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Please distract me from medical reports about persistent left C7 radiculopathy

Feb 13, 2008 14:39

Comment to this entry with any fandom. If I'm knowledgeable enough in the fandom to have ships, I'll tell you one non-canon ship I like, one canon ship I like, and one ship I really don't like (either canon OR fanon). Then post this in your own journal to offer up the same responses.

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lafemmedarla February 13 2008, 20:44:51 UTC

Angel ;-P

redbrickrose February 13 2008, 20:53:39 UTC

I was going to go "Oh, easy!" But maybe not because there are so many to choose from! For canon ship I like, I'm going to go with Angel(us)/Darla because B/A is kind of a crossover ship and also because A/Darla so very, very pretty in your icon. I just love the idea of them so much, all the history and angst and how it wasn't love, really, (or it was, maybe, in a way) but that doesn't even totally matter because there is still so much between them. All Darla has to do is show up again and Angel loses it completely.

Non-canon ship - Angel/Spike, surprising exactly no one. Like there was even the possibility I was going to say anything else.

Ship I don't like . . . I'm probably going to go with Angel/Cordy. I love both characters and I LOVE their dynamic when they're friends and the almost sibling vibe they have in the early seasons, but sexualizing their relationship really, really didn't work for me, mostly because it wasn't played it as "friends fall in love" but rather as some kind of B/A-redux done badly. "You're Welcome" ( ... )

lafemmedarla February 13 2008, 21:32:43 UTC

Hee, those are pretty much the ships I'd choose too! :D

A(us)/Darla is epic. That's all. And I still kinda squint at the Torchwood kissing clip to pretend Jack is Angel (not all the time but sometimes....)

I agree about Angel/Cordelia. Their BFF was one of my favourite things ever and the whole making them a couple kinda ruined it for me :( Connor/Cordelia creeps me out (says the girl writing Connor/Darla)

redbrickrose February 13 2008, 22:14:35 UTC

A(us)/Darla is totally epic. (I might have also had my moments of pretending Jack was Angel).

Exactly re: Angel/Cordy. I LOVED their friendship. They had such a great platonic dynamic. I didn't like seeing it messed with.

sacraficialscar February 13 2008, 20:55:04 UTC

BSG I kinda know this but curious :)

ha! nojah February 13 2008, 20:57:15 UTC

ha lady you took mine!

redbrickrose February 13 2008, 21:07:34 UTC

BSG!

Canon ship I like - I don't have an OTP in BSG, but I can't pick just one ship I like. I like Kara/Lee because I like their buddy cop dynamic early on and I liked all the inherent angst they have re: Zak. I like Helo/Athena a lot, mostly because of all the ways they should be completely fucked up and manage not to be. I like Baltar/Caprica!Six because they hit my evilinlove kink hard.

Non-canon ship I like is harder. I wouldn't have minded Kara/Kat femslash though. Or Boomer/Caprica!Six. I can't decided whether or not I ship Adama/Roslin. Sometimes I really, really do and sometimes I think I like them better platonic.

Ship I don't like - Cally/Tyrol. SQUICKIEST RELATIONSHIP EVER.

sacraficialscar February 13 2008, 21:11:54 UTC

Thank you much.

I agree with Kara/Lee as you know however I kinda loves Anders as well.
Love me some Athena/Helo and Baltar/CapSix

Of course I loves loves Adama/Roslin but I agree Cally/Tyrol....YUCK AND NO NO NO NO

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HA! nojah February 13 2008, 20:56:01 UTC

Bsg (please tell me you don't like lee and kara)

Queer as Folk (I've been rewatching it lately with Adrienne in an attempt to even futher her love for slash)

Carnivale (have u watched yet?)

the office.

There. I would like to know. Hope you are feeling better! And I'm sorry work is sucking so much! Love ya and miss ya! j

Re: HA! sacraficialscar February 13 2008, 21:00:22 UTC

The Office well chosen there, BSG yes yes I had to ask that one.

Re: HA! redbrickrose February 13 2008, 21:12:49 UTC

You know I like Lee and Kara. I also like Kara/Anders and various types of Kara femslash. But yeah, I have a soft spot for Kara/Lee and their fucked up history.

QaF - I'm still a Brian/Justin shipper at heart, so that would be my canon pairing. I can't even think of a noncanon pairing I would have wanted to see. I like Brian/Mikey sometimes? But I don't even know if that would count as noncanon.

Pairing I dislike - I wasn't the biggest fan of Drew/Emmett and I felt very alone in fandom because of this.

I have not yet watched Carnival.

The Office - Jim/Pam and Ryan/Kelly (despite his recent asshattery) are my favorite canon pairings. Non canon . . . I don't know? I like Pam/Karen femslash.

Pairing I don't like - these days I'm not the biggest fan of Jan/Michael. I liked them a lot initially, but I'm pretty annoyed by what that whole plot line has done to Jan's character.

Also! Hi! Hi! I'm feeling some better. Still kind of ick, though. Call me when you get a chance!

0nlymemories February 13 2008, 21:52:38 UTC

Bandom! :D (Especially the My Chem-flavored corner of it, if you are so inclined.)

redbrickrose February 13 2008, 22:13:04 UTC

I am totally willing to treat the bandom bands as separate "fandoms." Otherwise I would never be able to choose ( ... )

0nlymemories February 13 2008, 22:19:15 UTC

Ugh, I love Gee and Lyn. They kiss like in the movies! ♥_♥

And I count Gerard/Bert as canon. Even if they didn't fuck they definitely had a relationship, and that's where the line is, for me. Ditto Pete/Mikey.

You totally do not have to feel bad! I completely support the rights of other people to not share my affections. For me it's Bob/Frank, which ilicits a great huge ":|" from me, because seriously, why. I do not want. But then, I'm a downer who runs with the stated queer-friendly agenda (ILU, Gerard!) over the "subtext" in fandoms where there is, you know, an explicit queer-friendly agenda.

Mikey/Alicia are probably my favourite of the canon couples. No, wait, Frank/Jamia. No- Fuck. I totally can't choose.

OT6!

0nlymemories February 13 2008, 22:21:06 UTC

And re: your edit: I totally didn't interpret it that way! I know that we've talked about it, and I totally respect your boundaries there. Although having a dark/fucked up limit in this fandom probably limits the likelyhood of you reading a good 1/2 of my fiction. :D

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soundingsea February 13 2008, 22:29:40 UTC

Duh, of course I want to hear you talk about Supernatural! :)

redbrickrose February 13 2008, 23:21:10 UTC

HAHA! Okay. Supernatural.

Canon - I don't even know. Sam/Jess? I liked Sarah a lot and I wish we'd seen her again. Sam/Sarah?

Noncanon - Dean/Bela. I want this so much. I don't really think we are going to get it, but I am holding out hope. Or Dean/Richie (from "Sin City") - not that we knew Richie all that well, but I have a deep burning need for non-Wincestuous Dean slash and fandom does not provide for me like it should.

Pairing I don't like - Wincest, with the qualifier that I don't like shippy Wincest. If it's angsty enough or dark and fucked up enough, I can find it compelling (though it's still almost impossible for me to buy, I can suspend disbelief and read the fic. There are angsty wincest fics that I like) and GOD KNOWS I have read my fair share of wincest in my time, but when it starts getting too shippy, especially if its fluffy, I tend to squick fairly easily.

soundingsea February 14 2008, 04:02:37 UTC

Haha, without looking her up, I... do not know who Sarah is! I fail at fandom.

There is indeed a lack of not-cesty Dean slashable pairings. Hmmm. I think that's where crossovers come in handy?

I actually don't find Wincest realistic in terms of canon, but I love the idea that they're completely wrapped up in each other, and are each others' worlds; the 'cesty ship just follows from that. Fortunately I pretty much hate fluff so I am spared the cutesy shippy crap. Heartbreak is my fav. (Well, that, and bodyswap-type crackfic. It's a sickness, I know.)

redbrickrose February 14 2008, 05:21:30 UTC

The art dealer's daughter in "Provenance" in s1 - with the ghost girl who came out of the painting and slit people's throats? Sarah was awesome.

That is TOTALLY where crossovers come in handy! But there aren't really enough of those either! (I say, even though I could probably never write one myself and so shouldn't talk).

I love the idea that they're completely wrapped up in each other, and are each others' worlds; the 'cesty ship just follows from that.

Fair enough. I don't like fluff all that much either, usually, so I was never in danger of reading a lot of it. And Sam and Dean are completely wrapped up in each other' they have SERIOUS boundary issues, no question. I just actually like their dynamic better and find it more interesting when it isn't sexualized.

(And hey, everybody needs a good crackfic every once in awhile).