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I finally got my hands on No.7 of 1602, which rocked.

Not only did we got an eplanation for 1603!Magneto's status as Grand Inquisitor which was historically sound, a great equivalent of the Holocaust trauma, and manages to restore the complexity which was the one thing I had missed, but poor Jean gets to prove yet again that super-powered redheads are doomed with great style. One of these days, though, Andraste has to write a metafic with Jean, Willow and Lyta bitching about this particular narrative pattern. Also, loved the cover!

I take it there's a meme going on regarding the top ten fictional people who, etc. Sorry, I can't do this - way too personal. Then I found out there's an alternative meme about the Top Ten People One Wouldn't Have Sex With Even If One Got Paid For It, which again poses a problem - why only ten? So instead I decided to be creative and write my meme about Top Ten Fictional People Who Should Have Sex With Each Other Or At Least Dinner But Won't Because They Live In Different Universes. Or rather, make that twenty people - a pair for each point:

10. Scorpius (Farscape) with Death (Sandman). This would be dinner-only; I don't think Death is available for sex. But you know, if anyone should get a bread thrown at him and a sympathetic but unsentimental, no-nonsense ear lend, it's Scorpius.

9. Quark (DS9) with Anya (BtVS). I've said it before, I'll say it again: they'd be ideal for each other. Both like money and sex, have an outsider's perspective on humans and are the proverbial cynics with a hidden romantic inside.

8. Lilah (AtS) with Servalan (Blake's 7). Come on. It would be hot. Also a good question as to who would stab whom in the back first. No question who'd survive the one night stand/affair/dinner/whatever, though. Servalan is the ultimate survivor. Lilah lost her head, in more than one sense.

7. Chiana (Farscape) and Londo Mollari (Babylon 5). Because you know Chi wouldn't blink at the tentacles. They'd have fun, he'd be very sweet afterwards and even forgive her trying to steal the jewels on his coat.

6. Boromir (Lord of the Rings) and Methos (Highlander). Aside from the undeniable hotness, Methos might just be able to get him to see some long-term perspective on that whole temptation-by-evil thing.

5. Alfred Bester (Babylon 5, not the writer) and Erik Lehnsherr, aka Magneto (X-Men movieverse). The one-liners would fly, the superiority of mutants being revelled in. Even if it's just dinner, it would be a highly memorable event.

4. Mystique (X-Men movieverse) and Odo (DS9). Two alienated shapeshifters - can you imagine the possibilties?

3. Sam Vimes (Discworld) and Darla (AtS). Yes, he's a loyal husband, and hates vampires. But she's Darla.

2. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) and Jadzia Dax (DS9). Talk about perspective on several incarnations. Also, Jadzia has a sense of humour (needed) and experience as a mentor (also needed), and friendly sex might just be what he needs.

1. Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: Next Generation) and Lydia Gwilt (Armadale, novel by Wilkie Collins). She's an ambiguous anti-heroine with a sharp tongue, and a witty conversationalist. And a redhead. He's got a secret penchant for all these attributes together with his gorgeous voice and firm principles. They could have been great!