day nine + shipping meme

[dahlia_moon]

Day Nine: Top Five People You’d Like To Kill

(I'm going to choose to interpret this as five famous people I'd like to kill, and even qualifying it like that, I'm still uncomfortable with this list. I'm usually not one to seriously contemplate killing anyone, even in hypothetical situations, so take this as like a "if these people didn't exist, maybe the world would be better for it, but probably not" list.)

1. Mitt Romney
2. Rand Paul
3. Michele Bachmann
4. Rick Santorum
5. Sarah Palin

and a meme stolen from lil_1337:

Give me a pairing (or multiple pairings or threesomes or whatever you want to give me) and I’ll tell you...

• When or if I started shipping it
• My thoughts
• What makes me happy about them
• What makes me sad about them
• Things done in art/fic that annoys me
• Things I look for in art/fic
• Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
• My happily ever after for them

Comments

[omens]

Yeah that's another awkward meme question & pretty much where I'm going with it, too.

I see you have written Roswell fic! Michael/Maria?

Michael/Maria

[dahlia_moon]

• When or if I started shipping it
I fell in love with Roswell when it was in its last season, and started shipping it right from the beginning. I remember Michael & Maria were broken up by the time I got sucked into watching the show, but there was angst and I was convinced there were longing looks between the both of them when they were broken up, and my young shipper heart wanted them to get back together like yesterday.

• My thoughts
While I'm also a major Max/Liz fan, I liked the contrast we saw between the two couples. Maria and Michael were two people I didn't think would ever work well together, or end up with a happily ever after like Max/Liz, but they had awesome chemistry and were so different from how Max and Liz worked as a couple. But the more I watched Roswell, the more I learned about Maria and Michael as individuals and the more I wanted them to find happiness with each other.

• What makes me happy about them
That Michael, in the end, told her that he loved her and there'd never be anyone else for him. I also liked that Maria chose to go on the run with him and the rest of the group.

• What makes me sad about them
That we didn't get as much closure concerning them as we did Max/Liz, i.e. we didn't see them getting married.

• Things done in art/fic that annoys me
I don't read much Roswell fic, unfortunately, and the few that I have read were quite enjoyable so I guess I'll just say OOCness where Michael is standoffish and a jerk and Maria is portrayed as being too clingy or needy or whatever.

• Things I look for in art/fic
I'm pretty easy when it comes to art/fic--just that there is art/fic for them and includes characterization as close to the show as possible, and good grammar is a must.

• Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
I don't think I would be comfortable with them not ending up with each other. (However, I wouldn't say no to a 0T4 with Max/Liz/Maria/Michael--but I'm pretty hardcore about shipping Max/Liz & Maria/Michael together.)

• My happily ever after for them

they get married and their kids play with Max and Liz's kids (and they come back to Roswell with the group after a few years).

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

I am totally with you on the list of people to kill.

Ray K/Fraiser for the shipping meme.

Fraser/RayK

[moon-destiny.livejournal.com]

• When or if I started shipping it
due South was a bit before I could watch tv and retain anything, so I started shipping it way before I watched the source material. due South felt like one of those classic fandoms like the original Star Trek, and so I watched a few random later episodes and fell in love.

• My thoughts
I love both characters as individuals; Fraser is intriguing because of his culture and how he was brought up and how that plays with how RayK was brought up and shipping them romantically is just delicious because of their chemistry.

• What makes me happy about them
that they set off into the sunset with each other, even though it felt like their story didn't end there. I also love that the fandom doesn't seem to be slowing down.

• What makes me sad about them
that the show ended, basically; I could've had a bit more episodes with Fraser & Ray.

• Things done in art/fic that annoys me
I don't think there is any? I seem to find only the good fic in this fandom.

• Things I look for in art/fic
I think I always look for in-character characterizations regardless of pairing/show; specifically for due South though, I look for fics that make me feel warm & fuzzy, and that feature Dief as well because I love that crazy wolf dog more than I can say.

• Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
I guess I'd be okay with Frannie/Fraser because Frannie was cute with her crush on him. Or even Fraser/Thatcher because I have insane amounts of love for Thatcher. I liked Stella as a character, but I ship her more with RayV and I don't think it'd necessarily be good for her and RayK to get back together. RayK/Turnbull for the cracky ship, I guess? I love Turnbull too.

• My happily ever after for them
RayK and Benton live happily ever after together somewhere in Canada doing...IDK, Canadian things? I have no idea what that'd entail exactly, living on deer and sledding in the winter?--with the occasional visits to Chicago.

Re: Fraser/RayK

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

I am in total agreement with all of this. Turnbull could certainly use more love.