This Is One Of Those Times Where Being Articulate Doesn't Come In Handy

[redbrunja]

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?
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry?
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry?
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?

So the next two questions all hinge, at their root, on lack of understanding. Which is not usually a problem I have with shipping. I can usually either explain why I like a pairing or understand, intellectually, the appeal of a ship, even if I a.) don't feel the appeal of the ship emotionally or b.) actively dislike it. So, after a long period of wracking my brains (it took longer than a few seconds), I have some answers.

Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?

Castle/Alexis.

I don't understand wtf is wrong with my brain. See, episode six happened, and the cold open has Castle energetically boinking a long-haired redhead and whose face we couldn't see and my brain went: OMG is that...?!?!

To which I go, BRAIN DON'T THINK THINGS LIKE THAT.

And now the idea lurks in the back of my mind like some evil seed while Alexis does things like, tie Castle to a chair or pretend to be his father.

Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Mal/Kaylee

Huh. Apparently I am going for characters played by Nathan Fillian today.

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?

Comments

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

question: do you hate Mal/Kaylee because their relationship is familial? because that would make the other pairing even more ironic.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

No.

Actually, "hate" is a bad word. Frankly, when I truly HATE a pairing, terribly easy for me to talk about why. It's more I don't see the appeal - it feels a little too easy to me. See? See how I explained there? Honestly, question 22 was the hardest for me to answer, and frankly, Mal/Kaylee isn't a good answer either, because I don't really hate that ship.

[terenewen.livejournal.com]

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii see how this is now relevant to our dinner conversation. Boy, do I. XD

"I Was Thinking About Picking Up Some Young Boys."

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeeeeaaaaaaaah.

(Also, watch this and I'd recommend reading the making-of, because it's fun to hear about the making-of:

http://sisabet.livejournal.com/400014.html)

Re: "I Was Thinking About Picking Up Some Young Boys."

[terenewen.livejournal.com]

I SERIOUSLY LOVE YOU.

Also, Draco/Neville fic? XDD

Re: "I Was Thinking About Picking Up Some Young Boys."

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And here is the Draco/Neville fic:

http://helenish.talkoncorners.net/theft.html

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

I never saw Mal/Kaylee as romantic, more like she was his little sister. So while it doesn't freak me out to see the pairing, I just don't get it :)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Mal/Kaylee just feels too easy to me, especially when you have Simon/Kaylee and Inara/Kaylee RIGHT THERE.