Randomness and a meme
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firthgalOkay, normally I'm against ridiculous guest stars on Ugly Betty because they are too often completely POINTLESS *coughGeneSimmons*, but this news rocks my world. BOBBY!!!!!!!!! I love that dude so freaking much. I've even read his Goombah books. HOW SAD IS THAT?
Sexiest looking secret ever? I think so. BY THE WAY, that is by far the sexiest scene of the entire movie, so I completely understand this secret. Also, whenever I see a pic from that scene, or see the words "night surgeon" the song automatically pops into my head. Every shot, every word, every emotion, it is nailed into my brain because I have watched that scene far too often. In fact, since the entire film is basically a song, I pretty much know every single line by heart. That's what happens when all the dialog rhymes. Although, I've never memorized Shakespeare, and his dialog usually rhymed... Oh, another reason why I dig that secret? IT DOESN'T INVOLVE GRAVEROBBER/SHILO! HALLELUJAH! I'm sorry, but I just don't like that pairing at all. I know the entire fandom revolves around them, but... ugh. Why must I always be turned off of popular pairings? WHY?
Meme time! This is actually one that I did a long time ago that I saw while searching for something else, and decided I wanted to do it again since I have quite a few new fandoms:
List six of your favorite TV shows and answer the following questions.
1. Merlin
2. The Office
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. In Plain Sight
5. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
6. Ugly Betty
1. Who is your favourite character from #2? (The Office)
Hmm... this is a toughie. ANDY BERNARD, DUH.
HE USED THE WORD "LOSIEST" AND RANDOMLY INSERTED "APPLESAUCE"! HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THIS MAN? EVEN WHEN HE'S BEING A DICK!
2. Who is your least favourite character from #4? (In Plain Sight)
JINX! OMG, I hate that woman. Ugh. I seriously hope that season 2 is Jinx free.
3. What would a crossover between #1 and #5 include? (Merlin/It's Always Sunny)
OH MY GOD IT WOULD BE THE MOST GLORIOUSLY GAY AND CRACKY THING IN THE UNIVERSE! OH GOD! Mac and Dennis and Arthur would totally tea-bag Merlin after knocking him unconscious. Charlie and Frank would follow Gaius around and Gaius's eyebrow of doom would be out of control. Dee would be trying to take over Camelot by using her sex appeal on Uther, and of course she completely fails and Uther sends her to be executed. Eventually Mac, Dennis, Charlie, and Frank all end up being sent to be executed, because, well, let's face it, they'd all do something to piss Uther off, and in the end they would somehow accidentally set the whole of Camelot on fire and escape. THIS WOULD BE FREAKING EPIC!
4.Who is your favourite ship from #6? (Ugly Betty)
Daniel/Betty, natch. Inappropriateness because of their work relationship (and age gap, but the age gap isn't huge), best friends who are complete soul mates, and they are basically a married couple anyway. They are pure adorableness and MUST end up together. I will be completely heartbroken if they don't.
5. If you were to set one person from #3 and one person from #6 on a blind date, who would they be? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Ugly Betty)
Andrew from Buffy, Marc from Ugly Betty. Come on, you know it would be made of awesomeness. And Marc would be HORRIFIED. Although, Xander/Amanda would be pretty epic. That would actually be a love match since Amanda is basically Anya (only not an ex-demon). Buffy/Connor would be ridiculously hot.
6. If you could meet one person from #4 and spend the day with them, who would it be, and what would you do? (In Plain Sight)
Marshall! I would listen to him recite every random fact in existence. Also, I'd go to his mambo lessons with him.
7. If you could change one thing about #2's plotline, what would you change? (The Office)
ANDY WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT HE'S GAY AND FALL IN MAD, MAD LOVE WITH OSCAR MARTINEZ! COME ON, ANDY! Also, Holly would never have existed and Ryan would still be there and Michael would still be mancrushing on him.
8. Explain a relationship between two people (not necessarily romantic) from show #3, and why you like the relationship between them. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Buffy/Giles. If you thought I'd pick any other, then you are obviously INSANE, or you haven't been reading my journal for the past four months. Gah, I love this relationship so very much. It's complicated, and yet it didn't have to be. It could have been easy, and if it was just a father/daughter relationship like so many people claim it is, then it would have been incredibly simple. But it wasn't, because neither Giles nor Buffy could define what they were to each other. In the beginning, it was Slayer and Watcher, but they quickly began to feel more than that, but it wasn't professional and they both knew it, so they both set up emotional blockades, and yet they confided in each other more than they could to anyone else. Up until a certain point, it was the easiest relationship for both of them. They fell into a rhythm, they came to depend on each other, and they quite often surprised each other by always being whatever the other needed them to be. Buffy was everything to Giles. EVERYTHING! Even when he tried to get a life separate from her, he couldn't. He always chose Buffy, even when it came to Jenny. When no one else was there for him, Buffy was. Whatever Buffy needed, Giles always knew what it was. They just understood each other in a way that no one else could, and their connection was almost considered sacred, especially when looking at their reunion in the season 6 ep where he sees her for the first time after she was resurrected, the other scoobies are just quietly watching and they know they're seeing something incredibly special and it's something that they can't touch, and they even look a little envious. That's how huge the Buffy/Giles love is. But there came a point where Giles possibly started loving Buffy in a romantic way, and I most definitely believe it was by the end of season 3, most notably in "The Prom" when he had his eyes on Buffy the entire night, berated Wesley for being a fool about Cordelia and then immediately jumped up and went to almost ask Buffy to dance (damn you, Angel!). I think the ep where Travers told Giles that he loved Buffy as a father would love a daughter, he really started to internally analyze his feelings for her. He never confirmed Travers' theory, but he never denied it either. I think at that point he wasn't quite sure what he felt for Buffy, but then "The Prom" came along and he started looking at her as a woman and perhaps had some brief romantic inklings until Angel showed up. And then in season 4 he made numerous attempts to make Buffy see him as a man instead of just Giles, but she refused to, and this KILLED him, so I truly believe that he was in love with her that entire season, which is why he had such epic angst in "The Yoko Factor" about Buffy completely shutting him out of her life. She didn't see him as her Watcher anymore, she refused to see him as a man, she didn't need him for his superior knowledge anymore, and he was too old to be her friend in the same manner that Willow and Xander were her friends, and he had such a huge identity crisis that season, all because of Buffy, and of course he never communicated any of this to her and he suffered in silence and he was the one who told her that she needed to get on without him, so that's what she did, and it hurt him so badly. But then they found each other again in season 5 and they became closer than ever, Slayer and Watcher once again, and with that definition of their relationship back in place, they both felt slightly more comfortable with their feelings for each other and actually somewhat expressed their emotions to each other (Buffy more than Giles), and even when Giles was a few breaths away from death he still couldn't tell her that he loved her despite the fact that she had told him a few times, and this convinces me more than anything that he was IN love with her rather than just loved her, but what he told her in that scene meant even more to her, so I guess it doesn't matter anyway. And then Buffy died. And Giles blamed himself, re-evaluated his relationship with her and hated himself for loving her too much. Then Buffy came back and was dead inside and all she wanted was Giles, and then he came back and they hugged and it was so beautiful and I swear he wanted to kiss her, but then everything went wrong after that. Terribly, terribly wrong, because they both failed to communicate with each other properly. Buffy took advantage of him, and he let her. Buffy tried to put him in the position of a parent, and that's not what he wanted, and his feelings prevented him from being that for her, no matter how much he wanted to take away her pain for her, that was just something he couldn't be. BUT HE SAYS NOTHING OF THIS TO BUFFY! HE DOESN'T LET HER TRY TO CORRECT IT! HE JUST LEAVES! THE JERK! Their relationship was never the same after that, and in fact it's quite heartbreaking from the moment after their initial reunion till the end of the show. It is soul-crushing, and yet I loved every minute of it. Even the minutes where they were both being incredibly stupid. And it kills me that they went from being whatever the other needed to being defensive around each other. Oh, how they hurt my heart. I miss their fluffy days. *sniff* WOW, I really didn't mean to write a book on them.
9. If the lead title characters (first name in the credits) from #1 and #5 were both drowning, and you could only save one, who would it be? (Merlin/It's Always Sunny)
Oh, I'd definitely save Charlie Kelley. SORRY MERLIN! But obviously you can swim since you saved Arthur in episode 7. Also, you can do magic. Charlie, on the other hand, is completely pathetic and absolutely needs someone to save him.
10. If you could change the title characters' order in the credits for #6, what order would you choose? (Ugly Betty)
Ugly Betty doesn't have an opening sequence, so I've never noticed the credits. I'm sure I'm cool with the way they are now.
11. If you were able to add a new character, any kind of character you wanted, to the storyline for #4, what would the character be like and what would their role be? (In Plain Sight)
I'd give Bobby D a partner. It bugs me that he doesn't have a partner. I know that's to garner sexual tension between Mary and Bobby D, but COME ON! He totally needs an awesome partner to play off of. They could be the new Lassiter/Juliet.
12. What happens in your favourite episode of show #2? (The Office)
Michael burns his foot on a George Foreman grill. Dwight gets a concussion. Pam and Concussion Dwight become BFFs. There is a spray fight in a van. There is supportive foot grabbing. Much hilarity.
13. If you could kill off one of the characters of #1, who would it be and how would you do it? (Merlin)
NOOOOOOO! I LOVE THEM ALL! I couldn't bear for any of them to die. I'M SORRY! I AM CHEATING! I REFUSE TO ANSWER THIS!
14. If you got the chance to visit the set for either show #3 or show #5, which would you choose? (BtVS/It's Always Sunny)
Well, considering the fact that BtVS ended 5 years ago, I'm going to have to go with IASIP.
15. If you could date anyone from any of these shows, which show and which person?
ANDY BERNARD FROM THE OFFICE, AND I WOULD BE TWO-TIMING HIM WITH RUPERT GILES FROM BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER! Sorry, but it's the truth.
Sexiest looking secret ever? I think so. BY THE WAY, that is by far the sexiest scene of the entire movie, so I completely understand this secret. Also, whenever I see a pic from that scene, or see the words "night surgeon" the song automatically pops into my head. Every shot, every word, every emotion, it is nailed into my brain because I have watched that scene far too often. In fact, since the entire film is basically a song, I pretty much know every single line by heart. That's what happens when all the dialog rhymes. Although, I've never memorized Shakespeare, and his dialog usually rhymed... Oh, another reason why I dig that secret? IT DOESN'T INVOLVE GRAVEROBBER/SHILO! HALLELUJAH! I'm sorry, but I just don't like that pairing at all. I know the entire fandom revolves around them, but... ugh. Why must I always be turned off of popular pairings? WHY?
Meme time! This is actually one that I did a long time ago that I saw while searching for something else, and decided I wanted to do it again since I have quite a few new fandoms:
List six of your favorite TV shows and answer the following questions.
1. Merlin
2. The Office
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. In Plain Sight
5. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
6. Ugly Betty
1. Who is your favourite character from #2? (The Office)
Hmm... this is a toughie. ANDY BERNARD, DUH.
HE USED THE WORD "LOSIEST" AND RANDOMLY INSERTED "APPLESAUCE"! HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THIS MAN? EVEN WHEN HE'S BEING A DICK!
2. Who is your least favourite character from #4? (In Plain Sight)
JINX! OMG, I hate that woman. Ugh. I seriously hope that season 2 is Jinx free.
3. What would a crossover between #1 and #5 include? (Merlin/It's Always Sunny)
OH MY GOD IT WOULD BE THE MOST GLORIOUSLY GAY AND CRACKY THING IN THE UNIVERSE! OH GOD! Mac and Dennis and Arthur would totally tea-bag Merlin after knocking him unconscious. Charlie and Frank would follow Gaius around and Gaius's eyebrow of doom would be out of control. Dee would be trying to take over Camelot by using her sex appeal on Uther, and of course she completely fails and Uther sends her to be executed. Eventually Mac, Dennis, Charlie, and Frank all end up being sent to be executed, because, well, let's face it, they'd all do something to piss Uther off, and in the end they would somehow accidentally set the whole of Camelot on fire and escape. THIS WOULD BE FREAKING EPIC!
4.Who is your favourite ship from #6? (Ugly Betty)
Daniel/Betty, natch. Inappropriateness because of their work relationship (and age gap, but the age gap isn't huge), best friends who are complete soul mates, and they are basically a married couple anyway. They are pure adorableness and MUST end up together. I will be completely heartbroken if they don't.
5. If you were to set one person from #3 and one person from #6 on a blind date, who would they be? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Ugly Betty)
Andrew from Buffy, Marc from Ugly Betty. Come on, you know it would be made of awesomeness. And Marc would be HORRIFIED. Although, Xander/Amanda would be pretty epic. That would actually be a love match since Amanda is basically Anya (only not an ex-demon). Buffy/Connor would be ridiculously hot.
6. If you could meet one person from #4 and spend the day with them, who would it be, and what would you do? (In Plain Sight)
Marshall! I would listen to him recite every random fact in existence. Also, I'd go to his mambo lessons with him.
7. If you could change one thing about #2's plotline, what would you change? (The Office)
ANDY WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT HE'S GAY AND FALL IN MAD, MAD LOVE WITH OSCAR MARTINEZ! COME ON, ANDY! Also, Holly would never have existed and Ryan would still be there and Michael would still be mancrushing on him.
8. Explain a relationship between two people (not necessarily romantic) from show #3, and why you like the relationship between them. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Buffy/Giles. If you thought I'd pick any other, then you are obviously INSANE, or you haven't been reading my journal for the past four months. Gah, I love this relationship so very much. It's complicated, and yet it didn't have to be. It could have been easy, and if it was just a father/daughter relationship like so many people claim it is, then it would have been incredibly simple. But it wasn't, because neither Giles nor Buffy could define what they were to each other. In the beginning, it was Slayer and Watcher, but they quickly began to feel more than that, but it wasn't professional and they both knew it, so they both set up emotional blockades, and yet they confided in each other more than they could to anyone else. Up until a certain point, it was the easiest relationship for both of them. They fell into a rhythm, they came to depend on each other, and they quite often surprised each other by always being whatever the other needed them to be. Buffy was everything to Giles. EVERYTHING! Even when he tried to get a life separate from her, he couldn't. He always chose Buffy, even when it came to Jenny. When no one else was there for him, Buffy was. Whatever Buffy needed, Giles always knew what it was. They just understood each other in a way that no one else could, and their connection was almost considered sacred, especially when looking at their reunion in the season 6 ep where he sees her for the first time after she was resurrected, the other scoobies are just quietly watching and they know they're seeing something incredibly special and it's something that they can't touch, and they even look a little envious. That's how huge the Buffy/Giles love is. But there came a point where Giles possibly started loving Buffy in a romantic way, and I most definitely believe it was by the end of season 3, most notably in "The Prom" when he had his eyes on Buffy the entire night, berated Wesley for being a fool about Cordelia and then immediately jumped up and went to almost ask Buffy to dance (damn you, Angel!). I think the ep where Travers told Giles that he loved Buffy as a father would love a daughter, he really started to internally analyze his feelings for her. He never confirmed Travers' theory, but he never denied it either. I think at that point he wasn't quite sure what he felt for Buffy, but then "The Prom" came along and he started looking at her as a woman and perhaps had some brief romantic inklings until Angel showed up. And then in season 4 he made numerous attempts to make Buffy see him as a man instead of just Giles, but she refused to, and this KILLED him, so I truly believe that he was in love with her that entire season, which is why he had such epic angst in "The Yoko Factor" about Buffy completely shutting him out of her life. She didn't see him as her Watcher anymore, she refused to see him as a man, she didn't need him for his superior knowledge anymore, and he was too old to be her friend in the same manner that Willow and Xander were her friends, and he had such a huge identity crisis that season, all because of Buffy, and of course he never communicated any of this to her and he suffered in silence and he was the one who told her that she needed to get on without him, so that's what she did, and it hurt him so badly. But then they found each other again in season 5 and they became closer than ever, Slayer and Watcher once again, and with that definition of their relationship back in place, they both felt slightly more comfortable with their feelings for each other and actually somewhat expressed their emotions to each other (Buffy more than Giles), and even when Giles was a few breaths away from death he still couldn't tell her that he loved her despite the fact that she had told him a few times, and this convinces me more than anything that he was IN love with her rather than just loved her, but what he told her in that scene meant even more to her, so I guess it doesn't matter anyway. And then Buffy died. And Giles blamed himself, re-evaluated his relationship with her and hated himself for loving her too much. Then Buffy came back and was dead inside and all she wanted was Giles, and then he came back and they hugged and it was so beautiful and I swear he wanted to kiss her, but then everything went wrong after that. Terribly, terribly wrong, because they both failed to communicate with each other properly. Buffy took advantage of him, and he let her. Buffy tried to put him in the position of a parent, and that's not what he wanted, and his feelings prevented him from being that for her, no matter how much he wanted to take away her pain for her, that was just something he couldn't be. BUT HE SAYS NOTHING OF THIS TO BUFFY! HE DOESN'T LET HER TRY TO CORRECT IT! HE JUST LEAVES! THE JERK! Their relationship was never the same after that, and in fact it's quite heartbreaking from the moment after their initial reunion till the end of the show. It is soul-crushing, and yet I loved every minute of it. Even the minutes where they were both being incredibly stupid. And it kills me that they went from being whatever the other needed to being defensive around each other. Oh, how they hurt my heart. I miss their fluffy days. *sniff* WOW, I really didn't mean to write a book on them.
9. If the lead title characters (first name in the credits) from #1 and #5 were both drowning, and you could only save one, who would it be? (Merlin/It's Always Sunny)
Oh, I'd definitely save Charlie Kelley. SORRY MERLIN! But obviously you can swim since you saved Arthur in episode 7. Also, you can do magic. Charlie, on the other hand, is completely pathetic and absolutely needs someone to save him.
10. If you could change the title characters' order in the credits for #6, what order would you choose? (Ugly Betty)
Ugly Betty doesn't have an opening sequence, so I've never noticed the credits. I'm sure I'm cool with the way they are now.
11. If you were able to add a new character, any kind of character you wanted, to the storyline for #4, what would the character be like and what would their role be? (In Plain Sight)
I'd give Bobby D a partner. It bugs me that he doesn't have a partner. I know that's to garner sexual tension between Mary and Bobby D, but COME ON! He totally needs an awesome partner to play off of. They could be the new Lassiter/Juliet.
12. What happens in your favourite episode of show #2? (The Office)
Michael burns his foot on a George Foreman grill. Dwight gets a concussion. Pam and Concussion Dwight become BFFs. There is a spray fight in a van. There is supportive foot grabbing. Much hilarity.
13. If you could kill off one of the characters of #1, who would it be and how would you do it? (Merlin)
NOOOOOOO! I LOVE THEM ALL! I couldn't bear for any of them to die. I'M SORRY! I AM CHEATING! I REFUSE TO ANSWER THIS!
14. If you got the chance to visit the set for either show #3 or show #5, which would you choose? (BtVS/It's Always Sunny)
Well, considering the fact that BtVS ended 5 years ago, I'm going to have to go with IASIP.
15. If you could date anyone from any of these shows, which show and which person?
ANDY BERNARD FROM THE OFFICE, AND I WOULD BE TWO-TIMING HIM WITH RUPERT GILES FROM BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER! Sorry, but it's the truth.
