we call it laughing sex
A picspam for challenge fourteen over at picspammy - End of the Decade.
Wow, I have more irl ships than I thought I did. Okay, so this was mostly just an excuse to spam with adorable pictures, tbqh. I only know stuff about half of those ships, like, in regards to how close they actually are, from quotes and stuff, and the rest are just because I ship their characters or something, and they have a few cute pics. Sue me! Only two couples on there (Jen/Nick and Jessica/Jacob), and of course both have broken up by now, sadness. Doesn't mean I loved them any less! I was originally just gonna do Amber/Dianna and Amber/Lea for Glee, but they're all just so cute, even if I don't actively appreciate half of them together. My love for Katie/Majandra is so odd, but when I saw that pic of them together last year, and saw that they go to lunch sometimes, and the fact that they just filmed a movie together (one that Katie produced, so you know she got her the role, aw), I just love them. I was originally gonna pick a quote from one of these people and use it on the art, but I figured that wasn't fair - for the record, it was gonna be from Lisa, about how her and Kaya will sometimes just look at each other and start laughing, and they call it laughing sex. Perfect. Pretty much the cutest thing I've ever heard. I'm positive I'm missing peeps. ETA: I missed these adorable bbs. I firmly believe they'll end up together, lol. Call me crazy! Whatever.
Anyone viewing this picspam that isn't on my flist is probably all wtfing right now. But whatever, I love them, they're so cute. Basically, there were on set pics posting on ONTD back in early S2, and I randomly said 'I now ship Leighton and random black guy with the umbrella' in regards to this picture, and then my friend Riley showed me a couple more adorable pics on MSN, telling me that he was like set security, and I started shipping them. Little did I know just how adorable they could be. Thankfully I'm not alone in my shipping, though! They're too cute not to have a following, I think. I love how he was security for the whole cast pretty much, but he was almost always with Leighton, and for the most part, he was only ever that cuddly and friendly with her! And now that she's singing, it seems she's made him her personal bodyguard now! And takes him to events and concerts in other states! That's so adorable. Could have been anyone, and she chose him. So presh.
Obviously, since I shipped Silver/Dixon, I was going to ship these two automatically, but I lucked out, and they ended up being the cutest little things! I remember already shipping Silver/Dixon, because they interested me the most - separately, and spoilers said they'd get together, but it wasn't until the premiere party picture (2nd) that I really shipped them, because they just screamed chem. That picture is magical. And ever since, I've loved them. They don't spoil me, but that's okay, it makes it more special. I can always count on them to be adorable, when I know I can't count on the show to give it to me. Some people wanted them to date, and I was like hell no! That never works out. I just want them to be bffs forever. She can stay with Dustin. Which reminds me, I love Tristan/Dustin too, damn. I knew I forgot peeps in the HM!
These two! Gah, they take the cutest pictures ever. I just love everything about them. They pretty much grew up together on the show! Since they were preteens! Come on, you can't get more adorable than that, really. I've seen more episodes of Degrassi, but was never way into it, but the Emma/Manny friendship was my fav, because I like opposites and they were the pretty (hi, you know I'm shallow). AND OMG, I JUST REMEMBERED I FORGOT STACEY/AUBREY ON MY HONORABLE MENTIONS, FUCK MY LIFE, I LOVE THEM. URGH. Anyway, yes. They are presh as hell. They lived together in LA! They were trying to ~make it together. I wish Miriam hadn't moved back to Toronto, not as fun! But they're still besties, so it's okay. Cassie seems to be out here a lot, anyway. But seriously, just look at the adorable. I can't handle it.
God, these two need to be best friends again stat. Yes, they're still friends and everything, but not like they used to be, and that makes me sad, since they were way too awesome. But I actually have this strange faith that they'll be super close again someday, even if I'll barely care when it happens. I just have the feeling. Anyway, even when they're not super close, they're still presh and touchey feely. Gaby has said that she and Mandy tend to act like they're a couple when they're together, without realizing it! Come on! That is too cute, if you ask me, and doesn't surprise me in the least. It sounds like that hasn't changed, either, from what I've heard of GT filming. Which reminds me, how much do I love that they're working together again? And playing love interests again? Must be a gift to make up for how much we've been fucked over in the fandom, I think. They were always good at pandering to their fans, with adorable and slashy quotes in interviews and comments on MySpace (I miss those days). And they lived together! And then were neighbors! They can't stay away from each other for too long!
You know, I think these two have caused me to have too much faith in real life ships, I really do. Let me explain. By the time I got into these two/LB, the Hills was just starting, and Lauran and Lo weren't really friends anymore. I saw their goodbye scene from the S1 finale on TV one day and thought it was adorable, and immediately got the DVDs, and got hooked, and then went searching for deets and all that. I was heartbroken to read that they weren't friends anymore. And Lauren was on the Hills being all bffs with Heidi, who I hated because of that, and Jenn, who I always hated. So, I kept up with the Hills, but didn't watch, and looked at pics and such. AND THEN, Boxing Day, 2006 happened. Lauren and Heidi were obvs on the rocks at the time, and pictures from a party Lauren threw at her parents house surfaced and Lo was there! And they were posing together! And Jenn wasn't even there. And then Lo showed up on the Hills! And slowly, but surely, Lauren stopped being friends with Heidi and Jenn, both people I hated, and was besties with Lo again! I couldn't believe my turn of luck! Sure, there was still that Audrina problem, but we all know how that eventually turned out. So, there you go. Because of this magical turn of events, I have too much faith in real life ships. Sigh. ANYWAY, that's part of the reason that they're #1. After a story like that, they can't not be. Plus, they're the cutest. And their relationship is the most accessible for obvious reasons. I totally believe they're soul mates. Like Jay & Silent Bob, they're each other's hetro life partners! Convince me otherwise! They live together! They own a dog together! They have the same name! Destiny, yo.
Even though this totally threw off the pretty layout and formatting of this post, I had to include it. I wasn't really sure how to label this section, but it needed to be here. These ships are all significant to me, but I didn't really think they fell into any of the categories. Plus, with the exception of #1 and maybe, maybe #5, none of these ships had enough material to work with to make a pretty art or anything. Again, other than #1, all of these ships are ones that were mostly contained to one or two episode. Sad for me, since I fell in love with all of these ships, even with just short exposure. I wish more than anything that these shows would expand on them and show more, because I think they'd all be awesome. Another thing they all have in common is the fact that I'd take any kind of interaction. A friendship, sibling relationship, even something more. Urgh, again, except for #1, who I want to hook up, lol. Sheldon/Penny are really only there because they're UC in the way I want them, and even though they get tons of screentime, and technically they're friends, it felt weird to put them there, lol. Rusty/Ashleigh, I want to end up together, tbqh. But I'd take a friendship. Chuck/Jenny and Tim/Julie, I'd give anything for a big brother/little sister relationship. I would die of cuteness. Skills/Haley, I want them to be bffs, but I also demand a story about how they dated when they were in elementary school, and that he was her first kiss. I believe that already, but I need it to be canon, damn it! So yes, I hope this section made sense to you people outside of my head! They all just have a special place in my heart, and it felt wrong to leave them out just because they didn't fit.
You know, what? I've always considered myself to be a friendshipper, with a tendency to ship family dynamics/relationships, but making this art, I realized just how many family relationships I love. Way more than friendships. You learn something new about yourself all the time! Anyway, as you can see, I love all different kinds of them! I usually tend to have a type that I ship, but looking at this, I'm happy to see a good variety, though sisters seem to dominate, which I already knew - I have a thing for sisters, I don't know why. And yet, usually, when the main plot of the show is about sisters, and there is tons of shippery stuff, I tend to be in different - like Charmed or What I Like About You. Such a shame. That happens to me with friendships too. I just tend to like when a relationship has bantering and fighting and sometimes angst, so when the good heart to heart, meaningful scenes happen, they feel like they're earned, and they mean more. Give me bantery sisters over lovey dovey any day!
In the honor of full disclosure, when making my decision for this last slot on the list, I wanted to give it to Emily and Lorelai, but I was way too lazy to try and find caps or to make some myself, and I knew where to get HQ caps of all the seasons of FNL, so yeah. But as I was making this, I was just smiling the whole time, just by looking at the caps! So I think I made the right decision. If you'll notice, I included all different versions of the Taylor family, some pre-Gracie (who I'm not a fan of, lol), and some with their surrogate children - Tyra, Tim and Matt. Shelley is even in there! I just had to, because that's one of the best things about this family, is how welcoming and nice they are, giving those poor people without perfect families, a chance to be part of one for a bit! It's adorable. We all wish the Taylors would adopt us, and they just might, you never know! I love all the dynamics between them, they're just so cute and realistic, and there's nothing I can say about them other than that they're the perfect little family. You all know it. You don't need me to tell you. Just absolutely, positively, picture perfect.
I almost feel squeaky putting these two on this list, simply because I ship them in the ~slashy way, too. But, obviously they can't be on a couples list, and I didn't want to just put them on the UC list, because I do ship them as sisters too. In the end, my rationale was that I didn't want or ever think they'd ever go there on the show, and just ship them slashily in fanfics and such, and on the show, I ship them as sisters. Deal with it. Anyway, I've always thought that their plot was pretty much what OTPs are made of. Most popular girl in school is forced to have an outcast who she hates/hates her move into her house and become her step sister? Perfect set up, if there ever was one! I just loved seeing how their dynamic grew over the first season, and how they went from trying to break their parents up in S1, to trying to get them back together in S2. So cute. I wish the stupid Harrison stuff didn't exist, as they're both way too good for him. But whatever. Even though I'll always be pissed at the cliffhanger ending, I was satisfied, as I got the quote/scene from the art, and Brooke telling off Nicole, her bff, and saying she'd pick Sam over her, because she's her sister! Thank you, Ryan Murphy. If only they got more focus in S2.
My love for these two surprised me, tbqh. And it still does. I don't even know. As I said, I'm big on sisters, but never really cared for brothers or brother/sister ships, and yet. It's so rare that I even like a male character on TV, let alone my favorite character being a guy, but I just love Rusty. I know he's started to annoy people in the recent chapter, but blame Jordan! Either way, I think he's so cute, and his desire to have a relationship with his super cool sister in S1 was so presh, I couldn't not ship it. I think it probs comes back to my enjoyment of bantery and dysfunctional relationships. Had they been close preshow or something, and they were just a side relationship, I doubt I would have liked them. But the fact that they weren't close, and their meaningful scenes were ~special, and you know the drill. Spencer and Jacob's amazing chemistry totally helps too. They just play off each other perfectly. They both have a habit of doing these little things, facial expressions, or pauses or a tone of voice, in scenes that make them hilarious, so when they're together? Gold! I need my Cartwright Kids back!
The first time I made a list of favorite family relationships, these two were #1 and I was all 'they'll always be number one and nothing will ever beat them'. Then by the time I did my second list, they were #3! And they probs would have been again, if I wasn't in the middle of ripping and rewatching S2/S3. I've totally just fallen for them all over again, and it reminded me of how absolutely perfect they are. I don't think there will ever be a sisterly relationship more realistic than this one. I don't even have to have a sister to know that. Just the way they fight and bicker, and pretend to hate each other, but are always together anyway. They're really best friends, and are confident enough in their relationship to be able to bitch and be mean to each other. Any scene in their bedroom was perfection. I love when they'd actually fight, either slapping each other, or wrestling on the bed, it always brought the lols. Also, their height difference is probs the most adorable ever.
Fuck, I'm so bitter with how this storyline ended! God, would it have been so hard for them to leave it open ended? Or, I don't know, maybe not have Sam leave at all?! Urgh. I can't even imagine how amazing this season would be if Sam was there. Le sigh. Not even a mention! That's too much to ask for =/ Whatever. They can't take away all the cuteness I got in S6, no matter how much they try. When I first heard about the storyline, I was not amused by it, and it took me a bit to warm up to them after it was onscreen, but when they won me over? They really won me over. I fell head over heals in love with them. Their dynamic was just so wonderfully different and unexpected and adorable. It was such a ~trick to see it grow before my eyes. As pissed as I was with how they ended, I am very thankful that I got that last scene in Sam's room, and got to hear them say pretty much everything I wanted to hear them say, before she left. I guess I can't be too bitter. No, I think I can. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that they'll bring Sam back one day, even if it's just for an episode (though I'd prefer otherwise, obvs). Hey, they're finally bringing my bb Taylor back after five freaking seasons, so I think anything is possible.
I was totally shocked at how little HM had to put on here. Like I said, I thought I was a huge friendshipper. I guess not as much as I thought! Or maybe it was just because I didn't think that some of the ships I liked were ~special enough to be on here? I had trouble deciding who my fifth one should be, idk. It's hard to explain, yo. Anyway, all the friendships that did make my HM list hold a special place in my heart. Some have more depth and focus than others, but I love them lots either way. They're all so different. Obvs I just have a wide range of taste! And I don't think I have a preference for dynamic like with family. I'm easy.
I'm pretty sure I just wrote about these two on my Something Different picspam, so it feels redundant to do it again, but I'll try. They were the reason I first started watching Greek, and I loved them just as much as I thought I would. They're both just so smiley and pretty and happy and adorable together. I always have to smile. And they're like always on the same wavelength, I swear. All their silly schemes and plans! And their references and such, they always know what the other is talking about. They seem to have the same taste in things too, like movies and stars and tv shows and such, you know? Even Casey said as much to Evan, that they're always thinking the same. They're so good at helping each other, too. They're always on each other's side. They're perfectly matched and will be bestest friends forever, duh.
Like Sam and Brooke on my family list, I wasn't sure which list to put these two on, because I'm one of those people that always loved their friendship, but also always wanted and expected them to be more one day. Of course, though, when they finally did get together, it was in the last season, when IC decided to throw all sense aside and just fuck everything up, especially my bbs. If only the show had ended after 604. But it didn't. So that made it easier to put these two on the friendship list. While I don't really prefer them as friends over ~lovers, I think that what we actually saw of both dynamics, obvs I'd have to prefer the friendship. Especially since everything I loved about their friendship got fucked when they got together, sadly. I always loved how Jenny was batshit crazy around every other person, but she was totally normal and sane around Shane, like she was her ~safe place or some shit like that. Shane was just the only person that was able to get through to her at any time. And Shane was so freaking loyal. Man, as much as I always wanted them to get together, I wish they never did, if it would have given them a better ending. Le sigh. I should also say that I don't actually watch this show, just their scenes.
This is gonna be repeatability, too. They were my second favorite thing about American Dreams, but I loved them so so much. I loved how opposite they were, and yet they seemed the same too, if that makes sense. I don't know, sometimes you look at two friends who are do different, and you wonder how they ever became friends in the first place, but not with these two - they just made sense to me somehow. They were different, but there was something similar about them, but I can't think of how to say exactly what it was. Regardless of what it was, they had such a beautiful and strong friendship. Always there for each other, and supportive in every way, which meant a lot to Meg, especially, I think, since even though her family loved her, they weren't very supportive a lot of the time, and she needed it. And Meg returned that by always having Rox over, and pretty much giving her the family that she didn't have in her own home. She really became part of the Pryors, and that really warmed my heart. She was always there for meals and sleepovers, and Jack and Helen were her surrogate parents, even if they didn't have that many scenes. The ones they did have were significant and awesome enough. Especially Jack.
I've always said that if I could have a fictional character as bff that my bb Wallace would be my first choice! How could he not be? I seriously think he's like the most perfect bff in the world. And that is good, because I can't think of anyone that was more in need of a bff than Veronica was at the beginning of the show. And boy, did girlfriend hit the jackpot with Wallace. Never did that boy falter in his support and love of Veronica, no matter what she asked of him, or how selfish she could be. He never stopped having her back, and for a girl like her, that meant the world. There were a few times, especially in the finale, where she just looked at him like she couldn't believe how amazing he was, and that he was her friend. That scene in the kitchen, when he says he'll go to that meeting or whatever? I've always swooned. Their best scene will always be the hug and cuddling on new years, though, obvs! What else could it be? If only they got more to do in S3!
Oh, my girls. I made the friendship list last just so these two could be the last one of the entry, because they're my #1 ship/otp of the decade, which is pretty much all time. I know some people probably can't fathom that, but whatever, it's true. They're my two favorite characters of all time, played by my favorite actresses of all time, how can their friendship not be my favorite thing ever, huh? It also helps that they're like my little ship that could. The first OTH episode I ever saw was ENIAS, and I really enjoyed their scenes and dynamic, and really wished they'd just be friends, but never really thought it'd happen beyond the friendly scenes we got in S2. Then S3 happened, and they were roommates!! Which I still think was my idea that Mark stole, but whatever, I'm not gonna get into that story, lol. I always say this, but I never could have imagined, back in S1/2, when I jizzed over the littlest things, like Brooke saying Haley's name or something, that Brooke would be Haley's maid of honor, or the godmother to Haley's annoying kid. It's just so amazing to think about, and because of that, they'll always be #1 in my heart. It helps that there are a billion reasons for why they're awesome. Add on the recent S7 episode where they both got stoned and lurked around the house in the dark, and they're my perfect ship for always. I'm predictable, but guess what? Don't care!
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Wow, I have more irl ships than I thought I did. Okay, so this was mostly just an excuse to spam with adorable pictures, tbqh. I only know stuff about half of those ships, like, in regards to how close they actually are, from quotes and stuff, and the rest are just because I ship their characters or something, and they have a few cute pics. Sue me! Only two couples on there (Jen/Nick and Jessica/Jacob), and of course both have broken up by now, sadness. Doesn't mean I loved them any less! I was originally just gonna do Amber/Dianna and Amber/Lea for Glee, but they're all just so cute, even if I don't actively appreciate half of them together. My love for Katie/Majandra is so odd, but when I saw that pic of them together last year, and saw that they go to lunch sometimes, and the fact that they just filmed a movie together (one that Katie produced, so you know she got her the role, aw), I just love them. I was originally gonna pick a quote from one of these people and use it on the art, but I figured that wasn't fair - for the record, it was gonna be from Lisa, about how her and Kaya will sometimes just look at each other and start laughing, and they call it laughing sex. Perfect. Pretty much the cutest thing I've ever heard. I'm positive I'm missing peeps. ETA: I missed these adorable bbs. I firmly believe they'll end up together, lol. Call me crazy! Whatever.
Anyone viewing this picspam that isn't on my flist is probably all wtfing right now. But whatever, I love them, they're so cute. Basically, there were on set pics posting on ONTD back in early S2, and I randomly said 'I now ship Leighton and random black guy with the umbrella' in regards to this picture, and then my friend Riley showed me a couple more adorable pics on MSN, telling me that he was like set security, and I started shipping them. Little did I know just how adorable they could be. Thankfully I'm not alone in my shipping, though! They're too cute not to have a following, I think. I love how he was security for the whole cast pretty much, but he was almost always with Leighton, and for the most part, he was only ever that cuddly and friendly with her! And now that she's singing, it seems she's made him her personal bodyguard now! And takes him to events and concerts in other states! That's so adorable. Could have been anyone, and she chose him. So presh.
Obviously, since I shipped Silver/Dixon, I was going to ship these two automatically, but I lucked out, and they ended up being the cutest little things! I remember already shipping Silver/Dixon, because they interested me the most - separately, and spoilers said they'd get together, but it wasn't until the premiere party picture (2nd) that I really shipped them, because they just screamed chem. That picture is magical. And ever since, I've loved them. They don't spoil me, but that's okay, it makes it more special. I can always count on them to be adorable, when I know I can't count on the show to give it to me. Some people wanted them to date, and I was like hell no! That never works out. I just want them to be bffs forever. She can stay with Dustin. Which reminds me, I love Tristan/Dustin too, damn. I knew I forgot peeps in the HM!
These two! Gah, they take the cutest pictures ever. I just love everything about them. They pretty much grew up together on the show! Since they were preteens! Come on, you can't get more adorable than that, really. I've seen more episodes of Degrassi, but was never way into it, but the Emma/Manny friendship was my fav, because I like opposites and they were the pretty (hi, you know I'm shallow). AND OMG, I JUST REMEMBERED I FORGOT STACEY/AUBREY ON MY HONORABLE MENTIONS, FUCK MY LIFE, I LOVE THEM. URGH. Anyway, yes. They are presh as hell. They lived together in LA! They were trying to ~make it together. I wish Miriam hadn't moved back to Toronto, not as fun! But they're still besties, so it's okay. Cassie seems to be out here a lot, anyway. But seriously, just look at the adorable. I can't handle it.
God, these two need to be best friends again stat. Yes, they're still friends and everything, but not like they used to be, and that makes me sad, since they were way too awesome. But I actually have this strange faith that they'll be super close again someday, even if I'll barely care when it happens. I just have the feeling. Anyway, even when they're not super close, they're still presh and touchey feely. Gaby has said that she and Mandy tend to act like they're a couple when they're together, without realizing it! Come on! That is too cute, if you ask me, and doesn't surprise me in the least. It sounds like that hasn't changed, either, from what I've heard of GT filming. Which reminds me, how much do I love that they're working together again? And playing love interests again? Must be a gift to make up for how much we've been fucked over in the fandom, I think. They were always good at pandering to their fans, with adorable and slashy quotes in interviews and comments on MySpace (I miss those days). And they lived together! And then were neighbors! They can't stay away from each other for too long!
You know, I think these two have caused me to have too much faith in real life ships, I really do. Let me explain. By the time I got into these two/LB, the Hills was just starting, and Lauran and Lo weren't really friends anymore. I saw their goodbye scene from the S1 finale on TV one day and thought it was adorable, and immediately got the DVDs, and got hooked, and then went searching for deets and all that. I was heartbroken to read that they weren't friends anymore. And Lauren was on the Hills being all bffs with Heidi, who I hated because of that, and Jenn, who I always hated. So, I kept up with the Hills, but didn't watch, and looked at pics and such. AND THEN, Boxing Day, 2006 happened. Lauren and Heidi were obvs on the rocks at the time, and pictures from a party Lauren threw at her parents house surfaced and Lo was there! And they were posing together! And Jenn wasn't even there. And then Lo showed up on the Hills! And slowly, but surely, Lauren stopped being friends with Heidi and Jenn, both people I hated, and was besties with Lo again! I couldn't believe my turn of luck! Sure, there was still that Audrina problem, but we all know how that eventually turned out. So, there you go. Because of this magical turn of events, I have too much faith in real life ships. Sigh. ANYWAY, that's part of the reason that they're #1. After a story like that, they can't not be. Plus, they're the cutest. And their relationship is the most accessible for obvious reasons. I totally believe they're soul mates. Like Jay & Silent Bob, they're each other's hetro life partners! Convince me otherwise! They live together! They own a dog together! They have the same name! Destiny, yo.
Even though this totally threw off the pretty layout and formatting of this post, I had to include it. I wasn't really sure how to label this section, but it needed to be here. These ships are all significant to me, but I didn't really think they fell into any of the categories. Plus, with the exception of #1 and maybe, maybe #5, none of these ships had enough material to work with to make a pretty art or anything. Again, other than #1, all of these ships are ones that were mostly contained to one or two episode. Sad for me, since I fell in love with all of these ships, even with just short exposure. I wish more than anything that these shows would expand on them and show more, because I think they'd all be awesome. Another thing they all have in common is the fact that I'd take any kind of interaction. A friendship, sibling relationship, even something more. Urgh, again, except for #1, who I want to hook up, lol. Sheldon/Penny are really only there because they're UC in the way I want them, and even though they get tons of screentime, and technically they're friends, it felt weird to put them there, lol. Rusty/Ashleigh, I want to end up together, tbqh. But I'd take a friendship. Chuck/Jenny and Tim/Julie, I'd give anything for a big brother/little sister relationship. I would die of cuteness. Skills/Haley, I want them to be bffs, but I also demand a story about how they dated when they were in elementary school, and that he was her first kiss. I believe that already, but I need it to be canon, damn it! So yes, I hope this section made sense to you people outside of my head! They all just have a special place in my heart, and it felt wrong to leave them out just because they didn't fit.
You know, what? I've always considered myself to be a friendshipper, with a tendency to ship family dynamics/relationships, but making this art, I realized just how many family relationships I love. Way more than friendships. You learn something new about yourself all the time! Anyway, as you can see, I love all different kinds of them! I usually tend to have a type that I ship, but looking at this, I'm happy to see a good variety, though sisters seem to dominate, which I already knew - I have a thing for sisters, I don't know why. And yet, usually, when the main plot of the show is about sisters, and there is tons of shippery stuff, I tend to be in different - like Charmed or What I Like About You. Such a shame. That happens to me with friendships too. I just tend to like when a relationship has bantering and fighting and sometimes angst, so when the good heart to heart, meaningful scenes happen, they feel like they're earned, and they mean more. Give me bantery sisters over lovey dovey any day!
In the honor of full disclosure, when making my decision for this last slot on the list, I wanted to give it to Emily and Lorelai, but I was way too lazy to try and find caps or to make some myself, and I knew where to get HQ caps of all the seasons of FNL, so yeah. But as I was making this, I was just smiling the whole time, just by looking at the caps! So I think I made the right decision. If you'll notice, I included all different versions of the Taylor family, some pre-Gracie (who I'm not a fan of, lol), and some with their surrogate children - Tyra, Tim and Matt. Shelley is even in there! I just had to, because that's one of the best things about this family, is how welcoming and nice they are, giving those poor people without perfect families, a chance to be part of one for a bit! It's adorable. We all wish the Taylors would adopt us, and they just might, you never know! I love all the dynamics between them, they're just so cute and realistic, and there's nothing I can say about them other than that they're the perfect little family. You all know it. You don't need me to tell you. Just absolutely, positively, picture perfect.
I almost feel squeaky putting these two on this list, simply because I ship them in the ~slashy way, too. But, obviously they can't be on a couples list, and I didn't want to just put them on the UC list, because I do ship them as sisters too. In the end, my rationale was that I didn't want or ever think they'd ever go there on the show, and just ship them slashily in fanfics and such, and on the show, I ship them as sisters. Deal with it. Anyway, I've always thought that their plot was pretty much what OTPs are made of. Most popular girl in school is forced to have an outcast who she hates/hates her move into her house and become her step sister? Perfect set up, if there ever was one! I just loved seeing how their dynamic grew over the first season, and how they went from trying to break their parents up in S1, to trying to get them back together in S2. So cute. I wish the stupid Harrison stuff didn't exist, as they're both way too good for him. But whatever. Even though I'll always be pissed at the cliffhanger ending, I was satisfied, as I got the quote/scene from the art, and Brooke telling off Nicole, her bff, and saying she'd pick Sam over her, because she's her sister! Thank you, Ryan Murphy. If only they got more focus in S2.
My love for these two surprised me, tbqh. And it still does. I don't even know. As I said, I'm big on sisters, but never really cared for brothers or brother/sister ships, and yet. It's so rare that I even like a male character on TV, let alone my favorite character being a guy, but I just love Rusty. I know he's started to annoy people in the recent chapter, but blame Jordan! Either way, I think he's so cute, and his desire to have a relationship with his super cool sister in S1 was so presh, I couldn't not ship it. I think it probs comes back to my enjoyment of bantery and dysfunctional relationships. Had they been close preshow or something, and they were just a side relationship, I doubt I would have liked them. But the fact that they weren't close, and their meaningful scenes were ~special, and you know the drill. Spencer and Jacob's amazing chemistry totally helps too. They just play off each other perfectly. They both have a habit of doing these little things, facial expressions, or pauses or a tone of voice, in scenes that make them hilarious, so when they're together? Gold! I need my Cartwright Kids back!
The first time I made a list of favorite family relationships, these two were #1 and I was all 'they'll always be number one and nothing will ever beat them'. Then by the time I did my second list, they were #3! And they probs would have been again, if I wasn't in the middle of ripping and rewatching S2/S3. I've totally just fallen for them all over again, and it reminded me of how absolutely perfect they are. I don't think there will ever be a sisterly relationship more realistic than this one. I don't even have to have a sister to know that. Just the way they fight and bicker, and pretend to hate each other, but are always together anyway. They're really best friends, and are confident enough in their relationship to be able to bitch and be mean to each other. Any scene in their bedroom was perfection. I love when they'd actually fight, either slapping each other, or wrestling on the bed, it always brought the lols. Also, their height difference is probs the most adorable ever.
Fuck, I'm so bitter with how this storyline ended! God, would it have been so hard for them to leave it open ended? Or, I don't know, maybe not have Sam leave at all?! Urgh. I can't even imagine how amazing this season would be if Sam was there. Le sigh. Not even a mention! That's too much to ask for =/ Whatever. They can't take away all the cuteness I got in S6, no matter how much they try. When I first heard about the storyline, I was not amused by it, and it took me a bit to warm up to them after it was onscreen, but when they won me over? They really won me over. I fell head over heals in love with them. Their dynamic was just so wonderfully different and unexpected and adorable. It was such a ~trick to see it grow before my eyes. As pissed as I was with how they ended, I am very thankful that I got that last scene in Sam's room, and got to hear them say pretty much everything I wanted to hear them say, before she left. I guess I can't be too bitter. No, I think I can. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that they'll bring Sam back one day, even if it's just for an episode (though I'd prefer otherwise, obvs). Hey, they're finally bringing my bb Taylor back after five freaking seasons, so I think anything is possible.
I was totally shocked at how little HM had to put on here. Like I said, I thought I was a huge friendshipper. I guess not as much as I thought! Or maybe it was just because I didn't think that some of the ships I liked were ~special enough to be on here? I had trouble deciding who my fifth one should be, idk. It's hard to explain, yo. Anyway, all the friendships that did make my HM list hold a special place in my heart. Some have more depth and focus than others, but I love them lots either way. They're all so different. Obvs I just have a wide range of taste! And I don't think I have a preference for dynamic like with family. I'm easy.
I'm pretty sure I just wrote about these two on my Something Different picspam, so it feels redundant to do it again, but I'll try. They were the reason I first started watching Greek, and I loved them just as much as I thought I would. They're both just so smiley and pretty and happy and adorable together. I always have to smile. And they're like always on the same wavelength, I swear. All their silly schemes and plans! And their references and such, they always know what the other is talking about. They seem to have the same taste in things too, like movies and stars and tv shows and such, you know? Even Casey said as much to Evan, that they're always thinking the same. They're so good at helping each other, too. They're always on each other's side. They're perfectly matched and will be bestest friends forever, duh.
Like Sam and Brooke on my family list, I wasn't sure which list to put these two on, because I'm one of those people that always loved their friendship, but also always wanted and expected them to be more one day. Of course, though, when they finally did get together, it was in the last season, when IC decided to throw all sense aside and just fuck everything up, especially my bbs. If only the show had ended after 604. But it didn't. So that made it easier to put these two on the friendship list. While I don't really prefer them as friends over ~lovers, I think that what we actually saw of both dynamics, obvs I'd have to prefer the friendship. Especially since everything I loved about their friendship got fucked when they got together, sadly. I always loved how Jenny was batshit crazy around every other person, but she was totally normal and sane around Shane, like she was her ~safe place or some shit like that. Shane was just the only person that was able to get through to her at any time. And Shane was so freaking loyal. Man, as much as I always wanted them to get together, I wish they never did, if it would have given them a better ending. Le sigh. I should also say that I don't actually watch this show, just their scenes.
This is gonna be repeatability, too. They were my second favorite thing about American Dreams, but I loved them so so much. I loved how opposite they were, and yet they seemed the same too, if that makes sense. I don't know, sometimes you look at two friends who are do different, and you wonder how they ever became friends in the first place, but not with these two - they just made sense to me somehow. They were different, but there was something similar about them, but I can't think of how to say exactly what it was. Regardless of what it was, they had such a beautiful and strong friendship. Always there for each other, and supportive in every way, which meant a lot to Meg, especially, I think, since even though her family loved her, they weren't very supportive a lot of the time, and she needed it. And Meg returned that by always having Rox over, and pretty much giving her the family that she didn't have in her own home. She really became part of the Pryors, and that really warmed my heart. She was always there for meals and sleepovers, and Jack and Helen were her surrogate parents, even if they didn't have that many scenes. The ones they did have were significant and awesome enough. Especially Jack.
I've always said that if I could have a fictional character as bff that my bb Wallace would be my first choice! How could he not be? I seriously think he's like the most perfect bff in the world. And that is good, because I can't think of anyone that was more in need of a bff than Veronica was at the beginning of the show. And boy, did girlfriend hit the jackpot with Wallace. Never did that boy falter in his support and love of Veronica, no matter what she asked of him, or how selfish she could be. He never stopped having her back, and for a girl like her, that meant the world. There were a few times, especially in the finale, where she just looked at him like she couldn't believe how amazing he was, and that he was her friend. That scene in the kitchen, when he says he'll go to that meeting or whatever? I've always swooned. Their best scene will always be the hug and cuddling on new years, though, obvs! What else could it be? If only they got more to do in S3!
Oh, my girls. I made the friendship list last just so these two could be the last one of the entry, because they're my #1 ship/otp of the decade, which is pretty much all time. I know some people probably can't fathom that, but whatever, it's true. They're my two favorite characters of all time, played by my favorite actresses of all time, how can their friendship not be my favorite thing ever, huh? It also helps that they're like my little ship that could. The first OTH episode I ever saw was ENIAS, and I really enjoyed their scenes and dynamic, and really wished they'd just be friends, but never really thought it'd happen beyond the friendly scenes we got in S2. Then S3 happened, and they were roommates!! Which I still think was my idea that Mark stole, but whatever, I'm not gonna get into that story, lol. I always say this, but I never could have imagined, back in S1/2, when I jizzed over the littlest things, like Brooke saying Haley's name or something, that Brooke would be Haley's maid of honor, or the godmother to Haley's annoying kid. It's just so amazing to think about, and because of that, they'll always be #1 in my heart. It helps that there are a billion reasons for why they're awesome. Add on the recent S7 episode where they both got stoned and lurked around the house in the dark, and they're my perfect ship for always. I'm predictable, but guess what? Don't care!
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