30 Days of Slash Meme: Day 11/12/13!
Yes. I'm late. I told you I would be.
DAY 11: Slash Pairing You Think Was Screwed Over by Canon
Without a Trace
Danny/Martin because of the introduction of Elena Delgado.
The one on the left. The woman on the right (Vivian, played by Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is there because she was ALSO screwed up by canon with the introduction of Elena Delgado (Rosalyn Sanchez), since she took over time that could have been used to explore Vivian's background and family life. Instead, we got Elena and Danny falling in love because, well, basically because they're both hot and latino and Danny had to get laid eventually. They not only got zero chemestry, the relationship turned Danny Taylor from a tough, street wise alcoholic into a love sick puppy.
The writing is only partly to blame, though - it did get lame from season four on (as Anthony LaPaglia, who played the main character, admited himsef) - but Sanchez was far from being a great actress, specially if you take in consideration MJB was nominated for an Oscar and LaPaglia had just won a Tony and a Golden Globe. The character itself was not really all that bad!
Yes, I'm still bitter on the issue, it was my favorite show and it hurt to see it destroyed by both bad writing and bad casting.
Also slightly screwed by canon, John Cooper/His Drug Dealer (Southland), but it was meant to get screwed from the get go. It never really got a follow up and now that John is clean I'd have liked to see him have awkward moments with Nameless Hot Dealer.
DAY 12: Slash Pairing You Have a Headcanon For
Every single one. I'm gonna come up with the Head Canon Meme one of these days.
The ones with the longest head canon are very likely... Milo/Rick (Alex Delaware Novels) and John/Cezar (Southland), because of the lacking source material.
DAY 13: Slash Pairing You Think Gets Too Little Attention
Milo/Rick, Alex delaware Novels
Because they are canon, and yet we spend no time AT ALL with them. Do I really have to read about Alex and Robin having sex five times a week in every book while Rick and Milo don't even kiss? C'mon...
And therefore, here's one more drabble.
Title: Keeping scores
Author: AnnieVH
Summary: Rick and Milo do a little math.
Rating: PG
Genre: humor, romance
Characters or Pairing: Milo/Rick
Prompts: drabbles100 023. Lovers
Warning: none.
Spoilers: none.
Disclaimer: don't own, just borrow to play and return them safely to Jonathan Kellerman.
"Do women count?"
"No."
"Not that it makes much difference, but why not?"
"We didn't enjoy them."
"Okay."
"..."
"..."
"Hun."
"What?"
"I've counted 22. Does that make me promiscuous?"
"Nah. I bet Alex's had about three times that."
"Did he?"
"You should see the bimbos I saw him pick up."
"He doesn't look the type."
"You met him I had already had an effect on him."
"Nice job."
"Thank you."
"Your turn."
"Okay. About half a dozen."
Rick sighed.
"What? You said to count only the enjoyable ones." Milo grinned and got closer. "Guess who's on the top of my list?"
DAY 11: Slash Pairing You Think Was Screwed Over by Canon
Without a Trace
Danny/Martin because of the introduction of Elena Delgado.
The one on the left. The woman on the right (Vivian, played by Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is there because she was ALSO screwed up by canon with the introduction of Elena Delgado (Rosalyn Sanchez), since she took over time that could have been used to explore Vivian's background and family life. Instead, we got Elena and Danny falling in love because, well, basically because they're both hot and latino and Danny had to get laid eventually. They not only got zero chemestry, the relationship turned Danny Taylor from a tough, street wise alcoholic into a love sick puppy.
The writing is only partly to blame, though - it did get lame from season four on (as Anthony LaPaglia, who played the main character, admited himsef) - but Sanchez was far from being a great actress, specially if you take in consideration MJB was nominated for an Oscar and LaPaglia had just won a Tony and a Golden Globe. The character itself was not really all that bad!
Yes, I'm still bitter on the issue, it was my favorite show and it hurt to see it destroyed by both bad writing and bad casting.
Also slightly screwed by canon, John Cooper/His Drug Dealer (Southland), but it was meant to get screwed from the get go. It never really got a follow up and now that John is clean I'd have liked to see him have awkward moments with Nameless Hot Dealer.
DAY 12: Slash Pairing You Have a Headcanon For
Every single one. I'm gonna come up with the Head Canon Meme one of these days.
The ones with the longest head canon are very likely... Milo/Rick (Alex Delaware Novels) and John/Cezar (Southland), because of the lacking source material.
DAY 13: Slash Pairing You Think Gets Too Little Attention
Milo/Rick, Alex delaware Novels
Because they are canon, and yet we spend no time AT ALL with them. Do I really have to read about Alex and Robin having sex five times a week in every book while Rick and Milo don't even kiss? C'mon...
And therefore, here's one more drabble.
Title: Keeping scores
Author: AnnieVH
Summary: Rick and Milo do a little math.
Rating: PG
Genre: humor, romance
Characters or Pairing: Milo/Rick
Prompts: drabbles100 023. Lovers
Warning: none.
Spoilers: none.
Disclaimer: don't own, just borrow to play and return them safely to Jonathan Kellerman.
"Do women count?"
"No."
"Not that it makes much difference, but why not?"
"We didn't enjoy them."
"Okay."
"..."
"..."
"Hun."
"What?"
"I've counted 22. Does that make me promiscuous?"
"Nah. I bet Alex's had about three times that."
"Did he?"
"You should see the bimbos I saw him pick up."
"He doesn't look the type."
"You met him I had already had an effect on him."
"Nice job."
"Thank you."
"Your turn."
"Okay. About half a dozen."
Rick sighed.
"What? You said to count only the enjoyable ones." Milo grinned and got closer. "Guess who's on the top of my list?"