you've been around all night, and that's a little long

[pocochina]

I have, however, started to figure out what I like in a ship, which does seem to be more of a detailed set of preferences. Mostly BSG and Buffyverse examples:

Basically, my support for a ship is inversely proportional to the amount of will they/won’t they garment-rending.  I like the idea of people having and building a history together. That can

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[pocochina]

haha, I feel like Dexter avoids a lot of Man Pain issues because - he angsts and he kills, but he doesn't angst about killing, and I don't think he's valorized in a Rooftop Moping way.

WTWT can be done effectively, and my reaction is totally subjective, I know.

ha, I doubt we actually disagree intellectually on anything Pilots-based. I wonder even if my issues with them were partially that it wasn't where I wanted to spend such a high proportion of screen time, rather than anything about them or their interactions, which I do think could develop the characters in a way that couldn't have happened separately.

Pilots fandom, as sunny and enthusiastic as it is, can also be kind of a downer for me because (on a similar note to the Wes thing) of what I've seen of it, I feel like there's sometimes this environment of judgment and desire not to understand about Lee's collapse and so I avoid, but then I miss out on whatever it might add.

None of which is to say the ship itself is bad, because I definitely don't think that, but I think it's a part of my totally subjective reaction.

Lilah was such a missed opportunity for S5. no argument there. And yeah, again, I agree with your analysis, I think. I seem to have less stamina for angst than most. DISTRACTION! ADVENTURE! SHINY THINGS!

I did start with the sixth episode, and thank you for the tip! I'm a few episodes in and totally hooked. and lol, Somerholder is so clearly having THE TIME OF HIS LIFE, I love it. COMING SOON: ALL THE FEELINGS.

[ever_neutral]

Yeah, I get what you're saying about too much time being dedicated to Pilots, mainly in S3. Even I was all, "GO AWAY" at them in parts, lol.

I feel like there's sometimes this environment of judgment and desire not to understand about Lee's collapse and so I avoid

Ha. Yes, as previously observed and discussed... :|

COMING SOON: ALL THE FEELINGS.

SDFLJD;KFJDS. haha. I am amused that you are hooked ALREADY, because I was pretty much ::unimpressed-face:: until like, the halfway point of the season. But, glad you're enjoying! And yeah, Ian S. was apparently chomping at the bit to get that role and is now evidently milking it for all its goddamn worth, lol.