Dude! Laura and Almonzo. These Happy Golden Years is still my favorite Little House book to this day.
Although I have to say that at that age (third-fourth grade), nothing compared to the deep and burning love I had for the Black Stallion. No 'ship could yet rival my love of horses. I think that all changed when I read the Pern books the summer before my 6th grade year. Dragons replaced horses utterly, and Lessa/F'ar, Brekke/F'nor etc, etc were definitely ships for me. :)
outerspace kissingcileagDecember 1 2005, 15:09:58 UTC
When I was reading "A Wrinkle in Time", I thought that the kiss between Meg and Calvin was the BEST THING EVER. In front of her father too!! I was so thrilled to find out they get married and have 7(!) children.
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I liked Meg and Calvin too! I have the tv movie version they did last year and while it is not as good as the book, they make that scene quite cute, except no actual kiss.
Oh God yes, although I was heavily invested in Daine and Numair from the next set of books. Also from YA were Cimorene and Mendanbar from The Enchanted Forest Chronicles.
TV wise, I'd have to go with Lois and Clark. I wanted them together so badly! Needless to say, this was my first experience with the letdown that comes when the couple does finally get together. I was about 11, and i lost intrest in that show so fast...
I do vividly remember peering around a doorframe when I was six or so. My mother was watching Dirty Dancing - the scene where Johnny takes off Baby's top. I wasn't sure what was going on, but it seemed like the most romantic thing ever. I hid, and watched the rest of the movie, and walked around singing 'Time of your life' for the next few days.
I loved Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. I really loved the two crossover shows they had, the one about Dracula...don't recall the other one. I believe Frank and Nancy share a kiss at the end of the other one...
They were my big get-together ship. Of course, the fact that Frank was played by Parker Stevenson (my first crush), and my name is Nancy, well, there you have it.
Then there was Catherine and Vincent of Beauty and the Beast. Of course, Lee and Amanda were a big one too.
Mine was Nancy Drew and Frank too... but the book versions. I remember reading the first few of the books combining them, when I was young. I was so happy that they had finally written books combining the two series!
Oh, man. WORD. Say what you will about VC Andrews, but it's pretty impressive when a writer makes you root for the incestuous relationship.
Cassie and I have spent much time discussing the FitA series and we agreed that the most cheated either of us has ever felt was that we never got THAT SCENE in Petals in the Wind.
You know. The scene where Cathy goes to Chris and says "Okay, I give. Paul's dead. You're right, I'm in love with you. Let's have wild monkey sex now."
Pursuant to your post of yesterday on the word "dude," I must say: DUDE, YES!
Honestly, we ought to sponsor a contest for writing the missing sex scene from Petals in the Wind . . . it would be a fun experiment! I recently re-read Flowers, and OMG it's so awful, yet SO GREAT! VC's writing made a great impact on me -- not because it's particularly good, but because she wrote about taboo topics.
We VC fans have been deprived long enough from graphic Chris/Cathy smut. Must rectify.
I'd describe that series in the same way I describe Nip/Tuck - it is simultaneously cracktastically awful and cracktastically AWESOME. Her writing made a huge impact on me, too.
I read them at 14 (like everyone else) and again a few times throughout life. It took me awhile to realize that even though Paul insisted to Cathy that her D&C was not an abortion, she almost certainly had a miscarriage during her audition.
The craptastic ghost writer who wrote the third and fourth books provided us with some mildly smutty bits. But not enough to quench our endless thirst for smut!
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Although I have to say that at that age (third-fourth grade), nothing compared to the deep and burning love I had for the Black Stallion. No 'ship could yet rival my love of horses. I think that all changed when I read the Pern books the summer before my 6th grade year. Dragons replaced horses utterly, and Lessa/F'ar, Brekke/F'nor etc, etc were definitely ships for me. :)
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TV wise, I'd have to go with Lois and Clark. I wanted them together so badly! Needless to say, this was my first experience with the letdown that comes when the couple does finally get together. I was about 11, and i lost intrest in that show so fast...
I do vividly remember peering around a doorframe when I was six or so. My mother was watching Dirty Dancing - the scene where Johnny takes off Baby's top. I wasn't sure what was going on, but it seemed like the most romantic thing ever. I hid, and watched the rest of the movie, and walked around singing 'Time of your life' for the next few days.
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They were my big get-together ship. Of course, the fact that Frank was played by Parker Stevenson (my first crush), and my name is Nancy, well, there you have it.
Then there was Catherine and Vincent of Beauty and the Beast. Of course, Lee and Amanda were a big one too.
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Cassie and I have spent much time discussing the FitA series and we agreed that the most cheated either of us has ever felt was that we never got THAT SCENE in Petals in the Wind.
You know. The scene where Cathy goes to Chris and says "Okay, I give. Paul's dead. You're right, I'm in love with you. Let's have wild monkey sex now."
Damn. Cheated.
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Honestly, we ought to sponsor a contest for writing the missing sex scene from Petals in the Wind . . . it would be a fun experiment! I recently re-read Flowers, and OMG it's so awful, yet SO GREAT! VC's writing made a great impact on me -- not because it's particularly good, but because she wrote about taboo topics.
We VC fans have been deprived long enough from graphic Chris/Cathy smut. Must rectify.
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I read them at 14 (like everyone else) and again a few times throughout life. It took me awhile to realize that even though Paul insisted to Cathy that her D&C was not an abortion, she almost certainly had a miscarriage during her audition.
The craptastic ghost writer who wrote the third and fourth books provided us with some mildly smutty bits. But not enough to quench our endless thirst for smut!
I love your idea. Contest! Yippee!
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