'Give a little love, give me just enough, so that I can hang on tight...'
1) My first ship was: Hercules/Xena.
I never understood why they didn’t just merge the shows and let them adventure together. *woes*
2) My newest ship is: Arthur/Morgana [Merlin].
I don’t give a damn what the legends say, Morgana Le Fay won’t let a little thing like historical continuity get in her way. :P
3) I used to ship: Sam/Jack [Stargate: SG-1].
Then I got tired of the way the writers threw other love interests at them. It wasn’t the length of time their relationship went unresolved, that doesn’t bother me at all, I couldn’t care less if my ship never becomes canon- what bugged me was that they went off and dated other people, got frakking ENGAGED and all. That ruins the UST of it all if they’re seeking happiness elsewhere.
Also, Cam/Carter is pretty cute. How can you not squee a little at the parallel cookie scenes?
4) I never used to ship: gonna quote Stef here-
Xena/Gabrielle (Xena: WP) - I loved these two as friends, I never really saw them as 'lovers' *shrugs*
I was disappointed when their relationship became canon, or near enough. It’s so rare for a show to star two women, and when it became a romantic thing, it became less accessible to the general community, I think.
5) Everyone I know ships: Mulder/Scully [The X-files].
It’s like a shipper rite-of-passage.
6) I feel like nobody but me ships: Jessica/Stark [Shark].
It’s an awesome ship but I don’t think I have many [any?] Shark fans on my flist. Seriously, give it a try- it’s full of sexual innuendo and witty banter and very cute! It’s kinda the Huddy of the legal drama universe.
7) I don't understand why anyone would ship: Keller with anyone [Stargate: Atlantis].
[by dragonladyk]
She’s a parasite; her character operates by latching onto and feeding off others, diminishing them in the process. She can’t exist except as an adjunct of another character because she has no depth, no personality, no dimension to her at all. Her main character traits are being whiny and irritating and ‘overwhelmed’ and insecure, FFS. And you expect me to believe the leads of the show are gonna fall for her?!
8) I don't understand why more people don't ship: Doggett/Reyes [The X-files].
Yes, they’re not Mulder/Scully, no, it’s not a crime. If they were in another series, I think people would’ve supported them but unfortunately, they suffered with unfavorable comparisons to the main couple of the show.
9) It creeps me out, but I still ship: Okay, none of my regular ships are creepy so I’m going to be a little random and go with Hannibal/Clarice [Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal].
Yes, I totally ship the FBI agent and the serial killer. It’s a kink of mine, hush!
10) It makes no sense at all, but I still ship: fic!Jack and Liz [30 Rock].
I don’t see it in the show, but it’s so clear in fics. I think because Jack generally treats her better and she suffers less humiliation in the fics and I cringe a lot less- it helps that the focus is predominantly on Jack and Liz, because I couldn’t care less about the other people on the show. *hides*
11) Nobody knows that I ship: Kai/Xev, Kai/Zev [Lexx].
He’s an animated undead guy who needs nothing.
She’s a half-love slave, half-Cluster Lizard with needs.
Together, they are cute and angsty and wholly dysfunctional.
12) For fluff, I ship: Jane/Lisbon.
Because they are the cutest of cute. The teasing, the friendship + flirtiness, the touchy-feely squee!
I love this show because I’m fairly confident it’s not going to make me hurt miserably in the near future. I’m not used to feeling such security! *crosses fingers*
13) For angst, I ship: Adama/Roslin.
They will break my heart over and over in this show and yet I go back for more.
Their relationship has been fraught with despair and loss from the very start, they’ve fought over many issues- and this isn’t the adorable bickering version of fighting neither- they’ve pulled the most ridiculous stunts on each other when they’ve needed to put their duty to the Fleet before any personal regard for one another and it seems like every force in the universe is hell-bent on keeping them apart.
Despite it all, despite the numerous hardships and tragedies along the way, they find a way to come together and weather all the storms by each other’s side. The destruction of the colonies, the relentless Cylon attacks, her cancer, the election, New Caprica, the trial, the return of her cancer, their shifting relationship with the Cylons…no matter what they have to endure, they do it together. And that is what always pulled me back, even when I knew the show was going to break me in some new and torturous way.
14) For sexual tension, I ship: Marguerite/Roxton.
From the first moment she shoots him between the legs- I CAN’T SAY IT ENOUGH, IT’S SO AWESOME- there is a constant simmering UST between them that flares up and fairly explodes in various episodes. They continually gravitate toward each other right from the start, though it takes them a while to realize it’s out of a mutual fascination and interest in each other rather than aggravation and hostility.
There is this epic intricate romantic dance they engage in throughout the series, and you just can’t blink whenever they’re in the same scene for fear of missing something awesome. I’m rewatching the episodes, some of them for the fourth or fifth or hundredth time, and still I’m discovering little flail-worthy moments for the first time and bouncing around squeeing.
And you know, even if I have seen them repeatedly, they never stop making me glee at how my ship is so ridiculously cool.
15) For porn, I ship: WHOA. Okay. I don’t…I’m not a big fan of porn, so…
16) I want my own relationship to be like: Marguerite/Roxton.
I want to be the center of someone’s universe. I want to feel that kind of utter devotion and affection, enjoy flirty repartee, feel accepted for who I am, no matter what.
I want to know that nothing I can do will ever push them away, that they will put up with me in my worst moods and be there to celebrate my triumphs or hold me when I’ve fallen down again and don’t know if I have the strength to get back up once more.
I want to be able to love someone without fear, even though being the kind of person I am, I will inevitably be overwhelmed by doubts and question it and commit self-sabotage, like always.
I want to know that I will never lose this person, that they will always be by my side.
Aaaand that’s why I stick to shipping. Real life could never be this perfect.
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