with health being the least likely
Day 01 - What is your current favourite ship?
Day 02 - What was your very first ship?
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now?
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry?
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry?
Day 06 - The best kiss?
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene?
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage?
Day 09 - The most believable relationship?
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
TV
Marshall/Lily, How I Met Your Mother
I basically feel this is everything a wedding should be. Small, just a few close friends, everybody crying and smiling and laughing, a beautiful setting, a beautiful dress, and heartfelt, simple words. And an acoustic guitar, of course.
(by iprobablyneurotic)
Movie
Will/Elizabeth, Pirates of the Caribbean
So remember the kiss I couldn’t use for best kiss? This would be it. Because if Marshall and Lily’s wedding is everything a wedding should be, this one is everything it shouldn’t, and yet it’s so marvelous and breathtaking, manages to be both hilarious and touching, and above all, EPIC. It just fits them. The fact that Barbossa (my favorite PotC character) officiates? Only makes it a thousand times more awesome.
Will & Elizabeth = OTP of the Universe. Haters to the left.
Book
Murphy did not hear him. He turned to look at Elisa and for an instant he thought his heart was going to stop. She looked like something off the cover of a magazine. A picture from Fifth Avenue in New York. He had seen the Garbo movie Ecstasy three times, but Garbo was never so beautiful as Elisa Linder in the royal blue suit.
He looked away quickly. He didn’t want her to see him loving her. Wanting her. Strictly business. Business. Business! he told himself.
“Hello, Murphy,” she said coolly. The slight accent was almost a whisper. He wanted to ask her to say hello like that again. He loved it.
“You’re late,” he answered curtly. “I’ve been trying to get these forms filled out. You do it.”
Harry held the pen and smiled into her eyes. “Let me help, doll,” he offered. Then he began to ask her questions and write the answers down slowly. Too slowly.
Murphy looked everywhere but at Elisa. The word dazzle kept ringing in his ears. His mouth got suddenly dry and he started to leave the room to search for a drinking fountain.
“Are you leaving, Murphy?” Elisa called after him. She sounded worried. She must not lose the passport!
“Thirsty,” he replied in an angry tone. He really was angry, he decided as he stood out in the bustling hallway of the embassy. He had never seen her look so striking. Why had she gotten herself all dolled up for a phony wedding, anyway? Why hadn’t she worn sackcloth and ashes and smeared goop on her face and put curlers in her hair? Did she have to do this to him?
Elisa stepped out into the hall, removed a long, fat, white envelope from her handbag, and handed it to Murphy. “Let’s make this look real,” she whispered. “I don’t want anyone suspecting us.”
He exhaled slowly, and they reentered the clerk’s office.
“We’re closed for the lunch hour,” Harry said. “But anything for Murphy. He’s a swell guy.”
“Yeah, anything for me!” Murphy growled. “You mean five hundred bucks and me.”
“For love or money,” Harry shrugged.
~Bodie Thoene’s Vienna Prelude, Chapter 40
Vienna Prelude is the first in a series of books called The Zion Covenant, which is about a resistance organization in pre-WWII Europe that smuggles Jewish children out of Nazi Germany (and later other Nazi occupied countries). I’m sure you’ve picked up by now that Elisa Linder-a half-Jewish woman able to pass herself off as Aryan, who works for the resistance-has paid John Murphy, an American journalist, to marry her for the sake of an American passport. Of course, he’s desperately in love with her, and she loves him, too, but they have a long, tangled history that would be very spoilerific of me to explain all of here.
Anyway, as each of my favorite weddings seems to be a highly different scenario, this is the “arranged” marriage that turns decidedly unarranged, when it’s time for Murphy to kiss his bride. Yeah, it’s a cliché, but it’s one of my favorites, and it’s exceptionally well-done in this instance.
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?
So because I cannot get Merlin off my brain, I’ve composed a list of all the things I want (and don’t want) in Season Three. Please, do not spoil me!
1. Okay, you know that awful Keira Knightley/Clive Own King Arthur movie that has no business calling itself King Arthur because it resembles the actual legend even less than Merlin? Remember how Guinevere hardly has any scenes with Lancelot at all, and at the end he dies? Yeah, I want that SO MUCH. Lancelot can return, be the most heroic of all the heroes, just as long as he dies in the end. Because, while I’ve accepted the reality of Lancelot/Guinevere in every version of the story I’ve ever read, I’ve never liked it. And in this case, I just have way too much of my heart and soul invested in Arthur/Gwen. Because the only way they can do Lancelot/Gwen in a way that doesn’t make me hate Guinevere (which, trust me, I’m used to hating Guinevere in every other version of the legend, but I decidedly DON’T in Merlin, and I want to keep it that way) is by villainizing Arthur, and if the writers do that, they won’t have to worry about me hating on any characters because I’ll be too busy hating them. So, Lancelot dead is, and will remain, wish #1.
2. An episode in which Uther tries to arrange a political marriage for Arthur, and the Arthur/Gwen ANGST that ensues. Cliché? Yes. But a cliché that actually makes sense, because guess what? At that time, it’s what kings did-marry off their children for political advantage. Also, the fact that Arthur is the only son makes it even more imperative for marriage and a royal line. (Obviously, Arthur will not marry this nonexistent princess. It’s just the story I’m after. Also, if you know any fics along these lines, feel free to rec them to me!)
3. Morgana will be going to the dark side this season, I’m sure. Merlin poisoning her, her disappearing with Morgause all point to it. I’m good with this. It’s the way the story goes, and it’s been building for a while. But I don’t want them to entirely erase the past two seasons of Morgana’s character development. In other words, I want there to come a point at which she intervenes to protect Arthur and/or Gwen, who she has always been shown to love.
4. Arthur to find out the whole truth about his mother, the extent to which his father was responsible, and the extent to which he wasn’t. They kind of gave us that in “Sins of the Father,” but then they copped out, which sucked. Also, when Arthur realizes Merlin lied to him then, I want the fallout. Not necessarily a lasting one, but some sort of consequence.
5. More Merlin/Morgana interaction. I don’t really care of the context. Even if it’s a magic battle. I’m happiest when they’re onscreen together.
6. Less of the Great Dragon. I loved that he finally was freed at the end of the second season, because I was really tired of the every time there’s a problem, the dragon has the answer shtick. I want Merlin to have to start figuring things out for himself, becoming the wizard in charge he is in most versions of the legend. I think we got a glimpse of it in the S2 finale, and I want it to expand.
7. The return of Excalibur. If Arthur gets to wield it, I may convulse with fangirl joy.
8. MOAR MAKEOUTS OF THE A/G VARIETY. THIS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
I suppose that will do to be getting on with. Does anyone know when S3 is going to premiere in the States? It’s lucky Undercovers and Bones start up next week, or I might not survive until then.
Day 02 - What was your very first ship?
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now?
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry?
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry?
Day 06 - The best kiss?
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene?
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage?
Day 09 - The most believable relationship?
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
TV
Marshall/Lily, How I Met Your Mother
I basically feel this is everything a wedding should be. Small, just a few close friends, everybody crying and smiling and laughing, a beautiful setting, a beautiful dress, and heartfelt, simple words. And an acoustic guitar, of course.
Click to view(by iprobablyneurotic)
Movie
Will/Elizabeth, Pirates of the Caribbean
So remember the kiss I couldn’t use for best kiss? This would be it. Because if Marshall and Lily’s wedding is everything a wedding should be, this one is everything it shouldn’t, and yet it’s so marvelous and breathtaking, manages to be both hilarious and touching, and above all, EPIC. It just fits them. The fact that Barbossa (my favorite PotC character) officiates? Only makes it a thousand times more awesome.
Will & Elizabeth = OTP of the Universe. Haters to the left.
Book
Murphy did not hear him. He turned to look at Elisa and for an instant he thought his heart was going to stop. She looked like something off the cover of a magazine. A picture from Fifth Avenue in New York. He had seen the Garbo movie Ecstasy three times, but Garbo was never so beautiful as Elisa Linder in the royal blue suit.
He looked away quickly. He didn’t want her to see him loving her. Wanting her. Strictly business. Business. Business! he told himself.
“Hello, Murphy,” she said coolly. The slight accent was almost a whisper. He wanted to ask her to say hello like that again. He loved it.
“You’re late,” he answered curtly. “I’ve been trying to get these forms filled out. You do it.”
Harry held the pen and smiled into her eyes. “Let me help, doll,” he offered. Then he began to ask her questions and write the answers down slowly. Too slowly.
Murphy looked everywhere but at Elisa. The word dazzle kept ringing in his ears. His mouth got suddenly dry and he started to leave the room to search for a drinking fountain.
“Are you leaving, Murphy?” Elisa called after him. She sounded worried. She must not lose the passport!
“Thirsty,” he replied in an angry tone. He really was angry, he decided as he stood out in the bustling hallway of the embassy. He had never seen her look so striking. Why had she gotten herself all dolled up for a phony wedding, anyway? Why hadn’t she worn sackcloth and ashes and smeared goop on her face and put curlers in her hair? Did she have to do this to him?
Elisa stepped out into the hall, removed a long, fat, white envelope from her handbag, and handed it to Murphy. “Let’s make this look real,” she whispered. “I don’t want anyone suspecting us.”
He exhaled slowly, and they reentered the clerk’s office.
“We’re closed for the lunch hour,” Harry said. “But anything for Murphy. He’s a swell guy.”
“Yeah, anything for me!” Murphy growled. “You mean five hundred bucks and me.”
“For love or money,” Harry shrugged.
~Bodie Thoene’s Vienna Prelude, Chapter 40
Vienna Prelude is the first in a series of books called The Zion Covenant, which is about a resistance organization in pre-WWII Europe that smuggles Jewish children out of Nazi Germany (and later other Nazi occupied countries). I’m sure you’ve picked up by now that Elisa Linder-a half-Jewish woman able to pass herself off as Aryan, who works for the resistance-has paid John Murphy, an American journalist, to marry her for the sake of an American passport. Of course, he’s desperately in love with her, and she loves him, too, but they have a long, tangled history that would be very spoilerific of me to explain all of here.
Anyway, as each of my favorite weddings seems to be a highly different scenario, this is the “arranged” marriage that turns decidedly unarranged, when it’s time for Murphy to kiss his bride. Yeah, it’s a cliché, but it’s one of my favorites, and it’s exceptionally well-done in this instance.
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?
So because I cannot get Merlin off my brain, I’ve composed a list of all the things I want (and don’t want) in Season Three. Please, do not spoil me!
1. Okay, you know that awful Keira Knightley/Clive Own King Arthur movie that has no business calling itself King Arthur because it resembles the actual legend even less than Merlin? Remember how Guinevere hardly has any scenes with Lancelot at all, and at the end he dies? Yeah, I want that SO MUCH. Lancelot can return, be the most heroic of all the heroes, just as long as he dies in the end. Because, while I’ve accepted the reality of Lancelot/Guinevere in every version of the story I’ve ever read, I’ve never liked it. And in this case, I just have way too much of my heart and soul invested in Arthur/Gwen. Because the only way they can do Lancelot/Gwen in a way that doesn’t make me hate Guinevere (which, trust me, I’m used to hating Guinevere in every other version of the legend, but I decidedly DON’T in Merlin, and I want to keep it that way) is by villainizing Arthur, and if the writers do that, they won’t have to worry about me hating on any characters because I’ll be too busy hating them. So, Lancelot dead is, and will remain, wish #1.
2. An episode in which Uther tries to arrange a political marriage for Arthur, and the Arthur/Gwen ANGST that ensues. Cliché? Yes. But a cliché that actually makes sense, because guess what? At that time, it’s what kings did-marry off their children for political advantage. Also, the fact that Arthur is the only son makes it even more imperative for marriage and a royal line. (Obviously, Arthur will not marry this nonexistent princess. It’s just the story I’m after. Also, if you know any fics along these lines, feel free to rec them to me!)
3. Morgana will be going to the dark side this season, I’m sure. Merlin poisoning her, her disappearing with Morgause all point to it. I’m good with this. It’s the way the story goes, and it’s been building for a while. But I don’t want them to entirely erase the past two seasons of Morgana’s character development. In other words, I want there to come a point at which she intervenes to protect Arthur and/or Gwen, who she has always been shown to love.
4. Arthur to find out the whole truth about his mother, the extent to which his father was responsible, and the extent to which he wasn’t. They kind of gave us that in “Sins of the Father,” but then they copped out, which sucked. Also, when Arthur realizes Merlin lied to him then, I want the fallout. Not necessarily a lasting one, but some sort of consequence.
5. More Merlin/Morgana interaction. I don’t really care of the context. Even if it’s a magic battle. I’m happiest when they’re onscreen together.
6. Less of the Great Dragon. I loved that he finally was freed at the end of the second season, because I was really tired of the every time there’s a problem, the dragon has the answer shtick. I want Merlin to have to start figuring things out for himself, becoming the wizard in charge he is in most versions of the legend. I think we got a glimpse of it in the S2 finale, and I want it to expand.
7. The return of Excalibur. If Arthur gets to wield it, I may convulse with fangirl joy.
8. MOAR MAKEOUTS OF THE A/G VARIETY. THIS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
I suppose that will do to be getting on with. Does anyone know when S3 is going to premiere in the States? It’s lucky Undercovers and Bones start up next week, or I might not survive until then.