(100 Things: The Mentalist) 003: Lisbon/Red John

[tromana]

I said I was going to continue my 100 Things bloggings, and I thought it was about time I resurrected it. I didn't get very far, at all, with the Mentalist one, but that also gives me a lot of flexibility about where to go next.

100 Things I love about The Mentalist
003: Lisbon/Red John

Comments

[little_firestar]

oh, yes, the concent is interesting, and it's one I like too. BUT I've never been able to write a long fic about it...
(and I even wrote a fic about jane being red john and seducing lisbon....)

[tromana]

You may end up being able to in the end. I never thought I'd be able to write crossovers, and now I've written several! :)

[little_firestar]

(icon with brrenda eating cookies because inspiration is like cookies) I could kind of turn one of the two scenarios of my minific about lisbon/rj into a long fic...

[tromana]

you know what I'm going to say next.... :p

[miss_peg]

4. Neither knows who the other is.

Nah... this isn't likely to happen at all. Unless they meet during childhood. Wait, I've already written this version too. *cheesy grin*

Hahahaha...that made me laugh.

I think my favourite situation is Lisbon not knowing Red John is Red John, but of course he knows who she is. Then him using it as a device to get back at Jane, or Lisbon herself. Great blog!

[tromana]

It's funny 'cause it's true.

And yeah, I agree to be honest. It's the most realistic to happen too, which is probably why I like it the most.

[lothiriel84]

This ship isn't exactly my cup of tea, but I find it slighly intriguing nonetheless.
I've written a couple of ficlets about it myself (I nearly fainted with surprise when I saw that you listed one of them in your post), and I have to say that it works somehow. In my mind it's either Lisbon offering herself as a gift to Red John in order to catch him, or Red John seducing an unaware Lisbon because he's geniunely fascinated with her.
What I really hate is the whole Jane-as-John thing - not to mention the fact that it seems completely unlikely to me...

[tromana]

I think there's nothing wrong with intrigue - or with exploring it as a consequence. It makes you a better writer to think about the alternatives, even the ones you loathe.

I think Jane-as-John was one of those things which felt more possible in the earlier seasons. Now, I just can't see it happening at all.

[lothiriel84]

From what I've heard about the last aired episodes, there's no way that Jane can be Red John at all. (I don't know if these comments must stay spoiler-free for people who haven't watched season 5 yet, so I'm not going into details here.)

I'm not sure I understand this whole "100 things" thing... is it up to the blogger to choose each of the 100 things they want to talk about, or there is a list somewhere?

[tromana]

Yep, you're right. It's excluded a lot of the theories people come up with. I'd agree with the saying that it's impossible now (unless he's had a serious case of amnesia!)

Basically, it was a meme that went around a long while ago. You pick a subject and write 100 blog posts about it. It can be literally any subject - 100 recipes, 100 ships, 100 books, 100 quotes, anything. I'm doing two - The Mentalist and 100 Songs. :)

[watchyouwalk]

Ah, my pretty guilty pleasure ship. ;) Love all the endless possibilities and different aspects to explore!

[tromana]

If this were facebook, I'd like this comment. If it were twitter, I'd favourite or retweet it. As this is LJ, I'll just say I agree <3

[sirenofodysseus]

I agree with this post a million times. Haha. Honestly though, I do really enjoy this ship. I like the mystery and as you said, nobody knows much about him at all! We can pretty much write him anyway that we want; which is obviously fine by me! *big grin*

I do wish more fics were written about these two though! (and Follow The Yellow Brick Road is still amazing!)

[tromana]

Haha they really are a beautiful pairing. *sniff*

It's funny, I often get told how 'good' my Lisbon/RJ fics are and how intriguing the pairing is... but nobody else beyond us ever thinks to write any. Boo.

[sirenofodysseus]

Boo is right! (They really are good fics!)

I wonder if we could just bribe people to go write them. ;) You know, fic trading. I'll write you this fic, if you write me that fic. ;D

[tromana]

Good idea, except I owe like fifty billion fics right now and can't write them because of Ricochet D:

Speaking of owed fics, you owe me a prompt for your Christmas fic :D