The Sky Is A Poisonous Garden Tonight
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jennyo and musesfool
Off the top of your head, right now, what ten 'ships would you likely drop what you're doing to read fic for. Or, alternately, what are the top ten ships that you'll give a fic a chance for, or that you've been dying to write, or that you've been dying to read.... These can be new loves, old flames, or something in between. Explain if you like, but you don't have to. Then tell us three things these ships say about you.
All right, let’s take this by current TV fandom, shall we? Just to be thorough.
Battlestar Galactica (New):
1. Number Six/Gaius Baltar—because it’s sick, dirty, wrong, possibly an hallucination, not to mention both a sly exploitation of my previously unexplored small guy/tall woman fetish AND a semi-blasphemous OT3 with an AI that thinks it’s "God" as the unseen third partner. So really, what’s not to like?
2. Starbuck (Kara Thrace)/Apollo (Lee Adama), as friends--old and married, but otherwise still friends in that classically guy-like way, even though she’s very much not a guy and he’s very much starting the see that. Because I think it’d frankly denigrate their otherwise exciting relationship to have it go the way of all canon het, not to mention getting inconveniently in the way of potential Apollo/Roslyn or Starbuck/Baltar.
3. Laura Roslyn/Cmdr. William Adama—because they’re old and un"pretty" (not that I don’t find either attractive, but this is TV) and not exactly made for each other, yet I’ve seen far worse foxhole mismatches evolve into deep and stringent pseudo-marriages of inconvenience. And I like the fact that they’re sort of like Apollo and Starbuck grown up, sexes reversed; it adds yet more icky pull to the sparks of "damn you think like me"-ness I see between Roslyn and Apollo, for that very reason. (I also suspect that Lee is far more like his mom than Zak was, which would made Roslyn also much like Adama’s former wife, and explain a lot of their early conflicts. By simple extension.;))
24: 4
4. Tony Almeida/Michelle Dessler—because it’s never a good reason to marry somebody you meet at work and then continue to work with them, and this is Example A-1 with a fucking bullet of that particular mantra. Because they bring out both the best and the worst in each other, routinely; because they’re equally pretty, and prickly, and ruthlessly practical. Because they once sacrificed everything to preserve their love and then apparently threw it all away for ambition/and or inertia’s sake, and are now bravely/stupidly pretending they’re still fine with that decision. Because I genuinely want to see exactly how long it’s going to take Tony to knock Michelle off her high heels and over a desk, after which I want to see how long it takes her to drop the gun she has to his head and kiss him, you fool! ‘Cause I’m Romantic with a capital "R" like that, especially when we’re talking married counter-terrorism agents.
5. Edgar/Chloe, poster children for high-functional Asperger’s in the service of the U.S. of A. Granted, CSI (any version) is probably slightly more of a hotbed of this type of barely-controlled lunacy than CTU, but it’s a damn close thing, and I think they’d be sweet together. (Not to mention that I really get off on the idea of her grumpily ordering him around, while he makes power-point lists of all the things they could/should do together. Which doesn’t necessarily mean I’d like to watch them in NC-17 action, but I’d be perfectly fine with PG "Don’t move my curtains! I have them adjusted down to just the right milimeter!"-fic.)
Lost
Dude, they’re all probably going to be on that island for a looooong damn time—I’d be really surprised if they didn’t start pairing off and screwing like bunnies any day now, first heterosexually, then any which way but loose. And I like them all, so it’s pretty much a potential schmorgasbord. Canonically, my picks would probably be 6. Kate/Jack/Sawyer as an OT3 (though Wednesday’s events may well derail this idea), 7. Jin/Sun and Sun/Michael, 8. Shannon/Boone and Shannon/Sayid or 9. Charlie/Claire, but I could also just as easily get uncanonical and go for Sayid/Rousseau the crazy French lady, Sayid/Sawyer, Locke/Boone or Hurley/anyone who’s interested. Actually, make that Locke/anyone too. Because that guy is scary and hot: He’s Terry O’Quinn, bitch! ‘Nuff said.
And finally—
Point Pleasant
10. Boyd/Christina, because it’s really the only logical option for either of them. Yeah, she’s obsessed with Jesse the surfin’ possible Antichrist-killer, and it’d be sort of cute to see her get down with her equally confused friend Judy (especially now they’ve begun tying people to chairs together); yeah, he’s been running around town putting the moves on pretty much anything in heels (Jesse’s Mom, Judy’s Mom, Jesse’s slut girlfriend’s slutty Mom), and may also have something going with Jesse’s best friend/his not-Warren from Buffy assistant in matters EEEVIL, too. (He even once said poor dead Father Tomas was "a real hottie", though I’m not sure that’s leading anywhere, unless they do the Dark Shadows Ghost Trick on him.) But she’s a half-demon desperate to be human, and he’s a half-inhuman desperate to forget he ever had that inconvenient drawback known as an immortal soul, and they’re both wicked hot in a slightly dorky way. And don’t forget, when she does something evil, she feels close to him. Like she understands him. It’s Fate, or maybe just Nookie.;))
And what does all this say about me? That I’m het-er than most people think? That I’m easier to please now I’m old and have a kid? That conflict is still my primary spice? You decide, and comment if you wish. I have to try and get that damn chapter closed off now, before they take away my writer’s license.
But then again…they all do reinforce the fact that my mind really is a deep, dark mulch-pit of very personally specific weirdness—always has been, always will be. After all, I once made serious notes for a piece involving Michael Clarke Duncan/Tim Roth (Planet Of The Apes 2001), and discovering Rivka’s sole Guy Pearce/Jim Cavaziel (The Count Of Monte Cristo) story made me warm inside for days. Some of my most formative ‘ships are ones no one else on the face of the earth seems to share: Gary Kemp/Martin Kemp (The Krays--although, to be fair, Tinantanoo once wrote three Krays-themed PWPs), "Sir" Laurence Fishburne/Jeff Goldblum (Deep Cover), Nicholas Cage/Matthew Modine (Birdy). Always a decade late and three cents short of a fannish dollar, that’s me.
But I must admit, I sort of like the view from here.;)
jennyo and musesfoolOff the top of your head, right now, what ten 'ships would you likely drop what you're doing to read fic for. Or, alternately, what are the top ten ships that you'll give a fic a chance for, or that you've been dying to write, or that you've been dying to read.... These can be new loves, old flames, or something in between. Explain if you like, but you don't have to. Then tell us three things these ships say about you.
All right, let’s take this by current TV fandom, shall we? Just to be thorough.
Battlestar Galactica (New):
1. Number Six/Gaius Baltar—because it’s sick, dirty, wrong, possibly an hallucination, not to mention both a sly exploitation of my previously unexplored small guy/tall woman fetish AND a semi-blasphemous OT3 with an AI that thinks it’s "God" as the unseen third partner. So really, what’s not to like?
2. Starbuck (Kara Thrace)/Apollo (Lee Adama), as friends--old and married, but otherwise still friends in that classically guy-like way, even though she’s very much not a guy and he’s very much starting the see that. Because I think it’d frankly denigrate their otherwise exciting relationship to have it go the way of all canon het, not to mention getting inconveniently in the way of potential Apollo/Roslyn or Starbuck/Baltar.
3. Laura Roslyn/Cmdr. William Adama—because they’re old and un"pretty" (not that I don’t find either attractive, but this is TV) and not exactly made for each other, yet I’ve seen far worse foxhole mismatches evolve into deep and stringent pseudo-marriages of inconvenience. And I like the fact that they’re sort of like Apollo and Starbuck grown up, sexes reversed; it adds yet more icky pull to the sparks of "damn you think like me"-ness I see between Roslyn and Apollo, for that very reason. (I also suspect that Lee is far more like his mom than Zak was, which would made Roslyn also much like Adama’s former wife, and explain a lot of their early conflicts. By simple extension.;))
24: 4
4. Tony Almeida/Michelle Dessler—because it’s never a good reason to marry somebody you meet at work and then continue to work with them, and this is Example A-1 with a fucking bullet of that particular mantra. Because they bring out both the best and the worst in each other, routinely; because they’re equally pretty, and prickly, and ruthlessly practical. Because they once sacrificed everything to preserve their love and then apparently threw it all away for ambition/and or inertia’s sake, and are now bravely/stupidly pretending they’re still fine with that decision. Because I genuinely want to see exactly how long it’s going to take Tony to knock Michelle off her high heels and over a desk, after which I want to see how long it takes her to drop the gun she has to his head and kiss him, you fool! ‘Cause I’m Romantic with a capital "R" like that, especially when we’re talking married counter-terrorism agents.
5. Edgar/Chloe, poster children for high-functional Asperger’s in the service of the U.S. of A. Granted, CSI (any version) is probably slightly more of a hotbed of this type of barely-controlled lunacy than CTU, but it’s a damn close thing, and I think they’d be sweet together. (Not to mention that I really get off on the idea of her grumpily ordering him around, while he makes power-point lists of all the things they could/should do together. Which doesn’t necessarily mean I’d like to watch them in NC-17 action, but I’d be perfectly fine with PG "Don’t move my curtains! I have them adjusted down to just the right milimeter!"-fic.)
Lost
Dude, they’re all probably going to be on that island for a looooong damn time—I’d be really surprised if they didn’t start pairing off and screwing like bunnies any day now, first heterosexually, then any which way but loose. And I like them all, so it’s pretty much a potential schmorgasbord. Canonically, my picks would probably be 6. Kate/Jack/Sawyer as an OT3 (though Wednesday’s events may well derail this idea), 7. Jin/Sun and Sun/Michael, 8. Shannon/Boone and Shannon/Sayid or 9. Charlie/Claire, but I could also just as easily get uncanonical and go for Sayid/Rousseau the crazy French lady, Sayid/Sawyer, Locke/Boone or Hurley/anyone who’s interested. Actually, make that Locke/anyone too. Because that guy is scary and hot: He’s Terry O’Quinn, bitch! ‘Nuff said.
And finally—
Point Pleasant
10. Boyd/Christina, because it’s really the only logical option for either of them. Yeah, she’s obsessed with Jesse the surfin’ possible Antichrist-killer, and it’d be sort of cute to see her get down with her equally confused friend Judy (especially now they’ve begun tying people to chairs together); yeah, he’s been running around town putting the moves on pretty much anything in heels (Jesse’s Mom, Judy’s Mom, Jesse’s slut girlfriend’s slutty Mom), and may also have something going with Jesse’s best friend/his not-Warren from Buffy assistant in matters EEEVIL, too. (He even once said poor dead Father Tomas was "a real hottie", though I’m not sure that’s leading anywhere, unless they do the Dark Shadows Ghost Trick on him.) But she’s a half-demon desperate to be human, and he’s a half-inhuman desperate to forget he ever had that inconvenient drawback known as an immortal soul, and they’re both wicked hot in a slightly dorky way. And don’t forget, when she does something evil, she feels close to him. Like she understands him. It’s Fate, or maybe just Nookie.;))
And what does all this say about me? That I’m het-er than most people think? That I’m easier to please now I’m old and have a kid? That conflict is still my primary spice? You decide, and comment if you wish. I have to try and get that damn chapter closed off now, before they take away my writer’s license.
But then again…they all do reinforce the fact that my mind really is a deep, dark mulch-pit of very personally specific weirdness—always has been, always will be. After all, I once made serious notes for a piece involving Michael Clarke Duncan/Tim Roth (Planet Of The Apes 2001), and discovering Rivka’s sole Guy Pearce/Jim Cavaziel (The Count Of Monte Cristo) story made me warm inside for days. Some of my most formative ‘ships are ones no one else on the face of the earth seems to share: Gary Kemp/Martin Kemp (The Krays--although, to be fair, Tinantanoo once wrote three Krays-themed PWPs), "Sir" Laurence Fishburne/Jeff Goldblum (Deep Cover), Nicholas Cage/Matthew Modine (Birdy). Always a decade late and three cents short of a fannish dollar, that’s me.
But I must admit, I sort of like the view from here.;)
