I am bored at work.

[lirazel]

And also, I am writing dark future-fic Spuffy! Heh. We'll see if anything comes of it.

For now, distract me:

Gakked from redsilverchains:

Give me a character from any fandom I know at least fairly well, and I will tell you:

A) My OTP
B) The runner up
C) The anti-ship
D) My unpopular fannish opinion on said character
E) One person he/she never fell in love with, and why

I feel like I've done this before long ago, but who cares? I have loads more fandoms now. Go wild!

Comments

[redsilverchains.livejournal.com]

Edmund Pevensie!

And since the shippy questions are kind of unfair on his part, feel free to ramble about your fannish Edmund anything :p

[gingerwall.livejournal.com]

Usually I'm not a huge fan of memes, but this one was great, esp re:Veronica Mars.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I like memes because they give me an actual reason to ramble on and on about my own opinions. ;) But I'm glad you enjoyed!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Yeah, not so much with the shippy. But, sure! I can ramble!

Let's stick to two main topics of conversation:

1.) I blame Edmund for my redemption fetish (well, that and I'm Christian. It's kind of a thing we do, you know?). The Narnia books were always just sort of there--I don't remember a time without them, though they weren't my favorite. But I really do think that Edmund started my obsession.

Now, I have a very specific redemption obsession. I can't stand Angel's version: brooding and feeling sorry for himself. I like the kind that's accompanied by a love of life (see: Spike, Aeryn Sun, Tony Stonem, etc.). I like it when the redemption matures a character but doesn't weigh them down. To me that's Edmund, and that's what I love.

And it's been years since I've read Voyage of the Dawn Treader, though it was my favorite for a long time (and still might be), but I remember him understanding Eustace, too. And I love that.

2.) Let's talk about this kid named Skander Keynes. Let's talk about how awesomely cast he is. Let's talk about the first movie where he was little kid snarky and pretty selfish and a jerk to his sister but you still cared about him. And let's talk about the second movie where he had like six lines but was still BY FAR the biggest bad-ass in the movie. Let's talk about how whenever he was onscreen, I got so excited I wanted to squeal. And let's talk about how I want to rewatch the movie a hundred times (which I haven't done!) and just fast-foward to the parts he's in. Because he is awesome. Like, definition of awesome.

And how I need to find an OTP crossover pairing for him. You need to get on that. I trust your creativity to find the perfect girl for him. GO!

[redsilverchains.livejournal.com]

I blame Edmund for my redemption fetish (well, that and I'm Christian. It's kind of a thing we do, you know?).
Oh, I am too. Though I found the books a little sledgehammer-y at times (I will always love a story over its symbolism and I thought Lewis could be too heavy with the latter), but the thing about Edmund? He carries off the message while managing to be a lovable, realistic (most three-dimensional, in my opinion) character. How can I not looove?

I can't stand Angel's version: brooding and feeling sorry for himself. I like the kind that's accompanied by a love of life
…and that’s why I don’t ever see Edmund as being Angel-emo and cursing the world, post Narnia! I think back on all his lines and moments, and ‘love of life’ is absolutely right.

it was my favorite for a long time (and still might be), but I remember him understanding Eustace, too.
Same here—first one I read and still my favorite( And my nine year old self fell hard, making Edmund one of my longest fangirled characters.)
Speaking of redemptions, Eustace is my second favorite. I will be really annoyed if that “You were only an ass but I was a traitor” scene is not in the film.

Let's talk about the first movie where he was little kid snarky and pretty selfish and a jerk to his sister but you still cared about him.
Oh, exactly! Jeering and sulking and all, but still ridiculously hard not to sympathize with.

And let's talk about the second movie where he had like six lines but was still BY FAR the biggest bad-ass in the movie.
Ffff, the whole no-lines thing annoyed me because they kept them to his siblings and I thought they shafted him a lot to give way for Peter and Caspian’s man-wangst (sorry, I have…issues with their characterizations :/). BUT HE WAS STILL AWESOME. And that says a lot.

Crossovers, eh? Bit of a challenge but I’ll be on the lookout ;) (Rrrrr, Narnia, why do you have to be set in the 1940’s)