Fangirl television meme

[zenithblue]

Ah, procrastination! This meme is perfect for the last weekend of work I have ahead of me this semester.

a. Post a list of 10 TV shows you love (current or cancelled)
b. Have your friends list guess your favorite character from each show.
c. When guessed bold the line and write a little bit about why you like that character (I'll do this by editing the post itself).
d. Post in your own livejournal.

1. Firefly: Correctly guessed by scarredbyitall. Do I want to be Malcolm Reynolds or fuck him? This is the conundrum of my fan-life. Thing is, Mal embodies my central idealized heroic fantasy pretty much dead on. As has been observed before, Mal is a male version of Rischa Vale. Stubborn, swaggering, rebellious, and uncompromising. He's also wicked cute, so if I can't be Mal, I'd settle for smooches.


2. Twin Peaks: Correctly "guessed" by drawgirl after my friggin' boyfriend somehow mysteriously got it wrong. There is one and only one possible answer to this question and it is: "Damn fine coffee."

3. Fruits Basket: Gotten by hplovescats. Kyo-kun Cat-san! Irascible, cantankerous, a total hothead. But that's just his nature. He really wants to be in Tohru's lap purring away and just don't know how to get there. I love it.

4. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Guessed in conversation by drawgirl.  Conversation went as follows: Me: No one's guessed Avatar yet. Drawgirl: I haven't watched Avatar with you so I'm not sure. Me: Seriously? Seriously? You can guess it in one guess. Drawgirl: Well, you do like redemption stories and damaged men, so...Prince Whassname?

5. Freaks and Geeks: Guessed correctly by bluescissors76. Kim Kelly was the first "rough girl" I ever saw depicted right on television: mean, bitchy, more at ease with boys than girls, foul mouthed, but also really sad and sometimes really caring.
 

6. The Venture Brothers: As prodigal guessed, I have a soft spot for megalomaniacal crazies in giant butterfly suits. This one is actually a tie between the Monarch and Molotov Cocktease.
 
7. Arrested Development: Guessed by hplovescats (with him it's less "guessed" and more "how many billions of times have I heard girlfriend talk about GOB?"). Prepare for the Final Countdown.

8. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Both options guessed, one by scarredbyitall and one by te_amo_azul. On the one hand we have Spike. I was actually a bit sad when they made Spike a regular character (which they did because he was a fan favorite). He was much more fun as a bad guy and occasional nuisance than as a fixture. His hero bit was just kind of lame. I liked him as a nihilistic punk who relished destruction. On the other hand, we have Faith. I do like those damaged brutal mean girls. I would have watched a well-put-together Faith spin-off in a heartbeat: it would have made for a much more interesting redemption story than Angel did.
9. The Twelve Kingdoms: There are far too many options for this one. King En (the dark haired dude in the picture) was drawgirl's call. He's pretty splendid because he's flirty and kind and has a profound joie de vivre, all of which has affected his kingdom to create a golden age. Also in the running: Rakusun because he is a gentle saintly soul, and Taiki (second picture) because he's fucking adorable.
 
10. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Guessed correctly by sliding_doors. Who doesn't love unshaven rogues with deeply unfortunate conflicts of interest? Kaji-san all the way.
 

Some of these will probably be relatively obvious.

Comments

[bluescissors76.livejournal.com]

I can't play on most of these shows, but I want to play on the ones I have seen. Because I, too, am procrastinating.

5. Linda Cardellini's character's friend, Kim Kelly.
7. OMG George Michael! Are you one of the people who had a adult-woman crush on him before everyone else did and think he's rightfully yours? Not like I'd know anything about that. What?

(Yes, that's *really* it.)

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

Whoa, how did you guess number 5? I thought that one was going to be obscure...

Wrong on number seven though...think "more theatrical."

But Michael Cera is pretty much adorable, I have to say.

[bluescissors76.livejournal.com]

Hooray! She was my favorite too, so I was projecting.

Arrested Development - Tobias Funke??? I watched a few episodes yesterday and I think everything his character says has a double entendre. Which is awesome.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

Think REALLY REALLY theatrical. Really. Really. Add that word several more times.

[bluescissors76.livejournal.com]

GOB was going to be my guess, but someone else got it!

[sliding-doors.livejournal.com]

EVA EVA EVA


ummmm i'm gonna say Kaji

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

DING DING DING

Correct! Though I'm gonna say a close second is Asuka Langley Soryu.

[sliding-doors.livejournal.com]

yay!!!!!

rei is still my favorite. kaji being my second.

[wynnelily.livejournal.com]

i hate hate hate that firefly was cancelled. it makes me sad inside to think of. i think i've watched the episodes a dozen times each at minimum. and arrested development was so witty funny. sigh.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

I sort of feel doomed to loving shows that have short life-spans. Sigh.

[prodigal.livejournal.com]

1. Kaylee
6. The Monarch

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

Very close but no cigar on number 1, but bingo on 6! (Though the Monarch is tied with Molotov Cocktease, so either answer is acceptable.)

[scarredbyitall.livejournal.com]

This is a hard one. Do we guess who you most identify with or which guy is the yummiest or which person you just think is generally the kewlest? Hmm. . .

I will give it a shot:

1. Malcom Reynolds
8. Spike!

I have no clue on the others.

[te-amo-azul.livejournal.com]

I bet you're right about Spike, but I have to try Faith. Because she's not a nice girl. I didn't see the episodes where she turned all ally again, though, so maybe my perspective is skewed.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

You knows me so well. :)

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

1. Bingo and
2. Bingo (though tied with Faith)!

And while both of them are pretty yummy fangirl tidbits, that's actually not why they're beloved. Okay, that's not why Mal is beloved. Spike maybe. I like 'em bad.

[blozor.livejournal.com]

Hn. I probably couldn't list 10 favorite TV shows.

I would guess, but I'm not that familiar with many TV shows that came out past 1995.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

You're probably better for it. I don't think of myself as watching lots of TV so I was surprised I had ten...but when I love something I get fixated. The world of TV on DVD is a world where I can actually get into shows without dealing with all the stuff I hate about TV (commercials, scheduling life around a show, etc.)

[blozor.livejournal.com]

It was easy to pick a top five. After that it kind of tapered off. There are a lot of shows I used to like, but favorites? The kind that I would put above the others and could pick a favorite character from? That's a different story.

To be a favorite, they had to have been better than just "a good show," they had to have impacted me in some profound way. I don't think I could name ten of them that have done that. I'll have to think about it for a while.

[punkybrister69.livejournal.com]

2. The Man From Another World

(He's really my favorite, but I figured I'd guess anyhow.)

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

Nope...but I'm sort of fascinated by your answer. Tell me why he's your favorite?

Can I play?

[hplovescats.livejournal.com]

7. Gob FTW.

Re: Can I play?

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

Cue up "The Final Countdown" baby...

[hplovescats.livejournal.com]

3. Cat-boy. Wassisname. Kyo.
9. Keiki.
2. Is Laura Palmer considered a character?

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

3. Bingo!

9. Close but no.

2. HOW DID YOU MISS THIS ONE?!?!!!???

[hplovescats.livejournal.com]

bitch, you are a laura palmer freak. don't try and tell me otherwise.

and I know who it is. I just had to drive on it for a bit.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

Do you hear that, internet? Do you hear my boyfriend disrespecting me? DO YOU HEAR HOW HE TALKS TO ME?!?

Laura Palmer. My ass!

[drawgirl.livejournal.com]

2. Is it what's name, Mr. Potato Head. Shit, now I have to go look it up...Dale Cooper?

9. King En?

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

2. Yesthankyouverymuch. (Did you see BOYFRIEND'S answer? Sheesh...)

9. King En is up there. I'm actually hard pressed to say if it's him, Rakushun, or Taiki. Maybe Youko is even on the list, although I only really started being gung-ho about her as the series ended (I would have been all up in that shit if it'd gone on). But yeah, King En is one of many possible answers (maybe I shouldn't have included a show where I love so many characters?)

[helpimarock.livejournal.com]

a) "Do I want to be Malcolm Reynolds or fuck him?" ...damn, that's a really good question actually.

b) Wow, I haven't heard of half these shows. I think I need to queue up some torrents and broaden my horizons. That or continue (like I have for the last seven years) watching Stargate, Farscape and South Park until my brain melts. Which, by my calculations, should be about a week from tomorrow.

c) Evangelion. How did I forget about that show? I need to dig those up and burn those to DVD.

[spacecowboytom.livejournal.com]

Firefly: I'll go with Simon Tam, cause he's so goddamn cute. And, I think it's one of Joss Whedon's attempts at crypto fan boy gay male inclusion.

Twin Peaks: OMG, you didn't pick Audrey? Well, my favorite character - beside Agent Cooper - is Benjamin Horne.

The Venture Bros. - I'll pick Dr. Venture himself, if only because he's me sans jump suit.

Arrested Development - Lucille. She's just so fucking puckered and menacing. See Benjamin Horne. See also Dr. Venture. See a pattern here?

Neon Genesis - I guess I should pick Gendo and thus expand my See 'X' pattern.

Buffy - Mayor Wilkins. See Pattern.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

Audrey is a close second (pornographic Nancy Drew? Of course I love her.), but I just love Coop so much. Every time I think of that show the first thing I see is him pulling down the classroom chart about Tibet.

I think you might be over-estimating your general malice. When I think "creepy menacing ghouls of television" I can honestly say my mind does not immediately flash to you. Are you relieved or disappointed?

Also: it's not a jumpsuit, it's a *speedsuit.*

[spacecowboytom.livejournal.com]

Oh, if I'm picking characters I readily identify with, then I'd probably pick Tobias/Dean/Shinji/Wash/Leland Palmer/Xander.

But yes, it is called a speedsuit. I will concede this.





































Grudgingly

Fat cat alert!!

[lagizma.livejournal.com]

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[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Ack! I missed this! No fun for me!

Firefly and Twin Peaks are high up on the list of things I really should have seen by this point in my life.