fannish fives

[krickets]

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Top Five Pilots
Lost
The Black Donnellys
Pushing Daisies
Friday Night Lights
The West Wing

Top Five Series Finales
super picky about finales, I could only come up with three, there were others, but they were unintentional finales like Carnivale and Terminator
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ugly Betty
Firefly [only if I can count Serenity as the finale.]

Top Five Canon Pairings
Stefan/Elena, The Vampire Diaries
Hyde/Jackie, That '70s show
Pacey/Joey, Dawson's Creek
Kara/Leoben, Battlestar Galactica [Canon-ish?]
Jessica/Hoyt, True Blood

Top Five [nostalgia] Movies
it's impossible to list a top five, so i categorized it. also? this might be six
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Almost Famous
Clue
Jurassic Park
Scream
Breakfast at Tiffany's

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Top Five Actors/Actresses of the Moment
Candice Accola
Paul Wesley
Kristen Bell
[Uhh, I don't know who else to put. Can't I just love everybody? Is that allowed?]

Top Five Ten Female Characters
Caroline Forbes, The Vampire Diaries
Kara Thrace, Battlestar Galactica
Elena Gilbert, The Vampire Diaries
Kenzi, Lost Girl
Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Tami Taylor, Friday Night Lights
CJ Cregg, The West Wing
Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars
Charlotte Charles, Pushing Daisies
Kitty Foreman, That '70s Show
Betty Suarez, Ugly Betty

Top Five Crossover Ships
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Top Five OT3s
i've got three reals and a fake, guess the fake
Caroline/Stefan/Tyler, The Vampire Diaries
Claire/Jack/Sawyer, Lost
Jason/Lyla/Tim, Friday Night Lights
Jon Bon Jovi/Lexi/Stefan, The Vampire Diaries [1987, Chicago, Wanted Dead or Alive? Has no one written this?]

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Top Five Characters You Want to Be
Tami Taylor, Friday Night Lights: because she always knows what do to and has her stuff together more than anybody
Veronica Mars: because she's Veronica Mars, obviously. Her dad is Keith Mars. enough said.
A genius like Rodney McKay, Topher Brink, or Lip Gallagher [Stargate: Atlantis, Dollhouse, Shameless]: could you imagine how much damage I could do with their brains and my thirst for power?
Amanda Tanen, Ugly Betty: first, her best friends are Mark and Betty, which automatically makes her the luckiest girl in the world, and second she always got to have the most fun
Jen Lindley, Dawson's Creek: because despite the whole thing where she *spoilerspoilerspoiler*, she was always my favorite.

Top Five Characters You'd Like to Kick
a * goes by the ones I chose to kick for their own good out of love, the other ones I just want to kick, period
Damon Salvatore, The Vampire Diaries
Brian Kinney, Queer as Folk*
Don Lamb, Veronica Mars
Bill Hendrickson, Big Love
Lux Cassidy, Life Unexpected*

Top Five Tropes
post-apocalypse/dystopias
road trips/traveling
the underdog/the one-least-likely having to step up/take charge/kick butt, etc. [river tam, betty suarez, matt saracen, caroline forbes, etc.]
created families
inspiring/rousing/awesome speeches to "the gang" [offenders: malcolm reynolds, buffy summers, jed bartlet, jeff winger, etc.]

Top Five Non-Canon Pairings
this is so hard since basically all of my pairings are non-canon; I'll cheat by combining some
Claire/Jack & Claire/Jack/Sawyer, Lost
Caroline/Stefan & Caroline/Stefan/Tyler, The Vampire Diaries
Brian/Michael, Queer as Folk
Alex/Richard, Lost
Sam/Chief & Sam/Ellen, Battlestar Galactica

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Top Five Caroline Forbes Moments
- All of Brave New World? (Can I say that?) Specifically the "You suck!" moment with Damon, and her discovering her face/fangs in the hospital mirror, and the moments with Stefan in the bathroom at the school.
- Tyler's transformation in By the Light of the Moon: basically that whole episode, her determination to stay with him until the end; the fear and the concern played against his fear and his pain, just, all of that, yes.
- Shot & Tortured in Daddy Issues: I say this mostly because holy wow Candice Accola is an amazing actress. Her voice when Caroline's in pain is so convincing. She's amazing.
- Having to Compel her Mom
- Puppy, Puppy! Puppy With a Tutu!

Top Five Guilty Pleasure Movies
forfeit

Top Five Shows [of the Moment, so non-committal, I know]
The Vampire Diaries
Lost Girl [Because I miss this show a lot.]
Happy Endings
Haven [Because I need summer shows to start!]
The Killing

Top Five Whedonverse Characters
these are mostly random, they could change tomorrow
Wesley Wyndham-Price
Buffy Summers
Malcolm Reynolds
Topher Brink
Rupert Giles

Top Five Deaths
Buffy, Season 5 Finale, Buffy the Vampire Slayer [She comes back, but still. I cried my eyeballs out.]
Cal & Chloe, Harper's Island [Seriously? Saddest ever.]
Jen Lindley, Dawson's Creek [If anybody deserved to live, it was that girl.]
Mrs. Landingham, The West Wing
The final montage of Six Feet Under [sure I still haven't watched that show, but dude, that ending is gutwrenching.]


There are a a couple I didn't get to, but I'm all listed out for now!

Comments

[wondygal.livejournal.com]

What? Jen Lindley died? In my version of the episode, she always ends happy and healthy and living with her daughter and Jack forever and ever the end. Also she and Pacey were involved at some unspecified point in the show's history.

Sometimes, canon is just wrong. (She was my favorite too.)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh right? I just sort of try to de-canonize the fact that she died. It's too sad!

[hondagirll.livejournal.com]

Hyde and Jackie are amazing. I'm glad to see somebody else agrees. ♥

(and Happy Endings! Love that show, so happy to see it got renewed. I adore Penny)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Aren't they? How did they not end up together? FEZ? SAY WHAT?

(Yes! One of the best new shows of the season!)

[gigglemonster.livejournal.com]

I love all of these!
Especially the Tropes question. That's an interesting question. And these to?

created families
inspiring/rousing/awesome speeches to "the gang" [offenders: malcolm reynolds, buffy summers, jed bartlet, jeff winger, etc.]

YES. Mega yes.
And Mrs. Landingham ugh! *cries* Two Cathedrals was one of the best episodes of television ever. Damn.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Aren't they awesome? I heart some tropes. And do not heart others!

Her death was so shocking. I was SO ANGRY and sad and depressed. I feel you Prez. B. I feel you.

[knopflergroupie.livejournal.com]

Okay, you can love them all. It was kind of an unfair question. (I should have given you the least-favorite option. Although that might have been too uncomfortable? For me it's a lot easier to dislike characters than actors.)

Candice Accola is Caroline from TVD, right? She's, um. So pretty. Also, I don't even like Joss Whedon stuff and you've managed to pick out three of the seven or so characters that I like.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I might be better able to do least favorites, but I also tend to like people in groups rather than individuals, lol. I don't know! It's weird!

Yes she is and yes she is!

Haha who are the three I wonder!

[knopflergroupie.livejournal.com]

That makes perfect sense to me. Generally if I'm getting fannish about actors, it's about an entire cast. Or, um, most of an entire cast. (There's always, always one I don't like. I can't help it.)

Mal, Wesley and Giles, in that order. And while we're at it, I adored Simon and Jayne, quite liked Cordelia, and sometimes enjoyed Zoe. Now you know.

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

inspiring/rousing/awesome speeches to "the gang" [offenders: malcolm reynolds, buffy summers, jed bartlet, jeff winger, etc.]
I love Jed Bartlet's speeches!

Rupert Giles!

Mrs. Landingham. :-(

Aww, these all brought back good TV memories!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I know, they're so good!

GILES! Love him.

Yay! Did you do this meme? I will have to go look!

[zelda-zee.livejournal.com]

Wow, I have to say Sam/Ellen is a pairing I had never considered! And I'm usually one for considering all kinds of odd/rare/unthinkable pairings!

And Kara/Leoben is TOTES canon!

A great list of tropes. I share your love of apocalypse fic, road trips & created families.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Look Sam/Ellen does things to me especially considering the endless history they could have and Ellen's own personal history of not being very faithful to Tigh. If you ever feel the need to write BSG fic... s'all I'm saying!

Kara/Leoben. SIGH. Such chemistry.

Those are some good tropes. Not overly specific, but generally awesome still.

[richyl88.livejournal.com]

I love the Lost piliot. I agree Buffy the Vampire Slayer was an amazing finale. I don't read the comics because it was so pwrfect I don't want to ruin it.

Stefan/Elena,Pacey/Joey and Jessica/Hoyt are all adorable.

Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of my all time favourite movies.

Caroline,Buffy and Veronica are all such HBIC.
Veronica Mars: because she's Veronica Mars, obviously. Her dad is Keith Mars. enough said.
Yes,there are no words for how much I love her.

Jen Lindley, Dawson's Creek: because despite the whole thing where she *spoilerspoilerspoiler*, she was always my favorite.
Oh me too.

Caroline/Stefan There are no words for how much I want this to happen.

Jen Lindley, Dawson's Creek [If anybody deserved to live, it was that girl.]
This so much. I still bawl my eyes out when I watch.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

The Lost pilot might just be the best thing about that show.

Buffy's finale was perfect. And I don't plan to ever read the comics either.

I have a hard time with canon pairings. But those three are easily tops.

VERONICA! (Yes.)

God, Jen Lindley is like the person I aspire to be. Hahaha. Even though by now I have outlived her. *sniffle*

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see that happen. Caroline/Stefan? I mean, even just as a fling or a rebound or friends with benefits. Oh yes, especially that last one. GIVE IT TO ME SHOW.

[richyl88.livejournal.com]

Jen is like the perfect imperfect person. She was just so great. And her friendship with Jack <3

[lenina20.livejournal.com]

Jen Lindley, Dawson's Creek [If anybody deserved to live, it was that girl.]

This is the one thing I loved about that show. That girl. That story. Damn!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I loved Pacey Witter and Jen the most. Although I shipped Pacey/Joey mostly, I could have totally lived with Pacey/Jen. But it would almost be two much awesome. The world might have actually imploded.

[stainofmylove.livejournal.com]

Your faux-T3 is AMAZINGGGGGGGG. ROTFL!!!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Hee! Am I wrong in thinking someone should have already written that?

"We can make him remember."

Remember what, per se? Inquiring minds...

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

The Black Donnellys pilot was fantastic. I haven't thought about that show in years, but I remember being enamored with it when it debuted.

Excellent TV tropes and feel free to give Bill an extra kick from me. ;)

I'm glad The Killing is good. It's next on my to watch list. And I admire you for being able to pick five Whedonverse characters, I've tried before and I somehow always end up with thirty people.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it? I never actually finished that series but the pilot episode was one of the best I've ever seen. True story.

*kicks Bill again*

(Can you kick a dead man?)

The last couple of eps of The Killing have been so exciting. I have a feeling the last few eps are just going to be non-stop reveal after reveal. I'm super excited!