Meme

[meganlynn09]

Stolen from several people.

1. List characters found in your icons. (Each only once, even if you have several icons of the same person.)
2. Alphabetize. (You may do this by first name if you like. I consider aliases vs. real names and titles vs. not to be up to the meme-er.)
3. Take them two-by-two and those are your pairings. 

Too many characters/people in my icons, so I'll just go straight to the pairings, which amuse me greatly.  (Tiny spoiler for Torchwood)

1. Aeryn Sun and Brigadier
Hmmm... I really don't think the Brigadier is Aeryn's type. At all.

2. Cameron Mitchell and Carson Beckett
Um...no.

3. Chloe Sullivan and Christopher Eccleston
Wow. Well...stop it. No.

4. Clark Kent and Elizabeth Weir
No, not at all.  *giggles*

5. George O'Malley and Gwen Cooper
Hmmm...they're kinda of similar? But then, Gwen's become a cheater so, George won't like her so much for that. So maybe not. Wait, didn't George cheat on someone? Or something similar?

6. Gwyneth and Han Solo
My mind draws a blank.

7. Jabe and Jack Harkness
HOT DAMN, where's the fic for this one?!

8. Jackie Tyler and Jimmy Olsen
Jackie would totally go for it.  Jimmy...wouldn't.

9. John Crichton and John (JD) Dorian
JD's only gay for Turk, so I don't think this would work out at all.  You so won't get that if you don't watch Scrubs.

10. John Sheppard and Kara Thrace
Hmm...he might be too complicated for her, she seems to like the least complicated ones, but he's nowhere as bad as Apollo and they can bond over the fact that they both risk their lives for the ones they love. But I really don't see it working.

11. Lana Lang and Lee Adama
No way in hell.

12. Lex Luthor and Logan Echolls
Somebody's fantasy.

13. Mark Rumsfield(from the movie "The 'Burbs") and Miranda Bailey
HAHAHA! He'd be too scared of her.

14. Nancy and Nine
Well, there ya go!  Actually, I'd be completely creeped out by this pairing, romatically.  But I could see him taking Nancy and Jamie on the TARDIS.

15. Perry Cox and Princess Leia
Dude, I'd pay to see this. Big time.

16. Rodney McKay and Ronon Dex
Already there, perhaps?

17. Rose Tyler and Sarah Jane Smith
Coincidence? What a match, although Rose might be a little too emo about the Doctor for Sarah's sake.

18. Six and Suki
WTF? No.

19. Ten and Teyla Emmagen
Teyla would so lose her patience with him. And would be snarky to him.  Hopefully she'd get him to spare with her and then kick his ass like Ronon.

20. Three and Toshiko Sato
Well, I think Toshiko was kinda interested in who the Doctor was when she met him, so I think she'd like to be aroud Three, but I really don't think they'd work as a couple.

21. Vala and Veronica Mars
That'd be an interesting one.  Vala wouldn't be interested but Veronica would probably find Vala cool.  But that's it.

Comments

[mercscilla.livejournal.com]

#6 = OMeeG, OMeeG!!! *giggle fits*

#11 = *eek*

God, this is so much fun!

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

It is so much fun! I was happy with how some of them turned out and some just...drew a blank. #11 scares me, seriously.

[mercscilla.livejournal.com]

I was happy with how some of them turned out and some just...drew a blank.

They may look weird but as you said, some of them would be awesome together.

#11 is pairing of doom.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

*hides Lee from sight*

[mercscilla.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Poor Lee ^^

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

3. Chloe Sullivan and Christopher Eccleston
Wow. Well...stop it. No.

C'mon. There's "no, no" in your response, but there's "yes, yes" in your heart. You know Eccleston and his freaky hot thing with feisty young blondes - Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Emma Cunniffe, Billie Piper, Elisabeth Moss...Daniel Craig...

Of course, he's also good with feisty young brunettes (Cillian Murphy, Carla Henry, Florence Hoath, Sahira from H&M...), and at least one redhead, but it made a better argument.

7. Jabe and Jack Harkness
HOT DAMN, where's the fic for this one?!

No kidding! Although there's this missing term in that equation (hint: >8, <10). But it could explain Jack's "Never gonna do that again," a little bit of reckless pollination.

8. Jackie Tyler and Jimmy Olsen
Jackie would totally go for it. Jimmy...wouldn't.

Ah, but think of all he could learn. She'd be good for him. ::snicker::

9. John Crichton and John (JD) Dorian
JD's only gay for Turk, so I don't think this would work out at all. You so won't get that if you don't watch Scrubs.

Crichton is too...boring...for JD. Not quick enough to keep up with the lateral logic. ('Cause I can also see JD being gay for Cox, which sounds dirtier than it should.)

14. Nancy and Nine
Well, there ya go! Actually, I'd be completely creeped out by this pairing, romatically. But I could see him taking Nancy and Jamie on the TARDIS.

And she will grow up to be a wonderful match for him. There's an excellent slow burn AU in that one that's in the back of my mind.

15. Perry Cox and Princess Leia
Dude, I'd pay to see this. Big time.

So would he. So would he.

17. Rose Tyler and Sarah Jane Smith
Coincidence? What a match, although Rose might be a little too emo about the Doctor for Sarah's sake.

Sarah could smack her around a little. Remind her about the fantastic life and keeping the promise to the one she fell in love with.

18. Six and Suki
WTF? No.

Aww. Why not? They're both freedom fighters. They could compare tactics: Six takes the seductive route, Suki uses innocence. They could role-play each other or something.

Why, yes, I am procrastinating.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

C'mon. There's "no, no" in your response, but there's "yes, yes" in your heart. You know Eccleston and his freaky hot thing with feisty young blondes

*sigh* Yeah, I know. Actually, I'd love a chance where Allison Mack and CE worked together. I think AM has a tremendous talent, which could only get better working with CE.

I'm sorry? Did you say Daniel Craig?

I hope this isn't spoiling you, as I'm not giving any plot away, but the actress who played Jabe was on the most recent Torchwood episode! I didn't know until I read someone else's review, but I had thought she looked familiar. She looks great out of the tree makeup.

Crichton is too...boring...for JD. Not quick enough to keep up with the lateral logic. ('Cause I can also see JD being gay for Cox, which sounds dirtier than it should.)

Aw, I love Crichton. But yeah, I actually could see JD and Cox. And you're right, it is dirty.

I would love to see Nine and Nancy in another capacity. I have so much love for Nancy, and I really think Nine would have liked to take her with him.

Sarah could smack her around a little.

Wouldn't we all? ;)

Why not? They're both freedom fighters. They could compare tactics: Six takes the seductive route, Suki uses innocence. They could role-play each other or something.

You bring an excellant point, especially if you get the right version of Six.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'd love a chance where Allison Mack and CE worked together. I think AM has a tremendous talent, which could only get better working with CE.

I would agree.

I'm sorry? Did you say Daniel Craig?

Yep. Daniel Craig's big break came in Our Friends in the North when CE was moved over from playing Geordie to the lead, Nicky; DC was cast as Geordie, and the two of them had phenomenal chemistry and a really sweet, funny boyhood relationship. My favourite exchange occurs when Nicky finds out that Geordie has to marry the butcher's daughter because he knocked her up:

Nicky: Patent-leather-hair Margaret? Well, fuck me.
Geordie: No, thanks, I'm not shagging any more Catholics.

but the actress who played Jabe was on the most recent Torchwood episode!

Oh, cool! I haven't seen the episode yet (I'm so busy, I'm about 2 weeks behind on everything now), but she's a wonderful actress, and obviously gorgeous. I thought she was stunningly beautiful as Jabe.

Crichton is boring, because that's his role - jock military guy. It fits him, it's what they're supposed to be, but that type is never the kind that interests me, alas.

I would love to see Nine and Nancy in another capacity. I have so much love for Nancy, and I really think Nine would have liked to take her with him.

I am seriously considering writing an AU with Nancy and Jamie on board the TARDIS. For someone who doesn't want to do domestic, the Doctor really knows how to handle toddlers, literally. He's very comfortable with hauling children around.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Our Friends in the North, that's one I should try and check out, yes? CE? Check. And now Daniel Craig? Double check.

but she's a wonderful actress, and obviously gorgeous.

Very much so, and it was driving me crazy that I couldn't remember where I'd seen her before, because I recognized the voice.

Crichton is boring, because that's his role - jock military guy. It fits him, it's what they're supposed to be, but that type is never the kind that interests me, alas.

Ah, he interested me, but really, I loved Aeryn the most. She was one of the most interesting and compelling characters I've seen. She rates up there for me.

I am seriously considering writing an AU with Nancy and Jamie on board the TARDIS.

That would be the most lovely thing.

He was such a natural with kids that it made me think that Nine didn't do domestic because somewhere deep he really wanted to. He just knew he couldn't.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

Our Friends in the North, that's one I should try and check out, yes?

I highly recommend it. And the old offer stands. I'm in the swing of making "Christmas presents" right now, and that's a hot item.

CE? Check. And now Daniel Craig? Double check.

Yep. I like how his face has kind of roughened up in the last few years, but I'll admit, I'm not such a fan of the "buff Bond" body, because his shoulders are overmuscled and he looks like he's hunching (that bathing suit scene is not so hot for me because of it). I liked him better more "natural", as you'll see in this. Like CE, not so much skinny as wiry and athletic.

Strangely, I think CE is thinner now than he was then (definitely thinned down from his late 20s, and he wasn't exactly pudgy then), but he's a lot "tighter". All that running, I guess.

I loved Aeryn the most. She was one of the most interesting and compelling characters I've seen. She rates up there for me.

I loved Aeryn, and Claudia Black (my idea of gorgeous - I like noses). But I just couldn't get into the show, and part of it was that Crichton wasn't my "POV" character, because I didn't connect with him at all, which caused problems. I didn't dislike him actively, I just found him bland in that all-American way.

He was such a natural with kids that it made me think that Nine didn't do domestic because somewhere deep he really wanted to. He just knew he couldn't.

In terms of character, I think that's true. I think in terms of the actor, CE has many nieces and nephews in a close family, so I'm sure he has plenty of experience, even though no kids yet. I love that look he gives that kid in front of the TV set in AoL. Perfect!

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

In regards to DC as Bond, my sister depressed me when she mentioned that Clive Owen could have been Bond. I have some love for that man.

I loved Aeryn, and Claudia Black (my idea of gorgeous - I like noses).

Oh man, she is just beautiful. And she's aging so well. Watching old episodes of Farscape and seeing her in recent episodes of Stargate SG-1, and she looks just fantastic. Even if they keep putting her in stupid pigtails, where they lay on her shoulders.

Eh, Crichton worked well as my POV, I liked the relationships he made with everyone, and I loved the relationships everyone else made around him.

love that look he gives that kid in front of the TV set in AoL. Perfect!

It was awesome. Always strikes me though, and I know I've said it before, but it's so obvious that it's not the kid exactly that's bothering him, and it's the fact the kid keeps standing in front of the TV!

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

my sister depressed me when she mentioned that Clive Owen could have been Bond.

Clive Owen would have been a more obvious choice, but I think DC is the better actor (I still have a hard time shaking some of Clive Owen's early, borderline incompetent performances! he's definitely improved with age). I wonder if now, with DC as Bond, CE will get his chance to play a villain. We know they'd have bang-up chemistry, and DC's recent comments about CE make it clear, he'd be keen.

oh man, she is just beautiful. And she's aging so well.

Shes got fantastic bone structure. She's going to be beautiful her entire life.

The Crichton type is obviously one that works for many, many people. It's just not one that works for me. He doesn't actively irritate me like some, I just can't connect with it. And I didn't find that they had the right kind of chemistry for some of the storylines that they tried. So, when the grand romance doesn't work for me, it kills a lot of the momentum! But that show, I do think, is more just "not my type" than S2 DW, which makes me cringe.

I just read a little story, very nicely written, in which the difference between Nine's "need" and Ten's "want" is delineated. That's the big fanon call, but for some reason, it doesn't work for me, even if I can see where it's coming from. Because it suggests that Ten/Rose is somehow healthier, which I don't believe for a minute. The way I would argue is that Ten's "want" is more acquisitive and narcissistic; he wants her to still love him because that's what he's used to, and he wants her to think the new him is the bee's knees. I dunno. It's a great little drabble by an author I like, and still, it rubs me the wrong way, so I'm thinking out loud here.

it's the fact the kid keeps standing in front of the TV!

Exactly! It's "you make a better door than you do a window. Move it!"

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

I can't really fairly judge until I see the new bond film, but you most likely have a good point.

I just read a little story, very nicely written, in which the difference between Nine's "need" and Ten's "want" is delineated.

I guess my problem with that is Nine's "need" seems to be over-exagerrated and Ten, I didn't see any "want" on his part, at least not so visible that I would guess his reaction towards the end of "Doomsday".

You know, I pride myself on trying to know the difference between knowing a character, disliking a character for who they are and disliking the writing. I like to think there's a difference between the writing and a character. And there is! And I'd like to think I dislike the writing of Ten, but no, that's how they write Ten, how DT plays him, it really is the character I dislike.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the new Bond either, but while I think Clive Owen would have been a good choice, he was a "safe" choice - he looks the part in a conventional, middle-class way, whereas Daniel Craig has shaken up an old, somewhat threadbare franchise with his working-class looks and more edgy persona.

You know, I pride myself on trying to know the difference between knowing a character, disliking a character for who they are and disliking the writing. I like to think there's a difference between the writing and a character. And there is! And I'd like to think I dislike the writing of Ten, but no, that's how they write Ten, how DT plays him, it really is the character I dislike.

It's complex. But I agree, I don't like Ten, and I don't like the way DT plays him. It's a two-fer. He's not complex, he's inconsistent and capricious and superficial.

I have been ruminating off and on all day about fanon and the way that the characters that I love are always the ones that end up being redefined all to hell by fandom because they're complex. They're always the best actors, and usually unconventional looking (in part, because to be successful enough to get a major with unconventional looks, you've got to be exceptional), but it's always the generic ones who get the noisy fans who go about subtly reshaping the interesting characters until they're no longer anything that I recognize, but reduced to negatives like "needy" or "uncaring". I wonder why I get angry - they're fictional characters, so you'd think it shouldn't matter, but then it says something about the way people relate to complicated characters, or people who aren't picture-book cute.

The Nine I know and love is damaged, and he needs, but he's not needy. In many ways, I find Ten and his attention-whoring much more "needy". There was a thread earlier this week on TWOP where the issue of Harriet came up, and someone commented that they were tired of that getting brought up because the characters just did what they were told and s/he couldn't see any difference in the way they were written, because RTD said there wasn't.

Well! First off, I personally am never going to forgive Ten for the Harriet thing. If Nine did it, I'd probably never forgive him, either, however CE is such a stickler about motivation and emotional consistency, I just can't see him doing it without giving us a rationale and some regret; or just refusing to do it. Ten is very inconsistent because David Tennant just isn't that disciplined (or, let's face it, talented) an actor. He never seems to think anything through, and with the Doctor, it seems to have gotten worse.

I'm nauseated by the idea that Ten was selected "best Doctor ever". Even given the boost that the incumbent always has, it reflects badly on the taste of the voters! I would not be watching anymore if it weren't for Jack coming back; I would have given up in S2 if Rose weren't keeping me there.

Sorry, I've been needing to vent today!

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

It's hard sometimes when you love a character, you have reasons, you see what's so great about them and everyone else just casts them off. It's upsetting sometimes. And you're right, it's a wonder we get angry.

But it's like on BSG, people adore Kara, and it's kinda sickening because all they say is that Kara's real, she's such a real person, okay that's fine but if you actually knew her in real life? You'd fucking hate her, excuse my language.

Or Nine, people in fandom seem to fall under the impression and exagerration that he was ALL ABOUT ROSE, which some of his moments may have tried to be like that, but CE was above that and the only time when it bothered me was "World War III". And to an extent "Father's Day", but it was a lesson that deserved to be learned the hard way, for the both of them. And they both learned a great deal, I think.

issue of Harriet came up, and someone commented that they were tired of that getting brought up because the characters just did what they were told and s/he couldn't see any difference in the way they were written, because RTD said there wasn't.

That's where the issue of writing comes into play. Do you blame the writer or do you blame the character? Ten was specifically written to do that to Harriet, it's a fault of the character. The beliefs, the acting, actions, some emotions, they are the character. The writing is what gives us the character. When can't I blame a character? It's not the fault of the character if they have more screentime then you think necessary, like Gwen in Torchwood. It's not the fault of the character when everyone else seems to praise them. The character is the person, what other characters feel about that person is how that other character is written. If you don't like that Jack seems to like Gwen, that's Jack, not Gwen.

Sorry, I've been having a little bit of trouble with the Gwen-hate lately. It's not the fact that some people don't like her, it's why they don't like her. Some of the reasons are so insane and stupid, they make no sense.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

ZOMG when I did this I got the same thing. It's meant to be.

Should I feel bad for Teyla? I think being around Ten, who can be extremely hyper, would be worse than Rodney. Man, my patience with Rodney must be wearing thin.

Ha they can bond over dead parents.

I would very much like to keep my Lee as far away from the emo queen as possible!

[snoopoony.livejournal.com]

I would very much like to keep my Lee as far away from the emo queen as possible!

Sorry, but I laughed so hard reading this that my parents really wondered if they shouldn't take me to see a doctor. I'm all for the 'Save Lee from the evil emo queen!' *ROFLMAO*

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Hee! Well, she is pretty emo, even now! Like Lee needs to be around even more emo.

[snoopoony.livejournal.com]

I don't know for Lee, but I wish for no one to ever come across that close to the emo queen... Sorry, I shouldn't say that! Bad, bad me! :p

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Naw, you're just telling the truth. ;)