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Snagged from urania_calliope.

Check my fandoms, my favorite characters, the pairings I like the most, my kinks, my fictional crushes, anything. Now, in a friendly and possibly teasing way, point out the obvious and not so obvious trends or fetishes you see in my tastes. Maybe I'm nuts for all vampire stories, or have a thing for men who smoke, or I'm fond of the tsundere archetype, or I'm into rival slash. Let's point out all of those you've noticed I tend to squee about during our friendship.

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Heh. Maybe? Sort of?

You seem attracted towards stories involving powerful people whose duties and responsibilities tend towards a very large - if not global - scale.

Yes, this is true. BtVS, AtS, The West Wing, BSG, Chuck, and 24 are all very different, but they do have that one thing in common. On the other hand, I also love stories where the stakes are much smaller and more personal - Veronica Mars, Mad Men, and especially FNL.

I feel like you've emphasized the role of romance a lot more than I do - which is probably because you know me mostly from my most shippy fandom, but outside of Spike/Buffy and Logan/Veronica, I'm not really a big shipper. I do love relationships of all stripes - but family and friends are just as important to me as romantic entanglements.

For you, Love has more in common with The End of the World than it does with sanguine letters penned in earnest from Ms. Mayfeathers to Mr. Hawkingsworth.

This is very true. I find that the couples I am most passionate about tend to have epic romances (lives ruined, bloodshed), and they do both happen to be "enemies" that couldn't resist the sinister attraction. On the other hand, I also love couples like the Bartlets or the Taylors, who are happily married, and the joy comes from watching them work together as a team. Although they encounter conflicts in their relationship, these conflicts only strengthen their love for each other. I hate will-they-won't-they bullshit with a passion.

Also, if the story haz explojuns, you can dig it.

Haha, I dunno. I don't mind explosions, and in the right setting, I quite enjoy them, but explosions alone aren't enough to win me over.

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I feel like you've emphasized the role of romance a lot more than I do - which is probably because you know me mostly from my most shippy fandom, but outside of Spike/Buffy and Logan/Veronica, I'm not really a big shipper.

Well, yeah. I'm sure there's a lot more to it. I'm not a fan of romance at all, unless it's Grand Romance. For me, that doesn't mean that the scale has to be epic, but that the stakes have to be very high. Lives hanging in the balance, apocalypses looming, etc.

I find that the couples I am most passionate about tend to have epic romances (lives ruined, bloodshed), and they do both happen to be "enemies" that couldn't resist the sinister attraction.

See, this is why I insist you rent "Heathers." It is essentially BTVS minus the vamps. It has star-crossed lovers from opposite sides of the battlefield, tons of snarky angst, a mounting body count, good and evil and the sticky grey areas in-between, etc. The character of Veronica is basically a "pre-Buffy" Buffy, and her love interest J.D. manages to out-Spike Spike. I'm sure you will love it.

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See, this is why I insist you rent "Heathers."

I have it! I have it! I rented it from Netflix. Will report back.