Oh show...

[kellifer]

There was this meme around a little while ago comparing fandoms to the relationships you've had and it was oddly apt. You have a relationship with these wonderful, strange, sometimes frustrating shows. You're invested and they can break your heart just as easily as they can give you joy...

I've been thinking about it and yes, I can break down the fandoms I've found myself in pretty much in this way.

Stargate SG-1 - The first love

He wined you and dined you and was basically the best you ever had, a comparison for all others to come after. Unfortunately, you know it's over but you can't help falling into bed just that last couple of times, trying to recapture that old magic and it's a little bit sad but still nice.

You miss him and he'll always be in your heart but he's your past.

Stargate, Atlantis - The fling

You don't know how it happened. One minute you were watching a movie in your parent's basement, the next you were making out. He was cute and funny but you never really thought about him that way before. You don't really know that much about him and everytime you try to get a grip on him he does something different that throws you.

He's fun but your parents would only allow him in your house because he was a friend and they'd be horrified to think you were dating him.

But... he's really fun.

Supernatural - The one that blindsides you

He was too cute. He was fun to look at and you figured he was all surface but you never thought he would like you back, right up until he turned up on your doorstep with his hands jammed in his pockets and his hair over his face.

And hey, he likes reading and puppies and will watch Titanic with you and think Kate Winslet looked really nice in that last dress too. You get all of this and really nice abs and it's almost too good to be true.

You're waiting for him to hurt you and hoping he won't.

Heroes - The one you'll never have

He's the one on a motorcycle with some other girl on the back. He's standing on street corners with his hands in his jean pockets and a smoke between his lips and you kind of stumble when you walk past him and can't think of anything to say.

You know he'd probably drive you crazy if you ever tried to have anything permanent but it's nice to kind of fantasize about.

Battlestar Galactica - The long-distance thing

You see him maybe once every few months or even years. He comes in like a whirlwind and leaves about the same way. He says smart things and has ideas and you really like that, even if you don't always understand what he's talking about.

You just wish he lived closer but think maybe he would lose some of the mystery if he did.

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Well, that's not all of it but that's it in a nutshell...

Edited to add: Okay yes, I seemed to forget a very important relationship - Buffy and Angel but I was never actually in the *fandoms* for those. I kind of got into fandoms when they were done and *ahem* dusted.

But if I had to, I would say that they were that summer where you were dating two guys at once and all your friends were waiting for it to blow up in your face but it just kinda... worked.

Except for that one year where Angel was just being really strange. :)

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[mangst.livejournal.com]

When the X-Files first came out, I was in my 20's. It was indeed innovative and scary. They never really showed the truly scary scenes, they just hinted at what was happening, obscured the action in darkness and then let your imagination take over. Which made it way scarier than just showing it. I think as the seasons passed the show got to bogged down in the mythology, it all got to complicated even for the show runners to follow, and any sort of coherency just disintegrated. It was a show that should have ended several seasons earlier. IMHO.