The Aerodynamic Properties of Elton John.

[rionaleonhart]

Creative writing may improve doctors' bedside manner, apparently.

Oh, I want Cuddy to force House to attend a creative writing course. It could be amazing.

Right. At the moment there's a meme going around: something along the lines of 'comment with the name of a fandom I'm aware of and I'll tell you the relationships I'm interested in in that fandom'. Now, this is all well and good, but I'd probably have to talk about why I'm interested in each relationship, and then I'd talk about the relationships I'm not interested in and why they don't appeal to me, and then I'd drift off into crossover-land and be lost forever. I mean, if you said 'tell me all the relationships you're interested in from Doctor Who!' I would spend years going 'Oh, yes, and Captain Jack Harkness/JD, and Jack/Chase, and Jack/Sam Tyler, and Jack Harkness/Jack Sparrow, and Jack/James Sunderland, and Jack/Squall/Rinoa, and Harkness/Hammond/Clarkson/May...'

Therefore, what I am going to do instead is repost a meme I did about a year ago (although not as about a year ago as I thought when I glanced at the date on the entry. WHY PUT THE MONTH BEFORE THE DAY? YOUR COUNTRY IS SILLY), when I had rather fewer fandoms than I do now:

1. Comment with any pairing (or character, or threesome, or platonic relationship, or theory, or random concept ('WHAT IF THE TOP GEAR TRIO BECAME CARS?'). Multiple suggestions are welcomed) from a fandom (or fandoms: crossovers are - of course! - fine) that you know I like, or at least have some knowledge about.
2. I will ramble for about 100 words (I may [read: probably will] go over a bit) about the aforementioned relationship/character/theory. This may be incoherent gushing or exclamations of disgust, depending on what it is. (I can't actually think of a pairing that would result in exclamations of disgust. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS AS A CHALLENGE.) If the theory/relationship is sufficiently intriguing or ridiculous, you may also get random snippets of fic as I try to work it out.
3. Put this on your LJ, if you are so inclined.

(Torchwood starts tomorrow! I can't decide whether to be excited or terrified.)

Comments

[sarkastic.livejournal.com]

Why do you love Sam/Gene? And if they became cars, would you still love them as much?

[rionaleonhart]

Sam/Gene made me panic a bit when I first saw the potential for it, because I had absolutely no clue what Life on Mars was when I began watching it, or what the fandom was like. So, when Gene twisted Sam's arm behind his back and dropped him to his knees and put his mouth very close to his neck in the first episode, my mind first went 'AJFDAFDGDV WHAT IS HE DOING TO SAM'S NECK' and followed it with '...oh God what if everyone thinks 'SAM/GENE IS THE STUPIDEST PAIRING EVER' and I'll have picked up on things I think are subtext after being alerted by that incident and I get banished from the fandom for ever?'

...I'm a bit odd when I first get into fandoms.

BUT ANYWAY. I love Sam/Gene primarily because it wouldn't be romantic. I have a strange attraction to pairings that are just going to spend all their time arguing and fighting and criticising each other's performance in bed. IT MUST BE LOVE. And I think that Gene likes to feel he's got some sort of control over Sam, and he could use sex to feel in control. IT COULD HAPPEN. Er, right?

And I am convinced that the scriptwriters encourage it. Well, yes, okay, they may be encouraging us to see a strange kind of friendship based on arguing, but, er, LOOK OVER THERE WHILE I RUN AWAY VERY FAST.

(Gene's always dragging him away from Annie! And, um, he tricks him into eating dinner with him! And Sam says that he has an unhealthy obsession with male bonding and I'm not seeing things, am I? Am I?)

On the shallow side of things, I find all their wallslamming really rather hot.

If they become cars, I might love them even more, because obviously Gene would be a Ford Cortina and Sam would be something modern and Gene would go "AHAHAHA WHAT KIND OF CAR ARE YOU?' and mock him for ever. It would be marvellous.

[sarkastic.livejournal.com]

You should know by now that somewhat violent, really homoerotic relationships with skewed power balances always get the biggest followings 'round these parts.

And I think that Gene likes to feel he's got some sort of control over Sam, and he could use sex to feel in control. IT COULD HAPPEN. Er, right?
YES IT SO COULD HAPPEN. Gene would probably repress until the last possible moment, and then just explode when Sam did some little thing that just throws him over the edge for whatever reason.

And Sam says that he has an unhealthy obsession with male bonding and I'm not seeing things, am I? Am I?
You're most likely not seeing things, but if you are then so am I. We can be delusional together! Also, I think the fact that instead of calling him a racist or sexist, he calls him a homophobe. Why not those other fitting adjectives, Sam?

On the shallow side of things, I find all their wallslamming really rather hot.
Ah, and that's just so very true. Have you ever seen this fanvid (http://charmax.livejournal.com/47808.html)? It's like wallslam-apalooza!

Sam and Gene as cars would be marvellous. Clearly this is a genius idea and should be used for the third season.