Fannish Five
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andrastewhite's idea of how an encounter between Female!G'Kar and Morden would go? Worth the time in purgatory.
Since I never did one of these before:
Fannish Five
1. What is your favorite series finale?
In a masochistic sort of way? Blake, from Blake's 7. Still the most painful and ruthlessly tragic yet inevitable finale of them all. In a feelgood sort of way? All Good Things..., from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It contained all the strengths of that particular show, sumned it up and left with an elegant bow and the optimistic "the adventure will continue" feeling that belonged that era of Trek. In an elegic kind of way, i.e. makes me laugh, makes me cry, fitting for an epic rather than a tragedy? Chosen, from BTVS, without a doubt.
2. What is your favorite exit for a character?
Blake and Avon in B7, in that special masochistic kind of way. "Did you betray me?" and "Avon...". Exit in a sense that does not involve death? That last close-up on Buffy in Chosen, with her dawning realisation of freedom. Which is why I'm secretly glad SMG hasn't comitted herself to a guest appearance on AtS yet. Not for the reasons the Buffy bashers have - dislike of the character - but because I love that last image, that tiny smile between tears and the sense of a world of possibilities, and any guest appearance (which would involve new canon) would feel like a limitation.
3. What is your favorite beginning of a relationship?
Since we don't get to see Londo and G'Kar meeting for the first time on screen, nor Londo and Vir, I'll go with Blake and Avon again. Snark at first sight, I tell you. That and fabulous chemistry. John Crichton meeting Scorpius in Nerve is also somewhat memorable. *g* And Darla meeting and turning Liam, the future Angel, in an alley, in the Becoming flashback. Show me your world. Close your eyes.
4. What is your favorite introduction of a character?
Mi Casa e su casa. Methos makes his debut in the Highlander-episode Methos, sprawling on the floor, throwing a beer at Duncan MacLeod and being utterly unlike the Darius Mark II Duncan (and the audience back when this was originally broadcast) must have expected the oldest Immortal to be.
5. What is your favorite pilot episode?
This question makes me realize that I'm less then enthralled by my favourite shows' pilot episodes. Let's just forget Encounter at Farpoint, Emissary is too slow, the Farscape pilot is good but didn't make me fall in love, ditto for The Way Back and B7, and The Gathering and B5. Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest is tasty but a bit uneven. So I think City of, the Angel pilot makes the race. I hadn't disliked Angel on BTVS but wasn't really sure he'd work as a central character for me, plus until then, with the exception of the ST franchise, spin-offs hadn't worked for me, either. With one great (re-)introduction which also established the new world of the show, Joss and David Greenwalt blew my scepticism away. This must also be the pilot I rewatched most often.
Finally, look here:
andrastewhite's idea of how an encounter between Female!G'Kar and Morden would go? Worth the time in purgatory. Since I never did one of these before:
Fannish Five
1. What is your favorite series finale?
In a masochistic sort of way? Blake, from Blake's 7. Still the most painful and ruthlessly tragic yet inevitable finale of them all. In a feelgood sort of way? All Good Things..., from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It contained all the strengths of that particular show, sumned it up and left with an elegant bow and the optimistic "the adventure will continue" feeling that belonged that era of Trek. In an elegic kind of way, i.e. makes me laugh, makes me cry, fitting for an epic rather than a tragedy? Chosen, from BTVS, without a doubt.
2. What is your favorite exit for a character?
Blake and Avon in B7, in that special masochistic kind of way. "Did you betray me?" and "Avon...". Exit in a sense that does not involve death? That last close-up on Buffy in Chosen, with her dawning realisation of freedom. Which is why I'm secretly glad SMG hasn't comitted herself to a guest appearance on AtS yet. Not for the reasons the Buffy bashers have - dislike of the character - but because I love that last image, that tiny smile between tears and the sense of a world of possibilities, and any guest appearance (which would involve new canon) would feel like a limitation.
3. What is your favorite beginning of a relationship?
Since we don't get to see Londo and G'Kar meeting for the first time on screen, nor Londo and Vir, I'll go with Blake and Avon again. Snark at first sight, I tell you. That and fabulous chemistry. John Crichton meeting Scorpius in Nerve is also somewhat memorable. *g* And Darla meeting and turning Liam, the future Angel, in an alley, in the Becoming flashback. Show me your world. Close your eyes.
4. What is your favorite introduction of a character?
Mi Casa e su casa. Methos makes his debut in the Highlander-episode Methos, sprawling on the floor, throwing a beer at Duncan MacLeod and being utterly unlike the Darius Mark II Duncan (and the audience back when this was originally broadcast) must have expected the oldest Immortal to be.
5. What is your favorite pilot episode?
This question makes me realize that I'm less then enthralled by my favourite shows' pilot episodes. Let's just forget Encounter at Farpoint, Emissary is too slow, the Farscape pilot is good but didn't make me fall in love, ditto for The Way Back and B7, and The Gathering and B5. Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest is tasty but a bit uneven. So I think City of, the Angel pilot makes the race. I hadn't disliked Angel on BTVS but wasn't really sure he'd work as a central character for me, plus until then, with the exception of the ST franchise, spin-offs hadn't worked for me, either. With one great (re-)introduction which also established the new world of the show, Joss and David Greenwalt blew my scepticism away. This must also be the pilot I rewatched most often.
Finally, look here:
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Date: 2004-01-24 06:17 am (UTC)any guest appearance (which would involve new canon) would feel like a limitation.
I completely agree. I want to imagine Buffy off doing anything she wants to. Her story has both ended and begun, and tying her back in to series canon just doesn't feel right.
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Date: 2004-01-24 06:25 am (UTC)I was really quite surprised you didn't mention B5 here...
And I love the haiku. The "be afraid" "be very afraid" bit is presumably sheer synchronicity, but nevertheless rather wonderful. Mine seems worryingly bleak, though.
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Date: 2004-01-24 06:33 am (UTC)Haiku-wise, the generator obviously decided you and me are addicts for angst and death.*g*