30 Days of TV - Day 4
Day 01 - A show that never should have been canceled
Day 02 - A show you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Wow, how do I even start this post? Or rather, how do I come up with something new to say when my entire journal is basically dedicated to Buffy? Well, I guess there's a place to start - I tend to waffle about what's my absolute favoritest show ever. Because I have a lot of loves, really I do. There are a dozen shows I love desperately, many of which I'll talk about in the course of this meme. But when you break it down - by any definition - BtVS wins. It's the show about which I've spent the most time talking online. It's the show for which I've written the most fanfic. It's the show for which I've read the most fanfic. The show about which I've written and read the most meta. Hell, it's the show I have the most icons of, and we all know that icons are my primary means of expressing myself.
If you look at all of my favorite TV shows, though, there are certainly some themes that pop out. For one, thing, I looove snappy dialogue. Whatever their other faults, I tend to think that Aaron Sorkin and Joss Whedon write the best dialogue on television, now and forever. I also like shows with kickass blonde chicks.
But most importantly, what I love are people. I fall in love with characters, and my favorite shows are the ones that create these fascinating people that I just want to spend time with every week. And, ultimately, that's what drives me to write fanfic, the desire to spend even more time with these people, to place them in new and different situations to see how they'll react, to let them say the things they never got a chance to say, to give them the chance to turn left.
It's all about the characters. It's about Buffy and Spike and Josh and CJ and Sam and Veronica and Laura and Kara and Don and Joan and Eric and Tami and Matt and Chuck and everybody else. They're the reasons I watch.
Honorable Mentions: The West Wing, Veronica Mars, Battlestar Galactica, Mad Men, Friday Night Lights, Chuck... too many to name, lol. Can they all be my favorites?
And the rest of the days, for those who want to play along...
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 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
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
Day 02 - A show you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Wow, how do I even start this post? Or rather, how do I come up with something new to say when my entire journal is basically dedicated to Buffy? Well, I guess there's a place to start - I tend to waffle about what's my absolute favoritest show ever. Because I have a lot of loves, really I do. There are a dozen shows I love desperately, many of which I'll talk about in the course of this meme. But when you break it down - by any definition - BtVS wins. It's the show about which I've spent the most time talking online. It's the show for which I've written the most fanfic. It's the show for which I've read the most fanfic. The show about which I've written and read the most meta. Hell, it's the show I have the most icons of, and we all know that icons are my primary means of expressing myself.
If you look at all of my favorite TV shows, though, there are certainly some themes that pop out. For one, thing, I looove snappy dialogue. Whatever their other faults, I tend to think that Aaron Sorkin and Joss Whedon write the best dialogue on television, now and forever. I also like shows with kickass blonde chicks.
But most importantly, what I love are people. I fall in love with characters, and my favorite shows are the ones that create these fascinating people that I just want to spend time with every week. And, ultimately, that's what drives me to write fanfic, the desire to spend even more time with these people, to place them in new and different situations to see how they'll react, to let them say the things they never got a chance to say, to give them the chance to turn left.
It's all about the characters. It's about Buffy and Spike and Josh and CJ and Sam and Veronica and Laura and Kara and Don and Joan and Eric and Tami and Matt and Chuck and everybody else. They're the reasons I watch.
Honorable Mentions: The West Wing, Veronica Mars, Battlestar Galactica, Mad Men, Friday Night Lights, Chuck... too many to name, lol. Can they all be my favorites?
And the rest of the days, for those who want to play along...
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 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
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