Let's do a meme

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Snagged from fluffyfrolicker:

Tell me of a fandom you know I know of and I'll tell you :

1. The first character I fell in love with
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't
4. The character I love that everyone else hates
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer
6. The character I would shag anytime
7. The character I'd want to be like
8. The character I'd slap
9. A pairing that I love
10. A pairing that I despise

Comments

[chaila]

West Wing!

[pocochina]

oooooh, excellent, I don't think I've done this one yet! Tell me about Chuck even though I still haven't seen the finale.

[(Anonymous)]

The Office

[goldenusagi]

That was me.

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1. The first character I fell in love with: Wow, I really don't remember? It's weird, but I have no memory of starting to watch this show. I vividly remember becoming obsessed when they started showing the reruns on Bravo all the time, but at that point, I was already familiar with the show... That said, Josh has always had a special place in my heart, so probably it was him?
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Debbie Fiderer. I had the same "NOOOOOO YOU CANNOT REPLACE MRS. LANDINGHAM" reaction that the characters did (and also I thought her "quirks" were really annoying), but she grew on me.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Um, that would imply there is a character I don't love? Well, there's Mandy, but I don't think everyone loves Mandy, or she'd have lasted a lot longer.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Amy Gardner. I still can't even with Josh/Amy as a ship (I think being together brings out the worst in both of them), but Amy by herself is awesome.
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Danny Concannon. At first I thought his thing with CJ was cute, but he's really kind of a jerk?
6. The character I would shag anytime: Sam
7. The character I'd want to be like: CJ
8. The character I'd slap: Hoynes
9. A pairing that I love: Sam/Ainsley
10. A pairing that I despise: Josh/Mandy

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1. The first character I fell in love with: Sarah, that smokin' badass.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Morgan, I guess? I was not really impressed with him at first, I think because, characterization-wise, the Nerd Herd seemed to be one giant amorphous nerd mob, not individual people. The more character development Morgan got, the more he stood out from the crowd.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Anna Wu. I never really got the fuss over her.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: I feel like Ellie got a lot of hate, especially early on when she was there to be the downer who always ruined the spy fun. But I always loved their sibling relationship. (I don't care what anyone says, this show was totally about FAMILY.)
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Jeffster? I loved the random epic musical numbers at first, but I feel like they ran the joke into the ground. I did think Smart!Jeff was a hilarious twist, though.
6. The character I would shag anytime: Chuck. TV boyfriend, yo.
7. The character I'd want to be like: Sarah
8. The character I'd slap: Jeffster
9. A pairing that I love: Ellie/Awesome
10. A pairing that I despise: Sarah/Shaw

[ever_neutral]

Veronica Mars!

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1. The first character I fell in love with: Jim, I think?
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: All of the supporting characters! I did not expect to love them at all, but they're honestly the only reason for watching anymore.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: I could not stand Michael most of the time. I was (briefly) glad he left, until things got EVEN WORSE without him.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: I don't know that there is one? Who does everyone hate? I probably hate them, too.
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Dwight. What even happened there?
6. The character I would shag anytime: Uh... that is tough. I guess Jim? He's not really the "I wanna jump his bones" type, but the only other one I can think of is Ryan, but he's too much of a douche.
7. The character I'd want to be like: I'd love to be as confident and sassy as Kelly (as long as I could keep my own level of intelligence, haha). Actually, I think I really just want to be Mindy Kaling...
8. The character I'd slap: OMG GET IN LINE. All of them?
9. A pairing that I love: Jim/Pam, although I loved them a lot more before they gave up on character development.
10. A pairing that I despise: Michael/Jan and Andy/Angela top my hate list.

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1. The first character I fell in love with: Veronica, obvs.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Logan, haha. You'd think I'd hear "psychotic jackass" and be ALL OVER that shit, but no?
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: I think Trina gets a lot of love purely for being Alyson Hannigan, even though she's completely useless as a character.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Jackie and Piz. I assume people hate them, lol.
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Okay, I ADORED Cassidy until his character took a sharp left turn into crazytown. WHAT. What was wrong with him being severely messed up and NOT homicidal or a retcon rapist?
6. The character I would shag anytime: Logan
7. The character I'd want to be like: Veronica
8. The character I'd slap: Heh, probably Logan? So hard to choooose.
9. A pairing that I love: Logan/Veronica
10. A pairing that I despise: Duncan/anyone

[ever_neutral]

2. LOL what's this story??
3. Haha, does she? I was not aware. That's weird.
4. Heh, yep, people do. I love them too, though.
5. RIGHT? SMH for that retcon.

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Hahaha, it's not much of a story. I think I just underestimated how fucked up Logan really was? Like, people who are assholes purely for the sake of being assholes don't impress me, but ~damaged assholes who lash out as a coping mechanism? YES PLEASE. And Logan gets introduced as basically a one-note jackass (IIRC, he wasn't supposed to be as big a part of the show as he ended up being?).

It didn't actually take that long for me to like him, lol - half a dozen eps in or so? Although I really went full-tilt "THAT IS THE ASSHOLE FOR ME" when he and V are investigating his mom's suicide.

[ever_neutral]

I think I just underestimated how fucked up Logan really was?

LOL I see. Yeah, I just skip that part and assume that with great assholery comes great damage. :D I didn't know that about Logan not intended initially to be an important character, though.

THAT IS THE ASSHOLE FOR ME"

:')

[(Anonymous)]

The character I used to love but don't any longer: Dwight. What even happened there?

I don't even know. I can't even articulate what's *wrong* with him now, but something has gone weird.

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Yeah, apparently Logan was just supposed to be a guest role for the pilot. Jason Dohring went in to audition for Duncan but played it way too dark, and they were like, "Let us direct you to this asshole over here..."

(Also, Teddy Dunn initially auditioned for Logan before being cast as Duncan. Can you imagine if they'd switched roles?? We could all be Veronica/Duncan shippers! :-O)