Meta meme: 30 Days of Shipping

[luxken27]

For the record: Alton Brown is awesomecakes. I wouldn't stand in a line for four hours for just anyone's autograph :P

Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?

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Bruce Patman/Lila Fowler, Sweet Valley ~ this is a pairing that actually didn't happen until SVU, which I never really read (they were "too mature" for me when they and I were of age, LOL), but I remember back in the day that this was a HUGE alt ship that I. just. did. NOT. get. Really?! Really?! The two most spoiled, arrogant, rich kids in the universe, who were hardly worth anything on their own, and people cared about them?! (Obviously I did not understand fandom all that well when I was a tween, LOL.)

But when I went back and read them for the nostalgia, I totally got it, the whole 'forbidden' aspect of it, and the sheer snarky joy that came in the potential pairing of these two in the original and first spin-off series. They certainly got some zingers in on each other at the very least, hinting at a hatred-before-love type deal. And their relationship in SVU was actually quite well rendered, from what I remember of it. This is definitely one of those pairings that benefits from a slow burn (and a little jaded maturity).


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
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing? Charlie Thomas/Janine Kishi, Baby-sitters Club
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding? Byron Sully/Michaela Quinn, Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing? Ryan/Stacy, Kids Inc
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing? William Dunford/Henrietta Barret, Minx
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing? Queen Victoria & Albert, the Prince Consort
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing? Sesshoumaru/Inuyasha, Inuyasha
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did? Archie "Snake" Simpson/Christine "Spike" Nelson, Degrassi Junior High/High/TNG
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing? Early Classic Shelle, Days of Our Lives
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning? Trent Lane/Daria Morgendorffer, Daria
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing? Kyouya/Haruhi, Ouran High School Host Club
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why? Sesshoumaru/Kagome, Inuyasha
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why? BSC slash
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great? Lexie/Archie/Katrina, Monarch of the Glen
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly? Tommy/Jude/Jamie, Instant Star
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out? Seth Hazlitt/Jessica Fletcher, Murder, She Wrote

Upcoming...
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

[aamalie]

Holy crap, you're already on 26? WHERE DID THE LAST MONTH GO???

[luxken27]

I DON'T KNOW D:

I'm glad I'm on 26, though - I'm started to get tired of this meme, and having to post every day, LOL :P

[luxken27]

I didn't even know they got together! Huh, I missed out on a lot of the series; most of what I read was scattered and precious little.

I didn't, either - I mostly read SVH and SVT, never the Kids or SVU or the Elizabeth series. But a few years ago (during a previous nostalgia wave), I read some of the SVU Super Thriller editions or whatever the hell they are, and damn if they weren't good reads. That's where Bruce/Lila existed (I read a couple of books focused on each of them), and it was pretty nifty, considering how escapist and unrealistic the Sweet Valley universe is :P

[replicantangel.livejournal.com]

hinting at a hatred-before-love type deal

What is it about that sort of relationship that's just so intriguing? Man, I love those! :D

I only read about 2 of this series. I don't remember why I didn't get into them, only that my childhood best friend was obsessed with them. (That might have been the reason, lol - she talked about it enough that I just didn't want to hear any more.) I was happy with my BSC though. :)

[luxken27]

What is it about that sort of relationship that's just so intriguing? Man, I love those! :D

The emotions are already there, even if its the wrong type of passion? IDK, but I think its because there is a connection, albeit a negative one, at first. Considering I am such a sucker for childhood friends-to-lovers type stories, I suppose I'm surprised at how intrigued I am at this particular trope, considering its the exact opposite...

I only read about 2 of this series. I don't remember why I didn't get into them, only that my childhood best friend was obsessed with them. (That might have been the reason, lol - she talked about it enough that I just didn't want to hear any more.) I was happy with my BSC though. :)

BSC was definitely at the top of my girl series reading list, but I read a lot of Sweet Valley High and Sweet Valley Twins (the first spin-off series). I had a thing for twins, I guess, and I found the Sweet Valley universe very appealing because it was juuuuuuuuuuust bordering on realistic as to make me be able to happily suspend my disbelief, LOL. Plus they had the sagas, which was like the honey to my bee, because I was starting to really get into historical fiction around the time those came out.

[replicantangel.livejournal.com]

Considering I am such a sucker for childhood friends-to-lovers type stories, I suppose I'm surprised at how intrigued I am at this particular trope, considering its the exact opposite...

Well, maybe because usually the love-hate relationship tends to edge towards mutual understanding before the full-on lovefest? :P I think that people who dislike each other often see a truer picture of how the other really is. *shrugs* Just a theory.

[luxken27]

That's probably it. I like characters who have insights on each other.

[whyteroze28.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough I read these avidly, and yet both of my favorite characters died. Sam Woodruff, who was the best balancing influence I'd ever seen on Jessica. And Olivia Davidson, whose tragic demise was heart-wrenching. But I agree with the fact that I never would have imagined these two to finally get together, especially with the fact that they both seemed such bitter rivals throughout the series.

[luxken27]

Sam Woodruff was *my* favorite Jessica boyfriend, too! :D Followed closely by AJ Morgan, her first boyfriend...you know, the one who reduced her to a pile of insecure mush? That was about the only time I wanted to give Jessica a hug in the early books, LOL.

I didn't read SVH to the end (I think I gave them up somewhere around the Death Valley adventures...#115?) so I didn't read the final trilogy of books or any of the Senior Year ones. Olivia made an appearance in SVU, LOL, so in my mind, she's a-okay :P

I never would have imagined these two to finally get together, especially with the fact that they both seemed such bitter rivals throughout the series.

*nods* And yet somehow, that works in SVU. I mean, Lila got married FFS, and then her rich, titled Italian husband died tragically...it was very weird, but it worked, LOL.

[scribefigaro.livejournal.com]

If I see an episode of Good Eats on I cannot not watch it. Trufax.

[luxken27]

I <3 AB SO HARD. And he's just like he is on Good Eats in person - awesome, sarcastic, and a little dorky :)