Why does everybody always think we're going to make out?
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Is this...is this possible?
It may be by process of elimination, but it is possible, and here's why: they haven't screwed it up yet. With everything that's gone down, we're still in the delicious--albeit very long--anticipation phase. Nobody's given birth to and then adopted out a possibly-alien baby; nobody's completely stopped communicating in an effort to bond with his long-lost daughter, only to force his fiancee to sleep with her ex; nobody's gotten stuck on the wrong side of a closing time gap; nobody's gotten amnesia for two years, only to have her guy marry somebody else who turns out to be totally evil, et cetera et cetera; nobody's moved to Cleveland.
Instead we have consistently adorable tag scenes, where Booth and Brennan both make those faces; we have hand-holding at the airport; we have "thanks for the gum" and "that's a lotta heart, Bones"; we have a struggler and a gambler, and all that's implied therein; we have two fundamentally different people trying to reconcile how much they love each other.
(I do think they're juuuust on the brink of having pushed the anticipation phase too far--something's gotta give, or they're going to lose their audience. We'll see what happens at that coffee cart. But, for me, the shark remains unjumped until proven guilty.)
It hasn't been perfect, but there you have it: Booth/Brennan love is my favorite kind of love.*
(*Except possibly Intersect/handler love, which is also so far unsullied by terribleness, and which also keeps my heart beating via a subtly perfect combination of angst, hilarity, and excellent kissing. For references, see yesterday.)
Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Favorite guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite miniseries
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
And also:
1. Cheerios made my day: I ran into a pair of junior cheerleaders--two of them, maybe seventh grade?--this afternoon at the high school track where I run. They asked me a) what my name was, and b) whether I was on the high school track team (HA), and then proceeded to cheer me on, by name, for the remainder of my run. That's like half an hour of non-stop cheering. They only knew like three cheers, and one of them ended with something about me passing you like a dragonfly, but they were adorable and told me I should come back every day. I would sort of like to.
2. Heyyyy, yesterday was 12 of 12!
3. Tomorrow, off to the wilderness (in so many ways): big-time family reunion, then cabin retreat with the immediate fam. Back Wednesday. Catch you on the flip side!
Is this...is this possible?
It may be by process of elimination, but it is possible, and here's why: they haven't screwed it up yet. With everything that's gone down, we're still in the delicious--albeit very long--anticipation phase. Nobody's given birth to and then adopted out a possibly-alien baby; nobody's completely stopped communicating in an effort to bond with his long-lost daughter, only to force his fiancee to sleep with her ex; nobody's gotten stuck on the wrong side of a closing time gap; nobody's gotten amnesia for two years, only to have her guy marry somebody else who turns out to be totally evil, et cetera et cetera; nobody's moved to Cleveland.
Instead we have consistently adorable tag scenes, where Booth and Brennan both make those faces; we have hand-holding at the airport; we have "thanks for the gum" and "that's a lotta heart, Bones"; we have a struggler and a gambler, and all that's implied therein; we have two fundamentally different people trying to reconcile how much they love each other.
(I do think they're juuuust on the brink of having pushed the anticipation phase too far--something's gotta give, or they're going to lose their audience. We'll see what happens at that coffee cart. But, for me, the shark remains unjumped until proven guilty.)
It hasn't been perfect, but there you have it: Booth/Brennan love is my favorite kind of love.*
(*Except possibly Intersect/handler love, which is also so far unsullied by terribleness, and which also keeps my heart beating via a subtly perfect combination of angst, hilarity, and excellent kissing. For references, see yesterday.)
Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Favorite guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite miniseries
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
And also:
1. Cheerios made my day: I ran into a pair of junior cheerleaders--two of them, maybe seventh grade?--this afternoon at the high school track where I run. They asked me a) what my name was, and b) whether I was on the high school track team (HA), and then proceeded to cheer me on, by name, for the remainder of my run. That's like half an hour of non-stop cheering. They only knew like three cheers, and one of them ended with something about me passing you like a dragonfly, but they were adorable and told me I should come back every day. I would sort of like to.
2. Heyyyy, yesterday was 12 of 12!
3. Tomorrow, off to the wilderness (in so many ways): big-time family reunion, then cabin retreat with the immediate fam. Back Wednesday. Catch you on the flip side!