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thisbluespiritBecause I find myself in a fannish mood and not quite ready to write something, so, meme stolen from half a dozen people:
Give me a fandom and I'll tell you
the character I least understand
interactions I enjoyed the most
the character who scares me the most
the character who is mostly like me
hottest looks character
one thing I dislike about my fave character
one thing I like about my hated character
a quote or scene that haunts me
a death that left me indifferent
a character I wish died but didn’t
my ship that never sailed
Give me a fandom and I'll tell you
the character I least understand
interactions I enjoyed the most
the character who scares me the most
the character who is mostly like me
hottest looks character
one thing I dislike about my fave character
one thing I like about my hated character
a quote or scene that haunts me
a death that left me indifferent
a character I wish died but didn’t
my ship that never sailed
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Date: 2017-04-23 08:05 pm (UTC)OUaT
Date: 2017-04-23 08:38 pm (UTC)the character I least understand
Hmm, I don't know, I think they're pretty good at this. Sometimes I didn't get Robin Hood, and sometimes Rumple's choices frustrate me.
interactions I enjoyed the most There are lots, but Emma and Regina, in any way! But also the unexpectedly fun thing that Hook and Charming do whenever they get together.
the character who scares me the most I think Peter Pan may have been the scariest so far. And that I get to say that is probably one of the reasons I still stick with OUaT!
the character who is mostly like me Not really, but Belle. She's a librarian, a bookworm, and loves the research, and she likes to hope for the best and believe that people will change instead of condemning them, but not in the sense that I have ever been carried off to a castle by the Dark One and then married them, nor am I that pretty.
hottest looks character Regina. And then Hook. (I feel that they would both agree that this is obviously true and that Regina would feel it was clearly this way round.) Also Red! Ooh, and Merlin! And probably other one off people I forgotten, because it's full of very pretty people, like most US TV.
one thing I dislike about my fave character There are sometimes when she's a little bit sappy instead of sarcastic, but you can't have everything. (Regina is my favourite.)
one thing I like about my hated character Do I hate anyone in OUaT?
... oh wait, yes. I do. I hated Neal a lot. Um, I think, I like his relationship with Hook and his former child self. His former child self was possibly the prettiest child ever. And he was a decent person! My hate was unfair!
a quote or scene that haunts me And here is where I pause, because my memory is like a sieve! I think maybe the nearest I can think of is where Regina talks about how much she hates being good but does it anyway, at the end of S5.
Also, I think the bit with the clock moving at the end of the pilot still has quite a lot of power. (And its little echo in the Underworld, where Regina gets a similar moment in the 100th episode too.)
a death that left me indifferent There may have been quite a few extras and not-fully fleshed out characters who'd qualify. Possibly poor Robin who so rarely got the chance to do anything or have a proper character, but I may have been a bit unfair to him.
a character I wish died but didn’t My character I wished to die did! I don't wish anyone else had died, but I suppose I do have to note that, Hook, if you're going to die THREE TIMES in one season, you ought to have had the decency for one of them to stick! (Not that I want to lose Hook, but that's probably a record.)
my ship that never sailed EMMA/REGINA. One day! (Yeah, I know. They had a beautiful Swan Queen AU in alternate reality for about five minutes, though, and it was wonderful until [redacted] turned up.)
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Date: 2017-04-23 08:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-23 08:52 pm (UTC)Dodo is fairly incomprehensible, really. She isn't bothered by leaving earth, and then when she gets back, her first thought is to demand to go to a really swinging nightclub. Er, yes, whatever, Dodo.
interactions I enjoyed the most
So many! But it's got to be Seven and Ace.
the character who scares me the most
Am I allowed to say 1980s Cybermen? David Banks?
the character who is mostly like me
I think I've had to try and say this before, and I can't really: I look a little like Ace in colouring, but am probably more like Sarah except much shyer and less brave, so not really.
hottest looks character
It seems kind of wrong to say Five, because he's always palely fainting, but let's face it, young Peter Davison. It also seems wrong to say the Brig, because the Brig, but S7-ish Brig may be the correct answer here. It's just also wrong. Also the original Master and Romana I.
(You can tell I'm not a mutated villanous alien with issues, because I didn't say Peri.)
one thing I dislike about my fave character
... I don't even know who my favourite character is. SO MANY. I can't do it.
one thing I like about my hated character
Well, he died quite well. (Guess who?)
a quote or scene that haunts me
So many! I have been a DW fan for so long, I am shaped and haunted by so much of it. Probably, as I've said before, Seven's speech to Helen A at the end of Happiness Patrol, that happiness and sadness are two sides of one coin etc.
a death that left me indifferent
Aww. So many poor one-off characters who have been killed and I can't say I cared too much.
a character I wish died but didn’t
Don't be silly, I've read the NAs, and the MAs, and the EDAs, and the PDAs - they ALL died! ;-p
Maybe Peri, but not really, except I can't help feeling that marrying space BRIAN BLESSED is a fate that may actually be worse than death. Maybe my answer to the first question should have been, "Peri." But OTOH, the poor thing didn't have much choice.
my ship that never sailed
Harry/Sarah. Alas. She's a good ship, pretty adorable and she's even got a sailor on board, but still...
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Date: 2017-04-23 08:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-23 09:09 pm (UTC)the character I least understand
Probably Flynn, really. I suspect it would help a lot if I got hold of the film trilogy.
interactions I enjoyed the most
I think the general team interactions are probably the show highlight, so Eve, Jenkins, Cassandra, Jake & Ezekiel, and Flynn when he's dropping by. If you pin me down and force me to narrow it down, probably Jenkins & Ezekiel, who have gone from being the most opposite to having an understanding that's about as good as it gets with Jenkins.
the character who scares me the most
I don't know that I am that scared by anyone in it? It did have the scariest bad Cockney accent ever in the Santa episode, so maybe that person.
the character who is mostly like me
They're all such geniuses, so nobody! But, OTOH, they're all librarians, so obv. they are all me.
hottest looks character
Being a female, naturally I have to say Cassandra, because what right-thinking female doesn't fancy Cassandra? ;-p (Actually, probably Cassandra. I don't know. Everybody's fairly pretty, except Jenkins, nobody's standing out to me.)
one thing I dislike about my fave character
Um, that I didn't like him so well to begin with? Otherwise, basically I am over here drawing little hearts round Jenkins since the end of S1.
one thing I like about my hated character
I don't think I have one! Flynn can be a little annoying, but he's also fun and I like him, too. Like Eve, I just feel he should stand still for a few moments, thank you.
a quote or scene that haunts me
When we realised who the S1 baddie and Jenkins were, perhaps? Or, no, I think the scene in the S2 finale where they save Shakespeare with his own words, which are simultaneously so appropriate for each of the four characters saying them. That really stayed in my mind.
a death that left me indifferent
I'm not sure. Probably, but I'm trying to remember if anyone much has died who wasn't a doomed person in the teaser or something. If there was, I've forgotten them so...
a character I wish died but didn’t
It's too small a show to wish death on any of them! *glares at meme*
my ship that never sailed
I don't think I have a ship, not as such? Also it's a bit early to say something hasn't sailed when I haven't even watched S3.
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Date: 2017-04-23 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-26 05:42 pm (UTC)Kosh! Clearly.
interactions I enjoyed the most
Londo and G'kar. I like Susan and Sheridan's friendship, though, too. But nothing else really competes with Londo and G'kar!
the character who scares me the most
The
transient BeingsShadows! Seriously, I need warning for when Transient Being-like things are going to suddenly appear in other things.In many ways, a lot of the regulars can have their own scary moments, especially Londo, but also Sheridan, G'kar, Lyta, Delenn, too, at times.
the character who is mostly like me
I'm almost inevitably not like anyone in an adventurous show. I am like one of those people in the background, doing their shopping in strange coloured outfits, probably.
hottest looks character
G'kar. ;-p
one thing I dislike about my fave character
G'kar is my favourite, and his whole arc involves a lot of his major flaws, so he wouldn't be the same without them, so not anything that I can think of, even if I don't like all the things he does!
one thing I like about my hated character
That would be Mr Morden, I think. He dies well, gratifying Vir, which is a lovely thing, obviously.
a quote or scene that haunts me
B5 is really good at this kind of thing, but if I must choose one, it's this speech from G'kar, especially in the light of what's just happened to him and his people:
"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by the force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free."
a death that left me indifferent
It left me so indifferent I have entirely forgotten it. *coughs*
a character I wish died but didn’t
I don't know why this meme thinks I wish death on everybody! Given the death rate in the show and of the cast since, it's barely even funny for B5.
I suppose at a push, I'd happily sacrifice Bester, interesting as he is. It would be satisfying...
my ship that never sailed
I don't know - maybe either Susan/Talia, or Susan/Marcus? She should have been allowed to keep at least one of them!
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Date: 2017-04-25 09:30 am (UTC)the character I least understand
Krycek? I expect he had an explanation I've forgotten, but he seemed to be a bit random in his evil, and got black-oil infected and things. I have no idea what his story was, although, to be fair, that is probably my fault for not paying attention/forgetting stuff over the last two decades.
I'm not sure I really understand the Cigarette Smoking Man, either, but then I think he's supposed to be a mystery.
interactions I enjoyed the most
Mulder and Scully! Mulder's OTT theories, Scully's reactions, everything.
the character who scares me the most
Um. I only saw it once, but I think Eugene Tombs (Tooms?) was so scary I couldn't watch the two episodes with him in.
the character who is mostly like me
I don't think I'm like anyone I can think of! I am, like Scully in being female and short, though, so there's that.
hottest looks character
Scully.
The proper and righteous answer, though, is probably Agent Skinner, obv. ;-p
one thing I dislike about my fave character
Ummm... *tries hard to think of something I don't like about Scully* Maybe sometimes when she's a bit too sceptical about things that she saw for herself, but then, that's the show.
one thing I like about my hated character
Um. Who did I hate? I don't even know.
a quote or scene that haunts me
It's probably because I had it on VHS and rewatched it more than anything else, but there's a lot of the pilot that stayed in my head: the first alien abduction storyline, and it felt a bit rougher around the edges, and maybe so a little more real, and that was new to me, and creepy, and Mulder and Scully meeting, and the scene where Scully gets Mulder to check her back by candlelight.
I'm sure I have a better answer, because I did watch and rewatch and love a lot of this series, but that's the first thing coming into my head right now. A lot of the things that stuck with me are Mulder/Scully things, if I'm honest! (Just as well I was never in the fandom; I'd have been right in the middle of that ship war.)
a death that left me indifferent
Um, I think there were maybe people who didn't stay dead, but I can't remember. I was that indifferent. Maybe. Or maybe I wasn't, but I've forgotten.
a character I wish died but didn’t
I suppose I'd have been quite happy for Krycek to die instead of get possessed and come back all scary-eyed (urgh), but that would have been tough luck on the slashers.
my ship that never sailed
Does Mulder/Scully count at this point? The show's coy, but they seem to have had a child, lost them, been married, split up... I don't know. It sailed, foundered but still sails on, I think.
Scully/Skinner, though, I wouldn't have wanted to happen exactly, but simultaneously have a still-burning fannish wish for.
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Date: 2017-04-24 12:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-27 05:30 pm (UTC)I don't feel as if I really don't understand any of them - they're all really interesting characters. Even most of the guest characters have motivation. But Soolin was a mystery the first time round, if not after.
interactions I enjoyed the most
Any of the Liberator/Scorpio crew together. Or maybe Avon/Servalan!
the character who scares me the most
Servalan!
the character who is mostly like me
None of them, really, but maybe Vila because I'd be inclined to run away and hide, but not in other ways.
hottest looks character
Servalan, no contest. I mean, she'd kill anyone who beat her in a sexiest female dictator contest anyway. And Carnell says so, and he should know.
one thing I dislike about my fave character
But who is my favourite? It used to be Vila, but these days I really don't know. Servalan, Avon, Jenna, Dayna, Cally... everyone!
one thing I like about my hated character
I don't hate anyone. Maybe Jarvik, so, er... *struggles* He dies? That he is at least so ridiculous we can laugh at him in his manly manliness?
a quote or scene that haunts me
Probably everything about Blake! "It is the day of the bounty hunter..." And also Orbit, when Vila just hides in the cupboard and cries, and the moment before that when Orac gives its 'logical' answer. Lots about just how messed up their world is, in The Way Back. Servalan, when she's in one of her almost-regretful moods.
"I have always trusted you, right from the start."
And: "Where have all the good guys gone?" / "You might be looking at them..."
a death that left me indifferent
I confess, I did not care about every Federation soldier who died. But some of them I did, because B7 has an evil tendency to humanise everyone. Unless they're Jarvik. (And I can't even say, "Jarvik," because it's not indifference when you're cheering.)
a character I wish died but didn’t
This question of the meme is sometimes just cruel.
my ship that never sailed
Dayna/Tarrant sailed nicely for a bit and then sunk in cruel B7-ness. I ship Avon/Servalan, but not that I wanted them to get together, because that would have probably been the end of the galaxy. Avon/Cally could have been interesting... but probably the one that seemed to be canon and I was the most invested in before it got torpedoed by Servalan was Dayna/Tarrant.
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Date: 2017-04-24 02:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-25 05:07 pm (UTC)the character I least understand
Um. I mean, it is tempting to say the Count, but let's face it revenge + drama-ing it up to the nth degree and then regretting it is not that hard to understand.
interactions I enjoyed the most
Probably any of the big confrontations with Edmond and his former friends/lovers/enemies. Also Edmond and the Abbe! You know it's a true friendship when you'll tirelessly tunnel through to each other, right?
the character who scares me the most
Heloise de Villefort and her pragmatic/scientific poisoning and then some.
the character who is mostly like me
I'm not a very exciting person. Probably Valentine, except nobody has tried to kill me, nor do I have an awesome blinking grandparent. (Not that my own grandparents weren't awesome in their own way.)
hottest looks character
This is not necessarily something I think about when reading. I suppose if you're into dramatic posing of the type that has people wondering if you're a vampire, step up the Count!
Otherwise, goodness only knows.
one thing I dislike about my fave character
Hmm, probably that's the Count, and strange priorities, he has them. The Rani once said of the Master that he'd get dizzy if he walked in a straight line, and this is probably also true of Edmond, post-betrayal. He would not agree that simple plots are the best.
one thing I like about my hated character
I don't know that I hated anyone. They were all enjoyable in their different, good or wicked ways!
a quote or scene that haunts me
I am totally the opposite of you here, because the big scene that sticks with me is the final confrontation in the cave, where Edmond renounces his revenge. It was not, to me, an ante-climax at all!
The blinking scene is pretty amazing, though, and Edmond's confrontation with Mercedes and every wrong choice that Caderousse makes.
a death that left me indifferent
I can't remember; if I was indifferent to a death, it went in my 'don't bother to remember two years later' box in my head.
a character I wish died but didn’t
You know, meme, I really don't go round wishing characters had died all the time. Sometimes, but only on rare, vindictive occasions, and not while reading The Count of Monte Cristo.
my ship that never sailed
None? Eugenie/Louise is canon! I mean, if there was a ship I was rooting for it was Eugenie/Louise, and I've no complaints there.
And I actually didn't even want Edmond and Mercedes to get back together, so that didn't bother me. (Not that their confrontations weren't always great, but sometimes a line gets crossed that can't be uncrossed, or only be someone not as inclined to set out complicated tests for people as Edmond Dantes.)
/is fine with canon pairings. /loses full fannish shipping certificate.
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Date: 2017-04-24 11:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-24 02:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-25 05:45 pm (UTC)the character I least understand
Sometimes the Doctor's pretty weird, but that's part of the point.
interactions I enjoyed the most
All the Doctor-companion interactions are always good. Also Twelve-Missy. Ten-Donna was pretty entertaining.
the character who scares me the most
It's a cliche, but those angels are pretty scary, actually.
the character who is mostly like me
I am too boring to be like people in adventure shows! I'm short, like Clara, I suppose!
hottest looks character
I know Captain Jack would argue here, but it has to be River, really.
one thing I dislike about my fave character
My favourite character is probably always the Doctor, so that bit where he was Ten and Nine and super-judgemental about stuff, really. Actually, Ten in that sort of mode was probably the character who scared me the most.
one thing I like about my hated character
I have to remind myself, that actually I liked Rose just fine when she was a companion, so lots of things! I just got very annoyed when she wouldn't go away and the Doctor wouldn't stop moping, even though he's had twenty companions who were much better, two of whom were with him at the time. (But see above for that Bit Where He Was Ten).
a quote or scene that haunts me
I don't remember stuff from New Who! This is terrible of me, I'm such a bad fan. Can I quote more Classic Who stuff that's haunted me forever instead?
a death that left me indifferent
Ten. Will yer get on and die already and stop moping and moaning and guilt-tripping lovely old men? (I liked Ten, honestly! Just sometimes... *gives him a stern look*)
a character I wish died but didn’t
Too many unfortunate bystanders get killed to wish death on anyone in DW!
my ship that never sailed
Err. I don't think I have one?
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Date: 2017-04-26 05:26 pm (UTC)interactions I enjoyed the most
I am pretty solidly here for all the hero/heroine bantering, really. I'm trying to think if I have a particular favourite in that respect, but I don't know. Maybe Sarah Thane and Sir Tristram! Especially when they're caught sounding the panels for the secret hiding place.
the character who scares me the most
Hmm. I think maybe Edward Yardley? Georgette Heyer does a nice line in 'worthy' suitors who really are genuinely off-putting, and not just us being told they're dull. It's their tendency to refuse to believe anything the heroine says, be patronising and ultimately, marrying them would be like marrying a steam roller. It's an all too real kind of scariness. With most of them, the heroine's not in any danger of marrying them, but Venetia really has to work very hard to get rid of Edward.
the character who is mostly like me
I don't know - maybe Phoebe who loves writing but hates confrontations and people shouting at her. I can identify with that.
hottest looks character
I honestly don't think I've ever thought of any of them that way. I mean, she describes plenty of her heroes and heroines as being pretty attractive, but still...
one thing I dislike about my fave character
Who is my favourite? I don't know!
one thing I like about my hated character
If this is still Edward Yardley, I don't know. I'd say that he's well-meaning, but that's part of his scariness. If he wasn't disguising getting what he wants via well-meaning efforts that nobody else appreciates, you could hit him over the head with a poker or throw him out.
a quote or scene that haunts me
You'd think I'd have one, but I think she's more cheerful than haunting!
a death that left me indifferent
Does anyone die in Heyer? Her books have the occasional murder attempt, but by and large people live. I think some grouchy elderly relatives may die? Oh, and the awful Eustace that Elinor marries in the Reluctant Widow. I was indifferent to him, but then we're not meant to care.
a character I wish died but didn’t
Can't think of any. (I don't know why this meme assumes I go around having murderous thoughts towards fictional characters all the time.)
my ship that never sailed
I usually enjoy all the canon ships, so I don't think so!
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Date: 2017-04-25 09:06 am (UTC)the character I least understand
I don't know - I feel EatD is pretty good at making you understand where characters are coming from, even when you don't agree with them. There were some, like Peter and Olive, it took me longer to get the first time, but I did before the end. I suppose Terence Hardiman's Prussian officer is a bit random, maybe?
interactions I enjoyed the most
Lots, to be honest, but it's got to be Dr Martel and Major Richter! It's so hard when the person you'd most like to be friends with is the enemy! And what do you do when they resign from the committee and you won't have any official reason to see them again? Why, obviously you pine for them and then connive and manoeuvre and get them back on the committee, where they ought to be. Among many other things.
I do enjoy all the officer-interaction and politicking, though. And the rare times that Richter meets Olive.
the character who scares me the most
Reinicke. The scariest thing about Reinicke is it's so easy to see how he got to be where he is, how recognisable a character he is, and what a chilling path he's set himself on.
the character who is mostly like me
I don't think I'm much like any of the regulars, really! I do over-identify with Cecily Brown, the librarian, but I'm not sure I'm as fierce or as brave as her, either.
hottest looks character
I suppose there's wee Anthony Head, but he's more cute than hot at this point. According to the novelisation, Clare is the hottest and most beautiful thing ever invented, and they do have a point about Emily Richard, but again, I'm not sure 'hot' is the world.
There are some pretty/attractive guest stars, though. I'd say Martin Jarvis, but not with that dodgy accent, despite his nice suit.
However, let it be said that while Frank Marker is never, ever hot and Alfred Burke may be sixty, as Richter he can really pull off that army greatcoat like no one else in the series. *looks innocent*
one thing I dislike about my fave character
I suppose that would be Richter, just. Um... well, that he has flaws is part of what I like, so it's hard to say. But he can be very blind to the full consequences of some things, I suppose.
one thing I like about my hated character
Do I hate anyone? I mean, Reinicke maybe, but in exactly the way I'm supposed to, I think. So, I suppose that it's entirely possible to see that Reinicke could easily, in different circumstances, have been a better person. Probably still an annoying colleague anywhere, but there are definitely some good instincts in there he's been turning away from, nor is he always stupid or wrong, unfortunately.
a quote or scene that haunts me
Probably the scene where Martel is released from prison and he and Richter have a conversation about it ("That is the nature of humanity: first survive," and Martel's "You don't know, do you?"), but almost everything around that whole storyline and the episodes that bridge S1 and 2: the Martels on trial, Clare walking into the sea, Philip & Olive's reunion...
But there's an awful lot of the series that resonated with me so hard when I first watched it - it's why it's still the one above all of them that I rewatch the most.
a death that left me indifferent
What do you mean, left me indifferent? I sobbed like a ridiculous thing through all of it the first time.
a character I wish died but didn’t
Not funny, meme, not funny. Don't you know how hard it is for people to stay alive in this series??
my ship that never sailed
Um. I was going to say, I don't know that I truly ship anything except as it is in the show, although maybe it counts that I wanted to see it end, and I wanted Martel & Richter to meet up again sometime. But I suppose I do kind of ship those two generals in ep10 (James Maxwell and Joss Ackland) because doomed Julius Caesar overtones is apparently not something I can resist.
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Date: 2017-04-28 08:16 pm (UTC)Probably some traitor who double-crossed once too often and I lost track? I don't know.
interactions I enjoyed the most
Ruth and Harry, really, although there were a lot of really cool little relationships of different kinds that are what kept me watching, from Tom-Danny-Zoe, to Jools and Harry annoying each other, to Harry and Juliet, Ruth and Tom, Zaf and Jo, Zaf and Ros, Ros and Jo, Ros and Lucas, Malcolm and Colin, Ros and Malcolm...
the character who scares me the most
I think there are probably some moments where Connie earned herself this title.
the character who is mostly like me
I'm not really super-brilliant and brave, but still Ruth. I over-identify with Ruth and I love her. And I'm even less like most of the others!
hottest looks character
LOL. In most of these fandoms, I've struggled - with Spooks, you just need a cast list. It's a tough call, but probably Zaf, because Raza Jaffrey is so very pretty. But then so are so many other Spooks people!
one thing I dislike about my fave character
8.1 and the whole marrying someone else thing, whyyyy? /still annoyed.
one thing I like about my hated character
Who did I hate? I kind of hated Ben for not being Zaf, but that's a little unfair, considering what happened to him. I didn't like Adam in angst mode, but I did like him prior to that. Hmm. I'm sure there was someone I hated! I just can't remember now. Whoops.
I'd say the fake US lady from S8, but it was fine when she turned out to be fake. Her fakeness was real!
a quote or scene that haunts me
SO MANY. Nearly all of 2.5 ("I had a sign over me too: end of the world, end of the world, end of the world."), the chip fat incident (TM), Danny's death ("Look at all the lovely presents"), when Ros shoots Jo, but maybe for now I'll go for the hanging of Colin, because that's one I've never rewatched yet, and it's still stuck in my head. ("I'm not very brave...")
a death that left me indifferent
It is slightly mean of me, but after being fed up with Adam for two seasons, I was not as upset as I was meant to be when they brought in Richard Armitage to replace him and then blew him up dramatically.
a character I wish died but didn’t
LOL. This question is inappropriate for so many of my fandoms! Doesn't it know how hard it is to keep characters alive in some of them?
my ship that never sailed
Zaf/Jo. I will be forever bitter. It is canon in my head, why else was Jo so traumatised for the rest of S7 by it, and her insistence about him carving "love" into his flesh, being not a code. But aargh. *wants all the fic* *has only six*
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Date: 2017-04-25 05:19 pm (UTC)The Face!
interactions I enjoyed the most
All the Georgie-Adam-Simms, but especially Georgie and Adam, when she's introducing him to the 60s.
the character who scares me the most
I'm not sure anyone does! The villains are often kind of endearing in their frequently small time aims.
the character who is mostly like me
I'm not like any of them! Adam, because I prefer a book to a swinging nightclub, Georgie because I'm a 20th C girl, and Simms because I'd want to keep well out of the adventures too.
hottest looks character
Adam and Georgie fairly evenly. And that's even despite Adam's fake wig and eyebrows.
one thing I dislike about my fave character
Georgie is my favourite, and I don't like the occasions where she's written as just a bit too useless or annoying, like The Village of Death. But mostly she's not!
one thing I like about my hated character
That would be the Face, and this is tough, but I suppose when you think about it, we have him to thank for all the shenanigans since he's the one who froze Adam to save him for the 60s, and Georgie. Therefore, annoying as he is when he turns back up repeatedly, without him, we'd have no series.
a quote or scene that haunts me
It's mostly not haunting, but there are a couple of moments - Georgie in the cell in Sing A Song of Murder and Adam defending the 60s in Beauty is an Ugly Word - whatever he may say about modern manners, he knows that there were huge problems with his own society, some of which have been overcome by the 60s, including some of the worst poverty in the UK.
a death that left me indifferent
I am reprehensibly happy for Adam to go round stabbing all the small-time rogues and villains he likes.
a character I wish died but didn’t
The Face.
my ship that never sailed
Adam/Georgie! Although, there's nothing to say it didn't sometime later...
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Date: 2017-04-25 08:13 pm (UTC)All of them. It's their raison d'etre.
interactions I enjoyed the most
Silver-Sapphire-Steel!
the character who scares me the most
The Transient Beings! *hides* I think I actually saw some of A6 when I was about four, and they freak me out a bit. Then Sapphire.
the character who is mostly like me
LOL. Unless I go for one of the bemused humans who did something stupid.
hottest looks character
Sapphire. Although maybe I should say 'coolest looks' character. But Sapphire, obviously.
one thing I dislike about my fave character
I know this isn't what it's really asking, but I wish there was more of him, and I wish he had been trapped in the cafe as PJ Hammond intended and then nobody could theorise about him being evil.
one thing I like about my hated character
Well, the Transient Beings are meant to be scary and unlikeable, and they are also incredibly intriguing - what are they? Like Elements.
a quote or scene that haunts me
S&S is built to haunt, basically. How to narrow it down?
I think I've got to go for the final bit in the roadside cafe, but the faceless man in A4 and the whole idea of the photographs and what Liz has to do keep safe is seriously creepy. Also the conclusion of A2.
a death that left me indifferent
I'm trying to think if anyone actually died (as in stayed dead, and/or wasn't a ghost to begin with), and the only one I can think of is Mr Tully and I was definitely not indifferent to that. Who could be?
a character I wish died but didn’t
I don't wish anyone dead! (I don't know what this meme is on.) I suppose if I must sacrifice anyone, you can kill off the Transient Beings!
my ship that never sailed
Well, Silver/Sapphire/Steel did, quite beautifully, but then it did get rather sunk by That Ending, although only temporarily going by fanfic and the audios.
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Date: 2017-04-28 08:32 pm (UTC)Um. Most CS characters are not really impenetrable, so I can't think of one, not really.
interactions I enjoyed the most
Miss Wilson and Miss Annersley!
the character who scares me the most
Joey, sometimes.
the character who is mostly like me
Ha, this is the first canon where, instead of having to admit that I'm not like anyone, I have masses of choices! Any fairly quiet, dull, law-abiding secondary character will do, but I'll say Frieda for now. Although I share more of Joey's love of reading, history and writing.
hottest looks character
LOL. Um. There are quite a few of the girls who are described in quite glowingly pretty terms. I kind of think Miss Wilson sounds actually quite attractive, with her masses of chestnut hair (before they get turned white, poor Miss Wilson, losing her crowning glory so soon!)
Joey seems to spend a lot of time thinking about how beautiful Gillian Linton is, but 'hot' still seems wrong.
Juliet, maybe. She draws the attention of film directors!
one thing I dislike about my fave character
Maybe that is Miss Wilson, but I don't know. However, assuming it maybe is for the purposes of the meme, then I wish she didn't disappear for quite a long stretch of time in the Switzerland books, and sometimes (for both her and Miss Annersley), I'd like to have seen them deal with pupils themselves more rather than the inevitable Joey interventions, because they're always really great.
one thing I like about my hated character
I don't think I actually hate anyone! Elinor's pretty good at explaining the why behind everyone and expecting us to have a certain amount of sympathy for them.
a quote or scene that haunts me
There's a lot of The Chalet School in Exile that qualifies. I think, possibly, the sadness of one of the Austrian parents that Joey and co have to run from his country, that it's become a place where people aren't safe any more. (I think it was Herr Mensch, but I'm not sure, I think maybe Gottfried has similar thoughts on the run, too.)
a death that left me indifferent
I think there are a few relatives hastily killed off in various first chapters that would probably qualify.
a character I wish died but didn’t
I don't really have anyone that this is true for, but child me would actually have adored sobbing over a CS death, especially of a dramatic fever, or during the course of the war. I'm not sure who I'd sacrifice, though. But all those narrow escapes! There's a twelve year old part of me that still wants to see one of them followed up by TRAGIC DEATH.
(Actually, I say that, but I think Naomi actually died, didn't she? And, of course, we hear about some WWII deaths much later. But wee me could have definitely put up with one or two more.)
my ship that never sailed
I don't think I can say Tom/Rosalie, because they totally go on a date at the end of Rosalie at the Chalet School, so that counts, right? Otherwise, I was more likely to be anti-shipping - not another doctor, no, Elinor, no!!
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