Don't Insult Honest Sluts

[redbrunja]

My thoughts on Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix are here.

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Will Schuester and Jeff Winger both get labeled as sluts by fandom sometimes and something about that kind of bugs me. Or I think it should be more specific. Will should be –slut and Jeff should be + slut, because while Jeff has had sex with more women in one season than Will did, Jeff went through these women one at a time and gave far warning when he was moving on (it was played for a laugh, but I find the way he gave Britta right of first refusal before moving on to Slater incredibly ethical), Will moved on someone else the day he broke up with his wife and then when his prospective love wasn't ready to have sex he sent her to therapy and then fooled around with another glee club coach, slept with his former high school crush, and I feel like there was another example of him being a total –slut.

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I both enjoyed and was really frustrated by this week's Leverage. I really liked Sophie's cons and the added information about her backstory but I really feel like the writers are trapped in a Status Quo Is God loop. Charlotte is a great original name for Sophie and the fact that she's a duchess who ran away to become a conwoman is in character, fits with her style of theft, and makes a nice contrast to Parker and Hardison (who grew up in foster care) and Eliot (who was solidly blue collar). The fact that the writers then shimmied away from giving us Sophie's name felt cheap.

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Shipper Meme:

(I'm probably not going to have time to post over the next couple of days, so I'm going to do up to Sunday's question.)

Day 01 - What is your current favourite ship
Day 02 - What was your very first ship?

Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now?

Parker x Hardison. I do not understand why the writers haven't moved their relationship to the next level yet. They both clearly are into each other and I'm getting ready to see something besides them being cute around each other. Actually, I'm becoming convinced that Parker is a virgin and completely inexperienced and Hardison isn't the type to push, so that's why they're relationship is encased in carbonite.

Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry?

Spike x Buffy. Hells yes! (Honorable mention: Blair x Chuck.)

Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry?

*wails* I don't remember! When I first thinking about doing this meme, I was pondering this question as I gardened and I thought of the perfect pairing: mandated by the writers yet completely lacking any appeal! ...and then I forgot what it was. *sadface*

Day 06 - The best kiss?
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene?
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage?
Day 09 - The most believable relationship?
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?