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Top 5 Partners
First of all, I have a tendency to partner-ship. Good and entertaining partnerships have a lot of the things I look for in romantic relationships: trust, banter, and there are usually guns involved.
1.) Charlie/Reese. What I love about this partnership is that it's an odd couple done really, really well. Reese doesn't like Charlie when they first met, and she doesn't like him when she first decides to keep him on the force. It's only later that they slowly start to become friends (and even Charlie, who was much more superficially friendly in the pilot, needed time to actually trust Dani). That slow building of the relationship made Reese's verbal smack-down of Charlie's old partner in the finale especially satisfying.
2.) Nathan/Audrey. These two are freaking adorable together. What I especially love is that they dynamic has a strong romantic and platonic vein. Sure, you have things like Nathan kissing the shapeshifter wearing Audrey's body and then shooting it (NOT LIKE I'VE WATCHED THAT A MILLION TIMES OR ANYTHING) and then you have Audrey getting Nathan dates and teasing him about his skill with woman and wearing the dumb clothes he buys her.
3.) Middleman/Wendy. They save the world together.
4.) Mary and Marshall. I don't ship these two romantically anymore (frankly, Marshall deserves someone who things he hangs the moon and isn't afraid to show him) but I love their gruff, abrasive friendship, and the way that they tease each other but have each other's back. The show makes it clear that not only are these two really effective when they work together but they have a friendship off company time.
5.) Touchstone and Sabriel. This is kind of pushing the definition of partners but they certainly weren't friends when Sabriel saved Touchstone's life and then they went and defeated a necromancer together.
Top 5 Vampires
1.) Caroline Forbes. God, what to say about Caroline? She's amazing and she tries so hard and she cares so much and gives 110% and just wants to be someone's first choice.
2.) Damon Salvatore. Look, I'm not proud of that, okay?
3.) William "Spike" The Bloody. a.k.a, the seminal snarky, semi-evil, fucking hot vampire of my fictional-tastes development.
4.) Jessica Hamby. The single, most-well constructed character arc on True Blood. There have been times when I've only watched the show to find out what was happening with her.
5.) Ivy Tamwood
Top 5 Female Friendships
1.) Cara and Kahlan.
2.) Lorelai and Rory
3.) Temperance and Angela
4.) Inara and Kaylee
5.) Bonnie x Elena x Caroline
Top 5 Friendships
1.) Troy and Abed
2.) Harry x Ron x Hermion
3.) Barney x Ted x Marshall x Lily x Robin.
4.) Sam and Fi.
5.) John and Sarah
I'll be honest: I have a tendency to think in more romantic than platonic lines, so these two questions were a challenge!
Top 5 Female Villains
Medusa. I love a manipulative, crazy bitch who can convince the heroes to help her, betray them, get a powerful, and come out on top.
Mother Gothel. Her emotional abuse was almost too realistic for Disney, imho.
Mags Bennet. When even her own family isn't safe from her....
Darla. I think they did a fabulous job of showing hints of other aspects of Darla's personality while never back off on what a scary, fierce bitch she was. (Honorable Mention: Drusilla)
Evil, Alternate Universe Wendy Watson. The sign of a true hero is the fact that her alter-ego is out to destroy the world.
Top five OTPs!
Okay, there are the pairings that I just can't quit - the ones that even when I don't want to ship them or think I should move on, I still love to pieces.
Damon/Elena
Jeff/Annie
Barney/Robin
Richard/Kahlan
Mal/Inara
Top Five Currently Airing Shows
Okay, this is a slightly biased question, given that several shows have just wrapped, leaving me vaguely disappointed, and several shows have not yet started with new episodes, leaving me hopeful and optimistic.
So I'm going to answer this question in a completely un-5-things format.
Things I will be watching this fall: HIMYM, Nikita, TVD, Justified.
Things I am bouncing off the walls waiting for new episodes: Haven, True Blood, and Burn Notice.
Top five unexpected canon pairings
Veronica/Logan (as in, I actually saw an image of the kiss, but thought it was faked.)
Alisha/future!Simon. (If I hadn't been spoiled, I would have shrieked.)
Lanie/Esposito
....That's honestly all I can think of. It's pretty rare for writers NOT to telegraph their intentions a bit.
Top Five Disney/Pixar Movies.
Beauty & The Beast
Mulan
Aladdin
Tangled
The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Top Five Guilty Pleasures
(Be they shows, movies, books, manga... whatever. )
I defined 'guilty pleasures' as media that is not good enough I'd feel comfortable reccing it to just about anyone.
True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse
Nora Roberts novels.
Haven (I love this show, but I don't know if it's actually well-crafted enough for me to rec to the general public.)
Legend of the Seeker. (Again, I love this show, but the dialogue...)
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (like True Blood, when I'm watching this show I make sure no one can see my computer screen.)
Top Five Shows That Need More Fandom Love
Haven. (Why is there only Nathan/Audrey fanfic? Why have I ready every. single. one of them? Why am I contemplating going into the Pit for more? Help me, flist, you're my only hope.)
Nikita (Do you have any idea how hard it is to find icons for this show? So hard.)
Burn Notice
How I Met Your Mother (again, with the almost fruitless icon search.)
Justified (truly unbelievably tiny fandom or maybe I'm just spoiled.)
First of all, I have a tendency to partner-ship. Good and entertaining partnerships have a lot of the things I look for in romantic relationships: trust, banter, and there are usually guns involved.
1.) Charlie/Reese. What I love about this partnership is that it's an odd couple done really, really well. Reese doesn't like Charlie when they first met, and she doesn't like him when she first decides to keep him on the force. It's only later that they slowly start to become friends (and even Charlie, who was much more superficially friendly in the pilot, needed time to actually trust Dani). That slow building of the relationship made Reese's verbal smack-down of Charlie's old partner in the finale especially satisfying.
2.) Nathan/Audrey. These two are freaking adorable together. What I especially love is that they dynamic has a strong romantic and platonic vein. Sure, you have things like Nathan kissing the shapeshifter wearing Audrey's body and then shooting it (NOT LIKE I'VE WATCHED THAT A MILLION TIMES OR ANYTHING) and then you have Audrey getting Nathan dates and teasing him about his skill with woman and wearing the dumb clothes he buys her.
3.) Middleman/Wendy. They save the world together.
4.) Mary and Marshall. I don't ship these two romantically anymore (frankly, Marshall deserves someone who things he hangs the moon and isn't afraid to show him) but I love their gruff, abrasive friendship, and the way that they tease each other but have each other's back. The show makes it clear that not only are these two really effective when they work together but they have a friendship off company time.
5.) Touchstone and Sabriel. This is kind of pushing the definition of partners but they certainly weren't friends when Sabriel saved Touchstone's life and then they went and defeated a necromancer together.
Top 5 Vampires
1.) Caroline Forbes. God, what to say about Caroline? She's amazing and she tries so hard and she cares so much and gives 110% and just wants to be someone's first choice.
2.) Damon Salvatore. Look, I'm not proud of that, okay?
3.) William "Spike" The Bloody. a.k.a, the seminal snarky, semi-evil, fucking hot vampire of my fictional-tastes development.
4.) Jessica Hamby. The single, most-well constructed character arc on True Blood. There have been times when I've only watched the show to find out what was happening with her.
5.) Ivy Tamwood
Top 5 Female Friendships
1.) Cara and Kahlan.
2.) Lorelai and Rory
3.) Temperance and Angela
4.) Inara and Kaylee
5.) Bonnie x Elena x Caroline
Top 5 Friendships
1.) Troy and Abed
2.) Harry x Ron x Hermion
3.) Barney x Ted x Marshall x Lily x Robin.
4.) Sam and Fi.
5.) John and Sarah
I'll be honest: I have a tendency to think in more romantic than platonic lines, so these two questions were a challenge!
Top 5 Female Villains
Medusa. I love a manipulative, crazy bitch who can convince the heroes to help her, betray them, get a powerful, and come out on top.
Mother Gothel. Her emotional abuse was almost too realistic for Disney, imho.
Mags Bennet. When even her own family isn't safe from her....
Darla. I think they did a fabulous job of showing hints of other aspects of Darla's personality while never back off on what a scary, fierce bitch she was. (Honorable Mention: Drusilla)
Evil, Alternate Universe Wendy Watson. The sign of a true hero is the fact that her alter-ego is out to destroy the world.
Top five OTPs!
Okay, there are the pairings that I just can't quit - the ones that even when I don't want to ship them or think I should move on, I still love to pieces.
Damon/Elena
Jeff/Annie
Barney/Robin
Richard/Kahlan
Mal/Inara
Top Five Currently Airing Shows
Okay, this is a slightly biased question, given that several shows have just wrapped, leaving me vaguely disappointed, and several shows have not yet started with new episodes, leaving me hopeful and optimistic.
So I'm going to answer this question in a completely un-5-things format.
Things I will be watching this fall: HIMYM, Nikita, TVD, Justified.
Things I am bouncing off the walls waiting for new episodes: Haven, True Blood, and Burn Notice.
Top five unexpected canon pairings
Veronica/Logan (as in, I actually saw an image of the kiss, but thought it was faked.)
Alisha/future!Simon. (If I hadn't been spoiled, I would have shrieked.)
Lanie/Esposito
....That's honestly all I can think of. It's pretty rare for writers NOT to telegraph their intentions a bit.
Top Five Disney/Pixar Movies.
Beauty & The Beast
Mulan
Aladdin
Tangled
The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Top Five Guilty Pleasures
(Be they shows, movies, books, manga... whatever. )
I defined 'guilty pleasures' as media that is not good enough I'd feel comfortable reccing it to just about anyone.
True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse
Nora Roberts novels.
Haven (I love this show, but I don't know if it's actually well-crafted enough for me to rec to the general public.)
Legend of the Seeker. (Again, I love this show, but the dialogue...)
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (like True Blood, when I'm watching this show I make sure no one can see my computer screen.)
Top Five Shows That Need More Fandom Love
Haven. (Why is there only Nathan/Audrey fanfic? Why have I ready every. single. one of them? Why am I contemplating going into the Pit for more? Help me, flist, you're my only hope.)
Nikita (Do you have any idea how hard it is to find icons for this show? So hard.)
Burn Notice
How I Met Your Mother (again, with the almost fruitless icon search.)
Justified (truly unbelievably tiny fandom or maybe I'm just spoiled.)
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But this fic (http://donutville.livejournal.com/62505.html) is excellent. Shows how the Teagues manage to actually report on events in town without sounding like a tabloid.