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This post contains A Song of Ice and Fire books spoilers.
Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your LJ (or just add a reply back to me). Other people (including me) can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
So,
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01. non-functional Damon/Elena
I AM GOING TO BE BRIEF ABOUT IT. Mostly because I'm in the middle of writing a D/E meta. Besides, a brief look at my journal should be enough for you to tell that lately I've became this crazy shipper person.
This ship is my current obsession, mostly because it just begs for future!fics in which both Damon and Elena are gloriously fucked up. So I love Damon/Elena as a ship that is based on very casual, mundane disappointments, on disillusionment and on a weird yet real friendship. I indulge in Damon's inclinations towards drama and in Elena's worst tendencies. Those two can be truly romantic, and they can do it in the most creepy way.
02. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce!
I need Wesley like I need oxygen ;). What I love about him the most is the LOGIC with which he was written: he is this character who seems to have changed every aspect of himself, but in fact he didn't. Even the dark, broken Wesley who helps Illyria still has some traces of the old, silly, know-it-all Wesley. He can make the hardest choices without blinking, and it doesn't matter if it is handing Faith to the Council, stealing Connor or destroying Vail's memory spell. Wesley always makes the hard choice. He doesn't hesitate, he doesn't wait for someone to decide for him, he just does it, and then he bears the consequences.
Wesley is tragic, but he is also a bit pathetic, he would make a fool of himself or help Illyria just because she looks like Fred. He speaks dozens of languages, and yet he still can't express himself. He had his throat cut, and his friends abandoned him, and then he had this memory taken away from him. He fell in love with Fred, because she was this sweet, innocent person he would've loved before he was broken, than he discovered some dark things about her and he fell in love with who she really was, then it was taken away form him, and Wesley fell in love with the Ideal Fred again. He lost her before he rediscovered the truth, and now (I live in the AU world in which Wesley is alive, and I have to think very hard to remember that it is actually
le_mru's fic, not canon) he is left with the blue King-God who doesn't know a thing about humans. And Wesley makes himself a tool, he uses his most private experiences in order to teach Illyria about the world.
He was Faith's worst Watcher. He was her best Watcher. He will never forgive her, but it's ok, because she should never forgive him either. Faith was the one who started making Wesley who he is right now. Lilah really knew him, and it was the worst thing about her. Wesley has wretched luck when it comes to women. Wesley has the best luck when it comes to women. Wesley is the smartest guy I've ever seen. Wesley doesn't know how the fuck could he function now.
Besides... All the books, swords, smart speeches, variety of shirts, ultimate pain - WESLEY, HOW SO HOT??? I seem to recall a post in which we were already considering this problem.
03. Jon/Robb
YOU KNOW NOTHING, JON SNOW! Ok, that's painfully off-topic, but I had to ;).
I actually don't ship it very hard. But I blame
mlekopijca for the fact that I ship it at all (well, most of my slash pairings started from the fact that she was nagging me...). Jon wanted to run away from the Wall just to be with his brother. Robb stood up to his mother to make his brother his heir. Jon should be the king, and Robb should be his Warden of the North. Martin did it wrong, and someone should fix this mistake RIGH NOW!
04. fic-writing
I'm a compulsive fic writer. I've been doing it for over six years now (how did it happen? o_O), and it grew to be a form of self-expression for me. It's more than just fun, I actually get all "artistic" about writing, feelings exposed and so on. Well, ok, not always. Sometimes. And sometimes it's just fun. But I can't imagine myself not writing. I can have breaks, sometimes long breaks, but I come back eventually. I get enthusiastic about writing. I get emotional about writing. I get geeky about writing. I want to try new things and be challenged. I talk about writing. As I've said - compulsive writer :).
05. teaching
Yes, I do it ;). I've been giving private lessons for over five years now. I mostly teach English, occasionally History (that's because far more people want to learn English). I mostly teach young children, like, 10-12 years old, but my History students all were in their final year of high school :). I have many funny/scary stories starting with "Yesterday my student told me...", but I'm not telling any of them in an unlocked post ;).
Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your LJ (or just add a reply back to me). Other people (including me) can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
So,
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01. non-functional Damon/Elena
I AM GOING TO BE BRIEF ABOUT IT. Mostly because I'm in the middle of writing a D/E meta. Besides, a brief look at my journal should be enough for you to tell that lately I've became this crazy shipper person.
This ship is my current obsession, mostly because it just begs for future!fics in which both Damon and Elena are gloriously fucked up. So I love Damon/Elena as a ship that is based on very casual, mundane disappointments, on disillusionment and on a weird yet real friendship. I indulge in Damon's inclinations towards drama and in Elena's worst tendencies. Those two can be truly romantic, and they can do it in the most creepy way.
02. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce!
I need Wesley like I need oxygen ;). What I love about him the most is the LOGIC with which he was written: he is this character who seems to have changed every aspect of himself, but in fact he didn't. Even the dark, broken Wesley who helps Illyria still has some traces of the old, silly, know-it-all Wesley. He can make the hardest choices without blinking, and it doesn't matter if it is handing Faith to the Council, stealing Connor or destroying Vail's memory spell. Wesley always makes the hard choice. He doesn't hesitate, he doesn't wait for someone to decide for him, he just does it, and then he bears the consequences.
Wesley is tragic, but he is also a bit pathetic, he would make a fool of himself or help Illyria just because she looks like Fred. He speaks dozens of languages, and yet he still can't express himself. He had his throat cut, and his friends abandoned him, and then he had this memory taken away from him. He fell in love with Fred, because she was this sweet, innocent person he would've loved before he was broken, than he discovered some dark things about her and he fell in love with who she really was, then it was taken away form him, and Wesley fell in love with the Ideal Fred again. He lost her before he rediscovered the truth, and now (I live in the AU world in which Wesley is alive, and I have to think very hard to remember that it is actually
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He was Faith's worst Watcher. He was her best Watcher. He will never forgive her, but it's ok, because she should never forgive him either. Faith was the one who started making Wesley who he is right now. Lilah really knew him, and it was the worst thing about her. Wesley has wretched luck when it comes to women. Wesley has the best luck when it comes to women. Wesley is the smartest guy I've ever seen. Wesley doesn't know how the fuck could he function now.
Besides... All the books, swords, smart speeches, variety of shirts, ultimate pain - WESLEY, HOW SO HOT??? I seem to recall a post in which we were already considering this problem.
03. Jon/Robb
YOU KNOW NOTHING, JON SNOW! Ok, that's painfully off-topic, but I had to ;).
I actually don't ship it very hard. But I blame
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04. fic-writing
I'm a compulsive fic writer. I've been doing it for over six years now (how did it happen? o_O), and it grew to be a form of self-expression for me. It's more than just fun, I actually get all "artistic" about writing, feelings exposed and so on. Well, ok, not always. Sometimes. And sometimes it's just fun. But I can't imagine myself not writing. I can have breaks, sometimes long breaks, but I come back eventually. I get enthusiastic about writing. I get emotional about writing. I get geeky about writing. I want to try new things and be challenged. I talk about writing. As I've said - compulsive writer :).
05. teaching
Yes, I do it ;). I've been giving private lessons for over five years now. I mostly teach English, occasionally History (that's because far more people want to learn English). I mostly teach young children, like, 10-12 years old, but my History students all were in their final year of high school :). I have many funny/scary stories starting with "Yesterday my student told me...", but I'm not telling any of them in an unlocked post ;).
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Date: 2011-11-27 12:58 pm (UTC)OH YEEEEEEEEAHHHH.
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Date: 2011-11-27 12:44 pm (UTC)I like Wesley but he's not my favourite. Still, I felt broken when he died :(
Fic-writing is cool and so is teaching and oh...stories! Yum, I'd like to hear some of those ;)
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Date: 2011-11-27 01:18 pm (UTC)I'll probably make a "Merry Life of a Teacher" post one day ;).
Now, meme! It might be a bit lame, because I've only known you for a short time, but I'll try my best :).
1. Complex fan theories, especially when it comes to Damon's livejournal ;).
2. Vids!
3. TVD flailing
4. Germany
5. Buffyverse female characters
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Date: 2011-11-27 01:08 pm (UTC)Nie mam ikonki z Wesem, więc daję z Faith.
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Date: 2011-11-27 01:13 pm (UTC)1. Incest!
2. Różne rzeczy czekoladowo-wiśniowe
3. Ginny
4. Prokastynacja
5. Torchwood Poznań \o/
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Date: 2011-11-27 02:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-27 04:24 pm (UTC)2. Figure skating
3. Generation Kill
4. Paris
5. Graphics
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Date: 2011-11-27 07:31 pm (UTC)And I so agree about Wesley.:)
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Date: 2011-11-27 09:45 pm (UTC)2. Recs of various kind
3. Oscar Wilde
4. Reading
5. Hobbits are hot
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Date: 2011-11-27 11:41 pm (UTC)&& I can't wait to read your meta!!
Jon should be the king, and Robb should be his Warden of the North. Martin did it wrong, and someone should fix this mistake RIGH NOW!
YES SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN STAT D=
&& I'm totally down to do this meme =)
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Date: 2011-11-27 11:56 pm (UTC)I've only known you for a short time, but I'll try to do my best :).
1. Jon/Sansa!
2. Downton Abbey
3. Game of Thrones
4. Memes ;)
5. Shipping many, many ships
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Date: 2011-11-28 05:36 am (UTC)Yes. This.
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Date: 2011-11-28 08:29 am (UTC)WESLEY: THE SERIES FOR ALL THE WINS. (and Wesley/Lilah for all the crazy dysfunctional and way too hot for network television shipping)
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Date: 2011-11-28 05:33 pm (UTC)I was like.... 12 when Buffy first aired so of course shipping Buffy/Angel sort of defined my early teen life lol. THAT SAID, my interest on him on his own without Buffy was always pretty low so when Wesley was suddenly betraying everyone and growing facial hair, it was like: COME INTO MY OPEN ARMS, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE.
WESLEY: THE SERIES FOR ALL THE WINS. (and Wesley/Lilah for all the crazy dysfunctional and way too hot for network television shipping)
TRUTH.
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Date: 2011-11-28 05:56 am (UTC)So I love Damon/Elena as a ship that is based on very casual, mundane disappointments, on disillusionment and on a weird yet real friendship.
YES. FLAWLESSLY PUT. I love that you juxtaposed "disillusionment" and "friendship" there, because that's absolutely what those two are about. They exist in a state of constant disillusionment with each other, and that's what makes their friendship real. It's things like Damon snapping Alaric's neck in front of Elena, refusing to let her entertain any idealistic notions about him, and then Elena expecting him to BE THERE anyway, even after he has disappointed her for the bajillionth time. But okay, I'll save my word-vomit for your essay. :D
ALL YOUR WESLEY THOUGHTS. sdlfkjdslkfjdsfsd (and re: your linked post. I'm sorry, but Wesley in "Billy" is HOT. HOT LIKE A HOT THING. I DON'T EVEN CARE.)
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Date: 2011-11-28 06:27 am (UTC)Why do you want me to write posts about them? YOU ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING!
GOD, WESLEY IN "BILLY"!!! It feels SO WRONG that I find him so hot there. Things like that shouldn't be hot! And yet I could watch this episode over, and over, and over again, because I can't take my eyes off Wesley. When he is saying all those things Wesley would never say, but in the exact WAY Wesley would say them... And then Fred tries to make it all Billy's fault (which it was!), and Wesley is just not buying it!!! BE STILL MY HEART! Just... WHY DO I LIKE IT, I SHOULDN'T!!!
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Date: 2011-11-28 08:34 am (UTC)He was Faith's worst Watcher. He was her best Watcher. He will never forgive her, but it's ok, because she should never forgive him either. Faith was the one who started making Wesley who he is right now. Lilah really knew him, and it was the worst thing about her. Wesley has wretched luck when it comes to women. Wesley has the best luck when it comes to women. Wesley is the smartest guy I've ever seen. Wesley doesn't know how the fuck could he function now.
I LOVE THIS WHOLE PARAGRAPH. How so awesome, Wesley? You are a mess of beautiful
fakeBritish contradictions.(By the way, do I even need to mention how much I approve of your non-functional D/E? Yeah, I thought not.)
Oh, yeah, and meme me up, Scotty.
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Date: 2011-11-28 06:29 pm (UTC)Ho, ho, ho, meme time!
1. Virginia Woolf
2. Languages
3. Travelling
4. Damon Salvatore everywhere, every time, all the time :D
5. Mumford and Sons
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