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Give me a show/movie/fandom, and I'll tell you:

my favorite female character
my favorite male character
my favorite book/season/etc.
my favorite episode (if it’s a TV show)
my favorite cast member
my favorite ship
a character I’d die defending
a character I just can’t sympathize with
a character I grew to love
my anti otpMy main fandoms are Angel

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my favorite female character
Aeryn

my favorite male character
John

my favorite book/season/etc.

I would once have automatically answered season 3 because I do think it’s the best season in a lot of ways, it has the most consistently strong run of episodes with no clunkers, but now it’s really hard to narrow it down because there’s so much I love about *all* the seasons. Season 2 has more ups and downs when it comes to the episodes, but that central arc with Scorpuis driving John insane was soooo good that nothing can really beat the final run of episodes from this year, and then I also really love the second half of season 4 when John finally makes it back to earth. He gets such amazing character development that year too as it starts to really hit him just how dark he’s become to threaten people with a nuclear bomb. Can I just say that I love all of them for different reasons? :P

my favorite episode (if it’s a TV show)
DNA Mad Scientist, Crackers Don’t Matter, The Way We Weren’t, Won’t Get Fooled Again, Liars, Guns and Money, Different Destinations, The Choice, Crichton Kicks, Kansas, Terma Firma, A Constellation Of Doubt, Prayer, Bad Timing.

my favorite cast member
Ben Browder and Claudia Black I suppose

my favorite ship
John/Aeryn, Scorpuis/Sikozu, Scorpuis/Braca

a character I’d die defending

John Crichton. I find that most fans always pick Aeryn as their fav now, and I absolutely understand the love she gets as she’s a great character, but John has always been my absolute fav. The show tortures that poor guy way too much lol

a character I just can’t sympathize with

I’ve honestly never understood the appeal of Zhaan, I find her voice really smug and grating

a character I grew to love

Probably Scorpuis? He’s portrayed as purely a villain at first, but of course the show gradually shows that he has a lot more layers than that, and he does have his reasons for being so obsessive about wormholes and John Crichton. Oh and Braca as well, he really doesn’t make much of an impression at first, but then he ends up becoming a really interesting character

my anti otp

Not really a fan of D’Argo and Chiana, or romantic relationships with D’Argo in general. I liked him as John’s friend, but he had a lot of issues when it came to how possessive he could be with Chiana, and then Mental As Anything portrayed him in a bad light when we find out that he married before his race was supposed too, and his wife ended up being subjected to his rage blackouts as a consequence of that

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"Crichton Kicks" tops the list of my favourite episodes. I've re-watched that so many times.

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Yes, I think that episode is so underrated! It’s such a fan way of starting the season, I’m always here for slightly manic and crazy John, LOVED Sikozu’s intro, and there was also some really beautifully filmed moments with Chiana when you find out about her new powers to slow down time. It’s such a fun episode, I was astonished to later read criticism of it supposedly being a terrible episode and really confusing for getting newcomers into the show.