TV/books/whatever meme
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eilowyn. Please to be warned for lamentable analogies of debatable amusement value.
The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets.
SeaQuest. Cheesy as all heck and possessed of an identity crisis at the beginning of every new season, but I loved it when it aired and I still want to pick up S2 and S3 on DVD. Plus I keep asking for it for Yuletide (which thus far has availed me zilch).
The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy.
LOST. I wanted a single elegant solution; by the end of S3 it was clear I'd only get a monstrous patched-together Frankenstein of solutions. OTOH, Juliet rocked my socks off.
The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you'd still really like to fuck again although you're relieved he doesn't actually live in town.
House. I, uh, actually did spend a whole weekend watching S1. (I also knitted a scarf.) And I wouldn't mind hitting the highlights of the last couple seasons; it sounds like they might finally be going somewhere interesting. On the other hand, I might end up just not caring enough.
The steady.
Buffy, apparently. I've been borderline obsessed for two years now; my previous record for a relationship with any show is two and a half. So we'll see how I'm feeling in December.
The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with.
Too many to name! I have so many series on my to-watch list. For starters: Doctor Who, B5, Community (less a flirtation and more the guy all my friends want me to meet), Deep Space Nine (ditto), Veronica Mars (ditto), West Wing, Farscape, X-Files, Dexter, Dead Like Me, Chuck. And if we're talking books and/or bookfandoms, then also Harry Potter and Megan Whalen Turner's Thief series.
The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't.
I think this meme is designed for people who watch more TV than I do. I simply don't have one for some of these categories.
The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it.
I think possibly my relationships with shows never get quite this intense. Uh, I hated BtVS S7 quite a lot the first time through, but clearly our love has surmounted these petty issues.
The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere.
Stargate SG-1. Numbers. Don't like any of the characters on the former, can't deal with the magical math in the latter.
The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep thinking, "him?"
Torchwood. Uck.
The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for her except you just know it's going to end badly.
Supernatural. Partly because the fandom appears to be various graphic and unprintable forms of insane, and partly because I've already had other friends' hearts broken by the show.
The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and whom you measure all other potential partners against.
Gotta say Buffy. I've never loved a show like I love this show.
The high school sweetheart you never truly "got over" and still stalk on Facebook.
I am not restricting myself to TV in this meme, because I've adored Jughead Jones since I was ten. So: Archie Comics in general, but in particular anything by Samm Schwartz, who was Jughead's principal artist for years and had a really distinctive style. Lots of sight gags (he often had an entire arc going on in the background), objects extending outside the frame, self-insertions, and other tricks that played with the comic format. Also, for a while he frequently got paired with clever writers like Frank Doyle, whose stories were an exercise in clever, amusing nothingness. A comic about nothing, shall we say, but with characters I actually liked.
The one you thought would've gone somewhere but you caught on way too late.
No such thing as too late in my book. That's what DVD's are for! And I'd have said I caught on to Buffy too late to appreciate the fandom, but that's clearly not true.
The one who keeps coming back just as you've started to forget his name.
Uh... nope. Once I drop a show, it's pretty much dropped.
The new fling you're still giddy about.
Sigh. Do you know how long it's been since I've watched new TV? This geographical compatibility thing has an element of truth to it. But I'm flying home in 10 days!
My addition:
The guy you went out with for a while and who turned out to be kind of a jerk, but you can't really care because he was also kind of boring. (Think fanon!Riley here.)
Dollhouse. Watched the whole series, experienced momentary highs, ended up just not caring very much. Would feel a certain outrage at the wasted potential, except it'd take too much energy.
eilowyn. Please to be warned for lamentable analogies of debatable amusement value.The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets.
SeaQuest. Cheesy as all heck and possessed of an identity crisis at the beginning of every new season, but I loved it when it aired and I still want to pick up S2 and S3 on DVD. Plus I keep asking for it for Yuletide (which thus far has availed me zilch).
The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy.
LOST. I wanted a single elegant solution; by the end of S3 it was clear I'd only get a monstrous patched-together Frankenstein of solutions. OTOH, Juliet rocked my socks off.
The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you'd still really like to fuck again although you're relieved he doesn't actually live in town.
House. I, uh, actually did spend a whole weekend watching S1. (I also knitted a scarf.) And I wouldn't mind hitting the highlights of the last couple seasons; it sounds like they might finally be going somewhere interesting. On the other hand, I might end up just not caring enough.
The steady.
Buffy, apparently. I've been borderline obsessed for two years now; my previous record for a relationship with any show is two and a half. So we'll see how I'm feeling in December.
The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with.
Too many to name! I have so many series on my to-watch list. For starters: Doctor Who, B5, Community (less a flirtation and more the guy all my friends want me to meet), Deep Space Nine (ditto), Veronica Mars (ditto), West Wing, Farscape, X-Files, Dexter, Dead Like Me, Chuck. And if we're talking books and/or bookfandoms, then also Harry Potter and Megan Whalen Turner's Thief series.
The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't.
I think this meme is designed for people who watch more TV than I do. I simply don't have one for some of these categories.
The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it.
I think possibly my relationships with shows never get quite this intense. Uh, I hated BtVS S7 quite a lot the first time through, but clearly our love has surmounted these petty issues.
The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere.
Stargate SG-1. Numbers. Don't like any of the characters on the former, can't deal with the magical math in the latter.
The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep thinking, "him?"
Torchwood. Uck.
The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for her except you just know it's going to end badly.
Supernatural. Partly because the fandom appears to be various graphic and unprintable forms of insane, and partly because I've already had other friends' hearts broken by the show.
The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and whom you measure all other potential partners against.
Gotta say Buffy. I've never loved a show like I love this show.
The high school sweetheart you never truly "got over" and still stalk on Facebook.
I am not restricting myself to TV in this meme, because I've adored Jughead Jones since I was ten. So: Archie Comics in general, but in particular anything by Samm Schwartz, who was Jughead's principal artist for years and had a really distinctive style. Lots of sight gags (he often had an entire arc going on in the background), objects extending outside the frame, self-insertions, and other tricks that played with the comic format. Also, for a while he frequently got paired with clever writers like Frank Doyle, whose stories were an exercise in clever, amusing nothingness. A comic about nothing, shall we say, but with characters I actually liked.
The one you thought would've gone somewhere but you caught on way too late.
No such thing as too late in my book. That's what DVD's are for! And I'd have said I caught on to Buffy too late to appreciate the fandom, but that's clearly not true.
The one who keeps coming back just as you've started to forget his name.
Uh... nope. Once I drop a show, it's pretty much dropped.
The new fling you're still giddy about.
Sigh. Do you know how long it's been since I've watched new TV? This geographical compatibility thing has an element of truth to it. But I'm flying home in 10 days!
My addition:
The guy you went out with for a while and who turned out to be kind of a jerk, but you can't really care because he was also kind of boring. (Think fanon!Riley here.)
Dollhouse. Watched the whole series, experienced momentary highs, ended up just not caring very much. Would feel a certain outrage at the wasted potential, except it'd take too much energy.
