I never like the rain right side up.
Happy birthday wishes handmed0wns (8th May)! I hope you’re having a nice day! :)
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Personal life update: Feel free to skip.
Saw Grandfather at aged care home today for the first time since hospital... lost a lot of weight not eating properly, dad really getting on my (and even my brother’s) nerves, my aunty had to be taken to hospital/ER a few nights ago with bleeding and a consequence of some kidney thing or other had a whole large blood clot removed which was impeding urine relieving and is still recovering today… brother’s math’ software wouldn’t install in his but would on mine but we don’t really want him using my computer all the time because…well then I couldn’t use it! Mum’s car also broke its coil (again) and dad looks set to buy another car (when I don’t see how this will help we have too many and he’s not getting rid of this one, plus money issues big time). I really should move out, but need a job desperately to do so even if I got the minimum needed for rent or whatever I could move with a friend… I might be able to focus on my life and/or uni. It’s too much of a switch between the two right now, you know ‘comfort zone’ and then all of a sudden they expect me to be ‘grown up’, ‘adult’ how am I meant to learn how to do that when you’ve been doing these things for me?? Gah.
Updside? My IBS/tummy has improved since yesterday's relapse due to my own fault. Not 100% there but good.
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Answers from this meme.
Characters given and answered below include:
Gibbs (NCIS), Det. Kevin Ryan (Castle), Jimmy Palmer (NCIS), James Wilson (House M.D.), Temperance Brennan (Bones), Mal Reynolds (Firefly), Ianto Jones (Torchwood), G Callen (NCIS LA), River Tam (Firefly)
handmed0wns gave me Gibbs, NCIS
* How I feel about this character
He is lovely, but gruff generally.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Let's just say Gibbs/everyone in the show apart from the killers. Plus notables of Gibbs/DiNozzo, Gibbs/Abby, Gibbs/Leon of course.
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Gibbs/Abby and Gibbs/DiNozzo are adorable even if it’s not romantic.
* My unpopular opinion about this character
Probably that he should end up with Tony...
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
I want to see more of Gibbs dancing. I'm sure Shannon taught him a mean salsa and waltz...that dinner benefit thing is the only time I can recall…
x_nothing_here gave me Det. Kevin Ryan, Castle
* How I feel about this character
He is cute, adorable, and all the right things for a man.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Ryan/Jenny, Ryan/Esposito
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Ryan/Esposito
* My unpopular opinion about this character
He needs more air time? Because I've felt him being sidelined and thus me losing interest in him sad. :(
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
Hm. I don't know why but I'd like to see him sing in a karaoke bar...
night_sunshine gave me Jimmy Palmer, NCIS
* How I feel about this character
I adore Jimmy, I admit her annoyed me a little at first but I was used to Gerard in the background… he’s been MIA on my screens in quite a few recent episodes which I do not like. :(
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Jimmy/girlfriend we never met? I would say Abby/Jimmy but I’m not that inclined to be honest. I kind of have a soft spot for Tony/Jimmy though… read some fic and you should know what I mean..
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Ducky/Jimmy, Abby/Jimmy, even McGee/Jimmy to some extent. Jimmy/Tony is my personal favourite though (after Ducky nothing can beat the Duck).
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I don’t know how unpopular one can be regarding Jimmy? I don’t know what I hold that’s unpopular… I guess, Palmer was starting to get a bit too full of himself? But That didn’t bother me too much, even though he had that air of authority around the bodies or in the morgue, he still hasn’t stood up to the team much -if at all. I loved him being that witness/helper, that showed he was something more. But, has he ever said something back at Ziva? (Though I can’t say he’s stupid for not doing so) That he hasn’t immediately retracted that is? Or Tony, McGee kind-of. Abby? I know he’s not as mean spirited or seemed to have grown up in that kind of brother/sister rivalry environment but I’d like to see *something* showing his backbone again…
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
The slight infatuation with Abby was a little tiresome. :/
wraithness gave me James Wilson, House M.D.
* How I feel about this character
I adore him.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Wilson/House, Wilson/Cameron
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Wilson/House
* My unpopular opinion about this character
Uh. He did come off as very spine less at the start of the series to be honest, and I don’t know if I liked that. How long had he already meant to have been friends with House for? 5+ yrs? Less? Either way, I felt sorry that his standing up for House and knowing how to play tricks around House started so late. (Or him just trying to and failing.)
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
One could always just say the ‘had a relationship with x character I ship them for’ and to be honest, that’s all I really can say for this. :P So Wilson/Cameron or Wilson/House. I especially would like to have seen the dynamics between the first one.
layne67 gave me Temperance Brennan, Bones
* How I feel about this character
She’s smart, pretty but not overly so. Very independent, yet beneath the exterior very much a child and fragile. Layers, she has. <3
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Booth/Brennan OTP, sometimes wonder on Angela/Brennan, Booth/Sweets/Brennan, Brennan/Sully
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Brennan/Hodgins, Brennan/Zac -this is what we call squint-mance.
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I don’t think I have one? Maybe getting on that boat, not that I wanted her to, but I could see it working…
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
More Brennan letting loose. Perhaps baking a cake with Angela? Going to a baseball match? A scene with just her and Parker again. (If any of this has happened before 6.14 do tell and point me where. :P)
xfirefly9x gave me Mal Reynolds, Firefly
* How I feel about this character
He’s really strong for such a seemingly wishy washy individual. I mean…a little hare brained at times yes? But still, he’s so emotional like a wild child (kind of like Brennan) that he comes up with the carefree ‘titude. Also? He looks adorable, and good looking. ;)
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Mal/Inara, Mal/River, Mal/Zoe, Mal/Saffron
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Mal/Zoe, Mal/Jayne, Mal/River
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I don’t know… I don’t think I’ve thought on him long enough (in general) to have formed too many opinions of him.
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
Seen him struggle to make some elaborate feast for some person they needed… yes, I have food on my mind. So what? Flour on his nose… and then Zoe or River walk past and pick up the item required and add it in like they’ve done it a million times blind-folded.
denorios gave me Ianto Jones, Torchwood
* How I feel about this character
I liked him enough series one, better than Owen (and maybe sometimes Tosh) if I’m honest. They grew him or put focus on him and then… :(
He’s cute, I’d like him as my tea boy/archiver, most definitely. :P
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Lisa/Ianto, Jack/Ianto, Jack/Ianto/Gwen
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Tosh/Ianto, Gwen/Ianto -I don’t know at times they all seemed to have the same ideals and then get pushed over by Jack so I could see them becoming closer.
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I… didn’t “get” Jack/Ianto as much as a lot of internet shippers did. It seemed so intense. But don’t get me wrong I really don’t think I got as worked up about Jack/Gwen as the online masses did either. So…yeah not a show that I was PLEASE characters must get together yesterday. But saying that I did like them both.
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
I don’t know, perhaps something more with Gwen? By the time series 3 came around I knew that those two had banded together against Jack more times than you’d have expected and thus the closeness after the wounds of series 2…but I really wanted to see something outside of work. :/
denorios also gave me G Callen, NCIS LA
* How I feel about this character
My insides get giddy when I try to think of him. I don’t know why. I’m actually not that attracted to him as I thought I’d be, and sometimes to me he feels pretty bland. But to have been around so long through that many families/foster homes…and still seem such a pretty put together person? That just makes my heart do a little leap for him.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
G/Sam, G/Kensi (though only a little bit)
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Sam/G, Hetty/G, Gibbs/G
* My unpopular opinion about this character
Probably that he feels boring a lot of the time. But I think it suits him, because really after that much of a previous crazy life who would want to keep that all day every day? Plus his job is enough excitement for years to come.
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
I want to see him swimming at the beach? On a surfboard maybe?
borg_princess gave me River Tam, Firefly
* How I feel about this character
In Firefly? Pretty ‘meh’ to be honest. Sure I felt for her being hunted and whatever she was psychically but…really during the series I didn’t feel too much for her.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
During Firefly: River/Jayne, kind of had a slight inkling for (Mal/River, River/Inara, River/Kaylee) but not much.
Serenity: River/Jayne, Mal/River, River/Kaylee
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Simon/River, Kaylee/River, Inara/River
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I don’t think I have one, unless the ‘she didn’t really make an impact on me during Firefly ‘counts?
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
I don’t know, more telepathic scenes with individuals on the ship..
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Personal life update: Feel free to skip.
Saw Grandfather at aged care home today for the first time since hospital... lost a lot of weight not eating properly, dad really getting on my (and even my brother’s) nerves, my aunty had to be taken to hospital/ER a few nights ago with bleeding and a consequence of some kidney thing or other had a whole large blood clot removed which was impeding urine relieving and is still recovering today… brother’s math’ software wouldn’t install in his but would on mine but we don’t really want him using my computer all the time because…well then I couldn’t use it! Mum’s car also broke its coil (again) and dad looks set to buy another car (when I don’t see how this will help we have too many and he’s not getting rid of this one, plus money issues big time). I really should move out, but need a job desperately to do so even if I got the minimum needed for rent or whatever I could move with a friend… I might be able to focus on my life and/or uni. It’s too much of a switch between the two right now, you know ‘comfort zone’ and then all of a sudden they expect me to be ‘grown up’, ‘adult’ how am I meant to learn how to do that when you’ve been doing these things for me?? Gah.
Updside? My IBS/tummy has improved since yesterday's relapse due to my own fault. Not 100% there but good.
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Answers from this meme.
Characters given and answered below include:
Gibbs (NCIS), Det. Kevin Ryan (Castle), Jimmy Palmer (NCIS), James Wilson (House M.D.), Temperance Brennan (Bones), Mal Reynolds (Firefly), Ianto Jones (Torchwood), G Callen (NCIS LA), River Tam (Firefly)
handmed0wns gave me Gibbs, NCIS
* How I feel about this character
He is lovely, but gruff generally.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Let's just say Gibbs/everyone in the show apart from the killers. Plus notables of Gibbs/DiNozzo, Gibbs/Abby, Gibbs/Leon of course.
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Gibbs/Abby and Gibbs/DiNozzo are adorable even if it’s not romantic.
* My unpopular opinion about this character
Probably that he should end up with Tony...
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
I want to see more of Gibbs dancing. I'm sure Shannon taught him a mean salsa and waltz...that dinner benefit thing is the only time I can recall…
x_nothing_here gave me Det. Kevin Ryan, Castle
* How I feel about this character
He is cute, adorable, and all the right things for a man.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Ryan/Jenny, Ryan/Esposito
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Ryan/Esposito
* My unpopular opinion about this character
He needs more air time? Because I've felt him being sidelined and thus me losing interest in him sad. :(
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
Hm. I don't know why but I'd like to see him sing in a karaoke bar...
night_sunshine gave me Jimmy Palmer, NCIS
* How I feel about this character
I adore Jimmy, I admit her annoyed me a little at first but I was used to Gerard in the background… he’s been MIA on my screens in quite a few recent episodes which I do not like. :(
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Jimmy/girlfriend we never met? I would say Abby/Jimmy but I’m not that inclined to be honest. I kind of have a soft spot for Tony/Jimmy though… read some fic and you should know what I mean..
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Ducky/Jimmy, Abby/Jimmy, even McGee/Jimmy to some extent. Jimmy/Tony is my personal favourite though (after Ducky nothing can beat the Duck).
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I don’t know how unpopular one can be regarding Jimmy? I don’t know what I hold that’s unpopular… I guess, Palmer was starting to get a bit too full of himself? But That didn’t bother me too much, even though he had that air of authority around the bodies or in the morgue, he still hasn’t stood up to the team much -if at all. I loved him being that witness/helper, that showed he was something more. But, has he ever said something back at Ziva? (Though I can’t say he’s stupid for not doing so) That he hasn’t immediately retracted that is? Or Tony, McGee kind-of. Abby? I know he’s not as mean spirited or seemed to have grown up in that kind of brother/sister rivalry environment but I’d like to see *something* showing his backbone again…
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
The slight infatuation with Abby was a little tiresome. :/
wraithness gave me James Wilson, House M.D.
* How I feel about this character
I adore him.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Wilson/House, Wilson/Cameron
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Wilson/House
* My unpopular opinion about this character
Uh. He did come off as very spine less at the start of the series to be honest, and I don’t know if I liked that. How long had he already meant to have been friends with House for? 5+ yrs? Less? Either way, I felt sorry that his standing up for House and knowing how to play tricks around House started so late. (Or him just trying to and failing.)
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
One could always just say the ‘had a relationship with x character I ship them for’ and to be honest, that’s all I really can say for this. :P So Wilson/Cameron or Wilson/House. I especially would like to have seen the dynamics between the first one.
layne67 gave me Temperance Brennan, Bones
* How I feel about this character
She’s smart, pretty but not overly so. Very independent, yet beneath the exterior very much a child and fragile. Layers, she has. <3
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Booth/Brennan OTP, sometimes wonder on Angela/Brennan, Booth/Sweets/Brennan, Brennan/Sully
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Brennan/Hodgins, Brennan/Zac -this is what we call squint-mance.
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I don’t think I have one? Maybe getting on that boat, not that I wanted her to, but I could see it working…
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
More Brennan letting loose. Perhaps baking a cake with Angela? Going to a baseball match? A scene with just her and Parker again. (If any of this has happened before 6.14 do tell and point me where. :P)
xfirefly9x gave me Mal Reynolds, Firefly
* How I feel about this character
He’s really strong for such a seemingly wishy washy individual. I mean…a little hare brained at times yes? But still, he’s so emotional like a wild child (kind of like Brennan) that he comes up with the carefree ‘titude. Also? He looks adorable, and good looking. ;)
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Mal/Inara, Mal/River, Mal/Zoe, Mal/Saffron
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Mal/Zoe, Mal/Jayne, Mal/River
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I don’t know… I don’t think I’ve thought on him long enough (in general) to have formed too many opinions of him.
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
Seen him struggle to make some elaborate feast for some person they needed… yes, I have food on my mind. So what? Flour on his nose… and then Zoe or River walk past and pick up the item required and add it in like they’ve done it a million times blind-folded.
denorios gave me Ianto Jones, Torchwood
* How I feel about this character
I liked him enough series one, better than Owen (and maybe sometimes Tosh) if I’m honest. They grew him or put focus on him and then… :(
He’s cute, I’d like him as my tea boy/archiver, most definitely. :P
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
Lisa/Ianto, Jack/Ianto, Jack/Ianto/Gwen
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Tosh/Ianto, Gwen/Ianto -I don’t know at times they all seemed to have the same ideals and then get pushed over by Jack so I could see them becoming closer.
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I… didn’t “get” Jack/Ianto as much as a lot of internet shippers did. It seemed so intense. But don’t get me wrong I really don’t think I got as worked up about Jack/Gwen as the online masses did either. So…yeah not a show that I was PLEASE characters must get together yesterday. But saying that I did like them both.
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
I don’t know, perhaps something more with Gwen? By the time series 3 came around I knew that those two had banded together against Jack more times than you’d have expected and thus the closeness after the wounds of series 2…but I really wanted to see something outside of work. :/
denorios also gave me G Callen, NCIS LA
* How I feel about this character
My insides get giddy when I try to think of him. I don’t know why. I’m actually not that attracted to him as I thought I’d be, and sometimes to me he feels pretty bland. But to have been around so long through that many families/foster homes…and still seem such a pretty put together person? That just makes my heart do a little leap for him.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
G/Sam, G/Kensi (though only a little bit)
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Sam/G, Hetty/G, Gibbs/G
* My unpopular opinion about this character
Probably that he feels boring a lot of the time. But I think it suits him, because really after that much of a previous crazy life who would want to keep that all day every day? Plus his job is enough excitement for years to come.
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
I want to see him swimming at the beach? On a surfboard maybe?
borg_princess gave me River Tam, Firefly
* How I feel about this character
In Firefly? Pretty ‘meh’ to be honest. Sure I felt for her being hunted and whatever she was psychically but…really during the series I didn’t feel too much for her.
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
During Firefly: River/Jayne, kind of had a slight inkling for (Mal/River, River/Inara, River/Kaylee) but not much.
Serenity: River/Jayne, Mal/River, River/Kaylee
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
Simon/River, Kaylee/River, Inara/River
* My unpopular opinion about this character
I don’t think I have one, unless the ‘she didn’t really make an impact on me during Firefly ‘counts?
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
I don’t know, more telepathic scenes with individuals on the ship..