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anomilygrace

Fannish Excitement

Jan 28, 2013 21:33

I haven't posted forever and ever, and so much has gone on that if I don't give myself a clean slate, I'll never post again, and that would be terrible! (Uh, nice sentence, Emily).

So I'm stealing this meme from the lovely osprey_archer because it looks like all kinds of fun. Also because babbling on about fandoms is pretty much all I've been doing recently ( Read more... )

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absolutesnark January 29 2013, 04:10:07 UTC

Downton Abbey

anomilygrace January 30 2013, 02:33:04 UTC

1. My favourite character and how i FEEEEL about them: Mary. She's horrible and upperclass and SO spoiled and completely bitchy at times, but oh how I adore her. She knows exactly what her place is and what society owes her (or so she things) and she will make damn sure she gets it. She's a lot like the Dowager Countess (which I don't think either of them like to acknowledge). And I just love that she allows herself to be exactly as she is. You take it or you leave it.
2. The character i never expected to love this much: Matthew. Edith. Mrs. Hughes. Mr. Carson
3. The character everyone else loves that i don't: Well, I'd say Bates, but...
4. The character i love that no one else does: Edith!
5. My absolute most favourite pairing EVER: Matthew/Mary. Sybil/Tom (which I would like better if they didn't have that weird "on hold in the garage" thing last season)
6. The immensely popular pairing that i just don't get/like: I'm not sure what are popular pairings! I used to love Anna/Bates but pretty much the second they got married ( ... )

absolutesnark January 30 2013, 02:57:14 UTC

These are all almost the answers I would give! And #11! This needs to happen.

likeadeuce January 30 2013, 13:28:24 UTC

I kept meaning to do research for the Peace Conference story, and then I didn't get around to it, and then I was like, "If I'm going to do THAT MUCH RESEARCH I should write something original about the period." But then I, you know, didn't. Anyway, I approve all the Sybil/Branson AU's of non-terribleness.

I may at least have to write about the terrible social novel Branson wrote during those 4 years he was just hanging around in the garage.

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tinylegacies January 29 2013, 13:49:21 UTC

West Wing

anomilygrace January 30 2013, 02:52:29 UTC

Oh, Show of my HEART.

1. My favourite character and how i FEEEEL about them: Josh Lyman Josh Lyman Josh Lyman. I LOVE HIM. I WANT TO BE HIM. HE IS AMAZING AND HILARIOUS AND TOTALLY FLAILY AND HOW IS HE SO AMAZING? I love him when he screws up and I love him when he's the badass politico and "Tell your Senator to shove his legislative agenda up his ass." I love him when he lights a fire in a fireplace that's been boarded up since 18whenever. He's beautifully idealistic and cynical and the same time, and he's amazing.
2. The character i never expected to love this much: Josh Lyman? Amy Gardner. Joey Lucas. Jed Bartlet. ABBEY BARTLET. Sam Seaborn. Toby Ziegler. CJ Cregg. Donna Moss. Ainsley Hayes. Matt Santos. Mrs Santos. Ed & Larry. Mrs. Landingham. Elsie Snuffins. Will Bailey. Lord John Marbury. Danny Concannon. Margaret. ALL OF THEM BASICALLY.
3. The character everyone else loves that i don't: ...it's possible not to love a West Wing character? I don't understand.
4. The character i love that no one else does: Amy Gardner
5. My ( ... )

osprey_archer January 30 2013, 04:12:49 UTC

Josh Lyman love! And I am so with you on Amy Gardner: she gets such an unfairly bad rap from fandom. When I'm feeling paranoid, I think she was written purely to get a bad rap from fandom (she tosses Josh's phone into a pot of chili!) because Sorkin has issues with feminists.

The first time I watched the show, it was with a friend who was super into Josh/Donna and it made all the Amy scenes kind of awkward. I picked up some Josh/Donna by osmosis, but I think if I rewatched it I might feel differently now.

And Sam/Ainsley should have been a thing. Because her name is AINSLEY and that is an AWESOME NAME, and also she was awesome and could totally destroy Sam verbally, which I think would have been good for him, because he was a little inclined to pomposity.

Also, hearts in my eyes for Toby Ziegler. He is probably my favorite in the show. Because I am weird like that.

anomilygrace January 30 2013, 23:31:22 UTC

I could so see Sorkin doing that with Amy too. I really dislike the man though I can't help but adore at least two of his shows (Sports Night being the other one). It's so odd that fandom hates her so much. She's actually a strong, badass, intelligent woman - who disrupts the main ship, sigh ( ... )

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