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icepixieI still owe people memes. I have not forgotten you.
While I'm working on that, have another meme, seen in various places:
(1) Think of up to 20 ships you support.
(2) List them using descriptions rather than the names of the characters involved.
(3) Have your flist guess as many of the ships (with the fandom) as they can.
1. She went to another universe to be with him; he changed the timeline of two universes so she would live. (Olivia Dunham/Peter Bishop, Fringe, guessed bytwtd)
2. They fightcrime aliens. Mentioning smoking around them is probably a bad idea. (Mulder/Scully, X-Files, guessed by aria)
3. They're the two most powerful people in their entire civilization. She used his people and resources against his direct orders and he threw her in jail, but they got over it. (Laura Roslin/Bill Adama, BSG, guessed by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rivendellrose)
4. "Explosive" doesn't begin to describe this relationship. (Michael Westen/Fiona Glenanne, Burn Notice, guessed bythespatz)
5. So much awkward in so relatively few episodes. Also, semaphore. (Benton Fraser/Meg Thatcher, due South, guessed byrowdycamels)
6. They have sleepovers, share clothes, occasionally engage in inappropriate touching (like one slapping the other on the ass), and basically live in each other's pockets, but they're TOTALLY STRAIGHT, OBVIOUSLY. (Jane Rizzoli/Maura Isles, Rizzoli & Isles, guessed bytwtd)
7. They frequently compare each other unfavorably to tapeworms and other unsavory creatures, but the universe knows they were meant for each other.
8. He writes crime, and together, they fight it. (Kate Beckett/Rick Castle, Castle, guessed byaria)
9. Their lives really could be a musical, given who plays each of them. A musical with pie and herbal crack. (Olive Snook/Alfredo Aldarisio, Pushing Daisies, guessed byrowdycamels)
10. This pairing's idea of a perfect evening spent together would be curled up together in a library, reading and writing. They're also very fond of gadgets, the more steampunk the better.
11. In their middle and old age, they basically rule the galaxy. (Delenn/Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5, guessed byaria)
12. He would really like to count her spots. (Jadzia Dax/Julian Bashir, DS9, guessed bytwtd)
13. They've pretended to be the most famous romantic couples ever written, but their relationship is more than words on a page. (Geoffrey Tennant/Ellen Fanshaw, Slings & Arrows, guessed byrowdycamels)
14. They break the fourth wall a lot while they fight crime, and veer occasionally into Shakespeare, film noir, and big musical production numbers.
15. She wants to be an adventurer. He enables her.
16. He might be a god. She thinks he's crazy. This doesn't bother him as much as it should. (Trevor Hale/Claire Allen, Cupid, guessed bytwtd)
17. They met because he took a wrong turn at the hyperspace equivalent of Albuquerque. The first thing she did was try to kill him. And yet they wound up having a baby together. (John Crichton/Aeryn Sun, Farscape, guessed bytwtd)
18. She threatened to snap his hands off at the wrists, he offered to buy her a drink, and they quickly became good friends.
19. The first time the audience sees her smile is when she dances with him. Perhaps the ultimate performing arts power couple, reporters absolutely love them. (Linda Keene/Peter Peters [aka Petrov], Shall We Dance, guessed bythespatz)
20. Their love is so mechanical. They have a theme song, sort of. I wouldn't be surprised if their sex life involved bondage, because one of them has an electrical tape fetish.
While I'm working on that, have another meme, seen in various places:
(1) Think of up to 20 ships you support.
(2) List them using descriptions rather than the names of the characters involved.
(3) Have your flist guess as many of the ships (with the fandom) as they can.
1. She went to another universe to be with him; he changed the timeline of two universes so she would live. (Olivia Dunham/Peter Bishop, Fringe, guessed by
twtd)2. They fight
aria)3. They're the two most powerful people in their entire civilization. She used his people and resources against his direct orders and he threw her in jail, but they got over it. (Laura Roslin/Bill Adama, BSG, guessed by
rivendellrose)4. "Explosive" doesn't begin to describe this relationship. (Michael Westen/Fiona Glenanne, Burn Notice, guessed by
thespatz)5. So much awkward in so relatively few episodes. Also, semaphore. (Benton Fraser/Meg Thatcher, due South, guessed by
rowdycamels)6. They have sleepovers, share clothes, occasionally engage in inappropriate touching (like one slapping the other on the ass), and basically live in each other's pockets, but they're TOTALLY STRAIGHT, OBVIOUSLY. (Jane Rizzoli/Maura Isles, Rizzoli & Isles, guessed by
twtd)7. They frequently compare each other unfavorably to tapeworms and other unsavory creatures, but the universe knows they were meant for each other.
8. He writes crime, and together, they fight it. (Kate Beckett/Rick Castle, Castle, guessed by
aria)9. Their lives really could be a musical, given who plays each of them. A musical with pie and herbal crack. (Olive Snook/Alfredo Aldarisio, Pushing Daisies, guessed by
rowdycamels)10. This pairing's idea of a perfect evening spent together would be curled up together in a library, reading and writing. They're also very fond of gadgets, the more steampunk the better.
11. In their middle and old age, they basically rule the galaxy. (Delenn/Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5, guessed by
aria)12. He would really like to count her spots. (Jadzia Dax/Julian Bashir, DS9, guessed by
twtd)13. They've pretended to be the most famous romantic couples ever written, but their relationship is more than words on a page. (Geoffrey Tennant/Ellen Fanshaw, Slings & Arrows, guessed by
rowdycamels)14. They break the fourth wall a lot while they fight crime, and veer occasionally into Shakespeare, film noir, and big musical production numbers.
15. She wants to be an adventurer. He enables her.
16. He might be a god. She thinks he's crazy. This doesn't bother him as much as it should. (Trevor Hale/Claire Allen, Cupid, guessed by
twtd)17. They met because he took a wrong turn at the hyperspace equivalent of Albuquerque. The first thing she did was try to kill him. And yet they wound up having a baby together. (John Crichton/Aeryn Sun, Farscape, guessed by
twtd)18. She threatened to snap his hands off at the wrists, he offered to buy her a drink, and they quickly became good friends.
19. The first time the audience sees her smile is when she dances with him. Perhaps the ultimate performing arts power couple, reporters absolutely love them. (Linda Keene/Peter Peters [aka Petrov], Shall We Dance, guessed by
thespatz)20. Their love is so mechanical. They have a theme song, sort of. I wouldn't be surprised if their sex life involved bondage, because one of them has an electrical tape fetish.
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Date: 2011-12-01 12:50 am (UTC)2. Mulder/Scully
8. Castle/Beckett
And these are reaches, but:
11. is Sheridan/Delenn in my head, even though it's not quite true
18. is probably only the Marcus/Ivanova in my head, but perhaps?
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Date: 2011-12-01 12:58 am (UTC)I ... have no idea what most of these are, but wow do I want to.
Hee. I've been saying the same thing when I run into this meme. I'll post all the answers in a couple days, or whenever people guess them all.
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Date: 2011-12-01 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-01 02:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-01 01:25 am (UTC)1, Peter/Olivia, Fringe
6. Jane/Maura, Rizzoli & Isles?
12. Julian/Jadzia, DS9
16. The characters from Cupid...?
17. John/Aeryn, Farscape
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Date: 2011-12-01 01:31 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-12-01 01:46 am (UTC)I actually got into the show without having seen an episode. I can't remember how at the time--maybe I just stumbled across a fic?--but I read all the fic there was, stared at screencaps, listened to .wav files, and read transcripts (because this was, after all, the late 90s/early 00s, so no YouTube or anything), but I didn't actually see an episode until I found downloads in 2006. And then I was sad all over again that it got canceled. SIGH.
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Date: 2011-12-01 01:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-01 02:04 am (UTC)*cough* I can, um, help you with that if you want.
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Date: 2011-12-01 02:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-01 08:50 am (UTC)5. An extreme longshot (especially since I've mostly encountered the series only via secondary source material): Sapphire and Steel, of the series bearing their names.
8. This has to be Ned and Chuck (or possibly Ned and Olive, considering the performers) of Pushing Daisies.
10. My best guess, quite possibly wrong: James West and Artemus Gordon, of Wild Wild West. The steampunk gadgets fit, and the library clue would certainly fit Artie. (The other possible series would be Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, which I've only seen small bits of and so can't begin to guess at a character pairing.)
And that will do for now. I am certain I've seen/read all three of 13/14/15, and 18 rings a bell too, but they're eluding me for the moment. Unless 15 is Amelia and Emerson from Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody mysteries -- the description fits, but I suspect it isn't what you had in mind.
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Date: 2011-12-01 09:10 am (UTC)5. An extreme longshot (especially since I've mostly encountered the series only via secondary source material): Sapphire and Steel, of the series bearing their names.
Nope. It's a TV show, but of a more recent vintage.
8. This has to be Ned and Chuck (or possibly Ned and Olive, considering the performers) of Pushing Daisies.
Right fandom, wrong couple. Well, you got one-half of it right, actually. You're missing the other half.
You're the second person to guess SAJV for number 10! While I watched and loved that series when it was on, nothing on this list refers to it.
15 refers to something in a different format from the Peabody books, but the era is right, sort of.
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Date: 2011-12-01 01:59 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-12-01 05:50 am (UTC)Linda Keene and Petrov from Shall We Dance! ♥
I think #10 is Rebecca/Phileas from Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, but I haven't actually *seen* that yet....
#4 sounds like Michael/Fiona from Burn Notice.
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Date: 2011-12-01 07:02 am (UTC)Yes! Your post inspired me. In fact, I just finished watching it!
I think #10 is Rebecca/Phileas from Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, but I haven't actually *seen* that yet....
No, but that's a good guess! I watched SAJV when it was on--such a fun show! I shipped Jules/Rebecca, though, because I was kind of the patron saint of ships that went nowhere in canon back then. Also his crush on her was so cute.
#4 sounds like Michael/Fiona from Burn Notice.
Also correct! They are dynamite in many ways. :D
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Date: 2011-12-02 02:52 am (UTC)9. Olive and... Alfredo? Is that his name? (It's something pasta-related, right?) The herbal drug dealer with the anti-depressants!
13. Geoffrey and Ellen, Slings and Arrows
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