Oooh, Angel/Cordy icon. I loved those two, too. I got too late into Buffy to ever seriously ship Buffy/Angel. There was also always a slight age squick about it. (Not that Spike was any closer to her in age, he just didn't act as grown up :) )
Um... yeah. But grown-up badass Cordy and Angel - that worked really well. I loved Angel season 3.
is the only possible interpretation of that they rly just want to ditch their girlfriends/wives & marry each other?
Heee. I get lots of H5O posts on my flist that start "Look at this, it's so obvious you don't even need slash goggles". And I just don't get it. I'm not into H5O, so maybe that's why. It's a pity, too, because I really liked Alex McLaughlin in Moonlight.
I don't seriously believe that slash is intended by tv writers. Some encourage their actors to play it up in public appearances, e.g. Supernatural, but they don't really write their storylines that way. So I'm just perplexed when people really believe things to be there. It doesn't keep me from reading slash, but I know it's not plausible.
It's not only related to slash, either. There are all those people who insist that Zac and Yvonne are/should be a couple. Wtf? They're not even remotely compatible, they are just good actors.
Can't the kid catch a break? *hugs Merlin*
Yeah. *sniff* It's funny, Colin mentions it often in interviews, too. I've repeatedly heard him say that "everybody Merlin loves dies". I dunno, I've found that every show has a specific, different way of wrenching their viewers' hearts, and Merlin's is making Merlin suffer a lot.
idk what TPTB are so afraid of.
Several things, I think. There are always those examples of shows that "died as soon as they got together" - not that I have an example of that at hand. And then the fact that it's harder to come up with radically different story ideas. Both not very good reasons, if you ask me. *g*
You can see it very well in Chuck, I think. The impending cancellations have forced them to reinvent themselves over and over again and that is very hard. But the end result is convincing: getting them together hasn't hurt the storylines at all. Dunno about the ratings - they've been steadily declining. Shows, as usual, that ratings don't mean much.
So plz, join us. It'll be fun :)
Ooookay. It's next on my list. My only active shows are In Plain Sight, Community, Chuck, Merlin and Doctor Who right now. They're not even on at the same time of year, so there's definitely room for one more. I do need to check out Parks and Rec and Saturday Friday! Friday! Night Lights, too, though. Also Fringe and probably even Lost at some point. I will definitely insert Leverage before those two.
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Um... yeah. But grown-up badass Cordy and Angel - that worked really well. I loved Angel season 3.
is the only possible interpretation of that they rly just want to ditch their girlfriends/wives & marry each other?
Heee. I get lots of H5O posts on my flist that start "Look at this, it's so obvious you don't even need slash goggles". And I just don't get it. I'm not into H5O, so maybe that's why. It's a pity, too, because I really liked Alex McLaughlin in Moonlight.
I don't seriously believe that slash is intended by tv writers. Some encourage their actors to play it up in public appearances, e.g. Supernatural, but they don't really write their storylines that way. So I'm just perplexed when people really believe things to be there. It doesn't keep me from reading slash, but I know it's not plausible.
It's not only related to slash, either. There are all those people who insist that Zac and Yvonne are/should be a couple. Wtf? They're not even remotely compatible, they are just good actors.
Can't the kid catch a break? *hugs Merlin*
Yeah. *sniff* It's funny, Colin mentions it often in interviews, too. I've repeatedly heard him say that "everybody Merlin loves dies". I dunno, I've found that every show has a specific, different way of wrenching their viewers' hearts, and Merlin's is making Merlin suffer a lot.
idk what TPTB are so afraid of.
Several things, I think. There are always those examples of shows that "died as soon as they got together" - not that I have an example of that at hand. And then the fact that it's harder to come up with radically different story ideas. Both not very good reasons, if you ask me. *g*
You can see it very well in Chuck, I think. The impending cancellations have forced them to reinvent themselves over and over again and that is very hard. But the end result is convincing: getting them together hasn't hurt the storylines at all. Dunno about the ratings - they've been steadily declining. Shows, as usual, that ratings don't mean much.
So plz, join us. It'll be fun :)
Ooookay. It's next on my list. My only active shows are In Plain Sight, Community, Chuck, Merlin and Doctor Who right now. They're not even on at the same time of year, so there's definitely room for one more. I do need to check out Parks and Rec and
SaturdayFriday! Friday! Night Lights, too, though. Also Fringe and probably even Lost at some point. I will definitely insert Leverage before those two.