take that moon and wrap it in cellophane

[lotesse]

meme, snagged from astridv:

Name a fandom you know (that you think I know too!) and I'll tell you

1. The first character I first fell in love with
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t
4. The character I love that everyone else hates
5. The character I used to love but don’t any longer
6. The character I would totally smooch
7. The character I’d want to be like
8. The character I’d slap
9. A pairing that I love
10. A pairing that I despise

Comments

[lotesse]

loved first: Daaaaaaniel. The first episode I ever saw was "Hathor" - I was doomed. Floppy hair AND attractive victimization AND mythology nerdery? Ha.

love more now: Teal'c. It took me a while to notice Teal'c - the show sidelines him, and then whenever it centers him it's to give him an unconvincing romantic relationship with a non-central character and - sigh. But every time I watch this show through, it's like the part of my brain that's always engaged in chanting "Teal'c Teal'c Teal'c" is getting louder :)

don't get the love: not a character, but in general the episodes I've watched from the latter half of the show's run completely and utterly fail to do anything for me. I guess I'm glad most people don't feel the same, for their sake?

nobody else gets the love: weirdly, I really enjoy Ke'ra. I have no idea. God help me, I think they're *cute.*

love less now: Sad to say, gotta be Jack O'Neill. A lot of this is due to shifts in writing and characterization over the show's run, and so is not entirely his fault, but - oh, I wish this show developed in a different direction!

kiss: Daniel. Dat mouth, baby, dat mouth.

be: movieverse Shau'ri, who is badass and literate and knows when she's found the right guy :)

slap: Jacob Carter, for not putting his allegiance to his family above his allegiance to the Tok'Ra, for not doing anything about the ridiculous way the Tok'Ra end up abusing the SGC and its people.

pairing I love: Jack/Daniel, for the way it shifts the narrative trajectory of the thing into a direction I can bear.

pairing I don't: any relationship ever given to Sam Carter? Not in theory - in theory she should be hooking up with hot dudes and/or chicks all over the place - but I don't find a one of her love interests satisfactory, and yes that includes Janet. Not enough spark!

[paian]

What a great response, thank you!

I'm with you on so much of this, and I don't think you're alone in your feelings about the second half of the run. I do like a lot of S5 through S8, but they killed my team (offstage, in a line of dialogue) in 'Moebius,' and the series that won my heart was that first half; I know that a lot of fans came on board in the last two years, or found passion for a show they were getting tired of, and I'm glad for them too, but I pretty much did nothing but bitch and moan during S9/S10, and most of those episodes I've never watched a second time. So I'm also glad there's enduring love for the original team, and for the Daniel-who-was.

Oh, also, I never considered Jacob Carter that way, and you make an excellent point about him and the Tok'ra. Food for thought!

I'm happy to see below that people asked for Prydain and Downton Abbey. Yay for meme!