Meta meme: 30 Days of Shipping

[luxken27]

The only thing I'd like to break up with right about now is my tissue box, ugh. But, while I'm still coherent, I'll post this up...

Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene?

I've posted this before, actually...

This is the first time Shawn and Belle break up on Days of Our Lives, way back in 2002. Let me just quote myself from the last time I posted this particular scene, LOL...

This was March 2002. Hands down, this is one of my favorite sequences for this ship ever. I remember watching it when it happened (and being pissed at the dumb as fuck storyline that brought it on), and I remember just being blown away at Kirsten's acting. She really knocked it out of the park as the disgruntled and rejected soon-to-be ex-girlfriend.

The writing is amazingly strong, IMO. Writing for a serial like this is very tricky, because your viewers have to be able to tune in at any point and figure out what's going on, so there's a tendency to repeat scenes or dialogue after each tag, but this one - as a series of clips - flows together fairly well. The extra layer of angst comes because the viewer knows Shawn didn't betray Belle, but is basically lying to her to protect the girl who has emerged as her worst enemy. Its that sort of delicious frustration that soaps crave, as it reels in the viewer for more :)

I don't have much to add, except what made this so terribly heartbreaking (and so vivid in my memory - I'll never forget the outfit Belle was wearing here, and not only because this spanned over two or three days, aheh) was Kirsten's acting. She brought it in a big way, and she makes Jason Cook look like a wooden stick figure in comparison. I stand in awe, and continue to follow her as much as possible to this day because of the impression she left on me during her tenure at Days.


Previous...
Day 01 - What is your current favorite ship? Sam Thomas/Stacey McGill, Baby-sitters Club
Day 02 - What was your very first ship? Ryan/Stacy, Kids Inc
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now? Seeley Booth/Temperance Brennan, Bones
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry? Matt Hunter/Maxie Jones, General Hospital
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry? Sesshoumaru/Kagome, Inuyasha
Day 06 - The best kiss? Tommy Quincy/Jude Harrison, Instant Star

Upcoming...
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage?
Day 09 - The most believable relationship?
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?

Comments

[luxken27]

today has been miserable for me *wobbly smile*

I can't breathe at the moment, so yeah, RL is pretty fucking miserable. A rather perfect day for this particular entry on the meme, aheh.

Great actors are always awesome, and I'm glad she made the scene stand out for you.

Kirsten has great acting chops - she'd pretty much done the range by now, considering she started as a Disney actress. I try to catch everything she's in, and I usually find myself enjoying whatever character she plays - from sickly sweet (like Belle), to bitch with a big mouth (like Maxie).

[replicantangel.livejournal.com]

Aw. That's the breakup from hell, certainly. The actress definitely outshines the guy here. I can't imagine putting that much emotion into take after take, much less scene after scene that you'll know will all air.

[luxken27]

Aw. That's the breakup from hell, certainly.

Yeah - especially considering this was the big ship of the teen set at the time. Monumental doesn't even begin to describe it, LOL :P

The actress definitely outshines the guy here. I can't imagine putting that much emotion into take after take, much less scene after scene that you'll know will all air.

*nods* Kirsten Storms once called this part the job where she had to "go in and cry everyday," so you can definitely understand why she was ready for a change after a few years ;) Belle was very weepy towards the end of her run, and I'm glad I stopped watching it when I did, because the show just got weird o.O