Miscellaneous thoughts (news, notes, and the shipping meme)

[luxken27]

[+] The network I'm on at work was switched yesterday from campus side to hospital side, which means access is a lot more limited, which means no LJ during the day anymore :-/ This sucks, because it means I have to squeeze in LJ time during the two hours I have to myself at night now (boo! I'mma be late to everyone's parties nao), but it might also be a good thing, since the only other habit I indulge during the (albeit limited) downtime at work is writing.

Mostly I'm "announcing" this because it's going to effect the voting posts at iy_themes, though I'm not sure in what way yet...they will either be earlier or later, depending on how my schedule shims out over the next week or so. I'll keep you posted.

[+] There's something to be said for 'writing ahead' a bit, especially on long and involved fics. Something's been bugging me big time about my latest for SiB, and after giving it front-burner muse attention during my long-ass commute this morning, I figured out what it was...and that it means I'm going to have to rewrite about 85% of it *facepalm* Attempting to write whilst sick is not good, at least not for me. But I wrote four pages of notes for how I need to rewrite (and what can be salvaged from the draft finished yesterday) - during my downtime at work, LOL :P

[+] Shipping meme under the cut! Today was the hardest day for me to answer, by far...

Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?

This is a question I didn't have an answer to in advance. I was hoping some feedback from the first week and a half's worth of postings would help me make up my mind, and because my f-list is so awesome :) it did. My ships tend to be fairly diverse and heavily dependent on their canons and/or universes, and I am more or less totally blind to crossover potential (which is the way paynesgrey answered this question). There just aren't two characters I absolutely adore that I'd love to see together, even above and beyond their canon environs.

So I decided to take a different tack: what did my ships have in common? Is there one pairing out there that emulates those common characteristics, or was the beginning of the pattern in any way? I thought and thought and thought, and finally came up with...

Charlie Thomas/Janine Kishi, Baby-sitters Club.

Now, this is not a ship I had when I was reading the books the first go-around, but it *is* a fairly popular alt!ship in current BSC fandom, and the first time I heard about it, it appealed to me greatly. With subsequent rereads of the material, I could see why and how and perhaps (unlike 99% of BSC alt-pairing fandom, but that's a story for another day)...and then I read the prequel, and it totally sealed the deal.

This is pretty much the purest embodiment of what all my ships have in common: one half tends to be popular/well-liked/outgoing/athletic-or-otherwise-exceptionally-talented, and the other half tends to be quieter/more aloof/genius-in-a-conventional-or-quirky-way. I'm also a huge fan of unrequited love and long, long childhood crushes (perhaps because I've suffered my fair share of both?), and these two totally fit that bill. They are only a couple of years apart in age (Charlie is seventeen, Janine is fifteen), they grew up across the street from each other, their younger sisters are best friends and hung out all the time. Charlie is your average awesome big brother/all-around amazing guy/well-liked athlete and responsible brother, while Janine is genius-level nerd to the nth degree/socially awkward (by choice?)/far more reserved and career-oriented. For the vast majority of the series, these two were considered role models for the BSC and younger sets, albeit in different ways. They interacted with their sisters (and their sisters' friends) differently. There's just enough there to make me wonder...and to make me realize that this was probably the earliest example of a pattern all of my ships have taken. I need a nerd and a social butterfly to make my shipping particularly happy, and to keep those ships sticking to my bones.

Unfortunately, pics of these two are hard to come by, and all the sites I know of with BSC book covers are down for the count at the moment :-/ so you'll just have to use your memories or imaginations...


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
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene? Shawn Brady/Belle Black, Days of Our Lives
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage? Miroku/Sango, Inuyasha
Day 09 - The most believable relationship? Jonathan Creek/Maddie Magellan, Jonathan Creek
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life? Jason Cook/Kirsten Storms

Upcoming...
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?