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Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
*eats popcorn and refreshes*
*eats popcorn and refreshes*
It scares me that my Farscape OTP has, in canon, EVERYTHING but the herpes.
EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
INCLUDING SPACESHIPS.
MANY, MANY SPACESHIPS.
And that in my one Farscape fic, they didn't do anything, because it was Just John Angsting.
John/Aeryn: Who Needs Claddaugh Rings When You Can Share Weapons?
EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
INCLUDING SPACESHIPS.
MANY, MANY SPACESHIPS.
And that in my one Farscape fic, they didn't do anything, because it was Just John Angsting.
John/Aeryn: Who Needs Claddaugh Rings When You Can Share Weapons?
I love polls. It's like a dirty addiction.
What I love about fandom is that I knew some people would *have* to click spaceships. That just really really Strauss's my space landings, man. You should write fic with them getting Herpes.
John/Aeryn: Who Needs Claddaugh Rings When You Can Share Weapons?
Hee! What's funny about that is that that's the way I feel about B/A. Lots of people think they're about the rings. I tend to think they're about fisticuffs. But I find weapons more interesting than jewelry any day.
John/Aeryn: Who Needs Claddaugh Rings When You Can Share Weapons?
Hee! What's funny about that is that that's the way I feel about B/A. Lots of people think they're about the rings. I tend to think they're about fisticuffs. But I find weapons more interesting than jewelry any day.
And me, I hate *filling out* polls. I can't choose! Why do we have to live in a world where there are limits? JUSTICE NOT MERCY!
I once did a poll about how difficult the questions where you only get to click ONE choice is, and how I loved it when you could check all that apply. But then on questions like those, I end up checking *all* the boxes, because some could be true, or are sorta true, or is true every second Tuesday on a blue moon. In my poll I think I asked whether people wanted to tick every ticky box like me, and the majority said no! I felt lonely in my indecision.
But not any more.
*waits for reckoning*
But not any more.
*waits for reckoning*
. . . My answers make not so much sense because most of my OTPs are text-based, and I can never get a good picture of the characters when I read--I shipped Luthe/Aerin for years, and all I know about their looks is that Aerin has red hair.
Also, did you see this? (http://robinmckinley.com/) Because . . . there are dragons! And storytelling! And general awesomeness! Squee eleventy!
Also, did you see this? (http://robinmckinley.com/) Because . . . there are dragons! And storytelling! And general awesomeness! Squee eleventy!
I think maybe I'm too odd for this poll. Or have too many prefences. Which are, I think, shifting somewhat to complicate matter further.
For the record, I filled the poll out for Faith/Dean, who have never even shared screentime, so.
For the record, I filled the poll out for Faith/Dean, who have never even shared screentime, so.
I kept answering, "None fit." There are definitely patterns in the way I ship, just not hair patterns. The "relative size" question was actually the only one I could have answered with some consistency, if only you had included, "big or small, but more or less equal," but even then...le'see...
Buffy/Spike: blond/blond, short/short, good/redeemed, young & stupid/old & stupid, notably antagonistic at some point in relationship
Aragorn/Arwen: dark/dark, 6'+/6'+, good/good, young & wise/old & wise
Thomas Mendip/Jennet Jourdemayne: ?/?, ?/?, good/good, young & smart/young & smart
Neville/Draco: brown/blond, [tall in my fanon]/tall, good/redeemable, young/young
Harry/Draco: dark/blond, [tall in my fanon, because they must be nose to nose, as adults]/tall, good/redeemable, young & stupid/young & stupid, notably antagonistic at some point in relationship
Ellen Fanshaw/Geoffrey Tennant: reddish brown/dark, tall/taller, middle-aged & fucked up/middle-aged & bonkers, notably antagonistic at some point in relationship
Roland Mitchell/Maud Bailey: dark/light, short/tall, youngish & smart/youngish & smart
Elizabeth/Darcy: [dark honey-blonde, in my head]/dark, ?/tall, young & smart/young & smart, notably antagonistic at some point in relationship
The single constant in my OTPing seems to be that all these people have something vital to teach their other halves. Lessons may involve a lot of squawking and snarking. Certain equalities are important to me -- not necessarily age, but experience, or ability to process experience.
You have noticed that H/D = B/S, ja? *cackle*
Buffy/Spike: blond/blond, short/short, good/redeemed, young & stupid/old & stupid, notably antagonistic at some point in relationship
Aragorn/Arwen: dark/dark, 6'+/6'+, good/good, young & wise/old & wise
Thomas Mendip/Jennet Jourdemayne: ?/?, ?/?, good/good, young & smart/young & smart
Neville/Draco: brown/blond, [tall in my fanon]/tall, good/redeemable, young/young
Harry/Draco: dark/blond, [tall in my fanon, because they must be nose to nose, as adults]/tall, good/redeemable, young & stupid/young & stupid, notably antagonistic at some point in relationship
Ellen Fanshaw/Geoffrey Tennant: reddish brown/dark, tall/taller, middle-aged & fucked up/middle-aged & bonkers, notably antagonistic at some point in relationship
Roland Mitchell/Maud Bailey: dark/light, short/tall, youngish & smart/youngish & smart
Elizabeth/Darcy: [dark honey-blonde, in my head]/dark, ?/tall, young & smart/young & smart, notably antagonistic at some point in relationship
The single constant in my OTPing seems to be that all these people have something vital to teach their other halves. Lessons may involve a lot of squawking and snarking. Certain equalities are important to me -- not necessarily age, but experience, or ability to process experience.
You have noticed that H/D = B/S, ja? *cackle*
SPACE HERPES!!!
I mean, it's TOTALLY possible that, like, there was an episode in there somewhere with Space Herpes that I didn't pick up on or something. Or some Unrealized Reality with Space Herpes. I guess what I'm saying is, Space Herpes would work. It's not improbable. And they'd play it for laughs, I bet.
Farscape made its own crack. Bless it. There was that whole episode where VOMIT was a plot point!
Man, good times, good times.
I mean, it's TOTALLY possible that, like, there was an episode in there somewhere with Space Herpes that I didn't pick up on or something. Or some Unrealized Reality with Space Herpes. I guess what I'm saying is, Space Herpes would work. It's not improbable. And they'd play it for laughs, I bet.
Farscape made its own crack. Bless it. There was that whole episode where VOMIT was a plot point!
Man, good times, good times.
This poll made me nostalgic.
Or maybe it was hormones.
Either way. Nostalgic. *nod*
Or maybe it was hormones.
Either way. Nostalgic. *nod*
I couldn't answer most of this poll. **sobs hysterically**
I find JM/Spike hot on occasion but my normal respinse is not damp panties. My normal response is Oh, he's obviously standing on a box again, you wee little thing. And sometimes my response is have you registered those cheekbones as a weapon? Eat something, already.
I don't have a lot of OTPs. For example, over on BSG, I really don't care who's boffing who. Although Helo & Sharon are cute together.
For me, OTPs arise from whether the couple makes each other better people and, just as important, happier. I do not go for couples that are long term destructive to each other, hence my apathy toward Apollo/Starbuck. They're a train wreck.
So, my OTPs: Buffy/Angel - tiny/huge, blonde/dark, hero/hero, superpowered/superpowered, young/really old
Barbara Gordon (Oracle, formally Batgirl)/Dick Grayson (Nightwing, formally Robin) - tall (5'11")/average (5'10"), redhead/dark, hero/hero, crippled/normal, older (by about 5 years)/younger
Clark Kent (Superman)/Lois Lane (This refers to the comics) tall/medium, dark/dark, hero/morally upstanding, superpowerd (nonhuman)/normal, about the same age.
The only consistency I see is I have a thing for dark haired, very buff guys. Which I already knew.
24. ACK. You'll likely see a recap tomorrow. Part of was lack of time. But a bigger part was the show was making me physically ill, so I could barely watch it, let alone write about it. But I'll talk about that tomorrow.
Hopefully you still love me.
I find JM/Spike hot on occasion but my normal respinse is not damp panties. My normal response is Oh, he's obviously standing on a box again, you wee little thing. And sometimes my response is have you registered those cheekbones as a weapon? Eat something, already.
I don't have a lot of OTPs. For example, over on BSG, I really don't care who's boffing who. Although Helo & Sharon are cute together.
For me, OTPs arise from whether the couple makes each other better people and, just as important, happier. I do not go for couples that are long term destructive to each other, hence my apathy toward Apollo/Starbuck. They're a train wreck.
So, my OTPs: Buffy/Angel - tiny/huge, blonde/dark, hero/hero, superpowered/superpowered, young/really old
Barbara Gordon (Oracle, formally Batgirl)/Dick Grayson (Nightwing, formally Robin) - tall (5'11")/average (5'10"), redhead/dark, hero/hero, crippled/normal, older (by about 5 years)/younger
Clark Kent (Superman)/Lois Lane (This refers to the comics) tall/medium, dark/dark, hero/morally upstanding, superpowerd (nonhuman)/normal, about the same age.
The only consistency I see is I have a thing for dark haired, very buff guys. Which I already knew.
24. ACK. You'll likely see a recap tomorrow. Part of was lack of time. But a bigger part was the show was making me physically ill, so I could barely watch it, let alone write about it. But I'll talk about that tomorrow.
Hopefully you still love me.
I thought Luthe was blonde? And tall? And blue-veined. Actually the only part I remember about him was the veins. Which is weird because everyone has blue veins, but I guess she saw them, or something, which I took to mean he was pale. Am I making this up?
No! I didn't see that! I used to check her website periodically but not recently. I am cautiously excited. Thanks sooo much for telling me!
No! I didn't see that! I used to check her website periodically but not recently. I am cautiously excited. Thanks sooo much for telling me!
I thought a lot of people might not have trends. I think I definitely don't on the hair color, but I *do* tend to have one on the size/age issues. Still, there've been things I've shipped that don't hold for those either.
I'm interested to see that the thing most people's otps have in common insofar as their actions in canon is that they've punched each other.
Faith has totally decked Dean. In our heads. *nods*
I'm interested to see that the thing most people's otps have in common insofar as their actions in canon is that they've punched each other.
Faith has totally decked Dean. In our heads. *nods*
There are definitely patterns in the way I ship, just not hair patterns.
I did this poll based on the assumption that people ship for deeper reasons than physicality, but I wanted to see if physical attributes reflected those deeper reasons. If that were true then lots of our preferred ships would have similar physical attributes, or such was my theory. It wasn't a theory I angsted over testing in a very conclusive manner.
dark honey-blonde, in my head
Really? When Austen said it was "dark" I assume that meant some shade of brown.
The single constant in my OTPing seems to be that all these people have something vital to teach their other halves.
This is really interesting to me, because I have recently come to the same conclusion. I've already whined to you about Draco/Harry blindsiding me and me not being able to explain it to myself, especially in light of the 'ships I usually prefer. And I think we discussed also that it's very possible Draco could have something to teach Draco, and it's about intimate human sympathy (as opposed to what Harry could teach Draco, which I'd call selflessness and universal compassion/humaneness. And yes, I notice that that is very Buffy/Spike. Which I believe I flailed all over about in your journal). So anyway that's what made me come to my conclusion about needing a couple to be able to teach each other something.
The thing I have always loved most about Jane Austen is that every single one of her primary pairings is that way.
I did this poll based on the assumption that people ship for deeper reasons than physicality, but I wanted to see if physical attributes reflected those deeper reasons. If that were true then lots of our preferred ships would have similar physical attributes, or such was my theory. It wasn't a theory I angsted over testing in a very conclusive manner.
dark honey-blonde, in my head
Really? When Austen said it was "dark" I assume that meant some shade of brown.
The single constant in my OTPing seems to be that all these people have something vital to teach their other halves.
This is really interesting to me, because I have recently come to the same conclusion. I've already whined to you about Draco/Harry blindsiding me and me not being able to explain it to myself, especially in light of the 'ships I usually prefer. And I think we discussed also that it's very possible Draco could have something to teach Draco, and it's about intimate human sympathy (as opposed to what Harry could teach Draco, which I'd call selflessness and universal compassion/humaneness. And yes, I notice that that is very Buffy/Spike. Which I believe I flailed all over about in your journal). So anyway that's what made me come to my conclusion about needing a couple to be able to teach each other something.
The thing I have always loved most about Jane Austen is that every single one of her primary pairings is that way.
I wondered the same thing.
(I ship you with ros_fod.)
(I ship you with ros_fod.)
My normal response is Oh, he's obviously standing on a box again, you wee little thing.
OMG, R, I love you. HAHAHA!
I don't have a lot of OTPs. For example, over on BSG, I really don't care who's boffing who. Although Helo & Sharon are cute together.
It used to be I only got *really* into something if I could have an OTP in it. But lately that's been different. I like BSG and House exceedingly, and yeah, I don't really care.
24
is making me ill, but not physically. I hope you are alright? I'm not even sure why I watch any more except that it's TiVo'd at the same time as Heroes and my family watches one right after another.
Of course I love you, you goof. If I were you perhaps I *would* be physically ill having to watch closely enough to do those things.
Go write Jossverse drabbles instead. I love your drabblin'.
OMG, R, I love you. HAHAHA!
I don't have a lot of OTPs. For example, over on BSG, I really don't care who's boffing who. Although Helo & Sharon are cute together.
It used to be I only got *really* into something if I could have an OTP in it. But lately that's been different. I like BSG and House exceedingly, and yeah, I don't really care.
24
is making me ill, but not physically. I hope you are alright? I'm not even sure why I watch any more except that it's TiVo'd at the same time as Heroes and my family watches one right after another.
Of course I love you, you goof. If I were you perhaps I *would* be physically ill having to watch closely enough to do those things.
Go write Jossverse drabbles instead. I love your drabblin'.
Yea.
And JM in a Swiss Miss costume.
And JM in a Swiss Miss costume.
God, I love you SO HARD. Seriously.
But when are you coming over to see how big my ASS really is and realize I'm not so weensy?
Anyway, some clarification, though I may be incoherent from laughter.
I don't really feel like I OTP a lot. I mean, I'll read anything good, though all things being equal I'll lean towards Buffy/Spike (but did you notice I answered "Spike is hot and JM's not"?). But I don't think it's indicative of anything. Because in POTO, I'll read anything good. And mostly anything good requires people NOT getting along, because it only makes sense. So in the questions about "my OTP" I answered for Erik/Persian.
What I'm saying is that lots of the options didn't seem to apply. When I can't see him, I'll even read DB.
But when are you coming over to see how big my ASS really is and realize I'm not so weensy?
Anyway, some clarification, though I may be incoherent from laughter.
I don't really feel like I OTP a lot. I mean, I'll read anything good, though all things being equal I'll lean towards Buffy/Spike (but did you notice I answered "Spike is hot and JM's not"?). But I don't think it's indicative of anything. Because in POTO, I'll read anything good. And mostly anything good requires people NOT getting along, because it only makes sense. So in the questions about "my OTP" I answered for Erik/Persian.
What I'm saying is that lots of the options didn't seem to apply. When I can't see him, I'll even read DB.
I thought Luthe was blonde? And tall? And blue-veined
I have the book in my hands now:
his eyes were heavy lidded and blue. His hair was curly as well as bright gold, and it grew low over his collar and ears.
I loved that book! A new book by Robin McKinley is exciting news.
I have the book in my hands now:
his eyes were heavy lidded and blue. His hair was curly as well as bright gold, and it grew low over his collar and ears.
I loved that book! A new book by Robin McKinley is exciting news.
You say that, but I can bet you there are pictures of that somewhere online.
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