way over due meme answers
These are the questions and answers that revolos55 gave me oh so long ago.
1. Olivia or Natalia and why?
Natalia is pretty cool, and they are certainly better together than apart. But I am sooooo an Olivia gal.
Why? Hmmm. Partly I think it is that we saw most of the Otalia story through her eyes and it's easier to see and feel what Olivia was going through. Natalia is a more self-contained character. But mostly I just have a thing for strong characters that are deeply wounded and broken underneath it all.
And boy, Olivia has the wounded and broken covered in spades. CC did such a brilliant job of conveying Olivia's pain and how it drove just about everything she did - sometimes conveyed just through her eyes. Amazing.
One of my favorite Olivia scenes is from long before Otalia - the mud fight between Olivia and Cassie. Oh, not the actual fight in the mud though, but their arguing before that. Olivia is slinging verbal arrows at Cassie and they are annoying and making her angry, but not really hurting Cassie. But Cassie's arrows? Oh, every one is tearing into Olivia, causing gaping wounds and just breaking her a little more each time.
Cassie's rage was from mainly annoyance. Olivia's rage was full of pain and vulnerability, just bleeding from her eyes. Painful scene, but magnificent.
And, of course, the graveyard scene. Just wow.
Though my favorite angry Olivia scene is this one:
Ooooh! *shivers*
Also: power suits. YUUUUM. *drools*
1a. Crystal or Jessica and why?
This one is not so easy to answer. CC may edge Jessica out, just because she was Olivia, but they are both really lovely and extremely talented ladies.
2. You can choose one mythical critter to be real (eg. dragon, fairy, vampire, leprechaun); which do you choose and why?
Wow. I have no flippin' clue. Not a vampire, as not a big fan of blood. Not a leprechaun, just because I keep picturing that horror movie one.
Maybe dragons? Not our scary ones from fairytales, but the ones from Pern. They're cool.
3. You can pick one of your fictional 'ships to become canon, on the condition the others never will be; who gets together?
Become canon? Well, that makes things kind of easy. Otalia is canon, so don't have to worry about leaving them out. And I consider Xena and Gabrielle canon, so that takes care of them.
So, of the non-cannon ships - Alex and Olivia from Law and Order: SVU. At least from S2-beginning of S5, when Olivia was smokin' hot and they had HOYAY leaking out of their ears.
Plus, the first femslash pairing I shipped, so it's got the nostalgia factor going for it.
4. You can pick one character to crossover into another show for a short arc; who goes where and what happens?
Hmmmm. For one character...that's kinda hard. Probably Benson with one of her cases connected to a case the BAU of Criminal Minds is working. Of course, the UNSUB is caught, with much angst from the agents and detective, and victims with agency helping save themselves.
5. Would you rather be a Slayer, a metahuman, or have Xena's "many skills", and why?
Golly. Again with the no friggin' clue.
I don't think a Slayer - too short of a life expectancy. LOL. Plus the whole 'destiny' thing would be a bit of a downer.
Metahuman would depend on the power. Flight would be cool, a power like Rogue's would suck ass. As would telepathy. My head's messed up enough on it's own without other people's thoughts clamoring around in there.
On the basis of which power you get being a crap shot, guess that leaves "many skills".
1. Olivia or Natalia and why?
Natalia is pretty cool, and they are certainly better together than apart. But I am sooooo an Olivia gal.
Why? Hmmm. Partly I think it is that we saw most of the Otalia story through her eyes and it's easier to see and feel what Olivia was going through. Natalia is a more self-contained character. But mostly I just have a thing for strong characters that are deeply wounded and broken underneath it all.
And boy, Olivia has the wounded and broken covered in spades. CC did such a brilliant job of conveying Olivia's pain and how it drove just about everything she did - sometimes conveyed just through her eyes. Amazing.
One of my favorite Olivia scenes is from long before Otalia - the mud fight between Olivia and Cassie. Oh, not the actual fight in the mud though, but their arguing before that. Olivia is slinging verbal arrows at Cassie and they are annoying and making her angry, but not really hurting Cassie. But Cassie's arrows? Oh, every one is tearing into Olivia, causing gaping wounds and just breaking her a little more each time.
Cassie's rage was from mainly annoyance. Olivia's rage was full of pain and vulnerability, just bleeding from her eyes. Painful scene, but magnificent.
And, of course, the graveyard scene. Just wow.
Though my favorite angry Olivia scene is this one:
Click to viewOoooh! *shivers*
Also: power suits. YUUUUM. *drools*
1a. Crystal or Jessica and why?
This one is not so easy to answer. CC may edge Jessica out, just because she was Olivia, but they are both really lovely and extremely talented ladies.
2. You can choose one mythical critter to be real (eg. dragon, fairy, vampire, leprechaun); which do you choose and why?
Wow. I have no flippin' clue. Not a vampire, as not a big fan of blood. Not a leprechaun, just because I keep picturing that horror movie one.
Maybe dragons? Not our scary ones from fairytales, but the ones from Pern. They're cool.
3. You can pick one of your fictional 'ships to become canon, on the condition the others never will be; who gets together?
Become canon? Well, that makes things kind of easy. Otalia is canon, so don't have to worry about leaving them out. And I consider Xena and Gabrielle canon, so that takes care of them.
So, of the non-cannon ships - Alex and Olivia from Law and Order: SVU. At least from S2-beginning of S5, when Olivia was smokin' hot and they had HOYAY leaking out of their ears.
Plus, the first femslash pairing I shipped, so it's got the nostalgia factor going for it.
4. You can pick one character to crossover into another show for a short arc; who goes where and what happens?
Hmmmm. For one character...that's kinda hard. Probably Benson with one of her cases connected to a case the BAU of Criminal Minds is working. Of course, the UNSUB is caught, with much angst from the agents and detective, and victims with agency helping save themselves.
5. Would you rather be a Slayer, a metahuman, or have Xena's "many skills", and why?
Golly. Again with the no friggin' clue.
I don't think a Slayer - too short of a life expectancy. LOL. Plus the whole 'destiny' thing would be a bit of a downer.
Metahuman would depend on the power. Flight would be cool, a power like Rogue's would suck ass. As would telepathy. My head's messed up enough on it's own without other people's thoughts clamoring around in there.
On the basis of which power you get being a crap shot, guess that leaves "many skills".