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Dec. 2nd, 2005 09:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsosYou know what I love? I love hearing people talk about why they love their particular fandoms. You know, the kind of infatuation you can only talk about with people online, because you have to be exceptionally lucky to find someone equally as obsessed in real life. Hell, look at me -- of all of my favorite fandoms, I only have my crazy Desperate Housewives-obsessed dad to fall back on in real life. I always try to imagine how my mom feels, in that she's more obsessed with CSI than some CSI fans I've seen online (if she could write fic, she'd probably be doing it nonstop for that show), but she doesn't have anybody to be obsessed with in real life.
So tell me about the current fandoms you're enraptured with and why. Tell me why they make you so happy and goofy just thinking about them.
1. Supernatural -- Well, duh. But seriously, I think I've figured out why I'm hooked -- because I have low expectations for the creatures of the week, and no expectations for Dean and Sam. That way, the creatures of the week don't disappoint me (even if they might on another show) and Dean and Sam just have to be their fucked-up, fascinating, pretty selves. (I also adore the fact that being a SPN fan means being free to be equal parts contemplative and shallow. ;))
2. The 4400 -- Okay, look, the stupid thing isn't even back on again until next summer (die, USA's scheduling department, DIE -- you're like the HBO scheduling department for people without HBO), but I'm still floating on a cloud about The 4400, especially after that finale. I mean, yeah, when it's bad, it's almost painful, but when it's good, it's FABULOUS. ("Hello, Shawn. I'm Isabelle." GYAH. How the hell is it possible for me to want to ship those two from one friggin' scene? And yet I just can't help it. *headdesk*)
3. Desperate Housewives -- Again, another show that when it sucks, it hurts, but when it's great, you want a cigarette afterwards. And I really have to give them points for making me get to the point where Gabrielle is still as big a bitch as she was at the beginning of the first season, and while I didn't like her last year, I adore her for it this year.
4. Lost -- I would like to register a complaint that I'm being emotionally manipulated by this fucking show. I feel like I'm dating the biggest asshole on the planet and yet I can't break up with him. He has lots of money and is damn gorgeous in the right lights, and when he treats me like shit, I beg for it. It's pathetic, and yet ... lovelovelove, even when I want to throw boomerang fish at everyone involved.
5. The Amazing Race -- You know what TAR this season has made me feel like? It makes me feel like I had this great husband, dependable, decent, handsome and witty, and while we've had our problems in the past, I can always forgive him. And then one day he hit me with a Mack truck. On purpose. And he keeps looking at me like he wants an apology, and I really want to give it to him because I am still in crazy, rapturous love with him, so I'm perfectly willing to accept him again if he fixes his problems. But first he has to let me set him on fire with a blowtorch. A LOT.
6. Veronica Mars -- I haven't even gotten to see this season yet, but seriously, the love? Still there. It's like an infection. I can't get rid of it. :)
7. Doctor Who -- It's weird, it's wacky, it's beautiful, and at this point, I can't wait to see Ten in action. *bounces around happily in anticipation*
Okay, your turn. Share the love, guys. :)
So tell me about the current fandoms you're enraptured with and why. Tell me why they make you so happy and goofy just thinking about them.
1. Supernatural -- Well, duh. But seriously, I think I've figured out why I'm hooked -- because I have low expectations for the creatures of the week, and no expectations for Dean and Sam. That way, the creatures of the week don't disappoint me (even if they might on another show) and Dean and Sam just have to be their fucked-up, fascinating, pretty selves. (I also adore the fact that being a SPN fan means being free to be equal parts contemplative and shallow. ;))
2. The 4400 -- Okay, look, the stupid thing isn't even back on again until next summer (die, USA's scheduling department, DIE -- you're like the HBO scheduling department for people without HBO), but I'm still floating on a cloud about The 4400, especially after that finale. I mean, yeah, when it's bad, it's almost painful, but when it's good, it's FABULOUS. ("Hello, Shawn. I'm Isabelle." GYAH. How the hell is it possible for me to want to ship those two from one friggin' scene? And yet I just can't help it. *headdesk*)
3. Desperate Housewives -- Again, another show that when it sucks, it hurts, but when it's great, you want a cigarette afterwards. And I really have to give them points for making me get to the point where Gabrielle is still as big a bitch as she was at the beginning of the first season, and while I didn't like her last year, I adore her for it this year.
4. Lost -- I would like to register a complaint that I'm being emotionally manipulated by this fucking show. I feel like I'm dating the biggest asshole on the planet and yet I can't break up with him. He has lots of money and is damn gorgeous in the right lights, and when he treats me like shit, I beg for it. It's pathetic, and yet ... lovelovelove, even when I want to throw boomerang fish at everyone involved.
5. The Amazing Race -- You know what TAR this season has made me feel like? It makes me feel like I had this great husband, dependable, decent, handsome and witty, and while we've had our problems in the past, I can always forgive him. And then one day he hit me with a Mack truck. On purpose. And he keeps looking at me like he wants an apology, and I really want to give it to him because I am still in crazy, rapturous love with him, so I'm perfectly willing to accept him again if he fixes his problems. But first he has to let me set him on fire with a blowtorch. A LOT.
6. Veronica Mars -- I haven't even gotten to see this season yet, but seriously, the love? Still there. It's like an infection. I can't get rid of it. :)
7. Doctor Who -- It's weird, it's wacky, it's beautiful, and at this point, I can't wait to see Ten in action. *bounces around happily in anticipation*
Okay, your turn. Share the love, guys. :)
