Ship Meme + Character Meme
So I snagged this meme from emo_dj_steph AGES ago, and have been working on it forever (which has been interesting since the ships have really moved around and changed over time--Caroline/Tyler appeared on the first list then moved to the second list then moved back up to the first list in the space of me starting and finishing this meme, Cesare/Lucrezia appeared on the first list then disappeared then appeared again, Dan/Blair made a brief appearance on the first list and Chuck/Blair appeared on the second list, etc), since any meme that requires more effort than bolding or ticky apparently takes me forever to complete...*facepalm* Also some of these questions were tricky for me, like "Ships you're curious about but don't ship", since everything I'm really curious about/interested in I tend to ship! But tonight for some reason I felt in the mood to finish this once and for all (and have stayed up far too late doing so, ugh, priorities, I need them), so here it is!
Major spoilers for s3 Being Human, s2 DW, and s2 Merlin, minor spoilers for Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, and The Borgias:
Six ships you're into right now.
1) Doctor/Rose (Doctor Who)
2) ~SASSY~ (Supernatural)
3) Mitchell/Annie (Being Human)
4) Caroline/Tyler (Vampire Diaries)
5) Uther/Morgana (Merlin) - I ignore the Great Retcon, Failures (as Writers) Gonna Fail
6) Cesare/Lucrezia (The Borgias)
Three ships you liked, but don't anymore.
7) Matt/Caroline (Vampire Diaries)
8) Chuck/Blair (Gossip Girl)
9) Merlin/Morgana (Merlin)
Three ships you never liked.
10) Amy/Eleven (Doctor Who)
11) Arthur/Gwen (Merlin)
12) Ron/Hermione (Harry Potter)
Two ships you're curious about, but don't actually ship.
13 Mitchell/Herrick (Being Human)
14 Bobby/Ellen (Supernatural)
Why do you dislike #11 so much?
A few things, lol. I mean, throughout most of season 1 I didn't care much about this pairing since the two never really interacted, and thus nothing particularly exciting to go off of--especially when meanwhile Arthur and Morgana had all that smoldering UST blazing between them. But then I really disliked how rushed they were in season 2, already having ~epic~ kisses and declarations in just two episodes, and resented the way the writers basically sidelined and ignored all other relationships (even Merlin/Arthur to an extent in season 3) in favor of Arthur/Gwen (in season 2 Gwen seemed to stop caring about Morgana so much, and Arthur as well, as if they could only be REALLY concerned with one person at a time). One of my favorite parts of the fandom was how multi-ship friendly it was, the big fandom joke being On Big Orgy or Everyone/Everyone was canon, but this stopped around the time of Arthur/Gwen's ascendancy, because there was no longer anything to go on with the other pairings. *sigh* I also think they don't have much chemistry, and don't like how Gwen's whole storyline practically consists of nothing but romancing Arthur (and arranging flowers), or how they dropped Arthur/Morgana and pushed forward A/G to give Gwen something more to do (like they couldn't find any other storyline for her). /rant
I know I have flisters who ship them madly, and I respect that, but they are just not my cup of tea, personally...;)
Who is someone you know that ships #14?
I don't know anyone personally who ships Bobby/Ellen really (though someone speak up if you do!), but I'm sure there are people who do, especially after that episode...I certainly saw some interesting new potential there I'd never thought of before!
What would be your ideal scenario for couple #3?
**Note: Major Spoilers for 3x08!!!**
Well it was going to be that they lived together forever and ever, for "eternity" (because they could!), being happy and fluffy and adorable and keeping one another company through the years, even after George and Nina died (though first they'd be awesome godparents/babysitters to the baby. Or whatever the Jewish equivalent of godparents are, since I'm sure George would want to raise a Jewish werewolf and Nina wouldn't care either way, lol). Now however....*sigh* The ideal scenario now of course is that Annie finally passes over after all the drama with the Old Ones is over, and Mitchell is waiting for her in her corridor when she does, and they have an epic reunion twirly hug like the last time and THEN finally get to live our their promised eternity together but unburdened by anything because by now Mitchell has gone through purgatory and atoned for his sins and in the afterlife is finally free of the vampiric urges and angst. And on Sundays they have dance parties with Gilbert, because Gilbert is awesome. And then eventually George and Nina die and join them and the OT4 will be together again and better than ever. /desperate wishing
Which is your favorite moment for couple #1?
God so many moments, it's hard to choose...but since I am a great lover of angst and Doomsday is my favorite DW episode of all, I think I have to go with the scene when she is ripped from his universe (just the epic music, the tension in that scene, the utterly HORRIFIED look on his face and his "NOOOOO!" reaction), followed by them ACTUALLY FEELING EACH OTHER THROUGH PARALLEL UNIVERSES--really, how can you get more epic than that? THEY CAN SENSE EACH OTHER THROUGH THE VOID! And the gorgeous and sad "Doomsday" music playing (one of my favorite pieces) too...yeah, this is my favorite moment, and I've re-watched it a gazillion times. Deal with it! ;)
How long have you been following couple #6?
Lol, since the trailer and promo pics for The Borgias came out? :p They are one of the few couples I've really shipped before even seeing the show (even making a mini picspam of promo pics on my journal and looking for YouTube vids). And then within the first minute of their first scene onscreen together I was already utterly and completely sold on them and in love. <333 They are just so irresistible, so much chemistry and tenderness and gah!
What's the story with #8? What made you stop liking them/caring?
The writers, basically? :/ Even up through the beginning of this season I was still shipping Chuck/Blair, they often made me mad and disgusted, but then they'd always win me back with really nice and tender moments (like in France, or at that benefit thingie before they decided to separate for the time being). But this time the writers really have gone too far, first in making Chuck keep falling in love with other women while Blair still held a candle for him (so unfair to her), and then *especially* after his utterly despicable and gross behavior in the most recent episode. He does not deserve her, he no longer makes her happy, and their story is played out. I am a bit disappointed that the writers ruined this pairing so much, they had so much potential in the beginning and so many great moments in earlier seasons--and I will still ship them in those earlier times, and enjoy their moments on rewatches, and hell may even do that one fanvid I had planned for them years ago one day. But I cannot ship/like them anymore...:(
You have the power to make one ship non existent. Choose from #10 or #12:
Oh #12 Ron/Hermione for sure, not only because I dislike it and hate that fate for Hermione, but also because that would have cut out in one fell swoop the traumatic and rancorous, horrible shipping wars that so marred the Harry Potter fandom...:/ Whereas Amy/Eleven is not nearly as big or threatening...
Which ship do you prefer #2 or #4?
Probably ~SASSY~ just because I've been shipping it longer, and because it just makes me so HAPPY! :D IDK why, but it just does, I love the fandom, and all the rainbows and glitter and unicorns and sunshine this pairing represents at its cracky best. Just seeing the two of them side by side makes me smile...<333
What interests you about #14?
Well we saw a really nice dynamic between them in "My Heart Will Go On," very believable, and it makes me wonder if something could have potentially happened there one day, even within this 'verse, had she not died. Makes me wonder if he ever possibly liked her in that way too, especially with the picture and everything...
Why did you stop liking #7?
Eh, last episode? :( Basically it's clear that Matt cannot accept Caroline as a vampire, so that's that. And it's true that Tyler/Caroline have much more chemistry (and now he's learned his lesson from last time), and I think he can make her happier.
Did your waning interest in #9 kill your interest in the show?
No, not really, since they were never a major ship of mine anyway (Arthur/Morgana was the big one for me), the total character assassination of Morgana and all other Morgana ships as well and continuing shitty continuity were the main things that killed my interest in this show...:(
What’s a song that reminds you of #5?
Oh god, a million--I think that Uther/Morgana are the pairing that I get the most frequent inspiration for, song-wise, I already have one fanmix produced for them, and another one in planning....but here is one song I've really associated with them over the last year or so, "Salvation" by Scanners:
I've been waiting for the dark to come
My temptation and salvation
I've been waiting for the tide to turn...
Dark Eyes become divine
I need the love I crave
Your hands they burn like mine
I'll take you to my grave
I'll take you to my grave
Given that it's actually canon that she turned darkside in part because she feared that Uther didn't love her anymore, or that he wouldn't love her because of her magic, and the way she is determined to kill him (not to mention how often he touches her), the last stanza especially ("I need the love I crave....I'll take you to my grave") fits them perfectly.
If you could have any of these two pairings double-date, who would it be?
Lol, well Uther/Morgana and Cesare/Lucrezia could commiserate about inappropriate incestuous loves? :p Nah I think it'd be Caroline/Tyler and Mitchell/Annie--George takes a trip to America and meets Tyler and the gang in Mystic Falls, and sets Tyler and Caroline up on a double date with Mitchell and Annie, where Caroline and Mitchell can talk some vampire shop while Tyler and Annie talk about dating vampires, and they can all just commiserate about being supernaturals and how much that changed their lives. And I just think Caroline and Annie would be really fun and bubbly together and they'd all have a fine time.
Have #2 kissed yet?
No, lol, and I doubt they ever would! But a hug would be nice, like the one that we were so cruelly denied when Sam and Cas first reunite after Sam gets his soul back...;)
Did #4 have a happy ending? If the show hasn't ended yet, do you think a happy ending is likely?
Well given that he is a werewolf and she is a vampire, and one bite from him can kill her, and that this is VD, mother of all things angst and death and sadness, I'm not sure a happy ending is likely, but at least I hope it won't come as a result of more icky relationship drama, but rather outside circumstances...
What would make you start shipping #13?
IDK, maybe a bit more sexual innuendo, or suggestive flashbacks, more neediness on Herrick's part? I almost ship Bishop/Aidan on the American version, which had a little more of that....
If only one could happen, which would you prefer, #2 or #6?
CESARE/LUCREZIA!!! :D I don't care if it's incest, it would be hot and awesome and angsty and tragic and beautiful, and I was VERY disappoint when I read the interviews that indicated that they would not actually go that route, despite all the teasing promo posters and such from Showtime! :( Just ONE kiss even would be so amazing...and it would make for some delicious angst and tragedy, and I wants it! *still hoping against hope the writers/Neil Jordan change their mind*
Plus much as I love ~SASSY~ it is in part merely a crack!ship, and I could never see it really happening anyway...
You have the power to decide the fate of #10. What happens to them?
Nothing, just the end of all this stupid flirting and unnecessary added ~love triangle tension (I'm looking at you overheard 6x02 moments, Moffat!). I would like just Amy/Rory happily ever after, this being a ~fairy tale and all in her case.
Which of these ships do you love the most?
Really hard to say. When I was earlier working on this meme I said "definitely Doctor/Rose, that is the #1 ship I am obsessed with at the moment, though it's still duking it out with Angel/Cordy for favorite TV ship period"....but since then the end of Being Human season 3 happened and I got into fullblown Mitchell/Annie obsession mode, which for that moment surpassed even my Doctor/Rose love/obsession! (Both are epic and have lots of parallels! :)). But then time passed and I got into The Borgias and became completely obsessed with Cesare/Lucrezia, even to the extent of starting a comm for them. And meanwhile Uther/Morgana is a constant love I still think about all the time, especially in relation to music. And ~SASSY~ just makes me ridiculously happy, IDEK why but it does...at this moment I cannot say, only not Caroline/Tyler because that's a ship that only just got back into my good graces, and I've never been really that obsessed with it, though I do love it a lot. ;)
And while I'm at it, here's a Character Meme as well! Pick any character from a fandom of mine and I'll answer the following questions:
1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Does he/she grip you emotionally?
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by his/her relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how would you see yourself interacting with him/her?
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about this character (if you dislike) to someone new to fandom?
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
(Of course it might take me a while, erm, but it will happen, lol! ;))
Major spoilers for s3 Being Human, s2 DW, and s2 Merlin, minor spoilers for Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, and The Borgias:
Six ships you're into right now.
1) Doctor/Rose (Doctor Who)
2) ~SASSY~ (Supernatural)
3) Mitchell/Annie (Being Human)
4) Caroline/Tyler (Vampire Diaries)
5) Uther/Morgana (Merlin) - I ignore the Great Retcon, Failures (as Writers) Gonna Fail
6) Cesare/Lucrezia (The Borgias)
Three ships you liked, but don't anymore.
7) Matt/Caroline (Vampire Diaries)
8) Chuck/Blair (Gossip Girl)
9) Merlin/Morgana (Merlin)
Three ships you never liked.
10) Amy/Eleven (Doctor Who)
11) Arthur/Gwen (Merlin)
12) Ron/Hermione (Harry Potter)
Two ships you're curious about, but don't actually ship.
13 Mitchell/Herrick (Being Human)
14 Bobby/Ellen (Supernatural)
Why do you dislike #11 so much?
A few things, lol. I mean, throughout most of season 1 I didn't care much about this pairing since the two never really interacted, and thus nothing particularly exciting to go off of--especially when meanwhile Arthur and Morgana had all that smoldering UST blazing between them. But then I really disliked how rushed they were in season 2, already having ~epic~ kisses and declarations in just two episodes, and resented the way the writers basically sidelined and ignored all other relationships (even Merlin/Arthur to an extent in season 3) in favor of Arthur/Gwen (in season 2 Gwen seemed to stop caring about Morgana so much, and Arthur as well, as if they could only be REALLY concerned with one person at a time). One of my favorite parts of the fandom was how multi-ship friendly it was, the big fandom joke being On Big Orgy or Everyone/Everyone was canon, but this stopped around the time of Arthur/Gwen's ascendancy, because there was no longer anything to go on with the other pairings. *sigh* I also think they don't have much chemistry, and don't like how Gwen's whole storyline practically consists of nothing but romancing Arthur (and arranging flowers), or how they dropped Arthur/Morgana and pushed forward A/G to give Gwen something more to do (like they couldn't find any other storyline for her). /rant
I know I have flisters who ship them madly, and I respect that, but they are just not my cup of tea, personally...;)
Who is someone you know that ships #14?
I don't know anyone personally who ships Bobby/Ellen really (though someone speak up if you do!), but I'm sure there are people who do, especially after that episode...I certainly saw some interesting new potential there I'd never thought of before!
What would be your ideal scenario for couple #3?
**Note: Major Spoilers for 3x08!!!**
Well it was going to be that they lived together forever and ever, for "eternity" (because they could!), being happy and fluffy and adorable and keeping one another company through the years, even after George and Nina died (though first they'd be awesome godparents/babysitters to the baby. Or whatever the Jewish equivalent of godparents are, since I'm sure George would want to raise a Jewish werewolf and Nina wouldn't care either way, lol). Now however....*sigh* The ideal scenario now of course is that Annie finally passes over after all the drama with the Old Ones is over, and Mitchell is waiting for her in her corridor when she does, and they have an epic reunion twirly hug like the last time and THEN finally get to live our their promised eternity together but unburdened by anything because by now Mitchell has gone through purgatory and atoned for his sins and in the afterlife is finally free of the vampiric urges and angst. And on Sundays they have dance parties with Gilbert, because Gilbert is awesome. And then eventually George and Nina die and join them and the OT4 will be together again and better than ever. /desperate wishing
Which is your favorite moment for couple #1?
God so many moments, it's hard to choose...but since I am a great lover of angst and Doomsday is my favorite DW episode of all, I think I have to go with the scene when she is ripped from his universe (just the epic music, the tension in that scene, the utterly HORRIFIED look on his face and his "NOOOOO!" reaction), followed by them ACTUALLY FEELING EACH OTHER THROUGH PARALLEL UNIVERSES--really, how can you get more epic than that? THEY CAN SENSE EACH OTHER THROUGH THE VOID! And the gorgeous and sad "Doomsday" music playing (one of my favorite pieces) too...yeah, this is my favorite moment, and I've re-watched it a gazillion times. Deal with it! ;)
How long have you been following couple #6?
Lol, since the trailer and promo pics for The Borgias came out? :p They are one of the few couples I've really shipped before even seeing the show (even making a mini picspam of promo pics on my journal and looking for YouTube vids). And then within the first minute of their first scene onscreen together I was already utterly and completely sold on them and in love. <333 They are just so irresistible, so much chemistry and tenderness and gah!
What's the story with #8? What made you stop liking them/caring?
The writers, basically? :/ Even up through the beginning of this season I was still shipping Chuck/Blair, they often made me mad and disgusted, but then they'd always win me back with really nice and tender moments (like in France, or at that benefit thingie before they decided to separate for the time being). But this time the writers really have gone too far, first in making Chuck keep falling in love with other women while Blair still held a candle for him (so unfair to her), and then *especially* after his utterly despicable and gross behavior in the most recent episode. He does not deserve her, he no longer makes her happy, and their story is played out. I am a bit disappointed that the writers ruined this pairing so much, they had so much potential in the beginning and so many great moments in earlier seasons--and I will still ship them in those earlier times, and enjoy their moments on rewatches, and hell may even do that one fanvid I had planned for them years ago one day. But I cannot ship/like them anymore...:(
You have the power to make one ship non existent. Choose from #10 or #12:
Oh #12 Ron/Hermione for sure, not only because I dislike it and hate that fate for Hermione, but also because that would have cut out in one fell swoop the traumatic and rancorous, horrible shipping wars that so marred the Harry Potter fandom...:/ Whereas Amy/Eleven is not nearly as big or threatening...
Which ship do you prefer #2 or #4?
Probably ~SASSY~ just because I've been shipping it longer, and because it just makes me so HAPPY! :D IDK why, but it just does, I love the fandom, and all the rainbows and glitter and unicorns and sunshine this pairing represents at its cracky best. Just seeing the two of them side by side makes me smile...<333
What interests you about #14?
Well we saw a really nice dynamic between them in "My Heart Will Go On," very believable, and it makes me wonder if something could have potentially happened there one day, even within this 'verse, had she not died. Makes me wonder if he ever possibly liked her in that way too, especially with the picture and everything...
Why did you stop liking #7?
Eh, last episode? :( Basically it's clear that Matt cannot accept Caroline as a vampire, so that's that. And it's true that Tyler/Caroline have much more chemistry (and now he's learned his lesson from last time), and I think he can make her happier.
Did your waning interest in #9 kill your interest in the show?
No, not really, since they were never a major ship of mine anyway (Arthur/Morgana was the big one for me), the total character assassination of Morgana and all other Morgana ships as well and continuing shitty continuity were the main things that killed my interest in this show...:(
What’s a song that reminds you of #5?
Oh god, a million--I think that Uther/Morgana are the pairing that I get the most frequent inspiration for, song-wise, I already have one fanmix produced for them, and another one in planning....but here is one song I've really associated with them over the last year or so, "Salvation" by Scanners:
Click to viewI've been waiting for the dark to come
My temptation and salvation
I've been waiting for the tide to turn...
Dark Eyes become divine
I need the love I crave
Your hands they burn like mine
I'll take you to my grave
I'll take you to my grave
Given that it's actually canon that she turned darkside in part because she feared that Uther didn't love her anymore, or that he wouldn't love her because of her magic, and the way she is determined to kill him (not to mention how often he touches her), the last stanza especially ("I need the love I crave....I'll take you to my grave") fits them perfectly.
If you could have any of these two pairings double-date, who would it be?
Lol, well Uther/Morgana and Cesare/Lucrezia could commiserate about inappropriate incestuous loves? :p Nah I think it'd be Caroline/Tyler and Mitchell/Annie--George takes a trip to America and meets Tyler and the gang in Mystic Falls, and sets Tyler and Caroline up on a double date with Mitchell and Annie, where Caroline and Mitchell can talk some vampire shop while Tyler and Annie talk about dating vampires, and they can all just commiserate about being supernaturals and how much that changed their lives. And I just think Caroline and Annie would be really fun and bubbly together and they'd all have a fine time.
Have #2 kissed yet?
No, lol, and I doubt they ever would! But a hug would be nice, like the one that we were so cruelly denied when Sam and Cas first reunite after Sam gets his soul back...;)
Did #4 have a happy ending? If the show hasn't ended yet, do you think a happy ending is likely?
Well given that he is a werewolf and she is a vampire, and one bite from him can kill her, and that this is VD, mother of all things angst and death and sadness, I'm not sure a happy ending is likely, but at least I hope it won't come as a result of more icky relationship drama, but rather outside circumstances...
What would make you start shipping #13?
IDK, maybe a bit more sexual innuendo, or suggestive flashbacks, more neediness on Herrick's part? I almost ship Bishop/Aidan on the American version, which had a little more of that....
If only one could happen, which would you prefer, #2 or #6?
CESARE/LUCREZIA!!! :D I don't care if it's incest, it would be hot and awesome and angsty and tragic and beautiful, and I was VERY disappoint when I read the interviews that indicated that they would not actually go that route, despite all the teasing promo posters and such from Showtime! :( Just ONE kiss even would be so amazing...and it would make for some delicious angst and tragedy, and I wants it! *still hoping against hope the writers/Neil Jordan change their mind*
Plus much as I love ~SASSY~ it is in part merely a crack!ship, and I could never see it really happening anyway...
You have the power to decide the fate of #10. What happens to them?
Nothing, just the end of all this stupid flirting and unnecessary added ~love triangle tension (I'm looking at you overheard 6x02 moments, Moffat!). I would like just Amy/Rory happily ever after, this being a ~fairy tale and all in her case.
Which of these ships do you love the most?
Really hard to say. When I was earlier working on this meme I said "definitely Doctor/Rose, that is the #1 ship I am obsessed with at the moment, though it's still duking it out with Angel/Cordy for favorite TV ship period"....but since then the end of Being Human season 3 happened and I got into fullblown Mitchell/Annie obsession mode, which for that moment surpassed even my Doctor/Rose love/obsession! (Both are epic and have lots of parallels! :)). But then time passed and I got into The Borgias and became completely obsessed with Cesare/Lucrezia, even to the extent of starting a comm for them. And meanwhile Uther/Morgana is a constant love I still think about all the time, especially in relation to music. And ~SASSY~ just makes me ridiculously happy, IDEK why but it does...at this moment I cannot say, only not Caroline/Tyler because that's a ship that only just got back into my good graces, and I've never been really that obsessed with it, though I do love it a lot. ;)
And while I'm at it, here's a Character Meme as well! Pick any character from a fandom of mine and I'll answer the following questions:
1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Does he/she grip you emotionally?
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by his/her relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
6) Is there anything about the character you would change?
7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how would you see yourself interacting with him/her?
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about this character (if you dislike) to someone new to fandom?
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
(Of course it might take me a while, erm, but it will happen, lol! ;))