Writer's Block: Rare Condition

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I confidently expect Friday the Thirteenth to be a good day. I always think 13 is lucky: a baker's dozen, it's a chance for a bonus above the ordinary.

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From fannish5: Name five non-canonical couples that you would like - or would have liked - to see get together in canon.

You ask this of a slash fan? Can I call Bodie and Doyle "a non-canonical couple"? That's not exactly how I think of them. Watching "Hunter, Hunted" the other day, I kept thinking how beautifully canonical they were.

And though I want Jack to 'get together' with just about everyone, I don't want to think of him as part of a couple: though to be honest, following the spirit of the question, my #1 answer to this might well be "Jack and the Doctor". (Even if I don't particularly want to exclude Rose or Martha from the relationship. See? It's never easy, with Jack. The problem is the limitation of the question.)

But that aside - here's an attempt to answer the question:

1. Mal Reynolds and Inara Serra in Firefly. I can't imagine any way those two could get together without compromising too much of their own personalities, but they make a gorram fine couple and I love their relationship.
   
   
2. Spike and Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Despite the fact that I haven't actually seen them together in the show yet.
   
   
3. Clark and Lex from seasons 1 to 3 of Smallville. Perfect.
   
   
4. Francis Crawford of Lymond and Kate Somerville in the Lymond books by Dorothy Dunnett. Yes, I loved Philippa. But I loved Kate more.
   
   
5. Kitty Pryde and Pete Wisdom in Excalibur and X-Men. Yeah, they got together. I loved that. And they broke up. Faugh.

There's another related category (if I may follow a line of thought) of characters who did in some way get paired in canon and I'd rather they hadn't. Romances I don't like:

1. Gambit and Rogue in X-Men - yes, I know, this is taking a loose interpretation of the word 'together', but their impossible love became such a central focus of their story that it overshadowed what makes each character so wonderful in their own right. I can only hope some writer comes along and cuts that bond. I am not holding my breath.
   
2. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully on X-Files, who were much better as friends and colleagues than lovers or spouses.
   
3. Remington Steele and Laura Holt. I loved the unresolved sexual tension between them.
   
4. Toshiko Sato's unrequited love for Owen Harper on Torchwood. Yeah, I know, they didn't get together, though they did become friends. But. I hated that theme.
   
5. Superman (or Clark Kent) and Lois Lane in any source you care to name, in any medium. The best verion of their relationship was Lois and Clark. The worst... well, best not to go there, though I hate all those 1960 comics where the theme was Lois trying to trick Superman into marriage while he was trying to trick her into believing his lies.

Dollhouse...

So Dollhouse is airing in Canada tonight - I hadn't confirmed that before.

I don't know whether to look forward to it or not. I haven't so far been impressed with Eliza Dushku. And Tahmoh Penikett... well. He was utterly wonderful in Battlestar Galactica - is he still around? It'll be fun to see him even if I don't like the story.

I don't like the sound of the synopsis, but then, I didn't expect to like the story in Buffy either, and I do like it - except for the episodes I don't. Loved Firefly, disliked Dr Horrible, liked Whedon's X-Men and Fray. So. Mixed expectations? On the strength of Firefly alone I'd be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Yup, I'm looking forward to this, even though I'm really not expecting to like it. But I hope I do.

The know-it-all...

Oh dear. This makes me sound like Hermione Granger. I got the quiz from kikibug13.

You Are FAQ

For you, the internet is like your personal library. And you know more facts than fifty normal humans. Your brain is basically lot a computer at this point. You have a lot of information stored up there. You spend hours looking up obscure information and learning things. If you have question, you always Google it. You can't help but be a bit of a know-it-all. You can answer everyone's frequently asked questions.

What Internet Slang Are You?

It's true that I view the internet as my own personal library. That's why I love it.

FIC: Torchwood (drabble) - Fairy Child

Title: Fairy Child
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack, Jasmine
Challenge: tw100, challenge: children
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Cross-posted to my lj and to tw100.

( Fairy Child )

Dollhouse...

I watched the first episode of Dollhouse this evening.

And you know what? I liked it better than I ever expected to, for a variety of reasons. It may be no more than a bit of experimental television; I can't quite tell how entertaining it will be, long-term. It needs to be a lot tighter than it appears right now. But it gets extra bonus points for being extremely intelligent, which I never expected.

( Random observations... )

So I look forward to seeing it again next week.