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As I'm rewatching season five of Buffy (I'm sort of cruising through episodes at the moment, picking those who are interesting) I sort of remember how good it was. And how each of the relationships on the show are unique and they all interact with each other, which is pretty tough when you have a big cast. These days, you can have a cast of six-eight people but there are a certain few individuals that never interact with each other on screen even if they are both cast members. Buffy was never like that and I think that's why there are so many fics out there with so many different pairings. If you didn't like what canon was cooking you, you could always make your own meal (so to speak).

And I don't know... It's just excellent writing. For example, this quote is all kinds of beauty:

Spike: And the thing about the dance is, you never get to stop. Every day you wake up, it's the same bloody question that haunts you: is today the day I die? Death is on your heels, baby, and sooner or later it's gonna catch you. And part of you wants it... not only to stop the fear and uncertainty, but because you're just a little bit in love with it. Death is your art. You make it with your hands, day after day. That final gasp. That look of peace. Part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. Every Slayer... has a death wish. Even you. The only reason you've lasted as long as you have is you've got ties to the world... your mum, your brat kid sister, the Scoobies. They all tie you here but you're just putting off the inevitable. Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second- the second- that happens... You know I'll be there. I'll slip in... have myself a real good day.

Before, when I watched the show, I sort of really disliked Spike/Buffy but these days... I don't know. I kind of get it. There were a certain number of "mistakes" though, if you ask me, that made me not like it as much as I could've, but in a way, I sort of get it. I like it the way it is early season five. All that sexual frustration and anger and whatnot... that kind of makes sense. I haven't seen season six in a while so I can't be the judge of that (it's the only season I don't have on DVD) but season seven wasn't really a favourite in the Spike/Buffy department, for me anyway.

And who here had forgotten that Amy Adams had made a guest appearance on the show? I know I have! But when I saw it, it all came flooding back to me. Gosh, her guest appearance on the Office seems like such a long day away.

Eugh, work tomorrow.

I thought I'd share something about myself. And I thought what better than to share the top three fandoms that have really been... important to me, somehow. Obviously, there are a lot of fandoms which I have very fond memories of and probably like better than one of these three these days, but I thought I'd share those that back in the day, was THE fandom, or at least pretty close. That some how mark a turning point or a peak in my fandom!life.

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I'm really in the mood to print out some fan fictions and keep it in this folder that I have so I can read good fics without having to go online or such. Or keep like an archive of good fics on my computer. And therefore I'm asking you whether or not you have any favourites in these fandoms that you think I could enjoy:

Doctor Who (Doctor/Rose or gen, Master/Lucy), Supernatural (gen and/or Sam/Ruby), Gossip Girl (Eric & Chuck friendship, Chuck/Blair, Blair/Nate, Vanessa/Dan, Vanessa/Nate), X-Files, Sarah Connor Chronicles (John/Cameron, Cameron/Derek or some sort of triangle), Smallville (Clark/Lois, Lois/Oliver, Lois & Jimmy), Torchwood (Ianto/Jack, Ianto/Owen, Owen/Tosh, Ianto/John - haha, just something I thought of - oh the plot bunnies I just had), Ugly Betty (Betty/Gio), Criminal Minds (Reid, gen), Life on Mars (gen, Sam/Annie), Veronica Mars (Veronica/Weevil, Veronica/Lamb, Veronica/Duncan, Veronica/Piz, gen), Battlestar Galactica (Gaius/Six), Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel (I guess I can read anything but Spuffy and/or Angel/Cordelia at this point).

Also, huge happy birthday to missambs :D

Ergh, my brain really seems to go to sleep early now. It's eight o'clock and my brain is going to sleep-mode. I think I need to re-establish naps, because my brain stops working, which is not something I approve of. Another thing that I'm going to change is when I'm at school. When I have a sleep-in morning (Mondays don't count because I NEED that sleep-in in order to function), I'll go into school and work on things instead of sleeping in. And I'll try to stay an hour or two after school so that way I might get some actual school work done, such as mathematics or essays (we have a bunch of those).

I hate when my brain falls asleep like this. I get seriously uncreative, and word blind, I barely have any focus etc. and it makes me write the most uninteresting entries. I think I'll pop in Sweet Home Alabama in the DVD player and spend some time watching that (I love romantic comedies and Reese Witherspoon is awesome and I never get sick of SHA). That will probably wake me up. TV shows unfortunately don't really have that effect, for some reason.

Huge welcome to cloiser_trish, I hope you'll have a good time on my flist (I don't really talk about Smallville that much since I don't really appreciate it in general - save season six and like... four and stuff - but hopefully you'll find my entries interesting anyway).

Is it just me or this song one of those that you never get sick of? *points to 'current music'* I can listen to it a lot, although I haven't lately, not counting right now. It really makes me wanna buy Bridget Jones' Diary on DVD (that movie is so sweet, I need to buy more romantic feel-good comedies - I love them but I don't have them in my collection).

Edit: Hi Buffy-nostalgia, this icon and the rest I have uploaded really makes me wanna rewatch this series. I just need S6, then I have the entire show LMAO. I have 1-5 on complete DVD boxes, then I have the latter part of S7 on DVD and the first part burnt on DVD discs that someone sent for Christmas *hugs whoever sent it*

Kind of interesting. I did this search on Google to see how many hits I got and this is the result:

Harry Potter: 48,900,000
Doctor Who: 107,000,000
Buffy: 17,200,000

Then I ran out of ideas of what to search for, but what can we decide from this? Well, Doctor Who is clearly the biggest fandom on Internet. Kicking Harry Potter (which I thought would be the bigger fandom) by faaaaaaar. It's extremely interesting or so I thought.

Anyways, I just thought I'd share.

So the verdict is in. I will not be going in the same class as fridizh and lauren_sark, but that's all right still. It seems that I might've made some new friends the first day. I will try not to get my hopes up or try to predict some trouble. I'm gonna be myself and then it can go as it goes, but they seem awesome so.

Today I'm going to have to pack for camp tomorrow (I'll be away till Wednesday afternoon) and perhaps clean my room and continue with my S1 Buffy marathon (I blame everything on everysingleway - she's made me realize how awesome the show really is). I can't wait till I get to season two and Oz (fangirl squee ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥).

Also, today was really warm and as we were in town my entire body started shaking (almost as if I've put too much pressure on all the muscles in my body which is impossible) and I felt as if I was about to faint. I don't have my period or anything so it can't be that. Perhaps dehydration, but I've never been thirsty so... I don't know. What do you think? When things like that happen to me I get curious.

Happy birthday settiai and poicelle_ailin!! I hope you both have fantastic birthdays.

I saw bits and pieces of Buffy season five yesterday and I don't think I've ever realized how good that season really is. Of course, there's the Dawn thing and well... the "We need to do something with Spike, so we make him in love with Buffy"-deal. Not that the Spuffy moments in season five was necissarily bad (I don't even know if I ship Buffy/Angel anymore *hides* More notes on that will come) but it just isn't my cup of tea right now. I think the "Spuffy = bad" mood sort of stuck in me, which can sort of worry me since I'm a huge thinker and I've just read a book about the world war two. So you can guess just exactly what it is that I'm thinking.

Anyway. I said I'm not sure if I ship Buffy/Angel anymore, I enjoy them - yes, but I don't know if there's a point anymore. The show is amazing and their relationship was adorable, but in later seasons of Angel- their relationship seems tainted. You never really get any answers to the Buffy/Angel saga and you don't really get any answers to the Buffy/Spike saga either. Which is frustrating because it seems as if when a show tries to make all the fans get along, and get both relationship a realistic future, everything gets messed up. Example: In "Chosen" Buffy starts the episode by saying to Angel that there's still a chance for the two of them, just not now. And she ends the episode by saying she loves Spike. Of course, as I'm writing this along I sort of get that you can do that, you can love someone and you can love another on the same time. But the whole ship discussion/wars are of course, sort of outdated now since the Buffy fandom has been more or less dead for a while now, but the whole Spuffy vs. Bangel thing sort of etches to me sometimes.

I try to like both, but since I don't down season six, I haven't rewatched the most Spuffy action since I was in my "Spuffy, ewww" phase. So for me to start genuinely like the Spuffy moments, will be slim to none. So right now, I guess the whole "Spuffy vs. Bangel" thing is like a zit in my eye. It distracts my tv watching and I guess that's why, recently, I start to enjoy anything-but-canon couples like Faith/Giles (come on, the cute comment when Faith was introduced), Anya/Giles, Faith/Angel(us) or so on. I feel sorta sad for Faith though, since I seem only to pair her up with the "Buffy castoffs" (Angel, Spike, Xander) so therefore Faith/Giles seems like the ideal pairing right now. LMAO.

Where did remember_nomore, go? :( When people delete their journals I worry.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer:
Buffy/Angel: Buffy and Angel are soulmates. They are my favourite couple all categories in Buffyverse, the chemistry is there. And it feels as if it's just something I have to say since it feels as if it was such a long time ago and I barely remember anything. Sure I remember their story but nothing is edged to the memory. Still one of my OTPs though.

Dawn/Spike: I used to be a fan and thought it was cool. I really really did, but I guess the pairing slipped through my mind and now I dont think about it much. I should watch some episode where there's a moment and maybe I'll start liking them again.

Willow/Oz: I loved Willow but her relationship with Oz was.... pointless. Sorry, they were adorable and I really liked them but they were sort of pointless, you have to agree. There just wasn't anything for them. They loved each other but they were... boring.

Faith/Spike: Why didn't this pairing happen? Again one of my favourite couples ever (if it counts) and the chemistry were just everywhere..... I completely loved them to death.

Dawn/Faith: It seems as if it's a weird pairing. I've never thought about it and the first thing that comes to mind is: ???, to be honest since I dont really have a thought on the pairing. I'm glad though that it didn't happen though. Although I try to keep an open mind about pairings ;)

Buffy/Oz: Now that would be cool. I can see the chemistry but then it has to be before the Willow love story because... otherwise it would sort of be an OOC romance. Buffy would never go behind Willow's back you see... Or atleased that's what I hope.

Dawn/Oz: Again, this pairing would be mega cool. I can be post-Chosen and Dawn and Oz starts a band... something like that, it would be really cool. So this is a cool pairing ;)

Angel/Spike: Totally awesome. I can totally see the slash and according to Joss it's canon, but I'm not so sure about that. I prefer Angelus to Angel though when it comes to Spike but I totally loved the scene in School Hard when Angel pretends to be Angelus and all that phsycial contact and use of language. *shivers* Like any good fan fic needs to have.

Angel the Series:
Angel/Faith: This is the most wonderful mentor/padwan relationship on Angel, or maybe even the Potterverse. Faith really really trusts Angel and Angel really cares for Faith. I dont know where i stand on them as a romantic couple but I completely adore and love them as a mentor/padwan relationship. You know what they say, this can be the start of a beautiful friendship.

Angel/Kate: Many dont like this pairing. I do. Kate was sort of cynical and I think they were alike in many ways. I wont call them soulmates or anything but the chemistry is there and I'm sort of glad that they didn't start to date. That partner relationship they had was great.

Cordelia/Doyle: Soulmates. Canon. What more is there to say? My first real OTP when I watched Angel. Seriously, I love Doyle so badly and Cordelia is just so perfect for him.

Cordelia/Lindsey: OMG! The season2!Angel pairing! After Dead End I was a huge shipper of them. They are totally one of the best pairings ever. I tried to make a ficlet/fic if anyone remembers that but it didn't turn out too well. Maybe I should write more? I love Cordy/Lindsey.

Buffy/Doyle: Another 'never-met' pairing that I can totally see. Although it would probably.... hey, I have an idea for a fan fiction *lol* Totally shippy though but who cares? They would be totally awesome in fan fics together but I doubt it would look neat in canon.

Wesley/AnybodybutFred: I totally hated Wes/Fred. It was just... bad. I thought I'd like it when I heard of it but then everything went bad and I didn't like the pairing at all anymore. Which is a shame since they were alright as characters, but I hated Fred/Wes. My favourite Wes pairing though is Wes/Lilah and then there really isn't a pairing that I like with Wesley other than Wes/Gunn (the love! "The man took a bullet for me.")

Alias:
Sydney/Will: Sydney/Will was my first Alias pairing ever. I adore them. The ice-cream kiss was amazing and their friendship is so wonderful that I just want to hug them. Of course Will's invesigation of Danny's death might've been weird but I still have hope for them. I wonder if it's canon if they have like kissed three times and had a one night-stand. Must be huh? *happy*

Sydney/Marshall: An alright pairing which I can totally see happen until I saw Lauren/Marshall, which is my OTP of Marshall-ness. This pairing is sweet but I dont know... just no.

Jack/Irina: Cute but I never saw much of the pairing since I stopped watching after they destroyed SD-6 (or more until Sydney/Vaughn became canon and the actors replaced the characters) but what I saw was wonderful. Jack really loved her and then he was totally bitter over it all. Old-spies and Will were the only good things about s2.

Lauren/Sark: My OTP all categories slowly followed by Lauren/Vaughn. The chemistry was there from second one 'When I first approched you in the garage' till the very end. Although I doubt the pairing is over. Sark really loved her and I completely adore the idea that Lauren was older than him. I have no idea why though. Just a lovely pairing.

Marshall/Carrie: Never saw them together but I loved when Marshall was gonna do a song 'Your the mega in my bite' and it was truly Marshall-y. But I think I dislike the pairing mostly because it got into the way of my Lauren/Marshall shippyness.

Jack/Katya: It was totally cute. 'For your information I can do this alone' It was good to see that Jack has something to throw into Irina's face later. Although there were some eww thoughts around the idea but it's nice to see that Jack gets some lovin'.

Harry Potter:
Ron/Luna: One of my OTP's. You can't have not seen the vibes and moments in OOTP. Luna seemed to have a crush on Ron and Ron trusted her enough to let her carry his bird... sort of. :P They would be like the greatest comedy ever in a good way.

Snape/Hermione: A very weird pairing but I can see myself reading it. I really can, although I've never read it so I dont have much thought of the pairing though. It's a little bit eww after all but still :P Strangely attractive pairing, although I prefer Neville/Snape (Neville's Snape sexslave LMAO).

Harry/Luna: At first, when I heard about the pairing I couldn't see it. But when I re-read the end of OOTP I can soo see it. Luna is a lot like me (hehe) and therefore I can relate to a lot what she's doing (although ever ask me to write her :P) and she is really fond of Harry, although maybe not in a romantical way (yet) and I still hold hopes for the two in the end (although if Harry/Draco happens, which it almost did in HBP, my hopes are out of the window, H/D forever ;)).

Bill/Fleur: I hated how mean they were to Fleur, they might not have standed her but she did try her best and wanted to please everyone, they didn't let her try and I just hated that. Therefore I was so thrilled that Bill really loved her that much and was around her. They are so adorable and I can't wait to read about their wedding. Fleur is so adorable. I knew she was gonna accept Bill with his scars anyway but it was still a shock to read it.

postOOTP!Remus/Bellatrix: Might cause some problems since Bella sat in Azkaban for a while but it would sort of be cute. Although I cant say much for the pairing. It would be interesting, it really would. Although if we are talking OOTP!Bella then it would be lovely but HBP!Bella just makes me want to throw up. Although Remus/Bella seems pretty cool.

Winky/Dobby: Total house-elf love. I mean seriously, there's no need for words. Winky and her drunkness and Dobby trying to comfort Winky.

Gilmore Girls:
Rory/Jess: My favourite pairing in GG. Ever. Complete adorable. One of my favourite scenes were the 'You looked it up scene' and there was just so much love in the characters and I hope they get together in the end.

Emily/Richard: Complete love, I'll tell you. They are so stobborn that it nearly kills me of laughter and I'm so happy they reunited... sort of :P But they never really split either.

Smallville:
Clark/Lois: Comedy love. Completely. The laughs were there, and I can see that they will be together some day, which isn't all that bad since I love them but you know... :) It will be interesting. Favourite scene must be.... the end scene of Farcade. I sort of missed a lot of the end of the fourth season so I can't say much else.

Pete/Chloe: I saw this pairing be cute before it was canoned by Pete. I thought it would be sweet although Chloe was her usual bitch-self and all over Clark. *grr*

Chloe/Lex: A pairing which I dont really see, since my world is Lex in love with Clark and everyone is happy.

Chloe/AnyonebutClark: I hate Chloe and I hate Clark. Personally I hope to see her end up alone with a bunch of cats *lol* Yes, I'm evil :P

Is it just me that's surprise to see that there's no old!Buffy/Angel fan fictions? I mean, everyone says that the pairing is so eternal love, but fan fictions that would really show that, like old retired Buffy meets Angel again and things might just work out, doesn't seem to exist? Sure, it's a prettier picture with a 20 year old!Buffy and an eternal young!Angel, but well... I just have trouble understanding that's all. Sure, we get 'Last minute reunions' and Buffy dies in the end, if it's an old fic, but not really that 'I'm too old for you' or whatever. I miss that. I wanna do that kind of fic.

Also, I'm having this sudden craving to do a H/D PWP, but there's some issues. To say the first, I've never EVER written NC-17 [wish I could] and all the PWP's that people enjoy are either R or NC-17... I wanna do the classic: Harry in the perfects' bathroom and then Draco walks in... Sounds very PWP to me, but it just seems weird for me to write it.
I find some NC-17 fics pretty... tasteless since it's mostly about a moment of no control turns into hot steemy sex, it can be fun to read at the moment but the lack of... I don't know. It's rare that I re-read PWP's just because the etertainment of the unknown events that occours, disappears when you've read it already. Does it make sense?

Accordingly to Mars, a friend of mine, I've written a very cute ficlet called Blind Faith with Ron/Hermione as a pairing [which I dont think I've written before, if you dont count post-Hogwarts], but I'm not really sure. It's set during HBP, somewhere in the start, so it doesn't contain spoilers other than... you know, Won-Won. *laughs*

Anyway, me and Won-Won are gonna have a talk if I can make him pair up with.... Pansy or Ginny perhaps? *incest can be so wrong so I'll probably skip that*

I'll write a Firefly post later.