Gil Grissom/Catherine Willows (CSI)

[thewaughnman]

Willows/Grissom (CSI)
Title: The Yin/Yang Phenomena
Pairing: Grissom/Willows
Fandom: CSI
Author: marco
Website: N/A
Spoilers up until season 5, with a weeny bit of season 6 (we are still seeing season 5, and from the spoilers I got, I’m glad we do)
Note: This is my particular analysis of the ship, so don’t worry if you don’t agree with me, fellow

Comments

[waffus]

I loved it! But I have a correction (sorry!):

"Catherine: Write this down; I haven’t had sex in three… no, four months."

It's "six...no, seven months", not "three...no, four months". I wouldn't have mentioned it, but I saw it as the longer Catherine went without, the more Grissom would have had the urge to help her (advance in her career, of course *snickers*).

Otherwise, this was an informative, supported, and very analytical (and in the good way, too, unlike analyze to death the books in English class) essay. You had your facts straight, with the exception of one minor error, and it was understandable. You presented your information to us in a damning way, really, because it just seals what has been known by many, many people: CGR really is the most supported 'ship, at least evidence-wise. It may not be the most major 'ship, but we have the components, the chemistry, and the clips here and there to make it work. The characters are slightly a like I suppose -- the white dot in the black could be the traits belonging to Grissom that Catherine has too and vice versa -- but not completely a like, such as Grissom and Sara. When you have two extremely similar people, the result you have a lot of head-butting, a lot of arguing, because even though their interests many mimic each other greatly, their opinions probably do not. And because Sara is overly stubborn, you know she's going to have a field day of debate when she's with someone who just will not agree with her. And although Grissom, on the other hand, can see it from all sides, you really need both people in the relationship to be able to see each others' opinions without bias.

I know there's a quote that says something like, "When you have an opinion, the best thing you do is go find someone who disagrees" (God have mercy on my paraphrasing), but you should also find a person who disagrees and who can also see the other side of the argument. Otherwise, things will begin to crumble, and in the end, one or both of the people will be hurt.

(And I know Catherine be pretty steadfast when it comes to her opinions, too, but she is able to the other side of the argument. And she is also completely in-sync with Grissom, if I must add a random comment.)

Anyway, I'm rambling incoherently here, so I'll just say this: Thank you for the analysis, and I'm glad there are CGR 'shippers out there like you who are able to string together the evidence still and turn it into something productive. You've actually inspired me to do my own analysis, so thanks there, too. :)

[thewaughnman]

Thanks for the heads-up and the rambling, I really appreciate it.

I inspired you? Damn. Wow. I never inspired anyone before.