UTC)I <3 Janis and the idea that she's suddenly evil or whatever seems silly to me. :(
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Date: 4/11/10 07:03 am (UTC)Ooh, Cordelia/Angel, right? (Still ship them so hard.)
Ah, I'd love to see your post about the latest (AWESOME) Des episode. :D
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Date: 4/11/10 05:03 pm (UTC)Re: Cordy/Angel FTW
Date: 4/13/10 01:26 am (UTC)And I don't want to nitpick, but I didn't see you i.d. the quote as Cordelia/Angel in your post above.
Re: Cordy/Angel FTW
Date: 4/13/10 02:23 am (UTC)I was never a big Buffy/Angel shipper and I like Cordy/Xander but only in high school. I just loved the BFF dynamic Cordy and Angel had, they were so sweet and comfy together. I'm a big friends shipper too, I think pretty much all of my favorite ships were friends first.
Re: Cordy/Angel FTW
Date: 4/13/10 03:59 pm (UTC)I was never into Buffy/Angel either. They just became so...ridiculously corny together. Like, most of the time, I just...hated their dialogue/love talk/whatever, it was like a really poor man's Shakespeare or something. I don't even want to watch it again to properly criticize it. They just like really forced, which sucks, since I think they did have the small chance of developing naturally. Like, I remember in the series premiere, I really liked how Angel and Buffy were snarky with each other--and that was like, just dropped for little reason.
But for some reason, I heart the arc where Buffy's heartbroken over Angelus/Evil!Angel. I mean, it doesn't make sense me liking that part, 'cause you'd think that would lose some impact if you never liked Buffy/Angel...but wow, I really cared at that point.
But still after that point, I never bought Buffy/Angel happening; all the debate about possession/split personality aside, there just seems to be too much bad blood between Buffy and Angel for anything to ever work out.
But I did love Cordy/Xander! They were so great, and it had the added bonus of really developing Cordy's character. But I think you're right, only in high school, 'cause there's Cordy/Angel later and Xander/Anya
I still wish they had gotten married. That would've been interesting. But I guess it all works out since I'm seriously thinking about the crossover ship Richard/AnyaI'm a big friends shipper too, I think pretty much all of my favorite ships were friends first.
Like Sawyer/Juliet.~ I say 'nay' to those who say that came out of nowhere; they had relationship development leading up to it, but it was real subtle.
Want to friend each other? We seem to have similar interests, you have great fic, and I'd like to get your feedback on some of my Lost fic sometime. :)
Re: Cordy/Angel FTW
Date: 4/13/10 11:00 pm (UTC)Like Sawyer/Juliet.~ I say 'nay' to those who say that came out of nowhere; they had relationship development leading up to it, but it was real subtle.
Exactly. I mean we saw them build a friendship over the course of the first half of season five (and in some ways as far back as the season three finale) and while the actual coupling occurs in just one ep, I've always maintained that you can feel those three years even if we didn't see them. I think that's due to the easy chemistry Holloway and Mitchell have. Guh. I just love those two so much.
I heart the arc where Buffy's heartbroken over Angelus/Evil!Angel.
Me too! But I think that's due to Joss's gorgeous writing. That's some hardcore epic television ship or no ship.
Let's definitely be friends! I don't want to miss your Richard/Anya fic. :D
Re: Cordy/Angel FTW, Whedon's Amazing, Sawyer/Juliet was developed, & Richard/Anya too
Date: 4/14/10 02:46 am (UTC)THIS. We didn't see those three years, but I could believe their growing friendship turned into something more over that time. And yes, really, since like season 3 (yeah, the finale specifically, but even when they start out as enemies) they've had development.
Yes, that was definitely due to Joss' amazing writing, and the acting--OMG, Sarah Michelle Gellar is such a big reason for why I love Buffy the Character.
Just friended you. :) Oh man, I have no idea when I'll get to Richard/Anya fic, but maybe just a short interaction drabble sometime soon. Maybe something to do with bunnies.~ We know Anya is
awesomelyafraid of them, and my fanon is that while Ben probably hearts bunnies, to Richard they're just food. XD I dunno, more of my fanon is that bunnies are native to the Island--never mind that Dharma probably introduced them, I just like this idea better, 'cause then I make it so that way early on, rabbit was just one of the easiest things to hunt when Richard was younger, and he frankly acquired a taste for it.Then more serious plotbunny with the idea of trying to Wishverse-Twist Lostverse to make Anya's introduction similar to Buffyverse, and Wish!Richard's the one to strike her amulet and trap her as human, replacing Giles' role there--and that just led to me thinking Richard/Anya reminds me of Giles/Anya in fandom. Except Richard has the bonus chance of possibly having more common ground with Anya since he's lived way longer (but I like that canon-wise, she would still be older). And that just made me wonder about any other similarities between Giles and Richard...I believe I'll have to think on that more.
And I like the subtle image in my head of Richard being even more polite than Xander when Anya asks him questions about modern humanity (since she has been out of the loop with them in that regard, at least on really intimate cultural details). And I think possibly Anya might cheer him up a little--at least when she starts talking light of Jacob and Esau/Smokey, she's met them before in kinda "casual supernatural" settings long ago, and mentions that Halfrek totally is completely infatuated with the both of them and her ex-Vengeance Demon boss always joked about Esau's imprisonment status.
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Date: 4/18/10 03:46 am (UTC)5 -> Lorelai/Luke.
9 -> Jess/Rory
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Date: 4/18/10 08:43 pm (UTC)p.s. I know it's taking me ages to get your fic finished, but I'm finally making actual progress. It would have been done ages ago if I'd just stop changing my mind mid-story...but I'm committed to this one, so hopefully you'll have Jess/Rory goodness(at least I hope it's goodness, cause you deserve it after this crazy amount of waiting) later this week.
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Date: 4/20/10 05:09 am (UTC)